Eastern Sun, 2 March 1967

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  • 25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 221 Thursday, March 2 1967, ☆MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Pric« 15 cent»
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  • 314 1  -  2 pro-Sukarno Marine Corpsmen killed in Jogjakarta clash By JACK GILLON JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter) Two members of the pro-Sukarno Marine Corps were killed in a clash with anti-Sukarno troops in the Central Java town of Jogjakarta, gripped by violence following the campaign to oust the President.
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  • 222 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Deuan Ra'ayat today passed the Hire-Pur-chase Bill. The Bill covers the following list of goods: Motor Vehicles within the meaning of the law in force relating to road traffic: Radio set. television sets, gramophone sets, taperecorders and any combination thereof; Refrigerators
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  • 172 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Two well-known ladies had a date this morning Puan Sharifah Rodziah, wife of the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and soprano Miss Florence Pong. The venue The Residency. Both the ladies discussed about the wardrobe Miss Pong will take with her to compete
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  • 293 1 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung has delegated full power to Premier Chou En-Lai to "stop the cultural revolution and restore China's economy,'' a Conservative tabloid reported today. The English language afternoon "Star," quoting private sources, also reported
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  • 169 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. (UPI) The chief rival of Mrs. Indira Gandhi refused today to step out of the race for India's Premiership. It now appears certain that Mrs. Gandhi faces an all-out challenge from former Finance Minister Morarjl Desal for leadership of the ruling
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  • 286 1 ADEN, Wed. (Reuter) British troops who opened Are on an Arab distributing leaflets accidentally killed a boy in the Crater District of Aden today. The Officer Commanding British Troops In the District said his men fired on the Arab after calling on him
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  • 91 1 KUCHING. Wed. (AFP) Malaysian soldiers foughi local civilians at an open air market here last night. It was reported today. The Incident occurred when a truckload of more than 60 soldiers visited the town and disturbed localbovs and girls at the market, the report said. The
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  • 72 1 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter)] Indonesian troops patrolling the Borneo border have killed 54 Chinese Communists and raptured 40 more sinre Indonesia ended its armed confrontation of neighbouring Malaysia last August. Major Anwar Bach. Battalion Commander of Indonesian troops stationed in West Borneo, quoted by
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  • 348 3 Bradley steps: 74.5 feet water still rising Kota Bahru, Wed T<HE Chairman of the Kelantan State Flood A Committee, Dato Haji Abdullah bin Mahmood, has today declared a flood alert in the whole district of Ulu Kelantan, following the rise of the Kelantan River to 74.8
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  • 64 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. UMNO Malaysia will hold a special meeting on Friday to discuss the National Language Act. The meeting would be attended by ail UMNO divisions' secretaries and publicity chiefs from all states in Western Malaysia. The meeting would be presided by the Deputy
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  • 571 3 IPOH. Wed. The Mentri Besar. Dato Ahmad bin Said, received further donations for the Perak Flood Relief Fund:— Nararanyan Singh, Lower Perak $lO, Hazara Singh, Lower Perak 10, Mother Superior staff, Convent School, Teluk Anson 50, Yan Cheong, Teluk Anson 20, Lower Perak Indian Association, Teluk Anscn 224.
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  • 229 3 IPOH, Wed. A ministerial gathering from Kuala Lumpur led by Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman will grace the official opening of the four-storey UMNO building in Brewster Road here on Saturday. The building, which houses Bank Bumiputra on the ground floor, will
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  • 102 3 IPOH, Wed. A 17-year-old girl from Slim River has reported to the police that she was molested by three persons who took her to Penang on a sight-seeing holiday towards the end of January this year. Further, she has also alleged that she had
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  • 30 3 SITIAWAN, Wed. Ding Chie Pu, 7. a pupil of the Min-Te kindergarten, was drowned in the Ayer Tawar River here on Monday. His body was recovered yesterday.
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  • 235 3 PEN ANG. Wed. The Chief Minister, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, said here today they were faced with the problem of the three "E's" Engineering, enforcement and education which were inter-related ind whose activities should be co-ordinated to ensure road safety. Tan Sri Wong was
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  • 112 3 KUCHING, Wed. Meanwhile in Kuching two Sarawak schools today donated over $460 for the National Disaster Relief Fund. They were the Secondary Modern School at Kuching which gave over $350 and the Kanowit Secondary School. The Chief Minister Penghulu Tawi Sli received a cheque
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  • 166 3 IPOH, Wed. A donation campaign to the blood bank is given top priority in the Jaycee projects, the President of the Junior Chamber of Ipoh, Mr. Sarjeet Singh, said last night. The Ipoh Jaycees played hosts to JCI Vice-President of the Philippines, Mr. Jesus
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  • 95 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. In Johore Bahru floods again ravaged several parts of the town from late last night till noon today, causing havoc to scores of residents and shopkeepers A chain of shop houses in Pandan, five miles from here, was under four feet of water.
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  • 218 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —Fifty employees of the Len Chee Bus Co. Ltd., here in Jalan Ampang, today served notice on their employers that they would go on strike on or after March 16. The signatories to the strike notice were President of Len Chee bus branch
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  • 231 3  -  By Percy Joseph. KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— A unique programme for the care of children of working parents Is being introduced in Setapak called "The Child Day Care Centre" at Jalan Oentlng Klang. It is designed to provide a safe environment for young children
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 37 3 KL DIARY One-man art exhibition by Zulkifli Buyong at Samat Art Gallery 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Are exhibition in honour of Cheong Soo Pieng 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Zoo Negara 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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  • 301 4  -  Sl C.F. LEE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Thirty-six students of the MARA College in Petaling Jaya were struck down with food poisoning early this morning. "The situation however is well under control and I should urge all parents not to worry." said the
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  • 281 4 IPOH. Wed. Mr. Justice H. S. On* in the High Court here today criticised a Government doctor, who had refused to accept a subpoena to appear as a defence witness at a murdeT trial. Brought up on a charge of murder was an 80-year-old
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  • 20 4 MUAR. Wed. There were a total of 140 births and 28 deaths in the Muar District last month.
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  • 191 4 PENANG. Wed. A group of Thai doctors were told that the 200 or so qualified dentists serving both in Government and private practice were inadequate to deal with a total population of more than seven million in Malaysia. The Thai doctors were given a briefing
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  • 171 4 IPOH, Wed. "Make hay while the sun shines" is the attitude adopted by landlords in taking advantage of a parliamentary decision on the Rent Control Ordinance by increasing rents from 200 to 300 per cent. This was stated by Mr. C. H. Yin' at the Municipal Council
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  • 38 4 MUAR, Wed. The Muar District Officer, Enche Ibrahim. bin.Majid, yesterdaypresented certificates to 36 students of the Dato Sri Araar-sdi Raya Secondary School who were successful in a six-month rubber-re-planting course organised by' Ihe "Muar Rubber Replanting Board.
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  • 206 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Mr. A. R. Sinclair, 49. has retired from the National Electricity Board as Deputy General Manager (Finance) under the Board's Malayanisation policyHe first joined the Board in October 1954 as the Board's Comptroller and Chief Accountant and in 1963 he was promoted to
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  • 80 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The chairman of the Selangor Cheshire Home, Puan Sri Sa'adiah Sardon, recently received a cheque for SI,OOO from the General Manager of Malayan Packing Industries Ltd., Mr. V. Olsen, as donation for the extension of the Cheshire Home. Shown here, Puan Sri
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  • 260 4 KUCHING. Wed. A $2,000 timber house at Satok Road here, built by members of "C" Battery, Malaysian Artillery, for a 40-vear-old widow and her four children, has been completed. At a simple ceremony in heavy rain this morning, Brigade Commander of 3rd Malaysian Infantry
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  • 30 4 KOTA BAHRU, Wed. The Minister of Tansport, Tan Sri Haji Sardon bin Haji Jubir. will inaugurate the Tumpat/Bangkok ASA International Express train at Tumpat on Mar. 9.
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  • 249 4 PENANG, Wed. A cashier told the Sessions Court today that a gunman threatened to shoot him if he did not hand over a brief-case containing $20,194 cash on New Year's Day. Khoo Thean Keat. 44, said the money was from the collection of
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  • 82 4 IPOH, Wed. A housewife, Ong Siew Kim, 32, unwittingly opened the door of her house to three robbers in Jalan Bota Tronoh in Batu Gajah last night. They had come to the house at about 11.20 p.m. calling out to her that they had brought
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  • 290 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore industry was not "developed" but was "created", said Mr. F.A. Roper, Deputy Director of the Industrial Research Unit, today. He was speaking to Rotarians at the weekly luncheon meeting at the Cathay Hotel. Mr. Roper pointed out that since 1960 Singapore had embarked
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  • 36 4 TAWAU, Wed. Lahad Datu and Semporna will hold a tamu besar on Malaysia Day Aug. 31 this year, together with an agricultural show. Tawau will not hold any tamu this year.
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  • 171 4 IPOH. Wed. Perak tin miner and philanthropist, Dato Lau Pak Khuan, has made an initial contribution of $3,000 towards the construction of a fourstorey building in Hale Street in the old town here for use as the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The new
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  • 283 4 SEREMBAN, Wed. The local branch of the Demoncratic Action Party has demanded that the Town Council which was taken over by the State Government last year be returned to the people of Seremban as its "inefficient administration cannot be tolerated". In a statement
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  • 21 4 KOTA BAHRU, WedThe Sultan of Kelantan will declare open the new railway station at Wakaf Bahru on Mar. 8.
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  • 75 4 SEGAMAT. Wed. The Segamat Poppy Day Appeal Committee will hold a "Poppy Gala Dance" tomorrow from 8.30 p.m. at Diamond Jubilee Hall here Highlight of the dance will be the selection of the "Poppy Queen" from more than 20 contestants. Special attraction will be a ballroom dancing
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  • 66 4 SEREMBAN, Wed. The Mentri Besar, Negri Sembilan, Dato (Dr.) Mohd. Said bin Mohamed, tapping a new rubber tree at Kampong Bharu Jimah State Land Scheme in Port Dickson District, about 12 miles from here. He officially declared the tapping of the new rubber tree at the Kampong Bharu Jimah recently.
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    • 151 5 BIRMINGHAM, Michigan tted (AP)- The parents o( actress Leigh Tayloryoung said yesterday their daughter and her "Peyton p ace" co-star, O'Neal were married on Monday in Honolulu. Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Young said the newlyweds telephoned them after the wedding to say they would visit
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    • 79 5 MANILA. Wed. (Reuter) A Philippine Airlines Fokker Friendship plane crashed while landing at Mactan airport in the Southern Philippines toright. killing 11 of the 19 people aboard, an airline «pokesman said. The eight other passengers were injured. The plane was on a flight from Manila
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    • 438 5 MEXICO CITY, Wed. (UPI). Reports of a mysterious visitor retracing the steps of Lee Harvey Oswald here gave rise yesterday to conjecture that New Orleans District Attorney, Mr. Jim Garrison's investigation of President John F. Kennedy's assassination may have spread to
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    • 54 5 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Wilson said yesterday he had not yet decided whether to make formal new bid for British entry into the European Common Market. He told Parliament that some difficulties still seem "formidable," though others appear less so following his tour
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    • 194 5 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI). Lord Snowdon went to work today on an assignment with a fashion magazine and told reporters they were "riding a dead duck" by trying to verify rumours of a rift in his marriage to Princess Margaret "There
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    • 85 5 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) A scale model of a 14th century Japanese castle was presented to New York City yesterday in connection with the opening of Japan week. The model, on display at the Pulitzer fountain at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, is scaled at onetwentieth the size
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    • 84 5 LONDON, Wed. (AP) The British and Maltese governments opened highlevel talks in London yesterday aimed at finding a resolution to the Malta crisis. Prime Minister, Mr. Borg Olivier arrived here at the head of a Maltese delegation after Britain opened the way to fresh talks
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    • 25 5 Minhnrrh waves to the people as he walks through the PRINCE PHILIP I to visit Iran, PakliUn, Singapore and other nations.
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    • 235 5 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) One reason why many people today find it difficult to believe in God is that they have been taught to identify reality with objects that can be seen or toucned. This attitude of mind, increasingly prevalent in
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    • 134 5 TOKYO. Wed. (AP) North Vietnam yesterday denied reports that Communist China is holding up transport of aid goods from the Soviet Union and other Communist countries to Vietnam. Hanoi's official Vietnam news agency (VNA), in a broadcast monitored here, said "of late, American and Western news
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    • 56 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) The Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday approved the proposed consular treaty with Russia. A member. Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. De-mocrat-Connecticut. said the vote was 10 to 4. The outlook for Senate ratification of the pact was further improved by reports of another key republican switch
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    • 46 5 BIRMINGHAM. England, Wed. (UPI) A four-car passenger train smashed into a diesel locomotive near here yesterday, causing one death and a number of injuries. A number of the passengers were trapped in overturned coaches and had to cut out with oxyacetylene torches.
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    • 163 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP). President Johnson told Congress yesterday he wants the U.S. government to seek ways to lower health costs. He also called for action to promote the expansion of non-commercial television and radio, including especially education programmes. In a
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    • 144 5 CASTRIES. St. Lucia, Wed. (UPI) More than 160 years of direct British colonial rule ended at the stroke of midnight for this tiny Banana Island in the West Indies. In a carnival atmosphere of fireworks, steel bands and pealing church bells, St. Lucia became an almost
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    • 48 5 MANILA. Wed (UPI) The arrival of Apasra Hongsakula, Miss Universe of 1965, in Manila to appear in a benefit fashion snow here has been rescheduled for tomorrow, organisers of the show said today. The Thai beauty was originally expected to fly in from Bangkok today.
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    • 159 5 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Heavy flooding was reported in Central England yesterday and warnings were extended to coastal areas. At least three persons were known dead and many injured in two days of Rale force winds and eavy rain. A long range weather forecast Issued late
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      60 5 FLENSBURG, West Germany: Roofs of houses fly through the air in Flensburg SchleswigHolsyein. as gale-force winds lashed North-West Germany recently causing widespread damage. In Hamburg flood warnings were broadcast to the 1.800,000 inhabitants as the hi?h winds continued to lash the area. Police said many people were injured
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    • 133 5 MOSCOW. Wed. (UPI) The United States has forced Turkey to send "Military Observers" to Vietnam, Izvestia said last night. The Soviet government newspaper said this grew out of "outright pressure at the last NATO council meeting, where the Pentagon demanded at least
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    • 146 5 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (UPI) Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, highest ranking American in the U.N. Secretariat, announced yesterday he would remain for another five-year term as under secretary for special political affairs. Mr, Bunche, regarded for years as the chief U.N. diplomatic troubleshooter, abandoned
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    • 105 5 LOS ANGELES. Wed. (UPI) Singer Nancy Sinatra has filed a U.S. $lOO,OOO damage suit in an effort to halt use of her picture and name on the cover of the sound track album of the film "The Wild Angels". The action, filed yesterday, named Capitol
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    • 189 5 HAMBURG, Germany, Wed. (UPI) Ann® Anderson, the mysterious recluse of the Black Forest, lost yesterday what may have been her final bid to be recognised as Princess Anastasia and her last chance to gain a reputed fortune in Russian gold. A Hamburg court ruled the
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    • 89 5 PARIS, Wed. (UPR American film actor Lawrence Tierny. 48. yesterday received a one month suspended sentence and was fined $BO for shoplifting. The prosecution charged Tierney was stopped by a store detective in a Paria department store last Jan. 6 after the actor allegedly ripped a
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    • 55 5 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) The number of millionaire* in Britain rose by 32 last year to 138, aooording to statistics issued yesterday by the Internal Revenue Service. Unofficially a sterling millionaire is one with an annual income before taxes of £lOO,OOO. Income tax in this sum at the
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    • 344 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter). —Former ambassador to Japan Edwin Reischauer, a leading U.S. authority on Asia, told Congress today he did not think the United States had the knowledge or wisdom to chart a course for Asian countries. The United States should be
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    • 195 6 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AP) U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. McConnell said yesterday that the perimeter of the U.S. base in Da Nang. South Vietnam, must be expanded to reduce its vulnerability to Communist rocket attack. The four-star general said he is
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    • 58 6 JAKARTA. Wed. (AP) The students action front daily KAMI today editorially criticised the Jakarta military commander for its decision to ban demonstrations against President Sukarno. The daily said banning demonstrations would only benefit the pro-Sukarno elements who are trying hard to save Sukarno from being
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    • 95 6 L O NDO N Wed. (Renter) —Former highlife girl Christine Keeler has given up drivng, a court was told yesterday at Bracknell, near London. The raven haired model, central figure in a sex and security scandal which rocked Britain's Conservative Government in 1963, was banned
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    • 131 6 NEW DELHI, Wed. (Reuter) The Indian government has decided to do away with the scheduled final session of the outgoing parliament, it was announced here yesterday. The announcement said a presidential ordinance amending the representation of the people act would be issued soon to
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    • 163 6 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AP) Because of increased tuition fees for overseas students in British government supported institutions of higher education, the United States will reduce the number of American Fulbright students who will study in Britain next year. U.S. officials said yesterday. At the
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    • 96 6 CLEARWATER, Florida, Wed. (AP) A teenage girl who sat in jail here for a week writing poetry and insisting she did not know who she was, was identified yesterday by her mother and brother police said. The girl was identified as Diane Blakeney, 17, of Tampa. Capt.
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    • 120 6 THESE variety of buttons at the Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, tell the tale of rush hour when millions of Japanese office goers and workers pack the station and trains for their destination every day. What happens is that yon are liable to be jostled, pulled, pushed until you are packed
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    • 259 6 PEORIA. Illinois. Wed. (AP)—The trial of Richard Bpeck was recessed yesterday after the 25-year-old drifter accused of murdering eight student nurses, including two from the Philippines, was reported ill In his security cell at the Peoria County Court House. Judge Herbert C. Paschen conferred behind
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    • 51 6 HOLLYWOOD. Wed. (AP) Rock 'N' Roll singer Gary Lewis, son of Comedian Jerry Lewis, will wed Sara Jane (Jlnky) Suzara of the Philippines on March 11 at Bt. Paul the Apostle Church in the West wood section of Los Angeles, the family announced
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    • 537 6 PARIS, Wad. (AP). —French Defence Minister Pierre Messmer said yesterday the Geneva disarmament conference docs not really hare disarmament as its objective. M. Messmer was asked in a radio interview why France is boycotting the conference. He replied that true disarmament
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    • 93 6 (AP) The Federal Reserve Board yesterday loosened the reins on credit an other notch by reducing some reserve requirements of its member banks. The Board said that during March reserve requirements will be reduced from 4 per cent to 3 per cent against savings deposits, Christmas and
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    • 416 6  -  By Nicholas Moore AORA, Northern India Wed. Reuter Tourists who come to Agra during the hot North Indian summer may soon be able to visit the Taj Mahal and take a swim at the same time. Plans to spend about
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    • 160 6 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) A looming row amongst British Jesuits subsided yesterday with a British priest withdrawing an allegation that an archbishop had preached heresy. The charge was levelled on Sunday night during an address at Cambridge University by Archbishop Thomas Roberts, a former archbishop of
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    • 99 6 MERIDIAN, Mississippi Wed. (Reuter) A county sheriff and his deputy were arrested by Federal Marshals today in connection with the 1964-kllllng of three civn rights workers near Philadelphia, Mississippi. The three civil rights workers, two white men and a Negro, were murdered. Murder
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    • 111 6 MOSCOW. Wed. (AP) Emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia yesterday completed two days of formal talks with Soviet leaders. Including an unscheduled two-hour session yesterday afternoon with Soviet President Nikolai V. Podgorny. The Emperor met in the the Kremlin yesterday morning for 90 minutes with Mr.
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    • 27 7 SAIGON. Wed. Photo shows torchlight parade for effieies of de Gaulle and other world leaders prior to their Bon-fire burning in Kennedy Square last week. UPI Photo.
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    • 267 7 COPENHAGEN, Wed. (Reuter). Danish architect Joern Utzon, who designed Sydney's controversial opera house but resigned angrily before its completion. said today he is willing to forget past differences and return to finish the job. The man who designed the ultra-modern structure with a billowing, sail-like
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    • 114 7 SAIGON, Wed. (AP) Fierce fighting erupted in War Zone C yesterday with the Communists inflicting heavy casualties on one company of U.S. infantrymen and using tear gas against another American unit, U.S. spokesmen said. Reporting on a upsurge in action in operation Junction City.
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    • 70 7 TOKYO, Wed. (AFP) The Soviet Union and Japan here today opened their annual round of talks to determine their quotas of salmon, trout, and crab fishing in Northern Pacific waters off Hokkaido and Sakhalin. Japan is expected to press for a ceiling haul of 115.000 tons
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    • 628 7 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) An estimated 46 Labour MPs last night rebelled against the government's defence policy giving Prime Minister Harold Wilson's government one of the biggest blows it has suffered in the pre- sent Parliament. The government normally has a majority of nearly
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    • 245 7 WALLSEND. England, Wed. (Reuter). Britain's major shipbuilders warned today they are prepared to face a stoppage in production rather than give in to a small group of strikers. The threat of combined action follows a three-month dispute at Swan Hunters shipyards in
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    • 102 7 BIRMINGHAM England. Wed. (Reuter) Nine people were killed and 30 injured last night when a speeding electric passenger train and a diesel engine collided at a station near here. Most of the injured were treated at the scene but 10 were taken to hospital
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    • 206 7 PERTH, Western Australia. Wed. (Reuter) —The Vietcong. not the allied forces, are winning the hearts and minds of South Vietnamese, Dr. M.A. Jaspan. head of the West Australian University Centre for Asian Studies, said yesterday. He and his wife have Just returned from a tenweek field trip
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    • 52 7 RANGOON, Wed- (Reuter) Anti-government rebels raided a village in Southern Burma burning down 72 houses and looting 15 others, the official Burmese press reported today. Government troops fought off the rebel force of about 100 men but casualties in the hour-long clash last Monday night were
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    • 82 7 THIS is the artist's impression of the first of the six "Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicles" being planned by United States Navy. This prototype deen submersible, now under construction at Lockheed Missiles and Space Centre in California, will be able to rescue 24 men at a time and will be transportable
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    • 323 7 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter). Mr. Ramsey Clark was nominated today by President Johnson to become United States Attorney-General and promptly rejected suggestions to reopen the Kennedy Assas- sination inquiry. He told a press conference that the Warren Commission report on th e 1963 killing of the
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    • 55 7 MELBOURNE. Wed. (AFP) The Tasmanian government Is to cut by one twelfth the prison sentences of 220 prisoners from two Tasmanian prisons who helped fight the island's recent tragic bush fire which took more than 50 lives. The minimum remission was to be 14
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    • 158 7 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Prime Minister Harold Wilson yesterday warned trade union leaders that the government is to override their protests and keep a permanent say over wage levels after emergency pay freeze laws end this summer. His uncompromising stand could lead to a major rift between
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    • 74 7 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) The U.S. Space Administrator, James EL Webb, said yesterday that America's chances of putting a man on the moon by 1970 "are even more remote than they were in the past" in view of the Apollo tragedy. Asked how the American
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    • 153 7 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AP) Four Japanese mothers here as members of a food point study team are unanimous on one point: Miniskirts won't do in Japan. Mrs. Cheiko Matsuda, home consultant of the Japan Home Consumer's Union, put it this way: "Japanese women are not built
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    • 179 7 SAIGON, Wed. (Reuter) United States Marines stormed ashore in the central lowlands of Quang Ngai yesterday in their second amphibious assault in the region within 12 days, it was announced today. The Marine task force hit the beaches some 330 miles
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    • 104 7 AUSTIN. Texas. Wed. (AFP) A doctor at the Holy Cross Catholic Hospital here said the entire top floor of the hospital would be provided for President Johnson's youngest daughter Lucy Nugent if she was In fact expecting a baby. Mrs. Nugent and White House
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    • 131 7 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI) —The Vietcong charged today that the United States used a greater quantity of bombs and bullets against South Vietnamese villages last year than it did during the Pacific campaign in World War 11. Radio Hanoi broadcast the Vietcong claim that
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • 477 8 Though Port Swettenham is classified as a major port of West Malaysia, yet it still has the atmosphere of an old river port. Mud, mangroves and litter greet the eyes of visitors arriving at the port area by road or sea. For those coming by sea the views
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  • 304 8 It is fitting that Malay backbenchers in the Malaysian Parliament should point out the strong and weak points of MARA. In this way the management of this organisation can be improved and its officers put on their toes. If such criticisms should come from outside the Alliance
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  • 2398 8  -  By:- G. S. WHITBY In this article, Professor Whitby concludes his account of the changes that have taken place on the Malaysian scene during the past fifty years, with particular reference to grading, packing and coagulation methods. The first part of the article was published on
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  • 818 8 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) Trouble, and the satisfaction of ruling the rooftop of the world, are about all the Chinese Communists have gotten from Tibet. Since they conquered the remote region 16 years ago, they've faced a series of uprisings by loyal followers of
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSRTRIAL
    • 202 9 JAKARTA, Wed- (AFP). The factories of the Canadian Bata Footwear Manufacturing Company were formally returned to their proprietors here today by the Indonesian government. The company was taken over by the government here In 1965 at the height of this nation's antl imperialist
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    • 256 9 RANGOON, Wed. (Reuter) Burma faces her grimmest trade year since she achieved independence 19 years ago as the result of an unusually poor rice harvest, according to latest official government statistics. Roughly 80 per cent of this fertile nation's foreign exchange earnings come from rice
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    • 74 9 TOKYO. Japan, Wed. Japan Air Lines executives recently met frequently, eargerly planning extension of the company's routes first to New York and then on to London in March. Photo shows from left Mr. Katsuya Nohara. assistant vice-president, in the Americas. Mr. Shigeo Kameda. vice-president and general
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    • 125 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) The Stock Market closed on a firm note yesterday having wiped out an early loss but showing gains and losses pretty evenly mixed. Trading was active. The market declined from the start but it soon became apparent that a
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    • 61 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) —Rubber futures yesterday closed 25 points lower to 15 points higher. Sales none. Mar 67 19.75 20.45 May 67 20.20 20.75 July 20.30 20.85 Sept 67 20.30 20.85 Dec 7 20.30 20.85 Jan 68 20.50 21.10 Mar 68 20.75 21 25 Locally, spot
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    • 42 9 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AP) The United States government sold 50 long tons of tin from surplus stocks yesterday, 30 tons of grade A at 1.5425 U.S. dollars a pound and 20 tons of grade C at 1.5225 U.S. dollars a pound.
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    • 309 9 Rubber up 3 /4 cent SINGAPORE, Wed.— March first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 56J cents per lb., uo 3 cent from previous close. The tone was quietly steady. The opening was better on London advices and thereafter fluctuated narrowly
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    • 58 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: Canada: Buying T.T. 353 8; Airmail O.D. 35-1/2; 90 d/st. 36-1/8 credit bills. 363/16 trade bills. Selling T.T./O.D. ready were: Swiss Francs 140-5/8; Belgian Francs 1609; French Francs 160-1/2; Danish
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    • 35 9 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP) —Standard and poor's 500 stock index: Close Net Chance 425 Industrials 92.77 up .37 20 Railroads 45.86 up .24 55 Utilities 69.66 off .02 500 Stocks 86.78 up .32
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    • 122 9 TOKYO, Wed. (Reuter) The largest oil tanker ever built in Japan for export has been delivered to a Norwegian. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said the 157,448-dead-welght-ton tanker, Jasankoa had been completed m Nagasaki for the a/s Kosmos a Norwegian shipping firm. The delivery took place last
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    • 730 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Conditions were quietly steady in all sections on the Stock Exchange. The Industrials had a slightly better day. but prices moved narrowly. Fair buying support was noted in Central Sugar which pushed the price from $2.06 to $2.11, up five cents on
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    • 86 9 DAR ES SALAAM. Wed. (Reuter)—Tanzania's National Bank of Commerce has arranged for more than 80 banks In 47 countries to act as Its overseas correspondents. This further step towards normalistatlon of the country's banking business came just three weeks after all commercial banks here nationalised to
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    • 36 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) —The Dow Jones spot commodity price index advanced 0.35 to 139.47. The Dow Jones commodity futures index closed 136.28 up 0.42. Open High Low Close Index 135.98 136.43 135.78 136.28.
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    • 30 9 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Tin was steady with 85 tons. Spot buyers 1200-1 2 sellers 1201 business 1201. 3-months buyers 1202 sellers 1202-1/2 business *****/2 1202. Settlement 1201.
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    • 29 9 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) The rubber market opened quietlv steady with No 1 RSS Spot 17-1/4 17-7 /16. No. 1 RSS CIF Basis Ports March 17-1/6 17-3/16.
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The tin price for today was $603.37J per picul, down $1.12*.
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    • 388 9 LONDON. Wed. Savings in the time taken to mill straight or helical flutes In cutting tools, plus greater accuracy of cut. are claimed for a recently developed British machine. The unit automatically mills three blanks at a tme ranging in size from
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    • 56 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) Dow Jones stork averages Open High 3° Industrials 833.91 844.27 20 Railroads 226.26 227.56 15 Utilities 135.58 136.85 65 Stocks 300.52 303.47 Low Close Change 30 Industrials 827.95 839.37 up 2-73 20 Railroads 224.85 226.64 up 0.18 15 Utilities 134.62 135.99 up 0.29
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    • 22 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) Rubber standard futures dosed quiet. No Sales. Spot No. 1 ribbed smoked sheets 20 5/Bn. N-nominal.
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    • 524 9 SINGAPORE—Stock Exchange bid and offer price* officially 1 listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIAL B. S. Boustead 1.57 1.58 C. Sugar 2.10 2.11 Chemical Co 1.78 1.79 Cold Storage 3.24 3.26 Punlop Old) 2.37 2.39 E. Smelting 4.42 4.48 Ossn Ords 3.28 3.30 Fltzpatrlcks 1.55 1.65
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    • 50 9 (Managers Prices) Urst Malayan 2.24 2.34 Second Malayan 1.59 l.M Third Malayan 1.17 1.28 7he Commerce Industry Fund... .90 1.01 The Savings Fund XD 1.33 1.43 Malaysian Investment Fund .90 1.00 Sterling Commodltv 11/11 4/ft First Hong Kong... 1.00 1.6.1* Second Hong Kong .69 .73* Hong Kong Currency)
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    • 117 9 SINGAPORE Wed. Stncapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prtrn today were: Buyer* Sellers Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk 44.75 Coconut oil FOB Drum* 47.25 Loose Copra Mixed Mar/Apr. *7.75 MM Sugar (Java) exgodown 26.25 Nutmeg* 110* 435 00 Nutmeg* RAW <02 .AO Garbled Lampong Black Pepper (FOB) W 100.00 Pepper Black
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    • 24 9 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI)' —Money Quotations: HK55.735/5.7475 per US dollar for cash. HK$ 15.99 per pound sterling. HK5264.375 per tael gold.
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    • 118 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The following ships are expected in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Utrecht 3/4 Centaur 5 Silver Peak 6 r 7 Golden Wender 8/9 Glenfinlas 10/11 Yoshinosan Maru 13/14 Tugela 15/16 Benavon 18 Arendskerk 19 Wing An 21/22 An Tung 23/24 Kinsei Maru No. 11 25/26 Niels
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    • 886 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 7.05 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from Knala Lumpur. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.20 a.m. Airline OIA 982 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.00 a.m. Airline MSA 451 from Kuching.
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  • 773 10 EAST LAGOON CONTAINER COMPLEX SINGAPORE SINGAPORE, Wed. The Port of Singapore Authority is to construct a $7O million container complex and ancillary services for the handling of container ships and containerised cargo. The complex will be built as part of its second
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  • 305 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Associated Chamber of Manufacturers of Australia will hold one of the most comprehensive exhibitions in conjunction with the Singapore Building Materials and Services Exhibition which opens on March 4 at Shenton Way. To cope with this comprehensive
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  • 47 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. His Holiness Swaml Chlnmayananda, of Chlnmaya Mission In Bombay, will give a talk on "The Purpose of Life" at Diamond Jubilee Hall here on Saturday at 5 p.m. A Member of Parliament, Dr. Awang bin Hassan, will attend the function.
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  • 92 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. A pedestrian, Ch'ng Tio n g Chuan, 30, who was involved in a road accident, died at the General Hospital this morning. Ch'ng Tiong Chuan of New Jurong Road was knocked down by a motor-lorry on Feb. 27 at 12.35 p.m. and was later
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  • 136 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. T. J. B. Hoar, regional representative of Pergamon Press in South-east Asia, has been elected a Director of Pergamon Press (Australia) Ltd., with responsibility in this regions. This was disclosed today by the Chairman and Director of the firm, Mr. Robert
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  • 96 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed— Enche Bakar bin Ja'afar secretary to the Mentri Besar, Dato Othman Haji Mohamed Sa'at. left here today on a transfer to Kluang. Enche Bakar will become the Assistant District OflPcer of Kluang. Enche Bakar's successor is Enche Abdul Rahim Ramlee. 35.
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  • 35 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Sceneshifters a dramatic and musical society of the YMCA, will stage "Carmen" at the Victoria Theatre on June 6. It is produced by Eileen Smith and Frank Wood.
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  • 40 10 MUAR, Wed. Mr. Tay Thlan Bung. 31, has assumed duty as chairman of the Renggit Local Council, 65 miles from here. He replaces Mr. Tay Kim \Caeow who has resigned Jdue to pressure of work.
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  • 2496 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The University of Singapore today released the results of the Intermediate Examination for the degree of B. Sc.; first sessional examination for the degree of 8.A.; second sessional (One subject course) examination for the degree of 8.A.; and intermediate examination for the degree
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  • 879 11 SINGAPORE, Wed.— The Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, today stated that National Service is service to the country. He pointed out that the people should not be flotsam or jetsam in a disorganised society." National Service implies organisation and discipline
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  • 276 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. The High Court was today told that an application to recall two prosecution witnesses one main witness by the defence for cross-exami-nation in a theft case was refused by the magistrate. Mr. Allen Yau, appearing for the appellants, Yew Luan Wee and Yeo Boon
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  • 114 11 BANGKOK, Wed. (AFP)— TThailand would welcome any move by Indonesia and Singapore to join the Association of Southeast Asia, Thai leaders disclosed here today. Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman, commenting on a statement by Malaysian Deputy Premier Tun Abdul Razak that Indonesia had been invited
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  • 150 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. Justice Cboor Singh today altered the sentence of three months imposed on a Public Works Department worker, Abdul Jalil bin Abdullah for intent to insult the modesty of an English girl to a fine of >lOO or two months Jail. He
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  • 785 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. Sim Boon Chuan, manager of Chop Keet Sang, told a District Court today that within a year after he took over his father's business, the Arm's debts with Lee Wah Bank rose from less than $lO,OOO to $lOO,OOO. He
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  • 78 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. Dr Tan Kwang Hoh was elected Chairman of the Spastic Children's Association at its 9th annual general meeting on Feb. 24. Mr Francis T. Seow was elected Vice-Chairman. Other office-bearers elected (or the year are:— Hon. Secretary Mrs. Meta Jean Forbes Venn; Hon. Treasurer Mr. Lee
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  • 323 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. The National Trades Union Congress has written to the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, requesting a meeting in the presence of the delegates of Its affiliated unions to seet clarification on the alleged denial of re-employment to
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  • 759 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister of Defence, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, tonight stated that the continued survival and prosperity of the Republic would largely depend on whether the education system in the country could turn out citizens with "creative imagination, stout character and
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  • 69 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. Puan Noor Aishah, President of the Singapore Red Cross, will visit seven centres on March 4 in conjunction with the Red Cross Flag Day. She will visit the Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation in Orchard Road, Raffles Institution. Sekolah Gevlang
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 57 11 S'pore Diary 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Victoria Memorial HaH: Exhibition, "The Truth About Cancer", organised by the Singapore Cancer Society. 7 30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture: Kampong Tongkang Pechah, Yio Chu Kang; Min Cheng School, Mata Ikan; Kong Min School, Florence Road; and Pah
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL $5 ESSAY WINNERS
    • 393 12 I AM a Raleigh oicycle. I was made in Germany. I was manufactured in Bernard's factory. My name is Freda. I am a lady's bicycle. In my family, I am the youngest and the prettiest. My parents love me very much. We were
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    • 201 12 I HAVE a little shadow that goes In and out with me. And what can be the use of him is more than I can see She is very like from the heels up to the -top. And I see him jump before me, when I jump into ;my
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    • 291 12 TT is very natural for everyone of us to indulge in daydreaming. Housewives washing dishes dream of a lovely holiday in Hawaii. The future bride-to-be dreams of a lovely honeymoon in Europe. The businessman pray and hope that his wallet will
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    • 205 12 THE person I admire most is Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. I am sure most of the people who know him admire him for his intelligence, capability, friendliness and humbleness. Mr. Lee is really a great man because he is able to develop a country
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    • 321 12 WE are now living in an age of science. Heavy machines can do the work which even the strongest of men cannot do. To use these machines we need the knowledge of science, not the muscles of Hercules. To operate a machine is as easy for a
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    • 345 12 "'THE opposite of 'live' is X 'die'.** I was younger sister English crammer Setting her an her exercise to do. I sat down beside her to supervise her work. The words 'live' and 'die' still lingered in my mind. I set my mind thinking and
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    • 244 12 PEOPLE usually consider things which are not used and thrown away as waste. Their thoughts may seem right. But to my opinion it doesn't sound true. Things which are not useful to a person may be useful to another. This gives an advantage to all
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    • 170 12 ONE Saturday. I was awaken by my mother at 7 o'clock. I was sleepy and lazy. I did not like to get up. When my mother told me that it was my birthday. I Jump out of bed, ran to the bathroom to brush my teeth and
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    • 395 12 IT was a hot day. The sun was shining brightly in the sky. My friend, Nancy came and visited me. After having a short conversation, she went home. I went into my bedroom to lie on my bed, reading a book named 'The Secret
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    • 360 12 IN every country unwanted aged beggars and vagabonds prey upon the communities like drones In a bee-hive. Worried vendors, coolies, and cart-pullers infest every place from the towns into the countryside. Never a radiance of happiness cross theh- countenances. The only ones are sores and
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    • 213 12 IN this world of ours, there are many things human beings like and dislike. Different people have their own likes and dislikes. Of all things in the world, what I dislike most is bad habits of people. Many people, especially those uneducated people have no manners
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 148 12 NEW ESSAY CONTEST FOR THOSE WHO ARE 14 AND UNDER THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encour- young boys and girls to express themselves i properly.
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  • EASTERN SUN FEATURE
    • 954 13 SOMEWHERE B SMOOTH FLATNESS OF BRITAIN'S WASH AREA LIES PRECIOUS GEMS. SILVER ANH HO EH. TOHAY THESE MISSING MILLIONS ARE REING SOUGHT SCIENTIFICALL Y. MILLIONS of A pounds worth of precious metal and stones are buried deep down in the silt of Britain's fenland. This fortune has
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    • 397 13  - LIZ BURTON FILM A SUCCESS By IAN MCEWAN LONDON, Wed. (Reuter). London critics today used their best superlatives to praise the long-awaited Burton-Taylor film, "The Taming Of The Shrew", which had its world premiere here recently. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor are reputed to have put 500.000 sterling of their
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 283 13 fSHAW ORGANISATION II a tn.. 1.3*. 4.00. #.:w A 9.15 p.m. -■PENS TODAY —No Free List! r nt Eastwood A: bee Van Clecf K)R FEW DOLLARS MORE" echniscope Ac Technicolor <UA) CAPITOL PKone ***** Cash Bookings Only No Free List! La«t Hayl 1!. 1.3*, 4.00, 6 45. ».30 Trail of
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    • 693 13 TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Pulao Plninc. 6 Ipoh and Meiaka; 3 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping: 7 Batu Pahat: 9 Kluang. (Singapore rimers, please switch to thannel 3 for T.V'. Malaysia programmes). P.M. 5.45 OPENING ANNCT Prog Summary. 5.50 NEWS OUTLINES in the National Language. 5.55 NATIONAL
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    • 274 13 |wjuay*i| |oHEON i> 11 1 «>1 LAST DAYS! 11 a n. LM, 4.00. S.30 M p.m. THE PROFESSIONALS"*... Burt Lancaster P vmlon Color SATURDAY MIDNIGHT 1 <Foi. "DESPERATE SEVEN" Gregory Peck Richard Widmark |"RCHA RD pal ACE OPENS TODAY! 1.30. 400 II 1.30. 4 00 «.30 9.15 p.m. 0.45 ft.30
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  • 263 14 LOS ANGELES, California, Wed. (AP). The president of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association said yesterday accusations that American amateur tennis was financially hypocritical were based on a misconception about the word "paid." President Robert Kelleher was replying to a comment
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  • 122 14 PORT ELIZABETH, Wed. (Reuter) South Africa's 3-1 success in the series with Australia which ended here yesterday was the first time for 81 years that Australia have lost three Test matches on tour. The only previous season that Australia lost three tests
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  • 244 14 Open tennis would cause more harm— ALTA boss BRISBANE, Wed. (Reuter) —Professional players would easily beat amateurs in open lawn tennis and cause public interest in the sport to dwindle away drastically the president of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association, Mr C. A. "bill" Edwards, said last night. He was
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  • 155 14 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Olympic and Sports Council is awaiting official notification from Cambodian sports officials on dates for the staging of the SEAP Games at Phnom Penh in November this year. Disclosing this to Sunsport today, the hon. secretary of SOSC, Mr.
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  • 71 14 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter)' Queen Elizabeth has conferred honours on two top British sports stars, swimmer Bobby McGregor and tennis girl Angela Mortimer. Both were invested yesterday as members of the Order of the British Empire (M.8.E.) a decoration conferred In the last New Year's honours
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  • Article, Illustration
    38 14 The championship trophy he won in the 1967 Philippine Open Golf tournament'. His total score for the 72-hole tournament was five-under-par 283, beating Celestino Tugot of the Philippines by one stroke. UP I UPI Photo.
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  • 197 14 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) Filipino tennis players made a clean sweep of the 1967 Hong Kong Open grasscourt championships yesterday by capturing both the mens singles and doubles crowns. Eduardo Cruz. fourth ranked in The Philippines, won the men's singles title by beating fellow-country-man
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  • 113 14 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) —Wrestling in Britain may be probed by a Govern-ment-appointed Monopolies Commission, according to the commission's annual report to Parliament. The commission, which investigates alleged monopolies and decides If they are against the public Interest, disclosed in Its report that it had been
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  • 195 14 MANILA, Wed. (AP) Flash Elorde will retire from boxing if he loses to Japan's Yoshiaki Numata in their world junior lightweight title fight scheduled on May 4. This was learned today from Lope Sarreal Sr., Elorde's father-in-law and adviser, after the Filipino
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  • 111 14 HONG KONG. Wed. (Reuter) Hong Kong will send a team to compete In the Asian Athletic Championships to be held in Kuaia Lumpur In August. This was announced by the council of Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association which is now making plans to
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  • 26 14 TAIPING, Wed. The Taiping and District Football Association will hold its annual meeting at the Chinese Recreation Club here on Friday at 5 p.m.
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  • 34 14 TAIPING, Wed. St. George's Institution Taiping beat Methodist Secondary School Parit Buntar by two goals to nit in an exciting inter-school soccer fixture Played on the MSS padang over the week-end.
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  • 234 14  -  By WEE HOCK CHYE MALACCA, Wed. A sports complex, estimated to cost $2 million, is being planned Here Sunsport reliobly understands. The proposed project is partly in line with the greater emphasis currently being laid on sports by the nation and also to avail
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  • 42 14 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. Tay Soo Yong, vice-president of FAS will leave for Hong Kong this month to negotiate terms with two foreign soccer teams Real Madrid of Spain and a Scottish national team to play in Singapore this season.
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  • 470 14 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI). —The Japan Boxing Commission and a Japanese promoter yesterday appeared headed for a showdown battle over the promoters project of having world heavyweight champion Cassius Clay make a title defence in Tokyo. Clay's manager Herbert Muhammad left Tokyo last night
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 526 14 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS SITUATION VACANT 20 Words tS/- (Minimum) WANTED BY WFLL-ESTA-BLISHED Life Insurance Company part or full-time agents with opportunities for promotion to executive level. Applicants must be 25 45 years. Apply Box No 604 E.S., K.L. FOR HIRE 20 Words $5/- (MinimumJ RENT-A-CAR, Ring Everfine *****, Airconditioned Cars from
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    • 113 14 NOTICE MEDICAL COUNCIL REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE In accordance with Regulation 10(1) of the Medical Council (Ejection of Members) Regulations, 1953, as amended by the Medical Council (Election of Members) (Amendment) Regulations, 1955, I hereby declare the following registered medical practitioner to be elected member of the Medical Council, Republic of
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    • 73 14 CLASSIFIED ADS 21-1. CANTONMfNT ROAD. SINCAPORt 2 TELEPHONES 9JCOS/7. Advertiser's Name 1 T T M. Telephone No.-~.-~. Number of »«wrtinw« Date(s) Requested Cost PmrMcnt mit VMt Mice (r.0./CU<u/Cub tDtWI Cash milt to rtililml Chiracs ate. AnM k* crrat*4. Classified advertisements may be handed at the following addresses: KUALA LUMPUR: 39
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  • 2356 15  -  Chief Informer ($151), Johore ($147) pay best Penang race results Bv WINDSOR LAD PENANG, Wed- Good Dividends, including two shock wins, highlighted the second day of the Penan? Turf Club's Spring Meeting todav. In the first Chief Informer, vigorously ridden bv Keith Moxham fought a keen
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  • 81 15 Picture shows Col.R.J. M inoot j (left) and Maj. Haroon bin Ismail accepting the delivery on behalf of the Minis try from Nubumoto Abe (Suzuki Motor Co.) and Mr. Teo Chin Seng (Guan Hoe Company (M) Ltd.), a distributor. Officers of the Logistics Division M inistrv of Interior and Defence
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  • 46 15 Chelsea centre forward Hateley (left) evades the outstretched arm of Brighton Soalkeeper Burns, but his header goes wide of the open Brighton goal. First ivision Chelsea were hard pressed to hold third division Brighton to a 1-1 draw in this game at Brighton.
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  • 663 15 "TVENNIS LINDSAY, the South African wicket-keeper, set the world ■L' records in the Test series between South Africa and Australia which ended in Port Elizabeth yesterday. His aggregate of 606 runs average 86.57 was the highest total ever scored by a wicketkeeper
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  • 267 15 SINGAPORE, Wed. Viva Ipoh and Ballendaine, two recent winners, have been promoted to Class 1 from Class 2, according to the latest M.R.A. classification list, the full particulars of which are as follows: PROMOTIONS: From Class 2 to Class 1: Viva Ipoh, Bellendaine. From
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 46 15 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $81.***** FIRBT PRIZE No. *****6 §26,921.00 SECOND PRIZE No. *****8 6.730.00 THIRD PRIZE No. *****1 3,365.00 STARTERS ($560.00 each): Nos. *****6 *****6 *****8 *****0 *****6 *****3 *****2 *****2 CONSOLATIONS ($336.00 each): Nos. *****8 *****5 *****3 *****1 *****9 *****6 *****6 *****7 *****8 *****6
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  • 976 16  -  By R.V. Lingam, Low Teo Ping SINGAPORE, Wed. Japan's M. Kono, 23-year-old Canadian cupper and local dental surgeon Tony Thong won the Pro-Am tournament with a net score of 62 at par 71 Bukit Course here today. Thong was an all-the-way
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  • 565 16 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Malaysian Tan Aik Huang, defending the men's singles title for the first time, has drawn a tough first round opponent in the 57th all-England Badminton Championships at Wembley here on March 15-19. In the draw made by the
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  • 91 16 SEREMBAN, Wed Failure to comply with the Negri Sembilan Hockey Association competition rules today cost two clubs two points each in the N.S.H.A. league fixtures. N.S. Public Works Department who had only eight players on the field when the whistle was blown for
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  • 308 16 SINGAPORE. Wed. More than 250.000 spectators are expected to watch the biggest motoring spectacle when the 1967 Singapore Grand Prix is held at Thomson Road circuit from March 25 to 27. The Grand Prix a premier sporting event of the year has already
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  • 223 16 TAIPING. Wed. Chinese Recreation Club last year's champions will meet 2 Malaysian artillery who are making their debut this year in the opening; game of the Taiping District hockey league which begins here on March 6. A total of 13 teams
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  • 57 16 IPOH. Wed. A six-a-side volleyball tournament will be played at the Yuk Choy Primary School courts in High Low Street here from 4da.vTwo matches are fixed each night on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Four teams have entered for the tournament. The tournament will be conducted in a league
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  • 334 16 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The draw and starting times for the Singapore Open Golf Championship tomorrow at the Bukit Course Is as follows: 9.37 a.m. M. Kono and Chen Chien Chung. 9.45 R.F. Boughner and R. Villalon. 9.53 F. Phillips. J. McInnes and J. Hardwick. 10.01 Lu Liang
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  • 92 16 MALACCA. Wed. At the annual general meeting of the Malacca Amateur Athletic Association held at the Bandar Hilir English School, Mr. Lim Yeow Koon was unanimously elected president. The four vice-presidents elected were Messrs M. Thomas. E. T. Stonor, Mohd. Hashlm bin Pakeh
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  • 63 16 SINGAPORE, Wed. Fok. Keng Choy, a schoolboy won the novices four-mile walking race when he clocked 37 mins- 29 sees to capture first place in the competition organised by Swifts A.A. Novices Results: 1. Don Lewis 2.4 V. Renga 3. K. Perry. Veterans 1. F. Philips
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  • 269 16 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister of State to the Prime Minister's Department, Tuan Ya'acob bin Mohamed, has been unanimously elected as president of the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association. The former President, Mr Tang Tuck Wah, has been elected as deputy-president. This was announced shortly after
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  • 164 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. E. Walters of the Selangor Club has been named skipper of the Selangor Rugby Union president's XV against the visiting Otahuhu Rugby Club XV from New Zealand to be played on March 8 at the Selangor padang. Selection was done from various
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  • 645 16 PORT DICKSON. Wed. Sharin Osman. the defending singles champion, moved on to the quarterfinals in the Port Dickson Club/Yacht Club tenms championships played here over the weekend. Results of matches edMen's singles:- Sharin Osman bt W. R Gowing W 0., T. M. Jamil bt
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 60 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 3.59 a.m. (6.9 ft); 4.28 p.m. (7.2 ft.) Port Swettenham: 9 aan .(13.9 ft); 9.27 p.m. (14.4 ft) Port Dickson: 10.04 a.m. (7.4 ft); 10.41 p.m. (8.4 ft.) Singapore: 2.22 a.m. (9.3 ft); 304 p.m. (8.5 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 12.59 a.m. (7.2 ft); 2.10 p.m. (7.2
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