Eastern Sun, 14 March 1967

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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Singapore Varsity exam results
      990 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. The University of Singapore today released the results of the final examination for the degree of B.Sc.; examination for the degree of B.Sc. with honours and examination for the Diploma in Fisheries. The following candidates passed the examination: Ang Hui Peng. Chan Jee Kun,
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      Lock icon 2 more overhead pedestrian bridges for S'pore
      151 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Government theßepubHe 1 two overhead pedestrian bridges in They wil be situated at the 6 m.s. Bukit Timah and Dunearn Roads and at the 5 m.s. also at Bukit Timah and Dunearn Roads. Tenders have already been called for
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      Lock icon 9 companies struck off register
      77 2 BINGAPORE. Mon.—The Registrar of Companies, Mr. A. W. Ghows, has a truck off nine companies from his Register. This is announced in the latest Gazette notification. "Tne companies are: Sena T!l y£ L Hang Limited. Kian Aik Rubber Co. Ltd.. Heico c Ltd.. Tong Hal
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      Lock icon Changing of guards at Istana
      182 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. In a simple ceremony this morning, the Singapore Armed Forces took over uard duties from the Singapore Police at the Istana Negara for the first time. The ceremony started at 7.40 a.m. and the "handing over" of the guard duties was completed in
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA FOR PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL CONFAB
      240 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. Singapore and Malaysia will be represented by formal delegations at the Pacific Industrial Conference to be held in Sydney, Australia, from April 12-15. This is one of the biggest groups of top-level international business executives and industrialists ever to meet In Australia.
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      Lock icon Four licensed to keep seamen's lodging houses
      90 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Deputy Prime Minister's Office has issued licences to four persons to keep seamen's lodging-houses in the Republic. The licences have been issued under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance and the Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Lodging Houses) Rules, 1955. They are for Mr.
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      Lock icon Jurong industrial estate planners praised
      159 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. Werner NieUen, Managing Director, East Asiatic Co. Ltd.. of Copenhagen, Denmark, paid tribute to the planners of the Jurong industrial estate. He described it as symbolic of the sweeping changes taking place in Asia and added: "Planning an industrial estate where at
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      Lock icon Child drowned
      32 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. A child. Ken Sai Ming, 2, was this morning drowned, when he fell into a well near his home at Lor one Lentor, off y» Chu Kang Road.
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      Lock icon Another $10 for Madam Chan Hoe
      81 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. An Eastern Sun reader, Mr. Johnny Ong, today donated $lO towards the Madam Tan Chan Hoe fund which now stands at $32. Madam Tan of Muar lost her husband who died after a long illness and she found herself helpless with eight
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      Lock icon Music examiner for S'pore
      89 2 SINGAPORE. Mon.—The Board of Trinity College of Music, London, has appointed Mr. Horace Field, as external examiner for Singapore this year. Mr. Field is a widely experienced musician in teaching, lecturing, adjudicating. conducting and as a soloist. For many years he has been a member of
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      Lock icon Combined Rotary meeting
      59 2 SINGAPORE, Mon—The Rotary Clubs of Singapore and those south of Malacca will hold a combined meeting at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce on March 15, at 8.30 p.m., to celebrate Rotary's 62nd anniversary. The meeting is to be held in honour of the visit of Rotary International
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      Lock icon Senu denies rumours about UMNO's 'intellectuals'
      122 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, said today that party members seeking leadership of UMNO must get the full backing of its rank and file. He was commenting on a press report that there was a
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      Lock icon Miss Tourism (Chin Geok) praised in Sydney
      340 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. "Miss Tourism Singapura" has gained an enthusiastic response from Australians who saw her on television and in person. Miss Ang Chin Geok arrived in Sydney on March 6, to begin a three-week tour which will take in five States and the
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      Lock icon Calling blood donors
      62 2 SINGAPORE. Mon—The Singapore Blood Transfusion Service is appealing for more blood donors to help build up adequate reserves of blood for the bank before the Hari Raya Haji and Easter weekend when the Blood Donation Centre will be closed. The Centre will hold a special Sunday session
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      Lock icon Specialised treatment centres plan in all hospitals—Bahaman
      275 3 PENANG, Mon. The Malaysian Government intends to provide specialised treatment centres in all hospitals throughout the country, especially in the treatment of Cardiac diseases. I i This was disclosed by the Minister of Health, Enche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, a- a presentation ceremony of
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      Lock icon DATO Haji Abdul Aziz bin Ahmad being sworn in as Acting Mentri Besar of Pahaner before the Sultan of Pahang at the Balai Rong Sri, Istana Abu Bakar, Pekan. during an investiture ceremony. The Mentri Besar, Dato Yahya bin Haji Mohamed Seh, and his wife are currently on a two-month pilgrimage to Mecca.
      53 3 DATO Haji Abdul Aziz bin Ahmad being sworn in as Acting Mentri Besar of Pahaner before the Sultan of Pahang at the Balai Rong Sri, Istana Abu Bakar, Pekan. during an investiture ceremony. The Mentri Besar, Dato Yahya bin Haji Mohamed Seh, and his wife are currently on a two-month
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      Lock icon Three-month world tour for Sultan
      55 3 BRUNEI TOWN, Mon. (AFP). —The Sultan of Brunei, Sir Omar Ali Saiffudin, will leave here on Apr. 25 for a three-month world tour. Sir Omar wil make private visits to Australia. New Zealand, France, West Germany. Britain, United States and Canada before returning to Brunei
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      Lock icon PIRATES GRAB FISHING NETS WORTH $2,000
      127 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Pirates struck five miles off the coast of Tanjong Sipat New Village, two rights ago. and escaped with $2,000 worth of fishing nets The victim. Tharr: Swee Meng. 19. was asleep in his boat when he was awakened by the approach
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      Lock icon Commonwealth Army moves out of Tampin
      118 3 MALACCA, Mon. The Commonwealth Army has moved out of Tampin Town which lies on the MalaccaNegri border. The establishment there is however, being retained and a few guards now look after the empty barracks. The British Army Public Relations Officer. Major C. M.J. Chambers,
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      Lock icon THREE GIRLS PLEAD GUILTY
      54 3 PENANG. Mon. Three Thai girls, Bai Lam Pai (25), Larr.- Moon Na Thai Sorij; (24) and Noi Poo Mit Combat (17) pleaded guilty today at the Second Magistrate's Court here to a charge of illegal entry into •>lalaya without any valid papers last May. Sentence was
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      Lock icon French Economic Mission due here
      164 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A 23-member high-level French Economic Mission is due here on March 28. the French Ambassador here, Mr. P. Anthonioz said today. Besides having "a closer look on the Malaysian economic market," the Mission will also study "projects suitable for French assistance within
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      Lock icon Razak: Talks on several subjects during visit
      292 3 KUALA LUMPUR Mon —The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak will be making an official visit to Australia and New Zealand, for 15 days from Apr. 8 to 23. Tun Abdul Razak said that he was happy to accept this kind invitation and
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      Lock icon FESTIVAL OF BAND AND DANCES
      90 3 PENANG, Mon. The Musicians' Union is holding a series of dances in the various States in West Malaysia and collections from the Festival of Band and Dances will be donated to the National Disaster Relief Fund. Rothmans of Pall Mall is sponsoring the festival. The
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      Lock icon TALKS ON TEACHERS TRAINING
      117 3 KUCHING, Mon. A team of Teacher training experts from the Ministry of Education, Kuala Lumpur, arrived here yesterday. The team is led by Mr. Chang Min Kee. Director of Teacher Training, and the other members are Mr. Chong Seek Chim, Assistant Adviser (Schools), Professor Ruth Wong.
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      Lock icon Hundreds at wedding of Abdullah
      119 3 KUCHING, Mon. The Director of Operations, East Malaysia, Major-General Dato Ibrahim, and his wife, Datin Zakiah, were among hundreds of guests at the wedding of Private Abdullah Hussein of the Malaysian Armed Forces and Siti Hasiah Suleiman of Kuching at Kampong Bintangor yesterday. Pte. Abdullah,
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      Lock icon BURGLARS' $2,337 LOOT
      47 3 KUALA LUMPUR Mon Burglars broke into the house of Mr. N.A. Khan at Lor on g Jarret, Kampong Pandan last night and escaped with $2,337, $3OB worth of jewellery, watch and a cigarette lighter. Entry was made through a window on the first floor.
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      Lock icon JEDDAH IN 91/4 HOURS
      40 3 KUALA LUMPUH. Mon.— The chartered plane of "Garuda" which carried 124 pilgrims from Malaysia reached Jeddah within 9 hours and 15 minutes. The plane left here yesterday at 11.40 a.m. and reached Jeddah at 8.55 pjol
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      Lock icon COMMUNISTS STILL CHERISH THEIR DREAM-DATO HENRY
      136 3 BRUNEI TOWN. Mon. (AFP) Communists in the Borneo territories Sabah. Sarawak and Brunei still cherish their "longstanding dream" of establishing a Communist "Unitary State of Kalimantan Utara," according to Dato Henry. Sarawak's retiring Commissioner of Police. Dato Henry, who has been with the Sarawak
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      Lock icon AGRICULTURAL EXPERT RETURNING
      85 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A former Agricultural Economist in Kuala Lumpur, Mr. John William Luscombe Bevan is returning to Malaysia. While living at Bleadney. near Wells, in Southwest England, he has been recruited by the British Ministry of Overseas Development under the Technical Co-operation Scheme of the Colombo
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      Lock icon His presence of mind
      85 3 IPOH. Mon. Two mining labourers. Chin Nam. 19. and his girl friend. Lai Kam Chee, 17 on their way back to the mine along the main road in Tanjong Tualang last night, were held up by four men armed with daggers. Chin however had the presence
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      Lock icon SELFLESS SERVICE OF GIRL GUIDES—TUNKU
      197 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Prim* Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, said today that ha supported the Girl Guides Association with 'real feeling/ for he was once a Boy Scout and Cadet. Being a Boy Scout, had done him good, he added, in a message on the
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      Lock icon Withdraw 20,800 acres given to firm: Back-bencher
      469 4 JOHORE BUDGET SESSION: JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The State Government again came under strong attack in the second day of the Budget Session of the Johore Legislative Assembly here today. The attack was made bv an Alliance back-bencher. Enche Abdullah Suddin (Pontian Dalam) when
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      Lock icon WHEN NOT TO PLAY GOLF...
      77 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Golf-plavlng civil servants were rebuked in the Johore Legislative Assembly here today. Debating on this year's budget, an Alliance backbencher, Syed Mohammed Edros said certain civil servants were seen playing golf during working hours. He added there were also civil servants who
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      Lock icon TIMBER WORTH $21.5 MIL. EXPORTED LAST MONTH
      84 4 SANDAKAN, Mon. Sabah last month exported 201,809.50 tons of timber logs valued at $21,533,189 of which about 51 per cent was exported from Sandakan. Sandakan exported 104, 751.66 tons worth $11,610, 243. This compares with 196, 567.64 tons worth $17,985. 713 (including sawn
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      Lock icon Manpower survey in Sabah
      90 4 JESSELTON. Moo. The Department of Statistics is carrying out a manpower survey of all registered trade establishments in Sabah. A preliminary survey was conducted in Kampong Ayer and the response obtained so far is very encouraging. The aim of this survey is to And out the
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      Lock icon Create a happier Malaysia -Minister
      129 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mnn (Hon): Malaysian girls were today urged to Join the Girl Guide Movement. The call was made by Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir, the Minister of Transport and also Malaysia's Chief Scout. In a message marking the Golden Jubilee of the Girl
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      Lock icon First Armed Forces school in Kuching
      242 4 KUCHING, Mon. The Malaysian Armed Forces in Sarawak have established their own Armed Forces Children's School near Kuching Airport. The school, the first of Its kind in East Malaysia, costs over $60,000. I More than 60 children of members of Kuching Garrison, Ist Royal
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      Lock icon DELIVERY MAN WHO FORGED RECEIPT
      155 4 PENANG. Mon. A delivery man for Barkath Stores Ltd. Abdul Aziz 19. was bound over in the sum or $3OO to be of good behaviour for a year by the year by the First Court Magistrate. Mr. T. Aria Rajah, today, when he was found
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      Lock icon Busy weekend for Khir
      107 4 KAMPAR, Mon. The Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari will spend a busy weekend in Perak. He will open an $lB,BOO extension three class-rooms to a Malay school in Bagan Datok near Teluk An- son on Thursday. In the same afternoon, he will go to
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      Lock icon Books that are not so 'innocent'
      114 4 BRUNEI TOWN, Mon. (AFP) Bookshops In Brunei Town are having a second look at their shelves to see whether they are carrying "innocently-titled" books that would bring trouble. Two recent successful pro- secutions in the Magistrate's court in Kuala Belait showed that even Daniel
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      Lock icon Student with practical mind
      99 4 Attractive 21-year-old Miss Lee Leng Whong, of Johore Banru, who has been in New Zealand for the past two years, gained practical experience complementary to her studies during the 1966-67 University vacation. Employed in the Christchurch office of the New Government Tourist Bureau, she has met
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      Lock icon MODEL HEALTH VILLAGES PLAN
      52 4 JESSELTON. Mon. The Medical Department In Keningau ha s plans to spend $lO,OOO to turn kampong Apln Apln and Bingkor into model health villages. Steps are being taken by the Medical Department to provide the two kampongs with all the necessarv rural health facilities and proper
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      Lock icon UNION WARNING: AVOID MAKING A BIG MISTAKE
      147 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —The National Union of Commercial Workers has come out in support of the National Language, f In an editorial of the latest issue of its official publication "Commer ci a 1 Worker" the Union has urged its members to "make
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      Lock icon Parents should urge Communists to give up—Major
      206 4 KUCHING, Mon. The Director of Operations East Malaysia, Major General Dato Ibrahim bin Ismail, has appealed to parents and relatives of Communists who are still hiding in the jungle to persuade them to give up. In a press statement today, he said the
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      Lock icon Tunku sends greetings to Indira
      110 4 KUALA LUMPUR, MonThe Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, has sent the following message to Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India "Your Excellency. May I on behalf of the Government and people of Malaysia and on my own behalf extend to you our cordial congratulations
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      Lock icon MOTHER OF FIVE FOUND FLOATING
      44 4 KAMPAR, Mon. The body of a mother of five. Yee Hee Lin. 23 was found floating in a disused mining pool near Gopeng this morning. Sfte was reported missing from her home in Lawan Kuda New Village last Saturday.
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      Lock icon MAYC WANTS GOVT. TO SET UP NATIONAL YOUTH BOARD
      118 4 IPOH, Mon. The Malaysian Association of Youth Clubs, Perak. has urged the Federal Government to establish a National Youth Board as a liaison body with the Mi- nistry of Youth. Sports and Culture. This was one of the decisions of the
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      Lock icon 'Hot-line' for Pacific Queen
      252 5  -  By MAUREEN LEE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.—On the "hot-line" between Melbourne and here, Malaysia's representative to the "Queen of the Pacific" quest spoke to her mother last night. At the Melbourne end of the telephone receiver, the Malaysian beauty, shapely Betty Lim said excitedly: "Mummy, I have
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      Lock icon Revue's $1,000 confiscated
      59 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Police have confiscated a surety of $l,OOO put up by the Paramount Revue at Bukit Bintang Amusement Park here when it violated one of the conditions for its licence by staging "nude acts". A Police spokesman said today that the money was confiscated after
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      Lock icon Malaysian CP students in New Zealand
      171 5 JESSELTON, Mon. (NZIS) Five Colombo Plan students from Sabah. Eastern Malaysia pause In the grounds of Parliament Buildings when looking around Wellington the capital ritv of New Zealand soon after their arrival. They are (from left): Mr. Lee Yun Kions, from Jesselton, who will
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      Lock icon ROTARY INTER'L PRESIDENT COMING
      175 5 PENANG. Mon. The Rotary International President, Mr. Richard L. Evans, will arrive here with his wife on Thursday. As this is the first time in Rotary history a President of Rotary Interna tlonal will -be visiting Penang, the 'Rotary Club here will give him a hearty
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      Lock icon Hari Raya Haji
      22 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Ruler of the Keeper's Seal today announced Hari Raya Haji will fall on Mar 22.
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      Lock icon Schoolgirl admits having intimacy with former boy friend
      194 10  -  By CHOO TECK MAU MUAR, MONDAY A 20-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl, Juay Sook Chin, today admitted in the Magistrate's Court here that she was forced to hare intimacy with her former boy friend against her wish before her father was murdered one morning j
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      Lock icon Extortioners go to jail
      89 10 IPOH. Mon. Low Soon Yuen, 28. and Yan Khoon Ken, 26, were sentenced to one year's jail for attempting to extort $BO from Chong Yoon Khim, 23. They committed the offence on Sept. 23 last year in Kampong Simee. The two were also fined $l,OOO each
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      Lock icon Tapper told court how he lost two fingers
      112 10 Ipoh, Mon. A tapper today told the High Court how he lost two of his fingers during a parang attack at the labourers' lines In Nova Scotia Estate in Teluk Anson. On trial was K.V. Krishnan, 42. unemployed, charged with voluntarily causing
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      Lock icon STATE ASSEMBLY MEETING
      75 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— The Sultan of Selangor will open the first meeting of the fourth Session of the State Legislative Assembly, on Mar. 28 at 10.00 a.m. Before opening the meeting, the Sultan will inspect a Guard-of-Honour formed by the Royal Malaysia Police in front of the
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      Lock icon Elaine is all-woman...
      68 10 n »7^S nlsh outflt ls all-woman when you meet her. Name? Ooh n r®,itt LA^ NE AMA DOR- She is. naturally, French. Profession? Dancer with' the nnrii n 9 1 18 Parisien Revue which commenced at the Chindium in ir,°! i i arisien Revue which commenced at
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      Lock icon CHUA SCORES DISTINCTION
      77 10 Two Malaysian science students studying under Colombo Plan scholarships have gained distinctions in all four subjects of their first year at Monash University, Melbourne. The students are Mr. Ng Chee Keong, of 24 Main Street, Klang Selangor, Malaysia, and Miss Chua Chooi See, of 77A Irving Road,
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      Lock icon Penang plans another industrial site
      236 10 PENANG, Mon. With practically all the land at Mak Mandin Industrial Estate in Butterworth taken up by factories, the State Government is now looking for another industrial site The Eastern Sun understands that the State Government is planning to have a site either in Penang
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      Lock icon Tengku Mahkota's feast for kampong folks
      124 10 SEGAMAT, Mon. The Tengku Mahkota of Johore. Tengku Abdul Rahman, and his consort, Puan Shahariah, paid their first official visit this year to Segamat recently. He specially travelled down here to give a 'kenduri' costing about $l,OOO to the people at Kg. Gelang Chinchin
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      Lock icon RAZAK FOR NZ
      59 10 WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, Mon. (AP) Prime Minister Keith J. Holyoake said today that the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak, has accepted an invitation to pay a goodwill four day visit to New Zealand. He is due in New Zealand on April 9 and will
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      Lock icon PUBLIC BANK'S $3,000/- FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
      121 10 PUBLIC BANK'S $3,000/FOR FLOOD VICTIMS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Public Bank Berhad here has donated $3,000 to the National Disaster Relief Fund. A cheque for this amount was presented to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin. at his office today by Dato Teh Hong Plow, managing director of
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      Lock icon FLOODS: Situation in Pahang 'very serious'
      351 10  -  By LOW CHONG FAIT THE State Flood Action Committee, headed by Pahang's Acting Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Abdul Axiz, today held an emergency meeting to discuss measures to meet the flood situation which it described as "very serious." Dato Haji Axil said that the
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      Lock icon Burglars' good haul
      100 10 PENANG. Mon. Three house-breaking cases here have been reported to the police during the last 36 hours. A senior storekeeper for the telecoms store in Jalan JKr. Mr. C. J. Jeremiah, reported the loss of a few mechanical appliances valued at SI.BBI A proprietor of a sundry
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      Lock icon Singers help to raise funds for flood victims
      405 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. More donations to the National Disaster Relief Fund: A donation of $1,265 by the staff of the Medical Department here for the Flood Relief Fund was presented to the Minister by the Chief Medical Officer. Penang. Dr. S. Narayanan.
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      Lock icon $28,000 award for widow and her children
      354 10 SINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. Justice Winslow today awarded $28,000 in damages to the widow and children of Ang Ee Seng, a flower shop worker, who was killed in an accident at a lane off Killiney Road on the night of May 30, 1964. Ang,
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      Lock icon Picture shows Tun Razak blowing out the candles on a huge birthday cake. Looking on is the Alliance Secretary-General, Tan Sri T. H. Tan.
      66 10 The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, was given a dinner by his friends to celebrate his 45th birthday yesterday. The dinner,
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      Lock icon PERMITS FOR BANISHED STUDENTS OBTAINED
      236 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. Defence counsel Mr. T. T. Rajah told the Second District Court today that he had received permits from the Minister of Defence, Dr. Goh Keng Swee. to allow three banished Malaysian students to enter Singapore to give evidence from March 15 to 22.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Satchmo still 'sells' happiness at 66
      463 5 HOLLYWOOD. Mon. (AP) Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong, still blowing strong at 66, is here on a three-week engagement with a wistfull wish: "I wouldn't abruptly retire. But I would like to cool it and take a year or so out. Make a world tour without
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      Lock icon DOUBLE THE MONEY BY PRAYER
      100 5 NEW DELHI, Mon. (AP) Police in the Indian capital are on the look-out for a confidence man who tells his victims he can double their money by praying. Dressed in the saffron robes of a Hindu Sahu (holy man), he tells his victims to put
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      Lock icon THE BIGGEST BOOK
      129 5 LONDON, Mon. (AP).—A British firm has won a US$l2 million contract from America to print the heaviest reading in history. "Easily the biggest book to be published since the invention of printing" was how the Company described it today. This book to end all books will run
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      Lock icon Marx's tomb 'for auction'
      58 5 LONDON, Mon. (AFP). The tomb of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery, North London, may be put up for auction, it was learned today. The governing board of the cemetery proposes to auction the entire land. Shareholders of the cemetery reportedly hope the Soviet Union will buy
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      Lock icon Enraged girl's shooting target
      55 5 BANGKOK. Mon. (AP) A Thai young woman shot and killed her Thai boy friend in one of Bangkok's streets as he was leaving a church service yesterday, the local press reported today. The girl was identified as being a member of the Thai Sharp Shooters' Club
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      Lock icon US dropped 638,000 tons of bombs last year
      330 5 HONGKONG, Mon. (Reuter, UPI). A top-rank-ing Vietcong official has estimated that the number of bombs dropped by the Americans in South Vietnam last year totalled 638,000 tons, "greater than the amount of bombs dropped in World War Two or in Korea from
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      Lock icon INDIA'S NEW CABINET
      184 5 NEW DELHI. Mon. (Reuter) India's new Cabinet, sworn in today, is:— Prime Minister: Indira Gandhi, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister: Morarji Desai. Home: Yashwantrao B.T. Chavan, External Affairs: Dr. Mohammed AH Currim cnagla, Defence: Sardar Swaran Singh, Food and Agriculture: Jagjivan Ram* Planning, Social Welfare. Petroleum
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      Lock icon Negotiations to operate B-52s from Thai bases
      188 5 BANGKOK. Mon. (AP) Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn said today that the United States are negotiating with the Thai Government to operate B-52 bombers against North Vietnam from Thai bases. The Prime Minister, speaking at his weekly press conference, said that In principle Thailand
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      Lock icon Johnson for Guam
      74 5 WASHINGTON. Mon. (AP) President Johnson goes to Guam this week for a top-level conference expected to centre on ways to increase the effectiveness of the American effort in Vietnam. both military and civilian. It is anticipated the review and planning sessions will produce no major change in
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      Lock icon Hollywood's rivals on 'costs' scale
      99 5 WASHINGTON. Mob. (UPI) London. Paris, Rome and Madrid have in some ways eclisped Hollywood at the unquestioned film capital of the world. U.S. News and World Report News Magazine said yesterday. Economic considerations were the prime (actors. It said. Costs are lower. Governments pay subsidies
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      Lock icon Coconuts for drifting Indons
      68 5 DARWIN, Mon. (Reuter) An Indonesian boat with six men on board, went aground in Darwin Harbour last night after drifting from the Tanimbar Islands, about 300 nriles north of Australia. The Indonesians told police they set off from Tanimbar for Ambon. 300 miles to the north,
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      Lock icon Fifth Republic survives by razor's edge
      712 6 Four ministers seats in sudden polls reversal PARIS, Mon. (Agencies) The Gaullists returned to power in France today with a raxor-edged majority over all other parties in Parliament after general elections which had been expected to give them o hondsome lead. At one time
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      Lock icon Stalin's daughter evades newsmen
      135 6 GENEVA, Mon. (Reuter)— BtaJln's daughter Svetlana ♦eemed to have vanished Into the mountains of Switzerland leaving a trail of puzzled newsmen behind her. Journalists from all over the world combed the country in an effort to uncover the hideaway of the late Soviet dictator's daughter, who
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      Lock icon Teachers call for halt in Vietnam war
      155 6 NEW YORK, Mon. (AP) —r A 2 1/4 page advertisement. signed by 6,766 grade school, high school and college teachers, appeared yesterday in the New York Times calling on the American people to help stop the war In Vietnam by mobilising public opinion.
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      54 6 NEW YORK. Mon. (AP) Dr. Hollis S. Ingraham. New York State's Commissioner of Health, said yesterday that cigarettes are more lethal for Americans than all the bullets, germs and viruses combined. "Nothing is as lethal as cigarettes...nothing kills as slowly and painfully as the cigarette,"
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      187 6 TOKYO, Mon. (AP) Communist China's official New China Newt Agency said today that the Chinese Embattsy in Jakarta has lodged "a most strong protest" with the Indonesian government against anti-Chinese campaign in East Java. The NCNA broadcast heard here said the protest note was handed
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      130 6 CAPE TOWN. South Africa. Mon. <AP) Rhodesian Premier lan Smith returned to CaDe Town yesterday after a short holiday cruise up the Bouth African East Coast as far as the Indian Ocean port of Durban. Several hundred people gathered on the quayside when they sighted a
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      60 6 Aid for the BASLE, Mon. (Reuter) Britain was understood to have secured an extension here of the present international financial arrangements for supporting the pound sterling. Reliable sources said here last night that central bankers from major Western countries agreed to the British request to continue the stand-by credit facilities
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      220 6 Comment PARIS. Mon (AFP) The sensational Gaullist set-back In the French elections is Ironically due In part to the very East-West detente the 76-year-old President himself has fought to promote. French commentators said here today. The slap in the face for the Gaullists was mainly due
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      84 6 CHICAGO, Mon. (Reuter) Dr. J.D Vorster, brother of the South African Prime Minister, said here yesterday that if the West was beaten by Communism "it will not be because it was overwhelmed by mightier foes but because it wanted to commit suicide." Dr. Vorster, who is
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      121 6 LONDON. Moo. (Renter) Malta last nirht dropped its threat to kick Britain's 4,300 troops off the island. Instead it agreed to try out a British seheme to implement planned troop cuts in such a war as to minimise hardship to the Maltese economy. Settlement of
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      169 6 NASSAU. Bahamas. Mon. (AP) Princess Margaret and her husband Lord Snowdon went about their Bahamian holiday yesterday carefully screened from the public and press by tight security arrangements. A government spokesman said there would be no announcement of the couple's activities. A photographic session on
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      241 6 NEW YORK, Mon. (AP) Wealthy Detroit industrialist Alex Manoogian arrived back in the United States yesterday from London, where he arranged to pay US $140,000 to auctioneers for the return to 23 religious manuscripts stolen from the Armenian patriarchates in Jerusalem. The
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      115 6 Reaction PARIS, Mon. (AFP) British observers appeared stupified by the results of second round of the French parliamentary elections, yesterday. British political circles had been disappointed at the strong Gaullist showing in the first round, and had linked it with reduced hopes for British entry into the European
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      139 6 In Washington the Gaullist losses caused general surprise, but official spokesmen refused to be drawn into comment. The election has been followed here with keen attention, but officials consider the situation too confused to permit comment for quite some time. However, official sources while also refusing to comment
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      112 6 LONDON. Mon. (AP) Two children playing In the streets found 80 pages 01 confidential phone numbers of hundreds of British Defence officials, police reported today. Police toot them to Scotland Yard. The Defence Ministry said an immediate investigation has been launched. Five-year-old Gary Bishop said he and
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      416 7 WASHINGTON, Mon. (AP) U. S. State Department officials said today that 37 nations besides the United States have Joined in helping South Vietnam. They gave this list of the 36 and types of assistance provided: Argentina 5,000 tons of wheat flour. 4 Australia
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      300 7 PEORIA. Illinois. Mon. (UPD—The murder trial of Richard Franklin Speck, charged with slaying six American and two Filipino nurses at Chicago last July 14, begins its 16th court day today where it was eight court days earlier, with one-third of a jury.
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      313 7 NEW DELHI, Mon. (UPI). India's weakened Congress Party yesterday gave Mrs. Indira Gandhi unanimous approval to continue as the world's only woman Prime Minister. The 49-vear-old daughter of neutralist Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was the unopposed choice of Congress to lead the world's largest democracy
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      140 7 TOKYO. Mon. (AP) A spokesman for Ratna Sari Dewl, Japanese wife of Indonesian President Sukarno, said today she and her new-born baby will leave hospital in another week, possibly sooner. He said doctors expected to give her permission to leave her Tokyo Hospital "by
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      94 7 U-do-it killer kit published next week LONDON, Mon. Seen here (left) Is this "Do It yourself" kit enabling anyone who desires to reconstruct the assassin nation of United States President John F. Kennedy. It will go on sale in Britain on March 23. Published
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      730 7 VIETNAM WAR REACTION WASHINGTON, Mon. (UPI). If there ever had been any doubt the war in Vietnam is a crippling political handicap for President Johnson it was dispelled by a new Gallup poll yesterday. The poll shows the President's overall popularity rating is down
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      56 7 LONDON, Mon. (ATP). Wives of inmates at Leyhill "open prison" near Bristol have been visiting their husbands by crawling through a window, a report said here today. In return, single men have been crawling out through the window to visit their lady friends. The Home Office has
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      36 7 SAIGON. Mon. (Reuter). Mr. William P. Bundy, United States Undersecretary for East Asia and the Pacific, said here today, he had been generally encouraged by his four-day fact-finding mission to South Vietnam.
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      51 7 THIS pretty lady, Ginnie Wonnacott, is certainly revealing that will please the sour eyes of gentlemen during this spring and summer season!! As she wears deshabille and bikini in guipure, a latest creation which was very recently shown in the Spring and Summer Collection of Christian Dior of London. Pana
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      324 7 Small world of 'Teen International' NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI) Americans are timid pioneers when it comes to fashion, five "teen international" beauties agree. The girls, now touring the United States before they compete in the "Miss Teen International" televised pageant in Los Angeles on March 25.
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      105 7 WASHINGTON, Mon. (UPI) The war in Vietnam has exacted heavy toll on President Johnson's political strength the Gallup poll reported yesterday. The latest poll, taken in mid-February, showed the President's popularity rating was down to 45 per cent, or just one point above the all-time 44 per rent
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      127 7 CULVER CITY, California, (AP) Fire destroyed the permanent New York and Fifth Avenue sets, then damaged the adjacent Filmways incor- porated building at Metro-Goldwyn-ivfayer Studios yesterday. Eight units from the Culver City Fire Department and three from Los Angeles battled the flames for more
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      700 5 hwhhb CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lnmpnr and Pulaa Ptnang; 6 Ipoh and Melaka; 3/10 Johore Bahru: 4 Taipmg: 7 Batu Pahat: 9 Kloang. (Singapore viewers, please switch to channel 3 for T.V. Malaysia programmes). OPENING ANNCT Prog. Summary NEWS OUTLINES in the National Language. NATIONAL SONGS. NEWS in Tamil. THE MAGILLA
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      102 6 ■lilHSipi KI6H OVER THE OUTSKIRTS OP AAR», A COMMEMORATIVE AIR RACE TURNS INTO A REAL-LIFE POGFIGHT AS THRUSH AGENTS MARK NAPOLEON SOLO ANP ILLYA KURYAKIN FOR fiUPPEN PEATH/ ANO UNCLE'S "ACE* A6ENTS MUST SURVIVE THE FIRE...ORTHEJRORSANITATION WILL FACE PttASTER/ F L^JI IT WAS ALL A BLUHOmf cranfielp CONCEALED THE MICROFILMS
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    283 8 mHE administration of the State of Johore came under Are this week from the Audi-tor-General of Malaysia. Mr. S. Kandiah. He tabled a report at the Johore Legislative Assembly setting out in detail the mismanagement of State funds by various departments and Town Councils. Expenses In excess of
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    468 8 DOCTOR Engineer Sukarno, who for 22 years had held the political stage In Indonesia, was eased out of the Presidency last Sunday after a series of dramatic moves enacted according to the complicated Indonesian manoeuvre of face saving. General Nasution reminded his people not to forget the
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    2198 8 Pilot training in the rFHE origins of Colours and Standards are to be found in the earliest days of history. Families, races and tribes adopted distinguish• ing signs or images as a means of identification. In time of imr, the leader or tribal chief
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSRTRIAL
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      Lock icon Expect stronger competition from Japanese importsmanufacturers warned
      387 9 Expect stronger competition from Japanese imports—manufacturers warned LONDON, Mon. (UPI) "DRITISH manufacturers were warned to expect stronger competition from Japanese imports despite the slight drop last year in Japanese sales here. The Japan Association, which includes almost all British Arms doing significant business with that Far East country, carried the
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      250 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Exhibitors at the Australian Industrial Display here next month can anticipate obtaining a considerate volume of on-the-spot orders. This was stated by Mr. J. A. Morey, a representative of the Australian Department of Trade who hasbeen assigned to support Australian
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      153 9 NAIROBI. Mon. (Reuter) East African Airways today received the go-ahead to operate a service to Hongkong following three days of talks in Nairobi between Britain and the three East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. A communique Issued by the East African Common
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      91 9 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) •—Four British trade missions will visit the Far East this year, it was reported here today. The Leicester Chamber of Commerce is to send a mission to Singapore, HongKong and Japan at the end of this month. The British Pharmaceutical
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      77 9 St. Louis, Mis so u ri, Mon. (UP) Directors of the McDonell and Douglas Aircraft Companies have approved a "definitive merger agreement, "officials of the two firms said. The firm« last Jan. 25 announced execution of a letter of int«nt to merge. McDonell manufactured Gemini
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      190 9 LONDON. Mon. (UPI) The Bowater Paper Corp. has reported rising world sales and improved net profits for the year ended December last. Total sales by the paper group topped £2OB million ($582.4 million) an increase of £23 million ($64.4 million) on the previous year.
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      15 9 SINGKAPORE. Mon.—The tin price for today was 5601.87$ per picul, down 12| cents.
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      102 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Thai Ambassador to Japan, Mr. Obeboon Vanikkul, recently presented Mr. Shoji Hattori, President of Seiko Watch K. Hattori Co., Ltd., a Thai decoration naming Mr. Hattori a Commander of the Most Exhalted Order of the White Elephant, third class, in Tokyo. The
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      62 9 TOKYO.. Mon. (AP) Malaysia's National Electricity Board has ordered two 60.000 kilowatt turbinegenerators from the Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., the Japanese Arm announced today. Tokyo Shibaura said the turbine-generators will be installed at the Port Dickson Thermal Power Station, 50 miles south of Kuala Lumpur.
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      Lock icon Shaw named new BOAC sales manager
      167 9 SNGAPORE, Mon. Mr. A. D.G. ''Sandy" Shaw has been appointed BOAC Sales Manager, Eastern Region. He replaced Mr. George Boughton, who is leaving BOAC to become General Manager, Ghana Airways. Mr. Shaw, who is married and ha s two children, joined BOAC in 1946
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      700 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. Industrials were generally better on the Stock Exchange today. Last week the easier trend somewhat came to a halt and most popular counters were a little up on the day. Chemical came in with some buying interest and saw business done from
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      266 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. March first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumf>ur today at 56} cents per b. up i cent from previous close. The tone wag very quiet. A very quiet session ruled all morning. Levels were about i cent
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      72 9 SAIGON, Mon. (AFP) A Philippine trade delegation arrived here to-day for a one week visit to Vietnam. The 21 man delegation, headed by Mr. Clemente Abella, Chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce. will attend 'Philippine Day" celebrations here On Mar 17. It will alao
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      30 9 LONDON, Mon. (UPI) Rubber market opened quiet but steady No. 1 RSS spot 17 1/16 17 1/4. No. 1 RSS CIF basis ports March 17 1/18 17 1/4.
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      476 9 SINGAPORE —Stock Exchange bid and offer prices officially listed at the close of business Commodity 3/10 4/a INDUSTRIAL Boutlrad 1.98 1.54 C. sugar 2.03 2.10 Chemical Co. 1.75 1.77 Cold Storage 3.28 3.36 Dunlnp (Old) 2.36 2.38 E. tempH Ing Osso Ords 8.26 4.44 3.28 Fit/pa tricks
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      50 9 (Managers Prices) r lr«t Malayan 2.24 2.34 Second Malayan 1.59 li.9 Third Malayan 1.16 1.27 The Commerce Industry Fund .89 too The savings Fund XD 1.33 1.43 Malaysian Investment Fund .95 1.05 Sterling Commodity 3/11 itf. First Hong Kong... .99 Second Hong Kon; 69 .;3* (•Honp Ron* Currency)
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      113 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. 8in*apore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices today were; Buyers Sellers Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk 44.25 Coconut oil (FOB) l»rum» 46.75 Loose Copra Miked Mar/Apr. 27.50 Sugar (Java) exgodown 26.25 Nutmeg* UOs 420.00 Nutmegs B i W 19.5.00 Garbled 1 .am pong Black Pepper (FOB) 100.00 Pepper Black
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      25 9 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) —Money Quotations: HK55.735 5.***** per US dollar for cash. HK$ 15.99 per pound sterling. HK5264.125 per tael gold.
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      148 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. The following chips are expected In port today:Godowns Vessels 1/2 Glenearn 3/4 Resita 5 Kunishima Maru 6/7 Ampenan 8/9 Akagi Maru 13/14 Straat Fremantle 15/16 Myrmidon 18 Benmhor 23/24 Tjimanuk 25/26 Chowa Maru 27/28 Mikuni Maru 31/33 Peleus 33 34 Westfalia 38/39 Kumasachi Maru No. 1
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      839 9 ARRIVALS IN BINOAPORB Time 13.03 a.m. Airline MSA 02® from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.3.1 a.m. Airline MSA 018 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 0.19 a.m. Airline Oaruda 992 from Jakarta. Time 9.50 a.m. Airline MSA 121 front Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline MSA 481 from Kucbing.
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      633 11  -  NTUC SECRETARY OPPOSES IT IN PRINCIPLE by John Kam and Peter Loke SINGAPORE, Mon. The Criminal Low (Temporary Provisions) Amendment Bill 1967 which provides for the ban on strikes in three essential services water, electricity and gas wos passed in Parliament this afternoon.
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      608 11 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Parliament today passed the Undesirable Publications Bill designed to provide more effective control of undesirable publications. During the second reading of the Bill, the Minister for Culture and Social Affairs, Enche Othman Wok, told the House the existing Undesirable Publications
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      272 11 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Minister for Finance, Mr. Lim Kim San, today gave details of the Currency Bill 1967, when he moved it for a second reading in Parliament today. The Bill was subsequently passed. He told the House that the Bill
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      243 11 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance. Mr. S. Ramaswamy today told Parliament that the Government thought it desirable to avoid translations of street and road names into various languages. He said that both literal and phonetic translations were often
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      869 11 -BINGAPORE, Mon. The first National Service exercise in the Republic, since her Independence, will swing into operation within the next few days. In a fortnight's time, some 9.000 young men born between Jan. 1 and June 30 in 1949 will have to
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      330 11 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Government has already taken initial steps to establish an Industrial Health Service in Singapore. The Minister for Health. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. disclosed this in Parliament today. He was answering a question from Professor Yeoh Ghim Seng (MP for Joo
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      384 11  -  From h By K. S. SIDHU SINGAPORE, Mon. Another couple were found dead this morning with their left and right wrista tied together with a handkerchief at the foot of Block Eight in the Jalan Batu flats, off Mountbatten RoadZ The couple are believed to
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      87 11 SINGAPORE. Mon. Fourteen Assistant tendents of Police were t©»" day promoted to the rank oJJ 1 Deputy Suoerntorrteni Police with effect front, March 9, this year. 51 The officers are afh follows: Mr. D.J. Metar«# Mr. J.A. Vad. Mr. Wong Toh, Mr S.T. Mr. Chang
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      1163 12 .THE MISSING♦ MILLIONS m t seems unbelievable that a rich gold mint, known to contain I millions of pounds worth of the precious metal, should somehow disappear even more unbelievable that somebody seems to bo protecting it, willing to kill to keep the secret pHOENIX
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      1754 12  -  LAOS'S FUTURE AFFECTED BY THE VIETNAM WXR By Fred S. Hoffman VIENTIANE, Mon. (AP) J AOS's King Savong Vatthana has reigned for over seven yeors but hasn't been crowned yet because his astrologers can't find an auspicious date. ITS Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma calls himself a neutralist
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      89 13 PRINCESS MARGARET recently attended the Royal Film Performance 19 ST: Columbia Pictures' "The Taming Of The Shrew." Before the preview, Princess Margaret was introduced to the stars. She also talked to several of them. Picture above shows actor Laurence Harvey talking to Princess Margaret. Other stars
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      232 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. "MURDERERS' ROW/' sequel to "The Silencers" leov- es one in no doubt. Star of the film is not Dean Martin s Matt Held super U.S. Agent. Nor those two succulent dishes Carmilla Sparv and Ann-Margret all sugar and spice and
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      86 13 NEW YORK, Mon. (AP) British actress Patricia Neal. whose career was nearly brought to a tragic end by three massive strokes; made her first public appearance in more than two years last night before what probably was the most appreciative audience she will ever have. For
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      61 13 LOS ANGELES, California Mon. (AP) Rock 'n' roll singer Gary Lewis goes back to marching at Ft. Ord, California, today after a one-day honeymoon with his bride. Sara Jane (Jlnky) Suzara. a 22-vear-old Fillpina. Gary and Jinky were married on Saturday In a ceremony
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      146 13  -  By T.S.O. KUALA LUMPUR. Mnn. —"The Sword And The Lute" ending its season tomorrow at Capitol and Lido is. I believe, the very last we will see of this magic lute. For, in this Shaw production (Mandarin-sup-erscope), we see Ivy Ling Po who makes brief appearances
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      63 13 Eva Marie Saint and leadi g Oriental actor. Toshiro Mifune, both starring jn the spectacular roadshow attraction. "Grand Prix." have both won acting awards, with director John Frankenheimer also the recipient of numerous honours. Miss Saint won an Academy Award as "Best Supporting Actress" for her very first motion
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      265 13  -  By: Chan Kam Yau. KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysian circus fans will soon have an opportunity to marvel at the awesome strength of Hercules Makovec, thrill to the death-defying acts of the White Devils and laugh at the antics of cheeky chimpanzees. These are some
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      471 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. "I never Imagined that making films could be like this," British star Albert Finney noted over and over again while working on 20th Cen-tury-Fox's "Two For The Road." to be shown in Singapore soon. The 33-year-old actor who had scaled
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      74 13 BOMBAY, Mon. MetroGoldwyn- Mayer's "Doctor Zhivago" had its gala allIndia premiere at Bombay's Strand Theatre here recently before a glittering first-night audience including director David Lean and the city's leading government and society figures. Starring Geraldine Chaplin. Julie Christie. Tom Courtenay. Alec Guinness. Siobhan McKenna, Ralph
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      138 13 HOLLYWOOD. Mon. (AP) Cary Grant, 63. still plays romantic leads. So do Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne, who in May will be 59 and 60, respectively. So what his become of Robert Taylor, for decades a heart throb to women fans and still a middleaged
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    443 14 LISBON, Mon. (Reuter) Benfica strengthened their chance of winning the Portuguese soccer championship with a one-nil win away to Academica, their nearest rivals, in yesterday's league programme. Benfica now have 32 points and Academica 28 with seven games left to play. Many fans were
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    274 14 The British Army's nine-hole Warren Golf Club course at Dover Road. Singapore, has been played on by professionals for the first time since it was laid out three years ago by soldier enthusiasts. With some of the world's best golfers appearing in the Singapore Open
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    63 14 SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico, Mon. (AP) Australian Rod Laver became champion of the first professional tennis tourney at the Racquet Club Hotel yesterday, Downing Andres Gimeno of Spain 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. Butch Buchholz of the U.S. defeated Chilean Luis Ayala 10-5 in a special set played
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    277 14 NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI). Scotland's Walter McGowan, hoping for another shot at the world flyweight crown, will fight Tokyo's Osamu Miyashita in London Wednesday night to highlight this week's boxing schedule. McGowan. who lost the crown to Charatchai Chionoi of Thailand last December, figures
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    88 14 BARRANQUILLA. Colombia, Mon. (UPI) Australians Tony Roche and John Newcombe won semifinal matches on Saturday in the city of Barranquilla international tennis tournament. but Jan Lehane of Australia was beaten by England's Ann Hay d on Jones. Roche defeated lon Tiriac of Romania. 6-1. 6-2
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    83 14 BORLAENGE, Sweden Mon. <UPI) Hansalser yesterday won three Swedish table tennis championships. In the men's single final, Alser beat European champion Kjell Johansson 21-19, 16-21. 21-18, 21-10. In the men's double final, Alser and Johansson beat Karl Johan Bernhardt and Bo Persson 21-9. 21-19, 2114,
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    100 14 MONTE CARLO. Mon. (Reuter) Soccer administrators from many of the top clubs In Europe have agreed on the need for a European super-league. Their suggestion, made at an international weekend round-table on soccer's future, will be put to the European Football Union and
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    117 14 LYONS, Mon. (Reuter) Curtis Cokes, the United States' world welterweight champion. Is likely to defend his title against Frenchman Francois Pavllla In Dallas on May 19, Pavllla's handlers said here today. Jean Bretonnel, Pavllla's manager, hopes to complete arrangements for the light this week.
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    780 14 MADRID, Mon. (Renter) —A 4-0 home victory over Affeffcto do Bilbao yesterday kept Real Madrid at the top of the Spanish soccer league and, with only six matches left to play, they are virtually certain of the championship. Six points ahead of nearest
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    69 14 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI)', World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay said yesterday he will defend his title against Oscar Bonavena of Argentina in Tokyo May 17. Clay also said he would meet Thad Spencer of the U. S. in San Francisco seven weeks later, also in
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      29 16 Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman presents the Malaysian Open Championship Challenge Cup to I. Legaspi of the Philippines on Sunday night at the Royal Selangor Golf Club.
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      162 16 SINGAPORE. Mon.— The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's road running season got off to a good start yesterday when 11 teams participated in a friendly race at Dover Road. At yesterday's friendly race R.A.F Changi were winners, with Army Harriers "A" runner-up and
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      38 16 PAHANG. Mon. The Pahang Amateur Athletic Association will hold its annual general meeting on Saturday, March, 25 at 4.30 p.m. at 599, Jalan Lipis, Kuantan. The association's annual held on the following day.
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      32 16 IPOH, Mon.—The Amateur Swimming Association of Perak will hold their fourth annual Perak Junior Aquatic Meet at the Kinta Swimming Club in Silibin Road here on Mar. 17 and 18.
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      560 16  -  By PERCY JOSEPH KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Malaysian Open Golf Championship 1967 has just ended and, with it, the vagariescricket, were much in evidence during the six days of play at the Royal Selangor Golf Club Course here. From the first day
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      235 16 BRANDS HATCH, England, Mon. (UPI) Dan Gurney of Costa Mesa, California, tooled his new U.S.-built Eagle to a split-second victory over Italy's Lorenzo Bandini yesterday in the "Race of Cham> pions." Gurnev took the Formula One racing car through the 40-laps, 102.5 mile course
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      157 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. S.A. Azman. Malaysia's national champion, partnering D.A. Clayton were beaten by Kwoke Yoke Yen and Thomas Lee 3-6. 6-4. 9-7 in the men's doubles final 0f the Selangor Lawn Tennis championships played at the Selangor Club court here this evening. Today's match
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      643 16 KOPS IN THE PICTURE BUT... LONDON, Mon. Tan Aik Huang, of Malaysia, the holder of the All-England men's singles badminton title, is favourite to win again in the tournament starting at Wembley, London, on Wednesday. He was the top seed last year but this
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      226 16  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Mon. —Mr. Toy Soo Yong, vice-president of the F.A. of Singapore has drawn up a six-point formula to help bring about a 'soccer summit' among football nations in Southeast Asia. Mr. Tay will submit the comprehensive plan at an informal
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      253 16 SINGAPORE. Mon.- Mr. Dettmar Cramer-senior German national coach will make a two-week stop-over in Bangkok on the first leg of his coaching tour in Asian countries. Mr. Cramer will conduct the first international coaching course in Bangkok from April 15 to 30. The roving
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      142 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Asian Football Confederation has written to five national soccer associations to confirm the fixture dates for the proposed visit of the Asian-All Star team this year. The secretary of AFC. Mr. Koe Ewe Teik, has indicated that a definite reply must be forwarded
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      158 16 SINGAPORE. Mon.— Two former cricketers, Reggie da Silva and Reggie Sandosham have been appointed members of the Singapore Cricket Association's selection committee. Reggie da Silva captained the State team for a number of years until two years ago when he retired from "active" cricket
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      182 16 NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI) United Press International sports writer William Verigan was rushed to a hospital on Friday night for treatment of a severe gash over his right eye inflicted by a flying whisky bottle when Ismael Laguna was awarded a 12-round decision over Frankie Narvaez at Madison
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        159 15 MAN I L A, Mon. (AFP). Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos yesterday ordered an investigation into the alleged participation of "blue-seal" (imported) horses in local races, following complaints from Filippino horse owners and breeders. I'nder Philippine laws, foreign horses are banned from competing against native horses
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        121 15 SEREMBAN. Mon. The K S.C.A. President's XI comprising players 'Under 23* ir. preparation for the MC A. inter-State fixture against Malacca on March 26 were beaten by the Selemban Garrison by two wickets in a low-scoring fcatch here yesterday. N.S.C.A. XI batting first were dismissed
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        96 15 S'gor Police score 115run victory SEREMBAN. M 0 n Seiangor Police managed to wat the rains and register a convincing 115 runs win oyer the Negri Bembilan Club today. Seiangor Police batting nfst totalled 163 runs. Vincent Doss top scored Jlth an unbeaten 47, while P Alagendra (39) and SukSingh
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        53 15 LONDON, Mon. (AP) w>ndon bookmakers yestermade Tottenham Hot«PUr and Everton 9-2 joint tavountes to win the FootAssociation Cup star ®*®nt of the English aoccer Kason. ?i th er P ric e*: rhii United. 8-1 J-neisea and Sheffield Wednwday, !(>_! Nottingham 20-1 Sundeland, Ri»' Manchester City 28-1
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        419 15 ORLANDO, Florida, Mon (UPI). —Julius Boros, the 47-year-old father of seven who seems to improve with age, broke away from a three-way tie yesterday and won the US$ll5,OOO Florida Citrus Open by one stroke over golf King Arnold Palmer and Canadian George
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        143 15 KAJANG, Mon. A fine double by S.S. Rajah who took Ave wickets for 10 runs and top scored with 20 runs helped Kajang Indo-Ceylonese to register a five wicket win over the N.S. Ceylonese Youth Forum from Seremban in a cricket friendly played here yesterday.
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        182 15 SEOUL. Mon. (UPI) South Korean middleweight Kim Tok-Pal on Saturday night won his first professional match by knocking out third-ranked OrientsU middleweight Hideaki Takada of Japan at 2:15 in the third round of their scheduled 8 rounder. Kim. who turned professional recently, won
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        116 15 NEW YORK. Mon. (AP) George Oainford, longtime adviser to Sugar Ray Robinson, said yesterday the former middleweight and welterweight boxing champion would flght an exhibition against Pete Mueller In Germany In mid-April. If the 46-year-old Robinson doe 6 well, Gainford said, he
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        119 15 SEREMBAN, Mon. Two former Negri State "veterans" helped the King George V School staff to beat the School XI by 22 runs in a cricket match played on the K.G.V. grounds here yesterday. 54-year-old J.E. Edmonds playing his first game for the season returned the best bowling figures
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        462 15 PRAGUE. Mon. (UPI) Eddy Ottoz of Italy yesterday equalled his own world indoor record set less than 24 hours earlier when he ran the 50-metre high hurdles in 6.4 seconds at the second European indoor ganr.es. Ottoz's record-tying performance came shortly after Karen Balzer
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        232 15 SPNRAY with Johnny Nelson astride is seen coming into the winner's gate at Bukit Timah on Sunday, second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Derby Meeting. Sunray captured the Republic Cup, run for the first time in Singapore, by beating All Steel in a tight finish hv a
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        852 15 Following are the weights for the third and fourth days of the Singapore Turf Club's Derby Meeting to be held on Saturday, March 18, and Sunday, March 19, respectively: Class I—Div. 3—7 Fur. 15 Yds. Putra Klang 9.00 Kookaburra 8.12 Depth
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      64 16 TIME AND TIDE KPE 202 am (8 ft.); 231 p.m. (8 ft.) (15 2 ft) m: 732 am (14 4 ft 7,49 pm Port Dickson: 8.18 a.m. (8.3 ft); 8.34 p.m. (9.1 ft.) SiSS***"™ am (8,8 ft 1244 P" l < 9l ft > K.Sl!*5 ec S? «i 11,40 am(6
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