Eastern Sun, 16 March 1967

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  • Title Section
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    25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent. National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 IMo. 235 Thursday, 16 March 1967. ☆MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • Article
    Lock icon Authoress dies at 85
    111 1 OAKLAND, California. Wed. (AP) Alice Tlsdale Hobart. author of "Oil for the lamps of China." died a her Oakland home yesterc >y after a long Illness. She was 85. Her books were mostly fictionalised works of the developing scene In China where she lived with her
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    Lock icon Honourable peace demand by S. Korea
    207 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) South Korean Premier 11-kwon Chung said here today Korea wanted an honourable peace in Vietnam as soon as possible but remained opposed to a settlement based on appeasement or expediency. The Prime Minister, rv has 45.000 V etua, declared:" Peace, based
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon EIGHT MORE JETS
    364 1  -  Boeing planes costing slBom. f By C. F. Lee Kuala Lumpur, Wed. THE Government has approved plans for the Malaysia-Singapore Airlines to buy eight more iet aircraft to cope with the increasing air traffic in the country. Announcing this after the weekly Cabinet meeting here today, the
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    Lock icon 'Defence chiefs waste taxpayers' money'
    155 1 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Three empty packing cases were flown by the Defence Ministry from Singapore to Britain at a cost of £l,BOO a House of Commons Committee reported yesterday. Yet, it added, the cost in Britain of a similar new case used for transporting aero
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    Lock icon Home leave for UK High Commissioner
    74 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The British High Commissioner in Malaysia, Sir Michael Walker, will fly from here on Friday for a geriod of home leave in iritain. He and Lady Walker will be making several holiday stopovers en route. While in London. Sir Michael will
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    Lock icon Jakarta too hot for Sukarno now
    238 1 JAKARTA, Wed. (AP) Indonesia's ousted Dr. Sukarno failed to return to his Jakarta palace today and his plans for the future remained in doubt, even to palace sources. A palace spokesman denied he was under house arrest and added he would remain in the
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    Lock icon Constitution aims to give minority equal rights with predominant groups
    599 1  -  By JOHM KAM Singapore, Wed.- THE Prime Minister, Mr. Let Kuan Yew has told Parliament today it is the aim to create a situation in the Republic whereby a minority is not conscious that it is a minority that it
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    Lock icon Bundy meets Tunku
    73 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman this afternoon received Mr. William Bundy. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, at the Residency for 45 minutes. Mr. Bundy was accompanied by the American Ambassador, Mr. James Bell and two other assistants. On
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon U.S. suffers heavy casualties
      336 5 OAIGON, Wed. (Reuter) American troops operating near the border of Cambodia in the Central Highlands have lost 15 killed and 161 wounded in three days of heavy fighting and guerrilla mortar attacks, a military spokesman said today. The troops, are poshing through rugged mountain country about
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      Lock icon APU meets in Seoul today
      124 5 SEOUL, Wed. (Reuter) The Asian Parliamentarians Union (APU) will open a two-day council meeting in Seoul tomorrow to adopt the agenda for the third annual general meeting to be held in Bangkok in June. The council meeting will be attended by two delegates from each
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      Lock icon Sophia appeals to burglars
      167 5 PARIS, Wed. (Reuter) Film star Sophia Loren, whose oscar and other acting awards wer e stolen from her Italian home at the weekend, apoealed last night. "They are irreplaceable. I bet the thieves to return them to me." Miss Loren, who spoke to reporters before flying
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      Lock icon Manila rice crisis
      122 5 MANILA, Wed. (AFP) The Philippine rice crisis will continue up to 1968 when a shortage of about 250,000 metric tons in expected, a top-ranking official of rice disclosed today. Col. Osmundo Mondonedo, Chairman of the Rice and Corn Administration (RCA), told the Senate Committee on Finance that
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      Lock icon Witness says Shaw was involved
      704 6 FIRST TEST IN 'JFK MURDER PLOT' NEW ORLEANS, Wed. (Reuter) A 25-yeor-old insurance talesman told a court her* yesterday that he heard three men discussing elaborate plans to kill President Kennedy two months before the President was assassinated in November 1963. He ield the plans
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      Lock icon Going to the baru for biru by busu ?
      351 6 Going to the baru for biru by busu TOKYO, Wed. (UPI) After tne work has end•d, you owe It to yourself to drop into a "baru" for a "biru" and perhaps a "scotchee" on the side. But don't tarry too long or you'll miss your "busu" with the cute little
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      Lock icon Star and Stripes leave Paris HQ
      98 6 PARIS, Wed. (Reuter) The Aiqeriean flat was lowered for the last time at a ceremony yesterday markin* the departure of U.S. European Command Headquarters from France in compliance with General de Gaulle's eviction order a year ago. The Military band sounded "to the colours"
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      Lock icon Young eggheads pool talent in contest
      201 6 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Want to be Invisible? Want to be a record-breaking cricketer or the world's best angler? Or do you just hanker for i robot friend? Brita n's budding inventors have all the answers. They demonstrated in a television contest yesterday. Friie-winning ideas
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      Lock icon 'American students the model' for anarchy movement
      271 6 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter). Heads of London University's Influential School of Economics (L.S.E.) hit out last night at the role of American students in demonstrations that are roeking the college. The attack came at press conference while about 300 students picketed and blockaded college
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      Lock icon 70 angry farmers freed
      60 6 DUBLIN, Wed. (Reuter)—Nearly 70 Irish farmers Jailed during protest moves against the government were freed today after their association dropped Its action campaign. Last week a strike by farmers halted the movement of cattle and vegetables to the markets. The government promised to look sympathetically at
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      Lock icon GAULLIST QUITS POLYNESIA POLLS
      184 6 PAPEETE. Polynesia, Wed. (Reuter). The Gaullist candidate for Polynesia has withdrawn, leaving an independent and a rightwing candidate to flght for the only seat still outstanding In the French general election. Gaulllst Elie Salmon announced his withdrawal last night at the request, informed sources said, of
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      Lock icon Another name, another wife
      77 6 BIRMINGHAM, England, Wed. (Reuter)—A married man with three children thought changing his name entitled him to take another wife, a local magistrate's court was told today. Henry Arthur Smith, 38, thought he was legally another person when he changed his name by deedpol to Simpson so
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      Lock icon THIS is the new Sovief 24-seat YAK-40 jet plane designed by Alexander Yakovley. The rear-mounted engines gives it the appearance of the Boeing 727.
      28 6 THIS is the new Sovief 24-seat YAK-40 jet pl an e designed by Alexander Yakovley. The rear-mount-ed engines gives it the appearance of the Boeing 727. Tass/UPI photo.
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      Lock icon Evacuation follows Queensland deluge
      173 6 BRISBANE. Wed. (Reuter) Helicomers and power-boats were standing bv today for a partial evacuation at dawn of the flood-stricken town of Ingham In Northern Queensland. Up to 50 inches of rain in six days have brought the heaviest floods in 40 years to this Australian State.
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      Lock icon COSTLY 'VASES'
      71 6 MANILA, Wed. (Reuter) Customs authorities here have confiscated some three million pesos (£300,006) worth of high-duty good* imported from Hong Kong which were misdeclared Goods seized included watches, bracelets and playing cards all declared as "Flower vases." a customs spokesman said Meanwhile a navy patro! craft yesterday caught
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      Lock icon Thalidomide (deformed babies) makers to be charged in Germany
      256 6 SEVEN YEARS TOO LATE... AACHEN, West Germany, Wed. (Reuter) Criminal charges were announced yesterday against the German makers of the drug thalidomide, blamed lor the births of thousands of deformed babies in many countries is the early 19tin's. The Aachen prosecutor
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      Lock icon Danish princess to wed German prince
      159 6 COPENHAGEN. Wed. (Reuter) Princess Benedikte. whose wartime birth here was greeted with a 21-bomb salute by the Danish resistance movement in defiance of Nazi Occupation Forces, is to marry a German Prince. The engagement of the 22-year-old Princess, second in line to the Danish
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      Lock icon A SOB STORY ON LBJ
      139 6 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) Time magazine claimed yesterday that Senator Robert Kennedy called President Johnson an "5.0.8." during a bitter White House meeting last month, but Kennedy aides denied the report. The 45-minute meeting took place on February 6, soon after Mr. Kennedy returned from
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      Lock icon VARSITY OF THE PACIFIC
      33 6 LONDON, Wed. (AP) The British government will lend £1.250,000 toward the initial costs of a University of the Pacific in Fiji, Commonwealth Secretary Herbert Bowden told the Commons yesterday.
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      Lock icon Sweet words can move elephant
      138 7 TOKYO. Wed. (AP) An angry female elephant broke loose In Tokyo's Ueno Zoo yesterday and joo keepers discovered that sweet talk is stronger than 30 zoo keepers. Thirty zoo keepers tried to drag the huge elephant named Indira, back into her cage with a steel
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      Lock icon 'Plague of rats in Paris'
      148 7 PARIS. Wed. (AFP) A City Councillor warned that four or five million rats may attack residential and business quarters of Paris next year. He forecast that when the central markets which provide much of the rodents food are transferred to the outskirts of Paris, the
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      Lock icon Maharajah to 'sell' Kashmir to tourists
      248 7 NEW DELHI, Wed. (Reuter). The 36-year old Maharajah of Kashmir, Dr. Karan Singh, the first Indian prince to enter an Indian cabinet, has been given the task of boosting tourism to bring desperately needed foreign exchange into the country. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's choice
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      Lock icon Gangs use match box bombs
      60 7 MANILA, Wed. (UPI) Teenage hooligans In suburban Pasay City have divised a new weapon called "Matchbox grenade," according to police. Police Sergeant Francisco de la Cruz, who keeps a sample of the weapon, said it consists of a matchbox filled with explosives and small nails
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      Lock icon 'Making the Gobi bloom'
      180 7 HONG KONG, Wed. (AFP) The dream of having water in the Gobi desert has finally come true for the Uighur people with the completion of 172 irrigation canals and ditches totalling 1,000 kilometres. all pebble-lined,, in the Khotan administrative region of the Sinklang Uighur autonomous region,
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      Lock icon 'Fairstar': 150 crew sacked
      113 7 SOUTHAMPTON. England, wed. (AP) An emergency crew of 100 cabin stewards and attendants flew here from Genoa yesterday to join the Italian liner Fairstar after 150 Chinese crewmen were sacked. The Sitmar line discharged the Chinese stewards after a four-day dispute in which the Chinese demanded
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      Lock icon Goldberg refuses to reveal talks with U Thant
      330 7 UNITED NATIONS, New York, Wed. (UPI). U.S. Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg discussed the Vietnam situation with Secretary General U Thant for 90 minutes yesterday but said there was no "signal" Hanoi is ready to talk peace on terms reasonable to Washington. Mr.
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      Lock icon Dome donation exceeded
      128 7 HIROSHIMA. Japan, Wed. (UPI) More than one million Japanese have donated over 40 million yen (over U.S. $100,000) to save the famed Hiroshima "Atomic dome," one of the last signs of the August 6, 1945 A-bomb explosion here. Hiroshima Mayor Shinzo Hamai, who launched a nationwide campaign
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      Lock icon 'Guam war council'
      101 7 MOSCOW, Wed. (UPI) The Soviet Government newspaper Izvestia said yesterday that President Johnson was going to Guam to plot a further escalation of the war In Vietnam. "It is noteworthy that a lengthy statement by the White House on the agenda of the Guam meeting gives no
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      Lock icon Jackie: Easter in Acapulco
      135 7 ACAPULCO, Mexico. Wed. (UPI) Mrs. Jackie Kennedy is going to Acapulco for Easter—the worst time of year for a Mexican vacation. The former first lady, with her two children, is arriving here on Friday for a week's stay at the seaside villa of wealthy architect Fernando
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      Lock icon Kennedy's body shifted
      123 7 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) The bodies of President F. Kennedy and his two dead children were quitely moved about 40 feet to their permanent graves in Arlington National Cemetery late yesterday. Under cover of darkness and without word to the public, workmen raised the caskets from their previous
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      Lock icon BRITISH VINE AFIRE
      55 7 LONDON. Wed. (AFP) A flre broke out abroad the 13.500 ton British oil tanker "British Vine" off Cornwall early this morning after an explosion aboard, it was learned here. First reports Indicated that there were no casualties from the explosion and that the crew had managed to
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      Lock icon 'Regional newsprint mills needed'
      250 7 KANDY, Ceylon, Wed. (AP) Regional newsprint mills in Thailand, Indonesia and India were proposed as a means of helping Asia newspapers meet their needs for paper and at the sam« time easing the burden of difficult foreign exchange. Delegates to the Asian newspaper conference heard the
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      Lock icon 'Disgrantled code cracker sold secret to Japanese'
      324 7 NEW YORK, Wed. (Reuter) The American cryptanalyst who broke a Japanese code during World War I later sold the secret of his code-cracking method to the Japanese, according to a book to published here today. The book, "The Broken Seal," wa<s written by
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      Lock icon Budding writer Prince Hiro
      149 7 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI> Seven-year-old Prince Hiro, second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne of Japan, shows signs of becoming a writer A composition by the son of crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko is included in a collection of pupils works put out by the Gakushuin
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      Lock icon Seoul PM confer with Rusk
      137 7 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) South Korea's Prime Minister Chung IIKwon and Secretary of State Dean Rusk meet for a second time today to discus the Vietnam war. Communist China and Korean relations with Indonesia The meeting. arranged for mid-morning at the State Department, marks the opening
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      Lock icon Counterfeiters arrested
      59 7 MANILA, Wed. (UPI) Police arrested four suspected members of a syndicate circulating fake Philippine peso bills in Manila and nearby provinces. Counterfeit bills of various denominations and valued a t 2.500 pesos (about US$625) were seized during separate police raids. Police said the suspects pointed to other members
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      Lock icon 428th warning
      38 7 HONG KONG. Wed. (AFP) Red China Issued Its 428 th "serious" warning to the United States yesterday charging that six U.S. aircraft had violated Chinese airspace West of Hainan Island on six separate occasions on Tuesday.
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      Lock icon Royalty walk the plank
      47 7 BRITAIN'S Princess Margaret, and her husband Lord Snowdon been in casual dress walking on a jetty, when they began a 10-day holiday here in Nassan, the Bahamas. The Princess was advised to take a a holiday by her doctor. UPI Photo. UPI Photo.
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      Lock icon Another juror selected for Speck trial
      184 7 PEORIA, Illinois, Wed. (UPI). —The Defence In the murder trial of Richard Speck yesterday tentatively accepted as a Jurors a man who said he did not understand "how one man can kill eight persons and get away with It." It was eight months ago
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      Lock icon US $100m to destroy vegetation in V'nam
      130 7 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AFP) The overall cost of the Vietnam jungle defoliation programme being carried out by the United States will climb to around $lOO million next year, reliable sources Indicated here yesterday. Last year the United States spent some $l2 million on the
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      26 7 ALLR(6?Ht;SMART &X, 0<.;...AP8s ...PROVfe THAT MAM HAVE TAILS, CAME FRCM THE APE I >6O SEE I ...You ARE NO LOM6CR AM APE I ...APES HAvfe TAILS!
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    Lock icon REGIONAL CO-OPERATION
    376 8 THE deliberations of the standing committee of the Association of South-east Asia have taken a long time. Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman now declares that the blueprint will be taken off the drawing board and translated into positive action. Other nations are waiting to see if ASA can work
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    Lock icon MSA JETS
    372 8 rpHE Malaysian Singapore Airlines will be ordering eight new Jet planes for service abroad and internally. Apart from national prestige, the MSA overseas operations should be made to pay before extending their networks further afield. There is already too much competition in world air communications. Fortunately the MSA
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    Lock icon Overseas students in Britain
    1714 8 rpHERE ore over 350,000 students in Britain in universities and on fulltime courses at institutions of further education (technical colleges) where such courses are sometimes "sandwiched" with periods of supervised experience in industry. Of these nearly 10 per cent come from outside the United Kingdom. Fees
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    Lock icon R.M.A.F. in a nutshell
    785 8 'JHE Ministry of Defence Public Relations Division has issued this article in conjunction with the Presentation of His Majesty's Colour to the Royal Malaysian Air Force on Tuesday, March 14. QN THE 17th April, 1958, a Twin Pioneer landed at the Royal Air Force Station, Kuala
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSRTRIAL
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      Lock icon Rubber down ¼ cent
      306 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE, Wed.—April fr?t grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 56-3/4 cents per lb. down J cent from previous clr-e. The tone was quiet. The morning was very slow to start with no interest beir.e shown until mid-session. Later,
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      Lock icon NEW YORK RUBBER
      58 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Rubber futures declined 20 points across the board on the commodity exchange. Sales none. Locally the spot market No. 1 RSS declined 1/8 point to 20 7/8 cents per pound, nominal. May 67 19.85 20.45 Jul 20.05 20.50 Sep 20.05 20.50 Nov 20.15
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      Lock icon Hong Kong quotations
      25 9 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) '-Money Quotations: HK55.7325 5.***** per is dollar for cash. HK$ 15.99 per pound sterling. HK5263.75 per tael gold.
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      61 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) Dow Jones stock averages r J °P en Hi S h 3"' Industrials 843.21 850.33 20 Railroads 231.01 233.21 15 Utilities 134.52 135.54 <so Stocks 304.40 306.60 Low Close Change 3" 1 Industrials 836.86 844.27 off 0.55 20 Railroads 230.87 231.99 off 030 15
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      37 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) "7 Standard and poor's 500 stock index: Close Net Change lndustrials n 94.63 off .04 20 railroads 46.77 off .13 55 utilities AA 69.56 off .35 500 stocks 88.35 off .08
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      Lock icon New business school opens in Singapore
      565 9 CINGAPORE, Wed. International Training Centre, a new secretarial, business and language school, was recently opened at the International Building in Orchard Road, Singapore. Unique in many ways, ITC, upon its opening, gave Singapore the distinction of being one of the few cities in the
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      Lock icon Dexion executive to tour Far East
      135 9 MR. PETER CLARK, Far East Regional Manager of the British Arm producing Dexion slotted angle and other wellknown construction systems, is to visit Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines. Singapore, Malaysia, Ceylon and Afghanistan. During his tour, he will be having discussions with local
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      Lock icon MILLIONTH B.M.C. 1100
      61 9 SINGAPORE Wed. The Millionth B.M.C. 1100 *as, on March' 10, presented to a representative of the League of Nations Red Cross Society, by Mr. W. H Daves. Deputy Managing Director of B.M.C. The 1100 is the third British Motor Corporation car to reach the millionth mark, making
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      Lock icon BANK RATES
      75 9 SINGAPORE. Wed —The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following: changes In Its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 32-11/16; Airmail O.D. 32-13/16; 90 d/st. 33-1/4 credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 35-7/16; Airmail O.D. 35-9/16; 90 d/st. 36-3/16 credit bills; 36-1/4 trade
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      Lock icon Tin price
      16 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The tin price for today was $601.75 per picul, up 37} cents.
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      Lock icon RENTOKIL APPOINTS NEW MANAGER
      137 9 SIINGAPORE, Wed. Rentokil (Malaysia) Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. H.E. Blake as manager of their West Malaysian Division. Mr. Blake will be based in Kuala Lumpur but his duties will extend to branches in Ipoh, Malacca. Kota Bahru, Penang and Johore Bahru. Mr. Blake, 44.
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      Lock icon No sales
      22 9 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP) Rubber standard futures closed quiet. No sales. Spot No. 1 ribbed smoked sheets 20 7/8n n-nominal.
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      Lock icon Conditions extremely quiet on the Stock Exchange
      697 9 SNIGAPORE. Wed. Conditions were extremely quiet on the Stock Exchange today. Business was still at a low ebb. The industrial prices opened steidy but tended to ease towards the close. Feature of the day was the drop in Strait* Steamships. Business during the
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      Lock icon PI TRADE MISSION FOR S. VIETNAM
      81 9 MANILA. Wed. (Reuter)— A Philippine trade mission is due to leave here on Monday for South Vietnam to "explore as far and as deeply as possible" various ways of strengthening two-w a y trade. The mission will stay in Vietnam for one week and
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      Lock icon 61 forklifts for S'pore Penang ports
      137 9 TOKYO. Wed. Toyota Motor Sales Co. Ltd. and Marubeni-lida Co. Ltd. leading Japanese maker and trading firm Jointly announced that they have successfully made a contract with the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and the Port of Penang Authority for sale of TOYOTA FORKLIFTS
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      Lock icon Stockpile tin
      26 9 WASHINGTON Wed. (AP) The United States Government sold 5 long tons of grade C tin yesterday from surplus stocks at 1.5225 U.S.-dollars a pound.
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      Lock icon YOUR SHARES—UP-DOWN—UNCHANGED
      499 9 YOUR SHARES—UP-DOWN— UNCHANGED SINGAPORE —Block Exchange bid and offer price* officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIAL Boustead 1.54 1.55 C. Sugar Ml 2.12 Chemical Co. 1.75 1.76 Cold storage 3.30 Dunlnp (Old) 2.34 2.37 E Sheltlng 4.40 4.4« Esso Ord* 3.26 Fltzpatrlcks 1.55 1.63 F. A N. Ord»
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      51 9 (Manager* Prices) Urst Malayan 2.25 2.35 Second Malayan 1.60 1.70 Third Malavan 1.16 1.27 The Commerce Industry Fund .89 1.00 The Savingi Fund XD 1.33 1.43 Malaysian Investment Fund .95 1.05 Sterling Commodity 3/11 4/8 First Hone Hon* 1.00 1.05* Second Hons Konz .70 .74* e Hong Hon*
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      107 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Strirapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices today were: Coconut oil Buyers Seller* (FOB) Bulk 44.50 Coconut oil (FOBj Drums 46.75 Loose Copra Mixed Mar/Apr. 27.50 Sugar (Java) exgodown 26.25 Nutmegs lifts 410.00 Nutmegs B W Garbled l.ampong 185.00 Black Pepper (FOB) 100.00 Pepper Black Special Sarawak (FOB)
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      Lock icon SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
      172 9 SINGAPORE Wed.—The following ships are expected to be in port today. Godowns Vessels 1/2 Somali 3/4 Resita 5 Kunishima Maru 6/7 Ampenan 8/9 Akagi Maru 10/11 Nurjehan 13/14 Straat Rio 15/16 Myrmidon 18 Tozan Maru 21/22 Taiei Maru 23/24 Tjimanuk 25 26 Crna Gora 27/28 Mikuni Maru 29/30
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS-S'PORE, K. LUMPUR
      884 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 7.05 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline GIA 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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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL $5 ESSAY WINNERS
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      Lock icon The day I played the role of Christopher Columbus
      464 12 ONE night, while lying in bed, I was reading an adventure of Christopher Columbus discovering America. I was reading the part whe.2 Rumbus was asking Queen Isabella of Spain for a few ships. Before I could finish the rest of the
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      Lock icon THE NIGHT I SAW A GHOST
      161 12 ONE dark night, I was walking along a path feeling very sleepy. I had been to a midnight show alone. Unfortunately, there were no houses or a lamp post along that path and I felt quite scared. Suddenly, I heard a mysterious sound behind
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      165 12 ONE Sunday morning. It was raining very heavily. I was very frightened that I could not go to school, because the rain was heavy. I waited for the rain to stop. But it did not stop, so my mother asked me to walk to school. I carried
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      173 12 RADIO sets are very common nowadays for nearly every home has a radio and television set. Marchese Gullelmo Marconi was the inventor of the wireless. At the age of 21, he made a machine which could send a wireless message for a distance of
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      249 12 NORMALLY exercise can be got from games, gymnastics and many other activities. Like food, exercise Is of paramount Importance to our body. Exercise Is very essential to school children and to those who make use of their mental powers most of the day. Without a good
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      392 12 THIS year, the Chinese New Year was on the February 9, 1967. Chinese New Year is celebrated by the Chinese throughout the world especially China. The Chinese New Year lasts till the 15th day of the Chinese calendar called 'Chap Goh Meh.' The Chinese New Year
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      340 12 I first saw the light of the day on March 17, 1967. My mother was sitting next to me with my five brothers. She brought all her friends to come and see us. We were all placed at the top of a tree In a house
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      215 12 WHENEVER Christmas is mentioned, people always think of Santa Claus. He is thought to be fat, Jolly man with a broad white beard on his face. His reindeer loads up his sleigh with wonderful gifts. Then he goes from house to house down the chimneys, leaving
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      309 12 NOTHING is more valuable and peaceful than an ideal home. In an Ideal home only can we find union, peace, affection and family spirit. Though young as I am, I've always thought of a nice happy family and a home with family atmosphere, though it might only
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      324 12 I STARTED my life in a heap of rubbish near the town. At first I was an egg with many of my friends. That day was a warm day. I was an egg and was called a larva or maggot. I have no head or
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      459 12 THE prosperity, progress, cleanliness and happiness of the city are the responsibilities of every citizen. It is our duty to make Singapore the best country in the world. The ideal Singapore citizen should respect Singapore, whenever the National Anthem is played, he should stand at attention
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      147 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 encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And
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      700 13  -  By: A Arokiasamy Executive Secretary of the National Mining Workers' Union. Malaya. CRISIS of assertion is sweeping the world over from Peru to Peking, to the Philippines. Established orders are crumbling in the face of determined onslaughts of the common people. Imposers of guided
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    576 14 MELBOURNE, Wed. Australia will be the venue this year for the first world amateur squash rackets championships. Final preparations are well in hand for staging in August what authorities believe will become the most important a nnual tournament on the game's calendar.
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    148 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Selangor Cricket Association have turned down the request by Negri Sembilan Club to participate in the Stoner Shield competition. The reason given Is that S.C.A. competition rules does not permit any player who is not a resident of the
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