Eastern Sun, 22 March 1967

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  • 13 1 The Sarawak Tribune SARAWAK'S OLDEST ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER Wednesday, MARCH 22, 1967 15 CENTS
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  • 518 1  -  By Paul Kho KUCHING, Tuesday:— Hie longest highway in Sarawak, linking Kuching, Simanggang and Sibu, will be declared open by Tun Abdul Razak, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister, during the Easter Holidays. The first opening will be at Undup Bridge in the morning and later
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  • 446 1 Agricultural Diversification KUCHING, Tuesday:— A sum of $5,000,000 hasbeen allocated for agricultu ral diversification in the state of Sarawak. As a result of research, Oil Palm has been selected as the most hopeful crop for diversification, to reduce reliance on Rubber and Pepper. This is stated in the
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  • 344 1 Saigon, Tues. Renter: Communist forces last night poured more than 500 mortar shells and rockets into theU.S. artillery base at Gio Linh, just below the demilitarised zone between North and South Vietnam, a military spokesman reported today. America s biggest
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  • 85 1 Digne, Southern France, Tues. Reuter:- Fires fanned by strong northerly winds tcday destroyed several actes of shrub and forestland in the Alphine region north of the French Riviera. Firemen fought the blaze for several hours getting it under control late last night. No one was reported
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  • 62 1 Aden, Tues. Reuter:— Terrorists last night attacked the homes of two South Arabian Federal ministers during a series of attacks here. No casualties were re ported. Local organisations opposed to the Federal government have staged a series of violent incidents and attacks during the past weeks in Aden.
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  • 478 1 Japanese Team To See Into Port Expansion KUCHING, Tuesday:— The Minister of Communications and Works, Dato Teo Kui Seng, has announced that a team of port con-. sultants and engineers have arrived in Kuching to carry out investigation into the feasibility of constructing additional port facilities at
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  • 103 1 Saigon, Tues: The South Vietnamese Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu said today his country had proposed a peace meeting to North Vietnam. He was speaking to newsmen at a press conference after his return from the Guam Conference with President Johnson. Mr. Thieu said if
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  • 101 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues:—The Malaysian Cabinet has decided to appoint an independent Teachers' Salaries Commission to review the whole question of salaries and conditions of service. Announcing this today after a Cabinet meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak said the Cabinet discussed the report of the
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  • 142 1 Kuala Lumpur, Tues. Reuter: —Malaysia and the Soviet Union will discuss the possibility of setting up diplomatic ties during the present visit here of a nine-man Soviet trade mission, Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said today. He told reporters after a Cabinet
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    • 20 1 NOTICE There will be no publication of the Tribune on Thursday, March 23. Publication will resume on Friday, March 24.
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    • 111 1 TUTTTk A SELAMAT HARI RAYAHAJI TO ALL OUR S fZ* 77 m AH CHONG HAS WORMS He lacks energy and has no appetite. But thanks to Padrax, Ah Chong can now be rid of worms by tomorrow. I'ADRAX is the amazing medical discovery that concentrates more than twice as much
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  • 308 2 The arrival of the team of Japanese port consultants and engineers in Kuching to investigate the feasibility of constructing additional port facilities here is at least a step towards much needed progress in solving the problems of congestion which has been getting gradually worse. The Minister for Communications
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  • 43 2 Kuching, Tuesday:- The Bidayuh Youth Club will be holding an Easter Ball on March 23, 1967, at 8.30 p.m. in the Mayfair Room, Palm Road, in aid of the club's building project and the National Disaster Flood Relief funds.
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  • 48 2 KUCHING, Tuesday:The Sri Berjaya Club, Simpang Tiga, Kuching, will hold a "Pencha Silat" exhibition at the compound °f Tua Kampong Zainuddin bin Bidin at 1 p.m. tomorrow. The celebration is in connection with the Hari Raya Haji festival. All members of the public are welcome.
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  • 29 2 NEW DELHI, Tuesday, Reuter:- Svetlana Stalin's decision to leave India earlier this month was entirely her own, External Affairs Minister Mohamed Ali Currim Chagli slid today.
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  • 520 2  -  Kenny Ee KUCHING, Tuesday:— The Overland Trip from Kuchlng to Siba and back a major project which the Sarawak Tourist Association is launching in connection with the International Tourist Year (1967) will take place on March 24. A convoy of twenty vehicles which will blaze
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  • 606 2 SEBUYAU, Tuesday:— A colourful welcome awaited the Minister for Development and Forestry, Enche Abdul Taib Mahmud at Kampong Tebeiu, Sebuyau, Second Division, yesterday. Multi-coloured pennants made of batik cloths fluttered from tall poles, while silk canopies were stretched across the road at intervals.
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  • 96 2 Singapore, Tuesday: To commemorate the first scheduled flights to Taipei and Perth, MSA will be issuing a set of 8 First Flight Covers on the following sectors Singapore/Perth Perth/Singapore Singapore/Taipei Taipei/Singapore Kuala Lumpur/Taipei Taipei/Kuala Lumpur Hongkong/T aipei T aipei/Hongkong The covers will be carried on the
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  • 195 2 Singapore, Tuesday:— Mr. W.L. Bennett, Director of Technical Services of Malaysia-Singapore Airlines, today presented certificates to the first five National Flight Engineers, Cheng Yen Kwang, Cheah Peng Heng, Derek Chua, Pee Peng Song, and Patrick Sim. These five local young men have qualified for
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  • Around THE World
    • 526 3 Guam, Tues. Reuter.— President Johnson and South Vietnamese leaders wound up talks here today, declaring that military initiative in Vietnam "lies increasingly with Allied forces." They also said in a joint communique that "the leaders of North Vietnam must recognise the futility of their
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    • 279 3 Hong Kong, Tues. Reuter Some 8,000 poor and lower middle peasants held a meeting in Peking last Sunday to elect their representatives to the provisional organ of power of Peking, according to Radio Peking this morning. It said that the Prime Minister Chou En-Lai attended the meeting on
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    • 128 3 London, Tues. Reuter. American gambler Dino Cellini, an associate of actor George Raft, left London for Europe last night on Home Office (Interior Ministry) orders, business associates said. Earlier, Home Secretary Roy Jenkins had rejected an appeal by Cellini for three weeks extra time so he could
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    • 388 3 New York, Tues. Reuter, Win or lose, Zora Folley is assured of his biggest payday an estimated 75, 000 dollars for his bid to lift Cassius Clay's world heavyweight boxing title here on Wednesday night. This will be almost twice as much as Folley ever
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    • 191 3 Bonn, Tues. Reuter. The West German Government yesterday declared President Heinrich Luebke's three-week tour of South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Nepal and Afghanistan a success. Chief govern m en t spokesman Karl-Guenther Hast told a routine press conference that following the tour the reputation of the Federal
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    • 126 3 Washington, Tues. Reuter. The Senate yesterday overwhelmingly approved appropriation of an additional 12,200 million dollars to support American forces in Vietnam. It voted 77 to 3 to add this sum to previous appropriations for the fiscal year ending in June. One of the three dissenters,
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    • 226 3 Moscow, Tues Reuter. Former U.S. vice-presi-dent Richard Nixon said last night he believed American military action against North Vietnam had been considerably more effective than the American public realised. Washington should assume that tne Kremlin wanted an end to the war. Kremlin leaders faced
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    • 190 3 Punta Arenas, Chile, Tues. Reuter. Private airline pilot reported last night lone yachtsman Sir Francis Chicester had rounded Cape Horn and was sailing north up the Atlantic toward England. The pilot, Roberto Fuenzalida, told newsmen in this South Chilean port he sighted Chicester at
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    • 138 3 London, Tues. Reuter.A special United Nations mission to Aden arrived here by air last night from New York for giving independence to the South Arabian Federation. A few hours before their arrival, Foreign Secretary George Brown told Parliament he hoped that the mission would help the
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    • 255 3 Stockholm, Tues. Reuter. A Japanese marathon runner who disappeared during his event in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics finally breasted the tape last night. Shizo Kanakury, whitehaired and 76-year-old, entered the Stockholm Olympics Stadium to clock a time of 54 years, eight months, six days,
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    • 143 3 Indonesia And Singapore 'Mean Business Singapore, Tues. Reuter: —Indonesia and Singapore 'mean business* in the talks on trade and economic matters which opened here today, according to the leader of the Indonesian delegation. Dr. Soebroto. Dr. Soebroto told the opening session: "We are here to implement points of understanding reached
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  • 1030 4  -  But now she must develop the North WORLD SOUGHT by John Baker White In September 1864, 26 members of Canada's Executive Council met at Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island. The work done that day led three years later to the union of the British North American
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  • 233 4 SIBIJ, TUES: About 400 people attended three civics assemblies-two in the Third Division and one in the Second Division held last week. The Third Division assemblies were held at Binatang and Dalat, and the one in the Second Division was at Roban. The Speakers at
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  • 144 4 Kncbing, Toes.— All races in Sarawak are working together for unity, progress and harmony, said the Ag. District Officer, Lawas, in the Fifth Division, Abang Hashim Dato Abang Yan, when he declared open a civics assembly at Tiong Hwa Club in Lawas recently. The assembly,
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  • 126 4 LA WAS, Tues:- AnAdult Education Class was recently declared open in Ke. Ladang Baru Lawas, by the Acting Dis. trict Officer, Abang Hashim bin Dato Abang Yan, of Lawas District Office. Fifth Division. Speaking at the opening ceremony, attended by
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 146 4 CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES ACROSS 3 Recklessly extravagant (8) 8 Reviling (5) 10 Truthful (9) 11 Everybody (3) 12 Confusion (6) 13 Cunning (4) 15 Convincing (6) 17 Stare stupidly (6) 20 Sell (4) 21 Interfere (6) 24 Badly (3) 25 Relevant (9) 26 To correct (5) 27 Transfer to lower
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  • 1095 5 NO RUSH FOR LICENCES The first three local radio stations to be run by the BBC have been chosen. But there has not been the clamour which the Government might have expected trom provincial towns to get in on local radio broadcasting. At least two towns have said they
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  • 106 5 Hongkong, Tues. Reuter; Because of a big rise in cas?s cf measles I an d resultant deaths during January, the medical authorities here have appealed 1 to parents to seek early advice when their children show signs of illness. The colony's Medical and Health Department hasreported
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  • 649 5  -  By Peter Carver A Week, as Mr. Wilson says himself, is a long time in politics. Six months must seem like a lifetime. Certainly he must smile wistfully when he remembers the state of the Part> leaders last autumn. Commentators then were describing
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    • 107 5 1 m v v/, The maharajah spreads his wings Air-India's big, bountiful (Boeing) wings spread wider, ever wider. From April its network, already embracing 26 cities in 21 countries or geographical locations all over the globe, spreads to Jakarta, Brussels and Teheran. Now even more people can sample and enjoy
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  • 178 6 Lundu, Tues. —The District Officer, Lundu, First Division, Mr. Edwin Dundang Bugak, yesterday announced that a sum of $539.90 has been collected in Lundu District for the National Disaster Flood Relief Fund. The D.O. has praised the people for their generosity and hoped
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  • 499 6 Koching, Toes. The Minister for Development and Forestry, Enche Abdul Taib Mahmod has urged Bumiputras of Sarawak to follow the example of the hard-working Bugis settlers who were able to turn primeval forests into flourishing plantations. "The Bugis people were ready to leave their
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  • 182 6 Kuching, Tues. The Gabongan Kelab2 Belia Melayu Sarawak will hold its annual general meeting on Sunday, April 2, 1967 at the Sekolah Ra'ayat Jalan Haji Bolhassan, Kuching. It is expected that more than 200 delegates and observers will attend this meeting. The Minister for Welfare,
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  • 236 6 Kuching, Tuesda>The Sabah Women's Hockey Association will send a team here, expectedly on April 20, to play against a local team, Miss Kathleen Lau, Hon. secretary of the Kuching Ladies' Hockey Club, announced today. Players from Sibu and Miri, including some from
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  • 175 6 Kuching, Tues:- Twenty-two-year-old Sgt. Idris Ismail, a Malay language teacher with the Bth Royal Malay Regiment stationed at Serian, First Division, has been seconded to teach the subject in the Serian Government Secondary School. His secondment was made following a
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  • 275 6 Bintulu, Tues. All Malaysians must unite irrespective of race, religion, custom or political beliefs in order to maintain the political, economical and social stability of our nation. This was stated by the Sarawak Administrative Officer, Bintulu. Inche Wahab bin Aziz, when he recently declared open
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  • 325 6  -  By Salang W. Abas Binatang, Tuesday:— A Branch cf the Sarawak Council for Adult Education has been formed at Binatang, in the Third Division. An initial meeting convened by the Acting District Officer, Inche Abu Kassim recently was attended by the Kapitan
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 441 7 TENDER NOTICE BORNEO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. SUNGEI ANTU INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SIBU Tenders are invited for the construction of Roads btorm Water Drains and Effluent Drains at the Suneei Antu Industrial Estate, Sibu, Sarawak. The work will be required to be carried out in stages, each stage to be substantially completed
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    • 257 7 SITUATION VACANT Tractors Malaysia Ltd. have a vacancy for an experienced heavy equipment fitter. Applications in writing should be addressed to: The Manager, Tractors Malaysia Ltd., P.O. Box 352, Miri. Meteorological Report—Koching DATE MAR 21 1967 2p.m. Shade Relative Temperature Humidity 85.3°F 67% During 24 hours ending 8.00 a.m. Maximum
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    • 46 7 Southern Shipping Lines Australian Services LOADS AT FOR Tf. Maui Melbourne Sydney, Adelaide M.S. "Brojdlm" 1-3/4/67 M.S. "Broholm" 6-8/5/67 For Bookings please c Borneo United Sawmills Ltd., No. 6, Kampong Nyabor Road, Ist Floor, Telephones: 8597 and 8598 SIBU. No. 252, Padungan Road, Telephone: 3850, KUCHING.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 611 7 RADIO PROGRAMMES dan RanMalay 07.00 Pembukaan dan Rengkasan Ranchangan 07.01 Takbir (Pen: Hasanah Hj. Daud 07.15 Bachaan Al-koran oleh Annuar Hasan (Pen: Annuar Ahmad) 07.30 Sembahayang dan Khutbah 'ldil Adzha siaran langsong dari Masjid India Kuching 08.15 Lagu2 Padang Pasir 08.30 Kasidah (Pen: Ahmad Zaini) 08.45 Lawak Jenaka(Pen: Azmi Lamat)
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  • 79 8 MARCH 21,1967 Average Prices of Agricultural Commodity. R.S.S. 1 S 62.50/plcut. R.S.S. 2 S 61 25/plcul. R.S.S. 3 59.50/picul. R.S.S. 4 5 55 75/plcul R.S.S. 5 52 25/plcul. Pepper White No. 1 *134 00 plcul Pepper White No. 2 123 00/picu!. Pepper Black No 1 S 93.00/picul. Pepper
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  • 278 8 Kuching, T ues: The Commander of the Cad e J Training tlnit of the Thai Navy, Rear-Admiral Smut i Sahanawin, who is now in Kuching said today, that it would be a good idea if Malaysia and Thailand could have joint naval operations in their
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  • 68 8 Vaesteraas,Sweden,T ues. Reuter: A 28-year-old Swedish mother gave birth to quintuplets a boy and four girls here today after receiving hormone treatment, doctors x>aid. They said two of the girls died, one a few minutes after birth and the other about an hour lacer. The condition of the
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  • 86 8 KUCHING, Tuesday:— The windscreens of two motor-cars were damaged by a man near the Odeon cinema, last night. Police spokesman said the man who was alleged to have thrown stones at two cars had been arrested. A! Batang Lasa, in the Rejang district, yesterday. two speedboats collided with
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 300 8 CONGRATULATION 'Love Is A Golden Ring' With heartiest congratulations to Mr. Robert Phua and Miss Emily Lim on their engagement. From: Mr. Mrs. Johnny Wee Golden Farm Look Cockerels $1.70/kt liPullets $2.00/kt (Live Weight) Available Mornings At Lintang Market, Batu Lintang Road Also At Ting Ting Supermarket. (Dressed.) Please Come
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    • 193 8 95 M.P.H. Winds Marseilles, France,Tues. Renter: —Mistral winds of up to 95 miles an hour swept down the Rhone Valley into Marseilles ripping tiles from roofs and flattening garden sheds. Firemen fought brush fires whipped up by the wind. Near Perpignan, a caravan was smashed when winds hurled it against
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    • 88 8 Tennis Championship KUCHING, Tuesday:The fifth annual Sarawak Open Tennis Championships will begin promptly at 8.30 a.m. Friday, March 24 at the Sarawak Club courts. All the men's singles are scheduled to begin at that time and it is essential that all competitors should arrive on time. The men's doubles events
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    • 251 8 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SARAWAK Tender for the supply of AMMOPHOS (11:48). Tenders are invited for the supply of AMMOPHOS (11:48) fertiliser to the following places in the State of Sarawak Kuching 5 tons Miri 5 tons Serian 10 Marudi 15 Simunjan 2 Bintulu 10 Bau 5 Total ID. 22 tons
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    • 376 8 KUCHING MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Tenders will be received by tie Kuching Municipal Council up to 4.30 p.m. on Friday 7th April 1967 for the supply and delivery of the following to the Council's Work shop:(1) Two 5-ton diesel tipping trucks (low-loader) (2) One portable diesel engine driven air compressor of equivalent
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    • 130 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT Majlis Amanah Ra'avat (MARA) Post: DISTRICT MARA OFFICER. With reference to this office advertisement of the 5 posts of District MARA Officer which appeared in the 22nd 24th and 27th February 1967, issues of the Sarawak Tribune, it has been decided to extend the closing date for applications
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 139 8 .CATHAYO OUR GRAND HARI RAYA HAJI ATTRACTION! Today 4 Shows:- 12.15 2.30 6.30 9.15 p.m. Tomorrow (Thursday 3 Shows 2.30 6.30 9.15 p.m. (Please Note Times) Lahir Dari Hasil Kerjasama Malaysia-Indonesia!! "BAYANGAN DI-WATU FAJAR" In Malay With Eng. Subs. Roomai Noor Latiffah Omar Norbani Yusoff Rendra Karno (No Free Lists)
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