Eastern Sun, 25 March 1967

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  • 25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 243 Saturday* 25 March 1967. MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 303 1 652 bombers dump 30-ton bombs as war in Vietnam SAIGON FRI. (REUTER) GIANT American B. 52 stratofort* resses dumped their SO-ton bomb toads on the Vietcong J s War Zone *C' jungle stronghold iast night as infantrymen stepped up the biggest U.S. ground operation of the war.
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  • 413 1  -  By PETER LOKE SINGAPORE, FRIDAY THE multi-million dollar barter trade agreement between Singapore and Indonesian traders was signed here, today. In the official exchange of letters relating to trade and economic affairs by delegations of both countries after week-long talks in the first session
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  • 213 1 COLUMBUS. Georgia. Frl. (AP) A 23-year-old woman held in the robbery of a drive-in bank gave birth to a son yesterday after she was taken from a jail cell to a hospital. The Army said the woman's husband is In Vietnam. The Federal
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  • 140 1 WHAT'S IN A NAME. Trwvn nvi rupi) suggesting names for newborn bab£s hh become thriving business in Tokyo. Mitsukoshi, one of the larger department stores n consultant's corner "where expert advice is dispensed on proper names for babies," the Kyodo news agency reported today. Kyodo said the advice corner is
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  • 56 1 Film critics named young Helga Anders Germany's "film girl number one". Born in Innsbruck, Austria, she was living in Bavaria, the largest state in the Federal Republic of Germany. German tele-viewers know her already from 45 television performances before she took her third film part in the
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  • 230 1 RANGOON, Burma, Fri. (AP) The death toll In the grenade attack at a pagoda festival in Thaton has risen to 19 today. Eyewitness accounts of the attack say rebels crept up behind the crowd and hurled two grenades which exploded simultaneously amid the
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  • 190 1 LONDON, Fri. (UPI) Millions of Europeans battling crowds of fellow holiday makers yesterday at the beginning of the Easter weekend. .The crowds were on the roads, in the trains and In the airplanes. For those staying at home, the crowds were in food
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  • 66 1 MANTUA. ITALY. Frl. (Reuter) Francesco Gabbini. reputed Italy's oldest man, celebrated his 109 th birthday yesterday still smoking. "I've been smoking for nearly a century now cigarettes, cigars, pipes and it's a bit late to stop," he told friends at a party. Francesco, emigrated to Argentina
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  • 202 1 TOKYO. Fri. Singapore's Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today called on Asian Democratic Socialists to put more emphasis on "pragmatic solutions of immediate problems". Mr. Lee. who participated in the international forum organised for Asian Democratic Socialists by the West German Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Foundation, told the Press
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 567 2  -  By WEE HOCK CHYE MALACCA, FRIDAY. IT was a day to remember for the inmates of the Orthopaedic Home in Tanjong Kling, seven miles from here, today, when the Raja Permaisuri Agong visited them as part of the itinerary during her threeday State
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    • 90 2 TAIPING, FrL The Rotary Club of Taiping is holding a food and fun fair here on April 1 and 2 in aid of under-privileged children education fund. Mr. Lee Soo has been appointed chairman of the fun fair committee with Mr. K.S. Manian and Mrs. Yam
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    • 58 2 TAIPING. Fri. The Lions Club of Taiping has donated 20 one-lb. bags of sugar to the Indian Children's Orphanage here. The presentation was made by Lions vicepresident, Enche Wan Yahaya bin Pawan Teh. Among those present were Mr. N.M. Krishnan, secretary of the orphanage and Dr. M.M.
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    • 91 2 THE Penang manager of The East Asiatic Company Ltd., Mr. S. E. Jensen (centre) is presented with a farewell gift of a silver platter by the company's export manager, Mr. Gan Chin Huat (left), on behalf of the Penang branch staff. Mr. Jensen left Penang for Copenbagen this week on
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    • 227 2 IPOH, Fri—Eight-year-old Lai Choy Yuen, stricken with poliomyelitis, at the age of two years, goes pick-a-back each morning with his foster mother, Madam Choong Chin Keong. Madam Choong, who lost her husband at the same time, the boy was down with
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    • 81 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Mohd. Zain bin Mohd. Moh Alias Kechik, managing director of Kuala Langat Transport Co. Ltd., 66, Main Street, Banting, was fined $3OO in the Telok Datok Magistrate's Court for failing to furnish particulars as specified in the notice Dor the purpose of income
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    • 115 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Police, acting on the information, yesterday arrested four men at Jalan Temenggong here in connection with robbery involving two gold chains worth $l,OOO. Later, the police recovered the chains from a pawnshop at Jalan Bandar. Meanwhile, the police also arrested a youth who robbed
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    • 127 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A cultural team of the Indonesian Armed Forces will be visiting West Malaysia from April 16 to May 6. The team consisting of 43 people, will perform at Kuala Lumpur, Johora Bharu, Malacca, Alor Star, Ipoh, Kuantan, Kota Bharu and Port
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    • 283 2 More for the flood victims IPOH, Fri- The Mentri Besar, Perak, Dato Ahmad bin Said, has received further donations for the Perak Flood Relief Fund:Encbe Ahmad Fuad bin Hj. Zainuddin. Bagan Tiang, S M. Aris $lB.OO, Penghulu Mukim Bagan Serai $10.25, Guru Besar, Tong Wah, Bagan Serai $30.00, Haji Sulaiman
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    • 75 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Mr. Biman Chew LL. B (Singapore) wag called to the Malayan Bar today before Chief Justice Dato Azmi bin Haji Mohamed. Mr. Chew was the former Ifgal officer in Singapore. His application was moved by Mr. Chooi Mun Sou. The Attorney-General was
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    • 59 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Chief Justice Dato Azmi in the High Court here today dismissed an appeal by Sahrudin bin Ahmad, 25. He was appealing against a conviction and senten-e of six months jail in Tanjong Kajang Magistrates Court on Aug. 23. 1966 for causing hurt to PT. Kunhanu
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    • 52 2 IPOH, Fri- —Three d«g* ger-wielding robber? he.d up a courting couple at Coronation Park here last night, relieving them of their casn and jewellery. A rubber tapper. Chin M Gan and his girl friend. La* Chat Mooi. were seated <> n a bench when they were confronted by
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    • 47 2 MUAR. Fri. Two local transport lorries crashed to a river at the Surg Linkong bridge point 1 Gresik, about 25 miles nor of here yesterday. Four people including t*° attendants were slightly injured. Another unidentified cupant of one of the lorn*jumped to safety.
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    • 178 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. The World Assembly of Youth will be holding a regional seminar on urbanisation In Singapore from April 16-28. The general objective of this seminar is to provide youth workers with an opportunity to study a phenomenon which is present
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    • 237 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. Two Malaysian agricu! turists will soon leave for Germany in order to dii" cuss "How to have adequate food supply for the grow ing world population", at a seminar organised by thi* German Foundation for Development Countries in Berlin from March
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    • 237 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Pubic and Civil Services has come out in full support of the National Union of Teachers in their protest against the Cabinet decision to set up a teachers' salaries commission. In a statement
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    • 447 3  -  By CHAN KAM YAU KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. AS an entertainer why he or she enters show business and you'll get a number of stock answers: "I took up dancing to see the world." "I became a singer by accident." "I have
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    • 223 3 PENANG, Fri. There are at least 300 spastic children in the State though only less than 100 have been registered with the Spastic Children s Associa- tion, Penang. This estimate was given today by the chairman of the association, Mr. Chet Chua. when he
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    • 155 3 KUCHING, Fri—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 request to the Bth R.M.R. by
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    • 677 3 KUCHING, Fri. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said last night Sarawak must have a government that could co-operate with the Central Government if it were to achieve progress and deve- lopment. He added that Sarawak must not fall into the
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    • 459 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. The National Union Of Teachers was rejected in toto the proposed appointment of a teachers' salaries commission as they could not risk the possibility of any further delay in the implementation of their four major claims DTC parity, equal pay for
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    • 121 3 IPOH, Fri. Mr. Ooh Slew Keat. one of the pioneers of the pre-war "Triangular" badminton tournament between Penang, Perak and Selangor, died today at the age of 67. Mr. Goh died at his home in Kampong Java here following a short illness. A keen sportsman
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    • 95 3 $5,000/surau for 300 PENANG, Fri. —The Government's aim in launching the rural development programme is to raise the standard of living of the people particularly those living in rural areasThis was stated by the president of the Religious Affairs Department, Tuan Haji Ahmad Maliki, when he declared open a surau
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    • 90 3 TAWAU, Fri. At a recent meeting of the National Language Week Committee the various sub-committees to look to tne smooth running of the National Language Week in Tawau, were formed. National Language Week will be held from May 23 to 29. The following committees
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    • 318 3 JESSELTON, Fri. Two Sabah leaders hav6 spoken of the high stakes involved in the coming elections in the State. The Chief Minister, Mr. Peter Lo. said observers from six countries would be coming to Malaysia during the elections. Speaking at the
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    • 116 3 ALOR STAR. Frl. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and his wife, Puan Sharifah Rodziah, today spent two hours visiting the royal cemetery at Langgar near here. Among those who accompanied them were the Tengku Bendahara, the Mentri Besar of Kedah, Tan Sri Syed Omar Shahabuddln,
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    • 424 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. The leader of the Indonesian trade delegation now in Singapore# Professor Soebroto, said last night that Indonesia had much to learn from tne industrialisation programme in Singapore. He described the Jurong Industrial Complex as a excellent piece of work in industria- lisation. However,
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    • 271 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. Mr. Malcolm MacEwen. the Editor of the Journal of the Royal Institute of Architects, has called for closer relations among the press, architects, the local authorities and the public. He was speaking to newsmen yesterday during a short visit to the Republic. Mr.
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    • 85 4 THE Joint Chambers of Commerce last night gave a special dinner in honour of the Indonesian trade delegation now in Singapore for trade and economic talks. Picture shows, among those present at the dinner, the leader of the Singapore delegation and Permanent Secretary to
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    • 50 4 SINGAPORE. Fri.—Poliee today disclosed the nam« of the man who fell to his death from the fifth floor of a block of flats in Jalan Membina Barat. yesterday. He was Choo Pien Chum, 54. of Ipoh. Police said that his Singapore address was 14-A, Yong Chiak Street.
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    • 198 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. Tht Prophet Muhammed Scholarship Fund Board will offer bursaries and grants to Muslim and nonMuslim students who are Singapore citizens. Students studying at the University/Muslim College can get a bursary worth not more than $1,500 a year from the Board on the following
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    • 78 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. The electricity supply in five areas will be interrupted from 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday (March 29) in order to extend the existing electrical power system at the Island Golf Club Road substation (outdoor). The areas affected will be Upper Thomson Road (from 6
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    • 371 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. Brandy remained the favourite hard liqour for Singaporeans, according to the International Chamber of Commerce. In its report for the year ending Dec. 31. 1966. however. the Chamber reported that imports of brandy fell by almost 10 per cent. But indications were
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    • 104 4 IPOH, Fri. Ismail bin Mohamed Sheriff, 23. alleged in the Magistrate's Court here today he had been assuited by the police and forced to plead guilty to a charge of theft. Ismail made his allegation when he withdrew his plea of guilty to having stolen one gantang
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    • 52 4 IPOH. Fri. Agreement on wage increases and im» prove working conditions was reached between the Malayan Mining Employers Association and the National Mining Workers Union of Malaya today. The agreement will take effect retrospectively from Jan. 1 this year. It it for a duration of
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    • 410 4 TORONTO, Fr i. (UPI) Mitt Tourism Singapore, attractive Mollie Ang Mooi Hua, arrived in Toronto on Thurtday afternoon to begin her four-day tour of Ontario at Singapore'! ambattadrett of goodwill. The 22-year-old university student is visiting several countries around the world to extend Singapore'e friendship and to
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    • 72 4 IPOH, Fri. Construction work on detached bungalows for the Malay Housing Co-operative Society at Rapt Setia in Gopeng Road here will begin at the end of this month. The Secretary of the Society, Encha Ismail bin Sidek, told the "Eastern Sun" today there
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    • 28 4 MUAR, Fri. —The Segamat District Chinese School Teachers' Association will sponsor a folk-dancing course for Teachers at the seg Hwa Primary School from April 14 to 19.
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    • 152 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. Police are seeking the assistance of eye-witnesses to two separate road accidents yesterday in the Republic in which two people were killed. According to the Police, the first fatality occurred at the Everett Circle at Upper Buklt Timah Road, when pedestrian, Enche Yaccob
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    • 275 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. A 20-man dele. ?ation of the Organisation for Industrial, piritual and Cultural Advancement (OISCA) will arrive in Singapore on March 27 for a two- day goodwill tour. They will be led by Mr. Yonosuke Nakaro 80, the President. To meet the delegation
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    • 120 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The University of Singapore Drama Society will give a preview of their play. "Terang Bulan" which is to be presented at the sth World University Festival at Nancy. France, from April 20 to 30 at 8.30 p.m. on April 4 to raise money for
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    • 117 4 PENANG, Fri. An elaborate programme centred on the theme. "Partners In Health" has been planned here from April 1 to 7 to celebrate this year's World Health Day. About 1,000 guests are expected to witness the official opening of the Health Exhibition by the
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    • 102 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Singapore Art Society will hold the first-ever all sculpture exhibition at the National Library from April 21 to 26. Seven sculptors will participate In the exhibition. The Society is also planning the 18th local artists' exhibition from June 9 to 13, at
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    • 1079 5 ji -juAPORE, Fri. The Singapore and Indonesian Governments today officially formalised vital agreements reached in the first session of the Singapore-Indonesian Joint Commission on Trade and Economic Relations held during the past few days. This took place during an official exchange of signed S lor
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    • 65 5 jJOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— ne country has to keep aopting a liberal policy in Q er to maintain peace and «"Tnony in our multiracial society. V/ .u S was stated here today Mentri Besar, Dato aa Othman Mohamed Sa'at. was speaKing at the general conference of
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    • 197 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. A bevy of 30 girls from the Joan Booty School of Modelling will be an added attraction when they appear in the latest "With-it" and "A-Go-Go" fashions for two days at the Thomson circuit in conjunction with the Singapore Gtand Prix. The
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    • 81 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Group Captain A.D.J. Garrison, at present commanding the Royal Australian Air Force base at Fairburn and Commandant of the RAAF Staff College, has been seconded to the Royal Malaysian Air Force for two years. The Minister for Defence, Mr. Allen Fairhall. said this had
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    • 348 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. Telephone subscribers here will soon be able to converse with their friends as far as London or Russia "free of interruptions and disturbances" when the South-east Asia Commonwealth Telephone Cable System (SEACOM) is officially declared open on March 30.
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    • 124 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. Some 300 guests were present to celebrate the Pakistan Day reception held in the Four Lions, Hotel Singapura last night. Among the distinguished guests was the Minister of State for Defence, Mr. Wee Toon Boon. The reception was given by the Trade
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    • 268 5  - No hitch in MalaysiaSoviet trade talks By MUSA SCULLY KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. MALAYSIA and the Soviet Union have reached agreement on "almost every point" on the proposed draft trade agreement to establish direct trade links. This was disclosed today by the leader of the Russian delegation, Mr. V. B. Spandarian,
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    • 328 10 Twenty-one people made homeless in Jalan Daud fire MUAR, Fri. A 56-year-old woman last night braved the burning embers to rescue her 77-year-old husband from a fire which gutted five zinc and attap houses at Jalan Daud here. The woman, Lau Heng, was among
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    • 197 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The New Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Rules. 1967 requiring Singapore registered motor vehicles coming into west Malaysia on temporary risits to possess entry passes came into force on Feb. 1. So far. no less than 7,000 passes have already been
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    • 347 10 KUCHING, Fri. The Minister for Communications and Works, Sarawak, Dato Teo Kui Seng, said today the First Malaysia Development Plan has placed emphasis on rural development. And this was dependent on access and communications. High priority, he said, has therefore been given to
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    • 298 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Notional Productivity Centre has recruited two of the International Executive Service Corps members for assignment as training advisers. This recruitment follows an agreement reached between the Malaysian Government and the International Executive Service Corps Incorporated USA, a few months ago.
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    • 181 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The University of Malaya Students' Union today pledged its support for the Language Bill passed by the Parliament recently and urged the public to be rational and realistic towards the issue. This was contained in a joint statement issued by
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    • 56 10 A delegation of leaders of kampongs from Suku Suku Dusun, Sabah, who are on a three-day official visit to Penang; paid a courtesy call on the Chief Minister, Penang, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, recently. Picture shows members of the delegation together with the Chief Minister, Penang, posing for a
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    • 179 10 KUCHING, Fri. The Federal Minister for Sarawak Affairs. Tan Sri Temenggong Jugah, praised the Thai, Malaysian and Indonesian armed forces for their successful efforts in continuing to eliminate the Co mm un.st terrorist reborders a on S Malaysia's e s a>d that total elimination of
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    • 99 10 KUALA LUMPUR Fri. UMNO Malaysia will soon announce the decision reached by its Central Executive Committee on the Director of Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka. Syed Nasir bin Ismail for his stand on the National Language Bill. The spokesman of the UMNO headquarters here
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    • 75 10 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong arrived in Malacca on Thursday on a threes day State visit Their Majesties were accorded a rousing welcome when they arrived at the Batu Berandam airport by air from Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows Her Majesty being presented with a bouquet by
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    • 161 10 SEREMBAN. Frl. The Mentri Besar. Negri Sembilan. Dato (Dr.) Mohd. Said bin Mohamed, opened a civics assembly at tne Community Hall. Port Dickson, yesterday for 50 members of the Kampong Development Committee and Youth Clubs. The Mentri Besar explained the policy of
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    • 32 10 MUAR, Fri. The Muar Kwang Tong (Cantonese) Association at Jalan Bakri here will hold a dinner to celebrate its 49th anniversary at its premises on April 1 at 7 p.m.
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    • 377 10 KUCHING, Fri. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today asked the people of Sarawak to give their full co-operation to the Government by not helping in any way the enemies of the State. He was speaking after attending the Joint State (Security Executive
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    • 77 10 KUALA KANGSAR, Fri. The Mentri Besar, Perak, Dato Ahmad bin Said, declared open two Madrasahs, one at Bendang Bugis and another at Talang Batu, and a reading room at Bendang Selinsing in the Kuala Kangsar District yesterday. The three projects cost $8,250. The Mentri urged
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    • 198 10 PENANG, Fri. Rumours are spreading in town that a Penang multi-millionaire paid ransom of $250,000 for his release after being kidnapped from his palatial sea-side home in Northam Road last week. Penang Police told the Eastern Sun there has been no report of a kidnapping
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    • 96 10 Madam Tan Swee Chuan, one of the victims of last November Are in Jalan Raja Laut/Jalan Haji Taib, Kuala Lumpur, receiving cash relief from Dato Lim Jew Siang, State Assemblyman for the area, at the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall yesterday. A total of $4,270 was given out as cash relief
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 580 6 Negro senator 'reluctantly' condone Vietnam policy PARIS, Fri. (Renter) —The U.S. ambassador to NATO, Mr. Harlan Cleveland, ran head-on against French government policy when he challenged Europe in a speech this week to take its share on "the constructive containment of China." His views came
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    • 68 6 MONTREAL. Fri. (Reuter) Jamaican Prime Minister Mr. Donald Sangster has been suffering from bleeding in the brain, an although his condition is reasonably stable he is seriously ill. the Jamaican Health Minister said here today. Mr. Sangster, 56, has been In the Montreal neurological Institute
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    • 132 6 LONDON. Fri. (UPI) The Governor of the Bank of England, Sir. Leslie O'Brien, said yesterday that "the pound is perfectly safe." He added "I think the internal rate of growth in the British economy will be modest, perhaps 2i per cent over the next year. "I
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    • 114 6 DJIBOUTI. French Somaliland, Fri. (UPI) The Somali population Ignored French back-to-work orders yesterday and continued a general strike which threatens to strangle economic activity in the once thriving Djibouti harbour. Appeals for co-operation by Governor General Louis Saget have been ignored by the 11.000 Somali Inhabitants
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    • 48 6 "Snuffles," mascot for an element of the 173rd Airborne Brigade rides the high explosives with his explosives with his master, PFC Terry Isom of Yakima, Washington, as his unit prepares to leave for base camp at completion of Operation Junction City. Notice his heavily bandaged tail. UPI Photo.
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    • 308 6 PEORIA, Illinois, Fri. (UPI). Richard Speck exchanged mattered words in court yesterday with the prosecutor who is trying to convict him of murder in the hospital dormitory slaughter of eight young nurses. The 25-year-old Dallas drifter also rocked in his seat with an apparent silent
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    • 122 6 NEW YORK. Frl. (Reuter) A letter written by Lee Harvey Oswald to his mother from the Russian city of Minsk will be auctioned here next month. It is being offered on April 6 by New York autograph auctioneer Charles Hamilton who estimates Its worth as U851.200.
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    • 158 6 WASHINGTON. Fri. (AP) The new Atlantic commerc i a 1 communications satellite appeared yesterday to be operating much as planned in Its elliptical orbit. Technicians hope to determine by today whether It can be kicked into a synchronous orbit as early as tomorrow. If and when
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    • 79 6 HAYWARD, California. Frl. The two gunmen carried off the hold-up like professionals. They wore stocking masks when they entered the El Portal Motel on Wednesday night. "This Is a stickup." they told operator George Murphy. One seized the UBS6O loot and laid It on a couch
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    • 60 6 PARIS. Frl. (Reuter) NATO Headquarters here denied reports that 300 NATO officers were Involved In a spy ring discovered In Italy. A NATO announcement said: "NATO has been Informed that the news carried by the press with respect to the alleged lnvolvememt of 300 NATO officers
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    • 152 6 LONDON, Fri Plans to turn Britain's Post Office employing nearly one in every 50 of the nation's working population into a public corporation, have been announced in London. The Government's aim is to provide Britain with the most efficient postal and comunications services at the
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    • 44 6 MADRID, Fri. (AFP) Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy was only slightly wounded in the much-publi-cised gun accident last week-end. Italian Journalist Benedetto Mosoa. a friend of the Italian Roval Family, said here today. She was now staying with friends, he added.
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    • 326 6 NEW ORLEANS, Frl. (UPI). A judge yesterda* ordered a New Orleans tavern owner who ieft tow n ahead of a subpoena to return at once and post US$5O,OOO bound to insure his availability as an "important and material witness" in an investigation of
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    • 105 6 CARAGUATATUBA. Brazil, Fri. (Reuter) Thousands of people ran terrified Into the streets of this seaside town late last night when a minor tremor shook their houses less than four days after an avalanche that killed at least 150. But this time there were no casualties reported
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    • 250 6 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) The government yesterday brought in tough new laws to combat drug addiction in Britain. They will back up a nationwide drive against dopepeddling. The new legislation, which is to be rushed through parliament, was drawn up after official statistics showed
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    • 482 6 Birmingham, Fri. Guest of honour at the opening of a new and unique Chinese restaurant in Birmingham in the English midlands last week was 26-year-old Chinese film actress Paula Li Shiu. Miss LI Shiu, a friend of the proprietor of the new restaurant, Mr.
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    • 137 7 PARIS, Fri. (AFP) Sir Geoffrey de Freitas, British MP and President of the Council of Europe consultative assembly, warned a meeting of Common Market politicians here yesterday of the dangers in the division <>f Western Eurooe into two "antagonistic blocs." Sir Geoffrey was addressing a meeting
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    • 83 7 CLAREMONT, California. Fri. (UPl)—Building a better brassiere is the coal of 80 freshmen at Harvey Mudd College's engineering department It could be approached like a bridge." said David de Ford, who suggested the project to his fellow students, including a few women. There are
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    • 138 7 TORRANCE, California. Fri. (UPI) r A 350pound topless go-go dancer and mother of eight teamed up with a humming Municipal Court Judge yesterday to the delight of a jury which broke up at the performance. Barbara "Baby Jane** Hemingway, attired in a shift-type dress performed a
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    • 77 7 •The U.S. delegates, headed by President Lyndon B. Johnson (5th from right), and South Vietnamese delegates, headed by Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky (4th from left) met on the conference of the Vietnam war at the start of their first joint session in Guam on Monday. At block on right
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    • 153 7 MANILA, Fri. (AFP) The influential newspaper "Manila Times" has condemned flagellation and other violent forms of penance as a "barbaric ritual" which detracts from the Philippines' reputation as "the only christianised country in the orient." In an editorial, the newspaper said that the "fanatical" practice "has
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    • 118 7 NEW DELHI. Fri. (AFP) The Indian government yesterday bowed to Communist pressure and promised an enquiry into the activities of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in India. Foreign Minister Mr. M.C Chagla said the government "will make a thorough enquiry to try to
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    • 29 7 BEAUVAIS, (Reuter) The Mayor of Blarigier, in Northern France, M. Gaston Buisson, 59, was shot and killed as he returned to his home last night.
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    • 231 7 CANBERRA, Fri. (Reuter) Remote Central Australian cattle stations are being provided with "air raid shelters" to orotect residents from rocket debris, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Shelters have already been provided at six stations and will be built at another five. All lie along
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    • 57 7 ABERDEEN, (Reuter) Dr. Alexander H. Macklin, the Aberdeen doctor who was surgeon to explorer Sir Emest Shackleton's party on two of his Antarctic expeditions, in 1915 and 1921 has died here in hospital, aged 77. Dr. Macklin wrote several published accounts of the voyages in the ships
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    • 84 7 PARIS, Fri. (AP) French authorities let it be known last night that Lord Bertrand Russell's so-called "was crimes tribunal" on Vietnam will be prevented from sitting in France. A cryptic announcement attributed to "authorized circles" said that French authorities will handle this problem with due respect
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    • 163 7 MANILA. Fri (AFP) Miss Asia 1965. Angela Fil-mer-Faustino of Malaysia, gave birth yesterday to a six-pound girl whom the former beauty queen said would be christened Angelica. after her. The birth of the child cleft-chinned like the mother may delay the appearance of Mrs. Faustino in
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    • 160 7 LONDON. Fri. (AFP) British technicians are to throw a "polyurem" belt around the giant ollslick escaping from the grounded tanker "Torrey Canyon", a Royal Naval spokesman said last night. The belt made up on the beach at the Cornish town of Newlyn i s
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    • 142 7 SYDNEY, Fri. (AP) Australia has been on dollars and cents since February last year, but racehorses are still being auctioned in guineas as of old. The Bloodhorse Breeders Association announced it planned to keep it that way for major sales of thoroughbreds. The association said it
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    • 122 7 JAKARTA, Fri. (AP) Indonesian Security Troops today sealed off a threeblock area surrounding the house where acting president General Suharto's sister would be married. Security troops have been dispatched to the area where Gen. Suharto's younger sister Mursijati would be married to Army Lieutenant
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    • 72 7 JAKARTA. Fri. (AP) Indonesia's former VicePresident Mohammed Hatta said today that the present military rulers must be prepared to turn the nation back to civilian rule to prevent a military state. Dr. Hatta quit the now ousted President Sukarno Cabinet ten years ago. Dr. Hatta declared
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    • 65 7 MELBOURNE, Fri. (AP) Thirty-one-year-old Brian Marendaz of Highton, 45 miles West of Melbourne, jumped on what he thought was harmless gummy shark. As soon as he hit the water, Marendaz tried to grab the Shark. Marendaz went to hospital with a mauled right foot. The "harmless"
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    • 86 7 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Actress Jayne Mansfield clashed with British customs officials over her two pet Chihuahuas when she flew Into London Airport early today. A customs officer said later: "Two dogs were beneath a leopard skin coat which belonged to her, but a man was
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    • 28 7 SAIGON, Fri. (Reuter) Vietnamese Buddhist leaders today appealed for a ceasefire in the war on May 23 to mark celebrations of the birth of Buddha.
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    • 450 7 TOKYO, Fri. (AP). Premier Chou En-Lai was quoted today as describing Defence Minister Lin Piao as Communist China's "Deputy leader," the first known reference to him in those terms. Peking Radio, monitored in Tokyo, said Mr. Chou used these words in a mass
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    • 37 7 PARIS, Fri. (Reuter) —A pop song version of the "Thoughts of Chairman Mao Tse-Tung" has gone on sale in French record shops. Main refrain: —"It's the little red book that makes everything tick."
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    • 203 7 HONG KONG. Fri (AFP Chinese Premier Chou Et Lai has called for 'discipline' among workers and for their "cooperation" with Army Officers to bring about a new upsurge of industrial production, Radio Peking said today. The premier was addressing a 10.000 strong rally at which
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    • 142 7 MANILA. Frl (AFP) A leading Filipino political commentator said today the solution to the Philippines' perennial problem of rice shortage may be in the hands of the Catholic Church and not in the government's. Columnist Teodoro F. Valencia of the large circulation newspaper "Manila Times" said:
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    • 35 7 LONDON. Fri. British Railways has been given permission to raise long-distance train fares. The new rates, which will come into force on April 2, will not affect Journeys up to 216 miles.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 78 6 h PARTI HOTLY PURSUED BY THRUSH AXM19, UAPOLBOH AMD liVtA f&SNA CRAM LANPfUS TO ESCAPE MTH THE VIML MICROFILM PLANS, M/T.. It was written while Os wald was living in th( Soviet Union after becom lng disenchanted with llf< In the United States. Whll< there he met his wlf< Marina,
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 132 7 m fa* i« §«1 >- w w p BMyNpfe 11 B lll»f K* m >/', in doctor dies ABERDEEN, (Reuter) Dr. Alexander H. Macklin, the Aberdeen doctor who was surgeon to explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's party on two of his Antarctic expeditions, in 1915 and 1921 has died here in
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  • 383 8 ACCORDING to the Malaysian Minister of Health, Enche Bahaman bin Samsudin, organised community efforts to improve their own health through their own self-help are lagging behind. He says that health is being given the lowest priority by the people. On the other hand, the Minister points out that
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  • 321 8 AN American university professor has warned that the incidence of bubonic plague in South Vietnam might break out into an Asiawide epidemic. The danger of it spreading into Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia cannot be overlooked. The destruction of life and property and the breakdown of the
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  • 2973 8  -  By:- RAY F. HERNDON Jakarta, Fri. (UPI) fHE success or failure of Indonesia's "new order" government, which is trying to reverse former President Sukarno's headlong rush towards Communism, may well depend on events in Central Java. It is the most densely
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSRTRIAL
    • 294 9 LONDON, Fri. A new operating system which will speed up the handling of Malaysian and Singapore cargoes in London has been introduced by the co-operation of Ben Line Steamers Ltd., and the Port of London Authority at the South-West India Dock. And a
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    • 312 9 London, fh. (UPi). The chairman of the world's largest free enterprise shipping group has told stockholders of continued U.S, government efforts to try to control international shipping but said as this went further more of the line's U.S. customers were shunning this "protection".
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    • 202 9 gINGAPORE, Frl. In connection with the release of MGM's Super-Cinerama fllm, "GRAND PRIX", China Co., sole distributor of TITONI Swiss Watches is sponsoring a timing contest for all patrons to the "GRAND PRIX" show at the Orchard theatre. The contest is easy and interesting and
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    • 448 9 CINGAPORE, Fri.—More than a hundred thousand passengers have been carried by Scandinavian Airlines in 10 years of flying over the North Pole short cut between Europe and the Far East The SAS pioneered route opened Feb. 24, 1357, after a decade
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    • 106 9 LONDON, Fri. Large areas of Britain will be able to receive all three televisl on programmes (two BBC and one Independent) in colour within the next three years. In the House of Commons recently, the PostmasterGeneral, Mr. Edward Short, announced that both BBC One and
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    • 229 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. On the Straits Tin Market the opening price for the year was $690.12J per picul, and the closing price on December 31, 1966 was $602.12J per picul. The average price for the year was $645.23 per picul, as compared with the previous year's average of $702.80
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    • 107 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. Qantas has started giving its passengers special baggage labels, to be used inside suitcases and bags. The Idea is to provide additional identification should the standard outside labels and tags be lost during handling. Unlabelled bags, where tags have been destroyed by accident, are
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    • 932 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 p.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.00 a.m. AV 646 Saigon. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpar. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline MSA 451 from Kurilln(. Time 10.50
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  • EASTERN SUN FEATURE
    • 1050 12  - Was it a case of suicide fmimm dovbt! by ROSS MILES JUST before the war an old man was daily pushed along the promenade in Nice, France, in a bath chair. He was a man of mystery, for nobody knew anything about him. He seldom spoke and he gazed at
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    • 1342 12  -  jP'MMj j DEAR By Joseph G. Molner, M. D. QWhat is sarcoid of the lung? Is there some medication for sarcoidosis? Just what is the disease? A Sarcoidosis isn't the most prevalent of diseases; still, it affects many thousands, and because not a great deal is
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    • 681 12  -  TTW ALL ABOUT ♦❖❖❖❖❖PETS By J. J. McCoy owners should moke sure to protect their pets against ticks. Although dipping or dunking the dog in a tick solution affords the best protection, a thorough sponging is an effective substitute. A number of tick solutions are available
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  • SUNSPORT
    • 974 14  -  By John Kam SINGAPORE, Fri. This year's Singapore Grand Prix at the 3.023-mile Thomson Road Circuit promises to be the biggest and most exciting yet. When President Yusof flags off the race on Sunday it will signal the beginning of two days' excitement,
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    • 455 14  -  By K. SIDHU SINGAPORE, Fri. Two Japanese daredevil riders who will be astride a "Suxuki Works" machine at the Singapore Grand Prix to be held at the Thomson Road circuit on Sunday and Monday ore all out to wrest the 125 c.c. title. They are
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    • 851 14 SINGAPORE, F r i. From Saturday to Monday, the 1967 Grand Prix circuit is closed to traffic from 12.01 am. to 8 p.m. Vehicular traffic from the north. (a) Parking tickets will be on sale at Mandai Road Woodlands Road and at Sembawang Road 12
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    • 90 14 MALACCA, Fri. Malacca Cricket Association selectors have picked a strong team for the State's opening Under-23 match against Negri Sembilan Under-23 at the Malacca Club padang here on Sunday starting at 10 a.m. Schoolboy Robin Goh Kek Foo, who has been in consistent form this season,
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    • 269 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Tun Razak Cup hockey competition will commence in July. It will be played for the first time on a new system. The twelve teams par. ticipating in the competition have been zoned into four groups of three teams each. NORTH
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    • 172 14 SEREMBAN, Fri. SeU angor women, taking no chances In their bid to retain their 4th successive •title' in the M.W.H.A. quad to be held at Seremban on April 8 and 9 have announced a very formidable team. The only surprise in the selection is the
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    • 145 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.The Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, said ton., the qualifying round of Central Zone for the Fourth Asian Cup, to be held m Hong Kong from March -•> to April 2, promises to W a successful sporting even' In a message, in his capacity
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    • RACING COMMENTS
      • 1406 15 Race 1: Horses Class 6, Div. X—Sl/ 2 Furs. 2.15 P.M. 1 20B Shop Bridge \rrlrni Lao Z? 9.00 Novelty Kon«l Rg B'kelen 3 8*17 7v 8.13 Olvmpla 6tabl« Teh J IV* Ninht 8> 8 10 NVwwm Stable Ahmad 4 32« 5 m ,73 7
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      • 1469 15  -  The going is GOOD By 'Windsor IPOH, Sat. Kampong N«w Zealand should outshint hit opposition in ract 5 the *6f for Glass 4, Div. 5, at Ipoh this afternoon, the Extra of the Perak Turf Club's March Meeting. After hjsttylish win on this course in
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      • 23 15 Windsor Lad: Excelsior Hatari Sovereign Grey Golden Sun: Kampong N. Z. Chiaramella Prince's Knife Adeline: Thunderstorm Timah Api Kampong N.Z.
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      • 145 15 WINDSOR LAD GOLDEN SUN ADELINE Baca I GREAT EAGLE Toro Mon Cheri TORO Gallant Turk Shoe Bridge NAZAFAT Great Eagle Milkman bee 2 EXCELSIOR Brandon Gay Paris WEE COBBLER Lighter Excelsior T'ERSTORM Gav Paris Tomahawk KMC S HATARI Shantin View Prince's Knife P. KNIFE Timah Api Hatari TIMAH API
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      • 334 15 IPOH, Fri. Picture House 11, who landed a splendid double at Penang last month, revealed top form on a good track here this morning when he easily breezed oveT 3f. in 37 1/5 sec. in the company of newcomer Colony Surf. Ridden out Picture
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      • 88 15 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Singapore's dynamic centreforward. Salleh Ibrahim, shattered a strong Johope defence and scored a hattrick by netting three goals within 15 minutes in the Sultan's Gold Cup Southern Zone soccer tournament at the Sree Glam padang hece this evening. In the first
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    • 877 16  -  SCORES FIVE PAR 67 IN MALA OPEN AMATEUR GOLF By PERCY JOSEPH KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Zainal Abidin day established a new amateur record when he carded a five under par 67 in Open Amateur Golf Championship at the Royal Selangor Golf Club course. He also recorded
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    • 111 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Warren Inter-Club Competition on the first 18 holes of the Malaysian Open Amateur Championship played on the Royal Selangor Golf Club course was won by the RSGC "A" team with a total score of 220. The winning team comprised K.C. Choo. (74).
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    • 97 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The following is the draw for the third round of the Malaysian Open Amateur Golf Championship tomorrow:— 8.00 A.M.: Lee, T.M.L Staunton, H.M.V. Chalmer, T.C. 8.07 A.M.: Marks. B.R. Eu, R. Tseng, T.Y. 8.14 A.M. Trieneai A.J. Lee. A.Y.L. Loke, W.T. 8.21 A.M.: Hennen, C.J.
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    • 235 16 PENSACOLA. Florida, Fri. (Reuter). Bob Keller, Tom Weiskopf and Homero Blancas shot seven-under-par 65's yesterday to tie for the first round lead in the 1'5575,000 Pensacola open Golf Tournament. Dave Thomas. British Ryder Cup team member, had a 67 after getting an
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    • 120 16 LONDON, Fri. (Reuler) The Oxford University boat race crew collided almost head-on with a school crew on the Thames yesterday while practising for the race against Cambridge on Saturday. Nobody was hurt. Oxford were travelling at full speed with the tide and the school crew
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    • 322 16 HONG KONG. Frl—(Reuter Singapore and Malaysia drew 1-1 in the second match of the Asian Cup central tournament here today. The score at halftime was 1-0 in favour of Singapore. An Easter holiday crowd turned out in the Hongkong: stadium to watch match. The
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    • 321 16 TORONTO, Fri. (AP). —India and Malaysia battled their way into the semi-finals of the Canadian Centennial Badminton Tournament on Thursday by defeating New Zealand and Scotland in the fifth round of play at the Carlton Club. Dinesh Khanna of India, a former Thorr.as Cup contender.
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    • 68 16 LEICESTER. England. Fri. (UPI) —Alan Ball. England's World Cup soccer star from the Everton Club, was fined £5O, "severely censured and warned as to his future conduct" by a Football Association Disciplinary Committee. Action followed a referee's report after._the_ Everton_Wolves Cup game on Feb. 18.
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    • 166 16 HONG KONG, Fri. (AP) England's Guy Wolstenhoime today grabbed a one stroke lead at the midway point of the US$l2,OOO Hong Kong Open as Taiwan's Chen Ching Po blew his first round lead and dropped into fourth place. Wolstenhoime abided a three-under par 67 today
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    • 90 16 MINNEAPOLIS. Minnesota, FrL (UPD—lack Sharkey, the heavyweight champion in 1932-33. said on Thursday Cassius Clay is one of the great champions and would have given Joe Louis "a hell of a fight." But he predicted boxing will *'fade out eventually" because of a lack of interest.
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    • 359 16 South African Tennis C'ships JOHANNESBURG, Fri. (Reuter) Th e two Wimbledon finalists, Mrs. Billie Jean King of the United States and Maria Bueno of Brazil, resume their battle for world supremacy when they clash in the women's singles final of the South African Championships
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    • 73 16 ALGIERS. Fri. (Reuter) A Hungarian XI last night beat Atletico Madrid 4-2 here in the final of the four-nation football tournament sponsored by the Algerian national airline, Air Algerie. There was no score at half-time. The other two teams in the tournament. Vojvodina Siede
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    • 590 16 NEW YORK/ Fri. (Reuter) Cassius Clay's manager said yesterday that the world heovyweight champion had signed commitments for title defences against Oscar Bonavena and Thad Spencer, but these had to be tentative while his Army conscription status remained uncertain. The 25-year-old titleholder. who
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    • 237 16 NEW YORK, Fri. (AP). —Akira Jin. head of the Japanese Art-Life Association, said on Thursday he confident Cassius Clay will be able to get a draft (conscription) deferment to defend his world hea*7weight boxing title in Tokyo. Jin said he talked with the lawyer representing Clay
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    • 489 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS 20 Words $10/' (Minimum) WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH, 5 Fort Canning Road, Singapore Worship services at 7.30 a.m., 10.00 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Sunday School for all ages at 8.45 a.m. Junior Church at 10.00 a.m. Everyone Welcome CHINESE PRESBYTERIAN TRUE WAY CHURCH. 156-B Stirling Road, off
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    • 68 16 TIME AND TIDE *J 2 l 9 Pm P 9 ft 701 Pm- < 2 ft >' i*ort Swettenham: 4.59 am. (15.2 ffc*r"fc3S-p.m. (1b.5 It.). Port Dickson: 6.09 a.m. (8.8 ft.); 6.23 p.m. (9.6 ft.). liHnW re: u» 10 0 0 6 a m (9 6,t 1111 P- m <
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