Eastern Sun, 2 June 1967

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  • Title Section
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    26 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 310 Friday* 2 June 1967. i MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents.
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    Lock icon Malaysia score smashing win over Denmark
    232 1 JAKARTA. Thurs.-Ma-'v a *on;sht took a step the IP —symbol of nton supremacy—when *h p y beat Denmark in the semi-flnal round Malaysia who were tied a* 2-2 after last night up three quick r to have victory in the bag. Cheng Hoe put
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    Lock icon Statuette for Sir Francis
    33 1 PLYMOUTH, England, Thurs. tUPI) Solo round-yachts-man Sir Franks Chichester last night was presented with a silver s ratuette of Sir Francis P r ake at a civic reception hprp
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    Lock icon EMERGENCY SUMMIT
    293 1 British Premier seeks aid to lift blockade on Gulf of Aqaba LONDON, THIIRS. (UPI) PRIME MINISTER Harold Wilson left today for an emergency summit with President Johnson and Canadian Premier Lester Pearson on the Middle East crisis and a threatening revival of the cold war with Russia. The
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    Lock icon Malaysian technicians to serve in S. Vietnam
    151 1 SAIGON, Thurs. (Reuter) The Malaysian Government is to send three technicians, at present serving in its Armed Forces, to aid South Vietnam's rural development programme, reliable Foreign Ministry sources said here today. The sources said that the three technicians would arrive nere as
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    Lock icon Mother alleged to have killed baby in flat
    347 1  -  b y K. S. SIDHU SINGAPORE, Thurs. A FISHMONGER'S two daughters were rushed to the General Hospital this morning with chopper wounds which they received in their house in Commonwealth Crescent. One of them a one-month old baby, died a few hours
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    Lock icon Labour Party leaders detained
    140 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Three top leaders of the Labour Party nere were detained following demonstrations in Jalan Nee Heng here tonight. Another two were detained in Batu Pahat The names have been withheld by Police. The demonstrations by Labour Party leaders and members were in support
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    Lock icon British Consul goes home on leave
    149 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter) The British Consul in Macao, target of a fortnight of angry leftist demonstrations, was tonight on his way home to Britain on leave while in the Portuguese enclave increasing uneasiness has touched off an American decision to advise their citizens
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    Lock icon 'Accept China's five-point demands' call
    185 1 HONG KONG, Thurs. (Reuter) The Chinese-language Communist daily. Wen Wei Po, today urged Britain to accept China's five-point demands over the handling of unrest in Hong Kong or else face the prospect of a 'miserable ending.' The local daily in an editorial claimed that an
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    Lock icon Record U.S. planes shot down
    75 1 SAIGON, Thurs. (Reuter) A record 36 American planes were shot down over North Vietnam last month, a U.S. spokesman said here today. The worst previous month for American planes over the North was July 1966 when 33 of them were shot down. The spokesman said
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    Lock icon Violence again in Aden: Two killed
    280 1 ADEN, Thurs. (Reuter) A British soldier and an Arab nationalist were shot dead and nine other people wounded in gun-battles which flared in Aden today, mainly between British paratroops and Arab nationalists. The renewed violence today occurred in a city paralysed by a strike
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    Lock icon A minor issue says Pravda
    206 1 MOSCOW. Thurs. (Reuter) A leading Soviet political commentator gave a clear indication today that Russia regards Egypt's closing of the Tlran Strait to Israeli ships as a minor issue in the present Middle East tension. "The impression is being created that some people are ready
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Pretty girl (22) alleges she was raped by a friend
      348 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. It was her day off. Her brother and hit wife were both out working. She was thus all alone at their flat in Sentul. The girl, a pretty 22-year-old, was sweeping the floor outside her flat when
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      Lock icon Nair's 107 questions for Tunku to answer
      170 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Mr. C.V. Devan Nair, DAP Member for Bungsar, will ask the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, at the forthcoming session of Parliament beginning on June 14. whether he would consider ordering the immediate revocation of the new provision under Chapter
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      Lock icon Vera the calf goes to court
      127 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Vera went to the Magistrate s Court here today in connection with a cow-theft case. She could not testify however although her testimonv would have helped both the prosecution and the defendant immensely. This, however, is not a reflection on the
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      Lock icon TREATMENT ROOM
      27 2 IPOH, Thurs. The Raja Puan Muda, Perak, will open the medical treatment room of the Outward Bound School in Lumut at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday.
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      Lock icon NEW OFFICE
      47 2 PENANG, Thurs. The Minister of Commerce and Industry,. Dr. Lim Swee will open the new building of the Rubber Replanting Office for Penang f" d Pj" v mr« Wellesley. at t.JL o m le Ba ai > Lebai laner, Butterworth at 10.00 aja- on J\tj& i.
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      Lock icon STUDENT BOUND OVER
      115 2 PENANG, Thurs. A Form Five student, Lim Kok Kheng, wai bound over in $lOO to be of good behaviour for one year by the First Magistrate, Mr. T. Aria Rajah. when he pleaded guilty to theft of a girl's dress. The offence was committed at the home
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      Lock icon ART SHOW
      32 2 PENANG, Thurs. An exhibition of oil paintings by Tin P«nf Hooi will be opened by Mr. J.S.H. Cunyng-ham-Brown at the Penang Library, Farquhar Street, at 5.30 p.m. on June 8.
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      Lock icon FISHERMAN FINED $6,000/-
      65 2 PENANG. Thurs. A 34-year-old fisherman, Ang K m Leong, was fined $6,000 or a year's jail by the Sessions Court President, Mr. Sim Ewe Eong, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of conveying dutiable goods in Prai River yesterday. The goods consisted of brushes, pills, cosmetics
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      Lock icon FINED $50/-
      29 2 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Thurs. Ang Lye Huat, a resident here, was fined $3O for operating a portable transistor radio without a licence, in the Magistrate Court here today.
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      Lock icon Mrs. Kay Cheang (52) dies in B.G.
      53 2 KAMPAR. Thurs. Madam Peggy Tan, wife of Mr. Oh Kay Cheang, a businessman here, died In the Batu Gajah District Hospital yesterday. She was 52. Funeral service will be held at 10.30 a.m. tomorrow. Mr. Oh ig the director of the Ban Seng
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      Lock icon N-Language dictionary contains 30,000 words
      98 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia and Indonesia are expected to finalise discussions on their common spelling system this month. A seven-member Indonesian delegation will arrive here within the next few days for this purpose. Disclosing this today, the Director of the Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka, Tuan
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      Lock icon Devon Nair in Germany
      62 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thur*. The secretary-general of the DAP and M.P. for Bungaar, Mr. C.V. Devan Nalr Is now visiting Germany as guest of the West German Social Democratic Party. Mr. Nair will be away for 10 days, and will be back in Malaysia In time for
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      Lock icon Wagner on Esso's big investment in human resources
      609 2 Director addresses seminar. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —Mr. U. H. Wagner, Jr., manufacturing director of Esso Standard Malaya Berhad said yesterday that less tangible than the company's $l4O million investment in physical equipment in Malaysia was its enormous investment in human re- sources.
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      Lock icon Official opening of Sim Lim offices
      120 2 IPOH. Thurs. Messrs. Sim Lim Finance (M) Ltd. Ipoh branch at Brewster Road herp will have their official opening on Saturday. The opening ceremony will be followed by cocktails from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Messrs. Sim Lim Co. (M) Ltd Ipoh branch, have
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      Lock icon Submission of memoranda date is extended
      286 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Teachers' Salaries Commission has extended the time limit for submission of memoranda on the question of salaries and conditions of service of teachers by another three weeksToday was to have been the last day for the submission of such memoranda
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      Lock icon Re-elected chairman
      62 2 MUAR, Thurs Mr. Lai Kuan Tee. a Johore Assemblyman, has been re-elected chairman of the Tangkak Malaysian Chinese Association branch The vice-chairmen are Mr. Mok Chiang Peng (re-elect- Ed) and Mr. Teo Karn Maa (re-elected). Other office bearers include: Secretary, Mr. Cheah Hai Swee. Treasurer, Mr. Tan Hock
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      Lock icon King sends good wishes to Italy
      132 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Yang tii-Pertuan Agong has sent the following to the President of Ike Republic of Italy:- "It :s 'h great pleasure that or. *his nappy occasion of Day of the Republic of Italy. the Raja Permaisuri Agong and I n to
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      Lock icon Best wishes for people of Tunisia
      120 3 Kuala LUMPUR, Thurs. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has sent the follow£•2 message of greetings to H E Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia, on the '"a.sion of the National Day Tunisia:'May lon behalf of the 3*ople of Malaysia extend y r sincere congratulations 3nr i
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      Lock icon Gift of 10 Suzuki motor-cycles
      97 3 LUMPUR, Thurscth. high-speed motors'y'\ ~r om the renowned s Works of Japan will the the strength of K i ce traffic branch in Lumpur and help to speeding in and around «>e!Malaysian capital. &e motor cycles, which e"arv. S^f c i aily designed and Jfu
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      Lock icon Jamil has many secret formulas to streamline Government administration
      342 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Tan Sri Jamil Rais, the Permanent Secretary to the Prime Minister's Department, returned with a bagful of "secret formulas" to streamline the Government administration after a month's tour in Europe and the Unit- Ed States. He declined to
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      Lock icon Polymer specialist joins Century Plastics
      203 3 PETALING JAYA, Thurs. Century Plasties Ltd. have appointed Mr. George Toh, a London-trained polymer technologist, as head of their research and testing laboratory, responsible for quality control. Mr. Toh, an old boy of Methodist Boys School, Kuala Lumpur, is both a Licentiate and an Associate
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      Lock icon Gen. Osman in Canberra...
      65 3 THE Chief of the Malaysian Armed Forces Staff/ General Tunku Osman bin Tunku Mohamed Jewa, visited Australia for two weeks to talk with Australian defence authorities and to inspect Australian training installations and meet Malaysian servicemen training under the Malaysian Aid Programme. General Osman is shown
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      Lock icon Double cropping project completed
      126 3 PAEIT BUNTAR, Thurs. Hundreds of padi-planters in Krian South who are talcing part in the biggest double cropping pilot project ever undertaken in the country completed planting a week ago. A total of 15,000 acres of padi lands have been planted in Krian district under this
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      Lock icon Melaine Tjiok of Bandung troupe to perform for local charity
      284 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A beautiful dancer and singer, Miss Melaine Tjiok, of Indonesia, will perform at the 15th International Bazaar organised by the Singapore Association for the Blind on June 3 at the Victoria Memorial Hall here. Bhe was one of
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      Lock icon L. O. Valberg elected President
      84 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs—Mr. L.O. Valberg was elected President of the Singapore Port and Dock Offers' Union at a general meeting held recently. Others elected were Mr. Patrick Chan, Vice-Presi-dent, Mr. Oh Kean Hock, Secretary. Mr Hentrv Paul, Assistant Secretary. Mr. Lim Kiong Siong. Treasurer, and Mr.
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      Lock icon TWO ACADEMICIANS APPOINTED PROFESSORS
      338 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The University of Singapore has announced the appointment of two academicians as professors. They are Dr. Wong Lin Ken and Dr. A. N. Rao. Dr. Wong Lin Ken, Singapore's Ambassador to the United States of America has been appointed Professor of History. He is
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      Lock icon Study tour of four Asian cities
      121 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Mr. N.N. Ratnam. Secretary of the Johore Bahru Tourist Association, will leave here on June 3 for a three-week visit to four Asian cities to study tourist promotion. He will be visiting Bangkok. Hong Kong, Talpeh and Tokyo. The study tour
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      Lock icon JOINT POLICE, MILITARY DISPLAY
      68 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. —A joint police-military display will be staged at the Jalan Besar Stadium in the middle of August to mark National Day. The display will be held on Saturday (August 12), Tuesday (Aug. 15) and Wednesday (Aug. 16) at 7.30 p.m. on each night. Tickets
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      Lock icon ON WAY TO GERMANY
      88 4 Five Singaporeans have been granted scholarships by German Govt, to take a five to six-year course in engineering in Germany. They are Sundaram Pillai Maheson, Lee Seek Eng. Ang Chee Chim, Tham Hock Chee, and Chua Soon Tee. Picture shows them about to boaTd the Lufthansa
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      Lock icon Woman MP to open million dollar school
      183 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Tiong Bahru Secondary School will be officially opened by Madam Chan Choy Siong, M.P. for Delta, on Saturday, June 3, at 7.30 p.m. The school which is the 72nd news school to be officially declared open by the present Government. Is
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      Lock icon Course for dog and cat lovers
      162 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Adult Education Board will organise a nine-week course on the "Care of Dogs and Cats" to be held every Tuesday from 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Raffles Girls Primary School, Queen Street, here. The course will be conducted by
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      Lock icon Experienced singers wanted
      104 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs The People's Association has decided to recruit 30 experienced singers with the minimum qualification of Grade Four (Royal School of Music) in singing for its choir. Successful candidates will, in addition to the usual practice and performance with other choir members, be required to help
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      Lock icon One thousand for Teachers Day rally today
      168 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. More than 1,000 schoni teachers from four teachers' unions will hold a TV? chers' Day rally at the Singapore Conference Hall i Shenton Way here at 9.30 a.m. tomorrow. 8 The? are from the Singapore Teachers' Union, Chinese Bchool Teachers* Union,
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      Lock icon Shakuntala Devi's performance
      56 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. India's human calculating machine. Miss Shakuntala Devi, will give a performance at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. auditorium on Friday, June 2, at 3 p.m. All secondary school students and the general public are invited to the performance. Admission is free, but a ?;ate donation will be
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      Lock icon Entries invited for MKA dog show
      141 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs —Fn. trie* beln* invito the Malaysian Kennel sociatinn s annual do e to be held at the Singapore Badminton Hall here on JJJ 6. Owner? of flogs registers in the M.K A. Class I breeds) who wish to enter their pets in
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      Lock icon Customs holiday
      28 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. The Johore Customs and Excise Department, Johore Bahru, will be closed on Wednesday. June 7, being the birthday of the Yang diPertuan Agong
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      Lock icon Thai Charge d'Affaires leaving for home shortly
      322 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Charge d'Affaires of the Thai Embassy in Singapore, Mr. Payong Chutikul, will be leaving for home shortly for re-assignment. He was Consul-General of Thailand in Singapore for three-and-a-half years and then as Charge d'Affaires following Singapore's independence. Mr. Chutikul was
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      Lock icon Jail for causing hurt to constable
      143 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A man, Su Keh Teng, was today sentenced to six months jail in the Fourth District Court after he was found guiltv of being a member of an unlawful assembly whose common object was to cause hurt to Police officers. The charge
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      Lock icon TREND OF TOURISM IN ITALY
      147 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs According to the first' official figures published by EXIT (Italian Tourist Agency) 26.643,000 foreign visitors entered Italy in 1966, 11.5% more than the year before. These figures provide eloquent proof that the flow of foreign visitors to Italy continued to follow an upward
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      Lock icon Incentive payments: A word of caution
      555 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The President of the Singapore Employers' Federation, Mt. R.C. Hubbal, last night cautioned against any illconsidered scheme to introduce incentive payments. He said the Federation was not opposed to such payments in themselves but "we do feel that their introduction has to
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      Lock icon Tearful scenes in court as man gets 18 months
      148 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Tears flowed uncontrollably in the FouTth District Court today when the Judge, Mr. Amarjit Singh, sentenced a 31-year old man, Quek Kang Seng, to 18 months' imprisonment on three counts of dishonestly retaining stolen pro- perty. Quek's pregnant wife
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      Lock icon King's birthday reception
      45 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The High Commissioner for Malaysia in Singaoore will hold a reception on the occasion of the official birthday of His Majesty the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, on June 7. at Rumah Persekutuan in Gallop Road, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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      Lock icon 'Metal Box Night'
      33 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Metal Box Employees' Recreation Club will hold a "Metal Box Night" on Saturday (June 3) at the company's premises in Woodlands from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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      Lock icon • FIVE student nurses from Singapore doing a four-year general training course at Sydney's Repatriation General Hospital greeted Mr. Kenneth A. Eber and Inche Ahmad bin Abdul Hamid, of the Ex-Services Association of Singapore, when they visited the hospital during the first South-East Asian and South-West Pacific Vete- rans Conference in Australia. The hospital has 1,500 beds and a nursing staff of 760. The girls told Mr. Eber (left) about the hospital and he promised to send personal messages to their families. They are (from left to right) Florence Lai, Helen Hoon, Chan Yin Tak, Poh Siew Keow, and Karen Wont. Mr. Eber has returned to Singapore.
      106 10 FIVE student nurses from Singapore doing a four-year general training course at Sydney's Repatriation General Hospital greeted Mr. Kenneth A. Eber and Inche Ahmad bin Abdul Hamid, of the ExServices Association of Singapore, when they visited the hospital during the first South-East Asian and South-West Pacific Vete- rans Conference in
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      Lock icon He wasn't caught off balance...
      107 10 The BBC Panorama team and soldier of 2/2 Gurkhas exchanged shots when Panorama visited RAF Seletar to film assault landing training There were no casualties. The Gurkhas used blank ammunition and Ernest Christie (Panorama cameraman) did his shooting with 16 MM cine film. Belvedere and
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      Lock icon 'Restraint on wage-level unreasonable'
      229 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Printing Employees Union noted today that any restraint on the wage-level in Singapore was "unreasonable and impracticable" as there were many industries and sectors where the wage-level was barely above or even below the subsistence level. In a statement, its President, Mr.
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      Lock icon Pesta gifts
      34 10 SINGAPORE, Tnurs. The Pesta Organisation will present cheques to the Malay Education and Madrasah AlMa'Arif at the Malaysia Restaurant on June 7 at 7.30 p.m. A Minister is expected to be present.
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      Lock icon • CHAN KAI YOU (right), Specialist Inspector, Ministry of Education of Singapore, together with delegates from Philippines (c) and Pakistan (right),are shown attending the opening session of the Asian Educational Specialist Conference which was opened at Tokyo's Palace Hotel on Tuesday.
      40 10 CHAN KAI YOU (right), Specialist Inspector, Ministry of Education of Singapore, together with delegates from Philippines (c) and Pakistan (right),are shown attending the opening session of the Asian Educational Specialist Conference which was opened at Tokyo's Palace Hotel on Tuesday.
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      Lock icon Seaman granted divorce on adultery grounds
      316 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A seaman, Wonjr r ftfl Sam, who told the High Court today that a chiin bom to his wife on Christmas Day in 1963 was not his child, was granted a divorce by Mr. Justice Kula sekaram on grounds of adultery. Wong
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      Lock icon 'Leaders of Tomorrow' contest heats
      124 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The heats of the Esso "Leaders of Tomorrow" Oratorical Contest will be staged at the Cultural Centre, Canning Rise, Singapore 6, on June 6 at 2.15 p-m. and 7 p.m. for secondary school and university/college levels respectively. This is the Bth Oratorical Contest
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      Lock icon Talk by Stock Exchange manager
      48 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr. Lim Chee Poe, manager of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore, will address the members of the University of Singapore Society on shares and investments at a luncheon gathering on June 3 at 1.30 p.m. at the Troika Restaurant.
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      Lock icon Robbers stab woman victim, 59
      192 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs a 59-year-old woman.' put up a dramatic strugeu to stop two knife-wledr'i robbers, was stabbed in th§ stomach today. The incident occurred at a flat in Redhill Close at about 11.30 a.m. The woman. Madam Neo Choon was rushed to the Genera! Hospital
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      Lock icon 3 detainees call off hunger strike
      224 10 IPOH. Thurs Three of the 70 political detainees who went on a hunger strike from last Saturday at the Batu Gajah detention camp near here, have called of! their strike. As a result of this, all privileges have been restored to them. The three
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon NEW ALLIANCE TO SERVE S.E.A.
      268 5 'Something MANILA, Thurs. (UPI) A new alliance is shaping up in South-east Asia to serve her needs. formation of this new grouping has been th e subject of talks in thc region's major capias Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. Philippines and IndrV i- exploring
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      Lock icon Jailed chief found dead
      42 5 IB AD AN*. Western Nigeria, Thurs <Reuter) Chief ne of seven rrr.°r Western Nigerian lied this week more than or government md dead in pr.son here today. Official sources said the cause ol death was not imrreri'.a'plv known.
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      Lock icon Queen to receive Windsors after 30 years
      219 5 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) The Duke and Duchess of Windsor sailed to England yesterday for a reconciliation with the British royal family which has snubbed the Duchess for 30 years. The 72-year-old former King Edward VIII and his Maryland-born Duchess, 70, ended their
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      Lock icon In trouble before job starts
      144 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP> John Charles Daly hasn't even started his new job as head of the Voice of America yet. but already he's in trouble in the House of Representatives. The trouble steamed from an interview in which Mr. Daly was quoted as saying he
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      Lock icon Riots in ex-British West Indies
      148 5 LONDON, Thurs- (UPI) Violence and civil strife has broken out on the tiny West Indian island of Anguilla. in the Caribbean, paralyzing the administration. official sources here said yesterday. Anguilla is constitutionally part of the three-island group of St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla which were
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      Lock icon Germany-Japan agree gulf is international waters
      424 5 LONDON, Thurs. Germany and Japan have accepted in principle that nothing should be done to hinder international shipping through the Gulf of Aqaba now under blockade by the Egyptians to Israeli shipping. The gulf is Israel's only southern outlet to the sea In Bonn,
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      Lock icon Politics mixed with wheat
      88 5 ALGIERS, Thurs. (Reuter) The official Algerian News Agency A.P.S said today that the United States was postponing, "apparently for political reasons", the conclusion of a deal for the supply of 200.000 tons of American wheat to Algeria. The agency added that the United States made the
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      Lock icon 1,000 Britons volunteer
      35 5 LONDON, Thurs. (AP) More than 1,000 Britons have volunteered for noncombat service in warthreatened Israel and more applications are "pouring in" a spokesman for the solidarity with Israel committee said last night.
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      Lock icon 'Civil right,' violent night
      113 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Reuter) Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said today some recent statements by civil rights leaders were open invitations to hotheads and rabble-rousers to cause trouble. He said in the June issue of the FBI law enforcement bulletin: "Their
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      Lock icon Ex-play girl Mandy wants to help too
      120 5 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) Mandy Rice-Davies, a playgirl involved in the celebrated 1963 Profumo scandal, flew to Tel Aviv yesterday to "play her part" in the Israeli emergency. Mandy 22, is married to 27-year-old former Israeli Airline Steward Rafael Shaul. She said at Heathrow
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      Lock icon 'Total wipe-off' if Israel dares to attack
      264 5 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) —The United Arab Republic, Jordan and Syria will launch a co-ordinat-ed land, sea and air attack aimed at wiping out Israel in a matter of hours if Israel attacks any Arab state, it was reported in Cairo last night. Informed
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      34 5 ISRAELI Prime Minister Levi Eshkol (left), accompanied by his Labour Minister Yigal Allon (centre), pictured as he visited Israeli troops in the field "somewhere in Israel". The Premier is seen chatting with army officers.
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      768 6 WASHINGTON Thurs. (Reuter) The United States Marine Corps denied in a letter made public yesterday charges that hea\\ t had bpfn caused in Vietnam because the M-16 did not work properly. Singapore has ordered the rifle for its Armed Forces. Congressman James J.
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      313 6 'Peace on earth concludes: Vietnam war at best a mistake GENEVA, Thurs. (AP) An unofficial international conference called pacem in terris (Peace on earth) ended with the conclusion that the war in Vietnam is "at best a mistake." yesterday. Neutralisation of South East Asia an end to the cold war
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      210 6 JAKARTA, Thurs. A member of parliament has warned the government that ex-President Sukarno was now preparing his return to power, it was reported today. Sugeng Surjadi. a leader of the military Students Action Front (KAMI) claimed that Dr. Sukarno held weekly meetings with his followers in
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      94 6 FRANKFURT, Germany, Thurs. (UPI) The governor of the Asian Development Bank. Mr. Takeshi Watanabe of Japan, today visited the German Central Bank and the German Development Bank in an informal visit. Mr. Watanabe. who began his European tour in Rome, will visit Bonn today and tomorrow
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      80 6 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP) William "Billy" Strayhorn, one of America's most famous composers and arrangers of Jazz, died here of cancer yesterday. He was 51. Just 28 years ago. Strayhorn knocked on the backstage door of a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. threatre where Duke Ellington was appearing
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      71 6 NEW DELHI. Thurs. (Reuter) An independent opposition Member of Parliament alleged todiy that Christian organisations were taking advantage of famine conditions in Bihar State to win converts. Mr. Raburao Patel, alleg- Ed in Parliament that Catholic relief services organisations had tied Christian religious medals and crosses
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      200 6 VATICAN CITY, Thurs. (Renter) The Vatican today published archives showing that Pope Pius XII kept silent on Nazi atrocities in Poland because he feared persecutions against the church. The documents contained many pleas, mostly from Polish bishops both inside and
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      234 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) Two Air Force helicopters took off yesterday in a dramatic bid to make aviation history with the first trans-Atlantic helicopter flight. The big rescue-type helicopters known as Jolly Green Giants left New York Naval Air Station at 1.05 a.m. Twenty-eight hours later they
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      128 6 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) British diplomat Mr. Peter Hewitt, one of two British representatives kicked and smeared with wall-poster glue by Red Guard demonstrators in Shanghai, arrived here last night with his wife and three children. He told newsmen, "I feel okay," but on Foreign Office
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      58 6 JAKARTA. Thurs. (AP) Four Taiwan and two Japanese Ashing boats were seized on charges of trespassing in Indonesian waters navy sources said yesterday. They said the Japanese Embassy here had ordered Japanese food prepared especially for the Japanese crewmen. A squabble ha* broken out over who is
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      503 6 PHILADELPHIA, Thurs. (t'PI) Former Vice President Richard Nixon predicted yesterday thit the Mid-East crisis would be resolved without war yesterday. "Trie reason I don't believe there will be war in the Middle East is because those powers that want war do not have the
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      79 6 "SANDWICHED" demonstrating lrf* ,sl Zengakuren students, are being for n t> lhe royal escort through the streets of Tokyo by double the number of Japanese riot-helmet policemen, when they took out a procession P test against the proposed expansion of the f n huge United States
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      435 7 313 DI 2,616 WOUNDED SAIGON, Thurs. (AP) —American casualties in the Vietnam war climbed again last week with 313 men killed and 2,616 wounded for the highest combined total of the war. More Americans were killed in action a week earlier when the death toll stood at
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      504 7 (MTED NATION, Thurs. (I PI) The l/nited States, in a meeting marked by sharp exchanges between ambassador Mr. Arthur J. Goldher? and Soviet Ambas<(l,ior Mr. Nikolai T. Fedorenko. yesterday introduced a Security Council resolution callin? for a Middle East "breathing spell.'' Mr Goldberg, presenting p
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      84 7 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Thailand has been i credit loan for ion to help finaT 6 the construction of a communication ground station, the ExportImport Bank announced y e st*rday. The loan will cover 80 per c e r. r of the estimated cost o: S4
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      69 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Jayne Mansfield is missing T hree big pink suitcases containing jewels and evening gowns. The cases disappeared seven days ago when Miss Mansfield and her lawyer s am Brodv flew to Stockholm in a British European A:rways plane. Their conents are valued at
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      110 7 MANILA, Thurs. (UPI) The leader of the six-man Malaysian delegation to the Association of Southeast Asia (ASA) trade conference here called for "positive action" because progress in the region was slow. Enche Ghani Mohamed Noor, Controller of the Trade Division, Malaysian Ministry of Commerce and
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      161 7 TOKYO. Thurs. (UPI) Japan spent U*****,800,000 in 1966 in foreign aid to developing countries government officials said yesterday. The figure, based on net payments excluding the amount redeemed, was US$52,900,000 more than that for 1965, representing an increase of 10.9 per cent However, officials
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      79 7 MANILA, Thurs. (AP) President Marcos had ordered the formation of a technical committee to advise the Philippine government on international economic relations. A statement by the President's press office said the committee's primary function will be to act as a coordinating link between the government and
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      Lock icon IN shocking pink negligee and in an ostrich stole is our greatest buster, the all-time female with pouted lips and a disarming figure, Jayne Mansfield, when she arrived in Stockholm recently and nearly stripped down close to nothing. With words to gasping photographers, "D'you really want to see, what I look like boys!!!"
      55 7 IN shocking pink negligee and in an ostrich stole is our greatest buster, the all-time female with pouted lips and a disarming figure, Jayne Mansfield, when she arrived in Stockholm recently and nearly stripped down close to nothing. With words to gasping photographers, "D'you really want to see, what I
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      367 7 HONG KONG. Thurs. (AP) The Hong Kong Star said today Hong Kong Communists have started training scores of young Communists in armed terrorist tactics. The English-language afternoon tabloid published two photos which it said showed armed training sessions on a Hong Kong rooftop. Several persons
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      100 7 WELLINGTON. New Zealand, Thurs. (AFP) The Royal New Zealand Air Force's No. 14 (Canberra) Squadron will leave here soon for Malaysia to take part In exercise "Vanguard 7" at the Australian base at Butterworth. The squadron will compromise six Canberras supported by transnort aircraft
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      179 7 TOKYO, Thurs. (AP) Juvenile delinquents, some of them passing themselves off as Red Guards, are rampant in Communist Chinese schools, a Japanese newsman reported in Peking yesterday. Mr. Koichi Fukuhara of Kyodo news service quoted a letter in the Shanghai daily "Wen Hui Pao" as
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      109 7 OTTAWA, Thurs. (AP)— Canada said yesterday the bulk of its $lO4 million 1967-68 aid programme to India will be food mostly wheat. The rest will be $lO million worth of fertilizer and fertilizer components, and $2B million in industrial parts and raw materials. India
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      116 7 MANILA, Thurs. (AFP)— Airport managers from 10 Asian countries and territories ended their three-day conference here yesterday with an agreement to work more closely together to improve airport services in the region. The conference, first to be held by the Far East and South
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      35 7 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) A 27 year-old lorry driver has been charged with the murder of hla attractive young wife Patricia Blackburn, who was shot dead in a South England village shopping centre yesterday.
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      92 7 MANILA, Thurs. (AP) The Philippines today denied reports that it has rejected a demand by Malaysia to delete a reservation clause concerning this country's claim to Sabah in the proposed anti-smuggling agreement between the two countries. The report, which appeared in a Manila news-' paper, said
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      Lock icon THE "pride" of the Royalties and aristocrats the world over – A Rolls-Royce Phantom V – becomes a "showpiece," a "pop" fantasy painted in yellow, adorned with flowers and signs of the Zodiac for the newly acquired riches of John Lennon, a member of English pop group, the Beatles. The stately automobile, in its new appearance never envisaged by its designers and renowned makers, at last now stands as a symbol of Lennon's art and epoch.
      76 7 THE "pride" of the Royalties and aristocrats the world over A Rolls-Royce Phantom V becomes a "showpiece," a "pop" fantasy painted in yellow, adorned with flowers and signs of the Zodiac for the newly acquired riches of John Lennon, a member of English pop group, the Beatles. The stately automobile,
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      731 5 CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Pulau Pinang; 6 Ipoh and Melaka: 3 lo Johore Bahru 4 Taipin?; Batu Pahat: 9 Kluang. PM "00 Prog. Summary; 1966; 325 Flip and Wiliy Whopper. "Music l*r>or."; 400 I Dream of Lurky You Can Close Down; 5.45 Pr: Summary; 5.50 News 0 -e< :n
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      139 6 The DEADLY QIWCES AFFAIR ■3 ON A STREET N ROWE... SO THIS 15 >OUR I DBA OF/V\AKJN<3 THE "■MOUNTAIN COME TO MOHAMMED?*— FfcRADE ABOUND "TOWN IN AN OPEN CAR AWD SPLATTER OUR PICTURES ON THE SOCIETY PAGE AS VISITING AMERICAN CELEBRITIES? y I ETKxfl EXACTLY/ Hi S-SA/-Y-K3U'RE KIND Of A
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      28 7 dvdf B. C. by Johnny hart leader n.. a Wafces an important decision*, th.en sits bade, ancf answers stupid. questions for the rest of his life. fa II
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    782 8 \7*ESTERDAY Tun (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato X Haji Abdul Rahman retired as Minister of Home Affairs. Even before Merdeka, he had served on the Johore State Council on his return from Australia after having qualified as a doctor of medicine. He was then one of the youngest
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    622 8  -  by: HARRISON WELSH TAIPEH, THURSDAY. Mr. Welsh is a travelling journalist in the Far East. PRESIDENT Chiang Kai-shek, seventy-eight years old, is now in his fourth six-year term as President ot this island bastion of Nationalist China, and he has again pledged that he will
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      266 8  -  KWA SOON CHUAN T refer to "Sporting Sam's" letter headed "Why the 'cash awards'?*' appearing In your paper of the May 25, 1967. First, I should like to correct the mis-statement about the quantum of the allowances. They range from $3O/pjn. to $112.30 p.m., not from
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      228 8 I FULLY support "Ta-patut-lah" In saying that the Government is Insincere as far as the Regional Training Centre failing is concerned. It is disheartening to wait for so long for our RTC results and it is more so when you have found out that you are among
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    909 8  -  by: OTTO MONS 'PHE en 9 of March marked the tenth rr versary of the European Economic r--.' munity (EEC), for it was on March 25 that the Treaty of Rome was signed hi delegates of the six-member-counV/ which established the Community. There is
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      180 8 COURTROOM By Henry-B. Rothblatt "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") I?LLEN decided to go out onto her back porch one night. As she walked she fell through an open trap door into her basement Ellen was severely injured. She later sued the Stanley Utility Company. "I live alone and am
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      Lock icon BOAC plans to build more hotels
      270 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. BOAC Plans to invest large sums of money to stimulate the building of new hotels in many countries throughout the world r irme the next few years. This was stated in London recently by Mr David Gr a;e BOAC's Senior Generai Manager,
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      163 9 LUSAKA. Thurs. (UPI) The world's four greatest ropper exporting nations meet here tomorrow for a v/pe<-lnng conference in an effort to work out a common pricing policy. The conference will be opened by Presider Kenneth Kaunda. who w:l welcome delegates to the conference
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      128 9 MONTREAL. Thurs. (Reuter) Fire today destroyed some priceless art works and heavily damaged the inter or of the Nationalist Chinese Pavilion at Expo *67. Mo<t of the contents of the cream-ccloured pavilion were destroyed, including BO per cent of the art works on display. Mr.
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      70 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs.—The Association of Banks in Maaysia today made the following changes in its rates 0 jnerchants: New York: Buying T.T 32-11 /16; Airmail O.D. 32j 3 16: 90 d/st. 33-3/16 cre'bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. <*nada: Buying T.T. 35Airmail O.D. 35-1/2; 90 J/Jt. 36-1/16 credit bills; 36trade bills.
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      16 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs.—The i' r P nr for today was $606 picul, up 62i cents
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      146 9 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (AP) The State Department has said that a cotton textile agreement with Hong Kong has been extended for an additional three years and will permit the import of an additional 20 million square yards into this country by September, 30, 1968. An
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      75 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Dow-Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 852.56 20 Rails 243.61 15 Utilities 132.99 30 Industrials 852.56 20 Rails 243.61 15 Utilities 132.99 (New 1967 Low> 65 Stocks 310.37 40 Bonds 81.15 Commodity Index 136.74 The volume was
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      89 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Mr J. S. Kirkham Sr., Chairman of the I.A.C of Companies, presents Mr. Johhny Phoa of 20th Century Co. Ltd., Malacca, with a 5-year Service award at a dinner to mark the end of the two-day Carrier Dealers' Seminar held at Raffles Hotel, here. Sixteen Malaysian
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      141 9 Mr. Goh Kiok Chuan. (above). Manager of Electronics and Engineering Co. has left by air for Europe to study the latest development in cinema equipment. Mr. Goh will visit the Fed! factory in Padova, Italy which manufactures projectors, chair, stage and studio sound equipment. Mr. Goh
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      55 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP) Dow Jones stock averages Open High 30 Industrials 861.64 864.64 20 Railroads 248.76 249.84 15 Utilities 134.36 134.81 65 Stocks 314.72 315.90 Low Close Change 30 Industrials 850.39 852.56 off 12.42 20 Railroads 243.09 243.61 off 4.97 15 Utilities 132.67 132.99 off 1.31 65
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      315 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. June first grade rubber f o.b. buyer closed at 5 p.m. »in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 55-2 cents per lb M down three-eights of a cent from previous close. The tone was uncertain. Opening advices were marked up in accordance with a
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      35 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (A Standard and poor's 500 stock index: Net Close Change 425 Industrials 95.73 off 1.56 20 Railroads 46.70 off .95 53 Utilities 68.12 off .73 500 Stocks 89.08 off 1.41
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      22 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP) Rubber standard futures closed quiet No sales. Spot No. 1 ribbed smoked sheet 21 l/4n n.-nominal.
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      820 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Industrials continued to improve on the Stock Exchange today Spate of activities found in Matsushita, United Asbestos and Central Sugars at the opening market set the note for the day. However, business on the whole was not vigorous as the total turnover
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      52 9 MONTREAL, Thurs. (Reuter) An order for 40 diesel locomotives has been placed with the Montreal Locomotive Works Ltd. by the Government of India, it was announced yesterday. The $2,200,000 purchase will be made with part of a special interest free development loan granted by Canada t© India
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      46 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures yesterday closed unchanged and untraded Jul 67 20.75 21.25 Sep 20.75 21.25 Nov 20.75 21.35 Jan 68 20.90 21.50 Mar 20.90 21.50 May 20.90 21.50 July 20.90 21.50 The Spot price No. 1 RSS 211/8 cents, nominal.
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      498 9 YOUR SHARES UP-DOWN—UNCHANGED SINGAPORE—Stock Exchange bid and offer price® officially lifted at the eloee of boataeaa. INDUSTRIAL Bon stead 1.51 1-54 C. Stuar 1.68 169 Chemical Co 1.75 l.#6 Cold Storage 3.42 3.44 Dunlop (New) 2.S8 E. Smelting XD 4.10 Esso Ords. XD 3.18 Fltzpatrlcks 1.45 1.50 F. A N.
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      49 9 Manager* Prices) F1r*t Malayan ?.S" 2.37 Second Malayan 1.62 1.72 Third Malayan 1-10 1.20 The Commerce Industry Fond XD .f»8 The Kavinra Fond 1.33 1.43 Malayan Industry Fund JS 1.05 Sterling Commodity 3/7 4/2 F1r«t Hong Kong .*7 .92» Second Hons Kong .60 64« (•Bone Konf Currency)
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      91 9 SINGAPORE. Thnr*. Slngapore Chinese Prod tire F\chance noon price* today wer*: Barer* I MJiera Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk 47.50 Coconut oil (FOB) Drums 50.00 Loose Copra Mixed May/June 28.50 Nutmegs 110s 345.00 Nutmeg* B W w 165.00 Garbled Lampnng Black Pepper (FOB) 110.00 Pepper Black Special Sarawak (FOB) 100.00
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      25 9 HONG KONG, Thurs. (UPI) —Money Quotations: HKSS.BO/5 81 per US dollar for cash HK$ 15.99 per pound sterling HK5280.50 per tael gold.
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      174 9 SINGAPORE, Ttaurs. The following ships are expected to be in port today:God owns Vessels. 3/4 Ajax 6/7 Ocean Prima 8/9 Sumbawa 10/11 Servaaskerk 13/14 Torrens 15/16 Americo Vespucci 18 Riverbanks 19 Surma 25/26 Kimanis 27/28 Pasaman 29/30 Sipsah 31/32 Amagisan Maru 33/34 Dolius 35/36 Glengyle 38/39 Utrecht 42/43
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      733 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 a.m. Airline MSA OX9 from Koala Lumpur. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 119 from Knala Lumpur. Time 8.50 a.m Airline JL 711 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MAS ltl from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline ML 451 from Kuchlng.
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      Lock icon The day I was caught in the rain
      267 11 ""HF noise of the storm iin f ne small hours rning. The darkrry bedroom was r.ai V lit up by vivid of lightning. I felt <f .r-2 my eyes again under my warm, but remcmthat it was Monday. I got out of
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      245 11 EVERYBODY has their swn ambitions. Some prefer to become doctors, teachers, pharmacists and many others My ambition is to become c 'er I am trying my to' to fulfill this ambition. A lawyer should be good in politics. When I am big enough. I
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      259 11 IN this modem world there are people who have not travelled by air. One day I was lucky, my father bought a plane ticket to send me to Penang, where my uncle is living. That night I could not sleep because I was counting the
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      199 11 THE country I would like to visit is Switzerland. I would like to go to Switzerland because I know that it is a beautiful and lovely country from the pictures I have viewed. There are many snowcovered mountains, lakes, and woods of pine
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      410 11 I was a little girl of seven when I was first taken by my parents to a city to see a procession. I could not tell what the occasion was but I can remember clearly what happened to me on that day.
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      327 11 TV. was introduced to Singapore a few years ago With the advent of TV., most of the people own a set. as it can be bought on the instalment terms with no down payment. T.V. has in fact done more harm than good. It is
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      286 11 ONE night while I was walking through a narrow lane, a storm arose. I quickly went to search for a place for shelter. Finally I found small two-storey house sitmated on an isolated piece of lonely and empty land. I quickly ran to the door of the
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      213 11 THERE was the rumble of thunder and the flash of lightning. I was going home after a midnight show in Cathay theatre. The title of this terrifying film was "Frankinstein" My house was quite a distance from town and it was very late. I
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      270 11 ON the first term holiday, my parents and I went to stay in my uncle's house for a week in Gombak Setia, in Kuala Lumpur. We decided to go to the Zoo Negara at Ulu Klang. We went by my father's car. At last we
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      448 11 IN the journey of life, everyone Is faced with various hardships laid upon one's shoulder. Therefore, to lead a better and carefree life, the following suggestion should be taken into consideration. Life moves in circle. Mood of depression will be followed by periods of confidence and
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      205 11 EVERYBODY knows that our bitter enemy Is the housefly. Housefly is capable of spreading more than twenty types of diseases. The most common amongst these are the typhoid fever, diarrhoea, different types ol dysentry, cholera and palionyelltls. It begins life as a white egg. Female fly usually
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    4426 12  -  II By HORST ELISEIT This story is written k by Horst Fj inert, chief I reporter of the Ger- I man language WELT I AM SO>!\T AG, pub- B lished in Hamburg, I est Germany. I He has written with I alarming and blunt I clarity
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      751 13 Hollywood Thurs. Although Julie Anrecently was „amed theatre oin ,rs sis the screen's biggest money maker 3 nd starred in the most popular film in history, shf is not resting on her laurel 5 cbA has Just started -7k on the most arduous ♦cture of her
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      659 13  -  By: H.M.S. Sutan SINGAPORE, Thurs. An exciting, wild western adventure packed with intrigues, counterplots, gunfights, love and action all the way. That's what in store for fllmgoers when they see "One Silver Dollar" starring Montgomery Wood. Evelyn Stewart and Peter Cross, a
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      525 13  -  By: HMB SUTAN. SINGAPORE, Thurs. "The Wrong Box" a Columbia release in Eastman colour produced and directed by Bryan Forbes with a Victorian London setting promises good entertainment for filmgoers who love dry British humour. Typical of all British comedies the humour lies in
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      106 13 TOKYO, Thurs. Aikra Kurosawa, Japan's leading motion picture director and one of the world's leading film makers, has been signed to direct the Japanese portion of 20th CenturyFox's forthcoming "Tora! Tora! Tora!" It was announced here today by producer Elmo Williams and in Hollywood by Richard
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      346 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Rugged Henry Silva. who has played a villain of many western Alms, gets his first starring role In "The Hills Run Red." a United Artists release, which opens \t the Lido Singapore tomorrow He shares starring honours with another "tough guy" Dan Duryea
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