Eastern Sun, 15 June 1967

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    24 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 322 Thursday. 15 June 1967. MC(P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents.
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    Lock icon USSR MOVE DOOMED
    429 1 6 A prescription for renewed hostilities' UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (Reuter). i SOVIET demand that Israeli troops pull 1 back immediately and unconditionally from Arab territory appeared doomed to failure in the Security Council today. Defeat of the proposal would clear the way for the Middle East issue
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    Lock icon FOUR COUNTRIES OPT FOR ARAB SUMMIT
    193 1 ADEN, Wed. (Reuter). The Yemen and Saudi Arabia today decided to attend an urgent Arab summit called by Sudan to discuss the Arab setback in the war with Israel. The United Arab Republic and Jordan have also announced they will attend such a meeting,
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    Lock icon 'Miss Europe 1967'
    43 1 A 19-year-old five feet seven inches tall with vital statistics 36-25-36 beauty from Spain, Torres Perez poses with crown and sceptre after winning the "Miss Europe 1967" title at the finals held in Nice, France, recently. PANA Photo. PANA Photo.
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    Lock icon Holt holds detailed talks with Healey
    137 1 FORCES CUT LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt today held detailed talks with Defence Secretary Denis Healey on British plans to cut back its military forces east of Suei. Mr. Holt Is understood to have urged Prime Minister Harold Wilson yesterday that
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  • Article
    Lock icon Flown back to Tawau
    64 1 JESSELTON, Wed. (UPI). Twelve Sabah fishermen were flown back to Tawau by a Malaysian Air Force Caribou plane on Tuesday afternoon from Tarakan, where they had been detained. The fishermen had gone out fishing on May 8 and were picked up after they had drifted into
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    Lock icon Strike call ignored
    42 1 HONGKONG, Wed. (Reuter). Building workers today generally ignored a leftwing call for a one-day strike. Leftists ordered the stoppage as a form of protest against British "Fascist atrocities." Thev claimed earlier that at least 15,000 people would take part.
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    Lock icon SUBANDRIO TO DIE SOON
    191 1 JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter) Acting President General Suharto has said that former Foreign Minister Dr. Subandrio and two other Cabinet Ministers who held office under ousted President Sukarno will soon be executed, the official armed Forces Bulletin reported today. Dr. Subandrio, once Sukarno's powerful rlghthand man, wu
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    Lock icon King: Malaysia to continue independent foreign policy
    328 1  -  By LIM THOW BOON KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Yang diPertuan Agong today said Malaysia will continue to pursue an independent foreign policy of maintaining cordial relations with all friendly countries. This policy is based on the principles of peaceful co-existence, genuine respect for
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    Lock icon Indian diplomats beaten, kicked
    283 1 PEKING. Wed. (Reuter) Red Guards beat and kicked two Indian diplomats in wild scenes at Peking airport today before they left by air for Hong Kong after being expelled from China accused of spying. Second Secretary Khrishnan Raghunath and Third Secretary P. Vijai were dragged and
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    Lock icon Venus space probe is on
    121 1 CAPE KENNEDY, Wed. (Reuter) The United States launched an unmanned space probe towards Venus today and the space agency said it was working perfectly. Project manager Din Schniederman described the launching as "superb" and programme manager Glenn Reiff said: "It's right in the pickle barrel.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon EDB DOES AWAY WITH RED TAPE
      189 2 —Finance Minister SINGAPORE, Wed. The Economic Development Board is organised to do away with red tape and is there to help a prospective investor through all stages of implementing an industrial project. The entrepreneur does not have to go from department t6 departrrterit with
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      Lock icon Malay may become optional language in Queensland schools
      301 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. Malay may become an optional language in some Queensland. Australia, secondary schools. The Director of Modern Languages Institute, Mr. Donald J. Munro, said Malay was one of 18 languages taught at the institute and was one of the most popular
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      Lock icon Blasting operations at Keppel Harbour
      128 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Blasting operations will be held on June 19 at Keppel Harbour about 400 feet to seaward of the wharf face in front of Godowns 37 and 38. The Port Master, of the Port of Singapore Authority, Mr. R. L. Bird, has warned mariners
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      Lock icon New outlook of Chinese Clan Assn.
      232 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Chinese Clan Association in Singaoore is no longer an exclusive and narrow organisation distinguished lor its clanishness. In the contemporary society it is an outwardlooking organisation, in close touch with what Is happening on the national front. This wad stated on
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      Lock icon Singapore MPs on tour of Britain
      569 2 LONDON, Wed —Two People's Action Party members of the Singapore Parliament, Mr. Ho Kah Leong and Mr. Ho See Beng are among 25 members of Commonwealth legislatures visiting Britain last Tuesday until 5- In all 15 branches oi the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association are represented
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      Lock icon Diggers' mutual aid programme for villagers
      203 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Australian Fourth Battalion in Terendak, Malacca, commanded by Lt. Col. C. H. A. East, launched a mutual assistance programme to improve living standards of villagers in Kampong Pantai Merah, early this year. The fishing village is six miles from the garrison,
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      Lock icon Concerted action soon to break monopoly of shipping confabs
      203 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. Trade and commerce associations in Malaysia will soon be taking concerted action to smash the monopoly of shipping conferences and their unreasonable contract system and freight rates imposed on local shippers. The President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of
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      Lock icon POSTAL HOLIDAY
      53 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. There will be no delivery of correspondence or parcels on Monday, June 19 Public Holiday being Prophet Mohammed's birthday The hours of business at the General Post Office will be from 9 a.m. to noon. All other post offices will be open from 9 a.m. to
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      Lock icon DEATH FALL FROM SELEGIE HOUSE FLATS
      76 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. A former "asthma"' patient who was discharged from the General Hospital a few days ago fell to his death from a floor of the 16-storey Selegie House flats this afternoon. Police identified him as Ho Chwee Cheng. 50. of 92, Rangoon Road.
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      Lock icon 93 accidents
      22 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. There were 93 road accidents, of which three were serious, during the past 24 hours In the Republic.
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      Lock icon Tourist Week theme for 1967
      207 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. —This year's Tourist Week —from Aug. 5 to 12 —is aimed at instilling in the minds of Singaporeans the importance of tourism to the national economy and the need to treat tourists as friends. The Tourist Promotion Board has drawn up an elaborate
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      Lock icon Betel quid chewing and mouth cancer
      513 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. Figures of the in. cidence of mouth cancer indicate strongly that it is most likely to be due to betel quid chew ing. This was stated by Dr. Tan Kheng Khoo when he spoke at the luncheon meeting gj ven by the
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      Lock icon CUSTOMS HOLIDAY
      23 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed The Customs and Excise department here will be on Tuesday, June 20. be:r.g the birthday of Proph»x Muhammad.
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      Lock icon RETAS TO FAMILIARISE SINGAPOREANS WITH F.M.
      273 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. An FM and Living Sound Svstem Exhibition will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall from June 23 to July 2, organised by the Radio and Electrical Traders' Association of Singapore. The exhibition will be opered by the Minister for Culture and
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      Lock icon 2 Aussie officers decorated by the British Army
      220 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Two officers of Australia's fourth Battalion, based at Terendak Garrison, Malacca, were decorated by the British Army for their services in Borneo last year. They are Major Keith John McGhee, second-in-command of 4 RAR and Captian Rodney Gerald Curtis of
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      Lock icon 317 CHARGED IN COURT
      318 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Three hundred and seventeen persons, 102 of them female, were this afternoon charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court for being members of an unlawful assembly and failing to disperse when ordered to do so at 12th m.s. Changi Road last night. Among those charged
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      Lock icon Police break up procession at J. Besar
      115 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Police said here tonight that Barisan Sosialis supP rters numbering about a hundred youths, including a number of females, staged a procession at Jalan Besar ab<>ut 6.15 p.m. today. They carried banners and fooMong staves sharpened at one end with small
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      Lock icon Strike in Dolomite Industries
      82 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. About 100 employees of Dolomite Industries Ltd., in Batu Caves near here went on strike this morning. The workers, all members of the National Mining Workers Union of Malaya, decided to down tools following failure of the management to recognise the union. Mr
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      Lock icon Police officer to attend UN seminar
      42 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Superintendent Abu Bakar bin Abdul Aziz, deputy commandant of the Police College, Kuala Kubu Bahru, will leave tomorrow to attend a six-week United Nations seminar on human rights in Tokyo beginning that riav.
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      Lock icon 2 brothers face murder charge
      236 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. A prosecution witness, Loh Lam Song alias Lam Seng, told Mr. Justice Buttrose in the High Court today that an accused in the murder trial obtained goods from his shop by threats and force in his absence. Loh was giving evidence at the
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      Lock icon Price-tags on essential goods
      277 11 GOVT. STEPS UP CAMPAIGN AGAINST SHOP-KEEPERS: KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —The Government has stepped up its campaign against shop-keepers who increase the prices of essential commodities. Disclosing this today, the Minister of Commence and Industry, Or. Lim Swee Aur>, said from tomorrow, all retail shops in the
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      Lock icon Communists planning protracted guerilla war in Sarawak-Report
      1150 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Tbe Pekingorientated Sarawak Communist? Organisation has onade preparations for a protracted guerilla war in Sarawak. The report is f ontained in a special appendix to the Royal address by the Yang d:-Pertuan Ageing at the opening of Parliament today. It
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      Lock icon Greater chances for Bumiputeras – Tun Razak
      250 11 Greater chances for Bumiputeras Tun Razak KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. tonight said what the Bumiputeras needed was "the spirit and the determination to go into commerce and industry and the knowledge and techniques in order to succeed in the very com pet i. tive
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      Lock icon Assembly approves $746,923 expenditure
      156 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Selaneor State Legislative Assembly in its two-hour sittine here today approved the sum of $746,923 for its supplementary supply bill on expenditure of various services in the State. The motion was earlier moved by the Mentri Besar, Dato Harun bin Haji Idris
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      Lock icon Sudden death of Trengganu State Sec.
      48 11 KUALA TRENGGANU. Wed. Enche Ibrahim bin Mohd. Salleh. Dato Bentara Setia, Secretary of Trengganu, died here suddenly this morning. Dato Bentara Setia, aged 47, was appointed State Secretary, Trengganu, on Sept. 22, 1964, after having served in the various districts of Trengganu.
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      Lock icon Current trend to omit dates says Bank Chief
      119 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Scores of telephone calls were received today by the Eastern Sun's town office here at 39, Jalan Sultan. And callers had only one request: Please find out for us why the new currency notes do not carry the date
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      Lock icon Remains of late Mr. Gan sail for hometown
      96 11 PENANG. Wed The remains of multi-millionaire. Mr. Gan Chai Leng. was placed into his yacht which sailed for his home town, Bhuket in South Thailand, this afternoon. Mr. Gan. 64. was kidnappe<i by a six-man gang three months ago and was freed
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      Lock icon UPKO can sit anywhere —Speaker
      95 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Speaker of the House of Representatives today advised members of the United Pasokmomogum Kadazan Organisation, to sit anywhere they liked in the House. He made this ruling at this afternoon's meeting of the Dewan Ra'ayat when he referred to a request
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      Lock icon 'Export duty will hit cocoa crop'
      127 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Dewan Ra'ayat was told today that cocoa was still an infant crop in Malaysia whose cultivation was "by no means lucrative." It was therefore not desirable for cocoa to incur any export duty as this could hinder the progress and
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      Lock icon Students plan big protest rally
      462 11 T/'UALA LUMPUR, Wed. Elaborate plans for a big protest rally to "condemn" the Internal Security (Amendment) Act has been drawn up by the University of Malaya Students Union. The "Autonomy Day" rally to be held at the University of Malaya campus on July 22 is
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      Lock icon Bright future for Penang —Governor
      224 11 PENANG, Wed. The Governor of Penang. Raja Tun Uda Al-Haj, in his policy speech made at the State Legislative Assembly meeting here today said that Penang could very optimistically look forward to a bright future. "The Government has tack, led the major Droblems of the
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      Lock icon Good prospect for coconut husk export
      88 11 KUANTAN. Wed. Mr. Woo Seng Chap, chief representative of the Eastern Sun and the Sin Chew Jit Poh for the East Coast of Malaysia, who was on a threemonth world tour returned here recently, convinced that there was a good prospect for exporting local
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      Lock icon FILM SHOW
      29 11 MUAR. Wed. A film show in aid of the Bukit Bakri branch of the Malaysian Youth Club will be held at the local cinema on July 1.
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      Lock icon Opposition walk-out threat at Penang Assembly
      272 11 PENANG, Wed. AH Opposition members at the State Legislative Assembly meeting this afternoon were on the Dolnt of staging a walk-out when the Speaker, Haji Sulaiman bin Haji Ahmad, adjourned the meeting till tomorrow morning. The Opposition memoers, wno wanted io. stage the walk-out,
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      Lock icon No public meetings at Community Centres
      205 11 PENANG, Wed. Political parties have been banned from using Community Centres for public meetings for security reasons. This was stated by the Chief Minister, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, at the State Legislative Assembly meeting here today in reply to a question asked by
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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    Lock icon Industrial Relations Bill tabled in Parliament
    879 4 VI. Ps arrive for Parl KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Industrial Relations Bill was tabled in the House of Representatives today. An explanatory statement says the Bill seeks to strengthen and continue the voluntary system of industrial relations. It provides the rights and duties of
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    Lock icon MOVES TO SEAT CEYLON FED. IN ALLIANCE
    140 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Moves are being made behind the scene to seat the Ceylon Federation of Malaya in the Alliance Party. It was revealed here today that unofficial discussions had been held recently among leaders of the UMNO. MCA and MIC. the three
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon US jets destroy six parked MIG fighters
      384 5  -  By DEREK BLACKMAN OAIGON, Wed. (Reuter) American Thunderchief jets again bombed North Vietnam's Kep Airfield yesterday and returning pilots said they believed they had destroyed six MIG fighters on the ground, a military spokesman announced. The F-105 bombs triggered six secondary explosions at
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      Lock icon Campuses closed amid student unrest in S. Korea
      342 5 SEOUL. Wed. (UPI) South Korea's National University's campuses were shuttered and barred today after two davs of violent street demonstrations protesting last Thursday's Parliamentary elections. But tension lingered on despite the shutdown of the colleges traditional hotbeds of political protest in Korea
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      Lock icon India behind in family planning
      125 5 MANILA, Wed. (UPI) There is "negligible improvement" in the present birth control campaign in India, according to the President of the International Planned Parenthood. Dr. Alan F. Guttmacher said in an interview published today: "In a country where there are 90 million reproductive couples, three
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      Lock icon College student (18) is Miss Philippines
      75 5 MANILA Wed. (AP) Pilar Delilah Pilapil. an 18-vpar-oIH beauty from Cebu City in Central Philippines, was chosen the 1 9 7 Binibining Pilipina s (Miss PhilipPineS The n five-foot-four, 105-pound. 33-23-34 college student, will represent the country in this year's Miss Universe contest scheduled
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      Lock icon 3 Poles treated brutally by Israeli troops
      281 5 Wed. (AP). Three Polish mining technicians were captured by Israeli troops in the Sinai peninsula and treated brutally for three days before being turned over to the Polish Consulate in Tel Aviv, the Polish Press Agency (PPA) reported last night. PPA said Ryszard
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      Lock icon MACV-the 'wonder' vehicle
      175 5 rVALLAS, Wed. (AP) An aluminum, eightwheeled vehicle that can traverse the jungles of Vietnam or travel over water has been developed for the Army by its Aerospace Corporation, officials said yesterday. Dr. Gerald M Monroe, Vice-President and General Manager of the Missiles and Space Division, said their
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      Lock icon Miss Dubut's debut as airlines pilot
      51 6 A pretty 18-year-old Jacqueline Dubut will soon be flying as co-pilot for Air Inter on one of their Nord 262'5, which carrys 28 passengers, on domestic flights when she became the first woman airline *iilot in France's civil aviation history on June 6th. PANA
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      Lock icon Duke is now Dr. Jazz
      84 6 NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Wed. (UPI) From now on, the Duke is Dr. Jazz. Yale University paid tribute to Duke Ellington by honouring the renowned jazzman with a doctorate of. music. The degree, conferred at Yale's 266 th commencement, was bestowed on Ellington fcr compositions and
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      Lock icon Oil's well that ends well
      656 6 MAO'S AN COLOMBO, Ceylon, Wed. (AP) Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung felt the Middle East war was a 'war of oil" concerning Britain, France and West Germany more than the United States, a returning Ceylon Communist leader told newsmen in Colombo yesterday. The United States
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      Lock icon Old man beaten to death
      105 6 ADEN, Wed. (Reuter> An elderly Jew was beaten to death bv an Arab crowd in Aden's Crater township today, police said here. They named the dead man as Mayer Awadh Snoa. They described him as a petition writer, and said he had strayed into the
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      Lock icon FREE WATER IN LIEU OF SALARY
      85 6 MANILA, Wed. (UPI) Officials of nearby Pasay City where government employees fail to get their salaries on time today fare the problem of how to give residents free light and water. A councillor filed a resolution yesterday to give Pasay City residents free water
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      Lock icon Catholic taste
      43 6 VATICAN CITY Wed (Reuter) The Vatican radio will broadcast the works of an Indian poet for the first time when poems and short stories of younj writer Gopal Sharman are recited over the air tonifht by his actress wile Jalabala Vaivaibya.
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      Lock icon 'Nobody bathes anymore'
      148 6 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI)— Tomizo Nakamura watched sadly thi s weekend as the last customers walked out of his bathhouse and headed for home carrying their soap and towels. For just over 100 years the Kamenoyu public bathhouse has been keepinr residents of Nihonbashi-Kodemmacho clean, and Nakamura was
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      Lock icon Police hunt "Banjo" Laurel
      127 6 MANILA. Wed. (UPI) Jaime Banjo" Laurel, son of the speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives, was being hunted by police today who accused him and his bodyguards of disarming two policemen, pistol whipping one and hitting a security guard and a cigarette vendor. Police said
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      Lock icon Irish holiday for Mrs JFK
      133 6 NEW YORK. Wed (AP) Mrs. John F. Kennedy and her two children will leave New York tonight for a vacation in Ireland. A spokesman for Mrs. Kennedy confirmed that the former first lady and the children will leave Kennedy Airport on Irish Airlines, Flight 104.
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      Lock icon Suharto waging war on smugglers
      113 6 JAKARTA. Wed. (UPI) Acting President General Suharto met with his top legal advisers yesterday to discuss the government's campaign against rampant smuggling in Indonesia. Attorney General Sugih Arto reported that no investigation or trial has been started against smugglers simply because no smuggling cases have
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      Lock icon Operation a "Calamity Jane" for all
      850 6  -  Great powers small powers...and the UN By HENRY KEYS Washington, Wed. (UPl)—lsrael's desert blitzkrieg which defeated four Middle East countries is proving to be a calamity for more than just the Arabs. It may also be calamitous, diplomatic sources feel, for great powers, small
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      Lock icon ISRAEL NOW "A MILITARY POWER IN M-E"
      836 6 Only Turkey and Soviets WITH the Israeli army in the field. Wed (UPI) Israel has emerged from a five-day blitz war with the Arabs as th e most formidable military power in the Middle East. At the relatively small cost of 679 dead
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      Lock icon Sihanouk to establish diplomatic ties with Hanoi
      128 7 PHXOM PENH. Cambodia. Wed. (AP) Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Cambodian Chief of State, said that his country is establishing diplomatic relations with North Vietnam with the exchange of ambassa1 dors. He said that North Vietnam and the South Vietnamese National Liberation Front had recognised
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      Lock icon Cemetery gate kills woman
      89 7 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP) A young woman was crushed to death when a 15-foot high iron gate guarding the tomb of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt fell on her as she was closing it. The woman. Patricia Kirschhoch. 24, of Staten Island had gone with two sisters to
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      Lock icon • 22-year-old Danish Crown Princess Margrethe (right) is seen with her husband Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat at the grand reception by the Lord Mayor at the Copenhagen City Hall in their honour on June 10. After they were married in a simple Danish wedding ceremony conducted before the Kings and Queens and Presidents assembled for the occasion earlier on the same day. The 33-year-old French di plomat Count Henri, immediately became Prince Henrik of Denmark.
      78 7 22-year-old Danish Crown Princess Margrethe (right) is seen with her husband Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat at the grand reception by the Lord Mayor at the Copenhagen City Hall in their honour on June 10. After they were married in a simple Danish wedding ceremony conducted before the Kings
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      Lock icon City fumes kill off fireflies
      76 7 TOKYO. Wed (UPI) They won't last long in the choking smog and whizzing traffic of the world's largest city. But for a brief flickering time, fireflies flew through concrete canyons of Tokyo. Takeno Kagiya. a trading company executive, last night carried out his small annual
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      Lock icon Local films week in PI
      65 7 MANILA, Wed. (UPI) Moviegoers will see nothing but Philippine-made films for ten days when Manila holds its second film festival on June 18—27. Screening of Filipino movies tn all of Manila's 66 theatres during the festival aims to cultivate "greater interest" in local films, according
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      Lock icon Ceylonese PM's private visit
      60 7 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) Ceylonese Premier Dudley Senanayake flew in here last night from Colombo for a short private visit with no official engagements planned. A Ceylon High Commission official described the visit as strictly private, and said the Prime Minister would fly on to Canada's Expo
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      Lock icon 'Came to be born'
      68 7 NEW YORK. Wed iIP!) King Bhumibol •of Thailand said yesterj day this was his third i trip to the United States, i think the first was> the nost important.' he j told newsmen in a spej rial audience. "I came i here to be born. I
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      Lock icon Guards out in Cincinnati race riots
      153 7 CINCINNATI Wed. (UPI) Gangs of Negroes roamed city's Avondale and W- nut Hills sections last r :ht. stoning police cars, sf 'mg fires and looting in thp -erond outbreak of violence within 24 hours. Mayor Walton Bachrach aske,-} that the National Guard be called
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      Lock icon 'Internationalisation' of all seaways?
      309 7 Soviets fishing in WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI). Foreign policy planners were reported to be considering an anticipated Soviet Union proposal for internationalisation of all the world's major water- ways. Rumours of the Russian plan expected to be offered as a substitute for an anticipated Israeli demand for
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      Lock icon LBJ expects plain sailing in talks with Kiesinger
      154 7 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) President Johnson says he expects his July 7-8 meeting here with West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger to be M a very pleasant and productive meeting." The President said he will be ready to discuss any subject Kiesinger is
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      Lock icon Rice for PI 'safe'
      139 7 MANILA. Wed. (UPI) The United Arab Republic has informally assured the Philippines it will deliver all its rice commitments despite the current Middle East crisis, it was learned today. The Philippines Is awaiting the arrival in Manila of 70.000 metric tons of rice valued at US$l55
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      Lock icon 'Get Suez Canal operating'
      262 7 The World's maritime powers were reported pressing today for a re-opening of the Suez Canal, closed during last week's war. President Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered the vital waterway closed on June 6 after the United Arab Republic charged that Israeli planes had bombed the Suez. There
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      Lock icon More carry the Red banner
      501 7 Washington W number of card carrying Communists all over the world Increased In 1966 by more than two million a U.S. State Department survey says. The increase of almost five per cent was claimed primarily by the two giants: the Communist parties of the Soviet
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      Lock icon US rubber stockpile releases limited
      230 7 WASHINGTON. We d. (UPI) Asian rubber producers should be cautiously optimistic about th e new United States rubber stockpile disposal programme, market sources said yesterday. The programme, announced on Friday by the General Services Administration (GSA). will limit stockpile releases to 70.000 long tons a
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      Lock icon Death demand for woman
      69 7 JAKARTA. Wed. (UPI) The prosecution has demanded the death penalty for a woman being tried before a special military tribunal in connection with the abortive 1965 Communist coup attempt. Mrs. Suwardiningsie is charged with armed conspiracy to overthrow the government. She is the first woman to
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      1085 5 ~.M r Slt_ TV and Radio ™,r l» i'i i'i ia» i*'l'l' /v..-. pfIANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR Stuntman, 8.00 News in an d puiau Pinang; 6 Ipob and Mandarin, 8.10 Empat Seka>|p!aka; 3 10 Johore Bahru; wan, Modern Drama in Chin--4 Taipins; Batu Pahat; 9 ese, 8.35 Mimbar Ugama, Refcluang.
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      84 6 h U.M.C.I. The DEADLY dmm AFFAIR aii? snawES the special chemiCALS ON OLD PORTOFOR'S MA^.AND... BITTWEN CLOSE BUT NO QQARI ALL aGWT, GfiWTLEMSsi —I'LL RETURN QUIETLY/ 3 4 wm w m •ri 1 u sa£2 T HAVE HAD BNOU&H/ PLTTH/M M 7HS VAULTS 'Za 1 3? r—'s vZ y a
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    764 8 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong told Parliament yesterday that the nation's economic growth could only be continued if the Central and State Governments practised rigorous financial discipline. The importance of this advice should receive the close attention of all Ministries and Government Departments which disburse public funds- Once the
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    805 8  -  by Louis Halasz THE British-French-lsraeli war against Egypt over the Suez Canal in 1956 was slowly laid to rest, but only after long weeks of war scare that had brought the world teetering to the edge of a general cataclysm. The means of
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    1052 8  -  by Francis Ofner JERUSALEM, Israel Israel has joined the global trend of increasing trade with Communistruled Eastern Europe. However, similar efforts to increase trade with the Soviet Union have yielded no results as yet. This is how Israel's position in relation to the
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      147 8 COURTROOM WS By Henry B. Rothblatt (Authori "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") gALLY was walking her dog on the street in front of Dora's house when Dora's dog, Hover, ran out and bit Sally's leg. Sally sued Dora for her injuries. "I was knocked to the ground before my
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  • COMMERCIAL & IDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon Constant tin output if price stays at $600 a picul
      249 9 PENANG, Wed. The Chairman of the Eastern Smelting Company Ltd., Mr. F. J. Steggail, has said that provided the tin price stayed at its present level of around $6OO per pic ul, production in Malaysia would remain equally constant in
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      23 9 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Rubber Market opened very quiet with spot 18-3/8 18-8-No. 1 RSS CIF basis portsJune 17-1/4 17-7/16.
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      Lock icon PRIZES worth $1,500 were awarded to Singapore provision stores for an IDEAL MILK Display Competition, organised by Nestle's Products (M) Ltd., recently. Altogether 150 provision stores took part in this competition.
      64 9 Picture above shows Mr. Tan Chin Cheow, proprietor of Chop Hoe Leong. 257, Joo Chiat Place, receiving the first
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      23 9 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) Money quotations: HK55.79/5.81 per US dollar for cash HK516.16 per pound sterling. HK5272.25 per tael gold.
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      15 9 SINGAPORE, Wed— The tin price for today was $608.12$ per picul, up $2.12*.
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      47 9 SINGAPORE, Wed— The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: Selling T.T. or OD. ready were: Deutsche Marks 1287/8; Holland Guilders 1163/4; Swiss Francs 140; Belgian Francs 1606; French Francs 159; Danish Kroner 224-1/4; Norwegian Kioner 231-1/2.
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      17 9 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) Share quotations:Hon* Ron? Stock Exchange transactions still suspended.
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      23 9 NEW YORK. Wed (AP) Rubber Standard futures closed quiet. No sales. Spot No. 1 ribbed smoked sheet 22-1/4 N. N-nommal
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      26 9 PENANG, Wed. Total export of rubber, all grades, from Singapore and West Malaysia to other countries last month amounted to 103.095 tons
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      20 9 WASHINGTON. Wed (AP) The U.S. Government sold five long tons of surplus tin yesterday, at US$l.52 a pound.
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      628 9 SINGAPORE. Wed Conditions were quietly steady in all sections of the Stock Exchange today. Few selective counters had a slightly better prices, namely, Central Sugar, Malayan Collieries and Matsushita. Central Sugar again dominated the largest turnover and dealt at improved price. Dealing here could be attributed
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      296 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. July first grade rubber fo.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kaala Lumpur today at 57 J cents per lb., unchanged from previous close The tone was very quiet. Higher London advices were unexpected after yesterday's fall here, and the market opened better
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      1006 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 1.05 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur Time 8.85 a.m. Airnne MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.20 a.m. Airline OIA 982 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a.m Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.25 a.m. Airline MSA 451 from Kuchlng.
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      149 9 BRUSSELS. Wed. (UP) Common Market Foreign will discuss Briti«h membership next week bur no progress Is expected, markp* sources said today. Thr British question may 0r..-,- b r given a few minutes of *h» ministers' time on ond day of the June--5-8 -wn the
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      80 9 SINGAPORE Wed. Messrs. Alan Pond and Allen Young, Managing Director and Operations Director of Hunter Douelas Limited are visiting business associates in Singapore. Hunter Douglas Limited are internationally known manufacturers of Venetian blind strip building Material, sun louvre and canopy panels and other aluminium components used
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      423 9 SINGAPORE—Stock exchange bid and offer prices officially listed at the clow of business. INDUSTRIAL Bou«tead CD 1.56 C. Sugar 1.45 146 Chemical Co 1.73 1.75 Cold Storage 3.40 3.44 Dunlop \D 2.12 2.13 E. Smelting 4.12 4.20 E««o Ord* 3.14 3.16 Fltzpatrlcks 1.43 1.50 F. A N. Ords.
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      50 9 <Manager* Price*) First Malayan 2.29 2.39 Second Malayan 1.63 1.73 Third Malayan 1.11 1.21 The Commerce Industry Fund XD .86 .96 The Savings Fund 1.34 1.44 Malayan Industry Fund .95 1.05 Sterling Commodity 3/7 4/2 First Hong Kong .84 89* Second Hong Kong ..18 62* f*Hone Rons Currency)
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      88 9 SINGAPORE. Wfrt Stnicapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices today were: Knyer» i Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk 47.50 Coconut oil (FOB) Drums 50.00 Loo«e Copra Mined June/July 29.50 Nutmegs 110s 325 00 Nutmegs B «fc W 155.00 Garbled Lampong Black Pepper (IOB) 107.50 Pepper Black Special Sarawak (FOB> 97.50 Lampong
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      174 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The following ships are expected to be in port today. Godowns. Vessels. 1/2 Eishin Maru 3/4 City of Brooklyn 5 Eastern River 6/7 Golden Spring 8/9 Meiwa Maru 10/11 Tigre 13/14 Adolf Warski 15/16 Mitaka Maru 18 Beira 19 Durban Maru 21/22 Kinabalu 23/24 Unkai Maru
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      374 12 THE circus came to town. One evening, I went with my parents to the circus. My father bought tickets for us and we went into a huge tent. There were many people in the tent, waiting for the show to begin. We did not have
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      177 12 WE read to increase our knowledge and to live a fuller life. Life is short and monotonous. We must read to stimulate our life and to make it more cheerful and lively. We may travel to get more knowledge, but not everyone can travel, owing to
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      449 12 PEN-PALS are friends who live at a distance or in foreign countries. They cannot come to our homes frequently. We have to write to them and they will in turn write to us. They are our distant friends. As a student we learn in a
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      278 12 WE always ask ourselves, why we go to school? We will probably answer we go to school to learn, educate ourselves and to learn foreign languages. Mathematics, Geography, History, Science and other subjects. That is almost true, but why do we learn these things? And
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      441 12 TRAVELLING in a bus is very enjoyable, interesting and amusing. We can know the character of the passengers and listen to their conversation in many tongues. One prefers sitting to standing and performing some circus stunts when the bus stops or jerks. The office
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      245 12 I was walking through an alley when I spotted a piece of cake. I was starving and I did not have anything to eat. I went on begging for some food but nobody took pity on me. I sat in the market-place
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      186 12 "HEY. you naughty boy. don't you dare bully my sister," shouted a boy of 12. I am living in Pesiaran Keliling and thi s is the sort of neighbourhood I have. My neighbourhood Is noisy with the shouts of children and the barkings of
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      318 12 IT was a moonlight night. The moon was shining brightly and the leaves were swaying lightly in the soft breeze. I was walking alone along a quiet and empty lane after a night's show thinking of something I could not remember. Suddenly, I
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      188 12 MONKEYS live in the jungles. They usually go about in troops. When we are near the jungle or in it, we can hear them chattering about. Sometimes we see them running across roads or swinging from branch to branch of trees. Monkeys live
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      380 12 at THE beginning of 1967, there was a disaster in our country. This disaster was 'flJnod' in many States of Malaysia. Trengganu, Kelantan and Peras were the wonst affected by the flood. On sth. of January there was heavy rainfall in these three states.. In
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      161 12 NEW ESSAY CONTEST FOR THOSE WHO ARE 14 AND UNDER THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves pToperly. And
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      645 13 rthe three -month period from midVnvfmbcr 1966 to the middle of March 1967 a us sic change occurred in Danish domestic politics. W* parlamentary elections of last November in a gain, by the t vo Socialist parties toother, of an absolute The govem«rie Social Democrats
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      984 13 vyHILE much has been discussed and written about Southern Rhodesia since the unilateral declaration of independence by the supremacy regime of lan Smith in November 1965, less is known of its background and political history. Southern Rhodesia is a rich country, with a varied agriculture, including
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      833 13 WHITHER India? This Is a question asked not only by foreigners, but often by Indians themselves. To ask whether India is likely to follow democratic course or to fall to communism is an oversimplification of the Question. Even the peaceful recent elections on such a broad scale
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      177 13 fSHAW ORGANISATION H 00 1". *-00. 6.30 IP Ulin WINTER" Color ht <» 15 pm. <No Frw Ltstt Urn nf 2 \cadeniT Award* M\s \ND WOMAN" a mr« COLOR <UA> [CAPITOL Pho™ ***** -tl I.M. i 9 30 <" n T SO FREE LIST 1 uf'cT Brando. Sophia Loren .'rr»lATF
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      178 13 Sty Hanry B. Rothblatt (Authcr, "Handbook cf Evldanc* For Criminal Trial*") YES. "Laws that protect from injury by dogs should not be given such a strict interpretation that they fail to give complete redress for injuries caused by the animals," the Court held. "A dog bite must be construed to
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      285 13 lisiiiiXfi UHQ A IS A T lu N ORCHARD J2161 Open* Today! Id, 4 00, 0.30. #.is The Great Train Robbery Releajeflbv M-O-K SATURDAY MIDNIGHT' 'Col "THE DEADLY AFFAIR James -Ma.'.on Maximilian SchelJ [ODEON 1 -11 6 Opens Today! 11. 1.30, 4. 6.30, 615 n«bib "Hombre" (rox Color by Deluxe
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      40 16 It pays to buy an refill How long a line can you draw 1 with a SWAN OTHELLO ball pen? (Do you know the answer?) OTHELLO BALL PEN SPORE-PENANG 20* MALAYA 25C C V 1 oJ> Answer: average 10/000 FT.
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      56 16 TIME AND TIDE Penans: 6.43 a.m. (6.6 ft); 5.55 p.m. (7.3 ft.). Port Swettenham: 10.39 a.m. (14.0 ft); 10.39 p.m. (12.6 ft). Port Dickson: 11.19 a.m. (7.5 ft). Singapore: 2.56 a.m (8.0 ft.); 5.03 p.m. (6.9 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 1.16 a.m. (5.5 ft); 3.30 p.m. (7.3 ft.). Kuantan: 1.04 a.m
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