Eastern Sun, 24 August 1967

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  • 25 1 EASTEHN SUN Independent* National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 390 Thursday* 24 August 1967. MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents.
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  • 353 1 Diplomatic radio British envoy Hopson attacked LONDON, WED. (UPI) TYIPLOMATIC radio communications between Britain and China were cut today after Chinese Red Guards sacked and burned the British Embassy in Peking. British diplomats reportedly were injured. Unofficial reports reaching London today said the British Charge d'Affaires, Donald
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  • 78 1 LONDON, Wed. (Renter) Britain made elear today it will not seek a rnpture of diplomatic relations with China following the burning down of the British Chancery tn Peking. A Foreign Office spokesman said it was not Britain's objective to break with Peking. Answering questions at a
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  • 40 1 Armed Hong Kong police are seen in the office of Hong Kong Evening News, one of three leftist newspapers ordered to suspend publications by the Government. A number of inflammatory posters was seised. IPI Photo.
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  • 89 1 RAWALPINDI Wed. (Retiter) Pakis'an today ordered three members of the Indian High Commission, including its First Secretary, to leave PaKlstan within 24 hours for allegedly indulging in "organised espionage." A Pakistan Foreign Ministry press note named the officials as First Secretary Mahraj
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  • 133 1 HONG KONG. Wed (Reuter) The third day of the trial of five Communist newspaper executives was again devoted to the reading of the large number of charges against them. On trial are Wu Taichow (32), publisher of the Hong Kong Evening News and the Afternoon
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  • 183 1 Malaysian, S'pore KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysian and Singapore leaders were urged not to inflict their venom on the ordinary citizens of both nations due to their differences. Dr. Tan Chee Khoon (Labour-Batu) said that It was an act of stupidity to enforce travel restrictions
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  • 380 1  -  by Ben D'Cunha and Musa Scully KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A split is imminent in the Labour Party between the "demonstration-inclined left wing" and the radicals in the party. The venue for the show down is Penang when the two-day annual delegates conference of the party
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  • 182 1 PENANG, Wed. Malaysia's High Commissioner in London, Tan Sri Syed Sheh bin Syed Abdullah Shahabuddin, has been appointed the new Governor of Penang by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. His term of office, which will be for four years, will begin from Aug 31. Tan
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  • 97 1 PENANG, Wed. One of Penang's two newlycreated awarde the highest State award, will be presented to the retiring Governor of Penang. Raja Tun Uda Al-Haj. bv the Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. at an investiture ceremony at the Residency on Aug. 30Raja Tun
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  • 109 1 JAKARTA. Wed. (Renter) Deposed President Sukarno' s third Japaneseborn wife Ratna Sari Dewi ha« asked for a divorce because she sees no future for her husband, the official Antara News Agency reported today. Antara said Sari Dewi had also decided not to return to Indonesia
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  • 55 1 BANGKOK. Wed. (UPD— Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman will go to Kuala Lumpur to attend the last meeting of the Association of Southeast Asia scheduled for the end of August. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Tun Thanat will leave on the 25th and will be
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 737 2 Parliament round-up by Musa Scully and Ben d'Cunha KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The present illegal demonstrations in this country are organised by elements who are going all-out to create trouble and upset society in this country. This was said today by the Parliamentary Secretary to the
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    • 21 2 Workers getting the MAHA site at 8th mile Old Klang Road ready for the opening of the show today (Aug. 24).
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    • 437 2 KUALA LCMFT*. Wed. The Government was today urged in Parliament to examine and reappraise Malaysia's relationship with the Philippines. The rail was made by an Alliance backbencher, Mr. Tan Toh Hong (Bukit Bintang) during debate on the Supplementary Supply Bill. He said that
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    • 308 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Labour Party Member for Batu. Dr. Tan Chee Khoon told Parliament today that a person who was detained by the Police two weeks ago was now lying dead in the mortuary of the General Hospital here. He said that three days after
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    • 108 2 "Eastern Sun" readers came to the aid of Miss Chang Kam Yuen, 16, working as a domestic help in Ipoh, after haying lost her mother in a stabbing incident at Sangei Dorian New Vil- lage in Tanjong Tuallang, Perak. She is the sole support of
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    • 163 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— The DAP Member lor Bungsar. Mr £V. Devan Nair, today asked the Government to make a serious effort to give Bills to members of the House within a reasonable time and not •"two or three days" before It is debated Speaking
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    • 164 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Dewan R a'ay at today passed legislation to impose more sever# punishment on armed participant* In riots and unlawful assemblies The offensive weapons include bottles. sticks, catapult* with ball bearing as bullets, stones, dustbins and rotten eggs In Introducing an amendment
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    • 65 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Deputy Prime Minister. Tan Abdul Rar&k. will make a very important speech which will be broadcast and televised tomorrow night, a Government statement announced today. Radio Malaysia will broadcast the speech at *l# p.m. (Malay) and 9.42 p.m. (English). Television Malaysia
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    • 222 2 Sardon assures- KUALA LUMPtR. i V >d Every member of the Malaysian society s scribes to the polic\ 0 the Alliance Govern ment. This was said toaar bv the Minister of Tran« port, Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir in the Dewan Ra'ayat. He was
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    • 55 2 PENANG. Wed Two thugs. mad* an unsuccessful bid to snatch a handbag belonging to a 41-vear-old Australian ho ;sew:fe. Mrs. Aubre R. Pn'cherd, yesterday. She was walking aior.g Rose Avenue when the thugs appeared on a motor-cyc> and tned to rob her Wher she resisted, the thugs
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    • 387 2 KIALA LIMPUR, Wed. Officers of the Roval Malaysia Police are promoted on the basis of merit and not on provincial sentiments. This was said this evening in the Dewan Raayat by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister. Mr. Michael Chen In reply to
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    • 618 3 Address at Seminar of Indonesian KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, hoped that Malaysia and Indonesia would soon normalise their relations to pre-confrontation levels. Since the formation of ASEAN, nations of South-east Asian countries, the Tun said that there was a
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    • 63 3 PENANG. Wed Two bowls, valued at $l3O. were reported stolen from a *er--ie in Balik Pulau yesterray. ne empie care-taker, Leow Thiam, 80. said he had sen the doors and windows of ne premises but left the c r »o the temple open, to a *o pray. He
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    • 381 3 ONE KILLED, 3 INJURED KIT ALA LUMPUR Wed.— A man was killed and three others Injured when a car they were in collided with a lorry at Berdang Bahru at about 5.45 a m. today. Minutes earlier, the Police station further down the
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    • 70 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A passing-out parade for 23 non-commissioned officers from the various units of the Medical and Dental Corps will be held at Kinrara. here on Saturday, at 9.00 a.m The Director of Mediral Services of Malysian Armed Forces. Colonel R. S Corbitt. will take the salute
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    • 69 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —The Chief Engineer of the Malaysian Army Colonel J. H. Frankau. will inspect the annual camp of 21st Engineer Squadron. Malaysian Territorial Army at Kroh. Perak on Friday. He will present the volunteer long service meda, to the commanding officer of the unit. Major Abu
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    • 301 3 PENANG. Wed. The Chairman of the Penang Tourist Association. Mr. Chet T. S. Chua, said today it was "quite feasible" to raise the tourist business in Malaysia from its present position as the eighth in the list of revenue earners to probably the third,
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    • 191 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The ban on the firinf of fire crackers will be lifted in West Malaysia and Sabah from 1 a.m. on August 30 to 12.59 p.m. on Aug. 31. The ban will, however, be in force in Sarawak •hroughout the celebrations. Chief
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    • 54 3 IPOH. Wed. —A four-year-old girl. Chong Yoke Leng. was found drowned in a disused mining pool about 250 yards away from her home in Tanjong Rambutan yesterday. Her father. Chong Peng Wan. after finding her missing reported to :he Police. Her body was found in the mining
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    • 104 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A "wanted man" landed in a hospital bed for the seennd time after tasting 15 minutes of freedom at the General Hospital early this morning. He was first admitted to the hospital unconscious after being involved in an accident in
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    • 40 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Government has appointed Tan Sri Zaiton Ibrahim bin Ahmad, as the country's ambassador to Japan. Tan Sri Zaiton Ibrahim is currently Malaysia's High Commissioner to India and concurrently Malaysia's ambassador to Nepal
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    • 27 3 PENANG, Wed. The Penang State 10th Merdeka anniversary celebrations committee has produced a 58page souvenir programme, containing items of celebrations in the State here
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    • 252 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Malaysia Malayalee Catholics Welfare Society may soon change its name to "Malaysian Christian Welfare Society." This is one of the resolutions to be tabled at the society's annual meeting to be held at the Biial Restaurant here on
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    • 193 3 PEN AN G. Wed. The recent campaign of checkihg radio and T.V. licences here has resulted in $111,583 being collected between Aug. 1 and Aug. 21 in the form of licence fee. Wireless inspection officers in Penang headed by Enche Abdul Jalil Yusoff. supported
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    • 512 4  -  by Lim Thow Boon IT"LANG, Wed. The Royal Town of Klang today gave its heart to the Yang di Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong. Thousands of people from all walks of life turned out to give a rousing welcome to the
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    • 424 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Up-to-date, donations totalling $61,866/- have been received for the PESTA Fond in response to the appeal made by the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, recently. Of this amount, banks in Kuala Lumpur contributed 519.350/-, companies s3s.9ooassociations $5,550/- and individuals 51,066/-. Following :s list of
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    • 51 4 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Monday declared open the $500,000 Sultan Mohammad Secondary Beligioua School at Batu Berendam.
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    • 57 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —The University of Malaya will hold a botany exhibition on Aug 31 and Sept. 1 in conjunction with its Open Day" to mark the Malaysia Day celebrations The theme of the exhibition being organised bv the University's School of Etiological Sciences will be "Botany As
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    • 374 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. A man whose marriage proposal was rejected years ago is being charged in the Magistrate's Court for allegedly raping the girl he wanted to marry. In the dock before Enche Hassan bin Ishak. the Mafistrate, wa§ Hassan bin smaii. 23.
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    • 239 4 Kl ALA LUMPt'R. Wed The Selangor Consumers' Association today took its first step to protect its members and the public by launching an M approv- Ed shops scheme." Five shops have been given a certificate of approval at the lsunchlnf of the scheme here yesterday. These
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    • 381 4 KrALA LUMPUR, Wed. Tamil Methodist Churches throafhout West Malaysia and Sin?ap cre have decided to breakaway from the Malayan Annual Conference of the Methodist Church. The Tamil Churches plan to form a separate autonomous group within the parent Methodist Church framework and to be
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    • 74 4 PEN'ANG. Wed.—A 23-year-old Japanese engineer. Kunihiko Yanai. wa s robbed of his travelling bag while in a trisha with a friend yesterday. He said that on arrival at the junction of Transfer Road and Northam Road, a motor-cyclist suddenly came from the left and snatched away
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    • 206 4 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Most of the evidence points, to even lower prices for rubber in the weeks ahead, the Financial Times states. Output of rubber in Malaysia is already well above last year, and la approaching its seasonal peak In fact, it is
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    • 86 4 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI)— Investors pushed stock pr.oes lower yesterday in featureless trading. Most loss** were fractional. There was little economic news lo provide a trend ar.i traders apparently preferred more consolidation, Prices remained narrowly mixed until the afternoon when selling got the upper
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    • 93 4 NEW DELHI. Wed (UPI) A South Korean goodwill and economic mission will arrive today for talks on trade ana economic matters. it was announced South Korean Consul General Woon Sor.g Choi told reporters the mission will bring with it "substantial proposals" for greater economic collaboration
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    • 111 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Three Indonesian barter traders from Kampong Danau, near Samban. Indonesia, who were stranded in Daro„ Third Division,, when their boat capsized in a storm on Auf. 15 are now being looked after by the Local Welfare Committee They are Suyong bin Sudin,
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    • 636 10 LEE: SINGAPOREANS MUST BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY EACH OTHER SINGAPORE, Wed. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, has said that Singapore citizens, irrespective of race, religion or language must be able to identify each other and have the sense of "camaraderie". Mr. Lee said this
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    • 85 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. A house-wife Tham Soo Hi an. 28. of Orchid Drive. Adelphi Park, reported the loss of jewels worth $2,600 when she .eft home at 9 a.m. and returned at 1 p.m. yesterday. Police arrived at the scene and found several sets of fingerprints from
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    • 107 10 SINGAPORE. Wed A 21-year-old man, Ng Hua Meng was today jai;ed for two years by the Second District Court for housebreaking and theft of $7,000 worth of coffee seeds. Ng pleaded guilty to having committed the offend with another person at Gentmg Lane on
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    • 102 10 SINGAPORE Wed. A record number of entries hare been received for the Annual Safe Cycling Rally to be held on Saturday Aug 26th and Sept. 2. This announcement was made by the organisers. Junior Safety First Council This year there are 90 team entries,
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    • 32 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed—* Mr K Selvanayagam has been elected President of the Union of Clerk* in fully assisted schools. West Malaysia, with Mr P. Balasingam. as General Secretary
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    • 116 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Three boys from the Raffles Institution left here for Canada this morning under the Colombo Plan to study mechanical engineering. They are Chan Kwan Ho. Lee Kheng Nam and Cl li? Pak Chong, all 20. They win be studying at Queen's University, Ottawa, for
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    • 378 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. A clerk with the United Kingdom's Ministry of Public Works and Buildings here, K.D. Unny today told a District Court that he received $250 from a building contractor for passing on confidential information to him regarding tenders. Unny was testifying at
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    • 44 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A nir.e-member trade delegation fro:r Finland is due here on Sept. g for a fourdav visit Th® delegation will be led bv Mr. Hanmkamen. special a.nbassador. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and will comprise leading businessmen and industrilaists in Finland
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    • 134 10 p'ADET Corporal Felix Nf (left) and Cadet Lance Corporal William Yong learn about the intricacies of machine guns (this one was almost as big as they were) from Sergeant Zarim of the Singapore Guard Regiment. The two boys were members of a 20-strong of cadets from various
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    • 249 10 SINGAPORE, Wed.— About 40 delegates and observers from 11 countries and the Food and Agricultural Organisation and Cooperative League of America will take part in cooperative training seminar to be held here from Aug. 28 to Sept. 11. The seminar to
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    • 91 10 SINGAPORE Wed Proud parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chan Kok Hone of Tanglin Halt. Singapore flew to Australia recently to attend the graduation of their son. Wah Chan, at the Cniversity of Melbourne. Chan Wah Chan graduated from the university on Aug. 16 with a
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    • 123 10 SINGAPORE. Wed The Fairfield Methodist Girls' School will bold a special memorial service in honour of the late Mrs Lim Bock Ke? at the schools auditorium on Fridav. (September 8) at 8.00 a m The late Mrs L:m Bock Kee was the first Asian
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    • 156 10 SINGAPORE Wed —The Singapore Junior Safety First Council is holding a poster and essay competition as part of its campaign to promote safety first consciousness in schools The competition, oper tc all students in secondary schools in the four language streams, will be diviaed into four
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    • 878 11 Dr. Goh on a multi-cultural society Wed. The Chairman of the National Theatre Trust, Dr. Goh Poh Seng, today spoke of the "two sides of the coin" of having a multi-cultural society. He was speaking at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Cathay Hotel on
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    • 255 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister for Culture and Social Affairs, Enche Othman bin Wok, has said how sports and games among workers could help to boost business for the island's industrial products abroad. The Minister said that the Republic was now concerned with
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    • 49 11 SINGAPORE, Wed The Prime Miniater, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. spoke at a National Day Rally held on Aug I®. at the National Theatre TV Smgapura's Channel 5 will telecast the Prime Minister's speech in the National Language and in English tomorrow. at 9.15 p.m.
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    • 24 11 Crown for the "Miss National Day Exposition 1967" contest. The crown, which cost $600/-, was donated by Mee Chong Goldsmith, 156, Arab Street, Singapore.
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    • 331 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. Alcoholism will never be prevented until an effective way to change individual motives is found, said a world leader in alcohol prevention education. He is Ernest H. J. Steed. Executive Director of the International Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism. Mr Steed was recently
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    • 92 11 SINGAPORE, w«d—There will be no water in several areas from ft.oo a.m. to 6.00 p.m. or. Friday. The areas affected are Mandai Road and all byroads from Upper Thomson Road junction up to 13 mi., Mandai Road; Men Suan Road; Nee Soon Garrison. Transit Road, and WD
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    • 392 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Chief Justice, Mr. Wee Chong Jin today dismissed with costs the application made by a political detainee for a writ of habeas corpus against the Minister of Interior and Defence. In his ruling, the Chief Justice said that the applicant. Low
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    • 284 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. The High Court today set aside "a banishment order" served on a political detainee, Lam Wee Lim by the Minister of Interior of Defence on grounds that the applicant had successfully proved to be a Singapore-born citizen. This Is the
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    • 71 11 Mr. Desmond Fennessy, a senior editor of the Trade Publicity branch of the Australian Department of Trade and Industry has joined the Australian Trade Commission staff here as Trade Commissioner in charge of Publicity. Mr Fennessy has worked as a journalist in Australia, Britain and Europe and for some years
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    • 51 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— The Spanish Ambassador designate to Malaysia. Mr. Emilio Beladiez Navarro, arrived here this morning He will present his credential to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Monday. Mr Navarro is concurrently his country's envoy to Thailand. Vietnam and Laos He will be stationed in
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    • 60 11 These are the top three students who graduated from the Industrial Training Institute in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. From left are Enche Azizan bin Ismail,26 (third), Mr. Looi Moon Leng, 23 (first) and Mr. Lee Fah, 26 (second). The Minister of Labour, Mr. V. M anicrkavasagam, presented certificates and prizes
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    • 320 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. In response to the "Eat More Wheat" campaign Radio <Se TV Singapura will be organising a cooking competition which te open to all. The competition is in three phases breakfast. lunch and dinner and the first which begins today is confined to recipes
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • NATIONAL DAY FAIR AND EXPOSITION 1967 FEATURE
    • 265 5 VISITORS to the National Day Fair and Exposition 1967 at Gay World, should take a closer look at the Power Foam products which come in various designs and shades. Manufactured by Power Foam Rubber Fa ctor > (Singapore) Ltd at Jalan Tukang in the Jurong Light
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    • 249 5 CINCE its opening on Aug. 5, the National Day Fair and Exposition 1967 at Gay World in Singapore has been seen by more than 350,000 people. This reflects the consciousness of the public to find out the variety of Singapore-mode products available
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    • 418 5 T.V. MITCHELL Co., (Far East) Ltd., wos founded by Mr. T.V. Mitchell in Singapore in 1925. Mr. Mitchell was in fact a descendant of Sir Francis Light and Mitchell Pier in Penang was donated by the family and named after them. Tfrence Vivien Mitchell was born
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    • 256 5 QLYMPLSIA SHIRT a product that is known not only to those who have visited the National Dav Fair and Exposition 1967 at Gay World in Singapore but also throughout the world. This world-famous shirt is manufactured by Eastern Garment Manufacturing Co.. Ltd. in Penang. whose
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    • 361 5 \fALAYSIA Associated Industries is one more ins--ITI tance of local industry rising to meet the challenge for production of highest quality goods at competitive prices. With the practical assistance and participation of the Singapore Economic Development Board, a number of local businessmen pooled their resources
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    • 43 5 Quality Bicycles rvd^ de9 e durability m m Manufactured fn Singapore by Now on display at the MALAYSIA ASSOCIATED INBUSTMIS HI. GAY WORLD TRADE EXPOSITION, SPORE. Trade Enquiries invited to Sole Agents: S T V. MITCHELL ft CI (F.E.) LTD. P.0.80x.386 Singapore. Te1N0.*****8
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    • 134 5 VISIT The National Day Fair and Exposition 1967 k I#*» Sponsored by Geylang West Citizens' Consultative Committee at the Gay World Amusement Park, Singapore Date 5-8-67 to 31-8-67 More than 350,000 people have visited the Exposition. Why not bring your family along? More than 300 Participating Stalls Orchid Show Government
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 36 6 LIKE some space-age fantasy from H. G. Well's storehouse these "big mouthed" monster Chinook helicopters rush cannon and crews to l*S battle sites in the Vietnam war. PANA Photo. PANA Photo.
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    • 358 6 Time of reckoning SYDNEY. Wed. (Reuter) The Australian Federal Cabinet defence review next Friday would be the most comprehensive and intensive in the nation's peacetime history, the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" Canberra correspondent, Alan Reid. said todav. The review, by the Foreign Affairs and Defence Sub-committee, was
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    • 27 6 UNITED NATIONS. New York, Wed 'Reuter) Secretary-Genera! U Thant has asked the G«neral Assembly to approve a United Nation? budget of US$l4l.619.300 for 194J8.
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    • 68 6 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter > President Johnson held a top level meeting today on the US balance of pa v meats position but the Whit* House remained silent about what ru actually discussed The presidential spokesman. George Christian, said it was one of several meetings Mr Johnson has held
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    • 902 6 BID TO CLIP LBJ'S WINGS WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) Senator Wayne Morse says he will ask Congress to repeal the Tonkin Gulf Resolution that President Johnson has used as a basis for conduct ing the war in Vietnam. M No President has the power to
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    • 264 6 UNITED NATIONS, New York. Wed. (Reuter) Britain has asked the United Nations to avoid taking any action on Gibraltar until the results of a referendum due to be held on September 10 are known. But yesterday Senor Don Jaime de Pinies of Spain characterised the
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    • 35 6 I KIRKWALL. Orkney Islands. Wed. Posters calling on these Scottish islands to break with Britain and join Denmark have mysteriously appeared on shop fronts and hoardings here and in the nearby town of Stromness.
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    • 81 6 PORT LOUIS, Mauritius. Wed. (Renter) Mauritius, the tiny British island colony in the Indian Ocean, last nirht decided to ask Britain to set a date for independence this year. The decision was made in the island's Legislative Assembly after an eight-hour debate without the opposition which walked out earlier
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    • 353 7 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) The Tnlted States and Britain hope to finalise plans by early 1968 for construction of new air facilities and defence communications posts in the Indian Ocean, American sources said vesterdav. Secret discussions are currently going on between the two governments. and
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    • 142 7 WASHINGTON. We d. ißeuter) The bombinz of North Vietnam has- saved the I nited states from sending an \rtnv of some 1.300.000 men to fight the SouthEast Asian war. I -S. Air Force Chief of Staff General John McConnell claimed today. He told the
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    • 99 7 VTW YORK Wed 'Renter Militant Negro leader H Rap Brown was released from Jail here yesdiT and immediately left by prrate car to attend a Black Power" rally on the step* of the Federal Court Hou*» Brown made no comment as he left the house
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    • 117 7 BELGRADE. Yugoslavia. Wed (UPIJ A doctor «ho operated on a 16-year-old boy for a suspected abdominal tumor said last night he found instead the boy was carrying a human foetus. "It «as quite a surprise to us," said Dr. Radomir Slavkovic, a well-known Yugoslav
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    • 147 7 History' in stamps MONTREAL. Wed A two colour 5 c*s. commemorative stam© to mark the Centennial of Torontc ae Capital City of the Province of Ontario will be released on Sept. 28. Metropolitan Toronto, the seat of government in provincial affairs for about onethird
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    • 121 7 LONDON*. Wed <Reuter) Cargo-handling charges In British ports are expected to rise between 10 and 30 per cent because of a new decision to end casual employment of dockers. Labour Ministry Mr. Ray Gunter said yesterday that the new scheme of giving dockers a guaranteed
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    • 175 7 LAGOS. Nigeria. Wed. (UPI> Heavy fighting was reported yesterday between Federal Troops and rebel soldiers from the secessionist Eastern region for control of Ore in Nigeria's Western state Ore is an Important road Junction about 120 miles from Lagos on the road to Benin, capital of
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    • 83 7 9 FAIRBANKS. Alaska, urnt through flood and fire on the evening of August 14 when the River Chena flooded the city and thousands had to be evaluated It was Alaska's worst disaster since Good Friday. 1%4 when a n earth- quake hit. and
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    • 130 7 KARACHI. Wed. (Reliter) Several thousand shanty dwellers were left homeless last night after heavy rain flooded low-lying areas of Karachi, hard hit by floods last monthNo loss of life wa« report e d in the city still struggllne to recover from floods last month m which
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    • 59 7 ADEN. Wed. (Reuter) British troop* will begin withdrawing from various parts of Aden from September 15. the offlrial South Arabian Rraodcastine Service announced last night, The Radio, controlled hy th* South Arabian Federal Government, said thp withdrawal plan was approved £>intly by the South Ara
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    • 366 7 UNDER THE SINAI TEL AVIV. Wed. (Reuter) Israeli, troops uncovered a vast underground Egyptian Army control centre in the heart of the Sinai desert during the six-day war. in early June it was revealed today. The two by one mile network of rooms and
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    • 107 7 WOLVERHAMPTON. ENGLAND. Wed. (Rfut«i Panic broke out upstairs on m double-deck bus when passengers realised they were hurtling towards a low bridge. Some rushed for the stairs, others dived under seats, after the inevitable crunch five needed hospital treatment. It wag obvious to everyone the
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    • 120 7 CANNOCK. England. Wed (Reuter) Search parties last night found the partly clothed body of a missing seven-year-old girl three miles from the scene of two other child murders. The girl, Christine Darby, was kidnapped last Saturday by a man in a car while p'aying near her
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    • 120 7 ROME. Wed. (UPI> A Brazilian woman has reaffirmed her claim that her blindness was cured when Pope Pau! VI blessed her, the magazine Trlbuna Illustrata said yesterday. Mrs Leila Velllnl Achon, 46. of Sao Paulo, was quoted as telling the weeklv, "I'm not a liar.
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    • 34 7 MEXICO CITY. Wed. (Router) India's new ambassador to Mexico. Perala Ratnam presented his credentials to President Gustavo Dia* Or da t yesterday. He will also represent India in Cuba and Panama
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    • 253 7 UOLLYWOOD. Wed. 11 (Reuter) Actor Carv Grant. 63. was yesterdav sued for divorce by 30-year-old actress Dyan Cannon, who charged him with treating her in "a cruel and inhuman manner.** The couple were married in Las Vegas. Nevada. in July 1965. They separated last December. Miss Cannon
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    • 99 6 IHE DMFE-5W GIANT AFFAIR. WUCT3L wE ARE IN THE SOU? MY PRIENO... CHfcP BEATERS ARE SOMEtimes HUNG IN THE VIU.AGE SQUARE! z\ A, 22 ■3B > iv&i ssssa^vW^ if. 3 BUT DON'T TARRY/ 1* V fP'jjj i R rr» S3 1 n a a V tA GULUVER'S GOT US STYMIED...WE'LL
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    • 117 6 mm TV and Radio TV SINGAPURA RADIO MALAYSIA rnrsmsx ENGLISH P Singapore A M 600 Dawn Serenade; 6.30 Breakfast Club, with Larrv Lai; 645 Your Daily Horoscope Birthday Greetings. 7.00 News; 7.30 Rediffusion Health Tip; 745 Assignment Hollvwood reporter Fred Robbins meets the stars of films and television. Today Michael
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 110 7 SPECIAL OFFER! FREE! One magnificent Schaub Lor ens portable radio "Polo Tek** uill be giren array with your cash purchase of TV '*llluntracord 5059*' for at long, at stocks laat. Y SCHAUB LORENZ Fed. $1,495/Lit* P'ng: $1,195/Litt S'pore: $1,395/Liet Too discount for cash Easv hira ourcHasa terms THE CYCLE CARRIAGE
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  • 429 8 WHEN the trend in South-east Asia is for each country to build its defence mechanism, it is far from wise for a PMIP Member of Parliament to suggest India and Pakistan should send troops to Malaysia in time of trouble here. Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman replied that these
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  • 290 8 fpHE Malaysian Minister of Finance, Tun Tan A Siew Sin, was asked in the D«wan Ra'ayat at its current session whether the Employees' Provident Fund Board would allow contributors to borrow from their credits to buy houses. The house was first asked this at its January sitting.
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  • 761 8  -  -By: HARRISON WELSH Taipeh, Wed. XJERE on Taiwan there is general agreement that "the new man to watch' is sixty-year-old C. K. Yen, the recently elected Vice President of the Republic of China, a brilliant economist and financier, who is given
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  • 908 8  -  by: Daniel Nelson FTN T I L recently the uncompromising opposition of members of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to the apartheid policy of the South African Government had been taken for granted Indeed, the very first paragraph of the declaration of the heads of
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    • 436 8  -  Mr. and Mrs. V.W. Naylor. \\TE were dismayed to read that the Singapore Government, noted for its many for-sighted policies in the past, has decided to introduce a Bill legalising abortion. We are even more dismayed that there has been so little public comment on such
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    • 100 8  -  MRS. ROSALIND TAN I WAS deeply touched ar.d moved to tears on reading your editorial tribute to Matthew Mia. as it rerrmded me of my own son, who died of a brain tumour in 1964. Both these boys possessed virtues which are rare even in growing adults,
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 342 8 3y Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidence For Crlalnal Trials") A BR AG AIL and Jed were married for over 50 years. When Abragail died, Jed was suprised by the wording of her will. The will directed Perry, as executor, to pay Jed $500 a month for the rest
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 335 9 LONDON, Wed. Easier handling facilities and Amplified port charges are to become available to the Ben Line for their Far East cargoes as a result of an arrangement made with the Port of London Authority. Two adjacent berths, ICos. 7 and 11, have been
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    • 130 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Anglo-Thai Corporation Limited announce the appointment of a new Executive, Mr. D.G. Tinker a* Accounting Systems Specialist in the Roneo Office Equipment Division. This appointment emphasises the determination of Anglo-Thai to make further advances into the office machinery and data processing business. Mr.
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    • 296 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr John Hoyer. SAS General Manager lor Singapore. Malaysia and Brunei, has just returned from leave. Whilst in Scandinavia, he attended top level conferences on the Introduction of the new SAS Trans-Asian Express service to Europe, scheduled to start In November, which
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    • 829 9 SINGAPORE. Wed—Condition.- on the Stock Exchange were quiet. Industrials which had very little buying support left prices to ease fractionally. At the end of trading, gains rangea to three cents were noted in nine counters, seventeen were registered down and twelve were dealt at
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    • 73 9 LONDON. Wed (UPIt The rubber market closed very quiet with spot 15-11/ 16, 16. Settlement House Sept 15-3/4 16 Oct 15-15/16 16-1/8 Nov A Oct/Dec 16-1/16 16-3/16 Jin/Mir 16-7/16 16-9/16 Apr/June 16-3'4 16-7/8 July/Sept 17 17-1/8 Oct'Dec 17-3/8 17-1/2 Jan/Mar 17-9/16 17-3'4 Apr/June 16-3/4 16-7/8 July/Sept
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    • 57 9 NEW YORK Wed (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged to 45 points higher on a bid basis. There were no trades. BID ASKED SEPT. 18.90 NOV. 19.25 JAN. 19.25 MARCH 19.75 MAY 1975 JULY 19.75 SEPT. 19.75 Unavailable Locally, the No 1 RSS frade was 1/4 cent higher
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    • 998 9 ARRIVALS IN SIXGAPORE Time 1 j|s a.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8..V. a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.20 a.m. Airline GLA 982 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a nt. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 19.25 a m Airline MSA
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    • 266 9 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development has announced it closed its fiscal year June 30 with a net income of $l7O million. The earnings for the fiscal year were $36 million above the .net income of the previous fiscal
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    • 299 9 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) The 106-natlon World Bank plans this year to transfer only $lO million of its net income to its soft-loan affiliate, the International Development Association (1.D.A.) The association makes loans to developing countries on easier terms than does the world
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    • 299 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. September first pade rubber (Ab. bu*er* closed at 5 p-m. in Singapore and Koala Ijimpur tnda* at 51 -5 9 rent* per lb- up half a cent from previous rlo*e The tone was quietlv steady. After an unchanged opening. the market steadied on
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    • 77 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 32-9 16; Airmail OD. 32-11/ 16: 90 d/st 334 credit bills; 133-7/16 trad? bills. Canada: Buying T.T 351/16; Airmail OD. 3V3/16; 90 d/st. 35} credit bills;
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    • 22 9 HONG KONG. Wed (UPl)—Money Quotations: HK55.*****'5.7875 per US dollar for cash. HK$ 16.05 r>er pound sterlHK5271.375 per uel gold.
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    • 463 9 SIMJAPORK— stork KirtiMHiev Old and offer prices officially acted at the close of businrt*. INDUSTRIAL Buttslead 1.55 1.56 C. Sugar 1.68 1.69 Chemical Co. 1-57 1.59 Cold storage 3.50 3.56 Dunlop 2.33 E. Smelting 4.36 4.38 E.A.I 2.51 2 25 Ew> Ords 3.20 F A. Ords. 3.36 3.38
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    • 52 9 < Managers Prices) Mr*.| Malayan 2.34 2.44 second Ma la van 1.68 1.78 Third Malayan 1.16 1.26 The Commerce Industry Fund M 1.00 The Savings Fond 1.35 145 Mala van ln\e»tment Fund 1.05 1.15 Merlin* Crnnmodltv 3/10 4/5 First Hons Kong .7® -*4* Seennd Hong Kong .53 ■57«
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    • 98 9 SINGAPORE. WH. -4 Mngapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon price* today were: Buyer Seller Coconut Otl (FOB) Bulk 46.00 Coconut Oil (F.O.B.) Drums 4850 Loose < opra Mixed Ang./Sepf 29.50 Muntok White Pepper <F.O.B.) !»6% X.L.W 12T00 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) VI. W 125.00 Sarawak Special Black Pepper (F.O.) We
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The tin price for today was $597 per picul. down $l/-.
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    • 25 9 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Rubber market opened quiet with spot 15-13 76 161 8. No. 1 RSS CIF basis ports —Sept. 15-3 4 15-7/8
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    • 147 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The following ship? are expected to be in port today: 5 Asahi Maru Ragna Bakke 10/11 Biliiton 13/14 Glenlyon 18 Niros S 21/22 Kinabalu 23/24 Soko Mam 25 26 Zuikei Maru 27 28 Tjinegara 29/30 Blissful 31/32 Glenogle 42/43 Surma 45 Burma 47 Houn Maru
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE
    • 361 12 A WELL educated pupil is a good student. A good student is civic conscious, loyal to the school, co-operative, hardworking and polite. A good student is the model of good examples in the school and at home, to classmates, brothers and sisters. She behaves
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    • 351 12 MY family consists of twelve persons. My father, my auntie, four brothers, five sisters and myself. Amongst us. I am the jmingest My mother passed away when I was two years old My father is a businessman. who is fifty years old and is very
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    • 240 12 I AM an English doll. I have curly hair, rosy cheeks and blue eyes. I came from Norway in England. I was in a factory for a loag time waiting to be shipped. At last my turn came. When all the other dolis were ready,
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    • 337 12 ADVERTISEMENTS! What deceitful information they give us! In almost every day of OIT life, we are confronted by the big. glaring hoardings of advertisements. Even in cinemas and televisions, we can never escape the wide arms of advertisements. In fact, advertisement! have become so common
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    • 304 12 DURING the holidays. I went to the market with my mother. We walked slowly to market. As we arrived at the market, we heard a lot of noise. As we went into the market, we saw different races of people. Some were in groups,
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    • 263 12 I WAS ten years old when my teeth were extracted. *t was because 1 liked to eat chocolates My uncle bought a bar of chocolates and gave it to me. I took it and felt happy. At the same *ime. I went into my room
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    • 340 12 I AM an old coin, and have been in circulation from hand to hand many year? The Queen Elizabeth's head on my face is very faint and the lettering on my back is fading Although I am in this o:d manner. I can still remember
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    • 339 12 LIFE ha* become so complex that examinations play an important part in one's educational career. Examinations are considered so important that most students are afraid of them. The purpose of an examination is to judge a student s Intelligence, academic ability and diligence. All
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    • 279 12 THE persnn whom I love very murh and whom I cannot forget, is my mother. My mum is black-haired and fair skinned She is in her forties She likes to stay at home, and teach my little sister or invite her friends to tea in
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    • 188 12 THINGS usually go wrong when we do them In a hurry. One day I woke up at half-past-seven and I knew that I would be late lor school. Without washing my face. I put on my blouse and skirt. I snatched my bag and rushed
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    • 218 12 THE market in my hometown is a large one It is a centre place for Its people. It also has a number of open spaces on the side. It attracts large crowds of bu.vers and sellers daily, especially on Sundays Last Sunday, my friend and I
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 161 12 NEW ESSAY CONTEST FOR THOSE WHO ARE 14 AND UNDER THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writinc contest for boys and gh-ls of 14 and under appear* In this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And
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  • EASTERN SUN SPECIAL
    • 1032 13  -  THE GENIUSES By: Laurence Bookman r 1 EN lUS is akin to madness, said the ancients philosophers. Now, in some cases, modern psychiatrists agree. Professor Terman, in his Californian experiments, showed that a high |Q carries with it certain desirable characteristics, emotional as well as
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    • 1307 13  -  by H.L. Herschensehn, M. D. TWE possibility of a crime being committed by o person during an epileptic seiiure has already been discussed. But what about the possibility of a diabetic committing a crime as the result of his condition The following case
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    • 102 13 Promoter Abdul MAJId Proudly Present* Tiro B|G MAIN EVENT* IN 1 NIGHT IT'S COLOS«AL:* DON'T MISS TO SEEM MAIN EVENT S.N. Jado vs. The Gorilla (■W Champ. CH w Champ, of S. lAALT) California) MAIN EVENT Johnny Killer vs. Steve Youds (HW Champ. (H.w champ of Canada) of All-England) Phu
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    • 156 13 ORGANISATION LIDO Phoflr ***** n Di< 11. IM, 4 M «.M. »15 No Bilf-Priri> >'• Fr« Ut< Ai-ir.-e CASH only! Sea- Crnserj 1* J* me* Beni 001 Tor nVLY LIVE TWICE PtS«TI»tOB lUk) NO MILITARY CONCESSION 751 ti 9 '.5 Dm. Showa CAPITOL Phone ***** Utt Dit: 11. t.3A. CM.
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    • 104 13 i'enln Kumar Meeaa Kumar DIL EK MAVDIR Hindi Enrluh Va'ay Rubtitl<?s SAT. VLDMITE "LOOTEBA" Ear tmancAlor Ene Ma'av Subs CATHAY* OPENS TODAY! Vft I llrt I Ham. 1.30.4.00.6.308 9.30pm. THE IDEA WAS THE AGENTS, IMP THE CHANCES SO NATURALLY, IT WORKED! LAURENCE HARVEY DALIAH \M LIONEL JEFFRIES 1 S OBCHABD:
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 121 16 Collection of beautiful stamps provides many hours of fun and interest. This wonderful bargain lot include* details of "How to Organise A Stamp Club*'; Asian Highly catalogued set, G-B. Commonwealth stamps. Total world catalogue value worth 5i2.90. yours for only 55c to introduce our world wide approval service. (Approvals are
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 55 16 TIME AND TIDE Penan*: 2.45 a.m. <7.8 ft.), 2.41 p.m. (8.2 ft.) Port Swettenham: 8.02 a-m. <15.6 ft.), 8.04 p.m. (14.5 ft) Kuantan: 11.37 a-m. <7.7 ft), 11.57 p.m. <6.3 ft) 12-51 a-m. <9.0 ft.), 1.26 p.m. <B.l ft) Sedili Kechil: 12.18 a.m. <7.4 ft) Port Dickson: 8.44 a.m. <15.6
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