Eastern Sun, 9 November 1967

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  • 25 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 465 Thursday, 9 November 1967. ft MC(P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 350 1  -  By BEN D'CUNHA KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Nine people were killed when a Royal Malaysian Air Force Alouette helicopter crashed here this afternoon. The dead were two newly trained pilots and seven aborigines including three children. The aircraft was flying the aborigines and medical supplies to Mantiga,
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  • 96 1 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Wed. (Reuter) The Security Council prepared today for a new attempt to lead the Arab states and Israel to a political settlement of their 19-year conflict. But Israel has rejected in advance one proposed peace formula which the Council will consider and
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  • 348 1  -  By Chan Kam You KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Government will cancel licences of rubber dealers and firms refusing to buy rubber on the grounds that they do not have sufficient godown space. This was announced today by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim
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  • 66 1  -  BY LEE SINGAPORE. Wed. Television Singapura w jU telecast over Channel 5 “Prime Minister's interview with 10 newsmen representing 44 journalists from 13 countries” tomorrow at 3.55 p.m. The interview was recorded at the TV Centre today. The 11 journalists are from newspapers and publications of the three
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  • 64 1 SURFERS PARADISE. Southern Queensland, Wed. (Reuter) The Prime Minister of Laos. Prince Souvanna Phouma. said here today that attempts were being made to find a solution to the Vietnam war. He was speaking at a press conference in this tourist resort town, 30 miles South of
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  • 41 1 HONG KONG. Wed. (Reuter) —Two people were killed and about 37 injured when a bomb exploded in a busy street near a police patrol lorry here tonight. Several 0 f the injured were policemen, a Government spokesman said.
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  • 82 1 CAPE KENNEDY. Wed. fßeu’er) —America's Surveyor 6 satellite cruised serenely towards the moon today as space scientists here prepared for the test launch of a giant rocket designed to carry U.S. astronaut on their first voyage to the planet. Lift off for the rocket Saturn 5
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  • 51 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Minister for Finance. Dr. Goh Keng Swee, today denied a newspaper report (not the Eastern Sun) that the subject of alleged rubber price manipulation was discussed between the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. and himself during his visit to Kuala Lumpur last
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  • 35 1 HONG KONG. Wed.(UPI) —A Red Guard tv>stc-r smuggled out of Communist China said anti. Mao elements were setting up a guerrilla base in S7*»chu. n Province, often called the “Bread Basket” of China.
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  • 21 1 The 120-foot long ICBM rocket shown for first time in the anniversary parade on Moscow’s Red Square on Tuesday. UPI radiophoto.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 227 2 IPOH. Wed. A carpenter. Ali bin Baren. of Kampong J a long in Sungei Siput, who played the gallant role of a chaperon, in accompanying his young sister-in-law. Salmah binte Khalid, to a river to have her bath at night, was attacked
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    • 112 2 SINGAPORE, Wed—The Singapore-Malaysia Council of Christian Churches said today it viewed with great concern “if not alarm” the Singapore Government’s proposal to legalise abortion The statement was signed by Rev (Dr.) Timothy Tow, Rev. John E. Grauley and Rev. Peter Ng the resolution committee on the
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    • 87 2 PENANG. Wed. The Chief of the Air Staff. Royal New Zealand Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal C. A. Turner, arrived at the RAA F. Base. Butterworth, today for discussions with the officer commanding the base. Air Commodore G. Steege. and senior R.A.A.F. and R A.F. officers
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    • 52 2 PENANG, Wed. Four youths, one armed with a dagger, entered a shop and robbed the brother of the shop proprietor of $lO, while he was alone in Kelantan Road yesterday The proprietor, Teh Aik Aun. 24, told the police his brother was tied up by the youths before
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    • 50 2 PENANG, Wed. A Poppy Day appeal broadcast will be made over Radio Malaysia by Tunku Puan Sri Habsah. wife of the Governor of Penang, at 8.10 p.m. tomorrow. The broadcast, to be made In the National Language, will subsequently be broadcast In the English and Chinese languages.
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    • 64 2 THE Indonesian military team from Pontianak over the weekend visited Indonesian soldiers' graves at the Kuching Masjid Besar cemetery. They were accompanied by the Commander of the 3rd Malaysian Infantry Biigade. Brigadier Othman bin Ibrahim and officers from the Brigade. Picture shows Brigadier A.J. Witono performing the ‘Menabor Bunga ceremony.
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    • 72 2 SINGAPORE. Wed The newly-registered Public Utilities Board Btaff Union has now been given the approval by the Minister for Labour to seek affiliation with the National Trades Union Congress. Disclosing this today, a PUBSU official said that the union's pro-tem committee would meet
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    • 133 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Police arrested three youths at Kepong in connection with a report of attempted extortion here yesterday. Khoo Kok Nam. 27, a painter of Lower Ampang. visited his fiancee at Kepong on the afternoon of Oct. 33. While he was
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    • 80 2 ML'AR. Wed —The Day Training Colleges Centres branch, Johore, has sent out notes of the recent debate between the NUT and the D.T.C. Union in Kuala Lumpur to all the l.Oftfl members in Johore State. The local branch has disclosed that the DTC Union had taped
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    • 184 2 AUSTRALIANS are responding enthusiastically to the nationwide Host Family Scheme for overseas students. Recently, when Queensland became the fourth Australian State to launch the scheme, there was another stream of inquiries. The Host Family Scheme aims at providing an Australian “foster family” for every overseas student who comes to Australia.
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    • 157 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A popular Chinese cultural troupe from Hong Kong is expected to arrive at Subang Airport on Saturday here for a three-month tour of West Malaysia. This was stated here today by Mr. Jackie Chin, the advertising director of Rothmans
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    • 184 2 PENANG. Wed. State Assemblyman. Mr. Khoo Kay Por. (U.D P >. will ask the Chief Minister at the State Legislative Assembly meeting today whether there was any plan to reduce assessment in the city as it was a known fact that assessment rates of
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    • 80 2 IPOH, Wed. The old abattoir building of the Municipal Council which was recently renovated. was handed over to the Raja diHilir for use by the Ipoh Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals today. The President of the Municipal Council, Dato S. P. Seenivasagam,
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    • 88 2 PENANG, Wed A 36-year-old police supervisee, Hassan bln Akob, who had 15 previous convictions, was sentenced to two years’ jail by the Session's Court President. Mr. Sim Ewe Eong, yesterday. Hassan pleaded guilty to the first charge of falling to remain Indoors at Balik Pulau
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    • 73 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A oolice spokesman today praised civic minded citizens who wrote to him, giving information and tipoffs that were vital to the prevention of crime. As a result of their tipoffs. police arrested 16 youths yesterday for various criminal offences. With an arrest in
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    • 68 2 KAMPAR, Wed. An English school teacher here, Mr. Ding Buoi Soon, 29, is one of the four Malaysians w-ho has passed the overseas examination held by the University of London in June with a B A. (Hons.) degree. The other three Malaysians are Mr. Foo See Jork
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    • 42 2 IPOH. Wed. D. Subramaniam. 22, was fined $2OO or two months’ jail today, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of causing hurt to one M Kandasamy with a parang at Tanjong Rambutan Mental Hospital on April 1.
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    • 379 2 IT UAL A LUMPUR, Wed.—The timber export trade is now Malaysia's third largest foreign exchange earner after rubber and tin. Today it not ohly provides direct employment to Malaysians but also plays an important part in the economy of the nation. This
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    • 207 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Members of the Canadian educational equipment mission to South-East Asia listed three “musts’’ that could heln raise the educational standards In Singapore. The three factors, according to the six top-level business are a good curriculum, good tea cherg and proper teaching equipment. Mr L.L.
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    • 54 2 PENANG. Wed. Thieves broke into a house in Aboo Sittee Lace here and took cash and jewellery, amounting to $260. while the occupants w r ere out yesterday. A businessman. Bo e y Cheang Yeng. said he left the house together with his wife and on returning, found
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    • 64 2 6EREMBAN. Wed. The Negri Sembilan Sikhs Union will hold an all community dance in aid of its building fund at the Chinese Recreation Club here on Saturday from 9 p m. to 2 a m The patron will be the Yang dl-Pertuan Besar of
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    • 29 3 Curious on-lookers watching at the burnt-out RMAF Alouette helicopter after it crashed in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, killing all nine people on board. Eastern Sun pix by Yap Chew Yan.
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    • 530 3  -  By KHOO BOON CHOO PENANG, Wed. Some City Councillors had violated not only the principle of fairplay but also had contravened the regulations provided for the purpose of recruitment of employees in the City Transport Department. This was contained in the report of
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    • 172 3 KUALA I.UMPUR. Wed. The Minister of Commerce and Industry Dr. Lim Swee Aun, today gave an assurance that the Government had enough money to buy rubber. The Government, he said, would continue to purchase the commodity until there was a fair and equitable price.
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    • 198 3 IPOH. Wed. The Raja Perempuan and the Mentri Besar, Dato Ahmad bin Said, were given a ringside view at a fashion show at St. John Ambulance Association hall last night. "The show, in aid of the Perak Association for Mentally Retarded Children, featured more than ten
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    • 93 3 SEREMBAN. Wed. The Central Executive Committee member of the Democratic Action Party, Mr. Lim Kit Siang. last night accused the Government c.' compelling all English. Chinese and Tamil-medium primary schools to use Malay as the sole medium of instruction. Mr. Lim. who is also edited of
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    • 75 3 Zoo Negara 10 am. to 6 pm. Muzium Negara 10 a m. to 6.30 p.m. Exhibition of batiks by Mrs. Angelina Ibrahim at Samat Art Gallery, AIA Building 9 a m. to 6 p.m. Works of prominent Malaysian artists. Peninsular Art Society, 41, Jalan Raja Muda 9 a.m.
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    • 274 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A proposal to have a woman social welfare officer attached to the Muslim Religious Affairs Department in each State in the country has been put forward by the National Council of Women's Organisations Malaya. Disclosing this at a press conference here
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    • 273 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A Remembrance Day parade and solemn military ceremony in honour of those who hod fallen in the last two wars and the emergency will be held on Sunday at 9.00 a.m. at the Cenotaph in the Lake Gardens, here. Units and organisations taking part
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    • 564 4 Brutal murder of taxi-driver KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Lobour MP for Batu, Dr. Tan Chet Khoon, has launched an appeal to the public to set up a Trust Fund for the family of a taxi driver who was robbed and murdered by
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    • 126 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed —A nutfiber of East Asian scientific and medical institutions, including one in Malaysia, have received new grants from the Ford Foundation which will facilitate the further development of improved food supplies, better health and living conditions for the East Asian and other world
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    • 49 4 PtNANG, Wed. Miss Chuah Saw Sim. 20, a Day Treiliing College teacher fell to her death from the third ifloor of the General Hospital this morning Miss Chuah a teacher at the Methodist Girls’ School, was admitted to the hospital on Oct. 27 for treatment an aliment.
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    • 101 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Ford Foundation had committed $5.2 million for grants and projects both in Malaysia and Singapore for the last nine months. The projects were in the fields of education, public administration, law, economic research, agriculture and family planning The University of Malaya received
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    • 223 4 PENANG. Wed. The Penang and Province Wellesley Farmers’ Association, today strongly protested against the importation of pigs Into Western Malaysia, stating that there would be a drain of this country’s foreign exchange by such importation. The Association pointed out that should pig farming
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    • 256 4 KUALA LUMPUR Wed Parliament will be asked to give the green light for the running of football pools in Malaysia when it begins its session on Monday. The Tunku announcing this to newsmen after the weekly Cabinet meeting said that from the Government’s point
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    • 73 4 TAIPING. Wed. The Taiping Junior Chamber will inaugurate the Junior Chamber Cinema Club at its secretariat here on Saturday at 5 p.mThe project, one of a series in their “service to the community” programme 1967 has been made possible with the help of the U.S.I S.
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    • 366 4 PENANG, Wed. The former Mayor of Georgetown. Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, will seek legal advice with a view to challenge the right of the Chief Minister, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, to continue assuming charge of the functions
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    • 43 4 KAJANG, A branch of the Tae Kwon Do Association, Selangor, has been formed in Kajang with Enche Hassan bin Ibrahim (District Officer, Kajang) as chairman and Enche Salleh Amran bin Mohd Jamian (assistant district officer) as secretary.
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    • 61 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— The Deepavali Celebration Committee will hold a dinner to celebrate the National Festival Deepavali at the Selangor Club here on Nov. 15 at 7.30 p.m. The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak, the Mentri Besar of Selangor, Dato Harun bin Idris, the Minister of
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    • 31 4 MUAR. Wed. The North Johore (Muir) Replanting Board has, during the last nine months this year, donated a total of more than 55.524 500 as allowance to smallholders.
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    • 231 4 JESSELTON. Wed. Two Australian ex-service-men from New South Wale* Mr Reginald Culley and Mr. Frank Press will visit Sabah from Nov. 10 to 23. as guests of the Sabah Government and the Sabah Ex-Service Association. During their stay here they wul take part
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    • 100 4 IPOH. Wed A motor cyclist, wong Hon Fee. 19. was carrying a pillion rider when he was involved In an accident at Kampar Road, resulting In the death of the pillion rider, the Senior President of the Sessions Court here. Mr. Gunn Chit Tuan, was
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    • 39 4 MUAR. Wed —A progress show will be held at the Ayer Itam 15 milestone community hall here on Sunday at 2.30 p.m. Another similar show will be held at the Parit Keroma community hall on Nov. 19
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    • 113 4 Three Kedah State Legislative Assembly men and one Assembly woman who arrived in Kuching over the weekend for a two-day visit, paid courtesy calls on the Chief Minister, Dato Penghulu Tawi Sli, the Acting Federal Secretary and State Development Officer, Enche Harun Ariffin; the Speaker of Council Negri, Dato Dr.
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    • 149 4 JURA, Wed. The Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman today called on farmers to be more determined in their efforts to improve their socioeconomic status. He said they should also be “revolutionary” in their outlook to achieve progress and prosperity within
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    • 78 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Turku Tan Sri Mohamed bin Tunku Besar Burhanuddin. Director of Establishment, ha s been appointed acting Chief Secretary to the Government to take over from Tan Sri Abdul Jamil bin Rais, who has been appointed Malaysian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Tan
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    • 110 4 IPOH. Wed. The headmaster of St Anthony’s School in Tambun Road here. Lip Yoke Keen, was fined $450 in the magistrate's court here today on three charges under the Employees’ Provident Fund regulations. Lip was charged with failing to remit a sum of $4O, contributions
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    • 99 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Two youths, one believed to be armed with a pistol and the other with a dagger, held up a housewife. P. Gunusaklan and two maidservants and got away with $350. and articles worth $660 yesterday. At about 5.45 pm. vesterday, evening, P. Gunusaklan
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    • 164 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— The Comissioner of the Federal Capital. Dato Lokman bin Yusof. said today six more sites for "Pasar Milam” would be set up in the Federal capital soon The "Pasar Malam” centres would provide places for 1,200 hawkers in the Fed®, ral
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    • 58 4 KUCHING. Wed. The Federal Ministry of Education has approved a capital grant of $40,000 to St. Elizabeth’s Convent primary school for the construction of a new 3-storeyed building at Bukit Asek Road here This school, with an enrol, ment of over 500 pupils, is at present
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    • 39 4 PENANG. Wed. Mr. Goh Hock Guan. acting Se-cretary-General, DAP. Malaysia, will give a talk on “The economic ills of Malaysia and their solutions” at their branch premises No. 52. Magazine Road, on Friday at 8.30 p m.
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    • 207 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. R.A.F. Belvederes of No 66 Squadron in formation over Singapore and a very special fly-past for the squadron. After almost five years of continuous detachments the squadron are reunited as a complete squadron at their base at R.A.F. Sele- tar. Singapore. In
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    • 441 10 UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY CASE: 'Leader acquitted without trial,’ so must be the 261 counsel SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. T. T. Rajah, defence counsel for the 261 accused persons chafed with participating in an unlawful assembly likely to cause a breach of peace, today submitted that his clients should be acquitted. The defence
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    • 156 10 SINGAPORE, Wed The strike by Air India's ground engineers in Bombay has not affected the flight schedule of the airlines services through Singapore, at least for today. Confirming the strike, Air India's manager here, Mr. C. S. Pinto, told the Eastern
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    • 59 10 KAJANG, Wed. The 18th. mile Ulu Langat Local Council will hold a reception on Nov. 18 to honour 63 people in Kajang district who were awarded the PPM (Pingat Peringatan Malaysia) medals by the Yang diPertuan Agong The reception will be held at the Chung Hwa Primary Chinese
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    • 140 10 SINGAPORE. Wed The Queen’s Colour of the Royal Air Force Regiment is to be flown 9.000 miles from Britain to Singapore for the 25th anniversary celebrations of the R AF. Regiment. It 1* the first time that the colour, presented recently by the Queen,
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    • 63 10 SINGAPORE. Wed A surgeon. Mr Earl Ming Teh Lu. will demonstrate the technique of Chinese painting at the luncheon meeting of the Y’s Men’s Club of Singapore. Beta Chapter, on Saturday at 1.15 p.m. at Troika Restaurant in Orchard Road, hereHe is a lecturer on ‘‘The
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    • 435 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. Singapore’s rate of illiteracy is O roughly four per cent which is comparable to other advanced countries with low illiteracy, said Mr. Ng Yeow Chong, Member of Parliament for Mountbatten, yesterday. Mr. Ng stressed that one of the greatest achievements in the Republic
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    • 74 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Scandinavian countries would be willing to train personnel in navigation and shipping if the Singapore Government requested them to do so. This was stated by the Norwegian Communications Minister. Mr. Haskon Kyllingmark. at the airport this afternoon before leaving for Bangkok.
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    • 167 10 SINGAPORE. W>d. The YMCA and the YWCA will be celebrating their centenary year of the Week of Prayer and World Fellowship from Sunday to Nov. 18 The theme will be “Come with a song, with praise and thanksgiving into the presence of the
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    • 265 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Cantonese community in Singapore has pledged their full sup>ort to the campaign to false funds for the proposed National Art Gallpry and Academy of Aits and for the National Theatre Companv, More than 120 registered guilds and societies will pome together to
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    • 231 10 SINGAPORE. Wei The Singapore Social Welfare Department has Ippealed to the public t| keep Singapore free from beggars. In a statement todiy the Department said \that through the joint efflrts of the Government ani the public, it had over tA last three years been at*?
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    • 579 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. The most important single factor in national integration of the democratic, humanitarian and liberal form, is the quality and spirit of leadership. This was stated today by Professor Syed Hus-, sain Al-atas. Head of the Malay Studies Department of
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    • 166 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. A recent Malaysian graduate from the University of Malaya has been appointed to the Singapore Administrative Service and is now attached to the Ministry of Labour. Mr. K. Kaisavapany graduated this year with a 2nd Class Upper Honours Degrees in History. Starting
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    • 83 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. L. W. Carroll, Press Attache in the Australian High Commission here, lost his wallet containing some money, his diplomatic identity card and other documents this afternoon. He believes that he lost it while he was boarding or alighting from a taxi at
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    • 418 11 SINGAPORE, Wed The Minister for Education. Mr. Ong Pang Boon, will be asked the Government s view on the proposed introduction of sex education in some mission secondary schools next year. The question has been submitted by Mr. Ho Kah Leong. MP for Jurong,
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    • 146 11 SINGAPORE. Wed The International Brotherhood of Magicians. Singapore Ring 115, will hold a 196* magic convention here from Saturday to Monday. About 90 magicians from Malaysia and Hong Kong are expected to attend the convention. It is the first time in history that
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    • 119 11 SINGAPORE Wed.— The Minister for Education. Mr. Ong Pang Boon, will open an Exhibition of Science Teaching Aids at the audi torlum of Teachers' Training College on Tuesday at 5 pm. All teaching aids on dls play are Improvised by teachers for
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    • 65 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. Military personnel will conduct a "street clearing exercise” between 2 and 6 a.m on Friday The exercise, to commence from Middle Road, will cover the junctions of Middle Road-North Bridge RoadVictc.ria Street-Queen Street. The public are advised not to be alarmed. The troops will only
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    • 283 11 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The Biennial Session of the Far Eastern Division of the International General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Davao City, Philippines, from Nov. 16 to 28, it has been announced here. Mr. Paul H Eldridge. of Singapore, president of the church’s headquarters in the
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    • 196 11 SINGAPORE. Wed- A Police Constable told Mr. Justice Winslow in the High Court today how he tried to chase a man to no avail after he saw an old lady with blood stains. The Police Constable, Dominic Pinto, attached to the Reserve Unit, was testifying at
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    • 149 11 SINGAPORE. Wed —Mr. K. Willumsen. Danish Ambassador to Singapore greets Mr. S. K. Yam. locally-born Manager of a scooter assembly plant yesterday when the Danish VIP and Scandinavian Ministers and journalists went on a tour of the Jurong Industrial Estate. The Scandinavian Minister* and journalists
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    • 215 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. —The first four Hercules to be based in the Far East were met at R.A.F. Changi here, by the Far East Air Force Commander (Air Marshal Sir Rochford Hughes) and other senior officers. The Hercules are for No. 48 Squadron, which is
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    • 165 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. The National Family Planning Programme has served a total of 2,919 women in the Republic- This is the highest monthly figure recorded by the Singapore Family Planning and Population Board in October. To-date more than 56.000 women here exceeding the Board’s
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    • 135 11 SINGAPORE, Wed The Public Works Department will spend $89,000 to Improve the Tanglin Circus drainage system to serve a catchment area of 238 acres. This follows investigations which indicate that flooding in the circus, causing traffic hold-ups. has been due principally to an inadequate culvert
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 211 5 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) The British Government last CJ ni6ht w °n a vote of confidence from the House of Commons for its economic policies r>y a majority of 82. The Commons rejected by 321 votes to 239 an opposition Conservative motion asserting the government
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    • 280 5 I-formula in Aden LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Britain will hand over power in the South Arabian Federation to whoever is in control when British forces pull-out by the end of this month, Foreign Secretary George Brown said yesterday. He told Parliament: “The National Liberation Front appear to have
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    • 144 5 KINSHASA, Wed. (UPI) An International Red Cross airlift to Rwanda beyesterday to evacuate beleaguered mercenaries, despite Congolese objections. A' Sabena Belgian Airlines Bo«ng 727 was provided at the' request of the IRC's Geneva headquarters to begin the evacuation. Last Monday President Joseph D. Mooutu said
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    • 162 5 UNITED NATIONS. W'ed. (UPI) The United Nations has rejected Communist demands to clear out of Korea. It- killed the Soviet-backed proposals to withdraw UNForces and dissolve the U.N. Commission for Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea (UNCURK). A U.S.-backed resolution reaffirming the U.N.
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    • 249 5 Balancing Britain's fate in C-Mart PARIS, Wed. (Reuter) French Foreign Minister M. Maurice Couve de Murville told the National Assembly yesterday that a basic agreement between the six Common Market countries about Britain’s desire to enter the European Community was a first condition for
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    • 72 5 The British Grassland Research Institute at Hurley, southern England, has produced a neat dried grass wafer that may well be the staple food of Britain's three and a half million beef and dairy cattle in the future. According to the Institute the wafers are more nourishing than other forms of
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    • 438 5 THE LOT IS CAST... NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) Millions of Americans voted yesterday In local elections across the country and the electorate of San Franciso prepared to confront the nation with their verdict on the Vietnam war. San Francisco citizens were able to
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    • 381 5 27 TINS A MONTH RANGOON. Wed. (Reuter) People throughout Burma have been warned not to waste rice and thus avoid the danger of a domestic shortage before the new crop in December. The agricultural department has told peasants that If by exercising care they
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    • 69 5 MUNICH. Wed (Reuter) More than 1.000 shouting Munich teenagers last night tried to push down the doors of a beer hall here to join a session of meditation by the Beatles’ spiritual adviser Maharishi Mahesh Yogi The uproar ended when police arrived Inside the hall about 3.000
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    • 162 5 ROME. Wed (Reuter) A Bulgarian engineer who was unable to get an exit permit for his four-year old son. smuggled him across four borders in a suitcase during a 27-day journey from Sofia to Milan, a Rome newspaper reported The dailv Gironale d’ltalia said little Stanimir
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    • 433 5 MANILA. Wed. (UPI) Grim reports of sharks snapping at helpless children and the apparent suicide of the ship Captain emerged today from survivors in the sinking of a Philippine inter-island vessel at the height of typhoon Emma last
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    • 231 5 ISTRES, France, Wed. (CPI) A live atomic bomb packing a deadly 60-kiloton punch was hoisted aboard a Mirage IV nuclear bomber yesterday and flown to an “enemy target” in an exercise set off by President Charles de Gaulle. Standing by the electronic controls of the
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    • 111 5 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Rail Chiefs yesterday opened an Inquiry Into Britain’s worst train crash for a decade which killed 51 people travelling on a weekend express Into London. After 24 hours spent clearing away the wreckage two lines were opened yesterday and the first passengers travelled
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    • 67 5 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) President Cevdet Sunay of Turkey has announced that he had invited Queen Elizabeth to visit Turkey. He told a press conference that his state visit had been a “unique occasion” for him to meet the Queen and her family. He had been
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    • 181 6 JAKARTA, Wed, (UPI) The Ihdonesian University Studehts erf the Kami Action Front in a memorandum issued today demanded that the present Cabinet be reshuffled because it failed to meet the people’s demand. Without specifically mentioning the soaring rice and oil prices, the memorandum accused the recently
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    • 193 6 WASHINGTON, Wed(UPI) Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey has recommended that college students who physicially interfere with military recruiting officers on campus be subject to immediate drafting, it was learned yesterday. Disclosure of Mr. Hershey’s letter to local draft boards across the country followed incidents
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    • 101 6 MANILA, Wed- (UPI) Dark-eyed 20-year-old beauty Maita Gomez was named winner of the Miss Philippines contest last night to represent this country in the Miss World pageant in London. The 20-year-old Miss Gomez is a second-year premedical student at the University of the Philippines. She is
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    • 433 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) President Johnson ft signed into law yesterday a Bill to create a “public television” corporation to promote a new line of educational, cultural and public affairs programming. The non-profit corporation will finance production of programmes for use on
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    • 62 6 MANAUS. Brazil. Wed. (Reuter) Police are investigating reports of a blonde woman “Vampire”, dressed in mini-skirt and black stockings and with long pointed teeth, said to have attacked several people at night on a populir beach near here. Local press reports said 30 policemen were detailed
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    • 298 6 SAIGON. Wed. (UPI) The Vietnamese Defence Ministry has begun a new “anti-corruption drive” w’ithin the Armed Forces ranks, the semi-official Vietnam press agency reported today. The agency said the drive w-as headed by Gen. Coa Van Vien. Defence Minister and Chief of the Armed Forces General
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    • 380 6 PHNOM PENH. Wed. (UPI) Jacqueline Kennedy leaves Cambodia today after a week-long stay as guest of Prince Norodom Sihanouk who supports the Communists in neighbouring Vietnam yet says her visit “certainly helped relations between our two countries.” Jackie came to Cambodia to
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    • 118 6 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed (Reuter) San Francisco tonight apparently rejected a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of United States from Vietnam by a 2-1 majority. Early returns showed the anti-war resolution going down by 57,032 votes to 32.339 with about half of the city’s precincts counted
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    • 122 6 BALTIMORE. Wed. (UPI) Four men. including Father Philip Berrigan. and a Protestant Minister, were indicted on four charges yesterday by a Federal grand jury for their blood pouring anti-war protest on Oct. 27. Berrigan. 44, James Mengel. 38. a United Church of Christ Minister. David
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    • 87 6 NEW DELHI Wed. (Reuter) Pakistan has accused India's law enforcement authorities of collaborating with la.w breakers during recent Hlndu-Moslem riots in India, an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said here today. The allegations were contained in a recent Pakistani letter to the Indian Government, which noted that, since
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    • 37 6 SAIGON: The last of the ceremonial duties for President Nguyen Van Thieu when he visited the Vien Hoa Dau, National Buddhist Pagoda in Saigon. Thieu jokes with elderly women Buddhists during the visit.
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    • 125 6 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter)' The Archbishop of Canterbury is to discuss with church leaders and other authorities possible changes in the annual remembrance day services for British and Commonwealth war dead. The Anglican Church Assembly (Parliament), meeting here yesterday, voted to ask the Archisbishop, Dr.
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    • 75 6 NEW DELHI, Wed. (UPI) Police opened fire on a mob of workers demonstrating at Chirmiri collierv in Madhya Pradesh State, killing one and wounding several others, press reports said today. The miners reportedly besieged the colliery offices to press demands for higher wages. When
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    • 92 6 TOKYO. Wed. (Reuter) A new tropical storm, christened Freda, was spotted about 280 miles south of Manila today while tropical storm Emma was downgraded to a tropical depression. the United States Air Force Weather Office here reported. Storm Freda with 69 miles an nour winds was
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    • 449 7 ‘NEW AMERICAN LINE’ HINT TOKYO. Wed. (Reuter) Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato is on his way to Washington for talks with President Johnson on the thorny problem of Okinawa and other Pacific islands once ruled by Japan. The impression is growing in Tokyo, 22 rears
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    • 30 7 MOSCOW Floodlights and decorations go up on the giant Moskva department store here for the cele- brations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, UPI photo.
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    • 188 7 PARIS. Wed (Reuter) France yesterday called on all the great world powers to work together for a settlement of thp Middle East crisis, despite the obstacle of the Vietnam war. Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville. addressing a national assembly budget debate, said
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    • 121 7 UVALDE. Texas, Wed. (Reuter) John Nance Garner twice vice-president of the United States under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, died at hi s home here yesterday after almost 30 years of obscurity. He would have been 99 on November 22. The long er he lived the
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    • 295 7 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) Several thousand Indonesian students today marched to the office of the acting President. General Suharto in a massive demonstration against the soaring price of rice and essential commodities. Carrying a huge banner “Lower prices.” they trooped hand-in-hand down the main streets of
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    • 74 7 ABIDJAN. Wed (Reuter) Guinea is to have presidential and parliamentary elections next January 1, Guinea Radio reported today. It said the decision was taken at a meeting of the central committee of the ruli n g Guinea Democratic Party, the country’s principal policy-making body President Ahmed
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    • 115 7 TOKYO Wed. (UPI) When it was announced that Frank Lloyd Wright's famed old Imperial was to be torn down, it was made known that a 26Storey modern skyscraper hotel would rise in its ashes. Today. Imperial Hotel President Tetsuzo Inumaru said the new hotel would rise
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    • 90 7 BERKELEY. California. Wed (Reuter) Anti-Viet-nam war demonstrations on the Berkeley campus of California University are disrupting academic life, councillor Roger Heyns charged today. He told the academic senate that problems created by student activists including demonstrations against the Vietnam war and the Central Intelligence Agency, were being
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    • 133 7 DETROIT. Wed. (Reuter) About 9.000 Chrysler workers jumped the gun and walked off their jobs yesterday threatening to cripple the corporation even before the United Auto Workers Union strike deadline of midnight A walkout by 100 lorry drivers, if it continues, could put another
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    • 97 7 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Nearly 30.000 animals have been slaughtered in a spreading outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in England and Wales, the Agriculture Ministry said last night. More than 15 fresh outbreaks were reported today, bringing the total to 126 in the 13-day epidemic, officially described as
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    • 129 7 (IF YOU SERVE IN VIETNAM) WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) The House has passed by voice vote and sent to the Senate legislation that would allow men serving in Vietnam to accumulate up to 90 days of leave a year, instead of the usual 60 The extra 30 days would
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    • 109 7 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) A new book claiming to be a suppressed govern, ment report, forecasting that world peace might be a catastrophe, was a sell-out at many book stores here today. The quick-selling “Report from Iron Mountain: On the possibility and desirability of peace”
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    • 420 7 AT THE UN. UNITED NATIONS. Wed (UPI) Israel has rejected an Afro-Asian Middle East peace rormula as “an Arab-Soviet resolution which tries to dictate surrender terms" to the Israeli government. India. Mali and Nigeria proposed the formula in a resolution for security council action and their
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    • 226 7 WASHINGTON. Wed (Reuter)—The director of U.S. Foreign Aid has warned that aid programmes for India. Pakistan and Africa will face deep cuts if Congress insists on trimming development funds. Mr. William S. Gaud, administrator of the Agency for International Development, said a 50 per cent
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    • 37 7 musical instrument from Bittain called the “Minitronic” can A ?h ent K el rnrde tlTsound like a harpsichord or full grand piano or played so either that”only the°'pianist C hears Ihe performance through earphones.
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    • 125 6 'D. a o a sp/AsH-PoWrt To DEATH ANP HER STOHT-6IRL COUNTERSPIES YgOMrtV/ THE ROCKET... THE BUMPING” HAS KICKED OVER ANOTHER JET BOOSTER —r TIME TO GET OFF THIS OVERGROWN HOTROD/ 4^3 t. K <4 vy*^~ s -5 FINE, TING/THIS MAY SOUND CORNY, HONEY, BUT FOLLOW THAT YOU OKAY, JET? X
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  • 711 8 PEOPLE, who had lived in Singapore before or those who had not visited the Republic for some time, are disillusioned to find rudeness has become a common trait of the people here. The first blast of rudeness greets visitors at some hotels which are not keen to
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    • 558 8 THE Ministry of Education is drawing the blueprint of a rotation system for teachers to serve in the rural areas. This plan is good. Most teachers, except those in the urban areas, certainly welcome it. To ensure success and a fair deal for
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    • 106 8 THERE is a gang of labourers cutting the road and laying ducts (presumably for the Telecoms) from the sth mile to 3J Klang Road. Yet there is another gang from the Municipality widening the road from the 3rd mile Klang Road working towards the direction of Petaling
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    • 164 8 A GOOD many Government pensioners are residing in Housing and Development Board flats. Being in the lower income group they find it difficult in paying the rent plus City Council charges for water, light and meeting their living expenses. It is certainly rather hard to expect
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    • 506 8 \LLOW me to congratulate the Lower Secondary School, Malacca for bringing back to life the dormant Dong Beach Swimming Pool as well as giving organised swimming lessons to other school pupils. I am one of the many who have benefited from it and would like to draw the
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  • 281 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") JENNIE never believed the proverbial jokes about slipping on a banana peel until it happened to her. She sued the Beacon Department Store for her injuries. The Judge dismissed the case and Jennie appealed. “The banana
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  • 1803 8 'J' HIS article in a question and answer intervieic given by Thailand*» Foreign Minister, Tun Thanat Khoman, to a group of New Zealand reporters in Bangkok recently. Tun Khoman touched on several topics from British pullout to peace and security in this region.
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 325 9 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) British traders said yesterday Hong Kong's increase In exports was “clear evidence” that industrial production has not been affected by its various troubles. The Hong Kong Association. which includes almost all British firms doing business with the colony, said in its
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    • 24 9 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) R .bber maf.et opened quiet with spot I*4 17 nom. No 1 RSf CIF basis portsNov 14-1 6 14-1/4.
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    • 291 9 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. James Callaghan yesterday told Parliament that Britain's economy was starting to expand again. In a parliamentary debate he called the Rio de Janeiro international agreement on world liquidity earlier this vear “the beginning of a revolution” which later
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE. Wed The tin price for today was $604.12$ per picul, up $3.12$
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    • 224 9 Wed. The f< owing ships are expected to oe id port today:Gadown? Vessels 1 2 Arild Maersk 3 '4 Bengioe 6 7 Astrid Bakke 8 9 Anna Bakke 10/11 Menetheus 13* 14 Primorje 1 r* /16 Tungus Adolf Warski 19 Mickiewiez 2L22 Musi 2 24 Wakamatsu Maru
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    • 114 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. BOAC and Fortes Holdings Ltd are planning to build 2,350-room convention type hc.'el in Kingston. Jamaica The 'wo concerns will form a new company. Pegasus Hotels of Jamaica Ltd., to build and operate the hotel. The/ are already negotiating with the Liguanea Club
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    • 322 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. November first grade rubber fo b. closed at 5 p.m in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at. 48-1/8 cents per lb., up one and one-e:ghth of a cent from previous close. The tone was steadyOverseas advices were better than expected and values were marked
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    • 125 9 HONG KONG, Wed. (Reuter) Mr. R H. Stewart, leader of the New Zealand Trade Mission to Southeast Asia suggested yesterday that Hong Kong should send a trade mission to his country Speaking at a press conference. Mr. Stewart said New Zealand bought goods from
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    • 42 9 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) General Services Administration today sold 35 long tons of grade A tin at $1.54 per lb. to two buyers. Primary metals bought 20 tons to specify delivery and Philipp Bros. 15 tons, also to specify delivery.
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    • 161 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Anthony T. Western, radiography specialist with the international markets division of the Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York, U.S.A.. is currently in Singapore to meet with executives of Kodak (Malaya) Limited and to join technical representatives of that company in visiting radiologists
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    • 187 9 SINGAPORE. Wed New low group inclusive tour fares to spur tourism between the Americas and Asia are announced by British Overseas Airways Corporation. The new fares, effective on January 1 next, (subject to Government’s approvals) are designed to bring long-distance tourist travel to wider
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    • 25 9 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) Money quotations: HK$5 ***** 5.785 per US dollar for cash HKSI6O3 per pound sterling HK*26l.25 per tael gold.
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    • 1231 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Activity on the Stock Exchange continued fairly brisk with the total turnover totalling $l7 million again. The upward trend in the Industrials was still in persistence and the closing tone remained firm. Singapore Traction which shot up out of the blue today
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    • 468 9 SINGAPORE—Stock Exchange bid and offer price* officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co 1.73 1.74 Bnustead 1.65 1 68 < 'near 2.07 1 hemlcal Co 144 1.45 c old Morale 4 06 4.20 Bunion 230 2.32 1 smelt in* 4.60 4.62 E.A.l 2.38 2.40 E»so
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    • 90 9 LONDON. Wed (UPI) London rubber market closed quiet with spot 15J 17 nom Settlement House Dec 14-7/16 14-5/8 Jan 14-5 8 14-13 /16 Feb/Jan March 14-13'16 14-15/16 April June 15-5 16 15-3/8 July Sept 15-11/16 15-3/4 Oct/Dec 15-7/8 16 Jan March 16-1/16 16-1/4 April June 16-1 4
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    • 53 9 (Managers' Price*) First Mala)an 2.51 2.60 Second Malax an 1.R0 1.89 Third Mala)an VD 1.14 1.23 The Commerce Industry Fund .95 1.04 The sa\lng« Hind 1.33 142 Malayan Investment Fund \l» 1.05 1.15 Hrst Hongkong \D .80 .85* Second H’knng \1> .56 60* S’ng Commodity XD 3/11 4/6
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    • 105 9 SINGAPORE, Wed, The noon price* at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are > Buyer senes Coconut Oil (FOB.) Bulk 57 00 Coconut Oil (F.o.B.) Drams .-.9.50 Loose Copra Mixed Nov/Dec. 33.50 Mnntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% NEW 132 M Sarawak W hlte Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% NEW 130 no
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    • 57 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes In its rates to merchants: Canada Buying T.T. 35; Airmail O D. 35 U 8; 90 d/st. 35-3 4 credit bills; 35-13/16 trade bills. Selling TT./O.D. ready were: Canada 34-11/16; Deutsche Marks 128-1/2 Swiss Frances
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE
    • 336 12 A MAN must have friends In order to survive in this .World. Without friends is like living in a dark, lonesome world. Adolescene Is the period When we make friends easily, due to the fact that we are ignorant of what kind of friends we have.
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    • 255 12 TAIPING is one of the big towns in Malaysia. It has many places of interest like A Maxwell Hill, Lake Gardens, the Zoo and the Museum. Maxwell Hill attracts large crowds of people from all over Malaysia, especially during holidays. Our first term holidays
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    • 344 12 kTY NATIVE land is Malaya, a small independent country in the East. Though It is small, it is one of the loveliest countries in the 4vorld. 1 The sea that almost surrounds Malaya makes the less hot than many countries situated near the Equator. And like all
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    • 441 12 THE number of accidents in Singapore can be slashed if people are more careful in whatever they do. Recklessness, careless and distraction seems to be the chief causes of accidents. Very often, we see people crossing the streets without bothering to see whether the road is
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    • 222 12 I AM a dollar note made of paper and rectangular in shape. I was made in England and I travelled by air to Singapore. Later some policemen guided me and many friends of mine to a bank. During my stay in the bank, I
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    • 256 12 “GOOD Manners” means good behaviour in social lines. It is an interchangeable term with “politeness”, the art of pleasing. A person with good manners is always an agreeaole companion. He is agreeable because he is always thinking of others He does not interrupt people when they
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    • 288 12 RUBBER is the chief export of Malaysia. Rubber trees are grown in most of the States of Malaysia. Because of this many Malaysians work as rubber tappers. Some people work in their oiyn estates or smallholding. In my village, there is a man who
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    • 271 12 IT WAS September last year, I had a very severe stomachache. My mother brought me to the Batu Pahat Hospital to see a doctor. The doctor examined me and told me that it was an appendicitis. He said that I must stay in hospital
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    • 261 12 WHAT IS a festival? It is a joyful celebration. As Malaysia is a cosmopolitan country, there are many festivals. Among them, the most important ones are Chinese New year, Christmas. Deepavali and Hari Raya. Among these festivals, my favourite one is the Chinese New Year. For every
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    • 307 12 September 13, 1966 was a day I often consider as an unlucky day and a day I can never forget. I was strolling along Changi Beach when I saw three men dragging a body into a boat. I was shocked and stood rooted to the
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    • 277 12 I REMEMBER one Sunday of last year. I cat never forget what happened that night. My friend and I took a stroll along the seashore. The sun formed a golden ring about the hills. The sea reflected the beauty of the sun's colours and the
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    • 238 12 ONE day, my friends and I went to the Bukit Mar waterfall. We packed our things and cycled to Bukit Mar. On the way. we passed many village* and rubber plantations. We were excited because we had never been there At last we reached the waterfall. We
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  • Sun Sport
    • 300 14 SAIGON, Wed. (UPI). A pep talk to Vietnam's soccer team at half-time by Marshal Ky failed to prevent Australia scoring a 1-0 win in last night's match at the Cong Hoa Stadium. A capacity crowd of more 30.000 packed every vantage point to
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    • 114 14 ISTANBUL. Wed. (Reuter) Turkey's eight-man freestyle team left here yesterday for Delhi for the woild wrestling championships and they took with them about a ton (1,100 kilos) of food, drink and smokes. Their menu covers everything from taki. their national
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    • 169 14 PENANG. Wed. The number of entries for the Penang senior inter-team badminton championships for the Soon Eng Kong memorial shield this year have been very poor. Only five teams. Gan’s 8.P., Penang Malays Bad. minton Association. Harper Gilfillan Recreation Club. Hu Yew Seah and
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    • 565 14  -  By LESLIE NAKASHIMA TOKYO, Wed. (UPI). World junior welterweight champion Paul Fuji of Honolulu and challenger Willy Quatuor of West Germany met yesterday for the first time and both appeared confident of victory in their 15-round title bout on Nov. 16
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    • 327 14 MEXICO CITY. Wed. (UPI) Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, the biggest names in golf, will warm up for defence of their World Cup championship by competing in an 18-hole Pro-Am tournament yesterday at the 7.250-yard, par 72 C.ub de Golf Mexico Course.
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    • 143 14 NOTTINGHAM, England, Wed. (UPI) Magistrates, cracking down on the recent outbreak of hooliganism at soccer matches, jailed a fan for six months yesterday. Anthony Williams. 20, pleaded guilty to assaulting a policeman during a disturbance at the Oct. 28 match between Nottingham Forest and
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    • 68 14 BOMBAY, Wed. (Reuter) Sixteen cricketers were chc.sen last night by the Selection Committee of the Indian Board of Control for the forthcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand. The tour team will be captained by the Nawab of Pataudi, but the names of the other
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    • 164 14 SINGAPORE, Wed. It was second time lucky for Singapore bowler, S.P. Loh, when he beat 16 other competitors to win the South Pacific Classic at Jackie’s Bowl. Katong on Sunday. Loh’s 3055 pinlall score over the 16-game serie 5 was well above his
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    • 585 14 SINGAPORE, Wed. RAF Seletar “SGA” competitors proved a weak team after their twelver.mencombination failed to win a match against the Keppelites during the weekend, ending in 5 points to Kep- pel and 1-point to Seletar. Keppel players whipped their opponents in the
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    • 265 14 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Henry Cooper retained the British and British Empire heavyweight titles at Wembley here last night when his 15 rounds fight against Billy Walker was stopped in the sixth round because of a cut over Walker's eye. Walker, w'ho had been given
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    • 478 15  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Wed. The National Sports Control Board will meet tomorrow to discuss the appeal of the Vice-president of the SEAP Games Organising Committee to reconsider the decision in respect of the rugby, football, basketball and volleyball teams which have
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    • 317 15 SWANSEA. (Wales). W’ed. (Reuter) The triumphant New Zealand AH Blacks rugby union team, having accounted for the three English regions and then England in the memorable match last Saturday, move into the heart of Wales to play West Wales here today.
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    • 86 15 MANILA. Wed (UPI) Six teams have confirmed their participation in the First Asian Men’s softball Championship in Manila Feb. 3 to 11 next year. They are Nationalist China. Hong Kong, Indonesia. Japan Singapore and the Philippines. The competition will be hosted by the Amateur Snpball
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    • 532 15  -  By R. D. SELVA KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia will send a contingent of 305 to the Fourth South East Asia Peninsular Games at Bangkok next month, made up of 244 competitors, 51 officials and 10 headquarters officials. The Deputy
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    • 204 15 SAIGON. Wed. (Reuter) New Zealand beat Singapore 3-1 in a section one match in Day Soccer Tournament hire the South Vietnam National championships on Monday. New Zealand's win was due less to inspiration in the forward line than to strength in the defence.
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    • 51 15 NASSAU, Wed (UPI) The United State® took a narrow lead over Yugoslavia in the world snipe yachting championships on Monday, by finishing third in the first race of the day and winning the second. The 23 nations competing now have completed three of the scheduled
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    • 127 15 MEXICO CITY. Wed (CPI)—Mexican bicycle racer Fulgencio Salazar died on Monday of a fractured skull suffered in a mass pile-up on Sunday in the 14-day Mexican cross country bicycle race. Salazar, who never regained consciousness after the crash, was the first death in the 14-year
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    • 91 15 SEOUL, Wed (Reuter) The Tenth Asian youth soccer championships will be held in Seoul from May 2.16 next year, the South Korean Soccer Association said here today. The association said the invitation would be sent to all the member associations of the
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    • 100 15 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) Japanese golfers wall present a silver trophy to the winning team in the first world amateur senior team golf championship to be played from Nov. 15-18 at the Pinchurst Country Club in North Carolina. The cup will be named the “Shun
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    • 380 15 SINGAPORE, Wed. Three foreign international soccer teams will visit the Republic for a series of representative matches this season. The teams are—Australian national soccer squad, Dallas Tornado soccer club and Slavia Praha of Czechoslovakia. The Australian footballers are scheduled to arrive in
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    • 32 15 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) —Results of rugby matches played last night were: Rugby league floodlight cup first round St. Helens 14 Oldham 0 RUGBY UNION Glasgow 8 Anglo Scottish XV 14.
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    • 212 15 MELBOURNE. Wed (Reuter) Mr. Angus Tyson, owner of Melbourne Cup victor. Red Handed, fulfiled a year old promise before yesterday's 70,000 cupgoers by jumping on his good luck piece —a slightly battered green hat. Mr. Tyson had occasion to wear
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    • 150 15 Extra bonus to win Cup tie--charge LONDON, Wed (Reuter) —An allegation that Peter, borough players were offered. in contravention of English Football League Regulations, extra bonuses to win a cup tie last season, is one of four charges levelled against the third division club by the English Football Association. The
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    • 341 15 SEOUL, Wed. (Reuter) South Korea's star basketball player, Miss Shin-Ja Pak, was awarded unprecedented honours as she retired last week after 14 years of play that won her international reputation. The 175-centimetre tall cagerette led her country’* team in the fourth world women’s basketball
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    • 180 15 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) —The English football league have asked clubs in the first three divisions if they would be prepared to discuss the loaning of reserve players to clubs in the United Soccer Association, which is recognised by the International Federation of Football Associations
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    • 59 15 LIVERPOOL. Wed. (Reuter) —Liverpool the English Football League Division One leaders, smashed T.S.V. Munich B—o in the first leg of their Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round tie here last night Leading 3 —o a t halftime. Liverpool crashed through for four goals in seven minutes early
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    • 478 15 KUALA LUMPUR. WedUniversity of Malaya !XV opened their bid for the three nation inter-varsity rugby carnival championship in grand style by handing Singapore University XV a thumping 60-6 defeat. The almost ©ne-point-a-minqte achievement of M.U. XV Is an Indication of their determination to capture
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    • 169 16 LONDON, Wed. England’s cricket team to tour the West Indies early next year are to start net practice this month. Colin Cowdrey. England’s captain, has started discussions with his senior players vicecaptain Fred Titmus, Kt-n Barrington and Jim Parkes on the tour tactics, and
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    • 314 16 LONDON, Wed British, Olympic and EuroEsan champion long-jumper ynn Davies, who pulled a muscle in Havana. Cuba, recently and will be out of athletics for the remainder of this season, has been named British Athlete of the Year by the British Athletics Writers’ Associaciation. The Welshman,
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    • 295 16 World’s leading horses are bred from British bloodstock LONDON. Wed. A record figure of 1,191.620 guineas paid for 662 yearlings at the October sales of Tattersalls, whose name is famous in international racing and bloodstock breeding circles throughout the world, underlines the revival of the
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    • 286 16 LONDON, Wed. North of England boxing promoter. Lawrie Lewis, is staking £lO.OOO as the purse for a Brian London contest against Zora Follev of the United States of America at Liverpool Stadium on Nov. 13, just six days after the British heavyweight championship
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    • 97 16 LONDON, Wed. Lady Susan Masham has been named paraplegic sports personality of the year by the British Sports Writers’ sociationLady Masham, 32, from Yorkshire in Northern England, became paralysed from the chest down seven years ago when her horse fell durring a point-to-point meeting. Since 1960 she
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    • 28 16 MALACCA, Wed The Ayer Keroh Country Club beat Senior Golfers by 11J matches to 6i in a golf match at the Ayer Keroh golf course here.
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    • 66 16 LONDON, Wed. The British soccer transfer market has boomed past the £1 million mark in record time this season. From the start of the season on August 19 to the end of October, the total spent in fifty major deals, involving £50.000 and over with English Football
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    • 218 16  -  By WINDSOR LAD PENANG, Wed. Only a few gallops came under observation on the track here this morning. Coronilo. ridden by Luke Kang, provided the fastest time w hen he skipped over 3f in 39-3/5 sec., finishing nicely on the bit- The track was good. Mr.
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    • 1031 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed A total of 227 horses has been entered for the Selangor Turf Club meeting on Nov. 18. 19. 22 and 28 The entries comprise 67 class two horses. i2h class three and 60 from class six. There will be seven races
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    • 167 16 LONDON. Wed. Five new towns in Britain are included on the route of the 1968 Tour of Britain cycle road race sponsored by the Milk Marketing Board They are Stoke-on-Trent home to last year’s winner Les West Leicester. Hull. Middlesbrough and Berwick-on-Tweed. Ten international teams
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    • 134 16 LONDON. Wed. “If spectators are not going to see a competitive game they will go anywhere rather than the cricket ground. Or they will stay at home with the television and switch on to some other sport which gives them action, entertainment and
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    • 1122 16 THE CLUB PLATE Horses Class 4, Div 1 Abt. 8 V 2 Furs. 333 Camaro 5y 9.00 Gollie Stable 751 El Supremo 4y 3.13 Ladies Stable 241 Good For You 4y 8 12 S.M. Stable Tulloh 214 Gigolette 11 6y 8.12 Chukell
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    • 462 14 Eastern Sun Classified advertisements can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building, Singapore. S.S MUBARUK Brothers. 63. Bras BasaH Road, and 2, Maju Avenue, Serangoon Carden Estate. Singapore. TAY BUAN GUAN LTD.. SUPERMARKET 83, East Coast Road, Singapore 15. Tel: *****9 HAMIEM STORE. 1419,
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 57 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 3.58 am. (6.3 ft). Port Swettenham: 9.57 a.m. ((11.7 ft.), 11.12 pm. (12.3 ft.). Port Dickson: 11.24 a.m. (6.2 ft.), 11.50 pm. (64 ft) Singapore: 5.02 a.m. (7.0 ft), 3.04 pm. (8.1 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 3.34 am. (8.0 ft.), 1.27 p.m. (5 7 ft.). Kuantan: 2.43
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