Eastern Sun, 9 January 1968

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  • 24 1 Eastern Sun Independent National flaily SINGAPORE EDITION -fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 524 Tuesday, 9 January 1968. MC (P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 182 1  -  By Maureen Lee. KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Kwons Yik Bank branch office at Jalan Pasar was robbed of 511.759 In a daring high noon hold-up here today. This was the first major robbery of the year. Four thugs, two of them armed with pistols, took
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  • 871 1  -  Thomson told of Malaysia’s disappointment over Britain’s defence economies By Musa Scully IyUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysia today expressed "grove concern" over the proposed British defence economies in this region. The Deputy Premier and Defence Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, in expressing grave concern after talks with British
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  • 458 1  - Defence cuts urgent serious businessThomson By H. M. S. SUTAN SINGAPORE. Mon. Britain attaches “great importance" to its promises of economic aid to Singapore and Malaysia, the British Commonwealth Secretary, Mr. George Thomson, declared this afternoon Speaking to newsmen on arrival at Paya Lebar airport from Kuala Lumpur where he
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  • 78 1 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) —Singapore's Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. was quoted here today as saying that if Britain speeds up her military withdrawal from his countrv Singapore might retaliate by removing its €290 million r r*erves out of sterling. Thp B B C., quc.ting an
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  • 192 1 SAIGON. Mon. (I PI) About 600 to 700 Vietcong invaded the provincial capital of Khiem Cuong. just 15 miles from the centre of Saigon, today and spread terror among its residents. The Communists laid down a heavy barrage of about 600 mortars on the
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  • 58 1 JAKARTA. Mon. (UPD Indonesia announced today she will pull out Marine units from the border with Malaysia and use them for civic action projects at home. The Indonesian Marines were sent to the border in 1963 at the start of the three-year confrontation with Malaysia
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 192 2 PIENANG, Mon Poster S and writings on wills, protesting against the increase in school fees, were found in many National Type Secondary Schools, mostly the Chinese schools, here this morning the opening day of the new school term. Chinese characters, written in white paint,
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    • 65 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Malaysian Government today announced the appointment of Dato Mohamed Ismail bin Mohd. Yusof as Malaysia's High Commissioner to Canada. He is at present Malaysia's Ambassador to ’he Republic of Korea Da’o Ismail was Assistant Minister of Inferior 1960 1962 and Assistant
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    • 171 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Crack crime busters launched a state-wide manhunt today following a gangland murder here last night. The search for the killer Is being led by the town's police chief. ASP Omar bln Mohamed. The murder victim. Phua Tee Tee alias Ah Slang. 19.
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    • 314 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. An industrial dispute looms between the Far Eastern Publishers Ltd and its 170 printing workers over the dismissal of two workers. The two workers were Tan Kah Wheng and Jaafar bin Ulas. both with the off-set sect.on of the factory Tan
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    • 289 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives. Haji Mohd. Ghazali bin Haji Jawi. today received four bushels of padi seeds —two bushels each of the H-4 and H-8 varieties from the Government of Ceylon The presentation was made by the Acting
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    • 173 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Robberies occurring on buses were brought to light once again af'er a lapse of two months There were two reports by victims who lest their belongings during the weekend. Last Friday a lorry driver, Low Yon 2 Swee was returning home on
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    • 121 2 SEREMBAN. Mon Labourers at Senawang Estate, six miles from here, will miss their television programme from today. This is due to last night's theft of the TV set from the Hindu temple where it wa.e installed. The missing TV set is valued at $6OOOO. Seremban
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    • 190 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon —Eating out in the sun or perhaps under the shade of some trees Is fun for picnickers. But not when you have to do it everyday, as in the rase of 132 orphans and under-privileged boys at the Montfort Boys’ Home and
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    • 364 2  -  APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL By BEN D’CUNHA KUALA LUMPUR, Mon- ‘'lt's the Court of last resort for the former Chief Minister of Sarawak. Pato Stephen Kalong Ningkan. The Federal Court today granted leave to Dato Ningkan to appeal to the Privy Council against
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    • 294 2 PENANG Mon A 51-year-old rubber estate caretaker. Ong Chen Low, who had been intimidated, bullied and humiliated by hjs sworn brother, finally stabbed him to death with a bearing scraper on June 13 at the 15i milestone Jalan Sungei Lembu, Bukit Mertajam
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    • 94 2 Jalan Weld Swimming Pool. 9 30 a m. to 12.30 pm., N 2 pm. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Petaling Jaya Rotary Club lunch meeting. International Restaurant. 1 p.m. Zoo Negara, 10 am. to 5 p m., Muzium Negara. 10 a-m to 6.30 P.m.
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    • 15 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Senate will begin a fourday sitting from March 12.
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    • 230 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Minister of Health. Enche Bahaman bin Samsudin. assured today the Government would investigate complaints against any health officer. He said action would be taken against anyone if such complaints were found to be true. The Minister was speaking at
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    • 1335 3  -  Administration of justice, maintenance of the rule of law REPORT by R.V. Lingam EASTERA SrA photo* by Jimmy ho**' OINGAPORE, Mon. The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Wee Chong Jin, said here today that the administration of justice and the maintenance of the rule of law
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    • 265 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Dr R M. Lall. a senior lecturer at the School of Accountancy at the Singapore Polytechnic has been awarded the Degree of Doctor of Literature by Lucknow University. He was awarded the degree for his thesis on “A Study of the Methods
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    • 328 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. Thirty-seven members and supporters of Barisan Sosialis today appeared In the Fourth Magistrate's Court on a charge of participating in an unlawful assembly in Geylang last May 1 with the intention of causing hurt to members of the Singapore Police Force. The
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    • 191 3 SINGAPORE. Mon —The New Legal Year opened this morning with pomposity at the entrance to the High Court. Just before the arrival of the Chief Justice and other High Court Judges a contingent from the Singapore Police Force formed a parade outside the High Court
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    • 188 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Singapore is obviously going ahead and there are signs t at ther progress in future, the former British Commis-sioner-General for South-East Asia, Mr. Jia«u.,n MacDonald, said today. “As soon as I landed here and drove from the airport to the city I
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    • 53 3 S 'pore-Medan phone service SINGAPORE Mon—Telephone service between Singapore and Medan is available to the public with immediate effect. Th« hours of service are from 11.30 a m to 2.30 pm. daily except Sundays. The charges are the same as for calls to Indonesia. Full particulars may be obtained from
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    • 73 3 SINGAPORE Mon. A 82-vear-o!d pedestrian. Boh Sir Jua, was killed yesterday in a motor accident at the junction of Lim Ah Peng Road and Upper Serangoon Road. Those who have seen the accident are requested to contact Insp. Leong Yee Fook. of Sepoy Lines Traffic
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    • 417 4  -  By MUSA SCULLY KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, who arrives here tomorrow will have informal discussions with Malaysian leaders to activate ASEAN the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Since the formation of this regional organisation five months ago, to replace ASA Association of South-east Asia
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    • 322 4  -  By LUCIAN PETER KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Thousands of children especially the "poorer ones" who daily walk the streets of the Federal Capital to school are doing so at the "risk of their lives." “It had now become a fieht for survival on
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    • 148 4 PENANG, Mon. Lovely Miss Judy Lee. promoter and canvasser of “Kiss Me* cosmetics, was crowned Miss Trade Fair 1967 at the close of the 21st. annual Trade Fair Queen competition here last night. Before a large crowd, braving the slight drizzle, Miss Judy Lee
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    • 52 4 ALOR STAR. Mon The Kedah Camera Club will hold a dinner and dance at the Setia Kesukaan Club on Wednesday to celebrate the birthday of its Patron, the Sultan of Kedah A birthday cake is being ordered from P®nang and the Penang Pictorialists will participate in
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    • 101 4 From Tokyo with Love the Night Honey Show, featuring five Japanese cuties and the odd man out. The troupe consists of Yoshio Oki (that's him) and Kaori Murasaki. Chikp Azuma. Nana Natsuki. Yuriko Shima and R ka Hanai. They are hpre on a two-week engagement and will then proceed to
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    • 187 4  -  By Chan Kam Yau KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Monday. January 8. 1968 a day which will be remembered bv school teachers, pupils and parent as one long day of confusion. The nation's teachers stepped into their classrooms faced with a bigger workload. the
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    • 211 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Three youths on an evening stroll at. a quiet country side here fell easy prey to three teenaged robbers yesterday. Tslen See Cham. 25. a pupil engineer with the National Electricity Board and two other friends were robbed off $205 and three
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    • 45 4 IPOH. Mon Hong Kong actress Miss Soo Tsing. will make a personal appearance at the Ruby Theatre here fmm tomorrow in conjunction with her latest film “The White Swan” Miss Soo will be appearing ■with Ollie Kwan. another versatile screen personality.
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    • 279 4  -  Ghaffar’s call for ‘ALI-MARA’ co-operation: By JAMAL ALI TANJONG KARANG, Mon. The Central Government has allocated $3O million to MARA to carry out various projects to help the bumiputras in commerce and industry. This would be the biggest sum of money ever given by the Government
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    • 54 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. A batch of 17 Japanese overseas co-operation volunteers flew in this evening for a two-year tour of duty to assist in Malaysia's development programme. This is part of the Japanese Government’s economic and technical assistance to developing countries. The group consisted of 13
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    • 115 4 IPOH. Mon. Pandemonium broke out at the non-appea-rance of popular stage pop singer. A. Ramlee, at the Merdeka Hall here last night. A. Ramlee was the rrtain attraction at a variety show in the hall, where some 800 fans had already booked their seats.
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    • 134 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Agricultural experts would be sent to Sabah to find out the feasibility of opening up vast padi land there. Disclosing this, the Chief Minister of Sabah. Tun Mustapha bin Dato Harun, said the Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, had given him this promise.
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    • 56 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Dr Masoutehehr Marzban, Irans ambassador to Malaysia stationed isi Bangkok arrived here today to pave the way for the coming state visit of the Shah of Iran The Shah and his queen will be accompanied by a party of 16 officials for his royal visit
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    • 183 4 YONG PENG. Mon. The Johore State Government has launched a full scale survey into the damages in orchards and livestock as well as the plight of flood victims. The Mentrl Besar of Johore. Dato Hajl Othman bin Haji Mohamad, said the State Government
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    • 173 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. An official dinner will be held at the Garrison Officers’ Mess at Sungei Besi. on Friday to mark the alliance of the Royal Malay Regiment with the Royal Australian Regiment, both of which have jointly taken part i n operations and exercises.
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    • 276 13  -  By SUHAIMI BIDIN SINGAPORE, Mon. Singapore should concentrate more on relationship with Indonesia and the Philippines who are members of ASEAN rather than with Hanoi and Cambodia. The Chairman of the Singapore Malay National Organisation, Enche Ahmad Haji Taff, said this at the Hari
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    • 300 13 SINGAPORE. Mon The Peoples Action Party will put up a musical concert depicting the life of the multi-racial society In Singapore on Jan 12 and 13 at 7.30 p.m. at Victoria Theatre here. This was announced today by the Minister of State for
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    • 62 13 SINGAPORE. Mon.—Some 20 to 30 male and female youths entered the premises of the People’s Action Party's branch in Spottiswood Park and overturned tables and chairs last evening A Police spokesman said the youths also threw stones at electric bulbs in the premises and damaged many of
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    • 119 13 10 am.—5.30 p.m Exhibition of children'? books at Lecture Hall of National Library, Stamford Road. 10 a m.—6 pm: Chinese painting and calligraphy exhibition at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Hill Street. 5.30 p.m: Flower and vegetable arrangement demonstration by Mrs. Monica Chan Chor Cheung and Mrs. Lee
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    • 106 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. Mr. Seah Lip Puan. a civilian employee of the British Army for 21 years, has retired. He was presented with a watch and a cheque for $2OO by Col. RD A Renton. Deputy Commander HQ Singapore District, at a ceremony at
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    • 392 13 SINGAPORE Mon Pas tor TK Chong. Minister of the Balestier Road Seventhday Adventist Church for the past six years, has been appointed new president of the Malaya Mission of Adventists with headquarters in Kuala Lumnur. Malaysia He is expected to leave Singapore on Jan. 14
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    • 83 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Lions Club of Singapore Central is organising a special morning show of 20th Century Fox's Roadshow production. “Doctor Dolittle" for approximately 1.000 underprivileged children tomorrow at 11 am. at the Orchard Theatre. The Minister for Culture and Social Affairs, Enche Othman
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    • 44 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. Mr. L A Rayner. representative of the Confederation of British Industry, will speak on “Devaluation" at a luncheon meeting organised by the Rotary Club of Singapore West at the Dutch Club here on Jan. 11 at 1 p.m.
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    • 20 13 SINGAPORE Mon. The M P for Sembawang. Mr. Teong Eng Siong. today visited Kamporg Tengah and nearby kampongs
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    • 181 13 SINGAPORE. Mon The charity premiere of Hong Kong Chinese Cultural Showat the National Theatre here tonight drew a large crowd. The premiere, sponsored by Rothmans of Pa'.l Mall in aid of the National Scholarship Fund of Singapore, wa? organised by the Jalan Besar Citizens’
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    • 553 13 'GOLDSMITH ROBBERIES' CASE: SINGAPORE, Mon. The “ring leader" of the "goldsmith robberies”, Lim Sui Sen. was today sentenced to six strokes of caning in addition to the maximum imprisonment sentence of seven vears by the Second District Court Judge. Mr. Donald Yeo Hock Chwee. The
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    • 112 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. Professor Michael Banton. will give a public lecture on "The Police and the Public” in the New Lecture Theatre No 4 at the University of Singapore on Thursday at 8 p.m. Prof. Banton. Professor of Sociology in the University of Bristol, is now.’
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    • 38 13 SINGAPORE Mon The Minister of State for Culture. Mr. Lee Khoon Choy, will inaugurate "Kala Nilayam Cultural Nite” to celebrate the Singapore Kairalee Kala Nilayam’s 14th anniversary on Jan. 21 at 7.30 Pm. at Victoria Theatre.
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    • 210 14 MUAR, Mon. With flood waters receding, Health Department officials throughout Johore State are working full time in flood stricken areas to give anti-typhoid inoculations to the flood victims. Districts hard-hit by the recent Poods are Johore Bahru, Kota Tinggi, Batu Pahat and
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    • 215 14 KAJANG. Mon. The Sultan of Selangor has sent a cheque for $lOO to the victims of the recent Kajang ft r e disaster which broke out on New Year’s night. The Mentri Be-sar and the State Secretary of Selangor have sent messages of
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    • 54 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The film premiere “The Hour of the Comedians” in aid of the Selangor Orphange Society Fund scheduled for screening at the Pavilion Cinema here on Jan 10. has been postponed to Jan 16. The show is under the patronage of Datin Salmah. wife
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    • 108 14 PENANG. Mon Three robbers, who took away seven water heaters, valued $2,509 from a building contractors' store in Tanjong Rungah. left the bulky appliances behind but escaped with $2OO worth of tools yesterday. The contractor. Goh Pau Seng. 65. told the polire that while he was at
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    • 61 14 LT-Col Maurice Stallard (Chairman of the Seremban Garrison Players) presenting a microphone and amplifier to Mr. Wong of the Seremban Welfare Home recently. The gifts were bought with part of the proceeds of the Players’ performance of “BILLY LIAR’’. Looking on are Major Peter Tapplv (former
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    • 289 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. An Assistant Controller at the Export Commodities Division. Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Enche Sulaiman bin Abdul Manan left todav for France to tak- r course under the French Government technical noneconomic scholarship scheme, at the International Institute of Public Administration in
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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  • Boutique
    • 348 5  -  New gadget helps you to reduce without fuss By Patricia Chan SINGAPORE, Mon. Great news for weight-conscious ladies! Here's a new formula to reduce without pains or fuss. It's nothing gadqr.ty and gruesome but something you'll enjoy doing. Guess what? It's slimming by the easy super-duper
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    • 76 5 HERE is the new young fashion from London. I’ght. glittering and silvery. Made of a new material Ny-Silver (nylon- silver) it is light and thin as the finest silk. Whether you are the romantic type of the minimini. the smart London designer, Y\on, has got something for you
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    • 371 5  -  By RENE BALBAUD PARIS. Mon. (I PI) There are two ways of finding out what will happen in 1968 if you are a member of the Paris smart set. One is to wait for it: the other is to visit Baroness Blanche
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    • 201 5 SINGAPORE. Tue*. For that Chinese New Year gift to your friend, choose those lovely mother-of-pearl spoons with black hrffalo horn handles finished with beautiful intricate designs. They come in three sizes. The spoons have cute little mother-of-pearl bowls to match too. These are onlv in
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    • 231 5  -  A LOVELIER YOU By Mary Sue Miller IN the underworld of fashion. "wardrobe” is the big word It is true: foundation garments matched o outerwear are necessities for good dressing In brassieres —a soft shaper for the popular knits with nary a seam, a long line
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    • 67 5 EVENING gowns designed by Mrs. Quek for local use and can be made from flowered materials. Design at left shows: The gGthrrs and bows at the waist make the gown most attractive. Easy movement is facilitated by the front slit. At right is a
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    • 592 5  -  Age of design in jewelry is here By Florence de Santis fJ'HlS is the age of design in jewelry. No longer is a piece to be judged by the price it costs, nor by its understated presence as a mere accompaniment to a costume. Whether it
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 83 7 BONN. West Germany. Mon (UPI)—Two West German financial officials said in newspaper interviews yesterday that they doubted Bonn could make now payments to help offset America's balance of payments deficit. Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger had assured the U S. that West Germany would make new
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    • 215 7 HONG KONG. Mon.(l PI) A major Hong Kong Communist newspaper today took note of he "Smile attack” and said that this means the campaign against the Bntish has entered a new stage. "7he (anti-British' struggle 4 far from over.” the Ta Kung Pao
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    • 72 7 AMSTERDAM. Mon (Reuter) A consignment of rough diamonds worth 330.000 guilriirs (£40.000 sterling) disaypeared from a K.L.M. Roy»l Dutch Airlines plane which arrived here from Brazzaville, on Friday, it was learned today. The consigrtnent. destined for an Amsterdam bank, was shipped by a diamond firm in the
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    • 384 7 Travel curb ‘temporary’ NEW YORK, Mon (UPI) President Johnson will ask congress to remove the mandatory 25 per cent gold backing of the dollar and Congress is almost certain to approve. Time magazine predicted yesterday. The magazine also said the United States will not devalue
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    • 42 7 MANILA. Mon (Reuter)— Three film festivals are planned to be held in Manila starting this year. They are the Manila Film Festival scheduled for later this vear. the Asian Film Festival in 1969- and the International Film Festival in 1971.
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    • 281 7 CAIRO Mon. (Reuter) Plans for the freeing of 15 Merchant ships trapped M the Suez Canal since the Middle East war last June were published bv the authoritative newspaper A1 Ahram today. It said the Suez Cana! Authority, after completing preparations
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    • 16 7 Pontianak, Indonesian W. Borneo: Paratroops flush burning hut in recent operations against Red guerrillas. UPI photo
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    • 298 7 JAKARTA. Mon (Reuter) Military authorities In West Borneo are planning to impose taxes on the Chinese community in Pontianak to resettle some of the 50.000 Chinese refugees who fled from their jungles homes late last year to escape marauding Dyak tribesmen.
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    • 111 7 NEW YORK. Mon. (Reuter) Newsweek magazine reported today that Australian jets are conducting highly effective and carefully unpublicised bombing raids against Communist troop and supply traffic along the Laotian part of the Ho Chi Minh trail.’’ In an item in its “Periscope” section, the magazine added:
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    • 82 7 DANANG- Vietnam Mon (UPI) —Vietnamese police raided Danang's produce market today and arrested about 160 peasants they said were conducting an antiAmerican whispering campaign. All were women and children except about a half-do-zen elderiv men. Vietnamese Police and a US Public Safety Adviser said the peasants were
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    • 147 7 MANILA. Mon. (UPI) Picture of the Philippine presidential familv at a dinner table laden with seafood fishes was published on the frontpage of Manila newspapers today in an attempt to offset a Fish scare” which has swept the country. Reports on the discovery of tiny worms
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    • 158 7 SAIGON. Mon. (UPI) The Vietnamese Roman Catholic Council 0 f Bishops today made public a communique echoing Pope Paul's appeal for immediate negotiations and an end to the bombing and fighting in Vietnam. The communique carried a quotation from a papal declaration of last May
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    • 391 7 BONN, Mon (Reuter) The appeal of West Germany's Social Democratic Party last week for an end to the U. S. bombing of North Vietnam drew T a sharp reproof from its Christian Democrat coalition partners today. The
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    • 63 7 SHALDON. England. Mon. (UPI) Karate, said Barry Corden. is easv. All you need is muscles, and no training. With an ear splitting "Keerai." the traditional cry of the karate champ, he brought his brawny hand down hard on a two-inch wood plank. Then he kept op screaming his arm
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    • 174 7 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) The Indonesian Central Bank today began issuing a new series of banknotes from which portraits of deposed President Sukarno have been deleted, A Central Bank spokesman said notes of the old series- which bear half shoulder portraits of Dr. Sukarno in presidential regalia were
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    • 433 7 WASHINGTON, M o n (l'PI) Despite talk of a “Post-Christian era’* in which “God is dead." the year 1967 provided ample evidence that Americans are still predominantly a religious people. Two-thirds of them are affiliated with a church or synagogue On any
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    • 682 10 PASIS. Mon. (UPI) Prance soon completes the evacuation of its huge naval base at Mers-el-Kebir in West Algeria, hauling down the tricolor over its last military foothold on the southern shores of the sensitive Mediterranean Sea. The pullout, due to he
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    • 58 10 KOBE. Japan. Mon. (UPI) The Dutch Liner Ryndam. a floating university for 500 US. students, arrived in Kobe yesterday for a three-day winter break The sea-gomg university is a project of Chapman College in California The Ryndam left Los Angeles in Oct. 11 and is due
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    • 91 10 A new wool felt Regency trilby, with a built-in transistor radio, is seen here during a presentation in London of new style in headwear for the vounger man designed by Lord John for a British co npmy. The model is wearing another hat of
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    • 189 10 EX-GREEK P.M. RETURNS QUIETLY ATHENS. Mon (Reuter) Former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Kollias slipped unwelcomed and unhindered in o last night after three weeks exile in Rome following King Constannies abortive coup Mr. Kul.ias ann unc®d before leavmz Rome airport he would resume his duties a§
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    • 72 10 TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) Acting President General Suharto of Indonesia will visit Japan in late March. Mr Toshio Kimura. Japanese chief cabinet secretary, told a press conference today. He said General Suharto had been invited by Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Eisaku Sato. Mr. Kimura said the detailed
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    • 114 10 MANCHESTER. England. Mon (Reuter) An office cleaner answered her boss s tel®phon® and won him an export order worth £1.250 sterling. Phyllis A’an Elsacker 46. was working late when she answered the call at the office of Berisford Fabric Company at Congleton near here. At the other end
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    • 424 10 PALO ALTO. California. Mon. (Reuter) Steel worker Mike Kasperak the world s No. 4 and latest heart transplant patient, was responding well today but doctors said he might be in cri- tical condition fsr the rest of his life. Who performed
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    • 278 10 HOUSTON. Texas. Mon. (Reuter) Dr. Michael Deßakev, a pioneer in the development of artificial heart valves, said today that the world's fourth human heart transplant was further evidence of the progress being made in “all areas” of heart surgery. Dr Deßakey told Reuter in a telephone Interview that
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    • 179 10 CAPE TOWN. Mon. (Reuter) Dr. Philip Blaiberg saw his wife Eileen yesterday for the first time since his heart transplant operation five days ago. Doctors allowed only a five-minute meeting and even then she was not al’owed into the specialised and germ-free room where he Is lying.
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    • 188 10 WUPPERTAL, West Germany, Mon. (Reuter) Some 170 police were today engaged in a grisly search for the hands and head of a torso found propped up against a tree by the side of a road near here last night with the words “revenge Batch” cut into its
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    • 116 10 WASHINGTON. Mon. (Reuteri. There has been an increase of 590 per cent in the number of persons arrested for threatening the President since President Kennedy's assassination in November. 1963. the Secret Service has disclosed here. About 80 arrests for threat were made
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    • 88 10 PISA. Daly. Men (Reuter). Minds ef 60 rniles-an-hour swayed the leaning tower of Pisa yesterday as gales lashed many parts of Italy. Highly sensitive apparatus installed on the tower recorded a slight sway but officials were not worried, as this has happened before. Gales felled
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    • 120 10 COLUMBUS. Ohio, Mon. (Reuter). A 20-year-oid girl accused of a sniper attack on two nuns is to appear in court today on a charge of unlawful wounding. so far she has refused to discuss the incident, police said The girl. Janet Marie La Zarrus. who
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    • 325 10 ‘SHALOM’ SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Mon. (Reuter) President Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol yesterdav exchanged pledges to work for pexce in the Middle East as they started two days ot talks at the LBJ ranch. The two leaders greeted each other with the
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    • 163 10 TEL AVIV. Mon. (Reuter) An Israeli patrol last night killed three armed Arabs In a gun battle near the River Jordan, an army spokesman said here. One Israeli soldier was wounded in the clash, the spokesman added. The spokesman said a leaflet of the anti-Israel terrorist
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    • 141 10 WASHINGTON. Mon. (Reuter) A United States Congressman charged today that out of 73 “free world” ships arriving in North Vietnam last year 67 flew the British flag. “The British are renting their flag for the benefit of a Communist regime whose policy of terror and aggression has already cost
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    • 275 10 JOHANNESBURG, Mon. (UPI) Siamese twin, girls separated at the head on Saturday n what was believed to I e only the third operation of its kind in medical history were reported in “satisfactory” condition last night. A bulletin at Johannesburg Children's Hospital ?a:d Shirley and
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    • 164 10 PITTSBURGH. Mon (UPI) —The United Steel Workers of America (USW) said yesterday i*t most vehemently opposed” possible Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) cooperation with the Kennecott Copper Co. in a Pro.ie-t known as "Sloop.” a US. sl3m three-year opera-tion to mine copper ore by using nuclear
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    • 72 10 JAKARTA. Mon. (UPI) The Indian consul in the North Sumatra capital of Medan will leave for home later this month to take up his new Job at the Indian Foreign Ministry, the official Antara news agency said today. Consul Mambisan have been in Medan for
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  • 460 8 SIX months ago. when the White Paper on the withdrawal of British forces from Malaysia and Singapore was published, we pointed out that the British Government had decided to liquidate her power interests in Asia and to return to the European fold. The abrogation of the Anglo-Malaysian defence
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  • 302 8 ALL’S well that ends well. The country breathed a collective sigh of relief when news was received that American teacher. Miss Jean Laing, and three Sikh children two boys and a girl who were lost in the Jungle near Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands
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  • 5805 8  -  Nation is well suited for fishery development By Dr. V. Kanapathy Economic Adviser, United Malayan Banking Corporation, in the latest issue of the VMBC ECONOMIC REVIEft. KjfALAYSIA h predominantly an agrlcuf--I*l tural country and it is this sector which must be saturated with research programmes
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper TUESDAY. JANUARY 9. 1968 23-B. Cantonment Road. Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penan* Office Ipoh Office 39. |alan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia. Telephone: *****/6 8, Leith Street. Tel: ***** 77, Brewater Road. Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 259 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. Prlma Limited Flour Mill is the biggest mill in the Republic with magnificent building and ultra-mo-dern equipment. It has a most up-to-date laboratory fully equipped with all necessary precise instruments. The quality of the flour is wider the strict control of experienced chemists,
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    • 176 9 LONDON. Mon. Hundreds of manufacturers in 46 countries are already seeking licences to prodcue a plastics brick announced onlv three months ago. They include one in Malaysia. The Incabrick. designed by Inca Construction Company, of Siokenchurch. Buckinghamshire, is accurate to within a few
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    • 223 9 1POH. Mon. Dunlop Malayan Industries Berhad gave a ge-together dinner to their dealers and friends at their new office in Kuala Kangsar Road here over the weekend. More than 200 guests, attended. Dunlops Marketing Director. Mr. R.C. Woodward. In his speech said the mutual co-operation of the
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    • 212 9 ECONOMY SCHEME: T ONDON. Mon. (Reuter) The Daily Express reported today that the British Treasury- is making a determined move to sacrifice the Concorde Supersonic Airliner in support of the government economy programme An article by the paper’s defence correspondent Mr. Chapman Pincher said the
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    • 174 9 LONDON. Mon (UPI) The sugar, beet and tobacco industries are in trouble in Rhodesia as a result of sanctions, a British member of Parliament said today. Labour Member Alfred Morris, just back from a tour of Southern Africa, said in an article
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    • 109 9 JAKARTA. Mon. (Antara) According to report, international tenders aimed their sights at acquisition of territorial concessions in search of mining products. Up to the end of November about 30 foreign companies from various countries have positively expressed their desire to take part
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    • 131 9 LONDON. Mon. The Crown Agents Office for Overseas Governments and Administrations is moving into merchant banking. It is announced in London. It is buying a 40 per cent shareholding In the ED. Sassoon Banking Company, of London, which is expanding its range of
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    • 207 9 WASHINGTON. Mon. (Reuter) The disposal programme for natural rubber from United States stockpile should be completed bv August, 1972. the Natural Rubber Bureau predicted today. The Bureau's forecast was based on the assumption that the present U.S. disposal rate of sales of natural rubber
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    • 25 9 LONDON, Mon (UPI) Rubber market opened very quiet with spot 17§ 17|. No 1 RSS CIF basis port* -Jan. 17-1/16 17-3/16.
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    • 788 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. Although the week's trading on the Stock Exchange began on a very quiet note today, there was a very steady undertone and had good turnover. However, some counters which dealt lower were Chemical. Pa n (M) Cement and U Asbestos. Chemical
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    • 24 9 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) —Money Quotations: HK56.*****/6.075 per U.S. dollar for cash. HK$ 14.46 per pound sterling HK5286.25 per tael gold.
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    • 17 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The tin price for today was $565 25 per picul, down 75 cent*.
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    • 291 9 Rubber down cents SINGAPORE, Mon. January first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur toiday at 48$ cents per lb., down half a cent from previous close. The tone was very quiet. Lower London advices and a large Pan Malayan Stock figure fo* November
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    • 154 9 JAKARTA. Mon. (Antara) In relation with reports on the plan to dissolve the S.I.P.A.P (Licence for Inter-insular Trade), the Indonesian Trade Department has announced that the Trade Minister’s decision concerning the new policy on inter-insular trade had revoked the prohibition for inter-sular trace. Nevertheless, the announcement
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    • 445 9 YOUR SHARES—UP-DOWN— UNCHANGED SINGAPORE—Stock Exchange old and offer prices officially ti'ted at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co 2.23 Bnuoead 1.63 1.65 2.16 1.53 2.15 1.52 Chemical Co Cold storage XI> 3.72 Dunlop 2 34 E. snieltlng E A 1 4 18 2.20 2.97 4.22 228 Fitzpatricks 1.76 1
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    • 46 9 (Managers’ Prices) Flr»l Malasan XD 2.36 NM-nnrt Malayan XI> 1.69 Third Malayan \I> 1.10 The Commerce Industry .89 .98 The saving Fund 93 1.02 First Hongkong .80 .83* Second Hongkong .33 .39* Malayan Investment Fund 100 MO Sterling Commodity 4/3 4/10 Hong Kong Currency)
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    • 104 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The noon prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are u Borer seller Coconut oil (1.0 B.) Bulk 58.50 Coconut Oil (F O R Drum* 61 00 Loose Copra Mixed Dec/Jan 35.00 Muntok White Pepper IF.OA) 06% N.L.W 130.00 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) 06% N.L.W 127.50
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    • 68 9 AMSTERDAM. Mon. (Antara) Indonesia is planning to buy rice from Spain. Talks Bre now being held between the Spanish Government and an Indonesian delegation, reliable sources told "Antara” here recentlyThe rice to be purchased is expected to amount to 30.000 tons The sources also
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    • 65 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Tan Sn Ismail bin Mohamed Ali, Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, has announced that the assets of the bank are now well above the $l,OOO million mark On Dec. 31.1967. assets amounted to $1,243,987,740. Of these assets, gold and foreign exchange amounted to $1,012,314,739.
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    • 191 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The following ships are expected to be in port today:(Godowns) (Vessels) 1/2 Boissevain 3/4 President Jackson 5 Yamanami 6/7 Ocean Builder 8/9 Tjimanuk 10/11 Halldis 13/14 Astyanax 15/16 S.A. Shipper 18 Nestor 19 Houtman 21/22 Bruas 23/24 Dana 25/26 Keningau 27 28 Tsui Yung 29/30
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    • 66 9 Sh ipping movements SEIWA LINE From Shanghai and Whampoa. S'pore P. S'ham Penang “IKUSHIMA MARU” ETA 10 Jan “SHINSEI MARU NO 3'’ 7/12 Feb. 13/14 Feb. 15 Feb. Agents: PAN CONTINENT CORPORATION. Singapore Tel: *****, ***** SU HOCK CO.. LTD., Port Swettenham. Tel: 6621 Penang Tel: *****—***** MEISHIN LINE From
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    • 83 11 An ordinary watch has a mainspring as its driving force, so it can be. vs?. ff IATTACKED LOOSELY WOUND TIGHTLY WOUND •.V Sr "'e 0* c\ Atft' 0« \o \o sti® Z The has no mainspring The driving force Is this tiny energy cell (o' ,u It gives steeciy electric
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1957 11 Is i? A TrioSE KNOW WHO BUY NATIONAL JANUARY 9 PM. TIMEX-TIME 545 OPENING ANNCT. Prog. Summary 5.50 NEWS OUTLINES IN THE NATONAL LANGUAGE 5.55 NATIONAL SONGS 600 NEWS IN TAMIL 610 GIGANTOR Return of the Spider 6.35 FURY Fire Prevention Week, with sub-title<9 in '»e National Language TOO NEWS
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    • 112 11 Monday JANUARY 15 PM TIMEX-TIME 650 PROG SUMMARY in the National Language, Chinese. Tamil and English 6.55 BELAJAR-LAH BAHASA REBANGSAAN Our daily lesson in the National Language (Repeat Broadcast) TOO NEWS IN TAMIL 7.15 TAMIL VARIETY SHOW A variety of songs, music and dances. Produced by M P Saamy. 7.50
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    • 216 11 the continuing progress made by the develhplng nations of the -world. 900 NEWS IN ENGLISH 9.1. i WHAT OTHERS SAY A review of editorial Opinion and reports in the Press English version) 9.35 THE GIRL FROM UN.C.L.E. “The Lethal Eagle Affair” Stephanie Powers plays the role of the girl from
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  • 407 12 SINGAPORE. Mon. Many new interesting TV series will be released on Television Singapora in the next few weeks. And TV viewers will see something more exciting, something more hilarious, something full of fun and adventure and something that will always linger in everyone’s mind. This
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  • 97 12 SINGAPORE, Mon. —The fo wing contestants will take part in the Bth tfuarter-Final of the RTS talentime to be (r ecast over Channel I ive on Thursday at 9.15 p.m. R Francis Your C’hea 1 ng Heart. Ronald H~lt The Days. Salbah Sansuri Til! There was You.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1015 12 Va 825 THE WORLD IN ACTION “Radio Caroline" A documentary series on the most pressing issues of the day. <lOO NEWS IN ENGLISH 9.15 RTS TALENTIME A show in which budding artistes are given the opportunity to display their talent. Produced by George Favacho. 10.15 ZERO ONE “Hurricane Special” ‘‘Zero
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    • 1974 12 EDIFFUSIOH (Silver Network) KUALA LUMPUR INDIAN PROGRAMMES A.M. 6.00 Geethaarambam Programme Summary 6.05 Interlude 6.15 News. 620 Geethanjali ENGLISH PROGRAMMES 6.59 Rediffusion March and Opening Announcement 700 News 7.10 Musical Clock 7.25 Items of Local Interest 7.30 Musical Clock 7.45 News in Bahasa Kebangsaan 750 A Word A Day 800
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 162 13 fSHAW ORGANISATION D O Phone ***** Now Show mg! U. 1 45. 4. 6.30. 815 Burt Revnolds “NAVAJO JOE Tochnirnior <fc Terhniscope iCaI Oprns Today! 11. 1", n. 4. 6 45. 9.30 “Honekonp Rhapsodr Mandarin A SHAW PRODUCTION' Scope (V Color-EngHsh tubs. SZXT CHANOE Montgomery Wood “REVENGE OF RINC.O" Aetionsropp.
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    • 347 13 [CATHA^a CATHAY ***** TODAY TOMORROW ONLY! 11 a m 13#, *OO. 6.50 9.30 p m CAVALRY CHARGE" Color-Scop* Alan SCOTT. Frank LATIMORE OPENS THURSDAY' Paramount's "HI RRY SUNDOWN" Michael Came Jane Fonda Panavtsion. Color feu tJBHESBIS Last 2 Ban! 1, 3.30. 7. 9.15 pm. THE BLACK NINJA” In Scope 'English
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 380 14 'AT* I SITUATION VACANT 20 Words $5/- (Minimum) ENGLISH TEACHER WANTED with some knowledge of Chinese. Apply to Pay Chiao N.T.P. Chinese School, Bemban, Malacca, before 12-1-1968. CAR RENTAL 20 Words $5/- (Minimum) SELFDRIVE AUSTIN 7— Week $lOO/-. Month s3oo'-. Vauxhall Victor $l2O/-. $420/-. No Mileage Excess ***** Everfine Co..
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    • 57 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 5.52 a.m. (5.2 ft.). 8.47 p.m. (6.1 ft.). Port Swettenham: 11.29 a.m. (10.8 ft.) Port Dickson: 12.28 a.m. (7.2 ft.). 12.39 p.m. (5.7 ft,). Singapore: 5.10 a.m. (7.8 ft-), 5.59 p.m. (6.5 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 346 am. (7 3 ft.), 5.35 p.m. (5.9 ft.). Kuantan: 2.49
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