Eastern Sun, 14 January 1968

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  • 22 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 (Mo. 529 Sunday, 14 January 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 159 1 SYDNEY. Sat. (Reuter) British Commonwealth Secretary George Thomson left here by air today for London after talks with Australian leaders of Britain’s military withdrawal from Southeast Asia. Speaking to reporters shortly before leaving Sydney airport Mr. Thomson said Australia’s and Singapore's protests
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  • 56 1 GRJEftBAGH. West Germany, Sat. (-Reuter* A small brown Dachshund shot and fatally wounded a three-year-old boy. police reported here They said the dog fired a gun by treading on it in the bov’s father's car. The boy. shot in the hip as he sat in the back
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  • 39 1 TAIPEI. Sat. (UPI). Mao Tse-Tung's opponents have established a gigantic base in the border areas of Kiangsu. Chekiang and Anh Wei provinces in Southeast China to direct anti-Mao campaigns in that region. Radio Shanghai said on Friday.
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  • 178 1 MANILA. Sat. <UPI> The late American Presi- dent John F. Kennedy gave strong backing ’to the inclusion of British Borneo in the Malaysian Federation in a letter to then Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal. it was reported today. According to the report. Kennedy wrote on
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  • 25 1 JERUSALE?T Sat. (UPI) Israeli and Jordanian troops exchanged mortar and machine gun fire across the Jordan River for several hours today. Israel announced.
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  • 298 1 AT LONDON AIRPORT LONDON, Sat. (Reuter). Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew who arrived here today for defence talks with British leaders said he would forego economic aid in return for security for his country. "It's not economics I'm worried about. It's security,
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  • 261 1 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) The Daily Telegraph today questioned whether Britain's new defence cuts were really related to the country's economic straits and declared: “They are already having the effect of further loss of confidence in Britain.” In an editorial headed “Disorderly Withdrawal”
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  • 55 1 HONG KONG Sat .Reuter) The English-lan-guage newspaper. The Star said today that the Anhwei provincial party leader Li Pao-Hua had escaped from a detention camp in Wuhan. an industrial centre in Central China. Li was claimed to have fled to the Chiuhwashan hills where he
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  • 34 1 MADRAS, Sat (Reuter) The Madras Government today closed all schools and colleges in the State after a series of student riofls over the language issue one of India’s most controversial current problems.
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  • 297 1 JAKARTA, Sat. (Reuter). Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos today made an indirect appeal to member countries of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) to join in a defence arrangement against China. He said in a speech that iespite their reluctance to :ountenance aid from
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  • 119 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Shahanshah and Shahbanou of Iran will pay a six-day state visit to Malaysia from Wednesday Accompanied by an official entourage of 18 and a 12-man press party, their Imperial Majesties will be accorded a ceremonial welcome on their arrival by
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  • 24 1 TOKYO. Sat. (UPI). The Japanese Government announced today it has notified Cambodia that it Intends to recognise “the inviolability” of Cambodian borders.
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  • 461 1  -  By JAMAL ALI KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, said Malaysia would not object if Britain were to go ahead with her accelerated withdrawal of troops from Malaysia. The Tunku hoped the five-power conference of defence in South-east
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  • NEWS
    • 664 2  -  By HOO BAN KHEE KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A panel of five prominent educationists unanimously agreed last night that Citizenship education was necessary However, they cautioned that it would degenerate Into pure government indoctrination which they do not want. Another snag was that, without proper guidance,
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    • 261 2 JAKARTA Sat. (UPI) Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos today called fOr intensified teamwork efforts with his Southeast Asian neighbours towards a “new golden age for the region. In a speech prepared for delivery befoje the Indonesian House of Representatives Mr. Marcos said Asia as a
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    • 61 2 HAVANA. Sat. (Reuter) Prime Minister Fidel Castro last night offered to free 100 political prisoners chosen by the United State? in exchange for the body of revolutionary leader Ernesto “Che" Guevara. But he indirectly rejected a Bolivian offer to exchange French Marxist R<*gis Debrey. now in
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    • 76 2 MEMPHIS. Tennessee S» l(I'PI) Rev. Brady Johnson yesterday married Navy airman James Edward Todd, of Nampa. Idaho and Floria Marquita Mayhorn. of Memphis. in Tennessee's first legal interracial marriage in modern times. Todd, a white aviation machinist mate stationed at the Naval Air Technical Training Centre at Millington.
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    • 39 2 PENANG, Sat. The Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh. will lay the foundation stone of the $350,000, five-storev building of the District Council North. Province Welle&ley. at Butterworth at 3 p.m. on Monday.
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    • 251 2  -  By HOO BAN KHEE KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Traffic in the Federal Capital showed a general improvement today os the $700,000 Green-Wave system entered its second day. However, in certain worst-hit areas like Jalan Mountbatten. Jalan Raja and Leboh Pasar Besar, the situation was still chaotic.
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    • 187 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Minister of Agriculture and Co-opera-tives, Haji Ghazali bin Jawi, hoped the Cooperative College would make some changes in its administrative work as well as co-operative education. There was also a need for the co-operative departments and co-operative societies to play
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    • 648 2  -  By LIM THOW BOON KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Government is to ask Parliament during its budget session, beginning Thursday, for a total of $1,932.2 million for federal expenditure this year. This sum is $103.6 million more, or on increase of 5.7 per cent of the
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    • 251 2 NEW DELHI, Sot (UPI-Reuter). U S. Presidential Envoy Chester Bowles said lost night he believes his talks with Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia represent a significant step in the furtherance of peace in South-east Asia. Mr. Bowles, just back from six days
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    • 119 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. There Is a wide scope to “Instil and propagate" the usefulness of productivity techniques to medium and small scale Industries which form the majority of the industrial establishments in the country. This is stated in the first annual report of the
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    • 397 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— The Government Is to seek Parliamentary approval to extend Malaysia’s territorial waters from a threemile to a 12-mile limit, A bill, entitled the Territorial Waters Act, 1967, which seeks to provide for this delimitation of the country's territorial waters, will
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 552 3 f ONDON, Sat. (Reuter, UPI). Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore said in a television interview last night that he did not want a fight with the British Government over defence cuts in the Far East. Mr. Lee due in
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    • 200 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Postmaster-General of the Singapore Post Office has called upon the public to observe six rules to ensure prompt delivery of the Chinese New Year greeting cards. The six rules are: W rite the address clearly on the envelope
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    • 114 3 SINGAPORE Sat A group of Rotary Club and senior members of the St. John's School will sacrifice their Sunriav tomorrow to help the retarded children. They will visit the Retarded Children s Associat on temporary centre at 201. Pasir Panjang (next to Paradise
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    • 73 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. The former Head of the Swedish Church. Archbishop C.. Hultgren (2nd from left) is now in Sin- papore for a brief stay in the course of his sixmonth world tour. He was met on arrival here from Kuala Lumpur yesterday by
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    • 482 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Government is looking to Jurong Shipyard to build more and more oceangoing steamers in the next few years. This was disclosed by Mr. Hon Sui Sen. Chairman of the Jurong Shipyard Ltd., in his message to the souvenir
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    • 136 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. Vanessa Hope. 15. won the Miss Personality contest held at R.A.F. Cbangi's youth club recently. Vanessa Is the daughter of a “personality Ian Hope. a well-known TV Singapura announcer. The keenly contested competition was open to all members of the Changi Youth Clnh and
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    • 149 3 S INGA PORE. Sat The Far East Curio Centre Ltd. has attracted large crowds since their opening on Jan. 8. The ultra-modern departmental store will continue to open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.. including Sundays and holidays until the eve of
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    • 328 3 Every citizen has a role to play Chan SINGAPORE. Sat. Mr. Chan Chee Seng. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Affairs. today said that in a newly-independent nation, every citizen had a vital role to play. He said that the task of nation building was long and arduous, but
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    • 298 4 No official warning from Education Ministry NUSTU Transferred principal MUAR. Sat. The 6,000-strong National union of School Teachers union has denied receiving any “Official warning letter” from the Ministry of Education over the case of its President, Enche Ahmad bin Abdul Rahman. Enche Ahmad defied a transfer order to Pahang
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    • 233 4 SINGAPORE. Sat. The eldest son of Singapore Prime Minister. Lee Hsien Loong, is among the successful candidates in the Government (Chinese) Secondary Four Examinations, the results of which were released by the Ministry of Education today. Lee. a student of the Catholic Hieh School, obtained
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    • 368 4 Bill a great blow to us WD staff SINGAPORE. Sat. A group of locally employed civilians in the British military forces in Singapore nave described the proposed Redundancy Fund Bill as a i “great blow to us”. It was commenting on the first reading of the proposed bill in Parliament
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    • 33 4 PENANG, Sat. Another $7,938 were received by the Penang Goodwill Relief Fund Committee through J the Chinese Chambers of Commerce here yesterday. The total amount received to date stands at $269,*****.
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    • 31 4 8 pm.: Malam Budav a at Victor a Theatre. Empress Place Bpm: Malam Gembira at National Theatre. Clemeneeau Avenue 8.30 pm.: Band performance by Police Band at Mount Fabar.
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    • 40 4 PRESIDENT Morcos releasing fish- fry into a pond of Kampong L.B.J. a FLDA land scheme in Negri Sembilan named after the U.S. President on Thursday. merit. President Marcos spent one ana a naif hours touring the settle- (Eastern Sun pix)
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    • 444 4 Home interview part of traffic survey SINGAPORE. Sat A home interview will be part of the State and itv Planning Office's massive comprehensive traffic survey, which begins on Jan. 19. A statement today said that the need for such a survey in Singapore had long been over due and over
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    • 60 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Muslim Women’s Welfare Association of Malaya yesterday entertained 200 children from various welfare homes to a Hari Raya Puasa party at the National Mosque. Most of them were the children from orphanages. There were 40 non-Mus-lim children The President of the Association.
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    • 126 4 EPF Board declares 5 per cent interest KUALA LUMPUR. Sat The Employees Provident Fund Board for the year 1967, has declared a rate of interest of 5-1 per cent to be credited to the contributors’ accounts. At this rate of 5-i per cent the sum credited is approximately $74 million.
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    • 29 4 ALOR STAR. Sat. The official opening ceremony of the Sion.non Sikh temple here bv the Pr me Minister Tunku Abdu! Rahman will take place on Feb. 3.
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    • 359 4  -  Fight leads to boycott of school By M. T. LINGAM GEMAS, Sot. A coll for the removal of the headmaster from a school has resulted in parents keeping their children away from classes. The incident is reported at the NationalType Primary School (Tamil) at Sungei Kelamn
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    • 55 4 TODAY: Works of prominent Malavsian artists exhibition at 41. Jalan Raja Muda. 9 a m. to 6 p.m. Jalan Weld swimming pool 9.30 a m. to 12.30 p.m. 2 p.m. to 5 pm.. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Zoo Negara 9 a m to 6 p.m. Muzium Negara
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    • 242 4 MUAR. Sat. The 6.000 temporary teachers who were served with termination notices last month have decided to form a union to fight for “equal rights and Justice.” This was disclosed to the Eastern Sun today by Enche Kahar bin Ahmad, the Secretary of the National
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    • 75 4 IPOH. Sat.—Miss Choong Lai Choo. aged 12. who will leave here by air for Perth in Western Australia next Saturday January 20 for a heart valve replacement operation. Her trip was arranged by the Rotary’ Club of Ipoh in conjunction with the Rotary
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    • 102 4 PENANG. Sat. Bishop Rev. Chiu Ban It will arrive here on Jan. 17 for a threeday visit to confer with the Archdeacon of North Malaya. Ven. A C.H Peatfield and other clergymen. The Archdeacon will refturn here after a long holiday in England on Tuesday
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    • 76 4 TELUK ANSON. Sat A new-born baby girl was left abandoned in front of a shop house in Jalan Pasir here last night. The child was heard crying in a rattan basket by a house-wife, Chan Foh Chee, 38. She brought the baby home and
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    • 433 14  -  By Anthony Chia SINGAPORE, Sat. Twenty-five South Vietnamese seamen who were dismissed by the shipowners four days ago are stranded here. The seamen arrived here on Jan. 3 on board the Panama registered ship S.S. Arrow Head. The ship is owmed by a
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    • 143 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Heralds Choral Society of Singapore will present A Musical Evening at Victoria Theatre on Feb. 16 in aid of the Singapore Arts Council Building Fund. The Heralds Choral Society. formed in 1961. is one of the most active musical organisations in Singapore, and has
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    • 170 14 ‘Overseas publicity important to tourism SINGAPORE. Sat. The leader of a group of 15 German travel agents today said that one of the most important things in tourism besides possessing all the attractions. was to publicise the country extensively overseas. Mr. Wolfgang Sohner. who said this, pointed out it was
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    • 40 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. Mr. Tav Boon Too. M.P. for Pava Lobar, will officiate at the opening of the improved Lorong Dendam. off Bartley Road at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow. S'reet lights have been installed along the road.
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    • 428 14 WARNING OF LONG-TERM LOSSES TO BRITISH ECONOMY SINGAPORE, Sat. The International Chambers of Commerce has sent an urgent telegram to the British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Wilson, urging him to consider the longterm losses to the British economy which would outweigh any short add immediate
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    • 632 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. Representatives in commerce and industry, Malay organisations and the Government were today urged to consider how best to solve the problems of Malay education and the economy of the Malays in the Republic in terms of 50 years and
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 46 4 Congratulations to People's Emporium Ltd. on the opening of their fine new departmental store at Lion City Hotel Complex Tanjong Katong Road Singapore from KIAN GWAIM we are proud to have supplied and installed all the Air Conditioning requirements You can be sure if it's Westfnghouse
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  • 413 5 fast expanding chain of departmental stores has contributed to the prosperity of the market in Singapore In a considerably big way. Within the short span of one year, there have been set up numerous modem departmental stores in the busy business areas
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  • 403 5 SINCE the introduction of the multifarious China-made consumer goods into the markets in Singapore and Malaysia in 1960. they have been receiving increasingly warm welcome of the people in the two territories. This is so because China-made goods are ever improving in their qualities and innovating
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  • 537 5  -  Policy: 'Service to the people' By Yeo Kee Ping, Managing Director, People’s Emporium Ltd. W th# management of the People's Emporium Ltd., feel extremely pleased with and honoured by as well as grateful to the people for their warm encouragement and support which has enabled us
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  • 274 6  -  By RONALD GOLDEN TPSWICH, England, Sat. (Reuter) Ralph Moxham stirs a spoonful of fertiliser Into his cup of tea each morninq and then sits down to read his daily batch of hopeful letters from bald men all over the world. Since last November, 57-year-old Ralph
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 592 6 Several days later, a military jet TAKES OFF FROM A PRIVATE TEXAS AJRRRB.. IT HAS BEEN NICE HAVING TOU VISIT ME, NAPOLEON... ILLYA BUT THERE WAS REALLY NO NEEP FOR SUCH EXTREME PRECAUTIONS... HSH. HEM ONLY TOP K GOVERNMENT PEOPLE KNOW OF MY NEW BOMB BULLET/AH, IT IS 6000 TO
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  • PHOTO TIPS
    • 530 7 piCTURE-TAKING in black-and-white traditionally presents a challenge to serious photographers because of the continual improvements being made in films. One of the important keys to good pic-ture-taking in black-and-white is the selection of the correct film for each situation. Here are some general
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    • 403 7 f -HaniVL-'Barfcera's BIRDS SAY THESE HE sur*osz ace TOO LOOKS almost wL WAVE TO PRETTY FOR LIKE ThE 6IVE THE WORDS •fr RANGER 9 TS Q 1 EQUAL TIME! V NECK- 1 TIES MUST SST HIM V FORTUNE/ > 2 COST U r-K is T] i M i y, i
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  • FOLLOW THE SUN A LIBERAL ARTS PAGE And the liberal soul shall be made fat
    • 809 8 Bv: DAVID BARNETT. REUTER’S CORRESPONDENT rmcvn Faced with the problem of how to hav.an opTa hou« coating lew than £lO 000.000 Japan provided a solution by building two different theS f)ne S theatre cost 3.800 million yen (about £3.800.000). and the
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    • 267 8 PIERRE LAROUSSE's heirs have Just commemorated the 150th anniversary of his birth in 1817. This famous grammarian and lexicographer, whose name for many French-speaking people has become a simple synonym for dictionary, promoted new ways of teaching grammar and wrote "Le Jardin des Racines Grecques et
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    • 205 8 THE Oxford Maison Francalse’ opened on November 18 by Andre Malraux is a cultural centre with a special charter. It is the only foreign institution which is part of the famous English university. The new French centre is administered by the French
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    • 210 8 FRENCHMEN* drink an average of 36 liters (1 liter—lj pints) of mineral water per person per year compared with only 26 liters in Switzerland and barely 18 liters in Germany and Italy. One of the reasons for the wide-spread use of mineral water in France is that the
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    • 290 8 EXTRA-CORPORAL irradiation of th e blood of a calf was recently carried out In Grenoble for the first time in Europe. Weaned young calves one and a half months old were used for this experiment. After several days during which the calves were conditioned in stables, a surgical
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    • 410 8 Barbara Herzog Berlin (DaD) Ever since its school reforms of 1951 and 1952. West Berlin has undoubtedly had the most modern, manysided and liberal school system in all of Germany Yet of the many progressn-e schools.'the John F. Kennedy School is the most popular.
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    • 135 8 NEW. YORK. (UPI) Se’ected Chinese art from one of the greatest private collections of modern times will be on display at New York's Asia House gallery from Jan. 19 —March 3. The show marks the start of a five-city American tour for 117 pieces
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    • 96 8 THE famous French pianist Monique de La Bruchollerie, who suffered a serious accident while travelling in Rumania, is now well enough to begin teaching the class assigned to her at the Paris Higher National Conservatory of Music. Her countless friends made during many tours
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    • 69 8 MAINZ (DaD) Glass that darkens automatically as soon as it registers ultraviolet radiation has been developed by a firm in Mainz. Germany. As soon as the radiation stops it resumes its normal brightness. People who need to wear separate sunglasses will in future probably not need to
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    • 158 8  -  Clim Far those uho follow the Sun on Sundays here is a preview of better reading in your year. Relax take it easy. Roam the world in views and netcs. Rut if you are the hardy type and like to move in turbulent current you ran
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    • 473 8  -  By Tadashi Wada TOKYO. Sat. (Reuter) Japan with annual exports now totalling soma USS10.000 m (about £4.160 million sterling) has traders and travelling salesmen in most of the world’s major cities constantly seeking new orders. They are likened by Japanese newspapers and magazines to soldiers
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 277 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Initial production has already begun in the new $5,000,000 Tractor and Earthmover Factory built by Dunlop Malayan Industries Berhad in its major Tyre Factory complex at Petaling Jaya. The first earthmover tyre was produced on Dec. 23.
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    • 195 9 WASHINGTON. Sat. (Reuter) The United States will enjoy another record year for foreign trade in 1968 despite a projected slowdown in its exports to Britain, the Commerce Department said today. It forecast continued growth of exports and imports over 1967 levels
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    • 49 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) Rubber futures closed yesterday from 10 to 25 points lower. There were no sales. March 17.75 May 18.00 18.40 July 18.10 1850 Sept. 18.10 18.50 Nov 18.15 18.90 Jan 18.15 18.90 The No. 1— RSS spot price was 17} cents nominal, unchanged.
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    • 37 9 WASHINGTON. Sat (Reuter) No offers were made today to General Services Administration to buy government stockpiled tin. The total sold for the week was ten tons, all commercial, a spokesman for the agency said-
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    • 148 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) Traders edged prices higher in active trading on the New York Stock Exchange today. Shortly before the end of the first hour of trading, the United Press International stock market indicator showed a gain of 037 per cent on 1.214 issues traded.
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    • 369 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. In the three weeks since our last report there were only eleven working days due to holidays, and during that time the market fell from 51$ to a low of 48 j cents for January shipment over seven consecutive trading days before checking
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    • 646 9 T ONDON, Sat. “Trade follows the test tube, not L* the flag” was the theme of the address given to the Royal Commonwealth Society by Dr. L. C. Bateman, Controller of Rubber Research and Chairman of the Malayan Rubber Fund
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    • 442 9 SINGAPORE Sat Business in and reported to the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange todav with the number of snares dealt in brackets. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co. $2 16 <l3 0001 $2.15 (1.000*: Boust-ad $163 < 2.000 >; C Seegars2 11 i4000i; $2.12 < 7.000 Chemical
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    • 39 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: Selling T.T./O.D. ready were: Deutsche Marks 1301/2; Holland Guilders 1171/2; French Francs 160-3/4; Italian Lire *****; Norwegian Kroner 233.
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    • 226 9 LONDON. Sat, (Reuter) The Singapore Prime Minister’s hint that his country might consider withdrawing her sterling balances from London has not caused any panic in financial circles here, although such a drastic move would obviously not be welcomed. Latest official Bank
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Sat The tin price for today was $560.50 per picul, down 50 cents.
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    • 483 9 SINGAPORE—tiUirk Exchange ntd and offer prices officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co 2.15 2.1* Bou‘lead l fin 1 65 < >ugar 2.11 2.12 Chemical Co 1.50 1.53 < storage \D .1.18 3.82 It uniop 2.29 2.30 1. sin,-it ing 112 116 1 XI 2.10
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    • 113 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The following ships are expected to be in port today Godowns Vessels 1/2 Patroclus 3/4 Ise Maru 5 Southern Venture 6/7 Oktyabraskaya Revelyusiya 8 '9 Burma 10/11 Halldis 13/14 Straat Lombok 15/16 Berezovka 18 Telamon 19 Meiwa Maru 21 '22 Musi 23/24 Jose Rcgidor 25/26
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    • 47 9 (Managers’ Prices) Hrst Malayan XD 2.31 Second Malayan XII 1.65 Third Malayan The Commerce 1.08 Industrv The Sating Fund .88 .97 .92 1.01 First Hongkong .80 •85* Second Hongkong Malayan Investment •55 .59* Fund 1 00 1 10 Sterling ommodity 4/2 4/9 Hong Kong Currency)
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    • 103 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The noon price* at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are > Buyer seller Coconut Oil (FOB.) Bulk 58.50 Coconut Oil (FOB. i l)rnm« 60.50 Loo*e Copra Mixed Jan/'Feh 34.50 Muntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% N.L.W 130.00 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) 90% s.|..w 127.50 Sarawak Special Black
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    • 193 9 PHOENIX. Arizona. Sat. International Harvester today demonstrated a prototype gas turbine truck engine which it hopes to havo in production by 1970. The engine was designed to replace diesel truck engines in the ranges above 300 horse power. “We are approaching the time when
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    • 730 9 AIR MOVEMENTS—S'PORE, K. LUMPU AKKIA AI.S IN SINGAPORE MSA 451 8.25 am. from Kuching Ms.A iW'i 8.25 a.m. from Penang lp«h K l Malacca Ms\ 043 1.50 p.m. from Kota Bahrtt/K.L. .M "A 509 2.05 p.m. from Bangkok MsA oof :t.f5 p.m. from Penang Ipoh k L. MsA tij.‘> 4.20
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  • 122 10 9. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. 10. With my whole heart have I wought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might
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  • 234 10 SINGAPORE. Sat The former head of Lutheran Church in Sweden. Archbishop G. Hultgren. arrived here recently in the course of a world tour on “a veryspecial mission". Archbishop Hultgren will, in the course of his travels, welcome church delegates to visit Sweden in July this year
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  • 77 10 SINGAPORE Sat. Dr G D James, an outstanding evangelist, will specially challenge the congregation to committing themselves to Jesus Christ at the closing meeting of a four-night evangelistic meeting at Telok Blangah Chinese Methodist Church tomorrow at 5 pm. The interesting musical items by the Youths of the
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  • 468 10 CHURCH AT HOME CHURCH AT HOME CHURCH AT HOME “WHY DO I HAVE SO MANY WORRIES?” asks a reader. “WHERE IS HAPPINESS? There seems to be something missing from life.” says another from Japan. Still another who ran away from home to find happiness, writes.
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  • 628 10  -  By Rev. D. Huntley OF ALL the radio stations to which Singaporeans can listen, perhaps one of the most remarkable ones is in one of our neighbouring lands. Just across in the Philippines, in a Manila suburb, right alongside the busy Northern Highway, a 300-foot
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  • 214 10 Protestants rally RECENTLY Christians from all over the world celebrated the 450th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. On Jan 20. at 8 00 pm. Protestant Christians from several denominations in Singapore will gather at the Life BiblePresbvterian Church auditorium, 9A Gilstead Road to witness to their Protestant heritage. The speaker
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  • 32 10 THE film entitled “Martin Luther” will be shown at Life Church. 9 Gilstead Road. Singapore on Thursday. Jan 18 at 8 p.m. Admission is free and the public aie welcome.
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  • 45 10 SINGAPORE, Sat, The Nativity Play group of St. Peter’s Church, Serangoon Gardens here under the leadership of Miss Ruth Fereira. This play was performed during Christmas eve at St. Peter’s Church and at the St. Luke Church Woodbridge for the inmates for the New Year.
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  • 434 10 HERE are the Bible answers to some of our readers' questions. Send In your problems to ‘The Christian Answers”. 23-B Cantonment Road, Singapore. 2. Bona fide questions mar be on any subject. Q: In Matthew 27 we read that the “Betrayal money ’of Jesus was used to
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  • 277 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. The United Service which the Bishops and other leaders of the Methodist, Anglican. Roman Catholic, Presbvterian. Mar Thoma, Syrian Orthodox Churches and Salvation Army will he participating. will be held at the National Theatre on Jan 20th at 500 p m.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 417 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. 2 Dundee Ro a d. Queenstown. Sunday Services Chinese Worship (Hokkien and Cantonese) 8.30 am. on Ist, 3rd. sth Sundays (Morning Prayer); 2nd and 4th Sundays (Holy Communion). English Worship Every Sunday Young Peoples Meeting at 3.30 pm.; Holy Communion Ist Sunday 500
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    • 158 10 REUGIOFS ANNOUNCEMENTS BETHESDA GOSPEL HALL 77 Bras Basab Road. Singapore. 7 Meetings in English Sunday: 8.30 a m. Breaking of Bread 3.00 pm. Junior Sunday School. 4.30 p.m. Senior Sunday School and Bible Classes. 6.15 p.m. Gospel Service 8.00 p.m. Son? Sendee Tuesday: 530 p.m. Prayer Meeting. Thursday: 730 pm.
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    • 367 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH Green Lane. Penang Sat. 3.00 pm. Boys and Girls Brigade. 400 p.m. Methodist Intermediate Fellowship. 500 p.m. Methodist Youth Fellowship, Sunday 8.30 a.m. Sunday School for all 5.30 p.m. Worship Service, Thursday 4.30 p.m Games Friday 8.00 p.m. Young Adults Meeting. All are welcome KAWPONG
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  • Femme
    • 1008 11  -  First time is always terrible By Janet Chong INEVITABLY, the day will come, in this more and mare emancipated society of ours, when all but in the most regressive cases, cur heroine (you) cuts loose from the tender care of Mum and Dad (and the
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    • 51 11 WHETHER worn above a lOw-cut dress or as collar for high necklines, Taylor's collar necklace has a barbaric splendour. Called Geometric Lace, it is one of the "Great Designs in Jewelry." The gold-plated metal is studded everywhere with baguette Swarovski stones in olive, purple and smoky
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    • 249 11  -  A lovelier you by Mary Sue Miller A Lovely writes: My goal for ’6B Is to be really well-groomed I have never quite made it in the past. Something is always left untended. When my hair is done, my nails are not. Etcetera! I tell
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    • 1177 11  -  By Florence de Santis IJEW YORK, Sat. A woman would have to be blind not to go crazy over the clothes shown on the third day of the American Designer Showings for spring. For every collection, the only word is "beautiful", os designers
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  • POPPING AROUND With Platter Pete
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      267 12 SPOTLIGHT POP GOSSIP :j: D1SC-CUSSIQN |.fr INTERVIEWS PLATTER PETE'S POP POLL TOP TUNES FEATURES v> Ex-Searcher, Chris Curtis makes a comeback into pop business this year with a new group called the Roundabout. The Group which was formed by Chris consists of five multi-instrumentalists, which he will record
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    • 199 12 Film director Clive Donner decided to take an "almighty gamble" on the soundtrack of his latest film "Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush". He decided that he wanted background music consisting of pop songs played by top pop
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    • 554 12 S POTLIGHT: THE FOUNDATIONS Record dealer, Mr. Barry Class of “Disci”, Westbourne Grove. London, had been listening to a group which had been playing in the basement underneath his office. He went down to the basement as the sound intrigued him. In the basement was a coffe bar where he
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    • 390 12 j|i there: I/O/,) t. 'il amity! I just read that "King Elris has only managed to tie for the 99t/i position with the Barron Knights in point system for consistent chart getters, based on the weekly Top Thirty published hy \ME. K onder what happened to all
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    • 85 12 Compiled by NME showing the most consistly popular discs of 1967 1. The Last Waltz (Engelbert H u ™Pf rdinck> 2. Release Me (Engelbert Humperdinck) 3. Puppet On A String (Sandie Shawl 4. There Goes My Everything (Engelbert Humperdinck) 5. San Francisco (Scott McKenzie) 6. There
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    • 69 12 Compiled by Derek Johnson based on NME LP Chart. 1. Tie Sound Of Music (Soundtrack) 2. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beaties) 3. Best Of Beach Boys 4 The Monkees 5. More Of The Monkees 6 Are You Experienced (Jimi Hendrix) 7. The Monkees! Headquarters
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    • 101 12 THE Beatles rose to new heights this week with thetr new hit disc “Hello, Goodbye It topped the PP chart in New York, Stockholm and Hor.g Kong and featured high in other lists. In Amsterdam the single has created a pop-business record, with 100.000 copies sold in six
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    • 197 12 LONDON: 1. Magical Mystery Tour (EP) Beatles 2. Daydream Believer Monkees 3. Hello. Goodbye Beatles 4. Walk Away Renee Four Tops 5. Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde Georgie Fame 6 Thank C Very Much Scaffold 7. I'm Coming Home Tom Jones R World Bee Gees
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  • THE NEW FILMS
    • 23 13 Terry Moore seen In the MGM film “A Man Called Dagger” sends New Year Greetings to Eastern Sun film-goers.
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    • 141 13 NEW YORK. Sat. (Reuter) Hollywood producer Otto Preminger has filed a lawsuit against actress Faye Dunaway Bonnie of the hit film “Bonnie and Clyde'' —for breach of a five-year contract with him. The veteran. 61-year-old film-maker lodged the comRlaint in Supreme Court ere. claiming that
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    • 380 13 SINGAPORE. Sat. There are a lot of ghosts in Paramount’s “The Spirit is Willing’’ but they will not haunt you nor will they give you the creeps. Instead, there’s a potful of laughter from where they come from and if you take a trip to see
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    • 340 13 HOLLYWOOD. Sat. (NANA) Mia Farrow’s stay at Frank Sinatra’s Palm Springs home was more of a visit than a reconciliation. She may still be there, but then again she may not. and in any case Frankie is going away on some personal appearances. If
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    • 145 13 WALKING into a lion's cage recently, producerdirector Otto Preminger received a standing ovation when he participated in "A Film-Makers' Weekend Seminar” at Creighton University. a Jesuit school. At the invitation of the Rev L. E Lubbers. S.J. the seminar featured a showing of Preminger’s “Hurry Sundown',
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    • 375 13 SINGAPORE, Sat. Otto Preminger's "Hurry Sundown", which unfolds on the screen the drama of the Southern part of the United States is truly explosive. An explosive theme on the black-white conflict in the midst of reconstruction and industrialisation just after World “'ar
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    • 127 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. “Of Human Desire a Carlo Ponti production in stark black and white shows up the dark anguish of one of the many faces of love Dialogue is racy and at times skirts the razor s edge of obscenity. But trust the Italians
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    • 86 13 Paramount Pictures' “October Revolution" had Its English premiere In London recently, setting a box office record at the Classic Baker Street Theatre with an excellent firstday gross of $845. The documentary film, which was produced and directed by Frederic Rosslf. creator of the highly acclaimed “To Die In
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    • 218 13  -  By: K. SIDHU Singapore. Sat HAVING a large family ran work out in two contrasting directions In the traaitional and oriental fashion, large families usually mean prosperity for the parents at least in old age but as they say. there are two edges
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    • 341 13 HOLLYWOOD. Sat. (NANA) The talk that Debbie Reynolds and George Hamilton will take over in “Living Free.” where Virginia McKenna and BUI Travers left off in “Born Free” was termed “ridiculous,” by producer Carl Foreman. The expletive echoed my sentiments exactly. Why don't
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    • 74 13 HOLLYWOOD. Sat. (UPI) Maurice Jarre, 32. who won Academy Awards for musical scoring of the films “Dr Zhivago" and “Lawrence of Arabia.” and actress Laura Devon. 26. announced yesterday they were married secretly on Dec. 30. The couple said the private ceremony was held at the Wayfarer's
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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    • 240 13 LCATHAQi] GALA uutcJlU SOW SHOWING* T"day 5 Showa’ 11 a m 1.30. 1 00. 6 SO 9 15 pm "MASSACRE FOR GINEIGHTEX Franco Nero. Ea.'tmaneolor ODEON ***** now showing: 11 a m.. 1 30. 4.00. 0.30 930 p.m •■roc ONLY LIVE ONCE” Color Lam Jeffrie.'. Scope. Chin. Suba CATHAY *****
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    • 146 14 Classified Ad. DEATH 20 Words $lO/- (Minimum) KHO KHOON lAU, 71, passed away peacefully 13.1.68 at 1.10 a.m leaving behind wife Kang Tong Jin. sons Seow Cheng. Peng. Lay, Tee. Koon < deceased). Kew. Chew and Cnuan; daughters Seow Ngo, Khuan. Hwee, and Soon; daughters-in-law Li Lai Kwan, Lily Leong,
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 1467 14 TV and l TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Pulau Pinang: 6 Ipnh and Melaka; 3 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 Kluang. P.M.: 300 Opening Annet Prog Summary; 3.01 Learn Our Language; 3.16 Big Three Golf: 416 Lone Ramper; 442 Racket Squad; 5.08 The Magic
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  • Sun Sport
    • 723 15  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Sot. The Football Association of Singapore Council will set up a Commission of Inquiry at a later date to probe into allegations of “rival" training camp organised to subvert and disrupt the planned promotions of the association. FAS officials
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    • 314 15 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) Icy weather conditions In Britain have caused the biggest hold-up of the winter In sporting fixtures. English league football has been badly hit, with half of today's 46-match programme postponed because of hard-packed snow and Ice-bound pitches. Several soccer games
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    • 345 15 SINGAPORE. Sat. Four Australian troops based in Singapore are champion armchair anglers and have ornate silver cups that say so. They are Sergeant Clarrie Whitehorn. of Canberra; Sergeant Ralph Shields, of Enogerra. Queensland; Staff Sergeant Graham Bennett, of Toowoomba. Queensland; and Corporal Stan Myatt,
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    • 271 15 PEBBLE BEACH. (California) Sat. (UPI) —Johnny Pott tamed Spyglass Hill in the second round of the US $104,500 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am yesterday, shooting a competitive course record one-under-par 71 to grap the second round lead with a 36-hole total of
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    • 150 15 HOUSTON. (Texas). Sat. (UPl)—Former heavyweight champion Cassius Clay will get a hearing on Feb. 19 before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a conviction for refusing to enter military service, court officials announced today. A three-judge panel will hear arguments by one
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    • 105 15 BRISBANE. Sat. (Reuter) A special meeting of the Queensland Cricket Association today decided not to abandon the QueenslandIndia match which was scheduled for four days at the Brisbane Cricket Ground. Heavy rain has prevented any play in the match and the association, meeting with
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    • 678 15 PORT OF SPAIN, (Trinidad), Sat. (Reuter) Trinidad shook MCC by grabbing six second innings wickets for 188 runs here yesterday as their four-day match ended in a draw. MCC finished 130 runs behind after a Trinidad second innings declaration at 204
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    • 325 15 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter) Tottenham Hotspur's signing of forward Martin Chivers from Southampton on Wednesday for 125,000 sterling boosted the value of English First Division soccer three quarters of o million sterling. Since manager Bill Nicholson took over in October
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    • 126 15 GLASGOW. (Scotland), Sat. (Reuter)—Kilmarnock, the Scottish first division soccer club, announced plans here today for a propo:*d round-world tour next summer which is expected to take in North America. Australia. New Zealand and Far East countries. The first four games of the tour will be in
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    • 231 15 AS A very keen enthusiast of this game. 1 believe that the Malaysian Hockey Federation can vastly improve the present standard of the Malaysian side by organising a small scale international tournament. An international tournament comprising of nations from the South and SouthFast Asia, namely
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    • 126 15 LAHORE. Sat. (Reuter) The Malaysian hockey team arrived today to prepare for the seven-nation pre-Olympic tournament which starts here on January 20. The party of 27 w4s led by team manager Dr. Aziz Durairatnam who said that. Malaysia would field a young side. “I hope my
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    • 648 16  -  THEY WIN FOR FOURTH TIME IN SUCCESSION By HARI CHAND KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Singapore Joint Services made Malaysian rugby history this evening when they blasted Malaysian Armed Forces to a humiliating 33-nil defeat to win the H.M.S. Malaya Cup for the fourth time in succession.
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    • 304 16 BANGKOK. Sat. (Reuter) Three Asian countries Iraq, Indonesia and Thailand begin playing off against each other tomorrow to decide which of them will qualify for the Olympic Games soccer tournament in Mexico City next October. The Asian soccer zone eleven of the pre-Olympic soccer
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    • 332 16 SYDNEY. Sat. (Reuter) Bill Lawry, 30-year-old Victorian batsman.' was today named to lead Australia in their two remaining Cricket Tests against India in Brisbane and Sydney. Australia, who hold a 2-0 lead, will play the touring team in the Third Test in
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    • 110 16 LEVIN <NZ>, Sat. (Reuter) Chris Amon of New Zealand driving a Ferrari, won the 75-mile (120 7 kilometres) Rothmans International Tasman Championship motor race here today. Second was Piers Courage of England in a McLaren Cosworth. followed by New Zealanders Jim Palmer (McLaren) and Roly
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    • 516 16 KUALA LUMPtR, Sat. A new annual cricket classic may be introduced here this year, to replace the North vs South match, which has lost its glamour. It is likely that this newannual match will between the Champion State vs The Rest. The
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    • 171 16 NEW DELHI Sat < Reuter) Uganda, with a fine extratime goal by centre-forward Flora D'Mello. entered the final of the First Asian Womens Hockey Championship, beating India (White Shirts) I—o m their replayed semifinal here today. It was a sad end for the Indian White Shirts
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    • 339 16 SINGAPORE, Sat The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs. Mr. Chan Che? Seng today called on the State's hockey team to the pre-Olvmpic tournament in Lahore to bring honour to the Republic. Mr. Chan, who was speaking at the fla«
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    • 637 16 SINGAPORE, Sat. Lozan Validimirov Kocev, soccer consultant and coach has reminded Singapore soccer officials and players that he is here fo help the Government in its aim to place the Republic in the forefront of soccer in Southeast Asia, REPORTS ALBERT
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    • 194 16 SYDNEY, Sat. (Reuter) The Australian Rugby League last night agreed to pay a bill for 613 dollars (290 sterling) damages claimed by an hotel at Ilklev. Yorks, where the touring Kangaroo team stayed last year. The league announced this is a prepared
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    • 127 16 PENANG. Sat Sports circles were shocked to learn of the death of Mr Tan Luan Gark. a fine all-round sportsman in his younger days, at his house here yesterday morning. The late Mr. Tan. manager of Ban Teik Bee Oil Mill. Penang. was one
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    • 310 16 LOOK AFTER FOOTBALLERS WELFARE -A PLEA SINGAPORE. S»t. Mr. Charlie Chan, manager of the national team to the 10th Merdeka tournament held in Kuala Lumpur last year has recommended that a threeman committee be set up to look after th* welfare of footballers. In his report submitted to the FAS
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    • 300 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Tne 1968 motor racing season got off to a roaring start today with the commencement of the two-day speed event at the Batu T ga Racing Circuit near here. The meet. organised by the Malaysian Motor Sports Club and
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 46 16 Penan?: 12.31 am. (5.9 ft.) Port Swettenham: 4.29 a.m. (14.0 ft.), 5.30 pm. (13.4 ft.) Port Dickson: 5.56 a m. (8.3 ft.) Singapore: 9.26 a.m. (8.7 ft.). 11.36 pm. (8.1 ft) Sedili Kechil: 7.08 am. (6.6 ft). 10.37 pm. (8.1 ft.) Kuantan: 9.27 a.m. (10.3 ft.)
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