Eastern Sun, 19 January 1968

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  • 22 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 534 Friday. 19 January 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 525 1  -  No major fiscal policy changes in Malaysia in 1968 By Musa Scully Ben d'Cunha LUMPUR, Thurs.—The 1968 Malaysian budget v is one that is not going to 'pinch' you. The Finance Minister, Tun Tan Siew Sin, presented his ninth budget in the Dewan Ra'ayat this afternoon and
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  • 430 1  -  By SEAGHAN MAYNES LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Britain is expected to keep substantial forces in Singapore until close to the total evacuation deadline of December 31. 1971, according to authoritative sources here. The exact phasing of the withdrawal programme for
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  • 217 1  -  By MUSA SCULLY and BEN D’CUNHA F[UALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Deputy Premier, Tun Abdul Razak, said today the British Government had given 57.3 million as initial payment to help offset the economic effects of the British withdrawal. “Consultations at official level
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  • 34 1 MOSCOW. Thurs. (Reuter) The Kremlin today warned the United States to keep its hands off Cambodia and Laos and claimed that Washington was planning military action against the two Indo-Chinese States.
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  • 150 1 TOKYO. Thurs. (UPI) The Foreign Ministry spokesman said today Janan could provide only economic assistance to help counter British military withdrawal from South-east Asia. Military aid from Japan would be out of the question, spokesman Kinya Niiseki told a press conference for foreign correspondents.
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  • 83 1 KUALA LUMPUR Thura Three new Members of Parliament were sworn in this morning at the Dewan Ra'ayat before the Speaker, Dato C. M. Yusoff. They are Mr. Rafael Aacheta. Wan Alwi bin Tunku Ibrahim, and Enche Abdul Taib bin Mahmud Enche Taib and Wan Alwi
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  • 181 1 If your gums are sore and tender to the touch, or bleed a little when you brush them watch out. These are certain signs of dangerous gum trouble which can loosen teeth, so that they have to be pulled out. Kolynos Dental
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 209 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. For the second time in a fortnight, the mournful notes of the "Last Post" was heard in the Lake Gardens here this morning. And at the Cenotaph, the Shah of Iran stood solemnly at attention a* a mark of respect for
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    • 181 2 SINGAPORE Thurs. Professor Keith Buchanan will give a public talk on “Hunger: Causes. Extent and Implications” in New Lecture Theatre No 4. I niversity of Singapore. Bukit Timah Road, on Jan. 26 at 6 00 p m. Prof. Buchanan, currently External Examiner in Geography
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    • 68 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The President of Lions International. Mr .Torse Bird, and his wife, will arrive here on Sunday at 7 5b p m. A banquet in honour of the visiting Lions International President and his wife, has been arranged for Monday at 8 p.m. at
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    • 40 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Forcing open the doors of a shophouse at Jeram, four thugs, one armed with a pistol, held up the proprietor and robbed him of $4lB in goods and cash early thi* morning.
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    • 656 2  -  Gathering a common interest to all By C.F. LEE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, tonight again repeated his call for a conference of Muslim countries to work out a common understanding on various matters, especially on religious observances. The
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    • 384 2 Lee 'captured many hearts' Daily Telegraph LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew leaves London today having raptured many hearts, a Daily Telegraph columnist said today. “Few could have carried the political war into the camp as he has done and won applause from both Government and Opposition
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    • 145 2 BINOAPORE. Thurs. The whole of today s proceedings of an appeal against an Interlocutory injunction granted to a police officer, was taken up by the State Counsel's submission. The appeal before the Federal Court of Appeal is against the decision of a High Court having granted an
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    • 187 2 Glasgow funeral for wife of S 'pore surveyor GLASGOW. Scotland. Thurs. (Reuter) The tuneral of a young Singapore physiotherapist. Mrs. Janet Lee Kua. 25. who was killed during Monday's hurricane here, will be held here tomorrow. Mrs. Kua. whose maiden name was Meow, was married in Singapore and lived with
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    • 188 2 PENANG. Thurs. The cashier of Shaw Brothers Ltd Penang. Mr Chew Tong Yong today had his bag. containing about $2,000 snatched away from him in front of the Royal Theatre in Jalan Ria, in a daring robbery. Mr Chew accompanied by an employee of the
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    • 142 2 KAMPAR. Thurs. —A police party, aided by Federal Reserve Units from Ipoh, raided various suspected gang hideouts in the district last night and detained five persons for questioning. According to a senior police officer, the raids were carried out as a preventive measure
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    • 63 2 PENANG. Thurs. The Minister of Local Government and housing. Mr. Khaw Kai Boh, will sign a Sl9 million contract with Messrs. HochtiefChee Seng at the Operations Room. Bangunan Tuanku Sved Putra here on Monday. The contract is the construction of 4.000 units of low cost housing flats
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    • 492 3  -  By Kalwant S. Sidhu SINGAPORE, Thurs. The rate of "serious" crime like organised armed robbery has been on the decrease during the last six months. Although details of the dropping “serious” crime rate are not readily available. the new Acting Police Secretary
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    • 49 3 In a.m-5.30 p.m. Exhibition of children’s books at Lecture Hall of the National Library, Stamford Road 7.30 p.m. Free film f-o«-s by Ministry of Culture at Macßitrhie Reservoir. Kampong Bcreh. Lee Cheng S' hool and Tuas Village. 8 pm Hokkien Opera a the National Theatre, Clemenceau Avenue.
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    • 398 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs The need to further develop the Singapore International Airport in anticipation of the supersonic era of Jumbo jet aircraft was emphasised today by the Parliamentary Secretary. Deputy Prime Minister’s Office, Enche Buang bin Omar Junid. As evident from the
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    • 520 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs A seminar on “Some problems in the teaching of School Certificates Phvsics and Chemistry”, organised by the Science Teachers’ Association of Singapore, will be held on Saturday. Professor T. H. Elliot, President of the Singapore National Academy of Science, will open the
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    • 365 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. “Singapore its storv in pictures” this will be the theme and setting for thp first-ever full-length colour publication in the Republic to be published for international circulation. It is expected to be distributed to world markets by November this year. During
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    • 224 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A corps of some 40 dancers plus principals and premier dancers of the Australian Ballet Company will be performing here at the National Theatre from Feb. 20 to 23. The company will be making Singapore its first stop on It* 1968
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    • 313 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. President Johnson of the United States has a good chance of being re-elected this year, indicated the Second Secretary of the U.S. Embassy here, Mr. John M. Taylor. He was speaking on “The United States Presidency" at today's luncheon meeting of
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    • 151 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Department of Extramural Studies. University of Singapore, will offer three more courses in Management Development and Control. Investment Analysis. and the Law of Associations in February. The first course, commencing on Feb. 16, is given by Mr J. Fogstad. Senior Lecturer
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    • 3761 4  -  ONLY 14.5 M. ADDITIONAL REVENUE THIS YEAR By Ben D'Cunha and Musa Scully KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The F inance Minister Tun Tan Siew Sin announcing his revenue proposals for 1968 in the Dewan Ra'ayat today said, from the purely financial standpoint,
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    • 365 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. New tax proposals at a glance; Vehicle licence fee for ordinary diesel taxis from 20 cents to 40 cents in West Malaysia (revenue 51.7 million per annum). Singapore based commercial vehicles operating in West Malaysia to pay the difference of the fees
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    • 368 10  -  By SUHAIMI BIDIN SINGAPORE, Thurs. A 40-year-old Police Corporal with the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) who suffered from tumour of the brain, owes his life to an eminent surgeon who made successful operations on him in a Melbourne Hospital recently. He is
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    • 151 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The former resident representative of the Economic Development Board in Hong Kong. Mr. P. Y. Hwang, has been promoted acting Deputy Director of the Board. Meanwhile. Mr Hwang also serves as the Chief of the Investment Promotion Division of the Economic Development
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    • 69 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A 57-vear-old man fell to his death from the 17th floor of Seleg'ie House last night He was Yeow Cheng Hoe. of Greenw’ood Avenue, a retired Public Utilities Board employee In another case yesterday. Police found SN Nadason. 60. dead in his house
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    • 194 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Highlight of the Festival 1968 will be a two-dav pugilistic show which will feature a specially designed 110 feet dragon. This was announced today by the Chairman of the Singapore National Pugilistic Federation. Mr Tan Han Seng, at a press conference at the National
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    • 433 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Minister of Defence, Mr. Lim Kim San. will be asked during the next sitting of Parliament on Jan. 24 whether he will consider strengthening the Marine Police Force to protect the fishermen. The question, for oral answer, has been submitted
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    • 406 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Minister of State (Prime Minister's Office) will move a motion seeking the approval of Parliament and adoption of the 107point “Highway Code”, at its next sitting on Jan. 24. The “Highway Code” is prepared by the Deputy Prime Minister's Office under
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    • 823 10 ‘Smelly corpse’ found with ‘fairly big hole’ in the head —Inspector GENE KOH'S MURDER INQUIRY SINGAPORE, Thurs. The “very smelly corpse” of millionaire’s son, Gene Koh Chai Lee. 22. with a “fairly big hole" in his head was found on a hillslope at 7J m.s.. Old Thomson Road, the preliminary
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    • 90 11 The Shah of Iran (3rd from left) at a special convocation at Dewan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. The Shah was conferred with the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Malaya. Flanking the Royal visitor are Mr. Justice Suffian, pro-Chancellor of the University, and the
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    • 799 11  -  By Musa Scully and Ben D’Cunha Kuala Lumpur, Thurs. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, told the Dewan Raayat today the majority of Malaysians understood the problems confronting racial harmony in the country. “And racial harmony
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    • 254 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Tne Deputy Premier Tun Abdul Razak today assured Sabanans tnat tne government would do all it could to reduce the high cost of living in the State “But the government’s efforts can only succeed if there is full support
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    • 370 11 Bid to debate NEB—workers dispute failed KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Labour Member for Batu. Dr Tan Chee Khoon. today failed in a motion to adjourn the House for a special session to debate the dispute between the National Electricity Board workers and the NEB In proposing the motion. Dr. Tan
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    • 842 11 5% RISE IN GNP THIS YEAR: KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Finance Minister, Tun Tan Siew Sin told the Dewan Ra'ayat when presenting the 1968 budget that the effects of the catastrophic rubber price decline experienced last year would still remain. He
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    • 64 11 TELOK ANSON. Thurs. —A former Alliance Stale Councillor and Town Councillor. Mr. Wah Keng JoOi. died m the district hospital here last night after a short illness. Mr. Wah. who was 66. leaves behind two widows. 11 children and three grand children. He was a founder member
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    • 31 11 SEREMBAN, Thurs—The coronation of the Yang diPertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan will be he.d here on April 8. which has been declared a public holiday in the State.
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    • 241 11 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. The Shah of Iran conferred his nation's hightst decoration on their Majesties the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agon g. when he and the Empress called on their Majtsties at the Istana Negara here yesterday afternoon. His Majesty received the Order
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    • 342 11  -  By KHOO BOON CHOO PENANG. Thurs.—Twenty thousand school children will line both sides of the route from the Raja Tun Uda Pier to the residency here to give the Shah and Shahbanou of Iran a warm and rousing welcome when they arrive for
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    • 757 13  -  By Lim Thow Boon KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Shah of Iran today declared that differences in standards of material, cultural and spiritual life on earth are no longer tenable. “It Is now fully accepted.” he said, “that all Individuals in the human society should attain the
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    • 184 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The High Court today ruled that forest licences issued by the Pahang State Government were non-transferable. On this ground, Mr. Justice S S Gill dismissed a $30,007 claim for damages brought against a Pahang State Assemblyman, Abu Samah b. Idris. The
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    • 142 13 MUAR Thurs Students in tohore are invited to apply for the Sultan Ibrahim Scholarship Fund for higher studies at the Universities of Malaya and Singapore or overseas during the 1968/1969 sessions Applicants must have passed THE School or the Malaysian Certificate of Education with a
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    • 25 13 PENANG. Thurs —Another $33.30. were received bv the Penang Goodwill Relief Fund committee yesterday, bringing the total amount receivea to date to $233,357.02
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    • 45 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs —G.S. Burton of 24, Jalan 3. Petaling Jaya. was fined $1,150 In the Magistrate's Court for failing to furnish returns of income together with certified copies of accounts for the years of assessment 1965. 1966 and 1967.
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    • 48 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —A civil registry clerk. AG. Vijavaratnam. 39. was today charged with criminal breach of trust of $23 of stamp fees at the Sessions Court here. He claimed trial and hearing wa s fixed for Feb. 25. Bail of $5OO was allowed.
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    • 79 13 TODAY; Explorations an artist in the making” oneman exhibition by Ranbir Singh at Samat Art Gallery 9 a m. to 6 pm. WORKS of prominent Malaysian artists by Peninsular Art Society at 41. Jalan Raja Muda. 9 a m to 5 P.m JALAN Weld Swimming Pool 9.30 a
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    • 87 13 PICTI'RE shows the first of 10 Sikorskv helicopters, each costing $2.3 million, purchased bv the RMAF being off-loaded at Port Swettenham wharves on Tuesday afternoon. The aircraft arrived at Port Swettenham packed in several crates on board the American vessel TSS President Pears where it was
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    • 370 13  -  By: Hoo Ban Khee IZ’UALA LUMPUR, Thurs An open invitation has been extended to Malaysian businessmen to take part in the International Asian Fair in Teheran in October, 1969. The invitation came from Mr. Ali-Akbar Mahnoudji, VicePresident of the
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    • 28 13 PENANG. Thurs. An electrical department technical assistant. Mr. D Raphael, reported the loss 1.440 yards of electric wire, valued at SS6B from the Waterfall Gardens yesterday.
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    • 126 13 KAJANG. Thurs. Police yesterday foiled an attempt by two youths to steal a radio from a car parked outside a house at Main Street here. The OC.P.D here Assistant Supt. of Police. EG. Magness. said one of them has been arrested. Two constables on beat
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 608 5 British diplomatic quirk, 1968 HONG KONG, Thurs. (Reuter) —The Far Eastern Economic Review said today Britain was withdrawing her troops from a region in which their presence was both welcome and useful in favour of a garrison in Europe whose community
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    • 313 5 NEW YORK. Thurs. (Reuter) American newspapers saw Britain's defence euts as the end of an era. and warned that there was a lesson for the United States in British economic troubles. Reports of Mr. Wilson's economy measures were prominent on the front pages of
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    • 104 5 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) A Commonwealth Prime Ministers conference is expected to be held later this year, possibly in the autumn, well-informed sources said last night. The previous meeting of the leaders of the 26-nation Commonwealth was held here in September 1966 but it seems likely that
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    • 48 5 DAI. 1 A S Thurs. (UPI) Mrs Elbe S hram. 63. heard a burglar walk into her house and confronted him in the denSlapping aside a pistol aimed at her. Mrs. Schram ordered the young gun-toter to Get out.” He did, empty handed.
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    • 192 5 ATLANTA, Georgia, Thurs. (Reuter) If the Lnileii Stale* immediately withdrew from Vietnam, all of Asia would have “To come tn terms with Peking", New Zealand's ambassador to the I oiled Stales, Mr. Frank H. Corner said here last night. Mr. Corner said
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    • 222 5 NE W YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Communist China should he helped by the United States and Russia “If it will behave,” former British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan says. “China will need a great deal of help...its enormous population must be helped and looked after.” he told a
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    • 47 5 PHNOM PENH. Cambodia. Thurs. (UPI) Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk claims the United State? is “flouting" a recent agreement designed to keep Cambodia out of the Vietnam war. Prince Sihanouk made his accusations at a reception for visiting Yogoslav President Marshal Tito.
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    • 65 5 GUATEMALA CITY. Thurs. (UPI) Communists in Guatemala claim they are responsible for the machinegunning of four American military personnel on Tuesday. Two officers died in the attack in Guatemala City. The Communists say they shot the Americans in reprisal for the slaying of a beauty Queen
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    • 61 5 CAPE KENNEDY. Thurs. (UPI) Another step has been taken toward landing men on the moon. An unproved rocket module passed three ground test firings vesterday at Cape Kennedy. The 22-foot spacecraft section roared into life first for 10 seconds, and later for two 6(Vsecond bursts. The
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    • 167 5 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Blonde French-born Francois* Jordan. 35, saluted Naii-style and shouted “Heil Hitler” as a court jailed her for 18 months for conspiring: to burn synagogues, yesterday. Mrs. Jordan, former wife of British Nazi Party leader Colin Jordan, said in court she had once told a party
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    • 88 5 HAMBURG, (DaD) The female sex has always liked to be an eye-catcher. Just how the ladies do this is left to their imagination and to fashion. “Art Tat- too” sailor-style is now highly fashionable with teenagers in Germany. Young girls cover themselves with bright pictures. The young ladies on our
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    • 126 5 BIRMINGHAM. England. Thurs. (Reuter) Britain’s IOO.OOn-strong National Federation of Pakistani Associations was urged today to support the Back Britain campaign The campaign, started by five typists in South London, involves working a voluntary extra half-hour daily without pay and buying exclusively British goods in an attempt
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    • 118 5 TOKYO Thurs. (UPI) The Japanese government plans to send students to South-east Asian nations to study area history and spread a little of Japanese culture at the same time. Kyodo news agency said today. The report said that one student each will be sent
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    • 70 5 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) Bronchitis has sharply increased in Manila due to the cold weather, the City Health Department reported today. City Health Officials said there were 79 bronchitis cases for the week ending January 13 against 39 cases in the previous week. They also reported a
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    • 228 6 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) A confessed member of an Australian drug ring said today he became a police collaborator after being caught smuggling heroin into Honolulu. He is Glenn G. Reid, who appeared today before a US. Federal Court as the government
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    • 92 6 COLOMBO. Thurs. (Reuter) The last strikers involved in a 27-day walkout by Ceylonese plantation hands, and workers in engineering firms, hotels, and import and export houses, will return to work tomorrow, unions announced today. Members of three union federations involved in the strike for
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    • 135 6 OTTAWA. Thurs. (Reuter) Dr. Srpitai Chandrasekhar, India's Minister of State for Health and Family Planning said today he would be ‘Very happy” if Canada would contribute $5 m. towards his country’s popula-tion-control programme He told a press conference following two days of meetings here with
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    • 109 6 MELBOURNE, Thurs. (Reuter) Victoria s Acting Police Commissioner Mr. CH Petty said today that former Prime Minister Mr. Harold Holt died from drowning and there was no suspicion of foul play. He was commenting to reporters on a joint report by Commonwealth and Victorian
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    • 58 6 CAIRO. Thurs. (UPI> U N. Special Peace envoy Gunnar Jarring conferred for two hours yesterday with Egyptians Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad on the Middle East situation. The two men will meet again today. Mr. Riad said he reiterated to the U.N. envoy Egypt’s stand on immediate Israeli
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    • 336 6 BANGKOK, Thurs. (UPI) Visiting Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos ond Thai leaders were reported today to have agreed on a joint communique reaffirming their policy to stand by South Vietnam in its anti-Communist struggle. Mr. Marcos, nearing the end of his 11-day threenation
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    • 167 6 KARACHI. Thurs (Reuter) The week-long state visit to Pakistan by President Tito, which ended today. is likely to mean more Yugoslav aid for this country. and stronger economic links between the two nation, observers believe. A communique issued today on the talks Marshal Tito
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    • 87 6 CAMBRIDGE. Massachuetts. Thurs. (UPI) Students, faculty and staff members at Harvard University and Radeliffe College have sent a statement to President Johnson urging him to refrain from further escalation” of the Vietnam war The Ad Hoc committee on Vietnam urged the President to
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    • 86 6 JAKARTA, Thurs (Reuter) About 70 Communists have been arrested in South Sumatra charged with trying to form a new Communist Party network in the area Indonesia's Antara news agency reported yesterday The agency was quoting Colonel Tambunan. the Lampung Military Commander who said the
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    • 49 6 JAKARTA. Thurs. (UPI) Mongolia ha? accepted the nomination of Max Maramis as Indonesia's Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. the Indonesian Foreign Ministry announced today Mr. Maramis is Indonesia's Ambassador to Moscow and will concurrently act as Ambassador to Mongolia. The Ambassador's headquarters will be in Moscow.
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    • 26 6 MONTEVAGO, Sicily-Soldiers carry victim from the ruins of this mountain town completely destroyed recently in an earthquake killing an estimated 200 persons.
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    • 228 6 SAIGON. Thurs. (Reuter) The Communists would not now be waging ■war if South Vietnamese politicians had succeeded in reorganising society in the South after the 1954 partitioning Geneva agreement, President Nguyen Van Thieu said today. There was economic injustice in the south and
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    • 59 6 MINOT NORTH DAKOTA. Thurs (Reuter) A USAir Force jet transport crashed o n takeoff at Minot Air Force base today, killing 12 of 13 persons aboard, the Air Force said. The plane was a KC-133 tanker. A major-general. three colonels, three lieutenantscolonels. a major and a captain
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    • 278 6 HONG KONG, Thurs. (UPI) Colony police, encouraged by the welter of arms and explosives they have collected in a public amnesty offer, will make a special effort to disarm Hong Kong Communist terrorists soon, a top police official said yesterday. Chief Criminal Investigator Norman Rolph
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    • 76 6 TOKYO. Thurs (Reuter) A light tremor shook central Japan today, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said No casualties or damages were reported The agency said the epicentre was at the bottom of the Pacific. East of Chiba. about 40 miles East of Tokyo. It said an Intensity
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    • 190 6 CAIRO, Thurs. (UPI) Prosecutors yesterday demanded the death penalty for seven men. including a former war minister, charged with plotting the overthrow of the government by force last August. An official indictment released yesterday indicated 30 former Army and Air Force Officers faced
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    • 69 6 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Foreign Secretary Mr. George Brown today urged rapid moves to solve the Middle East crisis and totd Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol that time was not on Israel’s side British sources said the Middle East situation was the main topic at a 45minute
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    • 286 6 PALO ALTO. California. Thurs <UPI>. Heart transplant patient Mike Kasperak sat in a chair yesterday for the first time since his gall bladder was removed In an emergency operation. Physicians said the 54-year-old retired steelworker was "improving slowly but steadllv” 11 days after a housewife’s heart
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    • 586 7 Congress asked to remove gold cover on us •In V’nam, make peace quickly WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) President Johnson called on Congress today to end obligatory gold cover for the dollar, thus freeing the whole of U S. gold reserves to back America's pledge to keep the gold price at $35
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    • 59 7 SASEBO. Japan. Thurs. (UPI) Violence broke out twice in Japan yesterday ove r the scheduled arrival of the US aircraft carrier Enterprise Only hours after police used tear gas on a band of leftists trying to storm the US Naval Base a: Sasebo pro American
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    • 65 7 MILWAUKEE. Thurs. (Reuter) Songwriter W Billy Moll, who wrote two of the most popular tune« in the 1920’s and 1930’s died here last night of a heart attack. He was 63. ‘Wrap up your troubles In dreams and dream your troubles away” and the novelty
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    • 174 7 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Thurs. (Reuter) Israel. Jordan, the United Arab Republic and Lebanon are agreeable to U N. Middle East peace envoy Gunnar Jarring continuing his efforts to seek both shortrange and long-term solutions to the Middle situation, Secretary-General U Thant
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    • 46 7 ON the building site of the tall Aswan Dam where big ferro-concrete galleries intersect the dam feeding cement mixture, liquid glass and other materials of enforcement into the body of the dam Here will be an observation grounds for work on the gigantic dam. TASS photo
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    • 57 7 SAIGON. Thurs (UPD The United States reportedly wants South Vietnam to release Communist prisoners of war in the hopes that Hanoi will reciprocate More than 200 Americans are known to be prisoners Some American officials are hopeful that an exchange of prisoners might pave the
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    • 84 7 JAKARTA Thurs. (Reuter) 193 Chinese refugees have died of diseases in the West Borneo capital of Pontianak, Antara News Agency reported today. Antara quoted Pontianak Mayor Lieutenant Colonel Siswojo as saying that in the city there were about 26.000 Chinese refugees who fled the jungle
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    • 65 7 MIAHTATLAN. Mexico Thurs. (Reuter) Two local land-owners faced each other across a disputed boundary at dawn yesterday and shot each other to death in a duel. Ramon Rodrigue* Juarez a trade union leader, died at once with three bullets in his chest. State legislator Prudencio Ruiz Cruz
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    • 50 7 AARHUS. Denmark, Thurs (Reuter) A small dog brought traffic at a busy crossroads to a halt here last night when it lifted its leg against a traffic light post and caused a short circuit. The dog got a mild electric shock, and a bone from the police
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    • 148 7 JAKARTA Thurs. (UPI) Indonesia will recognise Taiwan if the Chiang KaiShek government moves to Peking and is accepted by the Chinese people. Foreign Minister Adam Malik said yesterday. A report from Taipei quoted Taiwan publishers Wang Tih Wu of the United Daily New?
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    • 131 7 VIENTIANE. Thurs. (UPI) An explosion last night shock the residence of the North Vietnamese Ambassador here located at Nhong Duang in the heart of Vientiane, it was reported early today Deputy North Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Tian was at the embassy, which is in the same compound
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    • 258 7 MANILA. Thurs (Reuter) A Philippine Herald columnist today said there was a lot of misconception in the Philippines about the Malaysian press. EmU Jurado writing in the Englieh-language morning paper said: “While It Is true that the newspaper In Malaysia do not have the kind
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    • 96 7 Busmen may strike for a week LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) Britain faced the prospect of a national bus strike today after the government rejected a one pound sterling a week pay rise for 77.000 municipal bus crewmen. Delegates of the busmen's union meet in London later today to consider their leaders
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    • 165 7 MINNEAPOLIS, Thurs. (Reuter) A group of American citizens announced today that they plan to impeach President Johnson for his conduct in handling the Vietnam war. The group, called Citizens for Governmental Restraint Incorporated, said It would present petitions asking the House of Representatives to consider
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    • 105 7 BANGKOK. Thurs (Reuter) An unidentified gunboat raked a Thai fishing vessel with machine gun fire in the Gulf of Thailand on Tuesday, killine the captain, according to police reports reaching here today. Four fishermen who jumped overboard when the vessel was attacked are missing and presumed
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    • 45 7 LONDON, Thurs (Reuter) —Actress Vanessa Redgrave. 30. broke a toe yesterday during a mock fight scene for her new film “Isadora.” the life story of dancer Isador Duncan She way taken from the set. just south of London, to hospital for treatment.
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    • 194 7 TOKYO. Thurs. (Reuter) The official Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman said today Japan could not fill the military vacuum to he created by Britain in the region East of Suez" but would exert efforts for peace and stability of Southeast Asia in the form
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    • 93 7 SYDNEY, Thurs. (Reuter f —Postal workers in Sydney Canberra and Melbourne to- day stopped all mail handling to block government moves to use outside drivers to shift mail delayed by a van drivers strike The six-day old strike is seriously disrupting commerce and communications. It
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    • 76 7 PFORZHEIM (DaD) Customers of the City Savings Bank in Pforzheim. Germanv, can now receive change or conclude other bank business as if they were at a filing station. They need not leave their cars. This is the most modern and place-saving construction method for a television
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    • 268 7 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) A 39-year-old London antique dealer claimed in court today that his multi-millio-naire American wife sent eight gunmen after him and had him put in chains when he removed his two children from her home. The episode was told by a lawyer
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  • 770 8 MALAYSIA’S 1968 budget can be described as a fair and mild one. The public expected, with some trepidation, increases in income tax. profits tax, and in duty on petrol, tobacco and alcoholic beverages in view of the British withdrawal and low price of rubber. These items have
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  • 237 8  -  By Kerry B. Bothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidonc# For Criminal Trials VL7HEN the marriage of Rosalie and Stephen became unbearable, Rosalie brought an action for divorce. Stephen counterclaimed for a divorce. The judge gave Rosalie the divorce, but awarded custody of their three minor children to Stephen
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  • 213 8 BRITAIN’S overseas aid programme has not been reduced in the review of public expenditure announced last Tuesday by the Prime Minister. Mr Harold Wilson. It will remain at its present level of £2osm. a year. But although there are to be no cuts and indeed,
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  • 597 8 Wilson’s statement on Britain's defence economies is likely to satisfy the Australian. New Zealand. Singapore and Malaysian governments on two points at least that the Commonwealth Secretary. Mr. George Thomson's consultations with them last week were genuine consultations and that their views were clearly reported
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  • 565 8 TT BECAME clear, A following the Prime Minister's statement in Parliament last Tuesday, that the British Government expects to participate in a fivepower meeting with the Malaysian, Singapore, Australian and New Zealand governments about the middle of the year. Its purpose will be to consider
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  • LETTERS...
    • 250 8 T AM a teacher in the Unified Teaching Service and this is my seventh year of teaching since coming out of college. As such, I am not transferable. I was thus shocked when I received a letter of transfer when the academic year began.
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  • 353 8 accepted as the loss of a capability which had been valued by all three British Services. The situation is eased bv the decision not to provide a special defence capability outside Europe after withdrawal from East of Suez. It must also be recognised that within
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper FRIDAY, JANUARY, 19. 1968. 23-B. Cantonment Road. Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 39, |alan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telephone: *****/6 8, Leith Street. Tel: ***** 77. Brewster Road. Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 354 9 recovers strength: Stock mart prices tumble LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) The pound recovered strength and stock market prices tumbled yesterday as the government rammed home the message that higher taxes and still further economic measures were on the way. On Tuesday. Prime Minister Mr. Harold Wilson’s raft of cuts in defence
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    • 403 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Dunlop Malayan Industries Berhad have announced five major appointments involving two directors and three managers. The appointments are Tunku Ahmad bin Tunku Yahaya as Marketing Director. Mr. Edmund P K. Wong as Director of Dunlop Singapore Limited. Mr. P. A Lawson as
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    • 140 9 JAKARTA. Thurs. (Reuter) Indonesia is negotiating to import 150.000 bales of raw’ cotton from the United States for delivery in and after April this year, informed sources said yesterday. The imports, costing more than $2O million w’ould be financed from some $lOO million
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    • 73 9 COLOMBO, Thurs (Reuter) An East German Deputy Prime Minister. Herr Max Sefrin, was present when Ceylon's Prime Minister Dudley Senanyake laid the foundation stone for an integrated textile factory biggest in Asia which is to be built here. The factory, being constructed with a long-term loan
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    • 180 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Four young Singapore men have been selected to become 4-year apprentices with Qantas in Aircraft Ground Engineering. The apprenticeship scheme covers the practical and theoretical training on engines. airframes, electrics, electronics and instruments, the airframe section covering both hydraulics and sheetmetal, technicalities.
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    • 234 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Prices were narrowly mixed during the first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Near the end of the hour, the United Press International marketwide indicator was unchanged from Tuesday's close. With 1.205 Issues on the tape,
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    • 72 9 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) London rubber market closed idle wdth spot 17-1/4 17-1/2. Settlement House Feb 17-1/4 17-3/8 March 17-3/8 17-9/16 April 17-1/2 17-5/8 April/June 17-5/8 17-3/4 July/Sept 18 18-1/8 Oct/Dec 18-1/4 18-3/8 Jan/March 18-7/16 13-9/18 April/June 18-9/16 18-3/4 July/Sept 18-11/16 18-7/8 Oct/Dec 18-7/8 19 Jan/March 19 19-1/8
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    • 22 9 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) No offers were made today to buy government stockpiled tin, a General Services Administration spokesman said.
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    • 266 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE. Thurs. February first grade rubber f o.b. buvers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala l.umpur today at 48-1 2 rents per lb., down one-eighth of a cent from previous close. The tone was very quiet. The market was again in the doldrums and remained
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    • 818 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs Trading on the Stock Exchange today w as moderate and had a total turnover of 980,000 units of stocks and shares. The industrial section was generally quiet with occasional fairly active conditions taking place. Shares prices were fractionally better pending the announcement of the
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    • 51 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants; Canada; Buying T.T. 35§; Airmail OD 35J; 90 d/st. 36-9/16 credit bills; 36| trade bills. Selling T.T. O.D. ready were: Canada 35-3/5; Deutsche Marks 130 J; Holland Guilders 117|; French Francs
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    • 24 9 HONG KONG. Thurs.(UPl) —Money Quotations; HK56.0375/6 0575 per US dollar for cash. HK$ 14.48 per pound sterling HKS2B9 per tael gold.
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    • 19 9 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI)— Rubber market opened quiet with spot 17-3/16 17-7/16. CIF basis oortg Feb. 1613/16 16-15/16.
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    • 85 9 JAKARTA. Thurs. (Reuter) ''Kiss" and develop is the new motto of the Indonesian government as it pushes forward wdth plans for economic improvement in 1968. The official slogan “Koordmasi. Indrasi. Stabilisasi and Sinkromsasi” (Coordination. Integration, stabilisation and Synchronisation) has been shortened to "kiss” and the
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    • 471 9 YOUR SHARES—UP-DOWN -UNCHANGED XINOAPOKK—Ntiick Exchange old and offer prices officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co. 2.25 2.26 Boustead 1.64 1.68 C. sugar 2.16 2.17 Chemical Co. 1.52 1.54 Cold Storage XD .1.80 3.94 Dunlop 2.30 2.32 E. smelting 4.14 Esso Pref 1.03 1.05 Esso Ords 2.32
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    • 45 9 (Managers’ Prices) First Malax an XI> 2..10 second Mxlavan XD l.t>5 Third Malavan 1.07 The Commerce Industry 88 .97 The saving Fund 92 1.01 First Honzkong 80 .85* Second Hongkong .55 •59* Malayan Investment Fund 1.00 110 Sterling Commodity 4/4/7 Hong Kong Currency)
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    • 102 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The noon prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are > Buyer Seller Coconut oil (FOB.) Bulk 58.00 Coconut Oil (F.O.B.) Drums 00.50 Loo-e Copra Mixed .Ian/Fet> 84.50 Muntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 9I>% VI.W 130.00 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) 90% VI. W 127.50 Sarawak special Black
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The tin price for today was $560.50 per picul, up $l.OO.
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    • 189 9 SINGAPORE. ThursThe following ships are expected to be in port today: God owns Vessels 1 /2 Oktyabraskaya Revolyutsiya 3/4 Mikasa Maru 5 Southern Venture 6/7 Flintshire 8/9 California Mail 10/11 Empire Tern 13/14 Ampenan 19 Empire Petrel 21/22 Hock Lee 23 Pasaman 24 Wishford 25 28 Rajah
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    • 671 9 AIK MOVEMENTS—S'PORE, J: |I iJ i ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE MSA 013 8.0i a.in. from KL. MSA 121 9.30 a.m. from K.L. MSA 451 10.15 a m. from Kuching MSA 005 10.15 am. from Penan*/Ipoh/K.L./Malacca MSA 04* 3.00 p.m. from Kota Rharu/Trengganu/K.L. MSA 633 3.00 pm. from Taipeh Hongkong Ms.A 4.53
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    • 143 10 Subscribe to EXSTEHX SEX w* *u% y 4k i iy^ i i*jj 4 i* a* SINGAPORE’S ONLY INDEPENDENT NATIONAL DAILY. If you live in Singapore or in Malaysia or in the surrounding areas, why not subscribe to the EASTERN SUN and have it delivered to your home daily or to
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    • 1417 10 I YOUR ft i TV and TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Pulau Pinang; 6 Ipoh and Melaka: 3 10 Johore Bahru: 4 Taiplng; 7 Batu Pahat: A Kluang. P.M. 3.00 Opening Annet. Prog Summary. 3.01 Antara Dua Irama: 325 Paul Terry Cartoon Fishing Season: 3 30 Pow Wow
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  • NEW UNDER THE SUN
    • 438 12 SURELY top award for pragmatic statements must go to the Germans this week. In an article in the London Sunday Telegraph H. Ludwig Erhard the former West German Chancellor and architect of Germany’s "Economic miracle” said that Britain’s effort to cling on to
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    • 135 12 SYDNEY. Thurs (Reuter) Australian Nazi leader Eric Ray Wenberg said today that stories of extermination camps in Germany during World War II were false. “By and large, stones about extermination camps in Germany during World War II are false they are more or less propaganda.” he told
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    • 959 12 THE graceful art of carpet-weaving, traditionally accepted as a fine art. is generally regarded as a speciality of the Persians, who have employed their time quite profitably in its development. Historians believe that carpet-weaving is one of the oldest industries developed in the East,
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    • 789 12 THE following are textual passage* of Prime Minister Harold W t/*on’» references to the Far East in Tuesday's statement to the House of Commonst ON BRITAIN'S ROLE IN THE WORLD, he said: “Defence must be related tn the requirements of foreign policy, hut it
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    • 655 12 THE present area of Iran covering approximately. 1.645.000 square kilometres, is about a third of the area of the first Universal Empire State in history, established 3.500 years ago hy Cyrus the Great in middle of the north temperate zone, between 25 and 40 latitude, bounded
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    • 257 12 FRENCH newspapers greeted Britain's austerity measures as a welcome, if unconscious, sign that she had committed herself to a future inside Europe. Under the headline: Britain turns to Europe, the conservative Le Figaro sa:d: “To the historian of the year 2000. January 16 1968 will probably seem
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    • 308 12 WASHINGTON, Thurs, (UPI) Congressional Republican leader attacked President Johnson's state of the Union message last night as a political campaign speech that failed to deal effectively with the problems either at home and abroad. They scored the address on almost every score taxes. Vietnam spending and the
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 331 13 fSHAW ORGANISATION D O Phone ***** Now Showing 11. 1.45. 4. 0..10. 8.1.1 Cornel Wilde A: Rip Torn m "BEACH RED" Co’or tUAI Tomorrow M'nlte' THF noth niTS" Mandarin In Color CAPITOL Phone ***** Ll»t Dari 11. l ift. 4 ftft. ft (ft. ft.gn hi Che Ac Won* Pya Chen*
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    • 219 13 Now Showing 1 30. 4 00. 6 SO. 9.15 Frederick Staflord. Jean Sebere In "THE LOOTERS" In Color Scope t~ R Now Showine! 1 50, 4.00, 6.30, 915 Rod Cameron, Marie versinl "THI'NDER AT THE BORDER” C’Scope. Color. Columbia f Ample car park -pace available I I behind the Theatre
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  • NEWSFEATURES
    • 104 14 MANILA. Thurs (CPI) A Chinese ship captain, arrested for running into a Philippine lighthouse, told investigators the night was clear, his speed was moderate, the only light he saw operating was on a fishing boat and that he had a Filipino harbour pilot on board
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    • 372 14  -  By Elisabeth Jordan A visit to the Dolls* Museum in Neu stadt—Traditional and historical costumes from many countries—A market-gardener's wife with exotic head-dress, INB Neustadt Take a broad black scarf, wind it round your hair, tie it at the back of your head in a big
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    • 200 14 LOS ALAMOS. New Mexico. Thurs. (UPIi An anthropoid named Nancy has disproved a theory that radiation necessarily is harmful to offspring. Not only did she survive a triple-lethal dose of gamma radiation which killed seven other three years ago at
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    • 241 14 PARIS. Thurs. (Reuter) American fashion buyers are expected in their customary numbers at the Paris haute couture sprint? and summer collections opening on Jan. 22 despite a threatened boycott. A group of New York dress manufacturers angered by what they described as President de Gaulle s anti-American
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    • 91 14 HONG KONG. Thurs. (UPI) Colony police Statons collected more than 500 pounds of illegal firecrackers by lat* altemoon the biggest haul yet of the bomb-making ingredients citizens were handing over under a government amnesty scheme. There was still no indication it was the colony’s
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    • 44 14 MANILA. Thurs (UPI) A taxi driver fled with his passenger’s baggage last night after the passenger alighted, police said today. Passenger Elenterio Florencio. 45. said his baggage consisted of a sack of rice and a 45 calibre pistol.
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    • 350 14 TAIPEI. Thurs. (UPI) Time magazine took the gallant stand today in defence of Asia’s most famous hot spring resorts and the girls who posed nude there. The magazine’s local representative. Frederick Andrews, reacted after the Nationalist Chinese government cracked down on the Literary Inn and one
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 582 14 Eastern Sun Classified advertisements can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT D OR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building. Singapore. S.S. MUBARUK Brothers. 63, Bras Basah Road, and 2, Maju Avenue, Serangoon Carden Estate. Singapore. TAY BUAN CUAN LTDSUPERMARKET 83. East Coast Road. Singapore 15. Tel: *****9 HAMIEM STORE. 1419.
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    • 575 14 NOTICES SELANGOR TURF CLUB THREE DIGITS FORECAST POOL THE Public are advised that commencing with the Perak Amateur January 1968 Race Meeting on 20th January 1968, “ABC” Three Digits Forecast Pool tickets based on the usual $l/- Unlimited Sweep will be on sale to the public at> 1. Melaka “ABC"
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    • 430 14 NOTICES bees KENYATAAN TAWARAN J.K.R SELANGOR Di-panggil sa-mula TAWARAN* daripada Pemborong2 yang berdaftar diJ.K.R.. di-dalam kelas (“EX), dan ka-atas di-bawah kepala (2) dan kepala kechil (2). siapa2 yang sudah biasa membuat kerja2 saperti ini sahaja aka n di-terima di-Pe.iabat ini ia-itu Jabatan Jurutera Kerja Kanan, (Kerja Ayer). No. 2, Jalan
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    • 89 14 Eastern Sun [CLASSIFIED ADS] i i i -1 LONC Advertiser's Name Address. telephone No Number of Insertion* Date(s) Requested Cost Paem.nt trcoaipsn? mi Order if O. CMw Cirt ncWti Cash ntn be rrilitrrrt Cheaae* etc. •beats be created. Classified advertisements may be Handed at the following addresses: KUALA LUMPUR: 39
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  • Sun Sport
    • 257 15 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Republic's first major Government-backed sports attraction will be the staging of the 1968 Singapore Grand Prix to be held in April this year. The Minister for Social Affairs, and Culture Enche Othman bin Wok. revealed that top racing drivers from
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    • 232 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A Royal Malaysian Air Force rugby team consisting of 22 players and three officials will leave tomorrow for Singapore to play three matches there. Air Force, who were runners-up in the Be!angor R U's senior league competition. are the
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    • 125 15 ALOR STAR Thurs. The South Vietnam Army football team who were to have made a short tour of Malaysia with their opening match here yesterday have postponed their tour to a later date. No reasons are available. Kedah who expected to make this friendly
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    • 142 15 PORT OF SPAIN. Thurs. tßeuten Gary Sobers. West Indies Test captain, missed yesterday's net practice and stayed in bed but he will be wide awake when the first Test against England begins here tomorrow. Everton Weekes. West Indies Test manager, said Sobers felt tired after a
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    • 250 15 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Forty men from 3 Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, based with 28 Commonwealth Brigade. Terendak, arrived here ahead of schedule today after running about 573 miles from Kota Bahru in 70 hours. The day and night nonstop relay was part of the unit’s adventure training programme, and
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    • 59 15 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) Pat Jones, who clocked a world's best time of 27 3 seconds for the women’s 200 metres hurdles, has been voted Britain's best woman athlete for 1967 by the British Women’s Amateur Athletic Association. Miss Jones’ time was later bettered by
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    • 266 15 SINGAPORE, Thurs Singapore Recreation Club. t h e defending champions, take the lead in the Singapore Hockey Association Division One League tournament, with an unbeaten record. Up to date. S R C. are on the top of the table with 18 points, followed closely
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    • 345 15 BRISBANE, Thurs. (Reuter) Indio is taking no risks on the weather end has insured independently against rain for the Third Cricket Test against Australia starting at the Brisbane cricket ground. But the Queensland Cricket Association which is promoting the Test has not
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    • 192 15 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) Lim Kok Ann of Singapore defeated Malaysia’s Lee Keng Cheong last night to win his first point in the fourth round of the Meralco (Manila E ertric Company) National Open chess championship here. Lim who had lost his first three
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    • 105 15 PENANG. Thurs. The Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. returned a challenge trophy to the Governor of Songkhla. Prince Thongkhamplawe Thong Yai. In the City Council Chamber this morning. The trophy was presented by the Government last ypar for sports competition between the Penang City
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    • 79 15 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Two leading officials of the British Lawn Tennis Association. Mr. Derek Hardwick and Mr. Derek Penman. are to attend the Australian I.TA’s annual conference in Melbourne at the end of this month, it was announced here today. Mr. Hardwick new chairman
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    • 219 15 WELLINGTON. Thuru The Seventh Asian Racing Conference was opened by New Zealand's Minister of Internal Affairs. David Seath. in a colourful flag-raising ceremony at Trentham Race Course near Wellington In the presence of a large crowd. The conference, which will conclude on Jan. 24.
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    • 242 15 Kl T ALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Malaysian Ceylonese Cricket Association will take an invitation side for their tour of Ceylon in mid-April this year. Originally it was planned to confine it only to persons of Ceylonese ancestory. The MCCA’s decision
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    • 157 15 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) The Philippines women's amateur team goes into the fourth round of the First Asian Women's amateur golf team championship today with an unbeatable 25stroke lead over secondplace Japan The Philippines’ total on the basis of scores of its best three players on each
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    • 157 15 BRISBANE. Thurs. tßeuter* Montghanhalli Jaisimha, who flew to Australia earlier this week to reinforce the Indian cricket team, is included in the side for the Third Test match here, which starts tomorrow. Opening batsman Jaistmha will be playing in his 28th Test. He replaces Dilip
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    • 209 15 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Martin Chivers, Britain's most expensive footballer, marked his debut for Tottenham Hotspur by scoring the winning goal for t£e London club in their English league match last night. The Spurs beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 to register their first
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    • 161 15 ACCRA. Thurs. (Reuter) Ghana's Olympic boxing hope* suffered a severe setback today with the announcement of one-year suspensions imposed on Prince Amartey. captain of the Ghana national team, and Amos Ajao. a Commonwealth Games silver medallist. The executive committee of the Ghana
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    • 73 15 SYDNEY. Thurs. (Reuter) Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league captain who fractured a leg on the recent tour of Britain, today officially announced his retirement from the game. Gasnier. 28. said he would concentrate on hu business and family. Gasnier broke his leg in the first
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    • 674 16  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Thurs. Top soccer officia I s representing clubs and associations affiliated to the Football Association of Singapore will attend a "pep talk" at the National Trades Union Congress conference hall here tomorrow. The soccer meeting mooted bv Enche
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    • 480 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Football Association of Malaysia concerned by the number of dismal failures by the national team at the Merdeka tournament and international matches have drawn up a blueprint for improvement of the game. Peter Velappan, the assistant secretary
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    • 302 16 SEREMBAN. Thurs. Negri Sembilan Malacca Rugby Union are sparing no efforts for the annual NorthSouth classic which is due to be played here on Jan 27. This is the second successive year this classic is being staged in Seremban. The Organising
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    • 110 16 NAPA, California Thurs. (UPI) Johnny Pott is the sentimental favourite to win the first. U *****,000 Kaiser Open Golf tournament starting today, but Arnold Palmer and Billy Casper are the betting man’s choice. Pott, one of the more erratic pros on the PGA tour, won
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    • 111 16 PORT OF SPAIN. Thurs. (Reuter) Cortez Jordan (Barbados) and Ralph Gosein (Trinidad) were named today as umpires for the First Test between England and the West Indies beginning here tomorrow. Jordan, the senior West Indian umpire, stood In the match between MCC and the President’s
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    • 79 16 MELBOURNE. Thurs. (Reuter Entries for the Australian men's tennis championships have been badly depleted by the loss of Australia's top three players. Roy Emerson. Tony Roche and John Newcombe, to professional ranks. The field, one of the weakest in memory, will enter the first
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    • 62 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Malaysian Armed Forces will meet teams from the visiting Australian Naval ships. HMAS Yarra and Stuart at rugby and hockey at the Armed Forces stadium at Gurney Road tomorrow. Yesterday the Aussies beat the Kiang Club at Klang in rugger
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    • 616 16  -  By BEN VARIYAN KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The move to hold a full-scale Far East motor racing circuit with an Asian drivers’ championship on the same pattern as the Far East Golf Circuit, has received the barking of commercial backers. State Governments and racing
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    • 1090 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A total of 262 horses 78 class one. 94 class two and 90 class five has entered for the four-day Singapore Turf Club January-February meeting on Jan 27 and 28 and Feb 3 and 4. The entries are: CLASS 1 1st run
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    • 426 16 M A R A. Claw 5 2 Furs. str. Catchw eights 12 st. lbs. Trophies 1 Tan Jong Surat 8 2. Kair 5 3. Abdullah 2 4 Grey Grenadier 8 5 St. Cloud i 6 Maju 7 7 Adek 4 8 Nomad 3 Hurdle
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    • 96 16 SEREMBAN. Thurs. Sixteen players have been named by the Negri Sembilan Football Association to travel to SingaDore over the weekend for their opening match in the FAM Cup tie. They will meet Singapore on Sunday at Jalan Besar Stadium. NSFA president Enche
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 61 16 TIME AND TIDE <*• >,* -4'. Penang: 2.31 am. (8 6 ft 3.22 p.m (7.1 ft) Port Swettenham: 8.04 a.m. (15.0 ft), 8.35 p.m. (15.8 ft) Port Dirkson: 8.54 a.m. (8.8 ft.), 9 09 p.m. (91 ft) Singapore: 1.47 a m. (8.8 ft), 12.50 pm. (10.1 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 12.39
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