Eastern Sun, 21 January 1968

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  • 22 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 536 Sunday, 21 January 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 164 1 TPOH. Sat. Three persons lost their lives in a fire which broke out in a confectionery shop in Leech Street here this afternoon The dead were a clerk employed in the shop. Miss Kwek How Fah. 22. and two other workers. Tan Swee Yong. 10
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  • 59 1 MANILA Sat. <UPI) Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos has gallantly conceded that his lovely wife, Imelda, captivated more people than he did during their' 11-dav state visits to Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. "It was I who came and saw but it was she who conquered.” Marcos told a
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  • 636 1  -  Tunku and Goh agree defence of Malaysia, S’pore is inseparable! by: Lucian Peter Hoo Ban Khee and KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Malaysia and Singapore today agreed to hold further talks to work out measures for the future defence of the two nations. This followed an "over-the-lunch" talk at
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  • 122 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Sitting of the Dewan Ra'ayat was this morning adjourned to 4 p.m. on Monday following a motion bv the Minister of Transport. Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir. In proposing the motion. Tan Sri Sardon said it was to enable Members
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  • 44 1 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) Two mermaids described by Councillors as “too voluptuous" and "looking like a couple of tarts” have been replaced by a hear and a lion on a Municipal Coat of Arms. The town is Tamworth in Central England.
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  • 111 1 LOURENCO MARQUES. Mozambique. Sat. (Reuter) Cyclone Georgette, wrecking hundreds of home? and blacking out communications, has killed at least 15 people since striking the Northern Mozambique coast yesterday, officials reported here today. They feared the death toll was higher, but said it was not yet possible to
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  • 41 1 Inevitable peace —Dayan JERUSALEM. Israel. Sat. (UPI) Defence Minister Moshe Dayan declared on Friday a new round of hostilities with the Arab States was “a short-range possibility." But the hero of last June’s Mideast war insisted peace way a long-range inevitability.
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  • 88 1 MOSCOW. Sat. (Reuter) Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin is to visit India next week to attend National Day celebrations in New Delhi, informed sources said here today. He is due to arrive on January 25. and might stay for five or six days, the sourres said.
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  • 87 1 MANILA. Sat. (Reuter) A man whose right arm was almost severed during a knife duel in Roxa* City in the Central Phillippines was brought to nospital by his opponent yesterday, according to police here. Police said the tw r o men who earned a
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  • 22 1 RANGOON, Sat (Reuter) More than 1.000 people were made homeless when a fire gutted 200 houses in Rangoon last night.
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  • 215 1 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Singapore Cabinet met today and considered the report of discussions that took place in London recently between Singapore and British Government Ministers. Singapore team, led by its Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. met the British Prime Minister. Mr Harold
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  • 92 1 BIRMINGHAM. England. Sat. (UPI) Former Prime Minister Sir Alec DouglasHome said yesterday the Soviet Union now controls the Suez Canal and poses a threat to the trade routes around the Cape of Good Hope. The ODposition frontbench spokesman on Foreign Affairs attacked the Labour
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  • 47 1 1 more SINGAPORE Sat. The rate of interest payable on Post Office Savings Bank deposits in the Singapore Post Office Savings Bank will be increased from three to four per cent per annum with effect from May 1 this year, the Deputy Prime Minister's office announced today.
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  • 288 1  - Malaysia welcomes any country to join ASEAN Razak By C. F. LEE KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Raxak, today hoped all countries in the region would join the Association of South-east Asian Nations to make it more representative and stronger. Malaysia, he said, would always welcome
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  • 86 1 ROTTERDAM. Sat. (Reuter) At least 65 people were Injured in a huge explosion and fire at the massive Shell oil refinery here today. Flames from the refinery one of the world s biggest shot 360 feet (120 metres) high after the blast. The explosion shattered
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  • 88 1 CAPE TOWN. Sat. (Reuter—Philip Blaiberg is in the eighteenth day of his new lease of life —the *tay which proved fatal for Louis Washkansky. the world's first heart transplant patient. Dr. Blaiberg's wife. Eileen, said yesterday she felt very uneasy about the 18th day. But the retired.
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  • NEWS
    • 187 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The National Union of Teachers today urged the Government to put an immediate stop to “unnecessary pres ige projects” and give a better deal to the "deserving” workers in the country. Its Hon. General Secretary. Mr. John R. Gurusamy. said the
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    • 221 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— The Selangor government Is to open up about 10.000 acres of land In the state for the planting of pineapple and maize in 1969 This was disclosed by the Mentri Besar Dato Harun bin Hajl Idris, during his visit to
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    • 137 2 KAMPAR. Sat —ln one of the most daring hold-ups ever staged in the district, a four man-gang, two masked and one armed with a revolver, early this morning got away with more than S4.fton in cash, cheques and jewellery. The robbery described as a “well planned
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    • 73 2 A sea of impatient and anxious faces of old men and women waiting to get their ang pows from Shaw Brothers at Kuala Lumpur’s Bukit Bintang Park on Friday. Hundreds turned up for the once-a-year-event, many of whom started their wait the day before. This is the 20th year in
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    • 290 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Minister of Education, Enrhe Mohamed Khir Johari has stressed the importance of issuing books and other reading material to bring about social and economic development and mutual understanding among the races in the country. He said education in Malaysia
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    • 90 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— The Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka will hold an adventure short story competition at national level to meet the shortage of reading materials among young children Disclosing this today its director. Syed Nasir bin Ismail, said it would continue to work for
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    • 24 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat The Selangor Consumers Association w-ill hold its annual meeting at the YMCA buildings here next Saturday at 4 p.m.
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    • 26 2 NEW DELHI. Sat. (UPI) President Tito of Yugoslavia will extend his visit to India to attend India's Republic Day celebrations on Jan. 26.
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    • 130 2 BANGKOK, Sat. (Reuter) Malaysia has sought Thai views about the setting up of a joint committee to suppress smuggling along the common border, according to Lieutenant General Amporn Chintakanond, the Undersecretary of Economic Atfairs. Genera! Amporn told reporters yesterday that he was glad that Malaysia
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    • 108 2 SINGAPORE. Sat. —Mr. Foo Kuan Ymg this morning oresented a cheque for $2.0n0 to Mr. Chan Chee Seng. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs, as a donation to the Social Welfare Department for disbursement to charitable organisations in Singapore. Mr. Foo made this presentation
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    • 66 2 PALO ALTO. California. Sat. (Reuter) Heart transplant patient Mike Kasperak was in an extremely critical condition early today after an operation to stem internal bleeding doctors said. A medical bulletin reported that an operation last night succeeded in halting bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract of the
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    • 90 2 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Ministry of Finance today announced that the Government had already received ample supplies of new fiverent and ten-cent coins. In a ne ws release today, the Ministry stated that the public could now exchange their new- coins and notes of all denominations without limit
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    • 76 2 SINGAPORE. Sat. In conjunction with its 6th annual anniversary. Seiamat Hari Raya Puasa and Chinese New Year, the Singapore Malays’ Photographic Society is organising a dance festival and Mini-Skirt Queen contest The dance will be held at Victoria Memorial Hall on Jan. 29 starting at 8 p.m.
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    • 72 2 HONG KONG. Sat. (UPI) The organ of the Chinese Communist Party today said Britain’s military withdrawal East of Suez will "aggravate the difficulties” of the United States in Asia. The Peking Peoples Daily, in a commentary broadcast by Peking Radio said part of the motivation
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    • 28 2 WASHINGTON,Sat. (Reuter) President Johnson today named his close friend and confidant. 61-year-old Clark Clifford, to be his new Defence Secretary in succession to Robert S McNamara
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    • 36 2 NEW DELHI, Sat. (Reuter) Mr Triloki Nath Haul. Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, said today India was aiming at a broad-based regional economic organisation in Asia without any political overtones or undertones
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 198 3  -  70 RENDERED HOMELESS By PETER LOKE SINGAPORE, Sat. A 45*minute fire at Bukit Timah this morning razed three attap houses and rendered some 70 persons from 11 families homeless. The fire broke out in the kampong. off 6£ m.s. Bukit Timah Road at about 10.57 a.m.
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    • 445 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. In this technological age. defence is a matter of applied science, according to Professor T. H. Elliott, president of the National Aea- demy of Science. He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the one-day seminar on "Some Problems in the Teaching of
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    • 397 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. Ariists should not divorce themselves from the general stream of life, should not isolate themselves in their art alone, but must be aware of what is going on and must be willing to participate in nation building. The Chairman of the Singapore Festival
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    • 71 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The 22 South Vietnamese seamen, dismissed from the SS Arrowhead on Jan. 9. left here today for their homeland after reaching an “unsatisfactory” settlement on Wednesday. Most of them will be Joining their families for the Vietnamese New Year “Tet” on
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    • 221 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The possibility of establishing a common market for South-East Asia will be discussed at a seminar to be held here from Feb. 15 to 20. The seminar is being organised jointly by the University of Singapore and the Council on
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    • 47 3 5 p.m. 6 p.m. Band performance by Singapore Infantry Regiment at MacRitehie Reservoir Park and another one by People's Association at Farrer Park. 7.30 p.m Malam Aidil Fitri at the National Theatre, Clemenceau Avenue 8 p.m. Singapore Kairalle Kala Nilayam at Victoria Theatre. Empress Place
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    • 65 3 SINGAPORE. Sat The Australian Alumni last night gave a briefing session. lasting more than three hours, to students who would be going to Australia for further studies in the coming weeks. The session at the Amber Mansions. Orchard Road, was intended to give the students some
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    • 137 3 Oil firm's ang pow donation SINGAPORE. Sat. An oil firm will donate 51.500 cash “ang pow” to 350 TB patients at the annual Chinese New Year parties organised simultaneously by SATA on Jan. 23 at Shenton Way and SATA Uttamram Clinic in Upper Changl Road at 1.30 p.m. Mr. M.
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    • 277 4  -  Textbooks By WEE HOCK CHYE MALACCA, Sat. Hundreds of parents in Johore and Negri Sembilan are victims of a company here which allegedly has failed to supply school textbooks after collecting cash from them. Yesterday several parents here reported to the police the firm operating ;n
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    • 278 4  -  By CHAN KAM YAN KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Lon? before the off-beat but hilariously successful Joharian methods of birth control were put forward to the Malaysian public. Dr Lim Swee Aun too had his own ideas about family planning. That was
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    • 153 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Malaysia has welcomed the re orted decision by the International Tin Council not to impose control on export of metal bv producer countries. The Controller of the Export Commodities Division of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Enche Jamil Jan. said
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    • 215 4 Training of nurses to go on Bahaman PENANG, Sat. The training of 1.500 nurses and hospital assistants will continue until 1971 under the training scheme, although the government is facing a decrease in finance this year. Thte was disclosed by the Minister of Health. Enche Bahaman Samsudin when he presented
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    • 44 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat, Two men were acquitted and discharged in the Sessions Court here today for trying to extort SlO.OOO from a businessman on Nov. 11 last year at Jalan Loke Yew. They are Wong Hon Peng. 27. and Slew Swee Keong, 20.
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    • 294 4 Growing demand for people with skills Dr. Lim KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Education to equip children with the skills of technology meet the needs of the country was the theme of an address of Dr. Lim Swee Aun. the Ministry of Commerce and Industry at a dinner on the occasion of
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    • 126 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. President Ferdinand E. Marcos, of the Philippines has written to a well-known lawyer here. Dato R P S. Rajasooria. author of “Three decades of Malayan trials” thanking him for presenting him with a copy of the book. The book was handed to
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    • 299 4  -  BY LUCIAN PETER KUALA LUMPUR. Eat A massive operation clean-up launched by the Selangor Police this year to curb crime in the state Is certainly paying off. In a pre-dawn swoop today on a bungalow In United Gardens, a residential area along the 4-1/2
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    • 72 4 SPLASH! Splash! Lets’* swim for her Imperial .Majesty to see. say two children of the Selangor Children's Association in Petaling Java Shahbanou Farah of Iran, (foreground third from left) paid a 35-minute visit to the centre on Friday. Second from left is the Vice-President of
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    • 80 4 PENANG. Sat —The Department of religious affairs of Penang and Province Wellesley will be holding two more training courses for pilgrims here. The first course will be he d at the Al-Mashoor Girls’ S'hool at Lunas Road for pilgrims from the North-east and South-west districts on
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    • 68 4 Works of prominent Malaysian artists by Peninsular Art Society at 41, Jalan Raja Muda, 9 a m. to 6 p.m. Selangor Gardening Society meeting at Selangor Club 4 p.m. Jalan Wel<i Swimming Pool 9.30 am. to 12 30 p.m., 2 p.m to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m to
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    • 198 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Rotary Club is offering a 12-month technical training award for male Malaysian citizens between the ages of 21 aad 35. The successful applicant will be trained at “an appropriate overseas institution”. The award will cover travel. educational ard living expenses. It
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    • 259 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. In the context of Singapore's proposal to have 150.000 part-time soldiers within 10 years, “military surgery” which had previously attract- little interest should gain importance in future discussions and meetings. Inis was stated tonight by Dr. Arthur S.M. Lim, president of the
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    • 550 5 ROLE OF ART: SINGAPORE, Sat. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. S. Rajuratnam, tonight outlined the role of art in nation-building and how it could contribute towards the shaping of a "Singapore identity." Mr. Rajaratnam was speaking at the grand opening of the milliondollar trade
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    • 37 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have appealed to pet owners to keep all their pets indoors whilst fireworks and crackers are being let off during the festive season.
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    • 159 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. Another grand departmental store Phoenix Emporium Limited at Gay World Amusement Park, opened for business today. The new emporium which caters for people from all walks of life and has the largest assortment of merchandise adds colour to the Singapore Festival 63 which
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    • 65 5 SINGAPORE, Sot. More than 2,000 Christians from all denominations this evening took part in the prayer service .or "Christian Unity" at the National Theatre. The service was jointly conducted by ministers from a number of Christian Churches in Singapore. Eastern Sun picture shows the in-
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    • 47 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Singapore National Academy of Science is organising a lecture on ”1966 sample household survey of Singapore” by Dr. You Poh Seng. It will be held at the University of Singapore New Lecture Theatre 4. on Jan. 24 at 8.15 pm
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    • 706 14  -  Robert Kuan, Khoo Boon Choo By and L.D. Baptist TPOH, Sat. The State of Perak today gave a red carpet welcome to the Shahanshah and Shahbanou of Iran in their Royal procession from the airport here to the royal town of Kuala Kangsar. The rayaat
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    • 789 14 The Shahanshah and Shahbanou of Iran were given a rousing welcome on their arrival this afternoon. Thousands of people jammed the route from Weld Quay to Residency Road to catch a good glimpse of their Imperial Majesties. w’hile about 20.000 school children
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    • 620 14 Malaysian Parliament KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. —The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today announced that a new system of budgetting would be introduced soon to enable Government departments to make allocations of funds in a modern and scientific manner. Meanwhile, as he was aware,
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    • 405 14 KI’ALA LUMPUR Sat—The Dewan Raayat today passed the Excise (Amendment) Bill 1968 a Bill to control the movement of intoxicating liquor, which will greatly reduce the supply of liquor to dishonest bottler^. In moving the Bill, the Assistant Minister of Finance. Dr. Ng
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    • 24 14 Flight Officer Teoh Cheang Hoe, the best of the eight students passed out from the RMAF Flying Training School in Alor Star on Friday.
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  • 351 6  -  By SIHO LEE Reuter. much and little or no play is having an adverse physical effect on South Korean schoolchildren. About one half of Fifth and Sixth Form pupils in Seoul are reported by the Education Ministry to be nearsighted. They are
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  • FOLLOW THE SUN A LIBERAL ARTS PAGE And the liberal soul shall be made fat
    • 110 8 LUX-3 consists of the apparatus for sound accompaniment. recording of colour upon ferTomagnet carrier which enables the storage and replay of the music. Student Yuri Koshevov became the first performer at the new instrument Tass Photo. 15 student-designers of the rolour-musir group of Igor Modiaghin, at the Student
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    • 1048 8 THE SHAH OF IRAN WITHIN a few years. Iran will be celebrating the completion of the twenty-five centuries of It* monarchy. The formation of the first Universal State 1n history by Cyrus, the Liberator. 2.500 years ago, was the culmination of a progressive integration of
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    • 360 8 Exercise your mind HAMBURG (DaD) Hamburg, the largest port of West Germany, is no stranger to underwater building with its Elbe tunnel underneath the harbour. But the latest plans for Hamburg’s city centre are unmatched in Europe. Over a period of four years an
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    • 749 8 (AIS). THE cold efficiency of a modern Australian computer is throwing new light on the exploits of the Mongol people's storm of conquest through Asia and Europe under Genghis Khan 700 years ago. Diverting a computer from the mathematics of the 20th century to a historical
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 91 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The head of the worldwide Bata Shoe Organisation, Mr. Thomas J. Bata who is on a Far East tour will arrive here on Jan. 24. He is accompanied by his wife. A dinner in their honour at the same time a long service
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    • 272 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) —The Stock Market churned up near-record volume this week but with negligible effect on prices except for Blue Chip issues which declined on average. With a flock of lowpriced issues attracting wide interest it seemed apparent speculation was a substantial
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    • 96 9 SINGAPORE. Sat On January 3rd. Swissair’s second DC 8 62 HB IDF “ZURICH” arrived at Zurich Airport following a nonstop flight of ten hours and 40 minutes from Long Beach. California. The distance covered was 9.800 kilometres, the average speed 920 kms pier hour. The HB-IDF will
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    • 704 9 T ONDON. Sat. (Reuter) The tin industry today announced its determination to steady the world price of the metal by using 10 million sterling of its funds to halt the falling trend. This was announced in a communique issued following a
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    • 155 9 LONDON. Sat. (UPI) Industrial stocks found more buyers and closed higher on the Stock Market today but South African Gold Mines closed mixed after a good start. Australia's Western Mining soared to nearly £lB ($43.20) on agreement on a nickel industry for Western Australia. Governments
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    • 73 9 LONDON. Sat. (UPI) The rubber market closed easy with soot 16-5/8 16-7/8 Settlement House Feb 16-11/16 16-13/16 March 16-13/16 16-15/16 April 17 17-1/8 April/June 17-3/16 17-5/16 July'Sept 17-11/16 17-13/16 Oct/Dec 18 18-1/16 Jan/March 18-3/16 18-5/16 April/June 18-3/8 18-1/2 July/Sept 18-1/2 18-11/16 Oct/Dec 18-5/8 18-13/16 Jan/March 18-3/4 18-13/16
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    • 104 9 Sterling makes headway against LONDON. Sat. (UPI) Sterling gave a good account of itself on quiet Foreign Exchange markets today and made headway against the dollar and a few European currencies. The Canadian dollar looked steadier after the denial of rumours of its devaluation, although as one market source put
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    • 124 9 BONN. Sat. Bread Is a matter of great importance in the Federal Republic of Germany. There are innumerable types of bread, ranging from the lightest white, fine wheat bread to the dark “black” or whole-wheat bread. German housewives prefer long loaves of bread, more than
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    • 280 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. After li? the comparatively featureful and active days of recent w'eeks, the past week’s tradine came as a complete contrast. says Holiday, Cutler. Bath Co. Ltd. in their weekly market report. Conditions were officially described variously as dull, inactive, idle, and once,
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    • 168 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. Reclamation work for Nippon Kokan's third giant shipyard was recently completed In central Japan. The reclamation of the 198 acres which began on October 19 last year, progressed ahead of scheduled and was completed In 2 months and 10 days. This reclaimed land
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    • 53 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: Canada: Buying TT. 357/8. Airmail O.D. 36: 90 d/st 36-11/16 credit bills: 36-3/4 trade bills. .Selling T.T./OD ready were: Canada 35-1/2: Deutsche Marks 130-1/4; Holland Guilders 117-1/2; Swiss Francs 141-7/8;
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    • 570 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. —Business in and reported to the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Ex. change today were with the number of shares dealt in brackets: INDUSTRIALS Ben and Co. $2 26 (17.000) $2 25 < 5.000 >; C. Sugar $2 19 <15.000 $2 20 <
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Sat The tin price for today was $560.62$ per picul, down 62$ cents.
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    • 437 9 YOUR SHARES UP-DOWN UNCHANGED tUNGAPOKK—tit.Kk Exchange old and offer prices officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS 2.24 2.26 1.60 1.65 2.21 2.22 Chemical Cn 1.33 1.54 (’old storage 3.92 3.98 Pun lop 2..19 2 It E. smelting 4.IS E-A.l 2 24 Ksso Orils 2.99 3 04 Fitzpatricks 1
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    • 47 9 (Managers' Prices) First Malayan \D 2 32 Second Malayan XD 1.67 Third Malax an 1.08 The Commerce Indnstrv .89 ■98 The Sating Fund .92 1.01 First Hongkong .80 .8.5* Second Hongkong -55 -59* Malayan Investment Fund 1.00 1.10 Sterling Commodity Hong Kong C 4/4/7 urrcncy)
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    • 106 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. The noon prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are > Buyer Seller Coconut Oil (FO B Bulk 58.00 Coconut Oil (F.O.B.) Drums 60)0 Loose Copra Mixed lan/Feb 34.50 M unt ok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% N.L.W 130.00 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) 98% N.L.W 127.50 Sarawak
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    • 68 9 BUENOS AIRES. Sat. (Reuter) Rumours that a new devaluation of the peso was imminent were dismissed as absolutely groundless and ill-intentioned’, by Economic Ministry officials today. The rumours were based on announcemetns that the Central Bank was forced to sell $17.6 million (about 7 million sterling)
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    • 174 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The following ships are expected to be in port today:— Godnwns Vessels. 1/2 Benwyvis 3 4 Mikasa Maru 5 Pipat Samut 6/7 South Breeze 8 9 Tagathay 10/11 I Yung 13 14 Eastern Maid 15/16 President Pierce 18 Wandebori 19 Sir Lancelot 21/22 Kyomei Maru
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  • 121 10 17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. 19. I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. 20. My soul
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  • 595 10 ADDRESS given by Rev. (Dr.) Frank Balchln at the services of prayer for Christian Unity at National Theatre in Singapore yesterday. SOME people have doubts about this kind of meeting but I think it is entirely right. Meeting together like this to pray for unity does not
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  • 98 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. Rev. Christopher Smith, a Methodist pastor, yesterday spoke to a group of about 30 Roman Catholic youths on the Methodist Church. The youths are attending a six-week course called Christos which intends to help them to become more responsible Christians. Rev. Smith’s talk
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  • 246 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. The most talked about subject in Christian cirO des these days is “unity/' or to use the more technical term “Ecumenism." Strange as it may seem this subject has divided the Christian Church more than any single issue. There are differences
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  • 425 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. Two outstanding American Christian Youth leader and evangelists will be arriving here soon for a Musical Crusade during the Chinese New Year season. They are Evangelist Bob Larson and Rev. Eddie Wilson. Evangelist Bob Larson who was born of Christian parents. his father being
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  • 174 10 HUBLI. India. Sat. The Sixth General Assembly of Christian Churches at Hubli. India climaxed to a conclusion with Dr. Carl Mclntire. President of the International Council of Christian Churches, addressing an audience of 3.000 at Nehru Stadium last Sunday. Throughout the 8 days of the conference,
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  • 54 10 SINGAPORE Sat. The annual general meeting of Malaysia Evangelistic Fellowship will be he’d on Jan 23 at Scripture Union Office, 36-A Orchard Road here at 8 pm. This is because Dr G D. James, the General Director, will be leaving the country before February for a Gospel tour
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  • 746 10 HERE are the Bible anrwer* to some of cur readers’ questions, S»nd In 'our problems to Tb» Christian Answers -i-B Cantonment Road. Singapore 2. Bona fide questions mar be on anv subject. Q Is a Christian allowed to take French leave from school to study for examinations”
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  • CHURCH AT HOME
    • 667 10  -  by Rev. E. V. Folden World Outreach Orgn. Nobody in a place of responsibility is of any value unless he has authority. Jesus put every believer in a place of responsibility that is staggering. Listen to this: “And I give unto you the keys of the kingdom
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  • 176 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. In the Ocean's midst, just half-way between India and Africa, lies the Seychelles group of islands the largest of which is about the size of Singapore. Soon a "jet airport" will place this "tourist paradise” on the world’s trunk air routes. Mr. Wheatley is spending
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  • 41 10 SINGAPORE Sat. The special bi-lingual tracts for the Chinese New Year can now’ be available at the MF.F headquarters at 120 Upper Serangoon Road, here at $1 per hundred. The tracts are entitled "New' Cloth for the New Year.”
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    • 464 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, 2 Dundee Road, Queenstown. Sunday Services Chinese Worship (Hokkien and Cantonese) 8.30 a m. on Ist, 3rd, sth Sundays (Morning Prayer); 2nd and 4th Sundays (Holy Communion). English Worship Every Sunday Young Peoples Meeting at 3.30 Em.; Holy Communion Ist unday 500 p.m.
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    • 552 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH. Penan*. Green Lane. Saturday: 20th 3.00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade, 3.00 p.m. Boys* Brigade Recruiting Session All boys between ages of 12-18 welcome. 400 p.m. Methodist Intermediate Fellowship. 5.00 p.m. Methodist Youth Fellowship. Sunday; 21st 8.30 a.m, Sunday School, All ages welcome. 5.30 p.m. Service of
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  • Boutique
    • 37 11 The Empress impresses Above Hats always make a lady look elegant, attractive and dignified. And here's lovely and stately looking Shah- banou Farah of Iran wearing a plain but captivating lemon straw breton that matches her ensemble.
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    • 56 11 TO P Shahbanou Farah of Iran (second from right) meeting the members of the National Council of Women's Association at the Parliament House when she lunched with them on Thursday. On extreme left is Puan Sharifah Rodziah, wife of the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman.
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    • Article, Illustration
      158 11 LEFT- This is a one piece dress. It looks as though It is a two p-.ece dress but actually it is sewed ;n such a way that the small Over-eoat-like bodice covers the lower portion. The ‘bodice’ or ‘overcoat’ Is made of fine lace materials back with matching
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    • 979 11  -  By Janet Chong Singapore, Sat. "M OTHER and ■ATX (Jaughte x," What a peaceful sound the phrase has. But come up against the relationship in real life and the last thing you're likely to find is the beautiful thing the phrase sounds like. Daughters are intensely
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      261 11 WHO said bananas cannot be cooked? Have you ever tried cooking them? You’ll be surprised that they taste just as good as any other fruit dish. Well, here are four banana dishes for you to try. Peel some ripe bananas, then peel, core and halve or Quarter some small
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    • 230 11  -  By Mary Sue Miller (NANA) WOULD you like a trimmer figure, a lighter step and a vervier ap-" proach in the weeks to come? Well then, perform the following tuneruppers every day, without delay: 1. Stand with back against wall, raise arms to sides at
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  • POPPING AROUND With Platter Pete
    • 376 12 Another shad goes solo —but just for the record ANOTHER Shadow has gone solo hut only for the record. This time it's Hank Marvin who sings his own composition, “London s not too far on a ‘single’ for release on Friday, January 12. So Hank follows the solo trail blazed
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      537 12  -  Cheryl Miller PLATT,ER*PJETE‘S POSTBAG SPOTLIGHT :j: POP GOSSIP :j; DISC-CUSSIQN -> PLATTER PETE'S POP POLL TOP TUNES FEATURES I Versatile, talented and multi-interested Cheryl Miller made her showbusiness debut at MGM when she was 20 days old. Since then, she has been seen constantly in motion pictures and television.
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    • 373 12 FORECAST a* being one of Singapore’s most promising and versatile groups. ‘The McCoys', five rather shy and modest men. are currently very much the centre of attraction through their prevailing success on the present T.V. Talentime series. Though the group goe* hack to 1964, when they took their
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    • 159 12 Reuter. Pop stars all over the world were preparing this week for the International Festival Of Music at Cannes w r hich opens on Sunday. Singers from Brazil. Britain Portugal. France. Yugoslavia. Czechoslovakia and many other countries will sather to sing a total of 4.000 songs at the
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    • 186 12 LONDON: 1. Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde—Georgie Fame 2 Magical Mystery Tour— Beatles. 3. Walk Away Renee —Four Tops. 4. Daydream Believer Monkees. 5. Hello, Goodbye—Beatles. 6. Everlasting Love —Love Affair. 7. Am I That Easy To Forget Englebert Humperdinck. 8 I'm Coming Home —Tom
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    • 352 12 Hi There! Like HOLY HOME-CROI >D! (Home-grown?). Thin week we have three local talent* featured. And. what-d'yon-know’. my romputer-like brain slogan’s for our local products. YY hat d’you think of: “Buy 'lade In Singapore. Anil You Won't Be Sore. ’Cause What’s More, You’ll Be Thrilled To The
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    • 370 12 LONG JOHN BALDRY "Let The Heartaches Begin /“Hey Lord You Made mi Night Too Long” «Pye> The first big hit for this tall singer It seems to be a lucky year for sentimental ballad discs. However, the disc could he improved before release FLIP. Replays are needed
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    • 250 12 INSPIRED by the present trend of ballads. Mark Yun composed the A-side of his latest disc. "I've Got A Feeling Tonight": Mark recorded the song with a lot of feeling and was well accompanied by the Moonglows. The disc should do
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    • 29 12 f.'EXT WEEK! SPOTLIGHT on NANCY SINATRA who sings the title song in 20th Century Fox's “Tony Rome". Nancy will be appearing in the forthcoming M-G-M’s "Speedway” with Elvis Presley.
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  • THE NEW FILMS
    • HOLLYWOOD EVERYWHERE
      • 549 13 A LL reports to the contrary, the new James Bond has not yet been chosen. This is from partners Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. Partner Broccoli, with his wife at the recent Royal Premiere of “Half a Sixpence,” was waiting for his car
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      • 305 13 SINGAPORE, Sat. Paramount's latest release "Carnival Of Thieves" is one real carnival time throughout the one-and-a-half hours. The film takes us through sequences of a fabulous, masterminded bank robbery of jewellery which in the end leaves the audience surprised. relieved and satisfied. Handsome
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      • 166 13 SINGAPORE, Sat. “Press For Time” is a hilarious combination of situation comeriv. Norman Wisdom and girls. In this latest mad-cap of his Norman plays the practically disowned grandson of Britain's tottering Prime Minister who shuffles him off to become a journalist on a provincial dally owned by
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        145 13 PETER Sellers, as the star of Warner Bros.’ "The Bobo.” a zany technicolour comedy of sin in sunny Spain, doesn't know whether he is a "troubamatador” or a “matatroubador In any event, the secondrate torero is a third-rate tenor, who is more likely to be throwing than
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      • 358 13 SINGAPORE. Sat. At last, a "war” film that does not glorify war nor pin medals on fighting men comes to Singapore in Beach Red". The film is a grim anti-war picture emphasising the effect on the raw recruit new to combat, what he thinks,
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    • 261 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA Fellowships For Training Of Staff In Public Administration SIX fellowships in the field Of public administration are available to Malaysian citizens who have good honours degrees to undertake post-gra-duate studies in leading universities in the United States with the possibility of proceeding to the Ph.
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  • 182 15 BONN, Sat. The German National Hockey Team ‘B’ have left for Pakistan for a pre-olympic hockey tournament. The tournament takes place from today to Jan. 28 in Lahore. The German team plays against Kenya today, against Spain tomorrow against Malaysia on Jan 23, against Pakistan on Jan. 26. against Singapore
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  • 253 15 Battley 's try turns out to be 'winner' KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— Winger Bob Battley's try helped Selangor Club to snatch victory over the touring Yarra XV of the Australian Navy in the last 10 minutes of a closely fought rugby match on the Selangor padang here this evening. Selangor club
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  • 840 15 SINGAPORE. Sat. Following is a list of horses in training for the Bukit Timah meeting Trainer Ahmad Bln Abdul Samad: 1. Evermore 2. Shanghai Kid 3. Teddie 4 Glen Peak Trainer I W. Allan 5 Top Honour 6. Moomba 7. Brilliant Pilot
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  • 884 15 IPOH, Sat. Bachus, confidently ridden by Major Rallton. created an upset to win the Malaya Command Cup at the Perak Turf Club amateur meeting here today. Bachus paid his backers $80 for a win ticket. Mr. Philip Lau rode two winners Woolloongong and Oleander. The going
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  • 1027 15 SINGAPORE, Sat. Following are weights for eight races on Saturday, Jan 27. first day of Singapore Turf Club January February meeting. CL 2, Div. 2 6f. New Liberty 900 Dukedom II 8 13 Let Me Go 8 12 Sir Argent 8 12 Charing Cross
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  • 127 15 SINGAPORE. Sat. Singapore's wonder girl, Patricia Chan, shattered two records at the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association 7th Age Group Swimming meet, held at the Chinese Swimming Club, Amber Road, today. The records she established were in the 50 metres free style and 50 metres back stroke
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  • 64 15 SINGAPORE, Sat T C Lau won the ‘C’ Medal competition at the Singapore Island and Country Club course at Sime Road today with a nett score of 64. Runner-up was H. Marshall with a nett score of 67. Ballsweep winners Ist. Nine: A M. Cherian and
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  • 37 15 KANGAR. Sat —A penalty goal in the 16th mmute of extra time enabled Peril* to draw 3-3 with Penang in the FAM Cup soccer competition played at the Dat® Sheikh Ahmad Stadium her®
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  • SUNSPORT
    • 424 16  -  Wok calls for stringent measures By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Sat. Enchc Othman bin Wok, Minister for Culture and Social Affairs, said that participation of local soccer dubs and associations in inter-regional competitions on a national level with similar bodies in Malaysia had lowered interest in the
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    • 316 16 LONDON. Sat. (Reuteri Results of football matches played today were: ENGLISH ONE Coventry 1 Newcastle 4 Fulham 0 Leicester 1 Leec* 2 Ever ton 0 Liverpool 2 S'ton 0 Man. U. 4 Sheffield W. 2 Notts. 3 West Brom. 2 Sheffield U. 0 Man C 3 Stoke
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    • 47 16 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter) Results of rugby matches played last night were: Rugby leagues Salford 6 Barrow 5 Rugby Union Club matches Bristol 6 St. Lukes College 6 Leicester 3 Bedford 3 Moseley 19 Sale 3 Newport 11 Coventry 6 Northampton 15 London Irish 3
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    • 107 16 The Persatuan Sari Jasmani will organise two bodybuilding contest at the MARA Auditorium here on March 2. The senior contest for the “Mr. Body Beautiful" will be confined to those who have never won a place in Mr. Selangor or any contest of similar standard while the junior contest “Mr.
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    • 90 16 BRISBANE. Sat. (Reuter) —Australia were in a strong position after the second day’s play in the third cricket Test against India here today despite a stubborn fourth wicket of 128 by Indian captain. The Nawab of Pataudi. and Russi Surti. India, replying to Australia's first innings
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    • 626 16 PORT OF SPAIN, (Trinidad), Sat. (Reuter) Solid batting by Geoff Boycott, Colin Cowdrey and Ken Barrington carried England to a highly satisfactory score of 244 for two on the opening day of the First Test against the West Indies here. After Boycott
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    • 231 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. “Mv mission is accomplished and I can lead a normal life again." said a cheerful Gurbachan Singh on his return here from the United Kingdom Twenty nine year -old Gurbachan. a former Johore State hockey player and athlete who had been
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    • 151 16 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) South Korea, competing in the Über Cup Women's world badminton team championshio for the first time, will meet the winners of the match between Thailand and India in the final of the Asian Zone. In the draw, announced by the
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    • 329 16 SINGAPORE. Sat. Enche Othman bin Wok, Minister for Culture and Social Affairs has urged soccer officials in Singapore to support wholeheartedly the Government’s soccer promotion programme spearheaded by resident professional soccer coach, Lozan Yalidimirov Kocev. Enche Othman reminded officials responsible for the planning of
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    • 242 16 LONDON, Sat. (UPD The British Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) will assist financially tournaments that may be hit by the decision to go “open” April 22, it was announced yesterday. After a day-long meeting of tournament secretaries, chairman of the LTA. Derek Hardwick,
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 64 16 TIME AND TIDE Penan*: 3.44 a m. (77 ft 4.49 p.m. (6.9 ft.) Port Swettenham: 8.46 a.m. (14.1 ft.), 9.30 ptt (15.1 ft.) Port Dickson: 9.57 a.m. (7.9 ft.). 10.26 p.m. (8 8 ft.), Sineapore: 2.48 am. (8.8 ft.). 2.20 p.m. (9.3 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 1.34 a.m. (8.1 ft.). 1.00
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