Eastern Sun, 22 March 1968

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  • 24 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION ■fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 593 Friday, 22 March 1968. ft MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 365 1  -  Tun: No opposition party can rule without support of all the people BY JAMAL ALI UUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Tun Abdul Razak this evening said the Alliance Party was not at all perturbed over reports of the proposed formation of a new opposition political party. The Deputy Premier
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  • 529 1  -  By R.D. SELVA KCALA LIMPUR. Thurs. Malaysian woman sprinter Mailva Rajamani who was struck by lightning yesterday is progressing satisfactorily and is well on the road to recovery. The other athlete. Cheryl Dorall. has been discharged, but has been asked to keep off training for the next
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  • 43 1 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) Britain's eight per cent crisis bank rate was cut to 71 per cent today. The eight per cent rate was imposed last Nov. 18 when sterling was devalued. It was Britain’s highest rate for 53 years.
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  • 273 1 TAHIRS (Reuter) IsraeU troops supported by planes and tanks swarmed across the ceasefire line into Jordan in a massive reprisal raid today (Thursday). Hour after the attack was launched, fierce fighting was still going on. But the Israelis said they intended to return
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  • 93 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A prominent Singapore lawyer. Mr. T.T. Rajah, has been prohibited from entering West Malaysia. The Prohibition Order was served on him by a Special Branch officer at the Johore end of the Causeway on Saturday. Mr. Rajah was on his way to Pontian
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  • 65 1 SAIGON. Thurs. <Reuter) American Navy jets have bombed and partly destroyed a vital rail by-pass that links Hanoi w.th the port of Haiphong and the South, a U S military spokesman reported here today. He said the main tracks of the by-pass, just southwest of Thanh
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  • 552 1  -  By BEN DCUNHA KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Attempts to form a single united opposition party have failed after weeks of hush hush talks (Eastern Sun, March 13). However, the formation of a new political party would be announced in a few days’ time headed
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 436 2 SIM Chief to firms: SINGAPORE, Thurs. The chairman of the Singapore Institute of Management, Mr. Richard Eu, today urged local companies to plan for long-term training of managerial staff. “Such planning for management development by a company should be In terms of five or
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    • 308 2 t Srs £APORE. Thurs. The President of Rotarv International. Mr. Luther H Hodges, who flew in for an overnight stay here favoured the “two tier” sy 5 If 11 by the central hanking chiefs of the Lmted States and the other six international
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    • 81 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs Airmen and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers of R .A.F. Seletar s General Engineering Flight. 390 Maintenance I'nit. pooled their knowledge, trade skills and time to build a seesaw (above) from scrap metaLs for the children of Ponggol Point Community Centre. The gift was handed
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    • 25 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs There were a total of 80 road accidents, of which one was serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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    • 168 2 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. (UPI) Singoporc Ambassador Or. Wong Lin Ken, em barked on a speech making tour yesterday, that would carry him through the major west coast cities of Canoda and the United States during the next six days. Dr. Wong, who is con- currently envoy
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    • 174 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Ambassador of the Republic of Brazil. Mr. Leonardo Eulalio do Nascimento e Silva presented his credentials to the Acting President of Singapore. Mr. P. Coomaraswamy. at the Istana today. Mr Leonardo Eulalio do Nascimento e Silva la the Brazilian Ambassador to be appointed
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    • 134 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— An unidentified Chinese woman, about 20 to 25 years of age. fell to her death from the 11th floor of a Housing Board flat at Idris Road this morning. The deceased had no papers of identification. She was clad in a yellow blouse and a
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    • 456 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Chess teaches the “plain facts of life”. This remark was made by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs. Mr. Chan Chee Seng, at the opening ceremony of the Singapore Chess National Championships today at King Edward's Hall, College Road.
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    • 26 2 8 pm. 9 pm. Performance by the Singapore Infantry Regiment Band at Chye Kay m s Community Centre <off 11 J ms Sembawang Road).
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    • 32 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Enche Osman bin Hussein and his bride, Salimah binte Abdullah, after their marriage ceremony at Gevlang Serai recently. Enche Osman Is attached to the Singapore Police Force.
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    • 370 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A well-known Australian all-breeds judge. Mr. Harold R. Spira. will judge the fourth Singapore Championship Dog Show on Sunday at the Gay World Stadium here. Mr. Spira. who Is a vetsr.nary -urgeon by profess.on. has aoout 10 years’ experience in judging
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    • 59 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs -Che Pakistan High Commission in Singapore will hold a reception at the Four Lions, Hotel Smgapura on Mar 23 to celeora'e Pakistan Day. Present at the reception from 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. will be the Republic’s Ministers. top Government officials the Judiciary. Service Chiefs.
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    • 58 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A youth. Tan Kie Yock. was today jailed for 10 months in the Fourth District Court for rioting Tan was found guilty of rioting while being a member of an unlawful assembly whose common object was to cause hurt to police officers at
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    • 600 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs The Finance Minister. Dr. Goh Keng Swee. has stressed the need for Singapore to be better known to other countries of her industrial development. Similarly, he said, there was a need to tell them of the growing range of goods
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    • 339 3 SINGAPORE Thurs. The charge of attempted rape against a labourer A. Muniandi. was today amended to rape at the end of a two-day preliminary inquiry. The Magistrate Mr. Tommy Neo. ordered the charge amended after listening to the main prosecution witness —a nine-year-old schoolgirl. Muniandi. 20.
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    • 183 3  -  By: Suhaimi Bidin SINGAPORE. Thurs. A Chinatown fortune-teller had a feeling it was his lucky day. So he went to the races at the Singapore Turf Club last Sunday. No, he did not win a fortune at the races. But he was the lurkv
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    • 86 3 SINGAPORE Thurs The Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore ;will hold a course 0 n “The Cinema and the Public.” commenring on Tuesday. April 9. a t the New Lecture Theatre No. 3 in the University. The eight-lecture course will
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    • 63 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs There will be no water or poor pressure in the areas along the whole of Jalan Berkalan and Lorong Berkalan Se atan and along the whole of Jalan Kerja and Jalan Rehat (Jurong Industrial Area) on Saturday from 9 a.m to 2 p.m. The shutdown is
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    • 32 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Mr. S Ramaswamy. Parliamentary Secretary (Finance) and M.P for Potong Pasir and members of the Citizens’ Consultative Committee will visit part of the Potong Pasir Constituency on Sunday.
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    • 59 3 The Minister of State for Culture. Mr. Lee Khoon Chov (right) arriving at the Orchard Theatre for the grand charity premiere of “A Man For All Seasons” in aid of Marvmount Vocational Centre. The president of the organisers, Junior Chamber of Singapore. Mr. Koh Choon Hui
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    • 147 3 SINGAPORE Thurs. The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew will give a talk on “The Historic Perspective” over Radio and Television Singapura tomorrow. His talk is part of a new Radio and Television series under the title “The Crucial Years” The series will also
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    • 50 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Mr Kumar Lall has be*n re-elected President of the Law Alumni of Singapore at its annual general meeting held recently. Other office-bearers elected were Vice-president, Lt. MG. Thakurta; secretary. Mrs. Mabel Tal: treasurer. Mr. Tay Kim Whatt. Committee members: Mr. S Rajendra and Mr. ST*. Khattar.
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    • 95 4 The Minister of Finance. Tun Tan Siew Sin. who is also President of the Malaysian Chinese Association speaking at the annual delegates conference of the MCA Youth Section which started yesterdav at the Dewan Bahasfi dan Pustaka in Kuala Lumpur. On his left are the Minister
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    • 344 4  - Set up Chinese Faculty Youth leader By HOO BAN KHEE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Mr. Lee Son Choon, National Chairman of the MCA Youth, today called for the setting up of a Chinese Faculty in the University of Malaya. He proposed this to delegates attending the MCA Youth annual delegates meeting
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    • 261 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurt. The University of Malaya today der ed it had said Singapore students would not be admitted to courses of study in *he University, and that only students from Malaysia, including Sabah and Sarawak would be accepted. from this year. A ststemer*
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    • 350 4  -  By CHAN KAM YAU KUALA LUMPUR, Thur«. Thg Minister ef Finance, Tun Tan Slew Sin, today said the time had come for the Government to build more technological institutes rather than ordinary university to tackle the problem of unemployment. Speakina in
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    • 337 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The United States Embassy here today hoped Malaysia would be represented at the foreign student programme in the U S this year The Embassy was commenting on the decision by the Hon. Secretary General of the University of
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    • 114 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. —S'-oreg of families in town without a decent shelter of their own are in for a big feat. This follows a top level executive decision. In an interview with the Eastern Sun here last night, the Mentri Besar. Dato Haji Othman Mohamed
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    • 199 4 Bt khoo boon choo PENANG. Tburs. The Minuter of Labour. Mr V. Manirka vasagam. said here today he has given directives to bis State officers to find out from cin plovers about Singapore citizens, employed in Malaysia. This is the first step to be taken
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    • 129 4 PENANG. Thurs An old. damaged Hindu temple in Sungei Dua. the Sri Krishna Bhagavan Temple, will be renovated in joint effort by the Indian community and the Government. This was decided at a meeting between State Executive Councillor and Assemblymen. Enche Aziz Tbrahim and members
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    • 79 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs —The National Safety First Council of Singapore today announced that holders of non-win-ning tickets in the recent Safety First Donation Draw can still exchange their tickets for a box of “Clean facial tissues. Each ticket is entitled to a 25-cent reduction per
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    • 43 4 IPOH. Thurs.—A total of 237 toy guns w’hich looked like the real “Me Moy” were seized by the police in raids at various toy shops here yesterday. Seventeen toy shop operators were arrested but were later released on bail.
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    • 26 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Forty-five people today received honours and atvards from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at an Investiture Ceremony at Istana Negara here.
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    • 158 4 PENANG. Thurs. A snatch-thief, who was caught by some members of the public and employees of a furniture shop, along Carnarvon Street yesterday has been admitted into the General Hoapital for observation. He was seen to have swallowed a *l7O gold chain and
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    • 141 4 Why to be young Razak KUALA LUMPUR. Thurg. The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. who recently celebrated his 45th birthdav. finish’ had this to say of birthdays! “I would have liked to celebrate my 45th birthday nr i a more modest scale with my family and close friends. “To
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    • 133 4 PENANG. Thurs The Deputy Chairman of the Malaysian Rubber Exchange. Enche Abu Bakar bin Pawanchee. last night called for the abolition of the contract system of the Far East Freight Conference. Speaking at a dinner held at the Rubber Trade Association premises here. Encfie
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    • 268 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurn The body of Cpl SaAudin bin Mahusin of the Ist Battalion, the Royal Malay Regiment who was drowned in a river incident in the Bokah area in Lundu in the First Division of Sarawak, was sent to Tanjong Besar in
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    • 229 4 PENANG. Thurs A shapely and scantily dressed 17-year-old girl. Yeoh Ah Mun. wag the centre of attraction when she walked into the First Magistrate s Court this morning to answer a traffic summons. Clad only in a red-striped tee aliirt.
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    • 193 4 Why more rape cases Police KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Women whose mode of dress aroused the passions of teenagers were equally to be blamed for the Increasing number of rape cases In the country. General "laxity" in moral conduct, especially among the younger generation was another contributory factor. A Federal Police
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    • 304 10 18 FREED DETAINEES DECLARE: KUCHING, Thurs. The tactics most commonly used by the underground communist elements <are infiltrating into u n i o n s, political parties, schools and open community as' sociation whose legal status serves as cover, disseminating communist ideology and at
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    • 144 10  -  By LUCIAN PETER KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The "Sal’.eh System" to combat crime and "win the hearts" of the people is to be introduced in the Federal Capital shortly, it was reliably learnt today The system, first introduced in Petaling Jo ya, and later in Penang
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    • 145 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The 10-man comm tfee appointed by the Government a vear ago to look into the pharmaceutical profession and dispensing of medicine has completed its report This morning, the chairman of the committee. Mr. Whang Tar Liang handed over a report to the Health Minister.
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    • 77 10 SINGAPORE Thurs. The National Safety First Council of Singapore today announced that holders of non-winning tickets to the recent Safety First Donation Draw can still exchange their tickets for a box of clean facial tissue papers at 25 cents reduction per ticket. This exchange which
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    • 120 10 THE Bth Battalion, the Royal Malay Regiment received a set of silver tray, bowls and silver container for scented water from the Bth Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, on Tuesday. The Adjutant of the Royal Australian Regiment, Captain David Paul, presented the gift on behalf of the
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    • 419 10  - Last minute flash to AG’s office and a murder charge is reduced By R. V. LINGAM SINGAPORE. Thurs It was a last minute affair when a murder charge against a contractor’s assistant was reduced to culpable homicide not amounting to murder At 10.30 am. today a youth. V Slnnasamy stood
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    • 39 10 Mr. K V. Reddy. World Assembly of Touth Regional Secretary for Asia (left) and Tunku Abdullah bin Tuanku Abdul Rahman, President of the Malaysian Touth Council, meeting newsmen at the Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur
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    • 187 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Two Swedish family planning experts arrived here for a week's visit for intensive talks and further possible aid to the Malaysian Family Planning board. Mr Carl Wahren. Head of the Swedish International Authority and Prof. Ulr Borell. Chief Consultant of the Royal
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    • 119 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs A motor-cyclist. Nalanethevan Penasamy was awarded $12,300 for damages, arising out of an accident The defendant in the suit was another motor-cyclist. Paul Ng Kim Hua The accident between the two mo or-cyclists occurred shortly after mid-night on September 5. 1966 at Bukit
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    • 364 10  -  By K. G. THARAN JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. A multimillion dollar plan by the Johore Government will be implemented to improve Johore, the Eastern Sun was told today. The plan calls for the establishment of a highpowered State Economic Development Corporation, which is expected to
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    • 43 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—Dr Mark M. Ravitch of the Department of Surgery. University of Chicago, will deliver a public lecture on hiatus hernia and the management of omphalocele at the Pathology Lecture Theatre. Outram Road General Hospital on March 28 at 8.15 p.m.
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    • 24 10 PENANG Thurs. Two armed youths held up a se-cond-hand goods dealer, Thangam Chettiar. and robbed him of $25 along Rangoon Road yesterday.
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    • 198 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A lorrv driver and an attendant, who were illegally detained by the police for 24 hours, were today awarded damages of $2,500 each by the Appeal Court. The order was made against the Federal Government. The driver. Chong
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    • 341 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Mr. Justice Buttrose today dismissed an application by a chief tenant for possession of premises for breach of covenant. The plaintiff Wong Hong Ngiap had brought a suit against Ho Doo Eng and Lim Hee Kee for recovery of possession of
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    • 143 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Nat.onal AfroAsian People's Solidarity Committee today renewed its pledge to work in eliminating racial discrimination by peaceful means in accordance with the Charter of the Nni. ted Nations. This was stated in a radio talk tonight by the chairman of
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    • 350 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The senior receptionist in the Department of Tourism, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Che Maniseh Subari, has passed the correspondence courses on tourism studies organised by the International Union of Official Travel Organisations (1.U.0T.0). Che Maniseh first Joined the Department of Tourism In
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    • 309 11 PENANG, Thurs The chairman of the Penang Library. Mr. S. M Mohamed Idris, today hoped the government would come up with a national library plan soon for Incorporation In the next five-year plan. Mr Mohd. Idris, who was speaking at the annual
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    • 133 11 KUCHING. Thurs. A total of 250 general duty recruits left here today for Kuala Lumpur for a six-month-basic-training at the Police Depot. Royal Malavsia Police. The batch is composed of 72 Ibans. 81 Malavs. 47 Chinese,, 30 Land Davaks. 10 Melanaus, four
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    • 78 11 THE Chief of the Armed Forces. General Tunku Osman b*n Tunku Mohd. Jewa. jpent two hours on Tuesday visiting two factories in Petalin* Java to see for h>m*elf the production of the Armed Forces rations. Picture shows General Tunku Osman looking at a lady worker. Miss
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    • 2110 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. University 6f Malaya results of the first examination In Engineering session 1967 68. <Bubject to confirmation by the University Senate). The results of the first examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering held In January 1968
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    • 244 11 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. The Director of the Federal Industrial Development Authority. D r. Heinz Rudolph, will lead a team of three senior officers from the Federal Industrial Development Authority and two senior officials from the Economic planning unit to Sabah and Sarawak from
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    • 32 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Malaysian Red Cross Society, Selangor Branch a holding its llt.h annual meeting on Saturday, at 3 p.m. at the Red Cross Office. 519 Jalan Belfield here.
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    • 89 11 MALACCA. Thurs. Four men held up a schoolboy Ng Cnoon Heng. 20. outside the Pay Fong School at Bukit China last night and robbed him of a $2O watch. Earlier when Ng resisted he was punched. At Jalan Kilang three men. two of whom were armed
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    • 79 11 THE Malaysian Government has made a further gift of $30,000 worth of condensed milk, blankets and clothing to the refugees in South Vietnam. The gift was handed over to the Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia, Mr. Nguyen Duy-Quang by the Deputy Permanent Secretary. Ministry of Foreign
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 515 5 Reform now, he says PARIS, Thurs. (Reuter) General de Gaulle has condenmed the present international monetary system, including the new American-backed two-tier gold market, and celled for immediate reforms. "The dollar and sterling crisis now developing shows that the present system based on the
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    • 237 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) President Johnson announced a new programme to sell more I'.S. goods abroad and relieve the serious American balance of payments deficit. i a special letter to congressional leaders he sought authority for the ExportImport Bank to use US$ 500 m. (£2OB m.) of its
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    • 59 5 BERLIN: About 500 Berlin students demonstrated in support of Poland's students when they marched to the Polish Military Mission in Berlin last week. Leaders of the protest were unable to present a petition because the mission was closed. Among the demonstrators was Peter Brandt (extreme right with glasses), son of
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    • 234 5 CAIRO, Thurs (Reuter) Sweeping changes in the United Arab Republic announced yesterday included the surprise resignation of Deputy Premier Zakaria Mohieddin. President Nasser's right-hand man for 16 years. The 49-year-old Mohieddin was Nasser's own choice to succeed him as President after the Arab defeat by Israel
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    • 371 5 MANILA Thurs. (Reuter) A secret Army training camp which reportedly specialises in training soldiers in jungle survival and sabotage and infiltration work was sajd to be the scene of a massacre last Sunday in which 12 trainees were fired upon by camp supervisors. Manila
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    • 230 5 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) The record dose of taxation handed out b- the Labour government put new life in the pound sterling and British stock markets yesterday. But there were grumbles from industry a '1 parliament. hancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins predicted that the budget he announced
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    • 53 5 CANBERRA. Thurs. (Reuter) The ashes of Lord Bruce. Former Prime Minister of Australia. were scattered over Canberra from the air today. Lord Bruce, Australia’s Prime Minster from 1923 to 1929 and a member of the war cabinet lived in London for many years and died
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    • 180 5 CHICAGO, Thurs. (Reuter) Mayor Richard Daley has ordered the closure of a hospital here which refuses to treat a woman about to cive birth in a car. The Mayor’s action followed a city investigation of the incident last month when Mrs. Diana Johnston was turned away
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    • 153 5 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) The chairman of Britain's biggest shipping line said todav that his company would never again rely on the use of the Sue* Canal Sir Donald Andrews, of the Peninsular and Oriental (P and O) Steam Navigation Company, told shareholders here that the
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    • 126 5 NEW DELHI. Thurs (Reuter) India and Pakistan have agreed to complete demarcation work on the SindKutch boundary in terms of the recent international tribunal’s auvard by the end of Mav next year. The international tribunal awarded 9P per cent of disputed territory
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    • 68 5 VATICAN CITY. Thurs. <l'PI) Pope Paul VI may have a governor for Vatican State i n a move to separate civil and religious functions in the governemnt of the church. Vatican sources said today. The sources said Count Enrico Galezzi was expected to resign soon as administrator.
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    • 54 5 PORT LOUIS, Mauritius: Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam. the first Prime Minister of the newly-indepen-dent sugar island of Mauritius, makes his opening speech during tUe Indian Ocean Isle’s Independence Celebrations in Port Louis. The island became independent on March 12th., to end more than 150 year* of British
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    • 216 5 Dug wall down on him TEL AVIV, Thurs. (Reuter) Israeli Defence Minister General Moshe Dayan was badly injured here today after being buried under a cascade of rocks at an archaeological site. He was rushed to hospital bleeding But a bulletin issued by Tel
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    • 73 5 MOSCOW, Thurs. (Reuter) A Leningrad archaelogist has unearthed a tiny figure of a woman carved by a stone age craftsman from a mammoth tusk about 20.000 years ago. Similar stone age carvings are already in major world museums. But Tass news agency said today that the carving
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    • 485 6 LOS ANGELES Thurs. (UPI) Dyan Cannon, testifying in her divorce suit against Cary Grant, said yesterdav the 64-year old actor used LSD regularly and once beat her with his fists and laughed and screamed while he did it- The 30-year-old Miss
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    • 94 6 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) A BOAC jet taking Princess Alexandra and her husband. Angus Ogilvy to New York, returned to Heathrow Airport half an hour after takeoff yesterday when a fault was discovered in one of the plane's three hydraulic systems. The capta in jettisoned fuel before landing,
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    • 62 6 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Sir Joseph Simpson, once a constable patrolling London’s streets who has run the Metropolitan Police Force for 10 years, died suddenly today He was 58. In 1931 Constable Simpeon pounded the beat, some 27 years later he had become boss Commissioner —of the 25.000
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    • 443 6 MANILA, Thun. (UPI) Th. Filipino fionct. of Briti.h journolist Norman Barrymaine said today she feared for his life if he remained long under detention in Communist Chino. Miss Estella Corillo. 33, said her only information was that Barrymaine. 66. and
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    • 52 6 PARIS, Thurs. (Reuter)— President de Gaulle today condemned the present international monetary system as “unfair and henceforth unworkable." He told a Cabinet meeting here that the continued enforcement of such a system would lead to “serious economic, social and political difficulties. Information Minister Georges Gorse told
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    • 61 6 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter) The joint ChinaNorth Vietnam Boundary Railway Commission has recently signed a protocol m Hanoi on joint transport, the New China News Agency reported today. The protocol was signed by Cbm Yu-Cher.g. director of the Liuchow Railway Administration of China and Truong Quang Hy. deputy
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    • 47 6 HONG KONG Thurs (UPI) Thirty-four escapees fleeing Red China were rounded up by Marine Police yesterday. The 34 sailed In a Junk to this British Crown Colony from the seacoast city of Bwatow, about 17U miles northeast of Hong Kong, a police spokesman said.
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    • 239 6 Concorde the AngloFrench supersonic airliner appears over the Thames Estuary in a photographic impression of the airliner for which BOAC has eight reserved delivery positions. At this point in its approach to London Concorde would be flying subsonicly at around 300 m.p.h. and Shortly after
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    • 238 6 FRANKFURT West Germany, Thurs. (Reuter) Students waving Vietcnng flags and chanting “Ho Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh” took over the state after the world premier here last night of an anti-American play about Vietnam. The fashionable first night audience seemed to treat the demonstration as an
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    • 88 6 ST. JOHN. Antigue. Thurs. (Reuter) Settlement was announced here yesterday of a bitter union dispute which divided this Caribbean island and led to a series of clashes on Tuesday. The island's premier Mr. Vere Bird who is also president of the old-established Antigua Trades and Labour
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    • 151 6 It ig not just the trees, the flowers and the open air that draw the crowds to Hong Kong’s public gardens. Music is making its own appeal. Regular weekend band concert? have long been an established feature at the larger parks What’s new about them these days
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    • 77 6 MANILA, Thurs. (Reuter) About 1.000 families were reported homeless after a seven-hour fire yesterday which razed several blocks of residential and commercial establishments in Pasay city just south of Manila. Police said damaje to property was worth 12 million pesos (about £1,200,000 sterling). The people
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    • 48 6 BRUSSELS. Thurs (UFT) The European Common Market nations built favourable trade balance of US $869 m. last year, statistics published today showed. So far this year, however, import, are exceeding exports and the community may end up with a deficit if the trend continues.
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    • 394 6 WEST PALM BEACH. Florida Thurs. (UPI) A six-man jury yesterday found Bertha "Kitty” Randall guilty of running a house of prostitution in her bar which the “outlaws” motorcycle gang used as a han- gout. Magistrate's Court Judge William Carter White
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    • 170 6 ANN ARBOR. Michigan. Thurs. (UPI) The birth rate in Hong Kong dropped 10 per cent from 1965 to 1966 as many young Chinese couples began to use birth control methods, it was reported by two University of Michigan population experts yesterday. The experts.
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    • 255 6 JAKARTA, Thurs (UPI) The Indonesian Congress opened its fifth regular session today to formally write off the Sukarno era and e'.evate General Suharto to full President and undisputed leader of the fifth largest nation in the world. Congress. Indonesia’s highest constitutional authority, is scheduled
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    • 208 7 SAIGON. Thurs. (Reuter) The Vietcong launched an attack on Saigon's giant militarv and civilian Air Base complex of Tan Son Nhut early todav. It was the first assault on the base in more than two weeks The guerillas opened Are with the 7“mm
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    • 157 7 TEL AVIV. Thurs. tFeuter) Israeli forces today went into action against saboteur and terrorist bases across the Jordanian ceasefire line, an Army spokesman said here. He said the operation was directed against “concentrations of saboteurs" but did not specify exactly where it took pace. The Israeli
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    • 229 7 HINT BY COLUMNIST WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter} The State Department said yesterday that the U.S. had made no request to Nationalist China to withdraw its troops from the Quemoy and Matsu islands close to the Chinese mainland. There were indications, however, that some U.S.
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    • 74 7 MANILA Thurs (Reuter) The fifth general conference of the International Fire Chief's Association of Asia < IFCAA is scheduled to be held here from October 21 to 25 The IFCAA secretary announced that some 400 delega*es from 13 Asian countries are expected to attend the
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    • 29 7 Gen Vo Nguven Giap DPM and defence minister of North Vietnam visits military units. Communist sources photo does not say where and when. UPI radiophoto.
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    • 330 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (Reuter) The United States will have to make a complete switch of strategy if it is to stand anv chance of winning the war in Vietnam. according to Sir Robert Thompson, former head of the British advisory mission in Vietnam. Writing in the
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    • 116 7 BANGKOK. Thurs. (Reuter) Princess Übolratana. 17-vear-old eldest daughter of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. has announced plans for further studies in the United States. The pretty athletic princess. who won the yachting gold medal at the Southeast Asia Peninsula (SEAP) Games
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    • 65 7 CAIRO. Thurs. (CPI). All airports, harbours and borders of the new republic of South Yemen hav f been closed and a curfew clamped on the entire country, it was reported yesterday. rvl The semi-official Middle East News Agency (MENA) in a dispatch from Sanaa. Yemen quoted
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    • 310 7 In Russia with love... LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) A former British MP has won a slander action against a colleague who alleged that as a married man he slept with a Russian woman in a Moscow hotel. An all-male Jury awarded ex-Conservative M P.
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    • 103 7 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Britain will join a five jsower Commonwealth conference on Southeast Asian defence to be held in Malaysia probablv in late May government sources said yesterday. Two cabinet ministers. Defence Secretary Denis Healey and Commonwealth Secretary George Thomson would likely represent Britain
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    • 145 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPIi The Labour Government said yesterday it had reconsidered its decision to run all of Britain's clocks forward one hour on a permanent basis. The government acted following a large public outcry to "Bring back GMT". Home Secretary James Callaghan told the House of
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    • 178 7 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter* Englishman Noel Coward went out in the noondav sun here today and fired a gun. There weren't any mad dogs around, and the sun »mt too hot cither But the 67-year-old playwright and entertainer produced a thundering hang a six-pounder. The hi g
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    • 320 7 PARIS Thurs. (UPI) A task force of naval vessels was gathering today in the main Mediterranean base of Toulon to sail for the Pacific test ground where France will explode her first hydrogen bomb. Government sources said the ta.sk force, code-named "Alpha and
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    • 116 7 LOS ANGELES. Thurs. (Reuter) Charles Chaplin Jr. died from accidental cause? due to a fall seven weeks ago, a coroner ruled here. Chaplin's body was found yesterday on the bathroom floor of the flat which he shared with his grandmother Mrs. Lillian Grey and his
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    • 38 7 RANGOON. Thurs. (Reuter). Five policemen were killed and seven other people injured when a bus they were travelling ran over a rebel mine yesterday near Tavoy in lower Burma, according to press report today.
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    • 106 7 ALLAHABAD. Thurs. i Reuter i One person was stabbed to death and another taken to hospital with multiple injuries here yesterday as the Prime Minister. Mrs. Indira Gandhi arrived to study the situation in this riot-torn north Indian city. Shops and bazaars which had opened after four
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    • 42 7 Here is 13-month-old jockey Marko Brauns. Whenever the weather is fine, this little boy appears riding a specially constructed carriage pulled by his pet dog in the streets of Wormerveer, Holland. Of course he is accompanied by his father too. PANA pnoto.
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  • 890 8 PRESIDENT Johnson appealed to Americans to learn from the mistakes of history. He said the Communists sought more than the conquest of Vietnam and the collapse of South-east Asia their aim was to destroy the American Pacific dream. Now the world has heard from the lips of
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  • 3045 8 SPEECH of \fr. K h a tr Kai Boh. Minister of Local Government and Hnu*ing. and Vice-President of the Malaysian Chinese Association, at the opening ceremony of the Bintang Ward branch in Penang recently. 'TODAY is indeed a red- letter day, not only for
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  • 304 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") lAEPUTY Sheriff George was driving along the highway when he noticed a station wagon parked on a lane going from the interstate highway to another highway. As he approached, Carl, who was driving the station wagon,
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    • 65 8 J often see the term “Senior Cambridge or its equivalent” appearing in advertisements in newspapers. My nephew passed the Standard Three National Language Exam. Is his certificate equivalent to Senior Cambridge? May I know whether he is eligible to attend the Higher School Certifl. cate
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    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper FRIDAY, MARCH 22. 1968 23-8. Cantonment Road. Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 39. lalan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia. Telephone: *****/6 8. Leith Street. Tel: ***** 77, Brewster Road. Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 103 9 CANBERRA. Thurs (UPI) The Australian Government plans steps to protect its automobile industry against increasing imports of Japanese ears. Trade Miister Mr. John McEwen told Parliament today. He said Australia's auto industry, the nation's second largest employer, was too important to be undermined by imports.
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    • 190 9 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) The stock market dosed firm despite yesterday’s severe budget. Dealers said that the market had over-discounted the budget They had expected higher imposts on tobacco and petrol and additional taxes on beer Institutional buying, reduced before the budget, was an additional factor In the
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    • 94 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Association of Banks In Malaysia today made the following changes In It* rates to merchants: New York: Buying TT. 32- 16; Airmail OD. 33- 16; 90 d/st. 33-9 16 credit bills; 33-7/8 trade bins Canada: Buying TT. 35- Airmail O.D 35-7/8; 90 d st. 38-9
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    • 50 9 NEW YORK Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded on the commodity exchange inc. May '6B 18 108—18.30A. July 18.108—70A Sept 18.30 —1860A November 18.55B —19.10A. Jan 69 18.708 19.20AMarch 18.808—19.20A. March 18.808—19.20A. The Spot No. 1 RSS was quoted at 18-1/4 cents per pound, nominal.
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    • 19 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) General Services Administration reported no offers were received today to buy stockpile tin.
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    • 486 9 The future of bus and car travel without gasoline... V’EW YORK Thurs (UPI) An international elect- ronics show wound up yesterday after giving the public a glimpse Into the future of bus and car travel without gasoline. The show was designed for the technical side of the industry but a
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    • 287 9 Rubber up cent SINGAPORE. Thurs Apnl first grade rubber fo b. buyers closed at 5 p.m in Singapore and Kuala Lumfiur today at 49$ cents per b.. up one quarter of a cent from previous close. The tone was idle. Opening quotations were lower but upcountry demand for April found
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    • 76 9 LONDON. Thurs (UPI) Rubber closed barely steady with spot 16-7/8 17-1/8. Settlement House: April 16-7/8 17 May 17-1/16 17-1/4 June 17-1/4 17-7/16 AprU/June 17-1/16 17-1/4 July/Sept 17-9/16 17-5/8 Oct/Dec 17-13/16 17-7/8 Jan/March 17-15/16 18-1/8 April/June 18-1/16 18-1/4 July/Sept 18-3/16 18-3/8 Oct. Dec 18-5/16 18-9/16 Jan/March 18-7/16 18-11/16
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    • 153 9 NEW YORK. Thurs <UPI) Stock prices eased In late dealings yesterday after drifting aimlessly in lackluster trading for most of the day. The list opened ilightly lower but by mid-session Investors began to show some Interest in the glamour stocks. It didn t last
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    • 1033 9 SINGAPORE Thur*. Very quiet conditions ruled on the Stock Exchange today, with turnover reduced to 1.080.000 units of stocks and shares valued at $2,199,482. In the industrial section, prices closed easier with 24 counters falling from half to six cents except E. Smelting
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    • 81 9 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI) A 10-al columnist claims that “the opening of the Manila Hilton may mean a boost for tourism, but it has caused a water shortage in the neighbourhood.” Manila Bu'letin columnist Willie Ng said the hotel has tapped the water main with a
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    • 29 9 HONG KONG. Thur». (UPI) Money Quotations. HKS6.O6 per US dollar for cash. HK56.0825 per US dollar for T/T HK514.52 per pound stg. HK5304.50 per tael gold-
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    • 230 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Erl William Jacks engineers and technicians from several parts of Malaysia and Singapore are currently attending a 10-day course at the Radiology Department of the University of Malaya Teaching Hospital. The trainee* are from Jacks X-ray Department. The course i» being conducted by
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    • 497 9 —Htocft Kifiiinte •id and offer price* officially lifted at toe close of tontines* INDUSTRIALS Ben Co 2.86 2.89 Bou*tead 171 172 C. *uear 3 10 .3.14 hemlral Co 1.48 1.50 (old storage 4 04 4 16 Dunlop CD 2: i 273 L. smelting 2S 1 1 2.1% 2
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    • 46 9 (Managers’ Prices) First Malayan 2.48 '•croiul Mala'an 1.79 Third Malayan Ihe ninmrrce 1.16 Indti'tr> Thf savins .93 1.02 Fund \D .97 1 06 First Hkon| .76 81« Sfrond Hnnsknns S3 ■57 Malawian Investment Fund 1.10 1 70 Sterling C'modity 4/4 4/11 Bong Kong Currency»
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    • 114 9 SINGAPORE, Thurv The nwin price* at the Mniapor® Chlne«e Produce Exchange today are > Buyer Sellei Coconut oil (FOB) Hulk 01 on Coconut Oil (COB) Drums 66 50 Loose opra Mixed Mar Apr 39 50 Muntok Kite Pepper It O.B.) 96% N.L.W 127.50 Sarawak W hlte Pepper (F.O.B.) 90%
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The tin price for today was $*****1 per picul, down $6 no.
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    • 197 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The following ships are expected to be in port today: God owns Vessels 1/2 Phenian 3/4 Hanoi 5 Tenbury 6/7 Golden Wonder 8/9 Cheliabinsk 10/11 Andrzej Strug 13/14 Achilles 15/16 Vaucluse 18 Izumi Maru 19 Tropical Veneer 21/22 Tamafukujin Maru 23/24 Malaysia 25/26 Lars Maersk
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  • FOLLOW THE SUN A LIBERAL ARTS PAGE And the liberal soul shall be made fat
    • 1261 12  -  Carrying the vote to Rabaul by WARWICK BRACKEN Ohmerriny ri I layers in remote 41 mis ret tiny in the House nf \**emhly elertions in the Territory of PapuaJ\etr fmuinea im a modern-day fMymmey. it in. in fart, a merit** of u-anderiny*
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    • 516 12  -  By MARIS ROSS LONDON, (UPI). A team of British technologists has come up with a proposed solution to the world's population problem much closer to home than colonising the moon Man has been moving nearer and nearer to the
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    • 402 12 Scary and nice and child's delight \I(.H (Dal)) T march through a black forest at night is one of the most impressing vacation experiences a city child can have. Educators in the City Youth Office in Munich came to this conclusion after evaluating a survey
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    • 41 12 This "Liberal Arts page” has been a Sunday page since January. This week it is advanced to Friday (today) for a special round-up to appear in the regular "News Under the Sun”, which will be run on Sunday.
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    • 122 12 BONN (DaD) Colour television programmes are expensive. More than 300.000 DM (I 5.575.000) are needed to purchase the three most important cameras: One for film and entertainment programmes, one for the electronic apparatus for magnetic taping and direct transmissions and one for actual
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    • 324 12 BRISBANE, Australia. The University of Queensland has become the third university in Australia to establish a course in Chinese. Within a few days of the announcement there were many enquiries and classes are expected to be filled to capacity. Chinese is currently being taught
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    • 197 12 SCEs.* "hiLTS It will be tested on established harbour routes and also on the longer trip from Circular Quay to Manly, a long section of which is beamon to the ocean swell. The vessel will be the MM2. 51 ft. long, carrying 60 passengers at 36
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  • Eastern Sun Special
    • 857 13  -  By JOSEPH GALLOWAY United Press International S° V°V South-east Asia is going up in flames? My wife and I just spent a month's vacation in some of the hotter spots in that troubled part of the world and it was great. We were never more than
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    • 983 13  -  By R.E. Stannard Jr., United Press International WHAT happens when acute Chinese girl takes a stick to the New York Philharmonic orchestra? They make beautiful music together. 11 took two decades of discipline and dedication to raise Helen Quach and her baton to the podium of
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    • 306 16  -  BEARS WATCHING ON SATURDAY By WINDSOR LAD TPOH, T h u r s. Parallel, ridden by jockey Garnet Bougoure, did a smashing trial on a good track here this morning, in the company of Lucius Quintus. Making a race of it soon after passing the half
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    • 1523 16 Race 1: Horses Class 3, Div. 4—5Vi Furs. Str. 2.00 P.M. (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) 1. 832 Lili Marlene 5y 900 Mr. Tan Hock Chong Tulloh Ho 5 3. 085 Malaysian Glory 8y 8 13 Sri Temasek Syndicate Rodgers 3 500 Rampage 6y 8 12 Mrs DE
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    • 98 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Chinese YMC.A Singapore will hast the second festival of sports for the YMCAs of Malaysia and Singapore. This annual event Is sponsored by the National Council of YMCAs of Malaysia and Singapore to promote closer relationships among the
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    • 48 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Entries for the Singapore Hockey Association knockout competition, for both the Senior and Junior divisions. close on Saturday. The fixtures for the first round of the competition will be drawn at the Singapore Recreation Club on Wednesday at 6.00 p.m.
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    • 225 16 HONG KONG. Thurs (Reuter) Australia's Frank Phillips, winner here In 1966. was tying on five under par 65 with three Japanese at the end of the first round of the 72-hole HKSIOO.OOO Hong Kong open today. Japan, who have yet to provide the winner
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    • 79 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A contribution of $lO,OOO towards the running cost of 1968 Singapore Grand Prix will be made by the Swiss Timing Authorities. the official time-keeper of the event. The presentation ceremony will be held tomorrow at the S ngapore Conference Hall. This Is
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    • 47 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Young Men Christian Association of Singapore will be conducting a three months guarantee-to-swim course, at the River Valley Swimming pool, commencing from April 1. The course will be conducted twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
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    • 1359 16 Race l: Horses Class 5* Div. 3— 6 Furs. 2.00 P.M. (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) t 2. 99 Vernon A-Go-Go 4y 5v 900 8 13 Flying Doctors Stable Tulloh Eubian 10 E Donnelly 090 Fifth Avenue Stable Rahman 7 3 4v West 4. 010 808 Lucky Hone
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  • Sun Sport
    • 654 14 Cheng Hoe and Yee Khan ousted LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Yew Cheng Hoe, joint number five seed, and Tan Yee Khan, both members of Malaysia's victorious Thomas Cup squad, were shock first round casualties in the All-England Badminton Championships which opened here yesterday. Cheng Hoe, a 25-year-old sales
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    • 312 14 PORT OF SPAIN. Thurs. (t'PI) West Indies captain Gary Sobers made an amazing miscalculation on Tuesday afternoon to give England victory in the Fourth Test at Queenspark Oval. England were left to score 215 runs to win in 165 minutes after Sobers had declared
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    • 188 14 CHELTENHAM, (Gloucestershire), Thurs. (Reuter) Persian War. a strongly-fancied five-year-old. raced to a supremely easy victory in the 7.798 sterling Champion hurdle here yesterday. Jockey Jimmy Uttley. who rode the winner, was never out of the first three in a field of 16 for the hurdling championship,
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    • 624 14 TENDERS IBU PEJABAT KERJA RAYA KENYATAAN TAWARAN TAWARAN daripada Pemborong2 ya/tg berdaftar diJ.K.R.. di-dalam Kelas "D" dan ka-atas akan dl-terlma di-Pejabat Pengarah Kerja Raya. Jalan Maxwell. Kuala Lumpur hingga pukul 12 00 tengah harl pada 27hb. Mach. 1968 untok:— MEMBENA DAN MENYIAPKAN SAMBONGAN BAGI SEKOLAH MENENGAH JENIS KEBANG6AAN PEREMPUAN DIPET
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    • 697 14 GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTEGRATION ORDINANCE. 1003 (No. 18 of 1963) Declaration under Section 20 WHEREAS the streets known as:— 1. Linden Drive (Part) Linden Drive to Lot 49/ 151 MK. 15 2. Jalan Masjid Chang! Road to Lot 671 and Reserve Road off Jalan
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  • 87 15 With a final, powerparked Hurst of speed. Staff Sergeant Adrian Bunting of the Roval Fngineers. cuts across the finishing line to win the Senior 10-mile rare at the Army Cycling Union meet at Tanglin. Watched by a crowd of enthusiasts. the cycle races held on the
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  • 437 15  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Thurs. Neil Allen top Australian racing driver will not be competing in the 1968 Singapore Grand Prix to be held here next month. Sunsport reliably understands that Neil who had been entered for this year's Singapore GP. would not
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  • 452 15 KUALA LUNIPUR. Thurs. The Football Association of Selangor League and knockout champions, UMNO youths are taking no chances In their preparation for the cup defence in the coming season start- ing on April 10. The secretary and team manager of UMNO Youths. Enrhe
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  • 284 15 SYDNEY. Thurs ‘Reuter) Crack Australian Jockey George Moore and three millionaire racehorse owners have been threatened with deatn unless they pay huge sums of money as protection, Sydney newspapers reported today Police confirmed that letters containing threats had been passed on to
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  • 26 15 MALACCA. Thurs. The Commodore’s Cup sailing race organised by the Bukit Terendak Sailing Club will be held off Terendak Camp from tomorrow to Sunday.
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  • 449 15  -  By M. T. LINGAM MALACCA, Thurs. Only 141 minutes of play was possible in the opening day of match between Joe Lister's International XI and a Malacca Invitation XI at the Malacca Club padang here this afternoon but this was sufficient for Joe Lister's
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  • 92 15 COLOMBO. Thurs. (Reuter) Malaysia led Ceylon 1-0 after the first day's play in their first Eastern Zone Davis Tennis Cup-tie here yesterday. In the opening singles match. Sutan Azman. Malaysia's number one beat 40-vear-old Bernard Pinto. Ceylon’s number one, 6-4. 6-4, 3-6, 3-6. 6-4 in a
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  • 399 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A record number of top marksmen from the Armed Forces. Police and State shooting associations will vie for honours in the third Selangor Open Shooting Championships. The secretary of the association. Mr Mo® Fu Kiat. today told Sunsport that response so far
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  • 31 15 IPOH. Thurs. Anderson School's cross-country race, covering a distance of three miles for boys, and two miles for girls, will be held at the Coronation Park here on Mar. 28.
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  • 287 15 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A 19-man Hong Kong Cricket Association team, due in Malaysia and Singapore in May. will play a series of matches against their counterparts in this region. Highlight of the Hong Kong side's visit will be the inter-port clash against Malaysia
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  • 170 15 MALACCA. Thurs. Malacca will open their campaign for the Malaysia Cup soc er competition when they meet Singapore Joint-Ser-vices at the Kubu Stadium here on Sunday. Kick-off is at 5 p.m. sharp. Most of last year’s players are available and the team should be a
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  • 74 15 LONDON Thurs (UPI) Results of last night’s league soccer matches were English League Division One Chelsea 0 Leeds United 0 Division Three Brighton 1 Reading 1 Grimsby Town 3 Tramper Rovers 0 Division Four Luton 1 Aldershot 0 Scottish League Division One Dunfermline 2 Airdrie 1 Dundee
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  • 108 15 Tony 's goals help RI to win SINGAPORE. Thurs. Raffles Institution beat Anglo-Chinese School by two goals to nil in the Pool ‘B’ of the inter-district hockey tournament held at the R.I. ground yesterday. The dazzling stick-work of Rl's Tony was a delight to watch. ACS defenders, however. managed to
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  • 87 15 MALACCA. Thurs.—Kilat Club became the first team to qualify for the Malacca Hockev Association knockout final when they defeated Medicals Sports Club 3 —o at the Malacca Club ground here At half time Kilat led M a solitary goal. Messrs. R. Ravmdran and Lim Tee
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    • 47 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 5.28 p.m. (5.6 ft.) Port Swettenham: 10.44 a.m. (10.8 ft.). 11.49 (10.9 ft.) Port Dickson: 11.17 a.m. (5.5 ft.) Singapore: 3.10 a.m. (8.4 ft.), 7.02 p.m. (6.4 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 1.32 a.m. (6.1 ft.), 5.00 p.m. (6.9 ft.) Kuantan: 4.08 p.m. (8.8 ft.).
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