Eastern Sun, 24 March 1968

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  • 21 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd 1966, VoL 2 595 Sunday, 24 March 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 714 1  -  A protest note to PI. Govt. By MUSA SCULLY KUALA LUMPUR, Sat, Twenty-five coptured armed Filipinos are now under interrogation by police in Sabah, a Foreign Ministry source here disclosed today. According to the source, the Filipinos were caught on an island oft Sabah, in Malaysian
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  • 182 1  -  SHIPPING LINE: By HOO BAN KHEE KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Malaysia welcomes Singapore as a partner in a regional shipping line about which the Government is now thinking This was stated today by Tun Tan Siew Sin. Minister of Finance, and National President of
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  • 82 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. —The 260.000-strong National Union of Plantation Workers today scored a major victory in its fight for increased wages and better working conditions despite the falling price of rubber. The Industrial Court awarded a 55 rents a day increase in their basic
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  • 65 1 MELBOURNE. Sat. (UPI) Singapore President Yusof Ishak having been discharged from the Royal Melbourne Hospital, has now settled in the Southern Cross Hotel. Dr John L. Frew said the President still is taking things "quietly." However, no decision has yet been reached whether he will fly-
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  • 41 1 SAIGON. Sat. (UPI) North Vietnamese troops launched their heaviest rocket attack in a month on the US Marine base at Khe Sanh today, firing more than 1.100 rounds of shells into the besieged compound in an 18-hour period.
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  • 874 1  -  By C. F. LEE KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. —The Malaysian Chinese Association was today told it must continue to lead the Chinese in Malaysia towards working together with the other races for the country s peace and well-being-This, said the Prime
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  • 77 1 MANILA. Sat. (Reuter)— A 12-year-old schoolgirl from Mindoro Occidental Province, about 125 miles south of Manila said that the Blessed Virgin Mary had appeared to her about a dozen times in the past, the Manila Times rcoorted today. The girl. Belinda Yillasn a dark. long-haired sixth grader from
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  • 73 1 Hartono wins LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) Results of finals In the AllEngland Badminton Championships at Wembley here today were: Men’s singles final Rudy Rartono (Indonesia) beat Tan Aik Huang (Malaysia) 15—12. 15—9 Men.s doubles, final: Erland Kops and Henning Borsch (Denmark) beat Tan Yee Khan and Ng Boon Bee
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  • NEWS
    • 395 2 MANILA. Sat. (Reuter) President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines has ordered the setting up of a court martial to all officers and men Involved in the quelling of a reported mutiny on an Army training camp on Corregidor island Just south of
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    • 163 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fat A labourer. Chong Tser. Wah. 26. wa* todav sentenced ter three years jail when he pleaded guilty in the Session's Court to illegal possession of Browning pistol and seven rounds of ammutntitm. Prosecuting Officer. Inspector T. S. Ramasamy.
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    • 403 2 MANILA. Sat. fßeuter) The Chairman of the National Co-ordinating Council for Islamic Affairs here. Mr. Mukhtar M. Mualiam. today said some of the uniform* used by recruits in the secret army training camp on Corregidor bore the “exact replicas” of Malaysian military uniforms. Mr.
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    • 202 2 UNITED NATIONS, Sat. (Reuter) Israeli troops found big stocks of arms and ammunition during yesterday's raid on Karamehn the Jordan town said to be a terrorist base. The Security Council was told today. Israeli Ambassador. Yosef Tekoah. giving the Council the first results
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    • 74 2 UNITED NATIONS. Sat. (UPI) Israil charged yesterday that some leaders of the Arab Terrorist Organ.nation. whose headquarters were the target of a massive Israeli attack on Thursday, were trained in Communist China. Israeli Ambassador Joseph Tekoa. seeking Security Council action against Arab terrorism. said
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    • 65 2 LAGOS. Sat (Reuter) Nigerian Federal Troops have captured the major Biafran Stronghold of Onitsha and cleared the way for a thrust to the heart of the secessionist region. Onitsha. a sprawling river port and market which had repelled repeated Federal attacks since last October, fell 4o a
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    • 31 2 BERNE. Switzerland. Sat. (Reuter) Switzerland renewed her offer to mediate in the Vietnam conflict but turned down a suggestion by North Vietnam -that the two countries establish diplomatic relations.
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    • 49 2 WASHINGTON. Sat. (Reuter) President Johnson today announced appointment of Mr. Sargent Shnver as Ambassador to France. Mr. Shriver’s nomination has been approved by the French Government and his name was being sent to the U.S. Senate for confirmation today or on Monday, the President said.
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    • 80 2 KTALA LUMPUR. Sal— Tun Tan Siew Sin today announced the setting up of a scholarship fund nanied after his father Tun Tan Cheng Lock The scholarships will he awarded to those who are academically qualified and also show qualities of leadership. He said the MC
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    • 58 2 MALACCA. Sat A PMIP official here today defected to UMNO Enche Ahmad Salleh 40. until today Secretary of the Lanjong Kling branch of PMIP said he had joined UMNO because of PMIPs racialist policy He sa d a policy to serve only Malay interests was
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    • 77 2 HONG KONG. Sat. (Reuter) Crew members of the US intelligence ship Pueblo captured by North Koreans about two months ago would be punished if the United States did not comply with North Korean demands. a letter written by a crew member of the Pueblo and
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    • 46 2 MONGHYR BIHAR. Sat. (Reuter) At least 20 people were killed and 150 injured when giant hailstones showered like bullets on villages along the River Ganges near here last Wednesday in the severest hailstorm in living memory according to delayed reporta reaching her# today.
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    • 340 2 Westmoreland to become Army Chief of Staff yirASHINGTON, Sal. (Reuter). President Johnson today onnounced that General William Westmoreland, the American Field Commander in Vietnam, would become U.S. Army Chief of Staff and immediately set off speculation there would be changes in the
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    • 368 2 BATU PAHAT, Sat. The Alliance has caused disillusionment among rural Malays by making them highly susceptible to chauvinist as well as fanatical appeals of communalists and religious obscurantists, said Mr. Lim Kit Siang the Organising Secretary of the Democratic Action
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    • 83 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat The results of the 1967 stages 1. 2 and 3. National Language examinations for non-Malay Government servants are already out and have been sent to the State Education Offices. The Chief fediication Officers have been instructed to send the results to the further
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    • 76 2 JAKARTA. Sat (Reuter) Members of Indonesia’s People's Congress last night supported acting President General Suharto's five-year plan for the development of the nation, but some indicated this need not mean a lengthy postponement of general elections. General Suharto has said that the urgent need for
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    • 99 2 SANTIAGO. Chile. Sat. (UPI) —Chile's Central Bank yesterday set new exchange quotations for the US. dollar. The bank dollar now will be worth 6.36 escudos, buyers, and .37 escudos, sellers.’ The broker's dollar will be valued at 7.40 escudos, buyer, and 7.42 escudos, seller. The new quotations
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    • 82 2 Today: Exhibition of “Five Singapore Sculptors’’ at National Art Gallery. 10 a m to 6.30 pm. Works of Prominent Malaysian Artists at Peninsular Art Society, 41 .Jalan Raja Muda. 9 a-m. to 6 p.m. Jalan Weld Swimming Pool. 9.30 am. to 12.30 p.m., 2 P.m. to 5 pm.
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    • 128 2 NEW DELHI. Sat. (Reuter) Soviet and West German. Ministers tonight joined with India's Commerce Minister Mr. Dinesh Singh to try to bring rival factions together so that something Worthwhile can still come from tha seven-week-long United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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    • 55 2 MALACCA. Sat Malacca police are anxious to contact the driver of a Mercedes in connection with a fatal accident at the 10th mile Ma-!acca-Durian Tunggal Road last Thursday afternoon. A man was found fatally injured on the road and by his side was a mangled bicycle believed
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    • 58 2 OXFORD England. Sat. (Reuter) About 200 demonstrators, booing and jeering “Wilson Out”, tried to mob Prime Minister Mr. Harold Wilson tonight when he arrived to attend a university college dinner. A solid wall of policemen standing shoulder to shoulder. kept back demonstrators at the entrance to University
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 822 3 Yong to doctors: SINGAPORE, Sat. There is "latent and high-grade potential for political leadership" among doctors in the Republic which can be "harnessed for the greater good" for the young nation. This was disclosed by the Minister for Health, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. when
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    • 258 3 SINGAPORE. Sat The aim of National Service apart from defence purposes is to create a tough, selfrespecting and disciplined young generation. The MP for Anson. Mr. P. Govmdaswamy. stated this in the ••send-off” ceremony for National Servicemen at the Tanjong Pagar Community Centre, this evening.
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    • 92 3 PENANG, Sat. Thieves took away an amplifier, a transistor radio and a wristwatrh. all to the total value of $425. while the occupants of a house in Jockey Road were asleep yestertay The tenant, an accountant. Mr. Choong Eng Keat. said he went to
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    • 125 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The spastic children were todav treated to a party organised bv the Friends of the Spastics Club at the Spastic Children's Association of Singapore today. The party was to mark the opening of the newlyformed Friends of the Spastics Club which comprises about
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    • 73 3 PENANG. Sat A 26-year-old labourer. Cheah Choon Poon. was today jailed for three years by the Sessions Court here when he pleaded guilty to a robbery charge Cheah was alleged to have, jointly with Wong Kong Cheow and two others still at large, robbed Messrs
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    • 54 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. Several objections have been raised by the local Chinese Chamber of Commerce to the proposed amendment to the Wages Regulation (Shop Assistants) Order of 1963. The objections were forwarded to the Shop Wages Council in Kuala Lumpur today following an emergency meeting of the
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    • 61 3 MUAR. Sat. Ong Kim Heng a plumber, captured the first prize in the Muar District Talentime Competition organised by the Muar MCA Youth Section, today The women's section was won by Goh Swee Wai. Runners-up in the men's section were Lee Chong and Lau Shee third. Runners-up in
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    • 55 3 ALOR STAR. Sat. The State Government's failure to include Kuala Kedah in the visit of the Yang diPertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong earlier this month was queried at the State Assembly meeting here today. This Issue which dominated today's debate was brought up by Haji
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    • 109 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The students of St. John’s School will stage a play by Agatha Christie. “Ten Little Niggers”, on April 4. 5 and 6 at the school, last year, the school also put up a Shakespearean play. ‘Twelfth Night”, with the school staff doing
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    • 101 3 SINGAPORE. Sat.—The Chinese Chamber of Commerce gave a “send-off” tea-party to members of the Singapore Trade Mission at the Chamber Auditorium today. The Singapore Trade Mission is due to leave Singapore on Monday for Burma. Thailand. Philippines. Japan, Hongkong and Cambodia. The 27-memher trade
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    • 228 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The MP for Telok Blangah, Mr. N. Govindaswamy. tonight called on wharf workers to prepare and adjust themselves to changes and adapt modem techniques so that the Port of Singapore could develop and contribute more to the eco- nomy of the nation.
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    • 33 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat Ungku Abdul Hamid bin A u Bakar. a senior official with the Marine Department here, died instantly after a collision with a Kuala Lumpur boundpassenger tram this afternoon.
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    • 1515 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sot. Th© Finance Minister, Tun Tan Siew Sin, today hint* ad at a possible re-appraisal of Malaysia's foreign relations. He spoke of the newly emerged circumstances which, he told delegates at the MCA. Central General Assembly meeting “clearly necessitate” such a basic
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    • 614 4 MCA will give $100,000 for proposed polytechnic says Tan K rA ,tl S *Ar.I u 2.LV! ew Sln .f l r ProPOMii *n« u, of polytechnic ini dccl.red tribute at liasT SI million A BBo 1 0 would give S 100.000 “to set the ball rolling if the public could
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    • 68 4 PENANG, Sat An independent rural district councillor. Penang Island, Mr. Toh Boon Kooi. today congratulated a group of Malays, headed by Enche Mustapha H. Mahmood. for forming a new progressive Malay club in which English was to be used exclusively inside the club house. Mr. Toh
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    • 182 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Rat. Selangor Police scored a double success in their campaign against telephone wire thieves in the State when they arrested a fourman gang at the 14$ mile Bentong Road yesterday. This is the second successful operation by police within 36 hours in
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    • 107 4 PENANG. Sat. The New Zealand High Commissioner, Mr B D Zohrab, who is presently making a threeday visit to the Island, was impressed by the deep-water wharves in Butterworth He had not realised the project was such a large and advanced one Mr. Zohrab said
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    • 78 4 KOTA BHARU. Sat Kelantan Police today arrested Pan Malayan Islamic Party State Assemblyman Haji Osman Haji Ismail and several other persons for possession of offensive weapons. The arrest was made at Kampong Tualang Salak Pekelan in Bachok District near here. The police also arrested
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    • 70 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Malaysia's energetic Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak this evening regretted he was never a horseman nor learned to ride a horse so he could emulate the English knight armed with lances. Speaking in a light vem conferment of the Order of St. John
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    • 832 4 COURT FIXES $3.10 A DAY FOR TAPPERS KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.—The 260.000-Btrong National Union of Plantation Workers today scored a major victory in its fight for increased wages and better working conditions despite the falling price of rubber. The Industrial Court today fixed the basic wage of
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    • 201 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. —The Member of Parliament fo r Ipoh, Mr. D R, Seenivasagam today called on the Malaysian Government t 0 issue a White Paper stating the reasons why Mr T T Rajah. a Singapore lawyer’s entry into Malaysia would be against
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    • 75 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Police here have detained three suspects in connection with the murder of a cowherd. La 11 Singh. 49. in Rawang on Feb. 9 A knife, which police believed to be the murder weapon. and a stick and turban belonging to the victim have also
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    • 33 4 IPOH. Sat.—Three daggerwielding robbers broke into a house at the 27th mile Kampar-Temoh Road last night, and robbed the occupants of a phonogram and $232 worth of records from the house
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    • 403 5 gINGAPORE, Sat. The Elections Department have posted out poll cards to all eligible voters in the seven contested electoral divisions. The poll cards bear the electoral registration number and the name of the polling station at which an elector will be able to ote on
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    • 207 5 Stocks shares: ‘Tremendous increase in investment’ SINGAPORE, Sat. Singapore is one of the major st.ocks and shares markets in the world today, said Mr D F Sinclair, Director of Fraser Co. Mr Sinclair was speaking at the luncheon meeting of the Y's Men's Club. Singapore (Beta Chapter' at Goodwood Hotel
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    • 97 5 SINGAPORE Sat. The Malaysia Certificate of Educaton and the Cambridge Higher School Certificate (Malay medium) examinations will be held from Nov. II to Dec. 3 this year Private candidates for the above examinations can now apply for a copy of these regulations for these examinations from the
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    • 64 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. SATA free mass X-ray campaign will start from March 25-29 between 5.30 pm. and 9 p m. in the following areas: Spooner Road, Kampong Bahru Road, Silat Avenue. Kampong Bahru Hill. Silat M'alk, Silat Lane and Silat Crescent. Residents living in these areas
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    • 21 5 SINGAPORE Sat—There were 97 road accidents, of which three were serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic-
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    • 95 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Ministry of Health today issued a warning to the public concerning confidence tricksters who were going around collecting donations for the so-called “Middle Road Hospital Fund”. A statement from the Ministry stated that there was no such fund-raising cam- paign and the
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    • 208 5 SINGAPORE Sot. "Mermaids" in the person of two lovely Japanese girls will be the main feature of the "all-Japanese and almost aI Igirls variety show" ot Gay World Stadium on March 28. The shapely and attractive “mermaids” are 22-year-old Kiyomj Kikumoto and her
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    • 293 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Minister for Health, Mr. Yong N y u k Lin, will launch the four-month-long "Blood Donation Campaign" of the Singapore Red Cross Society on March 3 I. The Red Cross Society has adopted the “blood bank” as its
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    • 124 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. About 250 members of the diplomatic corps, the business community and Government Officials last night attended a cocktail party given by Mr. A. M. Tahil, Commercial Attache. Philippine Consu-late-General here. in honour of the Marikina Shoe Trade Mission from the Philippines and
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    • 168 5 AEB courses in Hindi Italian SINGAPORE. Sat. The Adult Education Board will hold two new language courses in Hindi and Italian, commencing on April 4 and and 17 respec- tively. The H:n i classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m and the Italian
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    • 32 5 5 —6 p.m. Performance by the People’s Association Band at Raffles Place Garden. 7 45 p.m. A Mandarin play presented by the Singapore Amateur Players at Victoria Theatre. Empress Place
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    • 154 5 SINGAPORE. Sat A course on "Educational Sociology” will begin on Thursday. April 11, from 7.30 p.m. 9 p.m. The course is offered by the Department of Extramural Studies. The lectures will deal with a general discussion of the social nature of education, the present system of
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    • 113 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. A workshop on "Statement through Dance.” will be conducted by Mrs. Shona McTavish from New Zealand. The course aimed at exploring the use of dance as means of communication will be of interest to youth leaders. No prior dance experience is required to
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    • 102 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. The arts students from the PreUniversity I of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus are organising a fashion show “MIKI '6B in aid of the National Defence Fund. The fashion show will be held on March 30.
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    • 72 5 SINGAPORE Sat Police today identified the girl who fell to her death from a Housing Board flat on Thursday as 18-year-old Tan Eng Kim. The deceased fell to her death from the 11th floor of Block Three. Jalan Idris, on Thursday at 8.15 a.m. Police said
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • 478 6  -  By Clarence Fernando Reuter. THE current hero in rice-short Ceylon is a King with a sense of social justice who ruled 2,000 years ago. King Mahaculi Maha Tissan 25th Royal Ruler of Ceylon, quit his palace a few months after being crowned in
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  • 467 7 ONE of fhe most common mistakes made by amateur photographers is not moving in close enough to the main subject. All too often the centre of attention perhaps a child, a pet animal, a flowering shrub is lost among uninteresting and distracting side details.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • NEWS UNDER THE SUN
    • 805 8 Next week: ‘Don’t confuse me with the facts!’ CLIM 'pHE result of pure self-righteous negligence and gross irresponsibility on an international scale caused the dollar shake-up, the consequences of which are not only "by no means over" but are in actuality building up for more
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    • 177 8 PARIS Sat. (UPI) Gold fever returned to the Paris market after a respite of only three days. Brokers warned that the precious metal was getting steadily scarcer here. Encouraged by declining gold prices of the past few days and spurred on by President de Gaulle’s
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    • 955 8 ‘ANOTHER STE P IN EVOLUTION OF THE WEST PARIS, Sat. The French Foreign Minister M Couve de Murville said at a dinner debate in Paris on Tuesday. "We are going through a new phase. It is another stage in the development of this great (monetary crisis and it is difficult
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 257 9 SYDNEY, Sat. For the past 10 years, an Australian company has consistently supplied Malaysia with 20 tons of citrus peel a year. Citrus peel produced by Winn Food Products (Sydney), Australia's largest” manufacturer of peel, has enjoyed a high reputation on the international market
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    • 196 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Mr Chan Boon Poh has appointed Manager of Malayan Bitumen Products (Malaya) Limited. Mr. Chan will take over from Mr. R.P.G. Latham when the latter goes on leave, prior to retirement on 31st of March, 1968. The Promotion of Mr. Chan is
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    • 115 9 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter)— The market closed firm again today. With prices fractionally off the best on end-account ?rofit-takmg gains of about were nevertheless widespread especially in leaders British Funds were well supported with gains of up to 5/lg on hopes of a further cut in bank rate
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    • 74 9 LONDON. Sat. (UPI) The rubber market closed fully steady with spot 173/8 17-5 8 nominal. Settlement House: April 17-3/8 17-5/8 nom May 17-3/8 17-5 <8 nom June 17-7/18 17-5/8 April/June 17-3/8 17-5/8 July Sept 17-3/4 17-7/8 Oct/Dec 18 18-1/8 Jan March 18-1/4 18-3/8 April/June 18-3/8 18-5/8 July/Sept
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    • 40 9 NEW YORK. Sat (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded. May 18.108—18.30A. July 18.108—18.70A. Sept 18.308—18.70A. Nov. 18.55B —19.10 A. Jan 18.708—19.20A. March 18.80 B— 19.20A. The spot No. 1 RSS held steady at 18-1/4 cents nominal.
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    • 37 9 WASHINGTON. Sat (Reuter) The sale of 10 long tons of Grade “A” tin at $154 per lb to National Lead Company with delivery from Granite City. Illinois, was announced today by General Services Administration.
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    • 75 9 PEOPLE look up to a large EXPO '7O revolving panel and its reflections in the mirrors at both ends, when it was up at a busy intersection in downtown Tokyo recently. The cylindrical poster carrying the words “Progress and Harmony for mankind” on the upper half and
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    • 211 9 JAKARTA. Sat (UPI) The Indonesian Government has approved 34 projects worth $143,610,000 under the government foreign investment programme. Antara news agency said today. The United States was top among foreign investors in both the number of projects and the total amount of capital to be
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    • 98 9 ZURICH. Sat. (UPI) Gold was stronger and the dollar and pound somewhat weaker on the Swiss market today amid reports of a new French attack on the two currencies Banks were selling gold at $39.50 an ounce on the free market and buying it at $3B 50
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    • 275 9 SINGAPORE. Sat.—Weekend trepidations arising from gold and monetary anxieties were dispelled as quickly as they were created state Holiday. Cutler. Bath Co. Ltd. in their weekly market review. The measures taken were not altogether unexpected, nevertheless the wary hedges in rubber that came as precautionary action against
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The tin price for today was $555,374 per picul, down 51.12 L
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    • 184 9 NEW YORK. Sat (UPI) Investors pushed stock prices lower yesterday for the fourth consecutive session but a brief mid-session rally gave the list a number of fea*ures. Prices eased at the outset and selling pressure built up all morning as investors reacted to further tightening of
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    • 92 9 SINGAPORE Sat. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 32- 8: Airmail O.D. 33; 90 d st. 33-1 2; credit bills; 33- 16 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 355 8: Airmail O.D. 35-3/4; 90 d
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    • 618 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. Business in and reported to the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange today with the number of shares dealt in" brackets. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co. $3.02 <5000) $304 (***** stf.oo 2000' $2.99 (2000 1 $2 98 1 3000 1 C. Sugar $.3 18 (*****,
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    • 481 9 SINGAPORE—Stock Exchange aid and utter prices officially listed at the close or business. INDUSTRIALS INDUSTRIALS Boustead 1.72 1.75 < sugar 3.18 Chemical to 1 50 1.53 l old storage 4 os 4 IK Dunlop CD 2.79 2.80 1 smelting 5.10 540 KAI 2.18 2.20 Esso Orils 2.93 2.94
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    • 49 9 < Managers’ Prices) Mrst Malayan 2.49 Second Mala'an 1.79 lhird Malatan The Commerce 1.17 Industry Th<* savins .93 1.02 fund \D .97 1 OK Hot H kons Sl» Second Honekonz .53 .57* M.< l,i.\ -Ian linestment 1 und 1.19 1 20 Sterltns C'modity 4/4 4/11 Hons Rons Currency)
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    • 126 9 SINGAPORE. Sat The noon price* at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are > Buyer Sellet Coconut Oil (FOR) Bulk fit oo Commit Oil (F.O B> Drums «6 50 Loose Copra Mixed Mac Apr 39.50 Montok White Pepper (I.O.B.) •»6% VI. W 125 00 Sarawak White Pepper (I.O.B.) 96%
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    • 29 9 HONG KONG Sat- (UPI) —Money Quotations; HK5.***** per U.S. dollar for cash. HK?OB7a per U.S. dollar for T/T HK514.53 per pound sterling HK5309.25 per tael gold.
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    • 39 9 SEOUL. Sat. (UPI) The Thai International Airlines on Monday inaugurated regular service between Bangkok and Seoul via Taipei and Hong Kong. The Thai airlines will fly three times a week connecting the capitals of the two countries.
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    • 203 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The following ships are expected to be in port today:Godowns Vessels 1/2 Phenian 3/4 Hanoi 5 Shovo Maru 6/7 Ocean Builder 8/9 Kyotai Maru 10/11 Andrezej Strug 13/14 Glenfallocb 15/16 Vaucluse 18 Bulimba 19 Sir Lancelot 21/22 Sea Express 23 24 Kwong Tung 25/26 Golden
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    • 705 9 AIR MOVEMENTS—SPORE. »RRIVAI« IN SINGAPORE MSA 451 IO.S'5 i.m. from Kuching MSA 005 10.55 am. from Penang Ipoh > K.L Malacca MSA 013 1.50 p.m. from Kota Bahru/K.L. Msi 509 2.25 p.m. from Bangkok Ms.\ ooi 3.35 p.m from Penang Ipoh/KL. MSA 835 4.20 p.m. from Tatpeh/Hong kong/KL. MS.A 003
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  • CHURCH AT HOME
    • 1232 10 SOMEONE has said, The Bible lays down principles to guide our whole approach to life, and these will naturally affect every part of our being and activity, leisure included." How true this is can be seen in one of our Lord’s parables In the
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  • 140 10 Next week ‘To China with prayers’ SINGAPORE. Sat. The training session for all teachers who have volunteered to teach in the Jesus Saves Mission Daily Vacation Bible School will begin tomorrow. The training session, consisting of three classes for teachers teaching from Kindergarten to Pr 2.
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  • 48 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. More than 60 persons attended the first quarterly dinner organised by the Christian Business Men's Committee < CBMC) at the American Club. Manhatten Room. Scotts Road here tonight. Dr. Victor B Nelson. Crusade Director of the Billy Graham Association, gave an inspiring message
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  • 327 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. Dr. G. D. James, General Director of the Malaysia Evangelistic Fellowship, has just returned from a very busy two-month Gospel tour in Thailand and Laos. One of the highlights of his missionary tour was his presentation of the
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  • 69 10 SINGAPORE Sat. Dr Benjamin Chew, well-known Singapore physician and Christian layman, will be speaking at Bartley Christian Church Worship Service tomorrow and next Sunday at 5 p.m Bartley Chns*ian Church is at 30. Lorong Penehalak. jus* off Bartley Road and jalan Rmdu. The messages will be expositions
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  • 137 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. The “Preaching, teaching, reaching mission" organised by the Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church. w ill commence tomorrow. The four-day mission consists of five meetings and all are geared to the theme “Your Hour of Decision”. The meetings will be held at the Church. 77 Prinsep
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  • 114 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. The standard of Christian broadcas'ing can only be improved if all ‘he churches m Singapore will tackle the task together There is no place for denominational broadcasting. This is the opinion expressed by the Executive Director of the World Association for
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  • 119 10 89. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. 96. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 91. They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. 92. Unless thy law had been
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  • 213 10 HERE are the Bible answers to some of our readers' *1 questions. Send In your problems to “The Christian Answers”. 23-B Cantonment Road. Singapore or 39 Jalan Sultan. K. Lumpur and have them answered. Bona fide questions may be on any subject. EXCUSES Q My heart is
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  • 443 10 SINGAPORE, Sot. The Charities Week 1968, organised by the Catholic Welfare Services, begins tomorrow and concludes next Sunday. In connection with this appeal, the Archbishop of MalaccaSingapore has written the following letter: Dear Brethren. We recommend to the generosity of all the Catholics of the Archdiocese
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  • 983 10  - Christians and Current Affairs —IV By Rev. (Dr.) BALCHIN IN talking about Christians and Current Affairs in an earlier article I tried to make the point that circumstances alter cases and I suggested that the application of principles must fit situations This raises the issue that, after all. right should
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 81 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. Services on Saturday. Balestler Road English 120 Balestler Road 9.30 am. Sabbath School: 11.00 am Bervlce of Worship: 5.30 p.m Youth Meeting. SOUTHEAST ASIA UNION COLLEGE—English 273 Upper Serangoon Road. 9.30 a m Babbath School; 11.00 a.m. Service of Worship; 3.45 p.m. Youth
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    • 122 10 Radio Manila (FEBC) 4-30 pm 4.35 5.30 630 6 45 to 7 00 pm News Sunset Melodies Music of the Masters (Classics* News Stories of Great Christians Twentrflve 4c Nineteen Metre Bands 7.15 7.30 7.45 to 8 15 pm Nation*] Language 8.13 9 20 pm News Travel Jungle Doctor Billy
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  • Boutique
    • 475 11  -  By: Florence de Santis IIfHEN the sportswear look took over general fashion, no one was more surprised than sportswear designers. For years theyd been happily doing the avantgarde thing? that other fashion designers wouldn't touch, and now avant-gar-dism was running wild everywhere. So
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    • 70 11 Bonnie Clyde look— Polish version IlfARSAW. Sat. The Polish garment Industry plant CORA presented its new Spring-Summer 1968 collection recently and revealed a "Bonnie and Clyde” gangster styled, dark blue striped suit, with wide lapels and a hat with the brim turned back. The Jacket of the suit is long,
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    • 225 11 'J'HE most feminine and romantic hair style around town is titled "The Ruffle.” it features a lavish show of whisper-soft curls and waves After nearly 10 years of straight hair ,the look of curls is refreshing. Ruffle styling calls for fairly short hair Cutting
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    • 201 11 Return of the cashmere sweater, a long Pull with turtleneck, a tunic with side slits, a sweater dress, all in misty Scotch colours. Favourite playwear-to-be for summer, the one-piece jumpsuit, sometimes with shorts legs, at other with culotte legs. but always zippered. The absolute craze for
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 591 11 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS ANGLICAN ANDREW’S CATHEDRAL *.OO a m Holy Communion, 8.00 a.m. Parish Communion 11.00 a.m. Morning Service and Holy Communion, 6.00 p.m. Evensong. Sunday Schools at 8.00 a.m and 9.30 a.m. ST. PETER S CHURCH, 1. Tavistock Avenue Serangoon Garden Estate. Singapore 19. Bam Parish Communion. 8 and 9.30
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    • 74 11 New WELLA BARCAROLE EXQUISITE SETTING LOTION WELLAFLEX DE LUXE HAIR SPRAY with matching perfume for today's Jet Set WELLA-AN INTERNATIONAL TRADE-MARK FOR HAIR COSMETICS. Inquire from your hairdresser or favourite cosmetic counter. f? 5 05 Sole Distributor*! Wah Sen g Trading Co., 403. Chulia St. Penan? VVah Luen Trading Co..
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  • POPPING AROUND With Platter Pete
    • Article, Illustration
      400 12 THE TROGGS may be the first British group to perform in Vietnam. The group has applied for permission through the Australian and New Zealand authorities to entertain their troops, after it finishes its American tour in April. The group had previously asked to be allowed to entertain the
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    • 335 12 EE Majors, who portrays "Heath" in Four Star Television's "The Big Valley" west-ern-adventure series, has never acted before. But nobody is concerned and Hollywood insiders predict Lee Majors is destined to attain film greatness. Producers Jules Levy, Arthur Gardner and Arnold Laven are putting their faith in
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    • Article, Illustration
      121 12 ESTHER AND ABI OFARIM “f inderella Rorkrfella” l.nnfsom» Road” I Philips I. They ve had five gold records around Fur they we-e Scnnu ed at the Israeli Festival in 1961. they got a first prize lr, Poland in 1962 in 1964 E.-ther won Dutch prize at the Grand Gala
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    • 141 12 Paul Mauriat—‘Love Is Blue’ Sensational chart success VEW YORK Philips released Paul Mauriat's version of "Love Is Blue", one of the biggest instrumentals for years in the States His single is on too of the charts as well as his LP which is also keeping the pace with fantastic sales
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    • 302 12 J|7 THERE Like...how do you hep-type cool cats dig the spotlight on LEE MAJORS this week? Like...isn’t Platter Pete (that’s me) the greatest? Also In this week is the last of our “Girl I'll Marry" series. But. keep watching this page some more exclusive stuff. Please address
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    • 128 12 (Reuter) THE Beatles swept Into the number three position this week In Britain with their punchy number “Lady Madonna.’’ The record has only been on sale one week. Rlngo Starr has been quoted as saying that the record which has also climbed into the Amsterdam charts, is “almost
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    • 181 12  -  By STEVE MARRIOTT T’LL toll sou one tiling the girl 1 marry will have to be short. I’m only a little (iiihly bloke, ami I don't want some tall bird I'll have to look up to! No, the girl I'd propose to would have to he
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    • 205 12 LONDON: 1. Cinderella Rockefella Esther and Abi Ofarim 2. Delilah Tom Jones 3. Lady Madonna Beatles 4. Legend of Xanadu Dave Dee Dory, Beaky Mick and Tich 5. The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding 6. Rosie Don Partridge 7. Jennifer Junioer Donovan 8 Fire
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    • 21 12 /3 Lot Records of Supreme Quality entertain vou!! THE CYCLE 4 CARRIAGE ENTERPRISES CM) SON.,BHD. OtNIWL IMPONTS KUALA LUMPUft IPOrt PENANG
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    • 129 12 LATEST RELEASES I. EP *****2 MONTEREY GOOD TIMES PAN FRANCISCAN NIGHTS AIN’T IT SO o vs EP 11J500 SUNGLASSES COME SOFTLY TO ME ARE YOU NEVER COMING HOME 1 CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO LIVE HEATHER PF *****6 LOVE IS BLUE (L’AMOUR EST BLEU) GREEN TAMBOURINE I L I P
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  • THE NEW FILMS
    • 241 13 PETER LYE REVIEWS THE NEW FILMS... thing can surely be said about 20th Century-Fox's "Woman Times Seven" it certainly isn't slow moving. After all, it has got seven stories in it' And SHIRLEY MacLAINE plays the woman In each of the seven stories with the men
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    • 359 13  -  HOLLYWOOD EVERYWHERE By Sheilah Graham TIM Coburn went to India recently but he did not join the guru-loving Mia Farrow. John Lennon. George Harrison and their wives. He believe? in his own kind of meditation Jim and his wife will tour Asia
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    • 166 13 DIAHANN Carroll will portray the leading female role opposite J'.m Brown in MGM's suspense drama "The Spilt.” which Is now before the cameras in Hollywood under the direction of Gordon Flemyng Produced by Irwin Winkler and Rooert ChartofT. “The Split" revolves around a plot to rob the worldfamous
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    • 258 13  -  By SHEILAH GRAHAM Hollywood. s»' (NANA) Elizabeth Taylor, playing a middleaged prostie. fe Mia Farrow's mother in “Secret Ceremony”. Elizabeth hit 36 last month Mia is 22 Vera Miles, who la 37. is the mother of 23-year-old Katharine Ross in “The Hellftghters' And
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    • 158 13 A FIGURE worth watching that's shapely actress Angie Dickinson Yes take another 1-o-n-g. dose look at herWell. well, don't you agree she's got IT? But unfortunately. we forget to ask Angie her vital statistics Anyway. Angie is a model's dream—what with a near perfect figure, a
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    • 46 13 LONDON Sat. (UPI) Richard Burton said recently he and his w-ife. Elizabeth Taylor, plan to give up acting by 1970 to concentrate on film production and writing. “My interest in the cinema is moving from acting to production." he said
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    • 169 13 Where the accent is on action SO it's another Italian Western. But this time at least it has sot stars Antonin Sabato (of “G-and Prix" fame) and John Ireland in it. And only about thirty people got killed. Perhaps I was a little too optimistic in hoping that M-G-M's “Hate
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 214 13 SHAW tGANXSATTO^ LIDO Phone ***** OPEN'S TODAY Ne Ere* U»« 11 M m m.. 14.%, on. 1.15 pm L’.'v H" THE SILVER EOX” SB Mandarin n Shsw.-cope Co'or r«n j 't m Now Showing' U. 1.4*. 9.30 Harley M.'J Trevor Howard Bhash: Kapoor In PRETTY POLLY' Technicolor <V Scope (tri-SB
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    • 247 13 ODEON I PALACE 21-116 *****6 NOW SHOWING! 11. 1.34). 4.04. II 1.00. 3 30. 6.30 A HI p m l| 6.45 A 9 30 p m “ROBBERY” in Color Stanley Baker Joanna Pettet A Paramount Picture* Release ORCHARD-***** vow SHOWING! Toda* 5 Shew* 11 am. 1 30. 4 00. 030
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  • 494 14  -  Aik Huang goes down in 49-minute battle By MORLEY MYERS LONDON, Set. (Reuter) Rudy Hartono, 18-year-old Indonesian High School student from East Java, became the youngest player to win the men's singles title in the All-England Badminton Championships at Wembley here today. In the final, Hartono beat
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  • 213 14 HONO KONO. Sat (Reuter) Randall Vines. 22-year-old Australian holder of the Thai open title, snatched a two stroke lead after 54 holes of the Hong Kong Open Golf Tournament today. The young Australian, a professional for less than two years, turned in
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  • 132 14 MEXICO CITY. Sat. (Reuter)—M e x i e o’ Efren “Alacran’’ Torres and Thai world flyweight champion Chartchai Choinoi mizht meet in another title bout here in July. The Thai's manager Bornlert Lertpricha. in a letter to local promoter Pablo Ochoan wrote that he
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  • 119 14 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter) The Cambridge University crew recorded fast time yesterday in a surprise fullcourse trial for the annual boat race against Oxford University on March 30. Rowing over the course in the reverse direction, from Mortlake to Putney. Cambridge clocked 18 mins 19 secs. only
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  • 60 14 TOKYO. Sat. (UPl>—Japan today took a commanding 2-0 lead over South Korea by taking the two singles on the openirg day of the Davis Cup eastern Zone, Section “A" semi-finals. Toshiro Sakai defeated Lee Ek-Son 6-1. 6-2. 6-8. 6-1. in the first match while Koji Watanabe
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  • 43 14 ROHAN Konhoi, of the West Indies, drives to the mid* wicket boundary during his grand innings of 153 against England on the second day of the Fourth Test match at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain w recently. UPI pix.
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  • 169 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat The Malaysian Motor Sports Club who were not much concerned with happy relations between the Press and the club in the past years have at last realised that good relations are vital. Pressmen in the country who were practically ignored at the
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  • 101 14 KAJANG. Sat. A publie basketball court is being planned for Kajang by the Friends Of Kajang Society. Estimated to cost $B,OOO to $9,000 the court will be constructed a short distance from the Kajang Hall, at Jalan Club here. It will have a floodlighting system
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  • 700 14  -  By RICHARD STREETON GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sat. (Reuter) MCC, after an exciting day of mixed success, were well placed to force a third day victory over Guyana here yesterday. Guyana ended the second dav of the fourday match 54 runs ahead but with
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  • 297 14 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter) The Thomas Cup men's team trophy, symbol of world badminton supremacy, was officially presented to Malaysia here last night nine months after they had won the coveted award. Against a backcloth of cheering from flag-waving Malaysians in the crowd David
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  • 389 14 aOKrO. Sat. (UPI) Japanese boxing writers yesterday said Rene Barrientos took too many straight rights in his face in a public workout for his 15-round challenge against world junior lightweight champion Hiroshi Kobayashi on Mrach 30. Barrientos, the World Boxing Association s No
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  • 136 14 SEREMBAN. Sat. Members of the Negri Sembilan Schools Sports Council resigned en-bloc, after a two-hour meeting here on Thursday. This move was a follow-up to the taking over of the Malaysian Schools Sports Council by the Ministry of Education on March 16 In a statement released
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  • 415 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat The Ambassador and Malaysian staff of the Embassy in Paris have sent by UTA two crates of pink champagne to help in the Thomas Cup victory celebrations. This follows a promise made and almost forgotten. The Malaysians in Pans
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  • 72 14 COLOMBO. Sat. (Reuter) Ceylon beat Malaysia by four matches to one in their first round tie of the Davis Cup Eastem Zone which ended here yesterday. Ceylon won both the reverse singles yesterday and qualified to meet India in the second round i n Assam later
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  • 2191 15  -  TRAINERS TJOA AND SAMSURI SCORE DOUBLES By WINDSOR LAD IPOH, Sat. Peace Pipe, well ridden by jockey Johnny Wilson, created a spectacular upset when he came with a pulverising run to coast home on easy two-length winner to pay $537 for a win here this afternoon,
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  • 91 15 SEREMBAN Sat The Negri Sembilan Badminton A.«.*ociation will hold a dinner at the Town Hall here on April 3 at 7.30 pm. It will be a *lO per head dinner. The secretary. Mr- Them Seng Thai calling on wellwisher* to contribute toward* the
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  • 53 15 Rothman* of Pall Mall on Friday donated STS.OOO towards the Singapore Grand Friz. Protore above show*. Date Dr Aw Chen* Dire. Dim; t'- of Rothmans, presenting a $25,000 cheque to the Act- In* Minister for Serial Affair*. Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, at a reception held a' the
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  • 59 15 Lillian Board, nineteen-year-old Ealing. London, secretary and voted Britain's outstanding woman athlete of 1967 Ht the British Athletic Writers' Association, limbers up while training with Britain's Olympic 'possibles'. Lillian emerged in 1967 as the world's leading 440 yards and 400 metres runner. Her wins included the Women's
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  • 347 15 LONDON. Sat. < Reuter*— Results of football matches played todav were: ENGLISH ONL Burnley 2 S't Everton 1 Newcastle U. 0 Fulham 1 Arsenal Leeds U. 2 Man. c 0 Leicester C 2 West BA 3 Man U. 3 N'ham F 0 Sheffield W. 1 Liverpool 2
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  • 50 15 KANGAR. Sat Malaysian Armed Forces beat Perlis 3 —l in a Malaysia Cup soccer match held at Dato Sheikh Ahmad Stadium here this evening. The visitors led two nil at half time. Over three thousand fans w?t had the ga.-ne which was played in fine weather.
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  • 330 15 SEREMBAN, Sat. A deadly bowling spell by Kent's Derrick Underwood put the visiting Joe Lister's International XI in a strong position against the Negri Sembilan Yang di-Pertuan Besar's Invitation XI who hod scored 38 tor four when a sudden thunderstorm stopped ploy
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  • 133 15 BRISBANE. Sat (Reuter) Bill Edwards, president of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association said today he would not attend the International Federation meeting to discuss ooen tennis in Paris next week. Mr. Edwards told Reuter he was prepared to go but the Australian LTA
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  • 79 15 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) Walter McGowan. Britain's former world flyweight boxing champion, will defend his British bantamweight title against Alan Rudkin in May. Promoter Harry Levene said today the fight would be held on May 13. 14 or 20 at a place still to
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 58 15 TIME AND TIDE Penanp: 11.26 a.m. (5-6 ft.). 10.34 pm. (62 ft) Port Swettenham: 2.10 a.m. (11.1 ft.), 3.12 p.m. (12-0 ft.) Pori Dickson: 1.(1 a.m (6.3 ft.). 3.40 p.m (5.8 ft.) Singapore: 5.51 am. (7.3 ft.), 0.43 p.m (7.3 ft.) Sedlli Kechil: 3.44 a m (5.3 ft.), 746 pm
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    • 63 15 Singapore Turf Club 40 Results PERAK MEETING Extra Day 23rd Mar. 1968 Ist Prize N 0.6586 $2,000.00 2nd Prize No. 4526 $1,000.00 3rd Prize No. 7965 $500.00 Starters $250.00 4245, 5781. 7955, 1409. 8746. 7568. 8019, 4751. 7201, 8276, 8426. 7781, 1934. Consolation Prizes at $75.00 each 3489. 5330. 4657,
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  • RACING COMMENTS
    • 1505 16 Race l: Horses Class 5* Dlv. 3 6 Furs. 2.00 P.M 2 (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) i 99 Vernon 4v 900 Flying Doctors Stable Samuri 10 a A-Go-Go 5y 8 13 Changi Stable E Donnelly 3 090 Manhattan n 4v 813 Fifth Avenue Stable West 7 4
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    • 1413 16  -  By ‘Windsor Lad’ IPOH, Sun. LORD TIMOTHY is in such striking form that he should win the 9f for class two division one (Race 4) here this afternoon, the first day of the Perak Turf Club's March meeting. On Friday. Lord Timothy showed up to
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    • 190 16 WINDSOR LAD ADELINE STAR BOY JIMMY LAD RACE 1 LCCKY LCCKY II Johor* Valley Queen EASTERN MAID Valley Queen Gwerle LCCKY LUCKY n Gwerle Valley Queen LUCKY LUCKY II Valiev Queen Eastern Maid RACE 2 handsome kid Easy Change Spring Fancy EASY CHANGE Motivation Golliwog SPRING FANCY Golliwog Easy
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    • 34 16 Windsor Lad: Lucky Lucky II Handsome Kid Lord Timothy Adeline: Sir Walter T. Friendship Crownette Star Boy Sunspot State Law Avenger Jimmy Lad Lord Timothy K. Barbarossa T. of Perfection
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    • 155 16 SINGAPORE. Sat. Mr. Chua Poh Tiong. vice-pre-sident of the Basketball Association of Singapore said regular exchange of visits for sporting competitions have helped to foster closer bonds of goodwill, friendship and international understanding among nations. Speaking at the dinner to mark the visit
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    • 656 16 KUALA LUMPUR Sat. The Australian Davis Cup captain-roach. Harrv Hopman, will manage the official Australian team which will soon start its six-month tour of the world's tennis circuit including Malaysia and Singapore. Australia is sending this year the youngest team ever. It consists of
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