Eastern Sun, 25 March 1968

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  • 22 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 IMo. 596 Monday. 25 March 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 555 1 Keep Corregidor mutiny out of United Nations MANILA, Sun. (UPI) 'J'HE Philippines warned Malaysia today to keep the Corregidor mutiny out of the United Nations. The mutiny involves a secret special forces camp on the fortress island where Moslem recruits were given training in infiltration and sabotage.
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  • 112 1 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Sub. (Reuter)—Malaysia yesterday informed Secretary-General l’ Thant of the recent arrest in Sabah of 20 armed Filipinos. Mr Peter Lai. the Malaysian delegate, said he did not ask 1 Thant to take any action His call on the Secre-tary-General was simply to
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  • 39 1 A thief 's find NANCY, France. Sun. fßeuter) A thief here opened a Bafe with an oxyaoetylene cutter —and found himself staring at 150 sticks of explosive To make up for his fright, he also found 1.800 francs (£150)
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  • 470 1 Malacca, sun Tun Abdul Razak today said he found the presence of armed Filipinos in Sabah “very intriguing’' because Malaysia and the Philippines are good friends and both countries are member* of the Association of South-east Asian Nations. “We do not know yet
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  • 137 1 ITNITED NATIONS. Sun. (Reuter) Afro-Asian States tried to muster support for a resolution ronriemning Israel before the Security Council resumed its emergency Middle East de- bate today (2100 GMT) but diplomatic sources said the move had no chance of being approved in
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  • 28 1 DUBLIN. Sun. (Reuter)— An Aer Lingus Viscount airliner with 61 people on board is believed to have crashed into the Irish Sea today, the airline reported-
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  • 123 1 JAKARTA. Sun. (UPD Indonesian militarv authorities have put up an unspecified reward for the capture dead or alive of Lavpaka, leader of the Communist guerilla forces operating along the borders of Malaysia and Indonesia in Borneo. The offer was made to local village chiefs who had pledged
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  • 93 1 SAIGON. Sun. (UPI) South Vietnamese forces pushing through the heavily-threatened Mekong delta clashed with a battalion of Vietcong today about 55 miles south of Saigon. Trie Vietnamese operation. aimed at choking off the flow of guns and ammunition through the lacework of delta waterways,
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  • 240 1 VTANILA, Sun. (UPI) Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos flatly denied today the Philippines was trying to start a revolt in Malaysian Borneo State of Sabah. Speaking to newsmen after a session with Malaysian Ambassador Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, Mr.
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  • 23 1 MESSINA. Sicily. Sun. (Reuter) A baby girl has been bom here with 12 fingers’ 12 toes and six teeth already grown.
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  • 173 1 ‘Missing’ 62 accounted for Gen Velasco MANILA. Sun. (Reuter) Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Segundo Velasco has said that 62 trainees, reported missing after a mutiny are stationed in other parts of the country. In a Press statement last night. General Velasco said 61 trainees had been transferred
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  • 183 1 Dentists will tell you how more teeth are lost from gum trouble than from any other cause. Certain danger signs are gums which are sore or tender to touch, or gums that bleed a little when you brush your teeth.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 110 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. Mrs. E Campbell's dachshund was declared the "Rest in Show” at the fourth Singapore Championship Doe Show at the Gay World Stadium today. The winner from Kuala Lumpur had entered the show in Singapore for the first time It had won
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    • 50 2 MALACCA. Sun. Lee Pak Shin, 24, of Kampong Nilai. Negri Sembilan. was killed when the car he was driving collided head-on with a lorry last night. The accident occurred at 7 p.m. near Sungei Remba:, 20 miles from here. The lorry driver and attendant escaped unhurt.
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    • 20 2 BUTTERWORTH. Sun Thieves broke into the Prai Tamil School here yesterday and took away silver trophies. worth $lOO.
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    • 30 2 IPOH. Sun. Burglars broke into the house of Mr. Liew Kon Sow’. 43. at Jalan Pusing last night. escaping •with $1,850 in cash and $475 worth of jewellery.
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    • 174 2  -  New era of friendship By Maureen Lee LUMPUR, Sun.—The first ambassador-designate from Russia to Malaysia, Mr. Vladimir Nikolaevitch Kuxuetsov flew in here today with his wife to take up his appointment. After 20 hours of flying direct from Moscow in an Aeroflot aircraft. Mr.
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    • 54 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun A 28-member Indonesian cultural troupe from the Ibnu Chaldun University arrived here today for a week's performance of variety show. Sponsored by the Malaysian Association of Youth Clubs, the troupe will perform in major towns throughout the country. The troupe was led
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    • 118 2 Five Sarawak students have been awarded Colombo Plan scholarships by Australian Government to enable them to undergo courses in civil engineering and telecommunications at Monash I'niversity. Melbourne. Australia Mr Hubert Thlan 21, and Mr Yeo Kok Hua. 22. both of Kuching, will take up a four-year
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    • 100 2 KUCHING. Sun. Sarawak's Minister for Local Government. Abang Ikhwan Zalnl. has stressed the Importance of unity among natives to ensure their economic, social and political advancement. Speaking at a meet-the-peop> session at Kampong Stang. a Land Dayak village in the First Division. last night, the
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    • 30 2 PARIT. Perak. Sun The Acting Mentrl Besar of Perak. Dato Haji Hussein bin Haji Yaacob. yesterday opened a $5,000 surau at Kampong Alor Kechor. four miles from here
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    • 78 2 I^^Lunrpor^“fo^ar*^ his^tSth' birth da v n Thursday attended th “Alliance Goodwill- reception at Gombak Setia near Kuala On arrival he was given a rousing welcome. Three hundred flag-waring schoolchildren lined the road to the Dewan Gombak Setia. Among those who attended were the Minister
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    • 92 2 WESTERN Sun pix bv YAP CHEW YAN shows the American Colt Cobra special pistol and 10 rounds of ammunition, including four spare bullets, wrapped in a piece of newspaper and a dagger with sheath recovered by police in a flat in Jalan Gombak, Kuala Lumpur
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    • 192 2 KCALA LCMPCR, Sun. Four Malaysian fishermen, detained by the Indonesian Government during her confrontation with Malaysia, flew home today from Jakarta. Ishak Zakaria. 20, Ismail bin Bindin. 45. Laili bin Wok, 25. and Ibrahim bin Bakar. 35. were greeted by
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    • 104 2 KUCHING, Sun. The Government would always endeavour to do its best to help the ra'avat, irrespective of their racial, religious or cultural backgrounds, particularly the rural dwellers. The objective was to build a happy a nd prosperous society. This assurance was given by the Minister for
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    • 169 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Minister of Finance. Tun Tan Siew Sm. was returned unopposed as President of the Malaysian Chinese Association in its annual elections yesterday. The Minister of Commerce and Industry. Dr Lim Swee Aun.. and Dato Foo See Moi were also returned unopposed as
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    • 86 2 SITIAWAN. Sun. Four men. armed with knives, robbed a rubber dealer's shop in Kampong Jering near Ayer Tawar last night, and escaped with $515 in cash and jewellerjr. A 17-year-old student. Wong Sew Ng. was alone at the shop at that time The
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    • 49 2 MALACCA. Sun. The Chief Minister of Malacca. Hall Talib bin Karim, has announced 50 MARA-design-ed houses will be built this year at Lipat Kajang Land Development Scheme So far. 50 such houses had already been completed at a similar scheme in Bukit Katil. he added
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    • 56 2 MUA R. Sun. Tht Johore State Local Government has apnroved a grant totalling $150,000 to the Segamat District Rural Development Committee for the construction and repairing ot several rural projects in the district this year. They include the repairing of a bridge costing $65,000 and the repairing
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    • 439 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, has given an assurance that the Government will study the problem of the withdrawal of work permits from non-citizens in order that families will not be broken up. ‘‘The Government will
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    • 271 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. The University of Singapore Students’ Union today hit out at the Singapore Govvernment's move to withdraw work permits from unskilled ana semi-skilled workers from Malaysia It described the move as “a panic measure and a Ihockingly negative attempt at solving the
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    • 123 3 SINGAPORE Sun. The wife of the Minister of State for Education. Che Mawan Wajid Khan last night urged women in the Republic to take a more active role in th- home and the community. Che Mawan who was speaking at ‘he
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    • 440 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Y’ew last night reiterated that the people t pj.e ail knew that it would be in their common interest to have a multi-racial Singapore. And. he added, the best way to protect this would be for Singapore
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    • 140 3 SINGAPORE. Sun The Housing and Development Board ;n conjunction with the Yin Foh Fui Kuon Association. will exhume some 6.500 graves over a n area of 86 acres to make way for public housing. The affected areas are located off Commonwealth Avenue. North
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    • 383 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Malaysian High Commissioner here, Tan Sri Jamal bin Abdul Latiff will fly to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow for consultations with his Government on the issue of “work permit withdrawals” Tan Sri Jamal will discuss the problem of "operation swap"
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    • 71 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Adult Education Board will be conducting a senes of photography courses for beginners. advanced, amateurs, portrait photography and practical colour photography. All the classes will b« conducted in Adult Education Board's photography laboratory at the Cultural Centre. Applications for the photography courses must
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    • 33 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. The M.P. for Toa Payoh Mr. Erie Cheong. will officiate at the balloting of 576 units of flats in Toa Payoh New Town on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
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    • 550 4 Dr. Tan quits Labour Party official 'I am now free to form a new political party' KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. If's now official. Dr. Ton Chee Khoon has resigned from the Labour Party to form a new political party. His resignation letter was sent to Dr. M.K. Rajakumor, Chairman of the
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    • 20 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Donations to the Lady Templer Tuberculosis Hospital Fund fOr the month of February totalled $16,323.11.
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    • 94 4 TWO new Ministers and an Assistant Minister were sworn in before His Majesty the Tang di-Pertuan Agong at the Istana Negara. Kuala Lumpur, on Friday morning. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. and Other Cabinet Ministers were present at
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    • 544 4  -  By HOO BAN KHEE IT l ALA Lt MPI R, Sun. The Government ha* been urged todav to “disprove" allegations that there ia supremacy or political hegemony of one race over the other*. The call was made by the
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    • 35 4 PENANG, sun A British Req Cross nurse. Miss Jean Sonia Maddock. reported to the police that she lost two gold chains. valued at si§2 from her room at the Runftymede Hotel yesterday.
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    • 1105 4  -  By C. F. LEE \Z UALA LUMPUR, IV Sun. While Malaysia is considerobly way up t h e popularity ladder as an "enjoyable" place to visit, there is a definite need for her to develop or creote something "memorable" to draw those
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    • 325 10  -  Admission to institutions of higher learning: By PETER LOKE SINGAPORE, Sun, The Singapore Government as a step towards building a sense of regional oneness with neighbouring countries will continue to accept students from outside Singapore to the University of Singapore, Nanyang University
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    • 140 10 SINGAPORE. Sun Mr H" Kah Leong. Member of Parliament for Jurong. will officially open the Jurong Town, Primary School on Tuesday The school is the 82nd school to be built by the present Government at a cost Of 5400.000 The school, eo-educationa! and integrated, is providing
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    • 30 10 3 30 P m—8 30 p m Tuberculosis Control Units mobile X-ray Unit at Jin Ai Community Centre (Jin Ai Village, off 10 m.s.. Upper Bukit Timah Road).
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    • 43 10 SINGAPORE. Sun There will be no water supply in Lorong 3. Geyiang from house number 401-455 on Monday from 9 am. to 6 p.m. The shutdown Is being carried to enable connections to be made to a sixinch diameter main pipe.
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    • 148 10 SINGAPORE, Sun The annual sale at the Robinson opened this morning with brisk business. Sunday shoppers as seen in this Eastern Sun photo crowded the departmental store to take advantage of onre-a-year bargain. Salesgirls had to cope with the demand of the customers, some
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    • 107 10 SINGAPORE. Sun Take a look at the four pretty girls posed on an ancient cannon outside the Roval Naval Barracks in the Naval Base Ther are from the Women Roval Naval Service and will be taking part in the naval personnel presentation of “Jack
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    • 92 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Adult Education Board will shortly start Pre-University One evening classes in the Malay medium to provide further education for students in Malay medium. The two-year course will prepare students for the Cambridge Higher School Certificate Examination in Malay medium
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    • 85 10 SINGAPORE. Sun A third-year dental student of the University of Singapore, Mr. Peter Tav Seng Hui, will leave tomorrow for the United States to attend the 14th Far Fast Student Leader Project. He is expected to be away for 70-days The project which begins on March
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    • 779 10 SINGAPORE. Sun The MP for River Valiev. Mr. Low Guan Onn who is also a prominent industrialist last night said that the Republic now required more and more skilled and trained men in the field of technology to develop its industrialisation programme
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    • 254 11 T)ENANG, Sun. The Malaysian Government should give full support to the cooperative movement in this country as it is one of the channels to get the support of the people to raise their standard of living. This was stated by the Director of the
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    • 186 11 ALOR STAR. Sun. The Chief of the Armed Forces Staff. General Tunku Osman bin Tunku Mohd. Jewa. will visit the Border Operations Room here on Mondar where he will be briefed on the latest Malaysia' Thai border situation. General Tunku Osman will be
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    • 161 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A seven-member Indian trade delegation from IncLa will arrive here on Monday. Sponsored by the Basic Chemicals. Pharmaceuticals and Soaps Export Promotion Council. Bombay (India tre mission will be led by Mr. H- C Shah. Managing Director of the Gujarat Phar tr.aceutica'.s
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    • 71 11 ALOR STAR. Sun. The Kiiat Club (Sports Club of the National Electricity Board here) will organise a dance in aid of the Kuala Kedah fire victims fund on March 29 at the Foochow Association Hall in Jalan Langgar. Khoo’s Rhythmaires will be In attendance. Prizes
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    • 109 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The Selar.gor Stamp Club's first auction sale for this year has earned 5724 from 75 lots of Malaysian stamps This year the club will hold more auction sales, cisplavs. *alks. exchange nigh’s and other eetivities. At its annual meeting the following were elected
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    • 93 11 PENANG Sun. The Chief Minister. Ten Sri Worn; Poxr has urged members of the civil services to assist in nation building by dispelling any misunderstandings and fears, which might exist in the minds of the ignorant and Illiterate He was speaking at the annual dinner
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    • 52 11 MUAR. Sun. Youths in Muar Noith and Jementah are invited to take part in a talentime competition to be held on April 13. The aim of the competition according to a spokesman was to encourage vouths in the district in singing The closing date for entries is
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    • 409 11 V'EW DELHI, Sun. (Reuter) Key delegates at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development here are last night making a close study of new proposals hastily submitted earlier yesterday evening in another desperate bid to stave off the threatened failure of their
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    • 73 11 PENANG. Sun. Since the police announced that the public would net meet with any fus* when d.ailing '999'' 23 people have made use of the service. According to a senior police spokesman, the 23 ca Is were the highest figure received in a month and they were
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    • 124 11 PENANG. Sun Three snatch-thefts were reported In the city yesterday. A 27-year-old school teacher. Mrs Jennv Saroja. had her gold chain and locket, valued at $2OO, snatched away by a youth along Chulia Street. When chased by her husband, the thief threw the gold chain
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    • 73 11 MR. Sim Seng Kiang, the sponsor of a Tae Kwon-Do Show in Kuala Lumpur recently, gave $500 to Madam Ng Sau Leng, the widow of Thomas Cup coach Mr. Chan Kon Leong. Mr. Chan, who died of acute diabetes on March 9. lert his tamiiy almost destitute. Pix shows Madam
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    • 92 11 A FASHION parade will highlight the food and fun fair organised by the Satyananda School at Balai Raya, Petaling Java, on March 31 It will be opened by the Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Enche Senu bin Abdul RahmanOther highlights include a variety show with songs
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    • 154 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Paku*an. a country which started with almost nothing in the nature of industry or administrative machinery and a colossal refugee problem to boot, “is today like Malaysia a showpiece of economic development through careful planning and selfreliance". Under the dynamic leadership of
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    • 72 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Mr. M Krishna, senior foreman. Transmission Department of the National Electricitv Board, will leave here for Sweden for training at the Asea.Sweden, for 12 weeks to be followed by six weeks with the Swedish State Power Board. He will later proceed on
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    • 123 11 T/'UALA LUMPUR, Sun.—The acting Mentri Besar, Enche Shoib bin Haji Ahmad, today called on youths to use local products. This, he said, would help local manufacturers who in turn could provide more jobs for Malaysians. By using more local goods they could also help
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    • 112 11 IPOH. Sun. A vocational guidance seminar on medicine. for Form V and Form VI students will be held at Anderson School hall here 7 pm on Tuesday. There will be a variety of topics that wUI be of interest to higher form students. who aspire
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    • 131 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sune The Catholic Charities Board of the Kuala Lumpur Diocese will hold its annual charity week campaign starting on Monday. The diocese which comprises Selangor. Negri Sembilan. Pahang and Tr<*ngganu will approach Catholics and friends from the various parishes and schools to generously donate to
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    • 60 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The Malaysian Association of Indian University Graduates (formerly known as the Indian University Graduates Association) is holding its annual meeting on Mondav at 6.30 p.m. at the Bilal Restaurant. Ampang Road, followed by a subsidised dinner for members only. Indian University graduates who
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    • 67 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Three men. two armed with revolvers and the other with a dagger, held up Mrs. Loke Voon Choon. at her home in Sungei Besi Road yesterday afternoon and robbed her of 5900 in jewellery. Mrs Loke and several members of her family were waiting for
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    • 218 11 MI'AR. Sun. Tho Johore State Branch of the DTC Teachers Union yesterday morning hit out at the “tida apa” attitude of the Ministry of Education in dealing with the distribution of the primary school teacher certificates to graduates of the DTC. In
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    • 97 11 PENANG. Sun. Thw Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. yesterday said the rapid abundance of co-operatives has created an urgent and pressing need in the co-operative movement in this country for trained and competent personnel, especially in the middlemanagement level. His statement was read out
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    • 114 11 KAJANG. Sun. Members of the National Union of Teachers. Kajang Branch, have rallied to assist four of their colleagues who were; victims in the fire whiOh gutted eight shop-hOuses id a row of ten in Mam Street here on new year’s nightThe union, in letters
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 1046 5 ‘POLICY CHANGE INDICATED’ NEW YORK, Sun. (UPI). Sen. Robert F. Kennedy said yesterday President Johnson's decision to recoil Gen. William C. Westmoreland from Vietnam indicated a new direction in the administration's war policy. But he said it came too late to make him withdraw his candidacy
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    • 177 5 NEW YORK. Sun. (UPI) Actor Cary Grant may be well enough by midweek to leave the hospital where he has been confined by a car accident for 10 days while his young wife divorced him in California, it was reported yesterday. Officials at
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    • 42 5 LONDON: Sun. Police struggle to overpower demonstrator In the Vietnam battle in Grosvenor Square last Sunday when thousands of people protesting against the Vietnam War besieged the U.S. Embassy. More anti-war rioting was ear today.
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    • 210 5 AYR. Scotland. Sun. (UPI). Prime Minister Harold Wilson ran into heckling and booing demonstrators for the second time vesterday on his arrival at Ayr to address a Labour Party rally. “Wilson out! out! out!” chanted about 50 antiVi e t n a m
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    • 478 5 CAPE TOWN. Sun. (UPI). Philip Biaiberg continues to astound the world simply by being alive. When the 58-year-old retired dentist was admitted to Groote Schuur Hospital last December, doctors told him his heart had suffered severe damage in a coronary thrombosis and his days
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    • 271 5 6.000 Sheep died after nerve-gas experiment WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPl).—Sen. Frank E. Moss, DemocratUtoh, has posed a series of questions about the testing of nerve gas at Dugway Proving Grounds and asked the Army to provide the answers at a meeting tomorrow. Army officials are
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    • 31 5 BASS STRAIT, Australia Scene on deck of oil rig after a press-carrying helicopter crashed, killinq two newsmen and injuring eight others on Friday. UPI radiophoto.
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    • 134 5 RAWALPINDI. Pakistan. Sun. (UPI) Pakistan put its military hardware on display yesterday, including Communist Chinese. French and American jet planes, and accused India of undermining peace over the Kashmir dispute. Thousands thronged the capital’s race course to watch the Pakistani Armed Forces stage their annual
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    • 84 5 LONDON. Sun. (CPI) Prince Charles. 19. took an anonymous trio of pretty mini-skirted girls to a London theatre on Friday nightThe three girls, all wearing white fur coats, would not give their names and Charles refused to say who they were. Charles, on holiday from Cambridge University,
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    • 117 5 MIAMI BEACH. Sun. (UPI) Actress Ava Gardner checked Into the Foun- tainebleau Hotel here on Friday night with 29 pieces of luggage, a maid and secretary, a reliable hotel source said yesterday. The source said Miss Gardner Is occupying a penthouse suite near
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    • 122 5 SALISBURY, Sun. (UPI) Rhodesian Prime Minis- ter lan Smith is expected to report to the nation today on the possibility of declaring Rhodesia a Republic. Such a move would severe what links have re- mained with Britain since Smith declared Rhodesia independent on Nov. 11, 1965 Smith would
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    • 149 6 HAMBURG (DaD) Dr. Gerda Fischer was able to harvest a super-dimensional mushroom. It came from the mushroom cultures of the Max-Planck Institute for Plant Cultivation near Hamburg. Its weight 1.800 grammes. It would be able to provide an ample and nourishing meal for a family of
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    • 404 6 BOW, Sun. (Reuter). West Germany’s outlawed Communist party is lobbying and wooing as never before to have itself legalised after 12 years in the wilderness. But unless the Communists form a new party the chances of ending their status are virtually nil." The Bonn interior
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    • 102 6 NEW DELHI. Sun (Reuter) Beatle Paul McCartney and Jane Asher, his redhaired actress girl friend left here by air last night for Teheran on the way home after five weeks of meditation. They had attended a course at the Himalayan retreat by the River Ganges of
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    • 456 6  -  By HUMBERTO VACAFLOR LA PAZ. Sun- (Reuter). Bolivian President Rene Bairientos Ortuno Is trving to improve the government's potentially explosive relations with the Roman Catholic church over the issue of tin miners' wages. The church claims that the 24.000 men
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    • 313 6 RIO DE JANEIRO. Sun. (Reuter) The West German Company Dornier is offering to resolve one of Brazil's most hotly debated commercial problems, the installation of a commercial aircraft industry. Syivius Dornier. who headed a delegation of five of the company technicians to Brazil,
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    • 268 6 CALL FOR REMOVAL OF EMERGENCY POWERS JAKARTA, Sun. (Reuter) Indonesia's major Moslem parties have joined together to exert powerful pressure for the restriction of acting President General Suharto s powers in the current session of the Indonesian People's Congress here. In a
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    • 90 6 WEST BERLIN. Sun (Reuter) Mounted police rode Into a group of about 300 anti-American demonstrators here last night who retaliated by throwing smoke grenades outside the U.S. Information Service library in America House Police said the incident followed a peaceful Vietnam war demonstration
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    • 160 6 STOCKHOLM. Sun. (Reuter). The Swedish government has been acting as a confidential link between Hanoi and Washington for the past two and a half years. Foreign Minister Torsten Nilsson announced last night. He said his personal secretarv. Jean-Christo-phe Oeberg. had made numerous
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    • 116 6 TEL AVIV. Sun (Reuter) Israel's raid into Jordan last week delivered a crippling blow to Arab guerrillas and could be regarded as a grrat success, military commentator Brigadier Vivian Herzog declared over Israeli radio last night. He said that 150 terrorists were killed and their
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    • 234 6 SAIGON, Sun. (Reuter). Vietcong guerrillas tried to occupy the government radio station in Pleiku city, 240 miles north of Saigon, early today but were beaten back by Government forces. A South Vietnamese military spokesman here said the Vietcong poured an
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    • 150 6 NEW YORK. Sun. (Reuter) Harlem politician Adam Clayton Powell planned another rally and march through New York's Negro slums today after telling tumultuous supporters yesterday: “We are in the midst of the second civil war.” Mr. Powell, who has been barred from his seat
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    • 133 6 STUTTGART (DaD) Charly* home is located in the climate chamber of the Clothing-Physio-logical Institute of Hohenstein Castle. For some months. Charly has been the most important, albeit expensive, colleague of Professor Dr. Mecheels and his son Dr. Jurren Mech**i«- Charlv cost nearly 50.000
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    • 208 7 1956 and all that LONDON. Sun (l PI) Former Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden (now Lord Avon) was accused today of Irvin? to censor the British Broadcasting C«rp (BBC) during the Suer war of 1956. He failed. a new' book explains, because
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    • 145 7 MEXICO CITY Sun. fTPI) —Mexican movies Btar Katie Jurado called her suicide attempt earlier this year "a moment of lonelv foolishness." and said she was especially moved by a letter from a soldier in .Vietnam. ”1 won’t try it again. I asSu e you.” she told
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    • 96 7 The search for bodies went or. toda v in the rubble of an tcday in the rubble of an apartment building flattened b v a landslide on Thursic- night. /he known casualty toll was six dead, all women, and IT injured Police said anywhere between 12
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    • 315 7 Round-a minute for 18 hours SAIGON, Sun. (UPI) Communist gunners hammered the U.S. marine camp at Khe Sanh with 1,100 rounds of rockets, mortars and artillery, marking a resurgence of heavy attacks on the besieged bastion. The U.S command sent seven waves of high-flying 852
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    • 94 7 CAIRO. Sun. (UPI) Egypt's disgraced Intelligence Service Chief Salah Nasr went on trial here yesterday charged with plotting to overthrow President Gamal Abdel Nasser's regime Along with Nasr. 53, former too Army Officers and government officials, including dismi-sed war minister Shams Ad-Din Badran. will be tried.
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    • 92 7 MOSCOW: With the Western World gripped in a gold crisis Moscow could well be the place to go. For it is one of the few cities where it can be bought over the counter “for foreign currency onlv." Here in the shop in
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    • 122 7 Hotel murder BANGKOK. Sun (Reuter) American Airbase authorities at Takli. 120 miles north of Bangkok, have refused to hand over an Airforce Sergeant to the Thai Police for questioning in connection with the murder of a nightclub hostess, police sources in Bangkok said
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    • 417 7 MANILA, Sun. (UPI) Philippines Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos has acknowledged the Communists lunar new year offensive in Vietnam shocked his countrymen but that subsequent events had been reassuring. Adding his voice to the controversy over whether the Vietcong attacks on Saigon,
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    • 396 7 AFTER MINI-SKIRT LONDON, Sun. (UPI) London Is developing a split personality. Half the town is still trying to live up to its swinging Image in fashions, music and in the vanguard of the modern theatre of obscurity. The other half has given
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    • 131 7 TOKYO. Sun. (UPI) Foreign Ministry sources said yesterday that the United States and Japan have reached final agreement on the draft treaty for the return of the Bonin Islands. The draft agreement was expected to be presented to the Diet by the end
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    • 222 7 WASHINGTON. Sun. (Reuter) American mothers plan to dump their children at city halls and welfare centres across the nation in a mass protest over new laws requiring them to work or lose welfare benefits. Mrs. Etta Horn of the National Welfare
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    • 153 7 VIENTIANE Sun. (UPI)— Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma in a review of the Laotian military situation said this morning "Our country is falling into a critical time.” and charged that Communist forces in Laos are using more and more modem weapons. Prime Souvanna and Armed Forces Commander
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    • 120 7 NUREMBERG (DaD) These young men recently made the headlines: They are too shy to marry. Yet the existence of their village depends on them and another dozen bachelors under 40. Not a single marriage has been concluded at the registry office of Kirchfarrnbach in the South
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  • 427 8 MALAYSIAN citizens of Chinese origin should give the proposal of Tun Tin Siew Sin, National President of the MCA, to establish a polytechnic their serious consideration. Last Saturday, he explained to the MCA General Assembly, conferring in Kuala Lumpur, the great need for technical education for students in the
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  • 449 8 IT IS small comfort to us to know that we have been proved aright that what we said a week before the All-England Badminton Championships in Wembley (which is that Malaysia’s Tan Aik Huang would be stopped in his tracks by either Erland Kops of Denmark Or Rudy
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    • 462 8 Lately, much has been talked about the formation or establishment of University Merdeka There are a lot of complications over this issue. It has been turned from an academic and educational issue into a political and racial issue And we hear the 'pro*' and ‘corts' Those
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  • 2414 8  -  By: Tunku Abdul Rahman Every year the task of building up the M C A. not only becomes more and more important. but also more and m~re difficult because there are so many political parties which seek the support of
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  • 242 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author* "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trial#") g-’HERYL and Jerry each had their own homes when they married Cheryl sold her home for $12,500; Jerry sold his for $5,000 Jerry gave Cheryl half of the proceeds from the sale of his property. Cheryl
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  • 139 8 THE “Ching Beng” Festival the Chinese All Souls Day will once again be celebrated by thousands of Chinese In Malaysia and Singapore on April 4. Ching Beng is the one time of the year where Chinese converge at the local cemeteries to pay “homage” to their ancestors. A
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper MONDAY, MARCH 25. 1968 23-B. Cantonment Road, Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Renan* Office Ipoh Office 39, |alan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telephone: *****/6 8. Leith Street. Tel: ***** 77. Brewster Road. Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 842 9 The weekly market review SINGAPORE, Sun. Trading on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore last week had been relatively uneventful with industrial shore prices mostly easier following the gold and world monetary anxieties in previous week. As a result, many operators
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    • 226 9 MELBOURNE. Sun Market tests of a new Australian process to manufacture powdered butter are being carried out before derisions on exporting the p duct are made. dairying companies In many parts of the world are Inquiring about the process, the first research results of which
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    • 452 9  -  By HARRY HOBBS T ONDON, Sun (UPI) The long expected merger between Britain's leading computer manufacturers to form the largest group in the world outside the United States capped an eventful week for the business world. International Computers and Tabulators Ltd <ICT> and
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    • Article, Illustration
      530 9 Liew Enterprise ‘Home Service’ scheme is popular SINGAPORE, Sun. Under Liew Enterprise "H O M E SERVICE" scheme, repairs and breakdowns to almost all electrical home appliances ranging from shavers to refrigerators, and also electrical and plumbing work are being provided for. What a house holder has to
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    • 202 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Mr. Kenneth W. Boughton, professional photography specialist from the Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York, is currently visiting here. He i* meeting executives of Kodak (Malava) Limited and is joining representatives of that company on visits to professional and industrial photographers
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    • 756 9 The three British firms which are participating in the new giant International Computers and Tabulators (ICT). English Electric and the Plessey Company already have a combined turnover of more than £6OO million, with £lOO million worth of orders on hand In Britain itself
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 673 9 AIR MOVEMENTS—SPORE, LUMPUR ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE MSA 029 12.06 am. from Koala Lumpur. MSA 0I» A.03 am. from Kuala Lumpur. PA A Mti« 0.10 a m. from e.n lrancl»cn Honolulu, Guam/ Manila/Saigon. MSA 121 9.30 a.m. from Kuala Lumpur. MSA 431 10.23 am from Kuching MSA 003 lots am. from
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1360 10 TV and TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPLK and Pulsu Ptnang. 8 *P° h Melaka: 3*l* Johore Bahru; Taivtne; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 KI iiang. P.M. 545 Opening Annct Prog Summary; 5.50 News Outline in the National Language; 555 National Songs; 600 News in Tamil; 6.10 Kimba VCity of Gold";
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  • Students’ Page All $10 Essay Winners
    • 153 12 All entrants are requeued to observe the following rules: 1. Each entrant mu* fill in his/her own writing the entry form appended below. 2. No entry will be considered without the entry form properly filled up. 3. The entrant must attach his/her photograph to
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    • 124 12 THE leader of my country Is Tunku Abdul Rahman, the Prime Minister of Malaysia. He is the leader that I admire most. He was born a kind and a humble man. He considers himself as a common person He would admit what is right and
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    • Article, Illustration
      215 12 After a film show entitled "Pontianak” my friend and I went home. I decided to take the long way but my friend insisted that she was not afraid of devils, and advised me to take the short cut. Finally, I decided to actompany her The lanes were
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    • 294 12 EVERYONE has his or her own ambition Ambitions are what one wants to be in life. Without ambition, we are just like a ship without a mast There are many type s of profession which a person would like to take up as his
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    • 333 12 IN this modem developing world of ours, speed is a new craze, a new religion, worshipped by the people of the 20th century ranging from a schoolboy to a scientist Evereyone is obsessed by the idea of speed. The word that comes from our lips almost
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    • 528 12 \|Y hometown Is Tangkak. a small sub-district in north-western Johore. It is an interesting place to live in. My hometown is geographically important. It is the cross-road of routes leading to Muar, Malacca. Segamat and the vast vegetable plantations in Soiok which is well-known in southern
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    • 414 12 LAST year, my sister in Singapore invited me to spend my December holidays with her. I accepted her invitation. As I had never travelled by train before. I decided to do so this time In the evening of Dec 13. I reached the Ipoh Railway Station.
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    • 240 12 *A LIFE without a friend Is an earth without a sun.’ This saying shows how Important friends are to man. Good friends lead us to the road to success, whereas bad friends lead us down the road to ruin. So the choice of friends is
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    • 371 12 SOLIDARITY WEEK was launched by the Malaysian government with the aim of making the people realise the importance of national unity and ultimately to instil in them the concept of patriotism. The people of Malaysia consist of many races from different backgrounds. Obviously. it is
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    • 338 12 ONE begins on the road to success at the age of seven when one goes to school. Through hard work one can easily reach the goal. Being successful commonly means taking noble profession such as doctors, lawyers, architects or engineers. One has to sacrifice some
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    • 312 12 ONE night, the sky wai embedded with tiny twinkling stars. The sweet and cheerful Lady Moon peeped from the ominous clouds, smiling broadly and at the same time bathing the entire surroundings with her silver rays The night was cool and tranquil. I lay
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    • 264 12 The restless and turbulent world in which we live needs peace desperately. This world is heading towards turmoil because there is no peace. To bring about peace, such things as hatred, a--gressiveness, poverty and racial discrimination should he eradicated from ‘this world. Great wonders can be
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  • Eastern Special
    • 509 13  -  By BEN C. ONG United Press International UPI. SINGAPORE this bustling island Republic, the commercial hub of South-east Asia, is fast becoming an international showpiece for public housing. Most State visitors and tourists alike make it a must to see for themselves the achievements
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    • 461 13  -  By HARI SUBRAMANIAN, United Press International UP I. AT first glance, the stone and brick temple built to a Chinese God named Chor Seekong lacks distinguishing features. It stands on a hillock amidst rice fields and palm trees in Penang —an island in the Straits of Malacca.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 176 13 ORGANISATION HNNIVIG! Me f LM 11 A m 1.45. 4 ro. A9IS m I L»:y Ho the silver fox*’ 'A 6h*ir Production• Mandarin in Bhaw&cope Ac Color NEXT CHANGE’ Jack Paian*e Fernando Lamas Ac Aldo ftay KILL A DRAGON Color «CA Q32Si^JAN^JI>/4a New Shawinc! 11. 1.45. 4. LH. 9.3* Hayiey
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    • 258 13 LCATHAYjfti ORCHARD-321b1 NOW SHOWING' Pally 4 Show*! 1 *9. 4MI m ft 915 B m t«*h Booklftfia Onlc—No STM Llit AT NORMAL PRICES “A Man For AH Seasons" Paul Scofield A Wendy HillOr I Technicolor A Columbia Picture I SCHOOL CHILDREN CONCESSION $l.OO to any *e»t dally ot day how*
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  • Sun Sport
    • 614 14 GEORGETOWN, Guyana Sun. (Reuter) MCC raced to a ten-wicket victory over Guyana with a day to spare here yesterday, John Edrich and Geoff Boycott hitting off the runs with rain threatening to extend the contest into its fourth day. Off-spinner Pat Pocock
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    • 48 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Mr. B J. Kleiman was reelected President of the Jets at its annual meeting held today. Other officials: vice-presi-dent Mr. Kanniaseelan, Secretary Enche Khalid Yunus. Asst, secretary G. Rajalingam. Treasurer G I. Imbeck. Committee members Stanley Gouw, Miss Rajamani Felix Gabriel and Nathan.
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    • 64 14 GI’AN HOE CO. (M) Ltd., distributors of Suzuki motor-cycles on Friday donated 85.000 towards the Singapore Grand Prix to be held in the Republic next month. Picture above shows Mr. Francis Teo. director of Guan Hoe, presenting the cheque to the acting Minister for Social Affairs,
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    • 273 14 Sebring, Florida. Sun. (Reuter-UPI) Switzerland's Jo Siffert and German Hans Hermann In a prototype 22lltre Prosche 907 won the 12-hour Sebring endurance race here by a comfortable 11 laps. The Btuttgart factorybuilt car. one of four entered In the annual world
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    • 205 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Malaysia's top athletic club. The Lights, retained the S. Robert challenge trophy for the third consecutive year In the 2 4 miles open road relay of the Selangor Amateur Atheltic .Association held at the Lake Gardens today. Lights team led from start to finish
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    • 185 14 SYDNEY. Sun. An ex- tra day may be played In next season's Fifth Test match between Australia and the West Indies If there Is a difference of not more than one Test between the teams after the Fourth Test, the Australian Board of Control has decided. The
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    • 306 14 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Tom Klerman, 29-year-old Irish captain, has been named to lead the British Lions Rugby Union team on their 20-match tour of South Africa starting In May. Klerman is the fourth Irishman since the war to win the Lions’ captaincy. The squad of
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 461 14 Sun Classified edvertisemeeti can ba accepted at the following addreteee: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building. Singapore. Ss. MU6ARUK Brother*. 63, Bras Basah Road, and 2, Maiu Avenue, Serangoon Carden Estate. Singapore TAY BUAN CUAN LTDSUPERMARKET 83. East Coast Road. Singapore 15. Tel: *****9 HAMIEM STORE. 1419. Upper Changi
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    • 505 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT MALAYAN RACING ASSOCIATION RACING COMMENTATOR The Malayan Racing Association invites applications for the position of Racing Commentator (in the English Language). Preference will be given to applicants who have had previous experience as racing commentators. The salary will be within the range of Malayan $l,OOO to $2,000 per
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    • 262 14 NOTICE NOTICE OF EXHUMATION NOTICE is hereby given to the children, descendants and next-of-kin of the deceased persons buried i n the land being lots 197-5, 197-6. 199-3. Mukim IV comprising an area of 88 acres or thereabouts, situated i n the District of Tanglin and located off Commonwealth Avenue,
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    • 87 14 ESTABLISHED INTERNATIONAL' TRADING COMPANY requires for its Singapore Office: 1. Sales executive in Chemicals Dept. 2. General sales executive. Both positions will require a high degree of initiative and ability to conduct market research. Salary will be in accordance with ability and experience. Handwritten applications should give full particulars re
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  • 2272 15  -  By Windsor Lad TPOH, Sun. Avenger 11, wifh Les Coles astride, scored his fourth win in a row when he won the Class Two division two over nine furlongs here today. Avenger II returned his backers $l4 for a win ticket. Lord Timothy,
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  • 30 15 I'N'ITED Press pictures shows Rudy Hartono (Indonesia) with his trophies after defeating Tan Aik Huang 15-12 15-9 in the men's singles All-England badminton championships on Saturday.
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  • 341 15 HONG KONG. Sun. (Reuter) Randall Vines. Australia's 22-year-old rising golf star, snatched a cliff-hanging one-stroke victory in the HKSIOO.OOO Hong Kong Open golf tournament today his second straight Far F.ast circuit title in a week. The boyish-looking Brisbane professional, who won the
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  • 174 15 MALACCA. Sun. A goal deflected In by a defender in the second half enabled Singapore Joint Services to edge Malacca 4-3 In the their Malaysia Cup match at the Kubu Stadium here today. The wet ground suited the Services better even though Malacca opened their score In
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  • 216 15 SINGAPORE. Sun—Rudy Hartono. the 18-year-old Indonesian student who beat Malaysian Thomas Cup ace Tan Aik Huang In yesterday’s All England final will be seen In action at the “Pesta Badminton” In Singapore from May 1-4 This was disclosed today bv Mr Max Lange. Hon
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  • 284 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Keith Leonard Bannon. a former Australian junior cycling champion, stole the show at the Malaysian Cycling Federation's track race championships held at the Merdeka Stadium here today. Keith, who is attached to the Bth Royal Australian Regiment based in Malacca and
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  • 67 15 IPOH. Sun Mr. A Arokoiasamy has been elected President of the Telecommunications Athletic and Welfare Association here Other officials elected were: Vice-presidents: Messrs. 001 Eu Tee and D. Nararadnam; Secretary: Mr. S. Tharmarajah: Treasurer: Mr K. Subramaniam; Sports Secretary: Mr. K. Nadarajah: and Social Secretary: Mr. J. Michael.
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  • 404 15 SEREMBAN. Sun. The two-day match between the visiting Joe Lister's international XI and the Yang diPertuan Besar's Invitation XI ended in a draw when rain marred play for the second day on the N.S. Padang. Scores: Yang di-Pertuan Besar's XI, 85. Lister’s XI, 122 for
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 20 15 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $95,100. 1st Prize: No. *****9 ($23,537) 2nd Prize: No. *****3 ($11,768) 3rd Prize: No. *****2 5,884)
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    • 67 15 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 11.58 a m. (6.1 ft). 11.17 p.m. (6.7 ft.) Port Swettenham: 3.33 a m- (12.2 ft.). 4.11 p.m. (13.4 ft.) Port Dickson: 4.48 a m (6.9 ft.). 4.49 pm. (6.8 ft.) Singapore: 8 03 a.m. (7.5 ft 10.16 p.m. (7.7 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 5.29 a m.
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  • 596 16 Manchester United stage fine fight back T ONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Leeds United entered the final quarter ■Lj of the English football season with a 2-0 victory over Manchester City in yesterday's top-of-the-table struggle at Leeds. Second half goals by Johnny Giles and Jackie Charlton carried Leeds'
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  • 345 16 LONDON. Sun (Reuter) Results of football matches played yesterday were: ENGLISH ONE Burnley 2 S'ton 0 Everton 1 Newcastle U. 0 Fulham 1 Arsenal 3 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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  • 1807 16 ENGLISH ONE HOME AWAY PWDLFA W D L F A Pt? Leeds United 33 14 3 0 41 11 4 6 6 15 15 45 Man United 32 12 2 1 36 14 7 5 5 27 24 45 Man City 32 13 2 2 45 16 6
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  • 88 16 VICTORIAN schoolteacher Gary Holdsworth is a sprinting veteran. He holds the Victorian residential record for 100 metres (10.3) and has an unofficial time of 10.1. He has the Victorian record of 9.3 for 100 yds. Gary, a solid, bullocking sprinter known for his powerful finish, represented
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  • 363 16 PENSACOLA, norida. Sun (UPI). Tom Bhaw. bundled up in a jacket, sweater and wool cap, shot through sleet, wind and cold yesterday to forge to a four-stroke lead at the halfway point of the weatherplagued Pensacola Open. Shaw backed up his sensational
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  • 92 16 MEXICO CITY. Sun (Reuter) Britain's Ann Havdon Jones spent the night confined to her hotel room after collapsing with severe stomach pains during the international tennis tournament here and might have to concede a walkover in the women's singles final today. Her opponent in the final
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  • 28 16 GEORGETOWN. Guyana. Sun. (Reuter) Gary Sobers was named today as captain of the West Indies cricket team to tour Australia and New Zealand later this year
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  • 195 16 Davis Cup TOKYO. Sun (Reuter) Japan won the second round of the Eastern Zone Davis Cup tournament by beating South Korea in the first doubles match played here today. Japan's Isao Watanabe and Jun Kamiwazuml beat South Korea's Yung Ho Chung and Moon II Kim 6-4.
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  • 537 16 CARDIFF. Sun. (Reuter). France comp eted their first “grand slam" of victories in the Rugby Union international championship when a great second-half rally brought them a 14-9 win over Wales here yesterday. On a muddy pitch In heavy rain. Wales took a 9-3 halftime lead
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  • 37 16 OSAKA. Japan, Sun. (UPI) Hawaiian Sumo wrestler Jesse Kuhaulua yesterday scored his fourth win against 10 losses as he drove out first ranked Maegashira Wakafutase on the 14th day of the 15-day Sumo tournament here
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  • 203 16 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Tan Aik Huang, 1965 AllEngland champion, write went down to Rudy Hartono of Indonesia 12-13 9-15 in the All England Badminton ch a m pionships at Wemblev last night, said after tbe match: “I hit too many out, I should have blocked
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  • 130 16 MELBOURNE, Sun. Supporters of the new World bantamweight champion. Australian aboriginal. Lionel Rose, are asking the Federal Government to grant him tax relief on his winnings. A Federal politician has asked the treasurer, Mr W. McMahon, if Rose's winnings could be spread over more than
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  • 108 16 MEXICO CITY. Sun. fUPI) Mexico’s underdog Joaquin Loyo Mayo beat topseeded Arthur Ashe, of the United States. 7-5, 6-4 yesterday in the semi-final round of men’s singles in the 26th annual international tennis tournament being Played here. Ashe never got complete control of his serve and
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