Eastern Sun, 13 August 1968

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  • 23 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION vv Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 732 Tuesday, 13 August 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 425 1 Campaign against anti-Mao Red Guards in Canton HOIMG KONG, Mon. (Reuter UPI) \|ORE than 100 people have been killed in fierce factional clashes in China's Kwangsi Province bordering on North Vietnam, a Red Guard newsheet reaching Hong Kong said. The clashes were centred on the important railway
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  • 180 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Committee appointed by the Cabinet to draft the proposed legislation on work permits for non-citizens will meet on Wednesday for final discussions. This was disclosed today by the Assistant Minister of Home Affairs, Enche Hamzah bln Dato Abu 6amah. There are some
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  • 169 1 HONG KONG. Mon (UPI) Four members of the British Legation in Peking have been freed by Communist China in an apparent friendly change of attitude. The four, who crossed the border into Hong Kong on Sunday, are R. Webb, a clerical official. Mrs. Webb. G. J.
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  • 368 1 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) —The Indonesian Army is uprooting whole villages in a wide area of East Java Province where peasants concealed a Communist base in their midst for more than a year. Military sources said scattered Tillage households located up to half
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  • 270 1 Appeal by parents of 6 in ‘Death Row Execution set for Aug. 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The parents of six of the 13 condemned youths today appealed to the Central, Johore and Perak Governments to defer their execution until Parliament had met. According to a signed statement issued jointly by
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  • 44 1 BANGKOK, Mon. (Reuter) Buddhist priests chanted prayers and cannons boomed in salute today as Thailand celebrated the 36th birthday of Queen Sirikit. The occasion was held to be especially auspicious as the Queen today completed her third cycle of 12 years.
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  • 239 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Heads of Singapore. Thailand. Indonesia and the Philippines diplomatic missions in Malaysia are to meet once a month in Kuala Lumpur from next month onwards on ASEAN affairs. Malaysia will be host to the ASEAN Planning Committee at all these
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  • 210 1 AVIV, Mon. (Reuter) Two Syrian MIG-17 jets landed in Israel today but the first announcement by military authorities here made no mention of the circumstances in which the planes were flown to an Israeli airfield. Some observers here linked the incident to
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  • 66 1 HONG KONG, Mon. (Reuter) An Air France Boeing 707 burst its tyre and veered off the runway while landing at Kai Tak international airport here this afternoon. The plane, with 55 people on board, was flying in from Bangkok. It came to a halt
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  • 64 1 SAPPORO, Japan, Mon. (UPI) —The son of a Japanese labourer today entered his fifth day with a transplanted heart and surgeons reported his condition steadily improving. Nobuo Miyazaki, 18, first heart transplant patient in Japan and East Asia, “is continuing to make progress toward recovery,” Sapporo Medical College said
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 138 2 After a tour of the Department of Radiotherapy and Nnclear Medicine at the new $49 million General Hospital in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, the Minister of Health. Dr. Ng Kam Poh. declared that it was one of the best-equipped hospitals in the world. Dr Nr (centre) is
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    • 109 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon A prominent disciple of Gurdev Swami Sivanandaji. President of the Satchidananda Thapovanam. Kandy. Ceylon, and Director of the Integral Yoga Institute. New York, will arrive here tomorrow with 20 American Yoga students in the course of a world tour.
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    • 242 2 SABAK BERNAM, Mon. The Chairman of MARA and Minister without Portfolio. Senator Abdul Ghafar Baba, said today MARA was considering building a coconut coir factory in Sabak Bernam. The site and the building would be discussed at the next monthly meeting of MARA, he told
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    • 47 2 MALACCA, Mon. An electrical apprentice here, Tan Kim Choon. 17, of Lorong Bukit China was drowned m the Asahan Waterfall near the MalaccaJohore border yesterday. Tan was among a group of picnickers from here who had gone to the waterfall to spend their Sunday.
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    • 207 2 PENANG. Mon. One hundred units, including 35 Government departments and 25 industries will take part in the Pesta Kemajuan Negeri a t Kubang Buaya, Butterworth on Thursday afternoon to show the progress and achievements in the State during the 11 years of independence under the
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    • 267 2 PENANG, Mon.— Five trawler fishing boats will be assisting the police in search operations for the missing Penang Flying Club "Chipmunk" and its crew of two, here today. It Is believed these boat# will be trawling the sea bed In attempts
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    • 165 2 PC tells Court: ‘European punched me KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A policeman told the Magistrate's Court here today how he was punched on the chin by a “European” when he was on duty. PC Nagttman bln Sarpan attached to Petallng Jaya Police Station was testifying against L. M. Pilcher. 39, who
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    • 140 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. At least three people obtained five Plus one numbers correct (second prise) in the last Toto draw held on Sunday. The checking of coupons is still on and so far these three have been traced. Should there be NO
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    • 243 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The Minister for Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam today said there was danger if the people were caught in the clutches of opposition parties. Speaking at the opening of a youth seminar here this morning, he added: “The opposition parties are now busy
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    • 135 2 KAMPAR. Mon. The public was today advised not to be taken in bv people who go around selling winning Social and Welfare Board lottery tickets. The tickets might be forgeries. The advice came from the OCPD here. Asst. Supt. Abdullah bin Latt Ibrahim. He said
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    • 35 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Royal Navy announced today that Admiral Sir Michael le Fanu ha* taken over as First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff from Admiral of the Fleet £ir Varyl Begg.
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    • 174 2 MALACCA. Mon. The purported secession last week of 23 of the 39 UMNO branches in Jasin district from the State division here and the formation of their component division of UMNO Malaysia has been described as unconstitutional. The Deputy Chairman of UMNO. Malacca. Dato Hajl
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    • 149 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Director of Tourism, Enche Osman Siru, today advised Customs officers to conduct their baggage checks politely so as to create a good impreaslon on tourists. A discourteous act could destroy the image of the country and its people and consequently would
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    • 330 2 FOLLOWING the warm reception of the play by audiences in Kuala Lumpur the production of “The Frogs,” which recently closed after a six-day run is travelling to Malacca. “The Frogs.” by Aristophanes. was written in the 5th century BC. and is done in a very modern
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    • 153 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. It will be a direct clash between the Alliance and the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party in the by-election for the vacant seat in the Johore Legislative Assembly. The Alliance candidate. Enche Abdul Rahman Mahmud, was accompanied by party supporters when he died his nomination
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    • 68 2 IPOH, Mon. A widow, was raped and robbed while tapping rubber at Kampong Changkat Resam in Taiping yesterday. Two men with their faces blackened with charcoal, sprang out from behind a bush. They overpowered her and raped in turn. On returning home, she found that her
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    • 82 2 Peninsular Art Gallery: Exhibition of Paintings by prominent Malaysian artists at 41, Jalan Raja Muda 9 a.m. to 6 o-m. Jalan Weld Swimming Pool: 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m, 2 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. British Council Hall: Exhibition of art by nine friends 10.00
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    • 99 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The National Union of Malaysian Students will organise a Merdeka ball on Aug. 31. The highlight of the ball will be the crowning of the Merdeka Queen Valuable prizes, including a challenge trophy, will be awarded to the Merdeka Queen. The contest is open to
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    • 69 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Tourist Association will fete the 32 Japanese travel agents and journalists who flew in as MSA’s guests in the airline’s new Boeing 707 to a "tim-sum” lunch at the VIP Lounge, Tropicana tomorrow. The Japanese visitors will also make a survey
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    • 44 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. A police supervisee, Ane Ah Pee. 28. was jailed for two years by the Fourth District Court today for possession of a .410 pistol at his house in Lorong 23 Geylarg on Aug 1. Ang pleaded guilty.
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    • 45 3 SINGAPORE. M o n.— Seventy motor cars will be auctioned to the public by the Government on Thursday, (Aug. 15). at Gate No. 1. Port of Singapore Authority. The auction will begin at 10 a.m. and cars can be inspected at the place.
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    • 30 3 SINGAPORE. Mon The Light Industries Services has decided to extend the Made-in-Singapore Product Exhibition to the 14th of August. The exhibition hours are from 5.00 to 10.00 p.m.
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    • 169 3 SINGAPORE. Mon A specialist in finance and quantitative methods. Professor Hugh W. Long, will be the guest lecturer at the Singapore Institute of Management for the next seven months. The professor received his advance degrees from Stanford University. U.S.A. and currently holds an appointment as
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    • 355 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, said today the achievement of genuine bi-lingualism in Singapore schools was not only a matter of scholastic attainment but of economic sur- vival. He said this when he opened a seminar on the teaching
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    • 123 3 SINGAPORE. Mon.—About 70 shop assistants, whose firms are members of the Singapore Tourist Association, will attend a seminar on “Better service: More sales and Better income” to be held on Wednesday from 5.30 p.m. to 7.15 p.m. at Goodwood Park Hotel. The president of
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    • 75 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. The National Library is currently holding an exhibition of books and publications in conjunction with the National Day celebrations. Statistical charts and diagrams on the walls of the entrance foyer show the growth of the National Library. Books and local publications highlighting the Republic’s
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    • 55 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Chow Chan Wah, 20, was jailed for two years by the Ninth Magistrate’s Court today for a series of snatch thefts committed between April 25 and Aug. 2. Chow, who had four previous convictions, pleaded guilty to snatching $660 worth of gold chains
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    • 399 3 Round 2 CEET Cheng Bok v. N. Karaklaie, 0:1 Queen’s Gambit, 34 moves; Benitez v. Matthew Gwee, 1:0 Irregular. 38 moves; Koh Tian Jan v. Ong Yok Hwa, 0:1 Sicilian 37 moves; Suradiradja v. Richard Seah, 1:0 Sicilian 25 moves; Oon Soon Tee v. Nainggolan,
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    • 346 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The new constitution for the Departmental Whitley Council in the Ministry of Defence is nearing completion, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Enche Abu Bakar Samad bin Mohamed Noor, said today. He told Bernama: “A working party
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    • 288 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The practice of certain companies to appoint bumiputra directors in order to gain the favours of the various authorities and agencies is criticised in o memorandum submitted to the Second Economic Congress of Bumiputras to be held
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    • 149 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. Indonesia is prepared to meet any Malaysian Government request for teachers, the Indonesian Minister for Education and Culture. Mr. Mashuri Salleh said today. Speaking to newsmen at Subang Airport on arrival for a two-day visit. Mr. Mahsuri said he would
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    • 117 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. The Director of Public WO-ks Tan Sri Haji Yusof bin Haji Ibrahim. Today regretted it was not possible for the Public Works Department to hold its athletic meet this year because of restrictions concerning advertisements laid down by the Anti-Corruption Agency
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    • 97 4 KUANTAN. Mon. The Mentri Besar of Pahang. Tan Sri Haji Yahaya bin Mohamed Seh announced today the Pahang Government would allocate $1 million for the setting up of a National University. Speaking at the opening of a five-day religious teachers’ course here, he said the
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    • 67 4 BATU PAHAT. Mon A group of 23 members from the various district branches of the Johore branch of the Malaysian Association of Youth Clubs has left for a two-week tour of Indonesia. The group is led by Mr. Loh Fook Yen. the chairman of the Kluang District
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    • 238 4  -  By CHAN KAM YAU KI'ALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Minister of Health, Dr. Ng Kam Poh, today said a competition would be held for nurses to design their own uniform. The best design would be selected for the new uniform of nurses
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    • 102 4 IPOH. Mon.— Three persons lost their lives in separate road mishaps in Kinta District during the week-end. A motor cyclist. K. Krishnan. was killed in collision with a lorry at Jalan Tronoh near Batu Gajah yesterday. A hitch-hiker. Abdul Aziz bin Ismail, who got a lift on
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    • 253 4 Two-thirds of loan issue taken up KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Nearly S5O million in the Government's new §75 million loan issue has been taken up even before it was publicly announced last night. A spokesman of the Treasury told Bemama today $40.6 million was received for the loan up to July
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    • 192 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. Unlike Catholics in Western countries. Catholics here have shown “no active reaction” to the Pope’s ban on all artificial birth control methods, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Kuala Lumpur. Tan Sri D. Vendargon. said today. “On the whole,
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    • 75 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon UNESCO experts and officials will meet here from Sept. 9 to 13 to discuss the establishment of a Regional Broadcasting Training Institute in Asia. The Secretary to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Enche Junid bin Abdul Rahim will open the meeting.
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    • 54 4 The Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications. Tun V. T. Sambantban. opening the annual conference of senior, officers of the Public Works Department in Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning (Aug. 12). On his right is Tan Sri Haji Yusol bin Haji Ibrahim. Director of Public Works. Forty officers attended the one-day
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    • 238 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Governor of Rotary District 330, Dr. C. H. Yeang, arrived here today on a month’s “Familiarisation” tour of clubs in Malaysia. Singapore and Brunei. KUALA LUMPUR. Mon An art exhibition by nine young Malaysian artists, opened at the British Council Centre here today
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    • 98 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A pretty dressmaker. Yap Foeng Chun, told the High Court today how she burst into a room and found her husband lying with a half-naked night club singer Madam Yap. 27. who was asking for a divorce from Gan Sum Jin on the grounds
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    • 159 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Public Works Department engineers were today told to erect prominent traffic signs at the proper places, especially along trunk roads. The Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications. Tun V.T. Sambanthan. was speaking to 40 senior officers of the PWD at
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    • 490 4  -  By: Suhaimi Bidin SINGAPORE, Mon. A 20-year-old policeman shot himself an hour after he and his girl friend, saw a picture. “Death is quick. Death is nimble” in June this year. A Coroner’s inquiry was held into the death of Omar bin
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    • 329 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. Pre-University II students interested in studying economics. political science, philosophy and sociology at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the 1969 Academic Year are invited to apply for the Singapore Government Merit (Overseas) Scholarships. In addition to the second language requirement, candidates are
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    • 207 10  -  By: K. Sidhu SINGAPORE. Mon. The proprietor of a coffee shop and his wife were stabbed to death this morning at 10 m.s. Changi Road. The proprietor. Wong Sun Teow. 65. died of stab wounds on the spot, while his wife Goh Swee Chuan. 57,
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    • 151 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. A carpenter, Omar bin Mohamed. 52, was jailed for one day and fined $5OO or five month's jail by the Fourth District Court today for having carnal connection with his 15-year-old niece. Omar, who brought up his niece from the age of
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    • 30 10 PENANG, Mon. The Penang Jaycees Youth Club will be organising a Jumble sale on Aug. 25 at the Old Frees' Association to raise funds for its community projects.
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    • 76 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. An 11-lecture course on letterpress printing conducted by the Light Industries Services of the Economic Development Board will begin on Sept 3 The primary objective is to upgrade the knowledge and skill of the technical personnel already in employment in the printing industry, to
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    • 303 10 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuon Yew disclosed last night that he and his colleagues thought about the people forming the National Day parade when it began to rain. And they "decided on balance that it was better to
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    • 53 10 SINGAPORE. Mon— A 54-year-old man. Ton; Kok Hung, was jailed for three years by the Ninth Magistrate's Court today for theft of two tins of chocolates valued at $7.80. Tong, who had previous convictions, admitted stealing the chocolates from a provision shop at Pasir Panjang
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    • 228 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. Action will be taken to see that the private sector gives priority to discharged national servicemen when filling job vacancies. This was stated tonight bv Mr Lim Kim San. the Minister of Finance when he spoke at a National Day dinner organised
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    • 38 10 MUAR. Mon. Mr. Cyril Chew, a planter here, has been elected president of the Muar Rotary Club. The vice-president is Dr. Lee Lai Hung and secretary. Dr. Ng Seng Seong with Mr Amar Singh, as treasurer.
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    • 91 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. Pretty Hamidzah Liza Buang. 21, is among the many entrants for the Trade Fair Carnival Queen contest to be held at the Flamingo niteclub at the Great World Park on Aug. 23 at 9.30 p m. The beauty contest is being held
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    • 223 10 SINGAPORE. Mon Pressmen hovered 1.000 ft in the air this afternoon in an all-new Jet Ranger helicopter which has large windows. It was a smooth ride with Mr. Jim Lidsey at the controls. The ride was without any tricks though the helicopter is capable
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    • 453 13 DENANG, Mon. Planning should be vigor--1 ously pursued for developing beach areas as national park type enclaves where facilities can be provided for the convenience and comfort of visitors. This was stated by the Chairman of the Penang Branch of the States of Malaya
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    • 147 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Selangor Police disclosed here today a postmortem into the death of Mrs. Gwendofyne May Wilson, an Australian. who was pronounced dead on arrival at Subang Airport on Saturday while on a Right from London to Sydney, does not reveal
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    • 49 13 MISS Loretta Frankfort, of the Australian Trade Commission staff, Kuala Lumpur, presents Dr. K.S. Jap, Deputy Director of Medical Services, Sabah, with a kangaroo tie pin at the Australian Display at the International Exhibition University of Malaya. The Display which closes on Sunday, drew large crowds throughout the week.
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    • 243 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Attor-ney-General, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir bin Yusof, today supported the Malayan Bar Council's call for the formation of a regional Court of Appeal. He told Bernama at the Subang Airport before leav- lng for Sabah that the
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    • 91 13 BATU PAHAT. Mon The Mentri Besar of Johore. Dato Haji Othman bin Haji Mohamed Sa’at. has approved $14,000 for a water-sup-ply scheme to two kampongs in the Batu Pahat district Kampong Peserai and Sungei Kelambu. He made the grant when he opened a mosque
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    • 285 13 Girl 16, relates rape at knife point incident MUAR, Monday A pretty 16-year-old girl told the Magistrate's Court here todav how she was raped by two youths at knife point at Kampong Parit Jamil here one night this year. She was testifying against Asiat bin Rasit, 18. who Is accused
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    • 337 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A four-man delegation from Malaysia will attend the tenth Quinquennial Congress of the Association of Commonwealth Universities to be held in Sydney from Aug. 17-23. The delegation comprises Dr. J.H.E Griffiths. ViceChancellor of the University of Malaya. Mr Llm Chung
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    • 86 13 KUALA LUMPUR. MOn. At noon yesterday four youths, one believed to be armed with a pistol and the others with parangs held up a sundry goods shop proprietor Yeap Khay Soong 50. and has assistants and got away with cigarettes and provisions valued at $719. Yeap told
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    • 88 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. ’lhe Prime Minister of the State of Western Australia. Mr. David Brand, has presented a book on wild life to the Malaysian Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman. The book was handed by Mr. S. F Reid, president of the Royal Australasian
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    • 83 13 KUALA LUMPUR. MOn. Che Su binte Mohamed Din. 42. wife of the OCPD, Kuala Lumpur, Senior Asst. Commissioner Abu Bakar bin Aziz, died in the General Hospital here this morning after a short illness Wreaths and messages of condolences were sent by several Cabinet Ministers, including the
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    • 57 13 MALACCA. Mem. —Seven Chinese narrowly escaped death when their motorboat overturned about two miles from the shore here yesterday morning. They were on their way to the Kramat Island of Pulau Besar when strong waves overturned their boat. Another boat in the vicinity rushed to their
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    • 175 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Enche Baharom Shah bln Sa’ad. SecretaryGeneral of the Malaysian Association of Youth Clubs, will head the MAYC goodwill mission to Japan on Thursday. The mission consists of 16 youth leaders 14 men and two ladies. They will be in Japan for
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 171 5 MANILA, Mon. (Reuter) President Ferdinand Marcos said last night that the Philippines might have to establish trade relations with socialist countries to find new markets for Philippine products. But he excluded China. The President made the statement during his weekly Sunday
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    • 188 5 End enslavement of Latins call SANTIAGO, Mon. (Reuter) A group of radical Roman Catholic demonstrators today occupied the cathedral here in protest against the Bogota eucharistic congress, which opens next week, and against Vatican policies generally. The 230 demonstrators included priests, monks, students and workers,
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    • 142 5 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Forty Catholics walked out of their church yesterday while an archbishop’s pastoral letter supporting Pope Paul's encyclical on birth control was being read. The walk-out was at St. Cecillia’s Church in North Cheam, south of London, where a 31-year-old assistant priest, Father
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    • 118 5 NEW DELHI. Mon (Reuter) The Chief Minister of the northwest Indian state of Gujarat. Mr. Hitendra Desai. has estimated the loss of ljfe in floods which devastated the state last week at 1,000 or more. He told reporters in Ahmedabad after touring the stricken state
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    • 103 5 JAKARTA, Mon. (Reuter) A frantic mother wrapped her three-month-old baby and hung it on the bough of a coffee tree, hoping to save It from oncoming floods in the Tjitandjy district in West Java recently. W 7 hile the infant was suspended in mid-air.
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    • 128 5 WASHINGTON. Mon. (Reuter) The United States Information Service said that 34 per cent of the 110.315 foreign students in U.S. institutions of higher learning currently come from East Asia. A survey just released showed that Taiwan topped the list with 6.859 students followed by Hong Kong
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    • 57 5 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) The Jakarta garrison command has issued a decree punishing armed forces members who allow their children to play with their guns. The decree called on soldiers in Jakarta to stop their children handling or playing with firearms. The decree followed recent fighting betw-een school children
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    • 238 5 ATLANTA, Georgia. Mon. (Reuter) Complaints about uninhibited lovemaking, purse snatching and shouting obscenities are being filed against Atlanta's Hippies. Property owners in the Hippy quarter of the city complained to their area police committee recently that there was too much
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    • 59 5 A bather on Boulogne beach. France sees the new tourist attraction the world's largest hovercraft, the Mountbatten-class SRN4, which made a preview trip from Dover. Kent to Boulogne on July 30. Princess Margaret inaugurated the hovercraft as the first cross Channel car and passenger hovercraft
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    • 143 5 SYDNEY. Mon. (CPI) The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney. Cardinal Gilroy, has accused some critics of the papal encyclical of hating the Pope, the church and all it stood for. He made the accusations at the annual meeting of the Matthew Talbot Hostel, here. It is not the
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    • 157 5 SYDNEY. Mon <l’PI) Surgeons may replace human hearts with artificial hearts within 10 years, Dr. Christian Barnard forecast today. The South African heart transplant pioneer arrived here today from Rome, to attend the third Australian Medical Congress which begins today. Dr. Barnard said that possibly for
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    • 428 6 SAIGON, Mon. (UPI) U.S. B-52 bombers yesterday struck the Communist sector of the so-called demilitarised zone and later in the day staged their first raids in three weeks against targets inside North Vietnam. The raids were against bunkers, storage areas and troop
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    • 480 6 KARLOVY VARY. Czechoslovakia, Mon. (Reuter) Herr Walter Ulbricht, hardline East German Communist leader, arrives here today for another attempt to talk Czechoslovak leaders into going slow on their reform policies. East Germany was the first Communist state to sound
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    • 115 6 General reappointed Chief-of-Staff BAGHDAD. Mon (Reuter) General Ibrahim Feisal Al-Ansari has been re appointed Chief-of-StafT of the Iraqi Army, it was announced here today. General Ansari was appointed Chief of Staff shortly before the July 17 coup but was retired by the new regime. Authoritative sources here today the Government
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    • 32 6 HUE, South Vietnam Seen sitting on a bridge near Hue is James Randy Agnew, son of Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew. James Agnew is serving with the U.S. Navy Seuboes here. UPI radiophoto.
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    • 152 6 MICHIGAN CITY. Indiana. Mon. (UPI) Twenty-five rebellious prisoners held two guards hostage for more than six hours yesterday at the Indiana state prison. The guards were freed unharmed when Warden Ward Lane. State Corrections Commissioner Anthony Kuharich and reporter A1 Spiers of the
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    • 87 6 PUNTA GORDA. Florida Mon. (UP) Five fishermen were killed by mysterious toxic fumes yesterday while washing down a catch of fish aboard the 100-foot boat novelty. A sixth was overcome by the fumes and admitted to Punta Gorda hospital. “One man was standing on
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    • 122 6 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) The Director of Immigration. Mr. William Collard. said today that 32 crewmen of a grounded Hong Kong vessel returned to the colony from Communist China yesterday. Three British and one Indian officers and seven other Chinese crewmen of the Yungfutary
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    • 304 6 SWIETA LIPKA, Poland Mon. (Reuter) Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, Roman Catholic Primate of Poland, today hailed Pope Paul’s ban on artificial birth control and condemned “self-indulgence and egoism” which brought “monsters’* to the world. In his first public pronouncement on the controversial
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    • 172 6 Liz Taylor 's ape is found ALGERO, Sardinia, Mon. (UPI) They've found Elizabeth Taylor's ape. He's doing fine, eating the roots of dwarf palms and leaves of wild flowers. The ape has been sought for almost a year, ever since it disappeared while the actress and her husband Richard Burton
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    • 73 6 LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Mon. (UPI) Police maintained a continual patrol of the predominantly Negro section of Little Rock yesterday after two men were shot in the area on Saturday night. National Guardsman James C. Simpson was shot in the foot at the intersection of Wright and
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    • 65 6 NEW DELHI, Mon. (UPI) The Soviet delegate to a 26-nation East Asian conference of scientists and technologists yesterday complained about the absence of delegations from Pyongyang. Hanoi and Peking. The Iranian, Thai. American and Nationalist Chinese delegates endorsed Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhis’ plea of Friday
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    • 52 6 PHU BAI. South Vietnam: Two Army helicopters took off recently after depositing troops of the 101st. Air Cavalry In a spot near Phu Bai. where the wreckages of a helicopter are seen scattered in the foreground. Air cavalrymen are on a sweep in the area.
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    • 175 6 SAIGON, Mon. (Reuter) A U.S. merchant ship has been attacked by rocket grenade fire launched by Vietcong wearing khaki uniforms with bushes tied to their backs as camouflage. A delayed report issued by the U.S. Military Command today said the merchant ship Southport the second was
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    • 126 6 LONDON. Mon. (UPI) An Arab guerrilla organisation claimed yesterday it had blown up an Israeli pipeline by-passing the Suez Canal. The El Fatah Organisation said in Cairo that its guerrillas had placed an explosive charge under the pipeline leading from the Gulf of Aqaba Port of Eilat
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    • 85 6 SAN DIEGO. California. Mon. (Reuter) —Republican presidential nominee Richard Nixon said the return of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo and its crew was was “One of the highest things on my priority list.” Mr. Nixon told crowds outside A La Jolla, California, Presbyterian Church, where he had
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    • 152 6 ISTANBUL. Mon. (Reuter) Four people were injured when a bomb exploded outside a mosque in Izmir today shortly after a molotov cocktail was thrown at a U.S. information reading room in the same city. Authorities immediately cancelled all police leave Istanbul, is the site of
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    • 85 6 MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay, Mon. (Reuter) The President of the stateowned electricity and telephone services was found alive last night five days after he was kidnapped by armed gunmen. Ulyses Pereira Reverbel a close friend and adviser of President Jorge Pacheco Areco. was snatched from in
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    • 64 6 TOKYO. Mon (UPI) The Japanese government has approved an ».I-Nippon Airways plan to purc.h"e four Boeing 737 shor'.-raol jetliners. Two of the planes are scheduled to be delivered ay Boeing in May and June next year and the other two in February
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    • 104 7 NEW YORK, Mon. (CPI) Actor Lamont Washington, one of the stars of the Broadway folk-rock musical “Hair.” was critically injured on Saturday in a fire at his New York City apartment. Washington (photo above) suffered second and third-degree burns over SO per cent of his body,
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    • 180 7 MICHIGAN CITY. Indiana. Mon. (Reuter) A newspaper editor successfully negotiated the release of two guards seized by rebel prisoners and held hostages in the Indiana State Prison here for over six hours The guards were released unharmed last night after A1 W. Spiers, editorial director
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    • 148 7 COPENHAGEN. Mon (Reuter) Ships and helicopters rushed to aid the British ketch Kenya Jacaranda early today after it reported it was leaking badly ofl the coast of Jutland. The 55-ton ketch, owned by Bermondsey unit of the British Sea Cadet Corps, is taking part in the
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    • 105 7 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) Eight Asian countries will participate in the second Asian Economic Writers Training Course scheduled to begin in Manila on August 15. the Philippine Press Institute announced here. The three-week course will be conducted by the Press Foundation of Asia and the Asian Development Bank.
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    • 78 7 NEW DELHI. Mon. (Reuter) Villagers at Mahuva. near the west coast city of Surat, evacuated a woman in labour from her bed to a roof top as floodwaters swirled round the house Then, as the water rose higher, they carried her into a tree, where she
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    • 197 7 HONG KONG, Mon. (Reuter) More than 20,000 soldiers from different parts of China have reiterated their loyalty to chairman Mao Tse-Tung and pledged to launch attacks on "class enemies", the New China News Agency reported today. The pledge was given to chairman Mao at the "People's
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    • 343 7 SALISBURY, M o n. (Reuter) Nine Rhodesian high court judges must each make a personal decision this week, which will have international repercussions. The judges, who met in private session yesterday, have to announce their choice between Britain and the breakaway Rhodesian government, a colony
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    • 108 7 CANBERRA. Mon. (UPI) Australia’s Aslo.7m. aid to Indonesia announced earlier this year made in instalments, it was announced today. The aid is being made under the bonus export system under which Indonesian importers will be able to purchase entitlements to specific amounts of Australian currency and
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    • 184 7 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) The Philippines Immigration Bureau is to step-up checks made on Chinese residents of the Philippines when they travel abroad. Immigration Commissioner Edmundo M Reyes announcing this today said it was possible that local Chinese visiting friends and relatives on the
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    • 227 7 JERUSALEM. Mon, (Reuter) The Israeli government today decided to continue pursuing a diplomatic solution to the problem of the El A1 airliner held by Algeria since July 23. Information Minister Israel Galili announced that the matter was discussed at the
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    • 181 7 MANILA. Mon. (UPI) Political tremors shook the investigation today on the cause of the collapse of the Ruby Tower apartment building in the Aug 2 earthquake which killed 315 residents. President Marcos and his possible rival in next year's elections. Manila Mayor Antonio J. Villegas,
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    • 122 7 MANILA. Mon. (UPI) An influential Filipino Congressman threatened today to move for the expulsion of a foreign staff member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for uttering derogatory remarks against the Philippines. "If this Is true. I will file a resolution declaring the foreigner persona
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    • 77 7 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) Two more Hong Kong residents have died of the Asian flu, it was announced today. The Medical and Health Department said the death toll now stood at 24 since the epidemic, still of undetermined origin, hit this British colony on
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    • 128 7 m *•5 m 4 is it I -s? i j If the United States are "western”, and Singapore is "far east”, it seems like we should fly west to reach San Francisco. But we don’t. We head eastward-ho through Honolulu. And get there half an hour faster than anyone else.
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  • 426 8 NO delegate to the recent International Conference on Asian History held in Kuala Lumpur presented a paper on the changed status of some of the islands in South-east Asia since 1945. These are not the insular nations of this region but trading ports which recent
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  • 280 8 MALAYSIANS who have teenage sons and daughters will welcome the establishment of more colleges that can train the latter for new careers. Yet some people cavil at the founding of the Tunku Abdul Rahman College. Certain political parties are trying to turn it into a political and
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  • 6124 8 TH E most serious duty of transmitting human life, for which married persons are the free and responsible collaborators of God the Creator, has always been a source of great joys to them, even if sometimes accompanied by not a few difficulties and
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  • 631 8 From Sin Chew Jit Poh The registration of pri-mary-one pupils to begin school next year baa just ended. According to the press, it is now again the time for parents to select schools for their children’s secondary education. The public notice published in the local Chinese newspapers is
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    • 40 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper TUESDAY, AUGUST 13. 1968 23>1. Cantonment Road. Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 39. |alan Sultan. Kual* Lumpur. Malaysia. Telephone: *****/6 8. Leith Street, Tel: ***** 77. Brewster Read. Te1:***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 198 9 SINGAPORE. Mon.—A party of 14 important visitors recently visited Bangkok on Thai International Flight number 304 from New Delhi. The hospitality of Thai has been extended to senior officials from India Government Departments and leading journalists to celebrate the inauguration of the new
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    • 208 9 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) The Indonesian Government has again placed temporary restrictions on imports from Hong Kong and Singapore to speed up trade with Indonesia’s donor nations. A Central Bank statement released today said that foreign exchange banks had been instructed not to
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    • 125 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE. Mon. August first grade rubber fob closed at 5 p.m in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 57 cents per lb., down I cent from previous close. The tone was quiet. Rubber Association of Singapore and Malaysian Rubber Exchange closing prices in cents per lb. were:Buyers
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    • 62 9 TOKYO. Mon. (UPI) The Nihon Aeroplane Manufacturing Company will send the 70th production model of its YSII turboprop transport to the Yarborough Air Show in Great Britain this fall. The plane will be the first Japanese transport craft to be entered in a British
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    • 196 9 LONDON. Mon. (UPI) Japanese Shipbuilding and Camera Industries have posed severe problems for British Arms in this field and cut into their trade. Now television may soon do the same. This Is the line of thinking of one of the largest TV firms in the
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    • 170 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. As an immediate follow-up to the opening of the Vespa Assembly Plant in Petaling Java three months ago. there has been a 25 percent increase in sales of Vespa scooters in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding area. This was stated by
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    • 103 9 STOCKHOLM, Mon. Sweden's exports in the first half of 1968 were up 4 per cent to Kr. 12.299 million ($2,388,000,000), while imports rose 7 per cent to Kr. 12.882 million, according to preliminary figures issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The figures indicate a
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    • 235 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. More than 1,000 young people from countries outside Britain have benefited from the scholarship scheme begun by the Confederation of British Industry in 1950, the President of the CBI, Mr. AG. Norman, said in London. He was speaking at a reunion attended by
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    • 912 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. Shell Company today announced that its net income for the first six months of 1968 totalled $4,535,000 $789.00 higher over the corresponding period last year. This i« disclosed in a circular made to the Stock Exchange today announcing an interim dividend of 7-1/2 per
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    • 228 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Following the board meeting of Shell Refining Company (Federation of Malaya) Berhad today, it was announced the company would distribute an interim dividend of 7-1/2 cents per $1 unit of stock to be paid on Sept 30. The company’s pioneer status expired on
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    • 243 9 gINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. C. R. Haas. President of Harriet Hubbard Ayer of Paris io now in Singapore until 16th August. During hla short visit here, he will call at his appointed agents. Venus Enterprises Limited to discuss plans for the growing markets of Singapore
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    • 178 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The following ships are expected to be in t>ort today: God own* Vessels 1/2 State of Madras S/4 South Breeze 5 Yamaki Maru 6/7 Kostrena 8/9 Pekin 10/11 Memnon 13/14 Vega 15/16 Antilochus 18 Fernlake 23/24 Ashoka Jayanti 25 26 Miryu Maru 29/30 Avis Ornis
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    • 98 9 STOCKHOLM. Mon. Scandinavian Airlines report a 15 per cent increase in total traffic in the period October 1967 June 1968. the first nine months of the current financial year. Capacity was up by 30 per cent. The load factor was 51 per cent.
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    • 45 9 STOCKHOLM Mon. Sweden’s exports in May. at Kr. 2.238 million, were Kr. 306 million higher than in April, while Imports rose by Kr. 146 million to Kr. 2.217 million, according to the preliminary figures of the Central Bureau of Statistics.
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    • 313 9 SINGAPORE. Stock Exchange told and offer prices officially listed at the close ot business. INDISTRULS Anns 302 2.93 2 39 2.40 197 1.98 4 til 4 ;n Chemical Co 2.21 2.22 C. Holdings 525 Dunlop 3.92 3.06 t smelting 73* 3.1 R 3.20 Fitzpatricks 1' N. Ords. 2.13
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    • 94 9 STOCKHOLM. Mon. KMW, heavy engineering company belonging to the Axel Johnson Group of Sw-e--den. is reported to have obtained a Kr. 60 million ($12,000,000) contract from Czechoslovakia for pulp mill equipment. The equipment, which is intended for an expansion of a pulp and paper mill
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    • 14 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. The tin price for today was $547.25 per picul, unchanged.
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    • 48 9 iMinuerr Prices) First Malayan XD 2 91 Second Malayan XD 2 09 Third Malasan 1.36 The commerce Industry 1.06 1.15 The 8atli| Fund 1.22 141 First H'konc 1.05 1.1 Q* second ll'kont .14 .78* Malaysian Investme Fund nt ISO 1.40 Sterling C'niodlty 5/10 Bone Konf Currency)
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    • 100 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. The noon prices at Chinese Produce tne 8 Inf spore exchange toda; are > Borer Bellas Coconut Oil (F.OB.) Bank Coconut Oil 52.00 (F.O.B.) bninu 54 50 Loose Copra Mixed Aug 30.00 (Si) Muntok White Pepper (FOB.) <»<;% N.L-W. lit.50 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) 110 00 Sarawak
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    • 695 9 AIR a MOVEMENTS ARRIVALS DEPARTURES SINGAPORE 8.05 a.m. MsA MLOI9 K. Lumpur 10.25a.m. MSA MLOOS Ftnajil, H. Lumpur, Malacca 9.30 a.m. MSA MLI2I K. Lumpur 10.25 a.m. MSA ML4SI Kuchin* 325 p m. MSA MLO3S K Bahru. A. Star. Penang. Ipoh, K. Lumpur 2.50 p.m. MSA MLO4S K. Bharu, kuantan.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 300 10 Tuesday, August 13, 1968. >v as 2O 4- 5-10-24 31-42-74 D TAURUS APR. 21 (MAY 21 3- 6-17-191 GEMINI MAY 22 JUNE 22 /il-45-51-55 61-67-70 CANCER JUNE 23 I JULY 23 2- 7-16-20 §✓2s-63-65 LEO ftQ JULY 24 AUG. 23 -53-58 2-78-83-89 VIRGO AUG. 24 SEPT. 22 -„\l2-15-18-321 -By CLAY
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    • 1345 10 TV Yom TODAY TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 9 KUALA LUMPt'R and Pnlan Pinang: I Ipoh and Melaka: 3 10 Johore Bahru, 4 Taiping; 1 Batu Pahat; 9 Kluanf. P.M. 5.45 Opening Annct. Prog. Summary: 5 50 News Outlines in the National Language; 5.55 National Songs; 600 News in Tamil; 6.10 The
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  • Boutique
    • 539 11 A WELL BALANCED BREAKFAST 4 WELL planned breakfast gives the whole family a good start for the day. It keeps them going at top efficiency guards against mid morning fatigue. A protein dish lays the foundation of a balanced breakfast plan, and foods such as eggs or
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    • 145 11 A S everyone knows, the portable sewing machine isn’t usually really portable. It simply is a machine without a cabinet, but not light at all. Now comes a new, truly portable compact machine, called the Lotus. Weighing only 14 lbs., the Lotus can be used
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  • 579 12 THE Chief Scout of Malaysia. Tan Sri Haji Sardon bin Haji Jubir. handed over the Malaysian Scout Flag to the Malaysian Contingent of 27 Rover Scout* who will be attending the Rover Meet at Bogor. Indonesia, at a ceremony held at B.P- House, Kuala Lumpur recently. Picture
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  • 157 12 SINGAPORE Wednesday. Aug. It 12.45 p.m. 2 p m. Rotary Club of Singapore weekly luncheon at the Blue Room, Capitol Building Thursday. Aug. 15 1 p.m. 2 p.m. Rotary Club of Singapore-West weekly luncheon at the Hollandsche (Dutch) Club, Camden Park oft Adam Road. Friday. Aug. 16 6.30
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 219 13 SHAW tGANISATION LIDO Phone ***** l3th "HONOURS" DAY! 11 1.43. 4 I*o. 0.30 A 9.15 pm. Anne Bancroft. Dustin Hoffman K ithantie -The GRADt ATF," Directed by Mike Nichols—Academy AKAJ4-. Winner—BEST DIRECTOR Paoayislon At Technicolor 'CAi Patrons presenting the 4 portion ticYKS Tor seeing “The Graduate" will-he entitled to buy
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  • 775 14  -  By MAX VANZI XIONG KONG, 11 (UPI) Britain will dismantle its military establishment in South Asia. But the British garrison will remain in Hong Kong to maintain security in the Crown Colony, perched on the very edge of Communist China. The First Battalion The Welsh
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  • 931 14  -  By Patrick J. Killen \f EXI C O, Pampanga Province, Philippines (UPI). ‘Pedro used to be something of a problem fellow," a friend said. He was talking about Pedro Dixon, and he was being kind. Pedro use to drink too much, and he was a heavy gambler.
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    • 471 14 Eastern Sun Classified id«irtissm«sh us be accepted at Hi* following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building. Singapore. S.S. MUBARUK b Brothers. 63, Bras Basah Road, and 2, Maju Avenue. Serangoon Carden Estate. Singapore. TAT BUAN CUAN LTD.. SUPERMARKET. 83, East Coast Road. Singapore 15. Tel: *****9. HAMIEM STORE.
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    • 201 14 NOTICE KELAB LUMBA Kl DA PERAK PERAK TURF CLUB AUGUST SEPTEMBER MEETING. 1968 FIRST DAY SATURDAY— "IST Al GI'ST. 1968. SECOND DAY —Si s ’AY isf SEPTEMBER, 1968. THIRD DAY —SATURDAY —ITH SEPTEMBER. 1968. FOURTH DAY —SUNDAY BTH SEPTEMBER. 1968. ADMISSION TO THE RACE COURSE BY BADGES ONLY. Usual $l.
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    • 88 14 Eastern Sun a umi »rr that con A LONC WAT [CLASSIFIED AUSI I ———l». -ll .1 .'■MWtMW i I Advertiser** Name. Address. Telephone No Number of Insertions.. Date(s) Requested Cost Tatars* ai ir.a/cknw/cnk Ca»H atari ts rettotoreC. Classified advertisements may be handed at the following addresses: KUALA UiMPUR: 39 JALAN
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  • 321 15 After showing the way they are beaten 3-2 IPOH, Mon. South Koreo joint holders of the Merdeka Cup edged fancied Singapore 3*2 in their tie here tonight. The Singapore-South Korea clash was marred bv rough play. Son Poe Ho of South Korea was sent off the
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  • 20 15 IPOH. Mon. West Australia beat Indonesia 5-4 in the late Merdeka tie played at Perak Stadium tonight.
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  • 49 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Burma registered a 3-0 win over Hong Kong to remain unbeaten in Group B at the Stadium Merdeka tonight. Though the Burmese won by a comfortable margin. it took them 44 minutes to break through the tight Hong Kong defence for their first goal.
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  • 321 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. e Max Stewart, one of Auso tralia's top drivers in the annual Tasman series is among the four early entries lor the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Batu Tiga Circuit here on Sept. 7 and 8. h Max Stewart who
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  • 57 15 SINGAPORE. Mon. -The Taiwan boys team whipped Singapore youths 86-59 in the Asian youth basketball championships played at Gay World stadium today. The Taiwan youths led 48at half-time. Trs the second match of the afternoon the Hong Kong police team beat Malaysia B(V*56. Hong Kong led 45-35
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  • 29 15 SINGAPORE. Mon—Singapore beat Malaysia 3 —2 in the women’s section of the Singapore Volleyball Association. International Invitation Championship, playec at the Bras Basah Road CPtPmunity centre tonight.
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  • 34 15 SEGAMAT. Mon. Foo Hwa Yen and Lee Ah Soon captured the men’s and women's section championship titles in the first table tennis championship of the Segamat Keng Chew Association youth section here.
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  • 265 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The first day of Selangor Rugby Union's trial at the Selangor Club padang today was an unimpressive affair none of the players displayed enough talent to make the grade for inclusion in for the Malaya Cup competition. The trial for once started
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  • 1847 15 SINGAPORE. Mon. Never has there been tuch a closely contested final-match in anv of the past Women s Amateur Open Golf Championship in Singapore than the duel between Mrs. Heather Harvev and Mrs. Jill Oliver here yesterday. It was on the very first hole that
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  • 750 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. India kept their hopes alive in Group B of the Merdeka football tournament when they edged South Vietnam 3-2 at the Stadium Merdeka here tonight. Sa'adatullah. a substitute for right-winger Ashok Chatterjee was the match winner when he booted home
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  • 152 15 SINGAPORE. Mon —The annual Singapore Rugby Union Pesta Sukan ‘Boyle Cup’ competition will be held at the padang on Aug. The following players will represent the Lions XV: Gan Boon Leong (Police) Ta y Boon Seng (Blacks), Koh Yew Tong (Blacks). Md. Taib (Police) Pang
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  • Sun Sport
    • 402 16 East lands best of the season figures LONDON, Mon. (Reuter and UPI). Batsmen found pitches a tricky proposition yesterday after recent heavy rain and it was the bowlers who took the honours in English County Cricket Championship matches. Slow left-arm Essex bowler Ray East took
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    • 1004 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. The following are weights for the Third Dav of the Singapore Turf Club’s August meeting on Saturday. HORSES CLASS 1 Die. 2 U Miles IS Yds. Lord Timothy 9.00 Major Issue 8.13 Prince Piper 8.10 Kebir 8.08 Plying Spark 808 Brigand 8.05 Prince Alcide 8.05
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    • 375 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Taiwanese girls and women teams pulled ofT a double in the Asian youth and Pesta Sukan basketball championships held at Gay World stadium last night. The opening match of the evening between Singapore and Taiwan girls was a thrilling affair. Taiwan led
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    • 72 16 BANGKOK. Mon. (Reuter) A four-member Thai youth badminton team will leave for Tokyo on Aug. 15 to contest the Fourth Asian Youth Badminton Championships from Aug. 18 to 25The players are Prachan Sumetpanii. Suthep Jicharoen. Chote Somsab and Bandhit Jaiyen. Nondh Chittat as team manager and Boontan
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    • 98 16 LAUNCESTON. (Tasmania). Mon. (Reuter) Test bowler Neil Hawke, currently touring England with the Austra -an team, has accepted a job as playercoach with the Northern Tasmania Cricket Association His decision means he will not be able to play Sheffield Shield Cricket for South Australia
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    • 138 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. The 72 holes Singapore Amateur Open Golf Championship from Thursday to Sunday will miss many of last year's big names. Up to yesterday afternoon. nothing has been heard from Silverlo as to whether he will defend the championship he won last
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    • 215 16 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs. Mr. Chan Chee Seng tonight opened the fourth annual championships of the Singapore Ten-Pin-Bowling Congress at Jackie's Bowl, Orchard. Speaking during the brief ceremony Mr. Chan noted that there had been definite positive
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    • 350 16 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) Britain’s Mike Hailwood yesterday won the “Evening News” challenge trophy in the international Hutchinson 100 motorcycle meeting at Brands Hatch and again proved he is the world's fastest man on two wheels. Riding a Japanese Honda, Hailwood
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    • 91 16 IPOH. Mon.—The soccer enthusiast, who collapsed and died at the Perak Stadium during the Merdeka. tournament between Indonesia and Japan last night was identified as Hoo Soo Phoey alias Poh Seng Chye. 57. He passed out at the terrace seats in the stadium. He
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 57 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 3.24 a.m. (7.7 ft.). 3.17 pm. (8.0 ft.). Port Swettenham: 8.31 am. (15.8 ft.), 8.31 p.m. (14.5 ft.). Port Dickson: 9.18 a.m. (9-3 ft.), 9.33 p.m. (8.0 ft.) Singapore: 1.26 a.m. (9.1 ft.), 2.05 p.m. (8.1 ft.). Sedili Kecbil: 12.12 a.m. (6.8 ft.). 12.52 p.m. (7
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