Eastern Sun, 26 September 1968

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  • 24 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION -fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 775 Thursday, 26 September 1968. MC (P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 108 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A group of Indonesians in Sumatra have promised to raise a volunteer battalion of veterans to fight for Sabah, a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here told Bernama. The spokesman said: “The Malaysian consul In Medan, Enche Yusoff
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  • 784 1 MANILA, Wed. (UPI Reuter) JpHILIPPINE President Ferdinand E. Marcos called today on Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman to “remove the obstacles" on the way of a summit meeting on the Sabah dispute. Mr. Marcos said he hoped the Tunku would agree to sit
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  • 187 1 Kl ALA LUMPI'R, Wed. The report by the Commission of Inquiry into the Layang Layang train crash would be submitted to the Dewan Ra'ayat in November. The Minister of Transport. Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir, told newsmen after attending a briefing session at
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  • 328 1 KOTA KINABALU. Wed. The Filipino Customs officials stationed in Sabah under the recently abrogated anti-smuggling agreement have been told to leave the State on or before Oct. 1. They are Mr. Fernando Cerberes. chief of the Philippine Customs representatives stationed in Kota
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  • 51 1 More than 5.000 people attended the rally held at the Kota Kinabalu Town Pa«iang on Sept. 22 to demonstrate against the signing of the Sabah Annexation Bill by President Marcos of the Philippines. Picture shows some of the banners and placards carried by those attending the
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  • 556 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Minister for Sabah Affairs, Dato Ganie Gilong, said here today the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, should not meet President Marcos until the Sabah Annex- ation Bill is repealed. He told newsmen at Subang international airport before leaving for
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 533 2  -  4,000 TAKE PART IN ‘IKUTAN’ EXERCISE BY BEN D'CUNHA 17’UALA TRENGGANU, Wed. "Enemy forces" have occupied an airfield along the east coast 20 miles from here. A Malaysian battalion, rushed in to secure the airfield early this afternoon, were driven back after losing
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    • 307 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority is looking into the possibility of establishing a banana Industry with the aim of export. The Deputy Chairman of FAMA. Enche Abdul Aziz bin Mohamad Yassin, told Bemama today FAMA was having a
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    • 35 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Pakistan Foreign Secretary. Mr. S I’. Yusuf, who is the permanent head of the Foreign Office at Islamabad, will pay a four-day official visit to Malaysia beginning on Sunday.
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    • 304 2 PENANG. Wed The West Coast Inshore Fishermen’s Association today urged the Fisheries Department and the State Government to allocate more marine patrol boats to supervise trawler fishing here. A spokesman of the association. Mr. Toh Chee Kee. claimed more than
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    • 188 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The National Joint Council of Teachers, which has been hibernating for the past 14 months, today met to discuss problems confronting the teaching profession. The teachers* panel and the official panel met at the conference room of the Ministry of Education and the
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    • 62 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Malaysia has entered a documentary film on Malaysia's land development programmes for the Asian and African Film Festival from Oct 21 to 31. at Tashkent in the Soviet Union. The film Kesah Kampong Kita (The Affairs of Our Village) has a 40minute screening
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    • 125 2 The Vine di-Pertuan Agon; and the Raja Permaisuri Aeons on Sept. 11 attended a Berzikir “Doa Selamat" ceremony at the new State Mosque in Kuchins. The Governor and Toh Puan Haj.iah Masniah accompanied the Royal Couple. The $1 million State Mosque was opened by
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    • 258 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Special arrangements are being made by Television Malaysia to telecast the Olympic Games In Mexico City. The Director of TV Malaysia, Mr Ow Kheng Law, told Bemama today arrangements were being made with a leading television network, most probably the British
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    • 272 2 The Bidayuh community at Kampong Segu. at Penrissen Road. 21 miles from Kuching accorded the Yang di-Pertuan Agnng and the Raja Permaisuri Agong an enthusiastic welcome when the Royal couple visited the village on Monday morning. Accompanied by the Governor. Tun Ahang Haji Openc and
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    • 89 2 KAMPAR. Wed Unemployed youth* were today urged to make full use of land schemes for youths opened by the Perak State Government This call was made by the Assistant District Officer. Kampar, Enche Jaludin bin Haji Sulone when he opened a one-day
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    • 282 2 New EPF law KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Six to seven thousand people who have reached the age of 50 have applied for application forms to take out onethird of their credit in the Employees Provident Fund The amendment to the EPF Ordinance permitting the one-third
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    • 101 2 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. A Deepavah Saree Queen contest will be the highlight of a variety show to be held at the Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka here on Oct. 19. The variety show is organised by a local firm of publishers and entertainment promoters. Entries are invited
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    • 171 2 Grady Wilson Malaysia Campaign: Christian life and witness class at Trinity Methodist Church, .Talan 5/ 37. Petaling .lava. 7.30 pm. Teacher: The Rev. Har.k Beukema, a member of the Billy Graham Crusade team. National Art Gallery (Jalan Ampan§): 11th National Art exhibition 10 a.m to 6 p.m Peninsular
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    • 174 3 SINGAPORE, Wed.— A hawker, Koh Song Along. 29, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment by the High Court today when he was found guilty of a lesser charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Koh, who was originally charged with murder was found
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    • 79 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Malaysian Ambassador to the Philippines, Tan Sn Abdul Hamid Jumat, will return here tomorrow night, a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Bernama today. The spokesman said: “Tan Sri Hamid will leave Manila tomorrow and will arrive In Kuala Lumpur
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    • 654 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Thousands off movie ffans jammed the streets around Odeon Theatre here tonight to catch a glimpse off Asia's top Cantonese opera and screen actresses, Yam Kim Fei and Pak Suet Sin when they turned up for the premiere off their multi-million dollar
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    • 188 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. A paper on the Planning. Organisation and Conducting of Scout Adult Leader Training in Singapore will be presented at the Sixth Far East Regional Conference in Seoul. The paper will be presented on behalf of the Singapore Scout Training
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    • 180 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The 52 million civil suit reopened by Peini Lines against two local banks and four import firms entered its 13th day of hearing to- day. Today, the hearing was devoted to submissions by counsel and witnesses on the “relevant documents” which were being
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    • 219 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. LOST: three shoes of each pair. They belong to the British actor. Hywel Bennett. who is currently on a film location of Columbia's “The Virgin Soldiers” in Singapore. What a funny way of losing shoes! “It sounds like a joke alright, but
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    • 125 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Political Secretary to the Ministry of Education. Enche Ghazali Ismail will open a photographic exhibition at the Raffles Institution Hall on Monday. On display will be the accepted prints and winners of the recent Inter-School Photographic competition. The Dato (Dr.) Aw Cheng
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    • 144 3 SINGAPORE Wed. The Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore has organised a new 10-lecture course on "Education Sociology" which will commence on Oct. 4. The Assistant Lecturer. Mr. Lim Hoy Pick, of the Department of Extramural Studies will conduct the course. The
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    • 216 3 HONG KONG. Wed. China's official news agency today accused Britain and the United States ot helping Malaysia and Singapore expand their armed forces to suppress the people's struggle and serve their policies in Southeast Asia. Since Malaysia was formed in 1963. Premier
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    • 21 3 SINGAPORE Wed —There were 91 accidents, of which two were serious, in the Republic during the last 24 hours.
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    • 831 4 MARSHALL CLAIMS STATEMENTS INVALID By D«v Shridhor and Maureen Lee KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The validity of an order under the Internal Security Act and statements supporting it were for the first time in this country's history challenged in a court of law today. Mr. Karam Singh, a
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    • 128 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Central Ordnance Depot In Batu Cantonment will hold an Intercompany competition at the depot on Saturday at 8 a m. The wife of the Commanding Officer of the Central Ordnance Depot. Lt.-Colonel Tan Peng Huat will give away the prizes to
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    • 45 4 MALACCA. Wed. The Malacca Police warned today it is an offence to send football pool bets overseas. The OC Crimes, ASP Sarjeet Singh, said the postal authorities had uncovered 13 cases in the last fortnight and they were now being investigated.
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    • 445 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Very stiff penalties have been imposed on Colombo Plan scholarships and Federal training award holders who want to “buy” themselves out of government service. Under the new regulations. Colombo Plan scholarship holders will have to refund the
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    • 358 4  - Guru's recipe to solution of PIMalaysia impasse By LIM THOW BOON KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Use Transcendental Meditation to resolve the present impasse between Malaysia and the Philippines? This suggestion may sound bizarre to the layman, perhaps even meaningless. Not so to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, one-time spiritual guide of such
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    • 230 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MARA will launch an Educational Foundation aimed at helping the bumiputras to seek further education to be known as “Yayasan Pelajaran MARA”. The official launching ol the Foundation will be performed by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. on Nov. l
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    • 662 4  -  By Ben Variyan KLANG. Wed. —An Eng-lish-speaking witness who opted to give his evidence in the National language told the Sessions Court here of an unusual incident at the chlorine plant of the Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad on a day he
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    • 53 4 PEXANG. Wed. An Australian tourist. Mrs. Violet D. Threlfall. 70. was robbed of her pearl necklace, valued at Sl5O. wbile walk n- along Rone Walk yesterday. Mrs. Tbreifall was with her husband, when a youth came from behind and snatched away her necklace. The youth escaped in
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    • 216 4 KUALA SELANGOR. Wed Future teachers would be at least bi-llngual with Malay as a must, the Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed K h i r Joharl announced here today. He was speaking at the Speech Day at the Sultan Abdul Aziz School
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    • 396 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malayan Railway expects to achieve "general improvement" in the operations by 1971, including its financial position, the Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir, told a press conference here today. He however declined to say whether
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    • 84 10 SINGAPORE. Wed A fashion show entitled. “Fashions for Faraway Places” will be held In conjunction with the annual dance of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Ocean Park Hotel on Saturday. The show, sponsored by Japan Air Lines, will feature specially designed outfits for
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    • 43 10 SINGAPORE. Wed A group of 59 trainees of the Training Ship “Singapore” will receive their certificates on board the Training Ship on Saturday at 10 a.m. Mr K. A. Wallen of Paterson, Simons Co. (M) Ltd., will present the certificates.
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    • 58 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. —The Singapore Junior Safety First Council will hold the final of its second annual Chinese Safety First Oratorical contest and presentation of prizes to the winners of the poster and competitions at Cultural Centre on Friday at 2.30 p.m. Mr Chen Chin. Senior
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    • 42 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. —The Junior Chamber of Singapore will hold a social and dance called “Jaycee September Nite” at the Ocean Park Hotel on Sept 28. The “Jaycee September Nite” has been organised in aid of the Chamber's projects fund.
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    • 51 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Scout Association, Geylang district, will hold its annual Cub Scout campfire on Children’s Day at Haig Boys' School on October 2 at 730 p.m. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, Enche Sha’ari Tadm will open the ceremony of the
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    • 91 10 The British High Commissioner to Malaysia, Sir Michael Walker, yesterday. said farewell to Mr. Kok Kim Lian. who has been selected to go to Britain for two years as a Merdeka Scholar. Mr. Kok is due to leave Kuala Lumpur today (Sept. 26) to
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    • 169 10 WITH choppers to the left of them and cases to the right of them these members of the British Army’s 59 Field Squadron Royal Engineers, based in Singapore, start sorting themselves out on the deck of HMS Intrepid, one of the Royal Navy’s assault
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    • 214 10 SINGAPORE. Wed The public has been invited by the Registry of Vehicles to report vehicles emitting excessive smoke for relevant action to be taken. It reminded motorists that the penalty for the first ofTence was $4OO and one second and subsequent offences, a
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    • 48 10 SINGAPORE Wed —The Singapore Polytechnic Buddhist Society will hold a public religious forum on “Science and Religion” at the Singapore Polytechnic main lecture theatre on Saturday at 2 30 p.m. The Reverend Father Keane S.J.. Swami Siddhatmananda and Venerable Ananda Mangala will speak on the forum.
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    • 96 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr C. Kumaraslngam has been elected as President of the Executive Council of the Hill Grove Owners' and Residents’ Association. Other office bearers elected were: Mr Peter Leong (vice president); Mr. T. P. R. Nalr. (hon. general secretary). Mr. Hazara Singh (hon. assistant secretary). Mr. Low
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    • 78 10 SINGAPORE. Wed Ten Singaporeans will begin training as air defence operators at the RAF. Buklt Gombak on Monday. Wing Commander J. P. Banton. Officer Commanding Buklt Gombak will be on hand to receive the trainees and introduce them to their R.A.F. Instructors. The training facility is in
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    • 32 10 SINGAPORE Wed. The Ahmadiyyah Muslim Mission will hold a speech and dinner to commemorate pro phet Muhammad's birthday at 111 and 116 Onan Road on October 13 at 7.30 p.m.
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    • 651 12 Sabah: Only alternative is war— Pendatun Tt/T A N I L A, Wed. (Reuter UPI). A Filipino Muslim Congressman has said war is the only alternative to a peaceful settlement of the Philippine-Malaysian dispute on Sabah. Mr. Salipada K. Pendatun of the House of Representatives told a press conference last
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    • 188 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Selangor Police are looking for a suave con-man who goes by the name of Mr. Michael Chan and poses as the manager of an enterprise. He is wanted for interrogation in connection wi.th a report by a sales representative who was cheated
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    • 66 12 MUAR. Wed. The Muar UMNO Branch will hold tea-party at Its premises at Jalan Meriam here tomorrow at 3 p.m. for a twofold purpose: To commemorate the 11th year of Malaysia’s independence, and; To honour members who have been bestowed the PPM (Malaysia commemorative medals). The guest
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    • 76 12 PHILADELPHIA. Wed. (Reuter) Glass polisher Hermann Schmidt. 49. scribbled his will on his bedroom wall just before he died. “Genevieve: You take care of all belongings, this gives you authority. Love Hermann. he wrote leaving his fiancee. Genevieve Decker, a 42-year-old belly dancer, his U. 5.53.000 estate.
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    • 140 12 WHOOPEE! It’s a free and happy world for these youngsters undergrads from the University of Malaya. They have a good reason to be this gay thev would soon be putting away their heavy books for a while and would take to the catwalk for a breather. Daphne
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    • 253 12 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield said yesterday he hoped Malaysia and the Philippines would enter into direct negotiations or seek other “diplomatic means” to settle peacefully their dispute over Sabah. The Montana Democrat suggested that if bilateral negotiations or contacts
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    • 40 12 MALACCA. Wed. The display or exhibition of flags, banners, emblems or placards is now prohibited if it is likely to inci'.e a disturbance. The order is signed by t%e Chief Police Officer. Enche Hisham bin Haji Nawawi.
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    • 46 12 KUALA KUBU BAHRU. Wed. Mr. Moo Yin. 54. the kepala of the Seng Lee Tin Mine at Kerling was loading an engine on to a lorry when he slipped and was hit on the head yesterday. He died after admission to the hospital here.
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    • 46 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A postman was bitten on his right arm while delivering the mail yesterday morning. The postman. Enche Ismail bin Zakaria, 29. of the General Post Office here was on his round at Jalan Ceylon here when a dog Jumped on him.
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    • 28 12 IPOH. Wed. Thieves broke into Messrs. Keng Soon Finance Co. in Jalan Ali Pi’cnay here last night and got away with $2,900 and jewellery worth $9OO.
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    • 158 12 Medical service in E. Coast comparable to West -Dr. Ng KOTA BHARU. Wed. The Minister of Health. Dr. Ng Kam Poh, said the medical service here was the best in the East Coast and comparable to that in the West Coast. He said this to newsmen here this morning before
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    • 54 12 PENANG. Wed. The Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. will preside at the prize-giving day of St. Xavier’s Institution in the school hall at 5 p.m. on Oct. I 4. On the same night, he will i open the Universal Literacy Day, State level at the Town
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    • 207 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Two taxi drivers were held up by their passengers at knife point and robbed of $lB and a taxi last night. In the first case, a taxi driver, Lim Then Sang, was plying along Jalan Petaling here when he was
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    • 213 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Ikebana International KL Chapter will hold its sth annual meeting tomorrow at the American Embassy residence at 9 Jalan Langgak Golf, at 10 a.m. Mr. James D. Bell, the Ambassador’s wife, one of its members, has opened her home for the
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    • 60 12 BATU PAHAT. Wed. A rural progress show sponsored by the ministry of rural development, will be held at the Parit Su’.ong Local Council here on Saturday at 2.3(1 p m. Johore State Executive Assemblyman. Haji Ismail bin Haji Sa'adon. will open the show on behalf of the
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    • 71 12 ALOR STAR. Wed. —The Kedah Government Services beauty contest for 1968 will be held on Oet. 12 at the Foo Chow Hall here. Malaysia-Sineapore Airlines has agreed to offer a free return ticket from Penang to Bangkok for the winner. There are other attractive prizes.
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    • 33 12 ALOR STAR. Wed. The fifth meeting of the second session of the State Legislative Assembly will be held at the Balai Besar here on Oct. 5 at 10 a m.
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    • 34 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A motor cyclist. Cheong Kai Kwong. 24. died at the Assunta Hospital here yesterday. He was earlier involved ;n a collision with a van at Jalan 22, Petaling Java
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    • 173 12 Kl ALA LUMPUR, Wed. The National Press i Club of Malaysia will hold a special evening for mem- bers, their wives and friends at the South-east Asia Press Centre at Jalan Ampang on Wednesday, on Oct. 2. beginning at 7.30 p.m. Guests of honour
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    • 313 13 SINGAPORE, Wad.—The Singapore Government has further simplified and relaxed its travel formalities and restrictions in an effort to further promote tourism. It is implementing two of the major recommendations made at the recent Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) ad hoc committee meeting on tourism
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    • 149 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. An Investigation Into ways and means of improving trade with Singapore and Malaysia Is to be undertaken by two top officials from Britain’s National Export Council next month. A spokesman for the council said in London recently that the council felt that
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    • 49 13 SINGAPORE. Wed.— The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial will hold the Oandhl Centenary celebrations next year In the form of lectfares, entertainment for children, cultural films on Gandhi and scholarships for higher studies. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore. will be the patron of the celebrations.
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    • 125 13 1 pm. t pm. The Rotary Club of SingaporeWest weekly luncheon at Hoiiandsche (Dutch) Club, Camden Park off Adam Road. 5 p.m. 8.30 p m SATA free mass X-ray station at Koh Bek Llm Village Community Centre. Koh Sek Llm Road. 6 p.m. Opening of painting exhibition by
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    • 47 13 SINGAPORE. Wed.— The Singapore Musical Society in association with the German Embassy will present Rolf Scharre Pantomime at the Victoria Theatre on Oct. 17. at 8.45 p.m. Tickets at $6. $4. $3 and $2 will be available at Robinson's. CK. Tang’s and Cold Storage.
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    • 55 13 Singapore Minister of State, Enche Haji Ya'aroh who is on a three-month visit to Australia for discussions with Government representatives, called on the Governor-Gen-eral, Lord Casey, at Government House, Canberra, on Sept. 17. Left to right: The High Commissioner for Singapore. Mr. S. T. Stewart, the GovernorGeneral. Lord Casey, and
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    • 270 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. Singapore will be well represented at a top management conference to be held in Hongkong from Oct. 1 to Oct. 5. The conference on “Asia The Challenge to Management” will be attended by countries of the Indo-Pacific regions of Australia; China: Hong
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    • 275 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. RW. Smith, Manager of Minnesota (3M) Singapore Limited and its sister company In Malaysia, has announced a spectacular first in the copying industry copying machines that copy colour in colour. The machines will be shown for the first time at
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    • 119 13 SINGAPORE Wed. A 21-year-old youth was found dead after a gang clash involving between 10 to 15 you’hs at Eu Tong Seng Street last night. Police gave the name of the deceased as Wong Sah Ha of Jalan Merpati. The gang fight occurred at
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    • 51 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary, Mr. S.M. Yusof will arrive in Singapore for a two-day visit Sept. 27 to Sept. 29. During his stay here, he will call on the Foreign Minister. Mr. S. Rajaratnam. and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Enche Rahim
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    • 161 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. A driver. Ang Hee Foo. 41. was killed when he was trapped in the seat after his car skidded off the road, hit a lamppost and overturned, this morning. A British serviceman. M. Moore. 21, who was also in Ang’s car when
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    • 48 13 SINGAPORE Wed There will be an exhibition of paintings by leading local artists at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Sept 26 at 6 1 pm This exhibition, which is in aid of St Andrew's Mission Hospital, will be offlcialI ly opened by Mrs. Loke Yew.
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    • 106 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. The New Era Exposition will hold a special “Pioneer Night” on Sept. 27. Prizes donated by Hwee Seng and Company, valued at $4,000 will be given away to winners of the lucky draw from the admission tickets of that day. The first
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    • 73 13 SINGAPORE. Wed The Prime Minister of Singapore. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will Inaugurate the mammoth “Keep Singapore Clean” campaign to be launched on Oct. 1 at the Singapore Conference Hall. All management committees of community centres have finalised preparations for the occasion. The preparations Include the
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  • 448 8 FROM the Malaysian point of view the Sabah Annexation Act is a dishonest and provocative law. It is a provocative law because It Is intended to keep the Sabah claim hanging over the head of Malaysia like the Sword of Damocles. By so doing the Philippines can
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  • 334 8 rpo build a new port or to expand an existing X one is not the end of the matter. How the port is being run is very important to ships, exporters and importers. Last week some ships left Port Swettenham as they could not afford to wait in
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  • 593 8 STIFF BACKBONE From Sin Chew Jtt Pob THE following is an excerpt of the speech given by Dr. Toh Chin Chye. the Minister for Science and Technology, at the University of Singapore Science Society dinner recently: “The majority of our scientists, engineers, and technicians should be more
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  • 726 8  -  By Peter Moss IN 1970 there will be a second Hong Kong, some 2,000 miles north of the colony's present position. This will comprise the 34,000 square feet of site area which Hong Kong has reserved for its pavilion in Expo '7O, to be
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    • 269 8 HARDLY a day goes by without the workers of the lower income groups heaving a heavy sigh. Their common moan is the rising prices of things ranging from essential foodstuffs to other goods which have rocketted sky high. Their monthly take-home pay will be almost
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    • 237 8 ‘Bumiputra in Malaysia 11/TLL any of your learned readers let me have the definition of the term ‘Bumiputra in Malaysia'. Does the term Bumiputra’ Include all those Malaysians. who wpre born, bred and educated in Malaysia and owe their allegiance to His Majesty the Agong, even though they may be
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 367 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The latest concept In piling, introduced in Singapore by a Japanese construction company, is fast catching on. And what a relief it will be for those living next to building sites as the new revolutionary method is noiseless. And credit for
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    • 117 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. Luciano Bianco, Managing Director of Olivetti (Singapore) Ltd. is garlanded by Miss Peggy Wee. Personnel Manager of the company at a gala dinner and dance held at the Goodwood Hotel. More than 150 employees of the company in Singapore and Malaysia attended
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    • 217 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The following ships are expected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Katelysia 3/4 Mozambique 5 World Carrier 6 7 Lloyd Bakke 8 9 Hashihama Maru 10/11 Soudan 13 14 Krasnaia Presnia 15 16 Esquilino 18 Crna Gora 19 Congo Maru 21/22 Sea Express
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    • 88 9 SINGAPORE Wed. Mr. James W. Roberts, Kodak specialist in microfilming and business systems, from Rochester. New York, U.S.A. is due in Singapore on Sept. 29 for week's stay to meet executives of commercial. institutional and government organisations to discuss advanced microfilm systems for news
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    • 190 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Director of Britain’s Consumer Council, Miss Elizabeth Ackroyd, is to make a business and pleasure visit to Malaysia and other countries in East Asia next month. The main object of the trip, which is not an official one. will be
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    • 43 9 Manacerr mow First Malayan 8-7* Second Malayan 1-94 Third Malayan 1-24 Ihr Commrrc* Industry -99 108 Ihr "atln* Fund XD 108 1.17 First Hk./tir 107 1.12* Second H'konc .75 .79* Malatnan Inveetmeni Fund 1.20 130 Sterling (modify 5/11 Bans koai Cunaa)
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    • 133 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Btocks turned in another winning performance yesterday in heavy turnover. Strength stemmed largely from the Chase Manhattan Bank’s announcement of a i point cut in its prime rate to 6 per cent, a move initiated recently by some of the smaller
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    • 140 9 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Industrial stocks moved into a broad-fronted retreat yesterday with only a handful of leaders bucking the trend. Tobacco stocks like Bri-tish-American and Imperial Tobacco paced the runback following the end of cigarette retail price fixing in Britain. China stores specialising
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    • 129 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The noun price* »t me Singapore 1 hlnr-e Prndnee eTtrbaagr 10 0a» mre Bu> ei *♦11•* Coconut (III <F O H Bulk 4h .Ml Coconut on D O R Drum Coo-e i uprn Mi tea 4900 sept 2*50 Mum ok While Pepper fr O H l M.w
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    • 1046 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Conditions were again quieter on the Stock Exchange today with turnover still on small scale. There was little buying support in the industrial section with the same factor overhanging the market uncertainty regarding the Sabah issue. Industrial prices moved narrowly but
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    • 274 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE. Wed. October first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 55-3/8 cents per lb., down a quarter of a cent from previous close. The tone was very quiet. The market was slightly steadier at the opening and turnover
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    • 36 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Association of Banks in Malavsia-Stngapore today made the following changes in its merchants: Selling T.T. O.D. ready were: Swiss Francs 139-1/8; French Francs 161; Italian Lire ***** and Japanese Yen *****.
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE. Wed The tin price for today was $567 per picul, up $l.
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    • 554 9 SINGAPORE Stock Exchange sold and other prices officially listed at tho close of business INDUSTRIALS Aetna 2.14 2.18 Ben A- Co 2.75 Borneo Rhd ...i.. 1.85 1 86 Bou«tead 1.78 1*0 C. "USar 4 14 4 16 Chemical Co 1.72 1 7J Cold Morale 4 60 Dunlop \D
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 749 9 j Air Movements I FLY THE BIG BOEING 707 s OF MSA TO HONGKONG, TAIPEI, TOKYO, MANILA, DJAKARTA PERTH, SYDNEY. Contact your travel agent /Jji or ring ***** for reservations. m ARRIVALS DEPARTURES SINGAPORE 6 30 pm. 4.25 pm. 6.45 p m. 9.25 p.m. 10 25 a m. 00<i a.m.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1324 10 CHANNEL S KUALA Ll.HttK 'H Palau Pining; 6 Ipoh and La; 3 A 10 Johore Bahru, aiping; 3 Bata Pahat; 9 n* I. 543 Opening Annct. Pi eg Summary 550 News Outlines in the National Language; 555 National Songs: 6.00 News in Tamil; 6.10 Beatles Cartoon •"The Beatles 6.35 Sheena
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL $5 ESSAY] WINNERS
    • 218 11 WITH o bottle of aerated water which I brought along with me, I went up a mountain top to hare a full view of the people on the beach. The sea stretched far and wide. Birds flew swiftly in the sky.
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    • 121 11 PEOPLE have likes and dislikes. The things that a person dislikes may appear horrible to him but the things he likes would be appreciated by him. The thing I like most ts decorations and arts. I like to beautify and decorate my house and I
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    • 175 11 ROBBERIES take place often at different parts in the world. Among the valuable things the robbers would take are jewels. radios. television sets, watches and money. Recently, I saw two suspicious persons entering a huge mansion by means of Climbing into the chimney. One
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    • 256 11 ANYONE who steps In this tiny island of Singapore today, will certainly be surprised to see that the Island has progressed tremendously. The Singapore River is entirely dif lerent from what It was. The great and rapid change of the outlook of the river Is evidence of
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    • 204 11 THERE was a loud noil* and then all was quiet. The night was beautiful with stars twinkling around. The moon was bright. I was excited and I could feel my heart beating. It was beating faster as the sight of the moon came nearer. At
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    • 260 11 TWO weeks ago, I went to Tanjong Pagar Railway Station to welcome my uncle who was coming from Penang. I went on a Saturday morning and reached the station at nine o’clock. On arrival, i walked round the place since it was still early.
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    • 248 11 pi school I learn 10 subjects like English, Chinese, Literature, Mathematics, National Language etc. Out of these subjects, I like eight of them. But the one I like most is Mathematics. There are many reasons why this is my favourite subject. This word "Mathematics” comes from a
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    • 158 11 EVERYBODY knows what education is except those who do not go to school. Education plays an important part in our life and nobody will employ an uneducated person. To have a good education we must study hard. Our parents have worked hard in order to educate
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    • 236 11 I AM a bus. I was manufactured in Japan in a town called Osaka. I was later sent to a factory in Singapore to be sold. In the factory. I was painted in green and silver. I also had a red stripe across my body.
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    • 195 11 I HAVE met people before and among, them, there Is one person I admire very much. She is a teacher in my school ana sne lives in Ipoh. Every afternoon, she comes to school by bus. She is unmarried and has two younger sisters. She
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    • 142 11 ONE of my classmates whose nickname is "HeavyWeight Carrier” is a mascular boy with broad shoulders and dark skin. He is a very peculiar boy. In class, he is intelligent but he is sometimes very foolish. He is also a "Romeo” and his hobby is
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    • 170 11 DURING the second term holidays, I followed my father on a business trip to Penang. We started our journey about eight o’clock. We took a small suitcase and went by car. Soon we were out of the busy town and the silent countryside was all around
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    • 305 11 IT was the death of my grandfather, I was then ten years old. As his granddaughters. my sister and I had to attend his funeral. Before he was buried, we took a last look at him. Eventually his coffin was placed into the grave. When the funeral
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 184 11 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And what better way to
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 133 12 TODAY and YOU... I Thursday, September 26, 1968. L ARIES MAR. 22 APR. 20 l* 3-14-21 S/23-42-43 TAURUS APR. 21 MAY 21 Q) 2- 6-37-41 GEMINI MAY 22 JUNE 22 w l CANCER JUN E23 ft JULY 23 11-22-28-43 56-62-68 ieo S 3 JULY 24 AUG. 23 B-^'74-78-84-89 VIRGO AUG.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 229 13 SHAW# Ox>gßni««tften 53E23D I D O Ph NOW SHOWING* II a.®.. 1.45. 4.M. 6 Ut 9 15 p.m Cushinc. Wanda Vent ha® The BLOOD RF AST TFRROR Color NEXT CHANGE' Yvaa Montand. Candice Bergen Annie Glrardot -LIVE FOB LIFE’* Color <UA) t-Theatre Midnight Saturday at CAPITOL LIDO HEX SKY Shaw
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    • 123 13 2001: A Space Odyssey —*3rd CONTROVERSIAL WEEK! ORCHARD "Aiyah cannot understand, man"’ ....Clerk “Confusing. but I suppoae it mean* something” Lady Secretary “A fantastic show. I will »ee It a fain:" Poly student "Don t miM it!" Arthur Richards Sunday Times "A Pour Star Productton an exhilaratinf experience no one
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    • 475 13 I^iSfA’PfelLU OPENS TODAY! 11 am.. 1.30. 00. SO A 8 SO p.m. Dean Martin Stella Stoven* HOW TO SAVE A MAIRIAGE AM) HI IN YOl'R LIFE’’ P’Vision. Color i.A Columbia Picture I ORCHARD 321 <>l 3rd week: Dally 3 Shows 1.30. S.IS A *3O p m tOOl” Start*: 1.30. 3.35
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  • SCIENCE and the MAN Weekly features on Wednesdays
    • 140 14 COPENHAGEN. Wed. (UPI) Marine experts from around the world will meet here next month to exchange ideas on how to put science to work for the fisherman. The gathering will be the 56th assembly of the Inter- national Council for the Exploration of the Sea which
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    • 63 14 NAPLE. Italy. Wed. (UPI)— An Italian scientist has suggested setting up a new science, “Medimathics" or mathematics applied to medicine. Prof. Aldo Masturzo told the fifth international congress of cibernetic medicine the new science should use both traditional and •‘new” mathematics and develop new mathematic theories of its own.
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    • 1033 14 A Statement by the Board on Medicine, U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Progress in medicine depends largely on the cautious extension to man of a body of carefully integrated knowledge derived from programmes of basic and developmental research In laboratory. Extension to man is itself
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    • 1550 14 FEW medical events have attracted as much public attention as human -to human heart transplantation which began in December 1967. Along with the publicity, this new form of surgery has also drawn in its wake much misunderstanding about its purposes, present status and its potentialities.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 243 14 Eastern Sun Classified advertisement can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building. Singapore. S.S. MUBARUK Brother*. 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. 1419.
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    • 192 14 TENDERS PEMBERITAHU TAWARAN J.K.R.. SELANGOR TAWARAN daripada pemborong2 yang berdaftar diJ.K.R. Kelas E Kepala VI dan ka-atas akan di-terima di-Pe-jabat Jurutera Negeri. J.K.R., Selangor, Kuala Lumpur hingga jam pukul 3AO petang pada Bhb Oktober 1968 untok:Membekal dan menghantar Pasir Penapis ka J.K.R. Selangor untok tahun 1968/1969. PEMBORONG2 DI-MINT A MEMBER
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  • 1528 15 HORSES CLASS 1, DIV. 1-g FURS. 422 Greenstone 11 5y 9 00 Sabra Stable E. Van B kelen 192 Hokoru 8v 8 08 Chukeli stable 651 Gigsntor 3y 8 06 PU Stable R. Van B'kelen *85 Rovsl Meadow Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
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  • 608 15  -  HE SHOULD GIVE A GOOD SHOWING IN THE GOLD CUP By Windsor Lad SINGAPORE, Wed. Glorious Destiny has made tremendous headway since his fourth to Travel Court over 6f at Ipoh in July and can be a bright prospect in the $50,000 Singapore Gold Cup
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  • 74 15 RAZALI, a civilian staff of the central workshop In Batu Cantonment receiving a medal from Colonel Zain Mahmud Hashim, Commandant of the Kuala Lumpur Garrison. He won the six-mile cross-country competition organised bv the school of Malaysian Ordnance Unit. Batu Cantonment, over the weekend at the Tempter Park area. 13
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  • 453 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Commonwealth Forces North were outgunned by the Malaysian Forces by three tries and two penalties (15 points) to a try (3 points) in a Malaya Cup rugger match at the Armed Forces Stadium here this evening. It was the
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  • 135 15 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) —M.C.C. announced today that they will tour India and Pakistan this winter in place of the cancelled South African cricket tour. The announcement follow* yesterday's decision by the M.C.C. to drop the South African tour in view of South Africa’s objection
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  • 106 15 KAMPAR Wed. A rare treat for soccer fans here will be the friendly between the newly revived Perak Women’s Soccer XI and a Kampar Veteran's side on the town padang here o n Sunday commencing at 6.10 p.m. Earlier, at 5.10 p.m. Kampar District wi'l
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  • 63 15 SEREMBAN Wed Negri Malays entered the Hose Cup soccer ftnsl when they beat Rangers 3-0 in a replay match. Both teams drew 3-3 in their earlier enrounter. Malays scored their goals in the first half through right-winger Isr.ail Ibrahim, inside-right Rahman Ali and
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  • 187 15 SINGAPORE. Wed. The qualifying rounds for the International Masters bowling tournament enters its final week at Jackie's Bowl Orchard and Katong. At Orchard, six instead of the usual three, will be selected this week for the centre finals to be held at both
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  • 288 15 SINGAPORE, Med. The Singapore Business Houses Football Association will field a star-studded squad against the F.A. of Penang in the annual “Feith Cup” charity soccer match to be played at Jaian Besar stadium on Saturday kick-off (7.30 p.m.) The Singapore Business
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  • 405 15 NEW YORK. Wed. (AFP) American Negro Olympic athletes have signed a petition demanding the resignation of International Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage “before it is too late". The petition says: “His removal is long overdue and is now a necessity before a progressive overhaul
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  • 123 15 PENANG, Wed. The 80.A.C. sponsored Hash House Harrier won the island relay race beating the Penang Sport* Club over a distance of 43 miles. The winning team covered the route in four hours and 20 minutes. Both sides were neck to neck until Just before
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  • 49 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Selangor Club pipped the Mark Wilkinson’s Invitation XV 13-12 in a rugger match at the club padang today. It was a farewell match for Mark Wilkinson —a veteran ruggerite who is going back to United Kingdom after 4-1/2 years ig Malaysia.
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  • Sun Sport
    • 482 16 MCC officially cancel it after meeting LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) MCC yesterday officially cancelled their scheduled cricket tour of South Africa after a meeting of the full MCC Committee at Lord's here. The decision was taken after talks yesterday with Mr. Arthnr Coy and Mr. Jack Cheetham,
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    • 334 16 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Member of Parliament for Tiong Bahru, Mr. Chng Jit Koon, said the active Toie played by the various Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries as presidents of numerous sports associations was indicative of the Government’s keen interest and concern in the
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    • 179 16 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) Japan yesterday won the men’s Asian Table Tennis Championships, beating Indonesia 5-0. The victory came at the end of a run of victories for Japanese players who also won the men and women’s junior team events without losing a game. The
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    • 224 16 MEXICO CITY. Wed. (Reuter) Malaysia's Olympic hockey team had settled down well in their village here and were all cheerful, hockey manager Dr. Azii Durairatnam told Reuter. “In another week we will go all out on our training programme.” he said. The team has gradually increased
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 53 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 2.26 a.m. (8.9 ft.), 2.49 p.m. (7.8 ft). Port Swettenham: 7.48 a.m. (16.5 ft.). 8.02 p.m. (15.2 ft.). Port Dickson: 8.45 am. (10.0 ft.). 8.57 pm. (8.3 ft.). Singapore: 12.56 a.m. (9.4 ft.), 12.49 p.m. (94 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 11.19 am. (7.2 ft.). Kuan tan: 10.58
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