Eastern Sun, 10 November 1968

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  • 24 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE SUNDAY EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 819 Sunday, 10 November 1968. llf MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 130 1 Nixon Johnson meet soon KEY BISCAYNE. Florida, Sat. (Reuter) Pre-sident-elect Richard Nixon has decided that he must first consult President Johnson before seriously considering the problem of the Vietnam war, a senior Nixon adviser told Reuters here today. We’ve got to sit down and have a talk with Johnson.’’ the
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  • 86 1 MANILA. Sat. (UPI) A hapless Filipino dishwasher served one year and seven months in prison for an offence that carried an 11-day sentence because hla lawyer was determined to prove his Innocence. In the end. he failed. Melquides Empello was released yesterday on the order
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  • 125 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. said today Malaysia would not make a formal protest to the Philippines on her latest ‘provocation’ the buzzing of a Royal Malaysian Navy ship on Tuesday. “I do not think it is lecessary,” he told
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  • 103 1 MANILA. Sat. <AFP> President Ferdinand Marcos said on Friday a break in diplomatic relations between Malaysia and the Philippines would be Malaysia's responsibility. Speaking to newsmen in Rigan City. Southern Philippines. Marcos said he viewed “with grave concern" the reported Malaysian threat to ask for the withdrawal
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  • 28 1 Pull out soon-—Ramos MANILA. Sat. (AFP)— Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos said today the Philippines would pull out its Embassy staff in Kuala Lumpur “sooner or later.”
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  • 1087 1  -  116 militants held: White Paper on new form of Communist threat By Tai Sing Onn Kuala Lumpur, Sat. The Government today unwrapped evidence o£ a new form of threat which had cast a sinister shadow over the nation as it would take “the path of
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  • 119 1 JAKARTA. Sat 4 Reuter) The Indonesian Government has asked Parliament to annul a 13-year-old citizenship agreement between Indonesia and China. The agreement, signed in 1955, ratified by Parliament here in 1958. and put into effect in 1960, is scheduled to run until 1978. The
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  • Article, Illustration
    34 1 PRAGUE: Young Czech patriot burning a Soviet flag in Prague on the occasion of 51st anniversary of Russian Revolution (on Thursday) to protest against occupation of Czechoslovakia by Russian troops.' UPI pix.
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  • 565 1  -  by H.M.S. SUTAN SINGAPORE, Sot. The Republic has set up a new trading organisation to promote exports of domestic manufactures and produce to world markets. The organisation known as INTRACO Ltd., was incorporated on Nov. 5. It is hopea that, with the
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  • 33 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat— Mr. Cbee Wen* Kin who graduated today from the Technical College with a first class diploma in civil engineering was declared the best graduate of the year 1961*1968.
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  • 212 1 PRAGUE, Sat. (Reuter) A Government spokesman announced today that the vast majority of Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops due to withdraw under last month’s agreement between Moscow and Prague had alreadv left Czechoslovakia ahead of schedule. The official said 86 per cent of Warsaw
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  • 37 1 HONG KONG. Sat. (Reuter) A spectators stand collapsed tonight during a military tatto 0 at Sek Kong in the New Territories and a Government spokesman said “between 30 and 100 people” had been injured.
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  • NEWS
    • 145 2 The Parliamentary byelection for the Padang constituency in Kedah will be a straight fight between Enche Abdul Manaf bln Abdullah. 44, of the Alliance, and Enche Soffian bin Haji Abdul Aiii. 37. of the PanMalayan Islamic Party. The seat was left vacant bv the sudden
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    • 129 2 JAKARTA. Sat. (Reuter) Indonesia» Foreign Minister Adam Malik toda v appealed to Malaysia and the Philippines to solve their dispute over Sabah with common sense, perseverance and good neighbourly spirit. He was speaking to reporters outside his house following a meeting with Philippines Ambassador Modesto
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    • 303 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sot. Tbo Notionol Union of Plantation Workers today coifed on the Malayan Agricultural Producarf Association to provide an extra two days paid holidays so that the Malay workers in the planting industry would be able to
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    • 163 2 PENANG, sal Ten Lv bour Party members, including four women, were taken in by the Special Branch Pellce who carried out simultaneous raids In different parts of the island here early this morning. The Special Branch also raided the branches of the Labour Party from
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    • 192 2 MANILA, Sat. (Reuter) Philippine Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos today welcomed a reported proposal by Thailand to convene a meeting of Foreign Ministers of South-east Asian countries to disruss problems facing regional organisations in the area. He was commenting on a report that Thailand,
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    • 66 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat The »tnke by employees of the Federal Hotel has been called off. This follows a meeting between the hotel management and the National Union of Hotel. Ba r and Restaurant, Workers, at which it was agreed that the dispute be referred to the Industrial
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    • 182 2 SINGAPORE, Sat. Despite the tropical heat. Miss Violet Nancy Ng, 22, representing Trans World Airlines in the Seventh International Air Hostess Quest, looked very cool and poised, modelling TWA’s winter and summer uniform. Miss Ng and six others were selected from TWA’s 4.000 hostesses.
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    • 63 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Three punters who came all the way from Sitiawan to the races here today lost $3,000 and articles amounting to $175 before even stepping onto the race course. The three men were held up by four armed youths one with a pistol in their
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    • 106 2 Know your sea-shells? These are some of them from the Malaysian beaches which go to make up a very majestic picture of the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur. The shells of various types, shapes and sizes are glued to a roughly painted picture of the building, giving it the
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    • 524 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Government is raising a $2O million loan from the World Bank to build six vocational schools and five technical schools in the next few ye»n. Negotiations for the loan nad already reached the Anal stage, the Minister
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    • 119 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. Eight militant Labour Party members sere detained in a lightning pre-dawn raid on the party branch here today. They were Picked up from the newly opened branch a* Jalan Ngee Heng and held under the Internal Security Act Earlier about 30
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    • 144 2 S'pore believes in disciplined ruggedness Fong SINGAPORE. Sat. Mr. Fong Sip Chee. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, today warned that those who attempt to undermine the peace of the nation would be severely dealt with. According to him, Singapore believes in disciplined ruggedness and the Government will not
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 297 3 OINGAPORE, Sat. Singapore has decided to move to Article 8 status in the International Monetary Fund—making her a country obliged to maintain the convertability of its currency—with immediate affect. A Government statement today said the rules and regulations of the IMF allow members of
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    • 161 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. France will be training 10 Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) personnel as helicopter pilots and maintenance technicians. The 10 who have been selected for the training are expected to leave Singapore on Monday. They will be initially in Paris where they will undergo
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    • 121 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Minister for Social Affairs, Enche Othman bin Wok, with with a party including his Parliamentary Secretaries, Mr. Chan Chee Seng and Enche Buang bin Omar Junid. officials of his Ministry and well-wishers visited the Southern Islands this morning. The Minister distributed gifts of
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    • 349 3 Dr. Goh to open $50 m textile factory SINGAPORE, Sot. The Acting Prime Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, who is also the Minister for Finance, will officially open the $5O-mil-lion Singapore Textiles Industries Ltd. at the Jurong Industrial Complex on Nov. 29. Announcing this, the Managing Director of STI. Mr.
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    • 384 3 SINGAPORE, Sot. The Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, announced today that a National Cadet Corps will be formed next year which will comprise the existing Army, Police, Sea and Air Cadet Corps. Officers from the Ministry of Defence and Interior and from
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    • 93 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. It was a lucky escape for a chairman and managing director of a leading motor firm here, when five armed robbers who wanted to abduct him were fooled yesterday. When the five robbers all believed to be armed called at his
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    • 2068 4  -  by Dev Shridhar Kuala lumpur. Sat. Communist militancy in West Malaysia was now at a stage where all pretence to abide with formal compliance of constitutional requirements had been abandoned and activities by the Communist United Front
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    • Article, Illustration
      29 4 The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak, planting groundnuts at Kampong Gelong Gajah, Machang District. Kelantan on Thursday during a two-day visit of the State.
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    • 116 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat —A third secretary in the United States Embassy here. Mr. David Phillio Rehfuss. left for Washington today with his Chinese wife. Hedy Mr. Rehfuss. who married his Malaysian wife recently, has served with the Embassy for about three years. He will
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    • 73 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat— Thieves broke into a sundry shop at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman here yesterday morning and got away with $775 in cash, 5614 worth of shirts, briefs and swimming trunks and also other article? worth $5.19. The theft was discovered bv Mr. Lall Bhenumal.
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    • 178 4 KUALA LUMFUB, Sat. The Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, said today that the Government had bought a Mercedes Pullman limousine for V.I.P. use, especially during the visits of Heads of State. The Tunku was commenting on criticisms by a Party Gerakan leader, Dr. Tan
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    • 320 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. A released detainee and one time national chairman of the Labour Party, Mr. Koh Kay Cham, today told a press conference how he held a "secret meeting’’ with pro-Communist elements and “arranged” the election of candidates to the national
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    • 331 4 Better sales of pianos in S 'pore, Malaysia predicted SINGAPORE. Sat. The leader of Britain’s eightmember piano trade mission, Mr. Denzil Jacobs today predicted that sales of pianos in Malaysia and Singapore would increase by 30 per cent next year. This, he told newsmen, was because piano would be exported
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    • 37 4 MUAR. Sat The Malaysian Chinese Association youth section of Batu Pahat collected more than $18,299 from a one-night variety show held at Yong Peng ln aid of the Tengku Abdul Rahman College Fund.
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    • 49 4 BATU PAHAT. Sat.-The Batu Pahat Rotary Club and the Batu Pahat Road Safety Committee will jointly hold a two-day traffic game for schoolchildren here, starting from Nov. 19. The traffic game will be held daily at the Batu Pahat Stadium from 2 p m. to 5 p.m.
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    • 136 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat: Only five per cent passed the departmental examination for civilian clerks of the Ministry of Defence held early this year. The Deputy Secretary to the Ministry, Enche Abdul Ghani bin Mohamed Noor. said today that this was disappointing and hoped that at
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    • 401 4 SINGAPORE, Sot. The Ministry of Health is now conducting a top-level departmental inquiry on the Government take-over of the Singapore Family Planning Association. The departmental inqu ry is being conducted by the Director of Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and the Director of Audit. At
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    • 31 4 SEGAMAT. Sot.—About teachers and pupils of the Labis National-type Secondary School 20 miles south of here, will eo on a one-day educational tour of Nuai* Lumpur on Ndv. 22.
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    • 647 5 SINGAPORE, Sot. Tho Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pong Boon, has praised the Teachers' Training College for responding to current shifts in educational policy. Speaking at the graduation of more than 2,000 teachers at the TTC auditorium today, Mr. Ong said: “The
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    • 233 5  -  By PATRICIA CHAN SINGAPORE, Sat. Miss Leow Nyek Koon, 22, is o teacher who is always on the "go" at the Teachers' Training College and os o result she has earned herself a special award for her public spiritedness and services rendered
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    • 61 5 10 am. Chinese operatic and harmonica practice at National Theatre Club, Clemenceau Avenue. 2 p.m. Chinese drama playreading at National Theatre Club. Clemenceau Avenue. 5.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Performances by Singapore Infantry Regiment Band and People's Association Band at Botanic Gardens. The Police Band will perform at King
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    • 96 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. Blood donors calling at the Blood Transfusion Centre at the General Hospital. Outram Road, will have no more parking problems. As an added amenity for the convenience of blood donors, the BTS is now providing free doorstep parking facilities
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    • 175 5 SINGAPORE. Sat Mr. Chan Chee Seng. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs, will officially open the month-long New World Annual Trade Fair at the New World Amusement Park on Nov. 29. The proceeds of the opening day’s gate collection at the Fair will
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    • 91 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. During the first week of this month 554 prosecutions have been instituted against litterbugs. Disclosing this in a press statement today, the Ministry of Health said as from Nov. 1. "war” was declared against filth, against those anti-social elements who continued to contribute to filth
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • 520 6  -  By ANTON WILL-EVE BATTAMBANG, Cambodia, Sot. (Reuter) Battambang, capital of Combo* dia's western most province, has grown from a small farming town to a major tourist attraction and industrially developed area in a very short time. Head of State Prinea Norodom Sihanouk personally conducted
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 482 6 THE MAN FROM A IT.N.C.L.E. Act II —My alien BSSaS WPA& iHEN.ASATANK ISJtoLLB?OUT...| f SOME TERRIBLE SORT OF n~ Mil 1 HfcJ. L\k "9MH RAT THAT CAN MELT A TANK T >2571 IN AN INSTANT/ TRULY, WE /jfe t®l HAVE PROBLEMS, MR. SaO/ r -s. r’ V IK ANO AS
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  • 79 7 CAMBRIDGE, Mossachusetts, Sat. (Reuter) Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore will be a Fellow of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government for one month, beginning on Nov. 13, it was announced yesterday. Dean Don K.
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  • 231 7 CEOUL, Sat. (Reuter) A combined Army and Police force has killed seven guerillas during the past two days in an extensive search for about 30 North Korean guerillas who sneaked into South Korea last weekend, a military spokesman said today. This brought the num- her
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  • 91 7 JAKARTA. Sat. (Reuter) The Indonesian Army has killed a Communist leader in its jungle warfare against a Chinese-led Communist rebellion in West Borneo province, Indonesia’s Antara News Agency reported today The agency in a dispatch from Pontlanak, the West Borneo capital, said the leader, named a*
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  • 98 7 WASHINGTON. Sat. (Reuter) Singapore imported about U 5511.25 million of gold bullion from the United States in September. according to the U S. Commercial Department. Treasury officials said they presumed the shipment was monetary gold and merely meant Singapore had decided to
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  • PHOTO TIPS
    • 549 7 JF you own a cat, dog or other pet, you have a wonderful opportunity to test your skill with a camera in recording personality, and in building a fascinating photo record. Every animal is an individual with its own particular traits, habits, and expressions. The key
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 544 9 (SINGAPORE, sat. “it was like fetting out Of a Modei T and stepping into an air-cOnditloned Rolls Royce.” Captain Samuel Hudson Miller, who flew the first Boeing 707 across the Atlantic, recalls the transition from propeller airplanes to Jets. He was Chief Pllot-Atlan-tic
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    • 113 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI)— B‘ck scored impressive gains yesterday in active trading. The upturn came on the heels of a private survey showing that business spend'ng for new facilities will increase considerably next year. Also analysts said investors were hoping the new R.chard M. Nixon administration
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    • 90 9 DETROIT. Sat. (UPI) Passenger car production in the United States is continuing at a near-record pace this week, Ward's Automotive reports said yesterday. The Industry is trying to top the 218.000 mark in car production this week, the second highest schedule since the 1969
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    • 194 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The following ships are expected to be in port today: Gcdowns Vessels 1/2 Hemidonax 5 Arthur Cross B'9 Star Betelgeuse 10/11 Bencruachan 13/14 State Of Orissa IS Jesenice 19 Mansei Maru 2 1 '22 Rajah Brooke 23 24 Sangihe 25 Katong 26 Kimanis 27 28
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    • 129 9 BRITAIN'S ace motor driver Graham Hill prepares to test a car that will not be on show at the British Motor Show and will not be available to the man-in-the-street! This supoer streamline, futuristic car. known as the “Doppleganger”. has been built specially for a film of that name —a
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    • 214 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. A 11-member American consulting engineering mission which arrived here last night for a four-day visit during their tour of SouthEast Asia sponsored by the US Department of Commerce yesterday had an Insight of Malaysia development efforts and achievements when they
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    • 105 9 LONDON. Sat. (UPI) Britain's auto industry exported a record 69.964 cars in July worth nearly 30 million pounds ($72 mil'-ion) the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) latest statistical review showed. The value of exports of all automotive products in the month climbed to
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    • 145 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. BP Singapore Ltd has announced the appointment of Mr. Barry Chong Toh Chew- as Operations Superintendent. This is s new BP post in which Mr. Chong will be generally responsible for ensuring the distribution of BP products to customers in Singapore and ior
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    • 56 9 SINGAPORE Sat. The Association of Banks in Ma-laysia-Singapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Deutsche Marks $77.8000; Holland Guilders $84.7625; Eelgian Francs $6.1650; Danish Kroner $41.0125 and
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    • 29 9 NEW YORK. Sat. Closing Dow Jones averages: 30 Industrials 958 98 20 Rails 266.76 15 Utilities 133.56 65 Stocks 340.36 40 Bonds 76.13 Commodity Index 142.49
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    • 284 9 King 's Hotel offers shares SINGAPORE Sat King's Hotel Ltd. has offered 2.250,000 shares of SI each to Frasers Nominees Ltd. by private placement A copy of the prospectus was published in the newspapers on 26th October. 1963. Since the publication of the prospectus, the shares have been all taken
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The tin price today was $607 75 pe r picul, up $2.00.
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    • 84 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. Japan will be the first country in Asia to produce protein from petroleum sources A Japanese company. Kyowa Hakko Kogya Company of Japan has signed an agreement with BP. under which Kyowa Hakko will acquire rights for the use of BP
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    • 121 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI)— Gold prices rose in quiet trading yesterday on markets in New York and abroad. Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals Corp raised its selling price tor gold to licensed industrial users by 15 cents to $39.95 a troy ounce. The company said
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    • 116 9 *»im; work. Sat. The noon price*, at the Singapore Cninw Produce Exchange today are:— seller Boyer loonnut Oil (K<)H) Hulk Commit Oil 45.75 4R25 it t)R lirum Loo«c opra Mixed OH Muntok White Pepper iMlB.) f»« h X.l H. 127 SO Sarawak White ***** Prpper tl OB) saraw >k
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    • 53 9 Manager*' nice*) First Malayan 2.81 second Malayan 2 02 Third Malavan XD 1.21 The Commerce Industry 1 0(1 1.09 The taring V un«l 107 1.10 First liknnr XD 1.17 1 23* >econd H Kong .81 Malaysian Investment 80* Fund XD 1 15 1.23 Sterling C modify \D 5/7
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    • 38 9 NEW YORK, Sat. (UPI) Rubber futures: Nov 23.00 Jan 23.00 Mar 21.95 22.45 May 21.70 22.20 July 21.70 22 20 Sept 21.70 22.20 Nov 21.70 22.20 Locally. No. 1 RSS was 22J cents per pound.
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    • 358 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. A rather quiet week’* trading at first found the market turning easier, state Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Co. Ltd. In their weekly market review. The lifting of the ban on shipping between Indonesia and here by the Indonesian Government brought out some more
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  • CHURCH AT HOME
    • 429 10  -  By FRANCIS HO SINGAPORE, Sot. O The 90 per cent Asions and 10 per cent Western participants of the Asia-South Pacific Congress on Evangelism will usher in the fifth day of the Con* gross the Lord's Day tomorrow. Some 250 of the 1.100 participants will
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  • 267 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Annual Council of the Far Eastern Division of Seventh-day Adventists will be held from Tuesday to Nov. 24 at Samudra Beach Hotel, Indonesia. More than 100 delegates from everv country in East Asia are expected to attend the session, says Paul
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  • 547 10 “No generation has thrown more scientific light on man and the universe than ours, but in moral and spiritual matters the cultured world today gropes in drear darkness. Contemporary civilisation is in retroactive decline, like an unsure missile tumbling and yawning in space.
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  • 255 10 SINGAPORE, Sot. Mr. Bob DeVilbiss, re-cently-appointed Executive Director of Outreach Ministries in the United States and a Press observer at the current Asia-South Pacific Congress on Evangelism at Singapore Conference Hall here, today announced the formation of a news agency CINATEL. CINATEL Christian Internationa! News and Telecommunications
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  • 205 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. The International Baptist Church of Singapore, organised in January of 1967 after having existed as a chapel for two years, has outgrown the house that has been its home. Land has been bought on King's Road for a church building, and construction
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  • 101 10 LOURDES. France. Sat. (Reuter) A Conference of French Bishops decided here yesterday that contraception was always unnatural but not always a guilty act. A statement issued by the Conference, called to discuss the Pope's encyclical on birth control, said: “Contraception can never be a good thing It
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 564 10 religious ANNOUNCEMENTS LUTHERAN IUTHEBAN CHURCH Of OliH REDEEMER 80 Duke's Road. B'pore-10. 8.30 ft. id. English Service a,30 am. English Sunday School »30 a m. Mandarin Servlc* 10 45 am- Tamil Service JURONG CHRISTIAN CHURCH goo pm English /Mandarin Service OUEENSTOJVN^LITHBIUN Queenstown 8.30 a m English Sunday School q3O a
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  • with Platter Pete
    • 375 12 January 21 March 1 April-Jang May 1 JUNE 14 Jana 34 Juaa 2f Jane M/Jaly t July August 5 AUGUST f August 12 August 29 September/October October November December 196? FEBRUABX IT April June 1 June 25 JULY T August August IP September /November October It NOVEMBER
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    • 725 12 THRIVING along a State highway one day. Mason Williams felt the urge to do something different. So he took hold of a typewriter, threw it out of the car window and took pictures of the resultant wreckage. No apparent reason for that, just another example of the
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    • 298 12 I IKE... Holy l-Can't-Stand-lt! I'm just too excited to my anything much today. All I can tay is PLATTER PETE'S 1968 POP POLL is out today, so start your frantic voting, cats! Holy Too Much! Please address all hectic votes to Platter Pete, c/o Eastern Sun 23-B
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    • 263 12 NEW YORK Don Kirshner and RCA are teaming up again to launch a new group. The dual effort will be pegged on the Archies, a singing instrumental group formed for the upcoming animated “Archie” television series. RCA and Kirshner joined forces
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    • 95 12 Joe Cocker. 24-year-o!d singer from Sheffield. England, has displaced Mary Hopkin at the top of the British pop charts with a song composed by The Beatles “With A Little Help From My Friends.” This means that The Beatles have been connected with the top of the pops for
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    • 178 12 LONDON: 1. With A Little Help From My Friends—Joe Cocker 2. Good. Bad And The Ugly Hugo Montenegro 3. Only One Woman Marbles 4. Those Were The Days Mary Hopkin 5. Eloise Barry Rya 6. Light My Fire Jose Feliciciano 7. Little Arrows 8. This
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    • 275 12 LONDON. Several months ago. people began taking interest in a group called the Doors and. in particular, a song of theirs called “Light My Fire.” It was put out as a single, bat nothing happened. This week, however, a new version by the blind single-guitarist Jose
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 180 12 PLATTER PETE’S 1968 POP POLL VOTE NOW! YES, it’s time once again to cast your votes tor the stars you think are tops in 1968! And mind you, this is the only OFFICIAL Pop Poll held in Smgapo'o and Malaysia—and the respective winners WILL be officially considered the top stars
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  • HOLLYWOOD EVERYWHERE
    • 863 13 L By Sheilah Graham TJOLLYWOOD, Sat. (NANA) Mia Farrow Is In London to promote her “Secret Ceremorv” fi!m. She is living for the next few weeks in producer John Herman's house in Mayfair, while John who Is promoting the picture in this
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    • 406 13 npOMMY Steele who featured successfully in the great musical "Half A Six Pence" not too long ago is following it up with "The Happiest Millionaire It is through his eye's that we see the fantastic world of eccentric millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, played
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    • 220 13 LEE Van Cleef, who must have the fiercest face among the cowboy stars, is back in another actionpacked western—“Death Rides A Horse.” The fiim wiil, (as many previous ones starring Van Cieef) satisfy the action-hungry fans. Van Cleef plays Ryan, ore of the bard
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    • 318 13 V'EW YORK. Sat. Cinema Centre Films has acquired the distribution rights to the motion picture. “The Royal Hunt Of The Sun.” it has been announced by Gordon Stulberg. President. The film, which is based on Peter Shaffer's Internationally acclaimed
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    • 196 13 VINCE Edwards of TV’s Dr Ben Casey fame has taken a very different role on the screen as Charles Hood, a hard-hitting American secret agent. Although the new role is a more aggressive one. Dr. Casey has not exactly left behind the '•quiet'’ of the
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    • 101 13 ‘Impossible Years DAVID Niven's “Impossible Years.’’ is the Christmas attraction at the Radio City Music Hall. It also spells the end of Lola Albright's movie career Lola retiied after making the mrvie to run a restaurant in California. Eli Wallach joins the battalion who are playing Napoleon this season and
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  • Sun Sport
    • 249 14 SYDNEY. Sat. (UPI) Gary Player of South Africa today shot a seven-under-par 66 to take a three-shot lead after the third round of the Wills Masters Golf Classic at Manly. Playing in a characteristic black costume with white shoes and a white glove, he picked up
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    • 93 14 MONTEVIDEO. (Uruguay). Sat. tßeuter) Judges reversed a decision ordering the rerunning of a firs’ leg tandem final in the World Cycling Championship here last night and awarded the leg to Italy with a timing of 11 47 seconds. The reversal came following a counterclaim by
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    • 516 14 SINGAPORE. Sal Two great tries by B. Gascoigne enabled Singapore Civilians to chalk up their second victory in the H.M.S. Malaya Cup rugger series (South Zone) when they beat Commonwealth Brigade by 19 points (two goals, two penalties and a try) to 6 points (two
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    • 585 14 They score easy 23-9 win over Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A storming second half by Thailand in which their threes and forwards ran circles round a tired Malaysian side enabled Thailand to beat Malaysia by 23 points (four goals and a penalty) to nine points (two tries
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    • 227 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— The Selangor rugby league champions Selangor Club defeated the HQ Coy I Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment from Malacca by 18 points (two goals, try and penalty) to 11 (goal and two tries) in a curtain raiser to Malaysia-Thailand match
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    • 296 14 SEREMBAV Sat. Rugby die-hards who are watching the match between the touring Fijians and the Negri-Malacca Invitation XV may well spot four familiar faces. The four Fijians were in Malaya from 1953 to 1955 during the emergency when they featured prominently in the
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    • 136 14 MELBOURNE. Sat (Reuter) Open tennis will be played in four Australian State* this year, it was announced here yesterday. The Lawn Tennis Association Of Australia accepted financial terms for the appearance of leading professionals in tournaments in New South Wales. Queensland. Western
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    • 54 14 HONG KONG. Sat. (Reuter) The Singapore Combined Services hockey team now visiting Hong Kong maintained its undefeated record by beating the Funnellers 5-2 yesterday. The visitors led 3-1 at half-time Centre-forward M. Abdullah and inside-right Gavin Bailey scored two goals each while left-back Selverajah netted one
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    • 62 14 JAIPUR. Sat (Reuter! Top-seeded Rudy Hartono of Indonesia yesterday qualified for the men’s singles semifinals of the Rajasthan Badminton Championships He beat Malaysian P. Gunalan 15-9. 15-4 Other quarter-final results: Muljadi (Indonesia! beat Dinesh Khanna (India) 15-6. 15-3. Romen Gosh (India) beat Tan Yee Khan (Malaysia)
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    • 65 14 OXFORD (England!, Sat. (Reuter) —England beat Czechoslovakia 4-3 in an international table tennis match here last night. England were at one time leading 3-d and had to fight hard for their victory. Yugoslavia won the men’s team title, beating England 3-0 in the final.
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    • 348 14 SAN JUAN. (Puerto Rico), Sat (AFP) Tne draw gave India a slight advantage yesterday on the eve of the in-ter-zone finals of Davis Cup p av as veteran internationalist Ramanathan Krishnan was pitted against America's second player Clark Graebner in the first day’s
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    • 44 14 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) Results of English football league matches played last night were: DIVISION TWO Hull Citv 3 BUrv 0 DIVISION THREE Southport 1 Reading 1 Tranmere Rovers 3 Shrewsbury Town 1 DIVISION FOUR Newport County Q Port Vale 0
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    • 394 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. A total of 14 new records were set up during the Singapore Teachers Union annual athletic championships at Farrer Park today. In the completed events Safiuddin bln Othman set a new record of 40ft. 6J in. in the Class II triple
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    • 75 14 BUENOS AIRES. Sat. (AFP) British player Ann Haydon Jones qualified for the singles finals in the open tournament here last night when she beat Julie Heldman of America. Mrs. Jones now meets Nancy Richey of the United States in the decider. Mrs. Jones was not so
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    • 250 14 BRISBANE Bat. (Renter) Former Australian Test wicket-keeper Wally Grout died of a heart condition in the Holy Spirit Hospital here today. He was 41. He entered hospital two days ago with a slight heart complaint. Grout played in 5i Tests. He leaves a wife
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    • 68 14 NOTTINGHAM. (England), Sat. (Reutcrj Scottish soccer international Jim Baxter, Nottingham Forest’s most expensive player at 100.000 sterling. has been suspended f&r 14 days by the English First Division club for a breach of training rules. Baxter, who was dropped from the first team two weeks ago.
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    • 456 15 ROME, Sat. (UPI) A record field representing 44 nations tees off on Thursday in the 16th annual World Cup and International Trophy Matches at the Circle Golf Olgiota near Rome. The L’uited States team of Julius Boros and Lee Trevino is the pre-tour-ney
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    • 22 15 TONY MAW seen at the wheel of his Elfin 100 which he will drive at the Macao Grand Prix on Nov. 17.
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    • 190 15 SINGAPORE, Sat. Up and coming footballer Zakaria Ambu stands every chance of representing Singapore at the forthcoming King of Thailand’s soccer tournament. Zakariah has shown great potential and all the promise of emulating his brother, former State fotball star, Mahat Ambu, during practice sessions.
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    • 172 15 HONG KONG. Sat. (Reuter) The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union will shortly make an unofficial approach to Its New Zealand counterpart in the hope o' arranging a colony tour there this season, a spokesman for the Union said today. A Union Committee meeting
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    • 264 15 LAUREL. Maryland. Sat. (Reuter) Sir Ivor, tha Epsom Derby winner, yesterday drew the No. 6 starting gate for Monday's running of the Washington International race here. The Irish-trained colt is pre-race favourite at even money for the *150.000 (62.500 sterling) race. His
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    • 296 15 LAS VEGAS, (Nevada), Sat. (UPI) New Zealand's Denis Hulme. the leader in the Ca**adianAmertcan Challenge Cup series, yesterday grabbed the pole position for tomorrow’s Stardust Grand Prix by shattering teammate Bruce McLaren's qualifying record at the Stardust International Raceway. Hulme averaged *****6
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    • 1964 15  -  SELLERS, SUBIAN SCORE DOUBLES By WINDSOR LAD ITU ALA LUMPUR, Sot. Visiting Americon jockey John Sellers scored a splendid double on Bak s Pleasure and Solicitor here this afternoon. Bak’s Pleasure took the opening race finishing three parts of a length clear of Yes Dear 111
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    • 95 15 PENANG, Sat. Unseeded Indonesian player, Nursiah captured the 17th Penang Open Tennis Championships women’s singles crown and created an upset in the process when she beat topseeded Lies Juana at the Penang Sports CluP today. In the men’s singles. Suwito Wihardja caused another upset
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    • 98 15 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $51/816. 1st Prize No. *****5 $12,824 2nd Prize No. *****8 6,412 3rd Prize No. *****1 3,206 STARTERS: ($801 each) Nos. *****7 *****4 *****2 *****3 CONSOLATION: ($284 each) Nos. *****4 *****0 *****6 *****1 *****1 *****5 *****0 *****2 *****6 *****3 TIME AND TIDE Penang;: 2.17 am. (8.1 ft.),
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  • RACING COMMENTS
    • 1512 16  -  Extra distance suits him to the ground MW By ‘Windsor Lad’ COMMAND won so convincingly over seven furlongs lost Sunday that he should complete a double in the nine furlongs for class one division one (Race 7) ot Kuala Lumpur this afternoon. A four-year-old Summertime gelding, Castie
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    • 1435 16 Race 1: Horses Class Div. 3—6 Furs.—2.00 p.m. (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) 1. 800 Star Era liy 9.00 Sultan of Pahang E. Donnelly 8 a. 71# Will top 4y 900 T.W.T. Kongsi Allan Chiang 2 s. 815 Pica 4y 8.13 Arscott Stable Heddle 6 4. 997 Ninja
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    • 184 16 WINDSOR LAD ADELINE STAR BOY JIMMY LAD RACE 1 WILLTOP Spr II Triumplngton II PICA Spy n Orie WILLTOP Pica Casanova SPY II Willtop Trumpington III RACE 2 COWAN STREET Bintang Slngapura Samron's Pride LOTUS LAMP Teddie Manhattan II B. SINGAPCRA Cowan Street Lotus Lamp LOTUS LAMP Manhattan 11
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    • 33 16 Windsor Lad Cowan Street Mafoota Castle Command Adeline Lotus Lamp S. Gesture II Travel Court Star Boy Willtop Gigantor Layhimtat Jimmy Lad Spy II Summer Haze La> him tat
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    • 141 16 Marion Coakes. 21-year-old Hampshire farmer's daughter, guided her pony “Stroller" to a clear first round, one of only two clear rounds, then had only
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