Eastern Sun, 4 June 1969

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  • 21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 1017 Wednesday. 4 June 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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  • 689 1 OFFENSIVE WEAPONS THE Singapore Police lost night warned the public not to carry offensive weapons as it is a serious offence which carries a maximum punishment of two years imprisonment in addition to whipping. Two more persons were killed during the incidents in Singapore
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  • 98 1 LONDON, Tues. (Renter) A London bank is anxious to trace an employee who suddenly left their employ after paying himself a £7,000 loan. Rex Ingram, a cheery 52-year-old teller, went out for a lunch break with a shoe box clasped under his arm. When he
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  • 113 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) —President Nixon left today on the first leg of a crosscountry tour that will culminate in his meeting with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu on Midway Island next Sunday. Before leaving, he held a 90minute joint meeting of the cabinet
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  • 168 1 The five-nation defence talks will be held in Canberra on June 19 and 20. The Australian External Affairs Minister, Mr. Gordon Freeth said this at the airport last night when he arrived here for an overnight stopover on his wav to Manila to meet President Marcos.
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  • 118 1 NEW ORLEANS, Tues. (Reuter) District Attorney Jim Garrison today had a perjury charge filed against him by a convicted perjurer who was a key figure in the John F. Kennedy aasaaaination conspiracy trial. In his affidavit lawyer Dean Andrews charged that Mr. Garrison lied while be was
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  • 241 1 CANBERRA. Tues. (Reuter) Australia has agreed to provide military equipment recently requested bv the Malaysian government, Prime Minister John Gorton announced today. A statement issued by Mr. Gorton said the supplies sought by Malaysia were of a type already being provided under the existing Australia-Malavsia
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  • 185 1  -  By R. V. LINGAM THE British Fleet Public Relations Officer, Mr. D. McDine, said last night that all is ready at the Naval Base here to receive and repair the Australian Aircraft Carrier Melbourne which is expected to limp into Singapore on Thursday this week. A
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  • 57 1 BONN. Tues. (Reuter) Leaders of the two West German coalition parties today advised the government to close its embassy In Phnom Penh in retaliation against Cambodia's recognition of Communist East Germany The Christian Democratic and Social Democratic leaders made their recommendations after a ten-hour overnight session under
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  • 103 1 NORTHAMPTON, England, Tues. (Renter) A U.S. jet fighter collided with its own fuel tank in a freak midair accident last night that started a fullscale emergency alert. The pilot of the U.S.A.F. supersonic Phantom jet mistakenly radioed that he had hit a light aircraft In flight over the
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  • 52 1 THE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew last night gave a dinner in honour of the visiting Leader of the Opposition. South Australia, Mr. Donald Dunston. Mr. Dunston is in Singapore on a familiarisation visit. Picture shows (from left): The Japanese Ambassador in Singapore, Mr. K. Toshida; Mr. Dunston and
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  • 553 1 Sea to Games Drama MANILA, Tues. (Reuter) The Seato naval exercise in the South China Sea has been cancelled following the collision between American destroyer Frank E. Evans and Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, the Seato headquarters here announced today. Meanwhile there were
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  • 138 1 'SENSITIVE AREAS' KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Rumour mongering continues to be rampant causing an uneasy atmosphere and a renewal of tension ir certain sensitive areas, the information control centre here reported this morning. It said that except for a case of arson in Selangor in which three houses were
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  • 79 1 PARIS. Tues. (Reuter) France's gold and convertible currency reserves fell by 680 million francs (about £57 million sterling) last month, the Finance Ministry announced today. This reduced the value of the country's monetary reserves holdings to 17,951 million francs (about £1.500 million sterling). The May loss
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  • 34 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPD Warren Earl Burger won approval of the Senate Judiciary committee to become the next Chief Justice of the United States. The nomination was recommended unanimously to the full Senate.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 480 2  - Social impact On People In Flats —Hassan By Helen Tan ONE important role of Singapore's public housing was the desegregation of ethnic enclaves since conditions for obtaining public housing flats were based on citiienship, income and size of family. This was put forth by Riaz Hassan in a paper on
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  • 37 2 ALL blood donors during June will be eligible to participate In the Red Cross Lucky Donor Draw. There will be 75 valuable watches for the lucky donors to be presented at the end of June.
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  • 272 2 DISTURBANCES THREE more youths and three men were charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday, in connection with the current disturbances. They were caught with offensive weapons in their possession. They were all remanded on an application by the prosecutor, Acting Chief Inspector, Chia Cheng
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  • 83 2 AN All Singapore furniture and Dresa Design Competition will be held by the People'* Association on Sunday, Aug. 17. The contest which 1$ divided into three sections for the public (professional and amateur), schools and eommunitv centres will cover extensive fields. Prizes will be awarded to the
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  • 166 2 THE Head of the Urban Renewal Tnlt. Housing and Development Board, Mr. Alan Choe Fook Cheong, left for Germany recently on a two-week information tour at the invitation of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. Mr. Choe was accompanied by Mr. Alois
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  • 169 2 THE Minister for Finance. Dr. Gob Keng Swee has been ssked to ascertain now many officers of the Tourist Promotion Board have resigned from service. This Is Incorporated in a written question submitted by the Member of Parliament for Thomson. Mr. Ang Nam Plau. for an
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  • 139 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Five other applications for petroleum drilling, off the East Coast of West Malaysia, are being considered, the Minister of Lands and Mines. Enche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba. said today. He added that the Ministry hoped to finalise the applications as quickly
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  • 116 2 MORE and more, Malaysians and Singaporeans are visiting India, declared Mr. Vijaya Kumar, Acting Director of the Government of India's Tourist Office. In Tokyo. Last year 10.000 Singaporeans and Malaysians visited India, he said. Mr. Kumar who l« on a promotion trip to South-east Asia to
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  • 81 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Yang dl-Pertuan Agong today conferred the Kesatrla Mangku Negara (KMN) award on two Australian Service Officers who were formerly seconded to Malaysia. The awards "In appreciation of their services to Malaysia" were presented to Commander C. H. Stewart of the Royal Australian
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  • 173 2 Pornography THE Managing Director of the ABC Press Limited Tu Hing Ron, was today sentenced to three months jail in the Seventh Magistrate's Court for producing obscene books and photographs for circulation On Jan. 28. a party of police officers from the Antlvlce Section of the
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  • 100 2 THERE were a total of 25 Uve-blrths io Singapore in 1967 where the mothers were under 15 years of age. The youngest mother was ten years of age. One girl was reported to have delivered a total of four babies between the age of 10
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  • 133 2 Mr. Pierre Balmain. the internationally famous Parisian fashion designer, is returning to Singapore. He was here a couple of Tears ago to specially design new uniforms for Malaysia-Singapore Airlines' stewardesses and bad no chance to show off his much-talked-about fashions This time he returns with a
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  • 180 2 LANCE-CORPORAL, Lim Peng Koon, who had been on 24-hour stand-by duty, collapsed in the witness-box today while giving evidence in the Fourth Criminal District Court. It was an accident case. The District Judge, Enche 6yed Alwi bin Syed ALsree, adjourned hearing for about ten
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  • 38 2 THE Indian High Commissioner. Mr. Prem Bhatia will speak on "Mahatma Gandhi" at today's weeklv luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Singapore The meeting will be held at Coleman Room. Adelphi Hotel
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  • 52 2 A TAXI-DRIVER, Chia Thew Hwa, was granted a divorce in the High Court yesterday on the grounds of his wife's desertion. Chia told Mr. Justice Chua that his wife. Pang Lee Sia, left him In August 1960 when he scolded her for not taking care of
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  • 54 2 A SOCIETY has been formed in Singapore to raise the standard of Chinese second language teaching in schools. The secretary of the Singapore Chinese Second Language Teachers' Society. Mr. Bang Soon Wan. said those who wish to make inquiries of the society should write to him at 569-A
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  • 128 2 A FACTORY worker who was driven out of her matrimonial home bv her husband and mother-in-law was granted a divorce by Mr. Justice Chua In the High Court today. The factory worker. Madam Chan Tee. told Mr. Justice Chua that her husband and mother-in-law threatened to beat her
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  • 41 2 MILITARY personnel will be conducting internal security exercise at Bender Road/Commonwealth Crescent/Kay Siang Road/Bukit Timah Road /Lim Liak Street from 3 pra. on June 5 to 7 a.m. on June 6. The public are advised not to be alarmed.
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  • 230 3 THE PIASTRE SAIGON, Tues. (Reuter) A behind-the-scenes row between top American and South Vietnamese officials over steps to curb soaring inflation here has suddenly burst into the open. The U.S. won the first round by withholding US$4O million aid until the government agreed to new anti-inflationary measures,
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  • 104 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter* Senator Russell B. Long and his wife Katherine were divorced today in Reno, Nevada, his office here disclosed. They had been married 29 years. Louisiana Democrat did not contest the divorce, which was granted on the grounds of incompatibility, his office said.
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  • 475 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) The U.S. Army admitted today that it sometimes shipped containers of germ warfare agents aboard commercial airliners. But, it said in a statement, such shipment were made only occasionally and under strict conditions to guard against leakage and contami- nation.
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  • 115 3 WASHINGTON. Tues (UPI)— A special presidential panel today recommended the resumption of oil production and drilling operationa off the California coast where a massive leakage polluted miles of beaches early this year. The commission, 6et up by President Nixon to investigate the oil leak at the
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  • 68 3 HONG KONG. Tues. (Router) Lord Shepherd, visiting British Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, said today be supported in principle the idea of greater participation by the people of Hong Kong in government. There Is a demand among leading citizens, especially UTban
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  • 186 3 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller returned last night from a 4rsordered-studded official tour of Latin America saying he had expected trouble. He Hew straight from Port of Spain c Trinidad to New York. He was to have flown to Caracas. but
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  • 89 3 SACRAMENTO, California. Tues. (Reuter) Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he had ordered the withdrawal from Berkeley of National Guardsmen sent to quell violent disorders there 18 days ago. In a statement, the governor praised both guardsmen and California Highway Patrolmen for "the remarkable restraint they displayed in the
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  • 44 3 WASHINGTON, Tues (ATP) —President Nixon has accepted the resignation of Benjamin Oehlert, ambassador to Pakistan. Mr. Oehlert took up his post in August 1967. The date of his departure has still to be fixed, a« does the appointment of an eventual successor.
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  • 28 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) —The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission reported today it picked up signals indicating the Soviet Union conducted a low yield nuclear test oa Saturday.
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  • 521 5 IT'S STILL WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) President Nixon was unofficially reported this morning to have decided that nuclear weapons should be removed from U.S. military bases on Okinawa whenever the island is returned to Japanese jurisdiction. The President is believed by well-placed informants to have reached such
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  • 102 5 TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) Space communication service between Japan and the U.S. Via the F4 communication satellite was opened today. Tne satellite, one of the Intelsat 111 series, was launched over the Pacific May 22. The F3 satellite, which had been used for the trans-Paci-fic communication service,
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  • 73 5 HYDERABAD. India, Tues (UPI) —Government troops in yesterday to Tflpcivil authorities restore order to the twin cities of Hvderabad and Secunderbad h;t bv violent riots. Tne Andhra Pradesh State Chief Secretary announced the Army was called in after clashes between police and separatists which left two
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  • 227 5 NEW DELHI. Tues. (UPI) India will shortly begin manufacturing under license a wide range of French missiles, the Press Trust of India (PTI) report- Ed yesterday. Negotiations of the manufacturing agreement with the French govern-ment-owned Nord Aviation are almost complete, the agency said. Among the
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  • 59 5 JAKARTA. Tues. (UPI) The former Jakarta consulate building of mainland China is officially to become a student centre later this month. Jakarta governor Ali Sadikin is scheduled to officially open the centre on June 22, it was announced here Tuesday. The building is to be
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  • 129 5 MANILA. Tues (Reuter) A nine PM to five AM curfew has been imposed in Tarlac province, north of Manila, according to police reports. Police said the curfew was imposed yesterday by mayor Lino G. David following a series of killings in the last two weeks. The
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  • 83 5 JAKARTA. Tues. <UPI) An Indonesian Member of Parliament SM. Palangan. suggested a postponement of the general elections scheduled for 1971 "If necessary." Reports in Jakarta indicate the Indonesian Parliament may be unable to pass a general elections law and a law on the composition of Parliament
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  • 65 5 TAIPEI. Tues. (Reuter) President Chiang Kai-Shek today pledged that Nationalist China would strive side by side with South Vietnam for peace and security in Asia, the Central News Agency reported. He was replying to remarks by the visiting South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu at a state
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  • 214 5 NEW YORK. Tues. (Reuter) Sirhan B. Sirhan, convicted murderer of Robert F. Kennedy. s*id in a recorded interview to be seen on television today that he loved the Senator and wished ne were alive to be president. Interviewed in the Los Angeles county jail on
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  • 56 5 WHEN banks in Hong Kong recently asked the government for permission to set up branches in resettlement and low-cost housing estates,
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  • 161 5 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. (L'PI) India has reaffirmed before the Security Council its position that Pakistan has no right to interfere in the affairs of Kashmir because they are strictly within the domestic jurisdiction of New Delhi. Indian ambassador to the U.N.. Smar Sen. marie the statement
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  • 33 5 UNITED NATIONS. Tues (UPI) —Australia says it is going ahead "as fast as possible" to bring self-determina-tion to the people of New Guinea. a territory under its trust administration.
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  • 145 5 SAIGON. Tues. (UP I) American Air Cavalrymen supported by rocket-firing helicopter gunshlps and artillery killed 30 North Vietnamese soldiers In two battles on the northern approaches to Saigon, military spokesmen said today U.S. casualties In the fighting were three killed and 50 wounded, the spokesmen said
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  • 248 5 RANGOON, Tues. (Reuter) Burmese revolutionary council chairman General Ne Win said here today the time was not yet ripe for the formation of a national government in Burma. General Ne Win told this to an advisory board formed last November to advise the Revolutionary Council
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  • 131 5 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPI) President Nixon yesterday praised Japan for having some of the most active newspapers in the world. During a courtesy call by Japanese Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi. Nixon said he understood that Japanese news- papers have some of the highest circulations in the world.
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  • 384 5 Happy Valley JAKARTA, Tues. (UPI) Lim Tjie Sian accused of a grisly double murder in Hong Kong two years ago announced at the opening of Itis fourth trial session here today that he would henceforth act as his own attorney. Lim charged with murdering his mistress Lili
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  • 647 6 FROM halfway across the globe, Canada has always been viewed rightly or wrongly as tied to the apron strings of the United States. Although it is both a Pacilic country and a member of the Commonwealth, Canada has not played a significant role in this part of
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  • 643 6  -  By Peter Gragson HONG KONG, TIMS. (Reuter)— -A tiny island off western Hong Kong is replacing the toll of the leper's bell with the help of modern medical techniques. The one-square-mile island of Hay Ling Chau, literally translated as the "isle of happy healing/' is a unique
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  • 912 6  -  (From Sin Chew Jit Poh According to a news despatch of the Associated Press, the Izvestla of Moscow, on the 2ftth of May, said that Communist China, planning to take advantage of the racuum created by the withdrawal of the British forces from S-E-A, had decided
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  • 174 6 WASHINGTON, Tues. What might well be the dairy barn of the future will be constructed at the Rutfers University College of Agricultur a 1 and Environmental Science at New Brunswick, New Jersey. Mark E. Singley. Rutgers professor of agricultural engineering, developed the new concept in
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  • 421 6 MUNICH. Tues. (DaD) Still unsolved, the main problem following a successful organ transplant the replacement of a heart or a kidney, for Instance remains that of overcoming the Immune reaction, the fight put up by the body against the invader, the new organ. This reaction
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  • 112 6 MOSCOW, Tues. (UPI) The Soviets Mid On Monday that Japan will offer to build itself up militarily if the United States returns the island of Okinawa. Commenting on the visit of Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi to the United States, the government newspaper Izvestia said that other
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  • 10 6  -  Bacon God has placed no limit to intellect
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  • 278 6  -  By Hugh Lunn BANDUNG. Tues. (Reuter) Doctors are experimenting with long lasting contraceptive injections as a possible new form of birth control, the chief of the World Health Organisation's Human Reproduction Unit told a world family planing conference here today. The chief. Dr Alexander Kessler.
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  • 605 6  -  By ROBERT EVANS MOSCOW, Tues. (R«uUr) A feeding scientist here has called on Soviet philosophers and ideologists to turn their attention to the West's revolutionary student movement in an effort to push it in the direction of Moscowstyle communism. In a frank speech
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  • 197 6 HONG KONG. Tues (R*uter) China today attacked Russia for frantically stepping up its arms expansion and war preparations at home against China despite recently calling for border negotiations between the two countries. Radio Peking, in a Mandarin language broadcast monitored here, said Russia's war
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  • 644 6  -  By WALTER LOGAN NEW YORK, Tues (UPI) Israeli officials fear a major crisis in U.S.-Israel relations in coming weeks over what they say is a real possibility Washington will curtail its aid programme to Israel in favour of improved relations with the Soviet Union. Diplomatic reports
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 450 7 By Oor Market Reporter pore yesterday a^ne^u^Sun i n the Stock Change of Malaysia and Singamoms The e d v f ry cautious buying prevailed in the trading Kuala Lumn,S g Sn r om again operated alone in the afternoon a« thl extended
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    • 1147 7 "DUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified: INDUSTRIALS ACMA 51.94 (1) $1.92 (5) 51.91 (1); Ben $2.05 (1) $2.04 (1) $2.02 (6)
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    • 140 7 TWO Boeing 747 s with 333 seats will enter the North Atlantic service of Scandinavian Airlines in 1971, Mr. John Hover. SAB General Manager for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei announced yesterday. The superjet Is currently undergoing comprehensive night test programmes at Its factory In
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    • 209 7 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) The giant British Petroleum (BP) firm last night announced a multimillion dollar deal which could lead to it eventually gaining a majority financial stake in the Standard Oil Company of Ohio. Under the proposed merger of its chief U.S. subsidiary, BP Oil
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    • 254 7 THE following is berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for June 4: DEPARTURE: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Cornelia Maersk (J/7 Nowshera 10/11 Rapido 15/16 Rosario Maru 21/22 Sletter 24/25 Ravi 26 Ton an Maru No. 7 27/28 Shunsei Maru 31/32 Oda Maru 33/34 Benledi 35/36
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    • 262 7 KAMPALA, Tues. (Reuter) The executive director of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) warned here yesterday that it was impossible to hope for higher cotton prices because of intense competition from man- made fibres. Mr. J. C. Santley was presenting a
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    • 77 7 VISAKHAPATNAM. India. Tues. (Reuter) India has started delivery of 45.000 tons of steel rails to South Korea The first shipment of 7.500 tons left on Saturday after the Consul-General of Korea. Mr. Woonsang Choi, cut a ribbon as the rails were lifted by crane Into
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    • 75 7 HONG KONG. Tues. (UPI) Money Quotations: Hong Kong dollars 09<25 per U.S. dollar Hong Kong dollars 6.***** per U.S dollar TT Hong Kong dollars 14.5 per pound sterling Hong Kong dollars 315 25 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness. Hong Kong dollars 162.2 per 10,000 Japanese
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    • 140 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Prices finished easier on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday in moderate tradinf. Declines outnumbered advances by more than 2-to-l, with traders still concerned over the possibility of an Increase in prime lending rates by the major commercial banks. Shortly
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    • 268 7 JUNE first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p m., in Singapore yesterday at 70 cents per lb., up hall a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was very steady. A steady morning session resulted from continued shortcovering. particularly in the June position
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    • 103 7 MANILA. Tues. (UPI) The U.S. Embassy was reported today to be investigating why the Philippines has purchased Japanese equipment to help fill its American sugar quota. Quoting highly informed sources, the Manila Chronicle said U.S. Investigators were trying to find out how Japanese financiers and suppliers
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    • 58 7 NEW YORK, Tues (UPI) Rubber future® closed unchanged to 15 points higher on the New York commodity exchange yesterday. There were no tales. (Bid) (Asked) July 26.00 26.75 Sept 25.25 25.75 Nov 24.80 25.00 Jan (70) 24.10 24.25 Mar 24.10 24.60 May 24.10 24.60 July 24.10 24.60 Locally.
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    • 13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $628.12} per oieul, up $3.00.
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    • 487 7 81.NUAPOK& stork tl (banir Mid and other price* lined at the cl DM of uu>lom INDUSTRIALS A OLA 190 Ben Co 200 2.04 Borneo Bhd 1 63 1.70 Bou-tead 1.73 2.00 I ainel Plywood *26 i »7 1'. Migjr 390 3-M4 C old storage 600 t
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    • 131 7 LONDON. Tues. (UPI) Sir Andrew Crichton, chairman of Overseas Container* Limited, announced yesterday that orders had been placed in Hamburg for four container ships to be employed between Europe and the Far East. The ships, to be delivered In 1971 and 1972, will be capable
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    • 55 7 (Managers Price*) ltt Malaysia t 92 2nd Malayan 2.11 3rd Malayan 1.29 m The Com. Ind. \D 1 01 11 I The saving Fund 1.1* 1.2 M Invent Fund XD 1 30 1.4 0 Ut Hone Kong Oft 15 1« ind Hong Kong XD 1.00 on LL Sterling
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    • 103 7 SINGAPORE. Tnea. Th« noon price# »t tUf gtnjmpor# Chinese Produce E\cban*e today re> Bayer Seller Coconut Oil (FO B.) Bulk Coconat Oil (F.OB) l»rum MUed Copra *1-0© M ant ok Hhlte Pepper (FO B.) 96% NX.W. 8srawik White Pepper (FOB.) Sarawak Special Biac* »'epp« r (F O B.) 96%
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    • 38 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Industrials 933.17 20 Rails 232 81 15 Utilities 129.06 65 Stocks 318.94 40 Bonds 73.16 Commodity Future* Index 138 89
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    • 420 7 AltltlVALH 5-00 a m. MSA MLO29 Koala Lumpur. 7.25 am SAs 5K972 Bangkok. la»hkeot. Copenhagen kt.(K) a m. MSA MLII 9 Kuala Lumpur. 10.10 a.m. GAKLDA UAHOO Jakarta. 10.18 am. MSA ML 121 Kuala Lompor. 1025 am. MSA M Lot 15 Penang. lpoh. Kuala Lumpur. Malaoca. 10.50 am.
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE
    • 1411 8 Sydney, Tiies. "WHEN Charcoal is not working the sheep, he'll round up our cats and herd them," said Alan Prentice. "He even tries to herd the dragonflies that come hovering around here in the summer, but he doesn't do tco well with them. "Hell
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    • 247 8 WASHINGTON. Tues. A one-eighth inch (.318centimetre) layer of asphalt applied about two feet (6 metres) underground to conserve water in sandy soils is proving effective in increasing vegetable yields in the United States. Thi* asphalt barrier technique snows promise of increasing yields in millions of acres (hectares)
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    • 374 8 MUNICH. Tues. (DaD) Wreckage of the plane that crashed is spread over a number of acres. There are no survivors. All that is kuown of the causes are the pilot's last few words to the nearest control tower. It will be months before the real cause of tr.e
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    • 22 8 Rodents, dogs, cattle and others spread disease through their droppings. Besides fevers, animal-borne ailments include tapeworms, tuberculosis, salmonelia, hydatidosis and anthrax. (UPI).
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    • 340 8 WASHINGTON, Tues. Human beings get tired under stress. So do metals. If the metal happens to form the wing of an airplane, the metal might become "overtired" and begin to crack. The result could be a crash. To explore more fullv the problem of metal fatigue, as
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    • 365 8 WASHINGTON, Tues. For hundreds of years scientists have theorised that mental activity might affect the size of the brain. Nothing was proved until now. Three U.S. scientists report they have found evidence of a correlation between mental activity and brain size Thev say exhaustive
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    • 350 8 HAMBURG. Tues. (DaD) Suicide is often classified as a phenomenon particularly common in developed countries but although people take their own lives for any number of reasons and the number of those who do so has risen considerably in many countries scientific data is still
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    • 113 8 PRINCETON. New Jersey, Wed. Present day university students m the United States are a "new bieed" who want to improve their society, a nationwide poll indicates Resu.ts of the poll, published last week also show that while most university students agree witn the goals of those who stage
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 138 8 By Jack Tippit m 1 x*f/. "I fixed you something to eat, Archie, but I see you've already had dinner." DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and AUen MdMfems sag I'M HOT SUPPOSED iO TELL, TROV BUT I SUGGEST YOU AND RAVEN BUV SOME CHOPSTICKS HOW BOUT THAT** THE COACH TOSSED
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    • 1130 9  -  Says Sheilah Graham CANNES, Tues. (NANA) The youngish man sitting next to me at 'Bo' Polk's luncheon at The International Sporting Club by the Cannes Yacht Basin, was good-looking enough to be an actor. He was thirtv-nine-year-old Claude Giroux. I knew he must be important,
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    • 156 9 /"'OCK-a-hoop with elation on landing their first TV programme with Television Singapura are the 5-man "Rusty Nail" hailed as Singapore's top all-action British vocal group. The "Rusty Na»l" two R A F. members and three Army men have just landed two half-hour TV sessions
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    • 275 9 MANILA. Tues (UPD Nearly 40 films have been entered in the Asian Film Festival in Manila from June 16 to 20. Participants in the festival include India, Nationalist China, Guam, Thailand. Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand. South Korea and the Philippines. Veteran Filipino newsman
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 55 9 St. Francis Girls' School Presents LAND OF OUR BIRTH A Pageant Commemorating The 150 th Anniversary of the Founding of Singapore at the VICTORIA THEATRE on The 9th and 10th of June 1969 At 8.00 p.m. Sharp Our Guest of Honour will be INCHE BUANG BIN OMAR JUNID, Member of
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    • 41 9 HURRY! LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS LEFT! Developed from the world famous L7O! Now Tons Arm Assembly with Antiskating Bias Compensation. Insist on Solo Agents* GUARANTEE CARD &SS THE CYCLE A CARRIAGE CO., (E) PTE. LTD. MNIHAI. IMPORT# DIVISION kV T Singapore
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    • 94 9 Soul Brother No. 1 JUTIM Brown, America's top pop vocalist. Is forging a new brand of dignity for black America. Even whites find it hard to resist his spell. Bead how he does It. how he feela about black racism, and what he's done already to help heal black-white tensions.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 232 9 LID O Phone 284 Tff CAPITOL Phone 2975T^ OPENS TODAY N» frw .j, t n i.u Ji* a Cleef "COMMANDOS™ In Scope A Ea&tmancoior <SB) REX ***** IS K Y|ROXY~| I ***** I *****9 I OPENS TODAY! BEX: 11. li 3. 4. a.M IM SIT U 1.14 4, 4.30 I
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    • 266 9 TODAY and YOU... Wednesday, June 4» 1969. e STAR GAZER* By CLAY K. POLLAN— —r X Your Daily Activity Guido- H According to tho Stan. OCT 1 To develop messoge for Wednesday, lajg. read words correspond ing to number* of your Zodioc birth sign. r. Ssizsii 1 Good 2 Just
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    • 284 9 ORCHARD —***** Lut Day! I.M. 4 M. 6.30 A 15 p a MOM's "THE FIXER" ia Ccier Alan Bates Dirk Bogards OPENS TOMORROW Paramsunts SKIDOO" Color. PVision Jackie GLEASOV. Carol CHAN MUG |CATHAY 334QQ Last Day! 11 a.m.. I.M. 4, 6.80. M fabian m "The Wild Racers" with MTMSY FARMER
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 140 10 By BIG BEN IPOH, Tues. Sejarah, a course scratching on the 6econd day, went like a winner on a soft track here this morning. With Les Coles astride he went smartly over 3f in 39 2/5 in the company of an unnumbered horse. Lion City
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    • 907 10 Hones CI lest b 5 Div. 3—6 Furs §00 Sir Enofill 6t««i Sv 9 00 Hock Huftt Stable Choni 9 00 Siwai Stable Tan iDr 008 &IWBI Wendy's Brother r.lMttun 4y Bo 900 900 Boon Wah Stable Asiatic Stable Spencer Tulloh OAS r.itH. nnmilam 5v
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    • 627 10  -  By CLAUDE RICHARDSON EPSOM, England, Tues. (Reuter) Colts from England, Ireland and France will battle for £93.690 in prize money on the turning, undulating Epsom Downs course tomorrow in the 190 th Derby classic, one of the most puzzling races of the
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    • 759 10 Canberra, Australia* Tues. HEATHER McKay, the Australian girl who Is the world's greatest woman squash player, now has a new role as co-manager of a modern squash centre opened recently in Australia's national capital, Canberra. The other co-manager is her husband, Brian, who is
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    • 574 10 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Orlando Cepeda hit a homer and a triple in a triumphant return to St. Louis and Hand Aaron blasted the 522 nd homer of his major league career last night, powering the Atlanta Braves to a 6-3 triumph over the
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    • 139 10 GUADALAJARA. Mexico, Tues. (AFP) Sir Alf Ramsey makes eight changes In the team that drew 0-0 with Mexico for England's unofficial match against a Mexico XI here tomorrow night. Peter Shilton, Leicester's Under-23 international who flew out as a replacement for Gordon Banks gets his first
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    • 38 10 ATHENS. Tues. (Reuter) Paoli Toivonen of Finland driving Porsche 011« was tonight officially declared winner of the 17th Acropolis motor rally. Britain's Roger Clark, who won last year's rally, was second In a Ford Stcort twincam.
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    • 195 10 From Eastern Knight SINGAPORE. Tues.—Choong Liong On. Singapore's Olympic player, fared very badly in the Singapore Open Championship. This m«r be due to the quicker rate of olay. 40 moves in two hours. Choong is an able player and he lost manv won games under time pressure.
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    • 71 10 MOSCOW, Tues (UPI) The 18th game In the world chess championship between champion Tigran Petrosyan and Boris Spassky started at Moscows variety theatre yesterday with Petrosyan playing white. Challenger Spassky leads the series 9-8. The match originally was scheduled for last Friday but Petrosyan excused himself
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    • 290 10 Tapped Phone Conversation: HOUSTON, Texas. Tues. (Reuter) The United States government is refusing to divulge a recording of a tapped telephone conversation made by Cassius Clay for reasons of national security, a Federal Court was told here yesterday. The prosecution told a heannf to decide whether
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    • 339 11 LONDON, Tues. (Reut®r) The West Indian touring team. Inspired by eklpper Gary Sobers, gave a sound batting display to ?ain a first innings lead of 5 over M.C.C. after being dismissed for 285 at the close of the second day's play in their three-day cricket match
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    • 932 11 Leong Wai Hong of Hua Yi Government Middle School scored a sprint double on the final day of the four-day Pasir Panjang District Secondary Schools 10th annual athletic meet held at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre, yes- terday. In the boy's 'A' division 100
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    • 176 11 The Football Association of Singapore have finalised plans for the visit of the touring star-studded English FA. team in the 1969 Gold Leaf Pestabola to be played at Jalan Besar Stadium on June 14. The 22-man team which include England's past and future
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    • 317 11 PARIS. Tues. (Reuter) Australians Tony Roche and Ken Rosewall reached the semi-flnals of the men's singles in the French international tennis championships here yesterday. Roche had a difficult five set win over Zeljko Franulovlc of Yugoslavia 4-6. 7-5, 6-0, 4-6. 6-1, while Rosewall
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    • 277 11 LONDON, Tuea (Renter) "Butch" White, Hampshire fast bowler, took six Nottinghamshire wicket# for 30 runs yesterday to complete 1.000 wickets In flrst-class cricket. Whites I.oooth victim, the last of the half-dozen Nottinghamshire batsmen he dismissed. was Barry Stead, whom he clean bowled. Nottinghamshire were all
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    • 299 12 SINGAPORE is making a strong bid for a million-dollar order to supply several hundred prt-fabricated wooden homes to West Irian. Sample orders of these pre-fabricated buildings have already been shipped to West Irian. This was disclosed yesterday during a news
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    • 104 12 Youth Told: THE State Coroner. Mr. Liew Ngik Kee. today advised young people to learn to swim to meet eventualities while outing in the open sea. He said thi® when he returned a verdict of death by misadventure at the conclusion of an inquiry into the death
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    • 49 12 THE next date for the collection of the National Defence Fund by the Ministry for Defence will be Friday. June 6. Persons who wish to donate to the fund are asked to be at the Ministry of the Interior and Defence. Pearl's Hill, at 10.30 a.m.
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    • 30 12 THERE will be no water or poor pressure at Redhill Close Aatween Redhill Road and Bahru Road from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday. June 5.
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    • 67 12 A 40-YEAR-OLD man. Ho Sing Kim, was charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday with assaulting a parking attendant. Ng Soon Hock, at Victoria Street on April 21. Ho is alleged to have assaulted Ng to deter him from performing his duties. Ho claimed trial and was
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    • 18 12 THERE were a total of 44 road accidents, four being serious. during the past 24 hours.
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    • 90 12 EACH of the four participants in last Sunday's TOTO draw who submitted entries with 4 plus 1 numbers correct will receive $5,000. Those with four and three numbers correct will receive $350 and $l5, respectively. In the newly featured weekly special Lucky Draw of numbers based on
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    • 278 12  -  By ALBERT JOHNSON A CANADIAN trade mission arrived here yesterday for an on-the-spot study of investment prospects on a joint-venture basis in Singapore. The leader of the delegation, Mr. Robert A. Crichton, said on arrival at Pay* Lebar International airport that the mission
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    • 112 12 A JO-year-old youth. Tap Siong Tect, wu sentenced to two years* Jail and four strokes of the rotan for armed robbery, in the Fourth Criminal District Court yesterday. Yap, of Johore Bahru. and his accomplice robbed Tan Teik Hin of $l5O In cMh.and property at Syed
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 51 10 The Signs Are Right for Astrology For many house wires it's a eenree of cash. Her* are the facta behind the erase, some tricks of the trade, and a new theory sunestinf that the Plw»«U nay indeed affect as meane of eleetromacnetic wares. Deaderfe IV Digest June issue, now on
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 77 10 Time And Tide TODAY SINGAPORE Town: 027 a.m. (9.5 ft.); 7.36 a.m. (-0.6 ft.); 243 p.m. (7J a); 7.41 p.m. (4.3 ft.). NAVAL Dockyard: 0.40 a.m. (10.5 ft.); 7.00 a.m. (-0.3 ft.); 2.29 p.m. (9.9 ft); 7.28 p.m. (5.1 ft.). TOMORROW SINGAPORE Town: 1.16 a.m. (9.2 ft): 8.30 ».m. (-0.2
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 267 11 Classified Ads. Sales €L Service Television Radio REDIFFVSION TELEVISION RENTALS H.P. CASH OaapMe nag* to rait mrraw Showrooms: rnwBMQ ATB, JOO Chlst Road I>man Jure rig MDirrrsio.N KEF AIRS ANT MAKE or TV SETS. Radiophone Controlled Maintenance BTM Sintapore Communal Aerial By«t*m« Closed CI re ait TV Masic Installation P%one
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1138 11 (CHANNEL 5) PM. 300 Opening Announcements in all Languages Housewives Matinee Part 1 of a Hokkien Film. "The Taiwan Girl"; 3.45 House and Home Chinese: 3 55 A Diary of Events in Singapore This Week Chinese; 4.00 A Talk On Refuse Disposal English; 405 It's Happening in Singapore Malay; 420
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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