Eastern Sun, 7 August 1969

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1081 Thursday, 7 August 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon 'FOOTPRINT' ON MARS
    239 1 PASADENA, California, Wed. (Reuter) Space scientists, watching pictures transmitted to earth from 2,000 miles above the surface oi Mars by Marine-7 last night, saw what looked like a giant human footprint in one of the photographs. The indentation was made by lines alone the edge of a
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    Lock icon Malaysia Convinced Of Australia's Role
    209 1 CANBERRA, Wed. (I'PI) Malaysia's High Commissioner to Australia, Dato Donald Stephens, returned today from high-level talks in Kuala Lumpur and said his government was now convinced that Australia would pever replace the gap left in area defences by Britain's withdrawal n 19<1. Da to Stephens
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    Lock icon GREECE TO PROTEST 'CODED SPEECH BY BBC'
    184 1 ATHENS Wed. (UPl)—The government said today the British Broadcasting Corp (BBC> is transmitting a coded message in its Greek language broadcasts, and promised it would file a protest with the British government. The message wa s first heard on the BBC Greek news
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    Lock icon POLICE POST STONED
    62 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. (UPI) Police killed one person and wounded four others this morning when they fired on a big crowd that stoned a market police station in Securabad. Andhra Pradesh, the Press Trust of India reported. The news agency said the four injured were hospitalised. It
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    Lock icon Kiesinger Sees Thant
    71 1 UNITED NATIONS. New York, Wed. (Reuter) —West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger held talks here today with U.N. Secretary-General U Thant. He is the first German chan cellor to pay a personal visit to the UN. West Germany is not a member of the world organisation but
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    Lock icon Illegal Entry: Indonesian Gets 2 Months
    114 1 AN Indonesian woman who came into Singapore without any permits or passports and who was found in possession of another person's Singapore laminated Identity Card, was sentenced to two months' jail and fined $4OO. in default, four month's jail, by the Third District Judge.
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    Lock icon Thailand Decides Against Kra Canal
    148 1 BANGKOK. Wed. (Reuter) Thailand does not intend to build a navigation canal across the Kra Isthmus in Southern Thailand to link the Gulf of Thailand with the Indian Ocean Prime Minister Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn said today. Marshal Thanom was commenting on local press reports
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    Lock icon Zsa Zsa Gets Two Months
    56 1 PAMA DE MAJORCA, Wed. (AFP) Hungarian born film star Zsa Zsa Gabor was sentenced to two months imprisonment and fined here today for having struck a policeman last November. Miss Gabor is now currently in Spain. The policeman spent 14 days in hospital after she
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    Lock icon Russian Ballet To Perform Tonight
    176 1  -  By DENNIS CHIA The "40 Stors of the Russian Classical Ballet" flew in here last night to give two performances at the National Theatre and also to take part in the Republic's joys in the coming National Day celebrations. The ballet company, the first world
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    Lock icon Rubber Still Going Up
    34 1 Rubber prices hit a new high record at closing time yesterday, at 82$ cents, the highest in 6J years. The tone of the market at closing time was "very steady."
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    Lock icon Carried Away
    44 1 DES MOINES, lowa, Wed <UPI> The weatherman got carried away Sunday. The day was described this way on the weather bureau teletype: "Light winds drifted a few clouds across the blue vault of heaven to complete the picture of a summer idyll
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    Lock icon 'Situation Near Normal Again'
    256 1 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Wed. The general situation in the country has shown considerable improvement, Malaysian Police Control Centre said today. The situation has returned to "near normal'' although in certain places where incidents happened recently. there was still a general attitude of caution and mutual suspicion, the
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    Lock icon Princess Alex is Here For N-Day
    440 1  -  By PATRICIA CHAN A ROYAL touch has been added to the splendour and gaiety of the celebrations for the 150 th Anniversary of the Founding of Modern Singapore with the arrival of Princess Alexandra, representing the British Sovereign Head, Queen Elizabeth 11. Under the
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    Lock icon YACHTS BECALMED AT COWES
    141 1 COWES. Isle of Wight. Wed. (UPI) A cmplete lack of wind caused todav's programme at the Roval Yacht Squadron's Cowes Week Regatta to be cancelled. In brilliant sunshine and with the surface of the Solent like a mirror, many of the 400 yachts entered in the
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    Lock icon Anti-Bomb Meet Ends
    61 1 HIROSHIMA. Japan. Wed. (UPI) The Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs ended a two-day convention today calling for a total ban on all weapons nuclear. chemical, biological and conventional. The council is backed up by the Japan Communist Party. It will hold another session in Nagasaki
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    Lock icon Use Public Transport For N-Day
    481 2 Members of the public are advised to use public transport on National Day, Aug. 9. This is because buses will be allowed Into the City with the minimum of restriction. A spokesman from the Defence Ministry made this reminder in a release on the traffic
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    Lock icon About People In Singapore
    254 2 The Singapore Polytechnic Students' Union held its Annual General Election on July 22 and elected the following to the 9th Students' Council: President: Mr. Wan Soon Yong; Vice-president: Mr. Loke Pak Chee; Hon. Gen. Secretary: Mr. Henry Chua Why Lin; Financial Secretary: Mr. Tan Tiong Joo:
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    Lock icon 'Regional Seminars Afford Good Exchange Of Experience'
    441 2  -  By Dennis Chia THE Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon said yesterday regional conferences afford good opportunities for the pooling of experience and exchange of views among experts. The Minister said this when he opened the Conference of Inspectors in the Far
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    Lock icon Where To See The Decorated Floats
    313 2 A grand illuminated Float Procession will be the highlight of Singapore 150 th anniversary and National Day celebrations. There are altogether 41 Beautifully designed floats depicting the multi-racial, multi-cultural life of the people of Singapore and its growth from a entrepot into a dynamic
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    Lock icon 'New-Type Leaders Needed'
    88 2 The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour. Mr. S. Rajaratnam stated last night that the People's Action Party would have to re-define its policy to attract new leaders. He said the new leaders must be able to contribute much to the development of the country, like economists
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    Lock icon New Local Exam. Board Formed
    67 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A National Commercial Education Board will be set-up in Malaysia soon, a spokesman announced today. The board would Issue certificates for various subjects, replacing the London Chamber of Commerce. However, the examinations of the L.C.C. would be allowed to run alongside the
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    Lock icon Co-ordinated Industrial Effort
    75 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. All state governments in Malaysia have appointed a senior officer to co-ordinate the new industrial policies and programmes with the central government. A spokesman of the Ministry of Rural and National Development said today that this was the suggestion of the capital investment! committee
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    Lock icon JAYCEE GOODWILL TEAM IN MANILA
    214 2 FOUR members from the Junior Chamber will go on an "Operation Friendship* f o tne Philippines on Friday, Aug. 8. The national president of the Junior Chamber. Mr. Henry Koh will lead the party comprising, Mr. Gerald Bamanshaw. secretary-general; Mr. Lim Soo Aun, international relations
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    Lock icon Dr. Toh Argues For Formation Of A Brains Trust
    480 2 APPLIED RESEARCH The Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye yesterday advocated for the formation of a body of men to act as "think tanks" for the planning of projects and providing ideas to both the Government and the
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    Lock icon Border Reds Flee Into Thailand
    108 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The band of Communist terrorists which ambushed a Malaysian patrol last week have Into Thailand, a spokesman of the Border Oprratlons Committee said In Alor Star today Malaysian Forces on operation found tracks of the terrorists leading Into the border district, of
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    Lock icon VIPs FLY IN TO SHARE N-FESTIVAL
    268 2 Ministerial representatives from the British and New Zealand governments flew into Singapore vesterdav to attend the Republic's 150 th Anniversary celebrations for the Founding of Modem Singapore The leader of the British House of Commons. Mr. T. Frederick Peart told reporters on arrival that
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    Lock icon New Press Liaison Officer
    94 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The former Malaysian Information Attache in Singapore. Enche Ismail bin Ahmad, has been appointed the new head of the press and liaison division of the Federal Department of Information Enche Ismail replaced Mr. Ong Kim Hoe who has been transferrpd to the Information
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    Lock icon Shooting Of 'Girl From Peking' In HK
    120 2 HONG KONG. Wed <UPI> Filmms of "The girl irom Peking' began today despite Communist threats of 'grave consequences." Police were sent to protect stars including Nancy Kwan. Carl Betz and Bobby Rvdell and the film crew aga.nst any possible attacks Last Novemoer, the
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    Lock icon Judo C'ship Badminton Hall, Aug 10
    220 2 THE Singapore Amateur Judo Association will be holding the 3rd National Judo Championships, in conjunction with Pest a Sukan. at the Singapore Badminton Hall at 8 p.m. on August 10. Different sectors of the public will participate in the championships. They include the Vigilante
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    Lock icon Resettlement For 16.000
    79 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Selangor government will re-settle 16.000 squatters in and around Kuaia Lumpur, the Mentri Besar of Selangor, Dato Harun bin Idris said today. He told newsmen after visiting the proposed sites for the re-settlement of squatters at Cheras and Selayang. that squatters of all
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    Lock icon Peace Corpsmen Die In Ambush
    75 2 VIENTIANE. Wed. (UPI) Two young American members of the International Voluntary Services, a private, religioussponsored Peace Corps Organisation were kiiled yesterday on the road between Vientiane ana Paksane. 120 miles east of here, when their jeep was am. bushed bj* Communist guerrillas. Two Laotian assistants
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    Lock icon Kiesinger In US For Talks With Nixon And Thant
    226 3 NEW YORK, Wed. (Reuter) West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger arrived Here yesterday for talks with U.N. SecretaryGeneral U Thant and President Nixon. In a short airport statement Dr. Kiesinger. who will remain in the United States for four days, said
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    Lock icon STOLEN PEACE
    49 3 HAIFA. Wed. <Reuter> Fo r a Haifa pigeon breeder peace in the Middip East has been too long coming. He told police today that the 20 pure white "peace doves" he bred to release when peace was achieve between Israel and the Arab countries have been stolen.
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    Lock icon Plane Down In Andes Blizzard
    106 3 SANTIAGO. Chile. Wed. (UPI) Fresh storms dumped up to 30 feet of snow a'.ong an Andes Mountain range hampering the search for a U.S. Naval transport plane that disappeared on approach to a pass known as "The graveyard of planes," yesterday. Air and ground searchers
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    Lock icon Thomson: UK Supports Nixon On Vietnam
    340 3 SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Wed. (Reuter) Lord Thomson of Fleet said today, "The thinking people of Britain are entirely behind the United States in its struggle over Vietnam." Lord Thomson, the Canadian born newspaper magnate, praised President Nixon for doing everything possible to disengage
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    Lock icon 'No Permission Needed To Store Gas Cache In WEU'
    239 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) The State Department said today the United States did not seek the permission of the Western European Union (WEU) before storing chemical weapons in Europe because no such clearance was needed. U.S. stockpiling of chemical munitions overseas has
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    Lock icon Stabbed 300 Times
    84 3 SAN JOSE. California. Wed. (Reuter)— Two teenage high school girls murdered during a weekend picnic trip were stabbed a total of 300 times, a post-mortem showed today. Kathy Snoozy. 15, had 200 knife wounds in her chest and back, and Deborah Furlong. 14. had been stabbed 100
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    Lock icon Scientists Glean Facts Of Sun From Moon Dust
    673 3 SPACE CENTRE, Houston Wed.(UPI) Scientists said yesterday the dust of the moon, pounded and discoloured by centuries of solar radiation, may prove a surprise treasure house of information about the sun. Dr. Oliver A. Schaeffer. one of the men who discovered unexpected
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    Lock icon Brunette Joins In Quarantine
    141 3 HOUSTON. Wed. (Reuter)—. A p;r' brunette research assistant ine first woman to be sent into quarantine at the lunar laboratory here today shares here exile with 22 men. Miss Heatner Owens, described as very attractive and in her mid-twenties, was sent behind the laboratory's isolation barrier
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    Lock icon British Troops On Alert In Belfast
    310 4 •fttLTAST, Northern Ireland, Wed. •D (Reuter) British troops have been placed On the alert in case of an escalation in the Catholic-Protestant riots plaguing Belfast, it was announced last night. The announcement came as crowds 6f youths gathered in the Disraeli Street area for
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    Lock icon Queen, Margaret, Jackie, May End Up As World's Worst-Dressed Women, Says U.S. Couturier
    288 4 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) American couturier Robert Blackwell yesterday warned Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, Jackie Onassis and Elizabeth Taylor that they might wind up on his famous annual list of the world's worst-dressed women. The 47-vear-old designer said
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    Lock icon Barnard Romances With Blonde
    214 4 ST. TOPEZ. France. Wed. (UPI) Dr. Christian Barnard yesterday vacationed with a young South African blonde Identified as Shoana Ryan. Barnard s former wife. Louwtjle, won a divorce from the heart transplant pioneer last week. She filed proceeding in May when she said Barnard told her
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    Lock icon Nigeria Blast ICRC Relief Bid To Biafra
    113 4 LAGOS. Wed (Reuter) Nigeria yesterday attacked new International Red Cross proposals for relief shipments to secessionist Biaira and criticised the organisations Swiss President, Mr. Marcel Navllle. The Federal Government also reaffirmed that it would only allow supplies into Biafra after inspection in Federal
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    Lock icon TRANSPLANTS ON BITCHES
    88 4 HAIFA. Wed. CReuter) Experimental transplants of the uterus and other parts of the female reproductive system have been successfully carried out on bitches, the journal of the Israeli Medical Association "Herefuah" reports. The transplants were performed by surgeons of the Maternity and Gynaecological Department of the Rambam
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    Lock icon U.K. Steel Strike Continues
    205 4 PORT TALBOT. Wales. Wed. (Reuteri* Striking workers at Britain's biggest steel plant decided by virtually unanimous vote yesterday to remain off work despite weekend peace efforts. Next move in the unofficial stoppage is expected at a mass meeting tomorrow morning called by the National Union of
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    Lock icon ENGINEERING INDUSTRY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
    909 4 THE Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks among the nations with developed engineering industry The proportion of the engineering industry in the total industrial output value of the Republic was 31 4 per cent in 1967 The engineering industry has fully
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    Lock icon BORDER SECURITY
    543 6 PERIODIC Communist terrorism along the ThaiMalaysian border is a fact of life that both the countries involved have lived with for more than two decades. The terrorists, variously estimated to number anywhere from 200 to 1,000, have launched minor or major acts of insurrection every few months. Their
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    Lock icon POLITICAL REALISM
    250 6 IT is still early to evaluate the success of Tunku Abdul Rahman's goodwill campaign. But his recent statements leave none in doubt about his anxiety that Malaysia goes back to pre-May 13 days and starts afresh. Of all the Malaysian leaders the Tunku is the most outspoken and
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    Lock icon Sweden's Law Against Incest May Change
    458 6  -  By STEPHEN CROALL DEGERFORS. (Reuter) The 15-year love affair between a Swedish railway worker and his half-sister may lead shortly to a change in Sweden's law against incest, according to legal experts. Public sympathy appears to support 37-vear old Leif Eriksson and his half-sister
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    Lock icon Nixon Visit Stirs Interest In Asia
    599 6  -  By NASIM AHMED LONDON The Regional Co-operation for Development organisation, formed by Turkey, Iran and Pakistan five years ago to promote joint economic ventures and free trade in their region spread over 1.3 million square miles and containing 180 million people, has acquired a
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    Lock icon TODAYS QUOTATION
    17 6 Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honour. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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    Lock icon Where Worshippers Walk On Red Hot Embers
    650 6  -  »y ANDREW ABRAHAMS The pilgTims are about to gather again at the shrine of Skanda a Hindu deity which many Ceylonese Buddhists worshin. A Ceylonesp journalist describes for Gemini News Service the August Festival and the strange rites that are performed. COLOMBO Most
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    Lock icon The Thais That Bind
    646 6  -  By Frank Mankiewicz and Tom Braden= WASHINGTON Out in the shed where the dominoes are made, the Nixon men are busy painting the dots on Thailand. We will defend the Bangkok regime, the President said, against external aggression and internal subversion. We can expect any day
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    Lock icon HK's New Law And 'Suzie Wongs'
    473 6  -  By SIU PAK-YAU HONG KONG, (Reuter) The sailors call them "Su*ie Wong." But to the people who live in Hong Kong they have a different nickname "Jailbait." As the fleet docks In Hong Kong's beautiful port, bargirls on both sides of the harbour get
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    Lock icon Strokes Can Be Prevented Says Expert
    312 6  -  By ROBERTA ULRICH PORTLAND, Oregon, (UPI> Prevention of strokes is 20 to 30 years behind prevention of heart attacks, yet doctors are seeing more and more stroke victims as the popular tion grows older. Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Centre her* has begun a
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      Lock icon Industrials Suffer Marginal Losses
      325 7  -  By OUR MARKET REPORTER m J v k/ •'-***•••*14 V/lllLIV IF y in ea f I y j tradi 1 n was reversed and the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday closed slightly easier. The market had pushed share prices up gradually after an easier
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      100 7 THE Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore yesterday 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 $77.0525; Holland Guilders $85.1750; Swiss Francs $71.5725; Belgian Francs $6.1450; French Francs
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      Lock icon Indon Firm Appointed Kodak Agent
      285 7 KODAK (Malaya) Limited, with headquarters in Singapore, has appointed P.T. Gunung Agung. of Jakarta. Indonesia as a Kodak distributor for Indonesia. It was announced by Mr. Fred B Powers, mananging director of the company. PT. Gunung Agung (Ltd.) Publishers. Booksellers. General Traders, is the first
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      Lock icon Paris Reserves Down £6.5m.
      107 7 PARIS, Wed (Reuter) France's gold and convertible currency reserves fell by 79 million francs (about £6.5000,000) during July, the Finance Ministry announced here on Monday. This follows a 130 million franc (€ll million) fall in June, and has reduced the liquid reserves available to deiend the
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $645.75 per picul, down $1.25.
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 82 1/4 Cts.
      331 7 August ftrst grade rubber buyers closed at 5 pm, In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 82i cents per lb., up half a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was very steady. Easier conditions featured during the morning's trading after opening quotations
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      Lock icon Gold Prices Plunge On World Marts
      137 7 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) Gold price? were sharply lower yesterday in moderately active trading on markets here and abroad. In London. gold slipped 16 U.S. cents at the morning fixing an additional 4 U.S. cents for a second fixing of 41.10 US. dollars an
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      Lock icon GOLDEN SUCCESS
      83 7 PRETORIA. Wed. (Reuter) South Africa's gold reserves dropped again last week by 12.200,000 rand (more than £7 million sterling) the Reserve Bank announced today. In the past three weeks, the bank has disclosed successive falls in the reserves totalling a drop of over 46 million rand (£27 million
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      Lock icon Executive To Boost Sales In Indonesia
      123 7 EISAI Company Limited, one of Japan's leading pharmaceutical companies with a representative office in Singapore and Malaysia is embarking on a sales expansion programme in Indonesia. Mr. Cheng Siang Pang, the medical executive of Elsai, Singapore will leave Singapore in mid August for a
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      Lock icon FRANCE IS BRITAIN'S NO. 3 BEST CUSTOMER
      254 7 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) British trade figures for the first six months of this year show that France has become Britain's third best customer after the United States and West Germany, the London Chamber of Commerce said on Monday. British exports to France have
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      Lock icon Dow Jones averages
      47 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPD— Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 821.23 off 1.35 20 rails 198.33 off 1.77 15 utilities 117.01 off 0.96 65 stocks 279.03 off 1.38 40 bonds 72.17 up 3.03 Commodity futures index 138.94.
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      Lock icon New York Stocks Mixed
      235 7 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Stocks staged a late come back to finish mixed yesterday in light turnover The news background was a bit more optimistic, but most analysts viewed the late improvement as "just another rally in a bear market." Thev noted that there still is
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1055 7 BUSINESS 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 Be n $1.90 (8) $lB9 (1); Borneo $169 (7) 51.70 (11); Boustead $1.78 (2)-
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      Lock icon London Stock Market Lacks Trend
      115 7 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) The market lacked trend yesterday. Equities were marked down slightly at the opening as a precaution against selling following Monday's Wall St. decline. However, small buying throughout the dav lifted prices back to around overnight levels and towards the close the FT
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      232 7 THE following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for Aug. 7: DEPARTURE Godowns Vessels 5 Stentor B'9 Thorscape 13/14 Centaur 31/32 Glenfinlas 19 Nichirei Maru N W. 5 Avanti 25 Tandjung Sele 40/41 Meihohsan Maru 45 Rapido ARRIVAL Godowns Vessels 31/32 G'.enfinla*
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      Lock icon Stock Exchange Closing Prices
      626 7 SINGAPORE Stock exchange sold and otber prices officially listed at the clo&e of bustnest. INDUSTRIALS Acma 1.73 1 80 Ben Co. XD 1 85 1 90 Borneo 1 69 Boustead 1 78 Camel Plywood XB1 I 90 192 < >ugar 3 36 CIS Ord* 2 12
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      Lock icon London Rubber Mart Closes Uncertain
      89 7 LOICDON, Wed (UPI) Rubber market closed uncertain vesterday with spot 283/8. 28-7/8. Settlement House Sept. 28-1/2. 28-5/8. Oct. 28-1/2. 28-11/16. Nov. and Oct./ Dec. 28-1/2. 285/8. Jan./ March 28-1/4. 28-3/8. April/June 27-13/16. 28 July/S*pt. 27-7/18. 27-s'B Oct./ Dec 27-3 16. 27-5/18. Jan /March 27. 27-3/16.
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      59 7 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) Rubber futures closed 25 points higher across the board yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange. There were no sales. Ask Bid Sep. 30.50 Nov. 29 60 Jan 2900 29 20 Mir. 28.25 28.75 May 28.00 28.50 July 27.75 28.25 Sep. 27.50 28.00 Locally,
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      95 7 THE noon price* at the i*tn repore Chinese Produce Exchange )e*terda; were:— ■M seller Cor on or OH (FOB) Bulk ||t 48..SO Coconut Oil (F O.B 1 irum 5075 Mixed Copra Muntok White Pepper 30 50 (F.OB) 140.00 Saransk White Pepper (F.OB) 137-50 Sarawak Special Black Pepper (FO B)
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      52 7 «Manager* Price 1 liit Malayan XP 2 67 2nd Malayan XD 1 3rd Malayan 1.22 The Com. Inc .99 141 The Sarin? Fund 1 Oi 1.15 M. Invest I und 1.20 130 l*t Hong Kong 1.53 l.W 2nd Honk Kone 1 04 1.09* Sterling Com 5 2 <»Hont
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      55 7 HONG KONG. Wed (UPD —Money Quotations: HKS6 ***** per US. dollar HK56.***** per US. dollar TT HK514.53 per pound sterling HK$3O4 25 per tael of gold 94 5 per cent fineness HK5161.7 per 10.000 Japanese HK5131.7 per 1.000 Philippines pesos buyers HK5132.7 per 100 Philippines pesos sellers Philippines
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      450 7 ARRIVALS. 600 am. MbA MLO29 Koala Luinpor. 815 a.m. LTA IT 1575 United States. Papeete. Pacific 9.00 a.m. MSA MLII 9 Koala Lumpor. 9.35 a.m. GAKLDA GA9B2 Jakarta 10.15 a.m. M>A MLI2I Koala Lompor. 10-15 ajn. MSA MLOOS Penang, Ipob. Koala Lompur. Malacca. 1285 p.m. PAN AM PAB4I
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    1004 9  -  HAVE TICKET WILE THAVEE By Gloria-mae 'TT/IFE ticket will traveV teems to be the maxim of Gloria-mae, Eastern Suns latest *find who writes mainly for the Women's Page. A swinger by any standard, Gloriamae has just returned from a swinging tour of Down Under and three exotic countries in
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    434 9  -  >/##'##/. /#1 l/l/ S#'//.-. H SHEILAH GRAHAM LONDON, wed "MY last night in 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle' was a lovely night." said Topol. the Israeli actor who has returned from his play and picture negotiations in New York. He was a hit in
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      332 9 17TT! LIDO Phone ***** OPENS TODAY! No Free List 11 a m 1.30. 4.00, 6 "n A 9.15 p m Oeorg? Kennedy "t.uns of The Magnificent Seven" (UAt "3g».;fe,on ic Color by D?Lu*e Phone. 2975^1 TODAY' No Free List 11 am 14.1, 4.00. <1.30 A 9SO pra Michae. Sa-razin ,5:
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      197 9 BARBRA STREISAND "HURT FOIT 2ND BIG WEEK! ORCHARD: Daily 3 Shows Offlcial Selection For S'pore Film Festival 2.00, 5.30 8.45 p.m. Sun» ft Holiday Extra Show 10 30am. Adm: 81.5®. $2 50 {4 00 (No Free List), V£«STH**' SCHOOL CONCESSION 81 50 TO ANY SEAT DAILY AT 2 00 ft
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      242 10  -  By BIG BEN I>EGAL MATE galloped smartly over 3f in AV 33 2/5 on a yielding track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. He was ridden by Glynn Pretty. Riverbanks strode out fluently over 3f in 39 finishing with plenty in hand George Podmore was astride
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      38 10 MOSCOW. Wed. (Reuter) Soviet sprinter Galin a Mitrokhina pruned the world record for the women's 200 metres hurdles by two-tenths of a second to" 26.9 sees, in a track and field meeting at Odessa yesterday.
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      151 10 6EOUL, Wed. (Reuter) KiSoo Kim of South Korea, the reigning Oriental Middleweight boxing champion and a former world junior middleweight title-holder, has announced his retirement. The Korean Boxing Commission said today this meant the Oriental middleweight crown would probably be contested by Sung-Kap Choi of South Korea
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      1388 10 CI* 1 Dlv 1-1 MUe 053 Chai Kiin By 9.0« Chen*' Stable Tulloh an BtlladaJnt 7y 906 Horse Sense Stable E B.eua 434 Larhimtat 5y 8.06 H C, T»n Madam S K Chan Daniel; 366 Btrflo Bot 6y 8D6 Mai Ppn at Boug^me 618 Royal
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      311 10 Melbourne, Wednesday AUSTRALIA'S world bantamweight boxing champion, Lionel Rose. 21, has two engagements in the United States during Aug. One is to defend his title against Ruban Olivares in Los Angeles on Aug. 22. The other is in Nashville. Tennessee, after the flght.
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      69 10 ZURICH. Wed. (Reuter) El Salvador and Haiti will play their World Cup preliminary round matches on Sept. 21 and 28 the International Footba'l Federation (FIFA) said here today. At a special meeting in Curacao this weekend the two countries agreed to hold the first leg in
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      256 10 CYCLING- ANTWERP. Belgium, Wed. (I'PI) Ferdinand Bracke of Belgium last night said he is readv to challenge defending champion Hugh Porter of Britain for the pursuit title at the world professional cycling championships by setting a new track record in the preliminary round. Bracke. the
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      93 10 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) The Irish Sweeps Lincoln handicap winner, Fog*y Bell, is among 13 acceptors announced today for th* William Hill Gold CUD handicap. The race is to be ru n over one mile at Redcar (1435 GMT) on Saturday. and worth £6,656 to the winning
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      158 10 TENNIS NEW YORK. Wed (Reuter) Total prize money in the U.S. Open tennis championships has reached a record U*****,000 < £54,000» with the addition of a new US$l2,OOO (£5,000» consolation singles tournament for men and women. U.S. Lawn Tennis Association tournament chairman Joseph F. Cullman 111
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      41 10 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Results of friendly football matches played last night in Britain were: Arsenal 0 Italian under 21 XI 1. Celtic 1 Leeds United 1. Derby 6 Werder Bremen 0. Charlton 2 Fulham 1. Ipswich 3 Dundee 0.
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      589 10 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Yorkshire. English County cricket champions, failed by one run to beat their old enemies Lancashire at Sheffield yesterday. The game known as the "Roses' match bubbled with excitement as Yorkshire edged towards their victory target of 65. But
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      101 10 AUGSBERG. Germany. Wed (UPI) United States men took a commanding 74-43 points lead over West Germany at Augsburg yesterday at the end of the first day of their two-dav track and field meet. The American girls trailed the Fraulein? 39-44. The men dropped only one of
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      93 10 HAMBURG. West Germany. Wed. (Reuter) Australian professional star Tony Roche swept through into the third round of the international German tenni s championships here yesterday with a comfortable 6-<3. 6-3. 7-5 victory over Swiss champion Matthias Werren. In sweltering heat the Australian act. seeded No. One
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      82 10 THE Combined Schools' Council have picked five schoolboys to represent the Republic at the sth International Asian Students' badminton championships at Manila from Aug. 10-24. They are Chan Kong Ming, Stephen Grant (both of Swiss Cottage Secondary School), Ng Chor Yau (Junior College), Chua Chong Peck
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      218 10 LISBON. Wed. (Reuter) Eusebio Ferrera. Portugal's football star, has made a final offer to renew his contract with the Benflca Club for four million Escudos (about £57.850). he said yesterday. He told reporters that he had not yet received a reply from the
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      209 10 The 17th World Golf Cup and International Championships will be played at the Bukit Course, from Oct. 2 to Oct. 5. Eighty-eight top players are expected to represent 44 countries for the World Cup: they will also vie ior individual honours for the
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      122 10 BIRMINGHAM. En g land. Wed. < Reuter* Pakistan Test player Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla's benefit match for Warwickshire ended in defeat when Worcestershire snatched a five-wicket victory here yesterday. Worcestershire, set 132 runs to win in 163 minutes, reached their target with 22 balls
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      41 10 About 28 teams are expected to take part In the 1969 Pesta Sukan Softball fixtures to be held at the Polo Grounds on Aug. 10. This year's tournament has attracted a record number of seven teams for the women*' trophy.
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      300 11 All the seeded players entered the singles quarterfinals In the Singapore Badminton Association national championships at the badminton stadium. Guillemard Road, last night. Last year's runner-up Omar Ibrahim was in great form when he eliminated 1987 junior champion Adam Karlm winning 15-9 15-0. Evergreen M.
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      156 11 LUCUjdT VALLEY. New York, Wtd. Ma.gaiet Saiitn Loait, AUotiana. lea tue tecatu P-ayers into the second round of the annual r rtock m^^atiua grass court tennis cnamp.ou" ;h'P( yesterday. M.s. Court. ho.de r ol the Frtncn and Australian titles, beat Peggy Michel. U S.,
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      103 11 THF German "Footballer of the Year" is most probably going to be Gerhard Muller (picture stripped to the waist after winning the German FA Cup during the lap of honour round the stadium). Muller's club. FC Bayern Munich, accomplished the double of becoming German League champions
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      752 11 NEW YORK. Wed (IP!) Winning pitcher Bill Hands singled in a run in a two-run second inning last night as the Chicago Cubs scored a 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros and maintained their lead in the Eastern Division of the National League Hands,
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      87 11 SHEFFIELD. England. Wrd. (Reute r > Sheffield United, the English Second Division soccer club, sacked their team manager Arthur Rowley today. H e had joined the club almcst a year ago from the managership of Shrewsbury Town. The decision was taken by the Board last night
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      245 11 THE Singapore Cricket Club head the division one league table of the Singapore Cricket Association tournament with a percentage of 79.63. Division One P W D L A Pts. Max S.C.C. IS 12 5 1 1 86 108 79.63 RAF Changi 19 13
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      385 11 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) New Zealand. 1-0 down In the three-match series. go into the Second Test against England at Trent Bridge tomorrow without star batsman Glenn Turner. I In the First Test at Lords. Turner was the one man capable of overcoming the
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      145 11 MANILA. Wed (UPI)—Two Filipino Chinese teams bas ketball ana table tennis —are schenuled to leave tomorrow for the Sports Festival of Singapore's 150 th anniversary. From Singapore the two teams will proceed to Jakarta. Bangkok and Hong Kon.g for exhibition games, a team manager of
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      82 11 F countries have accepted tne Singapore Rifle Association's invitation to compete in the 1969 Pesta Sukan championships Irom Aug. 11 to 16. They are Burma. India. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The fixtures: Aug. 11 —Small Bore Prone (Gimson School 9 a.m.). Aug. 12 Free Pistol (Gimson
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      43 11 THE Pesta Sukan K.O. final the E. W. Barker Trophy will be played on Saturday, Aug. 16 at the CSC ground in Balestier Road. The game will start at 2.30 p.m. The finalists are BAT Stlttar and RAF Tengah.
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      106 11 GOONDIWINDI. Queensland, Wed. tAFPi Th« Fijian Union tourists scored ten tries to beat Queensland bv 40 point s to 21 in a superb display of attackmg rugby here today. The Queenslanders also hand-fed well, scoring fiv e tries At half time the Fijians led 16 —3. The
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      1296 11 T-y-r .1 i Wly x iS" fe W' Ha mm TV and Radio Ari m J •<■•••• ■> r.e-e Cinema (Tale of 2 Wives) <A Mandarin Feature Film): 12 00 Midnight Cl^se (CHANNEL 8i PM. *5 0O Opening Anttouncemerits in all Languase* and The Adventure* of Huck Finn Pirp'e Island':
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    462 12 Singapore had a multi-racial army because each race had a stake in the survival of this plural society, declared Professor Wong Lin Ken, the Member of Parliament for Alexandra, yes- terday. The Republic's former ambassador to the United States said this at a
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    170 12 The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Enche Rahim Ishak yesterday praised pupils in Telok Kurau secondary school for responding so well to the call to learn technical subjects. He was speaking at the speech day and commemoration of National Dav and 150 th anniversary of
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    225 12 HOUSEWIVES sot a shock yesterday mornin? when they found all stalls selling pork in the markets closed for the day. REASON: No pigs were slaughtered the night before at the Republic's two abattoirs in French Road and Jurong Later on in the day. the director of Primary
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    131 12 THE appointment of Mr. Charles Tenney Cross as the new United States Ambassador to Singapore has been accepted by the Government of the Republic here. In a statement announcing this, the Singapore Government said yesterday that Mr. Cross would be replacing Mr. Francis
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    511 12 THE final judging of the nation-wide essay competition for Chinese schools which was recently held to mark the double celebration of the Republic's 150 th anniversary and National Day took place at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday. HERE are the results of the essay competition
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    219 12 THE Minister for Education. Mr. Ong Pang Boon, appealed to the people of Singapore to co-operate with the government to make the Republic an economically well-off nation. Mr. Ong was speaking at the Telok Aver Community's 150 th anniversary of Singapore celebrations at the
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    132 12 THE State and City Planning Office of the Ministry of Natio nal Development are conducting two survevs on People s Park stallholders and theii customers, from Aug. 6-16. The purpose of these surveys is to determine the popularity of the new People's Park aftei relocation, the business
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    139 12 A MAN with seven children won the big Toto Jackpot prize of $87,000 in the draw held on Sunday. Aug. 3. Interviewed by a representative of the Singapore Pools, the lucky winner disclosed how he managed to get the prize combination of 5 out of
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    23 12 TOKYO. Wed (UPI) A Japanese Self-Defence Agency jet crashed into the Pacific while on a training mission today, killing its pilot.
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    190 12 "SCIENCE in the Service of Man'* will be the theme of an exhibition to be jointly staged by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Science Council of Singapore to commemorate Singapore's 150 th Anniversary. Participants from foreign missions, public corporations and private
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    107 12 THE Acting Minister for Culture. Mr. Wee Toon Boon is seen greeting Mr. Raymond Adams-Schneider. New Zealand Minister of Broadcasting when he flew into Singapore yesterday. MR. T. FREDERICK PEART (richt) Leader of the British Hou*e of Commons and Lord President of the Council is
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    206 12 The Chairman of the National Theatre Trust. Dr. Goh Poh Seng, yesterdav expressed the hope that a planned film industry in the Republic would be able to stop the "brain-drain" of local talents. Dr. Goh spoke of a lamentable situation in the Republic
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