Eastern Sun, 15 August 1969

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    23 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1088 Friday* 15 August 1969. ft MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Dublin Asks UK To Get UN Troops To Troubled North
    755 1 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. (UPI) Ireland has informed Secretary General U Than* that it had asked Britain to "apply immediately for the urgent dispatch of U.N. peace keeping forces" to troubled Northern Ireland. A spokesman for the Irish mission to the
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    Lock icon Wilson Back For Crisis Talks
    30 1 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Prime Minister Harold Wilson broke his holiday today for crisis talks with British Home Secretary James Callaghan on the Northern Ireland riots.
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    Lock icon Peking In Silent Mood Over Border Clashes
    175 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter) Peking remained silent today on the latest bitter border clash between Soviet and Chinese troops, after an early morning radio broadcast said the Russians were continuing to shoot at the Chinese. More than 12 hours after this broadcast by
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    Lock icon Blaiberg: A Relapse
    77 1 CAFE TOWN, Thurs. (Eeuter) The world's longest surviving heart transplant patient, Dr. Philip Blaiberg was today re-admitted to Groote Schuur Hospital following a deterioration in his condition, a hospital spokesman said. The spokesman gave no details, merely adding that further information would be released "pending investigation.** Dr.
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    Lock icon RAZAK CALLS FOR A 'MOTIVATED SOCIETY'
    186 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Tun Abdul Razak today directed the Department of National Unity to study and recommend measures aimed at creatine a "motivated society" where youths would play a forceful part in meeting the challenge of building a truly harmonious and dynamic nation. The
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    Lock icon A Comeback By Mae West
    133 1 NEW YORK Thurs (Reuter) Actress Mae West who has not made a film for quarter of a century, will have a star role in the screen version of the best-seller, "Myra Breckinridge" 20th Century Fox announced today. She will play the part of Letisha Van
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    Lock icon Gov. Gibb's Farewell
    102 1 SALISBURY. Rhodesia. Thurs. (AFP) Sir Humphrey Gibbs will leave Salisbury next Tuesday by air for London via Blantyre (Malawi) to bid farewell to the Queen on his retirement as Governor of Rhodesia. Sir Humphrey and Lady Glbbs will be accompanied by Sir John and Lady Pestell and
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    Lock icon Use Of Aussie Forces Outside Peninsula 'Not Excluded'
    485 1 CANBERRA, Thurs. (Reuter) The use of Australian Forces outside the peninsula in Malaysia Singapore was not necessarily excluded in all circumstances, the External Affairs Minister Mr. Gordon Freeth said to- night. Mr. Freeth said he would not pretend that there were no
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    Lock icon COSMOS-292
    26 1 MOSCOW. Thurs (Reuter) The Soviet Union today launched another artlflc.al satellite, CmilW 292, to continue its snace research programme. the official Tass news agency reported
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    Lock icon Smoky Fire That Did No Damage...
    246 1 AN earlv morning fire in the attic of an old house along Boat Quav did little damage because this particular building together with others alongside had already been vacated as they were due to be demolish- Ed in the near future. But, the fire
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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    Lock icon 'Ben Casey' Influence Blamed For Wrong Choice Of Careers
    496 2 THE Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, last night criticised students who flocked to take up medicine because of the glamourous role people see in television images like Dr. Ben Casey and Dr. Kildare. He said students should
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    Lock icon 3 Months For Copper Wire Offence
    72 2 A 46-year-old man. Misran bin Mara Koon, was fined $5OO. in default, three months' jail, by the Seventh Court Magistrate. Mr. George Sandosham yesterday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing stolen property. Misran who Is unemployed, admitted that on March 3,
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    Lock icon Curfew In Sarawak
    93 2 KUALA LUMPUR. ThursA dusk to dawn curfew was imposed today in the third division of Sarawak to facilitate operations by security forces against the Communist terrorists. The curfew which was imposed at 6 p.m. will continue everyday until further notice. Malaysia is convalescing speedily from the wounds
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    Lock icon Top Fashion Show Here August 25-28
    224 2 TOP international mannequins will show off a glittering array of cocktail dresses, evening gowns and pants suits, in a dazzling display staged by Hotel Malaysia in its Golden Lotus Restaurant from Aug. 25-28. The entire selection is designed by Collin Lim, world renowned for
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    Lock icon RAAF To Replace RAF Duties In 1971
    238 2 CANBERRA. Thurs. (Reuter) Extra Royal Australian Air Force personnel will be sent to Malaysia-Singapore to take over some of the duties of the British when they leave at the end of 1971, RAF headquarters said today. The headquarters said Australia would expand her
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    Lock icon Computer Appreciation Course
    96 2 THE Singapore Computer Society will hold a ten-hour computer appreciation course over the weekend beginning Saturday, August 23. for persons interested to know how a computer works. The course, to be held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Lecture Hall at Hill Street. i s open to
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    Lock icon 'Malay Participation In Trade At Grass Roots Level Desired'
    259 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malay participation in commerce and industry should be extended to the ordinary Malays from the kampongs, villages and towns, the Malaysian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, said today. "The practice of having a few
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    Lock icon 'Fringe' Benefits In Firm
    173 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Believe it or not. the 309 employees of a factory in Seiangor which mills, packs and export! rubber enjoy these very attractive benefits. According to the Aoril report of the Ministry of Labour, the benefits Include: Seven days paid annual leave; Paid sick
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    Lock icon Border Reds Killed
    91 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Intensive operations mounted recently by the Security Forces along the Malaysian borders had resulted In the killing and wounding of some Communist terrorists. The National Operations Council at Its meeting this morning was told that the operations in the areas along the Malaysia-Thai border
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    Lock icon 'Commonsense Approach' To Medical Teaching
    531 2 ONE of Singapore's most senior and much-respected doctors yesterday called for the adoption of a "commonscnse approach" in the formulation of policies for future medical education in the island-republic. Dr. G»ee Ah l.ene said that Singapore should seek to train doctors "for an urbanised community
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    Lock icon Princess And Only Woman On Island
    98 2 Princess Alexandra who left Singapore a few days ago after attending the Republic's 150th anniversary celebrations met the only woman stationed on the RAF outpost on the island Gan in the Indian Ocean when she stopped by there. The lucky member of the RAF
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    Lock icon Malayan Pineapple Mission To New Zealand
    373 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A Malayan Pineapple Industry Board mission will leave Kuala Lumpur tomorrow on a two-week trade promotional tour of New Zealand and Australia. The mission will be led by Mr. Philip Khoo, Deputy Controller, Export Commodities Division, of the Ministry of Commerce
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    Lock icon 'Malaysians' Only In Sabah
    86 2 KOTA KINABALU. Thurs. (Reuter) A Sabah government directive issued yesterday requires Heads of Departments to refer to all Sabahans as Malaysians with immediate effect. The directive, which also applies to non-government organisations and mass media. said: "The constitution provides that the people of Malaysia are Malaysian
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      114 3 Leave home. Forget the office. Forget the house. Forget the kids. And let things run themselves for a while. Just plain run away. Right away. Like today. Just the two of you. To a beach in Honolulu, perhaps. A cable car in San Francisco. A New York skyscraper. They're all
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    Lock icon NORTHERN IRELAND ON BRINK OF CIVIL WAR
    684 4 LONDONDERRY. Northern Ireland. Thurs. (Reuter) Police opened fire with revolvers here early today as fresh rioting swept across Northern Ireland. plunging the Protestant-Catholic British province to the brink of civil war. Gunfire and arson spread from town to town and Ulster was engulfed
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    Lock icon 'Directory' Of Underworld Sex Exposed
    168 4 LOS ANGELES, California, Thurs. (Reuter) Police are being led into a sex underworld by a black book of addresses which belonged to Hollywood hair stylist Jay Sebring, murdered with him actress Sharon Tate and three others on Friday. The book containing names and addresses of
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    Lock icon Ted's Denial
    34 4 WASHINGTON. Thurs. CReuter) Senator Edward Kennedy has denied a newspaper columnist's allegation that he did not swim the channel between Chappaquiddick Island and Martha's Vineyard after the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.
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    Lock icon Polanski Sobs At Wife's Funeral
    208 4 CULVER CITY. California. Thurs. (Reuter) Actress Sharon Tate's husband, film director Roman Polanski. broke down and sobbed like a child yesterday at a funeral service for his wife, butchered In a savage quintuple murders at their hilltop home last Friday. Wearing dark glasses which failed
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    Lock icon Increase In Red China's Pla Size
    128 4 HONG KONG, Thurs. (LPI) A Hong Kong newspaper reported to-dav that Communist China planned to increase the strength of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to 12 million thl s year. The strength of the PLA Is best estimated at around 3 million, although unconfirmed
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    Lock icon Man Charged With Treason
    64 4 PARIS. Thurs. (Reuter) A 40-year-old Frenchman was charged with treason here yesterday, accused of spying at NATO Headquarters In Brussels. The Frenchman. Francis Roussllhe. faces the death penalty When being charged by an examining magistrate at the State Security Court, he was described as a librarian.
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    Lock icon Pope: Need For Personal Prayer
    63 4 CASTEL GANDOLFO. Italy. Thurs. (UPI) Pope Paul VI stressed yesterday the need for a return to personal prayer in his weekly general audience attended by thousands of pilgrims and tourists. "Today even the good, even the faithful, even those who are consecrated to th e
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    Lock icon Ryukyu Talks
    87 4 TOKYO. Thurs (UPI) Chief Executive Chobyo Yara of the Ryukyus arrived here today for a series of conferences with Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and other government leaders. Japanese government spokesmen said he will sta v here for one week to honour the wardead in a ceremonv tomorrow and
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    Lock icon Nixon Honours Moonmen With State Dinner
    299 4 LOS ANGELES. California. Thurs. (Reuter) America's three moon explorers ended a hectic coast to coast triumphal tour with a State dinner £lven here by President Nixon last night. Carloads of celebrities, including Cabinet Ministers. State Governors, film stars and foreign diplomats flooded into a
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    Lock icon 'Wall Must Go' Demonstrators
    63 4 WEST BERLIN. Thurs. ißeuter) About 400 rightwing West Berliners. carrying torches and shouting "The Wall must go" marched to the Berlin Wail last nizht to protest azalnst Its erection exactly eight years ago. The mainly youthful demonstrators sang the West German national anthem after they arrived
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    Lock icon Alleged Torture: More Evidence
    58 4 DAMASCUS, Thurs. (Reuter) A three-man UN. working group yesterday heard sworn testimonies of alleged torture, killing, eviction and starvation of Arabs in Israelioccupied territory Six Syrian witnesses, from Kuneitra and other villages In the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, told the group details of alleged Israeli atrocities and
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    Lock icon U.S. Congress In Recess
    54 4 WASHINGTON. Th u r 8 (Reuter) Congress started a three week recess yesterday. leaving behind most of Its major legislation still pending. Most of the 535 members of the Senate and House of Representatives Joined executive branch officials who already had made their escape from this
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    Lock icon Just Imagine That...
    56 4 BORDEAUX, France, Thurs. (Reuter) A policeman's love of classical music caught a criminal here when a motorist stopped for speeding said he was Tchaikovsky's great grandson. The driver, who turned out to be a car thief, could not hum a single air from the policeman's favourite "nutcracker"
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      372 4 DESIGN 12 first to*o€*£c*then to SCHOOL DESIGN 05 >2 E IK DESIGN 57 i OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM FOR 'SINGAPORE HER PEOPLF COLOUR PHOTO CONTEST JOINTLY ORGANISED BY EASTERN SUN/BEHN MEYER CO., LTD. IN COMMEMORATION OF SINGAPORE'S NATIONAL DAY 150 th ANNIVERSARY In accordance with the rules of this Contest. I
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      184 4 TODAY a Friday, August 15, 1969. mm STAR GA2ER**V By CLAY R. POLLAN Your Daily Activity Guidm. Yt According to tkm Stan. To develop messoge for Friday/ read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac birth sign. i Some 31 Don't 6T CooeiHons J £3 ffi Im Us 0 Issues
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    Lock icon AMONG SINGAPORE'S BEST-DRESSED WOMEN
    382 5 have seen quite a fete glittering affairs in our time, but this one easily ranks as one of the most outstanding social glitter for the year. bnderstandably so, with Princess Alexandra and her husband Mr. Angus Ogilvy as the guests of honour, the turn up at
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    Lock icon VIETNAM TRAGEDY: 1,100 Dead After V-C's Tues. Attacks
    376 5 SAIGON, Thurs. (Reuter and UPI) Fierce fighting: again flared along the Cambodian border with South Vietnam yesterday after a round of North Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks on Tuesday left 1,100 dead, officials reported here. Communist attacks on Tuesday killed 75 American and
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    Lock icon Bigamy Behind Murder Motive?
    202 5 BANGKOK, Thurs. (I'PI) The parents of a Thai girl shot to death in the apartment of a U.S. Army colonel with whom sh e was living in Stuttgart. West Germany, professed themselves mystified by the case yesterday. Pol Simhuatkln. father of Bungon* Simhuatkln. 23. the dead
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    Lock icon Legal Challenge To Land Dispute
    177 5 KIE T A Bougainville. Thurs. (Reuter) Both sides in the Bougainville Land dispute relaxed yesterday and many natives, who had travelled to the vtp of the Conzinc Rio Trnto Works, returned to their homes. The 175 acre* of land, the cause of the conflict between
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    Lock icon Soviet Denial
    51 5 NEW DELHI. Thurs. (Reuter) The Soviet Union has denied reports that it is helping to expand Pakistan's naval forces, the Indian Parliament was told yesterday. Surendra Pal Singh, Deputy External Affairs Minister, said Moscow had also denied that It was anxious to set up a naval has* in
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    Lock icon Thai PM Faces 1st Crisis In Parliament
    266 5 BANGKOK, Thurs. (UPI) Prime Minister Thanom Kittlkachorn was faced with his first real Parliamentary crisis today as members of his own party threatened revolt if be fails to sack Budget Bureau Director. Renoo Suwannasit. Hostility to Renoo mushroomed into a dispute of major
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    Lock icon Indira: Free Vote For Presidential Elections
    413 5 NEW DELHI, Thurs. (Reuter and UPI) The Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, last night cam© out for a free vote in the Presidential Elections on Saturday. In a letter to the Congress Party President. US Nijallngappa, she said sue did not think It
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    Lock icon UNC Açuses N. Korea Of Aggression
    200 5 PANMUNJOM. Korean Armistice Village. Thurs. (Reuter) The United Nations Command (UNC) to-dav accused North Korea of following a reckless course of aggression against South Korea by continuing to raid CNC positions in the Demilitarised Zone and infiltrating agents by land and sea routes. The
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      67 5 H i a Dest about this ittle pastille is... it tastes so good. Dissolve one in your mouth. They're delicious, and they leave your breath sweet. For over a century, millions of people, singers, speakers, smokers, all over the world have been sucking Lakerol pastilles. If you have a tickle
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    Lock icon LOCATION HUNTING?
    676 6 THE armed clash between the two Communist leviathans has jumped almost the entire width of the Asian continent to be renewed along the western Sino-Soviet border. The Ussuri River across which there have been periodic attacks and counter-attacks for over a year is located in Northeastern China almost
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    Lock icon REGIONAL SECURITY
    208 6 THAI Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman seems to have rejected out of hand Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman's suggestion of considering the possibility of setting up a security arrangement for Southeast Asia. Thailand has had bitter experiences with the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation which, while originally set up
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    Lock icon TODAY'S QUOTATION
    20 6 The hardest trial of the heart is whether it can bear a rival's failure without triumph. John Aiken.
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    Lock icon Facts About N. Korea
    116 6  -  Letters... J. CLARK Treasurer. American Association Of Singapore Singapore. IN your Thursday, 7 August edition appeared five columns of paid propaganda by the North Korean Government, obscurely labelled "Advertisement" and clearly intended to appear as a straight news story, this "article" included two glaring inaccuracies that
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    Lock icon What Dad Did In The Great War...
    916 6  -  by G.S. WHITTET OF all the campaigns of the First World War beyond Western Europe, the longest and most inglorious was waged in Mesopotamia. Gen. Gorringe, Commander of the Tigris Corps, described it as "No Man's Child". After four years fighting against the
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    Lock icon MAURITIUS LOOKS TO ITS YOUNG ONES
    757 6  -  By Ruth Weiss Gemini News Service PORT LOUIS, Mauritius: A year and a bit after independence, the Indian Ocean sugar island of Mauritius Has not, as many feared, exploded. It could still happen. But the "troubles" as they call the rioting, killing: and occupation
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    Lock icon The Fastest Warship
    352 6  -  By WILLIAM MACPHERSON OTTAWA, (Reuter) Canada's controversial Hydrofoil submarine-hunter has proved herself to be the fastest warship in the world. The 151-foot (46-metre) 225ton Bras d'Or reached a top speed of 62 knots during sea trials off Halifax harbour this summer. The fate of the Hydrofoil, a
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    Lock icon The Man Who Makes You Feel Young Again
    659 6  -  by JEAN SOWARD Gemini News Service LONDON: A young man whose job is to make people look as young as they feel is pulling in clients by the hundred in London. He is Peter Stephan. who heads the London Cell Therapy Centre,
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    Lock icon Padalin's Angry Gods
    412 6  -  ®y U Ba Than RANGOON (UPI) For centuries, no Burmese would poke his nose inside the Padalin caves because the gods were angry over unreturned clothes. Legend said the two caves in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains were guarded by two spirit sisters. Once upon a
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon Narrow Price Movements On Easier Stock Mart
      524 7 By Our Market Reporter SHARE prices were again marked down fractionally as easier conditions continued to prevail in the Stock Exchange yesterday. For a change, the market appeared to have effected a rally with values advancing slowly on fresh shortcoverlng support. But this
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1019 7 T>rSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms 13 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 SI.BO (1»: Ben 51.89 <1) $1 88 13); Borneo $176 «3»; Boustead
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      123 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 unite of foreign currency): SELLING T.T. or O.D ready. Deutsche Marks 578.0250; Holland Guilders $B5 6200; Swiss Francs $71.9150; Belgian Francs $6.1325; French Francs
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      Lock icon $19.5 m. Loan For Ceylon
      52 7 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced this week the approval of an arrangement to allow Ceylon to draw up to US$l9.5 million during the next 12 months to meet commitments. The drawing agreement is designed to prop up Ceylon's ability to pay
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      13 7 THE Tin price for yesterday was $645 per picul. up $2.25.
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      209 7 THE following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for August 15: DEPARTURE: Godowns Vessels 5 Mikuni Maru 15/16 State Of Madras 18 City of Johannesburg 26/27 Browind 27/28 Nichiryu Maru 44 Bavaria N.W. 5. Giang Lee N.W. 4 Luna Marina ARRIVAL: Godowns
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      Lock icon The Biggest And Tallest Of Them All
      185 7 AT Selco (S) Ltd.. one can see several cranes oi different sizes But they were all dwarfed when a new crane arrived recently to join them A ceremonv was held this week at the Selco yards when the new crane, a BLH LIMA
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      Lock icon London Rubber Market Closes Steady
      106 7 LONDON. Thurs <UPI> The rubber market closed steady yesterday with sellers reserved. Spot 28-3/4. 29-1/4 Settlement House Sept 28-3/4. 29-1/4 sellers nominal Oct 28-7 8. 29-1/4 sellers nom Nov and Oct/Dec 29, 29-1/4 sellers nom Jan/March 28-1/2. 28-3/4 sellers nom April June 28, 28-1/4 sellers
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      Lock icon Cold Prices Close Higher
      131 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Gold prices closed mostly higher in moderatelv active trading yesterday on markets here and abroad. In London, gold remained unchanged at the morning fixing but gained 10 cents for a second fixing of 41.20 dollars per ounce. In Zurich it rose 20
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      Lock icon Another Trade Surplus For India
      152 7 NEW DELHI, Thurs. (Reuter) India which achieved a balance of trade surplus for the first time in a decade in April, again had a surplus in June, it was announced recently. But the overall trade balance for the first quarter April to June of the
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      Lock icon Pact On Sale Of Copper
      73 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Freeport Sulphur Co. announced an agreement this week with a group of Japanese smelters and trading companies covering the sale of copper concentrates produced by Freeport Indonesia, Inc., a subsidiary. The transaction covers the bulk of copper concentrates produced from the
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      Lock icon H.K. Money
      56 7 HONG KONG. Thuri. (UPI) Money Quotations: HK$B ***** per U.S. dollar HK56.***** per U.S. dollar TT HK$l4 4 per pound sterling HK$3OB 25 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness HK$l6l.B per 10.000 Japanese yen HK5123.2 per 100 Philippines pesos buyer* HK1124.2 per 100 Philippines pesos sellers
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 82 1/4 Cts.
      328 7 SEPTEMPER first grade rub ber buyers closed at 5 p.m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 82i rents per lb., down one eighth of a cent from the previous close. The ton® of the market was quiet. The market fluctuated uncertainly between 821 and 831
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      Lock icon Dow Jones averages
      51 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 809.13 off 3.83 20 Rails 195.99 off 0.74 15 Utilities 113 98 up 0 07 65 Stocks 274.76 off 0.99 40 Bonds 72.07 off 0.05 Commodity Futures Index 139.04 off
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      Lock icon New York Stocks End Lower
      185 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Stocks finished lower yesterday, although moat groups rose in the final hour. Trading was moderate. Analysts noted that "bargain hunters jumped in a t the lower levels but there still appeared to b« no great incentive to buy." New pressure on
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      Lock icon Stock Exchange Closing Prices
      729 7 SINGAPORE Stock chance told and other prices officially lutea at tbe clo»e of business. INDUSTRIE AC.MA 1 79 182 Ben A Co. \D 1.87 1.89 Borneo Bhd 176 1 «7 Bnustead 185 1.90 Camel Plywood XBI 1-89 1 90 C. sugar 352 Cold storage 2 16
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      88 7 THP noon prlrn it Che r-mr»-pore Chine** Prodoc® Kichanee (eitrrdK; irne>Bn;ei s«*iier Coconut Oil (FOB Bulk 48 00 twnniii Oil (FOB) Drum 50.50 Mixed Copra 30 SO Mum ok Unite Pepper (F.OB) 145 00 gamwuK White Pepper (FOB) 142 50 Sarawak Special Black I'epper if OH) «6% M.W. 100
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      52 7 inanutn Price 11 l<f Malayan XT) 2.74 2nd Malayan XD 1 98 —m :<rd Malayan 1.26 The Com. Inc. 1 01 1 11 The Sarins Fund 10* 1.18 M. In\f*t Fund 1.25 1.35 l«t Hons Kong 1-50 1.6?* 2nd Hong Konf 1 06 1.11* Sterling Com 5/6 <
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      47 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange. (Bid) (Asked) Sept 31.25 Nov 30 80 Jan 1 30.50 Mar 30.00 Mav 29.75 Julv 29.50 Sept 29.35 Locally. No. 2 RSS was 303 8 cents per pound.
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      450 7 4 K RIVALS: ft 00 a.m. f>18A ML029 luU Lumpar. 9 00 a.m. MsA ML119 Kuala Lumpar. 10 15 a.m. MSA MLltl Koala Lumpur. 10-24 am. MSA ML005 Penang. Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur. Malacca. 1.10 p.m. MSA ML 451 Kacbing 2.16 p m MSA ML047 Kota Bbsrn. TrtnuaoiL Kuala
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    Lock icon ELVIS TURNS DOWN $15 M. OFFER
    161 9 MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Thurs, (UPI) Elvis Presley reportedly has rejected a contract offer from a Las Vegas hotel estimated at Ssls million according to a Memphis newspaper. The Commercial Appeal reported on Sunday the contract would have required Presley to appear in Las Vegas four
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    94 9 DEAUVILLE. Franc* Thurs. (Reuter) Film star Omar Sharif said yesterday he wanted to give up the cinema and devote himself to bridge and race-horses Omar Sharif, star of "Doctor Zhivago" and "Che" the story of the Cuban guerrilla Che Guevara has spent most of
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    300 9  -  Story Pix By H.C. Tan H. C. Tan WHICHEVER wiv fashion is goin* nowadays, it's certainlv not going forward The Charleston swi n g y sisters of the forties could n't have outshone the soulful misses of the seventies when it comes to the slinky H-Une
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    215 9 ONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Li John Lennon has overtaken Paul McCartney as the most popular Beatle. according to a music magazine's opinion poll published here today. But the group's popularity as a whole may be waning a surprisingly large chunk, 38 per cent, of the 500
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    511 9  -  loi' I/t/.s SHEILAH GRAHAM ONDON. Thurs. I love LJ Harrods in the springtime. I love Harrods in the fall I love Harrods every moment Not only because of the glorious things you can buy. but because I am always bumping into people from New York
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    52 9 HOLLYWOOD. Thurs. Alan Arkln, one of the outstanding creative talents In the entertainment field, has been signed to make his debut as writer-director of his first feature-length motion picture, "Jimmy Shine." for Columbia Pictures. It will be filmed under the aegis of Pangloss Productions, corporate name for Arkin's
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      3053 10 SATURDAY Race Is CL 6 DIv. 2—*6 F.—2.00 p.m. ($5*000) lOy 12y lOy 9 00 G A Rae Ahmad Yeo 3 1. 656 Kita Suka 8 13 Daniels 2 3. 674 185 Eiffel Tower Globe Stream 8 12 ft 1 9 Flash Stable
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      80 10 THE Australian VII beat Singapore Under-21 by 40 goals to 12 in an exhibition netball match at the Padang yesterday. Nola Green (31) and Francis Hayes <9) netted for the winners. Sylvelin Heng (8) and Tay Chor Keng replied for Singapore. In another game Commonwealth Services thrashed Combined
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      111 10 NEW YORK, Thurs. (Reuter) Results of yesterday's major league baseball games: American League Minnesota Twins 5. New York Yankees 2. Chicago White Box 5. Boston Red Sox 2, Detroit Tigers 3. California Angels 0. Kansas City Royals 7, Washington Senators 3, Baltimore Orioles 8, Oakland Athletics 0.
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      298 10  -  BY BIG BEN AMERICAN ace jockey John Sellers, a favourite of Singapore and Malaysian racegoers arrived here on Wednesday and will be seen in action for three months. He has several good mounts including Castle Command in the Anniversary Cup on the last day. Last year
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      74 10 HONG KONG. Thurs (Reu7""Th e latest standings on tne Asian tennis championship being held here: Group "A H P W L Pts S. Korea 3 3 0 9 Burma 2 2 0 6 Philippines 3 12 2 Israel 3 0 3 0 Hong Kong 2 0
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      360 10 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Classy Everton showed they mean business in English First Division soccer this season with a convincing 2-0 away win over last year's European champions Manchester United last night. The winning goals came from John Hurst and World Cup man Allan Ball. Reigning English champions
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      503 10  -  LETTER TO SPORT EDITOR M. A. Lange SBA Hon. Secretary Singapore Is facing a very Important year In badminton. The islandRepublic Is to make her baptism in the Thomas Cup as an independent nation and will face New Zealand at Wellington in the Australasian zone final on
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      118 11 WELL-KNOWN at swim pools in Singapore are the eight young water-ballet members of the Officers' Club at Changi one of three Royal Air Force stations in the island Republic. The eight, aged from 12 to 15 vears. are all daughters of Club members. They have
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      531 11  -  Bv R. NATHAN IT will be more than a dress rehearsal for the SEAP Games in Rangoon in December when top stars of the SEAP's 'big three' Thailand. Malaysia, and Singapore battle for honours in the SAAA threeday annual open championships at the
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      268 11 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) Glamorgan threw the English County cricket championship wide open they bundled out leaders Gloucestershire for 73 at Cheltenham yesterday. It was Gloucestershire's low. est score of the season. Welsh club Glamorgan only 24 points behind Gloucestershire in fourth place, closed the gap
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      40 11 SINGAPORE suffered their second defeat when they went down 3-5 to Malaysia in the Pesta Sukan table-tennis championships at the Khee Fatt School Hall, Cairnhill Road. In the women's section, Malaysia had an easy 3-0 win over Singapore.
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      347 11 TAN* Song Kian of Malaysia entered the men's singles semifinals of the SLTA's 1969 Open grass court tennis championships at the Padang yesterday. Tan defeatc Amir Leow of Singapore 6-2. 6-2 He will meet Felix Bautlsta of Thai'anrf in the semi-final Felix seeded No.
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      415 11  -  Amateur Golf BY LITTLE NENE J. W. STEWART, a 14-year-old student at the American School, and who plays under the banner of SICC, shot a 3over par 75 to take the first round lead In the 10th Singapore Golf Open Amateur Championship yesterday. One of
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      447 11  -  Bv JEROME DE SILVA NEWCOMER to the shooting scene, Burmese Air Forre Sergeant Tin Soe caused a surprise when he beat 17 other top marksmen from five countries to win the cold in the 25 metres silhouette rapid fire at the Mount Vernon
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      141 11 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) British Open golf champion Tony .larklin and South African ace Gary Player have both turned down invitations to represent their countries in the World Cup competition in Singapore in October. Both have cited personal commitments as the. reason for not
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      207 11  -  By TONY CHANDRAN S P. LOH of Singapore, the 1969 Far East champion, bowled a fantastic 1308 out of six games to top the qualifiers for the Masters event to be played on Sunday. All six tap bowlers of th« participating nations including the defending champion
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      87 11 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) Japan retained the girls' team championship in the 1969 International student badminton tournament last night by defeating Hong Kong 3-0 at the Rlzal Coliseum here. Nationalist China finished second with the Philippines third and Hong Kong fourth. Japan, undefeated since the tournament opened
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      112 11 Pesta Sukan Diary Athletics: Singapore 'Open' championships, Farrer Park. 1.30 p.m. Badminton: Singapore national championships. SBA Hall. 8.00 p.m. Basketball: Singapore invitation championships. Gay World. 7.30 p.m. Billiards: Snooker championships. Slong 800 A.A.. 6.30 p.m. Bowling: International championships. Jackie's Bowl, Orch_ ard. 830 a.m. Chess: Zonal championships. King Edward VII
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