Singapore Standard, 19 December 1955

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    30 1 Singapore Standard Vol. VI. No. 166 STANDARD ***** (5 lines) POLICE 2400 ft v*ghutyuH igukiyu. FIRE BRIGADE 5111 GENERAL HOSPITAL 2414 12 PAGES 15 CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1955
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    Lock icon Bulganin Goes All Out To Woo Afghans
    348 1 Bulganin Goes All Out To Woo Afghans KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, (AP) Russia's touring leaders made a major bid on Friday night to win over Afghanistan. Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin, addressing a state banquet, expressed sympathy for Kabul's demand that a ew nation— Pushtoonistan be carved out of the p
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    Lock icon U.S. Ship Reaches Antarctica
    118 1 U.S. Ship Reaches Antarctica NEW YORK. Dec. 18 (Reu-j t The American Naval breaker Glacier reached; Antarctica on Saturday night! r chopping her way j through 440 miles of pack according to a report m the New York Times today. The Glacier, leading ship c: the United States "Opera- :i
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    Lock icon Sweeping Changes Expected
    96 1 LONDON. Dec. 13 (Reuter) Politicians believe Sir Anthony Eden's Government reconstruction foreshadowed for this week may be the most sweeping carried out by any British Prime Minister since the last war. They say Mr. R. A. Butler. 52 Chancellor of the Exchequer, may go to another job.
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    Lock icon Santa At Changi
    59 1 RIDE him, Plane. Ride him," shouted 350 children at tne Changi R.A.F Christmas party on Saturday m the Sergeant's Mess. fw o-year-old Anthony Joseph Plane is seen riding on the back of Father Christmas, (Sergeant G.E. Duffill). Anthony's brother, Michael (extreme right) looks at what he had
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    Lock icon Queen's Cousin Died By Suicide
    165 1 Queen's Cousin Died By Suicide i CASTLEBLANEY, Ireland, Dec. 18 (AP) A Coroner's jury decided yesterday that 35-year-old John Michael Blair, cousin by marriage of Queen Elizabeth 11. committed suicide. Blair, second husband of the Queen's cousin. Lady Nancy Blair, was found shot dead m bed on Friday while a
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    Lock icon MacDonald Flies In
    70 1 THE British High Commissioner m India. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. arrived m Singapore yesterday by plane. He was met at the Paya Lebar airport by Mr. and Mrs. Loke Wan Tho and friends. Mr. Mac Donald was the guest of the Commissioner General. Sir Robert Scott yesterday.
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    Lock icon GAZA STRIP GUN RUNNERS
    50 1 JERUSALEM, Israel Sector, Dec. 18 (AP)— Israeli troops clashed with gun smugglers east of the Gaza strip during the night, an Army spokesman said yesterday. The troops wounded and captured two Arabs and seized 13.000 rounds of ammunition, said an official announcement, seven other •infiltrators" escaped.
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    Lock icon CHILDREN BAN
    37 1 THE Carswell Air Force dental clinic. Fort Worth. Texas has banned child visitors after one small boy whose mother was being treated screamed "don't you hurt mama" and bit a dentist m the leg. Reuter
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    Lock icon RECORD U.S. RUBBER INTAKE
    374 1 RECORD U.S. RUBBER INTAKE Arab Unrest Boosts Tin STEADY HIGH PRICES NEW YORK, Dec. 18.— New tension m the Middle East hare fired tin prices to the highest level m two and a half years and experts are saying prices may climb still higher. At the same time it is
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    Lock icon Wonder Car Engine-It's British
    110 1 Wonder Car EngineIt's British LONDON. Dec. 18 (Reuter) Details of a new British engine which, its inventor claims, will revolutionize the motor car industry and also have application m ships, light aircraft and railway locomotives, have been announced here The inventor. Mr Granville Bradshaw, 67-year-old research engineer and wartime Admiralty
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    Lock icon Marshall s Visit Is Ending
    88 1 Marshall s Visit Is Ending LONDON. Dec 18 (Reuter) —Mr. David Marshall. Singapore's Chief Minister, now m the concluding stage of his fortnight visit to Britain, had luncheon today with Sir Howard D'Egville. SecretaryGeneral of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. He plans to leave London by air on Tuesday for Karachi
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    Lock icon ALL IS QUIET
    24 1 KUAf A LUMPUR. Sun.— No rasudlties to either the Communist terrorists or the Security Forces were reported today m the Federation.
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    Lock icon Sudanese Want Self-Rule NOW
    166 1 U.K., EGYPT'S OKAY URGED KHARTOUM, Dec. 18, (Reuter)— Three motions will be laid before the Sudanese Parliament tomorrow to establish the immediate independence of the Sudan, it was learned today. The motions have been agreed upon by both Government and Opposition parties. The first will state
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    Lock icon Mao Nabbed 300,000 Intellectuals
    93 1 Mao Nabbed 300,000 Intellectuals i TAIPEI, Dec 18 (UP)— Communist China has arrested some 300.000 intellectuals on the mainland during the past year m a nationwide purge of dissenters against Communist ideology, official Nationalist reports disclosed today. The reports quoting Communist Minister of Justice Shih Liang m hir recent announcement,
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    Lock icon Elaine At Work
    69 1 photo. CHARMING six-year-old Elaine Leong has double homework duties lo perform. Like most other American school children she has lessins to learn at night. In addition, Elaine is learning Chinese ajter classes. This appealing photo of her ut work writing Chinese characters was made by her jather.
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    Lock icon Saar's First Free Poll Since War
    89 1 SAARBRUECKEN. Dec. 18 (Reutert Snovv began to fall m the Saar today as the first electors went to the polling booths t< vote for a new parliament, m the first really free elections to be held here since the war. In this predominently Roman
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    Lock icon Sahara Oil Raises Hope
    62 1 ALGIERS, Dec 18 (Reuter) The Algerian Assembly, an advisory body, has recommended the setting up ot a new Algerian province m the Sahara, where recent prospecting for oil and minerals has raised hopes of industrial development. The new province the Department of the Sahara would be
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    Lock icon HK-Macao Air Link Approved
    44 1 HONGKONG. Dec .18 (AP) Establishment of a Hong-kong-Macao airline has been approved by the Lisbon Government, it was learnt last night from Macao sources. The Air Macao Transport Company which will operate the line will use six-seat Bonanza twin-engine planes.
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    Lock icon CLOCK UPSET
    34 1 HUNDREDS of starlings m Stamford. Connecticut, have upset the reliability of the City Hall clock by roosting on its hands and weighing them down making the clock either fast or slow. Reuter
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    Lock icon WORKERS DEFY CHINESE BUS BOSSES
    437 2 'No Service Until Row Is Settled' Standard Staff Reporter MORE than 6,000 workers m Singapore yesterday defied the ten Chinese bus owners to put their vehicles on the roads prior to a settlement of their dispute with the Bus Workers' Union. This defiance was contained
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    Lock icon PAP Blames For Unrest
    80 2 PAP Blames For Unrest THE chairman of the Peoples' Action Party, Singapore, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, yesterday blamed the new Labour Ordinance for the present industrial unrest m the transport industry. He said the Chinese bus owners have seized the opportunity to reorganize their staff. Dr. Toh, who was speaking
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    Lock icon C-Plan Boost From Canada
    58 2 OTTAWA. Dec. 18, (UP) Colombo Plan countries yes- terday learned of Canada's increased contribution to the Plan m 1956-57 of U5534,400,--000 —more than US$B,OOO,OOO over previous years. Announcing the increased grant last night, the External Affairs Department said Parliament will be asked to approve the amount
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    Lock icon Farewell To Mrs. Hamilton
    51 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Dato Wan Idris, Mentri Besar. Johore gave a farewell tea party yesterday m honour of Mrs. Hamilton Schaschke. wife of the General Manager of the BBC, Tebrau, who is the local organizer of the British Red Cros. Society. She is leaving for Britain
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    Lock icon HORNETS AGAIN
    23 2 A SINGAPORE farmer Ec Siap, 42, of Bukit Timah Road, was stung by hornets and admitted to the GeneraL Hospital yesterday.
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    Lock icon CATHOLIC MISSION SCHOOL FOR JOHORE
    143 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun— The Gabrielite Brothers, a wellknown Catholic organization, interested m providing educational facilities for boys, plans to build within the next five years, a large Brothers School here. This has been made possible by a generous grant of 18J acres of land by
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    Lock icon POISON DEATH
    100 2 A SINGAPOREAN, Ho Soo Say, 34. who was admitted to the General Hospital yesterday with suspected corrosive acid Doisoning died two hours later. The party wants the Dato to resign because it alleges he had wrongly allowed the Alliance censure and "gag" motion on the Sultan of Johore
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    Lock icon P.T.C. REJECTS COLONY UNION'S DEMAND
    292 2 PENANG, Sun. The Penang Turf Club will not consider a claim for higher wages for the Club"s labourers made by a Singapore labour union. This was disclosed by the President of the Penang Turf Club. Dr. Lee Tiang Keng to The Standard today. Dr. Lee
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    Lock icon Party For US Navy
    123 2 COMMANDER Thomas Howie Suddath, U.S. naval attache m Singapore, and his wife, Eileen, gave a reception at their home on Saturday evening m honour of the officers of the three visiting units of the Seventh Fleet which proceed to Rangoon today for Christmas. Pictured here from
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    Lock icon MENTRI IGNORES CALL TO RESIGN
    209 2 Row Over Gag Motion JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— The Mentri Besar of Johore. Dato Wan Idris, today brushed aside the suggestion he should resign from his post. The call for his resignation had come from .-.c Johore Malays National Front, a new party formed recently to
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      61 2 Weather Report MINIMUM Temperature: From 7.30 p.m. to 7.30 a.m. Singapore (71F). Penang (74F). Kota Bahru (72F), Kuala Lumpur (73F). Ipoh (73F. Kuantan (72F). Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Singapore (81F). Penang (81F). Kota Bahru (82F), Kuala Lumpur (87F). Ipoh (90F), Kuantan (82F). Rainfall: Singapore (0.04), Penang
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    Lock icon T.U.C WILL FIGHT BID TO CUT WAGES
    270 3 Govt. Condemned For Condoning The Singapore Trades Union Congress will resist all attempts by employers to reduce wages of their employees m "consequence of the Labour legislation." A resolution to this effect was passed by the representative council of the Congress, yesterday. The
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    Lock icon Curfew Is Back In Hot City
    100 3 Curfew Is Back In Hot City RABAT. French Morocco Dec. 18. (Reuter)— French Authorities have reimposed an eight-hour curfew on Meknes. fourth largest tpwn m Morocco, following renewed acts of violence m the City's Arab quarter. Steel helmeted French troops took up positions inside the quarter yesterday and tommy guns,
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    Lock icon Indian Show Aids Youth
    62 3 MALACCA. Sun— Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan and the Resident Commissioner. Mr. H. G. Hamnriett, yesterday attended the Settlement Youth Council's presentation of Indian classical dances The show was held at the 'Settlement High School to raise funds for the $30,000 youth centre. The Sangitha Sabba troup
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    Lock icon NEW U.S. CITIZEN
    30 3 RIVERHEAD, New York, Dec. 18 (Reuter) Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, the British author, became an American citizen yesterday. Mr. Wodehouse. 74, is working on his 75th book.
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    Lock icon ONG WINS AGAIN OVER LEE GROUP
    191 3 Clean Sweep In Selangor KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Mr. H. S. Lee, Minister for Transport m the Alliance Government today failed m his second bid to obtain representation on the working committee of the Selangor branch of the Malayan Chinese Association. Also decisively defeated m
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    Lock icon Party Must Be Overhauled – Gaitskell
    134 3 Party Must Be Overhauled Gaitskell CLECKHEATON, Yorkshire Dec 18 (Reuter)— Mr. Hugh Gaitskell said yesterday m his first public speech aa s the Labour Party's new chief, that the party would overhaul its entire organization m planning to win the next general election. He declared that Labour needed to improve
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    Lock icon Thief Left Him Cold
    56 3 CHICAGO. Dec. 18, (AP) Robert Hart knew something was amiss when he awoke to find it nearly as cold m his apartment as the 18-degree temperature outdoors. He went to the basement to investigate. During the night, he learned, someone had broken m and stolen the
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    Lock icon EnTries For Music Exam
    52 3 ENTRY forms are now available at the Singapore Ministry of Education, at Palmer Road, for the Royal Schools of Music Examination to be held m Singaoore on March 10. Entries for this examination should reach the Examinations Secretary, Ministry of Education. PO. Box 746. Singapore, before
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    Lock icon $17,500 CLUB BUILDING FOR SUNGEI PARI
    152 3 $17,500 CLUB BUILDING FOR SUNGEI PARI IPOH, Sun.— The local Indian settlement at Sungei Pari, once a plague-ridden area, yesterday set up another landmark m its development with the opening of a $17,500 clubhouse. Present to congratulate the settler.-- on their enterprise were the Mentri Besar, Perak, Dato Panglima Bukit
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    Lock icon TUNKU'S MERDEKA TEAM WILL INCLUDE HOGAN
    146 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. —The Federation's former Attorney-General and now Chief Justice, Hongkong, Mr. Michael Hogan will be one of the Government representatives at the cnostitutional talks m Lon- Mr. Hogan was asked because of his extensive knowledge of Malayan constitutional matters. The conference starting
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    Lock icon Gangsters Stab Wireman
    100 3 Gangsters Stab Wireman A SINGAPORE wireman. Kwok Wing Sum. 22, who was stabbed four times m the back and once m the head by four thugs m Smith Street at 2 a m. yesterday did not call for an ambulance until 12 hours later. Kwok was returning home after a
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    Lock icon Bride From Sydney
    64 3 MR. ADRIAN Noel Legge, son of Mrs. L. M. Legge of Kuala Lumpur and his bride the former Miss Barbara Ann Handford of Sydney, Australia, after their marriage at the St. Andrew's Church, Weld Road, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The groom is an insurance representative m Kuala
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    Lock icon Moderates In S. Africa Form Party
    137 3 JOHANNESBURG. Dec. 18 (Reuter) The formation of a new middle-of-the-road political party to be called South African Bond, was announced here yesterday. A statement issued by its Action Committee said the new Party had been formed because of dangers developing from a lack of
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    Lock icon Christmas May Skip Past Them
    107 3 SEATTLE, Dec. 18 (AP)— Eighteen hundred U.S. soldiers bound for Japan may have Christmas Day snatched right off their calendar. They're aboard the Navy transport Mitchell and due to reach the international date line about Christmas Eve. This means they could sail from Dec. 24
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    Lock icon A Wise Man From India
    61 3 PENANG, Sun. A wellknown monk and philosopher of India, Swami Pranavananda Saraswati, arrived here from Bangkok on a world tour after visiting Thailand. Laos. Cambodia and Vietnam. He is staying m Penang for a week and will speak on religion and philosophy m several institutions
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    Lock icon Will Nanyang Be Centre Of Learning
    364 4 Will Nanyang Be Centre Of Learning Hongkong Chinese Scholars Have A Worry Or A Breeding Ground For Reds HONGKONG, Dec. 18 (UP) Chinese scholars m tnis British Crown Colony view their counterparts m Singapore, Malaya and Indonesia, as being more "tools of local politicians rather than bonafide students." Hongkong Chinese
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    Lock icon $300,000 Land
    38 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Johore Government has purchased 110 acres ot land m Batu Pahat town at a cost oi $300,000 for development. This includes a new hospital, two new English schools and quarters lor subordinate staff.
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    Lock icon TEACHERS WED
    97 4 MR. WONG Khye Cheong, youngest son of Madam Leong Ah Sai and the late Mr. Wong Seng Chee of Singapore helps his bride the former Miss Khoon Beng Heoh, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Khoo Chin Hong of Kuala Lumpur to cut their wedding cake at the
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    Lock icon Man Dies Of Poison
    60 4 A SINGAPORE man, Ho Soo Chai, 43, died two hours after he was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital suffering from suspected poisoning, yesterday. Last night two other men were admitted to hospital suffering from caustic soda poisoning. They were: Lim Siew Eng. 16. of Bukit
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    Lock icon Death Fall From Tree
    37 4 AHMAD oin Hassan, 35, was fatally injured when he fell 15 feet from a tree at MacKenzie Road, Singapore, at 3.30 p.m. yesterday. He was chopping a branch for firewood, when he fell.
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    Lock icon A Mix-up That's Art Of Politics
    59 4 LONDON, Dec. 18, (Reuter) A Conservative Member of Parliament. Mr. Peter Remnant, defined politics as "the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it is there or not. diagnosing it wrongly and applying the incorrect cure." Mr. Remnant was speaking at a lunch
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    Lock icon CAROLS CONCERT WELL PUT OVER
    270 4 Standard Music Critic THE choir of the Singapore Musical Society, conducted for the first time by Aisha Akbar, evoked the spirit of Christmastide m a most agreeable concert of carols and seasonal music m the Victoria Memorial Hall last night A well chosen programme included
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    Lock icon Security Bill Detention
    52 4 SINGAPORE Police yesterday detained another man under the Public Security Bill. This is the second arrest over the weekend. The treasurer of the Chinese Middle Schools Students Union. Sit Chee thuan, 22, was detained on Saturday. A senior police spokesman confirmed the arrest but declined to reveal
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    Lock icon Victim Of Knife Dies
    35 4 KUEK Teng Lee. 38. a shopkeeper, died m the Singapore General Hospital last night as a result of stab wounds sustained on Wednesday, last week during an argument at Omar Road.
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      516 4 Standard Almanac ofms\\\\-mmmwmmm Review on the Red Netwerk). if I II A n 4*\ t% C SINGAPORE (Regional): 715 a.m. I J I N U A r C-/ X C Piano Playtime; 730 News; 735 _j k Date with Music; 8 a.m. News ißb^- *m% Hepdlines: 802 A Date with
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    Lock icon The Fabulous ZARAK KHAN
    1049 5  -  Renee Halm -By- Bandit Plunderer Spy —-died a British War Hero gLONDE, beautiful Anita Ekberg, one-time "Miss Sweden," recently arrived m London to star m a new British film "Zarak Khan." In the film Anita will play the part of a sultry native dancer, Salma. who
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    Lock icon DO YOU REMEMBER...?
    100 5 INTERNATIONAL EVENTS IN RETROSPECT THIS is a momentous moment m the American mercantile world. Do you know what the occasion was? The caption below gives the answer. Have you guessed right? 'sxaßuassvd 000'Z saiop -outiuoDOD 'duoiisdf 066 'J3MJI &m 'sainuiiu Zi put) sjlhou Zl snv P '-S3KIU
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    505 5 A SHEIKH m Cairo, Egypt, r has four wives and 12 other women m his harem, but says: "Much as I love them all, I hate their rotten cooking. "My favourite wife either under cooks mv steak or burns it. My second
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      Lock icon David's Lucky Star
      506 6 QHIEF MINISTER David Marshall's lucky star is still m the ascendant and continues to Influence him through the tortuous manner m which he sometimes chooses to travel to gain his objectives. As a result he is often pleasantly surprised at results which exceed his own expectations. It
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      Lock icon Rice Mill Muddle
      812 6 TT is reported that Malay shareholders m the Arau rice mill of Perlis have asked Government to buy back their shares worth $140,000, because they say they have sustained a loss of $375,000 through lack of official interest m the mill and the ignoring of their views
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    Lock icon QUESTION OF 'COMPLEXES'
    1091 6 Sir: In reply to Tan Ec Leong's letter (Standard December 5) and the letter signed "M.T.S.U. Members (Z)" m your issue of December 10 on the subject of my article "As an Expat sees it (Standard Nov. 24), it would appear my point on the question of
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    Lock icon AMNESTY
    99 6 1 Government has now 2 Decreed 2 That fruit-m achi n c s At one time freed 2 From any form of tax 2 2 Expects That they will now 5 collect H Their dues 5 For ten years back m 2 Retrospect 2 2 The fruit-machines m all
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    Lock icon The NEWS at it strike me!
    739 6  -  ASTER GUNASEKERA By l[|||l doubt of the wishes of the Assembly m this matter. It will, however, jl be interesting to see II what does happen m the I Assembly. j As it is today there are ill some members who, for the life
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      Lock icon Medical Reforms
      320 6 Sir: The recent revelations at the Federal Legislative Council following the debate on the medical budget for 1956 should serve as an eyeopener to the authorities with regard to the present health and medical services m this country. In the post-war era there has been an ever-increasing shortage
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      Lock icon Drugs and Addicts
      301 6 Sir* With reference to your editorial on the opium problem, I agree with you that "Everyone knows that opium smoking is an evil, but the old addicts are incurable and consideration should have been given to their case." Man. as a rule, takes to vice more easily
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      Lock icon Hurrah... Aster!
      58 6 Hurrah Aster! Sir: I read what Mr. Aster Gunasekera wrote on Dec. 14 and I shall be very glad indeed if you will allow me to congratulate him for justly criticizing the Federation Establishment Office spokesman's excuse for the rejection of Dr. Abdul Majid's application to specialize m Orthopaedic Surgery,
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      Lock icon Waterfront Pilferage
      124 6 Sir: With reference to the •report under the heading of "Lighter Owners Badly Hit" which appeared on December 11 m your paper, we wish to point out that the spokesmen of this Association have never had any interview with pressmen on the subject of waterfront pilferage, and therefore
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      99 6 Sir: Since the strikes have been originated without justifiable cause the strikers, of course, are the ones who must face the consequences and take whatever is coming to them. Now that the bus companies are aware of the Labour Ordinance provisions with which they must comply,
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    209 7 Workers Will Rise To Free Germany BERLIN, Dec. 18 (Reuter).—An East Berlin Comjnist leader yesterday forecast a struggle by workers to end the occupaI a rule m West Berlin "bring about normal ions'' with East Ger- ny. Alfred Neumann, first •,.ry of the Communist m East Berlin, said m ■f
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    38 7 MOSCOW. Dec. 13 (Renter) fp-Pak Henen, Former Seere•r> oj the Communist Party South Korea, has been I :rnced to death for trean by a special tribunal m i Korea. Tass. the Soviet ws Agency, said today.
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    180 7 BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 18, (LP). -Government m vestigators guarding against possible new attempt* to overthrow the Government have arrested between 200 and 400 persons m La Plata Province m the last week and have seized numerous stores of arms, unofficial reports said yesterday.
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    97 7 Consul Is Blamed For Riot SALONIKA, Dec. 18 (Reuter)—A Greek court yesterday named the Turkish Consul-General m Salonika his vice-consul and a Greek student as "moral instigators" of the dynamite attack last September on the Turkish consulate here. The attack touched 'ofl widespread rioting m Turkish towns m which demonstrating
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    259 7 Jordan Breaks Off Pact Talks With Britain Premier LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter).— Negotiations with Britain to bring the desert kingdom of Jordan into the Baghdad Defence Alliance have been broken nit but will be resumed "m proper time" Jordan's new Premier, Mr. Hazzah Mahali, said m Amman yesterday. The former
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    83 7 TAIPEI, Dec. 18 (AP) Newspapers here today urged the formation of a military alliance between Nationalist China, the Republic of Korea. Vietnam and, if possible. Thailand. The Hsin Sheng Pao. which reflects the views of the Formosa provincial government, said such an alliance would
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    30 7 A LITTLE pig which escaped while on the way to market yesterday was later found drunk beneath a barrel of brandy at Santenay le Bains. France. Reuter
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    209 7 Ike Must Take Trip To The South GETTYSBURG. Pennsylvania, Dec. 18 (UP). —President Eisenhower's doctois reported yesterday that his recovery from his heart attack is "excellent and encouraging. But they said he should take a rest m the south, probably starting late this month. Dr. Paul Dudley White, lam ed
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    66 7 TAIPEI. Dcj. 13 (APILast August policeman Sun Tung-ping, racked by tuberculosis, lay down on his bunk, put a revolver to his head and pulled the trigger. But his hand shook, and the shot went out through a window and killed a fellowpoliceman. Yesterda> the District Court at
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    20 7 DIANA DORS, the blonde British film star has passed her driving test after seven years of trying. Reuter.
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    269 7 Margarets Style Fashion LONDON. Dec. 18 (AP) Princess Margaret, who rates on nearly everyone's list of best dressed women, stunned .style experts today with a racing costume they say violates the rules of fashion. "She shocks the fashion world." said a front-page headline m one Sunday paper (The People) The
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    45 7 AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 18 (Reuter) One person was killed and seven injured when students demonstrated here today against the Briton proposal that Jordan should join the Bagdad pact for Middle East defence. Police disoersed the students, a government announcement said.
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    165 7 OTTAWA. Canada. Dec. 18 (AP)— A Dutch bricklayer and his Eurasian wife are likely to be allowed to enter Canada as immigrants under a special Order-in-Council, it was learned yesterday. It is understood that Immigration Minister. J. W. Pickersgill will recommend
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    43 7 HONGKONG. Dec. 18 (UP) Eight persons were burned to death and three injured yesterday afternoon when a flash fire swept through a crowded tenement m the Shaukiwan area. Five of the dead were children and the remainder women.
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    118 7 DOTHAN, Alabama. Dec. 18 (AP)— Three young friends aren't likely to sample the contents of strange bottles again. Sidney Gilstrap, 3; David Bergeron. 4; and Jimmy Borom, 5, sported purple ton- gues for several days after testing pills and liquids m bottles they found m
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    514 7 They're Trying To Make Palestine Row Insoluble LONDON, Dec. 18, (Reuter)— Mr. Harold MacMillan, Britain's Foreign Secretary, last night charged the Soviet Government with trying to "get some control of the Middle East or at least throw it into turmoil." He declared
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    41 7 photo. LOVELY Anna Maria Sandri, 19-year-old architect-turned-film-star from Rome, pictured m her role of the Bedouin girl m "The Black Tent" at present under production on location m the Libyan desert near Sabratha. The dates are real. Planet News
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    28 7 Oh yes. with all this she wore a string of pearls. and what could be more important to the Princess than anything else had two winners.
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    85 7 ICFTU WARNS AGAINST RED TACTICS NEW YORK. Dec. 18. (AP) —The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions has advised its members m 80 countries to avoid giving support to Communist labour groups by exchanging visiting delegations The Confederation's executive board said "Communist dictatorships seek such delegation exchanges" to win "moral
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    57 7 KABUL Afghanistan. Dec. 18 (AP) Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Mohammed Nairn today told a news conference that the visit to his country of Soviet leaders Bulganin and Khrushchev will "not change the Afghans' policy of neutrality" m the cold war. Nairn also said that Afghanistan was expected
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    64 7 LONDON. Dec. 18 <AP)— A Jolly Roger (black flag of piratesi— fluttered yesterday over Big Ben, famous clock m one of the towers of the Houses of Parliament. London always has individualists who do such stunts to needle the Police. Workmen who hauled down the
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    86 7 GRIMSBY. England. Dec. 13 (UP j— A seaman washed overboard from a trawler m a North Sea storm yesterday crawled ashore 13 hours later after struggling two miles to the shore even though he can't swim. The saga of Harold Cook. Police said, is
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    30 7 CHINESE Nationalist planes sank an 800-ton Chinese Communist landing craft and three of her 300-ton vessels near Tungshan off the Chinese mainland, the Nationalist Air Force said tonight.—Reuter.
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    358 9 US. NATURAL USAGE MAY DROP CRUDE rubber consumption m the United States during the firsthalf of 1956 will total about 35,000 long tons less than the corresponding 1955 period, a leading rubber company executive has predicted m New York. Mr. J.W. Keener, Vice President of
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    91 9 THE General Tire and Rubber Co. and the El Paso Natural Gas Co. plan to build what they call the nations first postwar privately backed integrated synthetic rubber plant near Odessa, Texas. The cost of the new copolymer plant for general purpose synthetic rubber, plus facilities
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    468 9 Finajtuw* And i ontnivrvt* THE week was featured by a boom m rubber shares. Industrials were slightly off and tin shares tended to ease on profit taking. The overall volume of business written continued above average. Highlight m the Industrial section was Monday's announcement by
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    338 9 BUSINESS DONE IN WEEK BUSLNESS done m shares from Dec. 10 to 16: INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord. 30/BJ, Eastern United Assurance $37.25 cd.. Fraser Neave Ord $1.71 J and Sl.i'O. Gammon $2.52^. Hammer Co. $2. til). Hongkong Bank (Colonial) $891. Hongkong Bank (London) £99. Wm. Jacks $3.45 to $3.75
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    579 9 COMPANY REPORTS ISSUED ATLAS ICE COMPANY LTD:made a profit of $152,181 (20%) for the year ended September 30. In addition. War Damage compensation amounting to $49,477 was received and dividend of 12% has been recommended against 10% last year. Net liquid assets at balancing date worked out at $12.23 per
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    72 9 IDRIS Hydraulic Tin Ltd has declared an interim divi dend of 7Jd per share (less m come tax at 8/6 d m the £> foi the company's financial year ending Dec. 31, payable m London on Jan. 13. 1956. to all shareholders registered on Dec. 14. A
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    87 9 from the Persian Gulf to refineries m the United Kingdom. The new tanker is 757 te^t long, and turbines of 20,000 horsepower will drive it at a maximum speed of 17 knots. Photo shows: The Sypros Niarchos entering the water during the launching. THE WORLD'S biggest oil tanker,
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    82 9 SINGAPORE rubber statistics showed an increase m dealers stocks to 32,376 tons last month from 26.781 tons m October, while port stocks drooped to 8,733 tons from 14,881 tons. The total stocks excluding transhipments amounted to 41,139 tons compared with 41,692 tons m October. Of the
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    22 9 THE Yugoslav Government will hold financial talks with Britain, aimed at extending a term of repayment of British postwar loans.
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    125 9 MALA YA INVITED TO JAPAN FAIR MALAYAN businessmen are invited to attend the 1956 Japan International Trade Fair to be held m Osaka from April 8 to 22, Japanese vice-consul m charge of trade, Singapore, Mr. S. Kobayashi. told The Standard yesterday. Main object of the fair is to promote
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    312 9 X'mas Spirit Seeps Into Rubber Mart THE approach of the Christmas and New Year holidays has slowed down activity m the rubber market m Singapore which, m the past week, remained relatively quiet. Traders were beginning to feel disinclined to do business and shortly squaring up of accounts for the
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    132 9 ONE of America's largest petroleum firms, the Texas Company tTEXACO.> plans a five-year expansion and development programme involving expenditures of more than US$l,5OO million. Texaco president Mr. Augustus C. Long said m New York more than half the sum would be spent on drilling and exploration.
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    351 11 LEAGUE DIVISION I Arsenal 4, Blackpool 1 Aston Villa 0, Manchester C. 3 Bolton Wanderers 4 Chelsea 0. Burnley 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 Luton T 2. Charlton Athletic 1 Manchester U 2 Birmingham C 1 Portsmouth 5, Huddersfielrt 2 Preston Northend 0, Everton 1 Sheffield Utd 2,
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    609 11 Freak Goal By Blackpool LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)— Arsenal, enthusiastically led by their new centreforward Vie Groves, beat Blackpool, the English First division leaders, 4-1 here yesterday. Blackpool's goal was a freak one. A few seconds before the referee blew for time, someone m
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    179 11 NEW DELHI, Sun (Reuter) Opening batsman Bert Sutcliffe celebrated his 32nd birthday yesterday with a fine 230 not out for New Zealand on the second day of the Test against India played here. New Zealand declared their first innings with a commanding
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    65 11 MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Reuter). The Soviet national ice hockey team last night boat the London Club, Karringay. by four goals to nil at the Dynamo Stadium here, according to the Soviet News Agency. Tass. This was the third and final match for Harringay on their Russian
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    213 11 HEADLINGLEY, Leeds, Dec. 18, (Reuter)— New Zealand ended their English tour with a great win over Britain by twenty-eight points to thirteen m the third and final Test here today. Britain won the series by two matches to one, but this was the Kiwis'
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    101 11 Mr. Merry Denies KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 16, (Reuter)— Mr. Cyril Merry, secretary of the West Indies Cricket Board, today denied reports from here that West Indies Cricket professionals had refused the Board's terms for the 1947 tour of England. Mr. Merry said no reply had yet been received from the
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    70 11 TAUNTON. Somerset, Dec. 18 (Reuter)— Maurice Tremlett. the 32-year-old Somerset cricket all-rounder has been appointed the first professional captain of Somerset. Tremlett started with Somerset on their office staff m 1938 and received his County Cap m 1947. He has scored 12.000 runs and taken 345 wickets. He
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    147 11 ADELAIDE. Dec. 18. (Reuter) A sensational collapse when five wickets fell for 22 runs threatened to rob New South Wales of a commanding lead over South Australia on the second day of their Sheffield Shield cricket match here yesterday. Bu* an aggressive seventh wicket partnersni D or 84 m
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    170 11 MELBOURNE. Dec. 18, (Reuter) Sandor Iharos. Hungarian holder of the world 5,000 metres record. and his fellow countrymen Laszlo Tabori, joint holder of the 1.500 metres record, were unexpectedly beaten over 5.000 metres here today by Australia's Olympic "hope" Dave Stephens. Stephens, known as the "flying
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    128 12 HONGKONG. Sun. Malayan Sikhs touring team today defeated Hongkong Indian Bharat Club by three goals to nil to chalk up their second successive hockey win m this Colony. Malayan Sikhs opened their scoring nine minutes before the interval when centreforward Thillainathan hit m
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    107 12 SBA Juniors Sweep Through IPOH. Sun. The Singapore junior badminton team last night beat Perak Juniors by five games to nil here at the P.B.A. hall. Perak players, however, gave the visitors a gallant fight as the scores indicate. Results (Singapore players mentioned first) were: Leong Yoon Chun beat H.O.
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    185 12 LONDON, Dec. 18, (Reuter)— The result ot* this year's Thomas Cup tournament tended to suggest that Malayan dominance m Badminton was even greater than before. according to Mr. HA E. Scheele. British secretary of the International Badminton Federation. Mr. Scheele, editor
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    28 12 DACCA Pakistan. Dec. 18 Reuter)— India beat Ceylon by four goals to three m the Asia quadrangular soccer tournament here today, after leadin? 2-1 at half-time.
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    394 12 PENANG, Sun. Singapore just managed to beat Penang by three games to two m the first inter-state junior badminton clash held here tonight at the UMNO Hall m McAlister Foad. Highlight of the evening was the triumph of Teh Kew San of Penang over Robert Lim
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    49 12 THE following players will represent the Johore KhaLsa team against Singapore V.M.C.A. m a friendly hockey match to be played at Farrer Park today. Capt. Mohmun Singh Arjan Singh. Patan Singh. Srahjat Singh. Charan Singh Tarim Singh. Harbat Singh' Avpar Singh. Radha Krishah, Bajan Singh Sukhada Singh.
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    485 12 SEREMBAN, Sun.— Negri Sembilan Asians' hope of winning the All-Blues Cup this season received a set-back when they were beaten by their Singapore counterparts m a Southern Section match of the AllBlues Rugby competition played on the King George V School padang here today. Singapore AH
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    110 12 Spore Police Boxers Lose In Seremban SEREMBAN, Sat. In an amateur boxing match m aie of the NS Police Fund hela last night at the Gurney Stadium, a Negri Sembilan team drawn from members of the armed Forcer here, beat Singapore Police by five matche? to two The results were:
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    94 12 NEW DELHI. Dec. 18 (Reuter) India batted laboriously today, adding only IG3 runs to their overnight total of 24 for no wicket, and losing three batsmen on the third day ot the cricket match here against New Zealand. India had scored 187 for three at
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    61 12 BADEN KESENIAN beat Pasir Panjang Association by four goals to nil m a Tiger Beer Cup group A league soccer match played at Farrer Park yesterday. Omar bin Syed. ShaknL Tahir and Gureimi scored a goal each for Baden Ke«enian In the Group B Section Alexandra Football Team
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    66 12 1 ROME. Dee. 13 (Reuter)— Italy completed a post-war double over Germany the World Cup holders when they won their International football match her P today by two goals to one. Italy won by the same margin m Stuttgart last year A 100.000 crowd saw Italy
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    20 12 R.A.F. Seletar beat Katong Ramblers by seven games to two m a badminton match at Seletar yesterday
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    158 12 MALACCA. Sun— More than 200 of the Settlement's leaders, government officials and sportsmen witnessed the opening of Malacca's $55,000 Badminton Hall at Tanquerah Road this evening. In the absence, due to illness of the Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, the Hall was declared opeu by Inche
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      34 12 HOCKEY S.H.A.-SENIOR KNOCKOUT; Wanderers rs. S.H.B. Police at Sliell CI round FRIENDLY: Girls' Sports Club rs. W.R.A.E.. Seletar at Girls' Sports Club ground: Johore Khalsa against Singapore V.M.C.A. at 5 p.m." at Earrer Park.
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