Singapore Standard, 10 May 1957

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  • 35 1 Singapore Standard tger STANDARD POLICE *^?R hST III ***** (5 line,) 2400 J7L, VTH FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL l^i 2811 2414 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1957 <^^i Tunhu's Message To People 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 117 1 «p of the founders of i"*sPoppS "the Pec Ku.m Yew, m Best nesting the ndent. confirmed his <Jet the polls ytsu l \*r nprncd the way lor .hen he ied from the Assembly -d from the policy d fw trying to form a
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  • 51 1 Prince Is Operated For Tonsils A?) I R-year-olc V i throne, had EtUs:l> and adenoids remm today at 8.. kingharr. I tin describI perative I ory satisent was i o last the fir?;*; ped as an I shortly ad issued v before r,r^ Prince the palace tion was per- Prince
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  • 21 1 THE Red Chinese authorities plan to build Peking into one of the world's "biggest and most beautiful cities. U.P.
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  • 54 1 TAIPEH. May 9 (Reuter).— The influenza epidemic is believed to have reached its climax m Taipeh with 13.000 children absent from schools. Mr. Hung Li Chtng. Director of the Municipal Health Department said today. He expected the c -)id.emlc would linger another month before the last
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  • 35 1 LONDON, May 9 (Reuter) Mr. Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Minister, returned here tonight by air after a three-day visit to Bonn where he had talks with Dr. Konrad Adenauer, West German Chancellor.
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  • 348 1  -  MERDERKA T^IE TUNKU gave this message to the people of Malaya ji*st before his departure for London yesterday: "The Malayan delegation consisting of the Rulers' representatives and the Alliance are now leaving Kuala Lumpur to take part m what I consider the last conference
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  • 339 1 Lpntident Tunku Is Off To See Lennox-Bond Team Seeks Clarification On 'Cwealth Citizenship' KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federation's Merdeka mission headed by Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman flew to London today confident of securing Britain's agreement to its proposals on citizenship. "WE FEEL THAT A MULTI-RACIAL
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  • 255 1 No More Pan-Malayan Depts. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Pan-Malayan departments such as immigration, income tax and broadcasting would be split when the Federation attains independence. i Indicating this today, Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman said the future set-up of these departments was being discussed by government.
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  • 41 1 OFF FOR THE LAST TALKS Members of the Merdeka delegation pictured at the airport just before leaving Kuala Lumpur for London yesterday. Left to right: Tuan Hoji Mustapha Albakri, Dato Abdul Rozak, Mr. Sambanthan. an UMNO flog bearer and the Tunku
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  • 186 1 'Do Not Expect Too Much' LATEST Tunku Abdul Rahman and hit delegation arrived m Calcutta. The Tunku earlier met U Nu at Rangoon for 45 minutes Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Keeper of the Rulers' Seal, Tuan Haji Mustapha Albakri. yesterday warned the people before leaving for London: "We cannot guarantee
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  • 75 1 JAKARTA, May 9 (UP)— Military police have arrested the chief Jakarta representative of Central Sumatra's rebellious Buffalo Council m a move expected to touch off a new wave of resentment m the outer islands, it was reported today. Indonesia Ray a newspaper said soldiers arrested In
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  • 77 1 LYON, May 9 (AP)— An attack of appendicitis has interrupted the honeymoon of pretty Japanese film star Keiko Kishl who married film director Yves Ciampi near Paris last Saturday. They were en route to the film festival m Cannes when severe pains forced the actress to stop m
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  • 101 1 RAF Not Worried By Merdeka HONGKOXG. May 9 (Reuter) Air Marshal Sir Francis Fressanges. Commander-in-Chief Far East Air Force said on arrival here today he did not think Britain's defence cuts would affect RAF manpower m the Far East. He flew m from Labunn to make a four-day farewell visit
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  • 139 1  - Now Heah Backs The Guilds... ANDREW ROTH From LONDON, May 9.— Mr. Hcah Joo Seang. Penang rubber magnate, has decided to throw m with the protesting Chinese guilds and Malacca's Malayan Party to draw up a joint protest to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd. They have abandoned their initial
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  • 30 1 PREMIER U Nu of Burma will lead an official delegation to Thailand this week for the Buddha Jayanti celebration observing the 2500 th anniversary of Buddha's birth. UP.
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  • 23 1 SOUTH Vietnam will start i\s first peace-time military draft on Aug. 1, to put new blood into its 150,000-man Army. U.P.
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  • 64 1 RAMSTEIN, West Germany, May 9 (Reuter) Rescue aircraft have sighted a raft with seven crew members of a ditched American tanker plane m the Atlantic off the Spanish coast, an American spokesman said today United States Air" Force rescue planes have been scanning the Atlantic
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  • 183 1 LONDON, May 9 (AP) Thirteen members of the 15-nation Suez Canal Users' Association (SCUA) moved today toward a common decision to allow their ships through the Suez Canal on Egypt's terms. But. informed diplomats reported, the 13 countries were agreed that they would resume
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  • 138 1 DDT Plant Too ExpensiveToßun COLOMBO. May 9 (UP)— The Government of Ceylon has returned a DDT plant which was gifted by UNICEF on grounds that it is uneconomical to run such a plant as conditions exist. The UNICEF gifted to Ceylon the DDT plant which has
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  • 60 1 NICOSIA, May 9 (AP) A British judge today sentenced Michael Jacovides, a 17-year-old schoolboy, to 15 years m jail for possessing a bomb. He had pleaded guilty. The judge said he lelt the offence "calls lor a deterrent sentence m spile of the fact that
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  • 23 1 PRESIDENT Voroshilov of Russia spent yesterday resting at the summer palace of President Scekarno m the hills south-east of Jakarta. Reuter
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  • 57 1 BONN, May 9 (Renter).— Mr. Harold MacmiUan told his press conference today that he proposed to follow a simple method: He would first make a statement and the reportters could then ask Questions. *a*^U*P*& are easy 7 wUI answer them. If they are difficult, the Foreign Secretary
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  • 456 2 Britain And W. Germany End Military Conference BONN, May 9. British Premier Harold Macmillan said today he promised Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer Britain will leave "no gaps" m Western defences because of its reduction of troops. But he would not say categorically that Chancellor Adenauer
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  • 146 2 CLOSING rubber prices (etnts per 1b) In Singapore yesterday were: Buyer* Sellers Spot 89 90 Int. Jane RSS No. 1 90 i 90i RSS No. 2 882 89* RSS No. 3 87} 88 Tone: Quiet. The piire of tin on the local market yesterday was $386} per picul,
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  • 82 2 WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuter)— President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam, m an address to a joint session of the United States Congress today, said the people of Asia were no longer resigned and passive, hut were impatient and eager to reduce their "immense technical backwardness." He
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  • 89 2 He Starts Suicide Journey LONDON. May 9 (Reuter) ?/r Harold Steele. 63-year-oM Quaker poultry farmer. left h»re by air today for India on h.s way to protest against Britain s proposed nuclear bomb tests m the Pacific by trying to enter the Christmas Island danger zone. The white haired, spectacled
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  • 64 2 ABORTION IN MENTAL HOSPITAL ALBANY. New York. May 9 (AP) An appeals court yesterday upheld an award ma*ie to a young woman for an abortion performed on her at a New York State mental hospital, where she was made pregnant by a fellow patient. The court reduced the judgment against
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  • 46 2 MELBOURNE. May 9 (Reuter) Two thousand American and Australian servicemen marched through a cascade of streamers and ticker-tape amid cheering crowds here today, as Melbourne celebrated the 15th Anniversary of the Victory over the Japanese m the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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  • 264 2 LONDON, May 9 (Reuter) Lord Selkirk, First Lord of the Admiralty, said today Russia now had about 500 operational submarines m full commission, and by 1960 would have about 700. He was asking m a House of Lords defence debate why Russia, a country
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  • 41 2 photo. CURVACEOUS Miss Chan? Chun? Van smiles as she enjoys a raft ride. The "Little Red Pepper," her 1956 nickname, is now called "Formosa's Most Beautiful Creature** since she appeared m Hongkong's recent top production, "Three Sisters." —UP
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  • 59 2 MANILA, May 9 (AP)— Mr. Run Run Shaw. Singapore motion picture magnate said on arrival here today he is interested m jointly producing a movie with some Philippine company. Mr. Shaw, en route to Tokyo to attend the Fourth Asian Film Festival, will stay here three
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  • 109 2 WASHINGTON* (Reuter) Pr hower today an. gressional lean a reduced f oreigr gramme o f S3. Senators who the White H President tod ay V two hours said thf> v Ei.^nhower to km foreign aid gross within the nniJ He had origiS^ Congress to
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  • 24 2 THE Anti-Commun v mation Bureau, said that a conferer railed m Moscow "ext for civil defence ta» East Germany, p,Czechoslovakia will Reuter
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  • 150 2 LONDON, May 9 (AP) The Soviet Union, which set off two unannounced nuclear explosions since August, today turned down a Western proposal calling for advance notice to the United Nations of all nuclear weapons tests. The Soviet delegate to the sub-committee meeting of the U.N. disarmament
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  • 94 3 Govt. To Run Civic Courses For All nff Singapore govi-rn-S has rioeided to proffdtk <' (lunies for the *,J m order to fit flifra greater opportunities or rPS ponsibilities now u nfl flll l internal selfivemnimt is being C ]P v bo conrlurt:<cnt of Inand will, cc, be en an
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  • 29 3 A CLERK. Ons Teow Chuan, committed to stand the next Assizes at on of a prelininn charge of -year-old girl, at n Anson Ttoad, m 1
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  • 111 3 19 Still Live In Wrecked Building TWO families numbering 19 people who escaped de«ith when the front of a house collapsed m North Bridge Road, Singapore, early yesterday morning, have now moved into the back of the building. The City Council has no objection to their staying there. Although the
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  • 64 3 TEN THUGS surrounded a labourer, Lee Gee, and beat him up with stools and bottles m Telok Ayer Street, Singapore, on Wednesday night. The assault was a result of a quarrel between one of the thuas and Lee while playing mahjong earlier m the night. Lee,
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  • 354 3 Federation Steps Up Anti-Epidemic Measures INFLUENZA m the Federation has been declared a "notifiable" disease as the present flu epidemic m the country continues. The Director of Medical Services, Federation, yesterday ordered the Stat£ and Settlement Government medical authorities to report all cases
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  • 76 3 Robbers Took $70, Returned $5 A POULTRY FARMER, on the way to market at dawn yesterday, sought shelter from the rain on the five-foot-way m Kallang Road. Singapore. Three other wayfarers also followed suit. Suddenly one of them ecUed towards the farmer and pointed a dagger at his throat. The
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  • 81 3 A MIDDLE-AGED Malay from Johore while attending the 9.30 p.m show of Roris Film Production's thriller, "Pontjanak". at the Cathay on Tuesday fainted during one of the many suspense scenes. He was carried out of the theatre into the lobby by the assistant manager of
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  • 295 3 STRONG SECURITY FOR SINGAPORE SCIENCE SHOW THE SINGAPORE Government will enforce strong security precautions to safeguard valuable atomic materials to be used m the Colony's first scientific exhibition scheduled to be held at the Gan Ens Seng School next month. The exhibition Transformation of Energy Exhibition consists of 34 crates
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  • 138 3 Archie (the doll) Joins Jet Club FOURTEEN-year-old Archie Andrews was last night made the first honorary member of the British Overseas Airways Corporation's Junior Jet Club at Singapore International Airpon last night. Archie is none other than the well-known puppet of BBC's "Educating Archie' series fame. He left the Colony
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  • 287 3 THE PRIME MINISTER of Ghana, Mr. Kwane Nkrumah. m a letter to the Singapore Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday declared its intention to live m peace with all nations. "We look forward to increasing friendship and understanding with your country, and to close
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  • 145 3 Student's Ashes To Be Flown To Penang PENANG, Thurs.— The ashes of the late Mr. V. Bascran, 21. engineering student who died at the Royal Hospital m P«rth. Australia, will be flown back to Penang. This was revealed today oy his father. Mr. K. Vadivelu. government pensioner and now chief
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  • AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    • 183 3 'Charlie Boy Has Grown Into A BIG Timber man 'CHARLIE boy, you'll never grow up to be like me," an Australian father told his six-year-old son 46 years ago. "Why Dad? I want to take over your business when I grow up," Charlie said m return. "You want to be
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    • 166 3 Cheongsams Fascinate Pretty Joan TOKYO, Bangkok and Hongkong they have been strangesounding names to Miss Joan Sparke, a pretty New South Wales girl. So when Mum. Mrs. W. E. Sparke, last month said she would take a holiday from Australia, Joan quickly picked Tokyo. Bangkok and Hongkong. Last ni&rht. Joan
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    • 101 3 COMMANDER Edward D. Norman, who arrivtd m Singapore yesterday m a 8.0.A.C Argonaut to take up an appointment as the new Senior Officer m Command of the Royal Malayan Navy. Cmdr. Norman, who was accompanied by his wif>. is here "on loan" to the Malayan
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    • 157 3 ON TOP IN SHOW BUSINESS THI: 1 Bb|w CATHAY ORGANISATION t^l J proudly announces li- x I PONTfANAK (A Koris Film Production) has set up an all-time box-office record for i 5f iany loca .y-:nade Malay picture. its .second week m Singapore, yi a Lumpur and Penang. y± In response
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    • 84 3 the TRIUMPH o£ cycle engineering See and try the cycle Ahe Triumph cycle is the "Cycle with Science behind if expertly designed by Raleigh Industries to give you a handsome looking machine that is so s-m-o-o-t-h running. It has the high quality engineering that you can expect from such experts
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  • 353 4 Expectant Mother Is Jailed For Blinding Her Husband A cruel and mean crime, says judge KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. An expectant mother, S. Meenachi 25, was today jailed, for four years for permanently blinding her 47-year old husband who had married her at 16 although she was carrying "another man's child.
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  • 226 4 Political Growth Of A Community Is Not Enough— jumabhoy IF a people are to grow m stature as a community, they must grow m all their faculties, and not merely m their political activities, Singapore's Commerce and Industry Minister Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy said last night. Mn Jumabhoy was addressing
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  • 131 4 Two Months For Robbing A Child A TRISHAW rider, Ching Keow Seng, was jailed for two months for stealing a gold anklet worth Sl6 from a child. Ching was found guilty of the charge, which was committed on a five-foot-way of a shop at North Bridge Road on Jan. 1
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  • 61 4 THE Singapore Tamil community yesterday gave a farewell tea party at the Island Club m honour of Mr. K.V. AL. M. Ramanathan Chettiar, President. Alagappa College of Karaikudi and Chettiar School, Federation of Malaya. Mr. Ramanathan Chettiar, who flies back by Air India today is a brother
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  • 48 4 A SINGAPORE driver, Cheong Ah Huat of Prince Philip Avenue, who knocked down a woman on a "zebra" crossing, was fined $50 yesterday m a traffic court. Cheong was said to have driven the car negligently at Jalan Besar Road on Nov. 28 last year.
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  • 98 4 A PAINTER. Lim Leong. 60, who ignored several warnings to keep off the "danger zone" of a crane, was crushed to death, the Singapore Coroner's court was told yesterday. M. Ramakrishnan. who was working together with Lim at the Naval Base Dockyard, on March
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  • 43 4 MISS Irene Chong, 16, who points only for pleasure, won the first prize at United Artists' "Heidi Drawing Contest" for school children. Standardpic shows Miss Chong receiving the musical recording of UA's extravaganza "Trapeze" from Mr. Tony Chok, UA Singapore chief.
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  • 182 4 He 'Stole' A Ride And Lands In Court KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A Police recruiting sergeant today told Magistrate Tuan Haji Mohamed Taib that one day after he had refused to lend his motor-cycle to an "acquaintance," his machine disappeared. Charged with th e theft of Sgt Mohammad Yusoff's motorcycle was
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  • 89 4 TWO youths. Lee Hwee Lian and Sim Bock Leong. were acquitted m a Singapore Court yesterday on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Lee Siong Sing, a coffee-shop proprietor at Tanjong Pagar Road on Jan. 27. because of insufficient evidence. The Court was told
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  • 34 4 A 35-YEAR-OLD housewife, Choo Ah Chung, was yesterday fined $260, by the Singapore Seventh Magistrate, Mr. S. K. Lee for being m possession of five pounds of dutiable tobacco on Feb. 14.
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  • 43 4 THREE men, Leng Ah Wah Tan Siak Meng. and Ong Say Leong, were acquitted m a Singapore Court yesterday on a charge of theft of a pin-ball table worth $400 belonging to Ng Seek Yong. at Killiney Road on Jan. 12.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 211 4 cJilmancic Information at a Glance Free film show at Bushey Park Pourri Part Two (M) •6 d m Prno S^^r.rj'^ i?^l^|| WMw?M members at Queen Street Boys p^ t 6 Bitl Evening Star (S) lv M js;c Room mpntaVv n J-^t N f WS and Com Hostel 53 pm 'TOMORROW:
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  • 93 5 Merdeka Act For Council In Aug. LUMPUR, Federation's :a Act" will the nations lcgisist after ;t m tie iament comprising the indcperid'wecn the y Rulers le detailed xed as a rkn machinery" at the re n:t week's Tunku-JSt-Bcyd parleys m a white setting -rcement itions to 's reco brs will
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  • 26 5 Spear Attack n 3 Alleged .sox. t: W IS M igistrate, a Ai. 4 hurt to j «^:Tcn^c ed to I $200 have throe van, Kan6.
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  • 74 5 PENANG, Thurs.— A Federation Army recruiting team will be m Penang on May 10 and 11 to interview and select potential recruits for the Federation Army at the Kheh Association m Burmah Road, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days. To publicise the recruiting campaign,
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  • 295 5 New Bid To End Emergency By August Predicted KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Malayan Communist Party is expected to make a new move to end the present Emergency either on the eve or immediately after Merdeka Day. This was predicted, "judging from present indications/ by informed
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  • 65 5 THE Commander-in-chief. Far East Air fr7nr;^ lr H M rsha J!. Slr Francis Fressiniei' (centre), during his final formal visit to Sn > h a th Alr Ai Fo^ c Station Kuala Lumpur. V h v^° r °J Bcer Commanding, Malaya the oSf, Ma^ hal W J?
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  • 50 5 PENANG. Thurs. Eleven European women are seeking jobs as secretaries, stenographers anc receptionists through the Emplo3-ment Exchange, here. A total of 144 men and 30 women want to be clerks, while 128 women wish to become amahs. Seeking jobs as labourers 666 men and two women.
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    6 5 MRS. KRISHNA KUMARI NAIR AND SON
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  • 332 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman and Minister for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman have given their "all-out support and blessings" to the Merdeka Trade Fair m August, Mr. Loh Yit Lock, the fair's spokesman said tonight.
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  • 444 5  - A classical beauty with a colourful, vivid personality TERRY PILLAY By STUDYING pictures of the arrival last week of Mr. V. M. Madhavan Nair, India's new Commissioner m Singapore and Malaya, and his wife and son, I thought to myself: "What a very pretty woman. I wonder what she is
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  • 193 5 Tunku: We Cant Let Everybody Join Tolks KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Britain will negotiate Merdeka with only the Malay rulers and the elected government of the Federation not with every splinter group which raises a storm of protest. The Federation's Chiel Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, who said this before his departure
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  • 28 5 THE Parit Buntar Sessions Court President, Mr. B. J. Jennings, yesterday fined Ooi Yew Siang, a van driver. $100 or ten days' m jail for inconsiderate driving.
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    • 960 6 ALLIANCE Ministers have been busy daubing technicolour onto the Malayan financial landscape. For the past two years extreme socialists had been telling the people how they would bring about the workers' paradise. At the outset they must bring capitalists down to their knees by organizing paralysing strikes. Then
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  • 402 6 WASHINGTON pHERE are times when the great American oil companies have the appearance of a State within the State. Their influence on foreign policy is clearly enormmis. They are one of the chief reasons for the American preoccupation with the Middle East. cs e oil companies have vast
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  • 1294 6 THE INDIAN MUTINY AND ITS SEOUELS- What was the rising a hundred years ago which has passed into history as the Indian mutiny? Here in two parts is a I special review of this great historical event in British Indian wmm annals by Losd Beveridge, nouncing the -ourselves of ?S?«i
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  • 553 6  -  Aster Gunasekera r JHE coming by-elections are expected to provide a test of who, among the Socialist groups, exercise ttie greater influence the Right or the Left This will be particularly so m the Tanjong Pagar constituency, if the stories one hears are true.
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  • Article, Illustration
    138 6 \BOUT a dozen famous educationists have already been honoured by the issue of special stamps m various countries. Pestalozzi has been portrayed on several Swiss stamps; Ling has appeared on a Steed is h series, and five American stamps of 194O 9 devoted to portraits of "educators,** included
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  • 332 7 The Big Merry- Go Round Red Threat Grows As US Defence Improves [INGTON, May 9, Growing Sopower m an anDefence De- summary relast night r FDrce the time the prepared and .nary of now to infiirt catastrophic n this m The ability of trni to .idily the threat also it
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  • 77 7 I BERRA, 9 (F:euBr. rwo sen) r officials of m: 8 ,<uy of AcHcrants will begin a :our ■ftouth-ea.-: .Via next week. B >ter for External It. Casey, has an--1 are the President. Mr. n, of Sydney, and ■heGeneral Registrar. Mr. C. W to Melbourne.
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  • 53 7 Ankle -Deep Hail Stones photo. CHILDREN of the Pijjneta suburb of Rome. Italy, play ankle-deep m haii stones alter a violent hail and thunder storm had swept over the city last weekend. The city's fire brigades were called out to pump water from the basements which were flooded m the
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  • 81 7 WASHINGTON. May 9 (Router) The Atomic Energy Commission (A.E.C.) tonight issued a statement saying that it has established safeguards "to protect the people m the area surrounding the Nevada test site against hazards from radio active fallout." The A.E.C. said precautions are taken to keep the amount
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  • 204 7 LONDON, May 9, (Reuter) "Leave romance out of the classroom," the Daily Sketch appeals today m criticising the action of Yorkshire headmaster who teaches his boy pupils the art of courting. The popular Right-wing newspaper declares m an editorial: "Courting is an art that
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  • 33 7 TWELVE of the 14 occupants were killed and the two others seriously injured when a Spanish paratroop transport plane crashed at Sidi Ifni. a Spanish possession m NorthAfrica on Wednesday. Reuter
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  • 76 7 NEW YORK. May 9 (AP)— A 35-year-old aeronautical engineer from Buffalo, New York, says he will leave for Africa tomorrow to capture cobras with his bare hands. Ronald E. Shainin says he is an "ophiologist." a student of snakes. He plans to spend 18 months
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  • NEWSBRIEFS
    • 35 7 ELHAM KENT: Miss Katie Johnson. 78-year-old actress who won the British Film Academy's award as the best British actress m 1955 for her performance m "The Ladykillers" died at her liome here on Saturday. Reuter
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    • 35 7 NEW YORK, Sailing of the liner Queen Mary, world's second largest merchant ship, was delayed for 20 minutes on Wednesday as Police searched the ship following an anonymous bomb threat. No bomb was found. AP
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    • 33 7 NORFOLK. Virginia: The British freighter High- land on Wednesday reported a man overboard 300 miles south of Bermuda. His name was not given. The Coast Guard dispatched a search plane from Bermuda. A.P.
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    • 27 7 BONN, The Bundestag Defence Committee on Wednesday voted approval to a 700-million-mark I' ss 1 70.000.000 contract to buy light and medium ammunition from Turkey. A P.
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    • 43 7 LONDON: The Royal Aero Club announced here that the Federation Aeronautique Internationale has awarded its gold medal for 1956 to Mr. Peter Twiss for his world air speed record on March 10 last year at a speed of 1.132 miles per hour. Reuter
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    • 40 7 WASHINGTON, An Aviation trade magazine Missiles and Rockets, said yesterday "a major technological breakthrough" is under way which will enable submarines to travel submerged at speeds up to 69 miles an hour soon and much faster some years hence. AP
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    • 24 7 MEMPHIS. Tennessee: A drug developed to protect humans against an atomic attack's deadly radiation is being tested on humans. It was reported yesterday. AP
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    • 21 7 WARSAW. City authorities have banned PolaCola. a soft drink intended as Communism's answer to an American drink oi similar name AP
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  • 255 7 FRENZIED CROWD WELCOMES CARDINAL VATICAN CITY, May 9, (Reuter) A big crowd, including more than 2,000 nuns and priests, gave Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. Primate of Poland, an enthusiastic welcome when he arrived at Rome's main railway station last night for his first meeting w r ith the Pope m six
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  • 230 7 DETROIT. May 9 (Reuter) A watch spring the size of a farthing has saved an American mother of five children who was told 18 months ago that .she had only six months to live. Mrs. Mabel Streeter, 34, whose children are between
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  • 194 7 The Commonwealth A Factor For World Peace 'But members must work at making it an effective force' OTTAWA, May 9, (Reuter) Canadian Senator Donald Cameron said last night he was convinced the British Commonwealth of Nations could be one of the greatest factors for world peace. But, Senator Cameron added,
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  • 81 7 RIO DE JANEIRO. May 9 (AP) The afternoon newspaper O'Globo said yesterday police m the town of Belo Horizonte m Minas Gerais State are investigating reports that fanatics are sacrificing children by knife, fire and drowning m weird religious rites. OGlobo said various types of scarifices
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  • 143 7 Kimonos Peach Blossom Steal The Show CANNES. May 9 (Reuter) Japanese actresses m colourful kimonos and with peach blossom m their hair provided a brilliant spectacle last night when they attended "Kome" (rice). Japan's selection for the Cannes International Film Festival. But missing from the audience was Keiko Kishi. the
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  • 57 7 HONGKONG. May 9 (Ret»ter) Major-General G Lucas, Major-General Administration of Britisii Far East Land Forces, said here today tnat British troops m Singapore had acquired a very high administrative standard compared with British troops he had seen elsewhere. Gen. Lucas said* he did not think the forthcoming
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  • 23 7 COMMODITY prices m Formosa were nine percent higher last month than m April 1956, according to official statistics released yesterday. Reuter
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  • 130 7 Dark Days Ahead For The Irish DUBLIN, May 9 (Reuter).— People m the Irish Republic will have to pay more for their beer, cigarettes, petrol and some foods under the budget for the next financial year, presented to the Dail (Parliament) here yesterday. Dr. James Ryan, the Irish Republic's Finance
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  • 198 7 f Uvil UetßncGl Is Useless LONDON, May 9 (Reuter). The Local Council for the London suburb of Saint Pancras was officially warned yesterday that if it persisted m a derision to abandon civil defence organization as "useless" m the hydrogen age, the British Government would itself
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 160 8 'Colombo Plan— A Sturdy Symbol Of Our Age' IN six years, the Colombo Plan has become one of the sturdiest symbols of this a&e, a symbol of aspiration and hope, Mr. L. P. Goonetilleke, of the Information Unit, said here yesterday. In a Radio Malaya broadcast ta k en the
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  • 63 8 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Thurs. A new arrival from China. Fong Cheang Seah. 66. told Inche Hassan Din Hussain. m the Magistrate's Court here, today that 'he Malayan climate did not suit him and he became sick. Fong was charged* with failing to take steps to obtain an
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  • 25 8 THE fuli meeting of the Rural District Council. Penang Island, will he held m the Land Office on May 29 at 3 p.m
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  • 98 8 3UKIT MERTAJAM. Thurs. Eight coconuts landed two men m Court and cost them $100 m fines. Krishnasamy, 21, and Muni■ndy, 25, were convicted of stealing the coconuts at Kampong Alma on May 7. An estate owner, Ang Seng Chong, on an inspection round.
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  • 623 8  - Get-Rich-Quick Gang Operates At A 'Shrine' ENG AH PAT By HUNDREDS of people have been fooled and swindled by a clever gang m Singapore during the past fortnight. Victims of this racket include housewives. clerks, labourers and cabaret girls. The gang set up a makebelieve shrine outside their hideout a
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  • 23 8 IPOH. Thurs.— Per of the British Red ciety has organized drive to acquai here of the impori donating blood.
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  • 26 8 HOXGKOXG. M Snoeial Standard Closing prices of <: konj Exchange we to Cl Stcrlir.r U.S.SI; $1,843 I $0,147 to one Indor. iah; Gold $273 to
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  • 409 8  - 'Roving' Chemical Inventor Comes To Singapore TERRY PILLAY By VISITING Singapore this week is a tall f Welsh-Australian, Miss Laura Gower who k industrial chemist with the Kiwi onrarm^ Melbourne. ganizatl^ Always interested m chemistry, Miss Gower left her native home near Cardiff, Wales, straight after school to taxe a
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    • 182 8 a SMILE FOR EVERY RECOMMENDED FRECKLE ON f^ R TH^ J& J?% w^**, FNTIRF mi WF m^. Hl^ FA OP I cm me jfl t*<i Jmt /"\V^ CZL r i ii wi jm if 'Tm^-^SSBk^ rAAAILY' tfta f JV^^ The most wonderful /^mD r J|L young adventurer^ |j Rl P^^
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  • 373 9 Bill Seeks To Revise Laws Relating To Growers, Canners Board To Settle Prices And Do Research Work A MALAYAN Pineapple Industry Board will replace the existing Pineapple Joint Industrial Council, if a bill now before the Singapore Legislative Assembly becomes law. The bill, already read
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  • 95 9 Colony Lawyer Heads Tribunal SINGAPORE Government has appointed a Colony lawyer, Mr. K.T. Ooi, to be chairman of the Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal which will hear the dispute between the Singapore Midwives' Union and Government. Midwives are claiming equal salary with Government nurses. The Union called off its threatened strike
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  • 107 9 A CLERK of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Mervy Carroll. 40. of Figaro Street, was charged m the First District Traffic Court yesterday with four offences. They were: causing the death of a pedestrian. Arumugam Pillai. 43, by a negligent act; failing to stop
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  • 106 9 UK Crown Agent's Far East Tour UNITED Kingdom's Senior Crown Agent for Overseas governments and administrations. Sir George Seel, and Engineer-in-Chief, Mr. R. W. Taylor, will shortly be visiting the Federation and Singapore as part of their one-month Far East tour. The pair will leave Britain by air on May
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  • 41 9 A PARTNER m a business concern. M. Shannugiah. was bound over m a Singapore Court yesterday for $250 for six months, for causing hurt to a woman, Pappathy, with a knife at Jalan Kayu on Aug. 1 last
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  • 86 9 Lee Seeks Revision Of Tax Laws MR. LEE Choon Eng, Independent Assemblyman for Quecnstown,. has submitted a motion to the next Legislative Assembly meeting on May 22. calling for the setting up of a committee to revise the income tax laws. Mr. Lee holds the view that the present income
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    65 9 MR. ROGER YUE and his bride the former Miss Rcnee Chan after their wedding: at the Singapore Registry yesterday. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Yue Bins, is on the editorial staff of the Singapore Standard. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chan Jiok
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  • 138 9 RIVAL CLAIMS TO REPRESENT WORKERS SINGAPORE Labour Ministry yesterday stepped into the dispute between two rival unions, both claiming: to represent busmen employed m Colony Chinese bus companies. r— The Ministry has invited officials of the Singapore Bus Workers' Union and the Transport Employees
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  • 97 9 JOBS FOR 200 STILL OPEN TW O hundred Chinesespeaking enumerators are still needed for census work m Singapore, Mr. Kok Ah Loy, Assistant Commissioner for Labour, told the Standard yesterday. The Statistics Department, which is handling the census, is continuing to recruit candidates as probable replacements, as some enumerators, who
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  • 61 9 A NORTH Borneo Village headman, Jawatan bin Biking, has been commended by the Queen for "brave conduct" for saving the life of his District Officer, it was announced m the London Gazette recently. It was stated that diminutive Jawatan. unarmed, succeeded m overpowering a "much larger" man
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  • 122 9 Liaison Body For Two TUC 's THE Representative Council of the Singapore Trades Union Congress will on Sunday consider a draft constitution for setting up a joint Liaison Committee of the Singapore Trades Union Congress and the Malayan Trade Union Council. A TUC spokesman yesterday said that the purpose of
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  • 180 9 PARTNER DEFENDS SILAT ROAD MARKET A PARTNER of the mar-ket-building project m Silat Road yesterday told the Standard that there was no truth m complaints of inconveniences to the villagers m that area. The residents of Kampong Silat had protested to the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, "against the
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  • 77 9 TAN BENG POH. a salesman, pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving m a Singapore traffic court yesterday. Tan was fined $100 by the Magistrate. Mr. K. C. Chan The prosecuting officer. Inspector MahDuz bin Haji Mustafla told the court that Tan was scon driving In
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  • 29 9 THh WEEKLY Punjabi Education classes at the Stamford Girls' School. Singapore, for tomorrow has been cancelled, due to the prevailing influenza epidemic. Classes will recommence next Saturday.
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  • 32 9 VENERABLE Vajara Sara (Rev. James E. Wagner) will give a talk on "My Impressions of Buddhists and Buddhism" on Sunday, at the Buddhist Union, Jalan Senyum, Singapore at 11.30 a.m
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  • 43 9 THE Singapore Civil Services Association will hold a Rock 'n Roll competition at the Sea View Hotel tomorrow from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Ticke s at $3 per couple will be available at the entrance to the hotel.
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  • 159 9 Court Allows Wife Bail IRENE OVEREE. a stenographer, was charged m a Singapore Court yesterday with criminally intimidating her husband. D. Overee, by threatening him with injury. The offence was alleged to have been committed at 6.45 a.m. m a house m East Coast
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  • 95 9 REVENUE collected by the Singapore Customs Department for the first four months of this year totalled $34,284,--000. This is $4,263,000 more than the amount, collected for the corresponding period last year. There was an overall Increase on all collections, with revenue from tobacco duty
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  • 153 9 A Piece Of Meat Caused His Death A SINGAPORE labourer. Syed Mohamtd. 45, died m an eating shop when he swallowed a piece of mutton, and was choked to death, it was revealed m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday. The Assistant Coroner, Mr. Glam Chong Hing, recorded a verdict of
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  • 53 9 HONGKONG. May 9 (Reuter) Mrs. Cynthia Koelc, chairman of the Singapore Film Censors Board, arrived here today on her way to Tokyo to attend the Asian Film Festival. Mrs. Koek has been aj>pointed a member of a board that will judge the films to be shown
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 247 10 THE L.S. Justice Department has n*ed a suit demanding that the B.F. Goodrich Rubber Company disclose full information on its formula for a synthetic rubber described as chemically the equivalent of the natural product. The Department said its purpose is "to make this new and
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  • 180 10 C 'wealth Takes Third Of UK Radio Exports THE Commonwealth took more than a third of British radio equipment exported last year, according to figures published by the U.K. Radio Industry Council. These figures show that radio equipment valued at £15.900.000 went to the Commonwealth. This was 38.8 per cent
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  • 20 10 A BRANCH of the State Bank of India, has been opened at Port Blair m the Andaman Islands.
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  • 583 10 Improvement In Security On Tin Mines THE improvement m the Emergency situation m Malaya is most satisfactory but active terrorism m certain areas still persists and the cost of combating it continues to be a serious drain on the country's financial resources. This statement was made by Mr. G. H.
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  • 199 10 MALAYAN sharebrokers repcrted the following business done yesterday: CT.S. ords 34/-; Eastern United $301; F. N. ords $2.40; Gammons $1.98 overnight; Hume nrefs. A2B/9 cci; Malayan Breweries $3.05, $3,064; Malayan Cement $1.60; M. Colls $101: Robinson ords $1.81, $1.80; Sime D^rby $2.77*. $2.75; Spore Cold Storage $1.80. $1.82;
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  • 65 10 TOTAL imports of rubber, all grades, from all countries into Malaya during April, amounted to 29,008 tons as shown by final documents received. The figure includes 14,111 tons imported on provisional permits m previous months for which final documents have been received and excludes approximately
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  • 180 10 TRADING diminished to thin and dull conditions with prices generally easier m all sections of the Malayan share market yesterday. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers BB Petrol 58/6 60/6 Con. Tin Smelt Ords. 33/6 34/6 Gammon 1.95 2.00 xd
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  • 27 10 RUBBER outputs for April are: Allenby 31.000 lb.; Bcnta 66.000 lb.; Jeram Kuantan 50.000 lb.; Kundong 33.500 lb; Mentakab 56,000 lb.; Sungei Bagan 135,000 lb.
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  • 45 10 NEW YORK. May 8 DowJones colsing averages* STOCKS 30 Industrials 496 7? 20 Rails £47^ 15 Utilities 73 26 65 Stocks 174 ?i BONDS 21 40 Bonds 90 05 The Dow-Jones commodity futures index (1924-26 average equals 100) closed at 154 61.
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  • 227 10 COPRA TRADE IN FIRST QUARTER SHOWS INCREASE MALAYA'S trade m copra m the first quarter this year has improved; both import and export figures have shown rises, official statistics reveal. I A leading copra merchant said the improvement m the supply position was due to the availability of supplies from
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  • 154 10 New Design Of Motor Ricksha A NEW design of motor ricksha an entirely British project is being shown at the International Trade Fair now being held at Casablanca. The vehicle is a three-wheeler employing a motor-cycle type front end, having a fourspeed gear-box and shaft drive to the conventional car-type
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  • 122 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were Copra, F. 0.8. May/June S2s£ buyers. $26J sellers; coconut oil m bulk $41 sellers, m drums $44$ sellers Muntok white pepper April F. 0.8. $108 sellers Sarawak white $107 sellers, special Sarawak black $73. COPRA HOLIDAY. CUTLER,
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  • 48 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaya last month exported 6.348 tons of tin concentrates bringing the cumulative figure up to the end of the month to 24.933 long tons. T he biggest customer for Malayan tin was the U.S who bought 3.617 long tons durinff the month.
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  • 10 10 Jimah's rubber output for April was 35,000 lb.
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  • 82 10 U.S. REPORT DEPRESSES RUBBER RUBBER closed at 90' cents per lb. for first grade International June shipment yesterday, g cent below Wednesday. Cabled reports of an industrial dispute m the U.S. had a bearish effect on the market. Trading was quiet. The turnover of business was small. NOON PRICES Buyers
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  • 34 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: Selling T-T. or O.D. ready were: Canada 32 3/8, Belgian Francs 1630. Other exchange rates remain unaltered
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  • 104 10 UK Sales Manager To Visit Malaya MR R E Rl>. FORD, overseas service liaison r tive of Bnce |gj fuel injection m n ers, is due i a June 14 on a^ visit. a b At present, he i mm! will also v land, Thailand, i and Pakistan Q After
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  • 29 10 MALAYAN r tin-in concentrate quarter this j 14.780 ton., agaii m the same pen March production tal tons as compan tons m the s;. February output w*i tons.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 690 10 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS TI7ATER DEPARTMENT: In Situ Concrete Lining of 30" Cast Iron Water Main, Peirce Reservoir to Woodleigh. Tender Deposit $200/-. Close 4 p.m.— 3/6/57. 2. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: Supply of 20.000 yards P.V.C. Insulated 250 Volts Grade Cables Tender Deposit $200/-. Close 12 Noon— 4-6-57. 3.
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    • 511 10 NQTICES REGISTRATION OF CHILDREN FOR ADMISSION TO PRIMARY I, 1958. THE first registration period for admission to Primary I Classes m Government English Schools m January 1958 will be from 4th May to Ist June inclusive. 2. Only children born m 1949 and 1950 who are not m school will
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    • 205 10 BARBER-FERN-VILLE LINES for Boston. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orlean Spore P. Sham Penan; CASTLEVILLE 14 May 15/16 M LEOVILLE 14/21 May 22 May 26/28 May (It proceeding via Cape arrival data New York 4 dip Mr) From New York, Lot Angels, San Francisco, (via Ho«Ja| N. York L.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 151 10 OUTER ROADS Sanana. Musthari. Cingalese Prince. Rokan, Dilwara, Inchulva Olga Maersk. Flying Dove, Tugela, Peieus, Serija. Kaloekoe INNER ROADS Sedenak, Lampong, Pailowa, Ikan Mas, Tong Nam, Lipis. Larut. Panehan, Belaga, Van Den Brock, Kinabalu. Nangkachiridr, Tong Leong, Lam Ann. S.H.B. WHARVES Zaankerk 1, Bencleuch 4, Eastern Muse 6. Gerardmer 9,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 762 11 J^LO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. 6 *****/4 132/6 Robinson Read THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE |fJI Montreal, Boston New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia Cult Ports T **PO»» PS'ham ICI 7/15 lune 16 June 17/18 lune JIJSI, /24 vl 25 |ul, 26/27 |vl V opfen to proceed vl« other ports to
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    • 1169 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD <Sc CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (lnco«poi«t«o Mi Singapore) ,12 lints) $hl o p THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE £7' SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW LONDON tr CONTINENTAL PORTS Carritri option to proceed via other porti to load and discharge cargo (with liberty to proceed via Sues or Panama or
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  • Behind-the-Scenes with the new films
    • 187 12 FILMED m the Po w a mpiands of Italy, setting of the never to beforgotten •'Bitter Rice," Columbia Pictures' new Italian drama WOMAN OF THE RIVER stars Sophia Loren, the vamp with an angel's face. During location, the team fought a constant battle against mosquitoes, and
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      495 12 JEWELLERS of the California film colony, Hollywood, were recently hosts to one of their brightest new colleagues, Patty McCormack, #ho went there to recreate the role of the bad girl m the Warner Bros, filmization of "The Bad Seed," the shocker which thrilled Broadway for two years.
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    • 202 12 TYEWSPAPERMEN portrait yals m the Bob Goldstein Production. "Crime of Passion." for release through United Artists, are realistic, claims Director Gerd Oswald. Oswald spent a week m various city rooms m Los Angeles, and as a result. City Editor Jay Adler, doesn't wear a hat but he
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    • Article, Illustration
      187 12 \FTER interviewing more than 2,000 boys for the role of "Smiley," a small boy m the bush country of Queensland, New South Wales, Producer Anthony Kimmins chose nine-year old Colin Petersen to play the part. He is the focal point of the story of "Smiley," a London Films production
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    • 548 12 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Sister Angela and Cpl. Allison are ready to set sail from their desert island on a raft. •JJEAVEN Knows, Mr.. Allison," a unique, and intriguingly paradoxical film co-starring Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum, was directed by John Huston, whose formidable array of superlative pictures include such
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 190 12 f JoSMAR 15 Jewels k Waterproof Bk Shockprotected I V;: Antimagnetic iBB Use Asepso Soap for skin complaints -/■/W 1 i I ivish I could get I rid of this aw/f ul I W y skin trouble. j W; WT IVe had it for Ar $m m s w/eeks nou/.
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  • 755 13  -  ALF GOVER si Bowlers Battle Tyson Wanning Up Off -Spinners On Spot By vnOV M»y 9-Never *2e f tougher com- th f or five bowlin? mn in the England side i the U'est Indies at tSi Birmingham, U 3ft electors have compared notes and I can tell
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  • 31 13 LONDON, May 9 <Reuter> Results of last night's Irish football matches were: Irish League City Cup Coleraine 4, Ballymena United 0. Distillery fi. Glrnavon 2. Portadown 2. Linfield 2.
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  • 130 13 HUGE TRANSFER FEES r^OS AIRES. May 9, U rrillo was said have been "practicto the IntornaClub of Milan. for Grill 3.300.000 475.000 > foof the Argentine tion national squad I a formal I to be on z■• will bt> w rpportpd that Grillo It 1700.000 pesos. The River Plate Soccer
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  • 256 13 WEMBLEY STADIUM, .Middlesex, May 8, (Reuter) England went a step nearer qualifying for the final stages of the World Cup, to be held m Sweden next year, by trouncing the Republic of Ireland (Eire) by five goals to one here today before a 50,000 crowd. They
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  • 253 13 NEW YORK, May 9 (AP) The St. Louis Cardinals drubbed the New York Giants 13-4 to retain their half game margin over the fifth place Phillies, and Chicago's Cubs buried Pittsburgh deeper m the National League cellar with a 7-1 decision over the Pirates. The Detroit Tigers blasted four
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  • 150 13 RESULTS of the Stableford competition held at the Royal Singapore Golf Club recently were:— A Division Winner Lt. -Col. R. J. Tndman (11) 38 points: Other Cards Col. P. D. Miller (3) 34 points: Lt.-Col. T. P. H. McKelvey (4>: Major E. Crosland (7) 33 points: Lt.-Col. F.
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  • 89 13 PORTLAND. Oregon, May 9 ißeuter) Nino Valdes (Cuba), who beat British champion Joe Erskine m one round gained a unanimous points decision over Johnny Holman (Chicago) m a ten-round heavyweight bout here last night. Both boxers went over the ropes m a wild flurry of blows
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  • 38 13 MELBOURNE, May 9 (Reuter). Negotiations were well under way to arrange an Empire welterweight match between West African boxer Attu Clottey and the holder George Barnes, the manager of Stadiums Ltd., Mr- Richard Lean said today.
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  • 255 13 'It Will Have To Be In Sept'... Ray NEW YORK, May 9, (AP) Middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson Wednesday rejected a proposal to defend his title against welterweight king Carmen Basilio m July. He- said he would rather fight m September. Jim Norris. president of the International Boxing Club, told
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  • 54 13 MOSCOW. May 9 (Reuter) Leonid Spirin, Russia's Olympic gold medallist, beat the world 15.000 metres walking record nere last Tuesday with a t i me of 1 hour 5 mm. 45.8 sec, according to 4 Moscow Radio. Previous record of 1 hour 5 mm. 59.6 sec- was held by
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 374 13 TUITION EVENING COURSES m English Comprehension, History of South East Asia. Economics and Public Administration Malayan History (H.S.C. or First Year University level), Civics. Health Hygiene. Malayan History. General Science, Flora Fauna of Malaya (secondary school level) will be organised by Singapore Council for Adult Education from May 21st on
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    • 842 13 CLASSIFIED ADS SITUATIONS VACANT VACANCIES odrf ia the" Public Works Department Singapore for Overseers (Technical) Grade I m the salary scale $212.50 x 7.50 295 pluj Variable Allowance. Applicants shall be not less than 25 nor more than 45 years of age and have had at least 8 years experience
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 177 13 BAbner By Al Capp I f UAW^ f I £fr v*L L -AM' DOES -RO NORE AM V/t^^ I Ctm PIAWOS- V SHO«£ I M£J?C£/vrGAL V < X SLEDDED V fHO^ A. r^f^"\ -XES^O' TAKE this X^ rtdbr>Lll I IV^ S a«A^?>?V/V' rEMININITV, TAKE. A HUSB'N? J? *4r^ Bey Oop
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    • 335 13 TODAY'S QUOTATION "Bettor to be driven out irorn among men than to be disliked of children." K. 11. i».m. i FRIDAY FOR EVKRYONK: The influences operative today tend to some mharmony or irritation m dealings with others, but defer making important moves or changes. You gain nothing by be.nfj out
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  • 396 14  -  LEONG HEW MENG By TONY HATCH, the Army's biggest and most timely 'gift' to Singapore soccer, has been selected to lead the Colony attack m the annual match against the Federation for the Sportsmen's Trophy at Jalan Besar stadium tomorrow. Hatch,
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  • 80 14 LONDON. May 9 (Reuter) Twenty-one final acceptors for the Victoria Cup Handicap to be run over seven furlongs at Hurst Park on Saturday, May 18, are: Matador 9.07. Milesian and Rustam 8.12. Grass Court 8.10. Aorangi 8.9. In Dispatches, Alfs Caprice and Autonlmy 8.7. EmBire Way 8.6. Miracle
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  • 108 14 PENANG. Thurs. A. K. Jones of Selangor will lead Federation of Malaya's cricket team against Hongkong m a two-day match on the Western Road ground here on May 14 and 15. Of the 12 named by the Selectors only six have retained their places since the
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  • 238 14 Kent Hits Out At Middlesex LONDON, May 9, (Reuter)— Kent, who have been struggling at the foot of the County cricket championship table for a number of seasons, had one of their best days for years against Middlesex at Lords today. They rattled up 346 for eight before declaring and
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  • 145 14 FULL of confidence, Frank Findlay. the 37-year old skipper of the touring Hongkong cricket team, told pressmen at the airport today that he thought the chances of his team's success were bright. He said that he had brought with him a gooi allround side. He felt
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  • 591 14 Eight Records Broken In Schools Sports EIGHT records were broken and four equalled m the finals of the 16th Annual Chinese Inter-School Athletic Sports meet held at Jalan Besai Stadium yesterday. Mrs. Lee Scow Mong. wife of the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education, presented the prizes. Results: BOYS
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  • 101 14 Rain Stops County Cricket LONDON. May 9 (Reuter v Tea Scores m today's cricket matches were: At Oxford— Oxford University 119. West Indies 155 for fourNo play to-day. Rain. At Cambridge Cambridge University 279 and 13 for no wicket. Somerset 158. No further play today Rain. At Leicestershire Leicestershire 336
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  • 96 14 Ceylonese Lose In China HONGKONG. May 9 (AP)— Ceylon's Davis Cup tennis team iost the opening matches of its China tour 3-1 against a Chinese side m Peking today Peking Radio reported. China's Chu Chen-chua beat the Ceylonese champion Rupert Ferriinanda. 6-0. 6-1, m one of the three singles won
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  • 83 14 NEW YORK. May 9 (Router) Vie Seixas, former Wimbledon champion, has been named rlayinc captain of the United Stntes team to meet the British West Indies m the first round American Zone Dayi s Cup tie which opens at Trinidad on May 17. Seixas t:<kcs over
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  • 71 14 OXFORD. May 9 (Reuter)— No play was possible today m the rrirket match between the West Indies and Oxford University because of rain throughout the night and this morning. The West Indies, with six first innings wickets m hand, lead by ;*6 runs m the
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  • 403 14  - MAJULA SHAPES LIKE 4 WINNER IN HE FINAL GALLOP Windsor Lad ~lso^ Printer J 9rw The Kuala iumpur Training Track Iss^ •From KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— MAJULA, ridden by apprentice Ha showed her liking for a heavy track when she shaped like a winner I workout this morning, returning 39 2/5
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  • 40 14 Pity that tennis ball as Shirley Bloomer smacks it over the net during her quarter-final match against Heather Brewer (Bermuda) during their match at Bournemouth for the hard court championships. Mrs. Brewer was beaten 6-1, 6-3.
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  • 402 14 Fighting Lee Will Have A Tough Battle Tonight By Our Boxing Reporter WHEN 21-year-old Fighting Lee, Indonesia's topranking welterweight steps into the ring at the Happy World arena tonight to face the counter-punching Tony Assan of Australia, he will be fighting the most important battle m his career so far.
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  • 154 14 PORTLAXD. Oregon. May 9 (AP>— Carl "Bobo" Olson, the ex-middleweight champion who retired last year alter being knocked out m three successive bouts plans a comeback. That was disclosed today by Sid Flaherty, who was manager of Olson when the fighter retired When Flaherty
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  • 62 14 THE R )val Army Ordnance Corps crictcet team acainst Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers tomorrow at Friendly Hill will b e chosen from the following: Cnpt. Bruhl, Major Lorenzen Capt Porter, Capt. Webb, Lieut* Alway. Lieut. Howell, SQMS Walker CSM. Carman. Sgt' Howorth Sgt navies. C'pl Curry, Cpl.
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  • 36 14 RAJAJ I Sports Club held Wearne Bros, to a 2-2 draw m a friendly soccer match played at Farrer Park yesterday Bala and Hamid scored for Rajaji. while Dollah netted both goals for Wearne
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  • 126 14 $25,000 Perak Derby in June THE $25,000 Perak Derby over U miles for Class One horses will be the main attraction of the Perak Turf Club meeting on June 15, 19 and 22. This "classic" will be run off on the last day of the meet, and the winner will
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  • 53 14 LONDON. May 9 (Reuter) Eleven final acceptors Tor the Newmarket Stakes for three year olds, to be run over onemile and a quarter at Newmarket on Wednesday May 15, are: Albergo Eudacmon, Tempest. Sun Charger. Barons Folly, Ocean Supreme. Bellborough. Objective, Pharry Arctic Flower and Daily task. All carry
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  • 145 14 MCFA Cup Finalists Are Beaten SEREMBAN, Thurs.— Negri Sembilan Indian Association a v N k?X Cnine se Recreation Club, M.C.F.A. Cup finalists, by a solitary goal scored m the 23rd minute of the second half m a league encounter Played on the Station Padans yesterday. In fairness to the Chinese
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  • 152 14 Kedah Cup Winner Blue Ice Now In Class 1 BLUE ICE, who was transferred to Class 2 from Class 3 during the recent Penang meeting, has now been sent up to Class One after his easy victory m the Kedah Cup, according to the latest SRA amendment list. Other transfers
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 89 14 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League, Div. 1. Pulau Brani United vs. A.A.A., Jalan Besar Stadium: Div- 38. Bintang Bulan vs. Perhirnponan Stia, Geylang Stadium: Div. 3B Bukit Timah S.C vs. Serangoon M.Y. Div. 38. Cosmos S.C. vs. Haikoicyu S.C, Farrer Park. FRIENDLY: Fathul Kanb vs. R.A.F. Seletar, Seletar. ATHLETICS: Upper Primaru Stamford
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