Singapore Standard, 24 August 1957

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  • 31 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLICE ***** (5 line,) 2400 F% V/H '*W FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 I. VIII. No. 53 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1957 1 1 PA<;ES 15 < ENTS
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  • 3017 1 QUOTES from a Govt. WHITE PAPER: Detentions Will Avoid Later Rioting And Bloodshed Communist Penetration Can No Longer Be Disguised LEE'S PARTY RIVALS ARE AMONG 35 DETAINED NEWSMAN ARRESTED THE SITUATION IN SINGAPORI VFSTFKDW WAS TENSE FOLLOWING MASS \KKI>I- <•» LEFTIST ELEMENTS IN A BID TO
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  • 99 1 ABOt'E are more exclusive Standard pictures of the daivn snoop on leftists yesterday at the former f>remises of the Factory and Shop H orhers Inion when members from 'i.i leftist trade unions were m the midst of a meeting. On left, plainciothesmen from the Special Branch guard
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  • 352 1 BRITAIN WILL NOT USE PRESSURE Xl ALA LUMPUR. Fri. Britain has no intention rhatever of pressing the federation to join the |f>uth-east Asia Treaty Organization, although >he uuld most heartily weli me Malaya into the K.a>tem collective security system, said the British High Commissioner-desig-nate, Mr.
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  • 31 1 AIR Commodore A. D. Messenger Officer Commanding Royal Air Force. Hongkong will leave on Monday for Singapore, where he will be on temporary duty until Sept. 3 UP
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  • 68 1 COPENHAGEN, Aug. 23 (UP)— The first Polish tourist cruise since the beginning of the cold war brought freedom today to an estimated 20 to 40 passengers among the 800 who came here aboard the liner Batory for a two-day visit. The tourists hid out m bars
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  • 97 1 Templer Due Tomorrow For M-Day Celebrations THE Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, accompanied by Lady Templer. wiii arrive m Singapore tomorrow. In the same Qantas flight will be General Sir Francis Festing. C-in-C. Far East Land Forces. The Field Marshal's programme m Singapore includes
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  • 79 1 TANJONG MALIM, Fri. The Royal Air Force Valetta reported missing yesterday wltb seven Service personnel aboard was tonight spotted m a jungle-covered mountainous area ten miles from here. The site of the crashlandtng east-north-east of this lower Perak town, however, showed no sign of the last occupants
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  • 160 1 ...US Requests The Federation LONDON. Aug. 23 (AP) The United States informally has asked Malayan leaders no:- to recognize Red China after their country becomes independent on Aug. 31. Western d.plomats reported last night. But the government of the South-east Asian Federation headed by Tunku
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  • 138 1 LONDON. Aug. 23 (AP) A Daily Express correspondent reported today thousands of Russian volunteers I are pouring into Syria. "My information," correspondent Donald Wise wrote from Damascus, "is that most of these men are here to say and fight for the Syrians when Syria
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  • 56 1 Kidnapped Merchant Is Freed SINGAPORE wine merchant, Mr. Ng Kirn Lee, reported kidnapped fo r a 5500,000 ransom last Friday night, was released by his abductors yesterday. Mr. Ng returned to his home at 1.30 a.m. unharmed. Police Secretary, Mr. Claque, disclosing the release of the merchant said no ransom
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  • 64 1 COLOMBO, Aug. 23 (AP).— A Commission asked by the Ceylon Government to report on whether prohibition should be introduced m Ceylon has said "No." It also said "No" to a sug- gestion that horse racing should bo banned. The Commission said a ban on alcohol
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    30 1 PRIME MINISTER Macmillan announced yesterday that he would visit five Commonwealth countries Australia, New Zealand. India, Pakistan and Ceylon early next year.- AP TW SAY KAM (Asst. Secretary)
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  • 2706 2 BK*- i. Then, through unions to gather strength for the day when they can grab power PAP'S NEW TOP FIVE WHO WERE DETAINED Full List Of The Detained THE following were detained under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance: PAP OFFICIALS (Central Executive):
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  • 432 3 SINGAPORE Harbour Board workers on the permanent establishment were not entitled to a minimum wage payment of six working days a week, whether or not they had worked for the full period of six days, a Court of Inquiry was told yesterday. The
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  • 182 3 'I WILL NOT RETURN TO HIM,' WIFE TELLS COURT A SINGAPORE housewife yesterday told the Colony Sixth Magistrate Mr. Robert Chee, that she refused to go back to her husband because he disputed the fact that they were married, and that he was keeping a mistress. The housewife. Teo Gek
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  • 102 3 He Failed To Foot The Bill: Fined $200 IPOH, Fri. A youth who entertained his friends to dinner at an eating stall and then ran of! without paying the bill was today bound over m the sum of $200 to be of good behaviour for a year, when he appeared
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  • 99 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Chief Miniver. Tunku Abdul Rahman, m a radio broadcast this evening, said that the importance of the Ministry for Internal Defence and Security would increase with independence and should he relinquish it his roie would not cease. "I intend to continue
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  • 33 3 FORTY Thai army officers, who may hold the balance of power, failed to appear at the National Assembly on Thursday. Their ab.-ence prompted speculation that the*' opposition against :he government.- AP
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  • 88 3 AN All-Malaya Joget Queen competition. m which Singapore and the Federation will take part, will be held m October. Organised by Shaw Brothers, Ltd., the contest will be held simultaneously m every slate m the Federation and m the Colony. The "Queen" from each competing state
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  • 49 3 PRETTY GIRLS In Singapore Offices pELINE NONIS. 22, has been a telephone operator for the past four-and-a-half years at Dunlop Rubber Company Limited. Celine likes to dance, see the movies and read books or magazines m her spare time. She hopes to save enough money to go to Europe.
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  • 324 3 HIGH humour and casual good fellowship were the prevalent tones at the Royal Air Forces Station, Seletar. when the Federation's Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, inspected the annual camp of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force held
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  • 31 3 PAKISTANIS m Kuala Lumpur will hold a thanksgiving Drayer at the Pakistani High Street, Mosque on Aug. 31 on the occasion of independence. Later, sweets will be distributed to children.
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  • 103 3 A Year's Jail For Having Stolen Goods TAY KIM GUAN, 20. was yesterday jailed for a ft II by Mr. J. P. McWilhams, Singapore Pint Criminal District Judge, for possessing housebreaking tools and stolen property. According to the prosecuttion, Tay was cycling along China Street at about 4 a m.
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  • 616 4 Sequel To Tragic Tengah Jet Crash He Was A Good Lad 8ut...-Sqdn. Leader FLYING Officer John Dennis Lincoln, 21, who piloted the Venom Jet aircraft which crashed into the married quarters m Tengah, killing himself and four others on July 8, was "inexperienced"
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  • 125 4 Terang Bulan WILL be national tune of Malaya KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Continuous rehearsals by the Federation Police Band of the tune Terang Bulan confirm its adoption as Independent Malavas national anthem. The band has been rehearsing at the International Airport m preparation for the reception of foreign guests to the
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  • 660 4 Captain Tells Court In Trust Case A BRITISH Army officer y sterday told a Singapore General Court Martial that although he learnt that money orders for leave pay due to soldiers had not reached thorn, he was "too busy to do anything
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  • 121 4 .MALACCA, Fri. I'MNO youths here have strongly protested to I'MNO Headquarters against the introduction of nuclear weapons to Malaya The UMNO Youth Committee held a meeting last nigh! to discuss the recent announcement by Britain's nee Minister. Mr. Dunl m BandTS, that British forces
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  • 204 4 IDEAS, however grca*. are of little value by themselves; they are only fruitful when put into dynamic action, said a message from Singapore's Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, delivered at the closing ceremony of the International Labour Organization's. Asian Seminar yesterday. Mr. Lim
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  • 134 4 HOSPITAL SHORTAGE: M.C.P. BLAMED KUALA LUMPUR, ML— The MllitltW for Health and Social Welfare. Mr. Leong Yew Koh, today blamed the Malayan Communist Party for the lack of belter health and social welfare services In the country. He said this m a farewell message to the stall of departments under
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  • 50 4 Reverend Father Adelric D'Cruz, of the Arehdiocc.-e of Madura. India, who is on a short visit to Singapore, win solemnize High Mass at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Father Adelric is an o'd boy of St. John's Institution. Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 27 4 IN the Penggerang district of Johore last night, a police Field Force patrol exchanged fire with six fleeing terrorists. A follow-up is now In progress.
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    • 530 4 Standard cJilmanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE d-en at Tanah Merah Besar 4 fIU/IADODC pm. the Singapore Children 'fi '^2f 9 H Convalescent Home. Changi 530 t'sVV 4IHRW 89 and St Andrews Ortho'vJ F^^K ilgv s*T 2&BM paedic Hospital. Siglap 7.15 nm. MTflß^^P Singapore Buddhist Association: V^% WLwiH^ffl Dnmnma class at
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  • 210 5 Third Batch With Debts Of $***** NINETEEN more Government workers with liabilities totalling $71,255.50 were adjudicated bankrupt on their own application m the Singapore High Court, yesterday. m was a 5442-a-n )nth hospital assistderick, whose debts amounted to approximately $10,000. He offered to pay $20 a
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  • 130 5 Appoint An Adviser Say Muslims THE Singapore Muslim Advisory Board warrs an official to be appointed wh > will advise on the pr fm handling of Muslim dead m Dato Syed Ibrahim bin Omar Alsagoff, chairman of the B rid yesterday that a delegation would see the Government soon to
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  • 64 5 KUALA I Fri. T more Federation nurses will leave Singapore by air tomorrow for training courses m general nursing m Australia under the Colombo Plan. eene Yap, of X a Lumpur, and S. Gunapushany, of Johore Bahru. The nurses will be attached to the Calvary Hospital m
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  • 46 5 YEO BOON Ann < .-->terday claimed trial m the Sinfl pore Seventh Magistrate's Court to possessing 1,200 pounds of dutiable tobaccAug. 8. The duty on the tobacco was $10,320. Yeo was allowed bail of $10,000 m r. mttn t:.: Sept. 6.
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  • 40 5 CHUA KONG Lim alias Ah Leng, 'A2, claimed trial m a Singapore Court, yesterday, to being a member of an ur ful assembly and causing hurt to Han Soon Huat with a ger. Bail of 51,000 was a:.
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  • 199 5 Free Trip Ends In A Lock- Up TWO STOWAWAYS NABBED TWO men with but one thought sneaked aboard the Messageries Maritime vessel Vietnam m Saigon a few days ago to get to Marseilles, on a one way trip —free. Yesterday, they languished m the Singapore Immigration lock up. disillus.oned and
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  • 60 5 pic T IITFRAN cameraman, Mr. Norman Sniitli, 59, Chief Pre^ Photographer with the Central Office Of Information. London, arrived m Singapore recently to cover the Merdeka celebrations for the Colonial Office. Mr. Smith has been a cameraman for the past ',]'■> years and during his three-month stay
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  • 56 5 SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock. vrday cancelled all appointments. He was to have met a delegation from the Trade Union Congress and another from the Air Ministry Local Staff Union. Mr. Lim was also absent from an 1.L.0. seminar. Kis message was instead read cy
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  • 47 5 Singapore Gorernmeni last night appointed a Court of Inquiry into the causes and circumstances of the strike by members of the Singapore Bus Workers' Union at the Hock Leo Bus Company. The court is headed b y District Judge, Mr. D. C. D'Cotta.
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  • 197 5 CALYPSO DANCING IN ST. ANDREW'S HALL A CALYPSO dance competition will be held m Singapore m conjunction with a dance on thej eve of the Chinese moon-cake festival on Saturday Sept. 7 at St. Andrew's C a t h cdral hall from 7.30 p.m. to ■MM Brothers Ltd. and i
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  • 73 5 JAFFAR bin Jawahir alias JaiUir bin M. J. Singh. 32. yesterday pleaded not guilty before the Singapore Fifth Magistrate. Mr. R. B I Pates, to misappropriating $1,392. He was alleged to have misappropriated the money while employed as a servant In the Chief Secretary's Office between Dec.
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  • 72 5 EVIDENCE of disillusionment among Malayan Chinese students m Red China has CWasd a noticeable drop m ■kndaotl travelling to China ports from Singapore, the Standard learnt yesterday Only a small quota of students sai'.ed m the Tjiwangi yesterday bound for Hongkong and China ports. The
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  • 61 5 FIVE hospital assistants who leave the Colony tomorrow for Britain on a Government scholarship to take up a course m Registered Mental Nursing at Bethelem Royal Hospital. Standardpic shows (from left to right): C. S. Retnam (General Hospital). P. R. Bhattacharjee Woodbridge Hospital, Tan Eng Hong (Kandang
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  • 70 5 MR. R. G. C;;=ey. Australia's Minister for KMtrnai Airairs, ■a present a painting of <:n Australian landscape to the Federation's Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, vrfan he attends the Merdeka cCiebrations. The painting, by artist Harald Vike, depicts a rural scene m RDmore district. 40 miles nor;h
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  • 129 5 More Tommies Here To Bash Reds SIX-hundred and fifty-five men and officers of the Ist Battalion the 22nd Cheshire Ke^iment arrived m Singapore yesterday for their j v ngl c ba.shinc: campaign against the terrorists m Johore. The Regiment, under the command of Colonel K. R. S. Trevor, sailed into
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  • 151 5 'Good Boy' Gets Into Trouble NINETEEN -year -old William Goh Liong Lam, described as a "very good boy" by his family and neighbours, was yesterday convicted m the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court, of dishonestly retaining a stolen bicycle. Goh was charged with committing the offence m a back lane oil
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  • 58 5 EIGHT thugs beat up a Hock Lee bus conductor. Woo Ah Eng, at Henderson Road on Thursday night. Woo who \va? admitted to hospital, told Police that two men boarded his bus and *~egan to press the "Stop" bell When he told them not to
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  • 822 6 Singapore Standard Operation 'Liberation THE Singapore Government last night dramatiswung into action and roped m SB persons I several parts of the island m a det< [mined attempt to fight corn.:..:. subversion. Singaporewho have been expecting thai Government would take such decisive and firm action against the growing power of
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 363 6 ANTHEM AND OUR PRIDE! Sir— ln a survey of opinions carried cut privately among members of most of the communities, especially the Malays, the writer was astounded at '.he ridicule with which the Malays spoke against the adoDt:on of "Terang Bulan" as the National Anthem for the Federation of Malaya.
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    • 119 6 ■Jf In irije and 1 j- .-r relumed iro>n to yrmr trondtr'iil cify, feMOVI bl so n;ony trn.'/s. W« enjoyed v tiling your Botanical Gardciis and ifcd g th« monkeys. We enjoyed the harbour, tht M lection a id your famous hotels. The only bad mark against the
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    • 227 6 B t Tht Indians and C: m .ti Malaya, who travel to India. Pakistan or Ceylon do travel bj the 'Rajula.' 'Sirdhana' and *Bangola. 1 There are other m liner., and cargobt at i available, but passages m the above-named vessels an Within the means of lab
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    • 87 6 Sir Is it really worth while or sensible to have "Merdeka shouts" at the beginning and end of Malay programmes on Radio Malaya? We have got Merdeka and everything that goes with it from Britain. Even our Merdeka is to be guaranteed by Britain m the proposed Anglo-Malayan
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  • 916 6  -  Aster Gunasekera By FTER the great admission nude m the Singapore Legislative Assembly on Wednesday by the only PAP representative m the House regarding the Malayan Communist Party, it will be interesting to see if Chief Minister I.im Yew Hock will persist m his
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  • 1262 6 The Negro In U.S. Philip Deane reports on i^^^^^^k^^^s^^^sH^^B^i s^v^^s^R k sV 9^.1 1 if A^Vi w s^iw^^^^v I s^.^ I h9S What does the American Negro really think of the continuing civil rights debate which centres around ending discrimination because of colour? The Souths white supremacists still advance one
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  • 318 7 SOVIET UNION RESUMES ATOM TESTS IN SIBERIA A BLAST OF SUBSTANTIAL POWER WASHINGTON, Au£. 23 (AP) Russia resumed atomic tests with a blast of "substantial" power yesterday, the Atomic Energy Commission announced today. A. brief announcement from AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss said: "The Soviet Union has resumed testing of
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  • 241 7 PEKING, Aug. 23 (Reuter) A party of 41 young Americans, who have defied the Slate Department to visit China, were mobbed by cheering Chinese youths today when they arrived here after attending the Moscow Youth Festival. The State Department had warned them that their v:-;t
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  • 100 7 MOSLEM LEADERS DEPORTED ACCRA. Aug. 23 (Renter) Alhaji Baba and Alhaji Lalemie. two Moslem leaders, left here by air today m a special chartered aircraft. The government has ordered thoir deportation from Ghana as undesirable aliens. There were no other passengers m the West African Airways plane. The two men
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  • 21 7 CHINESE Communist gunners broke 12-dav fiull yesterdav and fired 81 -hells at the Nationalist-defended outpost island of Quemoy.- Reuter
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  • 145 7 LONDON, Aug. 23 (Reuter) A well informed Western source said today that the entire Western proposals m the five-nation disarmament sub-committee for a partial first-stage disarmament agreement were virtually complete and would be considered m Paris on Monday by the Atlantic Pact Permanent Council. This
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  • 114 7 ROME, Aug. 23 CAP)— Count Vanni Teodorani Fabr: and his wife, the former Rosa Mussolini, have filed suit against the Government of Japan for restitution of valuables they say they turned over to a Japanese ambassador for war-time safekeeping. Rosa is a daughter
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  • 166 7 Allied A-Weapons Base In S-E Asia Still Undecided -SANDYS ADELAIDE, Aug. 23 (Reuter) When or where atomic weapons would be kept m the SEATO area had not been decided, Britain's Defence Minister, Mr. Duncan Sandys, said here today. And he was commenting on a report that Malaya objected to being
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  • 85 7 She Died Like Joan Of Arc NANCY, France, Aug. 23, (Reuter)— A Frenchwoman from Lorraine suffering from a nervous breakdown. posed as Joan of Are and burnt herself to death, police said yesterday. The charred body of 40-year-old Mademoiselle Yvette Jacquot was found m a field near the house of
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  • 56 7 TOCHIGI, Japan, Aug 23 (AP) Ex-army Lt.-Coi. Shorkhl Yanagida, 70. a paroled war criminal, hanger himself today. Yanagida was warden of a Drisoner of war camp m Burma during World War 11. He was convicted later by the Bri.ish at SingaDore for mistreatment oi allied prisoners
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  • 323 7 Hollywood Libel Trial -MAE WEST LOS ANGELES, Aug:. 23 (AP) Mae West, platinum blonde actress and singer, yesterday emphatically denied any misconduct with "Chalky" Wright, Confidential magazine. article, entitled West'l open door pol; triaf d of^ ConfidSSF 'and WeV -..V" a foment from W-;._-
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  • 98 7 his parent?, two sisters, a brother ana tne cr:vi year-old boy uas traDped last nel tubmerged m a river near Port Por Wi ganda Tr.e bey clung through the night v. rk cf the van to keeD his head above water. He «v the
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  • 80 7 PROTECTION FOR STARS ACAINST SCANDAL HOLLYWOOD AUf (A.P.)— The U S morta industry has set uo a permanent coinatHw to combat it Vi':v fornw i ;ets pui Council C! .r. f George Murj he committee is not out against Confidential mat.;.. clflcally Its aim, he sa protect movie stars from
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  • 58 7 1 t IKON 1< I Aug. 23 <\P VTV lII M lIUIU testif> m th< I bel ti ol oi fidential majraziru .v \:i- v il asked to dci so ttmi'd b< np it.. i l-ii. n.rd said Hop, d n- the sub.n t ol
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  • 716 8 BUT ARRESTS ARE A BLOW TO UNIONISM, CLAIMS COLONY T.U.C. FEDERATION Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman yesterday congratulated Singapore Chief Minister Mr. Li m Yew Hock on his courageous action against subversive elements m the Colony. Speaking to newsmen at the Singapore International
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  • 106 8 THE jollowing statement teas issued by the SecretaryGeneral of the People's Action Party, Singapore, last night: We are concerned with the detention under the public 6 Security Ordinance of certain members of the Party including five members of the Central Executive Committee. "The long term objects of
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  • 193 8 A-weapons for Malaya FEDERATION Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman said yesterday he had no knowledge of British forces m Malaya being equipped with atomic weapons. Referring to a Reirer despatch from Canberra on Tuesday m which the British Defence Min.ster Mr. Duncan Sandys
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  • 393 8 Hospital IXOLIRY: 23rd DAY L IPOH, Fri. Mr. N. Namasivayr^ steward at the Central Mental Hc^| pital, Tanjong Rambutan told the Commission <tf Inquiry the allegation that he and a European male nurse planned to get $8,000 from the hospital contractor
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  • 95 8 PENANG, Fri. A huge quantity of rice, sugar and flour and a.so other property worth $50,000 was badly damaged by an early morning fire which broke out m a business firm, Messrs. Ghe» Leong and Co., m Prangin Road today. The Standard understands that the
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  • 114 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Federal capital's most seasoned beggars were "blitzed" from the streets when 18 of them were either jailed or KOi welfare homes by Sessions Court President, Inche M. M. Hashim. today. Seventeen old men and one woman of all races, clad m
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  • 582 9 A British schoolboy writes... Ode To An Amoeba ■J*\n\\v\\\\x\\\\.\\\\\\\\\\\\,\\\v\\v\\\\\\v\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\.\\\\ww\\^ I This week we have three contribu- tions IMPRESSIONS by Stephen Komlosy, son of Singapore Improve- ment Trust Adviser, who studies at Highgate School, England, and now on holidays here; A POEM by Feizal Abdullah of Sultan Ismail College, Kelantan, and
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    53 9 Pix by t 'IRL guides from the Ist, 2nd. 4th. sth. Gth. 10th. 11th and 17th Singapore Company yr li>t urt'k imping at Pon^eol. The eirls who spent four days at Camp were Kd by tlu-ir i.iptjin Miss Fisher, seen m the oicture standinc: third from the
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  • 66 9 v NTS of the Bentong branch of the Pahang Adult Education Association, now ipore on an educational tour. \v«-re taken by their teacher, Mr. A. Ponnudurai -t I Won?, secretary of the Cultural Section of the Singapore Adult Association to the Standard. The students live
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  • 352 9 A picnic. .and a prank! T ATTENDED a picnic held A at my friend's seaside bungalow one Sunday. The host, Soh Fook. conducted the party, which consisted of 20 "energetic" bo.vs and girls to the swimming pool and an extensive lawn beside it. The weather being sultry, everyone wanted to
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  • 266 9 SCHOOL PERSONALITY CORNER Lovely Orator /^kUR personality this week is 18-year-old Vivienne SOD, a post certificate class student of Raffles Girls School. Singapore, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Soh Ghee Soon. Her daa' is president of several sports associations and a re-cently-elected Assemblyman. It is a pleasure,
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    • 141 9 SERRAVALLOS A f^% c O/II#C Wine the JSk-J? <^£&^bhi whole world acclaims! -i- Mtacti4»«l htj oivr MZftt*' §t<&' JtimLS^ P^Sg!^ As an idea! *or m a!! /^^«lk-"Z^^as' /j£4BEak. WINF)//S^K cases c< Anaemia, Sg^'j^^ I^SP Chlorosis Nervousness, i^S%_ \.7iji'/¥rl l^."~-L^-y f^jfj~ /M^^^\ rundown or have lost -C w** v ""-^v^ J^jXMJ^j
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 189 10 SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, told 300 businessmen and community leaders that he hoped closer trade ties would develop between the Colony and Japan. The occasion was a dinner par.y given m honour of Mr. T. Ando, president of the Onoda Cement
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    • 149 10 More Miles To The Gallon The British motor car industry is trying to discover ne w ways of getting more mileage per gallon of petrol rather than inventing new body styles. Dr. Albert Fogg, director of the British Motor Industry Research Association, said m New York, on Saturday. Dr. Fogg
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    • 59 10 AN impressive 4.400 gallon (20,000 I.) Leyland articulated tanker Outfit, the interior shell of which can be cleaned so q li -kly and easily thac it can carry 16 tons of liauid paint one day and ecible lemon syrup the next day, has been placed on an international
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    • 183 10 MALAYAN industrials were steady, while tins and rubbm were firm, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers' A.--.i.-iation yesterday Price changes announced bj the Association were: Buyers Sellers IC Breweries 3.73 I 78 Metal Box 2.03 2.08 Straits Times 4.12 4.17 i INDUSTRIALS Aokam 1.63 1 T3
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    • 235 10 Business In Shares MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done: F. A X Ordl $2 95; Gammons $2 CO overnight and yesterday: Hammers $2 47; 11. Waughs Xi SI 91: Jacksons $1.70 overnight and yesterday; m. Breweriet $3.75- Cements $1.77*; McAlister '$2 07t: Metal Box $2.05: Robinson ords $2.02) yesterday;
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    • 219 10 UNITED Kingdom terms of trade improved m July, it was announced by the Board of Trade m London. The export price index rose by one point m July to 111 (1954=100), while the import pr.ee index fell by one point to 108. As a result
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    • 153 10 THE directors of Malaysiam reported that the profit tor the year ended March 31. 1957, waj £6.741 and the balance brought forward of £1,362 against a balance to be carried forward of £1.798. The directors do not recommend a dividend. Their consulting engineer' report showed tributers' ore sales
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    • 241 10 Rubber Output And Stocks Higher In July HONG LEONG CO. Ltd., sole agents m Malaya for Onoda cement, held a dinner at the Peking Restaurant, Singa' pore, m honour of Mr. T. Ando, president of the. Onoda Cement Co. Ltd., Photo shows (from left): Iff Kwek Hong Png (managing director,
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    • 363 10 Mart Appears To Overlook R.I. Situation THE rubber market opened this week on a steady note m the face of strong rumours of the possibility of Sterling devaluation, according to the report of Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co., Ltd. However, after a number of such rumours over tbe past several months
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    • 45 10 A NEW type of train will become the standard replacement on the London tubes. Its complete "all-silver" exterior breaks away from the traditional red of tube trains. The change has been made because lightweight aluminium alloy has been used for the body construction.
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    • 38 10 £10,000 Saving THE North Western Electricity Board, Britain. has achieved a savins of nearly £10.000 a year as a result of an experiment m the hand delivery of consumers' quartei]y biJJs, instead of sending them through the post.
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    • Article, Illustration
      46 10 pic. THE "Reduction Sale" of B.H.T. Doulatram m High Street, Singapore, is attracting crowds daily, accordinc; to Mr. P. J. Moryani, who is m charge of the jinn's Rttmß Department. It will last tul Sept. 7. Photo shows the sale m progress yesterday. standard
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    • 119 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange nocn closing prices per pieul yesterday were: copra, Aug. Sept. $25 buyers, $26 sellers; coconut oil m buik $41 sellers, m drums $45 sellers. Muntok white pepper $113 sellers. Sarawak white $111 sellers. special Sarawak black $76 COPRA HOLIDAY. CUTLER. BATH CO. LTD AUGUST
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    • 106 10 SHIPS IN PORT OUTER KO\I)S Batavia, Bore vni. Hongkong Trader, Ka;ang. Benvr:. Troilus. Stanvac D Irak, Pecos. Baril >, Ch >ng Hsing, And Ovula. Camphuys Danakil, Victory, Sambaur. Innepmoor. INMR ROADS Phoi Nikorn.. Long Sindhu. AkasbJ ftfaru, S Hong, Rimau. Kinabalu, Debora. Kah Kheng, Champadah. Lasonz. B ii H I
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    • 100 10 Price Drops Cent Ma rubber stock was responsible for the sharp drop m I rices m the Singapore rubber market yesterday which closed 7/8 cent lower to 90 1 cents per lb. for Interna- na crade rubber for "ember shipment The mai I but dkghtly steadier. Rubber stocks rose by
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    • 52 10 S N G APORE Chamber of Commerce Rubber Associate n noon prices m cents per lb. yesterday were: Buyers Sellert 9m I f-o.b. 891 90* ational Sept. N 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. 90* 90| r.s.s. No i Oct 91| 92 Ser' N 89J 901 No. 3 891 90 7
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    • 17 10 T! c M n F> E Association selling ra:< I O.D. tor Belgian francs Unahf
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    • 852 10 NOTICES CENTRXI 'THE Osaka Shosen Kaisha ELECTRICITY BOARD Lln« are pleased o anOF THE nounce that irom next month FEDERATION of' MALAYA onwards their African Line will be divided into two fast TENDER NOTICE Services VALUABLE LOTS OF SCRAP FAST AFRICAN LINE v MATERIALS for sale by The ftrs sailings
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    • 172 10 NOTICES JOHORE P \V. D. TENDER NOTICE. r TENDERS from Class 'E' x and above registered" PWD Contractors w. be received by the State Engineer, Johore, .;> to noon of the 3rd. September, 1L157 fur CONSTRUCTION OF ONE NURSES' HOSTEL, AT .MERSING. PuD particulars may be Obtained from the Senior
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    • 305 10 BARBER- FERN- VILLE LINES Fot Boston, New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore. Mobile, New Orleans Houston (via Sun Sport P. Sham Penan? New York FERNSEA 16/21 Auk 30 Sept FERNMOOR 30 Aug/8 Sept 9Scpt 13 14S U 14 Oct From New York, Lot Angeles. San Francisco, (via hongWtrv N.York L. Ale* S.
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    • 868 11 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. 1*1: lOT2J 6 *****/4 132/6 Robinson Rcac THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE Mji.tja. Montreal, Boston, New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia Cult Port* S pore P S ham Pcnans .N T 'LOCHUS 24 23 Aug 29 Aug 30 Aur POLYDCRUS 7/)5 Oct 16 Cct UlhOct Ct'tuti
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    • 1298 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 24 12 <'& Imtii n-iic Lciiiec ir bir aatcte) (12 lines) Sh De p p p nR THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE 2? SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW. LONDON b CONTINENTAL FORTS Carriers optlcn to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (Via Suez
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    • 925 11 MITSUI LINE S'd :rc P.S'hom Penonc FOR JAPAN Awobosan Moru for Yokohama. Nagoya, Kobe G. 6 '7 Nosuian Maru for Yokohama, Moii, Kobe Osaka 7 Sept Mcifco Moru for Yokohama. Moii, Kobe. Osoko via Hongkong 1 5 Sept 12 Sept Hogurosan Maru vio Manila for Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe 24Scpt FOR
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    • 695 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Soilings tor Bangkok end or For (otf via Suex. Penong F S horn S'po»e "MEONIA" God 42 43 Bangkok only. "SARGODHA' In Port "SIENA" 3lAug2'ept "LALANDIA" 15 IT topi IS/11 Sepr 20 22 Sept Eangkok onlyHOMEWARDS Soil.ngs tor Aden, Port Soid, Genoo Antwerp, RcMcrdam, Hamburg, Ccper.hogrn,
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  • 981 12 iONG CHEW BEE, Malaya's top-ranking player and led third m the current Malayan Lawn Tennis Chainiships was eliminated from the tournament yesterby the unseeded 20-year old student from Ceylon, ih Praesody. The scores were 2-6 6-4 6-3. i defeat of Chew Bee was unning as
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  • 757 12 IPOII, Fri. Four-time-all-England badminton singles champion, Eddy Choonjj today reached the semifinals m all the three events ot the Malayan badminton championships, which he has entered lor the men's singies, doubles and mixed doubles. He had an MQ paatagS: through the mixed doubles when m partnership
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  • 91 12 SEATTLE. Aug. 2J (AP) Big Pete Rademacher's wild dream of stepping from the top rung of amateur boring to the championship of the vocid wa> blasted and wrecked by Floyd Patterson today as the king of the pros .-cored a knockout m the sixth round of their
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  • 309 12 W. Indies Collapse ALL OUT FOR 89 USUfiil LONDON. Amg. B (Kcut j cr Facing a formidable Finland score 9& IU« the West Indies collasped disastrously m the List 35 n.inuti's «i pit] at the Oval here today, m their final Test and were all out for 8!i runs. They
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  • 134 12 Ceylon 145 runs behind SEREMBAN, 1 ~Th e President's XI cricl lists from Ceylon traiie ]4.> runs behind Malaya at the end da\ s pla> m the iwo day match which started < Seremban pada^f hue to. Heavy rain this mornfcheld up play until 12 the 40 minutes before tht
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  • 92 12 ORE Badminton Am. nent tie? for todtf from 7.30 p.m. at the Badm. -ci Stadium are: li.mil! Er and X van <VS) \-s Tcddv Lim and Re on Hian and Desmond Soo <(JES) vs Ene and Chan Fonk Wenf (VS); I'aul Tan and A Chye <H:. ng
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    • 346 12 Canopy Pickup j^- j _i_l^ ft JfJtF'^ i 12/15 cwt. ilX^^^^" I ~~r i! j -MyJ^^: T^gjk Tippers— 3, 5 andT7 Ton _p \2MJ _(B^^^"™~~^^BRR^ Forward Control Trucks 5 Ton Vans 22 cwt. 7^_ Q fik '7 g\ W^ i 4x4 Cross Country, 3 Ton "off the road" Mi r
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    • 93 12 W^" STTTTT IT W"" Tl KENTILE COLOURS \:;i LIGHTER/^*'' 7 BRIGHTER, (AM WEAR m because they right through each tile. \f KENTILE asphall tile rubber tile DM* tilf vinyl asbestos tile solid vinyl tile ki.wvw r^**} KEN-CLEANER J -V J are available. f.^^» M^. Easy to Clean! resistanl! y^iß^Ji So
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  • 17 13 THAI Government sources yesterday denied that martial law had been declared m Bangkok.— Reuter
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  • 156 13 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib) m Sinea pore yesterday were:— Buyers SfHers Spot 89; 901 Int Sept. R.S.S. No. 1 90 J 90; R.S.S. No. 2 89; 904 R.S.S. No. 3 89 i 901 Tone: Quiet and slightly easier. The price of tin In Singapore yesterday was
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  • 38 13 THE Hungarian Government has protested to the United Nations against its decision to open a special debate on Sept. 10 on the Hungarian situation, a Hum For, Ign Ministry spok said m Vienna yesterday Reuter
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  • 24 13 PREMIER Bandaranaike announced yesterday a tax Of 15 Ceylon cents wr pound on all rubber exported to China will be dropped AP
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  • 21 13 PREMIER Bandaranaike left Ceylon yesterday bj tb) Dutch liner Willem Ruyi attend the Merdeka cc.> t>rations m Malaya.- AP
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    • 12 13 The Comics Have Been Held Over Owing To The Pressure Of Space
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    • 680 13 CI.ASSIFI MI) A DS A\NOUNCEML\I LE( Marana■ll. 730 Dunman Road, g; Sundays. Wedßcad«j% i p.m ou Tahun Dianlara Dunia dan Akhiraf (The ct ed I.OOU yean of Pea i nium and the War that laaM of Youngberg Memorial Hospital c a special li re preceding this lectuie. oleome! SITUATIO\ VACAM
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  • 1046 14  - FOREST DUKE FANCIED IN MAIN RACE WINDSOR LAD HE'S BEST OF DANIELS* FORMIDABLE TRIO By Slipper Prince Can Outsmart This Lot TRAINER Keith Daniels seems to have the answer to the main mile event for Class One stayers at Bukit Timah this afternoon, higlilight of the opening day of the
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  • 138 14 Beechnut Will Be Hard To Crack RACE TWO Beechnut was not disgraced when >eccnd to Dusty Bridge over the mile at Penang. He was travelling like a winner until beaten m the run m. He then finished sixth to Prince Of Lali;a over 8i iurI ngs and now dropped two
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  • 262 14 No need to look beyond speedy Artina ARTINA and Alu Alu will probably dominate the finish of Race 5, the 6 iuriong.s sprint (of Class Two. DMstan Two perl nn n My vote goes to speedy Arttna, who should outpace his rivals. Arttna ih< wed dazzling pace when he whipped
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    • 1368 14 Windsor Lad Srrulineer The Sperire Francis SLIPPER PRINCE WWKR WWF.R WAXER 1 (iarryden Garrydea Garryden slipper Prince \\a\tV Intended Clipper Prince I rench Draws BKKCHMT S( NNY DAY BANGKOK SINNY DAY 2. Chanticleer liaiiKkok Chanticleer Lnanticleer Sunny Day Hang Tiiah Sunny Day .laiie >pnng 111.1. HOUSE 081 (OIRT BUI COURT
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