Singapore Standard, 27 August 1957

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    31 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLIC ***** (5 lines) 2400 n it m s. FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 Vol. Mil. No. 56 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1957 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon THE TUNKU'S M-CUEST No. 2 LEAVES
    102 1 THE TUNKU 'S M-CUEST No. 2 LEAVES LON Aug. 26 .UP)—! A 47- Lend n i rfice w 1 take p irt Mala] m Ir i* ions as a special guest, of Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. She is Hilda Laggett, Secretary I Malaya's I c mm: _i tier, Dato
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    Lock icon PROTEST MARCH
    37 1 "sands of Catholic fr >m vari us of Communist-governed Ker State, South India. marched m procession through the streets of Kerala yesterday to demons .rati against the goverr.mentsponsored education bill for state controlled schools.— Reuter
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    Lock icon 'FLU EPIDEMIC
    23 1 AN epidemic of suspected Ifcsian 'flu has hit U.S. m Britain. More than 500 American servicemen reported m hospitals yesterday.- AP
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    Lock icon $50 Monthly To Clear $61,500 Debts
    93 1 $50 Monthly To Clear $61,500 Debts SEREMBAN. Mon —Tengku Nasir Ibni Tengku Mohamed. a bt thez .^.d former private -ivtary to the Negri Sembilan Ruler was today ordered to pay $50 monthly to settle his debts, totalling $61,500. T.ngku Nasir had earlier id m public examination Id m th Supr<
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    Lock icon HO IN MOSCOW
    16 1 HO CHI MIN President of Communist North Vietnam, arrived m Moscow yesterday. AP
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    Lock icon MALAYA-BOUND
    28 1 MALAYA- BOUND LT.-GEN SIR Geoffrey Bourne. Commander-in-Chief of Britain's .Middle East Land Forces, and Lady Bourne, left Cyprus by air yesterday to attend Malaya's Merdeka celebrations. A. P.
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    Lock icon 'RIOTER' SHOT
    27 1 ONE person was killed and seven Injured yesterday when police opened hre on an unruly crowd at Raipur. m Madhva Pradesh State, central India. Reuter.
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    Lock icon VIOLINIST DIES
    24 1 ALBERT SAMMONS. regarded by most music critics as the finest British violinist of his generation died on Saturday after a long illness.
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    Lock icon HUNDREDS FAIL IN BID FOR AUTOMATIC CITIZENSHIP
    154 1 IPOH. M tt. Handredb ol people who registered for State oati aality m the hope of automatically becoming Federal citizens have now been toid that they have failed to beat the deadline. Under the new constituti.. n, ail persons registered as S ate
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    Lock icon THE 'KING' ENTERS HIS NEW CAPITAL
    339 1 THE 'KING' ENTERS HIS NEW CAPITAL dfgsdfgfgsdfgsdfg THIS picture of the Yang diPertuan Agong-eleet was specially posed for the Standard shortly after the election by the Rulers Conference of the Y.in_r di-Pertuan I Besar of Negri Sembilan as j Malaya's first Paramount Ruler. The Yam Tuan will leave his state
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    Lock icon Police Detain One More PAP Official, Union Boss
    208 1 Round-up Continues SPECIAL Branch officers yesterday arrested another Peoples Action Party official and a leftist trade unionist, bringing: the total of detained leftist elements to 39 since the "clean up" began on Thursday night. The two men picked up yesterday were Foo
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    Lock icon THE RURAL MALAY
    282 1 DEDICATED BOY SCOUTS' IN BIG CARS CANT HELP HIM -AZIZ From ANDREW ROTH LONDON, Aug. 26— The level of Malaya's rural economy cannot be raised by "dedicated boy scouts'' ho charge up to a rural area m a big car and leave some gadget for Malay farmers
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    Lock icon R.A.F. PLANES POUND OMAN VILLAGE
    117 1 BAHREIN. Aug. 26 (Reuter" A Royal Air Force Shackleton bomber and four Venom jet fighters today attacked a fortified building m the central Oman village of Sharaija, official sources said here. The attack, with rockets and cannon, followed a leaflet, raid on the village believed
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    Lock icon SPACE TRAVEL IS ONLY 20 YEARS AWAY, SAYS SCIENTIST
    163 1 SPACE TRAVEL IS ONLY 20 YEARS AWAY, SAYS SCIENTIST WELLINGTON. Aug 2G (Reuter) The director of the New Zealand Physical Laboratory Dr. YV. H. Ward, predicted today that space travel is only 2o years away. Mr. Ward, a member of his country's International Geophysical Year Committee, added that although earth
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    Lock icon SEATO — 'MALAYA WON'T JOIN'
    166 1 SEATO 'MALAYA WON'T JOIN' KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The political situation m th independent Federation of Malaya will be such as to preclude" this country's participation m the South-east Asia Tre a t y Organization, the Standard understaa I It is understood that this view is held by most of the
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    Lock icon REBELS KILL SEVEN FARMERS
    54 1 ALGIERS. Aug. 26 (AP) Seven Europeans living on a farm some 40 :r.i'es east cf here were killed m an attack by Nationalist rebels late last night. Another rebel group opened Use on a postal convoy m western Algeria northwest of Maear, killing five Police who
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    Lock icon STRIKE ENDS
    33 1 A WEEK-OLD strike In Birmingham, England, by 114 maintenance electricians at the car body builders, Fisher and Ludlow, which had affected several thousand workers at Birmingham motor factories, ended yesterday. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Girard Goes On Trial For Shooting
    164 1 MAEBASHI. Jaj a n Am. N ill' UJ Armj spe< ialist Third Class William S (..r lost an attempt toda> to have his manslaughter case thrown out of Japanese courts and then heard the prosecution charge unexpectedly th._t he fired two or thrc. times
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    Lock icon BRITISH M.Ps LEAVE LONDON FOR M-DAY CELEBRATIONS
    125 1 BRITISH M.Ps LEAVE LONDON FOR M-DAY CELEBRATIONS LONDON". Aug. 26 (Rr Lurd Kllmulr, the Lord Chancellor, headed official Briish parliamentary delegation which left London Airport tonight for Kuala LumDur to attend the Malayan independence celebrations. Accompanying the delegation were two Members the Commonv mentary Association, Mr. A. Creech -Jones, a
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    Lock icon NO MORE AUSSIE TROOPS?
    82 1 CANBERRA. Aug. 26 (UP) A -tra.. wi.: ■._■_<:- no further com:..:':..- of land forces for the defence of Malaya against Communist ten it wai reliably reported here today. It wa, undt r that Australian Mir *ers and Defence Chiefs conveyed this position to British Defence ttk_estor
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    Lock icon MISSING VALETTA SURVIVORS FOUND
    249 2 AFTER TREKKING TWO DAYS, THREE NIGHTS, THEY FIND THEY YE COVERED TWO MILES KUALA Ll'MPl'R. Mon. Two Army despatchers who decided they would walk out after their RAF Valetta aircraft crashed m deep jungle m the Tanjong Malim area of Lower Perak were found this morning
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    Lock icon I'll Probe, Says Police Chief
    67 2 THE Commissioner of Polire. Snsjapore. will inquire in'.o al e_.ation_s that union b> Police raiding parties durin_: th.- anti-subversive Pol i c Secretary. M- lague said '1 I i :i officia'-;. the Presd. i of the Singapore Coffee >hop Workers' Inion and the secretary of
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    Lock icon 27 Killed On S'pore Roads
    43 2 people were killed m 23 traffic accidents m Singapore last month, ere was an increase of 11 road deaths compared to the previous month. The number of serious I dents also increased from 54 m June to 83.
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    Lock icon SUCCESSFUL SECRETARIES
    84 2 THE following were sue ful candidates m the Proflessional Intermediate and Final -Examinations of Incorporated retaries held m June. 1957: diate Liew Bok Lan. _h_aarn.ec.iate (Section Cheong Hock Leng Lee K__dm Liang. Lim Cheng Hock 9 and Yeo Chin Wah 0. l_alai mediate (Section B. 7. En Ho
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    Lock icon Pack Of Lies, Merchant Tells Commission
    344 2 Pack Of Lies, Merchant Tells Commission 'European Doctor' Received $3,000 Allegation TH Behead Cockerel To Back My Claim' IPOH, Mon. A Penang merchant today claimed that there was no truth m an allegation that he gave $3,000 to the Medical Superintendent of the Central Mental Hospital, Tanjong Rambutan, Dr. M.A.X.
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    161 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb) m Singapore yesterday were:— Buyers Sellers Spot 88\ 89 Int Sept. R.S S. No 1 89 893 R.S.S. No 2 88] 89b R.S.S. No. 3 881 88] Tone: Slightly steadier. The price "of tin ln Singapore yesterday was $367; per picul. (Down
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    Lock icon MERDEKA FAIR
    41 2 A FULL dress, rehearsal of rcieka Trade Fair will :..:d m Petaling Jaya today. The fair will be formally opened tomorrow by the former Minister for Commerce and Industry Dr [small bin Dato Abdul Rahman, now Ambas-sador-designate to U.S.A.
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    Lock icon Mental Hospital Probe Enters Its 25th Day
    138 2 She alleged that the merchant handed a packet which her father refused to accept. The visitor went out again and returned about half an hour later with "a red packet containing 20 red notes for the children." Her mother, she said*, did not
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    Lock icon Tobruk Hits Reds With H-E Shells
    93 2 Tobruk Hits Reds With H-E Shells H.MAS. TOBRUK, for the first time, yesterday bombarded suspected Communist terrorists emplacements on the Johore south-east coast, a Government statement announced last night. The statement said the Tobruk steamed up and down the heavily-wooded coastline and, between 8.30 and 9.50 a.m fired 60 high
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    38 2 HONGKONG. Aug. 26 Special Standard Service: Cosing prices cf the Hongkong Exchange were 5i 5.75 10 CI Sterling; $6,***** to US$l: Si. B:.:. to Malayan |1. $0,110 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $264.25 to a tad.
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    Lock icon French Envoy On Way Here
    99 2 PARIS. Aug. 26 (Reuter) French Deputy Foreign Minister. .Maurice Faure. left Paris today to negin a three-week tour of Asia during which he will attend Malaya's independence celebrations and seek support of Asian governments lor France's Algeria policy at the coming United Nations se-sion. 11.
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    378 2 'ISLAND IN THE SUN' FIESTA CONTESTS GIRLS! Have you a figure to be proud of? Then here's your chance to show it of! and win a free two-way air-trip to '"An Island In The Sun. All you have to do is fill m the coupon below and send it to
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    Lock icon Debt Drove Me To Suicide Bid — Wife
    127 2 Debt Drove Me To Suicide Bid Wife CONSTANT pressure by 'her brother-in-law for the return of $100 which her husband owed him led a married woman, Chua Ah Moi, 28, to attempt suicide. Chua. charged with attempted suicide by .some poisonous root, juice at her home m Jurong on Aug.
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    Lock icon ALLIANCE DROPS A BOMBSHELL
    268 3 No More Assistant Ministers After Merdeka But Serving Juniors Will Lose Their Jobs KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. There will be no junior ministers m the Federation Cabinet after Merdeka, the ruling UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance decided tonight. This is the latest move m the •"independence reshuffle" which is expected
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    Lock icon 'No Room For You' Students Are Told
    203 3 FORTY senior medical students oi the University of .Malaya have been refused accommodation m the I Diversity's hostels. 6' tIM students ar_c red bj th move, old the Standard I rday that this si n by the University authorities came as a comi.
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    Lock icon TEMPLER'S VISIT
    29 3 X FIEI D MARSHAL Sir Templer, Chief i f the imperial General Staff, i the General Headquarters of the British Far East Lan i I S.ngapore yesterday.
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    Lock icon Robbers Posed As Census Men, Housewife Tells Court
    275 3 THREE men on the pretext of making a census check last month, robbed a housewife of cash and jewellery worth $1,050, Mr. I. 8.1. Pates, the Singapore Ninth .Magistrate, was told jesterday. A housewife. Madam Goh E wai testifying at a preliminary
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    Lock icon Jobless, She Does A 'Hara Kiri'
    72 3 Jobless, She Does A 'Hara Kiri' A 23-YEAR-OLD sick and jobless maidservant plunged a kitchen knife Into her stomach m her home m Mackenzie Road, Singapore yesterday. She then stabbed herself twice on the head. Her niece restrained her from inflicting further injuries to herself, and summoned the police. The
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    Lock icon Stowaways To Be Sent Back
    87 3 TWO Ahyssinian stowaways, Gabriel and Abdul bin Mohammed, who jumped overboard from the freighter Brock ley Moor, while she was m the Singapore Roads over the v. eek-end, are m custody. They had hope 1 to swim ashore, but their freedom was shortlived. The marine
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    Lock icon $150 Fine For Theft Of Wrist Watch
    147 3 $150 Fine For Theft Of Wrist Watch A CYCLIST, charged with theft of a wrist watch, yesterca v alleged m the Singapore Sixth Magistrate's Court that the watch must have fallen on to the pedal wheel of his bicycle when another cyclist collided into him. Ow Alee Kian. 16, unemployed,
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    Lock icon Union Keeps Off Politics
    82 3 THE l,Bnn-strong Singapore Petroleum Workers Union has decided not to participate m the formation of the proposed Workers Party, whose membership is confined only to trade union members. This decision was taken by the union at a meeting held at Pulau Bukom on Sunday. A union
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    Lock icon My Country
    74 3 HERE is independent Malaya's national anthem m music and lyrics. Yes. the tune is that of the famous romantic Malay ballad "Terang Bulaji" or "bright moon." This is the English translation of the Malay lyrics: My country, my native land The people living united and progressive May God
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    Lock icon N.Z. MINISTER ASSURES MALAYA OF TECHNICAL AID
    135 3 NEW ZEALAND'S technical "know how" would be of great assistance to Malaya. the M.nister for External Allairs, Mr. Thomas MacDonald, said on his arrival m Singapore yesterday. Mr. Mac Donald said that New Zealand would be "only too haDpy" to assis; Malaya In
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    28 3 THE first meeting between representatives of tne Singapore Telephone Board anc' Telephone Board Employees Union was held yesterday. It discussed wage claims made by the union.
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    Lock icon Two Freed On Assault Charge
    185 3 Two Freed On Assault Charge A PAINTER, Lee Say Tiat. alleged yesterday m a Singapore Court that a week after he was accused of stealing a motor spare part, two youths were engaged to assault and extort money from him. The youths, Leo Beng Kun. and Koh Teng Koon. were
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    Lock icon Chettiars Join Memorial Fund
    23 4 PENANG, Mon— More than "0 Chettiar firms contributed to the island's Merdeka Memorial Fund which now stands at $20,000
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    Lock icon NOW LEFTISTS PLAN TO FORM RIVAL TUC
    202 4 GOVT. FRUSTRATED THEIR ATTEMPTS TO SNEAK IN BY REAR TTXTREMIST trade unions m the Colony baulked m their attempts to infiltrate' and control the Singapore Trades Union Congress are now planning to set up a "TUC" of their own. And the propaganda they
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    Lock icon TEDDY BEAR CANDLES FOR MASTER AW'S FIFTH BIRTHDAY
    61 4 TEDDY BEAR CANDLES FOR MASTER AW'S FIFTH BIRTHDAY MASTER Aw Toke Ghee, second son of Mr. Aw Cheng Chye, chairman of Haw Par Brothers Limited and Mrs. Aw, yesterday celebrated h i s fifth birthday at his Pasir Panjang home. He is seen m this Stan dardpic blowing out candles
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    Lock icon EVERYTHING FROM BABY SHOWS TO BANQUETS
    646 4 MERDEKA IN JOHORE THE THEME: JOY FOR ALL RAAYAT EVERYWHERE JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Merdeka celebrations committees m Johore have gone all out to give the ra'ayat m the State a joyful time. The celebrations arranged for the chief towns, districts and sub-districts m the
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    164 4 Malayan Students Converge On London (From ANDREW ROTH) LONDON, Aug. 26 Unexpected last-minute arrivals among Malayan students who converged on London last night, slept on camp beds and rugs, on the floors of their friends' apartments and they arrived m London for this week's week-long celebrations of Malayan Independence. The
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    Lock icon FIRST F.P.A. CLINIC
    77 4 M A L A C C A Mon. The Ftncdly Planning Association btvt wil] open its first clinic on Aug 29 at 4 p.m. It will be opened to the public every Thurscay from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Association has about 50 members with Dr.
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    Lock icon Ill, So She Tried Suicide
    63 4 Ill, So She Tried Suicide KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A young girl, Thai Kirn Tai. told Sessions Court Presi.. at, Inche M. M. Hashim today that she attempted suicide because of "bad temper caused' by my continued illness." Thai pieaded guilty to rttemptin^ to commit suicide la the tanj hours of
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    Lock icon Stole Trumpet, Gets 6 Months
    43 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Mohamad bin Awang. 2tJ, was today sentenced to ifi months' imprisonment for stealing a trumpet and clothes worth $419. He was tltO ordered to be placed under Police supervision for two years after his release-
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    Lock icon 45,000 DENOUNCE ARRESTS
    131 4 45,000 DENOUNCE ARRESTS THE 45,000-strong Singapore Federation of Services Unions ye_tcrday denounced the recent arrests of trade unionists by Government as "a grave threat to the trade union movement and democracy m Singapore." Representatives of member unions of the Federation at a meeting last evening unanimously passed a resolution stating
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    171 4 New Bill shows you how m four different ways DOMICILED aliens can become Singapore citizens by naturalisation if they have resided m the Colony for 10 out of the past 13 years. This is one of the four ways of becoming a citizen of Singapore as published In a
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    Lock icon LADY TEMPLER VISITS HOSPITAL
    95 5 LADY TEMPLER, wife of Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer. Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and former High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya, paid a courtesy visit yesterday to the British Military Hospi.al. Alexandra. Singapore. Standard pic shows (left to right): Mai Hunt. Matron of
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    Lock icon Girl Started Life Of Vice After Meeting Man At Theatre
    404 5 Girl Started Life Of Vice After Meeting Man At Theatre PENANG, Mon. After a "boy m.ets girl" affair which happened at a theatre on Deepavali Day, the boy proposed to the girl, who eventually ended up t>y being a call-girl, the First Magistrate's Court was told today. An Indian car-driver.
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    39 5 A VFRDICT of death by (venture was recorded at a Singapore Coroner's Court inquest yesterday into the th of a shopkeeper, Tan I.w Poh, 45, who was knocked down by a car m Keppel Road on July 4.
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    Lock icon Judge Hits Out At Police Methods
    176 5 KUALA Ll'MPl X, Mon. Sessions Judge, Inche M.M. Hashim, today lashed at the prosecution lor producing a juvenile before him for trial. "Even the police who enforce the law cannot break the jud_;e remarked, adding "such irresponsibility f ihe police cannot be tolerated." xiuced
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    Lock icon Bleak Welcome For Reid Planner
    174 5 K"a:.a v Ivor Jennings, member of the Reid Constitutional Commission arrived here today with Lady Jennings to attend the Merdeka celebrations, but government official was at fy_e airport to welcome them. Sir Ivor told reporters at the International Airport he was m full agreement v..-..
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    Lock icon Canada's Delegate Brings Tape-Recorded M-Day Message
    288 5 Canada's Delegate Brings Tape-Recorded M-Day Message MR. James Macdonnell, Canada's representative to the Merdeka celebrations, arrived m Singapore yesterday with a tape-recorded message from his Prime Minister, Mr. John Diefenbaker. Mr. MacDonnell. Federal Minister without Portfolio, Ben into Paya Lobar airport m a spe.-ial R<»val Canadian Air Force plane. His
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    Lock icon THREE YEARS FOR FATAL STABBING
    153 5 ALOR STAR, Mon.— An Indian, who was originally charged with murder, today pleaded guilty m the Supieme Court to an alternative charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder by causing the death of his tindal. Perianan Air. Bernard Sheldon, the D.P.P., tola Mr. Justice
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    Lock icon The People's Unity – Tunku
    87 5 The People's Unity Tunku PEXAXG. Mon.— The "phenomenal success" of the Alliance was due to the Cad thai the three major races of Malaya buried their racial differences anc' looked to the country as a whole. This was stated by the Federation Chief Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, m a menage
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    28 5 PEXAXG. Mon— The Penang State UMXO Youth will hold a Alerdeka parade at the esplanade on Sept. 23. Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman will be present.
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    Lock icon NEW WHITE' AREA IN PONTIAN
    85 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A new "White" area was declared m the Pont. an district of Johore today. It is the fifth "White" area to be declared m Johore. the second m Pontian District and the sMrd m the Federation. It covers 90 square miles with
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    Lock icon TUNKU LAUDS NEW HOTEL
    86 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman today declared thyt the opening of the 52.500,000 "Federal Hotel" here has helped his government solve the problem of housing the guests to the Merdeka celebrations. Formally opening the firrt 10-storey hotel m the country this evening, the
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    Lock icon NEGRI PALACE GUARDS AT CEREMONY
    95 5 SECOND LIEUTENANT J. C. R. Franks of the King's Dragoon Guards, Assistant ADC to the High Commissioner, accompanied by palace ofFicials, carries the G.C.M.G. insignia, sash, s.rand collaj and chain on velvet cushions to the Balai Rong Seri at the Istana Besar, Sri Menanti on
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      371 6 AT this m >ment when important foreign visitors are arriving m this country and are reading accounts of thi c.-nur.anist threat to Singapore m Pr< may gain the impression that the Chinese here are either communists or comlist supporters. They cannot be blamed for having this impression since
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    235 6 We the PEOPLE Sir— On Saturday, Aug. 17. at about 5 p.m. a nasty accident occurred m front of the Rederr.ptorist Chapel at Thomson Road. A motorcyclist with the pillion rider came into collision with a taxi, and both riders were thrown on the road unconscious with severe injuries. A
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    144 6 that such attitude should always prevail especially m Singapore where the population is very cosmopolitan. I wish to specially mention the outstanding good qualities and nursing ability of a "Heroine" of the scene. dressed m a black skirt and white blouse, who was so motherly and
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    177 6 Sir— Not very long ago, a friend of mine applied for a certain government appointment, and was asked to attend an interview before the Public Services Commission m Kuaia Lumpur. Before the in.erview. he sat for written test on a second language, which he passed. It seemed that
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    753 6  - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME Aster Gunasekera By VLL Singapore, except those with guilty consciences, or who find the picture of the kind of country they have hoped to see recede as a result of what has happened m the past few days, will welcome the statements made over
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    739 6 —there's nothing to worry about... an attack from China extremely unlikely SIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, GOVERNOR OF H ONGK ONG, TOLD OBSERVER CORRESPONDENT RAWLE KNOX BRITISH defence commitments m the Far East will have to be taken over by the United States during the period of Britain's reorganisation of her
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    611 6  - Japanese Cheap Labour Threat Michael Gordon NIIGATA CEMI feudal working *3 conditions m this small and medium industrial centre of Western Japan offer sharp contrast to the progress which Japan's trades union movement has made m other parts of the country. They also show clearly why Britain, the Uniled States
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    235 7 STILL HOPE FOR SYRIA BEIRUT. Aug. 26 (AP) The return to Damascus yesterday of President Shukn Kuwatly strongly signified Syria lias not yet slipped irretrievably into (ha Soviet orbit. If this were not so. Arab leaders, who know Kuwatly we.:, said the Syrian president would not have returned. Kuwat'y, a
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    58 7 MANILA. Aug. 26. (APIPolice today eu five prisoners from a group of 15 who staged an early morning mass jailbreak today from the prison B1 Baailan City on Basilan [aland oil the southwest coast of Mindanao Island. The glory said the prisoner. after cutting two
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    181 7 Second Thoughts On A- Weapons For Malaya MANCHESTER, Aug. 26 (Reuter)— The Manchester Guardian today declared that since there is great emotional revulsion among the Asian countries to any association with nuclear weapons, Mr. Duncan Sandys, the British Defence Minister, may have to undertake much persuasive explanations or withdraw his
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    82 7 Armed Arab Infiltrator Shot Dead RASAH. Egypt. Aug. 26 <AP> An armed Arab infiltrator was shot dead on Saturday m a U.N. Emergency Force camp manned largely by Canadians. U.N.E.F. security officers reported yesterday. Canadian Major Ivor Stewar:, camp security officer said the unidentified Arab was apparently shot by his
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    46 7 LONDON, Aug. 26. (AP)— Baron Kinross today urged the peers of Britain to act like Lords instead of "behaving like film stars." If they do not. he warned, the time may come when the whole system of the peerage will collapse.
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    59 7 pyjamas. photo. FLANKED by two policemen and waving his hand, former minister Abdel Fattah Hassan appears m a Cairo court for the first time on charges of conspiring to overthrow the Egyptian government by force. Fourth from the right is the al'eged ringleader Atef Nassar. wearing civvies. The
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    240 7 KARACHI, Aug 26 (UP —Pakistani Prime Minister Hussein Suhrawardy declared yesterday that he would "lay down" his life if India attempted to divert the water of three Pakistani rivers for her own use. "l will be the first to lay down my
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    87 7 LONDON. Aug. 26 Reuter> Free Malaya's first High Commissioner to Britain. Dato Nik Kamil. will unfurl his country's flag at the headquarters of the EnglishSpeaking Union here on Aug. 31— the day on which Malaya becomes an independent nation of the British Commonwealth. The High
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    189 7 Mystery Sisters Are Spies For Russia WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UP) Boris Morros charged yesterday that two mystery sisters, one of them married to a U.S. atom scientist, are members of the Soviet espionage ring he cracked during 12 years as a master counter-spy. Morros, former movie director who went, underground
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    233 7 'Secretary In The Boudoir' Nc thing Improper LONDON. Aug. 26 (AP) The Sunday newspaper The People said it had cabled the Los Angeles district attorney a statement by a pretty London model that she sold "Whisper" magazine a false ■ton about film director John
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    289 7 'Let Us Into U.S.' Demand LONDON, Aug. 26, (APi Red China indicated last night it would not admit 24 American newsmen unless Chinese Communist correspondents were allowed into the United States. A Peking Radio broadcast accused the U.S. Government oi trying to send m American newsmen
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    264 7 NOTHING DOING, SAYS MR. DULLES WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (AP)— U.S. State Department officials last night promptly rejected the idea proposed by Red China that its own newsmen be admitted to the United Slates m return for the admission of American newsmen to China. These officials sad they are not interested
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    32 7 GALE winds of 60 milc> an hour ripped around the Brit.sh Isles on Sunday. toppling trees and houses and sending small ships scurrying for shelter along the coastline.— AP.
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    128 7 MELBOURNF A.:? 26 (Rev- shal of the Royal Air force Sir William Dickson, chairman of the Chiefs of Stall Committee, said last night that the West's potential was "so great that I cannot see how an enemy can survive a future war. "If w
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    166 7 Terror Wave In China Is Foreseen Aug. The House Cony >n Un-American Ac erday that the China may soon embark on new wave of terror" Infl_ts na. The committee made the a publishing a biography oi Mao tung and Chou En-lai, the Communist chiefs, m a booklet entitled: "Who are
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    293 9 INDONESIA NOW SHIPS MORE RUBBER THE uncertainty m Indonesia following the Communist successes m the recent elections and the lower value of the rupiah have provided an impetus for exporters m the Republic to ship their rubber, Singapore traders told the Standard yesterday. Official statistics showed rubber imports from Sumatra
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    282 9 HONGKONG nought more from abroad m July car than m the corresponding month of 1956, the iony'.s Director of Commerce and Industry, Mr. i! Angus, said m his latest trade report. The _..trics that I more to Hongkong last month, the report said, were the
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    58 9 PRODUCTS from Hyogo Prefecture of Japan are now on display m the Odeon Hollywood Room, Singapore. The exhibition Is being held by the Hyogo Trade Promotion Mission now visiting Singapore. Mr. M. Kanal. Vice-Gover-nor of Hyogo Prefecture and leader of the trade delegation, yesterday held a cocktail reception for 100
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    152 9 U.S.' Atomic Stand' For Trade Fair I LUMPUR, M-n— The U. S. I General here will have a stand tA the Merdeka Trade t open.ng at Petaling on Aug 28 to depict the peaceful uses of atomic energy. The "Atomic Stand" is being set up under instruction from Washington. "We
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    48 9 AN American engineering ■L roducts company will I ablish a £1.250.000 roller bearing plant at Ballarat m .ria. Work on the will begin immediately. The company, Timkin Roller Bearing Co. of Canton, Ohio. will duplicate the plant as the demand for its products expands.
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    84 9 The display will be open to the public today from 9.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. It will continue till tomorrow (9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m >. CHAIRMAN of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Tan S.ak Keic, was among those icho atItaaJhd reception at the Odeon
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    445 9 INDUSTRIALS m the Malayan share market were quiet, tins were firm while rubbers remained steady, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday. Price changes announced by the Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Frn?er Neave: Ords 292 2.96 Sime Darby 2. d0 2. 0f) Win. Jacks 2.4.1 2.47 MININGS
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    115 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Pro. duce Exchange nocn closing prices per picul yesterday were: copra, Aug. Sept. $25 buyers. $26 sellers; coconut oil m bu k Ml sellers, m drums $4-">} sellers. Muntok white pepper $114 sellers, Sarawak white $111 sellers. special Sarawak black $75. COPRA HOLIDAY CUTLER. BATH CO
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    108 9 OITER ROADS Boreville, Isareo, Salamat, Shun Leo. Straat Madoera, Thelidonus Troilus. Ovula, Golden Alpha. Hongkong Trader. Frc- en G Panto, East Wind, Romanija. Chong Hsing, Danakil. Barito. Pacific Skipper. INNER ROADS Petling Darvel, Lampor.g. Senggarang, Gold Dragon. Segamat. Perakm. Nangkachmdr. Southern Trader. Champadah. Eng Siong. Sin Hong Ho,
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    97 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday. New York: buying. T.T. 32*. OD. 328. 90 days airmail, 32, 15/16 credit bills. 33 trade bills. Canada: buying. T. T. 30--13/16. OD. 30-15/16. 90 days airmail. 311 credit bills, 31- ifl trade
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    199 9 Price Drops To Below 90c. Mark I SINGAPORE rubber prices yesterday dropped to below the 90 cents per lb. mark for the first time since May 31. this year. International first grade September shipment closing at 89 cents per lb. (,90g cents on Friday). The drop m prices was attributed
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      284 9 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE NOTICE TO CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS THIRST Class Civil Engineer- ing Contractors wishing to be included m the List of Approved Contractors for Bridgeworks carried out by the City Council, are invited to apply for official forms on which application must be made. Registration of Contractors
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      734 9 THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT Pub-ie Holiday Merdeka Day. Saturday, 31st August l.'oT. VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Saturday, 31st August 1957. no vessels will be worked alongside the Board's wharves nor will any vessels be berthed or unberthed on that day. Orders for labour, mechanical equipment, gear,
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    182 10 Young Gable of Malaya "FIVE FEET SIX DARK HANDSOME CU RLY HAIRED JINSSAMSUDDIN ARRIVING BY TONIGHTS TRAIN STOP ARRANGE URGENT SCREENTEST STOP", read a cable from the studio's talent scout to Taiping. MANY similar telegrams had been received by Malay Film Productions, but this one sounded rather "out of hand"
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    100 10 School of Agriculture. W hen approached with an offer of a pr ble film career Jim jumped at the chance. 'I've been a rolling stone because ev< thing I did simply did not interest me", he said. "Now. I feel that a film career is the r.ght
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    504 11  - MALAYAN SHUTTLERS RUN SHORT ON STAMINA- EDDY GOH CHONG KENG By IPOH. Mon. The standard of Malayan badminton is not as good as it was a few years ago. said Eddy Choong, newly crowned Malayan champion m an intera with the Standard today. •:hes and. m fact, throughout the recent
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    100 11 Motoring Double For Britain \NCORCHAMPS. Aug. Renter) London dentist, Tony Brook- 1 driving a grec.-. and a ball litres Astc:. Martin, si rday wen the Belgian Automobile Club's three hours Endurance Grand Prix for sports cars, leading all the way and driving impeccably. He covered 41 laps of the .r.gular
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    69 11 SEEN here receiving; the Malayan Singles trophy, which he won for the first time m his badminton career, is world renowned Eddy Choong. Mr. Heah Joo Seang, chief of the BAM smiles with delight as he hands the trophy over. Standardpic Standardpic PENANG'S Tan Gaik Bee, Malaya's triple
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    400 11 LONDON. Aug. 26 (AP) A European soccer league competition that's the way to pull back crowds to matches m Britain. Such is the view of many soccer experts here. On the eve of the English league opening last Saturday, Frank Coles of
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    112 11 AGUA CALIENTE. Mexico, Aug. 26 (AP) An American record horse racing bet payoff of U5568.7 17.60 went to j three California women on their US$2 ticke: on Sunday. They picked all six win- ners m the fifth through I tenth reces. The payoff, which
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    61 11 BEAUVILLE. Aug. 26 (AP) India yesterday won the Deauville "Gold Cup" polo championship m a game that was called off when Mexican player Alexandro Gracida. was badly injured. India was leading 5—2 When the Mexican player was hurt during a fall from his horse. Gracida was
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    294 11 LONDON. Ail?, Z3 Beali Brilliant pace howling by the Middlesex _M_f«r. Alan Moss, who took seven for 24 m nine o\er> ..irned his side victory by 231 runs when Kent were shot out tor 43 runs m 75 minutes al Dover yesterday. Middlesex had*
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    496 12  - CLOUTING CHETTY MISSES CENTURY T. S. DEVAN by MALAYA S TEAM FOB THE TEST T. SIVAGNANAM, Captain; A. K. I Jones, M. McCaw, M. Shepherdson, A. Dews, Gurucharan Singh, C. Shepherdson, all from Selangor; J. P. C. Woodhouse, A. Delilkan, J. Kirkham and P. White, Singapore. Twelfth man: Lakhbir Gill
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    762 12 BEFORE THE GAME tin an easy stumping. The effortless cover driving of Clive Inman, who hit nine fours, gladdened tht heart of every cricketer present. In .spite of being m the field for nearly 4^ hours, the North bowlers kept a steady length throughout. The plumb wicket was of no
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    128 12 GHQ Hold Sappers In Army Cuptie GENERAL Headquarters, Far Last Land Forces and the Singapore lingineer Regiment drew 1-1 i.n the Singapore Base District Senior cuptie at Tanglin yesterday. Although extra t;me was given, btth teams tailed to reach a decision. The match will be replayed at a later date.
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    140 12 YOUNG boxers from Colony youth organisations ar.d schools will have a new trophy to tight for |n the future. It is the "Dunsford Challenge Trophy." Presented by Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's Hon. Sec. lit B. L. Dunsiord. the tr :.y will be a warded to t!i c
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    69 12 LONDON. Aug. 26 (Reuter) The whole of Saturday's gate money at Millwall Football ground here about £2.000 sterling wwa s today repor:ed stolen from a safe during the weekend. Thieves left behind an electric drill which they had used to enter the ground, jemmies,
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    46 12 HAIKOWYU Sports Club beat Rajaji Sports Club 3-2 m a friendly soccer match at Jalan Besa r Stadium yesterday. Scorers for Haikowyu were: Bajuii <2 1 and Kassim. V. S. Maniam and K. Loganathan netted for Rajaji. Haikowyu led 2-0 at half time.
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    467 12 c Wind6or _£_>-*'* REPORT FROM BUKIT TIMAH THE Ringer and Darenth. two of Neal Hobbs' candidates for tomorrow's Singapore races at Bukit Timah, were fastest at the winding up gallops yesterday. Matched ver three furlongs, they were clocked 36s
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    374 12 SINGAPORE failed to maintain a resolute first half performance to be beaten 3-2 by Hongkong's Eastern A, A. at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. It was a game which many among the 4,000 crowd thougnt I elonged to Singapore. With
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    150 12 LONDON, Aug. 26 (UP)— Twenty Russian women athletes. including two called Nina, went on a three-hour shopping tour m London today. They looked at everything except, hats. It wis almost exactly a year ago that Soviet discus thrower Nina Ponomareva caused an international
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    70 12 THE following have been selected to play for Singapore! 'A' against Eastern A. A. tomorrow at 800 p.m. at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Taib (Baari), Yong Kong. Kok Cheng (Tahir): Ahmad Yusoff, Omar Rahmat, Boon Eook. (Andrew Yap, WarO: Omar Awang, Ismail Yusoff. Shar Hussein. Kirn
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    25 12 ATHLETES selected tr present the S Amatenjy tic Association al Merdeka Games m K::_.a Lumpur are reauested to up for final brief:- p.m.
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