Singapore Standard, 13 February 1959

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  • 24 1 IK Jt 3fl ft SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone ***** —5 Coble "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1959. Vol. IX No. 225. 15 cts. 14 Pages
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  • 1199 1 TUNKU: I SEEK THE RIGHT MEN *The time has come far me #o fyo off/ uuttin vo that we shall win 9> The Alliance goal when it to KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman declared tonight that he would be prepared and ready to return to the Federation
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  • 289 1 Ex-singer (in jeans) falls 100 feet to death from skyscraper A 29-YEAR-OLD former singer died shortly after she fell more than 100 feet from the 10th floor of the Asia Insurance Building in Finlayson Green, Singapore, at noon yesterday. The woman, Irene Hou, landed on a pile of steel bars,
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  • 26 1 BOTH Russia and China bought more rubber from Indonesia last year than in 1957, officials of the Indonesian Foreign Trade Ministry said yesterday.
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  • 329 1 MOVE TO RESTRICT ACTIVITIES OF 'EVIL' ELECTION AGENTS They*ll be struck off front Polls roles KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation Government has decided to drop its plans to give powers to returning officers to prevent certain people from addressing rallies or canvassing for a candidate during elections. This decision has
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  • 106 1 AHMEDABAD, India, Feb. 12 (UPI) Police at Rajkot. 300 miles north of Bombay, have arrested a man for the alleged sacrifice of four human beings to the Hindu Goddess Kali, reports reaching here said today. The reports said that a 35-year-old man, named Vallabdas.
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  • 59 1 MANILA, Feb. 12 (UPI) Foreign Secretary Felixberto Serrano said yesterday that a ministerial level conference of Asian countries would be called soon to discuss the Philippine-Malayan proposal for cultural and economic allianceThe regional conference may be held "in March at the earliest, or in April
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  • 85 1 ALOR STAR, Thurs. Malaya's Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, will be awarded the title of ''Tunku Seri Indra Putera" by the Sultan of Kedah. The Tunku recently announced that he would quit office and concentrate all his time and efforts to strengthen his party.
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  • 25 1 MR. D. G. E. MIDDELBURG. formerly Consul-General of the Netherlands in Singapore has been appointed Netherlands Ambassador at Warsaw, The Hague, announced yesitrdaj.
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  • 455 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Any bona fide citizen of Singapore may move freely across the Causeway into the Federation without any pass or entry permit. However, if called upon to do so, he will be required to prove he does
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  • 259 1 THE City Council will not illuminate 'ouncil bunding* and decorate the procession route in connection with the coming visit of Duke of Edinburgh in Singapore. The Council*! Finance and General Purposes Committeee, by a majority vote, yesterday disapproved a proposal to carry out
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    • 681 2 TENDER NOiiT^' NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN FEDERATION that I, MICHAEL GURNEY ARMED FORCES LEATHAM of No. 2F Lermit >^ Road, Singapore, have applied TENDERS 79JIH for a Retail Shop licence in respect of premises No. 204 P'Jrrhis* Cantonment Road Singapore TENDERS are invited for B and that this application wi.
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  • 732 3 THE debaic on the Elections (Amendment) liil in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday 0 eitfirce compulsory voting and ensure clean Sections developed into a verbal duel. The twitft md turns 1 in the thrusts aimed by the >AF jßidcr, at the Government-sponsored move to ■ilpractices and corruption in elections,
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  • 1079 3  -  TRISNO SUMARDJO by Novelist, painter and member of the National Council for Culture. 'traditional, Dance KUALA LUMPUR gINCE time immemorial, Indonesia has been destined not to possess a homogeneous culture. Ranging from a highly developed ore such as we see in Ball and Java
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  • 48 3 Leavened bread originated in Egypt 6.000 yearn ago. It seems bread was baked in the same community factory where beer was brewed. One day, it's conjectured, a bakery worker stole a b reiving trough for his kneading and accidentally mixed brewers' yeast with the dough.
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  • 909 3 Spirit Of National Freedom Reflected In Works sciousness found its embodiment in the successful struggle for independence of 1945 with the formation of an independent State and Government. Previously, during the Dutch colonial period, Indonesian culture suffered most severely as never before since the birth of the Indonesian people. The
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  • 70 3 Shaping His Own World "WE need not regard ourselves as In the grip of preordained necessity. Included In our heritage is the capacity to go beyond the heritage. We are not living In a closed system: within limits that are given, we ourselves are shaping the
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  • 426 3  - the NEWS as it strikes me Aster Gunankera T HIS rolumn believes it wt!! be larking in its duty to its readers if it allowed them to he misled by certain statements made in Singapore and. apparently, arrepted 23 true by some overseas newspapers regarding the motives which prompted Tunku
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  • 145 4 Architect Appointed Assessor A SINGAPORE Architect, Mr. K. Berkovits. ha s been appointed Consultant Assessor to the City Council Assessor's Department on the recommendation of Mayor Mr. Ong Eng Guan. The Standard learnt last night. The appointment, carrying a monthly salary of $2,000, was unanimously approved by the Council^ Finance
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  • 310 4 Campaign programme finalized for his visit in April, says Dato Abdul Hamid A TREMENDOUS fillip to the Singapore election campaign by the Colony UMNO will be the visit by Federation Prime Minister and UMNO President Tunku Abdul Rahman in April to assist
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  • 106 4 D'Costa is asked to retire GOVERNOR of Singapore, Sir William Goode, yesterday approved a recommendation from the Public Services Commission to '"retire forthwith" the former Senior Inspector of Schools (English), Mr. P. A. D'Costa. Principal of Victoria School. To rumours among teachers that Mr. D'Costa had voluntarily resigned from service
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  • 42 4 SOH Mun Kum yesterday P'.eaderi not guilty in a Singapore Court to a charce of bring: a member of secret society Rrouo 24 a* 9Ar> p.m. at Bain Street on Feb. 10. Bii! of $1,000 was allowed until Feb 18-
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  • 285 4 RI's 3 reasons for 'no' to pact INDONESIAN ConsulGeneral in Singapore, Brig. Gen. Djatikusumo, yesterday gave three reasons why the Indonesian people was not. at the moment, in a position to accept Tunku Abdul Rahman's proposal of an economic and cultural pact between Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaya. Stressing that
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  • 261 4 NEW TB DRUGS SAVE MORE LIVES IN THE COLONY-SATA Chief NEW drugs and modern facilities had helped to cut down tuberculosis deaths in this Colony. Dr. *N. C. SenGupta, the Medical Director of SATA and Administrator of the Royal Singapore Chest Clinic, told The Standard yesterday. Dr. Sen-Gupta was commenting
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  • 40 4 A SHOP owner, Ong Ang Koon. wai yesterday fined in the Singapore Fir^* D Court, a total of $.")0"> on counts of misusing bottle boaring the trarie mark* of the Malayan Brewcr.es ltd and the Archipelago Brcwene> Company.
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  • 331 4 They haul 'casualty' up cliff in 22½ secs. KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— In the presence of the Director of the Women's Royal Air Force, Air Commandant Dame Henrietta Barnett, six young WRAFs and six airmen from R.A F Changi and Seletar, undergoing a jungle ground .service training course at RAF Fraser's
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  • 302 4 Poor owners victim MALACCA, Thurs. A biu vantage of the rubber replanting v pr|^ In* smallholdings cheaply and v lots at exorbitant prices, sources from th, disclosed today. The racket which h.is been two years, deals in the fragmorv ot up to 500 acres and below The victims arc
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  • 68 4 THJ s Mm I ft p« tih«-n I w\ (iis. imi-i to utij t vice of i fnlYt rniim ii alia, the Junioi nto depnrlrnfr 1 Tilt; Cor I d v tonal iJtif.ns n K (ted morr iK n nmei each tK C nun, viid th-.t vr, f I
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  • 15 4 I 11, n Of u. Mr D V ..I per* widely anrl pie of
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  • 450 5 I was threatened I with assault— the boss alleges ONE hundred and eighty workers of the Lam Huat Hup Kee Factory in Kranji, Singapore, were sacked on Wednesday following an alleged threat of assault on the company's managing director and sabotage of the pineapple cannery. The workers were Issued
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  • Article, Illustration
    213 5 ICE-CHANCELLOR of University of Western tralla, Dr. S. L. Prescott, into Singapore yesterto he; i the Nanyang I Commission. I >n of five in--known scholars ly the Singapore in conjunction ing University o the academic dardf < ie university the hinl sta .d equipment of the Adopted by univer-
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  • 223 5 What the judges said 80 years ago Judges from 70 to 80 years ago have a.l said that when a person was charged with murder no other charges should be preferred against him, DPP. Mr. A. W. Ghowi told a jury in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. The jury had
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  • 79 5 CHRISTOPHER B Campos yesterday pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court to a charge of criminal breach of trust of a refrigerator belonging to the General Electric Company He was alleged to have violated a legal contract and sold the refrigerator to K. H.
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  • 118 5 A STANDING COMMITTEE yesterday rejected requests from four Citv Council employees to retire from service to contest the forthcoming Legislative Assemblv elections. They are: Messrs." E. H. Hollaway (Senior Public Health Inspector), Lim Kay (Engineering Assistant), K. Varathan (Senior Time Keeper) and Quah
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  • 133 5 FOUR Indonesian models arrived in Singapore yesterday from Jakarta to prove that tromen in Indonesia are also fashion-conscious. The models stepped out of a plane at Pava Lebar with their best dresses on from a sack to a cheongsum-skirt. They caused o. stir at
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  • 129 5 INDONESIAN ARTIST. Basoeki Abdullah, who is now in Singapore, will hold an exhibition of his paintings in Tokyo early in April. For his first-ever exhibition in Tokyo. Abdullah has executed portriat paintings of the two lovely beauticians from Japan, Misses Yoshiko Mujamoto and Nagako Ishihara, who
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  • 183 5 THE High Commissioner for South-east Asia, Sir Robert Scott, last night sent a cable to Hongkong at the Cable and Wireless Stall of the Singapore Constitution Exposition. The message reads: "Much as I admire Hongkong I wonder whether you have anything to equal this
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  • 208 5 Calvert's show will perform at SATA dance tonight MORE than a dozen Singapore girls, all aspiring to reach the heights in show business, will participate in the John Calvert show which opens here next week. They will team up with Calvert's Hollywood showgirls in several of the acts and dances.
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  • 342 5 Nothing will mar our ties with US says Malayan envoy KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The cordial relationship between the United States and the Federation will not be blemished for reasons of the former bein* a member of the South-east Asia Treaty Organization and the latter being out of it. This was
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  • 150 5 HAWKERS DEBATE SINAGPORE Peoples Alliance councillor. Mr Tang Pen* Yen. announced that he would meet Mayor One En* Guan at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 8 tonight for the debate on the hawkers' problem. Mr. Tang pointed out that this was a personal challenge and
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  • 94 5 Marcus' request gets nod THE Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Singapore City Council yesterday agreed to immedi,. terminate the services of Mr. L. A. Marcus, head of the Markets and Hawkers Department, at his own request. Mr. Marcus recently tendered his resignation following difference of opinion on the
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  • 579 6 folf ever T an industrial organisation was founded and successfully developed on a devoted application to a single idea, it is the famous Japanese electrical concern, the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. K-nnnon^ii o^ e ars ag0 in I? 18 the founder and Present
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  • 138 6 1918 Inaugurated as Matsushita Electric Works, under the private ownership of Mr. K. Matsushita, present president of our company. Started production of Lamp Sockets, Attachment plugs, and Bakelite Insulators. 1923 Started production of Lampcases. 1929 Started production of Electric Heating Appliances. 1931 Started production of Radio Sets and Components,
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  • 70 7 $2,000 GEMS AND CASH STOLEN THIEVES broke into a house in Changi Road, Singapore, on Wednesday and took away jewellery worth $1,100 and $1,000 in cash. The tenant. Ho Tet Suan, told the Police that when he returned home in the evening from office, his wife told him that the
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  • 337 7 Students warned to stop the feud' NO action will be taken against the University of Malaya students of Eusoflf (girls) College and Raffles Hall (boys), who waged cracker attacks on each other on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. This was disclosed to The Standard
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  • 70 7 BEAUTIFUL Malayan movie star, Maria Menado, is in Jakarta to play the leading role in a |oint Indonesian-Malayan enterprise "Hilang Celap Datang Terang (Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining). She is seen above (second from left) enjoying a joke with an Indonesian actor and actresses
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  • 147 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (rents per lb.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 86 861 R.S.S. No. 1 Feb. 86* 862 R.S.S. No. 1 March 862 87 R.S.S. No. 2 85s 853 RS.S. No. 3 85 85i Tone: Very quiet but steady. The tin price in Singapore
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  • 37 7 HONGKONG, Feb. 12. Special Standard Service Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $15 91 to £1 Sterling $5.74 to USsl' $1.84 to Malayan $1; $0.06 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $252.37 to a tael.
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  • 15 7 Ocean-going vessels will not be Salvaging ,w n today.
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  • 48 7 AN office to issue Dasses for pilgrims from Singapore, the Federation and Borneo territories to Mecca has been opened yesterday at the Empress Place. It is attached to th e Chief Secretary's Office. It will issue passes until the last pilgrim ship sails from here.
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  • 294 7 MIC To Ask For Twelve Seats In National Polls New plea to Alliance Party KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malayan Indian Congress will ask the Alliance National Council to allocate 12 seats to the party in the coming national elections, The Standard learnt today. The Congress has sent circulars to all
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  • 214 7 SECRET society gangsters on Wednesday evening raided a bar jn Serangoon Road, Singapore, smashed up the place, then robbed the cashier and an employee of $364 in cash and valuables. The wrecking and robbery occurred when the cashier refused to give in to
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  • 59 7 COSTLY COUNCIL STALLS SINGAPOREANS will have to pay about $145,000 for the maintenance of City Council stalls at the Constitutional Exposition. The Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee yesterday approved a total of $44,941 in addition to the earlier provided sum of $100,--000 for the purpose. The Committee decision will
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    • 559 7 I SCALHAY GRCANISATION E^ J I SPECIAL CONCESSIONS •^C Half-price ronresulom for children are available at all tr>#> Cathay OrganlsaUon Theatres for all show* except trw *4 Ijf aiiaa •air; today: .sasiu. No "^lngrld BESGMAN Curt JIRGENS Robert DOWT )f* trope INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS" c0,0»,,r.,, J "THE MORE
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    • 408 7 ?7« fl.W.m rft 3 ,!.nf, m The Week-end's Sports, 730 At I^l WAIiI9/ I 4 I I 111 ifi Wil kl I.ffl TOMORROW- SineTnorJ 2?Q t'n, Ur c re< u t from r*^ i«Ul r 7-nl A1 l T i F*lkf I I Bf\ Bis 2 47 n m 7ft
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  • 77 9 Goodrich promotes Executive liJljam \V. Scull, llected vice presiifacturing Is. F. Mr. J. W. Keener, and Chief Exe[cer, announced 11. B.K. (ioodrich if Manufacturing since 1954, was f Purchasing and ifflc ■<• I MT>2. dr. Hll > s president of Goodru h Malaya. a Blur.i! rubber latex Krssing company in
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  • 92 9 ■A Thurs. 'lhe aattß^prheme for rubber til is[ successful in arc a th ex^K acres, ac--iin*,t(lt State ReplantOfflcezl le Abdul RahDaud. 'rots It. n 41,400 iber been the iawtf tei^ftjaid to smallholders Rg allocation, he i romDared with can be considered he said. attribute^ the succcm to wide ouhlicitv
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  • 29 9 SLLOPHXTx the death of DoArj W. Thomas last ■th, jfcjor W. E. Hosklno, M.l» lias been elected rma^of Cropeng Consoled J imited. Rambutnn tikdJPcngkal on Limited ■a Limited
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  • 195 9 OI T TER ROADS Shun Hing. Reael Kalianda, Anma Marti Betiri. Woodencraft Van Zatti. Santa Lucia, Statius Jensen, Sea Fox Northia. Mui Ann, San Ricardo Flying Culbraet. Libertan I Kasimibar, Agamemnon Silvana. Saidja, Karaton Earito, Jacob Jebsen, Benmohf. Kian Aun Melva, Sillinddeng. Amagisan Maru. Pohdorus. South Wind
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  • 39 9 The first of the twelve Lockheed Electras ordered by KLM is now on the production line in the Lockheed Aircraft factories at Burhank, California. It is intended to hand over the aircraft to KLM in September next.
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  • 33 9 JAKARTA, Feb. 12 (Renter) The Indonesian Parliament yesterday re»vok:ed unwork'ed or "inadequately'* worked," mining rights issued by the Dutch Colonial Government Antara newsagency reported. This excepts petroleum exploitation and exploration concessions.
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  • 458 9 KUALA L.MPIR, Thurs. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry today gave notice that it would issue a third order under the Pioneer Industries Ordinance that would increase the range of pioneer products from 54 to 111 and the number of existing pioneer industries
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  • 557 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done yesterday: Alex. Bricks prefs $1.70. $1.72* Fed. DLsp. $1.12J; Fitzpatricks $1.03; Fraser and Neave prefs. $4.15 odd lot; Fraser and Neave ords $1.56; W. Hammer $1.57 and $1.58 cd: M. Cement $1.71; M. Colls. 57c; S. Cold Storage 87c; Straits
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  • 46 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday:Selling T.T. or OD. ready were: Canadian dollars 31 15/ 16; French Franc s *****, Belgian Francs 1631: Italian Lire *****; Saudi Arabian Reyals 1365. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 385 9 OPPORTUNITIES for British industries based in Australia, and scope for further profitable outlets for British capital, are provided by Australia's expanding trade with Southeast Asia, according to a Canberra correspondent. Products from the heavy engineering and metal industries, in which a substantial amount of British
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  • 140 9 Vessel Due In S'pore Port Today THE 12,500-ton Straat Magelhaen, is due in Singapore today on her maiden voyage fro m Holland. The completely air-condition-ed vessel is to ply the SouthAmerican, South Africa Far East run. She is the latest addition to the Royal Interocean Lines fleet. Built recently in
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  • 304 9 RISE EXPECTED IN EUROPE'S RUBBER USE I Finance J\ ml t ontmvvvo J Natural Will Get Share Bugbee KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Two giant economic leaps in Europe this year currency convertibility and the European Common Market promise to provide a tremendous prod for world trade, in general, and European rubber
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  • 100 9 THE Shell Co. of Singapore Ltd. are displaying a model of their Pulau Bukom installation at their pavilion in the Singapore Constitution Exposition. The model, which shows the layout of the Installation, was built in its entirety in the Bukom workshop. Th» Shell Pavilion consists of
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  • 95 9 SINGAPORE Cheese Produce Exchange noon closing prices Der oicul yesterday were- Copra Dec-Jan. $42| buyers; $43J sellers; coconut oil in bulk $64 sellers in drums $61 sellers; Muntok white pepper $146 sellers; Sarawak white $145 sellers; special Sarawak black $78. Singapore Copra Association closing prices fair merchantable mixed :opra
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  • 52 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thur. The Minister for Natural Resources has declared a rate of collection of $21 per picul for the 14th contribution period from Feb. 15 to 28. under the tin control buffer stock regulations. The rate has been Increased from $12/- a picul for the previous
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  • 136 9 Interest In Lower Grade SINGAPORE rubber price closed at Bfi| cents per lb. for International first grade February shipment, unchanged on Wednesday's quotation. After opening unchanged, the market ruled quietly throughout the morning. There was good interest for lower grade for February and March shipment and fair business was transacted
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  • 159 9 WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Reuter) President Eisenhower today asked Congress to vote large increases in United States contributions to the International Monetary fund and World Bank saying there was "real urgency for prompt action." "The entire free world needs sound currencies and orderly exchange systems to foster trade
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  • 255 10 STANDARD PICTURE ROUND-UP New Cinema THE PRIME MINISTER Tunku Abdul Rahman, and 5s wife Pua Sharif ah Kodxiah, and their daughter. Mariam, are accompanied by Mr. Run Run Shaw, during the official opening of Shaw Organization's new theatre Lttmpur The INCHE RAZALLI. son of Dato Madon bin Yahya the Dato
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  • 148 10 <LFFT> ThtM land branch WtH Institute of I. c tional Affair, 1.1 s the sixth fftr>J Relation* iS i the first to > Wl New Zealand jjjj opened on Jan Governor drn<- tv Cobham. and *a>er Palmrrtton ><4 leading pro\ incia la Thr conference fr.ln Jan !J
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  • 150 11 Class 1, Div. 1—1% Miles > Knows beg 5y 9.07 Forte Daniels Loh Chin and Mrs. ee of Lol.ra ch ir g 7y 9.05 (doubtful) Rodgers Dr. T. K Lee and CM. Hashim lire Goer II beg 6y 8.09 Bougoure Spencer Shaw Stable imock Slipper
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  • 667 11 ward rides him tot an I astonishing 3 5 ijs sec. WRUTINEER reports on the Gold Cup gallops Ha I LUMPUR, Thurs. Couag has now put himself right into the ■Ciold Cup picture with a smashing 'winding up' gallop on the second Be this morning in preparation for Saturday's
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  • 217 11 A SUCCESSFUL rally of vintage cars were held in the Cameron Highlands during the Chinese New Year holidays. S?ven vintage cars between 22 and 46 years took part in the rally, Major S. Baillie Reynolds of the Malayan Vintage Cars Register told The Standard today. The rally
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  • 121 11 OFF TO BRITAIN FOR LORY AND FOR TITLES Y are off to Britain, and they are going there c j in the game of Badminton. This picture Kcrc San (leit) mid Li in Say Hup wat taken Kuala Lumpur Internationa] Airport yesterday o their departure for the All England' Champi-
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  • 84 11 I Government oothali Association a Dockyard In-, tafi a charity tOCCer ■id "f Naval Base nmunity Hall Fund tomorrow. tho first mnrrscnta--1 fr >r the SGSFA this Southwick: ArIjell- Mrinnes. Kim [hand; Tahir, Harris, B. K;m Swee, Ward. SGSFA: Skinner, Thamby Raj, N. Dass. Osman Johan, Ibrahim Mansoor, Halil.
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  • 75 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thura.— Army Depot Police were awarded a walkover when their opponents. Selangor Malays "A", failed to turn up for their senior division league hockey match on the Princess Road stadium today. This was the last game in the league for both teams. The Army
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  • 584 11 It's The Kiwis For The Cup KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malaya Army Cup rugby final has in the past produced some unexpected results, except when we had those fabulous Fijians. But this year it will appear that the favourites, the First Battalion, New Zealand Regiment has a first class chance
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  • 108 11 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs Th*» following were elected subcommittees of Football Aspocianon i of Selangor at the Association s first council meeting here last night: t S r lec T t T on committee. Chairman Inche Harun. Members Messrs £nong Po'i Nyen Shariff Awang. n- K Pjllay. t iy
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    58 11 REME rallied to beat 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment by three goals to two to win the FARELF Intervnit Cup. The picture shows the victors with their cups. Below: Major General W.C.H. Pike, Chief of Staff, Far East Land Forces, presents the Cup to the captain of
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  • 568 11 Naval Base 'A' Surprise Strong South Johore SCC 'Sevens' Reach Semi-Finals NAVAL BASE *A* created a major upset to enter the semi-final of the Singapore Cricket Club's seven-a--side rugby competition. They beat formidable South Johore by 13 points (two goals and a try) to nil on the Padang yesterday. South
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  • 40 11 Raffles Ist Win: 2nd Lose RAFFLES Institution beat Pasir Panjang Secondary School by three goals to two in an inter-school soccer match at Pasir Panjang yesterday. Earlier. Pasir Panjang Secondary School second team beat Raffles by four goals to one.
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  • 14 11 THE SHA junior knockout competition match between REME and University was postponed yesterday.
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  • 148 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Pete Ashton and Arthur Dews, state fly half and full back respectively, tied for first place with an aggregate score of 43 points each In the Selangor Rugby Union kickIng competition on the padang here today. This is the first time that
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  • 50 12 KEN COOPER, the England welterweight, does a backward roll as a punch from Ireland's Harry Perry, who Ton on points, puts him doiL'n during their amateur nternational fight at the Royal Albert Hall, London, last wee*.:. England won six of the contests to Ireland'* four.
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  • 162 12 Fed., Spore Annual Tennis in March KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The following have been select cd to represent the Federa* or. in th*» second annual Federation vs Singapore tennis competition to be played at the Selangor club courts. Kuala Lumpur or. March 7 and 8. Men's singles: Moses Tay. A A.
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  • 55 12 MANILA. Feb. 12 (UPI) Indonesian and East German soccer teams drew 2-2 before 40.000 spectators in Jakarta on Wednesday PIA News Agency reported today. Indonesia led 2-0 at halftime. The visitors, "however, came back in the second half and tied the score when Indonesia faltered after
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  • 49 12 MELBOURNE. Feb 12 (Reuter) Frank Tyson. Northatnptonshire and England fast bowler, will go to New Zealand with the M.C.C. team owing to Brian Statham's recent injury in a car crash. Statham. who has hurt his shoulder, may not be able to play again this month.
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  • 606 12 ENGLAND AGAIN HIT BY INJURIES PRESTIGE WIN IN LAST TEST FADES AWAY MELBOURNE, Feb. 12 (Reuter) Injuries have hit England's hopes of regaining some of their lost prestige in the fifth and last Test match against Australia, starting here tomorrow. With the Ashes already in Australia's keeping they lead 3
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  • 301 12 WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 12 (Reuter) Joe Brown. 32-year-old New Orleans Negro retained his world lightweight boxing title with a unanimous points win over Johnny Busso (New York) here last night. Busso, 24, finished the 15 rounds with his face
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  • 97 12 Helms Award For Elliott LOS ANGELES. Feb. 12 (UPI). Champion Miler Herb Elliott stopped off here last night to receive the Helms Athletic Foundation Australasian award for nis re-cord-shattering 1958 track achievements. Elliott, en route home after other engagements here, ran the mile in four minutes or less 10 times
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  • 518 12 The Battle Of r .i« Black (Satin) Short, v neer he techn.r. hi him C r f, did r un 0 IWo: intr caus« n i ed tr mei d 1 e«t; my ,f Gu run H< Mr. apoioK- lerlc ry ij cnampio:. VOI In Mi t tti of
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  • 26 12 1 kecr Jf 1 I •P an gyrr.r 4 Tt I 3 ho JJJ «k r. >— i v on'y |c c rhaTip: o, bourne. c
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  • 129 12 HOBART. Feb. 12 (Reuter)— American swim stars Chri> von Saltza and Sylvia Ruuska have amazed Australian coaches with their training methods. Chris, 13. said today that she thought nothing of swimming for 11 months and two week*; of each year. Nearly all top Sydney swimmers
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  • 32 12 HOCKEY: SCC vs Wanderers padang; (Senior ko) SRC "Reds" vs Prisons padang. TABLE TENNIS: STTA lnier-Club championships at Youth Centre 7 p.m. BASKETBALL: English Secondary Schools championships at Youth Centre.
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  • 120 12 A Honeymoon Trip To U.K. For Slafer PERTH. Feb. 12 (Reuter)— Test cricketer Keith Slater's voyage to England to play in the Lancashire league will be a honeymoon trip He will marry Miss Val Farrell, of Mundaring. near Perth, on March 7— three days before they are booked to sail
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  • 138 12 DUTCH SINGLES TITLE FOR SONNEVILLE THE HAGUE. Feb. 12 (Reater) Ferry Sonneville, of Indonesia, is favourite to retain his men's singles title in the Dutch international badminton championships to be held at Harlem on Saturday and Sunday. Strong opposition to the Indonesian is expected from Danish player.-, notably Albertsnn and
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  • 207 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Thirteen schools will take part in the Selangor Combined Schools* first interschools badminton tournament which will start here on Saturday. The winning school will represent Selangor in the PanMalayan intcr-schools tournament organized by the Ferie ration of Malaya Schools Sports Council and sponsored by
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  • 72 12 johore's Lok Hwa Beat Kel. Chinese KOTA BHARU. Turs. After a goalless first half, the Lok Hwa Football team from Johore beat Kelantan Chinese by three goals to one. Lok Hwa scored the first goal through centre forward Tan Joon Seng. Kelantan Chinese equalised through centre forward Lee Kim Chul.
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  • 27 12 LONDON, Feb. 12, (Reuter) —Dundee United beat East Stirling 4-0 in the second replay of their first round Scottish F.A. Cup match here last night
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  • 101 12 Malayans In Indon Lawn Tennis KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs A six-man Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya team will leave for Singapore en route for Indonesia to take part in the Indonesian open lawn tennis championships tomorrow. The championship is slated to be held at Semarang from Feb. 16-20. The team comprises
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  • 65 12 MELBOURNE, Feb. 12 (Reuter) Brian Statham and Peter Loader, the MCC players injured in a car accident last Sunday, will be examined by a specialist next Monday or Tuesday to decide if they are fit for the visit to New Zealand. The specialist saw the
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  • 30 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs: The annual general meeting of the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club, cricket section \vill be held at the dub'l premises on Feb. 19 at 6.30 p.m.
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    65 12 AN incident in the final match between Singapore and Johore v the Malayan Hockey Federation's South quadrangular on the Padang on Tuesday. Singapore won 2-1 to finish third in the corn-petition which was won bv Selangor. On left is Colony centreforxcard Sockaiingam, hitting a shot past the advancing Johore
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  • 132 12 Four Japanese Girls f English TT C'sh LONDON. Fet>. 12. (Reuter) Miss Fujie Eguchi, Japan's world champion is one of four .Japanese girls entered for the English Open Table Tennis Championships to be held in London from April 6 to 11. The others are Taeko Namba, the Asian champion. Miss
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  • 557 13 r PHERE is a Chinese proverb that says: "Where there are butterflies there is good luck". Around the location of Pinewood's "Ferry To Hongkong" these past few weeks there have been plenty of butterflies. They have even pursued the film's specially-built ferryboat out to
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  • 79 13 y IZ o AB TH TAYI OR in a scen e from "Cat On A Hot Tin Roor which opens at Singapore's Lido Cinema tomorrow. Based on Tennessee Williams Pulitzer Prizewinning drama, Liz plays the part of a seductive young wife who fights to regain the
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  • 66 13 In "Rally 'Round The Fla?. Boys/* Joan Collins leaps to important stardom &n the naughty rirl who tries to lure Paul Newman from his wife. Joanne Woo^^ard. Leo MrCarey prodm ?d tnd directed the DeLuxe coloured Cinemascope romp, basrd on Max Shulman's runaway bestseller. This is Joans best
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  • 64 14 .mm. }*AmUm*T*mm* S*° ftiK*.!™" MS francs each for co___it>i_. flned them 20.000 hay '?L t0 gfl!"^MMg ee by were foJnd in ta? a m Do.iie^„ ,ha, ,he sma Public outrar. __L_T ,iceman was too small for a trate found the Covers T „h_ re n,y kissi 8 The "»*<* each
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  • 2 14 WORLD NEWS
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  • 292 14 There's no fear of attack from Indonesia— subandrio MELBOURNE. Feb. 12 (Reuter) Australia had no fear of attack from Indonesia, the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Dr. Subandrio, told a state Cabinet luncheon in Melbourne today. "If there is an attack from anywhere else, it means we are the first shield," he
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  • 43 14 SAMPIT. Borneo. Feb. 12 (UPI) Officials here began an investigation of reports that the bodies of two giants had been found in the Danau Bulan area, in Central Indonesian Borneo. The skeleton will be sent to Jakarta for study.
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  • 195 14 Afro-Asians UN Role Growing In Importance SEMARANG, Feb. 12 (UPI). Indonesia's permanent representative to the U.N.. Dr Ali Sastroamidjojo. said 'the AfroAsian bloc's role in the United Nations is steadily growing in importance. "Since the holding of the first Afro-Asian conference in Bandung four years aso." Dr. Sastroamidjojo said, "the
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  • 254 14 BERLINERS WILL NOT TOLERATE THREATS Brandt NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (Reuter) Herr Willy Brandt, Mayor of West Berlin, said yesterday that the people of his city would not tolerate being crushed without resistance. Addressing 2,000 guests at a luncheon here given for him by the Research Institute of America, he
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    69 14 THE FIRST dance that Jayne Mansfield had with husband Mickey Hargitay at a Rio De Janeiro night club before excited fans mobbed Jayne and stripped htr to the waist. No one would blame the fans I who lost their head, even Jayne didn't mind saying that the boys "got a
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  • 102 14 Colombo Plan CANBERRA. Feb. 12 (Reuter) Australia has so far trained 2.396 Asian students under the Colombo Plan, the Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Richard Casey, announced here today. Mr. Casey added that Australia had also granted 896 awards for correspondence courses up to the
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  • 520 14 Optimism wanes as Mac summons British Cabinet LONDON, Feb. 12, (UPI)— Britain's first flush of enthusiasm orer the Turco-Greek agreement on Cyprus showed signs of waning today as critics in Parliament mustered their forces and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan called his Cabinet to examine
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  • 236 14 WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Reuter) President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth of England will jointly open the new St. Lawrence seaway in ceremonies near Montreal on June 26, the White House announced yesterday. The announcement said that the President and Mrs. Eisenhower would fly to Montreal
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  • 117 14 MELBOURNE, Feb. 12 (Reuter) A Blackpool councillor. Mr. Allen Evans. has been asked to make the 12.000 milec flight home to England just to vote. Hi s fellow Liberal Members of Blackpool's Corporation challenged by an equal number of opposition members hav e
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  • 288 14 il^^mJI] RANGOON, Feb. 12 (Reuter) The Burmese Prime Min- •> ister. General Ne Win, today. r called Burma an invalid I stricken with organic disease and said h c w*g filled with > anxiety whether It would live long. General Ne Win was
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  • 101 14 JI T ST HOW to do you tell a small h.»v ih», being sold for $«>00 Malavan. Oflu r R i Houston. Texas, tried but (irorge Lfui'ru 1 seem to understand. It all start,. J h f„ J par.nts sold him and his twin hi other officers
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  • 200 14 Ban the A-bomb LONDON. Feb. 11 (Reuter) ft 1 mUmM Simon failed in the House of Lords I.im tM suade the British government and the til opposition that Britain should voluni nuclear weapons. -J He proposed that she should try to form a non-nuclear club of industrial nations except
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  • 72 14 SYliMl P (Rcutcn— Sow* lian tcrnaci evo|\ M i srats iv %|1 life-burniru i with cig*rrUt OI provr that M touch and ahlr Em M.inrl p.nn ToIk,. v.ji.l n* 1' yrar old |ii p irrd in rnurt irrd.iv on a <h.irgr h i«i rxinc mrnuVfE croup ,.f tirN round
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  • 37 14 A CROWD of 200 Koreans shouted and waved flags in iront of the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo yesterday to protest against a plan to send Korean residents of Japan to Communist. Mr»rtv» Korea. UPI
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  • 90 14 INDIA WANTS A LOAN OF $2,100 MIL. NEW DELHI. Feb. 12 (Reuter)—India will seek $2,1 Oft million (Malayan) in aid from her five chief "creditor" countries Japan, the United States. Britain, West Germany and Canada and the World Bank to fill a foreirm exchange gap in her five-year plan during
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  • 85 14 indign^nfwhen a ffiuate" W F na S h Iove francs each for comn^fttin^ het Z„ flned them 2»-«00 hayi ?L to rs? 3 !n% a ub ,f c ub,ic ut were T foJnd in to a m Doiicenll„ that ,he sma caf Public outraae SL ,iceman was
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