Singapore Standard, 24 February 1959

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    28 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD U M S. W f** v^ w*^ Teleohone ***** 5 Cobla "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 24, 1959 Vol. IX No. 236. »5 14 Pages. (FINAL EDITION)
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    Lock icon I WISH S'PORE SUCCESS PHILIP
    488 1 I WISH S'PORE SUCCESS PHILIP 'Colonu has arown to the envu of manu other cities of the world 9 PRINCE FJHILIP last righr ri^vred tho people of the Colony that the new self-governing State of Singapore would have the full support and encouragement of the British Government as well as
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    Lock icon ...AND THERE WAS A TOUCH OF ANCIENT CHINA WHEN MR. CHAN MET THE DUKE
    110 1 THE DIKE had a glimpse of Old China yesterday, when Mr. Chan Saar Tee appeared m the traditional costume of a Chinese %entlem4tn complete with fan, at the presentation of six R.A.F. civilians to the Prince
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    Lock icon THE MAGIC OF THE MAN WE CAME TO KNOW
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    Lock icon TUN LIM'S 4 REASONS WHY VISIT IS TIMELY
    254 1 TUN LIM'S 4 REASONS WHY VISIT IS TIMELY SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, last night, at the State Dinner m honour of the Duke of Edinburgh at the Victoria Memorial Hall, gave four reasons why Prince Philip's visit to the nascent Island State was "welcome and appropriate to
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    23 1 A TEN-PAGE Standard supplement on the POLYTECHNIC which the Duke of Edinburgh is officially opening today is issued free with this issue.
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    Lock icon Orchids for Queen from Toh Puan Lim
    113 1 A LOVELY bouquet of Malayan Hybrid orchids, specially selected from the Botanic Gardens, icill be flown to Queen Elizabeth by BOAC today. The bouquet, consisting of 20 sprays, was expertly cut and arranged at the home of the Director of Botanic Gardens, Mr.
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    Lock icon Chinese tea? He hardly noticed!
    398 1 THE Mayor of Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, yesterday brought out his best China cup to serve flagrant "Kuan Yin" (Goddess of Mercy) tea to the Duke of Edinburgh when the Royal visitor paid a 17--minute visit to City Hal As the Duke was sipping
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    68 1 The lighter side PRINCE PHILIP at the banquet: "This is the first time I am ising chopsticks and the Chief Minister is teachina me the finer points m handling them." WHEN THE Duke got out of the Governor's Rolls Royce at Memorial Hall last night, an unidentified Malay of about
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    Lock icon MALAYA TO EN EMERGENCY SOON
    493 2 It may te^u the StafT^ Federal cc fa. KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federation Government may lift the Emergency Regulations before the start of the State and Federal elections m June exactly eleven years after these laws were imposed to curb the wave of communist terrorism
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    Lock icon DUKE TAKES DRIVE THROUGH ISLANDS SCENIC SPOT
    845 2 Writes Standard reporter Christine Diemer: The Duke of Edinburgh sJW Singapore m ail its natural oeauty yesterday morning during a JO-rruniue drive m a Land Rover, along a, magnificently scenic route m Fasir Panjang. lined with more than 2.U00 Army troops. The drive
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    Lock icon Youthful gifts for Anne and Charles
    105 2 Youthful gifts for Anne and Charles THE children of Singapore sent presents to Prince Chaj-les and his sister. Princess Anne. through their father, tbe Duke, yesterday afternoon at the conclusion of the successful Youth Rally of 7.500 teenagers on the Padang. The gifts for Charles were a. Chinese Junk of
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    Lock icon A Colourful State Banquet
    259 2 A STATE BANQUET was held for the Duke of Edinburgh at thp Singapore Victoria Memorial Hall last night. And never was so much colour and splendour seen m the rather sombre vastness of the chamber for a long, long time. There was an old world dignity
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    81 2 proba r*! e A laugv ft fveniru of C>SI gat« Hfcd thr i ™*f auci fo oc iiavc think Jj' f v Initit this Padang in Mini ac* Com i linhc whic •nd mtt. mier and JTr Tht w«r. obje fe not the of 1 it" n Wit nrmnuti
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  • SPECIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
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      431 3 HE loyal and enthusiastic welcome which more [than 2C 00 citizens of Singapore rushed to accord rNfllr Royal visitor, Prince Philip, has invested this historic occasion with an importance that can have jhfcachmg influence on the future of this island. it fir»t of all set the seal on
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      400 3 THE ears of the world are turned m the direction of Moscow m the hope that the talks taking place there between the British Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Macmillan, and the top Communist. Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, will clear the unhealthy, international air of much of the doubts which
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD PRESS
    48 3 OFFICE Lim Teck Kirn Road Spore 2 PO Box No 1563 Cables: 'TICERNEWS" lUMPiip. ***** (5 Imes) All departments. >na Insurance Bldg.. 174. Batu Rd Telephone ***** 93. Cowan St Tel: 3829 ft A Le.th St Tel: 4055 91-A. Bukif Ch nj Tel: 1471
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    Lock icon Hanging on to Mr. Dulles
    1003 3  - Hanging on to Mr. Dulles PHILIP DEANE by WASHINGTON Mr. John Foster Dulles will be an invalid for the rest of his life the United States Government wants to retain his services. Any big corporation m this country would automatically replace an executive who was as sick as the Secretary
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    Lock icon Shorts from the Talks
    182 3 To Judge Is Not To Condemn "THERE are at least two sides to every question. And it is an important part of my job —and perhap s of yours too—to look at both sides before making a judgment. But let me make one thing quite clear;
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    807 3 The Presiden t and the Press By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON 'J'HE taxi barrelled along, skidding perilously on the west street-car lines, its radio blaring: "I don't want a ricochet baby, if you want a ricochet love, get yourself another turtle dove "I didn't even have time to shave", said
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    Lock icon Victory Against Blindness
    229 3  -  DR. ABRAHAM MARCUS i by 1 LONDON, DOCTORS at the Hebrew Tniversity mi n Jerusalem have succeeded m growing the virus of trachoma, the commonest cause of blindness m North Africa and m the Middle and Fa r East. About 400 million people are believed to suffer
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    Lock icon the NEWS as it strikes me
    369 3 the NEWS as it strikes me THLRE were no garlands to weigh down His Royal Hichness the Duk* of Edinburgh, there were no "J Jd s'T^s of enthusiasm of the kind !hat marked his arrival m Indian citirs and towns, but Mr and Mrs. Singapore ga\e him as rous.ng a
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    Lock icon A BUSY DAY FOR THE DUKE
    283 4 PRINCE PHILIP, the Duke of Edinburgh, has a~ warm smile for personnel of the Maternal and Child Health Department of the Singapcre Government's Ministry of Health when he toured its pavilion at the Constitution Exposition on Sunday night. From left: Miss tf f Yew
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    Lock icon CLONY $50m. FAIR TO CLOSE MARCH 3
    293 5 There's not going to be any extension says chairman THE $50,000,000 Singapore Constitution Exposition will close on March 3 exactly 31 days after its opening on Jan. 31. The Chairman of the organizing committee, Mr. Ko Teck Kin told The Standard that there
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    210 5 lIDgBNDI-.NT Assemblya JoaChangi, Mr. Lim HfeLhe left Singapore pEfcong by the Tjiagl ph the promise to Bd aBAP eiant to 'kill' til ■etnrn." fc iB. who is going on" Winß' holiday with his ■hf was taking this B to relax a little ■P had declined to Bis challenge m
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    Lock icon $2,050 fine for man with samsu
    127 5 $2,050 fine for man with samsu JJAIPIng, Mon. Customs Jeers i und a large quanM of illicit sam.su when J7 Hresied the occupant la hou^e m Pokok Assam -is I was stated m the f Court before ■wmi bin I.smail today 'BL' .<e Piew. 44. was k il A of
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    Lock icon PROCESSION DRAWS BIG CROWD
    66 5 PROCESSION DRAWS BIG CROWD i? \R. M on Alor mood for the a days, was the focal of all races m ho flocked to the ite thp m Pn ot their new Ruler, >1 Kedah. innted procession |n J drew the biggest l first prize for the float v/ent to
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    Lock icon CLERK WINS DIVORCE
    47 5 MR. JUSTICE CHUA m the Singapore High Court yesterday granted Billy Quck *Choon Hock a decree nisi to be made absolute m three months Quek. a War Department clerk, had sued his wife Annie Goh Choei Tee, for divorce on the grounds of desertion.
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE GIVES THE PRINCE A 'SINGA'
    107 5 SINGAPORE GIVES THE PRINCE A 'SINGA' A GOLD-PLATED paperweight made m the figure of a "Singa" was presented to Prinre Philip by Singapore's Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, during a dinner heln at the Victoria Memorial Hall last nieht. The paperweight, 2i inches high, stands on an oval gold
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    Lock icon TEA-PARTY FOR SULTAN
    60 5 IPOH. Mon. The Sultan of Perak will be guest-of-honour at a tea-party to be given at the residence of the Mentri Bosar. Perak Inche Ghazali bin Haji Jawi tomorrow. The function Ig mi n honour of the recent conferment of the award of Darjah Utama Serl Mahkota
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    Lock icon Husband-wife team in film to be shot here
    178 5 A NEW British film, co-star-ring the husband-and-wife team of Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons, would be shot m Singapore m May, General Manager of the J. Arthur Rank Organization headquarters m London. Mr. R. M. D. Odgers, said m Singapore yesterday. The
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    Lock icon Two Rob Housewife In A Car
    178 5 IPOH. Mon.— A 33-year-old housewife. Oh Guat Cheng was robbed of $100 while she was on her way home m a car after a mahjong session at about midnight. Oh told the Police that a friend, Wong Hai Mun 26, gave her a lift
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    Lock icon MALAYAN MIGHT TO BE HELD IN JAKARTA
    222 5 MALAYAN MIGHT TO BE HELD IN JAKARTA A BIG "Malayan night" m Jakarta, will be held m the first week of April, to raise funds for Malayan students studying there. The special occasion to be held m conjunction with the opening show of the Malayan film "Selindan? Delima" or The
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    Lock icon Duke's own Gurkhas give him a garland
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    234 5 NO POLITICS SINGAPORE'S Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing, Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat,' has advised the Board of Management of the Malay Settlement m West Coast Road, to carry out their duties impartially without any political considerations. The Board of Management, consisting
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    Lock icon It's his first and Only... '
    167 5 It's his first and Only... PRINCE PHILIP was yesterday garlanded for the first and only time during his Singapore visit when he visited the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles at Blakang Mati. The Regiment, which was recently granted this title, put on an impressive 15-minute display on the
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    Lock icon 800 ATTEND SERGEANTS WEDDING
    68 5 800 ATTEND SERGEANTS WEDDING TAIPING. Mon. Sergeant Hassan bin Abdullah, attached to the 2nd Btn. the Royal Malay Regiment, was married to Che Hamidah binte Ariffin at the residence of the bride's brother. Inche Ramli Ariffin Assistant OCPD, Taiping yesterday. About 800 guests attended the ceremony which included a lunch
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    Lock icon 20-Yr-Old Vow To Be Fulfilled When Tunku's Son Marries
    356 5 20-Yr-Old Vow To Be Fulfilled When Tunku's Son Marries ALOR STAR, Mon The biggest wedding ever held m Kedah will take place here this week between Tunku Amat Nerang, the only son of the Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, and Puan Sharifah Nur' Aza daughter of the UMNO chief here,
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    210 5 MALAYA IS THANKED FOR AID TO REFUGEES XL-ALA LUMPUR. Mon The Palestine refugee problem cannot be solved imltn there is a political settlement between the Arabl and the .lows regarding their dilTeronccs. the acting Director of the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees, Mr. Leslie Carver said
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    Lock icon SAILORS' DREAM: SERVE ON THE BRITANNIA
    371 6  - SAILORS' DREAM: SERVE ON THE BRITANNIA RANJIT GILL There has NEVER been a defaulter's parade on board By THE ambition of every officer and rating m the British Navy, is perhaps, to serve on the Royal yacht Britannia. The elegant 5.760-ton yacht, now berthed alongside Harbour Board wharves after bringing
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    242 6 Move by Govt. is disruptive rubber body Appointment of inspectors: A protest KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Government's action m appointing inspectors to check premises of licensed rubber dealers has been described as "an oppressive and discriminatory step." i The Rubber Trade Association of Selangor and Pahang, criticizing th^s action at i:s
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    161 6 Detainee appeal 3-hour hearing BATU GAJAH. Mon. The Committee of Review. Perak, today heard the application of Wan Abdul Hamid, former Johore State Secretary who is now under detention under the Emergency Regulations m the Batu Gajah prison. The hearing m the jail itself lasted nearly three hours. Wan Hamid's
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    Lock icon BEAUTIES FOR 'MISS CONSTITUTION' TITLE
    64 6 Alice Wong, 20, of Leung Kai Took Medical Store and Han's Brothers Medical Co. Ng Mm Hong, 19-uear-old salesgirl, who will represent Lim Teck Lee Co. Ltd. Miss Lucy Lo, 18. ?rho has also entered for the content is a salesgirl *nr Quck Hock Seng
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    173 6 Salesgirls fear 'unfair' voting at Fair contest WITH voting m full swing last night for the "Miss Constitution" contest m Singapore, several participants expressed disappointment at the system employed to elect the most popular salesgirl. Hundred^ of visitors to the Constitution Exposition cas., their votes after receiving ballot slips on
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    Lock icon $10 FINE FOR SLAPPING WOMAN
    132 6 $10 FINE FOR SLAPPING WOMAN A MAN who slapped his neighbour's wife was yesterday frned $10 m the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court. The man. Daud bin MustaJTa of Woodiands Road, m his defence said that while he was sleeping at 2.30 p.m. on Jan. 11 the woman, Aminah bintc Abdullah,
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    41 6 YEO POH GUAN pleaded not guilty, m the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday to a charge of extorting $8 from Tar Chwee Chin by threatening him with assault at Silat Road on Feb. 4. He was remanded for one week.
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    133 6 SCHOOLBOY CLEARED OF HURT CHARGE A BOY m the senior class of Siglap Road School. William Tan alias Tan Leng Choon, was acquitted m a Singapore Court yesterday on charges of rioting and voluntarily causing hurt to two plainclothes policemen. It was alleged that Tan In the company of six
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    45 6 TWO Spanish dancers, Mr. Ricardo Vazquez and Mrs. Pilar Vazquez, arrived m Singapore yesterday to perform m a Colony nightclub. They are specialists m South American and Spanish numbers. They will perform m the Colony for three weeks before leaving for Bangkok. Siandardpic.
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    Lock icon The Duke In Chinatown
    130 6 The Duke In Chinatown Prince Philip. the Duke of Edinburgh, paid a surprise visit to Singapore's famous Chinatown after the banquet last night. This was not on the schedule. After the official banquet given by the Chief Minister. Tun Lim YewHock, the Duke expressed a desire to see the place.
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    Lock icon SIX MONTHS FOR HAVING DAGGER
    97 6 MAHMAD bin Abdul Wahab, 22, unemployed, was jailed for six months by the Singapore Third District Judge, Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday when he pleaded guilty to having a dagger without a reasonable excuse. Mahmad was arrested on Jan. 3 m Changi by policemen posted
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    Lock icon $1,200 HAUL FROM BUGIS STREET SHOP
    78 6 $1,200 HAUL FROM BUGIS STREET SHOP FIFTEEN cases of housebreaking and thefts involving about $4,000 were reported m Singapore yesterday. A shop m Bugis Street was broken into and thieves got away with $1,200 m cash and jewellery. Police detained a man and recovered a quantity of parangs and broken
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    39 6 HONGKONG, Feb. 23 Special Standard Service -losing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $15 93 l°£ l Sterlin2 $5.74 to USSI; $1.84 to Malayan $1; $0.06 to 12^2 «5 d nesia n Gold *^02.62 to a tacl.
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    418 6 KL p|ans big three-day celebration of centenary KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. An elaborate programme is being planned by a special b co 1 m J lllt te of lft^ Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council to celebrate the 100 th birthday of Kuala Lumpur on a grand scale on June 13 According to
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    Lock icon Scientist on family planning
    94 6 Scientist on family planning DR. GREGORY Pincus. eminent American scientist and the research director of the Worchester Foundation for Experimental Biology. Massachusetts, will give a lecture on "Fertility Control with Oral Medication" on Sunday at 8 p.m. Birth control through medicines taken orally was one of the subjects discussed at
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    45 6 A MOTOR-CYCLIST, Ong Liew Khoon of Lorong Ah Soo. was yesterday acquitted m the Singapore Second Traffic Court on a charge of riding his motor-cycle negligently resulting m a collision with a woman at Upper Sera n goon Road on June 15 last year.
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    Lock icon $2,000 Extort Case Plea: Judgment Stayed
    219 6 $2,000 Extort Case Plea: Judgment Stayed KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Selangor Court of Appeal today reserved judgment m a case m which three men appealed against their conviction and jail sentences for extorting $2,000 from a temple soothsayer, Lai See Poh. The Sessions Court had found Lav Wah Wing. 37,
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    Lock icon CAR THE RACKET BAFFLES POLICE
    135 6 CAR THE RACKET BAFFLES POLICE MALACCA 15 local Pr,.r, **X a 81ngaD *W that cars < I Colony are fcß by cort i Wo.-k.r? tlon. rh« H for sfirr.' this rack fno evidence Jl I S'andard -a The Singai>-,% v '«i clasrH tha* the 2H who navp thf.'* k^H In
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    82 6 CHAP-JI-KEEJ SLIPS: MAN FINED $2,000 A POLICE party un-numberr Serangoon h I cripple with 1 ji-kee I Singapore O Ter\iay Mr. C M Superintend?" hJ led the M entering roosfl h it he 1 Teck Chye. I mg the qfl constru r Mr. .V -fl trembling r.r* nc ml The
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    60 6 TUG SALVAGE OPERATION PUT OFF NAVY iit m on the sunken ruf. Keppcl Head ha. been rarily. This deck: *n «i» I yesterday pontoooi Minken tug -napprtfl Sunday None of lVthe four turned up everyday i brador Bearh I p:n| the Pitho raised beach ftttcrd Four memb' were found n
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    74 6 A HNOAI Llm Koon Seng. 1* evening died hours after he wa« ft*^ Chin Swrr I The Standir Lin a studerv Catholic S. Street, v < °*4 I ther bo y d? h U3 The |UM heated QOUTI I *l ling debt t) Chap Go}, M Lim
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    51 6 MAPRO'S CHICKEN NIGHT MALAYA'S 1 nin* Induitra i i Co. of Pcnang. hew ful Mapro 1 ni*ht at the < f rant. Sm/eapore. on Meh. H Bottles of M i of Chicken w prizes for *po\ other Mapro i ji!.<o jjiven .i f The n< Chicken night w i the
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    249 7 Boy's idea for louder bang misfires SIX boys all under 13--years of age were on a cracker-firing spree m the St. Andrew's Cathedral grounds, Singapore, yesterday. Then all of a sudden one of them suggested an idea tc cause a louder bang. HIS IDEA
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    Lock icon RUBBER & TIN PRICES
    142 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 85| 85£ R.S.S. No. 1 March 86* 862 R.S.S. No. 1 April 87 871 R.S.S. No. 2 84i 85* R.S.S. No. 3 84i 842 Tone: Dull. The tin price m Singapore was S4O2J per
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    195 7 No insult meant says fair committee THE Committee of the Singapore Constitution Exposition yesterday .^aid that no "insult or discrimination wtfl ever intended"' m not providing a seat for Datin Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat at the reception given to the Duke of Edinburgh on Sunday night. The committee was
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    Lock icon MANAGEMENT TRAINING ASSOCIATION
    115 7 MANAGEMENT TRAINING ASSOCIATION THE Supervisory and Management Training Association of Singapore has launched a campaign to increase its membership. A spokesman for the Association said it was a non-political organisation to promote interest m supervisory and management training principles and methods. Membership of the Association, of which Mr. Loke Wan
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    64 7 TWO detectives were Jointly produced before the Singapore First District Judge. Mr. J.F. McWilliam. on a charge of corruptly receiving $300 from a man. The two were also charged with failing to report the seizure of dutiable cigarettes, on Nov. 16, last year. Hassan bin Salam
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    27 7 WITH both his legs bandaged after glass splinters were removed from them, 12-year-old Tan Boon Keng leaves hospital helped by a detective. Standardpic
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    30 7 PEXANG. Mon.— A 48-year-old pedestrian. Tung Pong Fun. was fatally injured m a collision with a motorcar at Duke Street, near the junction of Light Street last night.
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    Lock icon SPLINTERS WERE LODGED IN HIS STOMACH...
    37 7 TENG KOK. 11, lies on a stretcher at the General Hospital after being treated for splinter wounds. Glass splinters were embedded m his stomach. His left arm was also injured. Standardpic
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    139 7 Baby Was Not Mine: Husband Tells Court A GENERAL Post Office clerk. William Bailey, told Mr. Justice Ambrose m the Singapore High Court yesterday that a fourth child horn on April 8. 1955, did not resemble him. Bailey said he queried his wife who eventually admitted that the father of
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    42 7 A MISADVENTURE verdict was yesterday recorded by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing, at the close of the inQuest on Ong Thiam, 43, who died after a fall at the Woodbridge Hospital on the night of Dec. 28 last year.
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    370 7 RAF Officer's wife fined $500 Striking A Police Officer For No Apparent Reason' AN R.A.F. officer's wife who was said to have struck a Police Officer for no apparent reason was yesterday fined a total of S5OO m the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's court. Mrs. Moira Hoffora of Lloyd Leas, Chanai.
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      201 9 MALAYA SHOWS SIGNS OF ECONOMIC STABILITY KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A Thai bank official said today there are signs of economic stability m Malaya. Manager of the Kuala Lumpur branch of the Bangkok Bank Limited, Mr. Phaiboon Charanphairi, told The Standard: "From what one can observe initially, this country's economy is
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      163 9 A NEW Zealand Government trade official Will visit Malaya early next month for a n on-ine-spot survey of his country's trade with this country He is Mr M. .T Moriarty, assistant secretary the Department of Industries and" Commerce, mi n charge of overseas trade.
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      108 9 British Overseas Trade Improves level of suit was ry. writes ,>onclent figures v. ne with il trend emerge tull traae month were ls^uased by the D Thursday. confirmed, i. s.erling re than m .or is were .l previous 2S.Q million n less m .:ie abnormally 4ure swol--for all drive i.ng
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      47 9 JAKARTA, Feb. 23. (Reuter). The Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesman said today the United States government has offered 50.000 tons of rice to the Indonesian government m the context of surplus agricultural commodities aid. The spokesman said the government was still considering the offer.
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      16 9 I ted Ltd I a fourth interim per stock n Ei b and on
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      109 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Asi c ition made the folio i ftngea m its rates to merchants yesterday: New York: buying, TT. 33. OI) 33-1 R. >00" days airmail 33 5/16 credit billt, 83-7/16 trade bills. Canada: buying TT. 32-3/10 O.H. 32-5 16, 90 days airrmil a credit
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      326 9 <?„* r TDON Feb 23 (UPI) The international Sugar Council announced today that with effect from Feb. 21 sugar export quotas have been cut by 2| per cent. Under article 21 of the International Sugar Agreement when the market price averages less than 3.25
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      100 9 Need To Import More Rice W ASHIXGTON Feb. 23 (UPIV— The U.S. Agriculture Department reported today that net imports of rice into Malaya m 19/S9 may rise somewhat, because of lower domestic* production and increasing population. "Generally improved economic conditions m the Federation, together with expected lower prices for imported
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      233 9 AN Australian non-pro- I Co. Ltd.— is planning to fit organisation founded j send fully-equipped preunder the auspices of the fabricated hospital units Department of Trade to South-east Asian counAustralian Medical Export j tries under the Colombo Plan. Announcing the plan Mr. A.
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      84 9 THE net profit of the Indian Overseas Bank Ltd., subject to audit, for 1958, after providing for contingencies and expenses, amounts to Rs. 3,091,683.06. This includes the sum of Rs. 232.066.64 brought forward from the previous year's account, it is stated. From the net profit,
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      58 9 At the next general meeting of shareholders of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines m May, the Board of Directors will propose that Mr. E.H. van der Beugel, be appointed as a member of the company as from Jan. 1, 1960. On his appointment he will be designated as
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      97 9 Rubber Slips 3/8 Cent SINGAPORE rubber price fell 3/8 cent yesterday, to close at 86* cent per lb. for International first grade March shipment, on lack of support from overseas centres. With small changes m overseas levels, the market opened unchanged and ruled very quiet with only small buying Interest.
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      46 9 SINGAPORE Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices m cent* per ib.. yesterday were: Buyers Sellera Spot f-o.b. 85* 86 International Mar. No. 1 R.S.S. 86| B*s Apr. No. 1 87* 873 Mar. No. 2 85 Bo| Mar. No. 3 84J 85 Tone: Inactive.
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      64 9 A NEON sign advertising Titus watches is attracting some interest among: visitors to the Singapore Constitution Exposition. The neon sign, which has been put up by Lap Heng Co.. Ltd. sole Far East agents for Titus watches, is claimed to be one of the bijrgest m
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      248 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the fol!owing business done yesterday: Fed. Disp $1.10. $1.11; Fraser nnd Neave ords. $1.53. $1.52; Gammon $1.68 and overnight $1.65 odd lot; W. Hammer $1,554 and $1.56 cd; H. Waugh $1.25 $1.23; M. Cement $1.66. $1 fiB delayed; M. Cols. 59c and 60c ready and
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      99 9 SINGAPORE Crur.eie Pro-d'-e* Exchange noon clo c inq prices Der oicul yesterday were- Copra Dec-Jan. $42$ buyers; $43$ sellers; coconut oil m bulk $63 I sellers m arunm $67 sellers; Muntok white pepper $148 seller; Sarawak white $147 seller; special Sarawak black $79. Singapore Copra Association closing prices fair
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      166 9 THE Coty pavilion put up by J. H. Vavasseur Co. (M) Ltd. at the Singapore Constitution Exposition has won the first prize for the 'most attractively designed stand." A spokesman of the com* pany said the attractiveness of the design was m the main
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      328 9 U.K. Firms Move Towards A Merger A MERGER has been announced of two major British companies producing computers and tabulators. They are the British Tabulating Machine Company and Powers-Samas Accounting Machines. The new company, International Computers and Tabulators Ltd., to be known as I.C. T.— will now be the UK's
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      212 9 New FireFighting Float Made A NOVEL type of flre-flght-ing float with a pumping capacity of 3.100 gallons of water a minute and a foam capacity of 12.500 gallons a minute Is being built for the B.P. Tanker Company for use In Swansea Harbour South Wales. Main features of this unique
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      173 9 OITER ROADS Amper.HM. Empire Ta r Danakil. Sibemet Frrd Cl^urr. Everlife Rrdnik Star Arctunjs, Kar^ton. Camphuyt, Anking, Statius Jensen. Slamat. Barumun. B'i«sfull Demod v Tjiwargi, Tai Poo Ann. Sad I*,1 Banto. Harugosan Mam. <Os Prey Taylor« Ba id, Rrnc'a, Auby. Pres Pierre. Aegean Itlanf, Rearl. Tyndare Rita
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      185 9 Industrials Steadier On Share Mart INDUSTRIALS were steadier at lower levels on the Malayan share market yesterday, while there was selective support for Rubbers and Tins with small price improvements. Turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Federal Disp. 1 09 111
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      84 9 THE value of all pottery exported last year from Britain showed an increase of nearly £1,250,000 on 1957. The domestic ware side of the industry shipped almost £1.310.000 worth more gnnrls with Canada taking £2.498.094 worth of earthenware and £1,--965.813 of china, the leading market for
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    464 10  - TOPPING WELCOME FOR THE TOURISTS Ranjit Gill -by SINGAPORE will be "introduced" to 370 plea-sure-seeking American and Canadian tourists when they step ashore from the globe-girdling liner, Bergensjford, soon after dawn today. The wealthy tourists will receive a tumultuous ticker-tape welcome and their 27-hour stay m the Colony should be
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    377 10 THE skyline of Singapore stark and strangely beautiful is the first thing that hits a visiting tourist's eye. But behind the facade or this great metropolis, standing on the cross-roads of the world, li e a wealth of hidden scenic gems.
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    839 11  -  BRIAN CHAPMAN i ißHiiliSPSSii^B By MELBOURNE, Mon. English cricket, stricken to the tune of fournothing m the disastrous Test series which ended here last week against Australia, must now turn urgent and anxious eyes to the future. Most intriguing and important question of
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    52 11 with Franklin j :emd race o/ d tht day's i $160 and Mr. Tan Cheng Thwa leads m Winged Warrior. The jockey is veteran M. Donnelly. BONNIE Express scored his Urst win m the country at Penang last Saturday. He returns to scales with apprentice Nq m
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    139 11 fPUR. Man. 1 will take part m 5< Inter--rv tourna'^"nai Ken* Hock on Wednes--2 part areS.C; Ba S.C; Levers S.C and Chartered Bank S.C. In the opening match on Wednesday, Chartered Bank. Sports Club will take on Levers Sports Club. On Thursday, Hotrisons will meet Shell and
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    126 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Kishandial School, defending champions, moved into the semi-final round of the Khir Johari Football Cup competition with a clear cut 4-0 victory over Victoria Institution on the Princes Road Stadium ground today. The Victorians who were without two of their best players, put up
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    59 11 ADELAIDE, Feb. 23 (Reuter) Australian Test cricketer Neil Harvey, now playing for New South Wales after transferring from Victoria, has rejected an offer to go to Western Australia. Harvey said today a Perth businessman had offered him a job and a home to play for the
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    102 11 THE third batch of English Test cricketers passed through Singapore yesterday on their way home after the Test matches m Aus- tralia. They were Brian Statham and Peter Loader, who were recently involved m a motor accident 'down under/ Brian Statham described the recent tour
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    90 11 ADELAIDE, South Australia, Feb. 23 (Reuter) Test bat man. Les Favell, and his opening partner, Gavin Stevens, figured m a back-to-the-wall unbroken stand of 79 for South Australia m the Sheffield Shield match here today to temporarily stave ofT defeat by New South Wales. Favell hit 52
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    154 11 ASIAN JUNIOR CUP SOCCER SAFA's MR. NAIDU IS STILL IN THE DARK THE Schools and Youth committee of the Singapore Amateur Football Association is still m the dark about their participation m the Asian Junior Cup soccer competition to be held on April 18 m Kuala Lumpur. At a committee
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    97 11 DUNEDIN. New Zealand, Feb. 23 (Reuter)— A sparkling century by Colin Cowdrey (115) and another stylish innings by Peter May (97) helped M.C.C. to a first innings lead of 251 over Otago on the second day of the three-day match here today. M.C.C. who lost
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    50 11 Pemuda Bawean Singapura. the champion team of "A" section, will meet Setia Jaya Sports Club. champion team of "B" section, m the final of the Singapore Malay Football Junior League soccer competition, on Saturday at Jalan Besar Stadium at 5.15 p.m. Gate admission will be 50 cts. only.
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    107 11 THE w nnfrs m the vinous S pore Rifle Association np^on shoots held recently are at fo'low.s .12 Small Bore Section. ■t Gunscore. p Pang 99 Handicap. Chong Ah Leon 9.S <9<M6' ih) Gunteorc. D C. Perreau 99 Handicap Cheong Ah L#nn« 96 <99 40>. .10.1 Full
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    638 12  -  Pater Wilson 6 Well be sorry for this when the Olympics come round 9 LONDON, Mon. Every four years when the Olympic Games come round and the Americans consistently dominate the track and field events, I am asked sometimes plaintively, sometimes ignorantly, and sometimes aggressively:
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    78 12 NARROW WIN FOR POLICE IPOH. Mon. Eagles Troop of Taiping. making their debut m Division Two soccer league match were beaten 3-2 by the Police at the Coronation ground this evening. Police who lead 2-0 at half time had to fight all the way against their doughty opponents and had
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    144 12 Scotland's Team To Meet Ireland EDINBURGH, Feb. 23 (Reuter) Scotland's Rugby Union team to meet Ireland here next Saturday will be the same as that which defeated Wales 6-5 on Feb. 7. The selectors delayed naming their side until after Wednesday's game between Edinburgh and the South of Scotland, but
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    68 12 WELLINGTON. Feb. 23 »Reutcr> M r w. T Tindill. of Wellington, an umpire new to international cricket, has been appointed to stand m the first Test between New Zealand and England, which begins m Christchurch next Friday. Mr. Tindill. now 48. played for Xew Zealand at rugby
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    692 12  - FARE TIME STRONGLY FANCIED FOR THE CHAMPION HURDLE CLAUDE RICHARDSON Says LONDON. Feb. 23 (Reuter) Running: m recent trials for the Champion Hurdle on March 3 indicates that there should be a tremendous triangular international battle for the £4.632 sterling winners prize. Sir George Dowty's Tokoroa (England), Comte D'AudifTret-Pasquer's Ming
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    113 12 EMPIRE GAMES MEDALLIST DIES SYDNEY. Feb. 23 (Reuter)— Australia's first Empire Games Gold medallist, Mr. Harold Hardwick, collaosed and died m Sydney last night- He was 69. Aj a member of the Australian team, he won Gold medals for swimming and boxing at the Games In 1911. The following year,
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    149 12 CONTRACT FOR O'NEILL BY YANKEES? ADELAIDE, Feb. 23 (Reuter) Norman O'Neill, Australia's brilliant young Test batsman, said yesterday he would go to the United States to train with the New York Yankees baseball club if the date would be put back until mid-March. He said the Yankees wanted him at
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    28 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The annual British Arm Garrisons' School (Seremban) Athletic meet will be held on Wednesday on the King George Fifth School ground at Seremban.
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    184 12 Canadians To Play 8 Rugby Games In Japan VANCOUVER. Feb 23 (Rev. ten A 22-man team of British Columbia rugby football players left here last night for a month long tour of Japan. The team, stars of the West Coast rugger players left aboard a Canadian Pacific Airliner bound for
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    57 12 PARIS. Feb. 23 (Reuter) Kurt Nielsen, of Denmark, won the men's singles title m the French indoor lawn tennis championships today, beating Jean Claude Molinari (France) 10-8 3-6 6-3 6-3 m the final. Miss Angela Mortimore (Britain) won the women's title, beating Mile Florence de La
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    195 12 Cowdrey Top Of The MCC Batting List THE English batting averages after the Australian tour are: ENGLAND —Batting Not Highest Inns Out Runs Score Aye rowdrpv 10 1 391 100- 43.44 mZ i 10 0 405 113 40.50 i| j *g *j jjjj :10 0 200 68 2XOO SLl^n 4
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    158 12 Penang To Meet Perak In Amateur Boxing Contest PENANCI, Mon. The Penang Amateur Boxing Association has arranged a boxing contest between Penang and the First Battalion, Loyal Regiment of Perak, to be held at the New World Park on March 7. The Association's President, Mr Tom Saunders, said today that
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    65 12 IPOH. Mon. Holders of the' army's Caldbeck Soccer Cup, the Ist Btn. Loyal Regiment, overwhelmed British Military Hospital at Cameron Highlands on Saturday by 11 goals to nil on the Tana Rata padang. Brown wood bagged six goals. Bentley (4) and Broughton (1). The winners
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    115 12 Jap Wins Hongkong 30,000m. Race HONGKONG, Fcb 21 (Reuter» Japan's Taknshi Baba won Hongkong's second international 30.000 metre race at the South China Stadium here tonight with a tremendous burst of speed m the homestretch. The ra«-o was held despite a «teady downpour and the track was heavj\ Ba time
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    53 12 IPOH. M fixture ■•ion, per, champion*. of their form by heat 5-3 on the ftoday. After a y half which sides scoring twa, Ma!a\ ha f. With si^n«: of c Kg rd their superiority t±\ thrire m conceding Centre Boa (2), How i side left PCRC w id Dfl
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    483 13 Love Troubles Of A Henpecked Husband JN this age of "wolves" m men's clothing, anything can happen even to husbands. Now, here's what happened to a guy (married and very much henpecked) who saw a beautiful nightclub singer and fell for her like a ton of bricks. He had plans
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    239 13 'These Thousand Hills' a Western saga 1 SUw Business M I CYHLI GHXSJ •V Xfe ,i»n.n»iimw»'-.. -Jl— l taft-. pULITZER Prize winner A.B. Guthrie, |r/», mighty saga of the far western frontier, "These Thousand Hills," has been made into a movie. The Twentieth Century-Fox CinemaScope, De Luxe Color production is
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    174 13 v*u will deny that lead soft but the stars Is. While it tug at your luminaries blem« just the has somee of a day's he doesn't -■BY heads the who dislike "gallery," the plare where still portraits are made. It takes week? to get him into
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    168 13 EX-FARM GIRL NOW A STAR HOLLYWOOD— An ex-farm girl who once won a prize for her prowess m milking cows is now bein^ jubilantly hailed as filmland's new queen of "sophisticated sex.' She is chameleon-eyed, auburntressed Andra Martin who exhibits her celluloid scorching romancing with virile James Garner m Warner
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    36 13 WHILE rehearsing for a fight sequence m "These Thousand Hills." Richard Egan and Don Murray are interrupted and shown exactly where they must finish so that the cameras can get the most exciting shots.
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    194 13 JACK LEMMON ha* been set by Warner's to co-star with Frank Sinatra. Petrr Lawford. and Sammy Davis. *R m "Ocean's Eleven Lemmon replaces Dran Marli n i wi l? n.' 1 b flwl u p m ■J* 1 Wallls production of Career" at Paramount. ma T vJo°
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      286 13 By RITA DEL MAR TODAYS QIOTATION: "The true tests of civilization is. not the census nor the sire of cities. nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out." Ralph Waldo Emerson TUESDAY EOR EVERYONE: Exert yoursell to be poised. harmonious. Us* careful. considered judgment, ns
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      199 13 LI'L ABNER By Al Cf, (vOMf/-NorH.N9>~N TMJ^?^T, PUT MEg ONJ S\ I »T'S THOSE BIG ALLEY OOP By v. T. Han,lin \\'hAssA MATTER 5 \»E GOT VEZZicTi O\E OP THOSE I TUA'S dGHT, VtXIR AME TCO I J I DUMMQSIR_ I I WHATS <3OIM' OJ j HIT CM I UTTH
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    63 14 THE BIG RALLY ON THE PADANG A LUCKY Singapore girl presents two Chinese dolls to the Duke at the Rally to be handed over to his daughter Princess Anne. THE Duke inspects the Guard of Honour mounted by the Singapore Sea Cadet Corps. A CONTINGENT from the Singapore Girls Life
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    76 14 LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter) —Princess Arthur of Connaught, granddaughter of King Edward Seventh, has pneumonia and her condition is causing anxiety, it was stated today at her London home. The Princess, who is albo the Duchess of Fife, recently underwent an operation for the removal of
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    28 14 CRACKERS 100 IN COURT HONGKONG. Feb. 23 (Reuter). More than 100 people have been orosecuted for firing crackers m a dangerous manner during the Chinese New York celebrations.
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    92 14 SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 23 (Reuter) Adults would benefit more by drinking whisky than milk. Dr. Felix O. Kolb. University of California bone specialist, told the California Medical Asso- ciation here. As humans gTow older they have l^ss use for the calcium provided by milk.
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    68 14 Thank you he says AT THE end of the mammoth Youth Rally, the Duke delighted the vast crowd by picking up a microphone and expressing his thanks and his congratulations at the excellence of the programme, particularly the March Past, the dancing and the physical exercise displays. He also expressed
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    184 14 Britain, Russia To Holl 'Cultural' Talks MOSCOW, Feb 23 (Reuter) The Soviet Union and Britain are to hold expert discussion on cultural relations between their two countries during the cur- rent visit here of Brit.sb Prime Minister Mr. Harold Macmillan and Foreign Secretary Mr Selwyn Lloyd, usually reliable sources said
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    164 14 Cyprus free withi n a years LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuter) —Cyprus will become an Independen: Republic beiore Feb 19 next year, it was announced here today. The time limit was set at last week's successful roundtable conference here on the future of Britain's Mediterranean island colony. This was disclosed today
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    • POLYTECHNIC
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        Lock icon UR POLY WAS THE 'BABY OF THE PIONEERS'
        1420 1 IMPRESSIVE FIGURES IN ENROLMENT I CHRISTINE DIEMER took them 8 iars, and Govt. has ,pen t 7 mil mposing, modern, n llion Polytechnic ilmosfl fronting i from Prince EdRo.^. which the of Kdinburgh will rmallj this noon, jt his behind it a
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        Lock icon POLYS 'OLD GIRL'
        84 1 AN "old girl" of the Singapore Polytechnic, 21--year-old Miss Mary Son Chwee Neo, is now a junior assistant on the Library staff of the College. She was one of the first to take the full-time Secretarial Course (Office Arts) when classes were opened m the Belvedere Primary
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        99 1 ft lrs=2£iis2=JF w drLllllt:if LUrdl v^5555v*****555/v v wSEi^iw fljl add the final H touch of elegance «i H to the Paramount /S/jtfk Gibbons Architectural fittings are distinguished by A shown »n refinement of design and restraint of execution I Jra^TJ? that make them the appropriate choice for the most la
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        6 1 The Poly's Principal (See Page 4)
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        30 1 Congratulations to the SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC on the occasion of its opening EDWARD EU CO., LTD. 1 ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE 9, TIL. ***** BRANCH OFFICE: 69. IMBI ROAD, KUALA LUMPUR. TII.MS7*
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      Lock icon Training of our builders
      398 2 They'll meet needs of Malaya, Singapore THE Singapore Polytechnic is the first and only tropical technical college to attempt to integrate m one department the training of all those who are concerned In the construction of a large modern tropical building. This is pointed out by
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      Lock icon THIS COURSE AIMS FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY & FITTER CARS
      399 2 THIS COURSE AIMS FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY FITTER CARS ONE of the many trade courses m the Singapore Polytechnic Department of Engineering has traffic safety as a basic aim, through better relationship between the public and the workmen servicing vehicles, and by making cars more roadworthy after thorough repair. The course
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      Lock icon Tap Malaya's Timber Wealth, Students Urged
      322 2 THE chief aim of the Department of Architecture and Building, at the Singapore Polytechnic, is to awaken m all its students a consciousness of the tropical environment m which they live, and to make them aware of the wealth of local building materials abounding
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      Lock icon 22 LEARN TO BE HEALTH INSPECTOR
      55 2 22 LEARN TO BE HEALTH INSPECTOR AN mri; can do :or Asia •'••-.iith J shov health the of t) Scici T^ Mr. R P have j co r i men 1 H< i: tO BCl( iloi tr* fa r hy. pa i The he the .S. (4); H< lity C
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        93 2 A New Triumph f or Wfestindhouse AIR CONDITIONING Climate Engineering Ltd. congratulate the Singapore Polytechnic for being the first to equip with a Westinghouse Fully Automatic Single Push Button Start Air Conditioning Plant. When the CALL is for Air Conditioning call Ximcito ltd. (Incorporated m Singapore) 9 10 PHILLIP STREET
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        28 2 On their Royal Opeiw; NG MING BUILDING CONTRACTOR of 18A North Canal Road Singapore 1 take this opportunity of extending our Heartiest CONGRATULATIONS BEST WISHES The Singapore PolytecW
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      53 3 It's theoretical training for many students «Vw f,u y<^ m me enc n lT om Smgapore. the Federation and North Borneo who are taking the Polytechnic* Pmmi Snri.u, of Health Course for Public Health Inspectors. Standardpic shows the lecturer m Chemistry DrWßin?n£ (centre) demonstrating how water is
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      812 3 Poly apprentices won't be a liability to the firms THE Singapore Polytechnic, working m liaison with Government, provides theoretical training for a large number of youngsters who qualify to enter the Apprenticeship Train m g Scheme provided by Government The scheme came into operation during November last year and aims
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      93 3 The 47 mombers of the Board of Governors of the Singapore Polytechnic, including the chairman, represent industry, commerce, labour, finance and education m the Colony. They are: chairman. Mr. Lionel Cresson; Messrs. L.C. Goh, M.J. Namazie, Robert Eu, V. Peters. Kai-Loo Huang. GM. Clark, W.H.
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        128 3 WITH COMPLIMENTS to fhe Board of Governors SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC From ALLIANCE PLASTICS 122, Hill Street Tel: *****/***** Singapore 6. We have pleasure m making the official opening Plaque to be unveiled by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, m cast bronze letterings including other signs and bronze gate lanterns for the
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      330 4 Some Books In Library Date Back To 19th Century THE only "luxury" to be found m the Singapore Polytechnic's Spar-tan-like rooms (apart from the superbly equipped laboratories and workshops) ts m the library, whose quiet atmosphere is ensured by sound-proof plastic floor tiles. Beyond this, however, the air-conditioned Library is
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      51 4 Early evening m the Library of thf Polytechnic shows the full advantage the students take of the library hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. on Saturdays. An average of 300 students a day can use the library for reading qnd reference
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      278 4 WHEN the post of principal of the Singapore Polytechnic was advertised abroad it was stated by the 17-man Board of Governors that they hoped to get a man with a good degree or equivalent diploma and high professional qualifications. He must also possess
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      Lock icon CRESSON—A MAN OF SELFLESS DEVOTION TO A CAUSE
      250 4 CRESSON— A MAN OF SELFLESS DEVOTION TO A CAUSE TENACITY of purpose, farsightedness, a tremendous amount of selfless energy and devotion to a cause have kept Mr. Lionel Cresson, Singapore industrialist and engineer as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Singapore Polytechnic for two terms since he was
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      105 4 OXE of the outstanding features of the Singapore Polytechnic is its furniture. More than 95 per cent was manufactured In the Colony from excellent local materials at competitive prices. This includes blackboard?, laboratory benches and even :he steel shelving for the Library. The machinery, laboratory equipment
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        55 4 VAN HIN expresses its sincere icishes to the SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC on its Royal opening We are proud to be associated with this magnificent edifice of which we supplied the furniture to all the Lecture Rooms', including the Main Lecture Hall. Office fir Showrooms: 136 142, Orchard Rd. Phones: *****, *****
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      Lock icon MNAUTICAL 'SCHOOL' IS 34 YEARS NOW!
      818 5 And its first teacher was a Malay PROBABLY the oldest course of instruction m the new Singapore Polytechnic is m the Nautical Section, Department of Science and Technology, where Malay seamen are helped to prepare for the Certificate of Competency needed for locally based
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      59 5 EXAMINING rescue parstus which can be in* nvrrboard during irrprk and picked up life boats or floats. transmission of S.O.S. b he technique of the transmitter, which floats on the water, is being explained by the lecturer In Marine radio, Mr. G. R. Owen, (left) m the
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      53 5 HE Polytechnic Nautical boI, In the Department s"°r,rp and Technology. noses *o Inaugurate a ience course. be for locallys who are serving as apprentices m ships based on Singapore or Federation ports. Its purpose Is to give them progressive Instruction m the ba?ic material for the Second Mate's
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      115 5 Some of the models of "traditional shelters of poles and attap seen m the fishing villages of Malaya," which were made by first year Polytechnic students of Architectural Design. This is to give them understanding of the use of local materials and an idea of
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        59 5 HeattkAt Congratulation* and &M WUhe* The Singapore Polytechnic en their Royal opening E J MOTIWALLA CO. (Estd. 1886) fles Place, Singapore. Tel: *****-***** pliers of Office Stationery and Drawing and Surveying equipments fyeetinqA and £&*t WUkeA TO THE SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC on their Royal Opening from ALEXANDRA *KICKWORKS LTD, 94 7,
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      117 6 Many courses for students are taught within the building STUDENTS of the Timber Technology course m the Polytechnic testing a full-sized beam 22 ft long. A CLASS m the Motor Vehicle Mechanics Work Course, at the Singapore Polytechnic, learn to strip and review
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        70 6 We of TECK CHIANG MANUFACTORY LIMITED extend their heartiest congra tv la tions SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC Royal opening THE FAR EAST OXYGEN ACETYLENE COMPANY jm± THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH m f^ i c \/ic i m^\ B^H B^BT I BBMk I flßflv BBMT flßfl BBS^ fIBH fIBBBBBBBfIBfII BBflßflßfll BBH fIBM fIBB
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      267 7 lTM ni (.H the Sinorf polytechnic is |OSJ wholly the Rift nernment to JV ip lf of the Colony, been notenations from ntries and m(- the Chairman ird of Gover- < Mr Lionel Cresson, I rhf Standard. m n some of the iprous of these
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      56 7 Dangerous job but they do it well TWO students from Singapore woodcutting machine workshops tackle the dangerous job, unless safety precautions are taken, of cutting an 8 foot by 4 Chengal log. Standardpic was taken during a night class of the six months evening refresher course for woodcutting machinists, which
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      280 7 (From Page 2) Regarding: other materials m Singapore's building industry, the Polytechnic offers a further service In the Department's wellequipped laboratories and highly qualified staff for the testing of concretes, fullsize beams (up to 22 feet span) building stones, steels and aluminiums. This service
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      144 7 POSTAL TUITION IS GIVEN THE Singapore Polytechnic is not only for the youth of the Colony, but thought has also been given to older men who wish to advance themselves m their profession. A typical example is the five year part-time course m the Department of Building and Architecture for
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      56 7 PHASE II WILL BEGIN WITH the triumphant opening today by the Duke of Edinburgh of Phase I of the Singapore Polytechnic, there still remains Phase II to be completed. This is to consist of an Assembly Hall. Canteens, Common Rooms, a Students' Union and a Gymnasium. The cost of Phase
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        198 7 N THE GIFFORD. UDALL. CCL g? j PRESTRESSING SYSTEM ficin 9 used by the Singapore Polytechnic V iS SIT MALAYAN RAILWAYS, V v^ P.W.D. MALAYA, HUME INDUSTRIES LTD., ETC. The Gifford Udal! C.C.L. Prestressing System has been developed with the object of simplifying and cheapening the plant and anchorages required,
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      109 8 OUR POLY— How it works in picture DENT °f the Polytechnic* Nautical School, m the Department of Science and Technology, steers his course from the xvheelhouse on the roof of the building, overlooking the Inner Roads of Singapore. INSTRUCTION m the vse of ships' radar by the lecturer m ,\o
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      72 8 MR. R. A. BRUCE, head of the Polytechnic's Department of General Education. He was formerly Headmaster of th€ English College, Alexandria, Egypt. MR. H. DODD, Head of the Commerce Depart* {Acting) of the Singapore Polytechnic. Mr. Dodd. who ca»;e from Australia as iistant lecturer m Accountancy, is acting
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        98 8 6H<f OelicitathnA to The Singapore Polytechnic on their Official opening LEONG HUAT HARDWARE LTD., 91, Lavender Street Singapore 12. I marIlI" on wo//s of Main Entrance Hall o/ f/i« Singapore Polytechnic 49. Scotts Road, Singapore 9. Tel: 54-171/2 106. Klang Road, Kuala Lumpur. Tel: ***** GAAAAAON (AAoloya) LTD. M^ his
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      224 9 Accuracy Ipeed And Office Aptitude modem commerKprretary, who is for advancet, no longer goen to job equipped only shorthand and In? 1 ,md its adjuncts and speed. have such edfe as the ;r--: f production, use some idea of lm>rt, banking, flow of raw
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      27 9 *h«*iu~ U S E R Be m char c of the Department of Commerce tvpinr and shorthand course at the Polytechnic, is seen conducting a day-time class.
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      359 9 Ford Motor aid for our car trade THE S I N G A PORE POLYTECHNIC is laying a solid foundation for the economic health of its students land the general public. This was stated by Mr. Gordon W. Withell. managing director of the Ford Motor Company of Malaya Limited, while
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      246 9 WHEN the Duke of Edinburgh officially opens the Singapore Polytechnic just after noon today, he will do so by electricity, the chairman of the Board of Governors, Mr. Lionel Cresson, told The Standard. Instead of pulling a drawstring to lower the satin
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      103 9 Students to see POLY opening on TV JJUNDREDS of Students will watch the historic official opening of the Singapore Polytechnic by Prince Philip today on television. This is because there would only be limited accommodation m the main entrance of the building where the opening ceremony would be performed. The
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      73 9 MISS E. R. BEGG, of the Polytechnic's Department of Commerce, m charge of shorthand and typing. She arrived m Singapore from New Zealand m September, 1957, m time to take charge of typing and shorthand m the one year Secretarial Office Arts Course begun at the Belvedere
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        103 9 LOKE HONG KEE CONSTRUCTION CO. extend their CONGRATULATIONS to THE SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC on its Royal opening We are proud to be the General Contractors and Builders of this magnificent project which serves to bring prosperity to Singapore. Congratulations to the SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC on the occasion of the Official Opening by
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      614 10 Scheme to promote liberal studies THE promotion of liberal studies through the medium of the English language is the real function of the Depart- ment of General Education at the Singapore Polytechnic, says the Department's head, Mr. It. A. Bruce. Thus, its purpose is
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      82 10 "SANDWICH COURSES" Is one of the hopes for th<» future of the Singapore Polytechnic, as revealed by the principal. Mr. D. J. Williams. These may stretch over four years, with :he time divided into alternate six months m an industrial works and six months study at the Polytechnic
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      46 10 A GEOGRAPHY class m session at the Singapore Polytechnic's Department oi General Education. The teacher standing at the back is Miss Catherine him. one of the 38 visiting lecturers drairn mostly from secondary schools m Singapore, who supplement the five lecturers on the staff
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      45 10 CLTTMG panels on a hand-saw for the Duke of Edinbur hs o str im at J** opening on Feb. 24 of the Singapore Polytechnic. The rostrum is being made by students of the Building and Architecture Denartment't evenina course for woodcutting machinists.
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        28 10 INDUSTRIAL CASES (M) LTD. welcome His Royal Highness THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH to Singapore and extend BEST WISHES AND CONGRATULATIONS to THE SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC on its Royal opening
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        42 10 BORNEO MOTORS Automobile and Agricultural Engineers have great pleasure m extending their warmest congratulations on the opening of the SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC by The Duke of Edinburgh and welcome this great step forward m higher educational facilities for the benefit of our city
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