Eastern Sun, 3 September 1966

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  • 25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Esld. 1966. Vol. 1. No. 48. Saturday, September 3 1966. MC (P) 1942 KDN 2309 Price 15 cents
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  • 315 1 JAKARTA, Fri. (AFP) Highly incriminating evidence is being given against President Sukarno this week In an utterly revealing and shocking: trial in which prostitutes. pop singers and moTie actresses involved in vice *nd embezzzlement of state funds play leading roles. In the defence
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  • 324 1 Premier supports Vietnam peace talk call by ASA member countries BANGKOK, FRI. AFP. THE Singapore Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said here last night that Singapore would join ASA (the South-east Asian Association). He added, "At the moment we discover there is something in
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  • 72 1 KUCHING, Fri. (AFP) Naval patrols by British or Commonwealth forces off the coast of Sarawak will be discontinued from Sunday, a security forces spokesman announced here today. The spokesman said from that day the responsibility for naval patrols will be invested on the Royal Malaysian Navy. British.
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  • 147 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, said tonight that it would be a pity if some Commonwealth leaders "lose thier heads and resign from the association just because they cannot have their way." He said that the Commonwealth had done good work for its
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  • 447 1  -  By Peter Loke SINGAPORE, Fri. Trade between SingaDore and Indonesia will resume within the next one week. This came in the light of statements made by leaders of both the Governments' negotiating teams now in Singapore drawing up plans for the final resumption of trade
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  • 291 1  -  By Khoo Boon Choo PENANG, Fri. All hell broke loose in Cintra Street here this afternoon when riot squad, armed and wearing steel helmets, broke up a procession staged by over 800 members of the Labour Party and their supporters. The demonstration
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  • Local News
    • 54 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The secretary of the Automobile Association of Malaya. Mrs. K. S. Lim. left for Australia earlier this week on a study tour of the Australian Automobile Association and its constituent clubs. She will also visit the New Zealand Automobile Association its member organisations.
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    • 131 2 BUTTER WORTH, Fri. Ch'ng Guat Looi (30), the "belle" of gangsters, who had earlier pleaded guilty here to a charge of contravening her restricted residence order will come up for sentence on Sept. 8. Ch'ng. who was present In the Butterworth Sessions Court here yesterday dressed
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    • 28 2 LUMUT, Fri. The official opening of the Malayan Flour Mills at Batu Undan near here, originally scheduled to take place tomorrow, has been postponed to Oct 15.
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    • 194 2  -  By JAMAL ALI KEPALA BATAS, Fri. A Joint defence commission with Indonesia would help Malaysia to wipe out Communists along the border. This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, who opened a $103,000 new mosque here this afternoon. Tun
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    • 65 2 IPOH. Fri. Four officers of the sth Battalion the Royal Malay Regiment will be presented with long service and good conduct medals by Brigadier Mohd. Nor bin Tamin, Brigade Commander 2nd Malaysia Infantry Brigade at a farewell parade at Ramilies Camp. In Ashby Road tomorrow at
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    • 59 2 SITIAWAN, Fri. The Chief Education Officer, Perak. Dato Idris bin Babjee, notified all heads of secondary and primary schools in the state to hold celebrations to mark the Universal Children's Day on Oct. 3. Schools, which will participate, will be allowed to apply for a discretionary
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    • 282 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Long Thien Shih, a promising young artist from Klang, is staging his seond one-man show at the Gallery 11 here before he leaves for Paris in the middle of next month. He will study fine art in the L'eole des Beauxarts
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    • 189 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The High Commission of India has announced the award of Scholarships under the Indian Scholarship Fund to six students in Malaysia for studies in the University of Malaya/Technical College and Secondary Schools in Malaysia. The names of the students and the value of
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    • 117 2 MUA R Fri. —En c he Shamsuddin bin Sairan, 19, a Sixth Form student of the Technical Institute in Penang has been awarded a scholarship by the National Electricity Board to study Electrical Engineering. Enche Shamsuddin who will be away for seven years wiil join the
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    • 52 2 MUA R Fri. A bus driver, Tan Ah Tee. was fined $5O In the Magistrate's court here today when he pleaded guilty to speeding during the week-end. The court was told that Ah Tee was travelling at 43 m.p.h. The speed limit lor a bus was
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    • 130 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Eastern Sun reader Mr. Arthur Muttiah of Kuala Kangsar contributed a cheque for $2O towards the fund for Madam Ranjitham, a mother of seven who lost her husband last week in Taiping. Her husband, Thannimalay, a 48-year-old tindal of the Telecoms Department In
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    • 70 2 TAIPING, Fri. —The role of the Ceylonese community in Malaysia and their contribution to the nation were praised by the District Officer Enche Azizul Rahman, here last night. He was speaking at a dinner given by the Ceylon Association to celebrate Malaysia's third anniversary, attended by
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    • 59 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. Wong Ah Soon, 26, was charge in the Magistrate's Court today for unlawfully restraining seven persons on March 30. in connection with the Tuberculosis Centre robbery. He was alleged to be armed with knives and revolvers and together with four others, robbed the T.B.
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    • 440 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. MARA has awarded 94 scholarships involving a total of about $200,000 to Bumiputras to go for higher studies, locally and abroad in various fields of commerce, science and technology. Of this number, 23 were awarded to students for courses at oversea institutions,
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    • 47 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Ang Slew Boon, 20, was charged in the Magistrate Court today for robbing Chin Lian Fah. of 5602 near a taxi stand in Jalan Mountbatten yesterday. He is on ball of $2,000. Case will be mentioned again on Sept. 23.
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    • 264 2 PENANG, Fri. The Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam, said here today that the dock labour port scheme to give proper security to workers would come into force on Oct. 1. The Minister, who is here on a three-day visit, said at a
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    • 73 2 TAIPING, Fri. Phang Ah Kow, 25, was admitted to hospital with face and body injuries following a fight in the Lake View night club here, during a Malaysia night dance. He was attacked by another youth with a broken bottle in a brawl on the dance
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    • 101 2 SITIAWAN, Fri. The Rural Development Authority has approved another SIO.OOO for the completion of a metal road, which links Simpang Ampat to Simpang Dua through Kampong Selamat. The construction of this road will not only benefit the residents of Kampong Selamat but also school children from
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    • 81 2 KUANTAN, Fri Three national-type primary schools in East Pahang have been given subsidies amounting: to $lB,OOO by the Assistant Minister of Education, Mr. Lee Siok Yew, who made a tour of the district here. The primary schools subsidised were the ChungChin National-Type (Chinese Primary School, Tan
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    • 376 2 KUCHING, Fri. Diminutive dusky Dyaks livinf in isolated north-west Borneo kampongs probably will never learn the tune of Waltzing Matilda, but they'll never forget the men who sang it. The Dyaks have heard the strains of Waltzing Matilda coming from isolated Australian outposti deep in
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    • Article, Illustration
      54 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. Royal Air Force Cpl. Michael Whelan and his bride, former member of the Women's Royal Air Force, Miss Anita McKenna, after their wedding at St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, R A F. Changi. Their bridemaids are Sharon and Lorraine Bethel, daughters of a sergeant at Far
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    • 359 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. A leading trade unionist, Mr. G. Kandasamy, has given his personal views to Premier Lee Kuan Yew on measures to overcome economic problems. His views were outlined In a lengthy, open letter to the Prime Minister dated Aug. 30, Mr. Kandasamy
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    • 24 3 M JAR, Fri. —A total of '<ty shopkeepers ~of Parit -—ai have formed a Thrift •no Loan Co-operative Soto safe-guard their in-
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    • 148 3 SINGAPORE. Frl. A Singapore planning expert. Mr. Tan Jake Hooi, was among the 500 delegates from 16 countries who took part in the 9th Congress of the Australian Planning Institute at Sydney from Aug. 22 to 26. Mr. Tan Jake Hooi presented a paper on the "Development
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    • 45 3 MUAR, Fri. Enche Tuan Syed Hussein Ali of the University this morning gave a talk on. "The development of economy through the Co-ope-rative Movement." To about 500 members of ninety cooperative societies in the Muar district at the Diamond Jubilee Hall here.
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    • 564 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. Sympathy for the 70 striking newsmen of the Straits Times here grew today as the strike entered its second day. The 3,200 members of the Singapore Traction Company Employees Union in a stronglyuorded statement hit out at "the expatriate-control-led management of
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    • 100 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Two officers and two noncommission officers of Malaysian Army have been selected to undergo further military training overseas. They are Captain Yaacob bin Haji Salleh. Lieutenant Lam Wah Kum. Sergeants Mohamed bin Md. Nor and Khalil bin Osman. Captain Yaacob will attend a
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    • 192 3 IPOH, Fri. The Perak Government has launched a campaign to get more Malay students to take up science studies in schools. Emphasis would be laid on science and technology subjects. Initiating the move is the Mentri Besar of Perak, Dato Ahmad bin
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    • 92 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Rear-Admiral W. D. O. O'Brien is to become Commander. Far East Fleet in June 1967 with the rank of Vice-Admiral. Admiral O'Brien is at present Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers, which appointment carries with it the NATO post of Commander, Carrier Striking Group
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    • 51 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. A special talk on "Tool and Die Steel and their Heat Treatment" will be given by Mr. K. E. Thelnlng, Chief Metallurgical Engineer of the world-famous Swedish Assab Group. Those who are interested are asked to phone the Light Industries Technical Section, Tel ***** by
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    • 268 3 MALACCA, Fri. The State Government here is to spend $200,000 next year to buy boats to help fishermen in the state so that they will be able to carry out off-shore fishing. This was announced by the Chief Minister, Enche Abdul
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    • 199 3 MUAR. Fri. Chong Kiam. 22, was today fined a total of $5O by Magistrate Enche Hussain bin Taib on two counts of inconsiderate driving and falling to display an "L" plate on his motor-cycle on June 5 this year. The prosecuting officer. Senior Inspector Mr.
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    • 98 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. Another banking service is made available in the city area today with the opening of Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd.'s 11th Singapore branch on the ground floor of Nanyang Building, Robinson Road. The bank's net profit for 1965 amounted to $5,357,000 representing an increase of
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    • 41 3 MUAR, Fri—Muar District has to-date a total of ninety-one co-operative societies. Out of the total number, sixty-two are Kampong Cooperative Thrift and Loan Societies. This was disclosed in the monthly report of the Muar Town CouncU lor last month.
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    • 244 3 'Road safety' drive in La rut, Matang TAIPING, Fri. A week-long "Road Safety* campaign to make the public, especially motorists and school children, more "road safety conscious" will be launched in the districts of Larut and Matang from Sept. 5 to 11. The man behind the campaign is a police
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    • 122 3 BUTTERWORTH, Frl. Malaysia practises her own brand of democratic nationalism which suits the wishes and inspirations of the people. This was said by Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. when he laid the foundation stone of UMNO House here. He called on non-Malays to work closely
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    • 45 3 BA T U PAHAT, Fri. Enche Abdul Ghafar bin Ali, Organiser of Malay Schools, Batu Pahat has left the district to join the Federal Inspectorate of Schools at Kuala Lumpur. He will be replaced by Enche Jasmi bin Mohd. Salleh from Muar shortly.
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    • 212 4 MALACCA m«nberstfip°has Increased by over 100 Wllowtag the union s recent boycott of extra curricular acuviues. Explaining the increase in membership, the secretary here, Mr. M. Nallathamb told the Eastern Sun that when the boycott began nonunion teachers were called upon by their schools to
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    • 85 4 PENANG, Fri. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, presented gold medals to three persons at the third biennial delegates conference of the Railwaymen's Union of Malaya, here today. A The three receipients were Mr P. P. Narayanan. Secretary General, National Union of "Plantation Workers,
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    • 588 4 PENANG, Fri. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today stressed that communalism must be fought as hard as they had fought Communism. It was an evil that good Malaysians must all fight against. L 1 He said this when he opened
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    • 91 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Radio Malaysia is organising a campaign to assess listeners' reaction to radio broadcasts, beginning from this month. The campaign, which covers the whole of Malaysia, will require listeners to fill in questionaire forms which can be obtained personally or by request by
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    • 73 4 MUAR, Fri. There will be no Electricity Supply in the following areas: Ja'.an Temenggong Ahmad, Jalan Omar, Jalan Jabbar, Jalan Mahmood, Parit Jawa, Parit Raja, Parit Keroma, Parit Samsu Darat, Parit Raja Darat Laut, Parit Limbong, Parit Amat, Parit Bakar Darat Laut, Sekolah Dato Sri Amar di-Raja. Sekolah
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    • 449 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The president of the 14,000 strong Railwaymen's Union of Malaya, Enche Yahaya bin Mohd. Ali today sounded a note of warning against any move to convert the railway into a corporation. Addressing the third biennial delegates conference of the union,
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    • 147 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives today said in order to forestal any possibility of accidental or inadvertent escape of Piranhas into the natural water bodies, importers, hobbyists, fanciers and the public who are currently having Piranha in
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    • 330 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, today officially opened the new telecommunications training centre at Gurney Road and described ft as "an invention that grew out of necessity." "The number of telephones in use has been doubling every six years in our
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    • 191 4 PENANG. Fri. A n ap. peai to members of the Na« tional Union of Day Training College Teachers, Penar.j and Province Wellesley, not to boycott extra mural activities in schools but to b« prepared for a more drastic type of industrial action, was made by
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    • 98 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Mr. and Mrs. Parks Chrestman have just arrived a Kuala Lumpur after a one week honeymoon in Indonesia. They were wed in Vict» ria. Australia on Aug. 18 at the home of the bride* parents. Mrs. Chrestman, the fo> mer
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    • 50 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Cambridge School Ce£ tificate Oral English examination will begin in Solan* gor on Tuesday. Notices have already posted to all private candidates in Selangor. Those who have n 0 1 ceived them are requested to contact the Chief Education Officer, Selangor.
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    • 39 4 KUALA KANGSAR. Fri. The renovated Cathay Cinema in Kuala Kangsar, Perak. which was open by the Raja Perempuan of Perak on Sept.2 with the screening of "Our Man Flint" in aid of the Kuala Kangsar District Welfare Council Fund.
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    • 278 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Twelve Malaysian students are among a record number of Commonwealth scholars who will be travelling to Britain to take up their awards next month. The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission announced in London yesterday that 238 students from 33 countries the largest
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    • 26 4 MUAR. Fri. —The Johore State English Schools Staffs Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society will hold its committee meeting in Johore Bahru on Sept. 16.
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    • 174 5 SINGAPORE, "Fri.—The w Minister of Defence, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will lead the Singapore delegation to attend the I'nited Nations General Assembly meeting in New York on Sept. 20. Together with Dr. Goh will be the Political Sec- retary to the Ministry of Culture, Enche Ghazali
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    • 153 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. A six-member Japanese Diet Delegation (House of Representatives) led by Mr. Jujiro Tosaka, of the Government Liberal Democratic Party, left for Kuala Lumpur tonight. They are currently on a South-East Asian tour to study the economy, politics and culture of these countries.
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    • 183 5 BANGKOK, Fri. (APF)— Chiengrai, the extreme porthern border province is combatting floods of a gravity unparalelled in a century, according to reports reaching here today. Three persons were reportedly drowned and ten ethers missing in the floods caused by the swelling of the Mekong River due
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    • 101 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. There will be no water between 9 а.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 6 at Margaret Drive (House Nos. 142 to 154 and 140 A to 154 A In block 40) and at the market. There will also be no electricity between 8.30 a.m. to б.30
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    • 63 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. These are the officials of the Singapore Indian Music Party for 1966 and 1967. They are: President, Mr. A G. S. Danaraj; Vice-pres-dent, Mr. James Robert; hon. secretary, Mr. L. S. Rajoo; asst. secretary, Mr. Raymond L. Nathan; hon. treasurer, Mr. R. Muthu; band leader, Mr.
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    • 170 5 SAIGON, Fri. (AFP) Twelve people were killed today when a bus was blown up by a Vieteong mine on Highway 24, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Saigon. The dead included four Vietnamese soldiers. The other 10 people on board, including six soldiers,
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    • 118 5 KUCHING, Fri. Four Sarawak Administrative officers have been awarded Canadian Government Colombo Plan Fellowships, ranging from ten months to one year, to enable them to attend courses of training in Public Administration at various universities in Canada. The recipients whose ages range from 23 to 32, come
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    • 49 5 KUCHING, Fri.—A Netherland Government Colombo Plan fellowship has been awarded to Enche Bujang Mohammed Nor, 31, of Kuching, First Division to enable him to undergo a course of training in the national development in Holland. Enche Bujang Mohammed Nor is District Officer Sarikei, Third Division.
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    • 89 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Government's plan to re-organise the city cleansing system received full support from the Singapore Tourist Association today. The move for a "wholesale" re-organisation of public cleansing was announced by the Minister of Health. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, in Parliament last week. In a statement, the
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    • 106 5 ci Fri There are now a total of $1,4^0.463,627.64 of currency notes in circulation as on July 1 this year. This was stated in the Government Gazette published today on the "Curr en c y Commissioners' Abstract of notes and coins in circulation" by the
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    • 72 5 SINGAPORE. Frl. A 65-year-old pedestrian Siah Kiah Lee. died on the way to General Hospital, after he was involved In a col* lison with a motor-cycle. The accident occurred yesterday at the junction of Upper Serangoon Road and Lorong Teplan. The motor-cyclist Loke Sla Went? also sustained Injuries
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    • 57 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. A six-week course !n Interior Decoration and Home Furnishing to teach housewives on how to decorate their homes will be conducted by the Adult Education Board. The course will include theory and practical lessons for a fee of $2O. Those who are interested should contact
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    • 79 5 MENTAKAB. Fri.— The annual international match between Thailand and Malaysia for the Dato' Lam Kim Thong gold challenge cup will be held here on Sept 10 and 11 at Chung Hwa School stadium. This was stated today by Mr. Khoo Kok Aun, manager of the Malaysian
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    • 91 5 SINGAPORE, Fri The Barisan Sosialis today demanded the release of all political detainees. In a lengthy three-page statement, the party charged the People's Action Party with merely hoping to use the Ex-Detainees Association and the so-called Detainees Aftercare Committee as tools to make political capital
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    • 52 5 KAJANG, Fri. The Kajang High School Old Boys' Association has spent $6,000 for repairs and renovation to the former Kajang Club Building which the association bought to serve as its own club-house. This is located at Jalan Club and situated on the far end of the
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    • 64 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. Radio Singapura's English service will broadcast excerpts of a speech made by the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. at the inaugural dinner of the Business Administration Society of the University of Singapore recently. The programme can be heard at 10 p.m. on Sunday. It will
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    • 153 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri— The Ministry of Commerce find Industry today said {he Hire Purchase Bill, 1y66l y 66 as introduced at the June meeting of the DeWan Ra'ayat. The Bill seeks to enact provisions to regulate and control the forms and contents of
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    • 129 5 JESSELTON, Fri. A spokesman of the National Registration Department (Birth and Deaths), said It was Important that the births of children be reported within 42 days of the birth. He said this was necessary to avoid the trouble involved in late registration. Registration of deaths was
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    • 112 5 MALACCA, Fri. Four armed men, two carrying revolvers held up a Chinese family near Merlimau town, 15 miles from here, early last night and escaped with $2,800 cash and $6OO worth of jewellery. The head of the family Mr. Tan Wan Chong, 42, a rubber estate
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    • 134 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A Malaysian Army engineer, Major Narayanapillai Selvarajah, who recently returned from the Joint Services Staff College, United Kingdom, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He is the first Malaysian to become the Commander HQ Malaysian Engineers (Line of Communication)
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    • 53 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Australian External Affairs Minister, Mr. Paul Hasluck, flew into Singapore tonight enroute to London to attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference. He was met at the airport here by the Australian High Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. W. B. Pritchett. Mr. Hasluck was accompanied
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    • 158 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A 22-year-old bride-groom-to-be, Lim Nia, had his three-year imprisonment sentence reduced to 18 months in the High Court here todav. Lim Nia, a refrigerator fitter now on bail, was convicted in the Sessions Court here in Dec. 12, 1964, for robbing
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    • 105 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A 17-man Indonesian mission to discuss trade and communications, border security and cultural matters with Malaysian officials is due to arrive by a military aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force at Subang International Airport on Sunday at 12.10 p.m. The mission is led
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    • 80 5 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Electricity will be cut off in Towner Road, Kim Keat Lane, Kim Keat Road (the section from Kim Keat Lane junction to Balestier Road junction); Balestier Road (from Kim Keat Road junction to Jalan Kebun junction); and Whampoa Estate (ex- eluding Lorong Limau) on Wednesday
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    • 183 5  -  By Peter Loke Fri. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr. R.W. Woodworth has been appointed the ADC to the Republic's President, Enche Yusoi bin Ishak. ASP Wood worth replaces Major Winston Choo who has now resumed duties at the Ministry of Defence. It is understood
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    • 36 5 MUAR. Fri. The Muar Chinese School Teachers' Association will hold an essay writing competition for Chinese secondary and primary schools at Chung Hwa Second Primary School hall at Jalan Sayang here on Sept. 24.
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    • 206 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. A visiting Sikh religious leader Sant Fateh Singh today appealed to all Sikhs who have settled in Singapore to do their bit towards the progress of the young Republic. At a press conference at the Khalsa Association. Sant Fateh Singh said his
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    • 24 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. A "September Nite", in aid of Boys' Town, will be held at the Ocean Park Hotel tomorrow at 8.30 p.m.
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    • 207 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Minister of State for Culture, Mr. K. C. Lee, today called on painters in the Republic to exploit their talent in the art of painting to reflect the way of life of the people in this country based on mutual respect, goodwill and
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    • 196 5 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Delegations from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia had preliminary discussions concerning the re-establishment of normal air routes through Singapore and Indonesian airspace. This was during the International Civil Aviation Organisation meeting in Bangkok last week. It was announced in a press release issued by
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    • 75 5 SINGAPORE. Frl. Police found an unidentified body of a male Chinese about 40 years old near the bank of the Kallang River last Wednesday. The man is about sft. sin. tall, fairly slim and was dressed in a white shirt and underwear. A police spokesman said that they
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    • 53 5 KUCHINO, Fri. A new road linking Pangkalan Buso and Musi Bazaar two miles in length in Bau District, first Division, has been completed recently under the Minor Rural Development Plan. The cost of the project was $4,000. The construction of the road and the bridges were done on
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    • 123 5 SINGAPORE, Frl. Miss Ho Kim Lan, Max Factor's make-up artist supervisor for Singapoi-e and Malaysia, left here by air today for a sixweek market study and observational tour. She will visit Thailand, Hongkong, Japan, the United States and Britain During her stay at the
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    • 130 5 KUALA TRENGGANU. Frl The Menteri Besar, Trengganu, Tan Sri Ibrahim Fikri, called upon the people to give their full support and undivided loyalty to the Alliance Government if they wished to see further progress in their own kampongs. He was speaking to a large gathering at
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 382 2 EASTERN SUN $3,000 Contest CONTEST NO. 5 Quiz for September 3 1966. 1. What is the seventeenth letter in the alphabet? 2. What is the derivation of the word "journalism"? 3. What is the green substance found in plants? ANSWER TO THE QUIZ FOR SEPT. 3 CONTEST NO. 5 2
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 70 3 OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPN. LTD. has pleasure in announcing the opening of another new Branch Office in Singapore of 63, Robinson Road 3rd September, 1966. Telephone: j TTTTTT jJJjg NEW HAIR CLINIC MTTH 10, PRINSEP ST.. S'PORE 7. I 1 'I PHONES: *****/***** for ANTI DANDRUFF SHAMPOOS/LOTIONS HAIR TONICS HAIR DRESSINGS
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 121 3 Kuala Lumpur Diary National Zoo at Ulu Klang i.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Muzium Negara 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Jalan Weld Swimming Pool 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 2 pm. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. 9 p.m. Tropical Fish Exhibition at Chinese Assembly Hall 10 m. to 11
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    • 32 3 S'pore Diary 3 p.m. Victoria Memorial Hall, Empress Place: "Paintings Exhibition. 8 p.m. Victoria Theatre, Empress Place: "Tunggal Mati", dan Aneka Warna. 8.45 p.m. National Theatre, Tank Road: The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 683 4 What's on in today's Radio and Television TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Penang; 6 Ipoh and Malacca; 3 and 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 1 Batu Pahat; 9 Kluang. P.M. 3.00 Opening Annct. Prog. Summary; 2.01 Adventure; Story; 4.55 Cartoon Classics; 5.00 Close Down. 5.45 Opening Annct. Prog.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 61 5 TIME AND TIDE Jenangr 2.12 a.m. (7.9 ft.), 2.11 p.m. (8.4 ft.). *ort Swettenham 7.38 a.m. (13.6 ft.), 7.44 p.m. (12.7 ft.). Port Dickson 8.13 a.m. (9.1 ft), 8.30 p.m. (8.4 ft.). Singapore 12.15 a.m. (8.9 ft), 12.52 p.m. (8.1 ft). Sedili Kechil 11.45 a.m. (7.4 ft.), 11.39 p.m. (6.8
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 513 6 UNITED NATIONS, Fri. (UPI) 11/ITH a slap at the United States and a warning that Vietnam is "remorselessly leading toward a major war," Secretary General U Thant announced yesterday he is quitting his job as Chief Executive of the United
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    • 160 6 PORTSMOUTH. Virginia, Fri. (UPI) An Italian tanker missing in hurricanewhipped seas with 40 men aboard was found just before sunset by a search plane. One crewman was dead. The CI3O plane crew reported at 6.05 p.m. that it had sighted the tanker Alberto Bennati about
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    • 70 6 "NEW YORK, Fri. (AFP)— P 'ice, raiding a Ne w York apartment last night, found 20 pounds of Heroin with an underworld retail value of $3,500,000, Narcotics Authorities said here today. People present in the apartment two men and nine women, offered the raiding police $lOO,OOO
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    • 59 6 KAMPALA, Uganda, Fri. (AP) World Bank President. Mr. George Woods left Uganda for Kenya after a four day visit and talks with President Milton Obote. He told an airport news conference that a World Bank mission will come to Uganda in October to discuss financing
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    • 138 6 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) Philippine's President Ferdinand E. Marcos and Mrs. Marcos will be the guests of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson on l6 at a Metropolitan P e r® Performance inside Washington's new Lincoln centre. The First Lady and her guests will see the inaugural performance
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    • 530 6 /CHICAGO, Fri. (UPI) Circuit Court Judge Mr. C. Paschen yesterday granted a string cf defence requests in the case of accused mass killer Richard Speck, but deferred a decision on naming a panel to decide, on his sanity. Speck, charged
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    • 167 6 HONOLULU, Fri. (UPI)— The coming election in South Vietnam is a symbol of U.S. progress in trying to stabilise the government there, a government official said. Mr Charles Floweree, Deputy Political Adviser to Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp, said "the Communists are absolutely
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    • 111 6 NEW DELHI. Frl. (UPI) Communist demonstrators paraded through New Delhi yesterday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi. The Communists, from all parts of India, accused Mrs. Gandhi's government of "surrendering to the imperialists" and that it also had set off "wanton police
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    • 205 6 CjANTIAGO, Chile, Fri. (AP) Seven students wera reported injured yesterday in what officials described as a fight between competing Marvin groups at the University of Chile. The issue was whether blood being collected at the School of Education for North Vietnam was being
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    • 113 6 KAMPALA, Fri. (AFP)— Uganda told People's China today that it viewed with "grave concern" the recent expulsion from Peking of nine nuns, one of whom died, it was officially announced here. A government statement said that Foreign Minister Mr. Sam Odaka told People's Chinese Ambassador
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    • 70 6 MOSCOW. Fri. (AP) The Tokyo ballet was "warmly applauded" as it opened a 10-day schedule of performances in Moscow last night, the official Soviet news agency TASS said. The company's debut here was a performance of "Marimo." It was "poetic performance which enabled the company to
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    • 154 6 NEW YORK. Fri. CAP) Korean art will be appreciated by New Yorker's this fall at the Grass Roots level. Macy's Department Store staged a preview yesterday of a show featuring Korea. Republic of China and Japan The show is part of a promotional campaign called the
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    • 81 6 CALCUTTA, Fri. (AFP) About 600 station masters and their assistants went without meals but stayed at work here today to demand more pay and rent-free quarters. The f asters, based on Eastern Railways Sealdah (Calcutta's second main station) division, kept trains running on time,
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    • 70 6 CANBERRA. Fri. (UPI)— The Australian government announced yesterday the appointment of career diplomat Frank Bell Cooper as Australian ambassador to the Republic of China. Mr. Cooper, 45. previously served as a diplomat in London, Bonn, Singapore and Vienna, where he has been Charge d'Affaires since April
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    • 32 6 DJIBOLTHI, FrL General de Gaulle at rifht, was welcomed at the airport by a large crowd recently. He shook hands with some of them.—AP Photo. AP Photo.
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    • 132 6 NEW YORK, Fri. (AP) —lgnazio Currenti, confined to a hospital for the criminal insane for 26 years, walked free yesterday and began a search for his wife and son. Currenti, 72, said he hadn't heard from them in about 10
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    • 137 6 WASHINGTON. Fri. (AFP) —Senator Robert Kennedy, brother of the late President John F. Kennedy, declared here today that he would not be standing In the 1968 presidential elections. The Democrat Senator for New York told the press here "I am going to support President
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    • 54 6 TAIPEH, Fri. (AP)— A hitchhiker was killed on Tuesday when a fruitladen truck veered off a highway and overturned in Central Formosa Chinese Nationalist Police reported. The victims were Lin Ching-Tung, 34-year-old Na-tive-Born Formosan. Police said eight other hitchhikers were injured, four of them seriously. The truck driver,
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    • 74 7 NAHE, Okinawa. Fri. (UPI —Typhoon Alice ripped across the southI ern tip of Okinawa early today. Alice. packing 120 miles Per hour centre winds passed over Yoza- dake on the southern tip i of Okinawa. But reports said she I left only slight damage. The typhoon
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    • 103 7 WINNIPEG. Fri. (AP) Police reported 11 prisoners escaped from Headingley jail, 10 miles West of Winnipeg, last night. They were reported armed with p srol- and shotguns and w*re considered dangerous. One of the escapees was Identified by police as K°nneth Leishman who was being
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    • 69 7 TOKYO, Fri. (AFP) Philippine President Mr. Ferdinand Marcos will arrive In Tokyo on Sept. 28 as a state guest on invitation of the Japanese government, Foreign Ministry sources revealed today. The President is staying in Japan until Oct. 3, during which he is expected to discuss
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    • 180 7 Texas, Fri. (AP) What happened to the Catholic bible used for the swearing in of Lyndon B. Johnson Force 1 on Nov. 22, 1963. USD ~„rict Judge. Sarah T. Hughes, who administerei the oath, said yesterday she has no idea. The question of tile bible's disappearance
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    • 87 7 MANILA, Fri. (UPI) —A man. his two sons and a companion have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the robbery-killing of an 80-year-old woman and her two daughters in Cebu province last year. Convicted by the Cebu Court of robbery and homicide were Brigildo Vinarta, 51,
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    • 90 7 RANGOON, Fri. (AFP) Former Israeli Defence Chief of Staff, General Moshe Dayan said here yesterday he wanted to study the Vietnamese war from the Vietcong side for three months. The General, who recently »pent five weeks on a fact- finding trip with American fighting units
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    • 37 7 STONEWALL, Texas Mrs Lyndon B. Johnson whispers to the as the > Pose for photographers in the living room of their ranch home on the Presidents s 58th Birthday recently. AP Photo. AP Photo.
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    • 828 7 LJUBLJANA, Yugoslavia, Fri. (UPI) A vacation-bound whispering giant" airliner with 117 Britons aboard crashed -f*- on its landing run two miles from Ljubljana airport early yesterday spewing flaming wreckage over a wide area. Yugoslav civil aviation officials said the crash
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    • 68 7 MANILA. Fri. (AFP) Some 3.500 union workers of the National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority (NWSA) struck yesterday to protest the management's alleged violation of the provisions of their collective bargaining contract. President Ferdinand Marcos instantly certified the dispute to the court of industrial relations for arbitration, to
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    • 105 7 ROBBINS. North Carolina. Fri. (UPI) Three young men were crushed to death by automobiles early Tuesday while lying on a dark highway Police could not immediately explain why the youths laid down in the paths of approaching cars. State Trooper Tommy S. Clark said
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    • 96 7 ISTANBUL. Fri. (UPI) A fresh tremor shook the earthquake-devasted area of Northeastern Turkey shortly before midnight, the Turkish Radio reported yesterday. According to the Radio report, the tremor was "strong" and caused some of the demaged buildings to collapse. However, it did not indicate there were any
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    • 61 7 THIS radiophoto released b> a Soviet source on Aug. 29 purports to show two North Vietnamese pilots preparing for a training flight. No other details were given by the source. Soviet newspapers reported that the Soviet Tnion was training North Vietnamese pilots at a Soviet base
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    • 308 7 Dayton, Ohio, Fn. (upd A Negro gunned down by white men from a speeding car died last night and officials feared a return of violence to this Southwestern Ohio Industrial City. Lester Mitchell, 39, died in St. Elizabeth's Hospital nearly 18
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    • 71 7 TOKYO. Fri. (AP> North Vietnam's official Radio Manoi has claimed 11 U.S. planes were shot down in air raids over North Vietnam in the past three days and one pilot was captured. The broadcast did not identify the pilot claimed captured on Aug. 29. It
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    • 168 7 OTTAWA, Fri. (UPI) Union leaders, bowing to anti-strike legislation even before it became law, called an end last night to Canada's week-old nation- wide strike. They said, however, they could not guarantee that the 110.000 striking workers would have the trains back on the
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    • 113 7 TOKYO. Fri. (AFP) The inaugural meeting of th e projected Asia Development Bank will be held in Tokyo instead of in Teheran as scheduled earlier, it was announced todya It will last three days from Oct. 24 with 31 countries participating Finance Minister.
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    • 144 7 HANOI. Fri. (AFP) North Vietnamese Premier, Phan Van Dong said last night that his country would fight until total victory whatever the sacrifices or hardships, the North Vietnamese news agency reported. Speaking here on the occasion of the national holiday, Mr. Phan Van
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    • 88 7 LONDON, Fri. (UPI) Britain expressed "great regret" at U.N. Secretary General U Thant's decision not to stand for another term. The Foreign Office said in a statement, the British government had always had the fullest confidence in U Thant's "judgement and impartiality." The decision, "not entirely unexpected."
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    • 149 7 CANBERRA, Fri. (AFP) Australia is intensifying its migration campaign in Germany. A new office will be opened in Stuttgart, making it the 6th Australian immigration office in Western Germany. The new Stuttgart office will relieve pressure on Frankfurt. Australian Immigration Minister, Mr Hubert
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  • 385 8 Oingapore's Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said in Bangkok that the Republic would join the Association of South-east Asia as "at the moment there is something in it for us." The survival theme has been stressed constantly during the past weeks by Singapore's Cabinet Ministers, but
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  • 343 8 Qut of the blue a rubber disease has descended on Pulau Langkawi to attack the rubber trees. Luckily that group of islands is some miles away from the Kedah mainland. However, since disease germs can be carried by wind and other channels, the millions of rubber trees
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  • 1814 8 SINGAPORE, Fri. THE following is the full text of speech by the Singapore Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, at the inaugural dinner organised by the University of Singapore Business Administration Society at the Mandarin Room recently My mind goes back to a Cabinet
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  • 1182 8  -  By CHOO TECK MAU MUAR, Fri. Muar, situated at the most north-western tip of the State of Johore, is a district of ancient tombstones and fortresses. Before Muar was known, it is reported in old stories that the district was called "Telok Dalam" which
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  • Commercial and industrial
    • 117 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. Sinsapore's watch trade is expected to receive a boost when the timepieces are Introduced in the barter trade with Indonesia. The Eastern Sun understands Indonesian barter traders in the restricted area in Telok Ayer Basin showed interest in watches and this resulted in two
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    • 317 9 SINGAPORE, Frl. Trading in rubber during the week was rather slow and hindered by the absence of a market in London on Monday owing to Bank Holiday and Malaysia Day on Wednesday, says Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co., Ltd.. "Apart from one small reversal, the downward movement
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    • 236 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. Singapore and Malaysia are the biggest markets for Danish products in Asia according to two executives of the Danish Agricultural Marketing Board currently visiting the Republic They are Mr. Knud Overgaard, deputy chief of overseas dept. at Copenhagen and Mr. Knud Westergaard, manager
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    • 149 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. Singapore's volume of trade with overseas countries amounted to $3,606 million in the first half of this year, $276 million more than the corresponding period of 1965, statistics issued here showed. Imports from January to June this year totalled $l,978 million and exports $l.628 million.
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    • 59 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Association of Banks in Malaysia made the following changes in Its rates to merchants today: New York: Buying T. T. 32-5/8; Airmail, O.D. 32-3/4; 90 d/st. 33-1/4 credit bills; 33-3/8 trade bills. Selling T.T./O.D. ready were: New York 32-3/8 Deutsche Marks 129-1/8; Holland Guilders 117-1/8;
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    • 157 9 SINGAPORE Tne following ships are •xpected to be in port today:— 5 Fenice 10/11 Ajax 15/16 City of Brookly 1® Bahadur 2 J '24 Kunak 29/30 Triglav Si/32 Spaarnekerk 33/34 Tjimanuk So/36 Benloyal 88/39 Neder Rhone JO/41 Fu An Andrzej Strug Centaur Ninny Figari Faemis Tne following ships
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    • 217 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. A plastic goods manufacturer has perfected a heavy duty plastic injection moulding machine which can turn out plastic objects as big as water cisterns. Mr. Leong Chee, whose success in the running of a $200,000 a year plastic goods business became known today, said
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    • 248 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. Sept. first grade rubber f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 61 j cents per lb., down 3/8 cent. The tone was dull. Values were unchanged at the outset, but slightly easier conditions soon prevailed. The announcement of higher production and
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    • 33 9 WASHINGTON, Fri. (AP) —The U.S. Government sold 30 tons of surplus stockpile tin yesterday, 20 tons Grade A at U551.5325 a pound and 10 tons Grade B at U551.5175 a ton.
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    • 22 9 HONGKONG, Fri. (UPI) Money quotations: HK$5. 7875/5.8025 per US dollar for cash; HK515.99 per pound sterling; HK5267.375 per tael gold.
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    • 407 9 SINGAPORE, Fri.—lndustrials were quietly steady on the Stock Exchange today with business passing at about the same levels as yesterday. Traders eased slightly with business at $7.80. The London press reported that a bonus issue of one for five has been declared by Sime Darby but this
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    • 69 9 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Denmark is prepared to buy from Singapore as much as she is selling to this country, the Danish Ambassador Mr. K. E. Willumsen., said today. He was addressing about 200 agents, importers and some government officials at the opening of the Danish Food Fortnight
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    • 55 9 NEW YORK, Fri. (UPI)— Rubber futures closed five points lower to 20 points higher on no sales yesterday offers were:— Sept 22.258 23.00 Nov. 22.55 23.20 Jan. 22.75 23.20 Mar. 23.00 23.25 May 23.00 23.25 Jul/ 23.00 23.25 Sept 23.00 23.25 Locally, No. 1 RSS was quoted at
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    • 29 9 CANBERRA, Fri. (AFP).— Australia is sending top officials to Japan and the U.S. before this country resumes talks in the Kennedy round of trade negotiations in Geneva.
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The tin price for today was $606 per plcul, up 25 cts.
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE-MALAYSIA, S'PORE
      • 213 9 B S Boustead 1.52 1.54 Chemical Co 1.43 1.44 Cola Storage 2.88 2.95 Dunlop 2.40 2.42 Smelting 4.00 4.04 Esso Ords 2.98 2.99 United Holdings CCR 1.87 1.91 Fitzpatrlcks 1.55 1.65 F N. Ords. 3.62 3.64 Gammon 2.10 2.11 G. E. Life 62.50 Guinness 2.28 2.29 Hotel S'pura 1.02
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      • 112 9 Ampat CCR 9/4 10/Aokam 3.64 3.70 Austral Amal. 23/6 23/9 Austral Malay CDXR 32/6 Ayer Hitam 21/4* 21/10* Berjuntai 32/9 33/3 Hong Kong 31/- Idris Hyd. XD 15/6 K'pong LAnjut 23/9 24/Kamunting 18/10* 19/3 Kent 9/6 Killinghall 42/6 Kramat 11/10* 12/6 Kuala Kampar 24/6 25/3 Kuchai 1.96 2.00 Larut
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      • 40 9 Central Prop 84 .88 City Dev. 36 .36* Faber Union 51 .55 Island Hotel 57 Island Pen 45 .48 K L. Prop 88 .89 San Holdings 30* .31 Sel. Prop 1.30 S'pore Land 59* .60 Town City 84 .88
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      • 51 9 Ayer Hitam 1.20 Batu Lin tang 1.69 1.75 Borelli (New) 2.15 2.23 Kempas 1.91 1.98 Kepong Plant 1.95 2.00 Kluang Ord 1.80 Mentakab 1.62 New Scudai 4.10 4.50 New Serendah 2.31 2.38 Riverview 2/5 Sel. Coconut 3.00 Sungei Bagan 1.55 1.62 Sungei Tukang Termeloh XD 1.05 1.10 2.00
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      • 44 9 Anglo-Asian XD 1/1 1/2* Anglo Oriental 3/1 3/4 Bukit Sembawang XD 5/5 5/8 Cicely 2/5 2/7 Consol Salak 2/5 j Craigielea 1/5 K. L. Kepong 2/Kulim 1/7 1/8* London Asiatic 3/Malaya General 2/5 Merlimau Pegoh 2/- Petaling 3/5 Strs Rubber 1/1* 1/5
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      • 28 9 First Malayan 2.18 2.28 Second Malayan 1.54 1.64 Third Malayan 1.13 1.24 Malaysian Commerce .89 1.00 Mai. Savings Fund XD 1.30 1.40 Sterling Commodity 3/9 4/4
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    • AIR MOVEMENTS-SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR
      • 177 9 TIME AIRLINES FROM 8.20 a.m. MAL 019 Kuala Lumpur. 9.30 a.m. MAL 121 Kuala Lumpur. 9.30 a.m. Thai 404 Jakarta. 10.55 a.m. MAL 005 Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. 11.05 a.m. MAL 451 Kuching. 11.55 a.m. PAA 841 San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Guam, Saigon. K Bahru,
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      • 166 9 TIME AIRLINES TO 7.00 a.m. MAL 034 Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Jpoh, Penang. Alor Star, K. Banru. 7.31 a.m. MAL 122 Kuala Lumpur. 7.40 a.m. MAL 452 Kuching. 8.00 a.m. CPA 572 Bangkok, Hongkong. Taioeh, Osaka, Tokyo. 8.30 a.m. MAL 616 Kuala Lumpur, Hongkong. 9.00 a.m. MAL 042
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      • 141 9 TIME AIRLINES FROM 7.45 a.m. Air Ceylon (AE 115) Singapore 8.15 a.m. MAL (ML 122) Singapore 8.25 a.m. MAL (ML 034) Singapore, Malacca. 9.15 a.m. MAL (ML 005) Penang, Ipoh. 9.15 a.m. MAL (ML 616) Singapore 10.05 a.m. MAL (ML 042) Singapore. 10.55 a.m. Thai (TC
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      • 142 9 TIME AIRLINES TO 7.15 a.m. MAL (ML 019) Singapore 8.25 a.m. Air Ceylon (AE 115) Colombo, Karachi, Rome, London. 8.45 a.m. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 122) MAL (ML 034) Singapore. Ipon, Penang, Alor Star, Kota Bahru. 9.30 a.m. MAL (ML 005 > Malacca, Singapore. 9.50 a.m.
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    • 136 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. Singapore s Chinese Product Exchange noon prices today were: Previous Today's Sellers Sellers Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk Aug 43.25 43.25 Coconut oil (FOB) Drums Aug 45.25 45.25 Sugar (Java) ex-godown 25.75 25.50 Nutmegs 110s 475.00 475.00 Nutmegs B W 250.00 250.00 Garbled Lampong Black Pepper (FOB) 140.00n
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  • SHOW BUSINESS
    • 409 10  -  By LIM MENG KEE SINGAPORE, Fri. The thunderous orations roaring in the Spanish matador's ears and a defeated bull at his feet which awards Spain its famous image abroad is not all the country has to offer. Equally famed for its carnivals, particularly, Fena
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    • 209 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. Meet Yeo Siong Leng, 25, better known to his friends as Yang Yee, who switched from law to ballet studies when he was awarded a German scholarship for training in choreography and ballet. He has a bright future ahead in the field.
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    • 68 10 Character actor William Tell had just been slapped by Richard Conte in a scene, recently, at Paramount for "Assault O n A Queen." "Let's try it again," said director Jack Donohue. "You didn't seem to slap him hard enough, Richard." "Then why am I bleeding? asked Tell as
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    • 348 10  -  SINGAPORE, Friday. Bv LIM MENG KEE THE QUEST, a local pop-re-cording group has just returned here after a successful tour of Eastern Malaysia. These guitar twanging youngsters were a bit hit with their counter-p arts and pop fans in Sabah, Sarawak and
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    • 159 10 FILM AUDIENCES viewing Lewis Gilbert's new film "Alfie". starring Michael Caine in the title role, will experience a novel form of credit titles in the picture. Gilbert has put all titles and credits at the end of the film, soon to be released by Paramount. "I
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    • 293 10 KUALA LUMPUR Fri Ten filmstars and singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan are currently touring the main towns in mainland Malaysia in conjunction with a series of performances. In Kuala Lumpur recently, they thrilled their fans with the latest pop songs and dances, at the
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 53 10 In town tonight GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL: Arundel Room See Johnny and Paula in a programme of songs, dances, comedy and a touch of fire!! CLUB 77 KATONG: Featuring Singapore's young vocalists, Miss Maggie Teng and Teng Sheng. NEW WORLD PARK: Sunlight Hall —See the Mark Louis Stage-Show presents Annie Cheah
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  • 367 11 MANILA, Fri. A Filipino Representative today declared that it was "unfortunate" that two American Congressmen should choose to onpose passage of a House Bill to give more benefits to Filipino Veterans. They claim that the Philippines was not playing a lufficient role in Vietnam. To
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  • 147 11 HONG KONG, Fri. The Vice Mayor of Canton, South China's largest city, was seized, plastered with posters praising Chinese communist party chairman Mao Tse-Tung and put under arrest by Red Guards, according to reports here. Published reports quoting arrivals from Canton said the Vice
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  • 143 11 CANBERRA, Fri. (AFP) Australia's gift to India of four million pounds weight of greasy Merino wool over a period of three years will b e formally settled when India's minister of finance Sachindra Chaudhuri and Australian High Commissioner to, India Sir Arthur Tange exchange documents
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  • 85 11 SAIGON, Fri. (UPI) —A band of Vietcong terrorists posing as prospective voters blew up a polling office in a village 27 miles north of Saigon today, injuring at least five Vietnamese, U.S. officials said. According to a spokesman, the raiders went into the office at Lai
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  • 188 11 MANILA, Fri. (AP) a congressman on Fri. caused a wE 0 11 1 sensation by publishing the names of L irh rank in* police officers, government officials and politicians, including two congressmen, whom he claimed were involved in smuggling operations Congressman Floro Crisologo
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  • 193 11 TOKYO. Fri. (UPI) Foreign Minister Etsusaburo Shiina said today Japan has no intention of changing its position of treating the matter of Commuist China's membership in the United Nations as an "important question" at the 21st U.N. general assembly. Replying to a question at
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  • 879 11 PARIS, Fri. The impassioned speech by President Charles de Gaulle in Phnom Penh yesterday appears to be characteristic of the de Gaulle art of how to win friends by replacing US influence in the world. His call to the US to
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  • 51 11 SAIGON, Fri.- This family takes to the marshes when they were terrorized by operations to flush out Vietcong soldiers near their village recently. Rural rehabilitation and a strong economy is promised to the people of South Vietnam when they go to the polls on September 11 to return a constitutional
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  • 407 11 CAIRO, Fri. (UPI) It's one thing to ban child marriages, and another to enforce the order. So Egyptian officials are finding out in the Assiut area, a city halfway between Cairo and As- wan, to the south. As the law stands, there
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  • 260 11 VATICAN CITY, Fri. (UPI) A voluntary rejuvenation of the Roman Catholic hierarchy is under way. As many as 200 bishops 19 of the cardinals may offer their resignations for reasons of age in the next few months. Unless the bishops themselves choose to make
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  • 172 11 MANILA, Fri. (AP) Liberal Party leader, Congressman Salipada Pendatun today called on Filipinos living in Hawaii and the United States to support President Marcos' economic development programme by investing in Philippine bonds. Pendatun sent cables to Philippine consuls in Honolulu, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle, asking
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  • 43 11 SELMA, ALABAMA, Frf. (AFP) A court here today acquitted Jimmy George Robinson, a member of the Klu Klux Klan who was charged with attacking an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during a civil rights march here on March 7, 1965.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 161 11 SB SHAW GANISSTION LIDO Phone ***** loth DAY: 11-I^o-4-6-50-9.15 1 The Russians are Coming 2 Carl Reiner Eva Marie Saint ■jl'lhi R Next Change g Man Conld Get Killed* [CAPITOL Phone i«y|" ***** REX-SKY ***** g -NOW SHOWING-NO FREE LIST U. 15 am-1.45 11 11 am-1.30 a •■*M.45-9.30 II 4-C.30-B.IS
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    • 257 11 ORGANISATION £4«CATHAY p hone*****| m LAST 5 DAYS! -ti Ha m.. 2.30, 6.00 9.00 p.m. (9 i Di'ncy'i MARY POPPINS ffl Jalie Andrew Tethnlftor ffl TOMCHT MIDNIGHT! 'BEACH BALL" (Paramount) e SUPREME8 Technicolo ORCHARD: PALACE mam I 2 NOW SHOWING: £j 1 30. 4.00. 1.30. 4.00 6 30 9.15p.m. 6.45
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  • 1632 12 Indons hit out at Bung's Aug. 17 speech "INSIDE INDONESIA" with Musa Scully, our staff reporter who has just returned from a ten-day tour of the Republic. He and a group of Malaysian journalists were guests of the Indonesian government for the recent Indonesia's
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 636 12 I NOTICES SELANGOR TURF CLUB 3-D FORECAST POOL The Public are advised that commencing with thePP- a k September 1966 Race MeetinJ on 4th September 1966, Three Digits Forecast Pool Ticke?« and A.B.C. Three Digits Fors cast Pool Tickets based on tht usual $l/- Unlimited Sweep will be on sale
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  • 182 13 The floating hotel' SINGAPORE. Fri.— Singapore bazaar shops can expect a mild trade boom when the 27,500-ton luxury liner, "Guglielmo Marconi" sails in with some 1,560 tourists on a quick one-day sight-seeing and shopping spree tomorrow. A spokesman tor the Sina pore Tourist Association told the Eastern Sun that the
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  • 98 13 SINGAPORE, Fri. The highly recommended shops while on a shopping spree in Singapore are: Poh Heng Goldsmith, *****1 North Bridge Road, John Little's Tourist Shopping Centre; My Fair Lady Fashion House, 260-A Orchard Road (facing Jackie's Bowl); Moon Gate, 278 Orchard Road; Rose Gown Shop Ltd., 21 Stamford
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  • 165 13 SINGAPORE, Fri. Just to prove that not all collegiate stereotypes wear horn-rim glasses, grow beards, sit around dark cornered coffee shops and read Plato's Republic, the campus student is assuming a more fashion-conscious approach these days. He's attuned himself to what's new in the latest in fashion
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 368 13 C/ 4 V EXCITING GLAMOUR and QUALITY POH HENG OOLDSM iTHS UTD Head Office: 689 691 North Bridge Road Singapore 7 Tel. ***** ***** Branch: JOHN LITTLE S TOURIST fir SHOPPING CENTRE 44 Upper Ground Floor Singapore 1 Tel. ***** gffias m AS n visit MULCHAN 82-1 BRAS BASAH ROAD
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    • 16 13 TRAVEL CENTRE of SINGAPORE Well-known for personalized services 1-B AMBER MANSION, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. TEL: *****
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    • 174 13 -WsSPBW r-.r authorised distributors of high-class watches: VACHERON CONSTANTIN OMEGA INTERNATIONAL (IWC) PATEK PHILIPPE CYMA RADO CITIZEN and others. cameras: CANON ZEISS IKON ASAHI PENTAX YASHICA MINOLTA POLAROID transistors/ taperecorders: N ATI ON AL SONY PHILIPS SCHAUB LORENZ Slow HIAP BROTHERS 70, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE 6 TELEPHONE *****. i
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  • 263 14 DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Fri. (AP). —Honda has two chances to salvage something from its wrecked hopes in the 1966 Isle of Man tourist trophy (T.T.) motorcycle races today. It must score in the 50 and 500 c.c. events if it is to recoup
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  • 184 14 By "Two-stroker'' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Singapore's two veteran speedsters, K.C. Wong and Soh Guan Bee could pull off a big upset in the main event of the Fifth Tunku Abdul Rahman Circuit Races at the Sungei Renggam-Batu Tiga course this Sunday. And, it
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  • 125 14 SINGAPORE, Fri —Twelve men and 12 women will compete in the final round of the Sansul Tournament, organised by Jackie's Bowl, Orchard Road, on Sunday, starting at 11 a.m. The finalists will bowl in an eight game series and both the winners in the s®*?* an
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  • 83 14 TOKYO, Fri. (UPl)—Eigo Takagi Japan's No. 5 bantamweight won an upset unaimous 10-round decision tonight over third ranked Philippine bantamweight Tiny Pa J, a< L io at Korakuen Hall. Takagi showed faster foot work and scored from time to time with a one-two attack to the
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  • 64 14 Hinrich John (above), German champion in the 110 metres hurdles seen in action. His best time this year is 13.8 seconds. He is taking part in the European championships in Budapest. His strongest opponents will be the Italian Eddy Ottoz (13.6 seconds) and the Russian Micliailov (13.8 seconds).
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  • 71 14 SAN FRANCISCO. (California), Fri. (AP) —Ted A. Erikson's attempt to swim from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate ended in failure yesterday. He had covered about 10 miles when he was taken from the water at 2.32 p.m. (1932 GMT). He had been in the
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  • 129 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. The mounting interest shown by local civil servants for tennis has prompted the Singapore Civil Service Association to introduce an annual tennis tournament which will be held on Sept. 17. The tournament is open to all the ministries, each of whom is allowed
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  • 93 14 LONDON, Fri. (AFP)— At the suggestion of Colin Cowdrey, Brian Close has been asked to captain the England XI against the "rest of the world" at Scarborough (Yorkshire) next Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. Cowdrey has dropped out of the side. Another change is Tony
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  • 401 14  -  By John Clarke SINGAPORE, Fri.—Former world middleweight boxing champion, Terry Downes of Britain has volunteered his services as boxing coach to the Police Training School during his three-week stay here. The announcement was made last night by Assistant Superintendent. Mr. Teoh Beng San during
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  • 150 14 SEOUL. Fri. (AP) The manager of world junior middleweight champion Kim Ki-Soo of South Korea today denied a report that his boxer would fight Italy's exchampion Nino Benvenuti on Oct. 15. Mr. Bobby Richards, Kim's American trainer and manager said: "That's not true. We haven't
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  • 40 14 FRANKFURT, Fri. (AFP) The International Cycling Union meeting here has suspended six of the world's leading professional riders including new world champion Rudi Altig for failing to undergo anti-dope checks after the World Road Race Championship on Sunday.
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  • 91 14 BIRKDALE, England. Fri. (UPI) —British golfer Geoff Hunt was disqualified from the Carling Open here because he marked down the wrong score. The error occurred on Wednesday, but no one realised it until Hunt's partner, Australian Bruce Crampton, saw the score while reading a newspaper
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  • 61 14 TAIPING, Fri. Soccer fans in Kuala Lumpur will have a chance to see several international and state players in action on Sunday when Perak Malays plc;y Singapore Malays in a cup game. The game will be played on the Malay college padang in
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  • 343 14 IPOH. Fri. Two interesting football matches will be played at the Stadium Perak here this week in which the best Chinese footballers in Malaysia and Singapore will be in action. The first encounter takes place today when the Malaysian Chinese Football Association hold
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  • 256 14 LONDON Fri. (AFP) Yorkshire are almost there. Only the bat of Colin Cowdrey or the weather can prevent them winnnng the English country championship for the tirtieth time tomorrow. Although shot out for 109 in their second innings on an awkward Harrogate pitch, Yorkshire finished
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  • 530 14 BUDAPEST, Fri. (AP) Bodo Tummler, 28-year-old West German student, held off a thrilling challenge from France's Michael Jazy Fast night to win the European 1,500 metres title, adding another gold medal to the growing list of German triumphs. After three days of competition in the
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  • 28 14 SINGAPORE, Fri.—Young Men Sikh Association yesterday beat the Johore Bahru Medicals by four goals to two at the Farrer Park Stadium, in their recent encounter.
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  • 161 14 LONDON. Fri. (UPI) Results of English county cricket matches played yes* terday are as follows: Lords: Middlesex vs Hamshire. No play first two days. Hastings: A.E.R. Gilligans XI vs West Indies. West Indies 351. Gilligans XI 70 for 4. No play second day. Manchester: Lancashire
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  • 63 14 MANILA, Fri. (UPI)—A "Carnival of Sports," featuring Thai, Chinese and Philippines masters of the combat arts, will be staged herS tonight. Matches feature European fencing. Thai fencing. Amis (Filipino fencing) wrestling, judo, Aikido, Okinawa and Chinese karate. Thai boxing and conventional boxing. At stake are
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  • 78 14 LONDON, Fri.—Straight from his triumphs at the Commonwealth Games in Jamaica, Kenyan miler Kipohoge Keino (above) clocks the worlds second fastest mile as he wins the "Emsley Carr" Trophy in 3 minutes 53.4 seconds. A time only 2.1 second slower than Jim Ryun's new record awaiting ratification. Kenyan ahletes returning
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  • 414 15  -  Rapid Income, Ditton Wood go fastest on good track By Windsor Lad IPOH, Fri. Napoleon Solo (Pretty) and Hyrego were very impressive workers on the track this morning: when they galloped half -a mile in 51-2/5 sec. the last three furlongs in 37-4/5 sec. Napoleon
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  • 123 15 KCAL A LUMPUR, Fri. Athletes who will represent Malaysia in the fifth Asian Games in Bangkok at the end of the year will have to pass rigid qualifying marks set by Olympic Council of Malaysia. A warning to this effect was issued by Mr. Thong
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  • 344 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The fifth inter-railway games, coinciding with the sixth joint biennial conference between the Malayan Railway and the State Railway of Thailand, will be held in Kuala Lumpur from tomorrow. The Thai team, led by the General Manager of the
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  • 482 15 MALAYSIAN O IPOH, Fri. Indonesia's Niko Moerrdono beat Japan's top seeded player, T. Koora to create a bif upset in the second round of the men's singles of the 35th International Malaysian Open Lawn Tennis Championships at the Municipal courts here today Koura won the
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  • 487 15  -  U.S. NATIONAL TENNIS By STEVE SNIDER FOREST HILLS, New York, Fri. (UPl)—Lanky Art Ashe of Richmond, Virginia, still rusty after an Army indoctrination tour, pulled out of trouble against a tough Texas collegian yesterday and rolled into the second round of
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  • 61 15 TEHRAN. Frl. Results in third round matches on Friday In the Shah of Iran's Arya-Mehr Cup, postponed from Thursday because of bad light, were: Bob Hewitt, Aust alia) defeated O. Sihiguro Japan, 6-8. 6-4. 6-0. Bob Maud (South Africa) defeated Ken Fletcher, (Australia), 6-4, 6-8.
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  • 87 15 ThP Furonean heavvweieht champion, the German, Karl Mildenberger, wiU box Cassius Clay on Sept 10 In Frankfurt Germany for the world title. After having seen his opponent box Brian London in London, VZVSSZZ think*he has a chance for the title; he "saw something." This does
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  • 1752 15 RACE 1: Horses Class 6, Div. 2 6 Furs. 1.30 P.M. 1 400 Leader 5v 9 00 Inky Stable E Donnelly 15 2 3. 4 000 000 200 The Utile Kins Vigilante Josker IV lOv R*v 8.13 812 Mr/ Hoh Su Tiang Hock Stable E- van
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  • 134 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.—A big walk will be held on Monday in Kuala Selangor in conjunction with the Malaysia Day celebration. The walk will start at 8 a.m. from lambak Jawa, Jeram and finish at Kuala Selangor Town Padang for men. The total distance ls
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  • 884 16 HONG KONG, Fri. RED China's Red Guards have pledged to undergo combat training and put their oreanisation on a combat basis, Peking Radio reported today. The Red Chinese radio said the pledge was made by Red Guard representative from throughout the country who
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  • 168 16 MANILA, Fri. (UPI) Militant student groups todaythreatened to stage massive demonstrations to block the departure of the main force of the Philippine military contingent to South Vietnam on Sept. 11. A police spokesman said' they had received so far one application for a permit
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  • 613 16 JAKARTA, Fri. (IPI) Indonesia's "immovable object," President Sukarno. was scheduled to meet an 44 irresistable force," Gen. Suharto. Not even the nation's handful of physicists were willing to predict what would happen. Pres. Sukarno, still clinging to his old-line policies, was due to
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  • 61 16 HONG KONG,Fri A image of Bu ddha in Lin Yin temple, Hangchow, China, is plastered with condemnation slogans by the Red Guard in their rampage for the so-called "cultural revolution". Sign on the face says: "Destroy the old world" and below the statue reads: "Establish new world, destroy old world",
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  • 52 16 MENES, West Java, FrL Holding a big banner which reads "Re-enter the United Nations aft once" Indonesian youths from a Moslem organisa* tion gather to listen to Foreign Minister Adam Malik at the town square on Aug. 28. They shouted: "Long live Malik champion
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  • 124 16 JAKARTA. Fri. <AP>— President Sukarno yesterday said "It is my.... humanity that caused me to despatch five pounds of quinidine to Ron Winters. Winters. 24. was engaged in research on quinidine at the University of Oregon Medical School in Portland and when a shortage of quinidine
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  • 126 16 MANILA, Fri. (AP) A government education official, who gave a girl student candies dipped in a sex stimulant, was found guilty of murder yesterday. Javier Galura, formerly administrative officer of the twreau of public schools was sentenced to 12 to 20 years jail. Describing the case as the
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  • 54 16 TAIPEH, Fri. (AP) A member of the national assembly and two businessmen have been detained for suspected involvement In the theft of US$2.5 million worth of soybeans and bean flour from railway warehouses In Formosa. The assemblyman was Chou Lieh-Fan, secretary general of the Taiwan
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  • 76 16 JAKARTA, Fri. (AP).— The powerful Students Action Front of Semarang (Central Java) called on the military commander there to expel all overseas Chinese and confiscate their properties. They asked authority to make the Chinese to place boards in front of their houses declaring their nationalities. The
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  • 74 16 SAIGON, Fri. (AP)—The number of U.S. planes lost over North Vietnam increased to 351 today, with the announcement that an F-104 Starflghter and A-1E Skyraider were shot down by ground fire during raids yesterday. Pilots of both planes were listed as missing. In one of the key
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