Eastern Sun, 25 November 1966

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    25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. \ol. 1 No. 130. Friday, November 25 1966. "if MC(P) 1942 KDN 2309 Price 15 rents
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    Lock icon Armed men toss boy into flame
    147 1 MANILA. Thurs. A group of armed men killed thp parents of a six-year old eirl. burned their home, thpn tossed her two-year old brother into the flaming pyre, the afternoon Daily M rror said today. The newspaper said the crimes took place on Monday
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    Lock icon PM to PM on 'blood debt'
    95 1 TOKYO. Thurs. (IPI> Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato will send a personal letter to Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman soon to explain Japan's basic stand on tbe "blood debt" issue. The letter, which will be sent through Japanese Ambassador Tan Sri Fumihiko Kai.
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    Lock icon 360,000 TROOPS
    57 1 SAIGON, Thurs. The l otal strength of U.S. miliary forces in Vietnam reachsi 360.000 for the week endng last Saturday, the U.S. -ommand announced today. This was an increase of !.000 over the previous reporting period, but was a irop in the weekly average ncrease of 4,000 or
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    Lock icon ASIAN BANK LAUNCHED
    718 1 Watanabe elected President and warned its members that ADB 'requires more funds' TOKYO, THURS. (AP) MR. TAKESHI WATAN ABE of Japan was Development Bank (ADB) at its inaugural members against "premature dissipation" of its capital. The 60-year-old former Japanese blueblood with a lifelong career in finance, was
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    Lock icon 'ADB's future in your hands'
    179 1 TOKYO. Thurs. (AP) Mr. Cornelio Balmaceda. special adviser to the President of the Asian Development Bank, used an anecdote today to say the Bank's success or failure depended on how its 31-nation members will handle it. Mr. Balmaceda, who served as chairman of the Bank's
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    Lock icon Cheroot missing
    41 1 RANGOON, Thurs. Over U551,250,000 worth of coffee seeds and cheroot leaves were found missing when State auditors checked accounts at the Government Divisional Stores Exchange Centre at Taunggyi town in north-east Burma's Shan States, it was reported this morning.
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    Lock icon Indonesia doesn't expect much
    215 1 TOKYO. Thurs. (I'PI) Indonesian Finance Minister. Dr. Frans Seda, said Indonesia does not expect much out of the newly established Asian Development Bank at least for the first year of its operation. Dr. Seda who headed the 31st country to the ADB, however, added that the
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    Lock icon General warns Marines
    121 1 JAKARTA. Thurs—The Commander of the powerful Siliuangi Division of West Java. Major General H. R. Dharsono. has warned elements of the Indonesian Marines not to create 'terror.' Gen. Dharsono made the statement during a meeting with members of the Students Action Front of Bandung. West Java. The
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    Lock icon Wilson makes a request
    101 1 LONl> O N, Thors. Prime Minister Wilson has railed on South Africa to press Rhodesia's rebel leaders into an 11th hour settlrment with Britain, Government sources reported today. Mr. Wilson's request wai made in a personal message to Prime Minister Balthazar J. Vorster handed by Ambassador
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    Lock icon SUKARNO'S 'GOLD RESERVE'
    67 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. President Sukarno today described the 39 kilogrammes of pure gold covering the "flame" on top of Indonesia's National Monument in Jakarta as a "gold reserve" to guarantee the stability of the Indonesian rupiah. The President told Indonesian Journalists that the gold, worth about 60.000 U.S.
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    Lock icon Truce front 'alive'
    61 1 SEOUL. Thurs. (UPI) The tension along the Korean truce front is not dead. It started to rise on Oct. 15, hit a peak on Nov. 2 when six Gl's and a South Korean soldier were killed in an ambush by North Koreans 400 metres south of the
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    Lock icon Farmer's wife recalls explosions in the night
    791 2  -  SHIPPING TYCOON'S MURDER INQUIRY ..THIRD PAY Bv Lim Meng Kee SINGAPORE, Thurs. A farmer's wife heard explosions outside her home one night and thought it was fire-crackers, a preliminary inquiry was told today. She is Tan Ah Poh, 40, the second wife a
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    Lock icon Arnold Smith's public lecture
    42 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs.—Mr. Arnold Smith.. SecretaryGeneral of the Commonwealth Secretariat, will give a public lecture on "The Commonwealth and the Work of its Secretariat" at the New Lecture Theatre No. 1 at the University of Singapore on Dec. 1.
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    Lock icon Advice to Police officers, Constables
    208 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. Cheam Kim Sean?, today told 350 Officers and Police constables to maintain a high degree of restraint and patience at all times. Mr. Cheam was addressing 24 Cadet Inspectors and 326 recruit Police Constables at a passing-out
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    Lock icon Tour of subsidiary companies
    100 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The President of 3M Company, Mr. H. Heltzer, and a fiveman party will make a brief stopover in Singapore to visit the recently formed subsidiary, Minnesota (3M) Singapore Ltd. on Nov. 30. Mr. Heltzer and his party have been on a management review tour of
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    Lock icon 1967 C'wealth Scholarships
    65 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Singapore Government is now inviting applicants for Commonwealth Scholarships 19f17 that are tenable in the University of Hong Kong. The scholarships are for a period of two years' postgraduate study or research. Thev can be for the study of Chinese Language and Literature. Chinese History
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    Lock icon TOYS FOR UNDER-PRIVILEGED...
    95 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Tt won t take much to bring jov and good cheer to an under-privileged child at Christmas time. Just bring along a slight-ly-used teddy bear or, if you're feeling more generous, any brandnew toy to the Manager of the Odeon Theatre, North Bridge Road. He
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    Lock icon TIME TO DO YOUR X'MAS SHOPPING
    71 2 SING \rORE, Thurs. The first sign of Christmas was evident when a leadin* departmental store brought out old Frosty the snowman to greet customers at the entrance way. Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer and his friends hung from the roof to herald the start of
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    Lock icon A newspaperman's worth is measured by his experience and ability
    570 2 —Court told SINGAPORE, Thurr A newspaperman's worth is measured by his experience and ability not by his daily production of news stories. This opinion of the Straits Times Managing Editor, Mr. Khoo Teng Soon, was given to the industrial Arbitration
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    Lock icon P.I. roving envoy pays a tribute to S'pore Govt.
    297 2  -  By H.M.S. Sutan SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Republic's housing projects are an inspiration to other governments in South-east Asia and Its people and the Government should be congratulated This was stated by Mr. J. C. Benitez, the Philippine Roving Ambassador who is
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    Lock icon 'Abundance of vacant flats for sale and to let'
    475 2 SINGAPORE, Thura. Further commercial links with Indonesia should lead to greater confidence in Singapore and a marked Improvement of the pro*"rTh™awas stated in the anneal report «f the Singapore Land and Investment Co. Ltd. by its Chairman. Mr. J. S. Kirkham.
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    Lock icon Death of Kong Ngee Co. Ltd. s Governing Director
    106 2 SINGAPORE. Thurv Mr. Ho Khee Governing Director ol Kong Ngee Co., Ltd.. distributors of Chinese film* owners of several theatres in Singapore and Malawi and a cinema studio in Hong Kong, passed ana* on the evening of Nov. 23 at the
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    Lock icon S.T.C. STAFFERS WED
    69 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A couple, Mr. Teo Bene Hong and Miss Ivy Wee, who worked In the same of* fice were married at the Registry recently. Mr. Teo is the second »on of Mr. Mrs. Teo Boon Bay and Miss Ivy Wee is the second daughter of r
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    Lock icon MADRAS FAIR POSTPONED
    57 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The International Trade and Industrie* Fair, scheduled to be held in Madras for five weeks from Jan. 22. has been postponed for a year. This has been done on tn advice of the union enc Madras government in 0 der to give more time
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    Lock icon Rhodes: World watching your progress
    620 3  -  CHINESE CHAMBER BRINGS UP QUESTION OF TEXTILE QUOTAS By H. M. S. Sutan SINGAPORE, Thurs. Leaders of the Chinese Chambers of Commerce here this morning s P°ke about ll, e textile quota system to Lord Rhodes the Parliamentary Secretary of the British Board of Trade
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    Lock icon $1.5m. abattoir at Jurong
    217 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Public Works Department has recently awarded a 51.5 million contract for the construction of an abattoir at Jurong. In order to ensure that the necessary abattoir equipment would he available on time, a contract worth 52.4 million was last year awarded to a
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    Lock icon Kiwis go to polls tomorrow
    83 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Voting will take place tomorrow for New Zealanders in Singapore who are eligible to vote in New Zealand's zeneral election which takes place on Saturday. Voting will De on all day until 7 p.m. at the New Zealand High Commission, 13 Nassim Road.
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    Lock icon University of London exam results
    134 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The following external candidates who sat at the Singapore Centre were success ful at the University of London Summer Examinations held here in June, this year. B.So. (Estate) Management John Livingstone Chen 3rd Division B.Sc. (Economics) Revised Regulations Part I Eng Soo Peck,
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    Lock icon Carnegie Rock Chapter's first charity project
    100 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs The Dale Carnegie Rock Chapter will launch their first charity project at a Grand Social and Dance which will be held at the Ocean Park Hotel on Nov. 26 from 7.30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Highlights of the dance will be a
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    Lock icon QUERY ON ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO REPUBLIC
    273 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Toh Chin Chye will be asked if he is aware that people are illegally entering: Singapore along the coast at Mata Ikan and Padang Terbakar. The MP for Changi. Mr. Sim Boon Woo. has submitted this question
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    Lock icon TODDY COSTS WORKER $10/-
    45 3 KAMPAR, Thurs. A Town Council labourer. M. Narayanasamy. 26, was fined $lO for possession of two bottles of toddy in the Magistrate's Court here today. He was arrested yesterday by a policemen on beat duty at 2.10 p.m. at Jalan Tokong.
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    Lock icon Here to give advanced training in beauty care
    93 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—Mrs. Madge Corcoran is here to give advanced training in beauty care to Sime Darby's Gala girls. Mrs. Madgp Corcoran was herself trained as a Gala Beauty Consultant at Gala's Head Office in Burlington Arcade. London. When fully trained she went
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      81 3 Singapore diary 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. National Library. Stamford Road: Art Exhibition. 5 pm. to 7.30 p.m. Victoria Memorial Hall. Empress Place: Art Exhibition. by Nanyang Academy of Arts. 7.30 p.m. Cultural Centre. Canning Rise: A lecture on "Technical Media in Youth Work and Adult Education Theoretical Principle" by
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    Lock icon Soon a place for nice vacation...
    25 4 A BILL board at the junction of Genting Sempah and Bentong Hoad. showing the proposed project. Inset: Mr. Hen.
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    Lock icon 1967 is 'International Tourist Year'
    237 4 KrALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The year 1967 has been designated as "International Tourist year.'* This was decided unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly recently. The Assembly stressed that tourism was a basis and most desirable human activity deserving the praise and encouragement of all peoples
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    Lock icon $42,000 for expansion of Kampong Itek
    140 4 GOPLNG, Thurs. The State Government has allocated 542,000 for the development of Kampong Itek, a kampong three miles away from here, next year. Speaking at a civic course here, the Assistant District Officer, Mr. Michaelan Robert, said the money would be spent to bring
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    Lock icon 100 percent registration in secondary schools drive
    203 4 MALACCA. Thurs The State Government here is determined to achieve 100 percent or very near maximum registration of children for secondary education. The enrolment for 1967 now stands at 92 per cent. Orders have just gone out from the Chief Minister, Enche Abdul
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    Lock icon Singapore salesman's big loss
    67 4 Kl ALA LIMPUR, Thurs. A salesman from Singapore who parked his van near a hotel along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman on the night of Nov. 21, found his roods inside it missing the next morning. Tang Chong, 30, found the windscreen broken and reported loss of
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    Lock icon OVERSEAS CALLS
    44 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Mr. Chew Kam Pok, Di-rector-General of Telecommunications Department, Malaysia, has announced that advance bookings for overseas calls to be connected during the Christmas/New Year period (extending from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2>. can be accepted as from Dec. 1.
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    Lock icon BOOKIE FINED $1,200
    63 4 PENANG. Thurs. Teh Lean Chong. 29, whom the court descrioed as a collector and promoter of an illegal character lottery, was today fined $1,200 or six months' jail in the First Magistrate's Court when he admitted assisting in carrying out a character lottery. Teh was arrested in
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    Lock icon Helicopters will send tourists to Genting Sempah hill resort
    805 4  -  Tunku's idea becomes a reality By Percy Joseph KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. AERIAL tramways and helicopter landing stations to expedite tourists and travel to the Genting Highlands, will be a feature of a new West M ilaysian hill resort at Genting Sempah,
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    Lock icon Swedish officials to talk about THE PILLS
    105 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Two Swedish officials from thr Swedish International Development Authority will hold' talks with Malaysian officials of the Nat onal Family Planning Association. They are Mr Carl Wahren. head of family planning and research section and Mr. Ulf Borell, Professor of
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    Lock icon Detained fishermen safe and in good health
    101 4 MALACCA. Thurs. The Indonesian Government has assumed responsibility for thp safety and welfare of the 18 Malacca fishermen, all Malays, held in Sumatra since Oct. 21. The families of the missing fishermen from Kuala Sungei Baru. 28 miles from here, received this news
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    Lock icon Applications invited for Indian S'ship Fund
    145 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Indian Scholarship Fund has offered thrc* scholarships for secondary school course to students of Indian origin permanently domiciled in Malaysia. It is a local educational trust and of which the High Commissioner for India in Malaysia is the trustee. The
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    Lock icon 'Malaysia's development is sure winner'
    227 4 KUCHING. Thurs.—Malaysia's development will be a "positive winner" in the long run. This was the opinion of five members from the United Kingdom branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association who are now in Sarawak on a fourday visit. The delegation which arrived in the state
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    Lock icon NATIONAL CITY BANKERS' CONFAB
    172 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Kuala Lumpur saw its largest ever gathering of senior bankers when the First National City Bank of New York held its first Asian Management Conference in the Merlin Hotel. The First National City Bank in Kuala Lumpur was host to seven managers and
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    Lock icon Prince weds Sultan's niece
    100 4 KUALA KANGSAR, Thurs, The wedding took plact here today of Tunku Ahdal Azii, of Pahane, and Ra.n Nor Samsiah, of Perak. The ceremony was held it the Istana Iskandriah The bridgeroom is thf third son of the Sultan of Pahang and is an officer with the
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    Lock icon Being good citizen is important —Governor
    100 4 RUCHING, Thurs. The Governor of Sarawak. Tun Abang Haji Open;;, yesterdav stressed the importance «»f the role the schools should play in bringing up youne people to be good and loyal citizens. He was opening the Lutong Secondary School, near Mm. in the Fourth
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      115 6 IVrrwiN THE SECRET PROJECTION CHAMBER AT UNCLE H6APQUARTER6 STARTLING FILMS ARE shown by chief Alexander waverly' ano as NAPOLEON SOLO OBSERVES, ME CAN HARM KNOW THAT HE MtWBBLF WILL FALL TRASIC VICTIM to THE AWESOME WEAPON THAT WILL SOON TEMPT THRUSH ANO TRI&QER ir u iain i .nam YOU KBCO&NtZe,
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    Lock icon THE FUTURE TENSE
    442 8 fpHE Chief Minister of Penang, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, spoke mainly in the future tense when he tried to brush off criticism from the Opposition that there was a lack of dynamism and foresight in the State Government's handling of the development of the State. Telling
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    Lock icon SELF-SUFFICIENCY
    378 8 A SLIGHT hitch in the export of rice by Thailand has resulted in the increase of the price of rice In this country. In releasing rice from the stockpile to retailers, the Government has to see to it that prices remain unchanged, though unscrupulous dealers are liable to exploit
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    Lock icon Professional improvement vital to future of teaching profession
    2322 8  -  (A paper entitled: "Professional Improvement" presented at the current World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession, at the Singapore Third Asian Teachers' Seminar of the Conference Hall.) By: F. R. Bhupalan CONTEMPORARY society has witnessed major changes in the field of
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    Lock icon Jalan Bandar murder case:
    609 11  -  Who's the dead Attacker or victim Police may find answer soon By Chan Kam Yau KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— POLICE are investigating a murder case in which the intended victim did not die but another man was found dead at a spot 300 yards away from the
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    Lock icon Assembly told of hardships at ferry terminal
    215 11 PENANG, Thurs.— Tne Member for Butterworth, Mr. Wi 11 ia m s David, in an adjournment speech at the State Legislative Assembly meeting here last night, expressed great concern over the hardships and difficulties encountered by passengers and operators of vehicles at the
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    Lock icon Cheque for Ipoh's deaf, mute boy
    116 11 IPOH. Thurs. Twentysix staff members of the Malayan Banking head office at Brewster Road here have contributed $73 towards the fund of Ipoh's homeless deaf and mute boy whose sorry plight was first reported by the Eastern Sun in July. A cheque for this
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    Lock icon U.S.S.U. to hold first ever 'Student Welfare Week'
    299 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The University of Singapore Students' Union will for the first time hold a "Student Welfare Week" (Nov. 26 to Dec. 3). The Week will be packed with activities, confined to the University campus, in which the undergrads will participate. According
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    Lock icon India plans biggest ever fair
    214 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs. India is to hold its biggest ever International Trade and Industries Fair in Madras between Jan. 12 and Feb. 17, next year. Mr. K.C. Gupta of the Trade Division of the Indian High Commission here said that the Fair would be on a
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    Lock icon Sultan to address State Assembly
    181 11 IPOH. Thurs. The Sultan of Perak will address the budget meetin ogf the Perak State Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. The Mentri Besar Dato Ahmad bin Said, will move a Bili to provide for the public service of the State for the year. 1967. The enactment
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    Lock icon No reports of floods in Kelantan
    103 11 KOTA BHARU, Thurs. Until late today, there were still no reports of floods in any part of the State inspite of intermittent rain in areas of Ulu Kelantan during the last 24 hours. The water level of the Kelantan River at the Bradley Steps
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    Lock icon So shy strikers...
    29 11 TWO SHY striking girl employes belonging to the National Union of Clerical Employees in Ipoh were 'caughr by our cameraman outsida their office on Nov. 24.
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    Lock icon 13th session of I.L.O. Asian Advisory Committee
    222 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Some 70 delegates from 12 countries and the staff of International Labour Organisation will attend the forthcoming 13th session of the Asian Advisory Committee to be held here from Nov. 28 to Dec. 7. Mr. Lang Wong, Press Liaison Officer of
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    Lock icon 'Ria' increases padi output by three times
    302 11 PENANG, Thurs. Kamponj leaders were told today that the introduction of new padi "Ria" has made it possible for the output of padi per acre to be increased by three times the normal amount. This was made known in a speech by the
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    Lock icon LCC Summer Exam passes
    60 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The following Singapore candidates were successful in the London Chamber of Commerce Summer Examinations held during June and July, this year. Shorthand Typists Intermediate Certificate: Betty Kho, Khoo Whee Leng. Dora Slaw Ngok Yin. Private Secretary's Certificate: Doris Yeoh Hooi Ting. Irene Tan Slew
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    Lock icon Promoted officer in bank
    101 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs A senior employee of the Chartered Bank here. Mrs. Rosalind Lim San Neo. is the first women of the Bank's staff in Singapore to be promoted as an officer. She now heads the ultramodern Savings Department at the Bank's main office in Battery Road.
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    Lock icon TEACHERS WAIT FOR WAGES
    165 11 BRUNEI TOWN, Thurs. (AFP)—The crisis at the Chung Han School here resulting from a difference of opinion among committee members worsened this week. Its 57 teachers hare not been paid for last month. Some teachers have made several calls on committee members asking for their October
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    Lock icon 2 British car executives coming to S'pore
    155 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Two executives, Mr. Rer Watson Lee and Mr. George Kozloff, of one of Britain's leading groups of motor manufacturers will visit Singapore on Dec. 5 and 6. Mr. Lee is the Managing Director of the Rootes Group (Commercial Vehicle Division) and
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    Lock icon Compensatory action will be taken
    106 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Ministry of Education has announced that compensatory action will be taken by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate to a complaint in which questions in Paper 2 of the Cambridge Higher School Certificate Examination Principal Level Subject in Chinese were out
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    Lock icon 'Thrust bore' method applied
    183 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The "thrust bore*' method of construction was applied by the Sewerage Branch of the Public Works Department, which recently sucessfullv constructed an 18inch diameter main sewer across Bukit Timah Road at its junction with Cluny Road and the 40 ft wide Bukit Timah Canal.
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    Lock icon Plumber robbed
    28 11 IPOH, Thurs. A plumbed, Lee Poh Koay, 19, was robbed of a wedding-ring, a wrist-watch and $lOO by four armed thugs yesterday at Chamberlain Road here.
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    Lock icon Han Suyin scholarship
    107 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —The Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman will personally select the young Malay who will receive the Dr. Han Suyin Scholarship for engineering at the University of Malaya. This was disclosed here today by the Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, Mr. Ali Thambyrajah. The
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      Lock icon Birds a-dying Down Under
      137 12 AMERICANS once called Sydney, New South Wales the "city of riches" because of the 400 species of birds found in and around it. Now a leading naturalist, Mr. Alex Chisholm, says that birdlife near Sydney is at its lowest ebb. "Indiscriminate clearing of their habitats for
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      Lock icon New Aussie team for Antarctic
      121 12 new leader of Australian antartic expeditions, who will spend 12 months in various branches of research in the Antarctic during 1967, has been appointed. He is Mr. John C. Erskine, of Griffiths, New South Wales, a prominent engineer who has worked in many countries. Mr.
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      Lock icon Govt. to sell old coins
      151 12 SILVER worth between $40,000,000 and $60,000,000 is being offered for sale by the Australian Government. The silver, between 1000 and 1500 tons of it, is contained in all of the two-shil-ling and sixpenny coins which will not be needed because of Australia's switch to decimal
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      Lock icon THE WEDGE' SYSTEM: AN OLD PRINCIPLE FOR THE MECHANISED FARMER
      487 12 A UNIQUE tool* bar cultivator, bringing a new speed, versatility and simplicity to farming, has just been developed in Australia. It has staggered the agricultural world because it has been designed around a mechanical pr i ncipal as old as
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      Lock icon New plane tor the flying doctor
      116 12 ANEW AsBs,ooft "Flying Doctor" aircraft, just presented to the famous Australian service founded in 1928 to give the isolated residents of the most remote parts of the Australian continent speedy medical attendance, is a remarkable contrast to the early planes used almost 40 years
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      70 12 Mrs. E. Mayo of South Australia, is the new national president of the Australian War Widows' Guild, succeeding the late Mrs. J.V. Vasey who died last month. Mrs. Mayo has two sons, John, an education officer in New Guinea, and Oliver, a student at Adelaide University. Her husband.
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      Lock icon Ambassador from Brazil
      64 12 SENHORA Margaridea Nogueira, of Brazil, is the first woman to be appointed an Ambassadress to Australia. Senhora Nogueira has filled diplomatic posts in Holland, England, Hungary and Italy, but this is her first appointment as an ambassadress. When she presented her credential to the GovernorGeneral. Lord Casey,
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      Lock icon $ $ $ for the bird smugglers
      241 12 for the bird smugglers AUSTRALIAN Customs officers believe they have discovered a million dollar racket involving the illegal export of native Australian birds. In one week in Sydney, New South Wales, they recently seized two consignments of native parrots and cockatoos, each consignment believed to be worth Asls,000, apparently destined
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      52 12 AT the Wipa State Forestry Mill, near Rotorua. each Tokelauan bov has his own small house or hut. Here the boys have been issued with their mattresses. The day was cold and the boys are wearing thick woollen duffle coats, suitable for the colder New
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      199 12 WE are familiar with tapestry recording: medieval history, flower designs of classic patterns. Helen Baldwin. of Sydney, a skilled needlewoman, has departed from this; she records Australian landscape. With her husband, Mr. E. N. Skarratt who is an architect, she travels frequently to the Darling River,
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      198 12 IN THE wild highlands of Papua-New Guinea, where until recently many of the the people were head-hun-ters, Mrs. Tove Clarke, the Territory's director of Junior Red Cross, teachers children hygiene and international friendship. She established the junior Red Cross in the Territory schools, but found
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      818 12 HAVE you ever thought of the chaos there would be if manufacturers made the everyday products we use to any size, shape or strength they fancied? Imagine the nightmare, for instance, if you could never be sure that the electric light bulbs you
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      141 12 AUSTRALIA'S fifth satellite tracking station has opened at Cooby Creek, near Toowoomba. in the State of Queensland. The station cost 5A5.250.000 and is the first to be set up in Queensland. It will be used in experiments with the Applications Technology Satellite programme. The first ATS
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      92 12 WHEN a detective in East Melbourne. Victoria, was chasing a youth who had crashed a stolen car he called out to a car service proprietor, "Help me catch that man'." The service station man "sooled" his dog into the chase and the dog angrily chased the detective,
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      1558 13  -  By: Alan Hart The pretty commoner became a Queen. Some people resented it..and the result was one of the most violent assassin* ations of all time. ||si the middle of a summer's night in 1903, two naked bodies were tossed out of a window in
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      443 13  -  By DEREK N. ABRAMS LONDON, Thurs. (UPI). Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy once put an advertisement in a newspaper. It read: "An extremely reliable girl wanted to look after a girl of seven and a boy of four." Mrs. Kennedy was looking for a "Nanny," a
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    62 14 FINAL burst of speed hv Private Dannv Seaton, of Mungindi, New South Wales, who won a double at the Fourth Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment's athletic meeting at Terendak Garrison, Malaysia. Private Seaton won the 220 yards final in 26 sees, and the 100 yards final in 10.6 sec.
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    119 14 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP) Philippine boxer Gabriel (Flash) Elorde, in town for a chance at Carlos Ortiz world lightweight title, took time off from training yesterday to meet Francis Cardinal Spellman. Archbishop of New York, and James Farley. Sr. Farley, once a power in Democratic Party
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    93 14 TAIPING, Thurs. Ipoh, last year's winners shared honours with Teluk Anson to retain the Championship Shield in the Perak Police Volunteer Reserve 7th annual shooting competition at the Rifle Range in Kamunting here. P.C. Ramli bin Kitek won the individual title while Taiping took first
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    Lock icon Criticism opens new chapter in presidency fued
    253 14 MANILA, Thurs. (AFP) A new chopter in the long-standing feud between the South Korean Boxing Commission and the Philippines Games and Amusements Board (GAB) was opened today. In a statement published here. GAB chairman Justiniano Montano Jr. sharply criticised the Korean ruling on
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    86 14 MELBOURNE, Thurs. <AP) —Top tennis amateur Roy Emerson last night rejected a 50.000 Australian dollars (70.000 U.S. dollar) offer to turn professional for one year and said: "I feel my future in business is more important than professional tennis Ashley Cooper, executive of the
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    253 14 SEOUL. Thurs. < AP) Secretary General Park Boon-Chul f)f the Oriental Boxing Federation (OBF> today rejected a.* "preposterous" The Philippines contention that the coming December 17 fight in Manila between Pedro Adigue of the Philippines and Charnchai Thairat of Thailand be made Orient
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    314 14 LONDON, Thurs. (AP) Horry Catterick, manager of Everton, English Soccer' Cup holders has called for wire fences around British soccer fields to keep hooligan fans at bay. "The fans must be fenced in before there is a serious incident," CattericK said. Everton
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    240 14 LONDON, Thurs. «UPIi~ Finland's Lauri Ajanto wij defend his International Masters championship bowling title when 24 national champions begin battle here in a three-day tournament starting on Dec. 6. it was announced yesterday This year's championship, the second to be sponsored by the
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    298 14 LONDON. Thurs. <AFP> The Scandinavians again won this year's the Royal Automobile Club International Rally round Britain which ended here last night. This is their seventh successive win and of the first ten drivers this year eight were Scandinavians Bengt Soderstrom, of Sweden and
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      569 14 KSEmSB P.W.D. SINGAPORE TENDERS are invited from P.W.D. Registered Contractors for the following Works:1. Reinstatement of Road Trenches within North Division, Singapore during 1967. All approved "Roads" Contractors. Closing Date: 9-12-66 at 10 a.m. 2. Reinstatement of Road Trenches within East Division. Singapore during 1967. All approved "Roads" Contractors. Closing
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      372 14 P.W.D. SINGAPORE. TENDERS are invited from P.W.D. Registered Contractors for the following works: Construction of a Primary School (No. 2) at Mattar Road. Singapore. Building Contractors above $250,000/-. Closing Date: 9-12-66 at 10 a.m. Sub-Contract Supply and Delivery of No. 400 Cattle Single Drinking Bowls to Animal Quarantine Station at
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    222 16 NegriMalacca will miss 5 regulars SEREMBAN, Thurs. Negri/Malacca will be without several of their regulars when they travel to Singapore tomorrow to play their last H.M.S. Malaya Cup rugger tie against Singapore Joint Services on Saturday. They will badly miss Capt. Mike Harrison. Inspector Khoo, Sharin Abbas in addition to
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    213 16 BANGKOK, Thurs. (AP)— Malaysia today breezed to a comfortable first round lead in the 1966 Putra Cup golf championship at Don Muang course here highlighted by a splendid three under par 69 by Zainal Abidin. Abidin shot five birdies, Including three in a row
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    371 16 Up and over... MALACCA. Thurs Five months ago Corporal Eddie Lang, of Windsor, Brisbane. Australia. was in a Singapore military hospital. He was seriously ill with bullet wounds in the chest and left arm. Earlier he h a d been evacuated
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    271 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Malaysian Prime Minister and president of the Football Association of Malaya, Tunku Abdul Rahman, "welcomes" the participation of Joint Services F.A. in the Malaysian Cup series next vear. In a letter to the chairman of J.S.F.A. Lt/Col G. W. Shaw, the
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    Lock icon 2 teams share Cup in 7-a-side tourney
    86 16 KAMPAR, Thurs. The Seven-a-Side Senior Open round football league 1966 was played on the Town Padang here yesterday. The Joint champion holders for the Choong Kee Cup were Dravidians "A" and the S.E.K.B. The Bachelors beat the Married men by five goals to
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    29 16 NEWPORT, WALES. Thurs. (UPI) —The touring Australian Rugby Union team Dlaved a three-three tie with Newport here yesterday. All the points were scored in the first half.
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    372 16  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Badminton Association has implemented the first phase of operation "call up" to groom young stars in the nation's climb back to glory in badminton. The Association has sent circulars to all affiliates to submit names of players who
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    154 16 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP> Fred Stolle of Australia is the No 1 amateur tennis player in the world, in the year-end rankings of World Tennis Magazine. Stolle, winner of the U.S. championship, was given a slight edge over the Wimbledon winner. Manola Santana of Spain.
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    425 16 PENANG, Thurs. A series of sports and games, including the Burnley Cup soccer competition and an inter-State hockev quadrangular meeting, will be held during the Festival of Penang which starts on Dec. J. The Burnley Cup competition will be played at the
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    96 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs The management of Mobil has made a grant of $5,000 towards the newly formed Mobil Recreation and Sports Club. At a simple ceremony, the president of the club. Mr. C. K Goh received the cheque from the Managing D rector of Mobil
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    110 16 Ist day (Saturday): First singles: Teh Kew San vs Suresh Goel. Second singles: Tan Aik Huang vs Dinesh Khanna. First doubles: Tan Aik Huang and Yew Chen? Hoe vs Diou Ghosh and Romen Ghosh. Second doubles: Tan Yee Khan and Ng Boon Bee vs Suresh Goel and
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    245 16 Kl ALA LUMPt R. Thurs. Malaysia's Thomas Cup coach. Eddy Choong. todav described the draw for the Thomas Cup challenge round between India and Malaysia as "psycholoeicallv verygood". He said this was so because a victory by Teh Kew San over Suresh Goel, a young but
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    226 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thun. Mr. Joginder Singh, recently re-elected President of the Malacca Hockey Association. has "shocked"' Malaysian Hockey Federation officials by tendering ?s resignation from the MHP Council. He was one of the MHF selectors and also the "South delegate" on the Execute Council. Mr.
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    122 16 SEREMBAN. Thur The Life Guards who registered their 12th successive win in the N.S.R.U. Lea? s were given a "standing ovs* tion" as they walked ba r < to the pavilion after the:* resounding 38-6 win over N.S.C.R.C. last evening Life Guards XV will broken
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    33 16 SINGAPORE. Thur "T The Mercantile Ban* Sports Club <S'pore brancß will celebrate its 15th anfr* versa ry with a dinner s"dance at the Chinese ming Club on Saturday > 7.30 p m.
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