Eastern Sun, 8 April 1967

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  • Title Section
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    25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 237 Saturday. 8 April 1967. MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Freedom for one too many champagne bride
    142 1 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) A young typist won her freedom today after claiming she was drunk or hypnotised when she took marriage vows two years ago. A dge decided Elizabeth parrish. now 21. did not have her mind properly directed to what was g
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    Lock icon Work for sacked policemen in Ipoh
    99 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Malawi an Government will reemploy the police perscnne. of Malaysian citizenship who were recently retrenched by the Singapore Government. This xas stated late today by a spokesman of the Ministry of Home Affairs. He said arrangements were being made to
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    Lock icon PRESENCE OF MIND
    25 1 ST BRIEUC. Fri. (Reuter) An off-duty policeman fighting a losing battle to •and an 18-pound salmon, summoned help with his Police thistle.
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    Lock icon RESTRICTED MALAYSIA PASSPORT FROM JULY 1
    886 1  -  IT'S OFFICIAL NOW... By Lim Thow Boon Kuala Lumpur. Friday: IT IS NOW OFFICIAL' from July 1, all persons entering West Malaysia direct Singapore produce national passports or nised travel documents. The pre arrangement of producing tity cards examination travel men t s CEASE
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    Lock icon Convent students missing
    265 1  -  By Peter Laoke, Martin Lim SINGAPORE, Fri. THE Singapore Police today launched an island-wide search for three missing schoolgirls from the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus at Kellock Road. The three girls mysteriously disappeared after leaving their respective homes for school yesterday morning. The anxious parents
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    Lock icon VC attack Quang Tri, 300 prisoners freed
    244 1 SAIGON, Fri. (Reuter) North Vietnamese and Vietcong regular troops yesterday launched a coordinated attack on Quang Tri City, blowing up military installations with explosive charges, and overran two regimental command posts south of the town, military sources said today. Reports reaching here indicate
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    Lock icon 'Chronicle' makes charges
    225 1 MANILA, Fri. (AP) The "Manila Chronicle" charged today that the Sabah elections will used as propaganda against the Philippines because of this country's claim to the Malaysian State. In an editorial, the newspaper also said that Philip-pine-Malaysian relations "have suffered a setback" because of the elections scheduled
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    Lock icon 'An act of selfdefence'
    106 1 SAIGON, Fri. (Reuter) South Vietnam today claimed the right to retaliate against Hanoi for a daring guerrilla attack on Quang Tri City and what is believed to be tne firs: raid across the Demilitarised Zone. Lieutenant-General Nguyen Van Thieu, the Head of State, told reporters, "If
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Tunku advises hospital staff to be patient
      199 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, today laid the foundation stone for the new Kuala Lumpur General Hospital. The s49rmllUon complex is being built in stages on the of the old General Hospital Pahang. It is scheduled to be completed
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      Lock icon Tunku urged to intervene in dispute
      194 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. •—Yet another union, the Amalgamated National Union of Local Authority Employees, today called on the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman to intervene m the current teachers' dispute. It further called on the Tunku to hold urgent discussions with the Malaysian Trades
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      Lock icon Razak leaves for NZ, Australia today
      168 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Frt The Deputy Prima Minister. Tun Abdul Razak b. Hussein, and Toh PUan Eaha will. leava here by Qantaa at 745 p.m. tomorrow for visit to New Zealand and Australia. They will proceed t* Kew Zealand vyUPectk. and Sydney,. arriving there on
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      Lock icon SEMINAR ON TEACHING
      60 2 MUAR,Fri. About 200 MTC and RTC trained teachers from all parts, of W«si Malaysia will take part in a two-day seminar on the teagixinf of, agricultural and home science at the Malayan Teachers College in Johore Bafcru from April 10. The Assistant Chief Education Adviser of teachers
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      Lock icon The VIP gathering at the opening of the $2 million Ministry of Defence Building in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday Front row from left are:Toh Puan Raha,wife of the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak; Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman,the Ministerof Works,Posts and Telecommunieations, Tan Sri V.T.Sambanthan.
      50 2 The VIP gathering at the opening of the $2 million Ministry of Defence Building in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday Front row from left are:Toh Puan Raha,wife of the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak; Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman,the Ministerof Works,Posts and Telecommunieations, Tan Sri V. T.Sambanthan. EASTERN SUN Picture.
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      Lock icon Sweet, smiling striker...
      69 2 THIS picture taken by our cameraman, Mok Voon. in Kuala Lumpur recently of.in attractive teacher who went On strike, is a food reason that in spite of strike*, streia and, Strain, life is worth living. ti js always a pleasure to wake up in our sunny land
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      Lock icon Lawyer's plea for Thai girls fails
      374 2 PENANG, Frt An American naval serviceman, James Allen Jane, 22 t claimed in the Second MagiSr trate's Court here today, that one of he two Thai girls who were charged with illegal entry into Malaysia without a valid pass, was his bride-to-be. Referring to
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      Lock icon GOOD PR DRIVE BY NUT
      132 2 KUALA LUMPUR. FtU Members of the National Union of Teachers were tonight urged to carry out their individual efforts to swell the union's membership and its industrial action fund "to show tne Government that we mean business" Secretary General. Mr. John R. Gurus a my,
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      Lock icon Straits Times stand deplored
      92 2 «;*»vsb lis lufcidh deploring th* antLa«e o iiav®. ers not to subscribe to it. This resolution was taken at the uriwii'fc annual meeting yesterday. "The Straits Times has ill along Wwt fcttticii of ttide unions especially, when KWSJ« Nathfth, secfrettrf 0 f the branch. Mx, Nathjm
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      Lock icon Compliments for the Eastern Sun's unbiased reports
      388 2  -  By CHOO TECK MAU MUAR, FRIDAY T,OCAL residents from all walks of life in the Muar district fctriting teachers, schoolchildren, businessmen, clerks, non-striking teachers and heads of schools this morning presented separate bouquets to the Eastern Sun for its fair and responsible of
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      Lock icon 'Graft has become an acute problem'
      172 2 &U4LA LUMPUB, Fri. Corruption had become an acute and urgent problem in this country, the President of the Sessions Court, Enche Abdul Hamid Azmi said here today. He said: "Democracy depends on the honesty of the administrative officials. "Democracy will be ruined if corruption
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      Lock icon War College officers here
      58 2 .KUALA LUMPUR, Tri T-.& 35 ~r n--embpt team of QflVers trom die United Stiteg -War .o>lle£e arrived here today-in till last leg of a fact-finding Cftl Stuart M. -Paper tola reporters they rbriA. to get a "better understanding of problems W« Share" and And ways of
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      Lock icon 'Ways to reduce drain on foreign exchange'
      131 2 KUALA LUMPUjt, Fri.— Malaysia's livestock population is inadequate to meet the increasing demand for animal protein except in pigs and perhaps in poultry. And to meet this and other inadequacies of protein in rural areas and the "less wealthy" sections of the urban
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      Lock icon Ruzak calls for setting up of business training institute
      366 2 KVALA LUMPUR, p* Th e Government's policy was to intensify and expand the develoment of human sources for national economic development, the Deputy Ktme Minis ter, Tun Abdul Razak. The three essentia: r* qulrements in economv <k velopment were firstly th*
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      Lock icon NUT claims official has been victimised
      180 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. It is over the strike by 10,000 members of the National Union of Teachers. Over, but only for the duration of the three-wees April school holidays. NUT's secretary-general Mr. John Gurusamy has reiterated on several occasions that the strike action would
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      Lock icon Judgment on RMIV officer April 18
      130 2 KUALA LUMPUR Fri. Aa enforcement officer 01 the Registrar and Inspect o of Motor Vehicles here M®" hamed Hashira, 34. was j?" day charged with corrupt!? accepting $25 to pass Omar bin Osrr.an in a test for 3 |axi driver's licence on an. Mofyamed.
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      Lock icon Busy day for the observers
      611 4 SABAH ELECTIONS: JESSELTON, Fri. Seven of the 14 observers, who are currently touring Sabah to witness the first general elections in the state, arrived in Sandakan this morning in two separate groups. They were welcomed by the Resident, Mr. Richard Lind and the Chairman of
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      Lock icon 'TIME OF THE TIGER' IS A FABULOUS SHOW
      308 4  -  Chan Kam Yau. KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. I confess unashamedly that I went to the Theatre Club's 67 'Time of the Tiger" hell bent on murder not the physical aspect but the theatrical. After bashing away a full day on latest developments In
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      Lock icon AZIZ ISHAK'S NEW POST
      66 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Enche Aziz Ishak. the MP for Muar Dalam. has been appointed the Political Secretary to the Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Othman Mohamed Sa'at with effect from April 1. Enche Ishak was until recently the Political Secretary to the retiring Minister of Home Affairs.
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      Lock icon Rural people must know more about health problems—Sultan
      300 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaysia is still faced with a shortage of medical personnel despite the aid received from the World Health Organisation. said the Sultan of Selangor. He was speaking at the opening of the World Health Dav exhibition held at Chinwoo
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      Lock icon Clean up of rebels by Kaum Ibu
      136 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. The Johore Kaum Ibu. the women's section of UMNO, is to "clean up" the organisation of anti-party and rebellious elements. Disclosing this Hajjah Sa'adah Kadiman, chairman of the Kaum Ibu said she had given ample warning to party members of
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      Lock icon Kiosk opening
      25 4 MUAR. Fri. District Officer, Enche Ibrahim bin Abdul Majid will open a new petrol kiosk cum service station in Jalan Khaiidi hera trum/wow.
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      Lock icon WHAT'S IN A NAME
      41 4 Her name? We don't know. Our photographer was stunned by this teacher's look that he failed to find out who's she. But, what's in a name. A rose is a rose, is a rose is a rose
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      Lock icon MERITORIOUS MEDALS FOR 68 PEOPLE IN MUAR
      316 4 MUAR. Fri. The EASTERN SUN correspondent in Muar, Mr. George Tan Poy Yan. 26 is among 68 people in Muar district who have been awarded the P. P. M. Medal by the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong. The other receipients are: Mr. Chua Lam Thong,
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      Lock icon Self-sufficiency in rice by 1970 —Minister
      353 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaysia will be self-sufficient in rice by 1970. This is the pledge the Minister of Agri. culture and Co-operatives, Haji Ghazali bin Jawi, gave the nation today. He gave this promise when he opened the 14th annual conference of the Malaysian
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      Lock icon TUNKU TO VISIT JOHORE AGAIN
      172 4 JOHORE BAHRC, Fri... The Prime Minister, Abdul Rahman will make 2 second official visit to Johon on April 13 and 14. On the first day of hs visit he will be at Kluang and the following day a Segamat. The Tunku visited Muar and Batu
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      Lock icon New bookshop in Muar
      46 4 MUAR, Fri. A new bookshop "U ni on Book Store" (Sharikat Union) will be opened in Muar tomorrow. Situated at Jalan Majidi near the Muar General Post Office, the shop supplies ail types of school texbooks. stationeries, art materials and visual aids.
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      Lock icon Most outstanding pupil...
      76 5 Miss Amarjit Kaur (right), the most outstanding pupil of the ye a r at the Methodist Girls' School in Kuala Lumpur, and also winner of the School Captain Award, receiving her prizes from Datin Salmah, wife of the Mentri Besar, Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, at the
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      Lock icon Well-known TV, Radio personality due tomorrow
      303 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Julie Chase Fuller, national president of American Women in Radio and Television, Inc. will arrive here on Sunday for a brief day's stop over. Through her two-hour daily programmes, she has also become a favourite New England radio personality. The subjects
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      Lock icon FLAG DAY
      58 5 SINGAPORE, Fr i. The Singapore Association for the Deaf will hold its flag day tomorrow. Proceeds of the flag day will go towards the building of a Vocational Training Centre and Workshop in which deaf children and young people can learn trades and skills which will enable them
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      Lock icon Farmers told: Middlemen 'not sincere'
      412 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Haji Mohd. Ghazalli bin Haji Jawi, today visited Tanjong Karang in order to look into the staffing position of the FAMA and the co-operative society in the area. The Minister also briefed the staff on the
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      Lock icon For plucky Kam Yuen, 13 is lucky number
      174 5 KAMPAR, Fri. Thirteen is an unlucky number for many people. But for one plucky girl in Tanjong Tuallang, No. 13 represents hope, faith, determination and re- newed strength. That girl is 14-year-old Chan Kam Yuen, the $3O a month maidservant, who is
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      Lock icon Teachers ready for pay cuts
      110 5 MALACCA, Fri. Teachers who were on strike here are resigned to a smaller pay packet for April. This, they reckon, is unavoidable because the Government holds the purse strings. They are, however, not unhopeful that their loss will be temporary and that in due course
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      Lock icon Ex-DTC union members protest
      240 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Eastern Sun today received a letter signed by 51 D.T.C. teachers from T e 1 uk Anson, protesting against the comments made by the Negri Sembilan branch secretary-general of the D.T.C. Teachers Union, Mr. K. Ratnam, about the present strike action by
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      Lock icon Study of S'pore's shipping and entrepot trade
      254 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. Local commercial leaders today met for the first time in an organised group to study and resolve some of the problems affecting the Republic's shipping and entrepot trade. They are all members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce's sub-Committee on Shipping
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      Lock icon Drive against ticket touts
      96 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Police and Customs are launching a vigorous drive against black-marketing in cinema tickets by touts. The public are warned that it is an offence, under the Entertainments Duty Rules, for any person to sell or purchase tickets for admission to a cinema at
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      Lock icon $4.5 MILLION BRIDGE OPENING
      55 10 MUAR, Fri. Tne Sultan of Johore will officially declare open the new $4.5 million Muar bridge on April 15 at 10.30 am. The Minister of Posts, Works and Telecommunications. Tan Sri Sambanthan, and the Chairman of the Johore State Works Committee, Dato Chua Song Lim, will
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      Lock icon Singapore watch traders donate $1,000 at 38th anniversary dinner
      281 10 SINGAPORE, F r i. The Singapore Clock and atch Trade Association last night celebrated ♦l5 anniversary with a grand dinner at the Chinese Chamber of tommerce building. f ha n a thousand guests, including the Singapore Prime Minister. Mr. of th
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      Lock icon British executives 'highly impressed' with Republic's development, living standard
      345 10 SINGAPORE, —A 20-member delegation of British executives left here last night "highly impressed" with Singapore's rapid development and the prevailing high standard of living. The delegation was led by Mr. David Tate of Messrs. Tate and Lyle Ltd.. and Miss Prunella
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      Lock icon Singaporeans 'amaze me,' says Prunella
      245 10 Singaporeans amaze me,' says Prunella SINGAPORE, Fri. A young British executive has fallen in love with the Republic not because of its beauty but with the way the multi-racial Singaporeans live together. She is pretty Miss Prunella Tuff. Public Relations Officer of the Royal Commonwealth Society in London. "I am
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      Lock icon 40 PER CENT: Re-exports of imported copra
      158 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Government's scheme for permitting re-exports of copra to the extent of 40 per cent of an imported consignment will now also apply to exports to Malaysia. Applications for exports to West Malaysia will be in the form of signed
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      Lock icon 400 watches, $400 cash stolen
      99 10 SINGAPORE. Fri The proprietor of a watch shop was awakened this morning to find his shop ransacked and 400 hundred watches, valued at $20,000, and $4OO cash missing. The proprietor, Mr. Yeow Eng Huat. 34. of Yew Lian Trading Co., in Anson Road, later told
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      Lock icon Diggers form charity committee
      93 10 SINGAPORE. Fri. Australian soldiers at Army Headquarters in Singapore have formed a committee of four to raise funds for three charity projects. The projects are the provision of a wheelchair which is urgently needed by the Little Sisters of the Poor, assistance in renovating a bathroom
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      Lock icon 165 accidents
      22 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. There were 165 road accidents, of which one was serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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      Lock icon Sikhs' cultural show
      80 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. Thousands of Sikhs are expected to flock to the Singapore Khalsa Association on Sunday to celebrate the annual "mela" (Sikh cultural show) at Jalan Bahagia from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. This annual show will attract Sikh teams from some Malaysian States. The highlight will
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      Lock icon 20-yr. old girl's death still perplexes family
      309 10  -  By K. S. SIDHU SINGAPORE, Fri. Mystery still surrounds the death of a 20-year-old "pet" daughter of a Chinese family, who fell to her death from the 16th storey of a Housing and Development Board flat at Commonwealth Close on April 4. Pretty
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      Lock icon Subversive documents case: 15 allowed bail
      151 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. Seven women and eight men charged with distributing subversive documents and carrying handbills were allowed bail in the sum of $l,OOO in one surety each by the Ninth Magistrate, Mr. Tan Hoay Djin, when the case was brought up for mention today.
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      Lock icon Lee issues open invitation to all watch manufacturers
      759 11 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew last night issued an open invitation to all watch manufacturers, both Swiss, Japanese or anyone else, to set up a watch industry in the Republic. To these people, Mr. Lee said: "Whoever
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      Lock icon Notice to all rice importers
      67 11 PENA N G, Fri. A formal notice was sent to all rice importers and Chambers of Commerce by Mr. S. Daniel of the Trade Division, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, today. The notice informed the rice importers that with effect from May, they would be
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      Lock icon COUNSEL: CHARGES NOT PROPERLY SET OUT
      524 11 SINGAPORE, F r i. Defence counsel David Marshall argued in the Third District Court today that the charges made by the prosecution against 14 Union officials for instigating workers to take an allegedly illegal strike were not properly set out. Mr. Marshall, assisted by
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      Lock icon Swedish delegation told of Singapore's policy
      375 11 INVESTMENTS: SINGAPORE, Fri. It is the policy of the Singapore Government to conclude double taxation agreements or conventions with countries interested in investment in the Republic. This was stated by Mr. Lee Keng Tuan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, at the inaugural talks between
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      Lock icon 'INDONESIA OUT TO REGAIN STABILITY'
      386 11 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Vice-Chairman of the Indonesian Supreme People's Congress (MPRS), Tuan Haji Z. E. Subchan, today spoke of his country's efforts to regain economic and political stability. He was speaking to newsmen at the airport on the general elections in Indonesia next year, before
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      Lock icon Thief jailed
      41 11 SINGAPORE, Fri. A man, Lee Willie alias Lee Wee Lee. today pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment on a charge of theft. He was found stealing property worth $1,103.75 belonging to C. K Tang S'pore Ltd.
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      Lock icon Hari Raya celebration
      80 11 SINGAPORE. Fri. —About 500 Malay members of the PAP will take part in a Hari Rava Haji celebration at the Singapore Conference Hall. Shenton Way, on April 15. The occasion, sponsored by the Party's Malay Affairs Bureau, will also be attended by several Ministers and MPs. The
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      Lock icon 108 industrial workers killed last year
      227 11 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Chairman of the National Safety First Council of Singapore, Mr. Milton Tan, disclosed today that last year 8,599 workers were injured, 552 permanently disabled and 108 killed. He gave these figures when he spoke at the opening of an Industrial safety
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      Lock icon THREE UNIONS ASKED TO 'SHOW CAUSE'
      178 11 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Government today took the first step against the action of the left-wing unions which called a sympathy strike for the workers of Singapore' on April 3, this year. The Registrar of Trade Unions today served notices to the Singapore Commercial
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      Lock icon Dr. Goh's view on stage plays
      168 11 SINGAPORE, Fri. —The Minister for Defence Dr. Goh Keng Swee, tonight gave his views on the lines along which stage plays in Singapore should develop. Firstly, the themes of the plays should be in keeping with the realistic life in Singapore and its multiracial,
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      Lock icon $100,000 BUILDING FOR UMNO
      44 11 MUAR, Fri. The Muar north branch of the Umno will build a $lOO,OOO building soon. The chairman of the branch, Enche Ngah bin Abdul Rahman, also said the branch would soon launch a membership drive. The target is 10,000 members.
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      Lock icon Slight increase in blood donors
      272 11 SINGAPORE, Fri. —The Minister for Health, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, will be presenting medals to blood donors tomorrow (April 8), at 2.30 D.m. in the Conference Hall, Shenton Way. This is an annual ceremony giving recognition publicly to the debt owed to the faithful and
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      Lock icon Todays water boat launching
      121 11 SINGAPORE, Fri. The wife of the Minister for Law and National Development, Mrs E.W. Barker will launch the first of the two waterboats built by the Jurong Shipyard for the Port of Singapore Authority tomorrow morning in Jurong. This 220-ton waterboat will be named "ChitaChita." Work
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      Lock icon Picture shows a model of the five-storey radiotheraphy centre with accommodation for 96 beds, which is included in the first phase of the complex.
      45 11 The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman laid the foundation stone of the $4v million new Kuala Lumnur Ceneral Hospital complex yesterday.
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      116 3 D The new special-performance SP49 is made by Dunlop for the modern high performance cars now in Malaysia. So that you can drive them to their limit on the roads here. One of the features of this new tyre is a radial-ply casing. The other features are more 5-CROSS CORDS
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Cure for economic ills, anybody?
      479 6 WE WANT TRADE, NOT AID' SAY ASIAN N TOKYO, Fri. (Reuter).—Asia's developing nations pleaded forcefully for the right to trade rather than for the charity of aid as debate on Asia's economic crisis continued at the general meeting of the Lnited Nations Economic Commission for
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      Lock icon Be a sport, don't play the game
      164 6 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) An appeal to the British football public not to buy black market tickets at inflated prices is made in an article in the current issue of the Football League Review. "Leave the over-priced tickets alone," the writer counselled "If the
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      Lock icon FBI on tail of kidnappers
      54 6 BEVERLEY HILLS California. Fri, (Reuter) FBI agents, launched on a nationwide hunt for the kidnappers of the 11-year-old son of a multi-millionaire, today had not ruled out the possibility that someone close to the family was involved. The boy, Kenneth Young, was released unharmed yesterday
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      Lock icon Importunate widow at the door
      228 6 UK and LONDON. Fri. (Renter) Mr. Harold Wilson said yesterday that it might be several years before Britain got into the European Common Market, because he did not know how long any negotiations would take. He gave this assessment to the House of Commons questioners
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      Lock icon Austerity year still on
      76 6 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Britain's massive economic austerity measures may be slightly eased in the nation's annual budget next week, official documents Indicated here today But though some of the harshest restrictions may be shifted In Chancellor of the Exchequer James Challaghan's budget statement on Tuesday, no
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      Lock icon 4-year tariff talks near end
      261 6 Date-line or dead-end? GENEVA, Fri. (Reuter) Less developed countries yesterday submitted a joint request for special trade concessions they hope to get from major industrial nations within the current Kennedy Round of worldwide tariff cutting negotiations here. Consolidated lists were presented at a private meeting
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      226 6 WASHINGTON, Fri. (AFP). American scientists today praised Japan's post war scientific achievements and admitted that they stand to benefit greatly from joint research project with Japanese scientists. The National Science Foundation, in the chapter on the US-Japan cooperative science programme on its annual report
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      43 6 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) London policf are on an "umbrella' murder hunt. Twenty-nlne-y e a r-old Lindsay Johnson died after being stabbed in the head with the ferrule of an umbrella. It happened in a scuffle in a London street.
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      199 6 MANILA, Frl. (Reuter) President Marcos has urged Asia's war veterans to work for the convening of an all-Asian oeace conference to resolve the Vietnam war. Speaking at the opening ceremonies of an Asian regional veterans conference here yesterday. Mr. Marcos said "More than
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      55 6 Wellknown American star, Marlon Brandon (right) offers to ex-Miss Universe Anasra Hongsakuld (left) bv Miss Thailand of 1965 Chiranand Savetanand (centre) at the Golden Star Ball held recently in Bangkok was organised by Thai movie stars to collect funds for starving children in some countries.
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      119 6 WASHINGTON. Fri. (Reuter) President Johnson has named a 19-man committee under Secretary of State Mr. Dean Rusk to study ways of openly financing student and other groups in overseas activities. Creation of the committee was recommended recently following disclosures that the Central Intelligence Agency (C.1.A.)
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      189 6 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter), British legal action over the wrecked Tanker Torrey Canyon, which spilled out thousands of tons of oil towards England's holiday beaches last month, would be on grounds of negligence, parliament was told last night. Lord Shackleton, deputy government leader in the
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      159 6 West Berlin, Fri. (Reufer) —US Vice President Hubert Humphrey drove through cheering crowds here yesterday while students handed round leaflets claiming that a reported plot to assassinate him was only a plan to net cule the visit. The "bombs" confiscated by the police who
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      35 6 PARIS. Fri. (Reuter) An international aid consortium will ship ten million tons of food grains to India this year to help her overcome famine, an official communique said here today,
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      636 6 'THE INCIDENT WAS REAL' MANILA, Fri. (AFP). One of the survivors of the so-called Philippine Death March'* of World War II has refuted a Japanese claim that the march was an American propaganda aimed at whipping up anti-Japanese sentiments. The survivor Sgt. Pacifico Macapagal, an
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      519 7  -  SPECK TRIAL By Thomas A. Pledge (UPI). Corazon Amurao, unshaken in her identification of Richard Speck, testified yesterday that she provided a description of him as the suspected killer of eight nurses but a police artist drew a picture of a
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      772 7 "1 said the man had marks on his face but he (a policeman) did not write that down." Miss Amurao said in her lilting, accented English. A detective identified photos taken of the eight bodies. The pictures were then shown to jurors.
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      55 7 CINCINNATI, Fri. (Reliter) —Mrs. Rose Manley, 26, who appeared in court here yesterday wearing curlers in her hair, has until today to remove them or risk contempt of court. Charged with disorderly conduct, Mrs. Manley told the judge who sent her back to jail: "I was wearing them when
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      36 7 This huge plastic-pig, known to millions at home around the world as piggy bank, was recently used by German Red Cross (DRK) people as they went about the streets of Aachen city for collection. PANA Photo.
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      Lock icon 'Don't blame weather for your woes'
      289 7 TOKYO. Fri. (TPI). Asians should stop blaming the weather for repeated crop failures, a United Nations official said today. "It is time for us to grow out of our traditional fatalism about the influence of nature when we are thinking in terms of practical
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      63 7 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) About fifty schoolgirls demonstrated outside the United States embassy here in protest against the drafting of Davis Jones, Britishborn leader of the T.V. pop group the Monkees* The girls marched round Hyde Park and on to the embassy, where they handed in a
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      225 7 WEST PALM BEACH. Florida. Fri. (Reuter) A wild-eyed man yelling "I'm John the baptist" shot dead two policemen in a crowded street here today. Eye-witnesses said the man. grabbed the policemen's own revolvers, and kept pumping bullet after bullet into their bodies until overpowered
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      69 7 SYDNEY, Fri. (Reuter) The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Norman Gilroy, has criticised what he called sensational newspaper reports about priests who broke their vows of chastity. The Cardinal said in the Sydney "Catholic Weekly" that "Glaring publicity has been given to the shame of
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      30 7 MONTREAL, Fri. (Reuter) —Jamaican Prime Minister Donald Sangster, in hospital here since March 21 with a brain haemorrhage, has no hope of surviving, the hospital said today.
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      364 7 DJAKARTA. Fri. (UPI) The chief of staff of the Jakarta military Garrison has charged Red China with financing a campaign to undermine 'and overthrow the anti-Commun st government of General Suharto. Brig. Gen. Sutopo Juwono told newsmen initial investigation of several mainland Chinese
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      67 7 WASHINGTON, Fri. (Reuter)—The State Department has warned American visitors to the Soviet Union not to steal souvenirs from Russian hotels "However insignificant in value they may seem to you In its 1967 guide pamphlet for tourists, published here the department also reminds visitors to the Soviet
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      76 7 SAIGON. Fri. Over 85 percent of voters in 219 hamlets turned out to cast their ballots in the first election phase starting on April 2. 1967. to elect village councils. Sources from the Special Commissioner for Administration revealed that a total of 495,044 out of 614.805 registered
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      86 7 NEW YORK. Fri. (Reuter) Paramount film producer Mr. Harry Saltzman has denied that the company withdrew from a film of the Battle of Britain because the script did not show Americans winning, it. Mr. Saltzman who made the remark in an interview published on March 7 in the
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      72 7 BERLIN, Fri. (UPI) U.S. Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey made his Berlin visit yesterday under the tightest security ir.easures imposed here since the war. Never before had the Western allies or West Berlin police been so fearful of trouble. The route taken on his city tour was
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      150 7 WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Fri. (Reuter) Mr. Frank Corner, New Zealand's cjuef delegate to the United Nations, said here today the world body was in a very shaky condition because it was being assaulted by the Russians and the Afro-Asian nations. "Its presence is a very shaky
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      119 7 NEW DELHI. Fri. (UPI) India will go to the United Nations, in an attempt to bloalc American and British plans to establish bases in the Indian Ocean, Foreign Minister Mr. M.C. Chagla said yesterday. Mr. Chagla told parliament that India opposed British plans to purchase an
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      595 7 MANILA, Fri. The clash between the United States and the Philippines over the fate of the Sangley Point Naval Base here continues. The Philippines is reported to want to use the base as an anti-smug* gling headquarters while other
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      155 6 the FROM EXPLOSIVE AFFAIR All work and no play makes even a VAN FROW U.H.C.L.9. A DULL 80/ AND KNOWING THAT HIS LIFE DEPENDS ON SHARH NESS, NAPOLEON SOLO ACCEPTED THE BLONDE'S INVTIATION TO GO WATB?S«IN<S! NOW, SLALOVUNG BEHIND HER BOAT AS IT STREAKS DOWN LONG ISLAND SOUNO,SOtf> FEaS THE
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    434 8 mHE control of the Causeway has taken about two years to be effected. From July 1 all Malaysians and Singaporeans travelling to either territories must possess valid travel documents. They can use the usual passports, or the new Restricted Malaysia Passports. Citizens are advised to use the new
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    370 8 rpHE economic value of seaweed was brought A up by Dr. Tham Ah Kow of the University of Singapore when he addressed Rotarians recently. As head of the fisheries biology unit he speaks with authority on marine products. According to him there are some 1,800 acres of seaweed around
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    1269 8  -  By* Richard Stone Jakarta* Fri. (UP!) UOR the first time in history, a man other than Dr. Sukarno is leading Indonesia. And, for the first time in its history, there is a glimmer of hope that Indonesia's economy can be* come stable. That glimmer of hope
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    585 8 KUALA LUMPUR, FRI. THE Police have released a former left wing trade union leader who has decided to turn over a new leaf and lead a normal life as a good and loyal citisen of this country. Ho Bang Hoe. 27, an active Communist United Front worker
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    1298 8  -  CHIN SEE YIN Chairman. United Malaysian Chines* Organisation, Malaysia. Seremban. YOUR editorial (E.S. 11/12/1966), which referred to a policy of property owning democracy, provided much food for thought. In fact, it is the implementation of such policy in Taiwan that has given much security and
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      Lock icon Pacific area manager tours S'pore
      125 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. Mr. J.W Loutzenheiser, Helene Curtis International Pacific Area Maj nager is spending 3 days in Singapore on his •wing through the Asian and Pacific Region to witness the start of a Shampoo Sales campaign. He is no stranger to the Island Republic having
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      79 9 TOKYO. Fri. (AP) A new Japan Automobile Industry Association was inaugurated combining the nation's automobile makers and motorcycle manufacturers into a single organisation. Mr Katsuji Kawamata, President of the Nissan Automobile Company, was elected President of the Association at the inaugural meeting held here. The
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      287 9 DOMBAY, Fri. Air-India introduced a weekly Jet service to Brussels on its India-UK route from Wednesday. The service will operate to Brussels via Delhi, Teheran and Rome and will cover the distance of 5,148 statute miles in 12 hours and 35 minutes. The weekly
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      Lock icon 'Strathconon' launched
      186 9 SINGAPORE, Fr i. Strathconon. the third of O's three new super cargo liners built in Japan was launched in Tamano recently. The 21-knot, 14,000-ton vessel will join her sister snips. Strathardle and Strathbrora on P O's new Strath Express Service between Europe and Jh® Far East, calling at
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      Lock icon New managing director for Goodyear
      143 9 SINGAPORE, Fri Goodyear Malaysia Limited has announced the appointment of a new managing director. He is Mr. T. M. Hague, formerly merchandising manager of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company (Australia) Limited. He succeeds Mr. Parks Chrestman, who has been promoted to the post of
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      Lock icon Rubber up 3/4 cent
      271 9 SINGAPORE. Fri.—April first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 56J cents per lb., up 3 cent from previous close. The tone was quietly steady. The market ruled steadier during the morning on improved London advices and shortcovering
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      21 9 HONG KONG, Fri. (UPI) —Today's money quotations. HK55.7225/5.***** per TT. HK515.99 per pound sterling. HK5262.75 per tael gold.
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      30 9 LONDON, Fri. (UPI) Tin was firmer. Turnover 120 tons. Spot buyers 1215 sellers 1216 business 1215. 3-months buyers 1207 1/2 sellers 1208 business 1208 1207 1/2. Settlement 1216.
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      815 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. —Activity on the Stock Exchange was much improved from the dormant spell that ruled in the market in recent days. But turnover was slightly less than yesterday. Prices in the industrial section were easier or drifted lower on lack of encourage
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      Lock icon NEW YORK RUBBER
      54 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI) The rubber futures 10 to 25 points higher. Sales none. May 67 20.70 20.90 July 20.70 21.00 Sep 20.70 21 00 Nov 20.70 21.00 Jan 20.85 21.00 Mar 20.85 21.20 May 2085 21.20 The spot No. 1 RSS held steady at 20 7/8
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      22 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (AP) Rubber standard futures closed quiet. No sales. Spot No 1 ribbed smoke sheets 20-3/4 N. N-nominal.
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      15 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The tin price for today was $604.25 per picul, up $1.62}.
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      155 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The following ships are expected in port today Godowns Vessels 1/2 Kosovo 3/4 Limburg 5 Golden Spring 6/7 Aramaic 8/9 Borussia 10/11 Florida Maru 13/14 Autolycus 15/16 Yewbank 18 Circea 23/24 Wairata 25/26 Murryeverett 27/28 Myrmidon 29/30 Mihara Maru 31/32 Anna Maersk 33/34 Glenfinlas 38/39 Karachi
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      974 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 p.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur Time 9.00 a.m. AV 646 Saigon. Tlmt* 9.30 a m. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur Time 10.25 a.m. Airine MSA 451 from Kuchlng. Time
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      Lock icon Swissair's financial results for 1966
      239 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. Swissair's Board of Directors in its session of March 15. 1967 has approved the financial results of 1966 for submission to the General Assembly of Shareholders to be convened on April 28. 1967. The 1966 result has turned out to be very favourable.
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      123 9 WASHINGTON. Fri. (Reuter) Bank rate cuts were announced in the United States and Canada last night heralding a significant easing in credit from last year's tight money situation. The United States Central Bank announced a cut to four from four and a half per cent in
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      52 9 WASHINGTON. F r i. (AP) The United States government sold 15 long tons of tin from surplus stock Thursday, five tons of grade A at 1.5425 dollars a pounds, five tons of grade B at 1.5275 dollars a pound and five tons of grade C at 1.5225 dollars
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      22 9 LONDON, Fri. (UPI) Rubber market opened quiet with spot 16-13/10 17. No. 1 RSS CIF. Basis ports April 16-15/16 17-1/16.
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      Lock icon YOUR SHARES-UP-DOWN—UNCHANGED
      516 9 SIM.APOKK —Storlt fcai'b, ange i IM and oflcr pr»te* omctaUy ll«te<l at the cloae of hn*l INBffcTRIAL Alf*. Brick* Ore*. 15.00 LM l CC. sugar 141* 1 HR Chemical Co. *+> 1 .T8 L7W Colli storage 3.36 3.42 Dlinl"P 2*1 E smelting 4.38 4.42 (•>««• (ird*. 3.28 3.30
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      57 9 (Manaceri Price*) r 1 r*f Malnfan 2.26 2.36 Second Malayan 1.61 1.11 Third Malayan XD U1 1.2J The Commerce IrnhMrr Fund .M 1 00 The Saving Fund XD 1-33 1.43 Mala.vatan Investment Fund 3 3 1.0ft Sterling Commodity XD 8/19 4/1 Hr*t Hnnr Konc XD .H5 1.00* Second
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      76 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 32-3/4; Airmail O.D. 32-7/8; 90 d/st 33-5/16 credit bills; 33-5/8 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 351/2: Airmail O.D. 35-5/8; 90 d/st. 36-1/4 credit bills; 365/16 trade
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      Lock icon Computers to cut hospital —bills
      852 12  -  By Laurence Bookman TT's been called the land of milk-shakes and money: it's America the land where few people can afford to be ill, because even a week in bed with influenza can knock a healthy bank balance into the red. The ever soaring cost
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      758 12  -  II I I 1 I I II I I I I I II I I 1J I I i I J J I J I jI I I IU II I 1u I I CONFIDENT i ■LIVINGjH by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale TOP executive in a
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      290 12  -  By HUGH SCHMITT AP. ""DEEP-BEEP", went the D rare short-necked tortoise not its natural voice, but radio-equipped. And young Perth Scient i s t Andrew Burdidge homed in on the saucersized reptile in 520 acres of thick bush country near Perth. Mr. Burdidge. 25, a zoologist with
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      482 12 Do you know your I.Q. level Here's a test to give you o reasonably good idea of what it is WHAT is your I.Q.? And how do you relate to those around you when it comes to intelligence? Do this test then consult the verdict section
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      870 12  -  By MARTIN GERSHEN NANA. WHEN he came home from the waTs where he served as a Lieutenant in the Navy's construction battalions building bases in the South Pacific, William J. Levitt brought back with him the seabee motto "Can Do", which briefly translated means the impossible takes
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      Lock icon Age of monetary systems
      379 12 AP Modern currencies but not because they are good die young. Gone Is the golden age, 1814 to 1914, when the French franc set a 100-year-record for stability, and the Dutch guilder, from 1816 until 1914, was just two years behind. Now, says Dr. Franz Pick,
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    173 14 BRISTOL, Fri. (AFP) Former Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home put forward a three-point plan to improve English country cricket here. Sir Alec, the M.C.C. president, told the annual dinner of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club: "Let your players be well coached: let the captains take
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    Lock icon Patterson could send Clay horizontal if...
    140 14 PULLMAN, Washington, Fri. (UPI) Archie Moore, former light heavyweight boxing champion of the world, said "Floyd Patterson's back isn't broad enough to take the punishment Cassias Clay will inflict on him" in their championship fight on April 25 at Las Vegas. Nevada. Moore was
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    Lock icon Yancey takes 3- stroke lead in Masters
    558 14 AUGUSTA, Georgia, Fri. (Reuter) Bert Yancey, a 28-year-old Florida professional who has won only one tournament since he joined the U.S. Professional Circuit in 1964, shot a five-under-par 67 to take a three-stroke lead today in the first round of the 31st annual
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    Lock icon Clay is named Boxer of the Month
    532 14 NEW YORK, Fri. (AFP). Perhaps for the last time for some while if the U.S. Armed Forces are able to sign him up Cassius Clay was named Boxer of The Month" by the American Ring Magazine yes- terday. Nat Fleischer's organisation quoted Clay
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    Lock icon Singapore show poorest form
    145 14 HONG KONG, Fri. (Reuter) —Singapore was the team which least impressed during the Asian Cup Central Zone soccer tournament in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post commented today. Its sports columnist said it came as a surprise, therefore, that the Singapore team manager blamed poor
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    Lock icon 200,000 will watch q-finals in FA Cup
    412 14 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) More than 200,000 soccercrazy fans will watch the quarter-final matches of the English Football Association Cup tomorrow as the eight surviving clubs match skill and courage in their fight to reach the final at Wembley Stadium on May 20. The
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    376 14 NEW YORK, Fri. (AP). America's United Soccer Association is preparing to offer a taste of top-flight competition in its com. petition in its coming first season, and offj. cials hope it doesn't spoil the fans. The 12 cities in the newly formed league one
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    251 14 JAKARTA, Fri. (AP) Indonesia is broadening its international sports outlook along with its political and economic relations, unde" the new Government of Acting President General Suharto. An announcement yesterday confirmed Indonesia's intention to rejoin the International Olympic movement out of which this country was yanked
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    25 14 KLUANG. Fri. J<*ore States will have centra .'-sec training in Kluang from April 14 to 30. for footballers in the Malaya Cup competition.
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      569 14 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS 20 Words $lO/- (Minimum) WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH, 5 Fort Canning Road, Singapore Worship services at 7.30 a.m., 10.00 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Sunday School for all ages at 8.45 a.m. Junior Church at 10.00 a.m. Everyone Welcome. CHINESE PRESBYTERIAN TRUE WAY CHURCH, 156-B Stirling Road, off
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      372 14 TENDER NOTICE "KENYATAAN TAW ARAN J.K.R. ffiU PEJABAT Tawaran2 daripada Pemborong2 yang berdaftar di-JKR di-dalam Kelas "BX" dan atas (Head II Sub-Head 2) akan dipanggil tiada lama lagi untok:the completion of A STANDARD OFFICE BLOCK FOR MALAYSIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE HEADQUARTERS AT JALAN SULTAN, P ETALING JAYA, SELANGOR, Untok menyenangkan persiapan
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      Lock icon Skinner will be thereonly as a 'spectator'
      294 16  - Skinner will be there only as a 'spectator' By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Fri. Singapore goalkeeper, Wilfred Skinner, recuperating from a neck injury said it was a "big disappointment" that he would not be able to ploy in the FAM Cup final in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. In an interview with Sunsport
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      216 16 TOKYO, Fri. (Reuter). Judo's inclusion in the 1972 Winter Olympic Games at Sapporo would not be welcomed by the Japanese organisers they told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday. An lOC s u b-committee under the chairmanship of Frik Von Frenckeil is
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      Lock icon Lu takes single stroke lead
      223 16 TOKYO, Fri. (AP). Lu Liang-Huan of Nationalist China shot a three under par 69 today the best score of the day to take a one stroke lead with 140 after 36 holes of plav in the Yomiuri Open, the last leg of the Far East
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      Lock icon Singapore edge Malacca 3-2 at hockey
      382 16 SINGAPORE, Fri Singapore edged Malacca by three goals to two in a friendly hockey quadrangular at the Police Training School ground this evening. Malacca, though beaten were certainly the better side and were unfortunate in not having held Singapore to at least a draw,
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      Lock icon Rajaji draw 2-2
      27 16 SINGAPORE. Fri. Rajaji Sports Club and Junior Athletic drew 2 —2 in a SAFA Div 2B league match played at Fairer Park this evening.
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      Lock icon It's 'title or bust' for Singapore in tonight's clash
      379 16  -  SPOTLIGHTING THE FAM CUP FINAL By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Fri. Vice-president of the Footboll Association of Singapore Lt.-Col. G. W. Shaw, today gave this stern message t 0 the Republic's side to do battle with Selangor tomorrow for the FAM Cup
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      236 16 SINGAPORE, Fri. Mr. A. Pancharatnam, manager of the Singapore's soccer team to Hong Kong recently will submit a six-point recommendation to the F.A. of Singapore Council next week. The recommendations a follow-up to the participation of the Republic's national soccer squad in the Asian Cup
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      Lock icon Malaysia in Group B, Singapore in Group D
      144 16 BANGKOK. Fri. <AP>. Fourteen nations competing in the ninth Asian Youth Championship which begins here April 15 have been divided into four groups. The draw was conducted on Wednesday night in the presence of representatives of the participating countries. The meeting was
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      Lock icon Soccer, sepak raga clash
      59 16 SEREMBAN. Fri. Negri Sembilan UMNO Youths will play hosts to their counterparts from Selangor, when they clash at soccer and speak raga jaring here on Sunday. Both matches will be played at the station padang the sepak raga jaring will commence at 3.00 p.m. and will
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      212 16 KUALA TRENGGANU, Fri. The Assistant Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dato Engku Muhsein b. Abdul Kadir, today opened the fourth Pan Malaysian Malay Badminton Championship here this morning. He said it was necessary for a centralised training centre to improve the sports in this
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      Lock icon Tanjong Club off to a flying start
      103 16 MUAR, Fri. A total of nine teams are taking part in the Muar district hockey tournament, organised by the Muar District Hockey Association, which has begun here on the High School field The teams taking part are: High School. Day Teachers Training Centre.
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      65 16 SEREMBAN Fri. King George V School won the inter schools badminton championship for the third successive year when they beat Methodist School 4 l in the finals played at the K-G.V. Hall yesterday. B y virtue of this victory the Georgians have qualified to take part
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