Eastern Sun, 10 May 1967

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  • Title Section
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    24 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 288 Wednesday, 10 May 1967. MC(P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon ZAKIR HUSAIN ELECTED
    286 1 A triumph for Prime minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi's Government NEW DELHI, TUES. REUTER Dr. Zakir Husain, candidate of the ruling Congress elected President of India. Dr. Husain, 70. who has been Vice-President under Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, becomes the first Moslem President of India. The election was a
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  • Article
    Lock icon Aussie military headquarters hit by mine
    254 1 SAIGON. Tit; (Reuter) An anti-personnel CI ay roorr r ir.np th:.- morning: peppered buildings tary headquarters in Saigon. The bursting mine sent plec p of mrtal .ring thrnuzh ire sides of the buildings smashing five windows. A r a J i a c personnel
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  • Article
    Lock icon Violence in Tangerang
    29 1 JAKARTA. Tues. (Reuter) Indonesian troops stood guard round Chinese-owned shops in Jakarta today following a violent antiChinese riot in Tangerang, 10 miles west of here yesterday.
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  • Article
    Lock icon India offers training aircraft
    178 1 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Indian External Affairs Minister, Mr. M. C. Chagla, tonight announced that the Government of India was ready to give a number of training aircraft •to train local people for flying purposes. Mr. Chagla was speaking at a dinner given in his honour at
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  • Article
    Lock icon Informants killed
    35 1 BANGKOK, Tues. (UPI) Two Thai police informants were killed and four wounded in a gun battle in Patani province. 500 miles south of here, with a terrorist gang on Sunday, police reported yesterday.
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    Lock icon Missing brideto-be 'might commit suicide'
    181 1 Missing bride-to-be 'might commit suicide' PENANG, Tues. The runner-up in the 4 'Miss Penang" beauty contest last l ear, Miss Soo Bee Ling, alias Soo Poh Suan, 21, who failed to turn up for her wedding reception last Sunday, left a letter, addressed to her mother, in her personal drawer
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    Lock icon THE TIGERS ARE COMING...
    77 1 THE TIGERS will soon be streaking through the skies over Singapore and Malaysia. No. 74 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, known as The Tigers, will begin to deploy to R.A.F. Tengah, Singapore, in June with its 1.500 m.p.h. Lightning Mark 6 fighter jets, considered the
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  • Article
    Lock icon 'Cowboy' play ends in death
    111 1 MANILA. Tues. (AFP) A 19-year-old houseboy crumpled to his death yesterday after having been shot at by a nine-year-old boy who was olaying "cowboy" in his grandparents' residence while the elders were away, it was reported today. The incident transpired in Cebu city. Central Philippine*.
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    Lock icon General Sunarso denies Foreign Minister's allegation
    265 1  -  By JAMAL ALI IT was the Army in Indonesia which sought for speedy diplomatic relations with Malaysia, Brigadier General Sunarso said today. The Brigadier from the Indonesian Supreme Command (KOTI) is here negotiating with Malaysian officials on a trade agreement. He was commenting on
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    Lock icon RAIL STRIKE
    44 1 WELLINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) New Zealand's nation wide rail strike moved into its second day today with 200 coalminers laid-off. and thousands more workers facing redundancy. There has been no sign of settlement in the strike over pay Increases for skilled maintenance men.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon New era of co-operation begins as JAL jet takes off from Subang
      351 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A new era of co-operation between Malaysia and iapan began today as the first Japan Air Line DC-8 jet took off from Subang Airport at 10 a.m. A simple inauguration ceremony, complete with a red
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    • Article
      Lock icon MIDFL grants loan of $325,000/- to Clay Ltd
      210 2 Kt ALA LI MP IR, Tues. The Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Limited today announced it had granted a loan of $325,000 to Clav Industries Ltd. The loan is to assist the company in the establishment of a plant for the manufacture of
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      Lock icon STOLEN
      69 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Thieves ransacked two houses, and a shop here during the last 24 hours. Mrs. P. Prager Veera. 41. found her radio shop at Parry Road ransacked and reported a loss of $7,210 worth of radios and transistors. Ho Lim Kiew. 48, came back from a clinic
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      Lock icon UDP chairman criticises Chief Minister
      308 2 PENANG, Tues. The State chairman of the t T nited Democratic Partv. Mr. Teh Ewe Lim, today strongly criticised the Cnief Minister, Tan Sri Won* Pow Nee's intended trip to Thailand, to make a special study of conference halls there. "We. .in the UDP cannot
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      Lock icon Brunei may have TV service within 2 years
      165 2 BRUNEI TOWN, Tues. (Reuter) Brunei may have television within two years, according to the Director of Broadcasting and Information, Mr. G. V. de Freitas. The Brunei Government is at present considering the project. Plans submitted would cost an estimated $lO million. Mr.
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      Lock icon CONGRATULATIONS TO JAL...
      118 2 TOP PICTTRE Congratulations to JAL a jovial Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir, the Malaysian Minister of Transport, shakes hands with the Japanese crew of the JAL DC-8 on the inauguration flight between Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo at Subang Airport, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday morning. BOTTOM PICTURE The
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      Lock icon American prints on show
      80 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues An exhibition of 30 contemporary original American prints is currently on show at the Lincoln Cultural Centre hereIt is open to the public from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to pm. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The prints
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      Lock icon Songstresses perform in Ipoh...
      114 3 IPOH, Tues. Wellknown recording songstresses from Hong Kong and Formosa (Taiwan), styling themselves as the South East Asia Artistes Revue, arrived here today to make their debut at the Star Theatre. In the troupe are Misses Choi Peng, Choong Loo (Hong Kong), Misses Yin Chia Choong,
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      Lock icon MAN WITH 50 YEARS, 11 MONTHS OF SERVICE: A proud day for Haji Yatim
      276 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Nine employees of Harper Gilfillan in Malaysia who have between them contributed more than 300 years in service to the firm will receive certificates for loyal and faithful service at a ceremony here
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      Lock icon Archbishop: God has been good to Malaysia
      279 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. —Archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorius has been touring Malaysia and he liked what he saw. "Your country is a greenhouse. God has been good to you and I pray he will oontinue to be good to you." he said today. The
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tun Razak to open farm broadcasting service seminar
      524 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuss. More than 85 percent of the rural population of Malaysia live off the land successfully because of the application of modern agricultural and farming techniques and aided by the national farm broadcasting service. Enche Dol Ramli, Director of Broadcasting,
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    • Article
      Lock icon 24-hour service by 'Language Bank'
      92 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Overseas students in Manchester, Northwest England, have ooened a "LANGUAGE BANK" which can quickly suooly interpreters in more than 60 languages. Among those taking part is a Malaysian student, Enche Haron bin Siraj of Parit Jawa, Muar, who is taking a B.A.
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      Lock icon Illegal procession: 4 plead guilty
      76 3 PENAN G, T ues. Two men and two girls today pleaded guilty to a charge of being members of an illegal procession along Perak Road in late October last year. The two girl students, Goh Suan Gaik (18) and Neoh Bok Lan (12), were each
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      Lock icon Boats for fishermen
      54 3 MALACCA. Tues. Ten of the 50 fishing boats now being built by the MARA's ship building yard in Trengganu for the Malacca State Government will arrive here next Monday The Chief Minister of Malacca Enche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba will deliver the boats to the fishermen who
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      Lock icon Dr. Lim: Malaysia must earn more foreign exchange
      318 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malaysia must earn more foreign exchange to pay for her capital goods required for development and investment, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, said today. He was speaking at the opening of the second meeting
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      Lock icon Training courses offer by firm
      241 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Haji Ghazali bin Haji Jawi, said today the Government was always willing to take advantage of any offers in the form of short training courses for its officers from private industrial firms in the country "Any
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      Lock icon Barker advises: Make haste slowly
      406 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Minister for Low and National Development, Mr, E. W. Barker, emphasised today that in introducing novel and untried institutions "it is wise to make haste slowly." Speaking at the opening of the four-day South-east Asian and Australasian Law Students' seminar at the
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      Lock icon List of non-voters
      103 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Government has compiled the list of electors who had failed to vote at the recent Thomson by-election held on March 7, this year. The list is now open for inspection at the office of the Registration Officer, Elections Department, 1 Halifax Road and
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      Lock icon U.S. COURSES
      102 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Light Industries Services of the Economic Development Board will be conducting courses in food technology and heat treatment from May 15. The heat treatment course, to be conducted in English, will lay emphasis on the correct techniques to be used. The food technology course comprising
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      Lock icon Indian Welfare Home officials
      42 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Dr. S.N. Kapur was elected President of the Indian Welfare Home at its annual general meeting held recently. Mr. G. Saranagapani was elected Vice-president with Mr. M. Ramasamy as Secretary and Mr. S. V. Subbiah. Treasurer.
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      Lock icon Picture shows the three Singapore MPs watching a shipbreaking welder at work in a dock in Sydney.
      79 4 Three members of the S i n g a pore Parliament are now making an official visit to Australia at the invitation of the Department of External Affairs. They are Mr. Ng Yeow
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    • Article
      Lock icon Three-day Vesak Day celebrations
      197 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Buddhist Pali Society will hold a three-day celebration on the occasion of Vesak Day at their Mangala Vihara "Shrine of Blessings" from May 22-24. The first day of the Vesak Day celebrations will be devoted to the chanting of "parittas", including the
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      Lock icon Police seek witnesses
      153 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Police are seeking the assistance of witnesses of two fatal road accidents which took place at different places in the Republic on Sunday. The first involved an elderly woman pedestrian who was knocked down by a motor-cyclist at the junction of Geyiang Road and Lorong
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      Lock icon Muar hospital to have more beds
      154 4 MUAR, Tues. The Muar Hospital is now equipped with better modern facilities to meet the demand of the sick. Additional medical staff have also been engaged to do the nursing work. This was disclosed here by the Medical Officer-in-charge of the hospital Dr. A
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      Lock icon Gold bars cost Chan $5,000
      115 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Chan Fook Cheong, 32, was today fined $5,000 in the Sessions Court here for possessing three gold bars and 45 gold coins, on which duty has not been paid. The gold bars, worth $ll,700 and the coins, worth $1,897, were confiscated by
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      Lock icon Charity premiere
      64 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Boy Scouts Katong District Association will hold a charity premiere of the film "Amrapali" under the patronage of Enche Rahim Ishak, tne Minister of State for Education, at the Galaxy Cinema on Monday, May 22, at 9 p.m The premiere will raise funds for
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      Lock icon 2 GIRLS NABBED OUTSIDE COURT
      75 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Two girls were arrested this morning outside the District Criminal Court here when they assaulted a cameraman who was taking pictures at the crowd milling around just before the trial of 44 persons charged with noting on May Day, started. Earlier, a crowd
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      Lock icon • It was a proud moment for a father of three when he received a testimonial for long service at a simple service held recently. For Mr. V. E. Varughese, a graduate of Madras University, it was indeed a happy day. He has laboured 211/2 years with the British Army here. He received the testimonial from Lt. Gen. T. C. H, Pearson, the Comman- der, Far East Land Forces, at Tanglin Officers Mess. Mr. Varughese worked at Three Base Ordnance Depot for 11 years before moving to Headquarters. FARELF, where he worked as a clerk since 1956. His wife. Panama, and two children, Elizabeth and Panama, live with him, while his eldest daughter, Annamma, is a student in Delhi, India.
      119 4 It was a proud moment for a father of three when he received a testimonial for long service at a simple service held recently. For Mr. V. E. Varughese, a graduate of Madras University, it was indeed a happy day. He has laboured 211/2 years with the British Army here.
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      Lock icon Concern over shooting of stray dogs in built-up areas
      325 4 SINGAPORE, Tue*. The Singapore Society for the Prevention of C r u e It y to Animals (SPCA) is concerned over the shooting of stray dogs in built-up areas, such as blocks of flats, where there is a danger of causing
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      Lock icon COURT TOLD OF SIGNING OF TWO DEEDS
      314 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. A solicitor's clerk told tht High Court today of the transactions that toon place in the solicitor's office for a lease of a gtanite quarrv The clerk. Mok Kam Seng, who was In the legal firm of R.C.H, Lim and Company,
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      Lock icon Boys Town O.B.A. talentime semi-finals
      117 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Boy*: Town Old Boys' Association will hold the semifinals of the Talentime for schools 1967 on May 13 and 20 at the Victoria Theatre at 7.30 p.m. A total of 49 contestant from 27 schools will take part in these semi-finals. The
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      Lock icon Paper plastic coating process for S'pore
      203 4 SINGAPORE. Tu®s. Star Industries Co. Ltd. a progressive light Industry manufacturing marine and electrical equipment at the Kallang Marine Industrial Estate has now entered the printing Industry specialising In the "paper plastic coating process." The company has acquired the necessary machinery and trained technicians
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      Lock icon Magistrate refuses to reduce $1,500 bail
      285 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. An application by Mr. T. T. Rajah for the reduction of the $1,500-bail imposed on each of the 44 persons charged with attempting: to cause hurt to Police officers and rioting at Geylang on May Day was today rejected by Mr. Tan
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      Lock icon Tndians told: Show your first loyalty to Singapore
      640 5  -  by K. S. SIDHU SIMGAPORE, Tues. The visiting Foriqn Minister of Injio, Mr. M. A. C. Chogla, today urged fl Indians to show their "first loyalty" to Singopore and to invest in its industria| programme. Mr. Chagla was speaking at a luncheon
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      Lock icon Guest speaker
      39 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. Chandran Dudley, Secretary to the Singapore Association for the Blind, will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Singapore East's meeting on Friday. (May 12) at the Hotel Ambassador at 5.30 p.m.
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      Lock icon Raja: S'pore is averse to antagonism
      417 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam. tonight said the only kind of regional co-operation which the Republic will be averse to is one based on antagonism towards other nations or group of nations. The Minister was speaking at a dinner in honour
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      Lock icon 'Hawaiian Paradise' girls cause quite a stir at airport
      440 5 SINGAPORE, Tues.—Two Hawaiian women, dressed in "ti-leaves' caused quite a stir at the Pava Lebar International Airport this afternoon. The beautiful and charming girls, Karen Lum, 22, and Colette Aiu, 24, are among the 15 girls in the 37member Honolulu Police
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      Lock icon First full flyover for S'pore to cost $3.5 million
      305 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. Singapore's first full flyover costing some $3.5 million will be a the intersection of Jalan Toa Payoh, Thomson and Whitley Roads. This flyover is nearly 1,000 feet in length, 70 feet wide and connects the new Jalan Toa Payoh
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      Lock icon 3 years, 6 strokes for slashing detective
      341 5 SINGAPORE, Tucs. A labourer, Chua Hock Sin, 25, was todav sentenced to three years' jail by the Second District Judge, Mr. Donald Yeo Hock Chwee, for voluntarily causing hurt to a detective with a knife. Mr. Yeo also ordered that he be given
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      Lock icon Zambian Minister has busy programme
      136 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Zambian Minister of Commerce, Industry and Foreign Trade, Mr. Musonda Justin, will have a busy programme during his sixday visit here. Today, the Zambian Minister toured Jurong industrial estate. Tomorrow, he will call on the Minister for Finance, Mr. Lim Kim San,
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      Lock icon OUR TV MAN IN BRITAIN
      175 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Mr. A.K. Foo, films procurement officer with Talivishen Malaysia, is in Britain for a fortnight to study the background of British television. His engagments started with the films and television division of the Central Office of Information, London, where the acquisition, production
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      Lock icon Fined $500 for punching constables
      106 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. An alleged pirate taxi driver. See Tung Tiong, was today fined a total of $500 in the Ninth Magistrate's Court for assaulting two Police constables when they stopped his vehicle yesterday at the junction of Havelock Road and Beo Cresent. The constables informed
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon UK citizens from C'wealth can work in Europe
      510 6 IF BRITAIN GETS LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Prime Minister Harold Wilson said here that if Britain joined the Common Market, Commonwealth immigrants who become United Kingdom citizens would be able to take up employment in any country of the European community. But a
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      Lock icon 300-year pageantry invoked for knighting of Sir Francis
      247 6 LONDON, Tues. (AP) Queen Elizabeth II will use the sword given to Sir Francis Drake more than 300 years ago when she confers the accolade of knighthood on Britain's lone twentieth century voyager. Sir Francis Chichester, it was announced yesterday. Drake, the
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      Lock icon 'Sugar nations' may be wiped out by EEC
      219 6 LONDON, Tues. Reuter) Small sugar-bas-ed Commonwealth nations may have their economies wiped out if there are no adequate safe-guards for them if Britain succeeds in getting into the Common Mart. A massive tarriff wall faces these nations £33 a ton. A price
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      Lock icon The burning of Old Glory
      60 6 SWEDISH youths merilly burns an American national flag while singing folksongs during the joint anti-US and anti-Greek demonstration on May 1 in Copenhagen. A large group of young workers and students arranged a protest rally in front of the courthouse in Copenhagen against the new
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      Lock icon Finance wizard's US $3 m. swindle
      104 6 NEW YORK. Tues. (AP) Edward M. Gilbert, onetime Wall Street wizard, was sentenced yesterday to 2 to 4 years for the theft of over a million dollars worth of securities from the company he once headed. The sentence was imposed in Supreme Court later
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      Lock icon 'Queens' to retire
      135 6 LONDON. Tues. (AP) The Cunard Company last night pronounced the end of the Atlantic of the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth, the two greatest passenger ships in British history. Sir Basil Smallpeice. Cunard chairman, said the 81,273ton Queen Mary will be withdrawn this year and probably
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      Lock icon Actress makes a tearful bride
      170 6 LAS VEGAS. Nevada, Tues. (AP) With tears streaming down her face, singer-actress Ann-Mar-gret married Actor Roger Smith in a Las Vegas hotel suite yesterday afternoon. The red-haired Swedish horn actress, 26. choked up while repeating the vows. She paused for a moment to compose herself.
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      Lock icon No more waves for Brittania
      190 6 LONDON. Tues. (AP) A cross-section survey of 2,000 Britons found that this nation of sailors may be turning into landlubbers. The study conducted by an organisation called "mass observation" recorded: Sixty one per cent of those interviewed haven't been to sea or on any water
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      Lock icon 'Sick act of disrespect'
      110 6 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPl)—Angry congressmen launched a drive yesterday for engagement of a federal law against desecrating the US. flag. Much of their ire was directed against anti-war demonstrators who have burned the flag in what Rep. John W. VVvdler. Re-publican-New York, termed a "sick act of
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      Lock icon Anti-US clash in Munich
      96 6 MUNICH. West Germany. Tues. (Reuter) Police wielding truncheons clashed with students tonight as more than 5.000 youths, many of them howling anti-American slogans, demonstrated against U.S. policy In Vietnam outside the American consulate here Home-going theatre traffic on one of the city's major thoroughfares was jammed
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      Lock icon Israel in EEC bid too
      44 6 BONN, Tues. (AJP) Israel's ambassador to West Germany Asner Ben Natan has asked for the support of the Bonn government when it seeks associate membership of the European Common Market. Mr. Natan was speaking to the Germano-Israel association here.
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      Lock icon 'WE DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN WAR'- S'PORE ENVOY
      466 6 'WE DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN WAR'S'PORE ENVOY bnited Nations, ISeu York, Tups. Sing n pore s resident representative at the V, [j r rrong Lin Ken told a news conference thm Singapore's position is "not to be involved i r the (Vietnam) tear. "We are very neutral in
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      Lock icon Bishops can now speak in plain language
      217 6 yATICAN CITY. Tues. (AP) A new decree released yesterday by the Vatican will permit use of local language in place of Latin for the crucial part of the Roman Catholic mass the consecration of bread and wine. The decree by Pope Paul VI
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      Lock icon 'We cannot become neutral' —Marcos
      116 6 MANILA Tuei (Re<t f —Philippine President ftdinand Marcos vesWadenied that the PihimnW. was veering toward*' 'l policy of neutralism The President now v ing the southern islanc Mindanao told reporter- > Cotabato City that country could not adoD- k policy of neutralism because of her
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      Lock icon TARIFF TALKS FAIL
      224 6 GENEVA. Tues. (I'PI) Negotiators for the United States and the six-member nations of the European Common Market failed early today to break a deadlock in tariff-cutting talks after a five-hour conference that lasted until 4 a m "There was no progress." said Eric Wyndham White, head of
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      Lock icon Sex check needed for Olympics
      118 6 TEHERAN. Tues. (Renter Athletes at fu r ur® Olympic Games will ha\* to declare their sex on a 3 entry form and be subject to medical tests. International Olym P Committee (1.0.C.) denfleyesterday Sir Arthur Porrit (New Zealand) told the 1.0.C. congress here: 'There is
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      133 6 THE MAM FROM EXPLOSIVE AFF> All work and no play makes even a MAN FROM U.H.C.L.B. A DULL 80/ AND KNOWING THAT HIS LFE DEPENDS CM SHAKR. NESS, NAPOLEON SOLO ACCEPTED THE BLONDE'S INVITATION TO GO WATER SWING.' NOW, SLALOM! NG BEHIND HER BOAT AS IT STREAKS DOWN LONG ISLAND
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    Lock icon HUGE CROWD NIGHTLY AT GREAT WORLD
    629 7  -  MORE THAN 500,000 VISITORS TO THE FAIR 1967 SPRING FEATURE Bv Peter Loke The 1967 Spring Trade Fair—organised by Malayan Theatres Ltd. —-at Great World Amuseuient Park in Singapore is continuing to draw huge crowds to its multi coloured pavilions every evening. -;ate, some
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    Lock icon THE POLITICS OF SURVIVAL
    796 8 AT THE recent MCA Central General Assembly, its leaders were forthright in explaining to the Chinese in this country the politics of survival. One very important point, which they should realise but many do not, is that their economic survival could be affected by the stroke
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    Lock icon Malaysia: A land of opportunity
    3703 8 SPEECH by Mr. Tan Siew Sin, National President of Malaysian Chinese Association, at the opening of the IVI.C A Central General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday ANCE ago in the honour and pleasure of addressing you at an annual meeting of the Central General
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  • COMMERCIAL – INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon 'Big Four' in final effort to reach pact on tariffcutting deal
      636 9 GENEVA, Tues (UPI, THE Bis Four" in the Kennedy round was engaged ir. a final all-out effort to reach agreement on ta::.l-cutting package deal by tonight. To; negotiators from the United States, ComV :rket, Britain and Japan were bargaining
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      Lock icon Auto sales in Italy on the increase
      170 9 ROME. Tues IAP) A itomobile sale> in Italy were up by almost one rtt) n April over the samp month year, an Indication that this country wb< th giant proa new boom In cars. ta lor April reloaded today showed icquired by p
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      Lock icon BANK RATES
      83 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. t*V 0 atlon °f Banks "oday made the changes in its v *o merchants: York: Buying T.T. Airmail O.D. 32J; 90 33J credit bills; 331 r p bills, panada: Buying T.T. 355; O.D. 35|; 90 d/st. credit bills; 36-5/16 "V* bills, filing T.T. or O.D. ready
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      Lock icon Hong Kong quotations
      25 9 KONG, Tues. (UPI) Quotations: dri 1 2125/5 732 S per US for rash HK515.99 ft7 P° ur id sterling HK$per tael gold.
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      15 9 MN(; APORE Tues 1604 orice tor today was 1 picul, up 25 cent*.
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      Lock icon Heythrop undocks at shipyard
      116 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The 72,700 d.w.t. ore, bulk and oil carrier Heythrop is undocked at the Sakai shipyard of Hitachi Shipbuilding Engineering Co. of Japan. She is scheduled to be delivered to her owners, the P O S.N. Co. on May 20 and will be managed by
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      Lock icon India can produce enough oil, says expert
      170 9 UNITED NATION, Tues. (UPI) A Soviet oil expert believes India can produce enough of its own oil in the next ten years to satisfy its domestic needs, the U.N. Development programme said yesterday. A news release quoted N. A. Emerenko, a U.N. Development
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      Lock icon Indonesia can't afford to repay Shell
      102 9 JAKARTA, Tues. (Reuter) Indonesia cannot afford to repay the $25 million it owes Shell as this year s instalment on Indonesia's $llO million purchase of the company's oilfields in Borneo, Foreign Minister, Mr. Adam Malik said today. In an interview with the London Financial
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      Lock icon Rubber up 1/2 cent
      334 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. May first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 56§ cents per lb. up i cent from previous close. The tone was quiet but steady. The main interest in the morning market was in forwards up
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      Lock icon Stockpile tin
      30 9 WASHINGTON, T u e s. (AP) The United States government sold five long tons of grade C tin from surplus stocks on Monday at US$l 5225 a pound.
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      Lock icon Malayan Containers show a rise on Stock Exchange
      687 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Stock Exchange continued quietly steady again today with turnover still on the re dueed side, even much lesser than yesterday. However, few selective counters in the industrial section improved narrowly, A sharp gain was recordea by Malayan Containers which
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      Lock icon Indian Govt. to set up oil refinery at Haldia
      60 9 NEW DELHI. Tues. (Reuter) The Indian government has completed negotiations with France and Rumania over the setting up of a 3.5 million ton oil refinery at Haldia near Calcutta, and is likely to take a final decision on the project by
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      32 9 NEW YORK. Tues. (AP) Standard and poor's 500 stock index: 425 Industrials 101.84 up .15 20 Railroads 46.83 up .14 55 Utilities 71-88 up .13 500 Stocks 94.58 up .14
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      Lock icon MART QUIET
      20 9 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) Rubber market opened quiet with spot 16-13/16 17. No. 1 RSS Dasis ports-May 16-15/16 17-1/16.
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      Lock icon No sales
      22 9 NEW YORK, Tues. (AP) Rubber standard futures closed quiet. No tales. Spot. No. 1 ribbed smoked sheets 20 7/BN. N-nominal.
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      Lock icon YOUR SHARES —UP-DOWN —UNCHANGED
      510 9 SINGAPORE ■tod fcchani# nM and offer pricw offlelilij llatJMt At the fl*»f or nosineM industrials RouMfad 1.54 1.85 1.5.1 1.87 r snpar Chemical Co. 1.78 1.79 3.44 2.28 4.32 Cold Storage Punlop (Old) CD E. Smelting CD 3.42 2.26 4.30 Eftftn Ord*. CD 3.36 Fltzpatrlck* 1.51
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      53 9 (Manager? Price#) First Malayan 2.30 2.40 Second Malayan 1.64 1.74 Third Malayan XD 1.12 1.23 The Commerce Industry Fnnd M 1.00 The Savings Fnnd 1.S5 1.45 Malaysian Industry Fund 1.00 M0 Sterling 4/4 Commodity XI) 3/8 First Hong Kong XD 1.00 1 .OS* Second Hong Kong .68 .;2•
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      98 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices today were: Buyers Mleri Coconut oil 46.50 (FOB) Bulk Coconut oil 49.00 (FOB) Drums Loose Copra Mixed May/June 28.00 i Sugar (Java) 25.25 exgodown Nutmegs 110s 365.00 Nutmegs B A W 175.00 Garbled Lampong Black Pepper ***** (FOB) Pepper Black Special
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      Lock icon SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
      181 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The following ships are expected to be in port today Godowns Vessels 5 Kin Yung 6/7 Kristin Bakke 8/9 Calchas 15/16 Sindh 19 City of Lancaster 21/22 Sletter 23/24 Rajah Brooke 25/26 Hydra 27/28 Tjiliwong 29 Nissho Maru 30 Kowa Maru 31/32 Capraia 44 Glengarry 45
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS-S'PORE, K. LUMPUR
      814 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 6 a.m. Airline MSA 809 from Perth. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.50 a.m. Airline JAL 712 from Jakarta Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur.
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  • OWN YOUR OWN HOME
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      Lock icon KATONG SEAVIEW PALACE
      1560 10 Secret of choosing an ideal house First class environment KING OF KA TO.XG Sited on an ele with picturesque seaview In recent years, Singapore population has increased tremendously. Endless housing demand, therefore, has given great impetus to a boom in local housing industry. Skyscrapers have mushroomed everywhere,
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      Lock icon Asia Commercial Finance Ltd.'s first office in Malaysia
      488 11 Ambitious scheme for home ownership THE Asia Commercial Finance Ltd., a subsidiary of the Asia Commercial Banking Corporation Ltd., will shortly establish its first Malaysian office in Kuala Lumpur, to be known as Asia Commercial Finance (M) Berhad. Branch offices in both
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      Lock icon Solar heater a necessity in modern living
      264 12 ideal home is incomplete without the installation of a waterheater. Owning a heating gadget is no longer a luxury but a necessity in modern living. In this respect, you may like to choose the Sekisui solar heater which assures the user hot water
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      95 11 ABE you one of those who shudder at the thought of taking a cold bath on a chilling morning? If so# your worry is now over. You can have a warm bath within a short time. This is made possible by the introduction of water heater for installation in your
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  • EASTERN SUN SPECIAL
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      Lock icon Finding about child prodigies
      1293 13  -  by Laurence Bookman J U S T what is geniu s? And who are the geniuses? This startling feature reveals the latest scientific findings on the subject. Some scientists, in fact, are diicovering that it may he possible to make geniuses to order, others have been
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      Lock icon For a burn, cool water first
      614 13  -  DEAR jfrgroij If 7 by Joseph G. Molner rtEAR Dr. Molner: My married daughter ■L' burned her hand on a hot pot. I told her to took her hand in cold water. Her husband told her to put oil on it instead that the
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      Lock icon Baby cavy makes an 'unusual' pet
      458 13  -  ALL ABOUT PETS! i by J.J. McCoy J HAVE always been partial to guinea pigs as pet,s for children. The cavies are small, easily gentled and more readily accepted by a child who fears large and more aggressive animals. Ours might be called a
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      216 13 SHAW ORGANISATION LIDO Phone ***** Lot Hat- U. 1 45. 4. «.30, 9.15 BRF *KTHROrGH" from to WEST BERLIN! C'iff Richard A Th' Hhviow, FINDERS KEEPERS" r r-'nr Pe;ea.«ed thru U.A. 1 CAPITOL Phone ***** l*th Dn' 11. 1 45. 4. «30. 9.30 p.m. /offin f« r A GrVTIGHTEB" Fr»nr»
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      267 13 AI i r Vi ORGANISATION IsWft. 1 ORCHARD —***** LAST 2 DAYS! Stow Starts; 1 00. S.OO 8.30 n m Grand Pm" Starts: 1.15. 6.15 N45 IN SUPER C INERAMA "GRAND PRIX" .28ST lame 5 Garner Eva Marie Saint SCHOOL CHILDREN' CONCESSION $1.50 to any seat Day shows only! ORCHARD
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      70 16 TIME AND TIDE E en n J 2 1 P m o* ft.); 12.58 p.m. (8.7 ft.). Da« 4 n in Port Swettenham: 6.18 a.m. (14.2 ft"); 6.25 p.m 1 1 Il» Port Dickson: 6.57 a.m (7.8 ft.); 7.20 p.m. (9.0 ft.). Smgapore: 11.40 a.m. (7.9 ft.); 11.09 p.m. (8.8
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