Eastern Sun, 15 November 1967

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  • Title Section
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    27 1 Eastern Sun Independent .National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 471 Wednesday, 15 November 1967. ft MC(P) 2251 ft KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • Article
    Lock icon Bill to promote rapid economic growth of S’pore
    245 1 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Government today proposed a consolidated bill for promoting rapid economic growth in the Republic. The bill, called the Economic Expansion Incentives from Income Tax) Bill, was read the first time in Parliament today, by the Minister for Finance,
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  • Article
    Lock icon Japan wins
    30 1 TOKYO, Tues. (Reuter) The Nippon Electric Company has signed a 9.4 million sterling contract to build a micro-wave communication network in Iran after beating British and Italian competition.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Thai troops for Vietnam
    55 1 BANGKOK, Tues. (Reuter) Thailand today announced she would send one division of combat troops to South Vietnam. A communique from the Prime Minister’s office said the division usually numbering 20,000 men was being sent at the request of the South Vietnamese Government. Thailand at present has
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    Lock icon Closer ties talk
    95 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) Japanese Prune Minister Eisaku Sato arrived here tonight and expressed the hope that his talks with President Johnson this week would improve the already close ties between the United States and Japan. The Prime Minister, who flew in from Seattle, said he intended to
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  • Article
    Lock icon 2,500 year-old grapes
    50 1 DAMASCUS. Tues. (Reuter) Archaeologists have found a bunch of petrified grapes more than 2,500 years old during excavations on a canaanite site at Tel Ashtara. about 27 miles south of here. They also unearthed a gilded bronze state dating from about 1-500 B.C, the antiquities department announced.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon ‘A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR NATURAL RUBBER’
    1062 1 House approves motion on Govt. Rubber Trading Trust Account KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Minister of Commerce and Industry Dr. Lim Swee Aun predicted a bright future for natural rubber despite the present low price for the commodity. Winding up the two-day debate on an
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    Lock icon Direct talks demand by Eban
    144 1 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. (Reuter) Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban told the Security Council today that Israel would co-operate with a proposed U.N. Middle East mediator only if his mandate did “not prejudice our policies or our negotiating position.” Repeating Israeli demands for direct talks with
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    Lock icon SOVIET AID
    29 1 MOSCOW. Tues. (Reuter) Kremlin ideologist Mikhail Suslov was quoted today as saying that Russia now supplies between 80/85 per cent of all foreign aid to North Vietnam.
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    Lock icon General killed
    33 1 SAIGON Tues. (Reuter) The Commanding General of the Third Marine Division in South Vietnam, General Bruno Hochmuth. was killed this afternoon when his helicopter crashed near Hue. an American spokesman said.
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    Lock icon Ho Chi Minh ill—Paper
    46 1 Ho Chi Minh ill— Paper OSLO. Tues. (Reuter) A Norwegian newspaper reported today that President Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam is seriously ill. Prime Minister Pham Van Dong now appears to be the man with executive authority in the country, the Oslo newspaper Dagbladet reported.
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    Lock icon ‘An apple a day’ order
    73 1 BONN, Tues (Reuter) Latest order to the West German Army all personnel will eat two and a quarter pounds (one kilogramme) of apples a week until next April. Food Minister Hermann Hoecherl says an apple (or two, or three) a day will help keep the
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    Lock icon Schoolmaster was a big hit
    51 1 STOCKPORT. England, Tues. (Reuter) Schoolmaster Michael Hallewell was the hit of the costume party he came dressed as a breathalyser, the scourge of Britain’s drinking drivers. He was also a big hit at the police station after his car hit a wall on the way
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    Lock icon Sultan improving says Dr. Pillai
    194 1 KUALA LUMPUR, lues. The condition of the Sultan of Kelantan was stated today to be “improving.” The 49-year-old ruler was admitted to the General Hospital here yesterday after a stroke. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong today paid a second visit to
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    Lock icon Plant damaged
    40 1 TEL AVIV. Tues. (Reuter) Arab saboteurs fired a bazooka 6hell into an Israeli army camp during the night and damaged a car assembly plant with an explosive charge, an army spokesman announced today. There were no Israeli casualties.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Royal visit to Malaysian Service Corps
      492 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues —The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong will make an official visit to the supply company of the Malaysian Service Corps at Batu Caves and Batu Garrison in Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. They will be accompanied by
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      Lock icon Shopkeeper robbed at knife-point
      103 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. ■set Three youths armed with daggers held up a sundry ahopkeeper and his family if six at Loke Yew Road and got away with $7OO laat night. The victim, Tee Chin Kian. 39. reported to the r'tolice that as he was about o
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      Lock icon Fashion shows for second French Fortnight
      310 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Second French Fortnight this year which opens at Weld Supermarket tomorrow will bring to Malaysians sumptuous delicacies that are re- nowned in France. To make this possible, the French Embassy here has sent for a chef, Monsieur Yves Vrajne, and
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    • Article
      Lock icon OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION TO HOLD DINNER
      68 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues The Methodist Afternoon School Old Boys’ Association here will hold Its annual reunion dinner at the Malinja Restaurant. Jalan Treacher, on Nov. 29 at 7.30 p.m. More than 150 old boys and their wives are expected to attend the function. The
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      Lock icon • The Chief Minister of Penang, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee and his wife Puan Sri Wong attended the opening ceremony of the Sekolah Menengah land, Penang, and the graduation day of the school last Friday.
      44 2 The Chief Minister of Penang, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee and his wife Puan Sri Wong attended the opening ceremony of the Sekolah Menengah land, Penang, and the graduation day of the school last Friday. of the Board of hbWMh. Headmaster of the IchS’iTehi
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      Lock icon Beware of con-men warning to public
      188 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A police spokesman today appealed to the public to be more cautious in parting with their money. Numerous cases of cheating by bogus con-men had been reported in the capital recently and this had led police to appeal for public co-operation.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Election of new penghulu at four centres
      138 2 KUCHING, Tues. The election of a new Penghulu to replace 67-year-old Penghulu Gtman of Rumah Lau. Nanga Tubai will be held at four centres in Sarikel district at the end of this month. This was announced today by the District Officer, Barikei. Tnird
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      Lock icon 3 Highland lasses say: Hitch-hiking does not need much money
      436 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. What you can do, I can do better... and almost bursting out singing it were three Highland lasses who proved that hitchhiking around the globe was just as easy for women. These lasses, all bubbling with adventurous
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    • Article
      Lock icon TRAINING COURSE
      41 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The South-east Asian Press Centre here is organising a two-week training course for journalists of Chinese language newspaper from Sabah, beginIng from Dec. 11. Five representatives from Chinese newspapers will be selected to attend the course.
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    • Article
      Lock icon K.L. DIARY
      89 2 Works of prominent Malaysian artists by Peninsular Art Society at 41, Jalan Raja Muda, 9 a m. to 8 p.m. Hong Kong Chineae youth drama at Stadium Negara 8 pm. Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club weekly luncheon meeting at Le Coq Dor 12.45 p.m, International Airport Recreation Club Tombola
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    • Article
      Lock icon Selangor faces $5.9 mil. deficit
      501 3  -  State Leg. Assembly meet: By JAMAL ALI KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Selangor State Government would face a deficit of $5.9 million for next year's expenditure. The estimated expenditure for 1968 will be $63 million against the estimated revenue of $57 million. Dato Harun, the Mentri
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      Lock icon Artist gets another 3 years
      90 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— A commercial artist, Ang Swee Ee. 36, who had spent 15 years in prison, was today jailed for another three years for robbing $3O from 'a friend. Ang, who has had 13 previous convictions, was found guilty in the Sessions Court here
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    • Article
      Lock icon Cultural dancers visit Manila
      72 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A team of 12 cultural dancers from the Ministry of Culture. Youth and Sports left for Manila today to take part in a festival of Asian folk dances. The team, comprising five girls and seven boys, were led by Enche Ariff Ahmad, a
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    • Article
      Lock icon Better ways of supplying agricultural credit to farmers needed
      294 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Agricultural credit is a necessary complement to infrastructure investment in rural development. This was stated in a paper tabled at the plenary session of the National Agricultural Marketing seminar held at Dewan Tunku Abdul Rahman here today. It
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    • Article
      Lock icon Permanent Secretary bids farewell to infantry men
      250 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Permanent Secretary. Ministry of Defence, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir bin Sham suddin, visited the Sungei Besi garrison here to bid farewell to officers and men of the Ist Malaysian Infantry Brigade and the Royal Military College. Tan Sri Abdul
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    • Article
      Lock icon Goods worth $883 stolen
      56 3 PENANG, Mon. A typewriter. car batteries and a fan. (total value $883) were stolen from Ban Hong Co., in Prangin Road yesterday The 27-year-old assistant manager, Lim Eng Huat, said he slept in the shop that night and on going to the bath room the next
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      Lock icon 37 admit seeing blue film
      150 3 PORT DICKSON, Tues Thirty-seven people pleaded guilty In a packed Magistrates Court here to a charge of witnessing a n obscene film show. Enche Abdul Murad bin Sheikh Ismail, the Magistrate. was told that on Nov. 8 at about 9.45 p.m a police party led
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      Lock icon Two to perform at concert
      167 3 PENANG, Tues. Barry Tuckwell, a virtuoso Horn player, and Margaret Kitchin, a concert pianist, will visit Penang from Dec. 7 to 9. They will play a varied programme of classical and modern music at a recital at the Phor Tay High School on Dec 8
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      Lock icon Airport official off to Melbourne
      50 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The Operations Manager of the Subang Airport. Mr. B E Webber left for Melbourne today to take up a four-month course on airport operation and administration, under the Colombo Plan. He will be attached to Melbourne and other major airports in Australia.
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      Lock icon COLOURFUL SHOW BY HK TROUPE
      78 3 The Chinese Cultural Troupe of Hong Kong yesterday gave a special one-hour show to employees of Rothmans of Pall Mall Berhad at their factory canteen In Petaling Jaya The employees, especially the girls, turned out in full force to see the show Seen here are
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    • Article
      Lock icon Warning to pirate taxi operators
      317 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. The Johore CID chief, Assistant Commissioner X. A. Nicholas today issued this warning to pirate taxi operators: "Stop your illegal highway business immediately or face serious consequences." Addressing a press conference, Mr. Nicholas warned that if they continued to ply passengers illegally
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    • Article
      Lock icon OFFICER CHARGED WITH CHEATING
      118 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A Royal Malaysian Air Force officer was charged before Enche Abdul Hamid bin Tan Sri Azmi, the Sessions Court President here today with cheating. Flying Officer Zainal Abidin. 23. of the RMAF Alor Star was alleged to have cheated Enche Abdul Mat Nor.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Do you know this woman?
      63 3 MALACCA. Tues. Malacca Police are anxious to contact a Malay woman, Bechik bte. Yacob alias Minah alias Mumah between 20 and 25 years old. Bechik. formerly of Scudai, Johore. has been missing since February. She was at one time seen frequenting a massage parlour at
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      Lock icon Sweden’s envoy to Malaysia named
      68 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Malaysian Government has agreed to the appointment of Count Lewenhaupt as Sweden’s Ambassador to Malaysia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed this in a statement issued here today. Count Lewenhaupt succeeds Monsieur Ake Sjolm who has relinquished his post on completing
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    • Article
      Lock icon CAR STOLEN
      37 3 BUTTERWORTH. Tues. A motor car, valued at $1,550. was stolen near a house in Bagan Luar, here early yesterday morning Aw Hong Tuck said that he could not find his car when he woke up.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Mother's plea to send son to jail
      129 3 IPOH. Tues Madam Teh Soh Chin today pleaded with the Magistrate. Enche Abu Bakar bin Awang to send her 19-year-old son to prison. “I have no control over him.” she said. Her son, Lim Thiam Poh, was convicted on a charge of housebreaking
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      Lock icon P.M: We are anti that force which goes under the name of communism
      502 4 PARLIAMENT ROUND-UP BY BEN D’CUNHA AND C.F. LEE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, today strongly backed the United States' involvement in Vietnam. He told Parliament today the communist efforts to dominate South Vietnam
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      Lock icon P.M. on equal rights for women
      147 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. There Is nothing to prevent a woman from becoming Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, told Parliament today. The Prime Minister was speaking on equal rights for women. The matter was raised by Alliance backbencher Enche Abdul Razak bin Haji
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    • Article
      Lock icon Govt. keeping a close watch on Labour Party premises—Tunku
      309 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman reiterated in Parliament today that the Government had no intention of banning the Labour Party, at the moment. Speaking during question time in the Dewan Ra'ayat this morning, the Tunku said, however,
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      Lock icon Degrees: Don't be misled by bankrupt politicians-Khir
      357 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The qualifications of graduates of foreign universities must be viewed in terms of their comparability with local qualifications before their degrees can be recognised by Malaysia. This was stated by the Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari in reply
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      Lock icon Blood Debt: Singapore was paid $25 mil. — Tunku
      130 4 Blood Debt: Singapore was paid $25 mil. Tunku KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Prime Minister, Tuhku Abdul Rahman told Parliament today that it was not true the Japanese Government paid $lOO million as a blood debt settlement to Singapore. He said the Singapore Government was paid $25 million the same amount
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      Lock icon Smuggling of cars: Interpol help sought —Minister
      130 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak, who is also Minister of Home Affairs, said today recent talks of some 500 cars having been smuggled into Thailand arose from newspaper reports only and not from official reports. He said the
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      Lock icon Anti-corruption agency gaining confidence—Razak
      229 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said this evening that the Anticorruption Agency had. since its establishment, increasingly gained the confidence of the public. This confidence, he said, wras reflected in the great number of letters it was now receiving, of which
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Government intervention: A shot in the dark with blank cartridge says Nair
      1641 4 RUBBER DEBATE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malaysian Government's intervention in the rubber market as a result of the price fall of natural lubber was today described as, "a shot in the dark with a blank cartridge." This charge
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      Lock icon Varsity expert to conduct courses for SIM
      173 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. A management expert from Harvard University will arrive here to conduct courses for the Singapore Institute of Management. He is Professor John Dearden who specialises in management accounting, cost accounting and budgeting and management information systems. During his two-week stay here.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Buddhist Union anniversary
      114 10 SINGAPORE, Tues The 30th anniversary of the Buddhist Union on Nov. 19 will coincide with the opening of the new Dhammasukha Memorial Hall In Jalan Senyum. where more than 1.000 devotees. members and guests will be present. Also expected at the ceremony will be more than a
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    • Article
      Lock icon Colombo Plan students
      49 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. Two Colombo Plan students from Ceylon have arrived here for special training under the Colombo Plan Technical Co-operation Scheme. They axe Mr. V Ratnam. who will be attached to the Customs, and Mr. C. Muthucumaraswamy. who will be attached to the Social Welfare Department.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Teochew drama
      43 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Er Woo Amateur Musical and Dramatic Association will stage a Teochew drama “The White Rabbit Tale” at National Theatre here on Nov. 22 at 8 pm. in aid of the National Art Gallery and the Academy of Arts.
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    • Article
      Lock icon S'PORE DIARY
      75 10 Chromonica Recital. Victoria Theatre. 8.15 pm. Malam Irama, National Theatre, 8 pm Free film show's bv the Ministry of Culture: Chwee Chian Road, Malay Kampong, Lorong Lumut Pei Chai School and Hwa Nam School. Bah Soon Pah Road. “The Future of Physics” by Professor F C Champion. New
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon 'EXERCISE MANDI'
      349 10  -  Trucks to the aid of stranded students By H.M.S. SUTAN SINGAPORE, Tues. Flood waters were swirling around us in heavy downpour. The Eastern Sun cameraman and myself (including students and teachers of the Swiss Cottage Primary School in Bukit Timah here) were all stranded today. At 230 pm.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Teacher wins Road Safety contest
      108 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. A school teacher, Mr. Koay Lum Poh. 29, has won the top prize in the Road Safety and Courtesy Trial held recently here. He scored 98 points to win the first prize in the men section. Miss K. Sara, 20, a HSC graduate,
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      Lock icon TALK ON BUDDHISM
      46 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Polytechnic Buddhist Society has invited a visiting monk. Venerable Soami Sariputra to give a talk on ‘‘Buddhism. The Teaching of Reality” tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. The talk will be held at the Main Lecture Theatre of the Singapore Polytechnic.
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      Lock icon 'Entertainment House' for tourists to Singapore
      228 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. Tourists to Singapore w*U have another place to go when Linpa Bar and Restaurant opens for business tomorrow. Located at 51 Beach Road here (near the junction of Beach Road and Middle Road), Linpo Bar and Restaurant will be declared open by
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      Lock icon Variety show in aid of Study Fund
      107 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. The University of Singapore History Society will hold a variety show. “Hullabaloo '67’- on Nov. 23 at National Theatre here in aid of the University Study Fund. Among the artistes appearing will be Johnny Tan. Naomi and the Boys. Henry Surlya.
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      Lock icon Two sent to jail for armed robbery
      165 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. Two men who pleaded guilty to a joint charge of armed robbery were sentenced to a total of fourteen years imprisonment by Mr. Justice Winslow in the High Court today. They are Ang Tong Hock and Llm Lye Seng who were
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      Lock icon 3 charged with acid throwing to stand trial
      280 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. —Three Barisan Sosialis supporters—two of them girls were today committed to stand trial in the High Court by the Ninth Magistrate, Mr. Boey Kun Hong, on a charge of causing hurt to a Police Constable with sulphuric acid. They are
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      Lock icon Mr. A.F. Luyken, Managing Director of the Amsterdam Tourist Office, has arrived in Singapore for a brief visit.
      74 10 He was here specifically to exchange ideas on the promotion of tourism with Mr. S.T. Ratnam. Director of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, and to illustrate to Singapore how similar organisations are
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Problems follow after him
      24 5 ERROL FLYNN: THE FATHER Flynn with third wife former Pot Wymore and daughter at Los Angeles Airport, February 7, 1956.
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      Lock icon Where did the ‘sexual athlete’ take root?
      564 5 London, Tues. (upi) A British judge yesterday described the late Australian-born actor, Errol Flynn, as “A sexual athlete” who may have “obtained Olympic standards.” Justice Robert Megarry made the comment in a case where he was asked to decide where Tasmaniaborn Flynn was
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      Lock icon ‘lmprove China relations bid’
      179 5 Not satisfactory now— BRITAIN LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Britain will do everything possible to improve the present “Highly unsatisfactory” Anglo-Chinese relations if China will co-operate, Foreign Undersecretary Mr. William Rodgers said yesterday. He was answering a question in the House of Commons about the prospect of improving
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      Lock icon 'NO PRESSURE ON VATICAN FOR INDULGENCE'
      170 5 ROME. Tues. (Reuter) A lawyer who won a Vatican annulment in 1962 of the first marriage of Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy's sister. Princess Lee Radziwill, denied today that the former U.S. First Lady used her influence to obtain it. The allegations against Mrs Kennedy were
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      Lock icon ‘Christian unity will come’
      124 5 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) The world's Christian churches will one day be united, Patriarch Athenagoras. senior patriarch of the Orthodox Churches, forecast here. He told a press conference near the end of his historic visit to England that the ecumenical movement was progressively growing, and the churches
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      Lock icon Blacklisted
      44 5 WASHINGTON. T u e s (Reuter) The United States today blacklisted five more ships on charges of calling at Cuban ports, making them ineligible to carry US. governmentfinanced cargoes. Altogether 105 ships are now barred from carrying US. cargoes for trading with Cuba.
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      Lock icon Poll day in P.I.
      225 5 MANILA. Tues. (Reuter) About 7.5 million Filipino voters are expected to cast their ballots in today's senatorial and provincial elections. Polling open at 7 a m and will close at 6 p m all over the country. At stake are some 14.000 elective posts, including those
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      Lock icon Pope holds ‘wide-ranging’ talks with his foreign secretary
      249 5 VATICAN CITY, Tues. (L'PI) Pope Paul VI yesterday held his first wide-ranging” meeting on church affairs with his top aide since his operation nine days ago, the Vatican reported. The Vatican daily Losservatore Romano said the 70-year-old Pope met with Vatican secretary
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      Lock icon £1m haul from the LCS
      86 5 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Thieves ransacked a strongroom of cash and jewellery here over the weekend and one early report said the haul could be worth £1 million. But the strongroom's owners, the London Cooperative Society, said it was impossible to say yet what had been
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      Lock icon $ $ $ and The Balding eagle
      190 5 and The Balding eagle WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) The US government took a loss of $2.200m. over 12 years because of failure to guard against devaluation of foreign currencies. government accountants reported. The watchdog general accounting office blamed the State Department, the Defence Department and other agencies for “Enormous losses incurred
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      Lock icon • SINGAPORE’S DPM Dr. Toh Chin Chye with Swedish PM Mr. T. Erlander during talks in Stockholm.
      19 5 SINGAPORE’S DPM Dr. Toh Chin Chye with Swedish PM Mr. T. Erlander during talks in Stockholm. UPI radio- photo.
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      Lock icon JUST EATING AND EATING
      97 5 RIO DE JANEIRO. Tucs. (tJPI) Dirceu Datti, who claims the world title in “Sport eating" found his championship threatened yesterday by his own sister and a trencherman known as ‘Bottom-less belly Chico". Datti won the title last year by devouring 16 fried chickens and washing down
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      Lock icon More troops dropped in West Borneo
      227 6 JAKARTA, Tues. (Reuter) Aircraft and helicopters of the Indonesian Air Force have dropped troop reinforcements in military operations against Communist Chinese guerillas in West Borneo, the official Antara news agency reported today. Antara said 54 Chinese guerillas had been killed in sporadic clashes with
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      Lock icon Philby's chance encounter with newsmen
      101 6 MOSCOW. Tues (Reuter) Kim Philby, the Briton alleged to have spied for Russia for 30 years before fleeing to Moscow from Beirut in 1963, had a chance encounter with three Western journalists here last night. The journalists saw Philby at a concert in Moscow’s Conservatory.
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      Lock icon FOUR GET 15 YEARS JAIL
      64 6 RANGOON’. Tues (Reuter) Two railway engine drivers and two other employees were today sentenced to 15 years rigorous imprisonment for causing the death of 78 people through negligence. Two trains collided headon Dec. 9, 1965, near Kyedaw in Central Burma in which 78 passengers were
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      Lock icon Bomb blast: FBI agents examined luggage
      228 6 SAN DIEGO. Tues. (Reuter) Federal agents examined the charred remains of three pieces of luggage today in their probe into a bomb explosion that ripped through a rear compartment of a jetliner in flight. The American Airlines plane, a Boeing 727. landed safely here
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      Lock icon LBJ accused of violating an act
      350 6 CHICAGO, Tues. (Reuter) A society of professional journalists has accused President Johnson of violating an act which he signed only last July and hailed at the time as safeguarding the American people’s right to know. The Freedom of Information Committee of the Society, Sigma
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      Lock icon Police seek killer of WRAF girl
      119 6 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Police were today hunting the killer of a Womens Royal Air Force (WRAF) girl found murdered yesterday in a lover's lane near the camp where she worked as a cook A detective said the girl. 19-year-old Aircraftwoman Rita Ellis, had been
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      Lock icon US envoy to Australia resigns
      87 6 WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter)—President Johnson today accepted the resignation of Mr. Edward Clark as U S Ambassador to Australia, effective on February 1. Mr. Clark’s letter of resignation was not released by the White House. Today’s announcement was foreshadowed earlier this month when Presidential Press Secretary
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      Lock icon Conscription Bill published
      39 6 AMMAN. Tues. (Reuter) The Jordan government today published a conscription bill which makes Jordanians between 18 and 40 liable to two years’ military service. The bill will have to be approved by the House of Representatives.
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      160 6 SPRINGFIELD. Illinois, Tues. (UPI) The attorney for Richard Franklin Speck condemned to death in the electric chair for murdering eight nurses in Chicago, filed a formal notice of appeal yesterday with the Illinois Supreme Court. The notice took the form of a certificate telling
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      112 6 WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) President Johnson received a report today from U S Ambassador to Saigon Mr. Ellsworth Bunker that steady progress was being made in Vietnam militarily and politically. “My view is very definite that we are making steady progress, and I think there is every
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      94 6 BUNKER Hill Air Force Base, Indiana, Tues. (UPI) A supersonic B-53 Hustler jet bomber crashed on takeoff from this air force base last night, killing at least one of three crewmen on board. Cass County Coroner Mr. Ed Drerup confirmed the one fatality. Apparently the other two
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        260 6 HERE is the form again for those who missed it last week. Remember, the contest closes on Nov. 17, 1967. All entries must be sent immediately. The first prize will be a GIANT 16” x 20” photograph of David McCall um (autographed by him during his visit
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        430 6 ALL members who wish to have their names published in this column, please write your name, address, section and number, age. sex, hobbies and interests on a piece of paper and send it to: Pen-Pals Column. Eastern Sun UNCLE Fan Club, 23-B, Cantonment Road, Singapore, 2. Agent Freddy
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        635 6 Channel D... Come in pHEW! What a hectic week I had. I was called upon by Agent Section 0 Number i on the emergency channel, to rescue him from being buried alive under the Pop Poll coupons. By the way, Section 0 Number i is (I’m sure
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      324 7 $250 m and ‘see-what we-done’ from France PARIS, Tues. (Reuter) The Bank of France has agreed to contribute to an international bank credit to Britain totalling USS2SOm. (about £9O m authorised sources said here last night. The sources emphasised that the actual amount and terms of
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      346 7 Wilson to C-mart LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Prime Minister Harold Wilson last night offered to help build a big new technological complex for Western Europe as part of Britain's drive to get into the Common Market. He put forward a specific seven-point plan aimed at making
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      90 7 JERI SALEM Tues. (UPI) Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol has blamed the Soviet Union for the renewal of war fever in the Middle East. Mr. Eshkol told a meeting of the Israeli parliament yesterday that “the crisis in the Middle East is also due to the penetration of the
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      104 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Alphamatic news, the first full-time, all-electronic news service for homes and offices, has been made available to almost 2.000 Community Antenna TV (rental television) Systems throughout the U.S. The service is provided by Television Presentations. Inc., and United Press International. Mims
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      292 7 ADEN. Tues. (Reuter) The National Liberation Front (NLF) has launched intense diplomatic activity to win quick international recognition when it assumes power in South Arabia later this month. The move comes on the eve of an announcement expected to be made by British
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      107 7 CLEVELAND. Tues. (UPI) Carl B Stokes, a Negro great-grandson of a slave, was inaugurated yesterday as mayor of Cleveland. Stokes, elected by the slim plurality of 1.644 votes last Tuesday to become the first Negro elected mayor of a major city, took the oath of office
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      111 7 CHICAGO. Tues. (Reuter) The mayor of Northlake. a Western Chicago suburb, was today jailed for 12 years and fined $",500 for extortion. Four other men. also found guilty with Mayor Henry E. Neri in a conspiracy to extort $60,500 from an apartment builder,
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      155 7 KINGSIZE DEFINITION NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, England. Tues. (Reuter) President Johnson should admit he had made a mistake and work towards ending the Vietnam war, American Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King said today. Dr. King, a former nohel peace prize winner and a vigorous opponent of the war,
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      331 7 ARAB-TO-JEW EYEBALL-TO-EYEBALL UNITED NATIONS, New York, Tues. (Reuter) Israel yesterday called again for a Middle East peace treaty directly negotiated with the Arabs, and excluded the United Nations from more than a marginal role in any reconciliation effort. In a tough speech to the
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      407 7 RICHMOND. Virginia. Tues. (Reuter) Governor Mills Godwin of Virginia has expressed his “regret” over an Episcopalian Minister's criticism of President Johnson in a sermon to a congregation that included the President and First Lady. In the Sunday sermon at the historic Bruton Parish Church in
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      730 7 PARISIANS ACCEPT MAD MOD MALADY (Bv Peggy Massin, Reuter's correspondent) PARIS. Tues. Swinging London's craze for boutiques has spread like an epidemic into this once sedate fashion capital. Small shops sell offbeat fashions at low prices among a medley of articles ranging from stuffed owls to
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    759 8 WHEN co-operative marketing societies were formed to help farmers sell their produce, most of the officers in charge of the scheme had very little practical experience in selling. The first essential was to build up connections with those supplying rural produce to the markets in the towns. The
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    1339 8  -  by C.F. Lee JJONG KONG, or to call it by its more exotic Chinese name, "Fragrant Harbour", has in the past been variedly described as "The Crossroads of the Orient", "A Shopper's Paradise", "The Treasure Chest of the Orient", and "The Most Stimulating
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      Lock icon Evasive reply to Nair’s T.V. debate
      546 8 MANY of your readers must be wryly amused by the evasive replies offered by Mr. Robert Goh of the Alliance and by Mr. Peter Yip. to Mr. Devan Nair’s simple and straightforward challenge to a TV debate with Alliance leaders. Those of your readers,
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      318 8 ON NOVEMBER 6. 1967. the Eastern Sun published on its commercial and industrial page an item entitled “Indo-Thai Air Services”, saying in part: “...Air India will omit Bangkok from its services to Hong Kong and Tokyo because no agreement has been reached so far at the Government
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      68 8 PREMIER Lee Kuan Yew is fast emerging as a philosopher-politician. He has a keen sense of survival among big power b’.oes. the leaders of which he has lampooned and castigated in no uncertain terms. His intellectual resilience Is only matched by his intellectual impatience with western
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    205 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") CHARLIE rented a house from Bill for himself and family. They agreed that Charlie would help with farm chores instead of paying rent in cash. One day Bill’s cow kicked Charlie while Charlie was milking her.
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      41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1967 23-B, Cantonment Road, Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 39. |alan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur, Malaytia. Telephone: *****/6 8, Leith Street. Tel: ***** 77, Brewiter Road. Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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      24 8 Ulltft ttRIIERS WLSI GHI IHEIR NAMES fl AND ADDRESSES IN GOOD FAITH.■ L UTTERS WITMOirT NAMES AND ADDRESSES 9 fjVUll Ml) Bl RIBUSHEO jfl
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      Lock icon New giant electrical group formed
      161 9 LONDON, Tues. Britain's General Electric Company (GEC) became one of Europe’s biggest electrical engineering groups with the takeover of Associated Electrical Industries (AEI). The new group now has assets of £245m. and an annual turnover based on last year’s figures in the region of £445m.
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      98 9 promoted SINGAPORE. Tues —Mr. Lee Keng Gin has been appointed Distribution Superintendent of BP Singapore Limited. His responsibilities will include supply and planning and the operation of BP distribution facilities. He has succeeded Mr. R. D Ayliffe who has returned to UK. to take up a new appointment
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      195 9 NEW YORK. (UPI) The Stock Market got off to a strong start yesterday with prices rising along a broad front in fairly active trading. Shortly before the end of the first hour of trading, the United Press International Marketwide indicator rose 0.53 per cent with 1,242
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      Lock icon Air France to lease Russia's airliner
      48 9 MOSCOW. Tues (UPI) The French airline. Air France, agreed yesterday to lease Russia's newest airliner, the IL-62, for its Paris-Moscow-Paris run. It was believed to be the first time that a major western airline has either leased or bought a Soviet airliner.
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      16 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The tin price for today was $602.75 per picul, ud 75 cent*.
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      120 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. In September. Swissair supplied a total of 59 million tonkilometres. or 11 p.c. more than in the like month a year ago. The number of kms utilised showed a gain of 10 p.c. and came to 38 million. Passenger and mail carriage climbed
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      157 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A new procedure on trade and methods of payment between Malaysia and Indonesia came into effect today. Details of the arrangement was announced at a joint press conference by the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Raja
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      49 9 WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) General Services Administration today sold 30 long tons tin. Philipp Bros, bought 25 tons of grade A at $1.54 per lb. to specify delivery and H A Astlett bought 5 tons of grade B at $1.52-1/2 from storage at Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
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      1230 9 SINGAPORE. Tues Fairlv active conditions continued to rule on the Stock Exchange with industrials opening firm but eased off slightly towards the afternoon. The closing tone was steady. The best gain in today's trading was by Wilkinson Process which was done at a lone
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      125 9 SINGAPORE. Tues A Singapore Jewellery firm's associate company in Hong Kong has won the “Window Display Competition" for the second time in succession. The associate company of SPH (Ip Silva, which has its head office in Singapore won the competition from more than a hundred
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      103 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Two senior engineers of the Plessey Components Group's Wound Components Division at Titchfield. Hampshire, are in Milan attending the Fifth Technical Convention on Electronic Components —the most important gathering of colour television experts yet arranged. Mr. Arthur W. Lee. fs presenting a paper
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      97 9 SINGAPORE. Tues.— The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 32-9 16: Airmail OD. 3211/16; 90 d/st. 33} credit bills; 33-7/16 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 35; Airmail OD. 35}; 90 d st. 35} credit bills;
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      27 9 HONG KONG, Tues. (UPI t Monev Quotations: HK$5. 7675 5.***** per US dollar for cash HKf 15.02 per pound sterling HK3260.25 per tael gold.
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      347 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. December first grade rubber f.o b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 49i cents per lb., unchanged from previous close. The tone was quietly steady. Opening indications were about unchanged on overnight levels. The market thereafter steadied on fair interest
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      35 9 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages; 30 Industrials 859.74 20 Rails 230.41 15 Utilities 121.68 65 Stocks 302.19 40 Bonds 76.09 Commodity Futures Index 140 22 (X) (X) New High
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      24 9 LONDON. Tues (UPI) Rubber market opened very quiet with spot 16 18 nom. No 1 RSS CIF basis ports Nov 14-} 14-3/8.
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      479 9 SINGAPORE—Stork Lvchange Old and offer prices officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co 1.79 Boustead i 70 1.71 < sugar 2.09 2.10 hemical Co 1.52 1.51 < old storage 4.20 4.21 Dunlop 2.45 E. Smelting CD 4.04 4 76 E A 1. 2.30 2.38 E-so
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      55 9 (Managers’ Prices) First Malavan 2.53 2 62 second Malayan 1 80 1 91 Third Malayan XD 1.14 1.23 The Commerce Industry Fund .05 1.04 The savings Fund 1.34 1.43 Malayan Investment Fund XI) 1.05 1.15 First llongkong \1* .79 84* second H'kong X|) .55 m* S'ng Commodity XD
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      108 9 SINGAPORE. Tups The noun price* at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are n Buyer seller Coconut Oil (FOB.) Bulk Coconut Oil .59 00 (F.O.B.) Drums Loose Copra Mixed 61.50 Nov/Dec Muntok White 34 50 Pepper (FOB.) 96% VI. W 137.50 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% VI. W 135.00
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      49 9 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Rubber !utures closed unchanged to 15 points higher. Sales nil. Bid. Asked Jan 18.10 18.45 May 18.20 18.45 July 18.65 19.00 Sept 18.65 1900 Nov 18.65 19.00 The spot No. 1 RSS 17 7 8 cents per pound, nominal, up 1/8 cent.
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      191 9 SINGAPORE, Tues.—The following ships are expected to be in port today:— Godnwns. Vessels. 1/2 Borussia. 3/4 Bengal Mail 5 Yamanami 6/7 Star Alcyone 8 9 Johannes Maersk 10/11 Vanino 13/14 Westfalia 15/16 Protecilaus 18 S.A. Statesman 19 Loide Haiti 21/22 Sea Express 23 24 Rangoon Maru 25/26
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      1242 10 YOUR TODAY i > -M TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Pulau Pinang; 6 Ipota and Melaka; 3 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat: 9 Kluang. P.M 545 Opening Annct. Prog. Summary; 5.50 News Outlines in the National Language. 555 National Songs; 600 News In Tamil; 6.10
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    327 11 GOVT ACCEPTS TENDERS FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Govvernment has accepted seven tenders for private participation in projects under the Urban Renewal Scheme which would total some $31.5 million of investment. The total land premiums offered by the Government was about $8.72 million. Under
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    59 11 SINGAPORE. Tues The Singapore Teachers’ Folk Dance Society will conduct a Malay dance course for teachers at the Raffles Girls' Primary School Hall. Queen Street here, from Dec. 11 to 22. The class will start at 7.30 p.m. Those interested can regi'ter at the same place
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    115 11 SINGAPORE. Tues The Minister for Labour Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, today said the Government had managed to clean up its records on who were citizens and who were non-citizens with the introduction of th® new laminated identity cards during the re-registration of the population. The Minister was
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    73 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. Military personnel will be conducting a Street Clearing Exercise between 2 a.m. to 6 am on Thursday. This exercise will commence from Middle Road and will cover the junction of Middle Road/North Bndge Road/Victoria Street Queen Street. No blanks or thunderflashes will be fired
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    335 11 SINGAPORE. Tues. Parliament today gave approval to the Minor Offences (Amendment) Bill which increases the degree of penalties for rioters behaving in a disorderly or indecent manner in court, not in the presence of a magistrate. In moving the Bill for a
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    605 11 A walkover for PAP in next elections Barker SINGAPORE, Tues. The Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. E. W. Barker, today expressed confidence that whether there were 51 or 58 seats for Parliament in the next general elections, the People’s Action Party would have a “walkover”. Mr. Barker made
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    276 11 No discrimination in MSA staff recruitment —Raja SINGAPORE. Tues. The acting Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, today denied there was discrimination in the recruitment of staff in the Malaysia-Singapore Airlines. The MP for River Valley, Mr Lim Cheng Lock, had asked whether the Deputy Prime Minister wa -5 aware
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    111 11 SINGAPORE. Tues.— Robbers today opened fire when an employee of the Tan Ban Cheong goldsmith in Upper Serangoon Road which they were robbing, pressed the alarm bell. The six robbers entered the goldsmith’s shoo at about 1.15 p.m. and held up the proprietor and the employees
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    206 11 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Parliament today approved the Printers and Publishers lAmend ment) Bill, which would now require publishers to submit printed publications or books to the National Library. Under this Amendment Bill, it also clearly defines the meaning of the word “Book”. The Parliamentary Secretary
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    366 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. Parliament today gave its approval to the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill which made several “necessary amendments” to the Income Tax Ordinance. Under some of the clauses of the Bill, nonresident public entertainers and non-resident persons in employment in Singapore will be charged a
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    94 11 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, today disclosed that Singapore had established a total of 12 embassies and missions abroad since August, 1966. He said this in Parliament in reply to a query by the MP for Ulu Pandan, Mr. Chow
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    712 11 Parliament roundup by John Kam and Peter Loke SINGAPORE. Tues. It is now an offence for any person to dissuade voters from voting between nomination day and polling day in any elections. This new clause is incorporated in the Singapore Parliament Elections
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    162 11 SINGAPORE, Tues The Minister of State for Education, Enche Rahim Ishak, told Parliament today that the Ministry of Education had no objection to the proposed introduction of sex education in some mission secondary schools next year. Enche Rahim added that such
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    234 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Minister for Labour, Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, today rejected a suggestion that a committee should be set up to study the feasibility of allowing members of the Central Provident Fund to use their contributions as down payments for th>r purchase of
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    26 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. At 10.15 pm., tomorrow. Radio Singapura will broadcast, over its English Channel, the Prime Minister’s Speech at the American Association of Singapore.
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      911 12 AUSTRALIA, an island continent of mote than three million square miles, is a big world for little aircraft. And if there’s one industry which typifies the restless. adventure-seeking spirit of its country’s 12.000,000 people it’s the aviation industry, more particularly the general aviation industry.
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      617 12  -  WAR WITHOUT DEATH By Dermot Canning TMAGINE h a I f a dozen aggressive tom cats cringing with fear when a tiny mouse is set down in front of them. Impossible? Not at all it’s happened many times in recent experiments carried out
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      929 12 Q: In a list of do’s and don’ts for a reducing diet, it said not to eat or drink anything very hot or very cold. Why? A: I don’t advise any such thing, and I don’t know why hot or cold food should have any effect
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      1276 12  -  By H.L. Herschensohn, M.D. "PICTURES of the A famous heart specialist, Dr. Paul Dudley White, show him riding a bicycle and hundreds of people following him on bikes. Isn't bicycle riding strenuous exercise? If a man has had a heart attack, would it be a
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      310 12 MORE than 2.536.090 radio listeners licences are on issue in Australia. 12.00 ft more than there were last year. In addition there are nearly 2 OOft.ftflft combined licences for both radio and television receivers. The Australian Post-master-General. Mr. Alan Hulme. gave these figures in an
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      Lock icon • The inaugural golf match for the Piala Perwira was held between Malaysian Armed Forces officers and senior Go- vernment officials at the Royal Selangor Golf Club Old Course during the weekend.
      61 14 The inaugural golf match for the Piala Perwira was held between Malaysian Armed Forces officers and senior Go- vernment officials at the Royal Selangor Golf Club Old Course during the weekend. I Picture shows Brigadier Cngku Ahmad (right) receiving the trophy from Tan Sri Fa- timah binte Haji Hashim (centre)
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      276 14 RANGOON, Tues. (UPI). Cambodia beat Pakistan 1-0 in the second match of zone two of qualifying round of the Asian cup soccer tournament played here last night. Some 30,000 spectators watched the match at Rangoon's Aun San Stadium. The game started with both
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      138 14 COLOMBO, (Ceylon). Tues. (Reuter) Jim Long, the Australian champion, nearly equalled fellow-Aus-tralian Bob Marshall’s world championship record of seven century breaks in one session when he compiled five in his match against Ceylon's number two, Mohamed Marzuk when the World Billard Championships continued here j’esterday.
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      Lock icon LONDON FIGHTS WAY BACK TO THE TOP WITH WIN OVER FOLLEY
      249 14 LIVERPOOL. Tues. (Reuter) Brian London, former British heavyweight champion, fought his way back to world ranking when he outpointed Zora Folley, of Phoenix. Arizona, over ten rounds here last night. Folley. the last man to fight Cassius Clay tor
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      124 14 BANGKOK. Tues. (Reuter) Princess Übolratana, 17-year-old eldest daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. lost to two veteran sailsmen in her attempt to get a berth on Thailand's yachting team for the forthcoming Southeast Asia Peninsular Games over the weekend. The Princess, competing in
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      191 14 WIDNES. (England) Tues. (UPI) The touring Australian rugby league team beat Widnes 3.3 points to 11 last night before a crowd of 9.000 fans. Australians, won by 6 goals and seven tries to a goal and three tries. Eleven points in the first
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      58 14 PARIS, Tues. (Reuter) France's former European welterweight boxing champion. Jean Josselin, beat American Johnny Brooks on points in a ten-round bout here last night. Josselin. 28, lost his European title against Italian Carmelo Bossi in San Remo in May. In a previous fight he was beaten
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      423 14  -  By LESLIE NAKASHIMA TOKYO, Tues. (UPI). —Both world junior welterweight champion Paul Fuji of Honolulu and challenger Willy Quatour of West Germany were confident of victory in their 15round title bout on Thursday night here. Fuji, 27, who has been fighting out
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      133 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A New Zealand rugby film "Giants of the past” will soon be screened for the State rugby unions and local clubs here and in Singapore next month. This was disclosed today by the second secretary of the New Zealand High Commission,
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      59 14 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Results of football matches played last night were: English Division Three Barrow 5. Col. United 0 Orient 1, Reading 0 Southport 4, Gillingham 1 Stockport County 4, Shrewsberrv Town 2 Tranmere R 3, Swindon T. 2 English Division Four Bradford 0. Newport C. 2
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      225 14 TOKYO, Tues. (UPI) Rene Barrientos of the Philippines last night knocked out second ranked Japanese junior lightweight Sumio Nobata in the sixth round of their non-titled 10-round bout at Korakuen hall. Nobata. 23, scored an eight-count knockdown early in the fourth round with a
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      40 14 IPOH. Tues. Dr. Wang Siew Meng. Perak gold medallist in centre-fire event in the National Shooting competition heid recently, has been picked to represent Malaysia in the SEA P. Games to be held in Bangkok next month.
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      Lock icon S. Korean grapplers score big ‘win’ at opening of c’ships
      318 15 NEW DELHI, Tues CUPI) South Korea wrestlers scored a major victory even before Sunday's opening of the 17th freestyle championships here, the leader of the South Korean group reported yesterday. Kim Keul-Hawn, president of the Korean Amateur Wrestling Association (KAWA),
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      Lock icon Joe Louis 'stops' Fitzsimmons in round 10
      152 15 MIAMI BEACH. (Florida'. Tues. (Reuter) Joe Louis last night slammed h;s way Into the semifinals of a computerised tournament to find boxing’s greatest heavyweight of all time when the referee stopped his fight against Bob Fitzsimmons in the 10th round. The bout was
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      Lock icon Fate kayoes Fijian
      95 15 AUCKLAND, (New Zealand) Tues. (UPI) American welterweight Fate Davi* employed a body attack on Monday to soften up Fijian Inia Cataroga before knocking him out in the sixth round of the main event at the YMCA Stadium. Davis. 149-3/4 pounds, started slowly against the short, 144-1/2 pound
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      Lock icon Shareholder impresses in trial
      363 15  -  Major Issue retaining winning form By Windsor Lad |4 UALA LUMPUR, Tues. Shareholder, a AV Coeur Volant five-year-old gelding under trainer Mickey Donnelly, worked with gusto on the track here this morning when he easily skipped over 3f in 39-2/5, striding out smoothly all the way.
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      Lock icon Nawab and boys will come at a bad time in Aussie cricket
      1073 15 SYDNEY, Tues. (Reuter) The Nawab of Pataudi's Indian cricketers arrive this month at a time when Australian cricket is wrestling unhappily with its own shortcomings. Beaten by the West Indies and by South Africa in successive major engagements
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      Lock icon Off-form Devlin takes a holiday
      102 15 CANBERRA Tups. (Reuteri Australian Bruce Devlin is taking a holiday from golf after seeing his annual earnings from the game drop by more than £33.000 in 12 months. La*t year Devlin won £33.480. showing up particularly well on the tough United States circuit. This year
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      68 15 TOKYO, Tues. (Reuter) The Japan Amateur Boxing Federation announced today it would send a six-man delegation to the Third Asian Boxing Championships to be held in Colombo. Ceylon, between December 9 and 15 The Federation said the delegation would include two officials and four boxers
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      Lock icon • Goalkeeper Owen Nutteridge, a member of the New Zealand soccer team which competed in the international soccer tournament in South Vietnam and which will play in Malaysia on their way home, leaps for the ball during a recent match in New Zealand between the Auckland and Canterbury provincial sides. Partly obscured by Nutteridge is John Legg, Auckland wing, and at right is Kenneth France, Canterbury fullback, both of whom are also members of the team. France was recently voted New Zealand soccer's "Sportsman of the Year". He is vicecaptain of the New Zealand team.
      94 15 Goalkeeper Owen Nutteridge, a member of the New Zealand soccer team which competed in the international soccer tournament in South Vietnam and which will play in Malaysia on their way home, leaps for the ball during a recent match in New Zealand between the Auckland and Canterbury provincial sides. Partly
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      Lock icon Star side crash to defeat
      132 15 ADELAIDE, Tues (Reuter) The star-studded New South Wales team, including seven men with Test experience, crashed to their third successive Sheffield Shield cricket defeat here today, losing by an innings and 56 runs to South Australia. Resuming at 95 for three in the second innings,
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      Lock icon Malaysians in Jakarta
      30 15 JAKARTA. Tues. (Reuter) A 12-member team of Malaysian athletes arrived here last night to take part in Indonesia’s athletics competition to be held In Jakarta this month.
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      Lock icon Hock Seng and Ah Tah not in hockey trials
      161 15 MALACCA. Tues. Koh Hock Seng and Goh Ah Tah, two of Malacca's State stalwarts will not be attending the Malaysian Hockey Federation’s training and initial trials which were scheduled to start yesterday at Kuala Lumpur to pick the Malaysian team for
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      Lock icon Series of games for Siew Sin's Trophy
      100 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues The Tun Tan Siew Sin Trophy will be fought between Federal Establishment Office and the Treasure' with a series of games on the following days Nov 15 table tennis, Nov. 16 hockey, Nov 18 lawn tennis, Nov. 19 cricket, Nov.
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      215 15 HONG KONG, Tues (UPi)' More drivers and their cars left for the 14th Macao Grand-Prix today, assured by Chinese Communists that Hong Kong drivers would not be attacked or assassinated “The story of threats against drivers has all been cooked up.”
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      Lock icon Delayed game to be held over two days
      219 15 KUALA LUMPUR, lues. The long-delayed Malaysian Ceylonese Cricket Association 1966 finals between Singapore and Selangor for the “Sarawanamuttu Shield” has at last come off. It will be played over two days at the Kilat Club grounds commencing on Saturday at 11 a.m.
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      377 16 to SEAP Games official SINGAPORE, Tues. The Minister for Culture and Social Affairs and president of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, Enche Othman bin Wok, has expressed his deep regrets on Singapore's withdrawal from four major events to the 4th SEAP Games at Bangkok
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      Lock icon Colombian who did not have the garden hose
      225 16 MANILA. Tues. (Reuter)— The lack of a garden hose possibly cost Marco Antonio Navas of Colombia a world record for endurance cycling, the Manila Times reported today. The 39-year-old Navas rode a bicycle continuously for five days and nights last week in
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      Lock icon Alan Smith to captain Warwickshire
      98 16 LONDON, Tues Wicketkeeper Alan Smith is to be made captain of Warwickshire County Cricket Club next season in place of M.J.K- Smith, for former England captain, who has gone into business. Alan Smith, 31, captained Oxford University for seasons 1959-1960 —a successive duty that had
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      31 16 IPOH, Tues The Perak Indians will be meeting their Penang counterparts in the opening match of the inter-state football competition for the Bardhan Cup in Penang on Nov. 19.
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      31 16 SAIGON Tues. (Reuter) South Vietnam beat Malaysia 4-1 here tonight to end Malaysia’s hopes of finishing among the top three in the South Vietnam national day soccer tournament.
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      Lock icon Kasetsart XV hold COBRA to eight-all draw
      365 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Kasetsart University XV of Thailand who made drastic changes in their team, drew with the Combined Old Boys Rugby Association XV (COBRA) 8-all in a friendly match played at the rain soaked Selangor Club padang today. Kasetsart’s points came
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      1265 16 Dear Sir, If the Asian Amateur Bodybuilders Federation is an "illegal" organisation (vide your report of 12th November), then I must say that Mr. Oscar State, Secretary-General of the F.I.H.C. is an even greater offender in the "ethics" of amateur sports! Mr. Oscar State had.
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      114 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Selangor won both the senior and junior titles in the eighth annual Mr. Muscle beach contest, held at Port Dickson over the weekend. A large crowd of holiday makers and physical culturists witnessed the contest organised by the Nilai
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      1072 16 Horses Class 2, Div. 1—6 Furs. 122 Goodwill II 4y 9 00 Waterfall Stable Allan 014 Paling Balk 5y 8.11 Quest Stable Leong 470 Putra Klang 7y 8 07 Sultan of Selangor R. B'kelen 371 Luna 7 6y 8.06 Mr. Tan Hock Chong Daniels
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      60 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 11-33 a.m. (6.7 ft.), 11.54 p.m. (8.3 ft.). Port Swettenham: 4.13 a-m. (15.6 ft.), 4.48 p.m. (14.1 ft.). Port Dickson: 5.22 a.m. (90 ft.), 5.47 p.m. (7.6 ft.). Singapore: 9.42 a.m. (8.6 ft.), 10.23 p.m. (8.4 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 7.52 a.m. (69 ft), 9.31 p.m. (7.1
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