Eastern Sun, 8 December 1967

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  • 27 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 494 Friday, 8 December 1967. ft MC(P) 2251 ft KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 555 1  -  Two doctors tell police of treating man with suspected bullet wound By: R. V. Lingam gINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore Police today launched an island-wide hunt for a male Chinese who called on two private doctors for treatment of a wound just above the knee. From the descriptions
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  • 182 1  -  JAMAL ALI TZ’UALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Standing Committee of ASEAN Association of South-east Asian Nations will meet in Jakarta before the end of this month. The meeting will hare as Chairman, Dr. Adam Malik, the Indonesian Foreign Minister. Official sources here disclosed today
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  • 63 1 BANGKOK, Thurs. (CPI) Thai and Malaysian border policemen fought a band of Communist terrorists in Yala Province this morning and killed one before the Communists retreated into the jungle. Thai and Malaysian border police have been conducting joint patrols near the border to prevent smuggling of
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  • 48 1 ANGKOR. Thurs (Reuter) The Singapore Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, rode on an elephant as he toured historic Angkor On Wednesday. The Prime Minister, looking relaxed and smiling, and two of his children rode on one elephant, while Mrs. Lee followed on another.
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  • 224 1 PENANG, Thurs. A big man-hunt by the police has started in Penang Island in an all-out bid to get the escaped gunman involved in the attempted kidnapping of a wealthy merchant, Mr. Neoh Choo Ee, at his residence In Ayer Rajah Road on Tuesday
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  • 42 1 SCHEER. West Germany, Thurs. (Reuter) Josef Nussbaum. 31-year-old member of the Scheer “Jolly Smokers’ Club.’’ claims to have broken his own world cigar-smoking record by keeping his four inch cigar going for 216 minutes. His previous best was 208 minutes.
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  • 58 1 BRISTOL. England. Thurs. (UPI) Harry Howe, 75. died on Wednesday after being run over by his own car while on his way to a funeral. He had stopped on a hill to ask a truck driver to help him repair a fault in the car.
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  • 78 1 U.S. Commander-in-Chief Pacific, Admiral U.S.G. Sharp yesterday morning paid a courtesy call on the acting Chief of the Armed Forces Staff. Lt-General Tan Sri Abdul Hamid bin Bidin and the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Enche Abu Dakar Samad bin Mohd. Noor and other officials at the Ministry
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  • 128 1 KUALA LUMP 1 R, Thurs. The Comman-der-in-C h i e f of the United States Armed Forces in the Pacific Region, Admiral Ulysses, S. Grant Sharp, flew in today for a two-day goodwill visit to Malaysia. Admiral Sharp, who came by a U.S. military
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  • 74 1 JAKARTA, Thurs (Reuter) Sixty-seven people have been killed in recent anti-Communist operations in North Sumatra Province, the local military commander. Brigadier General Sarwo Edhie, announced General Sarwo quoted by Indonesia’s official Antara news agency, said another 485 suspected Communists had been arrested since the
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  • 57 1 MELBOURNE. Thurs. (Reuter) The Victorian State Government has agreed to abolish the death penalty for pregnant wo men convicted of murder. In such cases the penalty will now be imprisonment at the Governor’s pleasure, according to an amendment to th e Juries Bill passed
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  • 195 1 Thurs. (UPI). Hungry, disenchanted and tired of fighting, 37 Vietcong soldiers and a 15-year-old girl nurse surrendered in the largest mass defection of the Vietnam war, American Headquarters announced today. They were members of a Vietcong platoon and included the platoon leaders, a
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  • 181 1 If your gums are sore and tender to the touch, or bleed a little when you brush them watch out. These are certain signs of dangerous gum trouble which can loosen teeth, so that they have to be pulled out. Kolynos Dental
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 327 2 PENANG, Thurs. The Chief Minister, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, said today the Government was determined to bring all those who were responsible for the recent disturbances to justice. Tan Sri Wong, who was speaking over Radio Malaysia, said there were still
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    • 313 2 KAMPAR, Thurs. Bachelors with a pioneering spirit and the desire for adventure are invited by the Perak Government to Join in a 51.2 million land scheme, for the cultivation of oil palm Over 200 vouths between the ages of 18-23, are needed for this
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    • 290 2 BUTTERWORTH Thurs. The United Malayan Flour Mills Ltd-, at the Mak Mandin Industrial Estate, received its first shipment of wheat today. It will begin production toon. Situated on a six-acre site overlooking the Prai River, the vast mill complex consists of a
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    • 401 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Mutual co-operation among the various races in the country is essential, in order to crush the sinister aims of Communist and their puppets. This was declared last night by the Mentri Besar. Dato Haji Othman Mohamed Sa’at, at a dinner to honour
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    • 97 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs A total of 52 trainees will receive their Graduation Certificates from Mr. AsbJom Slordahl. the Royal Consul General of Norway in Singapore at 10 a.m. on Nov. 9 on board the Training Ship “Singapore”. Since the Training Ship scheme started on Feb 3,
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    • 28 2 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. Police raided a house at Jalan Walters Greniers off Jalan Imbi, here yesterday and arrested five people including a woman for Illegal gambling.
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    • 170 2 PENANG. Thurs. In the First Magistrate’s Court today, seven men were freed by the Magistrate, Mr. Shivcharan Singh on the grounds that the charge was inconsistent with an article of the Constitution. The men who were acquitted and discharged, earlier claimed trial
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    • 278 2 Co-operation between union, management a 'must' ILO expert SINGAPORE. Thurs. Co-operation between management and union is a "must” in a society determined to industrialise where developed trade unions and a modern Industrial relations pattern exist. This was stated by Mr. Hans Pomschlegel. 1.L.0. Expert of tne National Productivity Centre. He
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    • 119 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The People's Association is organising a course on Public Relations at its Lecture Hall for kindergarten teachers and assistant organising secretaries teaching in Community Centres here. The course will be held in two groups one group is from Dec 15 to 18, and
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    • 214 2 PENANG, Thurs. The Chief Police Officer, Penang, Enche Salleh bin Abdul Rahman, today said the police would not hesitate to extend the curfew to longer hours if undesirable elements were to start trouble again in the State. Enche Salleh said
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    • 61 2 FORTY teachers of Chinese Schools from Perak on a Teachers’ Training Course (Chinese) in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday morning paid a courtesy call on the Assistant Minister of Education, Mr. Lee Siok Yew, at his office in Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows Mr. Lee addressing the teachers. Seated on
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    • 1172 3  - TIT-FOR-TAT ATTITUDE NOT GOOD FOR SINGAPORE MARSHALL RELATIONS WITH MALAYSIA: By H.M.S. SUTAN SINGAPORE, Thurs. A lawyer and former Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, cautioned last night that a "tit-for-tat" attitude on relations with Malaysia would not do Singapore any good. Mr. Marshall was one of the five
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    • 246 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. All persons joining the public services will he liable to serve under the National Service Scheme for two years, if found suitable. A Ministry of Interior and Defence statement announced that a number of the best trainees from the first
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    • 143 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs Four Malaysia-Singa-pore Airlines Cadet Pilots recently returned to Singapore after successfully completing a 15-month course at the Airwork Service Training School, Perth. Scotland. They are Lim Guan Hock. 23. Achutan Pothera, 21, Lim Theng Wah 21. and Cheong Thiam Lock 20. They have passed
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    • 136 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs The Singapore Institute of Architects and its Malaysian counterpart, the Malaysian Institute of Architects, will organise the Commonwealth Association of Architects’ (CAA) first Asian Regional Conference. The conference will be held at the Singapore Polytechnic from Dec. 14 to 16 before adjourning to
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    • 380 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. An Eastern Sun reader from Kuala Lumpur has won the first prize of $lOO cash in last week's Marlboro, Eastern Sun “Identify the object puzzle” contest. He is Mr. Yap Aik Hion, of 2218, Jalan Bandar, Kuala Lumpur. The correct
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    • 120 3 7 a.m-6 p.m. Painting Exhibition at National Library, Stamford Road. 7.30 p.m. Free film show* by Ministry of Culture at Delhi Road (Naval Base), Ping Min School (Yan Kit Village). Onn Hwa School (Bah Soon Pah Road) and Pah Kong Kang Resettlement (Lam Chu Kang Road). 5.30 p.m.-9
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    • 22 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. There were 96 road accidents. of which three were serious. during the past 24 hours In the Republic.
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    • 719 4 Non-curfew hours: Penang 6. a an. to Z .a.m. P. Wellesley 6 .aan. to midnight KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The situation in the North continues to improve further. However, in certain small areas on the mainland, it is still tense but under control. On Penang island. Police
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    • 544 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Re-unification of Singapore and Malaysia under the old terms is not possible within the lifetime of the present generation. This was said tonight by Enche Ghasaii Ismail, Political Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, when he spoke
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    • 164 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A fire-member delegation of the United States House Armed Serviee* Committee flew in today by U.S. Air Force plane for a four-and-a-half hour date with the U S. Ambassador here. Mr. James Bell. The delegation, led by Congressman Porter Hardy Jr, and
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    • 203 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Dato W T. Kiat, Managing Director of the Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Port Swettenham Omnibus Company said he was “shocked" today to receive a 14-day ultimatum given by the Transport Workers Union over an industrial dispute. He said the bus company
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    • 95 4 BATU OAJAH. Thurs About 70 families squatting on State land in Kampong Siam here will be served with a notice to quit, the District Officer. Kinta. Raja Abdul Aziz bln Raja Haji Hamid, said yesterday. Raja Abdul Aziz said the squatters had paid no heed to
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    • 114 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Guild of Graduates of the University of Malaya has elected Dr. Tan Chee Khoon. Dr. M K Rajakumar and Dr Agoes Salim to the University Council. The term of office will be for three years Meanwhile, the Guild of Graduates
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    • 134 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The alertness and initiative of secret society branch police sergeant here led to the arrest of a youth and the recovery of S 3 and a stolen watch, yesterday. The articles belonged to a printer. Ko Kok Yew, 19, of Jalan Semagln
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    • 74 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Y’s Men’s Club of Singapore. Beta Chapter, will hold its fortnightly luncheon meeting on Saturday at 1.15 pm. at Troika Room. The guest speaker will be Rev. Peter P K Hsiah. Secretary of the Bible Societies in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. He
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    • 142 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. More congratulatory messages have been received by President Yusof on his re-election as Head of State of the Republic. Today, he received a message from Indonesia s acting President. General Suharto, which read: “It Is my pleasure to extend my warm congratulations on
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    • 85 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Rear Admiral D. H. Mason, Chief of Staff to the Commander Far East Fleet for the past 2J years, relinquishes his present appointment tomorrow to become Commandant of the Joint Services Staff College The Admiral and his wife are flying to
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    • 124 4 IPOH. Thurs. Lim Ah Choon, 18, was today fined $l,OOO or one years jail for attempting to commit extortion by putting Ng Ah Chong in fear of injury in the company of three others still at large on May 3. Ng told the Sessions Court
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    • 72 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —The grand finals of “Talentime 1967” organised by Radio Malaysia’s English service will be held on Saturday at 8.30 p.m, at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur. Fifteen finalists from Penang. Kota Bharu. Malacca, Johore Bahru, Seremban and Kuala Lumpur will compete in
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    • 49 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The People's Defence Force Officers’ Mess will hold a Joint festival buffet and dance at its premises at Beach Road on Jan. 6. Tickets at $3 for single and $5 for couple are available from the Officers Mess. Beach Road. Tel: *****6. Ext. 22.
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    • 258 4 Role of Varsity students Yong SINGAPORE, Thurs. University students should have no difficulty in playing an active role in providing the yeast and ferment of dynamic thinking and action to bring about greater progress and prosperity to the nation. This was stated tonight by the Minister for Health, Mr. Yong
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    • 91 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. About 136.797 books were borrowed by adults and children from the National Library here in November this year. This monthly total is the highest recorded yet, arid compared to last year's circulation of books for November, shows an increase of 23.7 per cent
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    • 169 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The National Union of Petroleum and Chemical Industry Workers and Esso Standard Malaya Berhad today signed another three year agreement, effective on September 1, this year. The agreement covers non-management employees in West Malaysia excluding the Port Dickson refinery personnel who have a separate
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    • 244 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs Only one out of 150 accused persons in the trial of 261 Barisan Sosialis members and supporters denied that he took part in the assembly outside Changi Prison on June 13 this year. The accused, Koh Tian Eng. a driver, told
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    • 70 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Thieves broke intj a school teacher’s house In Jalan Teri Dedap yesterday and escaped with $415 in cash and property worth $l,lOO. The teacher. Mr Ho Chun Hong, 35. had left his house with his family in the morning to visit some relatives. When he
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    • 135 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Postmaster-General has listed six pointers for the prompt delivery of Christmas and New Year greeting cards. They are: Write the address clearly on the envelope with the name of the town in capital letters, followed by the name of the State.
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    • 29 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Singapore Commercial School will hold its 3rd annual gathering this Saturday at the Indian Association Auditorium in Balestier Road at 6 p.m. for its students.
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    • 419 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Federal Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeal by Tien Wah Press Ltd., the plaintiffs in the suit, against the Far Eastern Publishers Ltd., from defending the suit. The appeal is in connection with a million-dollar suit brought by Tien
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    • 366 10 Beware of this couple Police SINGAPORE. Thurs. Police have appealed to the public to be on the look-out for a young Chinese couple who swindled a housewife yesterday of 51.500 in cash. The housewife. Madam Ng Yeok Chee, 45 of Nathan Road was swindled yesterday by the couple who tricked
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    • 51 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Lak Aik Musical and Dramatic Association will stage a Teocheow drama. “Tan Piak Neo” at National Theatre on Dec. 12 at 7.30 p.m. The proceeds of the show will be in aid of the Building Fund for National Art Gallery and Academy of Fine
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    • 92 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A ship's captain. Jacobus Borstlap, 54, was today given a discharge amounting to an acquittal by the Ninth Magistrate's Court on an attempted murder charge. Borstlap. a South African, was alleged to have shot at a 21-year-old bum-boatman, Chua Ten Seng, with his
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    • 48 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Polytechnic Students’ Union will hold a charity variety show “Poly X’mas 67” on Dec. 18 at the National Theatre. One of the highlights of the show will be a fashion parade by girls from the Singapore Polytechnic.
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    • 506 10 Family of victim of acid attack OINGAPORE, Thurs. The wife and eight children of the victim of an acid attack who later died in the General Hospital of the wounds sustained, face a bleak future. The victim of the attack, Loy Nik Kong, 43, was a
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    • 306 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A striking trend in the post war era is the everincreasing number of people purchasing their own houses or flats. The increase of population has been outstanding with regards to the number of houses built. What matters most to one
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    • 161 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Major General Peter Mervyn Hunt will become the Army Commander. Far East Land Forces in the rank of Lietenant General in October next year, it was announced today. Major Gen. Hunt who has been the Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, since January
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    • 28 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—An ex-Woodbridge patient Sichambaram, was killed by a goods train at Spooner Road yesterday. The deceased, of Kedah Flats, Kampong Bahru was unemployed.
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    • 138 11  -  Police detain 30 thugs in series of night raids by: Wee Hock Chye ALACCA, Thurs. iTA —Malacca Police carried out one of its biggest swoops ever on gang hideouts in the town early last night and detained over 30 youths during the three hour operation. Twenty of them
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    • 153 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A 25-member Italian Trade Mission will arrive here on Saturday at 7 pm., for a week's visit. It will be led by Senator G. Zannini who is the president of the Italian Parliament Committee for Industry and Trade The aim of the
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    • 116 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Thieves broke into the Bamboo Inn Bar off Jalan Pahang here early this morning and got away with 57 bottles of liquor and 26 carton? of cigarettes valued at $1,300. The manager of the inn Mr Wong Ban Ting, 31, told the police he
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    • 65 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Professor Udlsh Narkswasdi, a United Nations expert from Thailand now with the Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture as an an adviser, will talk on “Rice Economy In West Malaysia” at 4 p.m on Sunday at 29. Ipoh Road here. His talk Is under
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    • 42 11 MUAR. Thurs. The Mentri Besar of Johore. Dato Hajl Othman bln Hajl Mohamed Said, u’as last night entertained to a dinner at the Kluang Diamond Jubilee Hall on the occasion of his appointment as the Mentri Besar of Johore.
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    • 37 11 ALOR STAR, Thurs. The Physical Education Association of Malaysia will hold its annual dance at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College Hall here under the patronage of the Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Joharl tomorrow.
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    • 106 11 Exhibition of private papers of Tun Tan Cheng Lock at National Archives 9 a m. to 1 pm.; Wcrks of prominent Malaysian artists by Peninsular Art Society at 41, Jalan Raja Muda, 9 am. to 6 pm.; Exhibition of tapestries from France at Samat Art Gallery 9 a
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    • 285 11 Kuala Lumpur, Thurs. A BRITISH Motor Corporation Austin 'Mini' or Renault R10 will be the first car off the production line at the $8 million Associated Motor Industries Assembly Plant at Batu Tiga here. This was disclosed today
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    • 138 11 KLANG. Thurs. The Sultan of Selangor today warned the people not to be influenced by any sub versive elements who aim to disrupt racial harmony in the country. He was speaking at the opening of State Level Ko ran reading eompet.tion he’.d here. The Sultan
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    • 26 11 MALACCA. Thurs. Public service voluntary organisations in the state arp to meet soon to discuss the allocation of dates for their respective Flag Days.
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    • 40 11 PENANG. Thurs. The Assistant Minister of Finance. Dr. Ng Kam Poh. paid a courtesy call on the Chief Minister, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. at the Bangunan Tuanku Syed Putra here today. Dr Ng is on holiday here.
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    • 73 11 THE Department of Tourism recently organised a “Tourist Publicity Poster Competition" in conjunction with the United Nations International Tourist Year. More than 50 posters submitted for the competition were yesterday exhibited at the Information Centre of the Department of Tourism Picture shows from left: Enche Osman
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    • 112 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Three foreign university beauty queens will arrive here next week as guests of University of Malaya Students’ Union. They are Miss Hong Kong University. Miss Winfred Yeung. Miss Western Australia University, Miss Julie Smith and Miss World University Service, Miss Faye Roxenwaxe. an
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    • 63 11 IPOH. Thurs. Sixtythree political purty members have been arrested by the Perak po Ice since the recent disturbances. The arrests were made under the Internal Security Act. A police spokesman said today the break up of the arrest? was: Labour Party of Malaya 39; Party Ra
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    • 32 11 MUAR. Thurs. No crime of “an alarming nature" occured In the Muar district since January this year. This was said today by the Muar O.C.P.D. ASP Teoh Eng Seng
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    • 249 11 PENANG. Thurs. Two Thai girls, who claimed they were here to further their studies, were each fined $4OO or two months’ jail for entering the country illegally. Onsri Suraprasert, 20. and Prapal Limchareonchart. 17, pleaded guilty to the charge. They 6ald they thought
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    • 67 11 MALACCA. Thurs. Malacca State MIC Is expected to Inform the Chief Minister and the Commissioner of the Municipal Council that It does not recognise Mr. N.V Patel as Its representative in the Municipal Advisory Committee. A party spokesman, said the party was obliged to take this attitude
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    • 31 11 MUAR. Thurs Che Fatima h binte Mohamed from Mersing won the first prize in the women’s section of the Johore State Koranreading competition held In Pontlan over the weekend.
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    • 31 11 MUAR, Thure. Teo Chin Khoon, won the first prize in the National Language section of the Yong Peng district talentime organised by the local Malaysian Ch'nese Association Youch section.
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    • 367 11  -  by Ken Stanley KAMPAR Thurs. The Anglo-Chinese School (Secondary) here, one of the largest Methodist secondary schools in the country, has called on its pupils to be proficient in the National Language. The editorial of the KACSIAN, the school’s annual magazine published
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    • 75 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has declared the manufacture of several products as pioneer industries. The products Include gas cookers, accessories for containers for the transport of containerised cargo, rolling stock, caravans and all types of self-adhesive tapes The order is
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    • 44 11 ALOR STAR. Thurs. Dr R. G Pillay, the Deguty Chief Medical and ealth Officer. Kedah Perils who left for Manila early last month to attend the two-week Aslan Anti-Ma-laria Conference Is now back after spending a further two weeks In Formosa.
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    • 53 11 KAJANG. Thurs The Kajang District Rubber Supervision and Licensing Board will meet tomorrow at the District Office conference room at 10 am. here. The board will consider applications for renewal of rubber dealers’ licences and smoke-house licences for the new year. Enche Hassan bln Ibrahim. District Officer,
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    • 422 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thura, A five-man delegation, led by Enche Jamil bin Mohamed Jan, the Con-: troller of the Export Commodities Division of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, left for London today to attend the first meeting of the natural and Synthetic Rubber
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 839 5 Picking up the pieces TO BOOST Cut down investments abroad or borrow foreign LBJ tells Business WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Agencies) The United States is making a frantic and silent bid to redeem its dollars overseas and to stop “unessential” investments abroad by American firms. They have been Instructed to “borrow foreign”
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    • 54 5 Soldiers of the 44th Ranker Battalion of South Vietnamese Forces are airlifted into the muddy paddyfield near My Tho in the Mekong Delta to launch operation “Cuu Long 69/S”. The operation was recently launched to wipe out VC along the National Road No. 4 linking Saigon and Delta that have
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    • 184 5 PUNTA ARENAS. Chile. Thurs. (UPI) The submarine volcano on Deception Island i n the Antarc tic continued in eruption yesterday for the third straight day. A funnel-shaped black cloud of steam and gas estimated to be 10 miles wide and 25.000 to 35.000 high billowed into
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    • 97 5 UNITED NATIONS. New York, Thurs. <rteuter». A total of U5i26.270.340 was raised today to help care for the mil ;on and a half Arab refus'-es in the Middle East in 1368. The money was pledged by 33 governments to the UN. Relief and Works
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    • 299 5 Astonishing departure' LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) One of Britain’s leading newspaper proprietors. Mr. Cecil King, has described the new Criminal Justice Act here as an astonishing departure from the principle that justice should be openly administered and publicly re- ported.” The new Bill
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    • 81 5 PI starts anti-malnu-trition drive MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter). —President Ferdinand Marco* today launches the Philippines' first planned anti malnutrition campaign. The Health Secretary. Mr. Paulino Garcia, told reporters here that a “huge" financial outlay has been set aside for the five-year-old-lone campaign aimed primarily at the young, the elderly and the
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    • 129 5 PARIS. Thurs (UPI) The Western European Union (WEU Assembly yesterday unanimously called for a return to the idea of a political union of Europe including the six Common Market countries and Great Britain. The resolution voiced regret that "some differences in the manner of conceiving their
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    • 351 5  -  By Michael Dennigan Cairo* Thurs Government spokesman said yesterday that more Soviet warships and planes may come to Egypt but denied the Russians would be uicen military bases (Recent diplomatic reports reaching London said the Soviet Union was seeking to extend its
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    • 233 5 ARCADLA, Florida. Thurs. (Reuter) A migrant fruit picker whose seven children died after eating a meal contaminated by a deadly pesticide was ordered to be arrested today after a grand jury returned a first degree murder indictment against him. The grand jury charged
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    • 150 5 STOCKPORT. England, Thurs. (UPI) The American owner of the RobertsArundel textile machinery plant said last night he would be forced to close the plant because of a crippling year-long strike. Mr. Robert E. Pomeranz, chairman of the parent firm of Roberts-Arundel Corp., Sanford, North Carolina, said
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    • 313 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) The decision to airlife 10,000 more U S. troops to Vietnam represents a speedup in original plans for their deployment to the Combat Zone. Though costly, the airlift is advancing by at least a month the date when the 15.000-man
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    • 124 6 NEW YORK. Thurc (Reuter) A record by a mid-dle-aged American father attacking teenagers’ attitudes has sparked off a song war over the nation’s radio beams. The disc, a three-minute monologue entitled "An Open Letter To Mv Teenage Son” is now climbing the best-seller charts trailed
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    • 68 6 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter) Hanoi has recorded "unprecedented successes" in agricultural production In this winter, North Vietnam's official daily, Nhan Dan. says. Hanoi's winter rice crop was one of the best In North Vietnam, averaging 2.87 tons per hectare, bringing its total paddy output
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    • 62 6 BEIRUT, Thurs. (Reuter) A Royalist Yemeni Minister said today Royalist troops were within a few miles of the Yemen’s twin capital of Sanaa and were "besieging the city.” Mr. Mohammed Ben Ali Ibrahim, Royalist Information Minister, in a statement released here, said a mass meeting held at
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    • 239 6 Red China issues another 'serious protest 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. (UPI) Communist China yesterday issued another “serious protest” against Great Britain for “atrocious oppression” on Hong Kong Chinese. Peking Radio reported today The broadcast said British Charge d’Affaires in Peking Mr Donald Hopson was summoned to the Chinese Foreign Ministry
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    • 103 6 AARHUS, Denmark, Thurs- (Reuter) A leading American journalist who visited Hanoi earlier this year said here today that U.S. bombing raids would not weaken the morale of North Vietnamese although about 400.000 civilians have been killed Mr. Harrison Salisbury, Assistant Managing Editor of
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    • 430 6 TOKYO, Thurs. (Reuter) A diary of the late Prime Minister Prince Fumlmaro Konoe giving details of secret peace moves by Japanese senior statesmen during World War II has been discovered here, Kyodo news agency said. The 74-page diary describes how Prince Konoe and other
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    • 431 6 Chinese papers: Efforts to revolutionise industry rpOKYO, Thurs. (UPI). Some of Asia's top journalists today heard 1 a report on efforts to revolutionise Chinese newspapers. The report was given by Miss Aw Sian, Chairman of the Southeast Asia Chinese Language Press Institute, to delegates at the International Conference on Problems
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    • 116 6 CAPE TOWN. Thurs. (Reuter) Denise Darvall. the girl whose heart now gives life to another man, was cremated today at a simple, tearful ceremony in a tiny Cape Town crematorium chapel. Twenty-five-year-old Denise was cremated with her mother, who died with her when they were
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    • 75 6 JAKARTA. Thurs. (UPI) Fresh reinforcements for Indonesian troops operating on West Borneo against Communist guerrillas have arrived in Pontianak. it was reported today. Two companies of Army Special Forces troops and one company of airforce ground troops were welcomed in Pontianak last Monday by West Kalimantan
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    • 62 6 JAKARTA, Thurs. (UPI) Indonesian government troops clashed with some 100 Communist guerrillas in West Borneo recently, it was reported today. The official news agency Antara said five guerillas were killed and ten firearms captured by government troops in the encounter. In Pontianak, Indonesian special forces
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    • 114 6 JAKARTA, Thurm, (UPI) Foreign Minister. Mr Adam Malik is expected to start talks with Japanese Ambassador Akira Nishiyama on the implementation of a Japanese pledge to provide Indonesia with $lOB million loan in 1968. Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Eisaku Sato made the commitment during
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    • 105 6 CANBERRA. Thurs. (RJeuter> Twenty-one t rail ans, including 15 schoolboys, will spend ttoelr summer vacation in India this year. They are members of the Ausventure Associatlbn, whose organising secretary, Major Warwick De acock, announced this in Canberra today. While in India, the boys will
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    • 74 6 JAKARTA. Thurs. (UPI) Arrested Communists and their sympathisers in North Sumatra total 485 for October and November, it was officially disclosed today. The official news agency Antara quoted North Sumatra Military Commander Brig Gen. Sarwo Edhie as saying that 36 members of the Indonesian Nationalist Party
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    • 69 6 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) Chinese authorities seized the December 5 issue Of the Peking People's Daily because of an embarrassing typing error, Moscow radio said today. The newspaper carried a new China News Agency account of a reception given by Mao Tse Tung which meant to accord him
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    • 420 6 SPACE CENTRE. Houston, Thurs. (UPI) The new model of the Apollo moon landing craft has proved itself virtually fireproof despite deliberate test attempts to set it on fire, a space centre engineer said yesterday. The oxygen-filled craft was put through 41 separate tests in
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    • 238 6 PHILADELPHIA Thurs. (UPI) A Quaker spokesman said here yesterday the medical supplies aboard the yacht Phoenix will be sent to Hanoi if South Vietnam will not accept them. The spokesman for the Quaker group sponsoring the vessel said the U.S. State Department had informed him
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    • 53 6 JAKARTA. Thurs. (Reuter) Eight people died and 40 others badly burned when fire swept a village near the American owned Stanvac Oil installations in South Sumatra, the Indonesian Antara news agency reported today. Antara said at least 50 houses as well as dozens of boats and
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    • 231 6 AND PARIS. Thurs (Reuter) President de Gaulle sees devaluation of sterling as a new monetary “Nassau Agreement” between Britain and the United States. M Raymond Tournoux, political editor of the weekly Paris Match, savs here. He considers that British Premier Harold Wilson bowed to
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    • 150 6 CHARTRES. France, Thurs. (Reuter) Police today arrested a man said to have telephoned the parents of a boy kidnapped in Versailles, near Pans, on Monday. The man. identified thanks to a precise description given by a postmistress, was named as Jean Claude Mansion. aged 33, who
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    • 84 6 SHOWN above is a model of the new Franco-German “Transall H cargo plane now under construction utnder a joint aviation project. The aircraft is equipped with two jet engines when used as civilian cargo transport purpose but can bo switched to turboprop engines when used
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    • 238 7 Resignations WASHINGTON Thurs. (Reuter) Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said yesterday that Defenee Secretary Robert S- McNamara's resignation caused a “disturbing uncertainty” about the future course of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The Montana Democrat told the Senate he hoped Mr. McNamara would remain at least
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    • 92 7 CHICAGO. Thurs. (CPI) Richard Franklin Speck, under sentence of death for the murder of eight student nurses including a Filipina. celebrated his 26th birthday yesterdav in his Joliet penitentiary cell. Speck, who was found guilty on April 15 of slaying the South Chicago Hospital nurses, had
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    • 313 7 Big Rome clean-up of Girlie magazines State takes cue from Vatican ROME, Thurs. (Reuter) Police yesterday acted in the Vatican inspired campaign to clean up Rome's girlie" magazines. First victims in the battle of the bosoms were the editor and two staff journalists on the comic strip publication Gong. They
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    • 124 7 CANBERRA. Thurs. (Reuter) The leader of the Labour opposition. Mr. Gough Whitlam, will make a six-week tour of Southeast Asia including a week in South Vietnam from December 18. He will spend a week in India and Pakistan and a week in Japan as well
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    • 242 7 HONG KONG. Thurs <Reu ter) Supporters of Chairman Mao Tse-Tung are now firmlv in control of the major city of Tsientsin. in Hupeh province, less than ”0 miles from Peking, according to Chinese radio broadcasts today. Radio Peking announced the setting up of a revolutionary
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    • 228 7 Who will pay UN bill? UNITED NATIONS, New York. Thurs. (Reuter) Irish Foreign Minister Frank Aiken warned member countries yesterday that if the U N.'s peacekeeping role were not put on a firm financial footing the General Assembly would become “a mere debating society.’* Mr
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    • 298 7 CAPE TOWN. Thurs (Reuter) South Africa's “New heart” man Louis Washkansky has entered the crucial seven-day period in which his body must accept he heart transplanted from a young woman road crash victim. So far there has been no sign that his body tissues
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    • 340 7 Accept Red ‘influence’ in Saigon cabinet McCarthy ‘WAY TO PEACE 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) Senator Eugene McCarthy, the presidential peace candidate, says the United States must accept a Saigon government with some Communist influence as part of the price for a Vietnam war settle- ment. Americans should be ready for
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    • 227 7 BLACK FLAMES OF HATE PARIS, Thurs. (Reuter) Black Power Advocate Stokelv Carmichael said here last night that his followers would disrupt the entire United States of America in protest at the war in Vietnam. Carmichael, who was speaking at a meeting organised by the
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    • 92 7 PERTH. Western Australia. Thurs (Reuter) More than 11.000 live sheep will be exported to Singapore and Kuwait from the Port of Fremantle near here this w r eek The passenger-freighter Centaur will take about 2.non sheep for Singapore, the Dutch freighter Straat Clarence will sail with about
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    • 95 7 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) This week’s issue of Time magazine, withdrawn from sale in Britain yesterday will be re-issued with two pages removed, the magazine announced last night. A statement by Time-Life International in London said the December 8 issue of Time had been withdrawn following legal
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  • 404 8 IN her attempt to reconstruct her economy and to exploit her natural resources, the Indonesian Investment conference was held this week in Geneva. Participants were high Indonesian officials and executives of large foreign industrial and business organisations. The delegates discussed a wide range of subjects covering manufacturing,
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  • 452 8 MALAYSIA has Just got over two fell blows. First, there w’ere the floods in the States of Kelantan, Pahang and Perak. Perhaps this could have been anticipated in some measure as floods are an annual visitation in this country. Next there was the sudden flare-up of racial disturbances
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    • 272 8 0 N 5 E again, despite disturbances and loss of lives and property in several parts of Malaysia. the residents of Kuala Perlis comprising people of many races have answered the call of the Government to unite and explore every possible avenue in order to maintain
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  • 231 8 HAVING witnessed televised broadcast on 1-12-1967 under the caption This Week", it was indeed shocking to note that such a responsible officer from F.A-M.A- should have made such an irresponsible statement that “private millers were making 40% profits on their padi purchases”. Could it
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  • 284 8  -  Ey i Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook or Evldone* Tor Criminal Trial.*) HEN Raymond went into business for himself he never dreamed that his bubble of happiness might burst. His business suddenly went bankrupt in a few months. His only consolation was meeting Harriet, a widow with
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  • 182 8 1 shall be much obliged if you would kindly let me air my views on the following subject through your newspaper:Every year, for the past four years, whenever there is a heavy shower these places will be flooded. (a) The round-about in Jalan Pantai, near the University.
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  • 922 8  -  By Rudi Frisch BOOMING Bangkok is contributing to nationwide prosperity in Thai* land despite the mounting threat of Communism along the northeast and southern borders of the country. Extensive U.S. aid is priming this boom and Thailand is also making every effort to encourage foreign capital investment.
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  • 767 8  -  by: Otto Mons THE overseas visitor coming to Europe after an absence of ten to twelve years is in for a number of surprises. The old and famous monuments are, of course, still here, but the faces of the well-known European cities have changed considerably. The
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1967 23-B. Cantonment Road. Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 39. |alan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telephone: *****/6 8. Leith Street, Tel: ***** 77, Brewster Road. Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 312 9 PITTSBURGH. Thurs. (UPI)' The top two steel producers announced a second round of price increases yesterday, touching off a plea for restraint from President Johnson and call in the Senate for an investigation by the “Stice Department. US. Steel Corp.. the No 1
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    • 119 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The Chief Technician of the Kienzle Accounting Machine Department of The AngloThai Corporation Limited. Mr. Tan Lye Seng, has just departed for 5 weeks advanced technical training in West Germany a t the Kienzle factory in Villingen. Mr. Tan will be studying In particular
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    • 58 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) New York commodity prices yesterday. Tin 154.00 Lead 1400 Zinc 14.00 Aluminium 25.00 Cocoa (Bahia) 27.52 Cocoa (Accra) 29.83 CofTee (Colombian) 42$ Coffee (Santos) 36$ Sugar (Raw) 7.34 Sugar (Refined) 10.25-1060 Wool 112.0 Wooltops 156 0 Cotton 26.50 Rubber 17-3/4 Raw Cotton Futures 24
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    • 30 9 LONDON, Thurs (UPI)— Tin held steady with a turnover of 250 tons. Spot buyers 1.358-1/2 sellers 1,359 business 1,358-1/2 3-months buyers 1,359-1/2 seller 1,360 business 1,360 Settlement 1.359.
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    • 79 9 LONDON, Thurs (UPI) Rubber market closed quiet but steady with spot 16-1/2 17- nom. Settlement House: Jan 16-5 8 16-11/16 Feb 15-13/16 17 March 17 17-3/16 Jan/March 16-13-7/17 April/June 17-3/8 17-7/16 July Sept 17-3/4 17-13/16 Oct/Dec 18 18-1/8 Jan/March 18-3/16 18-5/16 April/June 18-5/16 18-1/2 July/Sept 18-7/16 18-5/8
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    • 258 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs Mr. Keith Gray, Engineering Manager of South Pacific Pump Company, Pty. Ltd. of Australia, is currently visiting Malaysia and Singapore on a market survey and sales promotion tour, and for discussions with his company's agents in this area, William Jacks. Mr Gray said
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    • 102 9 BONN. Thurs. (UPI) West German exports to China have almost doubled this year while imports dropped, official figures showed. Exports during the first nine months were worth 650 million marks $162.5 million compared with 364 million marks S9l million for the same period of
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    • 193 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Stock prices turned narrowly mixed on active trading yesterday- Advances had a slight margin over declines but moves in either direction generally were confined to fractions. Shortly before the end of the first hour of trading, the United Press International stock
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    • 911 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs Industrial shares had a slightly firmer appearance today and further improvements were registered In the section. Later, prices were easier but nevertheless finished higher than yesterday with 21 counters putting on gains, 13 unchanged and 6 easier. For the first time after
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    • 193 9 HONG KONG. Thurs. /Reuter) British exporters decision to raise the p-.cc ot their products supplied to Hong Kong by 10 per cent was criticised here today. Businessmen and economists pointed out that Hong Kong was a very competitive market. If British exporters were
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    • 22 9 HONG KONG, Thurs.(UPl) —Money quotations HK56.0.35/6.055 per US dollar for cash. HK514.40 per pound sterling. HK5281.5 par tael gold
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    • 127 9 STOCKHOLM. Thurs Sales of new cars in Sweden continue to lag behind last year's figures. October sales, ***** cars, were 6.568 smaller than in the same month of 1967. The cumulative total for the first ten months was 143.217, down 27.715 or
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    • 17 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs The tin price for today was $5BB 50 per picul, down 62$ cents.
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    • 307 9 Rubber up cent SINGAPORE, Thurs. December first grade rubber f o.b buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 48-7/8 cents per lb., up one quarter of a cent from previous close. The tone was quiet but steady. Opening prices were marked up on London advices
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    • 121 9 OTTAWA, Thurs (UPI) A six-man international “goodwill mission” representing developing worlo nations visited Canada yesterday as part of a programme to persuade developed countries to unite on a common aid platform. The mission, one of six similar groups touring the capitals of the world, hoped to
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    • 463 9 HlBlUAPOKK—6tod fcichange old and offer prices officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben Cc 2.05 2.07 Bnustead 1.6.5 C. sugar 2.11 2.13 hemical Co 1.43 1.45 (old storage 4.10 4.20 Dunlop 2*9 2.30 E smelting XD 4.30 E.A.I. 2.24 2.30 Lsso Ords 2.96 2.97 Fitzpatricks 1.75
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    • 52 9 (Managers' Prices) F1r«t Malayan 2.45 2 54 second Mala van 1.76 1.85 Third Malayan 1.11 1.20 The Commerce Industry Fund XD .90 99 The Savings fund 1.41 1.50 Malayan Investment Fund \I> 1.05 1.15 First Hongkong .79 .84* Second H'kong XD .55 .59* S’ng Commodity 4/1 4/8 <*Hong
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    • 105 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The noon prices at tlie Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are > Haver seiiee Coconut Oil (F.o R > Hulk 61.25 Coconut oil (FOB.) Drums 63.75 Loose Copra Mixed Nov/Dec 85.50 Muntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% S.I..W 125.00 Sarawak W hite Pepper (F.O.B.) 00% VI. w 122.50
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    • 77 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs—Tha Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York; Buying T.T. 32-15/16; Airmail O.D. 331/16; 90 d/st. 33-9/16 credit bills. 33-7/8 trade bills. Canada; Buying T.T 359/16; Airmail O.D. 35-11/16; 90 d/st. 36-5/16 credit bills, 36-3/8 trade bills.
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    • 212 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The following ships are expected to be In port today: Godowns Vessels. 1/2 Sea Sage 3/4 Tonsberg 5 Murrayeverett 6 7 Goden Splng 8 /9 Vienno 10/11 Tjiliwong 13/14 Glenfinlas 15/16 Cathay 18 Amerigo Vespucci 19 Pasaman 21 22 Yamakl Maru 23 24 Raja Brooke
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    • 672 9 AIR MOVEMENTS—S'PORE, K. LUMPUR) ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 a.in. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur Time |n a m Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.50 a.m. Airline JL 712 from Jakarta. Time 9.90 a m. Airline MAS 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.50 a m Airline ML
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1248 10 TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Puiau Pinang; 6 Ipoh and Melaka: 3 10 Johnre Bahru; I Taiping; 7 Batu Pabat: 9 Kluang. P.M. 3.00 Opening Annct Prog. Summary; 301 Antara Dua Irama: 3.25 Paul Terry Cartoon; 3 30 Pow Wow Cartoon: 3-35 Jungle: 3.50 I Dream of Jeannie:
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  • 1664 12  -  STRING OF LONG COINCIDENCES THAT LED TO THE ROMANCE PRINCESS GRACE—The girl who saved a kingdom By Robert Wildeblood The inside story garnered from Princess Grace herself and her friends of how the new monarch came to terms with herself and helped to save
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  • Eastern Sun Special
    • 391 12  -  ±L ALAN RIDING CELEBRATIONS ore being organised throughout the world for human rights year which begins on Sunday the 19th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Mon Rights. The declaration proclaimed a$ “a common standard of achievement for all peoples and nations” was
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    • 844 12  -  By NORMAN VINCENT PEALE man in the adjoining seat on the plane looked pretty depressed. He seemed to want to talk mostly about himself. "I'm completely out of energy, enthusiasm has hit bottom." He grinned ruefully. "What do you suggest?" he asked. But before I could
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    • 615 12  -  by LAURENCE BOOKMAN RE you bright enough to be the man behind the big desk, the executive? Many top firms are now using I.Q. Tests to discover if candidates for executive posts have what it takes. This set of tests is designed to see if you
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    • 1289 13 TN his poetic masf terpiece "The Little Prince" Antoine de bo. nt-Exupery 9Qvg ,o n 9 description of the flower that had so captivated his young hero from the moment it germinated from a seed blown from heaven knows where" until it bloomed in all its
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    • 626 13 SHANGRI-LA. is in Brazil. It is a land where descendants of escaped African slaves pay for chartered airplanes with bags of gold. Imported Scotch Whisky is cheapter than local beer. It's called Roraima, a territory the size of the United Kingdom. Brazilian Federal Police recently
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    • 114 14 SOCCER MOSCOW, Thurs. (Reuter) Two Soviet soccer players and a trainer have been barred from first-class football here for offering and taking bribes. Pravda reported yesterday. The three are Alexei Gurbich, goalkeepercaptain of Kiev Army Club, Karanganda captain R Sarumov, and the Karaganda trainer and
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    • 202 14 MALACCA. Thurs- The 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group annual knock-out soccer competition has attracted 16 teams this year. The tourney starts this week-end. All the matches will be held on the various Terendak Camp soccer grounds. The Ist Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry Regiment, formerly
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    • 86 14 Johnny Famechon of Australia won the British Empire featherweight crown on a tko from Johnny O’Brien of Scotland at Festival Hall, Melbourne recently. French-born Famechon, son of former French featherweight champion, Andre Famechon, took the decision when O'Brien’s eye was badly cut in the 11th round.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 72 13 X 3 X n k x X k ft The Christmas New Year Seasons begin at FEDERAL HOTEL MANDARIN PALACE SUN. DEC. 24th GALA CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER DANCE From 8.00 p.m. to 2.00 a.m. SUN. DEC. 31st GALA NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER DANCE From 8.00 p.m. to 2.00 a.m. MANY
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    • 321 13 KUM HING COURT AT TOMLINSON ROAD, OFF TANGLIN ROAD SPORE. 15 STOREY LUXURIOUS FLATS FOR SALE Kum Hing Court is situated in the best residential centre of Tanglin occupying a large piece of land, with Orchard Road in the East and Tanglin Road in the West. The rear of Kum
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  • Sun Sport
    • 53 14 MEXICO CITY. Thurs. (UPI) Aspiring boxer Nicolas Martinez lay In a coma today with injuries suffered In a three-round match. Doctor? said he could die from the small fractures at the base of his skull. A newspaper vendor, Martinez. 20. was studying boxing In hopes of
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    • 114 14 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) England and Wales each provide six internationals for the Barbarians’ team to meet the All-Blacks in the final match of New Zealand's Rugby Union tour at Twickenham here on Dec 6 Three Scottish internationals make up the fifteen. The match
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    • 35 14 MALACCA. Thurs. The No 2 Infantry Workshops REME will travel to Kedah to meet Training Depot. Brigade of Gurkhas, in the semi-final of the Commonwealth Forces inter-unit hockey tie tomorrow at Sungei Patani
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    • 29 14 MUAR. Thurs. Muar Chinese Recreation Club Invitation will play Segamat Indian Invitation in a friendly soccer match at the Town Council Padang at Jalan Arab on Sunday-
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    • 354 14 NEWPORT, Woles, Thurs. (Reuter). A storming finish which produced 11 points in the final eight minutes helped the New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Union team beat Monmouthshire by 23-12 here yesterday. The winning margin was one goal, three penalty goals and three tries to
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    • 92 14 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) Two fine goals by outside left, Igor Chislenko in two minutes just before halftime, earned the Soviet Union a 2-2 draw with World Cup holders. England. in an international soccer match at Wembley Stadium last night. A c row'd of 90,000 saw England
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    • 176 14 TOKYO, Thurs. (UPI) The managers of world junior lightweight champion Yoshiaki Xumata and challenger Hiroshi Kobavashi today had an unprecedented altercation which shocked Japanese boxing writers. i The heated dispute occurred when Iwao Kodaka, manager of Numata, ejected Shinichi Nakamura, Kobayashi’s manager, from the
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    • 89 14 SEREMBAN, Thurs.—Dr. T. Thambinayagam was elected President of the Negri Sembilan Cricket Association here last night. Other Officials: Vice Presidents: M. T. Lingam. A. Jebaratnam, Capt A. W. Edwards. Secretary: R Kulasingam. Asst. Secretary! Stanley Sreedaharan. Treasurer: Mr. S Sat pala n Selectors: M. T
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    • 466 15 POLICE. AUTHORITIES SEEM HELPLESS J ONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) The current English professional soccer season has produced an unprecedented wave of violence, among both players and spectators and the police and soccer authorities seem helpless to stem the tide. Four players were sent off
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    • 159 15 TOKYO. Thurs (UPI) Hiroshi Shoji. Japanese junior lightweight champion, won a majority 10-round decision last night over Rey Miller, second ranked Philippine lightweight, in a non-title bout at Korakuen Hall Shoji won the close fight because of a lucky knockdown in the ninth round. He
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    • 83 15 MALACCA. Thurs. Army Depot Police put up a fighting display to beat Bth Bn Royal Australian Regiment 2-1 In their opening fixture In the Commonwealth Forces ln-ter-unit league hockey championships at the Terendak Camp ground It was a touch and go affair right from
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    • 297 15 SYDNEY, Thurs. (Reuter) Professional tennis promoter Jack Kramer has written to Australian Lawn Tennis Association (LTAA) President Rill Edwards, asking support for nex t year’s proposed Wimbledon Open Tournament. In the letter, copies of which were released to Australian newspapers and published yesterday,
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    • 77 15 0 WEARING heavy pads and fare masks. Japanese girls participate in a naginata tournament here as they revive one of the old traditional martial arts of Japan. The naginata a threefoot long spear with a knife edge on its end, was used in personal combat but was soon
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    • 286 15 PERTH, Thurs. (Reuter). —The touring Singapore cricket team failed against the fast-medium bowling of John Allen Williams and Steve Seward at Craig Oval here yesterday and was dismissed for 114. At close last night, the Combined Public Schools side had scored 138 for the
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    • 122 15 TOKYO. Thurs. (UPD Directors of the Japan Amateur Athletic Federation said on Wednesday at a meeting that they expected South Korea to host the 1970 Asian Games as scheduled They decided to watch developments In connection with reports that South Korea may abandon plans
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    • 25 15 MUAR. Thurs. The visiting Madras basketball team wdll meet a local basketball team from Batu Pahat at the local Chinese Recreation Court on Monday.
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    • 253 15 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Organisers of the Rothman's international covered court tennis tournament, due to start here today, were seething at the withdrawal of Spanish players Manuel Santana and Manuel Orantes. Laurie McCallum. the Organising Secretary. said: We are really angry. The Spaniards knew’ they had a
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    • 168 15 MADRID, Thurs. (Reuter). Spanish tennis players Manuel Santana and Manuel Orantes, snatching a few days rest between their Davis Cup and King's Cup engagement, have cancelled their plans to appear in the London Crystal Palace tournament opening today. Returning on Tuesday from Johannesburg with
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    • 199 15 LISBON, Thurs. (Reuter) A 75th minute penalty goal brought Sporting Club a 2-1 win over Fiorentina of Italy in their first leg second round Inter-Cities Fairs Cup-tie here last night. Peres, the Sporting Club’s outside-left, scored from the penalty, which was awarded after a
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    • 400 15 NEWMARKET, England, Thurs. (Reuter). The effect of devaluation was felt by Britain's bloodstock world when the dollars flowed for one valuable brood mare after another on the third day of the Newmarket December Sales here yesterday. For the first time this week, the day’s total
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    • 87 15 BANGKOK. Thurs. (Reuter) The Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, will arrive here from Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to witness the opening ceremony of the Fourth South East Asia Peninsular (SEAP) Games on Saturday, according to Malaysian Local Government Minister, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh Mr
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    • 77 15 KLUANG. Thurs—Johore Indians will meet Singapore Indians in the Bardhan Cup replay in Singapore on Sunday at 5.00 p m Johore Indians have so far played two matches in this series They beat Malacca 4-1 and then drew with Singapore Indians 3-3 last Sunday at Kluang Town
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    • 51 15 a niv 2 race over 6f. on Sunday is seer 7 Mount lUobs. wtnoer of the J; Ji'ount Illona ridden by Johnny Wilson, being led in by Mrs. Tan Hock tnong SunsDort nix. ig led In by Mrs. lan mock u.um S won by 2\ lengths from Sung Dynasty. Sunsport
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    • 1665 16 Race 1: Horses Glass 5, Div. 4—6 F. 6e 15 Yds. 2.00 P.M (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) 1. 063 2 120 3. 000 4 690 6 087 6 300 7 522 8 204 9 090 10. 420 11. 030 12 830 13 700 14 499 15 358
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    • 348 16  -  By WINDSOR LAD SINGAPORE, Thurs. REGAL STONE, >3 COPPER LENS and BINTANG SINGA. PURA, three of trainer Milton Sullivan's candidates showed dashing form when sent over 3f clocking in 38 4/5. Regal Stone (Wilson) held a slight advantage at the finish. Globe Stream also went
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    • 119 16 sprinted 2f in 25 2/5 sec. Madam Hock Chew easily did 3f m 42 2/5 sec. Hand In Hand did 3f in 41 4/5 sec. Prince Dino (Subian) went fast from the 5f to dispose of 3f in 41 sec. Galley Proof (Harbridge) was pulling hard
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    • 85 16 Moore’s new rival—his son SYDNEY, Thurs. (Reuter) Australian jockey George Moore found a new rival today his 15-year-old son Gary. Father and son clashed in the last race on the Randwick card. George riding the favourite Prince of Fashion and Garv partnering 140-1 outsider Indian Council. But the young pretender
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    • 313 16 JEGA PERFECTLY FIT BANGKOK. Thurs. (Reuter) Track and field stars from Singapore and Malaysia held final workouts today at Bangkok’s National Sports Complex stadium before they begin the quest for SEAP Games medals on Sunday morning. Officials of both national contingents declared their team
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    • 1388 16 Race 1: Horses Class 4 Div. 2—7 F.& 15 Yds. 2.00 P.M. (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONXT1 i 567 The Peacock 5y 9.00 Dato Low Yat R.8 B'kelen 2. 309 King's Row 4y 900 Mr. Mrs TL. TJong Paul 3 912 Happv Cavalier 5v 8.13 Inky Kongsi Daniels
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    • 163 14 TENDER NOTICES TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited by the Director of Primary Production. Primary Production Department. Singapore, for the construction of one 73’ Fishing Training Vessel. Specifications and tender documents may be obtained from the Director of Primary Production, 4th Floor, Ministry of National Development, Upper Pickering Street, on deposit
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 59 14 EmpText Penan*: 3.58 a.m. (6.8 ft.), 7.07 p.m. (5.8 ft.) Port Swettenham: 9.34 a.m. (12.4 ft.), 10.25 p.m. (13.4 ft.) Port Dickson: 10.49 a.m. (6.7 ft.), 11.15 pjn. (7.3 ft.) Singapore: 4.14 a.m. (76 ft.), 2.56 p.m. (8.5 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 2.54 a m. (82 ft.), 1.31 p.m. (5.8 ft.)
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