Eastern Sun, 14 December 1967

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  • 27 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 500 Thursday, 14 December 1967. ft MC(P) 2251 ft KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 161 1  -  By BEN VARIYAV irUANTAN, Wed. A Royal Malaysian Air For c e single-engined Pioneer plane crashed at Gambang, ten miles west of here at 10 a.m. today. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Commodore Sulaiman Sujak. said the pilot, who was the only person
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  • 402 1 North Vietnamese regulars hit U.S. infantry position 25 miles outside city SAIGON, Wed. (UPI) 'V’ORTH Vietnamese regulars, in 1 what was believed to be the closest they have ever operated to Saigon, hit a U.S. infantry position 25 miles outside the city with a "human wave
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  • 55 1 ATHENS. Wed. (Reciter) —Tanks and armoured cars rolled into Athens today and surrounded the headquarters of the Greek Prime Minister and Athens radio station. There was no immediate explanation of the surprise military movement, the first of its kind since Greece's civilian government was overthrown by
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  • 230 1 KOYNA NAGAR, Wed. (Reuter).—Fresh earth tremors rocked Western India last night as the discovery of more bodies in the ruins of the shattered township of Koyna Nagar brought the death toll in Monday's earthquake disaster to 121. The latest tremors, of mild intensity, were
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  • 277 1 JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter) Indonesia's acting President. General Suharto. told his Cabinet ministers last night that 1968 would be a crucial year for his Government and the Indonesian people. In a statement to a fivehour Cabinet plenary session which wound up early this
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  • 112 1 Hong kong, wed. (UPI) Communist today demanded that the Hong Kong Government reopen their school, release their headmaster from custody and pay them compensation for losses they have suffered. A Government spokesman said the letter, signed by the students of the Chung Wah Middle
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  • 119 1 MANILA. Wed. (UPI).— Malaysian Ambassador Tan Sri Abdul Hamid bin Haji .1 uniat today deried reports from Kuala Lumpur that President Ferdinand E- Marcos has assured Malaysian officials tha* the Philippines is no longer interested in its claim to Sabah. A Foreign Office spokesman said
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 464 2  -  No purchase of local raw materials yet By Musa Scully KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Russian trade mission here has no immediate plans to begin direct purchasing of natural rubber, tin and other local raw materials. "We are waiting for the arrival of another staff member from our
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    • 95 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A two-week intensive course in family planning is Dow being conducted by the National Family Planning Board at the Public Health Institute here attended by 27 public health nurses. The course is designed to educate the nurses with the fundamentals of family planning
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    • 76 2 MALACCA. Wed. An Alliance State Executive Councillor and a Government pensioner are tipped to be appointed shortly as advisers to the Municipal Council. Thev are Mr. Yoong Pow. State Executive Councillor. and Sheikh Omar bin Sheikh Mohamed When these appoin‘menta are made the number of
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    • 238 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Three farmers who lost all their property during the 19Q3 Cheras floods were today awarded damages totalling $83,938 in the High Court here. This amount is about 34 per cent less than what they had claimed
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    • 70 2 MUAR. Wed. An oddjob labourer. Tay Tee York, today pleaded guilty to a charge of having a stolen bicycle at Buklt Kepong on Dec. 3 at 12 30 pm. He told Magistrate. Enche Mohamed Noh bin Ahmad.: "I took it from Sungei Rambai as it
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    • 356 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia's Ambassador to Moscow will have to be a career diplomat, well-versed in diplomatic tactics and practices. This was disclosed by the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, at today's postCabinet press conference here. Asked when the embassy would be set
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    • 429 2 IPOH. Wed. Bumiputras were still groping in the dark without being given the opportunity of acquiring the technical know-how of the tin mining industry in Perak with 705 mines in operation. This was stated by Enche Saaudi bin Ahmad Zakaria (All-Kampong Gajah) today
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    • 62 2 SINGAPORE. Wed —The Singapore Musical Choir with 90 singers will perform Handel's “Messiah" at Victoria Theatre on Dec 20 and 21. The choir will sing under the baton of Mr. Norman Warner. Director of Music in the RAF here, who has a good programme to
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    • 21 2 Works of prominent Malaysian artists by Peninsular Art Society at 41, Jalan Raja Muda. fi a.nx. to 6 pun.
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    • 95 2 The British Chief of General Staff (designate) from the Ministry of Defence, London, General Sir Geoffery Baker, recently, paid a courtesy call on the Malaysian Chief of the Armed Forces Staff, General Tunku Osman bin Tunku Mohd. Jewa. in Kuala Lumpur. While at the Ministry of Defence he also called
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    • 115 2 SEREMBAN, Wed. General Sir Geoffrey Baker, Chief of the General Staff (designate), visited the Headquarters. 17 Division Malaya District, here and 28 Commonwealth Brigade, Terendak, Malacca, on Monday and yesterday. He was met by Brigadier P. L. Tancrea. Commander 28 Commonwealth Brigade acting as General Officer Commanding
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    • 291 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Chairman of the Board of Inquirv recording objections to the Kuala Lumpur Master Plan. Dato Lokma n Yusof. said here todav there might have to be some rethinking about the plan if compensation sought as a result of
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    • 174 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The successful establishment of the new $600,000 Young Men’s Christian Association will provide an excellent opportunity for the development and promotion of cultural, sports and religious activities among Malaysian youths. This was stated by Mr. T. Mori and Mr. Loyd
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    • 95 2 MALACCA. Wed. The perseverance of a police officer paid off last night when he arrested a thug in the act of robbing at Banda Hilir Park. The park had been under surveillance for some time and when a Government employee, Mr. Lai Koh Tuck. 28. was
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    • 49 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Catholic and Protestant £*hurches in Belanger will hold a united Christmas Carol Service at the Dewan Toh Puan Raha (Girl Guides Association Hall) in Brickfields here at 7.30 p.m. on Friday. Special carols will be sung in Chinese. Tamil and English
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    • 229 3 CINGAPORE, Wed. The parents of o 15-year-old youth who was attacked by a gang of 15 last night are puzzled as to why the thugs should kill him. The youth's father, Ng Poon Chow, 49, described his son Ng Pay Wah as “a quiet and
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    • 168 3 SINGAPORE. Wed.— The Minister of State for Culture. Mr. Lee Khoon Choy, today received three cheques, totalling $110,500, for the Singapore Arts Council. With this amount, the Council has raised a total sum of $686,680 since it launched its fund-raising campaign three months ago. Mr.
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    • 498 3 SINGAPORE. Wed The Singapore Turf Club today donated a total of $508,000 to 43 charity organisations and homes in the Republic. This amount represents an increase of $lOB,OOO over last year's donation. Out of 508,000 a sum of 29.000 was paid to four
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    • 89 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. M. Gopal was elected chairman of the Singapore Bank Employee s’ Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. at the eighth annual general meeting held recently. Mr. Chua Boon Eng was elected secretary and Mr Lee Kim. Kum, treasurer. Committee members are Messrs. Ismail bin
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    • 135 3 7.30 p.m. Free film shows by Ministry of Culture at Hwa Ming School (Lai Hock Kee Hng). Cosmos Sports Club (Potong Pasir), Kampong Teck Gee (Cheng San Road) and Pei Teck School (II m.s Jurong Road). 8. p.m. Teochew Opera at National Theatre, Clemenceau Avenue. 6.30 p.m. A
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    • 541 4 TZ'UALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, has been urged by the Malaysian Trades Union Congress to seriously think of a shake-up in his Cabinet to rid it of the “sluggish and stagnant" attitude which seemed to prevail among the ministers. "Positions of
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    • 288 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Coroner’s Court recorded an open verdict today on the death of a building labourer, Chan Wan Ching, 27, who was “nailed” to death by a pin-master gun here last yearIn giving his verdict, Coroner Enche Abdul Hamid bin Tan
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    • 217 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —The National President of Malaysia Indian Congress, Tun V. T. Sambanthan. who is also the Minister of Post, Works and Telecommunications. will open a seminar sponsored by the party next Sunday. The one-day seminar, to be held at the Dewan
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    • 31 4 PENANG, Wed. The Trade Fair Queen” contest will be the highlight of the Penang Trade Fair, at the New World Amusement Park here from Dec. 20 to Jan. 9.
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    • 85 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The latest condition of the Sultan of Kelantan. who is in the General Hospital here, is reported to be good. “He is now able to walk about unaided and is expected to leave the hospital in about a week s time,” a
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    • 200 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. A charity film premiere, “Dr. Dolittle” will be held at Orchard Theatre here tomorrow at 8.30 p.m. The show is in aid of the Singapore Association ior Retarded Children. The premiere is under the patronage of the Republic's First Lady, Puan Noor
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    • 47 4 I>RIGADILR H. Edmondson, the Chief Transport Officer, Headquarters Far East Land Forces, inspected a passing out parade of trainees of the Gurkha Transport Regiment at Kluang on Monday. The Brigadier has been in his present appointment since November 1965 and is shortly to retire.
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    • 118 4 CEASON'S greetings from Y'vette Mimieux to Eastern Sun film-goers. A beastly Christmas but a merrv one, or, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A HIP CAT AND A PI P WHO PITS ON THE DOC, SPEND THE HOLIDAYS TOGETHER. Yvette Mimieux poses for a family portrait with her pet
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    • 95 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Yap Thai Sang. 24, todav claimed trial to a charge of abducting Angelina Choong, 14, from her home in Petaling Java, on Sept. 29, with intent to hold her for ransom. He was earlier charged in the Sessions Court with robbing her
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    • 70 4 Safety First Council’ s donation draw SINGAPORE. Wed. The National Safety First Council of Singapore has organised a donation draw to raise funds for its projects. There will be 100 major prizes. The first prize is a Ford Corsair V 4 saloon, the second prize, a single return ticket to
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    • 194 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Foreign commercial airlines operating in Malaysia will increase their number of flight services here next year to meet the increasing traffic. The Director of Civil Aviation. Mr. C. H. Moreira, said several airlines had indicated their keenness in increasing
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    • 72 4 IPOH, Wed. A branch of the Democratic Action Party will be formed in Menglembu. the stronghold of the People’s Progressive Party, the DAP’s Ipoh branch secretary, Mr. Lee Lam Thye said today. This would be one of the three branches to be formed at the end
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    • 37 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Automobile Association of Malaya is to organise Malaysia’s first rally on March 29 to 31. The rally, sponsored by KLM Dutch Airlines, is open to all members of motor sports clubs.
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    • 83 4 IPOH, Wed. A man was arrested in Krian District yesterday under the Internal Security Act. This was announced by a senior police spokesman today. He said there were no incidents in Krian with the curfew further relaxed. The curfew hours are between 2 a.m. and 6
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    • 38 4 PANTAI REMIS Wed. A ten-year-old girl, Jamiah binte Mat, fell into a well here yesterday and was drowned. The discovery was made by a passer-by, Sulaiman bin Mat, who reported the matter to the police.
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    • 397 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —The Day Training Centre Teachers' Union today said the government should consider giving free education up to Form Three level instead of increasing school fees in secondary schools. The government, said Assistant Secretary, Mr. K. Ratnam, might have good
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    • 152 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Forgeries of Malayan Tobacco Company Berhod's share certificates have been discovered to be circulating in the market. A circular from the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore issued to all its members today stared that Signet Malaya and Co., had advised J. Balias Esq.,
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    • 95 10 A Singapore student, Mr. Koh Rone Chia, and hi* wife, the former Miss Ellen Liao from Miri. Sarawak. have received diplomas %t the English language Institution. Victoria University of Wellington. New Zealand. Mr. Koh. a Colombo Plan scholar, was the only student at the Institution among more
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    • 282 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. A visiung professor of urban design from Harvard University today described Singapore as “without question, the handsomest city in South-East Asia". She is Professor Jacqueline Trywhitt, who spoke on “What makes a beautiful city?’* at a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club District
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    • 31 10 Club’ s function SINGAPORE. Wed. The National Theatre Club English Literary Section will present an evening of pce’ry reading, folk so->e* and music tomorrow at 2-30 p.m. at the club premises.
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    • 37 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. TV Singapura. Channel 5 will telecast a programme entitled “An Identity of Interests” tomorrow at 9.15 p.m. This programme will feature highlights of the Prime Minister’s recent visit to Cambodia.
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    • 50 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Government Family Planning Mobile Exhibition, orbv the Singapore amily Planning and Population Board in conjunction with the People’s Association, will be at Queenstown Community Centre tomorrow to Sunday. This exhibition will be oncn daily from 3.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. during this period.
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    • 309 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed If you feel temporarily numb in one of your arms or legs or one side of your face, see a doctor immediately. These could be warning symptoms of an impending stroke, said an American surgeon. Mr. Roy Selby here today.
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    • 61 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. An odd-job labourer, Yeo Chee Seng, was today fined $l5O in default one month’s jail by a District Court for failing to register for the new laminated identity card before Jan. 31 this year. Yeo admitted having gone to the National Registration Office. Empress Place,
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    • 233 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. The following candidates were successful in the examination conducted by the Australian Society of Accountants in Singapore in October this year: Introductory Accounting: Choo Weng Lok. Chua Soo Chiew. Ho Soo Hai, Lam Yong Sang. LW3 Boon Tan, Poh Tee Kia. Commercial Law: Chan
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    • 118 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. How to overcome the sinking feeling when you make a parachute jump is shown in this picture which was taken when the men were leaping for a Beverley aircraft. The picture shows the four s*ages in a jump the e-;it. the chute pulled clear.
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    • 296 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. Basil Chong Lip Khoon was today charged in the Ninth Magistrate’s Court with four counts of cheating, involving a total sum of $11,230. He claimed trial to the four charges and was allowed bail of $5,000 In one surety on the first two
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    • 54 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. Dr. A. Manoharan. visiting Associate Professor of Public. Health. School of Public Health. University of Hawaii. will give a lecture on “International Health at Hawaii” on Dec. 19 at 8.15 p.m. at Pathology Lecture Theatre. General Hospital here. The lecture is organised by
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    • 37 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. The body of Suramani bin Mardam. 64. of Race Course Road, was found at Sungei Pandan. off Pasir Panjang, last night. Police believe that Suramani went there to catch prawns.
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    • 303 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.—" The increase of secondary school fees will close off educational opportunities for children of poorer families and widen the gap between the haves and the have-nots in this country." This was stated here today by the Chairman of the Democratic Action
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    • 100 11 MALACCA. Wed. The Political Secretary to the Minister of Education. Enche Shariff bin Ahmad, today appealed to parents not to despair over the increase of school fees. The aim of the increase is to make those who are able to pay a bit more while
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    • 46 11 MALACCA. Wed Police here recovered eight gleaming swords each over a yard long from a backlane near the Bukit China market yesterday. The weapons believed to be the property of thugs, were found underneath a stack of firewood following a cp-o £L
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    • 487 11 PENANG, Wed. The announcement made by the Minister of Education, Enche Mohd. Khir Johari, that school fees in secondary schools would be increased next year Is further evidence of Alliance blundering and is not unexpected. This was stated today by the National Chairman
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    • 92 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Partai Rakyat Malaya today called on the government not to Increase the school fees from next year. It said the Increase In the school fees would only bring further hardship to poor parents particularly those in the lower income group. The party
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    • 178 11 Hospital not deathhouse US surgeon By HOO BAN KHEE KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —A large number of the Malaysian public still considered the hospital as a death-house, an American surgeon. Dr. Roy Selby, said here today. Dr. Selby, who is heading the Xeuro- Surgery Department at the General Hospital here since
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    • 88 11 IPOH. Wed. A school teacher. Au S;ak Kong. 28. with his girl friend Yeo Yoon Tee. 20. riding pillion on his motor cycle, was killed in collision with a lorry, the Sessions Court here was told today. His girl friend was seriously injured. A lorry driver.
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    • 57 11 The course was conducted by Mr. J.M. Rushton (fourth left), a Colombo Plan expert from Australian Broadcasting Commission. Enche Mochtar Daud. (next to Mr. Rushton), the head of School Broadcast Service,
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    • 62 11 Eastern Sun pix shows: (background, second from right) Tun Samhanthan, the Italian Ambassador to Malaysia,
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    • 170 11 PENANG. Wed, A 13-year-old boy was arrested by a detective at the junction of Tek Soon Street and Penar.g Road, while fleeing from a snatch-theft scene yesterday. Earlier, a housewife. Khor Siew Eng. was robbed of her gold chain bv a youth there and while giving chase,
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    • 94 11 KAMPAR. Wed Police today recovered the body of a girl. Ng Mooi. who slipped and drowned in a mining pool at Gopeng yesterday. Ng and another girl were returning from work in a tapioca plantation when the mishap occurred. According to a plan'ation friend, Mok
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    • 135 11 KAMPAR. Tues. A mining labourer found guilty in the magistrate's court here of outraging tne modesty of a school girl. 13, claimed the offence was actually an accident which occurred while he was catching birds. Chee Kam Cheong. 24, who was alleged to have committed the
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    • 413 11 PENANG, Wednesday The Chief Police Officer, Penang. Enche Salleh bin Abdul Rahman, today urged all shopkeepers not to listen to rumours or yield to intimidation or threat by irresponsible elements, who still wanted to take an opportunity to create more trouble. "Whispering campaign Is
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    • 125 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The final? of the "Operator of the year 1967" contest will be hed tomorrow when 18 te’ephone operators (9 males and 9 females) from various states including Sabah will compete In October this year the Telecoms Department introdured the new contest which
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    • 120 11 PENANG, Wed. Residents in the Guan JQo Seng Gardens Housing Estate will meet at the Green Lane Convent at 10.30 a m. on Sunday to elect their goodwill committee. "This permanent committee will hold office for a year and help to promote good neighbourliness in
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    • 394 11 MANILA. Wed (UPI)’ Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak will meet with President Ferdinand E. Marcos, visit the moun ta i n resort city of Baguio and tour development projects m the Philippines, according to the official programme prepared for his visit. No
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    • 53 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. The Johore State Eng Choon General Association will hold a dinner at the Supermarket Restaurant and Snack Bar in Jalan Ariffin on Sunday at 7.30 p.m. The dinner is in honour of the association's members in Johore who recently received the P P.M. awards by the
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 478 5 DA releases photos to prove US citizens have been fooled President Kennedy's murder NE W ORLEANS, Wed. (UPI) Dist. Attorney Jim Garrison yesterday released three pictures that he said shows a .45 calibre bullet killed President Kennedy instead of a 6 5 Mannlicher-Carcano as the Warren Commission concluded. "In the
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    • 129 5 SYDNEY. Wed. (UPI) John William Cutter, a soldier on leave from Vietnam. uas sentenced to three months hard labour by a Special Federal Court yesterday for attempting to import marijuana into Australia from Vietnam. Cutter, 24. of Peoria. Illinois, was on a rest and recreation
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    • 69 5 MOSCOW. Wed. (Reuter) The Soviet news agency Tass said ton ght that the new plan to create a perinanent Nato naval force presented the “obvious danger” of the revival of plans for a multilateral nuclear force. Commenting on approval of the plan by NATO defence minister in Brussels
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    • 102 5 RIO DE JANEIRO Wed. (UPI) Police said yesterday they had arrested two lawyers In connection with a forgery ring planning a one hundred million dollar swindle in bogus State Bonds. Police arrested lawyers Rafael Marrone and Geraldo Sobrinho and held them for questioning Police
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    • 79 5 HONG KONG. Wed. il'PI) More than 200 rebellious peasants were killed by Fed Chinese soldiers in two cla c hes this month in Kwantung province. the Hong Kong Times reported today. The massacres were in Sunwui County on Dec. and in Paksha County on Dec. 9. the
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    • 83 5 Computer planning of the first year’s basic construction programme of the new London Bridge, on which work has now been commenced by John Mowlem and Co., was completed this week. A new computer helped to prepare the £4,066,573 tender which the corporation of London accepted for building the new Bridge
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    • 163 5 ST. JOHN, Virgin Island Wed. (UPI) —Newsmen and photographers covering the honeymoon of Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and her Marine captain husband yesterday were asked by U S Secret Service to leave the area. An unidentified Secret Service agent asked the press to
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    • 75 5 JAKARTA. Wed. (CPU A furious hunt is underway in Bandung to recapture more than 100 poisonous snakes which escaped from the Pasteur Institute of Toxicology. According to reports reaching Jakarta, 22 of the reptiles have so far been recaptured, but people living in the neighbourhood of
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    • 173 5 LOS ANGELES. Wed (IPI) Actress Corrine Calvet testified yesterday that she and wealthy Donald P Scott took out a Nevada marriage license in 1966 but had an argument on the steps of the Las Vegas court house and did not go through with the planned wedding. Scott,
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    • 82 5 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) Police constable Lee Kwun-Sang. killed in a Se‘urday night gun battle with a terrorist, will be buried today. Lee was the ninth officer to die since the start of the Communist-instigated riots in this British crown colony. His killer remains at large
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    • 203 5 ON DOCTOR'S ORDERS ATLANTA. Wed. (UPI) Evangelist Billy Graham received strict orders from his doctor Tuesday and announced he would cancel all engagements. The engagements included all major crusades until mid-April of next year. Dr Walter H Smyth, director of crusades, said the action postponed
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    • 396 5 Soviets fear the big thaw BONN. Wed. (t'PI) The West German government expects to renew relations with Yugoslavia and thus widen its diplomatic bridgehead in Eastern Europe early next year, despite frantic blocking efforts by the Communist regime in East Berlin. The cabinet scheduled
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    • 43 5 TOKYO. Wed. (UPU British historian Arnold J. Toynbee left Japan today for home after a month-long visit. He said he preferred the ancient capital of Kvoto to Tokyo hut "saw a chapter of man’s fu'ure" in the world's most populated city.
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    • 168 5 BRUSSELS, Wed. (Reuter) Common Market commission President Jean Rey warned the six member states here today that a failure to settle their differences over Britain’s application for membership would lead to a "grave crisis” within and outside the trade group. He told
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    • 109 5 JAKARTA. Wed < UPI) Indonesian Army Rangers killed three Communist guerrillas during an encounter In the Lebarong area in West Borneo, the Indonesian news agency KN'I reported today. According to the report, a column of West Java Army Rangers was ambushed by guerrillas while escorting 11
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    • 28 5 BELGRADE. Wed. (Reuter) An earth tremor, accompanied by underground roaring. today shook Rijeka. Yugoslavia’* biggest port on the northern Adriatic coast, but no damage was reported.
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    • 136 5 BRUSSELS. Wed (Reuter).— Britain's plan to withdraw one of its Rhine Army brigades was formally approved by NATO Defence Ministers here yesterday, informed sources said. Approval at the meeting was only a formality because agreement on the move announced by Britain earlier this year
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    • 91 5 NEW DELHI. Wed. (Reuter) India’s ruling Congress Party faced a revolt in its own ranks last night over the government’s controversial bill to retain English as an official language of the country alongside Hindi. Twenty-two Congress members of the Lower House wrote to Prime Minister Indira
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    • 306 6 NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, Wed. (UPI) A bank manager’s wife, kidnapped from her home in the exclusive foothills section of nearby Glandale, was rescued unharmed yesterday after her husband paid US$BO,OOO in ransom, police disclosed Police staked out at the site where the
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    • 79 6 JAKARTA Wed. (Reuter) Australia’s Ambassador here. Mr. Max Loveday. said today he was discussing with Indonesian Foreign Minister. Mr. Adam Malik on the date of the Minister’s planned visit to Australia. He said In reply to questions that the dates under consideration were In the first half
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    • 191 6 TOKYO. Wed. (Reuter) The Japanese government is confident that a bullet production plant to be 6et up by Japan in the Philippines shortly will be used for domestic police purposes only, a government spokesman said today. He said that if the bullets were
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    • 68 6 HONG KONG. Wed. (Router) The North Vietnamese Air Force shot down an American Thunderchief jet In a dogfight today, the official (North) Vietnam news agency reported. But the agency did not say •where the aerial clash took place. The fate of the pilot was also
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    • 315 6 Shirley Boonwaat’s death: PANGOON. Wed (Reuter) —Burma’s former Ambassador to Ceylon, Sao Boonlv waat, who is being tried here in connection with his wife’s death, was today refused bail by a District Court Judge. Judge U Ba Maung said it was still too
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    • 288 6 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Guitarist Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones pop group was freed by the Appeal Court today from a nine-month Jail sentence imposed last October for drug offences. Lord Chief Justice Lord Parker and two other Judges substituted a 1.000 sterling
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    • 150 6 BANGALORE. Indie. Wed. (Reuter) Police made repeated baton charges and fired teargas in a violent running battle with striking factory workers here today The strikers picketed the gates of a city factory, hurling stones at the police and fellow workers attempting to break
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    • 210 6 TURIN, ITALY Wed. (Reuter) The court was cleared here todav when Italian Military Intelligence officers began testifying In the espionage trial of famed parachutist Giorgio Rinaldi, alleged Soviet master spy. Rinaldi, who had access to European NATO bases because of his powers
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    • 88 6 ADEiN, South Yemen Republic: The hole In the classroom wall is a reminder to the young bovs and their teacher of the bitter fighting between British troops and rival Arab nationalist factions in the colonv Natives have now began the long job of rebuilding their
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    • 101 6 TAIPEI. Wed. (Reuter) Nationalist Chinese authorities on Taiwan today announced a half a million United States dollars planned parenthood programme to curb the rapid population growth. Statistics released by the Provincial Health Department showed 410,000 babies were born every year while death claimed 75.000 lives
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    • 102 6 CAPE TOWN: Twenty-flve-year old Denise Darvall the girl, killed in a recent car accident, whose heart was transplanted Into the body of 56-year old Cape Town businessman Louis Washkanskv, In a six-hour-long operation at Groote Schuur Hospital here at the week-end. It
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    • 189 6 CAPE TOWN. South Africa. Wed (UPI) Pioneer heart transplant patient Louis Washkansky appealed last night for a little privacy from the press. Doctors who relayed his plea and also seconded it said Washkanskv said he was tired of having his picture taken and
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    • 136 6 TORONTO, Wed. (Reuter) Doctors at the Toronto Hospital for sick children have succeeded in stimulating the heart beats of small children a process hither to unsuccessful with infants, it was announced here In a report to a two-day conference on heart disease, yesterday. Dr. Rod Fowler
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    • 62 6 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Six narcotics agents representing three branches of the US. government have been arraigned in Federal Court on charges of dealing in heroin, cocaine and marijuana. The six three New York city detectives, two investigators for a New York state county district attorney and
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    • 147 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) The United States 1965 Immigration Act, which takes effect next July 1, will curb the flow of foreign scientists, artists and intellectuals into the country, according to a L.s. visa office report. The report said the act, which was devoted
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    • 125 6 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) Yonetaro Muroya. 54. was out of a job and decided that something had to be done to promote his own general welfare. He set up a welfare organisation last year and boasted such supporters as Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and Transportation
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    • 67 6 UNITED NATIONS. New York, Wed. (Reuter) The Security Council today endorsed the application of the People’s Republic of Southern Yemen for admission to the United Nations, bringing the world body’s total membership to 123. The Council adopted unanimously a resolution 'to this effect offered bv Britain. Ethiopia.
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    • 45 6 HANSWEERT. Holland Wed. (UPI) The captain of the Dutch river vessel Corrie B, 340 tons, drowned today after a collision with a Polish ship on the wester Schelde Channel, officials said. The Corrie B collided with the 3,365-ton Swindica and sank almost immediately-
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    • 118 6 MADRID. Wed. (Reuter) —A court martial sentenced to death tcday Frenchman Jean Pierre Alexandre Helleguarch, 24. for his part In an armed hold-up at a Madrid bank last month In which three people were wounded and 2.000,000 pesetas .(.£12.0001 taken. Two accomplices. Serge Dupont, alias Jacques
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    • 99 6 PARIS. Wed. (Reuter) More than two million French workers began a 2V hour strike today that cut power and gas supplies, brought a wide section of Industry to a half and hit postal deliveries and airline schedules It a.so left France without evening newspapers. The strike
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    • 64 6 DAMASCUS, Wed. (Reuter) The Central Arab boycott of Israel office has warned foreign airlines against landing at Jerusalem airport or flying over Israeli-occupied Arab territory, Mr. Mohammed Mahgoub, CommissionerGeneral of the Boycott Organisation said today. He told reporters the airlines had been informed that if they disregarded
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    • 107 7 MELBOURNE, Wed. Pop dances will drive some teenagers dead before they are 40. according to a noise research expert here About two to three per cent of teenagers suffer from “tender ear,” Mr R. F. Burton of the City’s Institute of Technology told a seminar on
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    • 331 7 COLOMBO. Celyon. Wed. No doubt about it. The mini-skirt has come to Ceylon to stay. But it is the centre of a fierce controversy. At first when hemlines began to soar, there were only raised eye-brows from the prim and elderly, and mild, passing references to
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    • 109 7 VERSAILLES. Wed. (Reu ter) The 15-year-old youth held here for the kidnapping and murder of a Versailles schoolboy tried to commit suicide in his prison cell yesterday, Justice sources reported. They said he made the attempt on his hie despite a constant watch by prison warders.
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    • 440 7 BRUSSELS. Wed (Reuter) NATO Defence Ministers last night approved a proposal to create a permanent and highly mobile naval forre in the Atlantic next month. A top NATO official said here the force “Could be a very flexible means
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    • 78 7 LONDON'S underground Post Office Railway is the only system of its kind in the world Fully automatic, it runs through a single 9-foot diameter tunnel, which has a double 2-foot gauge, from the Eastern District Office in Whitechapel, east London, to Paddington main line railway station a distance of 6½
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    • 523 7 ROUND-CLOCK AIRLIFT OF 10,000 TROOPS TO VIETNAM ‘We will not betray troubled leaders and hopeful peoples of region'-LBJ SAIGON. Wed. (Reuter) A massive airlift Is underway to carry more than 10,000 crack American paratroopers into Vietnam to boost U.S. forces searching for elusive guerillas and battling
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    • 128 7 BLANTYRE. Malawi. Wed. (Reuteri A magistrate today cautioned and discharged 253 women, all former members of the now banned Jehovah’s Witnesses religious sect, who were accused of belonging to an unlawful society. He told them they would be discharged because he was convinced they had
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    • 105 7 GENEVA. Wed. (UPI) The Greek press has been turned into a “Cowed and characterless mouthpiece of a dictatorship.” the International Pre«-s Institute (IPI declared today. “When colonels rule, the press wears uniforms.” the institute said in a special report on Greece. The report, hy Armand
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    • 62 7 ST LOUIS. Missouri Wed (UPI). The U.S. Army said yesterday that the Dragon anti-tank guided missile, which can be carried by infantrymen. has hit the target with “bull’s-eye accuracy” in its first test. The missile, which weighs 27 pounds is being developed by the McDonnell Douglas Corp.
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    • 461 7 Full colour movie by Felix Greene N E W YORK. Wed. (Reuter) The first fulllength film showing the effects of T.S. bombing on North Vietnam went on view to the American public on Monday. The 85-minute long film, entitled. “North Vietnam.” was
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    • 164 7 HONG KONG, Wed. (Reuter) The official Peking People's Daily today accused the United States of spreading false rumours that the Vietcong wanted to send representatives to the United Nations. By spreading the rumours Washington had hoped to lure the National Liberation Front
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    • 83 7 OTTAWA, Wed (Reuter) Canada has agreed to sell China an additional 78.400.000 bushels of wheat, it was announced here yesterday. Trade Minister Robert Winters told Parliament agreement for the sale followed “prolonged negotiations" in Canton by Canadian Wheat Board representatives. The long-term agreement called for purchase
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    • 128 7 NEW DELHI. Wed (Reuter) Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi accused President Ayub Khan of Pakistan of being obsessed by what he imagined to be India’s “aggressive role.” Replying to questions in the Council of States, India's Upper House of Parliament. Mrs. Gandhi said that
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  • 465 8 DURING the last ten years Kuala Lumpur has grown from a provincial town to an expanding city. There are people whose views of Kuala Lumpur are restricted to the old town centre. To them the development of the Federal capital should fan out from this centre,
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  • 425 8 F [EVERYTHING was wrong about the j announcement on Tuesday by the Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, that 320,000 Malaysian pupils in secondary schools would have to pay increased fees of 52.50 for Form Remove to Form Three, $5 for Forms Four to Six in the
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  • 233 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evldane# For Criminal Trials TOR over 20 years the marriage between Leona and George was at best a stormy one. There were constant quarrels resulting in frequent separations. After the last one, Leona charged George in a criminal suit for
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    • 125 8 r WISH to refer to your editorial ‘Deeds and not Words’ of Wednesday, December 6. 1967, and to inform you that there are at the moment 36 Private Medical Practitioners employed part-time in Government Out-Pat-ient Departments of the various hospitals in the country. They work normally on
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  • 1025 8  -  By T.J. Mboya (Minister for Economic Planning and Development in Kenya) T'HERE are people who are inadequately fed in every country of the world, but by far the largest number live in the developing countries themselves. It has been estimated that sixty
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  • 923 8  -  by: Louis Halasz ¥>RINCE Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia is a firm believer in the principle that offence is the best defence. He proved this again recently when he accused two Associated Press reporters of hypocrisy after they had discovered, described and photographed a Vietcong camp site
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    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1967 23-B. Cantonment Road, Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 39, lalan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telephone: *****/6 8. Leith Street, Tel: ***** 77. Brewster Road. Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL&INDUSTRIAL
    • 296 9 Rubber up cent SINGAPORE, Wed January first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.rn. today in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur at 49-1 8 cents per lb., up 3 8 of a cent from previous close. The tone was quiet. Af‘er an unchanged openings today, the market softened to dull
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    • 76 9 PARIS. Wed (UPI) Gold buying on the Paris bullion market today jumped again to a feverish pitch in a continuation of the dollarweakening run on gold. Today’s turnover was 48.9 million francs $9.8 million. On Monday, the volume was 14 3 million francs $2 86
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    • 38 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: T.T./OD Deutche Marks 129# (Ready) Holland Guilders 117} (Ready) French Francs 159 J (Ready) and Italian Lire *****.
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    • 336 9 'TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) A high-ranking U S. governA ment and business delegation met with a group of top Japanese auto manufacturers yesterday for a two-day conference on trade liberalisation. Both Americans and Japanese were unusually reticent about the meeting, apparently because of delicate issues involved.
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    • 21 9 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) No offers were received today to buy go-vernment-owned tin. a General Services Administration spokesman said.
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    • 178 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The following ships are expected to be in port today;— Godowns Vessels 1/2 Karachi 3/4 Bratlav 6/7 Astrid Bakke 8/9 Bakuriani 10/11 Eisho Maru 15/16 President Taylor 18 Shiga Maru 19 Bamora 21/22 Kinabalu 23/24 Sohryu Maru 25/26 Hoi Yine 29/30 Nord Farer 31/32 Straat
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    • 221 9 MONTREAL. Wed. (UPI) Montreal's mayor Drapeau and City Planners have begun in earnest the job of converting Expo 67 into a permanent exhibition With the official go-ahead from city council, the planners have tackled the job of staging the 1968 edition of
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    • 141 9 MANILA. Wed (UPI) President Ferdinand E Marcos has ordered early construction of the Asian Development Bank head quarters on Manila’s seafront boulevard. Construction of the building has already suffered several delays because of continued occupation of the site by the Philippine Merchant Marine
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    • 23 9 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) —Money Quotations: HK56.(165/6-085 per U.S. dollar for cash. HK514.46 per pound sterling HK$29O per tael gold.
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    • 155 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. John E. G. Hoyer. General Manager for SAS and Thai International today announced that in its efforts to promote Tourism to Singapore. SAS and Thai International are organising Educational Tours for Agents from the various countries in Europe. During October and November.
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    • 629 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Another heavy spate of speculative buying for Ber. and Co. today sparked off another 17 cents increase for this counter. Business done at the close was £2.28 though it reached $2.30 when buying resumed after lunch Ben and Co. was the only
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    • 103 9 VISAKHAPATNAM, Ind:a, Wed. (Reuter) India’s Deputy Prime Minister Morarjj Desai inaugurated one of the world's most modern chemical fertiliser complexes here todayThe 484,000.000 rupee (about 27.000.000 sterling) plant in Andhra state is controlled by a consortium of two American Corporations International Minerals and Chemicals Corporation
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    • 117 9 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) The United Kingdom/Canadian North Pacific and the United Kingdom United States Pacific Freight Associations yesterday announced a 12-1/2-per-cent surcharge on gross freight shipments because of sterling devaluation. The increase, which applies to all shipments from the U.K. to North Pacific ports, becomes effective
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    • 57 9 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI). The International Monetary Fund announced today Nepal has devalued its rupee 24.75 per cent With devaluation, 10.1 rupees will equal US$l. India devalued its rupee on June 6. 1966 and at that time the Nepal rupee was not changed, causing difficulties for Nepal
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    • 372 9 *ISOAPOKK—Mock Exchange oid and offer prices officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co 2*7 2.28 Boustead 1 61 1.63 < sugar 2.11 2.12 Chemical Co 1 44 1.45 Cold storage 4.04 4 12 Dunlop 2.25 2.26 F. Smelting 4.00 4 50 Esso Ords 2.04 2
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    • 135 9 TOKYO, Wed. (Reuter) A group of Japanese rolling stock manufacturers has contracted with the Malaysia National Railways Corporation to export 10 diesel hydraulic locomotives worth about 500 million yen (about 578.500 sterling), the C. Itoh and Company said today. The Japanese group, including the Kisha
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    • 82 9 TOKYO. Wed. (Reuter) The Export and Import Bank of Japan today announced it had signed a contract with Bank Negara Indonesia to refinance Indonesia's debts to Japan, amounting to $43,625,000. The Bank said the debts included those for which repayment had been delayed and for which payment was
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE. Wed The tin price for today was $584.00 per picul, up $2.50.
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    • 53 9 (Managers’ Prices) Fir«t Malayan 2.11 ;..->o second Malayan 1.71 1-83 Third Malayan The Commerce 1.10 1.19 Industrs Fund XU i .89 08 The Savings Fund Malayan Investment 1.41 1.50 fund \l> 1.05 1.15 First Hongkong .79 •84* Second H kong XD .55 .59* S'ng Commodity 4/2 4/ 9
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    • 115 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The noon prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are >- Buyer Seller Coconut Oil (F.O B.) Bilik 60.25 Coconut Oil (F.O B.) Drum' 62 75 Loose Copra Mixed Noe/Dec S5.50 Muntok White Pepper fF.O-B.) s i n 127 50 Saraw ak W hlte Pepper (F.O.B.)
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    • 1262 10 TV and TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Pulati Pinang; 6 lpoh and Meiaka; 3 10 .lohore Bahru: 4 Taipine: 7 9 Kluang P.M. 5.45 Opening Annct. Pi og Summary; 548 News Outlines in the National Language; 5.53 Announcement For Commencing and Breaking of Fast; 6 00 News in
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    • 46 11 EMMAUS BIBLE SCHOOL GRAND CHRISTMAS RALLY ON FRIDAY ISTH DEC. 1967 AT BETHESDA GOSPEL HALL 77 BRAS BASAH ROAD SINGAPORE. AT 6.30 P.M. Film Show: "Holy Night" Speaker: Mr. Yeo Oon 800 CERTIFICATES WILL BE PRESENTED TO SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS AT THIS RALLY ALL ARE WELCOME! 9
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  • STUDENTS’ PAGE ALL $5 ESSAY WINNERS
    • 258 12 A MAN without an ambition is like a man travelling in the sea without a compass. Ambitions are like compasses in the sea of life and prepare young people especially students for a better future, full of meaning and of much value
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    • 258 12 I seldom see a doctor although I always get sick. During the last holidays, I had a stomach-ache. It lasted long because I did not see a doctor. After two weeks, my stomach-ache became worse and finally father took me to see a private doctor.
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    • 179 12 IT is always a joy to recall my childhood day 6 because there is a lot of fun. However I always recall my childhood with regret because it is now gone. When I was a child I had a doll. I was afraid of
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    • 230 12 TO some people or school children, stamp-eo'.lecting is purely a nobby. They keep stamps for exchanging them with pen-pals In many cases, people collect stamps not for a pastime but sell them for their daily bread or school expenses. Stamp-collecting i s not only interesting
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    • 340 12 MY school library was built in the year 1961. It is rectangle in shape and is not an enormous building. It looks impressive and is a place where one can have peace of mind while reading. There is a corridor outside where the
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    • 167 12 T was dawn. The rain had Just stopped. The leaves A of the trees were soaked with water The clouds were fading away like dust blown by the angry wind. UP in the tiny branches of the tree, the small beautiful nightingale w'as hopping
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    • 285 12 ZOO is the short name for Zoological Gardens. It is an artificial ferest created by man. There are very few trees compared with the natural forest. The animals such as birds and other creatures found in the zoo remind us of the forest.
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    • 303 12 SNATCH THIEVES are prowling everywhere especially the shopping centrea They are well-dressed and the customers do not suspect them. A few days ago. I was shopping alone China-town to prepare for the coming festival. I was inside a porcelain shop, when a voice caught
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    • 244 12 I am an English doll. I have curly hair, rosy cheeks and blue eyes, I came from England. I was in a factory for quite some time, waiting to be shipped. My turn came when all the other dolls were ready and we were put
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    • 317 12 ONE Friday morning, I did not have to go to school, so my mother asked me to accompany her to the market to help carry the basketThe morning was chilly. When we arrived at the market, it was drizzling. A few vegetable sellers squatted on
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    • 129 12 MOST Chinese hold funerals with offerings, drinks and cakes whereas the Christian funeral is he’d In the church with prayers, before the dead is buried. In the year 1960 my grandmother passed away at midnight. My sorrowful mother fainted when she heard the news. The news was
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    • 194 12 I WAS awakened by screams and shouts of “Fire, fire”. Like others. I dashed out of my house to the seen® of the fire The houses were burning. The flames were furious. Thick black smoke seemed to cover the whole sky. After a
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    • 251 12 WHILE I was on my way to school, I passed a stall selling all sorts of sweets. As I was in the habit of munching sweets and I like peppermint sweets so much, I bought 10 cents worth of peppermint from the stall After that
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    • 160 12 NEW ESSAY CONTEST FOR THOSE WHO ARE 14 AND UNDER THE EASTERN SUNS new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And
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  • Eastern Sun Special
    • 916 13  -  By SIMON FIELD GUSTAV VIGELAND was a man with a peculiar view of the fair sex but his sculptor is some of the best that the world has seen. He died 25 years ago, on March 12, 1943, leaving behind a park of
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    • 787 13  -  Quiz to sort out your talents by HAROLD GROSSMAN WHAT kind of intelligence have you got? Some people are intelligent with figures, others with words, and so on. It depends on what type of intelligence you have as to what your line should be in life. This
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    • 384 13 Medical scientists in Port Moresby, Popu o-New Guinea, are making plans to use a computer to try to discover the cause of the incurable and fatal disease known Kuru, or "laughing death". Kuru is found only amongst the Fore tribespeople of the New
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 324 14 They score first win over Oxford since 1963 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Cambridge gained their first victory over Oxford since 1963 in the inter-varsity rugby union match at Twickenham yesterdoy. They won by a try and a penalty goal (six points) to nil. after leading 3-0 at halftime. Their
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    • 223 14 STOCKHOLM. Wed. (Reuter) Britain won the King's Cup tennis competition for the fourth successive year when Roger Taylor and Bobby Wilson both won their ".-ingles matches in the best-of-three final against Sweden. Britain's four victories in a row equalled the record set by
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    • 210 14 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) The Japan Soccer Association has sent an application to the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) for participation in the next 1970 World Cup championships, it was disclosed. The drawings for the elimination matches will be held next Feb.
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    • 266 14 Pasarell is listed America’ s No. 1 player NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) Charles Pasarell of Puerto Rico the U.S. indoor champion who upset Spams Manuel Santana in the first round at Wimbledon last summer was listed as America's Nov. 1 player Tuesday in tentative 1967 national rankings by the US.
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    • 185 14 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Wed Gary Burling, resident professional bowler at Jackie's Bowl in Singapore, is here on a dual mission. Mission No. 1: To capture the men’s Masters event in the Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress, which started last night. Mission No. 2: To conduct free
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    • 90 14 MALACCA. Wed. The 28th Brigade Signals Squadron were fuUy stretched for their 1-0 win over No. 2 Infantry Workshops REME in the Commonwealth Forces minor units knock-out hockey semi-final at the Terendak Camp ground. The goal that placed the Brigade Signals in the final
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    • 42 14 ST LOUIS Wed <UPI> Heavyweight Boone Kirkman knocked out Archie Ray in one minute of the third round of a schedu’ed 10-round fight at the Arena Boxing Club last night. Kirkman of Seattle. Washington, weighed 201. Ray 206.
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    • 265 14 SYDNEY. Wed. (Reuter) Pace bowler Nell Hawke has been omitted by the Australian cricket selectors from the team to play India in the first two Test matches, announced here. The first Test will be in Adelaide on December 2328. and the second
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    • 101 14 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) The Japan Golf Association selected four players to compete in the three-nation women's amateur team golf tournament in Manila, on Jan. 15-18. They are Katsuko Mochizuki. captain and player of the Takarazakua Golf Club. Masayo Toyama, of the Sayama Golf Club. Haruko
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    • 537 14 LONDON, Wed. (UPI). Jim Ryun, who ruled as the undisputed king of middle distance runners during the year, was voted the 1967 Sportsman of the Year by United Press International's European subscribers as the United States made a sweep of the top
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    • 116 14 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Results of football matches played last night were: English Football Association Cup. first round: Swindon Town 4 Salisbury 0 (winner? at home to either Oxford City or Luton Town in second round) Torquay United 1 Colchester United 1 (winners away to either Chelmsford or
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    • 445 15  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Wed. The Football Association of Singapore will send a formidable national squad to participate in a friendly soccer triangular in Phnom Penh this month. The tour is a follow-up to an invitation sent by the Director of Sports in
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    • 491 15  -  By Leslie Nakashima TOKYO. Wed. (I’PI) Boxing has come a long way in Japan with the staging tomorrow night of the first world title match between two Japanese fighters. Yoshiaki Numata. 22, will stake his world junior lightweight crown, which he won from Flash
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    • 51 15 BANGKOK, Wed. (Reuter) Malaysia’s women volleyball team were beaten by Burma today to record then second defeat in the SEAP Games volleyball competition. Burma won B—ls.8 —15.115,5 —5, 15 —13. 15—2. Yesterday Malaysia were beaten by Thailand. In men's volleyball South Vietnam easily beat Laos 15—1, 15—6,
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    • 41 15 An alphabetical display on the stand at the Fourth SEAP Games opening ceremony. A parade of Singapore athletes and officials in the sixnation South East Asian Peninsular Games seen at the opening ceremony. More pictures on Page 16.
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    • 133 15 SINGAPORE. Wed.—Jansenites beat Singapore Indian Association by four goals to nil in a Singapore Hockey Association Division I fixture at Balestler Road today. Jansenltes opened account in the very first minute when former State player. Bastlan de Cruz netted off a short corner Ten minutes later
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    • 273 15 KYOTO. (Japan). Wed. (I'PI) Japan's national soccer team today won a moral victory bv holding Dukla. a Czechoslovak first division football club, to a 1-1 tie before 8.000 spectators at the Nishigyoku grounds. The Czech and Japanese teams failed to
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    • 61 15 SINGAPORE. Wed. —The finals of the Singapore Billiards Association's three ball tournament will be played at the Singapore Recreation Club at 7 p.m. tomorrow. The finalists in the tournament are Quek Eu Huat of the Chinese Swimming Club and P H Wide of the Aston Recreation Club Mrs.
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    • 51 15 MALACCA. Wed. The Bukit Terendak Sailing Club's Sandpiper trophy went to 8 Sgt. Charlie Greenhalgh when he emerged the winner in th e individual Passage sailing race held off Terendak Camp. Close behind S Sgt. Greenhalgh was Richard Quilter who was second while Mike Owen-Smith took third
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    • 26 15 MALACCA. Wed. The Monthly medal tournament of the Ayer Kerch Country Club will be held on December 19 at the Ayer Keroh coil course.
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    • 1035 15 PENANG. Wed. A total of 255 classes 1, 2 and 3 horses has entered for the Penang Turf Club Christmas New year Meeting on Dec. 24 25,30 and 31. The following are ’the entries: CLASS ONE 1st run 2nd run 5Jf or 8|f 7f
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    • 127 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Selangor football team will meet Hapoel TelAviv of Israel in the final of the Asian Champion Team competition in Bangkok on Dec. 19. The team leaves here on Dec. 17 with Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, president of the Selangor Football Association
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    • 758 16 SEAP GAMES ROUND-UP BANGKOK, Wed. (Reuter). Singapore retained its Seap Games gold medal for waterpolo with a decisive 10-3 victory over Thailand in the final motch of the tournament. Paced by Thio Gim Hock, who scored six goals, three on penalties, the Republic s strong squad
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    • 239 16 BANGKOK. Wed. (Reuter) Malaysia's Lim Hee Peng won an exciting five-set match against Singapore* Lim Wae Sheng to enter the semi-finals of the table tennis men's singles at the SEAP Games today. Lim Hee Peng scraped home 14—21. 34—22. 22—20 16—21. 21—13
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    • 218 16 BANGKOK. Wed (Reu‘er) •—Hong Kong's bigger and Stronger team overwhelmed the Malaysia national side by 32 points to six lor their second victory in the SEAP Games invitation rugby tournament here today. The Hong Kong side collected four goals and four tries to
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    • 132 16 BANGKOK Wed (Reuter) Singapore captured the silver medal in the men's high diving at the SEAP Games today when M Ghani bin M Desa finished in second place behind Chowalit of Thailand. The winner scored 132.29 points and the Singapore diver 87 27 Malaysia® Ong
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    • 59 16 COPENHAGEN*. Wed (UPI* A Danish newspaper reports that Cassius Clay will defend the world heavyweight boxing title he still claims to possess against Edouardo Corletti of Argentina in the United States early next year. Clay, who was stripped ofl his title by the World Boxing Association,
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    • 125 16 BANGKOK Wed (Renter Malaysia's Radhika Menon and Liar, Lai Yee both lost their ladies singles semi-final matches to Tha: opponents in the SEAP Games tennis competition here today. Number on** seed Par.ou beat Lian La: Yee 6—2. 6—o to move mto the final against her teammate Somsri.
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    • 72 16 BANGKOK. Wed. (Reuter) Burma beat Thailand 1-0 last night to win Group "A" of the SEAP Games football tournament. Burma’s goal was scored in the 34th minute by cen-tre-forward Win Maung. Burma. Asian Games football champions and joint holder* with Thailand of the SEAP title, will now
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    • 66 16 PERTH. W»d < Reuter' The touring Singapore cricket team was beaten by 132 runs on the first innings in a one day match here today aga nst a West Australian Governor s Eleven. The Governor’s XI. which included four West Australian Sheffield Shield players and three former Shield
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    • 174 16 B ANGKOK. Wed (R°u*erV Thailand's vic'orv parade m the SEAP Games shooting continued today when they won team and individual gold medals for air rifle. Pnaa Pnengdisth won the gold with a score of 386 points, while Chatree Pitaktnwan. also of Thailand won the silver
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    • 64 16 BANGKOK Wed (Reuter) Thailand stretched its lead at the head of the SE A P Games medal table today as Singapore moved past Malaysia into second place in the race for golds. G S B Thailand 52 32 31 Singapore 22 25 19 Malaysia 20
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    • 449 16 King Bhumibol moves closer to the gold medal BANGKOK. Wed (Reuter) Sailing in strong 20 knot winds. Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej moved into the lead in the SEAP Games O.R. Dinghy yachting event which ends this afternoon. The King, beaten in yesterday morning's third race by
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    • 137 16 BANGKOK Wed < Reuter) Thailand s K.: g Bhumibol and his 17-year-o.d daughter Princess Übo.ratana shared the gold medal in the South East As an Peninsular Games OK D nghy Class after the final rac® today The pr®tty Princess sailed her dinghy to a win
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    • 62 16 TIME AND TIDE Penan*: 11.15 a m. (5.9 ft). 11.28 pm. (7.7 ft.) Port Swettenham: 3.15 am. (14.7 ft). 4.03 pm. (13.0 ft.) Port Dickson: 4.50 a.m (8.4 ft.), 5.11 pm. (6.9 ft) Singapore: 8.50 a.m. (8.5 ft.). 10.18 pm. (78 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 6.46 a.m. (6.9 ft.). 9.27 pm.
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