Eastern Sun, 19 December 1967

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  • 25 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd ,966 Vol 2 No. 505 Tuesday, 19 December 1967. MC(P) 2251 -fr KDIM 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 96 1 PORTSEA. Mon. (Renter) —The world is a lonelier place today. President Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson said in a cable to Mrs. Holt. It was one of several messages of sympathy Mrs. Holt received today from overseas. The full message received from President Johnson
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  • 154 1 FAYETTE. Mississippi. Mon (UPI) —“I can't help the world, but I can help some people.” the millionaire said on Sunday, as he stood on the back of a pickup truck and passed out 20 dollar bills to 1.000 Negroes. “I was a poor boy
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  • 448 1 Lord Casey: Searches for Holt of no avail CANBERRA, Mon. (Reuter) A USTRALIA's Governor-General, Lord Casey, late tonight asked the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. John McEwen, to assume the premiership following the disappearance while swimming of Prime Minister Harold Holt. Mr. McEwen, leader of the
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  • 418 1 'Suddenly I had a terrible feeling —EYE-WITNESS OORTSEA, Mon. (Reuter). Australia's Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared after going "for a little swim and sun bathing" yesterday with some friends, one of his party said today. A friend of Mr Holt's. Mrs Marjorie Gillespie, told Mr Holt's Press Secretary of the
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  • 387 1  -  IN PONTIANAK... By JAMAL ALI KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Indonesian Government's entire policy concerning aliens, particularly the Chinese who owed undivided loyalty to the State, is to protect and guarantee their lives and properties. However. aliens who proved to be involved in subversive
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  • 61 1 DOVER. ENGLAND. Mon (UPI) Sixty boys from the local (Borstal) reform school went for a 10-mile cross-country run. under thp eye of guards equipped with shortwave walkie-talk-ies and other precautions against escape. Fifty-nine came back. As the others jogtrotted across country. David Lowers. 20. broke into a dash
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  • 33 1 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) A crazed mechanic killed a ten-vear-old girl with a knife and seriously wounded her mother in suburban Mandaluyong yesterday. He was shot dead by a traffic policeman.
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  • 218 1 ‘P.I. agrees to defer Sabah claim MANILA, Mon. (UPI) The Philippines has agreed to put aside its claim on Sabah pending settlement of other more pressing problems with Malaysia, the Manila Chronicle reported today. The newspaper quoted Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos as telling newsmen in Baguio on Sunday he had
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  • 76 1 SHREWSBURY, England. Mon. <UPI) —Dennis Sarjant listened entranced to the swelling volume of Christmas carols outside his house. He opened the door, but Instead of a choir he found two small boys—and a pocket tape-recorder belting out “Silent Night.” Sarjant suggested perhaps it was cheating
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 381 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh, today called for the establishment of a building research organisation to serve both the public and private sectors. “One of the factors which continuously faces us in
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    • 372 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. “A common weakness that many architects in Asia suffer from is a colonial hangover. “This is because they are not able to understand that the social economic and political conditions of their countries are vastly different from the countries m which most
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    • 127 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A prisoner, described by the police as a “dangerous man,*' escaped from the General Hospital here at 6.50 p.m. yesterday 11 hours after being admitted. Yee Sam Leong. 22. who was still hand-cuffed when he escaped, is serving a three-vear sentence In
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    • 193 2 SINGAPORE. Mon The Minister fo r Health. Mr. Yong N'yuk Lin. told Parliament today it was necessary to retain the present quarantine for Singapore’s own sake. Mr. Yong was replying to a question by Mr. S. V. Lingam (Member for Aljunied) who wanted the
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    • 358 2 PENANG, Mon. The situation in Penang is now practically normal except for a few isolated cases in Province Wellesley where Chinese villagers were still not keen to return to their homes just yet. They slept j n their friends’ houses at night and only returned
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    • 113 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. Parliament wa« told today that Kandang Kerbau Market was also a "colonr for rats" and they had made it their habitat Disclosing this In Parliament todav. Mr. P. Selvadurai (Member for Rukit Panjangl called on the Minister for Health. Mr. Vonr
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    • 276 2  -  By JAMAL ALI KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, tonight hoped that a Muslim Commonwealth could be formed to foster closer ties and understanding among the Muslim countries of the world. He said through mutual understanding and the maintenance of the spirit
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    • 86 2 JESSELTON. Mon. (Reuter) The Malaysian State of Sabah will have a budget surplus of about 21 million dollars (about three million sterling) next year, the State Finance Minister. Enche Harris Mohammed Salleh announced here today. The State’s revenue in 19« B was estimated at
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    • 249 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Minister for Labour, Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, today again rejected suggestions that contributions to the Central Provident Fund be released as down payment for houses under the Housing and Development Board’s home-ownership plan. During the debate on the Expenditure Estimates for the Labour
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    • 560 2  -  By John Kam and R. V. Lingam SINGAPORE, Mon, Football pools will be introduced in Singapore soon. The Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, in reply to a question raised in Parliament, said that the Ministry was currently negotiating with two firms
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    • 154 2 SINGAPORE Mon. The Minister for Finance. Dr. Goh Keng Swee. todav told Parliament why $70,000 had to be set aside m next years budget for tne descendants of Sultan Hussain. He made the explanation following a query from Mr. Tang See Ch:m iChua Chu
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    • 215 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, told Parliament today that a political study course for teachers in Singapore was important. He added that a political course for principals and qualified teachers would be conducted in the near future. “This will
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    • 204 2 SINGAPORE. Mon —Special provisions will be made soon io exempt retrenched workers from the British Bases from paying income tax on retrenchment benefits. This was disclosed in Parliament today by the Finance Minister. Dr. Goh Keng Swee. following a quest.on by Mr.
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    • 47 3 Mr. and Mrs. K.R. Ghandi after their wedding at the Waterloo Street Krishnan Temple in Singapore recently. The bridegroom is a journalist attached to Radio and TV Singapura. The bride is the eldest daughter of the late Mr. M. N'arayanswamy Mudaliar, of Singapore.
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    • 152 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Loh Mah Chop. 21 who admitted breaking into a house after midnight to befriend a girl, was today charged in the Ninth Magistrate’s Court. In his p’.ea, he told the Court that he had no other intention than to make friends with
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    • 431 3  -  TO BE DONE WITHOUT ANYONE SEEING IT By ANTHONY CHIA SINGAPORE, Mon. The 16-foot statue of Buddha at Sri Lankaramaya Temple in St. Michael's Road, here will be completed when its eyes are "opened" at 3.03 a.m. on Friday. But it will
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    • 135 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Institute of Management has organised a course on financial management “Introduction to Financial Management” beginning on Jan. 10. The lectures, to be held every Wednesday and Friday until Jan 26, will be conducted by Mr. Han Kang Hong, lecturer in the
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    • 140 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Discussions on how best Canada could provide aid to the Republic was held today between Mr John G. Hadwen. Canada's High Commissioner designate here and the Foreign Minister, Mr. S Rajaratnam. Canada is working out a programme to
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    • 105 3 SINGAPORE, M on, Singapore needs young mrn and women with great adaptability, reliability dynamic “adjustabilities". This was said today by Mr. Ang Nam Piau M.P. for Thomson Constituency at Serangoon Parks Residents’ Association during a Christmass Party. Mr Ang said that in order to equip them to
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    • 22 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. There were 66 road accidents, of which two were serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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    • 23 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Thieves broke into a house at Pegu Road here yesterday and escaped with s 3OO and jewellery worth §750.
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    • 76 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. There will be no water or poor pressure on Fridav. from 9 a m. to 5 p m. in the following areas: Pierce Drive. Holland Park House and Hai Sing Dewasa Institute, Holland Road There will also be no water or poor pressure on Thursday from
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    • 286 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. An ice-cream seller. Tay Kim Chua. who was involved in an accident while preventing several children from hurt, has been praised. To the children of British families living at Sembawang Springs. Singapore, he is “Mr. Ice-Cream" the friendly seller of lollies, cornets and
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    • 158 3 4,900 robbery: 2 youths pounce on cinema managers SINGAPORE. Mon. Two youths pounced on two employees of a Chinese cinema in New World and snatched a paper bag containing $4,900 this morning. The two employees Mr. Tan Hee Nuan. manager. and Mr. K. H. Leong, assistant manager of the cinema
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    • 74 3 SINGAPORE. Mon The decomposed body of an unemployed man who was drawned last Friday in Sungei Serangoon, was yesterday recovered by a fisherman near a kelong off Ponggo:. The deceased Hassan bin Ahmad, 21. of Kampong Tengah. was returning home in a sampan from Kampong. Teban atter
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    • 153 3 9 am. 4.30 p m Exhibition of Traditional and Modern Maori Art at National Museum, Stamford Road 9 a m. 5 pm. Famous ancient and modern Chinese calligraphy and drawing exhibition at National Library. Stamford Road. 6.30 pm. A plav. “Hans. The Witch and The Gobbin by Stage
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    • 61 4 The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun (right) and the Director of Tourism, Enche Osman Siru, admiring the winning entries in the black and white photo competition held in conjunction with International Tourist Year. This picture was taken in Kuala Lumpur yesterday (Dec. 18) shortly after the
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    • 155 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Nine youths were detained by the police here for questioning in a four-day intensive “operation-search-for-suspects” in and around the Capital. The “clean-up” which started last Friday, included many thug-infested areas like Jalan Pasar, and Jalan Klang. A total of 135 persons
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    • 55 4 PENANG, Mon. The Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. yesterday presented cheques to two temples in the Nibong Tebal districts. The Hock Teik See Temple in Sungei Bakap received $20,000 and the Kwang Boon Tee Temple in Tasek $5,000. These are grants from the Ministry
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    • 451 4 MANILA. Mon (CPI)— Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Kazak called today on the Asian Development Bank to look into the trade and aid problems of the developing countries. In a prepared speech. Razak praised the new hank and then ticked off the problems
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    • 347 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Malaysian Armed Forces require more officers next year to serve in the various units of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Selected candidates can either join as regular officers or a* short service commissioned officers. Candidates must be Malaysian, aged
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    • 117 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A young wife went to the Court today and successfully got her husband freed from a charge of molesting her before their marriage. The 18-year-old housewife. Amlnah binte Din. accompanied her husband, Moh&med Side* bin Puteh, to the Magistrate’s Court here. They produced
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    • 118 4 PENANG. Mon. Three managers of different companies here were fined in the First Magistrate's Court for contravening the sale of foods regulations in June. The manager of Chop Lean Hoe in Maxwell Road, pleaded guilty to six charges of having sold to a foods and drugs
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    • 469 4 Dr. Lim on bridges of mutual interest: KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, today called on the tourist industry to "introduce, offer and maintain at a higher level" the service to the tourist. “This is an urgent
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    • 47 4 BUTTERWORTH. Mon. An arson case was reported in Penr.atang Keriang. Kepala Batas. where the hack portion and poultry shed of a farmer was set fire to yesterday. The farmer. Yeoh Cheng Teng. 47. was not at home then Damage was estimated at 51.000
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    • 145 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A fleeing youth was shot in the leg by a detective police at midnight yesterday at the junction of Jalan Raja Muda and Jalan Chow Kit here when he refused to stop. The youth was standing with another five thugs, two carrying
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    • 196 4 MUAR. Mon. The flood situation In the upper reaches of the Muar River Is deteroratlng. The water level of the Muar River according to Enche Omar bln Hajl Noh. an ADO. here, is fast rising. Thirty families comprising 150 people were this morning evacuated from
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    • 466 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Minister for Education. Mr. Ong Pang Boon, today assured Parliament that the Ministry’ was taking steps to ensure that the quality of teachers in the Republic was raised. He gave the assurance when he answered criticisms during the debate
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    • 241 13 SINGAPORE Mon. There is a general awareness amongst the South-east Asian countries about the outcome of the Vietnam war in which their future lies. A US Democrat Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff, said this at the airport here today. He felt that South-east Asian
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    • 476 13 SINGAPORE, Mon. The question of recognition of degrees from Nanyang University by the Government would be resolved by the middle of next year. This assurance was given today by the Minister for Education. Mr. Ong Pang Boon, when he answered
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    • 260 13 SINGAPORE, Mon The controversy between the Singapore Medical Association and the Singapore Pharmacists’ Association drew a lively debate in Parliament today. Mr. Yeoh Gim Seng (MP for Joo Chiat) pointed out to the Minister for Health. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. that there was a storm
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    • 73 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. During a tour of British Army units in Singapore recently. General Sir Geoffrey Baker who becomes the new Chief of the General Staff next March, visited Selarang Barracks. Changi—home of a Life Guards Squadron and a Royal Artillery Battery.
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    • 157 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Minister for Culture and Social Affairs. Enche Othman Wok. said in Parliament today that the public assistance allowance given in Singapore was amongst the highest in this part of the world. Enche Othman was replying to a queston raised
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    • 30 13 IPOH. Mon. Licensed fire arms holders are today warned they are liable to be prosecuted if it can be proved that their fire arms are lost through negligence.
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    • 36 13 MALACCA. Mon—A lorry driver Perian Singh. 23 who was charged with living on immoral earnings of a woman was found guilty and sentenced to four months imprisonment in the Magistrate's Court here today.
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    • 496 13 Distorted perspective sketches 'come close to culpable fraud' —architect SINGAPORE. Mon. A local architect has hit out at housing developers who provide distorted perspective sketches “which would come very close to culpable fraud". He Is Mr Alfred H. K Wong who delivered a paper on the role of the national
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    • 1297 14 17' UAL A LUMPUR, Mon. The Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh, has disclosed details of the Alliance Government's ambitious plan to provide better homes to the people. Mr. Khaw. In an exclusive Interview with the Alliance, official organ of the
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    • 32 14 Tun Tan Siew Sin, Minister of Finance and President of the Federation of Hokkien Associations of Malaysia addressing the Delegates’ Conference of the Hokkien Associations, in Kuala Lumpur over the week end.
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    • 294 14 PORT DICKSON. Mon. Work on the piling and foundations of the Port Dickson power station which is estimated to cost about S9O million is progressing steadily. Erection of the steel building frame and the con- crete chimney will start shortly, commencing
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    • 148 14 TAPAH, Mon. The Perak Police hove detained nine people in connection with yesterday's pre-dawn hold-up of a bus at the 37th mile Ipoh-Kuala Lumpur rood. The men were detained following a combined raid of few houses at the Tanah Merah New Village by a
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    • 39 14 KAMPAR. Mon. A mining labourer. Enche Abdul Hamid bin Mohd Yusof, 32, father of four children died at the District Hospital here after being involved in a collision with a car at 12th mile Ipoh. Kampar Road.
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    • 77 14 THE Sarawak Chief Minister, Dato Penghulu Tawi Sli, was given a warm welcome at Simanggang, Second Division, when he arrived there for a two-day visit. The Chief Minister addressed the Batang Lupar District Council full meeting (of which he is a councillor). and later presented Malaysian citizenship certificates to eight
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    • 66 14 r MALACCA. Mon A Royal Malaysian patrol boat yesterday requested an Indonesian police boat to put into the port here. The Indonesian boat with five armed police officers was suspected to be cruising in Malaysian waters. The Indonesians were released hours later after
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    • 102 14 MALACCA. Mon. The supply and cost of fire crackers in the country in the approaching festive season will depend to a large measure on the outcome of over 2.00 n cases which the Customs Department here took into custody recently soon after arrival
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    • 63 14 MALACCA. Mon. Two Alliance State Assemblymen were today sworn in as State Executive Council 1 ors before the Governor. Tun Haji Abdul Maleic bin Yusuf. They were Mr. Yeow Kay and Haji Hassan bin Haji Yaacub. They replace Enche Haji Talib Karim and Enche Mohamed bin
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  • Boutique
    • 473 5  -  By Pat Chan S’pore, Mon. LADIES, have you prepared for your Christmas and how do you want it to be? Some of you will he out tor a swinging time while others prefer a sophisticated gala evening on Christmas. Whatever it is. the main concern
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    • 46 5 JOHN Meyer of Norwich does a little light wool knit dress like a lengthened polo shirt, great for resort shopping and sightseeing Equally fashionable are its stripes of navy and red on white, and its easy hip belt. Fashion League Photo.
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    • 65 5 JAPAN'S older generation rnay mourn the departure of traditional ways, but the youngsters eagerly pursue even such Western phenomena as Twiggy, the seven-teen-year-old model from England with the little boy figure. The Toyo Rayon Company. Ltd., recently brought he r to Japan for a threeweek tour, during which five
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    • 151 5 THE soft look of fur hats for mid-winter, in the pale furs like snow leopard, lynx, kit fox. mink paws nr dazzling white mink itself THE change in mid-winter coats, from dark colours to bright woven patterns such a? red and black checks, box plaids in
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      318 5 POTATO CROQUETTE. Ingred ents: One kati lean pork (chopped fine*, four ozs. red onions salad, two ozs. fresh beans (cooked and diced smal). four carrots (cooked and diced small). Two teaspoons pepper eight teaspoons white sauce four teaspoons b ack saute, three ozs. butter, eight stem.of spring omens (cut
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    • 233 5  -  by Mary Sue Miller THE pressure of duty and the ensuing fatigue are the undoing of a woman’s face. Of a young girl’s face, too. When weariness takes over, the skin looks pale and drawn. The muscles feel tight, as If held in a vise. Other
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    • 174 5 117ATCHES are always favTT ourite Christmas gifts, and never more so since they began to take on the fashion look of jewellery trends. This year a giver should look with care, select for the ace and fashion tastes of the one receiving the watch. Teens no loneer
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    • 63 5 The fad for the controversial movie. “Bonnie and Clyde" has stimulated a revival of certain fashions of the Thirties, including the beret, which was practically a standard young hat in that period. Berets are popping up everywhere now. usually in knit styles, as seen on London actress Julie Christie.
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    • 50 5 ITTLE girls’ holiday jumpers herald a spring fashion that is equally popular for adults. Regal Knitwear offers it with the new touches of inverted front pleat and hardware trim on the pockets of a pastel flannel. Spring stripes appear in the co-ordinated turtleneck sweater. Fashion League Photo.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 60 7 DAMASCUS. Mon. (Reuter) Archbishop Maximos the fifth Khakim was officially installed here yesterday as Greek-Catholic (Melkite) Patriarch of Antioch and all the Orient, Jerusalem and Alexandria. Patriarch Khakim. who is 39. was elected to the post in Beirut on November 22 in succession to
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    • 310 7 ATHENS, Mon. (Reuter) Greece’s military rulers discussed the monarchy crisis in a day-long meeting yesterday and observers suggested another peace mission might try to woo King Constantine back to Greece. An official announcement was made after the meeting at the Prime Minister's
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    • 106 7 HAVANA. Mon (Reuter) The master of the British cargo ship Antarctic (8.785 tons) has sought refuge ashore here after being assaulted by his Chinese crew, who plastered the vessel with the thought* of Mao Tse-Tung John A Kerbyson. Captain of the London-registered but Hong Kong owned
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    • 53 7 WASHINGTON. Mon (UPI) Argentina will send a group of military officers to South Vietnam in two months “to observe and take note of the situation there.” ambassador Alvaro C. Alsogaray disclosed Mr. Alsogaray described the projected 15-day trip as a ‘‘Routine mission to get first-hand information"
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    • 43 7 ALEXANDRIA. UAR, Mon (UPI). Six Soviet Naval vessels arrived on Saturday on a 'Goodwill visit.” increasing to eight the number of Soviet warships docked here. The new arrivals include four submarines, one troop ship and one command ship.
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    • 251 7 WARSAW, Mon. (Reuter) Polish Prime Minister Josef Cyrankiewicz said today the rebirth of Fascism in West Germany had become an international problem, and politicians who warned against it were doing the world a service. The extreme right-wing National
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    • 72 7 BIFNHOA, South Vietnam: Paratroopers of the U.S. Army’s famed 10st Airborne Division arrived at Bien Hoa Air Base on December 13th as the latest part of the troop buildup will brine 525,000 American fighting men to the war by early next year, Named “Operation Eagle Trust” the airlift is bringing
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    • 106 7 SAIGON. Mon (Reuter). Forty American Marines were wounded and two killed on Saturday when a mortar round they fired hit the top of a tent post and exploded, it was learned today. An American spokesman said the Marine company was firing
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    • 85 7 ADEN. M o n. (Reuter) The Southern Yemen Republic has been divided into six govemorates under a decree issued here last night by President Qahtan Mohammed Al-Shaabi. Aden the nearby villages of Dar Saad and Imran and the offshore islands of Perim. Kamaran, Socotra and Ku- na
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    • 332 7 VATICAN CITY. Mon. (UPI) Pope Paul VI todav asked men of goodwill to work for peace in a world which "seems to have become a factory and a market of arms.” The 70-year-old pontiff made the remark in imparting his Sunday
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    • 140 7 MANILA. Mon (UPI) Police are searching for a 40-year-old woman believed to have kidnapped and murdered a seven-year-old boy. because she had been jilted by the boy uncle. The child. Satumino Mendoza, was taken from school last Tuesday. His body, bearing marks of strangulation and
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    • 489 7 Two week-end coups in Africa BOU ROUMI, Algeria. Mon. (Reuter) Two disabled armoured cars and a wrecked truck were among the few visible traces seen here today of the abortive rebellion against the two-vear-old regime of President Houari Boumedienne. It was on the small bridge across
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    • 106 7 ALBUQUERQUE. N e w Mexico. Mon (Reuter) An intensive air and ground rescue mission was mounted today to aid about 150 Navajo Indians missing on a sprawling reservation after the area's worst snowstorm in 25 years. The operation centres on the middle of the reservation
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    • 60 7 JERUSALEM. Mon. (UPI)- An Israeli Army unit killed three armed Syrian infiltrators on Saturday night in a clash in the southern part of the occupied Syrian heights border area, an Israeli Army spokesman said. The spokesman said there were no Israeli casualties in the clash that
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    • 613 7 Heavy rain pounding seas... diver cut by rocks... shark sighting... PORTSEA VICTORIA. Mon (Reuter) Heavy rain and pounding seas caused a temporary halt to search for Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt missing since yesterday off the rugged coastline here. At first light today teams of
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    • 117 7 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) Britain’s foot-and-mouth farm plague produced 24 new outbreaks today against 32 in the previous 21 hours. The total number of farms affected in central and northern England and Wales today reached 1.934. Over 300.000 cattle, sheep and pigs have been
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    • 278 7 MELBOURNE. Mon- (Reuter) Mr. Harold Holt a security man warned him not to go Into the water yesterday because it was too rough, a close friend reveaJed last night, according to the "Australian". Mr Holt was recovering from a painful muscular complaint in the shoulder,
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    • 199 7 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda. sent a message last night to Mrs. Harold Holt, wife of the missing Prime Minister of Australia, adding their prayers for the safety of the Prime Minister. The Presidential message said: “We have received
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    • 541 10 50 Swedish MPs send 'get out cable to LBJ VIETNAM WAR: c "OCKHOLM, Mon. (UPI) Fifty members of the Swedish Parliament in a telegram have urged l j. President Lyndon Johnson to order the withdrawal of all U S. forces from Vietnam. The 50 deputies, representing all parties except the
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    • 35 10 Mrs. Washkanskv visits her husband on Friday, less than 24 hours before he sot double pneumonia. This was her first visit together since his heart transplant. UPI radio photo.
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    • 271 10 JAKARTA. Mon (Reuter) Indonesia's Acting President. General Suharto, has sa'd that discrimination between Indonesians and Chinese holding Indonesian citirensh’p should be eliminated. In a decree issued last week and published he e today General Suharto sa d that Chinese who had decided to take
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    • 100 10 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) Police are offering a HKSSO 000 reward for information leading to the capture of the suspected killer of a policeman on Dec. 9. The suspect. Ho ShuCheung (Hoi Hoi*. 32. is feared by police to be in possession of two. possibly three,
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    • 36 10 Tiddles is no ordinary cat. Any feline can see that. He is Europe’s top cat 16 awards to his name and £12,000 insurance. And he's French And Tiddles is not his name. He travels incatnito. Meow!
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    • 331 10 THE UGLY SIDE OF THE DREAM LONDON. Mon (UFI> N p arly three of everv 100 youths between 15 and 25 In one of Englands new sub-division cities have become addicted to heroin in a search for new kicks. Britons were told yesterday. The Sunday newspaper The
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    • 137 10 NEW YORK Mon iUPI> Pope Paul is expected to assent to birth control for Catholics by “a dignified and safe means in conformity with nature's law.” Newsweek magazine said this week. The magazine's Periscope column observed that the is still concerned about the medical consequences
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    • 190 10 CAPE. TOWN. South Africa Mon (UP! •—Loui s Washkinskv. the man who gambled his life for a new heart, was reported winning a second critical battle today this time against Pneumonia"He is verr satisfactory under the circumstances.' a doctor said at Cape Town's giant Groote
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    • 71 10 MANILA Mon. (UPI)—A car. borrowed from an unidentified American serviceman. plowed through a religious procession last night, killing two persons and injuring eight others, the Philippines News Service <PNS> reported today. The news sendee said the driver of the car. Orlando Arcela. 29. an auto
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    • 52 10 LIHI’E. Hawaii Mon. (IP!) —A freak tornado swept through the little sugar community of Kaumakani on the south side of the island of Kauai yesterday, causing an estimated L'SSlm. No one was injured In the pre-dawn attack the first in recorded his’orr on the island northwest
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    • 49 10 CHICAGO. Mon. fUPI) —Mail sorters heard a “strange ticking and whirring sound” jn a package at the main post office here yesterday and summoned the Chicago Police bnmh and arson squad. Defective Frank Kasky gingerly opened the package. Inside, he found a bat*ery powered vacuum cleaner.
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    • 206 10 TRUMBULL. Connecticut, Mon. (UPI) The son of a judge know n for rebuking parents for not supervising their law-breaking children was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing $206 worth of hi-fi equipment from a parked car. Police said Rodney Elelson. 16. son of Judge Rodney
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    • 118 10 JAKARTA. Mon. (UPI) Twenty-two landowners in a Jakarta suburb have sued deposed President Sukarno for mismanaging lands they had donated as site of a hospital Judge Sutamo Sudja told UPI today a court summons to a hearing on Thursday was delivered last weekend to Dr. Sukarno
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    • 500 10 The freak-out on Vietnam NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI) Since the war quite possibly will end bv negotiation, the U* S. should prepare for it bv having clearly in mind its maximum goals that it aims for and the minimum terms it will settle
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    • 91 10 LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA, Mon. (Reuter) A park of four Alsatians attacked and killed two brothers, one three vears old and the other four, police said here today. Police said the dogs, from a nearby farm, literally tore the screaming children apart w'ml*> their father flailed helplessly at
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    • 294 10 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI) King Constantine’s escape jet was almost shot down on its flight from Greece, Newsweek magazine said in its current issue. Fifteen minutes after it took off following the king's abortive attempt to takeover. the aircraft was intercepted by seven pro-junta
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    • 54 10 LONDON. M**n. (UP!) The British Gypsy Council burned a blanket-walled tent on a vacant lot at Bethnal Green yesterday to commemorate the 100.000 gypsies slain by the Naris 25 years ago. Gypsies were gassed along with Jews and other European* in an order signed by S.
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  • 465 8 THE highways of West Malaysia are no longer safe to travel. Far too many hold-ups by mobile robbers have taken place in recent months. Estate managers, goldsmiths and even local tourists have been held up and relieved of cash. The latest robbery took place this week on the
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  • 426 8 MALAYSIAN Minister of Finance, Tun Tan Siew Sin, who is also the National President of the Malaysian Chinese Association, said over the week-end he was “toying” with the idea of the formation of multi-racial clubs in the country with equal Malay and Chinese membership. The other communities,
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    • 766 8 RECENTLY, the marching off of women, girls, Juveniles as well as 13 year-olds to jail is hardly to be commended. It is really time for us to think of better ways of dealing with rebels, other than by using force, imprisonment and exile.
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    • 114 8 TN announcing the higher fees, the Minister of Education claimed that the increase was only a drop in the ocean compared with the total cost of education estimated for next year. Since the Government considers that the amount to be collected from such increase
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  • 1716 8 T PROPOSE to ad- dress you about a matter that is of great urgency and of great implication for the future of the Malaysian nation. I am sure that all of you are well aware of this subject but I do have the impression
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper TUESDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1967 23-B, Cantonment Read, 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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    • 20 8 i win« UHtllß* MUM UM IHtM NAMES ASH AUORtSkiS GOOD »AITH. IIITTfRA WITHOUT XAM« AND AOORCSSCS Will MOl Bl H'W.tAMIO
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 659 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. Some 130 million kilometres and nearly three million passengers after its 1956 debut, the last of Scandinavian Airlines fleet of DC--7C aircraft “Guttorm Viking” was retired from operations recently. Built as the ultimate in piston-engine airliners, the DC-7C made
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    • 71 9 JAKARTA, Mon. (UPI) T r '!onesia and Czechoslovakia have resumed talks on completion of a cement plant in Tonasa. Celebes, it was reported today. The Antara new agency said the project started by ’he Sukarno regime with Czech credits is 80 percent finished. The present administration is trying
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    • 191 9 SAN FRANCISCO. Mon. (UPI) Qantas Airways maintenance men yes erday called a strike for midnight at the Australian Airlines San Francisco and Honolulu facilities. A spokesman for Qantas said the firm would be able to maintain its sendee in the United States despite the
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    • 34 9 WASHINGTON. Mon. (UPI) The US. Agriculture Department issued a purchase authorisation to Ind'a to buy corn. The authorisation will allow India to purchase seme 2f>.000 metric tons of yellow corn.
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    • 234 9 WASHINGTON. Men. (UPI) The Philippines will become a rice exporting country because of support of their government agencies for imaginative agriculture programmes such as miracle rice. a high ranking official of the war on hunger programme has declared. Mr. Irwin R Hedges. Deputy Assistant Administrator
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    • 724 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The market resumed this morning with some active dealings both in the industrial and properties counters. Merlin Hotel was the feature of the day with a total turnover of more than 215.000 mostly in block transfers. The turnover for the other
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    • 114 9 OTTAWA. Mon. (UPI) Trade Minister, Mr. Robert Winters announced today that Canada has sold 2million long tons 78.4mtllion bushels —of wheat to Communist China. The agreement was reached in Canton under the third long-term agreement with China and consists of three grades of northern wheat and
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    • 74 9 CANBERRA. Australia, Mon. The Federal Government ha s allocated up to $A6.000.000 a year to encourage increased industrial research in Australia. Companies which incur greater expense on research in 1967-68 than in 1965-66 can secure grants of up to 50 per cent of tbe increased
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    • 280 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. January first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur today at 50-7'B cents per lb. up one cent from previous close. The tone was steady quiet. There was determined buying at the close of the market when most of
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    • 65 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. A three-year collective agreement was signed today between the National Union of Petroleum and Chemical Industry Workers and BP Malaysia Sdn Bhd. The agreement provides for basic salary scales and a comprehensive range of ancilliary benefits. This is the first agreement signed bv the Union
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    • 23 9 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) —Monev Quotations: HK56.0725/6.09 per U.S. dollar for cash. HKJ14.47 per pound sterling. HKS2OO per tael gold.
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    • 463 9 YOUR SHARES—UP-DOWN— UNCHANGED SINU.APOKfc—Mock txchans* nid and offer prices ofllrlallv listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co 2.11 2.12 Ron st rad 1.62 f sugar 2.0.1 2.05 1 hemical Co 1.10 old Morale 3.94 4 06 1 Min lop 2.20 2.23 L. smelting 4!6 4.36 fc.A.I 2.11) f
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    • 51 9 SINGAPORE. Mon (Manacera’ Prices) I Malayan 2.30 2. t8 Sffonil Malayan 1.72 Third Malayan 1.08 The Commerce 1.81 1.17 Industry Fund XD .88 The saviors Fund .97 (ex-l.««ue) 97 1.01 First Hnnrkong .78 .83 Second H'knng XD .54 Malayan Investment 58 Hind 100 Sterling Commodity (not 1 10
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    • 107 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The noon prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange roday are > Bayer Seller Coconut Oil (F.OB.) Bulk (HIM Coconut OH (I.O B > Drums 82.50 Loose Copra Mixed Not I)ec 35.50 Muntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% VI W 190 00 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) 90% VI..
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    • 17 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Erice of Tin today dropped y 25 rents to $58.3 per ton.
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    • 185 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The following ships are expected to be In port today:— (Godowns) (Vessels) 1/2 Nara 3/4 Seinl Lloyd 5 Volkov 6/7 Thorscape 8/9 Kristin Bakke 10/11 Slavsk 13/14 Nestor 15/16 Borussia 18 Hong Kong Grace 19 Hans Chritophersen 21/22 Nichiryu Maru 23/24 Misaki Maru 25/26 Tenei
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    • 22 9 SEIWA LINE Agenta: pan Continent Corporation (Singapore Tel: *****. ***** 8u Bock Co., Ltd, Port Swettcnhani Tel: 6621 Penang Tel: ***** *****
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    • 887 9 AIR MOVEMENTS—S'PORE, K. LUMPU Ipoh. Penang, Alor Star. K. Bahru. Time 7.00 a m. Airline BA 789 to K. I.umpur, Colombo. Bombay, Cairo. Condon. Time 7.00 am.. Airline ML 453 Kuching. Time 7.31 a.m. Airline ML 122 to Kuala Lumpur. Time 7.43 a.m. Airline PA 842 Honolulu Los Angeles, S.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 268 11 NATIONAL DECEMBER 19 PM. TLMEX-TIME 5.00 OPENING ANNCT. Prog. Summary 503 NEWS OUTLINES IN THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE 608 ANNOUNCEMENT For Commencing and Breaking of Fast 5.15 DR KILDARE A Very Infectious Dis44se 600 NEWS IN TAMIL 6.10 THE AVENGERS Too Many Christmas Trees 7.00 NEWS IN ENGLISH 7.10 SPORTS PARADE
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    • 519 11 Channel 5 Kuala Lumpur and Pulau Pinang 6 Ipoh and Malaka 3/10 Johore and Singapore 4 Taiping 7 Batu Pahat 9 Kluang COMPETITION From Stadium Negara. 12.00 CLOSE DOWN DECEMBER 22 PM TIMEX-TIME 3.00 OPENING ANNCT. Prog Summary. 301 ANTARA DUA IRAMA A musical programm e with Orkes Asli Hamzah
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    • 355 11 I DECEMBER 19 PM. TIMEX-TIME 5.50 PROG. SUMMARY in the National Language, Chinese. Tamil and English. 5.55 BELAJAR-LAH BAHASA KEBANGSAAN Our daily lesson in the National Language 605 CARTOON CORNER A selection of cartoons for children. 6.35 ITS FUN TO BE FOOLED Magic tricks to fool your eyes, but you
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    • 330 11 SINGAPURA mentary. 740 NEWS in Ch n«-se 7.55 CHINESE CINEMA Part 2 of a Hokkien film. ‘Loving Married Couple.” 9.00 NEWS AND NEWSREEL in English. 9.30 JULIE ROGERS SHOW Songs by Julie Rogers of ‘The Wedding” fame and music by Band of the Royal Marines. 10 05 THE COMMUNIST CONSPIRACY
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    • 139 11 DECEMBER 20 P.M. TIMEX-TTME 6.00 PROG. SUMMARY in the National Language, Chinese, Tamil and English. 6.10 BELAJAR-LAH BAHASA KEBANGSAAN Our daily lesson in the National Language. 6.15 THE ROAD RUNNER SHOW A cartoon series. 6.40 MY THREE SONS An ETV production. 5.40 LOST IN SPACE Rocket to Earth Science fiction
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    • 176 11 “Wilt Success Spoil.’” Fred Mac Murray plays the role of a widower who has the task of raising three sons without the aid of a woman but with that of his father-in-law. 7.10 MARKHAM ‘Searing Flame.” A half hour English detective series dubbed in Cantonese. 7.40 NEWS AM) NEWSREEL in
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    • 207 11 PEACE ‘Prospect Of Survival” A 13-episode series on the problems confronting the major powers of the world in their struggle for peace. 9.00 NEWS in English. 9.15 WHAT OTHERS SAY A review of editorial opinion and reports in the Press 935 THE GIRL FROM UNCLE. ‘The Dr. Faustus Affairs.”* Stephanie
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  • 174 12 SINGAPORE, Mon. Television Singapura will telecast a special Christmas talentime over Channel 5 at 9.15 p.m. on Thursday, December 21. This will be the sth Quarter Final of the current RTS Talentime Contest. Highlight will be a visit bv Santa Claus at
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  • 49 12 U A L A LUMPUR. Mon. Television Malaysia will make a ’live’ coverage of the entire Koran reading competition at both national and international levels, including the closing ceremony. This coverage began tonight through Saturday from Merdeka Stadium, commencing daily from 8.35 pm. to about midnight.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1059 12 Va {>.00 NEWS in English fi 15 RTS TALENTIME A show in which budding artistes are given the opportunity to display their talent. 10.15 ZERO ONE “Excess Baggage.” “Zero One” is the code name for the International Air Security Board, a network of agents having full powers of investigation over
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    • 1959 12 I I EDIFFUSION (Silver Network) KUALA LUMPUR INDIAN PROGRAMMES AM. 600 Geethaarambam Programme Summary 6.05 Interlude 6.15 News, 620 Geethanjali ENGLISH PROGRAMMES 6.59 Rediffusion March and Opening Announcement 700 News 710 Musical Clock 7.30 Festival Roundabout 745 News in Bahasa Kebangsaan 750 A Word A Day 8.00 News 8.10 Festival
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    • 239 13 BIIAW IGANISATION D O Phone ***** Last Day: 11. US, 400 0 30. 9.15 LOVE AND HOW TO MAKE IT" Eastmancolor f Open* Tomorrow —BY DEMAND' School Children 55 Cent* To Anv Seat At All Show*. Rock Hudson Come'] Borrher* ‘NEVER SAT GOODBYE" Technicolor 'UT-BB' CAPITOL Phone ***** NOIV SHOWING
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    • 390 13 NOW SHOWING: Daily 4 Show*: 11am. 2.15. 5.45 A.45 p.m. Aam $1.50. $2.50 $4 00 Cash Booking? Only No Free List Produced in TODD-AO •■DOCTOR DOLITTLE” (Fox' ny V yby De’uxe LAST 2 DATS! 11 a m.. 1.3 n. 4 00. s.SO ,fr 9.80 pm Cash Bookings On!r No Free
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    • 80 14 Advertiser's Name Address Telephone No. Number of Insertions..—...... Datefs) Requested Farmrnt mart arcompan? soar attfee ir o Ckn« Cub «Dcl«r4l C«h mast be ir(lstm4. Cheqaes ete. should be trotted. Classified advertisements may be handed at the following addresses: KUALA LUMPUR: 39 |ALAN SULTAN. TELS: *****/6 IPOH: 8-10 TATLOCK ST., TEL:
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    • 62 16 TIME AND TIDE Penan?: 1.23 a.m. (84 ft 2.04 p.m. (6.8 ft.) Port Swettenham: 7.10 a m. (14.6 ft 7.46 p.m (14.5 ft.) Port Dirkson: 757 a m. (8.9 ft.), 806 p.m. (8 0 ft.) Singapore: 12.54 a m (8.4 ft 11.33 pm. (9.6 ft.) Sedili Kechil: (9.30 am. (6.8
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