Eastern Sun, 21 December 1967

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    26 1 Eastern Sun Independent ■stNationa* Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 507 Thursday. 21 December 1967. ft MC(P) 2251 ft KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • Article
    Lock icon Kelantan’s PMIP Govt. asks for $1.5m. loan to pay salaries
    317 1  -  By C. F. LEE Kuala lumpur, Wed. The Pon Malayan Islamic Party-controlled State Government of Kelantan has asked the Central Government for $1.5 million to help pay the December salaries and Hari Raya advances of its Government servants next week.
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    Lock icon ‘NO PRESSURE USED’
    431 1  -  Razak denies suggestion about shelving of P.I.’s Sabah claim talks By Lim Thow Boon J£UALA LUMPUR, Wed. Tun Abdul Razak today denied suggestions that he had used diplomatic pressure on the Marcos administration to shelve talks on the Philippine claim to Sabah. "We are ready to talk
    Eastern Sun p’x by Yap Chew Yan.  -  431 words
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    Lock icon Lee flies off with Razak to Aust.
    88 1 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Malaysian Deputy Premier, Tun Abdul Razak. flew to Singapore tonight on his way to Australia to attend the memorial service for Mr. Harold Holt, the Australian Premier who disappeared while swimming. He left together with the Singapore Prime Minister. Mr
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    Lock icon Why Britain devalued the pound sterling
    79 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. One of the main reasons for Britain’s devaluation of the pound sterling was her enormous external debt of £1.382.000.000. The following is a breakdown of this external debt: Date of Payments Creditors Amounts Oct. 1968 Swiss Bank 44.000.000 June 1968—May 1969 Basle
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    Lock icon ‘US must continue to restrain China’
    92 1 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) The United States must continue to deter, restrain and counter-balance Chinese power to avoid a major war in the AsianPacific area, fourteen eminent American scholars and specialists on Aslan affairs warned yesterday. In a 6.700-word report, the scholars concluded that
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    Lock icon McEwen: Country Party will not accept McMahon as leader
    354 1 /CANBERRA, Wed. (Reuter). —Acting Prime V Minister John McEwen announced today that no Country Party Ministers would serve in the coalition if the Liberal Party elects Mr. William McMahon as leader. The Liberals are the major partner in the Government and
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    Lock icon Body in sea report denied
    78 1 SYDNEY. Wed. (Reuter) Officials today denied a Sydney radio report that a body has been found near the place where Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming on Sunday. The statio n broke into its normal programmes with a flash saying a body had
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Man shot dead in gun battle identified
      223 2 IPOH, Wed. Police Hove identified the man shot dead by a police party during a qun battle at Kampar Housing Estate on Monday night os Ho Yoon Kat alias Hoo Yoon Keat, 23, of Kuala Lumpur. According to police records Ho is a
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      Lock icon Supply Bill for 1968 passed
      114 2 IPOH. Wed. The Supply Bill appropriating $61.696.538 for the State sen-ices for next year was passed without amendment at the Budget meeting of the State Legislative Assembly today. The Bill budgeted a deficit of $4.3 m. which was the lowest amount since 1965. The civil
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      Lock icon Vegetable seller attacked
      112 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed —A vegetable seller and his nephew were attacked by seven youths armed with Iron rods and hooks at Lorong Norvarjar off Bungsar Road yesterday morning. Wong Yew Sung. 36. and Wong Fook. 15. sustained Injuries on the arm and back. According to police, they
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      Lock icon K.L. DIARY
      115 2 Works of prominent Malaysian artists by Peninsular Art Society at 41. Jalan Raja Muda. 9 a m. to 6 p.m. Indonesian batek and handicraft exhibition at Balai Ampang AIA Building, 9.30 а. to 6.30 p.m. Art of Space Age at National Art Gallery 9 a.m. to 5 pm.
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      Lock icon Offices closed
      31 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed All offices of the High Commission of India including the library of the Information Service of India will remain closed on Monday on account of Christmas.
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      Lock icon Death fall
      33 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed See Sek Dun, 32. a carpenter, of Kampong Kasipillai. who slipped and fell while repairing the roof of his house yesterday evening, died in the General Hospital today.
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      Lock icon Gale Theatre
      23 2 PENANG. Wed. The Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee today opened the new Gale Theatre in Aooa -Sittee Lane here.
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      Lock icon A day old, Mohamed Azar, is indeed a lucky babv to he fussed over by so many ladies.
      105 2 In this case they happen to be VIPs too. The one holding him is Puan Sri Zaharah, wife of Lt.-Gen. Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bidin. the Chief of General Staff, and in
      — Eastern; — Eastern Sun picture.  -  105 words
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      Lock icon Razak for memorial service
      125 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Tun Abdul Razak left for Australia tonight to attend the memorial service for Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt He said he was going there to pay his last respects to a great leader of a friendly country and a member of the
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      Lock icon Police transfers
      79 2 KAMPAR. Wed. The Oflficer-in-Charge police district here. Assistant Supt. D. S. Sunderaj has been transferred to the Federal Police Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. He is succeeded by Ass*. Supt. Abdullah bin Latt, formerly the Officer-in-Charge of Crime Division in Ipoh. Another officer here Inspector Chong Kim Sang, has
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      Lock icon 181 US Peace Corps members due in KL today
      273 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. One hundred and elghty-one United States peace Corps volunteers will arrive at Subane International Airport tomorrow to begin two years of service throughout Malaysia. Thirty of the volunteers wpre trained at California State College in Los Angeles the
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      Lock icon Jaga robbed
      42 2 MALACCA. Wed A 40-year-old jaga. Isahak Ismail, a former policeman, was this afternoon attacked by a youth and robbed of $l4 in cash. Isahak reported that (he robber attacked him with a piece of firewood, injuring rum on the forehead.
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      Lock icon New Malaysian Ambassador in Jakarta
      45 2 Newly appointed Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia Tan Sri Yacob bin Abdul Latief, wearing his national dress, presents his credentials to Indonesian's Acting President Gen. Suharto during the formal ceremony in the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta last week. UP I photo.
      — UP I photo.  -  45 words
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      Lock icon Haji Saidin Koran reading champ
      106 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The two-night national Koran reading competition which ended last night was won by Haji Saidin bin Abdul Rahman from Penang who obtained 90-2 3 points. Runner-up was Enche Abdul Ghanl bln Abdullah (Kedah) with 88 points and third place wa3 won by
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      Lock icon All set for agriculture exhibition
      72 2 JESSELTON. Wed.—Elaborate programmes have been finalised for the Pensiangan Tamu Besar and Agriculture show On Dec. 25 and 26. There will be handicraft exhibition by school children and kampong fo’k, blowpipe competition, land and water sports and baby show. Highlights of the occasion will be
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      Lock icon NEB gets strike notice
      52 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The management of the National electricity Board today received a two-week strike notice from the N.E.B. Employees Union. As required by the Industrial Re'atio’-is Act. the management has reported the particulars of the notice to the Minister of Labour, an N.EB statement said
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      Lock icon Man detained
      29 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Police yesterday raided a house in Sungei Buloh and found five rolls of copperwire and two bundles of wire. A man has been detained.
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      Lock icon Engineer's bungalow burgled
      120 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Thieves broke into the bungalow of a German electrical engineer at the 7J miles Puchong Road yesterday and got away with over $l,OOO worth of goods. Mr. E. Sechnlder 51. left the house at 6 p.m., and on returning at 9 am. found the
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      Lock icon Shopkeepers urged: Be fair in dealings with public
      141 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is taking every possible step to see that consumers are not exploited by the shopkeepers. While giving this assurance today, the Minister, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, said officers of his Ministry were out
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      Lock icon Building fund appeal
      84 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Chairman of (he Sungei Buloh Leprosarium Hindu Temple Committee. Mr. K. Paramalingam. today made a pub’ie appeal for donations toward? its building fund. The Government has already earmarked a site for the new temple in the settlement estimated cost of which is $30,000.
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      Lock icon Why ‘To Sir With Love’ is a success
      229 3  -  by Bishop Chiu SINGAPORE, Wed. The onswer to the success of the film, "To Sir With Love" was given today by the Anglican Bishop for Malaysia and Singapore, the Right Rev. Chiu Ban It. In the film, he said, a teacher met
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      Lock icon Fabulous festive fun at the New Tanjong Inn
      178 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The New Tanjong Inn at Tanjong Rhu. recently opened, has lined up a fabulous store of entertainment and fun for the forthcoming festive season. As from tomorrow till Dec. 28 the nightclub will present the Hong Kong Star Revue —a
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      Lock icon S'PORE DIARY
      103 3 9 a m. 4.30 pm.:- Exhibition of traditional and modern Maori art at the National Museum. Stamford Road. 7.30 pm.:- Religious meeting organised by youth of Christ at National Theatre. Clemenceau Avenue. 730 pm.:- Free film shows by Ministry of Culture at Sing Hwa School (Lim Tua Tow
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      Lock icon Alice is fairest of ’em all
      142 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Pretty Alice Kwok, I*. was elected “Charity Queen” at a recent variety show held in aid of the Sports Promotion Fund. The show held last Sunday at Gay World was organised by the Singapore Butchers Association. It raised over $lO,OOO. Charms Miss
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      Lock icon Memorial service for Holt in S'pore
      214 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. A public memorial service for the late Mr. Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia will be held at St. George’s Garrison Church, Tanglin at 930 a m. on Friday. Representatives of the Singapore Government, members of the Australian High Commission and
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      Lock icon S’pore Alliance calls for new emphasis on education plan
      504 3 gINGAPORE, Wed. The Alliance Party, Singapura today called for a new emphasis on the Republic's education policy. In a statement signed by the chairman, Dr. Thio Chan Bee, the party stressed that some new emphasis must be made in the training
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      Lock icon ‘More Singaporeans becoming conscious of foreign languages’
      166 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. More and more Singaporeans are becoming conscious of the significance of foreign languages for the further development of trade, industrial research and mutual cultural ex- change. This wa s disclosed last night by the German Ambassador in Singapore Baron Von Richthofen
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      Lock icon Govt. bans Beatle hair-style
      101 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Beatle hair-cut and flashy clothing »n Government offices i n Singapore are definitely OUT. A circular to this effect has been sent to all heads of departments in the civil service. According to the circular, civil servants are required to wear clothing and
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      Lock icon House told: Right of courting couples
      230 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The right of courting couples to go to public parks at. night was defended in Parliament today. Remarking that it is only right for young couples to go through this stage. Mr. Chan Chee Seng. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social
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      Lock icon 100,000 Xmas cards
      65 4 PENANG, Wed. With five more days before Christmas. the General Post Office here have already dealt with over 100.000 Christmas cards. This was disclosed by the Controller of Posts. Northern Region, Mr. L. Robiess. here today. He anticipated that there would be a big increase during the
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      Lock icon No need for multiracial club—Tunku
      503 4 Kuala lumPUR, Wed. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, said today he did not think there was any necessity to form a multi-raci-al club to promote racial harmony in the country, as suggested by the Minister of Finance, Tun Tan Siew Sin. “Clubs are formed
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      Lock icon Floods recede
      119 4 KOTA TINGGI. Wed. Life returned to almost normal here today when the flood level dropped to 1 ft. 6 Ins. this evening. A police bulletin issued in Johore Bahru said the road leading to Mersing from the 26th mile Kota Tinggl Road Is only passable to heavy vehicles.
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      Lock icon Education Ministry to get new block
      84 4 SINGAPORE Wed The Minister for Education. Mr Ong Pang Boon, disclosed in Parliament today that the Ministry of Education’s new administrative block will be ready for occupation by the end of next year Replying to a question by a backbencher during the debate on
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      Lock icon • The condolence book for the death of the Australian Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Holt, was opened for public signature at the Australian High Commission In Kuala Lumpur from yesterday to Friday (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
      61 4 The condolence book for the death of the Australian Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Holt, was opened for public signature at the Australian High Commission In Kuala Lumpur from yesterday to Friday (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) Among the first to sign the book was the doyen of the diplomatic corps.
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      Lock icon ‘Little Bungs’ are trying to disrupt PI-Malaysia ties—columnist
      391 4 MANILA, Wed. (UPI). A Philippine newspaper columnist said today the same "Little Bungs" who backed Indonesia in its confrontation of Malaysia now were trying to disrupt relations between the Philippines and Malaysia. Writing in the Philippines Herald. Nesto Mata said, “certain quarters"
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      Lock icon Shock for teacher
      52 4 PENANG, Wed.—A schoolteacher on holiday rushed home when he received a telephone call that his house in Reservoir Crescent. Ayer Itam. had been broken into while he was away since Dec. 15. On his return, Mr. A. Lourdesamy found a phonograph. a typewriter, a camera and some
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      Lock icon No need to build more homes for aged, handicapped
      138 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs. Mr. Chan Chee Seng, said in Parliament today that there was no need for the Government to build more home* for the aged and the handicapped. Mr Chan was replying
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      Lock icon Move to encourage growing of orchids
      230 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Primary Production Department is taking steps to encourage the growing of orchids in Singapore, the Minister for Law and National Development. Mr E. W. Barker. said in Parliament today. Speaking during the debate on the Development Estimates for the department for
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      Lock icon Cleaner, attractive beaches next year
      98 4 SINGAPORE. Wed There will be cleaner and more attractive beaches in Singapore next year. This was disclosed in Parliament today by the Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. E. W. Barker. During the debate on the Development Estimates for the Ministry of National Development.
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      Lock icon Walking stick present to Razak
      56 4 The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, and his wife, Toh Puan Raha, arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday after a four-day visit to the Philippines. The ornamented walking stick Tun Razak is using is a gift from the Philippine Foreign Secretary, Mr. Narciso Ramos. Eastern
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      Lock icon PROPOSED FOUNTAIN CRITICISED
      206 4 SINGAPORE. Wed—The proposed $138,000 fountain at the Botanic Gardens, came under heavy criticism In Parliament today. During the debate on the Development Estimates for the Ministry of Social Affairs a number of backbenchers called on the government to reconsider the projects and instead spend the money on
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      Lock icon Another $ mil. underground car park to be built
      178 14  - Another mil. underground car park to be built By John Kam and R. V. Lingam SINGAPORE, Wed. A million-dollar underground car park will be built in the compound of St. Andrew's Cathedral here. Disclosing this in Parliament today, the Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. E. W. Barker. said
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      Lock icon Board empowered to tackle it
      430 14 Hawker problem in HDB estates SINGAPORE. Wed. The Housing and Development Board had been given powers as from Dec. 1 this year to deal with the hawker problem in their housing estates, the Minister for Health. Mr. Aong Nvuk Lin, told Parliament today. He was
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      Lock icon Using overhead bridges: More effective measures to be taken
      331 14 SINGAPORE. Wed —More effective measures will be taken to see that pedestrians use overhead bridges wherever there was one. These measures will be taken by the Ministry of National Development in conjunction with the Traffic Police. The Minister for Law and
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      Lock icon Three more abattoirs for rural areas
      130 14 SINGAPORE. Wed Three abattoirs will be built in the rural areas in Singapore after the Jurong abattoir gets into full swing. This was disclosed by the Minister for Law and National Development. Mr. E. W Barker, during the debate in Parliament on the Development
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      Lock icon More libraries for satellite towns if...
      135 14 SINGAPORE Wed The Singapore Government will build more libraries for satellite towns when the need arises This was disclosed in Parliament today by Mr Fong Sip Chee. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture Mr. Fong was replying to a question by Mr Tang
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      Lock icon INSTITUTE OF S.E. ASIAN STUDIES TO BE BUILT
      218 14 SINGAPORE. Wed An Institute of South-East Asian Studies will be built here to help Singapore understand South-East Asia in detail. This was disclosed in Parliament today by the Minister for Education Mr. Ong Pang Boon during the debate on the Development Estimates
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      Lock icon Another posh night-club for S’pore
      145 14 SINGAPORE Wed. Another posh night-club and restaurant was opened this evening. Flamingo Nite Club and Restaurant provides day and night entertainment to local patrons and tourists and employs about 160 young dance hostesses and more than 60 waiters and staff. The spacious night-club is beautifully
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      Lock icon Dwellers in HDB flats should consider themselves lucky—Barker
      498 14 Dwellers in HDB flats should consider themselves lucky —Barker SINGAPORE, Wed. People living in Housing and Development Board flats should consider themselves lucky instead of grumbling all the time. The Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. E W Barker, said this when he answered "complaints” raised by MPs on
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      Lock icon 95 accidents
      22 14 SINGAPORE. Wed —There were 95 road accident? of which five were ?erious during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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      Lock icon ‘War summit’ ruled out—Thieu
      316 14  -  By H. M. S. SUTAN SINGAPORE, Wed. President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam tonight ruled out the possibility that another “war summit’’ amongst the leaders of the Allies w r as in the offing in Australia. He explained that there was no intention on his
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      Lock icon Mobile family planning show
      52 14 SINGAPORE. Wed. A Government Family Planning Mobile Exhibition organised by the Singapore Family Planning and Population Board in conjunction with the People’s Association. will be held at the Changi Community Centre on Thursday to Sunday. The exhibition will be open daily from 3.30 p.m. to 10
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Britain to keep gangland off gaming
      97 5 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) The government published tough plans today for keeping hundreds of gambling clubs out of gangster hands. Proposals before parliament would set up a national gaming board with full-time inspectors to make surprise checks that there is fair play at the gaming
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      Lock icon 'Traffic jam gang' gets brand new car
      127 5 MANILA. Wed. (Reuter). Three men held up a fish merchants collector and his driver in a busy downtown street yesterday while their car was stopped in a traffic jam and escaped in the car with 4.120 pesos (about £412 sterling). The car belonging
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      Lock icon UN peace envoy sees Nasser
      113 5 BEIRUT. Wed. (Reuter) Dr Gunnar Jarring. United Nations peace envoy to the Middle East, was last night received in Cairo by President Nasser, Cairo radio reported. No statement was issued after the meeting which was attended by Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad. who conferred with
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      Lock icon Wilson to see LBJ in February
      90 5 W ASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) Pres dent Johnson announced last night that British Prime Minister Harold Wilson will confer with him in Washington early i n February. The President referred to Mr. Wilson's visit in a television interview, hut mentioned only that the trip would
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      Lock icon Indonesia removes war tax
      55 5 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter). ndonesian acting Presid?nt General Suharto has decided to revoke a special nr tax imposed by former President Sukarno to finance hi s confrontation campaign against Malaysia. The tax. known by the name of Dwikora (People's command to crush Malaysia) was imposed on cars,
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      Lock icon LBJ blesses any VC-Saigon peace talks
      517 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) President Johnson last night urged the leaders of the Vietcong to open informal talks with the South Vietnamese government for a Vietnam peace settlement. The President, in a television interview taped before he left for Australia yesterday, endorsed the stand of
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      Lock icon ‘LBJ will stopover Saigon’
      324 5 CANBERRA. Wed (Reuter) Speculation mounted here today that President Johnson will pay a lightning visit to Saigon early on Saturday on his way home from the VIP memorial service in Melbourne to Prime Minister Harold Holt. A spokesman at the American embas-y her? today said the
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      Lock icon ‘Neptune’ guards his chickens
      48 5 WITH his sharpened trident this country “Neptune” in Hong Kong waits to impress a point on chicken thieves next time they call meantime. he enlists the aid of the law. who made no comment on his own People's Defenee Plan (So we were told)
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      Lock icon THE BREATH Of SAFETY
      135 5 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) The government last night announced a drastic drop in Britain's road accident casualties in October, the first month of its breathalyser tests for suspected drunken drivers. The Ministry of Transport •'lid that n October total road casualties number 50.995 compared to 35.120 in
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      Lock icon Winds hit Alabama
      69 5 BIRMINGHAM. Alabama. Wed. (UPI) Another tornado pounced on storm battered Alabama yesterday, wrecking airplanes at the Birmingham airport and dipping down on a house trailer near the city’s foot- ball field. Huntsville Mayor Glenn Hearn said the tornadoes that kil'ed four persons injured 30 and destroyed 200
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      Lock icon McEwen confirms inter-party row
      152 5 CANBERRA. Wed. (Reuter) The Prime Minister. Mr. John McEwen, confirmed at a press conference today that he had told the treasurer, Mr. William McMahon, that neither he nor any Country Party minister would be prepared to serve under him as Prime Minister. Mr. McEwen refused to
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      Lock icon 'Firemen... one who sets fire...'
      92 5 HIGHLAND LAKES. N. J. Wed (UPD Three volunteer firemen one of them allegedly emh t ered hy two unsuc re'sfui bids to become chief were accused yesfe-dav of •■ett’ng nine “spite” fires in this rural summer vacation land. A total of USSIOO.ftOO in damage was
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      Lock icon Australia’s interim PM
      344 5 A TRUE EWE OF THE LAND STDNEY, Wed. (I PI) —John McEwen. a blackbrowed sheep farmer from Australia's southern agricultural heartland, has spent a lifetime fighting for his nation's farmers. -What I am in the public life of this country derives from the fact I am a
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      Lock icon Another door slamming act by France
      525 5 BRITAIN OUTSIDE C-MART BRUSSELS, Wed. (Reuter) France last night dashed British hopes of early negotiations on joining the European Common Market insisting that the economic health of Britain must be restored first. French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville stood alone before the council
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      Lock icon ‘Wilting’ at 56F in NY
      83 5 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI). —Sidewalk Santa Clauses and Christmas shoppers wilted yesterday in the warmest December 19th weather since 1931. The U.S Weather Bureau said the Central Park temperature reached 56 degrees at 2 p.m.. highest since the sfi-degree record set 46 years ago The
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      Lock icon 2,000 MI6 rifles for S. Vietnamese rangers
      227 6 SAIGON. Wed (UPI) Gen. William C. Westmoreland today presented 2.000 brand-new Ml 6 rifles to the South Vietnamese Ranger Group now entrusted with the perimeter defence of Saigon. The rifles were the “A-l models, complete with modifications made In recent months after repeated
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      Lock icon THE ODD BURGLAR...
      66 6 TOKYO. Wed (UPI). For two months an eel shop run by Akira Nozaki had been burglarised almost daily of food and money although there were no evidence of break-ins Then one day an employee spotted the burglar trying to open the shop safe. He turned out to
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      Lock icon Frozen to death
      47 6 ODAWARA. Japan. Wed (UPI). A tree jutting out from a cliffside stopped the suicide plunge of an 80-year-old Bank President. But Yuko Kudo, who left a suicide note at a nearby inn, apparently got stuck in the tree and froze to death, authorities said.
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      Lock icon Better education for children urged
      179 6 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Lord Beaumont of Whitley, an ex-Chairman of a Primary school in Hong Kong, yesterday called on the government to provide better education for the children of the colony. Lord Beaumont, making his maiden speech in the House of Lords, said “Hong Kong
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      Lock icon REPORTS OF OUTBREAK OF FLU
      79 6 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI). Reports of a widespread outbreak of flu poured in vesterday from all over the United States. High absenteeism was reported in some instances particularly in public schools but officials genera.lv termed the outbreak “mild". Dr Stephen Schoenbaum, of the National Communicable
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      Lock icon Shakespearian stars on tour...
      75 6 MOSCOW: Twenty-seven-vear-old Shakespearian actor John Bell and his act-ress-wife Anna Volska. 23, holding their 16-month-old baby daughter Hilary during a sight-seeing tour around Moscow's Red Square at the week-end. John and Anna are the first couple to bring a baby on tour with the Royal Shakespeare
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      Lock icon Worried doctors keep allnight vigil for Washkansky
      339 6 f APE TOWN. Wed (UPI) Tired and worried V' doctors kept an all-night vigil at the bedside of Lrais Washkansky last night as he battled for life against rejection of his new heart. Washkansky. 55. rallied slightly yesterday after massive transfusions of white
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      165 6 ADEN. Wed. (Reuter) The Yemen Republic prepared for a “Holy War” today after handing the premiership to its army chief and accusing Saudi Arabia of baltant aggression in steping up assistance to the Royalists Sanaa Radio, broadcasting from the Republican capital, reported that the *hree-man
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      Lock icon Bomb scare at UN post office
      82 6 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. (UPI) The United Nations post office had a bomb scare yesterday but the source turned out to be an electric motor for a shoe-shine kit wrapped in a Christmas parcel. The suspicious package was spotted in the holidayclogged U.N. post office
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      Lock icon • HUGE crane lifts crashed car with bodies brought in from Ohio River bottom on Sunday after bridge collapsed during Friday rush-hour.
      24 6 HUGE crane lifts crashed car with bodies brought in from Ohio River bottom on Sunday after bridge collapsed during Friday rush-hour. UPI radio pix-
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      Lock icon Mia Farrow in Palm Springs
      93 6 HOLLYWOOD. Wed. (UPD Mia Farrow, estranged wife of singer Frank Sinatra. was en route to Sinatra's home in Palm Springs for the holidays and a possible reconciliation, friends said here yesterday. Miss Farrow flew to New York to complete scenes for her most recent movie
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      Lock icon ROMNEY CONFERS WITH KOSYGIN
      106 6 MOSCOW. Wed (UPI) Governor George Romney of Michigan conferred with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin yesterday for more than two hours of “very interesting" talks or. Vietnam, the Middle Eas* and Soviet-Ameri-can relations. Mr. Romney said after the talk* he did “more listening than talking” but refused
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      Lock icon A PUNCH FOR SANTA CLAUS
      97 6 CHICAGO. HEIGHTS. 11l Wed. (UPI) A patron at Ciprianis restaurant paid his bill on Monday night and as he walked through the vestibule, he stopped short in front of a Christmas tree and a 5-foot mechanical Santa Claus. Grimacing, he doubled up his fist and
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      Lock icon Nationalist China a cocky island democracy
      185 6 TAIPEI. Wed. (UPI) Nationalist China is a cocky island democracy which flourishes in the very shadow of a Communist giant. Communist China, a hundred miles away, was wrecked by political turmoil in 1967, while Taiwan achieved a greater measure of economic and political stability.
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      Lock icon 23 Vietcong commanders arrested
      155 6 SAIGON. Wed (UPI). Saigon police, climaxing a four-month investigation, have arrested 23 Vietcong commanders they said were planning a reign of terror in this capital city. The police said they broke into a meeting of the Vietcong’s Special Zone Command unit as the Communists were planning
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      Lock icon No Xmas truce in drive against Communist Huks
      199 6 MANILA, Wed (UPI) The Philippines top policeman Maj. Gen Manuel Yan has declared there will be no Christmas truce in the stepped up drive against the Communist Huks. Mr. Yan. who is the head of the Philippine Constabulary. told newsmen yesterday the
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      Lock icon British poll on U Thant
      60 6 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Only 56 per cent of 2.000 Britons polled in a recent survey knew who United Nations Secretary General U Thant was. Thant; was variously described ag starting the war in Israel, leader of the Communist Chinese Red Guard movement, a pop singer,
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      Lock icon Heath fears French takeover of Simonstown Naval Base
      302 6 Because of UK arms ban to South Africa LONDON, Wed. (rPI) Conservative opposition leader Edward Heath warned yesterday that if the government refused to sell arms to South Africa, there was the danger of France becoming South Africa’s chief supplier and taking
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      181 6 SAIGON. Wed .(UPI) U S. pilots shot down two Communist MiG defenders and possibly four yesterday while launching massive raids against the Hanoi area. On the ground. US. Forces beat back an attack by an estimated 400 Communists before dawn today Taking advantage of a break
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      Lock icon 74 Vietcong killed in long battle
      131 6 SAIGON. Wed. (UPI) Troops of Korea’s Tiger Division killed 74 Vietcong in a six-day operation on South Vietnam's central coast which ended Sunday, the Korean Military Command announced today. ROK casualties were given as very light. Prisoners taken during the search-and-destroy sweep disclosed that
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      67 6 BRISBANE, Australia Wei IUPI) —Hailstones 10 inches across punched plate-sized holes through roofs and asbestos walls here yesterday One man was stunned when he was hit on the back by a big hailstone and was thrown to the ground Three hailstones weighed one pound each The largest
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      658 7 U.N. YEAR-ENDER N-catastrophe weighs U Thant down UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (Reuter) U. N. General Assembly President Corneliu Manescu called for an end to the Vietnam war last night. The war was the major obstacle to improved relations among states, he said in a
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      Lock icon Self-taught investor sues for 34 years in asylum
      261 7 PORTAGE. Wisconsin Wed. (UPI) An elderly exfarmer who went from ragman to successful investor during a 34-year commitment in state mental institutions is suing the State of Wisconsin for USSBOO.OOO Lawrence Marines. 67. who has been doing odd jobs here since his
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      Lock icon • WITH all hopes abandoned for the missing Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Holt, a new Premier was swornin here on Tuesday. Mr. John McEwen (left) takes the oath after being appointed by the Governor-General, Lord Casey (right). Mr. McEwen leads the minority Country Party in the Government.
      46 7 WITH all hopes abandoned for the missing Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Holt, a new Premier was swornin here on Tuesday. Mr. John McEwen (left) takes the oath after being appointed by the Governor-Gene-ral, Lord Casey (right). Mr. McEwen leads the minority Country Party in the Government.
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      Lock icon Government to run Thai Chinese schools
      127 7 BANGKOK. Wed (Reuter) The Interior Ministry has proposed to the Thai government that Chinese be taught in all municipal schools throughout Thailand. a Ministry official said today. The official told Reuter that it was better for the government to supervise the teaching of Chinese
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      30 7 09AKA. Japan Wed (UPI) An Osaka houM*wife has t«ld authorities that she found a frog in a can of asparagus she bought at a local supermarket
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      Lock icon France legalises contraceptives
      72 7 PARIS. Wed (Reuter) —The French Senate last night approved a bill aimed at legalising birth control, and it is expected to become law before the end of the year. The bill had been shuttling between the two houses of parliament since June and has now cleared its
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      Lock icon Romney has free discussion with Kosygin
      259 7 MOSCOW. Wed. (Reuter) Governor George Romney of Michigan spent more than two hours with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin yesterday, discussing Vietnam, the Middle East, arms control. Soviet-Ame-rican relations and other topics. Mr Romney refused to give detail? of th*> discussion. which surprised observers here
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      Lock icon A ship is breaking in half...
      95 7 KAKIZAKI, Japan: The Panamanian freighter Kien An is snapped in two by the tremendous force of raging waves in the Japan Sea about 100 metres off Kakizaki in Niigata Prefecture, northeast of Japan, late on Dec. 15. The 4.795-ton ship, loaded with 4.000ton manganese
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      Lock icon LBJ'S 1968 HOPES FOR CHINA
      130 7 WASHING TON. Wed fUPI) President Johnson last night expressed hope that Communist China would learn from its mistakes in Africa. Latin America and Asia and decide to live in harmony with the world, We believe they will.” the President said m an hour long taped
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      Lock icon INDIA REJECTS N-ARMS DEFENCE
      118 7 NEW DELHI. Wed. (Reuter) Defence Minister Sardar Swaran Singh rejected demand from members of Parliament for an Indian atom bomb, or a nuclear defence pact. Earlier the Minister said that China would have a medium range ballistic missile svstem by 1972. He told the House yesterdav
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      Lock icon To tap anti-war feeling
      102 7 NEW DELHI. Wed. (Reuter) Fifty representatives of the world's major religions will meet in Delhi next month for an international inter-religious symposium on peace, desgned to “Create world-wide public opinion against war.” The six-day meeting, starting on January 10. will he the first in a series
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      Lock icon Prayer for Holt...
      70 7 JAKARTA. Wed (Reuter) Indonesia's Acting President General Suharto last night led a special prayer for late Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt saying ‘T.et us hone that God will give him his place in heaven.” He was speaking at a Moslem ceremony at the state palace. It is
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      Lock icon Indon call for religious tolerance
      110 7 JAKARTA. Wed (Reuter) Acting President General Suharto has called for religious tolerance in Indonesia in the face of continuing discord between the country's Christian and Moslem communities. Speaking at a Moslem ceremony at the state palace here last night, he said that tolerance was essential
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      Lock icon Smith accuses Britain of bad faith
      185 7 S ALISBI’R Y. Wed (Reuter) Mr. lan Smith said here last night that he doubted that the British government had any intention of coming to a settlement of the Rhodesian independence issue. In a six-page statement issued by his information, ministry, the Rhodesian leader
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      Lock icon Bedlam at Grand Central
      154 7 Vietniks turn on’ NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) About three dozen peace demonstrators turned the main hall of New York's Grand Central railway terminus into a huge Vietnam war debating chamber at the height of the evening rush-hour last night The demonstrators also released pigeons and baloons,
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      Lock icon Sixth bombfree day in H'Kong
      127 7 HONG KONG Wed. This British colony was free from bomb terrorism for the sixth consecutive day today. Reports said that the Hong Kong Communists have received instructions from Peking to decrease if not halt terrorist activities. Major Communist newspapers continued to devote space to developments
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      72 5 m L'l gl at WED mx* K mm M4^l m m HHllllllUm in ini, mvVftV^ 5% 5% Space Star Christmas... Time of merriment. Of Kind sentiments and thoughts. Time of toy, A joy in receiving. A greater joy in giving The Best. What could be more thoughtful than to say:
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    Lock icon WATER FOR SINGAPORE
    455 8 THERE are extremists on ooth sides of the causeway who cannot see any good in either territory. Their thinking is so steeped in political bigotry that they have become insensitive to the welfare of the people of the two societies. Singapore’s umbilical cord Joining it to the
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    Lock icon WAR AND PEACE
    326 8 AT 8 a m. today while most Malaysians will be going to work. 181 United States Peace Corps volunteers will touch down at Subang International airport, Kuala Lumpur. After two days of orientation in Kuala Lumpur, the 181 American ambassadors of goodwill will fan out to tow’ns
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    Lock icon The role of architects in nation building
    2274 8  -  By Alfred Wong A paper presented at the Commonwealth Architects Association seminar held in Singapore recently. F GENERAL. it would b? correct to state that professional institutions in developing countries are expected to play a much more important role than their counterparts in
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    Lock icon THE READER’S COURTROOM
    209 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials VyHILE Bert was changing his tire on the high- way, he never expected to become lame for the rest of his life. The headlights and tail-lights were lit when Eric’s truck suddenly crashed into him. Eric
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      Lock icon ‘King-of-the-road’ behaviour of truck drivers
      212 8 we seldom hear of enforcement officers of the Singapore Traffic Branch going their rounds and bringing to book the numerous drivers who flout the Highway Code. To say that such offenders are few and far between would be tantamount to acting like the ostrich in
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      Lock icon Cinema ads: AA should step in
      85 8 JT IS high time the Advertisers’ Association step in otherwise the public will step out of cinema halls!. I was at the cinema the other day, and to my utter dismay, advertisements after advertisements came on the screen for such a length of time
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      Lock icon One too many advertisements
      105 8 IVE go to the cinema to enjoy but of late, this has been a torture simply because of the fantastic number of filmlets being shown. It is apparent that one should enter the cinema hall 20 minutes after the advertised time if one is to achieve
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      Lock icon Paying to see ads
      90 8 T AM sure the public is fed A up with the great number of advertising slides and filmlets currently being shown in the cinemas. Isn't there some form of control over the running time of these advertisements? I was at the cinema the other day. and
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      Lock icon Thank you motorists
      96 8 KINDLY aliow me, sir. to thank through your letters coloumn. all motorists. motor-cyclists and seooterists who responded favourably to the appeal of our club which appeared in your newspaper on Tuesday, 28th of Nov- 1967. Through the willingness of these people to give our members lifts on
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      41 8 Lastehn Sun Independent National Newspaper THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1967 23-B. Cantonment Read. Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 39. Jalan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telephone: *****/6 8. Leith Street, Tel: ***** 77. Brewster Road. Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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      19 8 1(11(11 WRITERS MUSI GIVI THEIR NAMES AND ADORISSES IN GOOD FAITH. letters WITHOUT NAMES and addresses WIU NOI RI'RUSMEO
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      Lock icon Scot picked as first Concorde skipper
      185 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Captain James Andrew, BOAC flight development manager, has been picked to pilot the airline’s first Concorde supersonic jetliner. Born at Renfrew. Scotland, in 1922. he became an aircraft engineer for a Scottish airline in 1937. During the Second World War he flew
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      Lock icon Stock prices turned narrowly mixed
      198 9 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Stock prices turned narrowly mixed in fairly active trading yesterday despite a backlog of favourable economic news. Shortly before the end of the first hour of trading, the United Press International Stock Market indicator picked up 0.09 per cent with 1,231
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      Lock icon RUBBER MARKET QUIET
      72 9 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Rubber market closed quiet with SDOt 17-5/8 18-1/8 Jan 17-11/16 17-13/16 Feb. 17-7/8 18-1/16 March 18-1/16 18-1/4 Jan./March 17-7/8 18-1/16 April/June 18-3/8 18-1/2 July/Spet. 18-5/8 18-3/4 Oct./Dec 18-7/8 19-1/16 Jan./March 19 19-3/16 April/June 19-1/8 19-5/16 July/Sept. 19-1/4 19-7/16 Oct. /Dec. 19-3/8 19-9/16 Jan./March 19-1/2
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      Lock icon NEW YORK RUBBER
      48 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Rubber futures closed 15 points lower to 50 points higher. Sales totalled 1 lot. Jan 19.00A. Mar. 1915A, May 19.30A. July 1.50A. Sept. 19.75A. Nov. 20.00A. Jan. 20.00A. The spot No. 1 RSS was maintained at 18 cents per pound nominal.
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      Lock icon Rush to buy gold slackens further
      130 9 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) The rush to buy gold slackened further on Western European markets today following Washington's weekend declaration that the United States was determined to maintain the gold value of the dollar Devaluation of the dollar would mean an increase in the price
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      Lock icon New phase of containerisation introduced
      80 9 PERTH. Western Australia, (Reuter) A new phase of containerisation was introduced to Freman Le. the Port of Perth, yesterday with the arrival of 12 big refrigerated containers from the United States in the Norwegian freighter “Ragna Bakke” The containers, each 20ft. long, of 20 tons,
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      Lock icon NO TIN SALES
      19 9 WASHINGTON. Wed (Reuter) No offers were received to buy stockpiled tin today General Services Administration announced.
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      Lock icon Car manufacturers lodge new complaints
      248 9 LONDON. Wed. tUPI) British car manufacturers yesterday lodged a new complaint against difficulties put in their way for selling care In Japan as the Japanese made efforts to break into the British market. A spokesman for the Society of Motor Manufacturers and traders in Britain
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      Lock icon Japan's GNP expected to rise
      91 9 TOKYO. Wed (UPI) Japan's Gross National Product during 1967 is expected to amount to SI 14 billion and may place her third behind the United States and West Germany, according to the Economic Planning Agency said. The Agency said in a brief report issued yesterday
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      Lock icon BOAC switch key executives in Japan
      150 9 SINGAPORE. Wed BOAC ha? announced an important change of senior executive positions in its organisation in Japan. Tommy Hatano has been appointed District Sales Manager. Tokyo and A1 Okada Marketing Officer Japan which took effectrecently A1 Okada and Tommy Hatano have been well known
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      85 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. —The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York (Buying) T.T. 32-13 16. (Air Mail) O/D 2215/16 90 d st 32-7/16 (Credit Bills). 33j (Trade Bills). Canada (Buying) T.T 35-7/16; (Air Mail) O D 35-9/16 90 dst
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      23 9 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) —Money Quotations. HK56.065/6.085 per U.S. doilar for cash. HK514.47 per pound sterling. HK5288.5 per tael gold.
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      Lock icon M. Hotel counter: Heavy buying and selling
      599 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. There was heavy buying and selling on the Merlin Hotel counter today. The total turnover for this counter was some 220.000 units. It is the result of rumours that the final dividend as proposed to be announced sometime within the next
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      Lock icon JAPAN'S PEARL EXPORTING BUSINESS OFF
      71 9 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) Japan's pearl exporting business is off —way off but don’t blame the miniskirts. Earlier this year. Japan’s pearl exporters tended to blame the no-nonsense, nofrill miniskirt for the decline of the grounds that pearls and the thigh-reaching fashions just didn’t go together.
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      24 9 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Gold was fixed at 292/7J (down 7J pence). The U.S dollar parity was quoted at 35.181 (down 11 cents).
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      Lock icon Tin price
      15 9 SINGAPORE. Wed—The price of Tin today dropped by $1.50 to $581.50 per ton.
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      Lock icon £ stages strong comeback
      191 9 stages strong comeback LONDON. Wed. (UPI) The pound staged a strong comeback on foreign exchange markets yesterday and gave its best performance for many sessions in the post-devaluation shakeout period. Near the Final Bell, the pound had moved up to 2.4026 against the dollar It had closed Monday's session at
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      Lock icon Rubber down ½ cent
      231 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE. Wed. January first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur todav at 49i cents per lb. down rent from previous close. The tone was very quiet. Rubber Association of Singapore and Malaysia Rubber Exchange closing prices in cents per lb.
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      Lock icon YOUR SHARES-UP-DOWN—UNCHANGED
      518 9 8INUAPOKL—StiHk Exchange i>ld and otter prices officially <lsted at rhf rim* of business INDUSTRIALS Ben Jk Co. 2.16 2.18 Bou-tead 1.60 1 61 sugar 2.07 2.09 Chfmtral Co til 1.43 i old storage 4 00 Dunlop 2 24 2 27 1 ''melting 4.26 t 40 HI 2.16 2
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      56 9 SINGAPORE. Med (Managers’ Prices) First Malayan 2.:58 2.47 Second Malasan 1.72 l 81 Third Malay an 1.08 117 The Commerce A. Industry f und \l> .88 .97 The sayings Fund < ex-issue) 97 1.01 First Hongkong .18 .83 second ll knns XI) .54 .58 Malayan Inyestment Fund 1
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      108 9 SINGAPORE. Wed The n»nn prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are > Buyer seller Coconut OH (FOB) Bulk 60.25 Coconut Oil E (> B Drum* 62 75 Loo«e Copra Mixed Nov/Dec 35.50 Muntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 90% N.l.W 127 50 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% VI .W
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      190 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The followed ships are expected to be in port today: 1/2 Marne Lloyd 3/4 Seikei Maru 5 Viokov 6H Ocean Prosper 6/9 Meijyusan Maru 10/11 Hoegh Opal 13/14 Hugheverett 15/16 Toledo 18 Hongkong Grace 19 Thorscape 21 22 Rajah Brooke 23/24 City of Guilford 25/26
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      325 9 AIR MOVEMENTS-S'PORE, K. LUMPUR ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 1.05 a m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.35 a m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.20 a.m. Airline GIA 982 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a m. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.2.3 a m Airline
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      338 9 Time 3.15 Airline MSA 052 to Malacca. Kuafh oimpur, Ipoh and Penang Time 3.50 p.m. Airline GA 89* to Jakarta. Time 4.00 p.m. Airline ML 664 to Manila. Time 12.45 a m. Airline MSA (ML 088) from Singapore). Time 1.25 a.m. Airline VISA OIL 045) from Kna Bahru. Time 1.25
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      Lock icon Toh defends P.U.B. on water decision
      357 10  -  By John Kam and R. V. Lingam SINGAPORE, Wed. The Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, today defended the Public Utilities Board's decision to increase the price of water in the Republic. He stressed that the charge on water had remained static since
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      Lock icon Hindi exams success
      65 10 SINGAPORE. Wed The Netar. High School will hold a certificate presentation ceremony on Friday for successful candidates m the recent Hindi examinations conducted by the Dakshan Bharat Hindi Parchar Sabha of Madras. Dr (Mrs.) Lalita Ramachandra wife of the Director of Board of Currencv will give away
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      Lock icon Customs holiday
      20 10 SINGAPORE. Wed The Customs and Excise Depar*ment at Johore Bahru will be closed on Dec. 25 —Christmas Day.
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      Lock icon Sufficient schools to cope with increased intake of pupils—Ong
      553 10 SINGAPORE. Wed The Minister for Education. Mr On? Pan? Boon, today assured that there ™uld be sufficient schools to cope with the increased intake of pupilsHe gave this assurance when he answered questions during the debate on Development Estimates for his
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      Lock icon Lim explains token vote of $10
      162 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. Parliament today passed a token vote of SlO for the Development Estimates for next year for the Immigration Department. In reply to a question by a back-bencher, the Minister for Interior and Defence. Mr. Lim Kim San. said that the token vote
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      Lock icon New generation of pop music
      74 10 SINGAPORE. Wed The manager of Rediffusion (S) Limited Mr. Jack Snowden said today that with the rapidly changing pattern in Singapore a new generation of pop music was emerging in Chinese He said Rediffusion was promoting local artistes to greater prominence by providing opportunities for
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      Lock icon Club house for PA staff to be built
      485 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. A staff club house for the employees of the People’s Association will be built for them to get together and exchange problems of their work. This was said in Parliament today by the Minister for Interior and Defence. Mr. Lim
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      Lock icon LIFE GUARDS BAND IN FAR EAST
      166 10 SINGAPORE. Wed.—No horses, no helmets but still unmistakably the band of the Life Guards The quality of their music was not strained even after an 8,000-mile flight from win-ter-bound Britain to the "steam heat” of tropical Singapore White coats’ An unfamiliar sight to Londoners
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      Lock icon ‘Great hall’ for S’pore Varsity soon-Ong
      252 10 SINGAPORE. Wed Tb*> University of Singapore will soon have a great hall” for sorial and recreational and other purposes. This was disclosed in Parliament today by the Minister for Education. Mr. Ong Pang Boon. He was replying to a question by Mr. Yeoh Gim
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      Lock icon Lecture on common mart
      65 10 SINGAPORE. Wed— The University of Singapore's Department of Extra-Mural Studies is organising a public lecture on “Britain's entry into the Common Market.” The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Saul Rose. Fellow and Bursar of New College. Oxford, and formerly International Secretary of the Labour Party.
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      Lock icon JUDGE RAPS POLICE
      264 11 Forgery case accused brought to court late jDENANG, Wed. The police were rapped by the Judge, Mr. Justice H. S. Ong, in a $5O note forgery case in the High Court this morning. He said they had a duty to do and that they were irresponsible for
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      Lock icon Initial $10,000 target of Kedah rice millers’ ‘Books Fund’ reached
      235 11 ALOR STAR, Wed. The “books fund" set up here by the Kedah Rice Millers* Association has reached the expected initial target of SIO.OdO with contributions from 35 member millers following a recent appeal. The monev will be used to buy
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      Lock icon 4 charged with armed robbery
      112 11 TAP&H. Wed Four men were produced in the Sessions Court before Mr. Gunn Chit Tuan, today for committing joint armed robbery. Thev were Lee Kim Song. 18 Wong Chin. 27. Sui Cai King alias Soo Thing. 20 and Chan Tong alias Kow Chai. 24. all
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      Lock icon 10 more MARA trainees for Germany
      98 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Ten MARA trainees will leave for West Germany at the end of this month to take up a two-year instructors course in mechanical, automobile. electrical engineering and building constructions. This scheme is sponsored by the West German Foundation and MARA. This
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      Lock icon 3 face charge of rape
      77 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Three men Manan bin Haji Pausi. 27. Mohamed Nor bin Abdul Wahab. 25. and Ismail bin Bakri. 23, were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today for raping a 16-year-old girl. They are alleged to have committed the offence at 51. Lorong
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      Lock icon Price of rubber: Malaysia hopeful
      239 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Malaysia Is nopeful that the outcome of the recent meeting of Natural and Synthetic Rubber Producers Consultative Committee in London would pave the way for better world prices, for natural rubber. This is because It was attended by highly specialised people holdihg
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      135 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Thousands of colourful advisory cards on family planning will be given away to married women throughout the country soon. These attractive cards, printed in the National Language. English. Chinese and Tamil, will advise women wffien and where to go for Information on
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      Lock icon • MORE than 20 delegates to the five-day Commonwealth Association of Architects first Asian regional Conference in Kuala Lumpur visited a leading manufacturer of building materials in Petaling Jaya.
      181 11 MORE than 20 delegates to the five-day Commonwealth Association of Architects first Asian regional Conference in Kuala Lumpur visited a leading manufacturer of building materials in Petaling Jaya. The delegates' study tour of Hume Industries (Malaya) Ltd factory formed part of the programme of the Conference. The del-gates, from India.
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      95 11 MALACCA. Wed The Malacca Municipal Council expects to save about $lOO.000 :n annual recurrent expenditure from next year due to the recent ‘‘compulsory retirement" of about 120 employees who have reached 55. The State Government which also administer? the Council this year reduced the
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      71 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Cochrane Youth Club will hold Its first annual “Festival of Youth” from Saturday to Jan. 6. w‘th social, cultural, welfare. literary and sports activities. The Festival will be opened at a Christmas Ball at the Cochrane Road School Hall on Saturday at 8
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      51 11 MALACCA. Wed. Police and Army authorities are investigating into the death this morning of Mrs Ripley, 38. wife of an Australian Serviceman living at Klebang. three miles from here An empty drug bottle was found beside the body. The death was reported by her 13-year-old
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      120 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A Christmas gala dance ‘Malam Gemblra', will be held at the Dewan Toh Puan Raha. (Girl Guides Association Hall), Brlckfielde. here on Saturday. Organised by the Young Christian Workers’ movement of Selangor, it will raise funds which will go towards the development of
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      Lock icon $25,000 cheques for two temples
      107 11 THE Chief Minister, Penang. Tan Sri Wong Pnw Nee, on Sunday, Dec. 17. visited Nibong Tebal District and presented cheques to two temples at Tasek and Sungei Bakap. Hock Teik See Temple in Sungei Bakap received 520.000 and Kwang Boon Tee Temple in Tasek received
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      Lock icon Cancer Nursing Home in Penang: ‘Green light’ still awaited
      253 11 TDENANG, Wed. The Organising CommitA tee of the Cancer Nursing Home is still anxiously waiting for the "green light" from the City Council before calling for tenders for the building of a model home in Kelawei Road. The chairman of the
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      42 11 MALACCA. Wed —'Thieves broke into the Wellington Bar at Klebang near here early this morning and got away with about $BOO worth of liquor and cigarettes.. Police believe a car was used by the thieves to remove the stolen goods.
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      87 11 MR MRS. Chan Kook Weng pictured soon after their marriage at the Chinese Church (Presbyterian) in Kluang recently. The groom is an Experimental Officer on Hormone Growth, attached to Oil Palm Genetics Laboratory. Chemara Research Station (Guthrie Corporation), Layang Layang. He is the son of Mr. Mrs. Chan
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      290 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The Alliance Assemblyman for Gelang Patah, Syed Mohamed Edros, was today challenged to disclose the names of subversive members in the Democratic Action Tarty, “if he is sincere and dedicated to the nation”. The challenge was made in a press statement
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      87 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Two youths, armed wuth daggers, got away with $5OO from a cigarette salesman working with Chong Guan and Company in old Market Square here this afternoon Chan Kam Fook and his assistant Lim How Ping had just finished distributing cigarettes in a coffee
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      28 11 PENANG. Wed. Another 55.875 was received by the Penang Goodwill Relief Fund Committee here yesterday, bringing the total received so far to $217.975.50-
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      144 11 KAJANG. Wed. The police last night in a surprise swoop detained fifteen persons in the district All were youths between the ages of 18 and 22. They were picked up in various parts of the town, where they were seen loitering in the street*
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      1267 10 rom TV and TODAY V TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Pulau Pinang: 6 lpob and Melaka; 3 10 Johore Bahru; t Taiping; 7 Bato Pabat: 9 Klnang PM. 5 00 Opening Annct Prog Summary: 5 03 News Outlines in the National Language: 508 Announcement. 5 15 6 00
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      192 12 IN this world of competition. everyone is contending hard for survival. The air around us is thus laden with changes and. to keep ourselves abreast with the merry-go-round events of our environment, we must first equip ourselves properly. Here, education plays an important role by
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      Lock icon A COOK FOR A DAY
      494 12 “I KNEW it would be you!” cried my cousin jubilantly as she read the name on the paper. I groaned. I was not very enthusiastic over cooking at all. With mother in hospital and our daily help sick, my cousins knew that someone had to
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      273 12 I REMEMBER one night when a few of of my pals and I were going to the cinema. The show was at 7.30 p.m. We went in to watch the film. After the show ended, we came out and headed for home. On the way. I
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      308 12 MAN has been making use of animais and beasts of burden, ever since creation, to help him in his work Although we employ animals to do work, we must never be unkind to them for they. too. are creatures of the earth. But not
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      225 12 I was in a shop in London. I was placed behind all the other shoes. For many years I had been there because no one wanted me. Then one evening I had a surprise. A tall, kind-look-ing woman whose name was Miss Chan, came near
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      386 12 day my mother told me she wanted to see a Hindustani film and that I was to remain home with my sisters and brothers because we had plenty of homework to do. We talked for some time and did our home work. It was 9 o'clock
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      219 12 THERE is no need in proving to most students that holidays are necessary. They welcome a holiday with hilarious joy. and plague the principal on the least excuse to let them off their lessons. It would be more in place to try to convince them of
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      226 12 HAPPINESS means different things to different people. To the ambitious and worldly, happiness spells success, i-ame. and fortune. To the idealistic and spiritualistic, happiness is reflected i n peace of mind, contentment, and harmonious living But the best kind of happiness is probably achieved by
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      232 12 ONE day. when I was on my way to school in a bus, I met a stranger. She asked me where Lorong Basapah was and I gave her the directions She told me that she was a tourist from Sarawak. She had come to visit
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      294 12 NEW ESSAY CONTEST FOR THOSE WHO ARE 14 AND UNDER THE EASTERN SUN’S 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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      627 13 henever you put Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor together in a motion picture, you can expect fireworks—and M-G-M*® “The Hour Of The Comedians,” based on Graham Greene*® best selling novel, The Comedians, is no exception. Haiti, currently formenting amid the ruthless dictatorship of Francois Duralier,
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      436 13 MGM's “The Comedians” marks Elizabeth Taylor's 35th motion picture and her seventh film with Richard Burton. Burton say 5 of her: “At the age of thirty-five, Elizabeth is at the peak of her career as an actress and beauty as a woman. Her range is
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      105 13 VOODOO, a centuries-old mystical-religious rite, recently came out of the dark jungle night and into daylight in Cotonou, capital of the West African republic of Dahomey. It wasn't part of a spontaneous religious revival. The Voodoo ceremony provided an important scene to MGM’s “The Comedians.*’ screen version
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      350 13 One minute he is talking about “1601", an obscure, bawdy book by Mark Twain. Next, he's describing in minute detail a brilliant catch he saw Willie Mays make in a world series game That's Richard Burton. Ideas, opinions, entire concepts flow from him like bullets from
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      61 16 TIME AND Penang: 2.31 a.m. (8.3 ft.). 3.26 p.m. (6.5 ft.) Port Swettenham: 8.13 a.m. (14.1 ft.), 851 pm (14.6 ft.) Port Dickson: 903 a m (8.4 ft.). 9.14 p.m. (8.3 ft.) Singapore: 2.08 a m (8.3 ft 12.52 pm. (9.6 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 1.11 a.m. (8.5 ft.). 1051 pm.
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