Eastern Sun, 25 January 1968

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  • 23 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 540 Thursday. 25 January 1968. -;V MC<P> 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 282 1 SINGAPORE. Wed The Singapore Prime Mimg ter, Mr. Lee Kuan today re -affirmed Viiat the Republic’s Government was willing to attend any conference which would enhance peace and security in the Singapore-Malaysia area. This was disclosed In Mr. Lee s statement to
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  • 584 1 North Vietnamese divisions poised.,. SAIGON, Wed. (UPI) Vietnam has infiltrated two full divisions into South Vietnam's northwestern corner and have one and possibly two more poised along the demilitarised zone for a large-scale invasion, a top-ranking military spokesman reported today. The spokesman said
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  • 445 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) President Johnson called a highpowered White House meeting today as American diplomats swung into action to secure the release of the intelligence ship Pueblo, seized by North Korean gunboats yesterday. The White House took a grave view of the
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  • 110 1 MACAO. Wed. (Reuter) Five tourist buses parked in front of a luxury hotel here were set ablaze early this morning. It took firemen more than a n hour to put out the fire by which time three of the buses were completely destroyed. Police rushed
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  • 66 1 TAIWAN, Wed. (Reuter) Speaker after speaker took the floor at a conference here but no one spoke No words were beard, but everybody present understood. the Central News Agency reported- i For yesterday’s conference. attended by over 100 people, was for the deaf and dumb They
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  • 162 1 SEOUL. Wed. (Reuter) —Reliable sources here said America today told the South Korean Government it had decided on some “grave initial steps” to cope with recent provocative acts by North Korea. They said the decision was conveyed by U.S. Ambassador William
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  • 102 1 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik today reassured Singapore that Indonesia had no territorial ambitions on the Republic. Mr. Malik was speaking outside his office to reporters who asked him to comment on Singapore's reported concern over the British military withdrawal from the island. “Indonesia
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  • 58 1 PORT LOUIS. Mauritius, Wed. (Reuter) British troops patrolled this Indian Ocean colony today and police reported that the situation is returning to normal after more than a week of racial violence. Only isolated incidents were reported during the night. At one point. 20 people tried to set a
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  • 127 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, said today it was worthwhile studying the three-point proposal for peace in South-east Asia suggested by the formei Minister of Home Affairs, Tun (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman. Speaking to newsmen at the
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  • 81 1 CHICAGO, Wed (Reuter)' Fire swept through a section of the Conrad Hilton the world’s largest hotel injuring three residents and forcing hundreds of others to flee their rooms just before midnight. Flames and smoke spread along the hotel's ninth floor corridor after breaking out in
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 37 1 LADIES DAY ■7" fi a to WfM "It’s sort of a sports car —a home run dented the roof, a golf drive broke the windshield and the fender got that way in the race track parking loti’
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 176 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications. Tun V.T Sambanthan, said in the Dewan Ra'ayat today he was advised by the Legal Department not to reveal any details of the report on piling works at the Police Field Force base at Tanjong
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    • 213 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. If Singapore fishermen leave territorial waters thqy assume risks which the Marine Police could not be responsible for, according to the Minister of State for Defence Mr. Wee Toon Boon, today. Mr. Wee was replying to a question by Mr.
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    • 92 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Forty-six technician' of the Public Works Department resigned from the service between Jan. 1. 1965 and Dec. 1 last year, the Minister for Law and National Development. Mr. E.W. Barker told Parliament today. Most of them did not give any reason for their resignation,
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    • 27 2 SINGAPORE. Wed There will be no water and poor pressure on Friday from 9am.to6 p m. at Meyer Road between Fort Road and Mayfield Avenue.
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    • 510 2  -  By Musa Scully and Ben D'Cunha Kuala Lumpur, Wed TYIALAYSIAS proposal for a five-nation defence conference is to discuss arrangements for a limited form of defence in the region. “This does not mean that we want to fight massive aggression from a
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    • 81 2 He was accompanying the air-dropping helicopter to see for himself the situation in the area. Picture shows part of the stricken areas at Lamag. The Resident, Sandakan, Mr. Richard Lind toured the flood stricken areas along the Kinabatangan River recently. Although the situation in Tawau
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    • 93 2 KAMPAR. Wed—N. Christie Viveganandan. 22. of Butterworth. was fineo $1 no or one months jail in the Magistrate's Court today when he pleaded guilty to stealing a tape recorder be- longing to the Kampar O.C.P.D Mr D F Sundra Raj. Viveganandan called on Mr. «<n
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    • 92 2 SINGAPORE. Wed At a preliminary inquiry into the murder of a 17-year-old youth which entered its second day today, six witnesses. including twm doctors from the General Hospital, gave evidence before the Magistrate. Mr. Boey Kun Hong. Tan Cheng Huat and Quek Kim Hock
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    • 253 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. said today tie Government at present was not granting MARA a monopoly right to run new bus routes in the country. In answer to an oral question bv the DAP Member for Bungsar. Mr. C.V.
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    • 172 2 TAIPING, Wed. Two youths, one armed with a pistol, shot a merchant, Chai Chong Young alias Chuah Chong Eng, in a robbery bid at his office in Simpang Road here last evening The victim was shot in the chest. He was rushed to the district
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    • 244 2 Manicka: Fair and reasonable assistance to retrenched men KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A committee of officials are at present looking into the training of retrenched Malaysians, for jobs to meet the country's needs, in view of the British defence withdrawal, the Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manirkavasagam. said today. However, the
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    • 77 2 SINGAPORE. Wed There were 151 accidents six of which were fatal at Nicoll Highway since its conversion into a three-car-riageway on Aug. 5 last year up to Jan. 7 this year. Parliament was told today. The Min:s?c r of State for Defence, Mr. Wee Toon
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    • 170 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Parliament today adopted the Bill to abolish the Corporation Duty Ordinance, which was enacted 62 years ago for the imposition of a corporation duty of three per cent on all movable and immovable properties corporated and unincorporated in Singapore. The Bill
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    • 48 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The British High Commissioner designate. Mr. Arthur de !a Mare, flew into Singapore today to take up his appointment. He said he brought with him some messages from London for the leaders here. His family is expected to join him on Monday.
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    • 196 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Joint Chambers of Commerce in Singapore last night threw a grand reception to fete the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and Mrs. Lee. The primary purpose of the reception which was held in the Auditorium of the Chinese
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    • 87 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. A motor-cyclist, John Hugh Simon. 24. who was involved in a road accident at the junction of Norfolk Road and Owen Road two days ago. died in the General Hospital this morning. The deceased, of Mergui Road, sustained serious head injuries. Those who have
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    • 68 3 6 pm International Exposition 1968 at New World Amusement Park, Jalan Bpsar. 6 p m Singapore Festival ’6B at Gay World Stadium, Gcvlang. 7.30 pm. Chinese Variety Show at Victoria Theatre, Empress Place 7.30 pm. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture at Chwee Chian Road (Malay
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    • 339 3 SINGAPORE. Wed The Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore will conduct four courses on international relations, vocational guidance. poetry of the romantic period in England, and the problems of adolescence. The lecturer for the 10lecture course on international relations, will be Professor
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    • 127 3 Japanese 'floating mission coming SINGAPORE. Wed A Japanese ship which inroporates the idea of providing young people with an opi>ortunity to learn while travelling abroad by ship, will arrive here on Feb. 4. The 370 youths including the tour leader. Yukichi Yokoyama, who is also fh Chairman. Board of Directors
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    • 537 3  -  By ANTHONY CHIA SINGAPORE, Wed. The re-organised Ngee Ann College Council, established on the lines of the "Thong Saw Pak Report," had its first meeting today. The meeting discussed the organisation and curriculum problems of the college. By Feb. 1, the new
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    • 306 3 SINGAPORE. Wed Two prominent Japanese businessmen arrived here last night to discuss plans for the increased assembly and manufacture of SHARP electrical products here. They are Mr. Koichi Oshige. chief and director, and Mr. Masamitsu Aka matsu. manager of the Export
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    • 97 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Certain adjustments and new regulations by the Port of Singapore Authority that are to come into effect tomorrow have been deferred for a month till Feb. 24. They concern: Inne r Road s lighter anchorage; Adjustments to Inner Roads anchorages; Removal of
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    • 1260 4  -  'Be friendly with all countries even Red China-Syed Ja'afar By Kuala Lumpur, Wed. Musa Scully and Ben D’Cunha THE Alliance member for Jobcre Tenggara, Tan 3ri Syed Ja'afar Albar, ♦hi« evening called or the government to adopt a non* aligned foreign po« liey for the country.
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    • 440 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. Fresh elections will be held to elect the officebearers of the newlvregistered Singapore Telephone Board Workers’ Union under the supervision of the Registrar of Trade Unions. The elections are being held following a protest lodged to the Registrar of Trade Unions by
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    • 355 4 SINGAPORE. Wed The Redundance Payments Fund Bill was today passed by Parliament with amendments suggested by the National Trades Union Congress and the services unions. In moving the second reading of the Bill, the Minister for Labour. Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, said that most
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    • 41 4 SINGAPORE Wed. Sixty -nine unauthorised structure were found on State land in Jurong between Jan. 1. 1963 and Dec. 31 last year, the House was told today. Of these 69. 45 were demol'sned and the rest regularised.
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    • 102 4 INCHE Hassan bin Tahir, employed at 66 Station Workshop REME. Seremban. started as an Instrument Mechanic Class 2 in an In. fantry Workshop 22 years ago He Is now an Artificer Instrument Specialist the only locally employed civilian in Malaysia to have achieved this grading. Inche Hassan was responsible for
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    • 461 4 SINGAPORE, Wed Given the opportunity and the stimulus, medicine in Singapore can continue to provide for its citizens, the splendour of modern medicine which is being enjoyed by the more developed countries. r This was said here today by Dr Arthur Lim
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    • 105 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Sultan and Tunku Ampuan of Selangor will visit Thailand for 14 days beginning Feb. 11 to 24. and not from Jan. 28 to Feb. 12 as earlier announced. The Selangor Government announced today that the Royal entourage will leave
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    • 524 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. How did the MalayAUn and Singapore Prime Ministers react to the Accelerated British withdrawal? The comparison was drawn in the Dewan fta’aytt this evening by Alliance backbencher, Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed, during the Budget debate. Dr. Mahathir said: “It was with
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    • 122 4 IPOH. Wed. A 19-year-old girl. Yee Chooi Nooi testified in the Sessions Court today that a mason lived on her as her paramour in the Cathay Hotel. She was the prosecution witness In which the mason. Wong Yee, 34 and a hawker. Yeah Haw Hing,
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    • 504 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. A youth described a* a “rejected lover" was foend guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the High Court here today. The youth. Ng Kim Seng. 21. was found guilty of causing the death of Juay Chin Seng at 3
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    • 1395 10  - S’pore desirable partner in any defence arrangement Lee SUFFICIENT DEFENCE CAPABILITY BEFORE DEC. 31, 1971: By PETER LOKE fir MARTIN LIM SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore will Have developed a sufficient defence capability to make the Republic a dependable and a desirable partner in any defence arrangement long before Dec. 31, 1971
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    • 175 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The delay in handing down decision by the Industrial Arbitration Court within two weeks after the completion of hearing was not due so much os to the system, but to the shortage of persons available on the panel. The Minister for
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    • 327 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Australian Labour Partj leader, Mr. Gough Whitlam, is expected to be here on Monday for defence talks with Premier Lee Kuan Yew in the wake of the British pull-out from Singapore and Malaysia by 1971. They are expected to discuss the proposed
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    • 239 10 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has emerged a popular favourite after his recent visit to Britain at least with three correspondents to London's evening newspapers. Mr. Lee would win hands down In any vote on the personality of
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    • 145 10 SINGAPORE. Wed The Federal Court of Appeal today reserved judgment of a eivi! appeal involving ASP Pritam Singh. The appeal is against an interlocutory injunction granted to ASP Pritam Singh by the High Court last September. The appellants in the suit are
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    • 479 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. Dr. Teng Ping Ming. Chairman of the Singapore Musical Society, has appealed to all musiclovers to participate in the Society's yearly music competition in violin, piano and voice. He said that this competition would provide an opportunity for young musicians to
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    • 236 11 17'UALA LUMPUR, Wed. The ban on the firing of fire crackers in West Malaysia, except Penang, Province Wellesley and certain districts in Kedah and Perak will be lifted for the Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh as follows:- Chinese New Year:
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    • 257 11 But they are not too keen KAJANG. Wed it is, seven days to Chinese New Year and this town which normally celebrates the occasion in a big way is “calm and quiet.” at thi s time of the year fire crackers would be let off in the town and also
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    • 97 11 IPOH. Wed. A counter clerk of the Post Office in Tapah. Mohamed Shajuddin bin Haji Mohamed Nengah. 49. who withdrew three sums of money from h;s estranged wife's saving book, has appealed against his conviction in the High Court fcere He was sentenced by the Sessions Court
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    • 29 11 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. Thieves broke into the premises of Gooo Commercial Institute at Jalan Bandar here last night and carried away 27 typewriters worth $8 000.
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    • 57 11 The retired area manager of Southern Banking Berhad. Mr. Koh Sin Hock, (left) was presented with a golden memento by Puan Sri Saw Seng Kew. wife of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of the bank, at a dinner held in his honour
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    • 104 11 Kuala lumpur. Wed The Selangor Traffic Police today launched an “Operation ‘L’ Vehicles” against unserviceable vehicles used by the licensed driving schools in the Federal Capital. The operation, the first of its kind, had proved to be successful. said the Traffic Chief Supt. Mansor b. Mohamed Noor
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    • 69 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Chin Kon Cnoy alias Chin Fat Keong. 22, was today charged in the Magistrate's Court here with abducting a 14-year-old schoolgirl. Angelina Choong. with intent to hold her to ransom Chin, who was charged under the Kidnapping Act. was alleged to have committed
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    • 83 11 BUTTER WORTH. Wed A snatch-thief was caught red-handed by a member of the public, v. ho went to the aid of the victim a housewife, Pang Kim Looi, at Bagan Ajam yesterday. Pang was walking along the road when the youth came up from behind and snatched
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    • 97 11 IPOH. Wed. A sum 6 f $3OO has been allocated by the Young Men’s Christian Association here for school fee s and text books aid for needy students. Announcing this today, the secretary of the Y.M.C A.. Mr. Francis Lee. said the amount was of
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    • 453 11 Ministry explaits non-graduate teachers NUT branch alleyes KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The pilicy of the Ministry of Education of directing college and normal class trained teachers to act as headmasters of full secondary schools for <«"i years or more and later replacing them nno duates came under fire today. The chairman
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    • 70 11 PENANG. Wed A Thai student. Su’hep Thien Suvan, was robbed of his wristwatch. valued at SlOO, by two thugs on a motor-cycle at Crystal Drive. Fettes Park, yesterday. He was cycling alone when the robbers confronted him and demanded his wristwatch. After taking the wristwatch. the
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    • 49 11 ALOR STAR. Wed. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Development. Tun Abdul Razak will pay a one-dav official visit to the State on Friday. He will open a new secondary school at Batu Pekaka in Baling and later attend a public rally in Kuala Pegang.
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    • 70 11 Works of prominent Malaysian artists by Peninsular Art socie’y a t 41. Jalan Raia Muda, 9 a m. to 6 p.m. Jalan Weld swimming pool 9.30 a m. to 12.30 p.m 2 pm. to 5 p.m and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Zoo Negara 10 am. to 6
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    • 19 11 MUAR. Wed. Members of the Kluang District Youth Coun-'il will hold a get-to-gether to celebrate Hari Ra>-a tomorrow.
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    • 75 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— .Mr K Paramalingam. has been re-elected as president of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam. Other officials are: Vice presidents. Mr. M. S Sundram. Mr T R. Sharma. gen. secretary Mr. K Gurupatham and Mr P. G. Bam and Mr V Marimuthu as asst, secretary and
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    • 37 11 MUAR. Wed A new office for the Veterinary Department costing $25,000 has been completed in Tangkak. 16 mile* north of here, under the district rural development programme. It is expected to be opened soon.
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    • 68 11 Wendy Wendler (extreme right) and her colleague. Miss Betty Denny, of the American Red Cross Clubmobile, Korea, admire one of 19 pieces of contemporary
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    • 75 11 IPOH. Wed The Ceylon Association of Perak will be holding a Chinese New Year ball at the Cultural Hall In Connolly Road here on Saturday. The dance Is under the patronage of the President of the Municipal Council. Dato S P. Seenlvasagam. Highlight of the dance
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    • 54 11 KLUANG, Wed. Government Workers Union here will hold a variety night at the Diamond Jubilee Hall on Thursday. Ist Feb This is in aid of the Union’s Building Fund. Tickets priced at $l/- can be obtained from Enche Yusof bin Edah. Secretary of the Kluang Government Workers Union
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    • 17 11 MUAR. Wed The Chinese Recreation Club celebrated its 12th anniversary, with a dinner here night
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    • 39 11 The Sultan and the Tunku Ampuan of t*eiangor visited the Rehabilitation Centre for Orang Asli at Gombak. Kuala Lumpur, on Monday. Picture shows the Sultan joking with a child Datient. Adu bin Basatu, from Tapah.
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    • 318 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, today appealed to Malaysians ta take active part in the Solidarity Week which begins on Feb. 8. The launching .of the week at the Parliament House will coincide with the birthday
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    • 54 11 KUALA LUMPUR. WCd. —An elderly man. V POhnusamy, 78. was today charged in the Magistrate's Court here with the murder of a woman, K. Piilapatu, at about 2 am. yesterday at Road 15, Petaling Jaya. Ponnusamy was remanded in custody at Pudu Jail impending a preliminary ui.
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    • 98 13 One hundred and eleven unlicensed hawkers were g iv en stall pilches in the Jalan Raia Bot Emnorium in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday morning. They were among the 144 unlicensed hawkers who were nlvinr their trade alonir Jaian Tuanku Abdul Rahman, near the overhead pedestrian walk A public draw for
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    • 447 13 KOTA KINABALU, Wed. The Indonesian Government trade representative stationed in Tawau has indicated that his trade office will be ready to function, beginning tomorrow. The new procedure on trade and method of payment between Malaysia and Indonesia will therefore come into effect in Sabah on
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    • 195 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Council of the Malayan Zoological Society has "reluctantly" decided to increase the admission fees for adults to Zoo Negara as from Jan. 20. The new rate is 70 rents, an increase of 20 cenls to the 50 cents charged since
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    • 37 13 PENANG. Wed. The new Choong Nam Theatre In Ayer Itam will hold Its gala opening at 7 p.m. on Thursday. The total proceeds will be donated to the St. Nicholas Development Plan Appeal.
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    • 28 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. The Customs and Excise Department at Johore Bahru will be closed on Jan. 30 and Jan. 31, being public holiday* Chinese New Yea*.
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    • 94 13 IPOH. Wed. Two exservicemen. Warrant Officer II Lazlm bln Said and Staff Sergeant Idris bin Basir, wi.l be presented with long service and good conduct medals at an Inspection parade to be held at the Second Malaysia Infantry Brigade camp in Ashbv Road here at 8.30 a
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    • 203 13 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter)— The Standing Committee of the recently formed Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) is due to meet here tomorrow to discuss economic co-operation plans and pave the way for the first ministerial conference of the organisation later this year. The meeting
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 204 5 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Singapore would have to look after her own security sooner or later, whatever the threat might be, Lord Chalfont Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said last night. He was replying to a House of Lords debate on the government’s decision
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    • 164 5 COPENH AGEN. Wed. < Reute~) The Social Democratic Party of Prime Minister Jens Otto Kraae. which has held power in Denmark for 14 vears last night conceded defeat in a general election and will resign today. Mr. Ivar Noergaard. Economy and Common Market
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    • 77 5 LONS LE SAUNIER. France. Wed. (Reuter). The International Milan-to-Paris express crashed rear here early today killing at least two people and Injuring 20. First reports said at least three others were feared dead. Three of the train’s coaches came off the tracks In a tunnel at Mesnay
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    • 270 5  -  By LYN GAMBLES LONDON. Wed (Reuter). Socialist politicians have fewer headaches (the real kind) than Conservatives, but more sleepless nights, a team of doctors reported today. They issued a survey showing what makes British members of Parliament tick (medically speaking). Doctors found on the Labour governement
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    • 64 5 CAMBRIDGE. Massachusetts. Wed. (UPI) Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who has tutored the Beatles, Mia Farrow and thousands of others in “Trancendenta' meditation”, was at Harvard University for an appear- ance on Monday night. The c’'ru of the Hirdu order of Snankaracharp. is the sT> ritual leader of th~
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    • 183 5 MANILA. Wed. (t’PI) Youthful demonstrators plan to march on the Philippine Congress building agam to day to protest graft and corruption in the government. Last night, some 1.000 torch-bearing, chanting youths burned an effigy of U.S- President Johnson and demanded the recall of
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    • 332 5 M. De Lipkowski, whose views have often in the past closely reflected those of the French government, was speaking in a political debate in the parliament which groups M Ps of the six Common Market countries. He proposed that as a first step towards
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    • 212 5 J ed (I PI) Squads of South Korean thL s^ armed the countryside south of }P* d rm'htansed zone gunning for 24 North Koreans fleeing after being thwarted in their attempt to assassinate President Park Chung-Hee. P United Nations troops along the 155-mile truce line
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    • 107 5 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) A writer who favours liberalised abortion law's in the United States claimed today he has been arranging for skilled abortions through at least one clergyman here. The writer. Lawrence Lader. said in a Redbook Magazine, a women's journal. that a New
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    • 227 5 TROY. New Y'ork. Wed. (I'PI) The nuclear bombs lost off the coast of Greenland after the B-52 bomber crash on Sundav should not be difficult to locate and recover, according to a geology expert who studied the ocean bottom at North Star Bay
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    • 51 5 MILAN. Italy Wed. (UPI) Milan police today disclosed a new racket false Sirilian earthquake refugees. poli-c s d a number of persons tn the crowd of refugees arriving by train from Sicily turned out to be frauds. Police certificates identifying them as earthquake survivors proved to be
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    • 76 5 FORMER Danish Foreign Minister is to get the coveted German Carnival award of “The Order Against Dead Seriousness” from the Aachen Carnival Society. Reason: Per Haekerrup is knowledgeable, aggressive, and filled with a good sense of humour. He once bicycled with his family through the
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    • 102 5 NEW YORK. Wed (CPI) School superintendent Bernard E. Donovan has asked the city’s board of education for an Immediate allotment of U.S. 125 m. to hire guards for New York's 900 public schools. Mr. Donovan asked that the money be made available by Feb. 1 so a
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    • 276 5 MELBOURNE. Wed. (Reuter) The Virar of a Melbourne suburb who remarried during the lifetime of his divorced wife was ex Pe 11 e d from office for “scandal'’ today. The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne Dr. Frank Woods, told the vicar, the reverend
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    • 209 6  -  Mr. Wilson MOSCOW, W*d. (UPI) Soviet Premier Alexei Kdsygin told British Prime Minister Harold Wilson yesterday that if Britain wants peace in Vietnam he should demand an end to US. bombing of North Vietnam. Despite Mr. Kosygin’s statement, the British leader
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    • 98 6 BANGKOK. Wed <UPI> The slipstream of a Caravelle jet that collided with a Thai military Beechcraft on Sunday may have sucked the smaller plane into the larger, officials theorized today. The Beechcraft. with an American photographer, a Swedish model and four Thai military men
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    • 130 6 CAMBRIDGE. Massachusetts. Wed (UPI) Mrs. Frank Sinatra is to leave for India with a bearded Guru who told a Harvard Law forum on Monday mght his system of meditation will end w*ar, famine and earthquakes. Mia Farrow. Sinatra's estranged wife, plans to spend a period
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    • 77 6 GENEVA. Wed. (UPI)._ There is an urgent need for more dentists in the developing countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday. On average. WHO said there is one dentist for every 5.600 people in the world. But in Upper Volta there is only one dentist
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    • 29 6 LONDON, Wed (UPI) Dr. Percy Mark Herbert, Chaplain to King George King George VI and Queen Elizabeth 11. died today in a London hospital. He was 82.
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    • 119 6 LAGOS. Nigeria. Wed. Federal government troops captured two more towns yesterday in a drive into the heart of the rebel 180 country which looked like leading to a clean-up of the seven-month old civil war. A Federal communique said the two towns captured were Amadin
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    • 96 6 BANGALORE. India. Wed. (UPI) Police fired today on a mob of more than l.non students protesting against alleged federal government favouritism toward the Hindi language Two persons were killed and nine injured, police said. four with bullet wounds. The crowd burned a number of
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    • 140 6 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) Admiral John S Me Cain, commander of United States Naval Forces in Europe, said last night the Soviet Union has forged well ahead of the U.S. in certain areas of seapower. He called in a speech here f6r “A revitalised
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    • 81 6 ATHENS. Wed (UPI) The United States today resumed “normal working relations” with the government of Premier George Papadopoulos for the first time since King Constantine fled to Rome on Dec. 14. Foreign diplomats m Athens are accredited to the King and his departure from the country
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    • 78 6 TEL AVIV. Wed. < Reuter) Israel and the United Arab Republic today completed the exchange of prisoners of war captured during the Middle East war last June, it was officially announced here Israel has released 4.431 Egyptian prisoners, including 493 officers while the U A.R. repatriated
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    • 61 6 The man who tried to kill Park battle with police and soldiers They admitted their mission was to blow up the presidential mission and kill Seoul Kim Shin-Jo (left) captured member of a 31man band of North Korean guerrillas who infiltrated into Seoul causing furious President Park Chung Hee and
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    • 401 6 TI/I'ANILA, Wed. (UPI). Philippine Foreign Secretary Mr. Narciso Ramos said today the nations in South-east Asia must unite for their own advancement and survival in the face of emerging regional blocs in other parts of the world. Mr. Ramos said President Ferdinand E.
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    • 75 6 SYDNEY, Wed. (UPI) Postal workers in New* South Wales and Western Australia today voted to end their 13-day stri that has piled up mi.lions of undelivered letters and parcels. The strikers passed the vote after unions' officials assured Sydney mail van drivers their wage
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    • 167 6 HONG KONQ, Wed. (UPI). The general who led Communist Chinese troops mto Lhasa during Chinas take over of Tibet has taken his own life, according to reports received in this listening post. The reports, contained in a red guard publication smuggled out of China, said
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    • 232 6 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) The Pentagon announced today that "low level radioactivity" had been encountered by a search team at the site of Sundav's crash i n Greenland of a B-52 bomber carrying nuclear weapons. But the Pentagon statement also said no trace of
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    • 30 6 NEW DELHI, Wed. (Reufer) Hafiz Mohammed Ibrahim, former governor of the Punjab and at one time Minister for Irrigation and Power in the Indian government, died here today.
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    • 70 6 FRANKFI RT. Karl Dietrich Wolff. 24-year-nld President of the Maaist-lining Socialist Germans Students Federation, shows one of the handbills with which his organisation tries to persuade U.S soldiers to desert. Behind him a Vietcang flag. Carefully phrased to avoid violating German law. it
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    • 176 6 VUNH TAU, Vietnam. Wed. (UPI) Gunner Leonard E. Newman will march into a plywood courtroom on the sand dunes of this coastal supply base today, stand before a seven-officer court and hear his sentence for manslaughter in the death of one of his officers. The
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    • 45 6 PALERMO. Sicily. Wed. (Reuter) The threat of a typhoid epidemic in quakestricken western Sicily has been averted. Italy’s Health Ministry said today. It said there had been no increase in cases of infective diseases apart from occasional mumps and other common children's diseases
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    • 145 6 LONS-LE S A U N I E R France. Wed. (Reuter) Rescue squads today worked to release trapped passengers after the international Milan-to-Paris Express crashed in a tunnel near here killing at least two and injuring 37. The two dead are believed to
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    • 141 6 INDIANAPOLIS. Indiana. Wed. (UPI) Former British Prime Minister Mr. Harold MacMillan sa.d on Monday night the appearance of Communist China as a major power has changed the tvhole world situation. He termed the United States and Russia the two greatest powers in the
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    • 176 6 BANGKOK. Wed. (Reuter) American military and Thai police are trying to identify the body of an attractive young blonde found murdered beside a dirt track in Thailand's Saraburi provuee, 73 miles north of Bangkok. The nude body of the girl, believed to be an
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    • 116 6 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) The New York Times today called 0 n the American people to keep cool and not jump to conclusions "as some members of Congress have already done" about the Pueblo incidentThe newspaper said that if the ship were taken on the
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    • 270 7 PARIS. Wed. (Reuter) The rich Western countries today agreed to support President Johnson's drastic moves to improve the U S. balance of payments and expressed confidence in Britain’s austerity mea- sures. A consensus on these two points was reached during a two-day meeting
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    • 129 7 TOKYO. Wed. (Reuter) Visiting Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai K. Baibakov was today assaulted by a Japanese youth with a wooden sword used In Kendo (Japanese martial art) training, at the Nagoya Railway Station, Central Japan, police reported. Mr. Baibakov was unhurt and the assailant
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    • 45 7 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Britain's army, navy and *ir forces, shaken by government's cuts in defence spending and commitments, are getting fewer recruits. Defence Ministry figures showed an army total of 167,749. including apprentices. last December, which was 2.544 less than in December 1966.
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    • 219 7 PANMUNJOM. Korean Demilitarised Zone. Wed. (Reuter) North Korea disclosed at the armistic village of Panmunjotn today that North Korean naval vessels fired on the USS Pueblo yesterday and ‘‘several of her crew members were killed or wounded The senior North Korean delegate to
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    • 36 7 At 960 tons, th* 5 *hip is one of UPI radiophota the smallest assigned to distant waters.
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    • 39 7 GIBELLINA, Sicily: Survivors leave stunned and homeless after the worst earthquake to hit Sicily for 60 years. Hundreds of homes became piles of rubble and more than .300 are feared dead last week
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    • 271 7 PORT LOUIS. Mauritius. Wed. (Reuter) British troops flew into this Indian Ocean colony from Singapore to quell race rioting in which 17 people have died and headed towards Port Louis. More troops were due later aboard other aircraft. Two British Navy frigates H.M.S.
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    • 76 7 NEW YORK. Wed (Reuter) The American Telephone and Telegraph company and the communications workers of America today jointly announced the end of a four-day strike by overseas operators and the union agreed to submit its grievances to arbitration The union called the strike because of a
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    • 118 7 MANILA. Wed. (Reuter) The Philippine government is laying special emphasis on the economic development of the country in the coming year This is seen in President Ferdinand Marcos’ decision to “maintain a balanced budget” of 2.000.000.000 pesos (about £200.000,000) with an outlay of 30 8 per
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    • 138 7 HONG KONG. Wed. (Reuter) China has made a "strong protest" to Burma over the ordered expulsion of two journalists working for the New China News Agency in Rangoon, the agency has reported. The protest note was handed to the Burmese Foreign Ministry by the Chinese
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    • 202 7 FRANKFURT. Wed. (Reuter) East German skiing star Ralph Poehland. who crossed to the West last Friday, will compete for West Germany in the Grenoble Winter Olympics, the West German Olympic Committee announced today. The 21-year-old skier jumped from a hotel window in Le
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    • 239 7 CAPE KENNEDY. Florida. Wed. (Reuter) The United States has jumped another hurdle on the path to the moon with the successful maiden flight of an unmanned lunar landing craft which ended early today. The Apollo-5 mission appeared to have made acceleration of the man
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    • 148 7 GENEVA. Wed (Reuter) The World Health Organisation's world-wide maiaria eradication programme will be reviewed at the winter meeting of its executive board which began here today. agenda details showed. This programme is the largest and most widespread of WHO’s activities. WHO statistics show that 78
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    • 76 7 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Catherine Amery. daughter of former Prime Minister Mr. Harold MacMillan, was today fined 50 sterling, ordered to pay 21 sterling costs and disqualified from driving for a year for drunken driving Mrs. Amery. 41. whose husband. Mr. Julian Amery, was Aviation Minister in a
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    • 144 7 JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter) Indonesia's acting President General Suharto has decided to recall 11 ambassadors appointed by his predecessor, deposed President Sukarno in a big shake-up of Indonesia’s Foreign Service, it was announced here today. Brigadier General Her Tasning. director for special affairs at the
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    • 81 7 BERNE Wed 'Reuter) The Swiss Finance Ministry has been instructed to examine the possibility of Switzerland joining the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, a government spokesman said here today. This could herald a new departure in this country's policy of staying aloof from the
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  • 850 8 SINCE the announcement by Harold Wilson’s Government of its intention to pull out British troops from Singapore and Malaysia, Tun (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman’s three-point plan for security in the South-east Asian region which he disclosed to the Malaysian Parliament last Tuesday is a sunburst
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  • 1571 8 IN a land where the bullock cart still plies and the Persian water wheel turns its perpetual cycle, the appearance of a nuclear reactor may seem somewhat incongruous. But in India, where the past constantly overlaps into the present, there is a natural
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  • 411 8 Bonn meeting of thoughts ideas T a three-hour meeting in the Foreign Office in Bonn last Friday the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. George Brown and Herr Willy Brandt, Federal German Foreign Minister, were able to review the positions of their respective governments on developments in Europe following the French veto
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    • 141 8 yyiTH reference to the Redundancy Payments Fund, it is necessary to point out that retrenchments have taken place since Indonesian confrontation began and still continues in the private sector. And all retrenchment benefits have been taxed by the Income Tax Department. Therefore, the Government
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  • 229 8  -  nr Henry B. Rothblatt (Authors "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") r|ORIS and Barry had been divorced for some !jj time. Doris had a judgment against Barry for j|j JjJ child support arrears. When Doris learned that j !l the deed to his mother’s house was in
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 323 9 TJONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) Tiny Hong Kong intends to send half a plane load of delegates to a Taipei Travel Conference next month to spread the word that the colony remains a tourist's delight despite last year's Communist violence, a Tourist industry
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    • 165 9 SINGAPORE. Wed —Pan American World Airways has purchased 19 additional Boeing 707 intercontinental jet transports, L. T Bready, Director, Singapore Malaysia Brunei, announced today. Pan Am's financial planning for future aircraft, Including supersonic transports, totals more than $1.5 billion. Sixteen 707-3218 passenger transports
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The tin price for todav was $557.50 per picul, up 75 cents
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    • 156 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Two representatives of K.L.M s cargo agents are leaving for Amsterdam this week to join their colleagues from other parts of the world for an air-cargo training course. They are Mr. Goh Chee How of Singapore Baggage and Transport Agency Limited and
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    • 125 9 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) Stock Markets were mostly easier today. Industrial dipped around 1/- before closing slightly above the lows with small selling finding little resistance. Continued uncertainty over the immediate consumer outlook and the setback at overnight Wall St. were major factors for the downtrend. Towards the
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    • 845 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Quieter conditions prevailed on the Stock Exchange today with the total turnover falling slightly to 964.000 units of stocks and shares. Industrial prices were steady after yesterday's easiness. 16 counters having gains of up to six cents; with the exception of
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    • 97 9 MANILA. Wed. (UPI) Foreign Secretary. Mr. Narciso Ramos Is expected to head the Philippine delegation to the United Nations conference on trade and development In New Delhi next month. A government spokesman said the delegation will also Include Philippine Ambassador to India Leon Guerrero. Ambassador
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    • 23 9 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Rubber market opened slightly easier with spot 16 16}. No 1 RSS CIF basis ports Feb. 15-15-16 161/16.
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    • 23 9 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) Money Quotations: HKS--6.0375/6.0575 per US dollar for cash. HK514.48 per pound sterling. HK5285.5 per tael gold.
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    • 47 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged. Sales nil. March 17 05 17.30 May 17.30 17 65 July 17.40 17.75 September 17.40 17.75 November 17.45 18.15 January 17 45 18.15 The Spot No. 1 RSS held steady at 16J cents per pound, nominal.
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    • 172 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. It is aptly said when describing the Far East Curio Centre as the ‘Showcase of the World and ‘Shopping paradise for women because this is where one can get exquisite products from the world over, especialv the New Year gifts Far
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    • 95 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The sole agency of the Inter-nationally-famed house of cosmetic* Helena Rubinstein has recently been taken over by a Singapore Company. Messrs. Henry David Ltd. The new team of beauty consultants will be headed by their London-trained Beautician Supervisor for Singapore and Malaysia, Mrs.
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    • 79 9 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Rubber market Tuesday closed quiet with spot 163/16 16-3 8 Settlement House Feb 16-3/16 16-5/16 March 16-3/8 16-1/2 April 16-5 8 16-13/16 April/June 16-7/8 17 July/Sept 17-3/8 17-1/2 Oct/Dec 17-3 4 17-7/8 Jan/March 17-15/16 18-1/16 April/June 18-1/8 18-1/4 July/Sept 18-1/4 18-7/16 Oct/Dec 18-3 T
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    • 307 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE. Wed February first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 46-3/8 cents per lb., dotvn five-eighths of a cent from previous close. The tone was slightly steadier. London advices were disappointing and after a lower opening the market
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    • 20 9 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter)—No offers were received today to buy government stock-piled tin. the General Services Administration said.
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    • 497 9 YOUR SHARES—UP-DOWN— UNCHANGED SINGAPORE—Stock Exchange nid and offer price* officially listed at the close 1 of business. IXDCSTRIALS B**n Co 2.24 2.25 Bonstead 1.65 166 t sugar 9 OO 2.23 Chemical Co. i; 1.53 Cold Storage 3.90 3.98 Hunlop 2.39 E. smelting 4.24 4.26 Esso Ords 3 02 3.01 Ell
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    • 46 9 (Managers’ Prices) Flr*t Mala van X!> 2..IR 'fennel Malayan XD 1.69 Third Malayan 1.10 The Commerce Industry 90 .99 The saving Fund 94 1.03 First Hongkong .xo .85* Second Hongkong .55 .59* Malayan Investment Fund 1.00 1.10 Sterling Commodity 4/2 4/9 Hong Kong Currency)
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    • 114 9 SINGAPORE, Wed The noon prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Lxchange today are Buyer seller Coconut Oil (FOB) Bulk 59 no Coconut oil d .(I B.) Drums 61 50 Loo'e Copra Mixed Jan/ felt 3fi.nn 1 M tint ok White Pepper (E.O.B.) n«% VI.W 135.00 Sarawak W litre Pepper
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    • 52 9 SINGAPORE Wed. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made th« following changes in its rates to merchants: CANADA: Buying T. T. .35-11/16; Airmail O. D 3513/16; 90 d/st. 36-1/2 credit bills; 36-9/16 trade bills. SELLING T.T./O.D. ready were: Canada 35-5/16; Deutsche Marks 130-3/8. Belgian Francs 1616; Swedish
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    • 98 9 SINGAPORE. Wed The following ships are expected to be in port today:Godowns Vessels 1/2 Centaur 3/4 Hoegh Dene 6/7 Kristin Bakke 8/9 Rotti 10/11 Sargodha 13/14 Atreus 15 /16 Sumatra 18 Var 19 Wandebori 21/22 Katong 25/26 Kinabalu 29/30 Caprera 31/32 Toledo 33/34 Glenlyon 38/39 Colombo Maru
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1422 10 YOUR TV and r;.;; TODAY TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Pulau Pinang; 6 Ipoh and Melaka: 3 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 Kluang. P.M. 545 Opening Annct. Prog. Summary: 5.50 News Outlines in the National Language; 555 National Songs; 600 News in Tamil; 6.10
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  • STUDENT'S PAGE
    • 281 12 BOOKS are very important to us nowadays. An ordinary man is unable to buy all the books he wants to read. For this reason, the government sets up public libraries in the country What are the advantages of having libraries? Certainly, there must be some uses.
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    • 286 12 I WAS manufactured In England in 1960 I am a ‘Mercedes’ car. When I first arrived in Singapore no one could recognise me. because my body was put in different boxes. After putting my body together and trying me the motor-dealer put me on show
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    • 280 12 IN Singapore there arc many types of shops, such as coffee shop, hardware shop, textile shop, bookshop. radio shop, furniture shop, shoe shop and provision shop. Each shop sells different kinds of things. There is one near my house, it is a prov’sion shop.
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    • 341 12 WE always read about seduction of small children, young girls and many unmatured people in newspapers. This has been Increasing after the Second World War, although the police of every country try to arrest the culprits, but in vain. These people are clever and cunning. Many
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    • 438 12 ONE night, after my dinner at about seven o'clock, I put on my sweater and stepped out of my house for the night stroll. I was walking along the road, whistling in a carefree manner. Everybody hod, at that moment, gone to
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    • 210 12 LAST Saturday was a holiday. I had nothing to do at home. So I decided to visit my uncle at Johore Bahru. I got up early that morning After breakfast. I walked to the bus station I took the bus and arrived at my uncle's
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    • 191 12 ON Sunday when I was left alone at home. I was tempted to cook something for myself. When I entered the kitchen I found my sister's “Cookery’ book I was then very eager to know what was inside. I turned to the first page, and
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    • 383 12 THE MOON was vaguely visible behind the clouds. A solitary figure was seen trudging along wearily with a crate of wood. Except for the hooting of the owls and the crushing of the leaves and twigs caused by his feet as he plodded along all was quiet
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    • 286 12 MY BEST friend’s name is Tan Mui Gek who is staying near my house in River Valley Road with her parents and uncle. She is now 12 years old and is studying in the same Secondary I class of the Hua Yi Government Chinese
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    • 160 12 I HAVE many friends, one of them is Miss Tan Siew Luee. She is 17-year-old. She is older than I am. so I call her sister. She lives at No. 28 Jalan Ismail. Kluang She studies in an English school, and i s in Form 111She
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    • 178 12 ONE day. after dinner we decided to walk in the Kark not far away from our ome. We were In the park holding each other hands. There were five of us, my brothers, my neighbours and I. While walking, we saw many things. We saw
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    • 283 12 ONE dark and gloomy night I was preparing for bed at ten o’clock. I heard shouts outside my house. Curiosity overcame me and I was compelled to open my window to see what was happening. A startling scene met my eyes; for tongues of devouring flames
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    • 161 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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  • Eastern Sun Special
    • 769 14  -  By DERMOT CANNING THE surgeon's knife —for so long the essential tool of surgery will be replaced by a cutting "flame". Instead of a scalpel/ the surgeon of the future will probably hold a miniature device resembling a ball-point pen which will produce
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    • 322 14  -  By ALFRED KLUEHS W H I L E Rudolf Hess, Hitler's one-time deputy, is the only inmate of the 600-cell Spandau War Crimes Prison, West Germany's main jails are so overcrowded that 160 men sleep in two community cells. Serving a life sentence
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    • 188 14 the walls of the Beer Cellar in Munich hung banners which were never taken down. Red banners, with black swastikas superimposed on white circles. Dirty banners. The symbols of the Third Reich. People came to touch them, to kiss them, to see the table where Hitler had sat,
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    • 417 14  -  By J. T. Clarke /CANADIAN clcctronics manufacturers in British Columbia plan longrange expansion into markets in developing countries in the Pacific and on the Asian mainland. Recent surveys by industry and trade missions show that the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Australia will
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    • 1305 14  -  By ROBERT JACKSON Georg Elser planned to kill. Why? When Elser was later captured by the Gestapo, he made a statement —a statement which was kept a closely guarded secret. Only recently, after 28 years, has this statement come to light. Elser told his
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    • 495 14 lAStehn Sun Classified advertisements can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building, Singapore. SS. MUBARUK Brothers. 63, Bras Basah Road, and 2, Maju Avenue, Serangoon Carden Estate. Singapore. TAY BUAN CUAN LTD.. SUPERMARKET 83, East Coast Road, Singapore 15. Tel: *****9 HAMIEM STORE. 1419,
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    • 310 14 TENDER NOTICES TENDER NOTICE TENDERS are invited from caterers for the provision of catering service in the 24i milestone Halfway Tea House. Cameron Highlands from Ist February, 1968 to 31st Dec., 1968. Tenders in writing should be forwarded by registered post in sealed envelopes endorsed on the outside “Catering Service
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 48 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 8.56 a.m. (4.9 ft.), 9.36 pm. (6.4 ft.) Port Swettenham: 12.51 am. (12.9 ft.), 1.41 p.m. (11.1 ft.) Port Dickson: 2.01 a.m. (7.6 ft.), 2.21 p.m. (5.6 ft.) Singapore: 5.43 a.m. (8.3 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 3.47 a.m. (7.1 ft.; Kuantan: 6.09 p.m. (9.2 ft.)
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