Eastern Sun, 27 February 1968

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  • 24 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 Mo. 570 Tuesday, 27 February 1968. ft MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 233 1 SAIGON, Mon (Reuter) General Earle G Wheeler, Chairman of the US. Joint Chiefs of Staff, says he sees "no early end" to the war in Vietnam. His comment on the war came in a statement preparefj before he left here for the United
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  • 459 1 Tanks, helicopter gunships, artillery and warplanes thrown against Viet battalion SAIGON, Mon. (Reuter) GOVERNMENT airborne troops threw tanks, helicopter lT gunships, artillery and fighter aircraft into a raging battle against a hard core Vietcong battalion dangerously close to the Tan Son Nhut airbase yesterday, a
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  • 205 1 SAIGON. Mon. (Reuter) The US. Military Command here todav imposed censorship on its own reports of North Vietnamese and Vietcong attacks on bases like Khe Sanh as artillery bombardments on exposed American positions continued their ferocious intensity. A Command spokesman said that “depending on the
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  • 73 1 KUCHING. Mon. (Reuter) A passenger launch, carrying more than 20 people sank in Southern Sarawak last Saturday night, and so far only six survivors had been rescued, reports reaching here today said. The motor launch was sailing an internal river of Sarawak when it sank.
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  • 180 1 TOKYO. Mon (Reuter) Japanese Prime Minister. Mr. Eisaku Sato, assured Parliament today that any armed attack on Japan would mean total war with the United States. No country in the world would risk this danger and dare to launch such
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  • 192 1 CANBERRA. Mon. (Reuter) AH three of Australia's Armed Forces Ministers have been replaced in the reconstructed Ministry named today by the Australian Prime Minister John Gorton. Two Ministers were dropped Mr. Peter Howson (Air) and Mr. Don Chipp (Navy). Both are Victorian and both proteges
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  • 48 1 MELBOURNE. Mon (Reuter) —Crippling drought in Victoria and South Australia has cost the two States sheep losses of 4.500.000 and wheat production has dropped by more than half. And the eight-month long spell with little or no rain shows no sign of ending.
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  • 36 1 PANAMA CITY. Mon. (Reuter) The Panama Canal was cleared today when the Japanese freighter. Shozan Maru. which had been blocking the waterway since it struck a rock yesterday, was moved after an all-night effort.
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  • 234 1 JAKARTA. Mon. (UPI) The Commander of the British Armed Services in the Far East said on Sunday British forces in the Far East will be concentrated i n Hong Kong after the British pull out from Singapore and Malaysia. Gen. Sir
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  • 193 1 Iff ALA LUMPUR, Mon. IV —The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak, has again stressed the importance of close co-ordination and cooperation among officers carrying out development projects. He said it was imperative for them to work as a team and any difficulties and problems
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  • 49 1 JAKARTA. Mon. CReuter) Four students died and 60 others were in-ured when high winds ble\ wc their school building in the Trenggalek Regency of East Java, Indonesian Antara news agency reported today. It said the school building had been built by the students themselves.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 562 2 Kuala lumpur, Mon. The Government has provided 540.5 mill ion for low-cost housing projects this year. Disclosing this in Parliament today, the Minister of Local Government and Housing. Mr. Khaw Kai Boh. said 33.500 units of low-cost housing had already been built
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    • 324 2 SINGAPORE. Mon The finals of Radio and Television Singapura Talentime will be held at National Theatre on Feb. 29 at 8.45 p.m. Tickets for the show for which 16 finalists will compete, have been sold out. A spokesman for RTS
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    • 198 2 KIALA LI'MPI R. Mon. About 37,758 people have been accommodated in low-cost houses so far. the Minister of local Government and Housing. Mr. Khaw Kai Boh. told the Dewan Raayat toda>\ The figure, he added, did not include these housed by the Federal Land
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    • 200 2 IT TALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Chief of the armed Forces Staff, General Tunku Osman bin Tunku Mohamed Jewa made a whirl-wind visit to the Batu Cantonment in Ipoh Road here this morning. The tour started at 9 a m. from "1 Supply
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    • 114 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. A construction worker who was “buried” under seven feet of sand had a miraculous escape today thanks to his colleagues who were nearby. The worker, Alima bin Diran. 24, was working in a drain at Lorong 6. Toa Payoh Estate, when a wooden shaft
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    • 44 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. An unidentified male Chinese died after his motor-cycle collided with a motor-car alone Fullerton Road near Victoria Memorial Hall tonight. The accident occurred at 7.30 p.m. and the motorcyclist died on the spot The driver of the car was injured.
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    • 217 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. A man walked out of the Singapore Airport arrivals hall clutching an over-sized suit case and asked: “Where is the representative of the Singapore Musical Society?” He was none other than the world’s only known "master of the glass harp. Mr. Bruno
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    • 125 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. A group of boys who were having a picnic at Nicoll Drive yesterday, were attacked by six youths armed with daggers, bottles and sticks. On seeing them, the seven picnickers dispersed in several directions. The acting Police Secretary. Mr. Lionel Chee. said this morning that
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    • 114 2 SINGAPORE Mon The Chairman of the Economic Development Board. Mr Hon Sui Ben. this morning pressed a button to start construction work on a second drydock for the Jurong Shipyard Ltd. Soon after the "start'' by Mr. Hon who is also chairman of JSL —a
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    • 205 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. Many of the MPs, who hare been returned to represent their constituencies have begun the meet-the-peo-ple sessions to find out the problems of the people and offering advice. The new MPs have toured their constituencies extensively to get to know r the people, their
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    • 230 2 SINGAPORE. Mon —The National Library has received requests for material from academic and research institutions in Japan. Thailand. Australia, Britain and the I'nited States. This was disclosed today In a statement by Mrs Hedwlg Annuar. Director of the National Library, while commenting on the National Library
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    • 105 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr. S. Rajaratnam. has received cheques totalling §21,960 for the National Defence Fund. He received these cheques when he attended the anniversary celebrations of the Singapore Textile Dealers F riendly Association on Saturday. Of this.
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    • 347 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. The General Secretary of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical and Technical Employees. Mr. Brich Kissel, warned today that paternalism in a free trade union would lead to exploitation of workers. Mr. Kissel, who is representing the International Confederation of Free Trace
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    • 21 2 PORT SWETTENHAM. Mon Kassim Omar. 54. was fatally Injured at Jalan Watson on Sunday after colliding with a car
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    • 302 3 TO PAVE THE WAY FOR DR. GOH'S CAMBODIAN VISIT: SINGAPORE, Mon. A 22-man Singapore delegation left for Cambodia today to explore avenues for economic co-operation and pave the way for the Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee's visit later this year.
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    • 282 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Five organisations which participated in “Festival '6B"’ at Gay World Amusement Park, contributed more than $lB,OOO towards the Singapore Arts Council and the National Theatre trust today. p The contributions came from the National Pugilistic Association, 512.027; Eng Wah Co, $1,902; Chit Woon
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    • 302 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. Singaporeans are sophisticated watch wearers and Tissot Watch Company of Switzerland consider the Republic an important market. This is why the company sends its officials on regular fact-finding mission to the island, said Mr. L. G. Weibel, the Commercial Director of the
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    • 454 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Rubber and Plastics Division of the School of Engineering of the Singapore Polytechnic was declared open here this evening by the new MP for River Valley, Mr. Low Guan Onn. Mr. Low, who is also on the Polytechnic’s Board of
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    • 169 3 JOHORE BAHRU, .Mon. The Sultan of Johore today urged private Investors to participate in the industrialisation programme of the Government. He was speaking at the official opening of the Fiat Assembly Plant of Kelang Pembena Kereta-K ere t a Sdn. Berhad at
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    • 108 3 SINGAPORE. Mon A 35-vear-old Government clerk. Mohamed Noor bin Hamid, was today charged in a Magistrate's Court with 14 counts of corruption involving a total sum of $375 Noor. who worked in the Department of Broadcasting <TV' at Caldecott Hill, claimed trial to the charges of
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    • 173 4 3 men risked lives to bring her to safety IPOH, Mon. A ten-year-old girl, Wong Mooi Kin escaped death from o fire, which gutted two clubs in Theatre Street here last night. Three men, who declined to disclose their names, rescued the girl from one of
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    • 182 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Top priority is to be given to modem housing for the rank and file of the Royal Malaysia Police Force. This was announced in Parliament here this evening by the Assistant Minister of Home Affairs, Enche Hamzah bin Dato Abu Sans ah
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    • 56 4 PENANG. Mon A 23-year-old seamstress. Wo n g Yoke Seng, teas robbed of h»r handbag, containing $l5 cash, while she was walking home along Kedah Road last night She said her handbag was snatched away bv a vouth on a motor-cycle. Just as she was a* the Junction
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    • 165 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon— The New Zealand Minister of Defence. Mr. D. 8. Thompson will have a busy programme during his sixday visit to Malaysia. In addition to attending a discussion on defence with the Deputv Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Rarak. be will present
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    • 124 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mor. A Sarawak journalist. Mr. Kenny Ee Swee Tu'k. from the Saraw-ak Tribune, left today to attend a seminar in Berlin, organised by the Berlin Institute for Mass Communication in developing countries He was accompanied by another journalist. Enche Rosli Deli, of the
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    • 31 4 PENANG. Mon A band performance by the 10th Princess Marys Own Gurkha Rifles will welcome tourists on board the SS Rotterdam which will be arriving here on March 1.
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    • 482 4  -  By HOO BAN KHEE IT l ALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Sultan and Tunku Ampuan of Selangor were given a redcarpet welcnm° when they returned this morning from a 15-day visit to Thailand. Two hundred VlP's and friends headed by Selangor Mentri Besar. Dato
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    • 266 4 MALACCA. Mon—The continuing drought, alreadv eight weeks long, is keeping the Municipal fir' Brigade busr with lallangand rubbish dump fires. Yesterday, the Fire Brigade had to attend to four grass fires in the district It Is feared that in the event of big fires
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    • 54 4 MALACCA Mor, The Magistrates Court here today deferred 'entence on Chin Joo Ong to March 4 after he had pleaded guilty to possessing and exhibiting obscene Aim at Bukit Baru last Saturday Sentence was also deferred to the same day on 19 others who also pleaded guilty to
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    • 422 4  -  By K.D. RASIAH ;ALOR STAR, Mon. A Lower Court conviction and three-month jail sentence against a farmer Police officer, Sjed Meor Wahid bin Syed Ibrahim, for allegedly enticing away a woman from her husband last September was today quashed by the High Court
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    • 134 4 Selangor MB’ s date today KAJANG. Mon The Mer.tri Besar of Selangor. Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, will pay an official visit to the land development schema at Sungei Tekali. 12 miles from here tomorrow to open the rubber processing centre there. He will also start the tapping of rubber
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    • 67 4 PENANG. Mon. A man was detained by Customs in Butterworth after $3OO worth of cosmetics, ballpoint pens and clothing were found under the seat of his scooter at noon today. Customs officers searched hi? machine when they noticed him acting suspiciously. The man started his engine and tried
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    • 236 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Mentri Besar of Trengganu, Tan Sri Ibrahim Fikri, yesterday declared open the National Electricity Boord's rural power stations at Kemasek end Kerteh. The National Electricity Board's Eastern Area manager. Mr. Loong Sow Toong, said both projects at Kemasek and
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    • 101 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon A labourer told the High Court here today how ne saw his elder brother being stabbed 15 feet away from him :n an oil palm estate near Klang. "Five youths were assaulting him and I immediately ran home for help." sa M. Vadivoloo,
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    • 96 4 KAMPAR. Mon. A tin mine manager this morning foiled an attempted tin ore theft by three men by firing his shotgun. Mr Cheng Wah. 54, manager of the Sin Foh Fatt Tin Mine, was in his office when he heard a noise. On investigating
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    • 95 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. A man today pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court here to outraging the modesty of a woman Oh Hong Chung. 30. was alleged to have used criminal force on a woman while she was walking under the viaduct at 945 pm on
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    • 275 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The National Art Gallery here has been closed since Jan. 18 preparing for a new exhibition. This exhibition entitled "Five Singapore Sculptors'* will be opened by Mr. Lien Ylng Chow. Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia, at 5.30 pm. in the
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    • 126 4 MALACCA, Mon. Gamblers have for the last two days been flocking to the waterfront here to seek lucky numbers from an idol of a Sikh Guru found abandoned there this week. A boatman who first saw the idol was stated to have on the same evening
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    • 101 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon The Skal Club here, an association for those engaged in travel and tourism, has elected its office-bearers for the coming year. They are: President: Mr. M. T Darley < p and O Lines): Vce President: Dato Mahmood bin Ambak 'Federal Development Organisation); Treasurc En''
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    • 322 13 Singapore, Mon. Two Tamil language experts have arrived in Singapore under the Colombo Plan Technical Co-operation Scheme to assist the Ministry of Education in the development of Tamil education in the Republic. The expert? have been brought here through the efforts of the Minister
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    • 436 13 SINGAPORE, Mon. Ahlaq Ahmod, 26, a successful candidate in the recent Higher School Certificate Examination is an example of another achievement for the Singapore Adult Education Board. Like a few others attending the AEB night classes who were successful in
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    • 120 13 SINGAPORE Mon Tar. Yong Tong alias Heng Sew Ming 23 was today fined a ♦otal of 111.453 30 o- two years' la bv the Ninth Magistrate s Court' for possession of 47 IS gallons of illicit samsu H* pleaded guilty to the two charges
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    • 249 13 SINGAPORE, Mon. Closed door talks will begin here tomorrow between British Government and Singapore Government officials on the conversion of military bases for civilian use. It is understood that both sides have prepared their “case'' following hush-hush preparations The British delegation will
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    • 438 13 SINGAPORE, Mon. A private investigator today told the High Court that he found a salesman's wife committing adultery in a Geylang brothel. The investigator. Hussein bln Ibrahim, was giving evidence in a divorce suit brought by t he salesman. Peter Ng Lai
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    • 1628 13 SINGAPORE, Mon. The University of Singapore has released the results of the final examination for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration and the combined first sessional examination in arts/social sciences held lyThe following candidates have passed the Final Examination for the degree of Business
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    • 100 13 SINGAPORE Mon A young couple who wanted privaev. was today charged in the Ninth Mag strate s Court with wilful trespass of an uncompleted block or flats at Taman Jurong The boy. Tan Keng Poh and the girl. Phang Piak Leong, pleaded guilty to entering
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    • 199 13 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Teachers' Union has donated $l,OOO to the National Defence Fund. In a statement today, the general secretary of the union, Mr Thg Chua Hock, said that the teachers had fo r a long tithe contributed in no smill way to
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    • 54 13 8 pm Singapore Festival '6B at Gay World Amusemen? Park. Geylang 7.30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture at R.A F. Seletar Quarters, Hwa Nong School (Jalan Aisagoff). Ho Seng School (Hun Yeang Village). Nam San School (Chua Chu Kang Road) and Pin Ghee High
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    • 395 5  -  Storv bv Janet Chong Pix by Richard Chon HPHE girl who hos it in 1968 has it 011-the whole thing, the "011-of-a-beauti-ful-piece -of girl" look. Knitwear has always ployed a dominating role on all the fashion capitals of the world. In an interview
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    • 191 5 MALAYAN Duck Flambee A La Presse. Clean four plump young wild ducks wnich have hung for not more than two days. Singe and rub inside and out with brandy or lemon Juice with mixed salt and pepper. Roast for Just 17 minutes at 425 degrees F Cut the meat
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    • Article, Illustration
      23 5 Stadning ashtray saves space on the table made in Germany. it's reasonably tagged at $26.50 Walnut cigarette box Quilted cushions Rose-bowl
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    • 42 5 William Travilla sketches his own design for an evening gown of white silk to be worn by Patty Duke in the forthcoming film, 'Valiev of the Dolls.” Of white textured silk, the gown ,'alls .rom shoulder draping into cascades of sinuous pleats.
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      435 5 MO\KEYS-;n-the-moon Don't take this literally. This is actually a very unusual kind of flower holder. It is in the shape of a crescent attached to three detachable monkeys that form like a chain for hanging. In it are holes to hold flower stalks Or plants can also be planted
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    • 241 5 Lovely writes: My hangup is butter. I love it and most dishes tas*e flat to me without it. I need to reduce and got a diet from my doctor. But I can’t stay on it. It ca'ls for one tablespoon of butter pier day. I
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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    • 320 6 Tuesday FEBRUARY 27 AM TIMEX-TIME 600 GOOD MORNING 6.01 MORNING PRELUDE Living Strings, Norwem Luboff Choir, Johnny Guarhieri. 7.00 THE NEWS 7.10 BREAKFAST BULLETIN A magazine programme that include* interviews and news of current activities in Singapore 7.20 UP AND ABOUT Music to entertain you at breakfast time.. 800 THE
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    • 247 6 m 4*. Kk Qa¥ MEMORIES Patrick Foo at the Yamaha organ plays 1. Don t Blame Me 2 East of The Sun 3. Dream. 9.30 THE NEWS 940 GUITARS GALORE 10 00 SCOPE Featuring Chet Atkins Carmen Carvallaro. The Second Time Around Mine Love Letters Love Is here t« stay.
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    • 300 6 7.10 WHAT OTHERS SAT A digest of the editorials In Singapore. 730 NATIONAL LANGUAGE LESSON A programme In which you will be given the spelling and meaning of a few Malay words which are used In everyday conversation and sentence building. 7.40 SERENADE 800 BRING EMON AGAIN 900 ON THE
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 363 7 LONDON. (I PI) Mon. The Soviet Navy confronting the I S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean will build up its strength with additional atomic-powered submarines. new missile-carry-ing surface vessels, and more planes, it was reported yesterday. The report, made in a television programme
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    • 36 7 BE NON I. Transvaal. Mon (Reuter) A 25-year-nld opening batsman for a local cricket club collapsed and died here yesterday after being hit abo\e the heart by a rising ball, it was reported today.
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    • 246 7 NAIROBI Mon (Reuter) —Dr. Gurcharan S. Sandhu. 50, Indian-born eye specialist. does not put Indians and Pakistanis on par with Kenya Asians. Dr Sandhu. leader of a four-man delegation who flew to London today in an attempt to persuade the British government to abandon its
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    • 106 7 CHIPATA, Zambia. Mon (Reuter) President Kenneth Kaunda today called on Zambia's Asian community to take out Zambian citizenship and identify themselves with Africans. He was commenting at a rally in this Eastern Zambian town of the exodus of Asians of Indian and Pakistani origin from
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    • 97 7 TUNIS. Mon. 'Reuter) A group of European banks has agreed to lend Tunisia USslsm in the form of a bond Issue redeemable In 15 years, the Tunisian news agency Tap reported today. It said two officials of the Banca Commerclale Itallana of Milan today called
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    • 261 7 SAIGON. Mon (l PI) —I S and Vietnamese troops tore into a large Vietrong force equipped with anti-aircraft weapons at the edge of Tan Son Nhut, Saigon's International Airport Heavy fighting went into its second day today. The combined allied force reported
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    • 257 7 \F\V YORK. Mon. (I'PI) Mrs John F Kennedv returned home from a Canadian «ki trip yesterday while the British lord whom she mav he planning to marrv flew from London to a conference m Bermuda and both maintained a discreet silence. Mrs Kennedy stepped smiling
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    • 63 7 JAKARTA. Mon (UPI) The Indonesian Congress standing committee will meet here on Thursday to prepare an agenda for congressional sessions tentative'y scheduled in April The standing committee will decide the exact date of the sessions during which General Suharto would reportedly be named full President instead
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    • 298 7 N E W DELHI. Mon. (Reuter) Prime Minister Indira Gandhis elder son and the 21-year-old daughter of an Italian building contractor exchanged garlands of roses and jasmine when they were married here at sunset yesterday. It was a simple civil ceremony because Mrs. Gandhi’s 23-year-old
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    • 50 7 AOMORI. Japan. Mon. iI'PI) Burglars here had little trouble getting away with nearly US$3,OOO from the Labour Bmk here yesterday. They used an Aomori Prefectural acetylene torch to cut through a locked metal bookcase w here the money was kept The bank has no safe.
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    • 127 7 GRANVILLE Ohio. Mon. UPI) Lord Caradon. Britains Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and ambassador to the UN. said yesterday the dangers of the world are greater than ever before and still growing. The dangers are not so great, he eald at Denison University. that they cannot
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    • 154 7 NAIROBI. Mon. (Reuter) European passengers at Nairobi airport were being offered bribes of up to £5OO sterling today to sell their tickets to Asians desperate to get away before Britain closes the door. Even passengers on flights to Lagos and Bnmhav were being approached by
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    • 132 7 SAIGON, Mon. (Reuter) The Vieteong's Tet offensive is over, the last stand in Hue has been crushed, and now the South Vietnamese people learned the price I’SS 31 for a mother or father killed, Sl* for a son or daughter. The government
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    • 93 7 SAX JUAN. Puerto Ri<-o, Mon. (Reuter) Four more bombs exploded on this island in the past 24 in a ra c h of bombing against US. businesses and military installations which began last Thursday. Police reported that two bombs exploded yesterday afternoon on a petroleum
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    • 82 7 NEW YORK. Mon. (Reuter) Newsweek magazine said today that “Those in the know predict that British Prime Minister Harold Wilson will soon replace outspoken, ebullient Foreign Secretary George Brown with Mr. Denis Healey, the present Defence Minister." In an item in its “Periscope-' section, the magazine
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    • 300 7 BALBOA, Canal Zone, Mon. (I'PI) The Japanese freighter Shozan Maru yesterday hit a bank of the Panama Canal, knocking a hole in her forepeak, and settled to the bottom at the canal, blocking all traffic. Canal Company crews laboured into the night pumping air
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    • 257 7 SHIMIZU CITY. Japan. Mon. (UPI) Kim Hi Ro. the Korean gunman who withstood a five-day siege in a mountain report hotel, has started telling his story to police. Kim. 41. seized 18 hostages at the hotel las’ Tuesday and held off police for 92
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    • 171 7 LOCO. Texas. Mon. (UPT) —A special consultant to the Air Force said yesterday a Texas cotton farmer's report of seeing a spacecraft from Mars “certainly does sound a little far fetched” But Mr. J. Allen Hynek, w-ho is also astronomer and
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    • 43 7 LONDON. Mon (UPI) British-born actor Boris Karloff was discharged on Saturday from the hospital where he had been undergoing treatment for bronchitis since last week. The 80-year-old actor plans to resume work on a horror film this week.
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    • 381 10 U.S. IN VIETNAM HONG KONG, Mon. (UPI). Communist Chino today accused the Soviet Union of trying to "Open the avenue" for peace talks on the Vietnam war. The accusation came in an official commentary on the heels of a statement by
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    • 195 10 LONDON', Mon. (UPI) Masked thieves s*ole mailbags containing an estimated £140,000 in banknotes from a London Pos' Office on Saturday, police said. post office spokesman said auditors were still trying to assess the extent of the robbery. “It could amount to a lot
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    • 171 10 SHREWSBURY. England. Mon. (Reuter) Twenty-one women patients died when fire raged through a mental hospital in this picturesque Midlands town todav. Another 14 were seriously Injured Twelve fire engines (ought the blaze In the women's wing of the building and a fleet of ambulances
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    • 94 10 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) One hundred and sixty people were victims of food poisoning on Friday in Iloilo City, southern Philippines, according to delayed police repons reaching Manila today. Police said the victims who attended a ceremonial feast complained of stomach pain and dizziness after eating
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    • 172 10 SAN FRANCISCO. Mon. (Reuter) San Franciscos 51-day-old newspaper strike ended last night in a settlement embodying a 20 per cent pay rise for some union members A new three-year contract between 15 unions and the Chronicle and Examiner newspapers ended the newspaper blackout which
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    • 128 10 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) Indonesia should foster military co-opera-tion with other nations without entering into any military pact Army Commander General Maraden Panggabean has said Quoted by Indonesia's Antara news agency he said in a epeech at the Army Staff College *n Bandung West Java at
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    • 68 10 LONDON. Mon. (UPH If P.ime Minister Harold Wilson really wanted to get away from the problems of office, he missed a great chance on Friday. A magician offered to make h'm vanish in a "Magic box’. A spokesman at Mr. Wilson s official residence. No. 10
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    • 279 10 SUVA. Fiji. Mon (Reuter) British yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester said here today he hoped to make another voyage around the world by yacht this time with Lady Chichester. Sir Francis, who arrived here aboard the Port Nelson with Lady Chichester
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    • 175 10 NEW YORK, Men. (Reuter) Stan Berman, a Brooklyn taxi driver who won a reputation as “The worlds greatest gate-crasher” died in hospital here todav at the age of 41. He crabbed the national spotlight in January 1961 when he foiled a squad of Secret Servicemen and Security
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    • 116 10 RANGOON. Mon (Reuter) Communist rebels executed three villagers after making a Peoples’ Court” find them “Guilty of being government informers, the official newspaper. the Guardian reported today. The incident took place at Tantabin village in the Kyauktaga area about 100 miles north-east of Rangoon on
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    • 336 10 GENEVA, Mon. (CPI) The United States and the Soviet Union were disclosed to be near agreement on a U N. “Umbrella” to protect non-nuclear countries if they were threatened with nuclear attack or blackmail William C. Foster, director of the U.S.
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    • 86 10 SYDNEY. Mon (Reu f er) A bevy of beautv princesses from seven countries arrived here today to take part in the 1968 Queen of the Pacific quest. The girls aged from 17 to 24 years, will take part in a senes of contests in Sydney and
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    • 77 10 JAKARTA, Mon. (UPI) Four students bar® died and more than 6# were injured when a tornado destroyed a technical school in Trengalik district, East Java, the official Indonesian news agency Antara reported today. The five-minute twister tore walls off the school and practically lifted its roof
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    • 239 10 OTTAWA. Mon (UPI) The way was clear yesterday for Prim® Minister Lester B. Pearson to consolidate with a vote of confidence his parliamentary victory over opposition forces hoping to topple his Liberal Party government. Conservative leader Robert L Stanfield indicated the opposition would not
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    • 20 10 Immortalised by a German craftsman in stained-glass mosaic: India's Mahatma Ghandl and Germany's Konrad Adenauer.
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  • 686 8 THE First World War was supposed to make the world safe for Democracy. The terrible toll in human lives should have been enough to make the mind reel military casualties of nine million dead and 20 million wounded. The wealth of nations and human resources were
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  • 166 8 WHEN the Selangor Consumers* Association was formed its inception was viewed by the public with some degree of skepticism. However, it has grown in stature and strength and is making itself felt even among shopkeepers out to make a fast dollar. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr.
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  • 1349 8 Flow of Colombo Plan aid to South Southeast Asia A Colombo Plan Review THE flow of Colombo Plan aid from each of the six donors Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and United States—* to the 18 recipient countries of South and South-east Asia is analysed in the Annual Report
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    • 275 8 THE primary purpose of introducing the Std. 5 examination is to “discover" the abilities, aptitudes and inclinations of the children and subsequently to stream them accordingly. It is nearly March row and the first batch of children who sat for the examination last October are
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    • 104 8 ENCHE SENU. in replying to Devan Nair’s charges of corruption in high places in the Information Department. in connection with the printing of the Warta Malaysia, said that it was “unfair” of Mr. Nair to “cast aspersions” on the officials involved in the production of the paper.
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    • 471 8 S™“ the Imposition of Immigration Control, it causes a lot of inconveniences. and, in some cases, miseries to the people of both countries. Take my case for example. My fiancee, bom In Malaysia, has been residing In Singapore since her childhood. During the Japanese
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    • 223 8 PERMIT me to occupy a space in your paper In the sincere hope that if this Is read and digested by the persons concerned and remedied in time, the firm where I am at present working might yet be able to put a stop to Its declining business.
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  • 153 8 IS there no responsible person in T V. Malaysia to look Into the interest of T V. Malaysia fans and the arrangement of programmes? Take, for Instance, tne film "My Melody” which was telecast at 8.30 p m. on 19.2 68. This film should not have
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  • 256 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") EARNEST Brown became a fanatic follower of the Islamic religion He applied to change his name. He wanted to be called Merwon Abdul Salaam. “The Constitution permits a change of name.” his father objected. “But Ernest
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastehn Sun Independent National Newspaper TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1968 23-8. Cantonment Road, Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 39, |alan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaytia. Telephone: *****/6 8. Leith Street. Tel: ***** 77, Brewiter Road. Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 305 9 SINGAPORE. Mon A new £300,000 computer started work in the UK for BOAC last week 20 miles away on the end of an ordinary telephone line. The only clue to Its existence at London Airport is an automatic typewriter and a telephone in a small room
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    • 285 9 Rubber Up cent SINGAPORE. M on March first erade rubber f o.b buyers closed at 5 pjr. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 47 cents per lb., up one-eighth of a cer.t from previous close The tone was quiet. The market ranged somewhat erraticallv over about half a cent
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    • 127 9 JAKARTA, Mon (UPI) Indonesia and Pakistan have agreed on several measures to promote economic, trade and cultural relations between the two nations. The agreement, signed by Indonesian Foreign Minister Mr Adam Malik and Pakistan Foreign Minister Syed Sharifuddin. today ended a four-day meeting of the
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    • 26 9 HONG KONG. Mon (UPI) —Money Quotations: HK$« *****/6 070 per US dollar for cash. HK$l4 52 per pound sterling HK5283.25 per tael gold.
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    • 301 9 SINGAPORE Mon. Vice President and Manager Mr. JD Van Oenen of the Bank of America announced today seven new promotions within the Bank. Conforming with the Bank s general policy overseas, all personnel who ar» promoted are local citizens. 1. Mr. Chua Kay Yong
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    • 391 9 CLEVELAND. Ohio. Mon. (UPI) Steel Magazine yesterday reported an acceleration of strike hedge buying but said there were still no signs of panic buying It cited the steel inventory buildup as the most orderly one ever experienced Steel shipments for the first
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    • 105 9 SINGAPORE. Tues With the aim of improving the servicing facilities of Nikon cameras Mr. Michael Tan Tiong Cheng. Nikon Trainee Technician of Shrlro China > Ltd., the sole agents for Nikon, will be leaving for Tokyo on Feb. 29 to undertake an intensive course
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    • 916 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Stock Exchange began the week today on a slightly firm note with buying centred mainly on selective industrials Pan (M) Cement again dominated the day's active and topped the turnover list. Business was done up to $1.62 and closed at $1.61.
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    • 87 9 SINGAPORE. Mon —The 1963 Singapore Grand Pr.x to be held over the Easter weekend will be timed by Swiss precision electronic timing equipment. This was disclosed by the Swiss Watrh Industry In formation Centre This is the third year running that the Grand Prix has been
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    • 82 9 SINGAPORE. Mon The General Manager of Scandinavian Airlines and Thai International for Singapore. Malaysia and Brunei announced in Singapore today that effective March 15th, Thai International will double their services to Jakarta. From this date. Thai International will offer 6 weekly services Singapore Jakarta Mr Hover
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    • 192 9 SINGAPORE. Mon The bigzest ever maintenance programme for Alr-India's Boeing 7 07 fleet has got under way at Alr-India's Engineering Base at Santa Cruz. When completed, it will double the life of Air-India's Boeing 7075. giving AirIndia virtually a new fleet Although the Boeing 707
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    • 542 9 SINGAPORE—Stock Exchange old and offer prices officially luted at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben 4- Co 2 :o 2.71 Bou<tead 1 66 C 'near 2 4 s 2 47 henilcal Co 1.42 143 < old Mnrage 4 00 r*u ni op 2.67 2.68 L 'melting 4 52
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    • 46 9 <Managers' Prices) First Malayan 2 11 second Malavan 1.73 Third Malayan The Commerce 1.13 Industry The savins .93 1.02 Industry .90 1.05 First Hongkong .79 84* Second Hongkong Malayan Investment .55 .59* Fund 1.05 1.15 sterling Commodity 4/1 4 8 t» Hong Kong Currency)
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    • 120 9 SINGAPORE. Mnn The noon price* at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are > Barer Seller Coconut Oil (FOB) Bulk 61.50 Coconut oil (FOB) Drums 64 00 Loo«p Copra Mixed let. Mar 37.50 Muntok White Pepper (F.OJJ.) 0(5% NLW ISO 00 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) M W 127 70
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Mon The tin price for today was $555.87} per picul, down 37J cents.
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    • 200 9 SINGAPORE. Mon.— The following ships are expected to be in port today Godowns Vessels 1 2 Wataki 3 4 Frtesensteln 5 Yamanami 6 7 Gudrun Bakks 8 9 Asateru Maru 10 11 Achilles 13 14 Neckarsteln 15 16 Utrecht 13 Fern moor 19 Kenyu Maru 23 34
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    • 241 9 AIR MOVEMENTS—S'PORE, K. LUMPUR ARRIVALS MSA 029 12.05 am. from Kuala Lumpur. MSA 019 8.05 am. from Kuala Lumpur GIA 992 9.35 am. from Jakarta. MSA 121 9-30 a.m. from Kuala Lumpur. o<»s 10.25 a.m. from Penang. Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur. Malacca MSA 451 10.25 a.m. from K nrhtn; THAI T
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    • 261 9 Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh. Penang. Kota Bahru. M 452 7 a m to Kuching. B<> 1C 817 89 537 7 a.m. to Kuala Lumpur. Colombo, Bomhav. Teheran. London. MvA 122 7.31 am. to Kuala Lumpur CPI CX572 8 a.m. to Bangkok. Hongkong. Talpeh. Osaka. Tokyo. THU TG4O2 8 a.m. to Bangkok
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    • 271 9 (Ml. 034) from Singapore Malacca. Time 9.15 a.m. Airline MSA (ML 005) from Penang. Ipoh, Time 9.10 a.m. Airline Cathay (CX 574) from Singapore. Time 10.05 a.m. Airline MSA (ML 012) from Singapore Time 1230 pm. Airline MSA lp<>h. Penang. Alor star. K. Bahru. Time 7.00 a.m. Airline BA 789
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    • 345 11 KNOW THoSE WHO BUY NATIONAL FEBRUARY 27 PM. TIMEX-TIME 5.45 OPENING ANNCT. Prog. Summary 550 NEWS OUTLINES IN THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE 555 NATIONAL SONGS 600 NEWS IN TAMIL 610 GIGANTOR ‘•Force Of Terror” 635 FURY “Joey And The Little League" with sub-titles in the National Language. 700 NEWS IN ENGLISH
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    • 315 11 'Channel 5 Kuala Lumpur and Pulau Pinang V 6 ipoh and Malaka 3/10 Johore and Singapore 4 Taiping 7 Batu Pahat 9 Kiuang MARCH 1 P M TIMEX-TIME 3.00 OPENING AXXCT. Prog. Summary 301 TINA Song; by Kathina Daharl accompanied by Orkes Puspa Sari. 3.25 PAUL TERRY CARTOON "Tottery Pottery"
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    • 278 11 "Lady For A Knight" with subtitles in the National Lansuage 1140 FINAL NEWS IN THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE 11 45 CLOSE DOWNMARCH 3 PM TIMEX-TIME 300 OPENING ANNCT. Prog. Summary 301 LEARN OUR LANGUAGE 316 RUGBY UNION England vs New Zealand All Blacks 416 RACKET SQUAD "Big Touch" 442 CARTOON CLASSICS
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    • 364 11 FEBRUARY 27 P.M. TIMEX-TIME 5.55 PROG SUMMARY in the National Language, Chinese. Tamil and English. 6.05 BELAJAR-LAH BAHASA KEBANGSAAN Our daily lesson in the National Language 610 CARTOON CORNER A selection of cartoon for children 6.30 THE DEPUTY “The Stand Off” Henry Fonda in the role of the Chief Marshal
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    • 370 11 EM SINGAPURA CHANNEL 5 An ETV production T4O NEWS in Chinese 7.55 BERITA SINGAPURA (Chinese version) 800 CHINESE CINEMA Part 2 of a Mandarin film. “Loong Tong Pui” 9.00 NEWS AND NEWSREEL in English 9.25 LECTURE RECITAL by Barry Tuekwell on the Horn Produced by Lim Heng Tow 9.55 HISTORY
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    • 173 11 A situation comedy on the morals and manners of Paris at the turn of the century 11 50 CLOSE DOWN FEBRUARY 2* P M TIMEX TIME 5.45 PROG SUMMARY in the National Language, Chinese. Tamil ar.d English 5.55 BF>I. AJAR-L AH BAHASA KEBANGSAAN Our daily lesson in the National Language
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    • 179 11 hour show 6.25 MY THREE SONS “Fish Gotta Swim. Birds Gotta Fly”. Fred Mac Murray plays the role of a widower who has the task of raising three sons without the aid of a woman but with that of his father-in-law. 6.55 MARKHAM “Sitting Dunk.” A half-hour English ditective series
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    • 192 11 specially to appeal to all members of a Singapore family. *3O ROVING REPORT (Abu Dhabi when Britain leaves the Persian Gulf/London: New Fashion Trends). 9.00 NEWS in English 9.15 WHAT OTHERS SAY A review of editorial opinion and reports ‘n the Press. (English version) 9.35 THE PRISONER “The Arrival". This
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    157 12 BEGINNING from Wednesday over Channel Five at 9 35 pm Television Smgapura will present a new programme. ‘"The Prisoner". This new programme, in a series of 17 episodes, is a mystery thriller which stars Patrick McGoohan. He plays the part of a top level British government official who
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 347 12 825 THE WORLD IN ACTION “Merchants Of War”. A documnetary series on the most pressing issues of the day. 9.00 NEWS in English O. RTS TALENTIME: GRAND FINAL A show in which budding artistes are given the opportunity to display their talent. 10 45 SINGAPORE OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP (Ist Report).
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    • 446 12 5.35 MUZIK MITDA MCDI Multi-racial entertainment for the teenagers. 6.45 LECTURE SERIES IN CHINESE (NO. 3) "The Role of the Public Sector in Relation to Economic Development.” Speaker: Prof. V.K. Foo Ag Head, Dept of Industrial and Business Management, Nanyang University. 7.46 NEWS AND NEWSREEL in Chinese 8.05 CHINESE CINEMA
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    • 446 12 w SINGAPURA CHANNEL 8 IPROGRAMMES FOR SCHOOLS I FEBRUARY 27 A M Timex-Time: 7.50-8.10 A National Language Sec 1— "Tidak dan Bukan”; 8.308.50 Geography (Eng.) Sec. 1— “Rainfall’; 9.05-9.25 General Science Sec. 1— “Density of Solids, Liquids and Gases’; 9 45-10.05 Mathematics Sec. 2 “Variables and Relations’’; 10 45-11 05
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    • 487 12 FEBRUARY 29 A..M Timex-Time: 7.50-8.10 Mathematics Sec 1— “Equations 8 30-8 50 General Science Sec. 2 “Vegetative Propagation"; 9.05-9.25 National Language Sec. 2 “Sendi Kata’; 9 45-10 05 English 2nd Language Sec. 1— “The Poultry Farm"; 10.4511.05 Geography <Ch.) Bec. 1— “Rainfall’’; 11 20-11 40 Mathematics Sec. 2 “Variables and
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    • 196 12 used in everyday conversation and sentence building 7.15 SOCIAL STUDIES First of a series of talks on parents, youth and problems by Mrs. Ann Wee. 730 HERBERT SCHOON AND HIS SCHOON COMBO 800 REQUIEM FOR PAUL JASON 8.30 TOP TUNES OF THE WEEK The eight most popular tunes presented by
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    • 236 12 men Jacob and a rompetition in which we give away a 12" L.P. 11.30 THE RTS ORCHESTRA PM. TIMEX TIME 12 00 TOUR RECORD SHOP A sponsored prog, by Cosdel (S) Ltd. bringing you the latest in pops introduced by Bernard Solosa. 100 PROG SUMMARY 1.10 IN LIGHTER VEIN The
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    • 860 12 KUALA LUMPUR INDIAN PROGRAMMES AM. 6.00 Geethaarambam Programme Summary 6.05 Interlude 6.15 News. 6.20 Geethanjali ENGLISH PROGRAMMES 6.59 Rediffusion March and Opening Announcement 700 News 7.10 Musical Clock 7.25 Items of Local Interest 7.30 Musical Clock 7.45 News In Bahasa Kebangsaan 750 A Word A Day 8.00 News 8.10 Prog.
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    • 223 12 3.0# HOUSEWIVES REQUESTS Belinda Yeo plays music requested by housewives. i3O PARIS STARTIME 4.00 CLOSE DOWN. 5.00 PROG. SUMMARY 5.03 BORN TO SING 5.30 MUSICAL BIRTHDAY CARDS A birthday request pro-' gramme for children pre-‘ sented by nine-year-old Lydia Huang. Featuring The Miracles. 6.00 THE ARTS The Poet speaks—Wil lami
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    • 29 13 ODEON: OPENS THURSDAY! GEORGE HILTON (of “Massacre For Gunfighter”fame) as the professional gambler who lived to ki11... and kill to live! 20th CenturyFox presents 'men mb mis TECHNICOLOR TECHNISCOPE
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 287 13 BSIIAW ORGANISATION LIDO Phone ***** i ;tb Kit. DAY: 3 Daily Note Time* 145 5.15 A 5.45 pm Camp rt Btarta promptly at 157 pm 5.57 pm A 45! v m SCHOOL Children CONCESSION SI 50 TO ANY SEAT AT 145 515 p m SHOWS DAILY EXCEPT Saturday* Ac Sußdava
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    • 184 13 1 CATHAY is B-J HllHaßMudi ODEON ***** TODAY TOMORROW ONLY! 11 a in 1 30. 4 <*o. 30 9.50 p m "VILLA MURDER” Mandarin i Cb'.er Scope En*Hsh Chinese Suttt Op>n< Thors: George Hilton in Fox's "Poker With Pistols” Technicolor Techniscope CATHAY 3 3-4 00 Oppfi* Tod»»! 11. I.9ft. 4.
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  • NEWSFEATURES
    • 628 14 For $2.50, the best and legally, too TOKYO. Mon. (IPI) Government officials are increasingly critical of Japan’s abortion laws, recently criticised by the Ministry of Public Health and Welfare as "the most liberal in the world." Officials fear Japan's reputation suffers abroad as a
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    • 257 14 NICOSIA. Mon. (CPI) Stately. bearded Archbishop Slakarios was re-elected president of Cyprus for a five-year term by an overwhelming majority of Greek Cypriots yesterday. Makarios polled more than 200.000 of the possible 247.000 votes while his only rival. Dr. Takis Evdokas. received only about 10.000, according to
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    • 359 14  -  By COMPTON DELPH PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mon. (Reuter). Fun-loving islanders rocked to a steelband beat in the streets at dawn today, launching Trinidad's annual pre-Lent festival most colourful of the calendar of Caribbean Carnivals. From 5 a m. today until midnight tomorrow, the capital will be
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    • 478 14  -  by MICHAEL DENNIGAN CAIRO. Mon (CPI) A cautious wind of change is wafting through Egvpt. It is a relatively easy matter nowadays for an Egyptian to visit abroad or even to emigrate. Fear of arrest on trumped up charges bv the one all-pow-erful
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    • 56 14 VALLETTA. Malta. Mon. (Reuter) Beatle Paul MacCartney’s father said today Paul and his three fellow Beatles “are taking their meditation in India very seriously”. James MacCartney of Heswell Cheshire, is holidaying here with his second wife while the quartette study transcendental meditation in the Himalayas with
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 581 14 Classified Ad CAR RENTAL 20 Words 5/- (Minimum/ U-DRIVE CAR from $9/- per day plus 10 cts. per mileEverfine Co. (Rent-A-Car) Ltd., 519, Serangoon Road, S’pore. Tel: *****. PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION IN THE 1968 69 SESSION 1. APPLICATIONS are Invited from candidates Intending to pursue a
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    • 669 14 NOTICE CHAPTER 195 (Pawnbrokers.) Unredeemed Pledged Goods and Jewellery from the follow, ing Pawnbrokers’ Shops Lam Joon Siong (Chop Sem Foh), 135 New Bridge Road; Ho Yan Kee (Chop Heng Fatt) Yong Kee. 255 South Bridge Road; Seow Kian (Nam Cheong Pawnshop Ltd.), 287 South Bridge Road; Lam Joo Onn
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  • Sun Sport
    • 347 15  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Mon.—The Singapore Government Services F.A. and the Singapore Business Houses F.A. the two biggest affiliates of the Football Association of Singapore have pledged to give full support to all future FAS-sponsored competitions. They have promised to release their division
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    • 272 15 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Football Association of Singapore Council, scheduled to meet early next week, will call for the introduction of more stringent measures to deal with matters relating to the promotion-manage-ment of soccer in the Republic. The Council meeting to be held
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    • 114 15 SEREMBAN. Mon A linesman and a «pertatnr were rushed to hospital when a free for all broke out in a football pitch here today. The incident took place when Rasah Indians and Saga Estate from Rantau were playing in the Tunku Abdul Rahman
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    • 67 15 BRAZZAVILLE Mon. (Reuter)—African countries will boycott the Mexico Olympic Games next October. the Executive of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa >SCSA) decided here today. The decision, binding on the 52 countries affiliated to SCSA. came after two days of talks on whether to boycott the
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    • 228 15 IPOH Mon Plans to give a big face lift" to the Perak Stadium will become a reality soon. The Mentri Be ar. Dato Ahmad bin Said, successfully moved a motion for a law to be passed by the State Legislative Assembly for the
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    • 307 15  -  By Little Nene SINGAPORE Mon. About 50 overseas golfers from eight countries arrived by air today from Manila to take part in the Singapore Open golf championship ■which starts on Thursday at the Bukit Course's Par 3536 71 layout. The Singapore
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    • 538 15  -  By BEN VARIYAN KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Top Australian end New Zealand drivers are among the 20-odd foreign motor racers who will vie for honours at the First Selangor Circuit race meeting to be held here on April 6 and 7. Noted
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    • 89 15 SEPEMBAN. Mon The Negri Sembilan Hockey Assoc ation President XI trill play a friendly match against the Ma'.avsian Armed Forces on Friday at the N S Padarg here The team trill be selected from: Ko Koh Chyt <CRC'. Thlhar.athan ‘CYF). Ran jit Singh 'CYF*. Br an 6!»
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    • 268 15 CHRISTCHURCH. Mon. New Zealand was poised for victory at stumps on the fourth day of the Second Cricket Test here today when India finished eight wickets down for 233. This gave India a lead of only 69 runs, with two wickets in hand. New Zealand
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    • 387 15 PENANG, Mon. Following Is the Stipendiary Steward's report for the Extra Day of the Penang Turf Club Spring Meeting on Feb. 24 Going very good. Race One Near the 3 furlongs Pulau Pinang (Lee; was severely checked when New Champ (Ismail) moved in
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    • 182 15 PENANG. Mon. Following is the Stipendiary Steward's report for Firs't Day Of Penang Turf Club Spring Meeting on Sunday. Race 1: Anna Gold (app Samry) attempted to buck for some distance after the start and followed the field. Race 2; Lanza (Coies) returned very sore
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    • 27 15 WIESLOCH. (Germany) Mon. (UPI) —Istvan Korpa of Yugoslavia last night swept the men's singles titles in the International i German Table Tennis Chamzpionships. i
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    • 896 15 2nd Day PENANG, Mon. Following are the race weights for Second Day of the Penang meet on Saturday Horses Class 3 Div. 3 —about 8* furs Je Maintiendrai 9.00 Port Capri 9.00 Scarpa 8.12 Chinzarro g. 12 Taiping Brightness 8.11 Asian Pride 8.10
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    • 70 15 SEREMBAN. Mon Two first half goals by N S Ceylonese Youth Forum and N S Chinese Recreation Club earned them full points in the N.S. Hockey Association senior league' here today. CYF beat Gurkha Signals 2-0 P Mahendran and Ranjit Singh were the
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    • 62 15 MUAR. Mon. Muar Prison Department invitation side will meet Penang-Ta:ping Prisons combined in a charity football match in aid of the Prison's Education funds here On Feb. 29 at 5 p.m. Venue: Muar Town Council Padang at Jalan Arab here The brass band of
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    • 38 16 Harvev Smith (above) Britain's leading show jumping rider who will figure prominently in the equestrian events at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City is seen getting his mount over a hurdle in classic style.
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    • 744 16  -  By David Barnett TOKYO, Mon. (Reuter) Australian bantamweight champion Lionel Rose goes into the ring tomorrow against Japan's Masahiko Fighting Harada to become the first Australian Aboriginal ever to fight for a world boxing title. Rose. 20. has had 29 professional fights
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    • 184 16 TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) Masahiko “Fighting” Harada, Japanese holder of the world bantamweight boxing championship, and challenger Lionel Rose of Australia wound up training yesterday for their title fight here tomorrow. Harada has been shadowboxing in a sauna bath to get his weight down. His
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    • 211 16 MANILA, Mon. (UPI) Malaysia's Anthony Loh, yesterday won the fourth Asian Karting Prix at the Arsenio “Dodjie” Laurel Memorial Kartways in Tanauan, Batangas Province. Loh scored 14 points after 70 laps followed by Singapore’s Steven Kam K"e Teck with 11 points. The Malaysian took the 2.000 pesos
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    • 244 16 MALACCA. Mon Newcomers St. Francis Institution wiil meet St. David's High School in the opening match of the annual Malacca Hockey Association open knockout competition on March 6 at the Malacca Club padang. Eleven teams are taking part for this tourney which
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    • 79 16 SINGAPORE. Mon Mr. Lee Wee Seng was elected the President of the Singapore Billards Association, at the general meeting, held at the Siong 800 Athletic Association, Robinson Road, recently. The other officials elected were:- Wong Kwok Leong. Tan Guan Chay. Tan Seek Kay. and
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    • 1118 16  -  By Don Wood Editor, World Sport London LONDON, Mon. If there is one title sportsmen and sportswomen throughout the world will not mind missing this year, it is the label of being an Olympic "favourite." In six months time, as the pre-Games competition
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    • 300 16 LISBON. Mon. (Reuter) Sporting Lisbon took full advantage of Benfica's 2-0 defeat by Setubal io open a two point lead at the top of the Portuguese first division yesterday. Sporting gained a fine 3-0 away victory over San Joanense, centre-forward Lourenco scoring twice. Lourenco's
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    • 231 16 PARIS. Mon. (UPI) Avery Brundage. President of the International Olympic Committee said yesterday any African boycott of the Mexico City summer Olympics would hurt nonWhite members of the South African team “who have waited a long time for this chance.’’ “They (the non-Whites)
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    • 58 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang:: 12.12 a.m. (7.3 ft.), 12.59 pm. (6.6 ft.) Port Swettenham: 5.55 p m. (15.1 ft.) Port Dickson: 6.21 a.m. (8.3 ft.), 6.30 p.m. (8.3 ft.) Singapore: 10.03 a.m. (9.2 ft.), 11.44 p.m. (8.5 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 7.55 a.m. (6.1 ft.), 10.26 p m. (7.7 ft.) Kuantan:
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