Eastern Sun, 28 February 1968

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  • 23 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 571 Wednesday. 28 February 1968. MC (P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 175 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The Government today warned housewives not to be taken in by bogus National Family Planning Board officials going around the country selling oral contraceptives. The call was made by the Director of the National Family Planning Board, Dr Arifftn bin Marzuki. here
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  • 57 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue? Singapore would support any multi-lateral discussions which would ensure her stability and security, said its Deputy Prime Minister. Dr Toh Chin Chye. here today. Dr. Tch. who arrived for a two-week holiday, said Singapore would also accept any offer to take
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  • 142 1 TAIPING, Tues. A rice miller. Mr. Yip Boon Chee. after withdrawing $40,000 from the Chartered Bank in Taiping. was robbed of SI 1.000 by four armed men on motor cycles at Simpang yesterday. Mr. Yip was returning to Parit Buntar in a car together with a friend.
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  • 582 1 Three Communist tanks ambushed one mile from Cambodian border SAIGON, Tues. (UPI) A LLIED ambushers opened up on three A Communist tanks 65 miles northwest of Saigon on Monday night and sent them fleeing toward nearby Cambodia, one in flames. It was the closest Communist armour
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  • 309 1  -  By Lucian Peter. KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A pretty bar-girl. 23-year-old Yong Mei Moy, received severe burns on her face in what was described as a ghastly acid attack on her here yesterday. The attack—believed to be the second made on her in two weeks took
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  • 210 1 JAKARTA. Tues. (Reuter) The World Health Organisation is rushing some 5.000 dozes of vaccine to Indonesia's Central Java province where nearly 100 people are feared to have died of plague since last August, the Health Ministry announced today. A team of doctors specially called
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  • 89 1 JAKARTA. Tues. (Reuter) .A tourist trip to Bali, a round of golf and a round of talks with acting President General Suharto have been laid on for Malaysia's Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, when he arrives here next March 4, to finally close
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  • 199 1 HONG KONG. Tues. (Reuter) The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has increased patrols along the Sino-Hong Kong border to prevent people from leaving for the British colony, newspapers here reported today. Yesterday police in Hong Kong caught 25 illegal immigrants from China. The total for last
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 208 2 SINGAPORE. Tues.—The cashier of United Malaysia Limited was this morning robbed of 85,900 in cash by two armed robbers at Fort Canning Road. The cashier, Mr. S. C. Doo had drawn the money from the Hongkong and Shanghai Banklne Corporation earlier at Battery Road and was
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    • 218 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Use of oral contraceptives, taboo to rural housewives only a few years ago because of superstition. fear and doubt are no longer the stumbling block to the nation's birth control drive. Dr Arlffln bin Marzukl. the Director of the National Family
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    • 33 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr. LP Rodrigo, the PAP candidate who was returned unopposed in the Serangoon Garden constituency, will meet community leaders in the area at Cheng San community centre on Thursday.
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    • 22 2 SINGAPORE. Tues The dry spell In Singapore continued today and about 30 lallang fires were reported by the Fire Brigade.
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    • 628 2  -  By Suhaimi Bidin Singapore, Tues. 11/ORK permits Issued Tf to non-citizens by the Singapore Government will not be renewed, when they expire. The Minister for Culture and Social Affairs. Enche Othman Wok case this hint when he spoke to residents of Pulau Bukom
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    • 106 2 SINGAPORE. Tues A local schoolteacher. Che Saleha Amir, is expected to return here next month after spending three years in Australia taking out a high qualification in domestic economy —a great part «f which was devoted to cooking. She studied at the Emily McPherson College of
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    • 130 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Malaysia-Singapore Airlines will hold a "Sawaddee evening on Thursday in conjunction with its extended services to Bangkok. Highlight of the evening will be an hour-long performance by Thai classical dancers. And to make it a truly gala Thai night Thai beer and
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    • 113 2 SINGAPORE. Tue«. The following candidates were successful In the examination of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries held in December last year. Intermediate Cheng Yew Kee. Douglas Cho Sew Kong. Hassan Ahmad. Kao Chuan Seng. Miss Dianna Lee Yoke Mui. Lee Ean How. Lee Thian Huat. Low See
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    • 520 2 MURDER TRIAL: KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The seven-man Jury trying two youths for murder returned a unanimous verdict of “not guilty’ on M. Ponnambalan. 19. while finding P. Munusamv. 22, guilty bv a 4-3 majority decision. The two youths were charged with
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    • 91 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Malaysian Government has agreed to the appointment of Brigadier-Gen-eral Thalip A. Gelar Depati Santio as Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia. Brig.-Gen Thalip was Indonesian military attache in New Delhi from 1954-1958. In 1960 he was appointed as Chief of Staff Inter-Com-mando. Sumatra District.
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    • 39 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Young Women's Christian Association tonight celebrated their 93rd anniversary with a dinner at their premises in Outram Road. Among thos* who attended the dinner was Puan Noor Aishah. the First Lady of the Republic.
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    • 422 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The second round of talks on Britain's economic aid to Singapore following the pull-out of the military bases and the conversion of the bases for civilian use began behind closed doors this morning at the conference room of the Economic Development Board
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    • 378 3 SINGAPORE Tues. A school principal. Mr. S Ratnagopal. has hit out at the lack of parental example in the homes of schoolchildren. Speaking at the annual general meeting of the Pearl’s Hill School Parent Teacher Association. Mr. Ratnagopal, who is the principal of the school,
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    • 43 3 TELUK ANSON. Tups. Mr V Ramasamy is the n w President of the Malaysian Indian Congress, Town Branch, here. Other official-bearers are: Vice-President: Mr N. Balasubramaniam. Secretary: Mr A A. Prabahagaran Asst: Secretary: Mr. J Perumal Treasurer. Mr. C. Knshnasamy.
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    • 71 3 SINGAPORE. Tues Employees of the Keppel branch of the Singapore Bus Employees' Union will work on Hari Raya Haji (March 10) and contribute the day's wages to the National Defence Fund. This is in response to the call by the National Trades Union Congress
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    • 471 3 Singapore, Tues. >lr. Siow Keng Ngoh, Singapore's internationally recognised expert in acupuncture and cauterisation, has added electricity to this 4.000-year-old Chinese method of curing illnesses. He described electricity as a wonderful way of intensifying the patient’s benefit from the needles he applies. After
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    • 100 3 12 45 p m Rotary Club of Singapore weekly luncheon at the Cathay Hotel. 6 p m Singapore Festival 68 at the Gay World Stadium. Geylang 7.30 p.m.:— Chinese variety show at the Victoria Theatre. Empress Place. 700 p.m Band performance by the Singapore Infantry Regiment at Toa
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    • 176 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Pesta Organisation will stage a variety show. "The Pop, Fun and Dance Night" on March 31 at the National Theatre to raise funds for a 21-man cultural mission to Indonesia in April. The cultural mission, organised by the Lembaga Tetap
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    • 106 3 SINGAPORE Tues. Israel’ Minister for Finance. Mr. P. Sapir arrived in SingaDore today for a twodav visit. This aitemoon he met Mr Sm Kee Boon. Permanent Secretary (Economic Development) to the Ministry of Finance after which he was taken to the Jurong Industrial Estate for a
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    • 85 3 SINGAPORE. Tues.—Two gi:ls and a boy were today jailed for nine months by the Fourth District Court for rioting. The girls arc Goh Peng Wah and Ng Noi Kee and the boy is Kwek Boon Watt. They were found guilty of rio ing while being members
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    • 448 3 SINGAPORE. Tues —The University orf Singapore today anounced the results of the second year and third year examinations for the Degree of Bachelor Laws. The following candidates have passed the examination (second year). Ainum bt. Mohd. Saaid. Aiyathurai. Christian Chandran. Anandan, Subhas. Ang Boon Kong,
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    • 27 3 SINGAPORE, Tue.s. The Singapore Malayalee Hindu Samajam will hold a variety show on March 16 at the Victoria Theatre in aid of their building fund.
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    • 55 3 SINGAPORE. Tues Pretty Sucheta Mukherjee who appears as “Amrapali” in a dance drama to he staged at thp Victoria Theatre on March 2 at 8.30 p.m. “Amrapali” produced by Singapore Arts Production is based on the enduring wisdom of Lord Buddha and is directed by
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    • 91 3 SINGAPORE Tue Fivp Naval Base workers were today charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court with theft. They are J. M Manuel. 20. Abu Bakar bin Mohd. Kutty. 20. Joseph John. 24. Narayanan Spreedhara. 35. and M Gopal Krishnan. 20. All claimed trial to stealing
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    • 183 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. Two education inspectors from the Scottish Education Department have arrived here for shortterm secondments to the Teachers’ Training College in Singapore. They are Dr. George MacGregor Sinclair and Mr. John Gamble Morris who are expected to be posted to the T.T.C. towards
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    • 104 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. A motor-cyclist. Soh Eh Seng, 24 died soon after colliding with a car near Anderson Bridge last night Soh was negotiating the bend near the Bridge when the collision occurred. He received serious head injuries. In another accident, a pedestrian. Bakar bin Maideen,
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    • 568 4  -  N.Z. Defence Minister arrives in K.L. By MUSA SCULLY BEN D'CUNHA KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. —The deputy Premier, Tun Abdul Razak, said this evening he had an "exchange of views" on defence problems in this region, with visiting New Zealand Defence Minister, Mr. David Thomson.
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    • 184 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A special parade to mark, the official presentation of two Royal New Zealand Air Force Devons io the Roval Malaysian Air Force, will be held at the Royal Malaysian Air Force base. here, on Thursday at 9 a.m. The presentation
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    • 223 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. West Malaysia is to have a co-ordinated transport system, which would be efficient, safe and cheap. The Central Government with the assistance of the United Nations Special Fund, has a commission carrying out a general transport survey for all modes of transport
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    • 42 4 KUALA PILAH. Tues. Anti-Corruption Agency officers have arrested a PW D junior technician here for alleged corruption. He has been released on a $1 500 bail and will be produced In court here on Thursday to face the charge.
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    • 106 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A three-man gang of robbers. one armed with a pistol. held up a sundry shopkeeper and his assistant at noon today and got away with $3O i n cash and cigarettes worth $2O. Mr. Tan Mooi Hwa. 34. was with his assistant in
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    • 160 4 TELUK ANSON. Tues. The 570 strikers of Nova Scotia Estate today returned to work following agreement between their union and the management of the estate to hold discussions shortly in an effort to settle the dispute. The Riot Squad which was called
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    • 72 4 PENANG. Tues.—Thieves broke into the Paris Trading Co., in Kimberley Street and took away $3,855 worth of shirts, blouses and cosmetics yesterday. The proprietor, Lee Tor Mee, .38, said he locked the shop the previous night and returned the next morning to find the front collapsible gate,
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    • 63 4 PENANG. Tues. The C.I.D chief. Supt KK Pillai. disclosed today a youth had been detained for interrogation in connection with snatch-thefts and motor-' cycle thefts in the Tanjong Tokong and Pulau Tikus areas The youth was arrested at 4 am. today in Puiau Tikus by a
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    • 83 4 PENANG, Tues. A youth. Geh Poh San. with four previous convictions, was ordered to be sent to the Henry Gurney School for three years by the Sessions’ Court President. Enche Annuar bln Zainal Abidin today. He pleaded guilty to possessing a six-inch dagger
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    • 395 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuts. —The government plans to eventually provide telephone subscribers with a nation-wide trunk dialling system by the complete automisation of the national telephone network. This, said the Minister for Works. Posts and Telecommunications, Tun V. T. Sambanthan. today was the eventual objective of
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    • 78 4 JOHORE BAHRU Tues Mr Ng Kong Yearn. an interpreter with the Magistrates’ Courts, here has graduated with an honours degree in Law from the University of Singapore The results were announced by the University yesterday While a part-rime student. Mr Ng. father of one. took a
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    • 37 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The German Ambassador. Tan Sri (Dr.) H. Boehling, who has been appointed concurrently Consul for the State of Brunei, presented his letter of commission to the Sultan of Brunei on Saturday.
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    • 799 10  -  by C. F. Lee and Ben D'Cunha Kuala lumpur, Tues. Malaysian banks can ex* pect a big increase in foreign exchange business with the introduction on June 1 of the new exchange control procedure which requires that oil proceeds from Malaysian
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    • 283 10 KUALA LUMPI'R, Tues The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun. todav reiterated the country's policy of trading with all countries and dismissed any question of stopping or limiting sales of her rubber to any one of them Surelv what we
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    • 170 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Three million people have benefited from the Government's rural health service, since independence This was stated m the Dewan Ra'ayat today by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health. Enche Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman. when winding up the debate on
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    • 134 10 A ten-cent coin (left) ♦hat tells a very odd story. The coin, issued by Bank Negara, belongs to Mr. Seit Boon Yip. a cashier of Tokyo Bank Ltd. in Kuala Lumpur. The “head" of the coin shows a shallow impres- sion of the Parliament building
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    • 244 10 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. todav said there was no necessity to issue new directives to quasi-gov-ernment bodies forbidding those in positions of authoritv from accepting directorship in private firms. The existing regulations on this matter, fixed by the
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    • 96 10 "London Works. Malaysian Ba*iks” exhibition at Balai Ampang. A.I A. Building. 9 a.m to 6 p m Works of prominent Malaysian artists by Peninsular Art Society at 41. Jalan Raja Muda. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jalan Weld swimming pool 930 a.m. to 12.30 pm, 2 p m
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    • 221 10 The Maoris who call themselves the "Maori Quin Tikis.” are on a South-east Asian tour. They are Gary Wahrlich. Eddip Lrw. Weazel Taiaroa. Fred Summers, Miss Keriana and their leader. Sam Mateparae One of the specialities they offer is Maori tribal dances and songs “Yes
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    • 269 10  -  By LUCIAN PETER KLANG. Tues—A two-ani-a-half-hour fire last n'ght wiped out several houses in a squatter settlement in Meru Road, three miles from here, rendering 56 people homeless. The damage caused by the fire which Is believed to have been started by coal embers
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    • 108 10 TPOH Tues Bank Managers here were briefed to take precautionary measures at a meeting at Police Headquarters here today against robberies Fifteen bank managers attended the meeting, presided over by the Chief Police Officer. Perak. Enche Mohamed Pilus Yousof. The bank managers were told of the
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    • 289 10 PENANG. Tues. The Northern regional head of the Anti-corruption Agency. Enche Nik Y'usoff Nik Mohamed. todav warned District Officers to be cautious of touts, who earned a commission by arranging for others to approach them. Enche Nik Yusoff. who was giving a talk at the
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    • 45 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The Muslim Women’s Welfare Association yesterday gave $3OO towards the Johore flood relief fund. The money was handed by the Association’s President, Tunku Shahriah. Consort of the Tunku Mahkota. to the Mentri Besar. Dato Haji Othman Mohamed Sa’at.
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    • 170 10 PENANG. Tues. Two armed robbers entered the home of a retired City Council employee, Mr. Lim Lean Kean, and escaped with cash and jewellery, amounting to 52.200, after forcing him and his wife into a room yesterday. Mr. Lim was reading the
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    • 134 10 PENANG, Tues. The Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. today toid senior officers of Government departments here it was their duty to ensure that the cancer of corruption was not permitted to take root in their departments. He was declaring open the seminar
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    • 78 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues A youth was today sentenced to three years" Jail in the Sessions Court here when he pleaded guilty to Illegal possession of two hoiiie-made revolvers. Chong Poh. 23. of Serdang Bahru New Village was arrested by Inspector Chong San Boon of
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    • 163 10 PENANG. Tues An alarm raised by a robb. .y victim. Cheung Ho Fatt. resulted In two vouths being apprehended by employees of the Mandarin Restaurant and a passerby at Burmah Road on Oct. 2. last year. This was told to the sessions Court President Enche Annuar
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    • 963 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The following candidates have passed Part I (Section A) of the final examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Science:* Abdul Gham Ibrahim. Abdul Rahman Abdul Ragak. Abdullah AH. Ahamad Mohamed K a m a r 1. Ang Boon Beng. Chan Kok
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    • 102 11 SANDAKAN. Tues. The Chairman of the Tariff Advisory Board, Hajl Sujak bin Rahiman. accompanied by the Deputy Chairman, Enche D. Miller, and the Secretary Enche Junls bin Sudin. will visit here to familiarise themselves with the industrial activities In the Resldencv on Friday. In the
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    • 104 11 The Mentrl Besar of Selangor. Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, on Tuesday, handed a cheque for $1,000 to the Malayan Association for the Blind, at the Secretariat building, Kuala Lumpur. The money is from the $20 000 given by the Federal Flour Mill, Port Swettenham. for charitable and welfare homes
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    • 262 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The Minister of Labour. Mr. V. Manickavasagam. has called on management staff to provide sympathetic and understanding leadership to the workers. The Minister, who was speaking at the opening of a five-day senior management course at the National Productivity Centre at
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    • 155 11 TPOH. Tues. Justices of the Peace and holders of the P.J.K. (Pingat Jasa Kebaktian) are holding a dinner and dance in honour of the Sultan of Perak and the Raja Perempuan on their silver wedding anniversarv. It will be held at Asrama Perak
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    • 58 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Five women have been appointed to be members of the Board of Visitors for the Henry Gurney School for Girls at Batu Gajah. Perak, for the year. They are Datm Harvey Paterson, Miss Rose Chee. Mrs Hazel Simon. Puan Hajjah
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    • 54 11 IPOH. Tue? The Minister of Local Government ar.d Housing. Mr Khaw Kai Boh. will open the newly renovated Tay Boh Neoh Temple in Jalan Margosa. Camay Road here at 10 30 am. on Sunday, March 10. The ceremony will be followed by a vegetarian lunch from 11 a
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    • 61 11 THE Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman declared open file religious school. Sekolah Daeratul Khairiah at Permatang Sintok. Kepala Batas, Province Wellesley, on Sunday. Picture shows the Tunku unveiling the plaque. The Mentri Besar. Perak, Dato Ahmad bin Said, tapping a matured rubber tree in declaring open the land development bio
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    • 113 11 KUANTAN, Tues. The Pahang Police Contingent Headquarters, at present located in Kuala Lipis, has joined other Government departments in the shift to Kuantan. the State capital of Pahang. The shifting of the Police Contingent Headquarters from Kuala Lipis to Kuantan began yesterday and
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    • 88 11 SEREMBAN. Tues Seremban Jaycees have started a relief campaign in response to a cable appeal from Saigon Jaycees and the South Vietnamese Embassy, Jaycees officials yesterday began door-to-door collections for donations from fellow members and the public. The campaign will continue till March 4. A Jaycee spokesman
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    • 59 11 FEN ANG. Tues. Mak Yir.g Yau. 48. was allowed $2 090 bail after he claimed trial to a book-making charge in the First Magistrate's Court here this morning. He was alleged to have committed the offence at the Penang Turf Club during its Spring Meeting
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    • 115 11 TAIPING. Tues. The Taiping Junior Chamber ha; launched a scholarship fund to help poor pupils in upper secondary classes here. Dr. MM Sreenlvas, President of the Jaycees here, said the scholarships would cover the examination fees for poor pupils in Forms 111 and V. The
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    • 73 11 MUAR. Tues. The Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato Haji Othman bln Haji Mohamed Saat, gave an on-the-spot grant of $14,500 to the Cha’ah Local Council, 58 miles north of here, earlier this week, for the construction Of several rural projects In the area. The Mentri
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    • 79 11 MUAR. Tues. The Johore State Government has implemented three scholarships to help children of "have-nots'’ in the State to continue with their education at different stages. This was disclosed by the Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato Haji Othman bin Haji Mohamed Sa at, at the opening of
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    • 60 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Enche Abdul Hamid Yusof has been appointed Registrar of the Sessions Court at Seremban. Kuala Pilah, Kuala Klawang (Jelebu), Tampin. Gemas. Port Dickson, Rembau and Bahau with effect from Feb 1. Enche Abdul Majid Abdul Aziz has been appointed acting Registrar of the Sessions
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    • 66 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Mr. Ralph Carl Hoffman has been appointed Chairman for the year of the Rent Tribunal for the Federal capital municipality. Members appointed are: Enche Azman Hashim. Mr. Ang Chool Lai, Dato Mohamed Yusof Haji Ahmad, Mr Goh Thean Chye, Mr. Tan Toh Hua. Dr. Kesmahinder
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    • 35 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Mr. R R. Chelliah has been appointed Chairman of the Appeal Board for the Federal capital municipality. Messrs. Dennis Goonting and Joseph KS Lai were appointed members of the Board.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 669 5 SA!GON, Tues. (UPI). U.S. Special Forces troopers and their Vietnamese irregular sidekicks ambushed a column of three Communist tanks pushing into South Vietnam last night, it was reported today. They hit the tanks and an accompanying battalion
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    • 470 5 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) Home Secretary James Callaghan issued instructions to immigration officers yesterday covering the neve clauses in the Commonwealth Immigrants Bill now before parliament. In particular the instructions concern the entry of dependants who have been pouring into Britain through loopholes
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    • 135 5 CAPE TOWN. Tues (Reuter) South Africa’s halfmillion Indians took a further step along the road to separate control of their own affairs yesterday when a hill to create a South African Indian Council was given a second reading in P -rliament. During the
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    • 282 5 MOSCOW. Tues. (Reuter) —The Soviet Foreign Ministry has given the Moscow bureau of Reuters a “final serious warning” against publishing stories based on contact w-ith private Soviet citizens. It was issued by Mr F.M. Simonov, deputy head of the Foreign Ministry Press Department
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    • 170 5 Hearing on WELLINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) Former Sew Zealand Defence Minister Dean Jack Eyre rave evidence here today when Wellington's Supreme Court began hearing his claim for libel damages from the New Zealand Press Association. Mr. Eyre. Defence Minister from September 1957 to December 1966. is
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    • 408 5 WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) The number of U.S. servicemen in South Vietnam has grown from a mere 900 in 1960 to more than 500.000 today, according to Defence Department statistics. A breakdown of the figures shows the biggest increases were in 1965, with U.S. forces gradually building
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    • 160 5 'LIN PIAO CONFIRMED AS MAO'S HEIR BELGRADE Tues. (Reuter) Lin Piao the 61-year-old Chinese Defence Minister, was officially confirmed as the most ideal heir of Mao-TseTung, the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug said here today in a despatch from Peking. The agency quoted yesterday's Peking newspapers, which gave great publicity to
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    • 77 5 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) An Asian immigrant from Kenya was asked by a customs officer at London airport if the powdery substance found in an envelope in his luggage was a drug. The young man replied: “No. These are the ashes of my grandfather who died five
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    • 152 5 BOSTON. Massachusetts, Tues. (Reuter) More than 300 demonstrators tied up traffic in downtown Boston today as they marched in protest against the planned induction into the Army of a college instructor and a theology student. The demonstrators oicketed the Boston Army Base in
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    • 639 5 JUST LIKE HE SAW THEM—ON TELEVISION Loco, Texas tVPU Tues.—Carroll Watts’ story that a space ship landed in his pasture last year and six little men from Mars took him for a ride fell out of orbit yesterday and
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    • 209 6 MATINICUS ISLAND, Maine, Tues. (UPI) There was no school yesterday for the 13 students at the Elementary School on Matmicus island. The island’s one teacher w’as on strike. Tadgh Hanna said he was on Strike “to exemplify the deplorable conditions
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    • 101 6 CANBERRA. Tues (UPI) The government plans to take legal action against a “large number" of Japanese and Australian companies suspected of evading Customs duties. Customs Minister Ken Anderson announced today. Mr. Anderson told Parliament an Investigation Into the companies activities, now nearing completion, suggested that
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    • 32 6 JAKARTA. Tues (UPI) The Indonesian government has earmarked USS--130.000 for repairs of roads ar.d a seawall in the West Central Sumatra town of Padang damaged by a floodtide last wreek.
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    • 265 6 SHREWSBURY. England. Tues (UPI) Nurses at a 100-year-old Mental Hospital told yesterday of the horror when fire raged through the sleeping wards shortly after midnight. Twenty-one women, most of them over 60. were burned to death in their beds. Another 14 were
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    • 53 6 PARIS. Tues (UPI) A four-man delegation from the French Communist Party left by plane *oday for Hanoi via Moscow. The de'egation was seen off by Mai Van 80. head of the North Vietnam general delegation in Paris and Hanoi's top spokesman outside Vietnam, and Valerian Zorin, Soviet
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    • 51 6 JAKARTA. Tues. (UPI) Information Minister B M. Diah has ordered the closure of all newspapers and periodicals in Indonesia without government publication certificates. the Information Ministry said today. The Minister has also decided not to issue new publication licences momentarily “in order to establish order m press
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    • 336 6 CAIRO, Tues. (UPI). Former Egyptian War Minister Shams Badran told a revolutionary court yesterday, "It is practically impossible" to depose President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Mr. Badran denied he was involved in any plans to overthrow Mr. Nasser after Egypt's defeat by
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    • 91 6 SAIGON. Tues. (Reuter) More South Vietnamese Generals and senior officers are about to be rep aced as the government continues a drastic reorganisation and revitalisation of its Armed Forces, military sources forecast today. Yesterday they disclosed the second change within three days among the commanders of the
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    • 108 6 WHEN Britain abandoned Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on February 18, one clock the 24-hour Gate Clock of the former Greenwich Observatory continued to show GMT, the “time'' that forms the basis of navigation, astronomy, meteorology and global communication. By international agreement, calculations in
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    • 97 6 JAKARTA. Tues. (UPI) Indonesian journalist Mr. Lubls received the International “Golden Pen of Freedom Award' for his contributions to the press. It was reported today. The award was handed to Mr. Lubis by French ambassador to Indonesia Mr Claude Cheysson during a reception
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    • 158 6 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPI) The United States and Japan signed a new, 30year agreement yesterday to work together in peaceful uses of atomic energy. The pact, hailed by Secretary of State Mr. Dean Rusk as evidence of “spectacular progress” by Japanese industry, reportedly involved the largest
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    • 102 6 OAKLAND, California, Tues. (Reuter) A local airline has dropped plans to use topless hostesses on flights to nearby gambling casinos because of opposition from an irate Town Council in San Jose, south of here. Kaliday Airlines, mainly a charter concern, planned to use
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    • EASTERN SUN U.N.C.L.E. FAN CLUB NEWS
      • 720 6 Y r OU walk off a busy, brownstone-lined street, down a few steps and enter through the door of an obscure little tailor shop. You nod to the man behind the pressing machine, turn right and slip into privacy
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      • 396 6 4 LL MEMBERS of the Eastern Sun U.N.C.L. E. Fan Club who wish to have their names published in this column, please write your name, address. Section and Number, age, sex, hobbies and interests on a piece of paper and send it to: PenPals Column, Eastern Sun U
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      • 454 6 Agent back again... Beware: all thrush Ager.ts—Super U N C LE. Agent i is back on the scene again. This time I won't be caught so easily by the THRUSH traps. This typewriter which I'm now using has been checked and double-checked by our experts in the UN.C.LE. HQ. I’m
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    • 303 7 'You are panicked. the govt, has panicked. Wrong. immoral, cruel inhuman LONDON. Tues (l PF) Asians got a firm “No" yesterday when they appealed to the Home Office to halt impending legislation that would limit the entry of Kenya Asians into
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    • 185 7 E-W flow needed NEW DELHI Tues (Reuter)—Thf French and West German delegations to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) yesterday advocated an extension of EastWest trade. The French delegate. M. P Boehet. said it was not differing political systems which presented a 'riarrier to
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    • 94 7 HONG KONG. Tues (Reuter) The Royal Observatory sard today its seismographs recorded an intense earthquake whose epicentre was estimated to be about 660 miles north of here over China's Yangtze valley. The tremors started at 6 52 pm. local time and did not dre out <or
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    • 153 7 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) —The St-ate Department todav left open a possibility the United States would take the Pueblo case to the World Court if current efforts failed to win release of the U. 5. intelligence ship and its crew from North Korea. “We
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    • 115 7 PANMUNJOM. Tues (UPI> The 346th meeting of the Korean Armistice Commission secretariat was held today at Panmunjom at the request of the Communist side. North Korean Communists brought up only routine charges against United Nations Command North Korean Army Col. Han Ju-Kvong charged that the UNC
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    • 222 7 Haunted house to be purged NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS. England Tues. ’UPI* Gerald Burke laughed when people warned him he was moving into a haunted house. That was four months ago before he heard the screams in the night, shrieks of laughter and sound of breaking glass. “I'm not laughing now." Burke said
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    • 237 7 HIROSHIMA. Japan, (L’PI) Tues. former Socialist Mayor of Hiroshima. Shinro Hamai, died late on Monday of a heart attack while attending a local labour confederation meeting. Mr. Hamai. 62 who retired alter ten year* ago as mayor in May of 1967. was known as the
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    • 123 7 BIRKENHEAD. England. Tu*s (Reuter) Grave digger Warner Williams today failed to get a warrant for the arrest of Prime Minister Harold Wilson for treason Magistrates in this Northwest F.ngland town told him thev had no power to issue the'w arrant alleging treason hv Mr. Wilson
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    • 191 7 MILAN. Tues (Reuter) F reiic b film *trr Bn;itte Bardot today wo n a legal suit against an Italian pinup magazine Daymen, which published semi-nude pictures of he r last June alleged to have been taken through a ho'e n the hedge of
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    • 51 7 THIS Indian Yoga exponent says he does not do stunts for publicity, but exercises to keep fit. Like pulling along a full minicar by his hair. His favourite work-out is stopping running cars be says. Nohodv wants to take him on. and he wins evervtime evervtime without hair splitting. Pana
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    • 651 7 HONG KONG, Mon. (UPI). —MorsHol Peng Teh-Huai, the commander of Communist Chinese Forces in the Korean war, has been accused of criminal mistakes in his conduct of the war. Some of the ‘‘Crimes'* of the purged ex-De-fence Minister were
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    • 92 7 WASHINGTON. Tues (Reuter) The United States will supply Japan with a record amount of enriched uranium to fuel 13 large nuclear power reactors under an agreement signed here last night. “This is an indication of the spectacular growth of Japan industrial and technical
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    • 237 7 BALBOA. Caral Zone Tues (ITI) A Panama Canal Co., spokesman said the Panama Canal probably would be reopened to twoway traffic by Wednesday or Thursday. Onp wav traffic resumed yesterday, after an 18-hour stoppage caused when a Japanese ore-carrier sank in the canal.
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    • 85 7 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) A Guyanan-born “Black power" advocate announced today he was standing for Parliament in a London byelection. Roy Sawh. a regular soapbox orator at London’s Hyde Park, told reporters his decision had been triggered by the government's recent decision to curb the influx
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  • 689 8 ALLIANCE backbencher from Kampar, Mr. Toh Theam Hock, speaking during the current session of the Devvan Ra'ayat, disclosed to the House the sad plight of 500,000 new villagers in the country. These new villagers have become a forgotten people with the tucking away of the
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  • 166 8 APA INI, Dato Mohamed Asri? You as Mentri Besar of the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party-controlled State of Kelantan obtained from the Central Government a loan of $1.5 million to pay the December wages of your civil servants in the State. The Cabinet approved the loan on two conditions the
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  • 970 8  -  —Bright idea brings colour to towns and villages By Marc Kemmis IF you travel around Britain, you will probably be impressed with the way in which flowers have been used to decorate and brighten towns and villages, even in industrial centres Much of this colourful improvement in
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  • 417 8 AUSTRALIAN and Japanese trawlers testing the potential of prawning grounds discovered in the Gulf of Carpentaria have confirmed the conclusion of Australian fisheries biologists that a large part of the Gulf could produce substantial quantities of prawns. Tnelr catches Included banana, tiger, king, and
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    • 212 8 The war to end future wars IAM a firm believer of Karma, the natural law of cause and effect, action and reaction. Good begets good, evil begets evil. Accumulated evils Man's inhumanities to Man and atrocities perpetrated on dumb creatures rebound on humanity and the world in kind and in
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    • 101 8 r THE mosquito menace in Singapore was the subject of a heated discussion in the Singapore Parliament recently. It was reported that there was an increase in the mosquito population in Singapore and the Ministry of Health has not been able to trace the source of
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    • 232 8 Loyalty the N-Anthem THE new National Anthem Bill enforcing due respect to the National Anthem is welcome but I have fears that conviction for non-observance will be difficult to come by. I foresee many ways in which the strict rules can be circumvented. If the National Anthem is played at
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  • 264 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt “Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") TAUNCAN made a contract to buy some land from Scott. Scott agreed to deliver title to the land by Sept. 1, but was not able to comply. Duncan later sued Scott for specific performance of a written
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    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1868 23-B. Cantonment Road, Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 39, |alan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telephone: *****/6 8. Leith Street. Tel: ***** 77, Brewster Road, Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 547 9 T ONDON, Tues. (UPI) Britain’s Chamber of Shipping today hit out at both the British and U.S. governments for policies which it said harm interna- tional mercantile trade. The Chamber, in its annual report for 1967-68. also criticised the risk of the
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    • 147 9 ■ROME, Tues. (UPI) The European Common Market's Finance Ministers met last right to discuss how Britain’s devaluation of the pound and the U.S. dollarsaving measures have affected the economies of their six countries. World monetary' problems a so were on the agenda of the two-day
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    • 75 9 LONDON. Tues (UPI) Rubber market closed idle with spot 16-1 4, 16-1/2. Settlement House March 16-3/16 16-1/2 April 16-1/2 16-5/8 May 16-3/4 16-7/8 April'June 16-3/4 16-7/3 July/Sept 17-1/4 17-5/16 Oct/Dec 17-5/8 17-3/4 Jan-March 17-13/16 17-15/16 April/June 18 18-1/8 July/Sept 18-3/16 18-5/16 Oct/Dec 18-5 16 18-7/16 Jan/March 18-7/16
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    • 91 9 KARACHI. Tues. (Reuter) Soviet Foreign Trade Minister Nikolai Patolichev arrived here today to sign a barter trade agreement with Pakistan. No figures have been disclosed. but according to official sources, the agreement provides for an increased exchange of goods. The previous agreement expired
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    • 53 9 NEW YORK. Tues <UPI) Rubber futures closed yesterday unchanged on no sales. Mar 68 16.75 17.50 May 17.45 17.80 July 17.55 18.00 Sept 17.75 18 15 Nov 18.00 18.40 Jan 18 15 18 55 Mar 18.25 18.75 The spot No 1 RSS held st-ady at 16-3/4 cents
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    • 284 9 RUBBER DOWN CENT SINGAPORE. Tues. March first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 pm in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 461 rents per lb., down one-eight of a cent from previous close. The tone was dull. The market opened with a continuation of last night’s easier trend as
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    • 127 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr. T. F. Baiden. branch manager of the Kodak < Malaya) Limited in Kuala Lumpur, will participate next week in a management skills seminar to be sponsored by Kodak in Manila. Also attending is Mr T. S Foong. sales manager. The week-long seminar will
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    • 107 9 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Trading w-as dull today on the London Stock Market. Prices opened a shade harder but drifted back later on lack of support and losses predominated at the close. Fears that dividend control may be one of the budget measures did little to
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    • 118 9 MANILA. Tues. (Reuter) Mr Takeshi Watanabe. President of the Asian Development Bank (A DB said here yesterday that an AD B survey was “optimistic about the future possibilities of Asian agriculture.’* Mr. Watanabe during a meeting with A D.B offi-'ials said that
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    • 43 9 MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay. Tues (UPI) Sources in the Uruguyan Foreign Office has said a diplomat will travel to Europe next month to promote beef exports. The trip is a result of Britain's decision to extend the beef ban. diplomatic sources said.
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    • 220 9 NEW YORK. Tues (UPI) Investors reacting to dismal economic news sent prices lower along a fairly wide front on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Trading was relatively active Cautious production plans by the auto industry despite a climb in sales, indicates that steel buying
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    • 976 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Malayawata. Pan (M) Cement and Veneer dominated the days's active trading on the Stock Exchange today The market opened on a firm note and prices Improved to close mostly higher than yesterday’s levels. The industrial section finished the day with 24 counters showing
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    • 95 9 SINGAPORE Tues The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in it* rates to merchants: New York: Buying TT. 32- Airmail OD 33: 90 d/st. 33-1/2 credit bills; 33- trade bills. Canada: Buying TT. 35- Airmail OD 35-7/8; 90 d/st 36-9/16 credit bills; 36- trade
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    • 54 9 SINGAPORE. Tues In a world-wide promotion to promote Singapore and Malaysia. Thai International have produced a colour folder which Is being distributed through Thai International and Scandinavian Airlines System offices throughout the world. This folder has been produced in 160.000 copies in English. Japanese. Chinese. Thai. German. French,
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    • 23 9 WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) No offers were received bv General Services Administration today to buy government stockpiled tin. the agency said.
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    • 462 9 YOUR SHARES UP-DOWN UNCHANGED SINGAPORE—Stock Exchange old and offer prices officially Usted at rne close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co z.;o 2 51 1 66 2.46 2.47 Chemical Co. 1.14 old Murage t 02 4 10 2 68 4.58 E ■'melting 4.50 V 1 2.1 2.2.1 3.00 Eit/patrlck' 1.80 1
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    • 44 9 < Managers' prices) l'lr*t Malayan 2.42 Second Malax an 171 Third Malayan The Commerce 1.13 Industry The savin; .93 1.04 Industry .97 l.nfi Tlrst Hongkong .79 Second Hongkong Malayan Investment .55 -59* fund 1.05 1.15 sterling Commodltv 11 4/8 t* Hong Kong Currency)
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    • 106 9 SINGAPORE Tues. The n<Min price* at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are > Buyer Coconut Oil Seller (FOB) Bulk Coconut on 61.50 (I OB Drums Lou«e Copra Mixed Feb/Mar 87.50 Muntok White Pepper (I O.B.) 64.00 06% NEW Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) no.oo 96% NI.W Sarawak Special Black
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Tues The tin price for today was $556.25 per picul, up 37} cents.
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    • 182 9 SINGAPORE. Tues The following ships are expected to be in port today:G "downs Vessels 1/2 Waitaki 3/4 Gudrun Bakke 5 Y'amanami 6/7 Nikkei Maru 13/14 Neckarstein 15/16 Utrecht lft Fernmoor 19 Kenryu Maru 21 22 Rajah Brooke 23 24 Star Arcturus 27 28 Bonneville 29 30 Hongkong
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    • 915 9 AIR jSs& LUMPUR SLm .1 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE. Als ML 029 12.05 am. from K.L. M'A AIL 309 7 20 a m. from Perth/Jakarta. MSA ML 019 8 a.m. from KL M'A ML 121 9 30 a m. from K.L. M'A ML 005 10 25 a m. from Penang Ipoh/K.L.
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    • 86 11 PARFUM EAU OE COLOGNE KIAN CWAN (MALATA) LTI>. N* Singapore. Kuala Lumpur. Penang. EAU OE COLOGNE CANOE :l US. r CAS'OE 0 CAAVCL-/ KIAN CWAN (MALAYA) LTD. Sinjapor*. Kuala Lumpur. Perurj YOU LOOK WELL ONLY IF YOU FEEL WEU m mm m WuEm* mwm* r; m ■7l E^4 V'Yu will
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  • Eastern Sun Special
    • 1364 12  -  b y United Press International pHURCHES and governments are waging propaganda warfare through powerful radio transmitters located in East Asia. The teachings of Jesus and Jefferson are being broadcast through the Iron and Bamboo curtains from stations in Korea, Okinawa, Taiwan and the Philippines. These crusading broadcasters,
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    • 505 12  -  By THANG MYINE rPHE Thai Government is drafting five tough laws to protect the country's eighth constitution from being used by Communists. After eight years of legal labour, the Constituent Assembly recently passed the draft constitution. It is expected to receive Royal promulgation in April,
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 173 13 TF there is any such thing as “inspired” type-casting. Raquel Welch as Lillian Lust in 20th CenturyFox's satiric comedy, “Bedazzled,” Is it. The undisputed queen of the magazine cover foreign even more than domestic Raquel truly comes to life
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    • 467 13  - Mia Frankie a passing fancy? HOLLYWOOD EVERYWHERE By Sheilah Graham MIA Farrow's stay at Frank Sinatra's Palm Spnnes home was more of a visit than a reconciliation. She may still be there, but then again she may not. and in any case Frankie is going away on some personal appearances
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    • 382 13  - Blowing dancing their way around the world By Charles Chan pOR O few dollars more so he could buy A more lollies and candies Terry Cardell played in various bands even while he was in school in Australia He became a full-time musician straight from school, playing in various bands
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    • 193 13 THE 20th Century-Fox album on “VALLEY OF THE DOLLS” is zooming up in sales. In addition. Dionne 'Warwick's song from “VALLEY OF THE DOLLS” has become a tremendous hit in the United States. And Scepter Records has just announced that they are
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    • 123 13 IT IS now perfectly safe to predict that Rod Steiger will win the Oscar for "In the Heat of the Night.” In my book, he is a bit ahead of his closest contender. Warren Beatty for “Bonnie and Clyde.” The Bonnie and Clyde dress designer.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 264 13 SHAW tGANISATION D O MnSTJMM Mth RIO DAY! 3 Show* Dalle Not* Time* 1.45. ft.ls A; M 5 on C in? 1.5? pm. V!“ pm. A *52 pm. SCHOOL Children CONCESSION 150 TO ANY SEAT AT 145 A s.lft pm FH°WS D.AILY EXCEPT Saturday* A: Sunday* Riehard Harrla. Pranco Ner<->
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    • 253 13 E3HE?3 CftGANISATIBN eh* i: Last Day! 11. 1.30. 4 00. 6 30. 920 “VILLA MURDER” (Mand.) Color English 'Chine** Buo» OPENS TOMORROW! .FOX' POKER WITH PISTOLS” Oeorgr Hilton. ColorScnpc On stij»-T»*iii«rr«* 913 pm. PICK %-BOX QT'IZ CATHAY ***** Last Day! 11. 1 30. 4 *O. 6 30. 930 “THE PROJECTED
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  • 668 14 NEWSFEATURES JAKARTA. Tues. (Reuter) Students who won a place in Indonesian history with their struggle to topple President Sukarno's regime are turning into angry young men without a combined purpose. Two years ago. their mass demonstrations proved one of the most remarkable political
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  • 130 14 WASHINGTON. Tues (Reuter) The State Department says the government proposed to give U 553,100,000 to the Asian Foundation, a philanthropic organisation which previously received much of its support in undercover funds from the US. Central Intelligence Agency. C.I.A. money for the foundation and numerous other
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  • 165 14 PORT LOUIS. Mauritius. Tues (Reuteri British troops opened fire when a crowd chasing two men here ignored orders to stop. One person was later reported killed and another wounded. British troops were flown to this Indian Ocean colony last month after riots between Moslems and Creoles caused
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  • 46 14 JAKARTA. Tues. (UPI) Parliament has urged compulsory observance of family planning programmes for the West Java populace to keen pace with the shortage in fowl. The present birth rate in West Java is 2-i per cent or about 1.250 new babies a day.
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  • 91 14 Arthur, a TV food star was recently involved in a cold war so claims the owner. >lr. Manning had a row over the contract with Spillers. the cat-food people and got a court order to take him back from them. While the battle raged (in
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  • 353 14  -  Increased donations to Science by MIN THU RANGOON, Burma. Tues. (Reuter) Donations of bodies after death for the advancement of medical science is becoming common in this predominantly Buddhist country. Blood donops are also on the increase and contribute to a national blood bank. A
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  • 281 14 PAPEETE. Tahiti. Tues (CPI) Thousand* of angry Tahitians chanted the French national anthem and hurled rocks at government leaders yesterday to protest a proposed tax. A crowd of about 10.000 persons one third of the capital's population massed outside the territorial Assembly building
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  • 1998 15 HE DOWNS FIVE PINS WITH GOLDEN BALL KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Despite his pressing duties as Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, which doesn't give much time for practice, Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, has been making steady progress in his bowling.
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  • 1169 15 Horses Cl. 3s Div. 5 Abt. 8 y 2 Furs. 826 Je Maintiendrat Sv 9 00 Jaekvs Stable J. Donnellv on* Port Capri 5v 9 00 Flash Stable 080 Scarpa fly 8 12 Hens Heng St. E. Donnelly 589 Chinzarro 5y 8 12 C
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  • Sun Sport
    • 76 16 Jimmy Anderson (left) lands a left high on the head of Jimmy Re vie during their fight for the new British junior lightweight championship at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Anderson started badly, being knocked down twice during the early rounds; but in the
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    • 655 16 CHRISTCHURCH, Tues. (Reuter). New Zealand mode hard work of levelling the four-match series one-one with India here today before eventually winning the Second Cricket Test by six wickets. Final scores: New Zealand 502 and 88 for four equal India 288 and 301.
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    • 227 16 SEREMBAN, Tues. A grand Pesta Sukan to commemorate the coronation of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan will be held here from April 12 to 14. Enche Sha’ ari bin Harun, the State financial officer and president of the N.S. Football
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    • 28 16 SEREMBAN, Tues. The N.S. Ceylonese Youth Forum maintained their winning streak in the N.S. Hockey Association senior league when they beat N.S. Malays 3-0 here today
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    • 124 16 SINGAPORE Tues. Jimmy Coates former England Olympic player will captain the Joint Services football team in a friendly match against the Republic’s Under-23 squad to be played at Jalan Besar stadium on Sunday. March 3. The Under-23 team will be selected from the roilowing players
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    • 66 16 SEREMBAN. Tues. The Malaysian Armed Forces began their three-day tour here with an impressive 4-1 win over the formidable Seremban Rangers today. Armed Forces in preparation for the annual clash with the Royal Malaysian Police on March 13 for the Thompson Cup showed perfect fitness and
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    • 73 16 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Results of football matches played last night were: English division one Sheffield U. 3. Tot. Hotspur 2 Southampton 3, Everton 2 Stoke C. 2. West Ham U. 0 The three above matches were all postponed from February 24. DIVISION THREE Colchester U. 1, Scunth.
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    • 355 16  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE. Tues. The Asian Football Confederation has warned all affiliated national associations that thev will be suspended or debarred from membership if they fail to pay up the arrears or levy due on matches and tournaments played last year.
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    • 32 16 TOKYO. Tues. (Reuter) Australian aboriginal Lionel Rose tonight became the new bantamweight boxing champion of the world when he outpointed Japan's Masahiko Fighting Harada over 15 rounds here
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    • 520 16 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Pro-Am championships the prelude to the Singapore Open golf championships gets underway tomorrow at 8 a m. with H. Suzumura and Robert Lee and Frank Phillips and T. Humble taking the first tee. A two-ball best-ball affair. scores in the
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    • 427 16 BRIDGESTOWN, (Barbados.) Tues. (Reuter) Four hours of defiance by opening batsman Robin Bvnoe (64 not out) enabled Barbados to hold MCC to a draw after following on during the final day of their four-day match here yesterday. A fourth-wicket stand of 91 In
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    • 48 16 IPOH. Tues. Office-bear-ers of Diehards Club for the year 1968 have been elected recently at an annual general meeting. They are president, Mr. Hooi Wah Toon, vice-presi-dents: Messrs. Choone Meow Chan and Oon Khor Wooi, secretary: Mr. C. K. Lean, treasurer: Mr. Ting Jin Choon.
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    • 209 16  -  by WINDSOR LAD PENANG. Tues. Only a few horses were out to make time on a fast track at Batu Gantong this morning and none worked better than Lili Marlene (Wilson) who displayed striking form when she easily disposed of 3f in 39 going smoothly
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    • 94 16 MUAR. Tues. The Johore State Amateur Football Association today selected a 13-member squad for intensive training for the South Zone football encounter for the Sultan’s Gold Cup with Singapore at Sri Gelam in Johore Bahru on March 3. Kick-off is at 5 p.m. The
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 56 16 TIME AND TIDE Penan*: 12.43 am. (7.7 ft.), 1.23 pm. (7.0 ft.) Port Swettenham: 6.05 a.m. (14.7 ft.), 6.31 pm. (15.6 ft.) Port Dickson: 6.56 a.m. (8.6 ft.), 705 pm. (8-9 ft.) Singapore: 10.47 a.m. (9.7 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 9.00 am. (6.4 ft.). 10.50 pm. (7.6 ft.) Kuantan: 8.33 a.tn.
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    • 15 16 SINGAPORE SWOP nra? ui d 350,000 HHI DRAW MM IICKHS ONI DOUAR ON SAlf NOVI
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