Eastern Sun, 19 April 1968

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    22 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 620 Friday, 19 April 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Jayadiri a call by Razak
    732 1  -  By JAMAL ALI (drive for greater progress) KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak this evening gave the nation a motto JAYADIRI (Drive for greater progress) which he said could propel Malaysia forward in national development. “This spirit of jayadiri Infused in our
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    Lock icon JOHNSON’S PLEDGES
    331 1 Allies in Vietnam will be consulted ‘at each stage’ of peace negotiations HONOLULU, Thurs. (Reuter) |>RESIDENT Johnson, heading for his Texas Ranch today, left behind firm U.S. pledges to consult its Allies in Vietnam "at each stage" of negotiations for a possible peace settlement. For the moment, the
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    Lock icon Talks site: U Thant continuing efforts
    138 1 UNITED NATIONS. Thurs. (Reuter) UN. Secre-tary-General U Thant was continuing private efforts today to persuade the United States and North Vietnam to agree on a compromise site probably Paris fpr preliminary peace talks. U Thant conferred in Paris last week with the North Vietnamese
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    Lock icon Claimant to Sabah warned
    106 1 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI> Esmail Kiram. one of the Filipino claimants to Malaysian Sabah, has been warned that an unidentified “ranking official of Sabah'’ has hired several persons to liquidate him. the Philippine News Service reported today. PNS said the warning came In a telegram from Esmail’s
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    Lock icon Hanoi to U.S.: Agree without delay
    395 1 PHNOM PENH OR WARSAW 'TOKYO Thurs. (I/PI) North Vietnam indicated todav it will not suggest a third capital as the site of Vietnam peace talks. “We demand that the U.S. Government agree without delay to either Phnom Penh or Warsaw for the site of
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    Lock icon P.I. agrees to June date
    91 1 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) The Philippines has agreed to a Malaysian Government suggestion that talks on the Philippine claim to Sabah be held in Bangkok some time in June this year, a Foreign Office spokesman said today. The spokesman told repor- ters that the Philippines had
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    Lock icon B-52s BOMB A SHAU VALLEY
    128 1 SAIGON. Thurs. (Reuter> America’s giant B-52 bombers have given the A Shau Valley on the traditional infiltration route to Hue its biggest 24hour pounding of the Vietnam war. a U.S. spokesman said today. The valley has been declared a number one priority bombing target, the
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    Lock icon Ban on publication
    22 1 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. The Government has banned a publication by the Selangor branch of the Party Ra’ayat entitled “Flag”.
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    Lock icon Expulsion: No truth at all, says embassy
    165 1 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) The Malaysian Embassy here has declared there was no truth at all In reports that the Sabah Government had expelled 100 Filipino workers because of the Corregidor incident. A Press statement issued yesterday said the Malaysian Government had investigated the
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    Lock icon 'Stop making false allegations'
    63 1 KOTA KINABALU. Thurs. The Chief Minister. Sabah, Tun Datu Haji Mustapha bin Datu Harun, today asked the Philippines to refrain from making false allegations against Malaysia. Talking to newsmen on his return from the nation's capital, he said if the Philippines continued making false allegations against
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    Lock icon DANGER SIGNS! SORE TENDER GUMS
    178 1 Dentists will tell you gums and strong teeth, how more teeth are use Kolynos Dental lost from gum trouble Cream every day. than from any other Kolynos also encause. Certain danger hances the beauty of signs are gums which your teeth. Even dull, are sore
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon '$30 MIL. SUCCESS' FOR SINGAPORE TRADE MISSION
      305 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. More than $3O million worth of business transactions and several joint agreements to set up industries here have been secured by the Singapore Trade Mission to South-East Asio. The mission members who returned home today after their three-week trip to six
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      Lock icon Soprano and hubby to popularise operas
      363 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A husb»nd-and-wife team are determined to "educate’’ the young people in Singapore to appreciate opera. In their Initial efforts. Mr, Tien Ming En and his lovely wife, Joy Tien, a soprano, will give a H-hour recital at the Victoria Theatre on May
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      Lock icon 'C-assignment' of 'Miss Sunkist 1968'
      125 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. California may be reputed for Its flower girls but in Singapore todav is the orange girl; “Miss Sunkist 1968”, Miss Cris Bishop from California. Miss Bishop. 22. is on a two-day promotional tour for Sunkist oranges of California. She has brought along with
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      Lock icon Housewife's appeal dismissed
      200 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. An appeal by a housewife. Madam Soh Poey Lan. against a lower court conviction on a charge of hookmaking was dism ssed bv the High Court today. In dismissing the appeal. Mr. Justice Winslow remarked that having regard to the law and the charge as
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      Lock icon Govt, told: Introduce legislation to curb pirating of records
      367 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Another records executive has called on the Government to introduce legislation to curb pirating of records. He is Mr Kurt Kinkele. managing director of Deutsche Grammophon Gessellschaft, one of the oldest record companies in the world. He noted that
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      Lock icon Court finds 2 guilty of extortion
      599 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Two man war* today jailed for nine months each by the Fifth Magistrate's Court for extorting $5OO from housewife, Nellie Goh, 47. They are a hawker. Ng Ho Eng. 32. and a salesman. Koh Chia King. 27. The Magistrate. Mr Anwarul Haque.
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      Lock icon Belly dancer ‘falls in love’ with Republic
      124 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Belly dancer Fortune Abev Deera. 22, who has chalked up quite a reputation in Europe and the Middle East, is now in Singapore. Better-known as Sumanda on stage, the sexv dancer ha.s been travelling round the world since she shot up
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      Lock icon Expert on industrial safety
      172 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A successful industrial safety programme must have the acceptance and active participation of all supervisors, a road and industrial safety expert said today. He is Mr. Donald G- Vaughan, who is in Singapore in an advisory capacity to the National Safety First Council of
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      Lock icon Police step up manhunt for escapees
      140 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Singapore Police have intensified their manhunt for the two prisoners who broke out of the medium security prison in Changi yesterday. S ice the jail-break at 8.30 a.m. yesterday, police have fanned the island and raided known hideouts in an attempt to
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      Lock icon Mobile Blood Bank
      40 3 SINGAPORE Thurs. Singapore Blood Transfusion Service's air-condition-ed mobile blood bank will be stationed along Orchard Road on Monday. The Blood Bank will be in front of the Borneo Motors 'Si Limited between 930 am. to 12.30 p.m.
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      Lock icon Another $100,000 for D-Fund
      69 3 SINGAPORE Thurs—Residents in Bukit Panjang. Bukit Tima*. Jurong and Chua Chu Kang have collected $109,000 for the National Defence Fund. They will hand over the money to the Government at a simple ceremony to be held at the premises of the Chua Chu Kang Citizens' Consultative
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      Lock icon Study tour of India
      46 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs Six members of the Singapore Polytechnic Chinese Language Society will leave here tomorrow for a study tour of India. The members are Ang Ten Swee. Cheng Yew Kee Ng Keng Phoy. Ng Seng Tak. Samuel Joseph and Yoong Yee Shing.
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      Lock icon Religious dance-drama over TV tomorrow
      111 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. “Encounter" a dance-drama about mans encounter with God. will be screened on Television Singapura at 9 40 p m. on Saturday. The dance-drama was produced jointly by Mrs. Shona MacTavish a choreographer from New Zealand who runs a school of dance there and
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      Lock icon Two get 9 years for stealing from judge's house
      183 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Two men were today jailed by the Fourth District Court for breaking into the First District Judge. Mr. D.C. DCotta’s house and stealing property worth 5645. Ang Peng Koon. 23. who had previous convictions, was sentenced to six years’
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      Lock icon RAF breaks blood donors record
      66 3 R.A.F. men and women donated a record breaking 540 pints of blood when the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service visited R.A.F. Seletar. Singapore, recently. It was the highest amount ever donated in a single session. Organised by Corporal John Little, whose wife is a disabled ex-WRAF,
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      Lock icon Defence Fund: Taxi-drivers to donate Sat. takings
      128 3 SINGAPORE Thurs Thirty taxi-drivers of the Jurong Section 7 m-s.. Bukit Timah Road, have decided to donate their takings on Saturday, to the National Defence Fund. They will start from Bukit Timah Community Centre at Bukit Timah Avenue from 6 a.m. and whatever
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      Lock icon 98 accidents
      22 3 SINGAPORE Thurs. There were 93 road accidents of which five were serious during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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      Lock icon Dance hostesses to celebrate 29th anniversary
      184 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Dance Hoste« es Association will celebrate its 29th anniversary with a tea dance on Sunday at the El Am’go Nite Club ip Kitchener Road. The function which begins from 3 p.m will feature some of the best entertainment in town
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      Lock icon Talks on to boost 2-way trade
      358 3 SIGNING OF STORE-YUGOSLAVIA TRADE A GREEMENT TODAY Thurs.—The Yugoslav economic mission members today began talks with Singapore officials to strengthen trade ties between both countries. At the opening of the talks, the leaders of both delegations outlined their own country's industrialisation programmes and stressed
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      159 3 7.30 p.m. A stage play “The Watch” presented by Radio Singapura at the Victoria Theatre Empress Place. 7.30 p.m. Religious meeting of the Seventh Day Adventist Mission of SE A. at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Empress Place 7.30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry Culture at Tanjong
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      Lock icon Unity till victory pledge by women
      569 4  -  ‘We have talked and talked...now action' By HOO BAN KHEE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. More than 1,000 women together with their male supporters jammed the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka here this evening in a rally for equal pay for women. The rally called by the
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      Lock icon Office Asst, denies accepting $300 reward
      402 4 KI’ALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A Government servant, who said he was a "man of substance”, today denied charges that he had accepted *3OO as a reward for helping Teoh Chin Wong obtain a carrier’s licence. K. P Kandiah Ayadurai. 89. an office assistant with the
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      Lock icon $6,000 for Fishermen Assn.
      89 4 THE Assistant Minister of Education. Mr. Lee Siok Yew. over the weekend on behalf of the Government presented a $6,000 eheque to the Fishermen Association of Tanjone Sepat. Selangor, for the construction of five jetties in Tanjong Sepat. Picture shows the Assistant Minister handing the cheque
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      Lock icon Youth found guilty of using criminal force on girl, 15
      232 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs A 15-year-old girl told the Magistrate's Court today a man tried to molest her while she went out to attend nature’s calL On trial for using criminal force on the girl was K. Subramaniam. 25, of Pekan
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      Lock icon Razak-Dr. Toh meet
      120 4 RazakDr. Toh meet KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. So specific topics were discussed when the Singapore Minister of Science and Technology. Dr. T*>h Chin Chye. met the Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak. here today. “It was merely an informal meeting to renew contact with one another” Tun Razak said when asked
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      Lock icon ‘Make farmer a proud member of society’
      393 4 RERDANG. Thurs Farmers, who form a large proportion of the country's population, should not only be given economic incentives but social incentives as well if Malaysia’s agricultural development is to be accelerated. More than just being merely assured of a market and a
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      Lock icon lATA rules must be observed says Formosan official
      262 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Acting Director of the Civil Aeronautic Administration of Formosa, Mr. K. E. Hsiao, today declared that it was his administration's policy that all airlines which are members of the International Air Travel Association must strictly observe the lATA
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      Lock icon 4 days with ‘foster’ parents
      172 4 M.B. hands over 45 schoolchildren: KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. It was “sort out your children” day at the Selangor State Assembly hall here today and there to take part was the Mentrl Besar of Selangor. Dato Harun bin Haji Idris Forty-five schoolchildren, 35 from Selangor ftnd
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      Lock icon A check on extravagant public servants
      134 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Public servants found to be living beyond their means can now be called before a Gov e r nment disciplinary body or tribunal to explain how they are able to do so. Regulations empowering the Government to do this have been
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      Lock icon $3 mil. aid to build research vessel
      407 4 PENANG. Thura. The German Government has set aside $3 million to help Malaysia build a fisheries research vessel with the accessary equipment and machinery to conduct research in West and East Malaysia. This was stated by the German Ambassador to Malaysia. Tan Sri
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      Lock icon Now it’s instant curls
      280 10  -  All you have to do is to pin them on By MAUREEN LEE It was instant coffee and instant tea but now, it is instant curls. From a headful of permanent curls to a few instant locks, and the trick is just pin them on, conveniently
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      Lock icon Court urged: Give appellant a second chance
      190 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A youth who was convicted by a lower court on four charges of theft of motor vehicles was today ordered to be remanded in the Reformative Training Centre for two weeks. In making the order. Mr. Justice Winslow called for a
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      Lock icon K.L. DIARY
      121 10 National Art Gallery CJalan Ampang): Rembrandt s etchings and drawings 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Balal Ampang (A.IA. Building) Malaysian young artists exhibition bv Galaxy Gallery and the Student Weekly 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Peninsular Art Gallery (41. Jalan Raja Muda): Works
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      Lock icon Body of new born baby on roadside
      91 10 KLANG Thurs. Police have classified as murder the death of a new bom baby whose body was found abandoned in Jalan Kebayong here yesterday morning. A Town Council labourer. Enche Mohamed Jin. on his way to work at about 645 a.m. spotted a
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      Lock icon The big Hippie show today
      127 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. All Is set for the bir Hippie show tomorrow at the National Theatre at 7.30 pm. to raise funds for a new extension to the St. Theresa Convent. The show called “Purple Velvet Vauderville" will feature the popular group from the Philippine*. D
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      356 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Johore's Deputy Chief Police OlRcer. Assistant Commissioner Yusof Khan today called on planters to be “security-minded.” He said crime in estates could tie prevented if planters adhered to his advice The Police Chief was addressing the annual general meeting of the Johore Planters Association
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      Lock icon Court hears of breach of H.P. contract
      198 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs An alleged breach of hire purchase contract over a tractor was heard in the High Court here today. The Anglo-American Corporation Ltd brought up the rase against Mr Chin Pak .Soon and Data Phua Cheng Leong. the guarantor for the
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      Lock icon $200,000 for minor development projects
      112 10 PENANG. Thurs. The State Government here will be spending about $200,000 for minor development projects in the State here this year. The Penang State Development Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. has approved the allocation. Of the amount.
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      Lock icon Cars, scooter missing
      107 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Two cars and a scooter, (their total value $9,850) were rej>orted stolen in the capital some time last night. Mr Cheong Heng. lost his Morris 1100 valued at $5,000 which was parked outside the Merdeka Stadium last night. A $4,000 Austin car belonging to
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      Lock icon 3 Kelantan women fined
      108 10 IPOH, Thurs. Three young women from Kelantan were today fined $l5O or 15 days' jail each at the Mahkamah Shariah (Religious Court) here for “attempting to prostitute themselves in contravention of the Muslim faith." Rahmah alias Kamarah binte Noor. 20. Nooraini binte Yusoff. 17, and Zainab
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      Lock icon Death of man, 55 after kampong fight
      241 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Doctors battled desperately for two hours to save the life of a 55-year-old man who was injured in a fight m Kampong Kubor. Sungei Way. near here last night. But desnite an emergency brain operation on K Sithambararo. (who is
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      Lock icon HK cameramen to hold exhibition
      57 10 MUAR. Thurs. A threeday photographic exhibition by 80 noted Hong Kong photographers will be held at the Chi Chieh Assembly Hall at Jalan Arab here from tomorrow’. A total of 220 photographs will be on display. The exhibition is sponsored jointly by the Hong Kong
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      Lock icon All I want IS peace
      741 10  -  TUNKU TELLS LABOUR PARTY DELEGATION: By HOO BAN KHEE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, declared flatly today he could not allow anyone to follow politics from eithe r China or India or In- donesia in Malaysia. He made it clear to
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      Lock icon COURTESY CALL
      47 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Soviet Ambassador to Malaysia. Mr. V.N. Kuznetzov. paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Finance. Tun Tan Siew Sin, at the Federal Treasury here today. He wa s accompanied by his Secretary Mr. Zlmenkov. and the Trade Representative Mr. Kokorev.
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      Lock icon Acid attack on bus company's chairman
      98 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The chairman of a bus company had acid thrown at his face this morning while he was getting into his car at the junction of Veerasamy Road and Jalan Besar. The victim. Mr. Ong Chin Chuan, 49. chairman of the Green Bus
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      Lock icon Bahaman meets detainees
      151 10 MUAR. Thurs. The health of 57 political detainees here who joined in a hunger strike in sympathy for their "comrades" at Batu Gajah detention camp was today described by the Minister of Justice, Enche Bahaman Samsudm as "very good”. Speaking to newsmen after hi s two-hour "heart-to-heart
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      Lock icon Discharge duties without bias Razak to police
      567 11 ITUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today told the police to discharge their duties without bias against any community. They must also show consideration to the public as their co-operation was vital in the maintenance of law and order,
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      Lock icon Photographers invited for exhibition
      109 11 MUAR. Thurs Photographers in Malaysia and Singapore are invited to take part in a photographic exhibition of Malaysia and Singapore here on May 31. It is organised by the Muar Photographers’ Group. Each entrant may submit a maximum of six monochrome or colour prints, each not
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      Lock icon Rural show
      45 11 MUAR. Thurs. Johore State executive Assemblyman, Haji Ismail bin Haji Saadon will, on behalf of the Johore Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Othman bin Haji Mohamed Sa’at. open a rural progress show at the Parit Ibrahim community ha’.l on April 27 at 19 a.m.
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      Lock icon Tun meets Thai police officers
      85 11 The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. who is also the Minister of Home Affairs being introduced to a group of Thai police officers now undergoing a course at the Police Depot in Jalan Gurney. The occasion was a tea reception after a passing out
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      Lock icon Hotel-catering committee formed in KL
      279 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A hotel and catering committee has been formed at the initiative of the Department of Tourism here to work towards meeting the urgent shortage of trained hotel and catering staff in the country. Announcing this in a statement today, the Acting Minister
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      Lock icon MCA youths dinner
      85 11 KAJANG, Thurs. The Kaja n g District M.C.A. youth section will hold a dinner at the Kajang Ha'.l. on Saturday, at 8 p.m. in honour of five members. They are Mr. Chong Beng. vice-chairman. Mr. Chai See. hon. secretary, and Messrs Ong Cbee Leong. Long Hin Jok
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      Lock icon All set for Ne Win’s State visit to K. Lumpur
      463 11  -  Kuala Lumpur, Thurs. More than 250 officers and men from several Army units and personnel of the Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Air Force will take part in various ceremonies during the State visit of the Chairman of
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      Lock icon Plans for more English periods for N-schools
      121 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Ministry of Education is now considering Increasing the number of English periods in Nationaltype Secondary Schools. Disclosing this today, a spokesman of the Ministry said a committee has been eet up It is headed by Enche Hamdan bln Sheikh
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      Lock icon OCBC manager
      34 11 MUAR. Thurs. Mr Lim Lian Heng has taken over duties as manager of the Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation here in place of Mr. Choo Joo Thye who has been transferred to Seremban.
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      Lock icon Dr. Tan off to Dallas
      143 11 KI’ALA LUMPUR. Thurs Dr. Tan Chee Khoon left today for Dallas. Texas, to attend the quadrennial international conference of the Methodist Church. The two-week conference will begin on Sunday. It is the highest legislative and policy-making body of the Methodist Church. The conference is expected
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      Lock icon Johore MIC officials
      55 11 MUAR Thurs.— The President of the Johore Malaysian Indian Congress. Mr. G. Pasamanickam, has been reelected President of the Muar M.I.C. branch. An Alliance Town Councillor. Mr. K.M.M. Taha, was re-elected Vice-President. Other office-bearers: Secretary. Mr. S. Sivam. the Secretary of the Muar Boy Scouts’ Association and
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      Lock icon THE KISS THAT COSTS HIM $75
      418 11 MALACCA. Thurs. A kiss on the back of the neck of a married woman costs a former motor firm executive here today a fine of $75 or three weeks jailA former sales manager. Tan Yak Kim. 39. now unemployed was found guilty In the
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      Lock icon Malaysian gets top post in RMAF
      72 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A Malaysian has been appointed to the top administrative post in the Royal Malaysian Air Force. He is Wing Commander Mansor bin Hashim who w ill assume the appointment of the head of the secretary branch of the Air Staff division
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      Lock icon Temple extension
      45 11 KAJANG. Thurs. The management committee of the Tien Foo Temple, at Dengkil village, near here, were hosts at a dinner to mark the official opening of its extension. The $12,000 extension was officially opened by Mr. Lee Siok Yew, Assistant Minister of Education.
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      667 2 yovk TV and V TODAY *2 TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Palau Pinang; 6 Ipoh and Melaka; 3 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiplng; 7 Batu Pahal; Kluang. P.M. 300 Opening Annct. Prog. Summary; 3.01 Tina: 325 New Adventure of Superman: 3.50 Brave Eagle "Medicine Drutns"; 413 Tompe! and
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      221 3 STOP STOMACH PAIN WITH DOUBLE-ACTION WEISEN-U Medical research carried out in California U.S.A. has shown that certain foodstuffs such as fresh green vegetables, especially cabbages, contain an anti-ulcer substance called Methylmefhioninesultonium Chloride which not only promotes the healing of gastric ulcers but also prevents relapses when used regularly. It has
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon NO Aussie-Indon defence pact needed
      256 5 ‘MISINTERPRETED BY INTERPRETER' SAYS MALIK CANBERRA, Thurs. (Reuter) —The Indonesian Foreign Minister, Mr. Adam Malik, has denied that Indonesia and Australia were considering a bi-lateral defence agreement. He attributed reports that he hinted at the possibility in interviews on Tuesday on "misinterpretation" by his interpreter.
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      Lock icon HOW DEAD IS DEAD?
      105 5 M NICH. West Germany, Thurs. (Reuter) More than two thousand leading surgeons from Europe. the United States and the Soviet Union met in Munich today to discuss how “dead” a man must be before his heart or other organs can be transplanted. The question of organ
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      Lock icon Last-minute divorce for Saturday wedding
      176 5 HOLLYWOOD. California, Thurs. (Reuter) Actor Tony Curtis flew to Juarez. Mexico, today to get a last minute divorce in time for his wedding here on Saturday. His wife. Christine Kaufmann, 24. was granted a divorce here a week ago on grounds of cruelty but in
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      Lock icon 'All freedom is abolished'
      137 5 ATHENS. Thurs. (Reuter) Greeks last night heard former Prime Minister George Papandreou, who is under house arrest here, charge the Army-backed Greek government with abolishing all freedoms. In a recorded message broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) the 80-year-old former leader of the Union of
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      20 5 PARIS Photo shows a solar oven with parabolic mirrors "ODEILLO" to intensify the sun's rays.
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      Lock icon Marlon Brando poses puzzle for Hollywood
      215 5 HOLLYWOOD. Thurs (Reuter) Actor Marlon Brandos surprise withdrawal from films to devote his time to the civil rights Movement today left Hollywood wondering if he would ever make another picture. In making his announcement yesterday the actor left unclear whether he was giving uP
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      Lock icon 'Early warning' on food shortage
      149 5 Early warning' on food shortage ROME. Thurs. (Reuter) An “early warning” system to speed up emergency aid to areas suffering from food shortage is being set up by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the organisation's Director-General said here today. Director-General Mr. Addeke H. Boerma told the governing body
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      Lock icon Suez Canal a permanent write-up?
      63 5 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) The Suez Canal may remain permanently closed, a world ■•honing authority hinted here tnday. Mr. Anthony Grower, chairman of Lloyds Register of Shipping, said many people now apparently thought the canal would never be reopened. And even if it wa he added,
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      Lock icon 18-pounds-10-at-birth twins critical after parting operation
      311 5 Tas .1 aye ins Thurs. f PI —lu n mnrtth-nld Siamese m in* at Iff paunds iO aunres barn ta tan unwed 16-year maid Xeyra girl hart* barn separated in a day -lany etperatian by a tram af alar tars at ihr VSt' -Taunty
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      Lock icon New flare-up at Galilee
      53 5 AMMAN. Thurs. (Reuter) Shooting between Israeli and Jordanian forces flared up anew last night when Israelis opened up with ma-chine-guns on Jordanian positions near the Al-Ma-jame ridge, south of the Sea of Galilee. a military spokesman said here. There were no Jordanian casualties and Israeli casualties
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      92 5 HONOLULU. Thurs. (Reuter) Australian Prime Minister John Gorton will visit Washington on May 27 and 28 by invitation of President Johnson, the White House announced today. It will be the first visit on the U.S. by Mr. Gorton since he assumed office on January 10
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      427 5 The Luther King kitting WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reufer) Attorney-General Ramsey Clark said last night that Eric Starvo Galt was being sought by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a Federal charge arising from the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Mr. Clark said in a
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      179 5 GENEVA. Thurs. (Reuter) Leading industrialised countries met here today for talks about tariff cuts which could be decisive for the future of proposals to help the American balance of payments deficit. The meeting, at the headquarters of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATTI.
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      Lock icon Rapprochement with Red China can confront free world with new threat
      470 6 YV’ASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI). Former Defence Secretary Mr. V Robert S. McNamara warned Congress, before leaving his Pentagon post last March, that any rapprochement between the Soviet Union and Communist China “could confront the free world with a new and
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      273 6 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Diplomatic sources said North Vietnam appears anxious to hold Vietnam war talks with the United States despite the prolonged wrangling over the site for a meeting. The sources in London said the deadlock may be broken by a go-between
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      151 6 Mayor retracts ‘shoot to kill order CHICAGO, Thurs. (Reuter) Chicago's mayor today reacted swiftly to nation-wide controversy by toning down his earlier order for police to shoot to kill arsonists and to maim looters in any future rioting. Mayor Richard J. Daley, veteran Democratic political leader, told the City Council
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      26 6 THE HAGUE, Thurs. (Reuter) Princess Margriet. 24, third daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. gave birth to a son at Utrecht Hospital tonight.
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      113 6 MUNTCH. Germany. Thura. <HfI) German doctors will try a heart transplant operation as soon as they find a donor. Prof Rudolf Zenker told the German Surgical Society Congress yesterday. Zenker. Chairman of the German Surgeons Society and a close friend of Prof. Christian Barnard, said
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      123 6 ATHENS, Thurs. (Reuter) —A veteran Greek politician was today placed under house arrest and a former leading politician was deported as the army-backed regime prepared for the first anniversary of its take-over. Mr. Dimitrios Papaspyrou, a former Minister in various Cabinets, was placed under house
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      24 6 FRED Hunter talks to British Television star Isabel Black when she tock delivery of her Modified Mini from John Sprinzel.
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      141 6 NEW DELHI. Thurs (Reuter; Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia will discuss international issues and questions of mutual interest in two meetings with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi later this month. The programme for the Emperor's three-day state visit beginning on April 28 said the two
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      159 6 JAKARTA. Thurs. (UPI) Residents of the coastal districts of Mad.iene in South Celebes have reported the disappearance of fish in the waters arounds them and the wilting of plants in their area and feared they were signs of an impending major calamity. The Antara news
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      155 6 VIENNA Thurs. (UPI).— Mr. Thanom Kittikachorn of Thailand has arrived here for an official visit to strengthen friendly relations with Austria and to improve trade developments between the two countries. The Thai Premier’s fourday visit to this neutral country marks his first trip to
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      73 6 SEOL*L. Thurs. (Reuter) North Koreans armed with light machineguns ambushed an 11-man South Korean patrol inside the western portion of the demilitarised zone yesterday morning wounding three patrolmen, the South Korean Army announced here today. The army said three others in the South Korean patrol were missing after
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      356 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) A pilgrimage of Australian veterans of World War I marched bravelv out in Washington’s bright, hot sun yesterday to Slace wreaths in Arlington ational Cemetery at the tomb of the unknown soldier and the late President Kennedy’s grave. It
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      153 6 HONOLULU. Thurs. (UPI) The presence of President Park Chung Hee of South Korea has created an exciting atmosphere at the oceanside Kahala Hilton Hotel. “There’s a sort of electric feeling i n the air,” a hotel spokesman said yesterday afternoon. At that moment. Mr. Park
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      219 6 RALEIGH. North Carolina, Thurs. (Reuter) Warders at the Central State Prison here who killed five prisoners with shotgun fire during the night were fighting for their lives against rebellious convicts hurling lighted torches, the Prison’s Warden said today. Warden David Henry said about
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      209 6 MOSCOW Thurs. (UPI) Sexy, silly foreign movies are eroding Soviet morals, a Moscow newspaper said yesterday. But there is little that can be done about it, it conceded, because these movies bring in bigger crowds than the ideologically upstanding Soviet films and Russian
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      322 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) Former Defence Secretary Mr. Robert S. McNamara warned Congress before leaving the Pentagon that a Communist victory in Vietnam would be “a triumph for Chinese militancy,” according to congressional testimony released yesterday. In his last congressional testimony
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      78 6 HONOLULU. Thurs. (UPI) President Johnson said he would have a custommade Johnson saddle delivered to South Korean President Park Chung Hee. Mr. Johnson told Mr. Park during their meeting here the saddle would be made by a saddle-maker in San Angelo. Texas, and would be a
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      73 6 OSAKA. Japan. Thurs. (UPI) A Hong Kong trader was detained by customs official yesterday on suspicion of smuggling precious stones and jewellery into Japan. Authorities said Tsai Yung-Ta 51. was taken into custody shortly after his arrival at Osaka International Airport from the Crown colony. They said
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      137 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, a likely presidential candidate, may break his long silence on Vietnam today. The Republican from New York was to speak before hundreds of editors from across the nation. His rival for the nomination, former Vice President
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      146 6 SEOUL Thurs, (UPI) ™ree Republic of Korea fROK) soldiers were killed early yesterday when a North Korean squad at* tacked a ROK patrol south or the demilitarized zone. ROK officials reported to* day. Three others l n the liman patrol were wounded, a spokesman said. No
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      91 6 SAIGON. Thurs. (UPIV America’s pacification chief said today the Vietcong had increased their hold On 1.06 million people as a re--sult of the Tet offensive. Citing surveys made at the end of March —two months after the Communists launched their widespread attacks deputy s Ambassador Robert W. Komer said
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      229 7 MALAYSIA'S DR. LIM AT ECAFE CANBERRA, Thurs. (Reuter). Malaysia s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, said the 1960's planned by the United Nations to be the decade of Development for Asia, actually was becoming the Decade of Disillusionment. Dr.
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      237 7 Indonesia's Foreign Minister Dr Adam Malik told the meeting that it could prove a fatal error if advanced nations failed to help pull Asia “out of the mud of poverty.’’ In his formal address to ICAFE Dr Malik said "Forces within the poor countries
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      162 7 DEL RIO. Texas Thurs. (I PI) Four Mexican migrant workers were found beaten and stabbed to death along a twomile stretch of Southwest Texas Highway yesterday- Two children survived, one shot and one stabbed, but both were in critical condition. Officers sought a motorist they
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      103 7 SAIGON. Thurs (Reuter) A group of 25 saffronrobed Buddhist monks today urged President Thieu to release their spiritual leader saying otherwise they would start a hunger strike outside the Presidential Palace here. They were met at the palace gates by a presidential aide who promised
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      145 7 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) —Steel furnace brick-layers last night threatened a nationwide strike that could cripple the steel industry and deal a devastating blow to Britain's’ precarious economy. The building trade workers union in London issued the threat over a pay dis-pute-confronting the stateowned steel
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      103 7 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Thurs. (UPI). Charles Porter. 55. who lost both his feet during World War 11. woke up in a downtown park yesterday and found that his artificial feet had been stolen. Porter had spent his last cent on a meal and settled
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      89 7 BONN (FSB). The German Mark is regarded in Japan as the hardest currency in the world. This, according to a report by the West German Broadcasting Service, was the finding of an opinion poll taken in Japan during the days of the gold crisis. The German Federal Bank President Blessing
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      313 7 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) State Department officials have flatly denied that the United States placed any restrictions on use of films it gave to the Japanese government showing Nagasaki and Hiroshima after they were atom-bombed by American Forces in the closing days of
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      185 7 W. GermanyRed China forge ties MOSCOW. Thurs. (Reuter) A Soviet publicist said today that West Germany and China could be on the way to the formation of a new axis because the rulers of both countries were strongly anti-Soviet. Ernst Henry, writing in the literary gazette, said the views of
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      42 7 WARSAW Thurs (UPI) The State Council has named Jerzy Bociong. 39. as Ambassador to Indonesia, the Polish News Agency PAP said today. Bociong. a law graduate from Warsaw University, has served in posts in Lon don and Tokyo.
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      157 7 BOSTON Massachusetts. Thurs (Reuter) The legality of American participation in the Vietnam war is not a relevant issue in the pro-ecuticn of baby doctor Benjamin Spock. a Federal Judge has ruled. Judge Francis J.W Ford announced his ruling at the start of a pre-trial
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      416 7 Why US alienates the World PORTLAND, Oregon, Thurs. (Reuter). Respect for the United States has dropped steeply because of this nation's obsession with power, Senator Robert F. Kennedy said lost night in a strong attack on American foreign policy. "American foreign policy has become identified with power, and
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      61 7 SEOUL Thurs. Reuter) The Press Foundation of Asia (PFA.). inaugurated at its first assembly here earlier this week, decided today to hold a second assembly in India next year. More than 70 delegates and observers from 250member newspapers and United Nations-affiliated organisations had attended the two-day
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      190 7 JAKARTA, Thurs. (UPI) Indonesia and Japan are expected to resume negotiations soon to find away out of the deadlock concerning Ashing rights for Japanese fishing boats in waters surrounding the Indonesian islands. the official Armed Forces Daily reported today. The deadlock was presumably caused by
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      13 7 A FRENCH Fernand Leger tapestry titled "Dwelling 1
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    436 8 ASSUMING that the United States and North Vietnam will eventually reach the conference table after travelling a tortuous course, the countries of South-east Asia should think anew about their relations with the United States. Instead of allowing themselves to be reduced to an acute state of panic
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    272 8 RECENTLY some Manila Journalists came to Malaysia to And out the people's feelings towards the Philippines following the Correeidor affair. One of them was Mr. Soliven of the Manila Times. He found Malaysians were more concerned with their daily rounds of sports than with the dirty business that
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    3880 8  -  Emphasis on education By: Slow Loong Hin A Member of Parliament Asia Is a continent of contrasts It is split into contrasting areas, each different from the other geographical, economic and social. The nations of Asia differ among themselves at least as much as
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      42 8 Eastern Sun Independent Nat tonal Newspaper FRIDAY. APRIL 19. 1968 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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      Lock icon Indonesia requires $325 million to aid its economy
      295 9 ROTHERDAM Thurs. (Reuter) The commitments of Japan at the forthcoming Inter-governmen-tal (Donor) Conference here on aid to play a leading role in the three-day discussiorß. it was learned here today. Informed sources said that In 1968. Indonesia would require $325 million to
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      179 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Stock prices were firm in fairly active trading yesterday but Blue Chips and many glamour stocks eased slightly on profit taking. Shortly before the end of the first hour of trading, the United Press International marketwide indicator had risen
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      Lock icon Plans for development of a small offshore field
      234 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Sarawak Shell Oilfields Limited, which has for many years been engaged in an extensive and costly campaign in the search for oil an d gas in Sarawak, today announced its plans for the qevelopment of a small offshore field,
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      183 9 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) London Stock Market moved up to a new all time high under sustained buying yesterday Investors switched their attentions to second line stocks and broadened the base of the advance. South African Gold Mines joined the industrial shares on the uptrack
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      71 9 This is a scale model of the "Global Vision” Pavilion that Japan's Toshiba and Ishikawajima Harimi Heavy Industries (IHI) plan to build for the Japan World Exposition in Osaka. 1970. The massive of the steel "spare frame” covers the hemispherical “GlobalVision" theatre in which movie will be shown
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      177 9 GENEVA. Thurs (UPI) The International Sugar Conference organised by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development < UNCTAD) opened here yesterday. Delegates from 6o countries will meet during the next seven weeks in an effort to restore stability to the sugar market. The
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      75 9 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) London rubber market closed quiet with spot 17 17-1/4. Settlement House May 17-3/16 17-5/16 June 17-5/16 17-7/16 July 17-3/8 17-1/2 July/ Sept 17-7/16 17-9/16 Oct/Dec 17-11/16 17-13/16 Jan/March 18 18-1/8 April/June 10-3/16 18-3/8 July/Sept 18-3/8 18-1/2 Oct/Dec 10-1/2 18-11/16 Jan/March 18-5/8 10-13/16 April/June 18-3/4
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      15 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs The tin price for today was $561.25 per picul, down *1.25.
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      1073 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs Conditions on the Stock Exchange today were quiet with industrial share prices holding steady. However, there was some speculative interest in Singapore Traction which was done from 52 to 55$ cents on a highest turnover of 445.000 units. MPH was slightly easier and
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      22 9 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber market opened quiet with spot 16-15 <l6 17-3/16. No. 1 RSS CIF basis ports-May 17-3/16 17-5/16
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      18 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) No offers were made to General Services Adminstration today to buy tin
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      23 9 HONK KONG. Thurs. (UPI) Money Quotations HKS6.OS/6.0675 per US dollar for cash. HK514.52 per pound sterling HK5298.7 per tael gold.
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      292 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE. Thurs.—May first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 49$ cents per lb., down three-eighths of a cent from previous close. The tone was dull. Opening quotations were marked up slightly on London advices but some upcountry selling
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      50 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures closed yesterday unchanged and untraded. May 68 17.608 17 80A Juiy 17.708 18.30A Sept 17.808 18.30 A Nov. 18.008 18 45A Jan 69 18.108 18.55A March 18.108 18.55A May 18.208 18.65A The spot No. 1 RSS quoted as 18 cents nominal.
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      403 9 YOUR SHARES UP-DOWN UNCHANGED SINGAPORE*—Stock Exchange old and oiler prices official!} listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS 286 2.90 C. sugar XD Chemical Co fold Storage Dunlop I'D E. Mnelting CD 3 04 2.78 5.50 3.08 1.47 4.20 5.65, 280 4.12 1 60 Titzpo tricks F. x V Ords.
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      49 9 (Managers' Prices) First Malayan 2.12 second Malayan 1.81 Third Malayan XD 114 T he nmmerce Industry 91 l 03 The sai Ing lunil .98 1.07 First H’kong XD .16 .81* Second H'kong 56 60* Malaysian Imestment Fund XD 1.10 1.20 Sterling C'modlty XD 4/10 Hong Kong Currency)
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      107 9 SINGAPORE. Thun,. The noon prices at the Stngapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are:Buyer Coconut Oil Seller (J OB) Bulk Coconut Oil 65.50 (F O B Drums Loose Copra Mixed 68 00 Apr 38.50 Muntok White Pepper iFOB.) 96% VI.At Saranak White Pepper (K.O.B.) 115.00 96% N E W Saranak
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      43 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. —The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: Selling T.T. O-D. ready were; Deutsche Marks ***** Holland Guilders *****; Belgian Francs 1618; French Francs 160-1/4* Italian Lire ***** and Reyais 144.
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      203 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The following ships are expected to be in port today; Godowns Vessels 1/2 Glenorchy 3/4 Bayleaf 5 Union Tiger 8 7 Shaftesbury 8/9 Hoegh Elite 10/11 Daishun Maru 13/14 President Monroe 15/16 Karimun 18 Kochanowski 19 Sir Bedivere 21/22 Kinabalu 23/24 Hakuho Maru 23 Kunak
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      802 9 AIR MOVEMENTS—S'PORE, ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE MSA 019 8.05 a m. from K U MSA 121 9.00 a.m. from K.L. MSA 451 9.15 am. from Kuching MS 005 10.23 a m. rrom nang 'Ipoh K L /Malacca MSI 017 3.00 pm. from Kota Rharu Trengganu/K L. MSI 033 3 00 p.m.
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    694 12  -  -CLIM A Soviet scientist has warned that the first homo sapiens on the moon may have to adjust his natural built-in time-clock to a fine pitch because in the sterile empty lunar space he will not have any external guides to tell time by. Apparently earth-bound
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      405 12  -  hy K.C. THALER LONDON, Thurs. (UPI). The Soviet Union appears to aspire to guardianship of the Suez Canal because the Kremlin is becoming increasingly involved in the political and strategic future of India, the influential institute for Strategic Studies reported. In a global strategy
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      106 12 PARIS. Thurs <Reuter* China may be officially planning to abandon sterling in favour of the French franc for her international settlements the Paris financial daily Les Echos said yesterday. “The Chinese are reported to have told the Japanese that they are on the point of
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      115 12 UNITED NATIONS. Thurs. (Reuter) U.S Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg today appealed to the Latin American members of the United Nations but failed to gain their full support for the draft treaty to ban the spread of nuclear weapons. Brazil, a member of the Geneva disarmament committee which
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      221 12 WASHINGTON, Thu r s. (UPI) The U.S. Army will be turning out Ml 6 nfles at a rate of more than a million a year by late 1969 under Plans for a major production increase. The increase would more than triple the present production rate It
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      117 12 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Britain will resume negotiations with South Yemen in Aden on April 20 on economic and other matters left outstanding in last year’s independence agreement, the Foreign Office has announced. The British delegation will be led by Sir Richard Beaumont. Undersecretary
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      114 12 THE latest public opinion poll shows that 79.5 percent of French people approve of the European Common Market. A break-down of this figure shows that 90 percent of those who approve do so because it means the end of customs barriers. 64 percent because
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      242 12 MOSCOW. Thurs. (Reuter) The Soviet authorities have relaxed their cast-iron ban on nonCommunist western newspapers to allow the sale of an authoritative Swiss daily but to foreigners only. The newspaper which has breached the ban. the international edition of the Ger-man-’.anguage Neue Zuercher Zeitung
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      685 12  -  Soviet socialism: Creaking at the creed “WEEKLY POLITICAL COMMENTARY” BY HUBERT RODIER LUCIENNE PARIS, Thurs. Things have been going fast in the world for some time now. Perhaps in the opinion of the Soviet Union they are going too fast in the popular democracies of
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      245 12 UNCTAD stage TWO (more of the same won’t DO) GENEVA. Thurs. (Reuter) Delegates from 60 to 70 nations will make fresh efforts here today to formulate a world agreement to assure a fair free market price for sugar. Leading producing and consuming countries are attending
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      328 12 JAKARTA Thurs. (Reuter) Australian businessmen are flooding back into Jakarta as trade between Indonesia and Australia climbs steadily back towards pre-confrontation level. The Australian trade commission in Jakarta which registered only 15 callers during Indonesia’s struggle against the Malaysian federation and its allies in
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      2855 13  -  Meeting with Lady Y THE REAL WORLD OF HARRISON MARKS By VERNON GIBB THE thousands of women he works with say it.... his wives soy it. And though he himself is reluctant to admit it, Harrison Marks is one of the lucky few who are
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      272 13 SHAW tGANlSBTti~>n* LIDO Phone ***** OPENS TODAY Km Frw List Due te aun t length 4 Ehom >et« Timet: 11. tj*. «U. ».1* Clint Eastwood. Lee Van elect THE GOOD THE BAD THE t'CLY" Ell Weltnch Scope 4c Color (IJA HMEG N#* thawing* 11 I 45-4 «..TO *34 George Peppard.
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      32 13 GDEON: OPENS TOMORROW! 11a.m.. 1.30, 4.00. 6.30 9.30p.m. They Rip The West Apart ...with J their guns, their girls, and their battle-glory! i aMflcnw Press'! memos DAVID BAILEY AGATHA FLORY LEO ANCHORIZ
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      380 13 ORCHAROIPAL ACE *2l*l *****9 ortiS TOoAx: ISB IM, f{ IM 3SB I p rn Cl;, A i D m MOM's “SPEEDWAY** Nancy Sinatra Rlvu Presley Pa na vision Metrocoior ORCHARD Tomorrow M’nite’ "Fl»« Million T« Earth" Dona i%sr dai* Ham 1.38. I. fi in *9 30 pm. Columbia a ‘‘The
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      1003 14  -  By CHOO TECK MAU 'J’HERE are tiger tamers, lion tamers, chimpanzee tamers and elephant tamers. Most of the animal tamers begin work on their animals when they are very young and they literally "grow" with them. While performing at circuses or nightclubs,
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      384 14  -  Sy DAVID REID BR A Z I L'S Army-backed regime appears firmly in the saddle at the start of its fifth year in power despite cries for a return to full civilian rule. Heading the drive for a change is former
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      560 14 Eastern Sun v Classified advertisements can be accepted at the folio win* addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building, Singapore. SS. MUBARUK fir Brothers. 63. Bras Basah Road, and 2. Maiu Avenue, Serangoon Carden Estate. Singapore TAY BUAN CUAN LTD.. SUPERMARKET 83, East Coast Road, Singapore 15 Tel: *****9
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      598 14 STATE OF SABAH MALAYSIA PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TENDER NOi ICE Competitive tenders are invited from approved Class “A” contractors for the execution of “Water Supply Contract No. 1" at Kudat on the West Coast of Sabah. The works Include:(A) Earth Dam With Spillway And Channel. (B) Treatment Works. (C) 7
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      110 14 RELIEVE INDIGESTION GASTRIC AND OTHER stomach DISORDERS A IITTII »IT THAT COIS A LONC WAT Eastebn Sun CLASSIFIED ADS EACH WORD 50 or 2$ ccntt (>c« above) PLEASE WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS Advertiser's Name. Number of Insertions Date(s) Requested..^™. Cost fiTomt But unoH't (Mr order S (to. /Cheese/Calk eoeloaedl Cask
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      56 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 4.35 a.m. (5.7 ft.), 4.19 p.m. (6.7 ft.) Port Swettenham: 9.47 a.m. (12.7 ft.), 9.55 p.m. (12.1 ft.) Port Dickson: 10.20 a.m. (6.5 ft.), 11.22 p.m. (6.6 ft) Singapore: 2.05 a.m. (8.9 ft.), 4.42 p.m. (6.7 ft) Sedili Kechil: 12.22 a.m. (5.9 ft), 3.26 p.m. (7.3
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