Eastern Sun, 26 April 1968

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  • 24 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION •fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 627 Friday, 26 April 1968. MC (P) 0050 Price 15 cent*
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  • 533 1 TRIPLE TARGET IS GOVT.’S AIM SINGAPORE, Thurs. T>OOL betting will be introduced in Singapore later this year. The move will save foreign exchange and beat the illegal "chap-ji-kee" operators. Draws will be held weekly. Stakes will be from 50 cents upwards and prizes will run to
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  • 97 1 SYDNEY. Thurs. (Reuter) A surgical team here has carried out Australia's first liver transplant operation. The operation took place at Sydney Hospital on Tuesday. the hospital announced today. The patient, a 45-year-old man. is in. a critical condition. The Medical Superintendent of Sydney Hospital, Dr. D.A.R.
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  • 82 1 THE Yang di-Pertuan Agong walking up the green briskly with putting iron in hand during the Anzac Cup golf competition at the Royal Selangor Golf Club, yesterday morning. The King partnering I>r. Abu Bakar bin Ibrahim played against Mr. BD Zohrab. the New Zealand High
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  • 261 1 WASHINGTON Thurs. (Reuter) The U.S. Government vaited today for a signal from Hanoi which could break the deadlock about peace talks site, but officials said they saw no signs of progress so far. North Vietnam has sent no formal reply so far to three
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  • 184 1 TOKYO. Thurs. (Reuteri North Vietnam s official party Journal. N'han Dan today criticised US President Lyndon B Johnson. charging he “has eaten up his words”. Nhan Dan. quoted in a broadcast by Hanoi's Vietnam News Agency monitored here, said: “Only a few weeks ago.
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  • 47 1 ROME. Thurs. (Reuter) Anna Maria Mussolini. 39. youngest and favourite daughter of Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, died in hospital today after a sudden illness. She was married to a radio and television announcer with whom she owned and ran a cabaret In Rome.
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  • 100 1 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Scuffles broke out at the annual wreath laying ceremony here today for Australians and New Zealanders killed in the First World War. Fights began after the police gave anti-Vietnam war demonstrators permission to lay a wreath of their own at the Cenotaph war memorial
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  • 265 1 LAYANG LAYANG, Thurs. Top police investigators joined railway officials to probe Tuesday's rail crash here today. The crumpled and badly burnt railcar which collided head-on with a local train has been towed to Gemas. Railway and police officials examined every Inch of
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  • 90 1 LAYANG LAYANG. Thurs. Parents made frantic search here today for a 17-year-old Malay bov who was said to be a passenger in the railcar which crashed here on Tuesday night. The parents contacted the police at Layang Layang in a bid to locate the boy.
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  • 71 1 BEIRUT. Thurs. (Reuter) lraq and Britain have decided to resume diplomatic relations next May 1, Baghdad Radio announced today. Sir Harold Beeley, Britain's Ambassador in Cairo, visited Baghdad this week to discuss the question of resumption of diplomatic relations. Iraq severed diplomatic relations with Britain during
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  • 181 1 If your gums are sore and tender to the touch, or bleed a little when you brush them watch out These are certain signs of dangerous gum trouble which can loosen teeth, so that they have to be pulled out. Kolynos Dental
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 614 2  -  'Confidential report may be ready in 2 weeks' By Musa Scully and Lucian Peter KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Cabinet will soon receive a special report from the Malayan Railway on Tuesday's' rail crash at Layang Layang, between a diesel rail car and a passenger goods
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    • 268 2 GIRL with the sweet cherry blossom smile is Kiyoko Fu.iino (above) who is the centre of attraction at the Tropicana Entertainment Complex. Singapore. Shy. modest but very very lovely. Fujino has that face that will make a thousand heads turn. On
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    • 158 2 MUAR. Thurs. The Johcre State Government has informed the Muar Town Council that "until and unlegs” its outstanding arrears is settled, no further loans would be granted to the Council. Disclosing this to the Eastern Sun. today, the Council President. Enche Ibrahim bin
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    • 52 2 CAPT. Dr. S. Moganasundram and Mrs. Moganasundram after their wedding in Singapore on Sunday. The bridegroom, son of Mr. K. Singaram, of Taiping. is attarhed to Batu Garrison in Kuala Lumpur. The bride, the former Miss Kausalya Devi, Is the daughter of Mrs. S.K. Jagatheesan and the late Mr. Jagatheesan.
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    • 98 2 MALACCA, Thurs. Alliance verus PMIP that is the portion when nominations closed today for the State hy-election next month for the Tanjong Kling constituency. Both candidates are for- mer Malay school headmasters. now pensioners. Standing for the Alliance Is Enche Mohd. Amin bin Mohd.
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    • 351 2 MUAR Thur*. Mr. Yong Yee Sin won the fiirst prize in the men’s section of the Semerah District talentime competition organised by the Semerah MCA Youth Section. Runners-up were Lau Nam Yang and Chong Chian Chai. First in the women’s section was Miss Ong Swee Shoo. Misses
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    • 112 2 A dawn service in commemoration of Anzac Day was held at 6 a.m. at the residence of the Australian High Commissioner, Mr. J. Eastman, in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. More than 200 people from the Australian and New Zealand communities and their friends attended the service. It was
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    • 413 4  -  A friendly game despite drizzle: By ROBERT KUAN TANAH RATA, Thurs. A slight drizzle did not deter General Ne Win, the Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Burma and the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, from venturing into the golf club here for a friendly
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    • 218 4 IPOH. Thurs Plans are afoot for the Public Works Department (J K R.) to take over the collection of water bills in the major towns in Perak as from next year. This was announced by the Superintending Engineer. Water Supplies. Perak, Mr
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    • 121 4 IPOH. Thurs. Two stall-holders. Kwok Cheng. 69. and Koey Hong. 34. were brought up in the Magistrate?s Court here today on a charge of possessing imitation pistols. Kwok was alleged to have 16 toy pistols at his stall in Theatre Street on Mar. 20.
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    • 158 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs Ya’acob bin Atan. currently serving sentence for housebreaking was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the High Court today when he pleaded guilty to a charge of having carnal relations with a Six-year-old boy Ya’acob was said to have committed
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    • 84 4 The Chairman was later briefed on national and rural development in Malaysia by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
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    • 72 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Four thug* detained in N'egri Sembilan. after a dramatic chase on Tuesday by police, are believed to be members of a gang operating in the Ampang New Village area here This was revealed by a police spokesman here today. The four men are
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    • 157 4 KOTA KINABALU. Thurs. The Chief Minister of Sabah. Tun Datu Haji Mu»tapha bin Datu Harun, announced last night that a sum of $87,800 will be spent on development project* in Semporna this year. He made the announcement at a dinner party given by the
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    • 130 4 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) A petition by Dr. M.P.L. Yegappan. of Mukim 8. Pro vince Wellesley Central, State of Penang, for special leave to appeal from the dismissal by the Federal Court of Malaysia of an application to quash a Council planning decision affecting adjoining property came before the
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    • 156 4 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. Export* of rubber from West Malaysia continued to rise. According to the latelt figures Issued by the Statistics Department here. 271.277 tons Of rubber were exported during the first three months Of 1988. This export figure of 271.277 tons include 84.824 tons
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    • 219 4 PENANG. Thurs. The Kwantung and Tengchow Association will be appealing to the Minister of Education. Enche Mohd Khir Johari. Over the acquisition of a 10acre piece of land in Tanjong Tokong by the State Government. The State Government is now in the
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    • 68 4 GENERAL Ne Win, Chairman of the Burmese Revolutionary Council, gives a warm handshake to Toh Puan Raha. at the RMAF base in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. In the centre is the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. Tun Razak and Toh Puan Raha accompanied the Ne Wins to
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    • 163 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs —Christine's Model Academy i* organising a June ball and fashion parade a* the Chinese Assembly Hall on Saturday. June 8 Highlights of the programme. besides the fashion parade, will be the election of a fashion queen 1968. for which all young ladies,
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    • 247 4 SEREMBAN. Thurs. The Negri Sembilan State Assembly is to be asked if there are plans to institute multi-racial police patrol* and multi-racial representation at every level where there is a necessity for direct liaison and quick communication with the public. This is one
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    • 481 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Women’s Action Front is not an “aggressive” organisation, but one formed by dedicated women for the cause of women's rights in the country. “The organisation is spearheaded by the Malayan Nurses Union, who are engaged in nursing the
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    • 69 4 A State Banquet in honour of the visiting Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma and Madame Ne Win was given by the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman and the Government of Malaysia at Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday night. There was an exchange of
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    • 425 5 NOW EXCEEDS PRECONFRONTATION LEVEL-HARAHAP SINGAPORE, Thurs. Trade between Indonesia and Singapore has now exceeded that of pre-confrontation years, Dr. Arifin Harahap, Secretary-General of the Indonesian Ministry of Trade, said today. Dr Harahap who arrived here this morning, led a 14-man trade delegation from his country for the third
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    • 155 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—Gas fonsumers have been asked to be on the look-out for a b«;us Public Utilities Board bill collector. He is a n Indian and his favourite haunts are MacP'nerson Lane. Upper Aljunied Lane and Kallang Basin. He collects money from consumers for
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    • 62 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Junior Safe, ty First Council has received 61 entries for its sixth annual Safety First Oratorical Contest to promote safety first among students in the Republic. The best 10 contestants in the heats will qualify for the final to be held on
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    • 265 5  -  By PETER LOKE SINGAPORE. Thurs —lt was a meeting of old friends when the Secretary-General of the Indonesian Department of Trade. Dr. Arifin Harahap paid a courtesy call on the Singapore's Minister for Finance. Dr. Goh Keng Swee. (as seen above) at noon today. Memories were
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    • 22 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. There were 87 road accidents. of which two were serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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    • 261 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A Japanese fishery expert. Mr. Takenao Ochi, lias arrived in S ngapore to help establish a Fishery Training Centre at hangi under the l nited Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Mr. Ochi. who is the proiect manager designate, was for the
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    • 173 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Notional Theatre Trust in association with Japan Air Lines, will present the worldfamous Takarazuka All-Girls Revue at the National Theatre here on May 9 at 8.30 p.m. All proceeds from the two-hour show will be donated to the National
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    • 184 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A seamstress, Fok Lai Ying, was granted a divorce by the High Court today on the grounds of constructive desertion. Fok told the Court that her husband Tan Chong Ghim. beat her up on several occasions whenever she asked him for money for the
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    • 102 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Pioneer Industries Employees' Union will hold an exhibition of cottage-indus-try crafts in conjunction with May Day celebrations. The exhibits will include floormats. caps. stringbeaded curtain s and dresses all made by the workers at their leisure hours under the direction of instructors provided
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    • 76 5 8 p.m. 9 p.m. Performance by the Singapore Constabulary Band at Kim Keat Community Centre. 8 p.m. Harmonica practice conducted by Mr. Soon John Kwang at the National Theatre Club. No water areas: No water from 9 a.m 5 p.m. at Jalan Mutiara House Nos. 3. 5. 7.
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    • 239 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A local shipbuilding company has won a 52.4 million contract to build six steel oil barges for the Inland Water Transport Board of Burma. This is the second time in seven months that Far East Ship Building industries Ltd. here
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    • 127 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Junior Chamber of Singapore will send a three-man delegation to the JCI 1968 Regional Conference to he held in Manila from April 30 to Ma\ 5. The delegation will be led by Jaycee Director Chan Cheow Kiat. The other delegates are
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    • 54 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The History Association of Singapore and the ExtraMural Studies Department of the University of Singapore will hold a seminar on primary school history tomorrow. A total of 380 people win attend the seminar at the Conference Hall which will be opened by Mr George
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    • 269 10 SingaporeIsrael trade pact signed OINGAPORE, Thurs. Singopore and Israel hare signed afrode O agreement under which both countries will set up trade repre- sentations in each others country. The agreement was signed last night after two days’ negotiations between Singapore Government officials and a four-member economic mission from Israel. Under
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    • 74 10 Miss Eilleen Lim is one of the young beauties who will be competing for the RTS Queen title at Mslam RTS at Ocean Park Hotel in Singapore on April 30. Tickets for the dance are available at Ocean Park Hotel, or from the Honorary Secretary. RTS
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    • 217 10 SINGAPORE Thurs «Pav the full penalty first If he really wants to turn over a new leaf That was what a Young hawker, charged with armed lobbery. was told today. In passing this dictum to Ng Peng Kia. 24. the ThiM District Judge Mr
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    • 130 10 Two China Petroleum Corpn executives feted SINGAPORE. Thurs. Two top executives of China Petroleum Corporation are in Singapore for a few days enroute to the United States. The executives, Mr. SL. Chang, director of China Petroleum Corpn. and Mr. C. I. Huang, assistant director of the same company, are going
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    • 193 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The National Safety First Council’s “Crash Helmet Campaign* will go on as planned, from May 1" till June 4. The chairman of the Council. Mr. Milton Tan. stated thi« in a news release confirming that the campaign would not be
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    • 459 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Student delegates to the leadership seminar, today e x p r e ssed resentment against the use of violence. On student participation in politics, there were however. mixed feelings as the students met in several workshops to discuss the role of students.
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    • 112 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Society for the Aged Sick will hold Its Inaugural meeting tomorrow at 530 pm at the Singapore Red Cross House In Penang Lane here. The Society has been formed under the auspices of Rotary Club of Singapore. Its objects are to: Assist the
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    • 146 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs- A former beauty queen who was reported missing six month* a«° from Singapore, ha* been found. She was found by her elder brother, a contractor in Johore Bahru, on Saturday. She suddenly disappeared some six months ago without informing her family of her whereabouts
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    • 179 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Lee Foundation is sponsoring two members of Singapore's Open-Heart Surgery Team to attend a conference on cardio-vascular surgery to be held next month in Australia and New Zealand. The two are Mr. Tan Ngoh Chuan. Thoracic Surgeon at Tan Tock Seng Hospital
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    • 328 10  -  By K. S. SIDHU SINGAPORE. Thurs. Operations have begun to salvage the 18,825-ton British tanker "Blyth Adventurer” which was holed after hitting a reef off Horsburg Lighthouse, 28 miles from here. The salvage operations are being carried out by SELCO (S> Ltd. The “Blyth Adventurer”
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    • 86 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A technician was electrocuted while working in a silo yesterday. Lee Kim Seng. 37. an employee of Zuelllg Ltd. at Jalan Tepong Jurong. was repairing an electrical motor at a silo when he was electrocuted Soon after Lee went down the silo which was 25 ft.
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    • 251 11 TT UAL A LUMPUR, Thurs. A Higher Education Scholarship Scheme, the funds for which are being provided by the Malaysian Co-operative Insurance Society (MCIS), will be officially launched by the Minister of Education, Enche Mohd. Khir Johari on Saturday. To mark the occasion, an
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    • 141 11 PENANG. Thurs. A petition by the people here against the building of a school on a polo ground was quietly handed over to the Chief Minister, Tan Sri Wong Fow Nee. at his office here this morning. Asked whether he would consider the petition,
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    • 145 11 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs An American businessman. Raymond Phenix. 23, was sentenced to a day s jail and fined S5OO when he was found guilty of assaulting Oey G:ok Lim. He was alleged to have committed the offence at the China Insurance Building Tuanku
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    • 119 11 PENANG. Thurs. The Junior Chamber International President Mr Phillippe Abravanel. will visit various Jaycee projects here during his visit here this Saturday. He will also pay a courtesy call on the Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. Following this. Mr. Abnvanel will
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    • 146 11 WASHINGTON. Thurs (UPI) Malaysia was hailed by Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn on Tuesday as “a model to the developing nations in its ability to formulate and implement realistic development plans.” Mr Vaughn told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that sound planning by the Malaysian
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    • 101 11 MADAME Ne Win, wife of the Chairman of the Burmese Revolutionary Council was the guest of honour at a luncheon given at the Parliament House by the National Council of Women’s Organisations, Malaysia, on Wednesday. Seated from left are Tunku Puan Besar Kursiah. widow of the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
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    • 186 11 MUAR. Thurs. A Court here today administered a special “dose" to a weeder who stated that a dose of opinum would relieve him of his gastric trouble. The Magistrate. Enche Mohamed Noor. fined Tan Ah Chow. 60. $lOO in default two months’
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    • 75 11 National Art Gallery (Jalan Amparg). Rembrandt's etchings and drawings 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m Peninsular Art Galierv (41 Jalan Raja Mudaj: Works of prominent Malaysian artists 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. British Council Library (Jalan Bluff). Exhibition of books by Sir Thomas More and other works about him.
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    • 181 11 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. The Tariff AdvisoryBoard will hold a further series of public inquiries on the appropriate rates ot import duty in Malaysia on nine commodities. They are tea. cotton towels, modelling pastes, white shoe cleaner, galvanised sheets, crown corks, accumulators. fluorescent lamps,
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    • 168 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Three men. one armed with a dagger, who tried to rob a cigarette salesman here yesterday were put to flight with a broom. Tan Ah Seng, 23, was distributing cigarettes to a shop in Kampong Pandan area at about 3.23
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    • 301 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The President of the University of Malaya Students’ Union. Mr. R. Raj Kumar, has urged some 2.000 incoming freshmen to add some vitality to the campus for a tremendous awakening of interest among students in current affairs and a
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    • 154 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A Summons case against former beauty queen, Linda Lim Hong Eng, 21, charged with damaging properties, totalling $3,540, was settled out of Court today. Linda was charged with damaging the properties, belonging to the Embassy Finance Corporation Ltd., at
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    • 77 11 PENANG. Thurs. The Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives. Haji Mohamed Ghazali bin Haji, Jawi, will meet members of the committee of the Fishermen’s Co-operative Society. Telok Bahang. tomorrow afternoon. He will also inspect the Fisheries Department's boats at Bagan Jermal. On Saturday morning, he
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    • 173 11 IPOH, Thurs. The Chief Medical and Health Officer. Perak. Dr. Haji Abbas bin Alias assured this afternoon that he would take immediate action to investigate complaints of ill treatment of the public at the General Hospital here. Dr Haji Abbas gave the assurance to Mr
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    • 107 11 IPOH. Thurs. The police here are looking for a 17-year-old girl. Miss Woo Lai Kin. who has been reported missing from her home in Pasir Pinji since March 21. According to the girl’s father. Mr. Woo Ah Wah. Lai Kin left for Kuala Lumpur on March
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    • 74 11 PENANG. Thurs. Mr. Tan Kean Hin was elected chairman of the Technical Association of Malaysia, Penang Branch, at its an-, nual general meeting held here recently. Other office-bearers were; Immediate Post Chairman: Enche Mohd. bin Khamis; secretary; Mr Teh Thean Kee: treasurer; Mr. A. Arulanatham.
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    • 85 11 TWO experts on Home Financing Institutions, Mr. Charles K. K. Fletcher and Mr. Jack W. Bruce, of the United States who are here on the invitation of the Malaysian Government for a feasibility study for establishing here Financing Institutions to promote housing and urban development, called on the Acting Minister
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 74 6 HERE with "Knight Kunibert" a cocktail dress made of black broadtail with (imitated) Diamond trimmings (left) and a trouser dress in black and with black Persian lamb waistcoat were shown very recently at the Swakara Fur Fashion Show Which took place in the old castle of
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    • 193 6 HUNTINGTON, West Virginia. Thurs (UPI) Vice President Mr. Hubert Humphrey said last night that he would announce his decision on whether to become a Presidential candidate on Saturday in Was- hington. Mr. Humphrey told an audience of about 2.000 at Marshall University that he is holding
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    • 175 6 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) A manhattan jury yesterday spared a convicted police-killer from becoming the first man to die In the New York State electric chair in more than three years, and sentenced him instead to life imprisonment. The seven-man. five-wo-man jury acted in the case
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    • 56 6 SUVA. Fiji. Thurs. (Reuter) The grandaughter of King Cakobau who signed the deed ceding the Fiji islands to Britain in 1874. has died, aged 90. She was Adi Semi Vokaoca. born on Bau Island four years after the cession. She is survived by a son.
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    • 120 6 HONG KONG. Thurs. (UPI) Hong Kong Governor Sir David Trench left for London today for talks with the Commonwealth Office. Sir David, asked whether he would serve another term as Governor when his current term ends April next year, said, “it is up to
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    • 127 6 PARIS. Thurs. (UPI) France today lifted import restrictions on all but a few goods from Communist East Germany. Officials said the move did not involve diplomatic recognition of East Germany. An announcement in the official journal announced the abolition of import restrictions on 590 goods oroduced in
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    • 314 6 ATLANTA, Thurs. (UPI). Rev. Ralph Abernathy, successor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said yesterday there may be a conspiracy afoot to halt the civil rights movement ''by picking off our leaders one by one." "If that’s the case.” Rev. Abernathv added, “we must
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    • 51 6 JAKARTA. Thurs (UPI) The Indonesian Air Force has built an explosives factory in Tasikmalaja. West Java, which can produce up to 60 per cent of the country's need. The official Antara news agency said today. The “Dahala” factory produces dynamites and other explosives with modem equipment, the report
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    • 37 6 JAKARTA. Thurs. (UPI) Three officers of the Indonesian Marine Corps have left for the United States to train at U.S. Marine Corps colleges under the U.S. aid programme, the Indonesian Marine Corps announced today.
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    • 254 6 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Philosopher Earl Bertrand Russell, 95. looks back scathingly today on the United States he outraged three decades ago with his advocacy of free love and permissive sex-morals. The man acclaimed as one of the greatest thinkers of
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    • 384 6 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) —Columbia University students. accusing the school of racism. temporarily held three academic officials as hostages yesterday and took over the college President s office. Counter-demonstrating students heckled and threw eges at fellow students until heavy rain drove them away Campus
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    • 196 6 SAIGON. Thurs. (Reuter) American Infantry have battled with a battalion of blue-uniformed North Vietnamese troops only 20 miles from Saigon Fighting, which broke out last Monday and was announced by the Military Command here today, lasted into the night and was described as
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    • 118 6 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei has invited Mr. Arthur Bottemiey. a former Commonwealth Secretary. to attend his enthronement ceremonies in August. Mr. Bottomley told reporters today he was very flattered by the invitation “although I may not be able to accept it because
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    • 81 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) President Johnson s long-stalled plan for a 10 per cent tax surcharge met stubborn congressional resistance again today, and possible action was delayed until next week. A House of Representa-tlves-Senate Committee, meeting to resolve differences, stalled on the tax increase package,
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    • 57 6 JAKARTA, Thurs. (UPI) Food production in Indonesia increased two per cent during the past few years compared with a 2.3 per cent rise in populations, according to Indonesian Health Minister Dr Siwabessy. The Minister told public Health officers yesterday it was important to increase public health standards
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    • 166 6 NEWARK. Thurs. (UPI)— A 13-year-old Negro boy was arrested yesterday as the arsonist who set the fire that enveloped 34 buildings in the predominantly Negro Central Ward and left 650 persons homeless four days ago. It was the worst fire in the city’s history. Fire Director John
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    • 223 6 LEGASPI CITY, Philippines. Thurs. (UPI) Mrs. Ferdinand E. Marcos, wife of the Philippine President, made an unannounced visit to Southern Luzon today to see refugees who have fled the continuing volcanic eruptions of Mount Mayon. The 8,284-foot volcano, a picture postcard mountain with near
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    • 99 6 CANBERRA, Thurs. (Reuter) The Anzac Day ceremony in Canberra here today was given an international flavour when representatives of more than 20 nations joined with 8,000 Australians to remember the dead of two world wars. Korea and Vietnam. The Executive Secretary of ECAFE. U.
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    • 97 6 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Thurs. (Reuter) Mauritius was formally admitted todav to the United Nations as its 124th member. Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam. Prime Minister of the newlv-independent state. wa s present in the blue and gold assembly hall to hear assembly President Comeliu Manescu
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    • 73 6 LEIGE. Thurs. (Reuter) A band of white Mercenaries led by Belgian Colonel Jean “Black Jack” Schramme arrived here early after being evacuated from Kigali. Rwanda, yesterday. An airport spokesman here said the Mercenaries —about 53 Belgians, two Spaniards and three Portuguese arrived just before dawn in a
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    • 69 6 CARACAS. Thurs. (Reuter) President Raul Leoni of Venezuela today brought a woman into the Cabinet for the first time in Venezuelan history by making Dr Aura Celina Casanova, a 44-year-old economist. Development Minister. She was one of four new Ministers appointed in a Cabinet reshuffle resulting from
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    • 195 6 JAKARTA. Thurs. (Reuter) The Indonesian Army today lifted its ban on the activities of the b:g Nationalist Party, foundei by deposed President Sukarno, in Sumatra Island. In a decree broadcast by Radio Medan All Sumatra Military Command Major General Ku No Utomo
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    • 126 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) The Commerce Department yesterday named a New York banker to head its division regulation overseas investments by US. firms and also set up a threeman Appeal Board for the Unit. Mr. Charles E. Fiero, 41, currently The Chase Manhattan Bank representative in
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    • 71 6 UNITED NATIONS. Thurs. (UPI) U.S. Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg missed the start of the resumed 22nd session of the General Assembly yesterday, flying to Washington “for consultations”. The U.S. delegation spokesman would give no details on the subject of the consultations Mr. Goldberg was in Washington
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    • 327 7 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Vickers-Zimmer. the Anglo German chemical firm building a £2.500.000 synthetic fibre plant at Lanchow. north-west China, have refused to accept a Peking court summons alleging fraud, a company spokesman announced last night. He said the summons, received last week
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    • 122 7 NASSAU, Bahamas. Thurs (Reuter) The government of the Bahamas has no plans for early independence from Britain, Governor Sir Ralph Grey announced in a speech at the official opening of the new legislative session yesterday. The speech outlined policies of the predominantlyNegro Progressive Liberal Party
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    • 78 7 WITH possible Vietnam peace talks in the offing, the Japanese hippies and flower-people have taken to U.S. President Johnson and Ho Chi-Minh to their hearts. At least Johnson and Ho have found a place to get together in Tokvo's psychedelic poster shop. Since posters with their
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    • 95 7 JAKARTA. Thurs. (UPI) The implementation of an "act of free choice" in West Irian (Indonesian West New Guinea) was discussed by the Indonesian cabinet during a meeting yesterday. Information Minister Mr. B M Diah told newsmen the Indonesian government would abide by the 1962
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    • 97 7 JAKARTA. Thurs. (UPI) Ar. Indonesian sea police patrol has captured a Malaysian junk one ha f mile off the Tanjung Punak shore in Sumatra when it was illegally buying up the catch of Indonesian fishers, it was announced yesterday A release of the Indonsian Sea Police
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    • 66 7 WASHINGTON. Thur s (Reuter) The United States today recorded seismic signals indicating the Soviet Union carried out an underground nuclear test, the Atomic Energy Commission reported. It said the signals were equivalent to those of a nuclear test in the low yield range less than 20.000
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    • 123 7 JERUSALEM. Thurs Reuter) For the first time in its history Israeli today announced the size of its defence budget. The Finance Ministry said that during the 1968-69 fiscal year the country's defence appropriations will total 2.200 million Israeli pounds (£261 m. sterling). The disclosure was made
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    • 122 7 JAKARTA. Thurs (UPI) More relief goods from abroad were en route here today for distribution to Indonesian refugees in the flood ravaged districts of East Java The H.M.S. Manxman flagship of British Far East fleet commander Vice Admiral W. D. O'Brien arrived in Jakarta yesterday
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    • 114 7 FALMOUTH. Kentucky Thurs (UPI) The death toll mounted yesterday in the wake of killer tornadoes which ravaged a dozen towns in Kentucky and Ohio, tossing houses and cars in the air like toys. Thirteen persons eight in Ohio and five in Kentucky were
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    • 366 7 Psychopath lost his nerve FREIGBURG, Germany, Thurs. (UPI). A confessed would-be assassin of West Germany Chancellor told police yesterday he planned the deed so his son would not learn he was a perjurer, the Freigburg prosecutor announced. Arthur Wilhelm Buhlinger, a 29-year-old Freigburg area welder
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    • 100 7 LONDON. Thurs. (Reu er) Opposition mounted last night seven large bundles of it to a bill which would permit professional sport in Britain on Sundays. Four House of Commons doorkeepers carried into the debating chamber the bundles containing the signatures of 367.312 Britons protesting against the Sunday
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    • 241 7 Stopping the race into Britain LONDON Thurs. (Reuter) British Immigration officers the men who decide who gets into the country gave shock support yesterday to Conservative Member of Parliament Enoch Powell's controversial coloured immigration views. They joined rising chorus of support for Mr. Powell, sacked
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    • 171 7 When Burton fired, an actor is... LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Actor Richard Burton fired a shot during film-making yesterday and another actor had to be rushed to hospital with head wounds. The injured actor. 31-year-old Englishman Derren Nesbitt was lying in bed last night, heavily bandaged. “I feel
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    • 102 7 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) Queen Elizabeth II and her husband. Prince Philip, will pay a state visit to Chile and Brazil in November, the first visit to South America by a reigning British monarch. Buckingham Palace announced yesterday. The foreign office said the possibility of a
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    • 181 7 OXFORD, Thurs. (Reuter) Britain's car industry, the pacesetter in the drive for more exports, is threatened by a major closedown because 200 men who object to a new wage structure have gone on sirike. The strikers are electricians and car body makers at the
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    • 107 7 SAN FRANCISCO, California. Thurs. (Reuten The wife of Commander Lloyd Bucher, skipper of the captured U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo expressed fears today that Washington was sweeping the affair under the rug. In a television interview here. Mrs. Rose Bucher, whose husband is being
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    • 113 7 CAPE TOWN. Thurs. (Reuter) South Africa's opposition leader. Sir de Villiers Graafe. has urged a meeting between the British and South African Prime Ministers, Mr. Harold Wilson and Mr. John Vorster. to discuss the controversial issue of Britain's refusal to supply arms
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    • 61 7 ACCORDING to American University theory, swinging from the branch of ®J? e tree to luxation 1 rones several feet above the ground level or anv other accepted Tarzan-like actnitj a great re, t Between resolving its problems, this group of soung people thoroughly enjoy University*
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  • 846 8 THE Chairman of the Burmese Revolutionary Council, General Ne Win, expounds his country’s policy as one seeking to build good relationships with all countries, irrespective of their economic, social or political systems. This is a realistic policy for emerging nations. Burma, after independence, bravely goes her own
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  • 1492 8 by Senator Y. T. Lee delivered at the 21st Plenary Assembly of the World Federation of U.N. Associations on April, 24 1968, at Geneva. WHEN the leaders inaugurated the U.N. Organisation twenty two years ago the most important task was to deliver
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    • 544 8 IN the past every community contributed generously to the British War Fund on every occasion, and Mr. John Jacob, the president of the Singapore Indian Congress, must be congratulated for his call to the Indian community in general to contribute to the Singapore Defence Fund.
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    • 210 8 IT is understood that the Government is considering the reduction of working age limit to 55 years from the current age of 60. There are two important factors for the active consideration of the Government before it could launch any such action. Firstly, this reduction
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    • 125 8 SO ‘Scorpion’ (Eastern Sun April 16) wants the Police to take on yet another job and put a stop to the activities of the cinematicket touts. As if the Police had not enough to do The remedy is very simple. If he does not like buying tickets from
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  • 262 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") TfERNON was rushed to the hospital after being kicked in the chest by a horse. An operation was performed; result, a lawsuit against the surgeon. “The day after the operation I had to have a second operation
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper FRIDAY, APRIL 26. 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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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 341 9 T ONDON Thurs. (UPI) The Australian and New Zealand Merchants and Shippers Association today deplored the decision of major shipping groups to quote liner freight rates in dollars and oust the pound from its traditional role. The Association said it
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    • 314 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 very quiet and slightly easier. After a fractionally lower opening the
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    • 149 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Each year Queen Elizabeth II confers an award to industry on a selected number of British Arms for outstanding achievements. This vear an award has been conferred on International Computers and Tabulators Limited. The award Is for technological innovation in computer software for the
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    • 81 9 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) The rubber market closed very quiet and spot 16-7/8 17-1/8. Settlement House May 17 17-1/8 June 17-1/8 17-1/4 July 17-1/4 17-3/8 July/Sept 17-3/8 17-1/2 Oct Dec 17-5/8 17-3/4 Jan/March 17-15/16 18-1/16 April/June 18-3/16 18-3/8 July/Sept 18-3/8 18-1/2 Ocri Dec 18-9/16 18-3/4 Jan/March 18-11/16 18-15/16
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    • 265 9 NEW YORK. Thurs (UPI) Stock prices advanced yesterday in active trading for the second consecutive session but profit taking was heavy and many gains were trimmed or erased. Brokers said cautious optimism hung over Wall Street. The lack of progress on preliminary peace talks
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    • 26 9 HONG KONG. Thurs (UPI) Money Quotations: HK56.***** 6 0825 per US dollar for cash. HKSI4 52 per pound sterling. HK5299.75 per tael gold.
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    • 17 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The tin price for today was $557 50 per picul, down 50 cents.
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    • 1001 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. There was no feature on the Stock Exchange which continued quiet on moderate trading. Industrials opened somewhat steady but were slightly softer towards the close. The scoreboard showed 23 counters easier, 12 up and 13 unchanged. Malayawata which was still an active counter,
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    • 225 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs More than 1,500 establishments throughout the United States are now honouring a Pan American World Airways “discount card"’ offering bargain prices to overseas residents visiting this country. The discounts range from 10 to 40 percent and provide reductions on the cost of steam
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    • 23 9 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI)— Rubber market opened very quiet with spot 16-7/8 171/8 No. 1 RSS CIF basis ports May 11-1/16 17-3/16.
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    • 149 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs It was Easter “at home'’ in places like Singapore, Hong Kong. Bahrain, and Nairobi for 3.000 members of the Junior Jet Set again this year From the week before Easter, children at British boarding schools, whose parents live overseas, were flying
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    • 48 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Association of Banks in Malaysia Singapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: Selling T.T./OD. ready were Deutsche Marks 1293 8; Holland Guilders *****; Swiss Francs 140-7/8; Belgian Francs 140-7 8; French Francs 160-1/4; Italian Lire *****; and Swedish Kroner 168.
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    • 524 9 SINGAPORE.—Stock Exchange old and oner prices ottirially listed at the close ol business INDl'STRlALs 2.82 1.7* 1.84 C. 2.99 3 00 Chemical To 1 13 1.46 Cold storage 4 18 4. *2 Dunlop < l» 2.; 9 2.80 1 smelting CD 5.70 5.80 K 1 2.06 Es*o Ord*
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    • 52 9 (Managers' Prices) First Malayan 2 >4 'Wind M.ilatan 1.83 Thiril Malayan XD 1.15 The Commerce Industry The sating .94 1.03 I uml ■19 US First H kong XD 76 *S1» second H'kong S6 f)0* M i i.iv sian Investment fund Xl» 1.10 1.20 Sterling mndity xn 4/ii <*
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    • 98 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs The noon prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are > Buyer Coconut Oil seller (F.O.B.) Bulk Coconut Oil 65.50 (E.O.B.) Drums Loose Copra Mixed 6800 Apr 38.50 Muntok White Pepper (E.O.B.) 96% N.L.W Sarawak White Pepper (E.O.B.) 112.50 96% N.L.W Sarawak special Black Pepper (E.O.B.)
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    • 18 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) No offers were made today to General Services Administration to buy tin.
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    • 182 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The following ships are expected to be in port today; Godowns Vessels 1/2 Cambodge 3/4 Nara 5 Kojima Maru 6/7 President Polk 8/9 Kapitan Kosko 10/11 Ras Maersk 13/14 Benvalla 18 State of Travancore Cochin 19 Sir Bedivere 23/24 Femland 25/26 Margaret C. Ertel 27/28
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    • 824 9 AIR MOVEMENTS—S'PORE, K. LUMPUI ARRIVAL!* IN SINGAPORE MSA 019 8.05 a.m. from K.L. Ms\ 121 9 00 a.m. from K L MS.A 431 9.Z5 am from Kuchlnc MS.A 003 10.25 a m. from Penan* Ipoh/K.L./Malacca M't 047 3.00 p m. from Kota Bharu/Trengganu/K-L. MSA 633 3.00 p.m. from Talpeh/ Hontkong
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    • 1259 10 YOUR TV and TODAT M TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LCMPCB and Pulau Pinang: 8 IP° h and Melaka: 3 A 10 Johore Bahru. Taiping; Batu Pahat; 9 itluanf. p.M. 300 Opening Annct. Prog Summary; 3.01 Tina; 325 New Adventures of Superman; 5.30 Brave Eagle "War Paint”; 415 Gendang Kosong;
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  • NEWS UNDER THE SUN
    • 800 12  -  CLIM BESIDES politics and religion the quickest way to get a person’s back up these days is to pick on race. For although colour is but skin deep the idea of race (discrimination or inferiority Imagined) cuts his to the quick and sets up an implacable chain reaction.
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    • 425 12 PRAGUE Thurs. (UPI) Cser/io»/o--r akin's Premier yesterday all but called for recognition of West Germany byurging that parliament accept the “existing realities' of a divided Germany. Premier Oldrich Cerniks speech opening the Rational Assembly's session marked the first time a Czech leader has publicly acknowledged the
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    • 467 12  -  By LEONEL BORRALHO MACAO, Thurs. (UPI). A year ago it looked as if the winds spawned by China's cultural revolution would blow tiny Macao away forever. Portuguese businessmen pocked up and fled. Shop keepers along the narrow cobblestone streets slammed their shutters and quit. In
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    • 91 12 ONE of several television cameras recently installed for the first time in the House of Lords. London, is tested bv a technician in readiness for a broadcasting perimentproceedings in the House are to be televised on closed circuit and recorded on tape. From this
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    • 164 12 ST LOUIS. Missouri. Thurs. (UPI) The most Rev. John J. Wright. Roman Catholic bishop of Pittsburgh, said that American Catholic bishops are prepared to issue a “broad programme” to combat racism in the United States. Bishop Wright said that the emphasis of the
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    • 597 12  -  by John Chadwick PORT SAID. Thurs. (Reuter) Water-front cabarets here, known to sailors the world over, are locked and the port city is close to becoming a ghost town. rori saia was tne gateway to the east before the Arab-Israeli
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    • 142 12 BOULDER. Colorado. Thurs. (UPI) University of Colorado students have voted to rename the student union grill in honour of Alfred E. Packer, the only man ever convicted of cannibalism in U.S. history. The student resolution said the grill, long the target of gibes Tor alleged
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  • EASTERN SUN SPECIAL
    • 912 13  -  By JOSEPH GALLOWAY, United Press International YOU can still get a cup of pale green tea in Japan. But coffee is taking the Japanese palate by storm. A few decades ago, the well-bred Japanese girl would never accept a cup of coffee. Besides a
      — UPI photo by Akatsuka; — UPI pho to by Akatsuka.; — UPI photo by; Akatsuka.  -  912 words
    • 651 14  -  By R.C. PANDE, United Press International TN Haridwar, Northern India The holy city on the holiest of Indian rivers, you can place a "telephone coll to heaven". A sadhu (holy man) wearing saffron robes moves among the tens of thousands of people who come to Haridwar
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    • 407 14  -  By SAM HALL IyTORE than 60,000 1 A people are expected to pour into the Florida playground for the Republican National Convention in August, and local authorities are working at full pressure to complete the arrangements. About 5,000 will be newsmen and
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 417 13 SHAW GANisnnow LIDO Phone ***** •end Record Week No Fr'e List' v*. *0 nlm length 4 Shows U. t.H, 0.15. 9 15 f*o*ora starts promptly I? 1 4 1 Cll JU_S*^i* oort Led Van Cleel •THE GOOD. THE BAD THE l GLY” *ll Wailaeh Scope At Color (DA) Tomorrow M
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    • 305 13 [CATHA Kmumini!! ORCHARDIPAL ACE 321*1 *****8 NOW SHEWING! 1.39. 4.00. 1.30. 4.00. 3.30 i9l"pm 6.43 930 p:m Orchard: '‘Gt*Nß’* Itirti At 1.33. 4.43. 6.53 9.36 p m Palace: '‘GUN'S’* 6taft« At I to t in. Ul 940 pm Gun* For San Sebastian" ANTHONY QUINN. Color. (MOM) Orchard: 70MM-fctereoph<snifc fiblind Palace:
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 655 14 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTEGRATION ORDINANCE. 1963 (No. 18 of 1963) Notice under Section 19(10) WHEREAS in exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) and (3) of Section 19 of the Local Government Integration Ordinance. 1963 (hereinafter referred to as “the Ordinance”), the
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    • 604 14 TENDER NOTICES JABATAN KERJA RAYA PERAK KENYATAAN TAWARAN JABATAN Kerja Raya. Perak berchadang mempelawa tawaran untok membekal dan memasang saloran paip besi di-bawah laut 12” besar dan lebeh kur a n g sapanjang 12.000 kaki di-antara Tanah Besar dan Pulau Pangkor. Pemborong2 Kelas ‘B’ dan ka-atas yang berdaftar dengan J.K.R.
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    • 677 14 TENDER TENDERS will be received in the Ministry of the Interior and Defence. Pearl’s Hill, Singapore 2. for the following items up to 12.00 Noon on 10.5.68. 1. Provision of transport (lorries) for personnel during National Day Celebration and Rehearsals. 2. Berets and caps (blue serge) cotton bandages, and Buttons.
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  • Sun Sport
    • 294 15 41 nations vote against readmission T AUSANNE, Switzerland, Thurs. (Reuter). South Africa was yesterday excluded from the Mexico Games by 41 votes to 13, the International Olympic Committee announced. The vote was taken among the 1.0 C.'s 71 members after Sunday's recommendation by the Committee
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    • 141 15 CAPE TOWN. Thurs. (Reuter) South African Prime Minister John Vorster said last night that it South Africa's exclusion from the Olympic Games was to be the pattern of future arrangements for world events then treeclimbing events would be reeded instead of Olympics. “If what has
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    • 102 15 JOHANNESBURG. Thu r a. (I'M) South African half mile champion Humphrey Khosi. one of the non-\Vhite athletes who w ould certainly have qualified for the trip to Mexico City, yesterday said the lOC's decision to exclude the Republic from the Games was the "worst blow
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    • 42 15 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Close of play scores in the only cricket match played yesterday was: At Southampton: three day friendly (second day) Sussex 198 and secondly 119 D. White four for 33.. Hampshire 223, B. Reed 29, R. Gilliat 77.
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    • 660 15 Tokyo, Thurs. (UPI-Reuter) General Japanese reaction to the exclusion of South Africa from the Mexico City Olympic Games in October has been that it was the only solution to save the 19th Summer Olympiad. But there were several Japanese sports commentators who expressed sympathy for South
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    • 223 15 BOURNEMOUTH, Thurs. Reuter) Mark Cox. 24-year-old British international. became the first amateur to defeat a professional in an Open tennis match when he beat American Pancho Gonzales in the British hard court championships here yesterday The unseeded Cox took 137 minutes to score
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    • 103 15 MELBOURNE, Australia, Thurs. (LTPI) World Bantamweight champion Lionel Rose showed savage form yesterday as he wound up serious drills for his overweight fight on Friday with Italy’s Tommaso Galli. Rose's manager Jack Rennie tried to get Galli to agree to a limit of 123 pounds
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    • 49 15 LEIPZIG. East Germany. Thurs. (Reuter) Bulgaria yesterday qualified for the Olympic Games soccer tournament in Mexico City next October. Though beaten 3-2 by East Germany here yesterday in the second leg of their final qualifying tie. the Bulgarians won 6-4 on aggregate having won 4-1 at home.
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    • 453 15 SINGAPORE. Thurs. R. Pillai of Swift Athletic Association pulled off a splendid feat when he won the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's fourth road running championships at RAF Seletar. Pillai scored a treble in the championships series having won the competition in
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    • 96 15 EPSOM, Surrey. Thurs. Reuter) English champion jockey Leste r Piggott completed a big Epsom double when he rode My Swanee to victory in the £2.059 City an<j Suburban Handicap yesterday. On Tuesday Piggott won the great Metropolitan Handicap the other big handicap event of the
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    • 46 15 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Results of rugby matches played ,’ast night were: Rugby Union Pontypool 8 Swansea 12. Rugby League Championship plav off second round Hull Kingston Rovers 22 Leigh 3. St Helens 20 Warrington 0. Leeds 7 Wigan 11, Wakefield Trinity 17. Castleford 14.
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    • 282 15 MANCHESTER, England, Thur*. (Reuter) Real Madrid, six times winners of the European Cup. lost 0-1 to Manchester United in their first leg semi-final match here last night, but are well placed to gain overall victory in the return leg in Madrid on May 15.
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    • 216 15 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Plymouth Argyie were doomed to relegation from the Second Division of the English Football League when they dropped a point in a 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers last night Sunderland and West Ham eased them worries about relegation from the First Division when
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    • 63 15 MALACCA. Thurs. Six nations will be represented at the Gold Leaf Pesta badminton here on Saturday. Denmark will be represented by Erland Kops. Sven Andersen and Per Waisoe, Japan Masao Akiyama and Ippei Kojima. Thailand Somsook. Hong Kong Koo Mun For. Pakistan Sallah Udin, and Malaysia
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    • 58 15 BELGRADE. Thurs. (Reuter) Yugoslavia beat France 5-1 In their European Championship Soccer Cup second leg quarterfinal match here yesterday and qualified for the semi- finals on a 6-2 aggregate. Yugoslavia, who led 4-1 at half-time, will meet either England or Spain in the semi-finals. Italy meet the
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    • 289 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The squash competition for the Tiger trophy, presented to the Perak Turf Club by the RAAF Butterworth two years ago for the promotion of the game in Malaysia is to be revived. The competition was originally intended to be a
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    • 122 15 HAMBURG. West Germany, Thurs. (Reuter) S.V. Hamburg, who were without World Cup stirs Uwe Seeler and Willi Schulz, were held to a 1-1 draw by Cardiff City last night in the first leg of their European Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final here. The West Germans attacked almost
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    • 84 15 LONDON, Thurs. The British and Empire bantam weight title fight between champion Walter McGow»n and the former champion, Alan Rudkin, is almost certain to be staged at Manchester Belle Vue Stadium on May 13. Wembley Stadium in London and Liverpool’s Anfield Road football stadium were mentioned
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    • 292 16  -  By WINDSOR LAD T>ENANG, Thurs. Reprieve, a newcomer i under Penang trainer Rudy van Breukelen, showed dazzling form on a yielding track this morning when he easily skipped over 3f in 36-4/5. Ridden by jockey Mamat, Reprieve did his work in workmanlike manner and should
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    • 193 16 Aik HuangHartono clash in NZ? KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Malaysian badminton star Tan Aik Huang and newlycrowned All-England champion. Rudy Hartono of Indonesia. may meet again after all Aik Huang, together with Thomas Cup skipper Teh Kew San. will represent Malaysia in an international invitation series in New Zealand next month.
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    • 108 16 ADDIS ABABA. Thurs. (Reuter) The Organisation for African Unity (OAU) today welcomed the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bar South Africa from this year’s Olympic Games. Terming the decision a victory for Africa, the OAU recalled its own resolution last February condemning
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    • 107 16 MUAR. Thurs. UMNO Youths from four districts in Johore will take part in the inter-regional games’ carnival final here tomorrow. The districts participating in the one-day tourney, to be opened by the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports. Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, are: Muar. Batu
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    • 242 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Dr. Chan Onn Leng. coach and captain of the Combined Old Boys Rugby Association (COBRA), has warned that unless funds could be raised from members, the COBRA team's tour of Bangkok in August. Singapore in December and the organising
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    • 106 16 SEREMBAN. Thurs Erland Kops. newly-crowned Pesta badminton champion will be seen in action here on Sunday in an exhibition match organised by the NS. Badminton Association at the N.S.C RC. indoor stadium The matches will commence at 7.30 p.m. and there will be three singles and
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    • 122 16 PENANG. Thurs The President of the Penang Polo Club. Dr. Ooi Kee Saik. today declared members of his club had nothing to do with the organising of the public protest against the siting of a school on the Polo ground. He said this when
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    • 87 16 SERE.MBAN, Thurs. The third Malaysian Sikhs six-a-side hockey championships will be played here on Sunday at the N.S. Club Padang. Sixteen teams from Singapore. Perak. Selangor. Malacca, and Negri Sembilan will vie for the Mahima Singh challenge trophy. The meet will be declared
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    • 383 16 Lausanne, Switzerland Thurs. (Reuter) International Olymp.c Committee (IOC) President Avery Brundage said here today that, fear for the safety of South African athletes was the mam reason for the recommendation that they should not participate in the Mexico Games. Mr Brundage said his executive
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    • 94 16 SEREMBAN, Thurs. Seven teams have entered for the Stranahan Cup Cricket League organised by the N.S. Cricket Association which begins this weekend. The defending champions. N.S. Ceylonese Youth Forum, are also fielding a second string in the competition. Others taking part are N.S. Seremban
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    • 143 16 LONDON, Thurs. Although Britain’s Open tennis tournaments this year have been limiied to four by the International Lawn Tennis Federation, there is hope that this might be extended, says Derek Penman, a British Lawn Tennis Association councillor. He heads a new group which tends staging
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    • 35 16 SEREMBAN. Thurs. Enche Zainal ‘Abidin was elected president of the Harimau Sports Club here this weekend. Mr. C. Kumar Is the new secretary taking over from Mr. Sidney Ananda. who was elected Vice-President
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    • 72 16 The Kin* partnering Dr. Abu Bakar bin Ibrahim played against Mr BD. Znhrab. the Hieh Commissioner for New Zealand and Mr. AJ. Eastman, Australian High Commissioner (right). Golfing members of
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    • 62 16 BANGKOK Thurs (Reuter) Thailand will compete in seven events in the Olympic Game., in Mexico later this vear. Mr. Chaloke Komarakul Nakorn. Secretary-General of the Olympic Committee said here today. The seven events are: Shooting, boxing, cycling, swimming. weightlifting, yachting and football. A budget of 700.000 baht
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    • 84 16 CAMERON HIGHLANDS, Thurs. Malaysia will take part in the Olympic Games at Mexico City in October, following the International Olympic Committee's decision to exclude South Africa from the Games. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, who is also president of the Olympic
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    • 25 16 SEREMBAN. Thurs The annual meeting of the N.S. Cevlonese Association will be held on May 5 at 9.30 a.m. at the association premises.
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    • 247 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Table Tennis Association have been invited to send a team to take part in the United States international table tennis championships to be held in San Francisco from May 9-11 next year. In his letter of invitation to
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    • 38 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The Singapore Table Tennis Association wili hold its annual national championships from May 15 to June 29. Entries which close tomorrow should be submitted to the hon. secretary. STTA. G.P.O. Box 2552, Singapore 1.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 275 16 ENTRY FORM Ist WHITE HORSE BIG WALK The Selangor Amateur Athletic Association will hold a Big Walk, sponsored by Rothmans of Pall Malt IN) Berhad. on Sunday 13th May. 1968. Course: From the Rothmans Pavilion iM.A.H.A Grounds) Klang Road to Klang Coast Club. Name: (in full) (BLOCK LETTERS) Address: Sex:
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    • 57 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 12.18 am. (8.0 ft.) Port Swettenham: 5.12 a.m. (14.1 ft.). 5.23 p m. (15.5 ft.) Port Dickson: 6.03 a.m. (7.8 ft.), 6.14 pm. (90 ft.) Singapore: 10.23 a.m. (8.4 ft.), 10.31 p.m. (8.3 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 9.27 am. (6.2 ft.). 8.52 p.m. (6.2 ft.) Kuantan: 8.48
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