Eastern Sun, 2 July 1968

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  • 22 1 EASTERN Sun SINGAPORE EDITION -fr Esld. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 691 Tuesday, 2 July 1968. ■jUf MC (P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 173 1 SINGAPORE. Mon. Former school teacher. Mr. T.T. Joseph, who contested as an independent candidate in the Moulmein constituency in the 1968 Singapore Parliamentary elections was found hanging in his home at Shrewsbury Road on Sunday morning. Mr. Joseph, who Quit the Government service to contest
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  • 63 1 MOSCOW, Mon. (Reuter) Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin announced today he had proposed talks on further disarmament measures. including a limitation on missile stocks, in a message to all other States. The Prime Minister was speaking after the signing here by the United States, the Soviet Union
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  • 432 1 Gen. Hamid: We have capability to carry out jungle warfare KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. T’HE Director of Operations, West Malaysia, General Tan Sri Abdul Hamid bin Bidin, today said unless the Communist armed threat along the Malaysian-Thai border was checked, it might spread to other parts
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  • 108 1 A young couple have been married in Brisbane who lived only a mile apart as children in Ipoh but never met until they came to Australia as students. They are Mr. Leong Wah Hing of 3. Lahat Drive. Ipoh. and Miss Cho Wai Ching of 28. Cowan
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  • 319 1  -  By HOO BAN KHEE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Police swooped down on a Labour Party Branch i n Kapar near Klang. and broke up an illegal exhibition minutes after its opening on Saturday. Forty persons, including the party’s Branch Chairman, Mr. Cheng
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  • 392 1 OANGKOK, Mon. (Reuter) Malaysia to- day demanded that the Philippines prove its claim to Sabah before the two countries could begin substantive discussions on a settlement. The demand came when delegates of the two countries resumed their talks on the Philippines claim to
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  • 159 1 MANILA, Mon. (Reuter) The Philippines Navy has been placed on a 24-hour alert in the Sulu Archipelago near the East Malaysian State of Sabah. A Philippines Defence Department announcement said the Navy’s new des-troyer-escort, RPS Da*u Kalantiao, and several patrol ships had been deployed in
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 695 2  -  By LIM THOW BOON KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A call for the formation of a Council of Asian and Western Pacific nations through which its leaders could discuss common problems was made to- day by the former Chief Jgstiee of India, Mr. Justice K.
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    • 41 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Men A mason, Ang Yuen Chang. 21, was buried alive by stones in quarry at Batu Caves here this morning. Another worker. Lee Chew, 50. was seriously injured and has been admitted to the General Hospital.
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    • 329 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Qovgrnmint hkfi decided to terminate the practice of referring criminal and constitutional cases to the Privy Council because it felt Malaysia should have its own final Court of Appeal. Tun Abdul Razak reiterated today. The Deputy
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    • 198 2 PETALING JAYA, Mon. The Assistant Minister of Education. Mr. Lee Siok Yew. said today Malaysians should contribute to the fund for the building of another University in the country. By having another university, the number of intellectuals in the country would be increased. He
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    • 81 2 THE Assistant Minister .of Education, Mr. Lee Siok Tew. yesterday handed over cheques totalling .$*8,006 to three schools within Petaling Jaya at the La Salle Secondary School, Petaiing Jaya. They are the Bukit Bintang Secondary School ($23,000); Assunta Secondary School ($35,000) and the La Salle Secondary School
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    • 686 2 Razak calls on Asian nations: KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Tun Abdul Raiak today called on countries in Asia and the Western Pacific to get together and work together as good neighbours and strive to preserve peace and order in the region. It was important, he told
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    • 304 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Acting President. Mr. Wee Chong Jin. tonight presented President Scholarships to six of Singapore’s top students (two of whom are already undergoing courses overseas) The presentation was made at the istana and followed by a buffet. The six winners of this year's
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    • 82 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. Mr M. Haridas. a teacher at the Jalan Daud School died at 3.30 p.m. today after he was injured in an accident on June 25. After the accident at East Coast Road, the late Mr. Haridas was in a coma. He did not regain
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    • 58 2 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Mon A marine fishery school costin- s:,oo. 00(1 will he built la Lahuan. this year to train fishermen in Sabah and Sarawak. A spokesman of the Minis- try of Agriculture and Cooperatives told Bernama today the Fishery Department, would contribute $200,000 towards the school, the
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    • 454 3 ADMEN’S RECEPTIONISTS SINGAPORE Mon The sixth Asian Advertising Congress' conference proper opened in Singapore today with a “big bang" at the Singapore Conference Hall. The conference was officially opened by the Republic’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr. S. Rajaratnam. who praised the organisers
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    • 663 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. Singapore uses communications media to transform the outlook and attitudes of her people to accelerate the process of modernisation "to take in the shock of the future". This was stated today by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour.
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    • 139 3 SINGAPORE. Mon.—Driving licences will be renewable over 40 post offices in the Republic shortly, the Minister for Communications, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin announced today. He said this when he addressed a press conference following an inspection tour of the Registry of Vehicles. Mr.
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    • 333 4 A RACKET: KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Government hos been paying out thousands of dollars every month for many adult education classes which are non-existent. This revelation «u made today by Enche Harun Bin £>ato Haehlnri. head of the Antl-Cbrruption Agency. Calling it
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    • 280 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Enche Harun bin Dato Hashim, head of the Anti-Corruption Agency, today hit out at the many Little Empires that bogged down certain State Governments. a uc3c Millie Luipirrx as he called them were usually deep-rooted in a Government Department. They sprouted
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    • 53 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, will visit the headquarters of the Federal Land Development Authority (FLDA) here tomorrow Tun Razak is expected to open the FLDA’s new $500.000 three-storey building soon. The building, situated at Jalan Maktab. near the Jalan
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    • 52 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Five thugs, one armed with a pistol, waylaid a sundry shop owner Mr. Chin Pak Siong while he was travelling in his van with his son and daughter along Cheras Road this morning. They were robbed of two wrist watches, valued at $5O, and
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    • 184 4 KANGAR, Mon. The Government had given loans totalling $2 million to fishermen for the last five years and a big sum of money had not yet been settled by them, said the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives. Haji Ghazali Jawi. Speaking today at the opening
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    • 155 4 An advance party of four Thai officials, led by the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Thai National Security Command. General Tan Sri Kriangsak. arrived In Kuala Lumpur by air on Sunday night to attend the special meetinr of the Joint Border Committee to be held on
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    • 181 4 PENANG, Mon. The sixhour water rationing on Penang Island, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. which started on June 24. has been removed. But. water pressure will still be controlled at a reasonable level throughout the day. This was announced by the City Water Engineer.
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    • 90 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Mr Kenneth T. Rouse, the New Zealand Principal-de-signate for the Likas Vocational School, near Kota Kinabalu arrives here on Wednesday for talks with the Educational Planning Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department, the Ministry of Education and the New Zealand High Commission. New
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    • 252 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Malaysian Manufacturers Association and the National Chamber of Malaysian Manufacturers wound up today to form a new organisation the Federation of Malaysian Ma- nufacturers. The former executive secretary of the N.C.M.M.. Dato Mohamed Yusoff bin Haji Ahmad, said a pro-tem committee of
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    • 114 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— “During Mr. V. Manickavasagam s term as Minister of Labour, the problems and crisis of workers have deepened and increased." Dr. K. S. Das. the Deputy Se-cretary-General of the Democratic Action Party told party supporters in Klang and Port Swettenham. “Unemployment has soared and
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    • 186 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. MARA will build a $500,000 sawmill soon, the mahagir of MARA’S Tifrtber Depot Company Limited, Enche Dahlan Mohamed Noor, said today. Enche Dahlan was speaking at a press conference after the Deputy Chairman of MARA. Dato Haji Mustafa bin Abdul Jabar received
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    • 251 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A four-man delegation from Britain led by the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Overseas Development, Mr. W. A. C. Mathieson, arrived today for talks on the £25 million ($184 million) aid to Malaysia in view of the British pull-out. The talks would
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    • 119 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon A proposal that Malaysia should set up her own national airline will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Associated Malay Chambers of Commerce of Malaysia in Ipoh on July 13. The Chambers’ President, Enche Hanafiah Hussain told Bernama today:
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    • 54 4 SEREMRAN. Mon A call to reintroduce some of the emergency period regulations to ciieck the increase of hold-ups. murders and gang robberies in the country was made here today. The call came from Mr. T. Mahima Singh. Alliance member of Parliament for Port Dickscp during an interview
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    • 104 4 National Art Gallery (Jalan Ampang): Exhibition of batek design and art 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Samat Art Gallery (AIA Building. Jalan Ampang): 2nd anniversary show annual art exhibition 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Peninsular Art Gallerv (41. Jalan Raja Muda); Exhibition of works, of prominent Malaysian artists
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    • 82 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The new American Peace Corps Director here. Mr. John Pincetich, announced today they would continue to serve in Malaysia “as long as we are needed.” He said the Peace Corps Movement here we d be increased to 600 by t i end
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    • 65 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Ministry of Works. Posts and Telecommunications. Malaysia. today announced a mobile post office will start operations in the rural areas of Simanggang in the Second Division of Sarawak with effect from tomorrow. The mobile post office will be based in Simanggang and will
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    • 237 4 Growing ties between Canada, Malaysia Envoy KI’ALA LUMPUR. Mo n The Canadian High Commissioner here. Mr. John. G. Hadwen. tonight hoped the good relations between his country and Malaysia would continue to grow in significance for the peaceful development of the two nations. The growing awareness of Canadians and Malaysians
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    • 146 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Men Mrs. John Gurus amy has J^ en elected Chairman of the Selangor branch of the National Union of Teachers at its 14th annual meeting La Salle Secondary School in Brickfields here yesterday. T P th r office-bearers are Vice-chairman Mr. Kartar Smgh:
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    • 371 10 Plan of operation of research institute signed SINGAPORE, Mon. The plan of operation for the Pig and Poultry Research and Training Institute project was signed here this morning between representatives of the Singapore Government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food
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    • 266 10 National Language in Catholic services New Bishop PENANG, Mon. An assurance to use the National Language in Catholic services ■whenever necessary and possible was given by the new Bishop of Penang. Monsignor Gregory Yong. after his consecration ceremony attended by several thousands of Catholics and non-Catholics here this afternoon. Making
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    • 133 10 PENANG, Mon. Police yesterday arrested seven suspects in connection with house-breakings in the city here, while two others surrendered themselves. Three were arrested in a motor garage in Rope Walk. They were suspected of breaking into a motor spare parts shop in Prangin Road and stealing
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    • 78 10 SINGAPORE, Mon. Paid parking at night has been extended to four places in Singapore by the Car Parks Division. Effective from tonight, the night parking scheme covers New Bridge Road. North Bridge Road. Flag Road and Connaught Drive. The operation hours extend
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    • 34 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. A man, K. K. Muniyappan, was charged in the Ninth Magistrate’s Court today with the murder of Raval Savanmuthu along Boh Sua Tian Road on June 29. He was remanded.
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    • 172 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. They say relaxation is a good thing for the body and perhaps even the soul and mind. “Relax, take it easy and you’ll live longer" an often-heard phrase though not applicable at all times. Obviously there are many right here in Singapore who are
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    • 225 10 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Minister for Social affairs, Enche Othman bin Wok, has appealed to firms, civic organisations and Singaporeans to think of the idea of daily physical exercises to build a community of rugged citizens. Enche Othman Wok made this appeal
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    • 261 10 SINGAPORE, Mon. Another 1,100 civilian employees in the British Army Department will be made redundant in the year 1968/69, the Army Civil Service Union an- nounced today. The union said the Command Secretary, HQ Far East Land Forces, had informed
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    • 152 10 SINGAPORE. M on. Mrs. Suzanne Hunter, a 24-year-old housewife, got into the lift at Pacific Mansions and waited for it to bring her to her ninth floor flat. Buddenl7, a 20-year-old youth. Lye Sun Woh, also travelling in the lift, asked for permission
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    • 83 10 SINGAPORE Mon. A 46-year-old man. Ng Liang Chong, was charged in the Ninth Magistrate’s Court today with house-breaking and theft of $16,288 in cash and wrist-watches. Ng. who claimed trial, is alleged to have, together with Llm Chit Kwee and Ngam Seng Ang, broke into a
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    • 91 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Secretary of the pro-tem-commit tee of the Beatty Old Boys’ Association. Mr. M S Segeran, has appealed to former students to Join the BOBA. Mr Segeran said the primary aim Is to attract and enlarge the current membership of the association. The secretary
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    • 47 10 SINGAPORE. Mon—Some 160 militaiy personnel will be conducting a field exercise from 8 am. tomorrow to 5 p.m. July 7 in Chua Chu Kang. Amah Keng. and Tiong Hoe areas. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used and the public are advised not to be alarmed.
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    • 44 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. A woman. Chon? Yin Lin, 28, banished from Singapore two years ago. was iailed for six months by a District Court today for being found in the Republic. Chong, who pleaded guilty, was found at MacPherson Road on June 7.
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    • 38 10 7.30 p .m.: Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture at Kampong Sommerville Estate. Kampong Ayer Gemuroh, Tho Meng School (Yio Chu Kang Road), Sin Hwa School (Mandai Tekong) and Jalaa Chai Chee Housing Estate.
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    • 163 11  -  By LIM THOW BOON TT'UALA LUMPUR, Mon. A high-powered AV Russian trade mission, comprising high Government officials and manufacturers' representatives, will arrive in Malaysia in the middle of this month with concrete proposals for business. This was announced today by Dato Chan Peng Hong,
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    • 310 11 Penang, Mon. Opposition politics have failed to make a significant mark on the Malaysian scene in the first ten years of merdeka because Malaysia has too many “grasshopper” and “election” politicians and too few “dedicated” men of politics. This was stated by the Organising Secretary
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    • 44 11 KAMPAR Mon. Perak Police today warned gun owners in the State not to lend their weapons but to keep them in safe places. A spokesman of the Police said owners, when on hunting. should n&t wear jungle green or khaki uniforms.
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    • 34 11 KAMPAR. Mon —A 55-year-old tapper died on the spot when he was involved in a Collision with a car at 13, mile Ipoh-Kuala Lumpur Road here today. He was riding a bicycle.
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    • 187 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Colombo Plan was a unique example of nation helping nation, the British Minister of Overseas Development, Mr. Reg Prentice, said in a message congratulating the organisation on its 18th anniversary today. Mr. Prentice, in his message for Colombo Plan Day release here
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    • 117 11 ALOR STAR. Mon. The annual speech and prize giving day of the Sultan Abdul Hamid College will be held on July 11. A special feature of this year’s speech day is an Asian premiere state show entitled The Royal Hunt of the Sun” to
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    • 545 11 Kuala lumpur. Mon. The Foreign Minister of the Netherlands. Dr. J.M.A.H. Luns, will pay a visit to Malaysia from July 8 to 10. He will be accompanied by a four-member party, comprising the Director General of Political Affairs, Foreign Ministry. Mr J.A Ranitz. the
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    • 140 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon— The Assistant Minister of Culture. Youth and Sports, Dato Ungku Muhsein bm Abdul Kadir yesterday told youth organisations thst their approach should be attuned to the social, economic and recreational needs of young people. Youth services should be continually
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    • 49 11 IPOH. Mon. A mason, Chan Vooi Peng. 20, was drowned in the sea off Pangkor Island yesterday. Together with his sister and her husband. Chan had gone to the island for a picnic. While swimming 30 feet from the shore he got into difficulties and was drowned.
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    • 26 11 IPOH. Mon. A one-year-old baby girl. Zabaidah, died while travelling in a taxi, which came into collision with a van at Parit yesterday.
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    • 128 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, will hold a two-day meeting in London with five Malaysian High Commissioners and Ambassadors beginning on July 14, it was stated here today. A spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Bemama the
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    • 34 11 MALAYSIA'S Information Minister Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman (right) shakes hands with the French Minister Plenipotentiary Jean Basdevant during a visit to the Quai d'Orsay on Friday. UPI radiophoto.
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    • 132 11 IPOH, Mon. The Se-cretary-General of the Democratic Action Party, Mr. Goh Hock Guan, last night described Malaysia. as a country heading towards disaster. Mr. Goh was speaking at a D.A.P. rally at Lawan Kuda near Gopeng, when he pointed Out that a doubtful future lay ahead
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    • 57 11 PENANG. Mon There has been an appreciable improvement in the crime situation here over the past Six months, especially snatch, bicycle and motorcycle thefts. “The improvement resulted from the untiring concentration started by the police in a combined approach to crime prevention and investigation.” the C.I.D.
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    • 126 11 IPOH, Mon. Mr. Bernard Lu, the Political Secretary to the Minister of Finance. Tun Tan Slew Sin. declared last night Malaysia was facing the worst financial crisis since independence. Mr. Lu was speaking at the political symposium, sponsored by the United Organisation of
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    • 176 11 JAKARTA, Mon. (Reuter) Indonesia and Malaysia today began official talks in Jakarta on how to expand their economic and trade relations. Indonesian Trade Ministry sources said the talks would cover trade, finance, banking, industrial and agricultural matters. The meeting was a followup to the
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    • 179 11 IPOH, Mon. The widows and the dependents of the 16 personnel of the Police Field Force, who. were killed in an ambush by Communist terrorists at the Malaysian Thailand border near Kroh on June 17. would be given the necessary help and assistance to
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    • 86 11 OFFICIALS from African and Asian countries undertaking a study of Port and Harbour Administration in Australia in 1968 made an inspection tour of port facilities in Sydney as part of their programme in New South Wales. The tour was made aboard the Maritime Services Board Commissioner’s
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    • 360 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. The visiting North Korean Vice-President. Mr. Kang Rvang Wook began his third day official visit to the Republic with a tour of the Housing and Development Board. The high ranking Communist VIP and his entourage were accorded a red-carpet welcome when they arrived
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    • 263 13 CANBERRA Mon. (Reuter) The Singapore Minister for Finance. Dr. Goh Kene Swee. today described his talks with Australian Ministers as “very satisfactory.” "I am quite happy with them.” Dr. Goh told Reuter. Dr. Goh said his talks in Canberra with the Minister assisting the Minister
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    • 1771 13 SINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. S. K. Lee the defence counsel in the Gene Koh murder trial, was today ordered to apologise to Dr. Harry Bailey for a "very serious allegation. This arose following a complaint by Dr. Bailey that a question by Mr. Lee during
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    • 284 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. An Exhibition on Human R’gnts opened by Mrs. Wee Chong Jin. wife of the Acting President of the Republic on Saturday at the Chinese Y.M.C.A.. Prince Edward Road here is now in progress. The four-day exhibition held in conjunction with the seminar
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 267 5 BERLIN. Mon. (LPI) —ln defiance of Western protests East Germany will today introduce new taxes on road and canal shipments to and from West Berlin. A 10-mark (US$2.5O) visa charge for West Berliners and West Germans travelling to the city was introduced
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    • 103 5 TOKYO. Mon. (IPI) The manager and clerk in the only store on Chichijima Island spent yesterday changing all the prices. The store, named Bite, converted all prices from U.S. dollars to Japanese yen. manager Gorohei Sebori said. Chichijima and its sister island. two
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    • 429 5 MINISTER QUITS LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Britain’ press today saw the resignation of Power Minister Ray Gunter as a personal slap for Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Mr. Gunter, 58-year-old trade unionist, quit the cabinet yesterday, declaring in a blunt letter to Mr. Wilson: “I no longer
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    • 444 5 WASHINGTON, Mon. (UPI) A weekly news magazine said yesterday the Chinese Communists are the world's No. 1 racists and “they have close competitors." The U.S. News and World Report Magazine said in a survey on racial problems around the globe that “nowhere else is to be
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    • 288 5 WASHINGTON, Mon. (UPI). President Johnson will sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty today at a White House ceremony expected to be marked by an announcement of "great significance." Vice President Hubert Humphrey on nationwide television yesterday said that "the President will make another announcement
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    • 252 5 HONG KONG, Mon. (Reuter) Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, Defence Minister Lin Piao and other Chinese leaders last night received 20.000 People's Liberation Army men from Tsinan, Canton and Lanchow military regions and delegates to the National Coal Conference, Radio Peking reported today. The
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    • 80 5 BANGKOK. Mon. (Reuter) Nightclubs, bars, massage parlours and coffee shops in Bangkok have 14.400 girls working to please their male customers, according to a census taken by the social welfare council of Thailand. Students of the Social Science Faculty of Thammasat University worked for two
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    • 49 5 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) Indonesian police have rounded up scores of ablebodied men found drinking in coffee shops while their wives worked hard in the fields in Tarutung. North Sumatra. Indonesia's Antara news agency reporting this said they were marched out and told to start digging.
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    • 378 5 PARIS, Mon. (Reuter) Gaullists today emerged with the greatest electoral triumph in the history of republican France in returning 355 members to the 487-seat National Assembly. With five results awaited from overseas possessions, the Gaullists had slashed total left wing membership of the assembly from 197 to
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    • 45 5 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) Mayon Volcano in Albayr Province, about 200 miles Southeast of here. Is showing! new signs of activity, ac- cording to the commission on Volcanology. The commission said the Volcano's crater had startedglowing again and voleanier tremors had also increased.
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    • 382 6 HONG KONG, Mon. (Reuter) Chino's three leading news organs said todoy the cultural Revolution initiated by Chairman Mao Tse-Tung had gained o decisive vie tory. “The Bourgeois Reactionary Forces, which have China’s Khrushchev (Head of State Liu Shao-Chl) and company as their representatives have failed
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    • 140 6 PARIS. Mon. (Reuter) The only Minister defeated in the French general election took over the French Premier’s office single-hand-ed from the retreating German in 1944 and held it in the name of General de Gaulle. M. Yves Morandat, 54-year-old Secretary of State for Social
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    • 100 6 KINGSTON. Mon. (Reuter) Haiti has charged Jamaican Honorary Consul Oswald Brandt and his son Clifford with crimes against the state, it was stated here today by the Foreign Ministry. The Jamaican Government has been informed by the Haitian Foreign Minister that Brandt
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    • 160 6 WURZBURG. Mon. ’(PaD) It all began with a slightly rusty mud-guard which he worked on in his kitchen after workinghours: Heinz Schafer in Wurzburg, a commercial employee, became Quite by chance the only armoursmith in the Federal Republic of Germany. His able hands have meanwhile
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    • 116 6 HOUBTON, Texas. Mon. (Reuter) America's two surviving heart transplant patients left hospital for the first time yesterday and went to see a baseball game. Everett Thomas. 47. of Phoenix. Arizona, and Louts Fierro. 54, of Elmont, New York, saw the local Houston Astros lose 1-0
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    • 139 6 MEMPHIS. Tennessee. Mon. (UPI) A Delta Airlines Convair 440 successfully made a landing at the Municipal Airport here yesterday afternoon with its right landing gear stuck in the up position The twin-engined plane, which has a passenger capacity of 44. drooped its right wing and pinwneeled
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    • 111 6 Meridian. Mississippi, Mon. (Reuter) A Ku Klux Klans woman was killed and a Klansman seriously injured in a running gun battle with police here today after an attempt to dynamite the home of a Jewish business man. A Meridian Police Officer was also critically wounded
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    • 79 6 MILLPORT. Firth of Clyde. Scotland, Mon. (Reuter) Golfers like birdies but draw the line at gulls. Seagulls swooped on players in an open cup competition when they reached the 13th Green here yesterday. One golfer had to run for safety when six gulls dived at him. There
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    • 84 6 JAKARTA. Mon. (UPI)— Cave paintings believed by scholars to be about 8.000 years old have been discovered near Maros. Southern Celebes, it was reported here today. Experts accompanying archaeology students in the area told the official Antara news agency the paintings strongly resembled those found
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    • 32 6 TAKEN from a Shackleton of the RAF. this picture shows “Lively Lady” with lone sailor Alex Rose on board, off Bishop's Rock, as he hears the end of his voyage. UPI radiophoto.
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    • 218 6 VIENNA. Mon. (Reuter) The Hungarian Communist Party newspaper Nepszabadsag said today an intention to overthrow the Prague regime was behind the sort of public appeal made by Czechoslovak Ultra-progressives last week. It said it fully agreed with the Cezchoslovak Party's condemnation of
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    • 147 6 BAIGON, Mon. (Reuter) A plastic bomb attached to a bicycle exploded In a shopping street in Central Saigon today, killing two Vietnamese and wounding 12. US. officials said. The explosions less than half a mile from the Presidential Palace occurred while people stood
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    • 127 6 PORTSMOUTH. England. Mon. (Reuter) Round-the-world lone yachtsman Alec Rose was reported becalmed off the southerwestem tip of England today but with fresh supplies of beer and champagne to keep his spirits up. A British Royal Navy minesweeper went alongside his wave-battered yacht. Lively
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    • 117 6 ZURICH. Switzerland. Mon. (UPI) commercial capital was uneasily calm yesterday following Its worst street violence In decades. The clashes followed an unsuccessful attempt by several hundred students to occupy an old drugstore building which they demand should be turned into a youth centre. That building
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    • 143 6 CANBERRA. Mon. (Reuter) President Park Chung Hee of South Korea, will make a three-day visit to Australia in September. Prime- Minister Mr. John Gorton announced today. President Park and his wife are expected to arrive in Canberra for the State visit on September 16, and leave
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    • 160 6 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI) Negotiations aimed at averting a hospital strike that could affect 10,000 patients in 40 New York City Hospitals broke down yesterday when union leaders walked out charging. “We have not been able to meet with management and negotiate”. The walkout came
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    • 93 6 MELBOURNE. Mon. (Reuter) Dame Zara Holt, widow of the late Australian Prime Minister Mr. Harold Holt, is writing her memoirs which will be published later this year. “I am sure the book will throw new light on many people and incidents,’- she told reporters
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    • 221 6 WASHINGTON. Mon. (UPI) Informed sources indicated yesterday that President Johnson would 6oon make a trip to Latin America. The White House would not confirm or deny the reports, but weU informed sources said the president’s travel plans would be announced today. President Johnson himself Indicated
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    • 123 6 KARACHI. Mon. (Reuter) Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Mr. Arshad Husain told reporters at Lahore today he would call at Teheran on his way back from a scheduled six-day visit to Turkey starting tomorrow. Pakistan, Iran and Turkey three non-Arab Muslim nations are grouped together in
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    • 148 6 ZURICH. Mon. (Reuter) Youths surrounded police headquarters last night and hurled stones and bottles at policemen outside in a fresh flare-up of week-end violence. Police retaliated with firehoses but toe youths several hundred strong, kept hurling stones and plant pots found nearby. Several people
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  • 419 7 VEGETABLE LINE IS CUT SAIGON, Mon. (UPI) A Vietcong mine destroyed a railway bridge disrupting traffic on one of the few routes still operating in Vietnam, military spokesman said today. Allied troops sweeping west of Saigon discovered one of the largest ammunition caches
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  • 228 7 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) The British Royal Navy today sent one of its warships to help Marine Police beef up sea patrols in an area where Red Chinese gunboats seized about' 50 Hong Kong fishermen yesterday. The Marine Department vessels already on patrol
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  • 134 7 NEW YORK. Mon (Reuter) immigration set-up today gets a severe shake-up which is expected to brake the “brain drain” from Europe and bring in many more Asians. The 44-year-old system of national quotas for immigrants will be swept away and replaced by a new,
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  • 33 7 MOSCOW. Mon. (Reuter) Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jiri Hajek arrived here today to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty proposed by the Soviet Union, the U.S and Britain. Tass news agency reported.
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  • 178 7 AMSTERDAM. Netherlands. Mon. (UPI) Dutch Foreign Minister Dr. Joseph Luns left by plane for Indonesia for a five-day official visit in the course of which he is scheduled to meet his counterpart Adam Malik and President Suharto. Dr. Luns will leave Jakarta July 7
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  • 135 7 FRANKFURT (DaD) Beauty treatment is now part of the curriculum for student nurses in the Federal Republic of Germany. The head nurse *>f the Northwest City Hospital in Frankfurt am Main was the first to include a cosmetic course for the future nurses as part
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  • 109 7 EDINBURGH, Scotland Mon. (Reuter) Nearly 500 delegates from the four corners of the globe massed here at the weekend for the Golden Jubilee conference of English-speaking Union (E.S.U.). Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, addresses the opening session today on “The link of language: A part for
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  • 69 7 MONTREAL. Quebec. Canada. Mon. (UPI) Doctors at Montreal’s Institute of Cardiology reported yesterday that Gaetan Paris, the world’s 22nd heart transplant recipient, is in excellent condition and “the danger of immediate complication is well under control.” Paris, 49-year-old father of five, received the heart of
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  • 58 7 SIAMESE twins are known the world over but twin watermelons are something new. A Japanese girl displays a twin watermelon, weighing 16 pounds and 10 inches in diameter each at the Tokvo Fruit and Vegetable Market in Kanda last week. The twin watermelon was grown
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  • 135 7 U.S. POLLS CHICAGO. Mon. (Reuter) Democrats determined to stop Vice-Presi-dent Hubert Humphrey from gaining the Democratic presidential nomination today announced a nationwide drive to obtain an “immediate change and new leadership” in the party. More than 1.200 Democrats from all parts of the country the
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  • 112 7 OTTAWA Mon. (Reuter) Talks aimed at ending the St Lawrence Seaway strike broke down today after a secret four-hour session. The strike has kept the waterway closed since June 21. when 1.300 seaway workers turned down the seaway authority's wage offer of two six-per cent increases
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  • 95 7 MANILA. Mon. (UPI) The Philippine Chamber of Commerce has asked the government for swift action on its proposal for trade with Communist countries. The chamber’s “Committee on trade with Communist countries” said the Philippines is committing an “economic crime” by ignoring low cost
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  • 696 7 TOKYO, Mon. (UPI) A civilian airliner carrying 214 U.S. soldiers was forced to land on a Soviet island north of Japan today. The U.S. State Department said the plane strayed off course but another pilot flying in the area at the
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  • 95 7 BERKELEY CALIFORNIA, Mon. (Reuter) Authorities clamped a curfew on the entire city of Berkeley last night to quell window breaking and scattered looting following two nights of violence here. Police reported “a consi- v derable number” of arrests as helmeted officers enforced the new measure,
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  • 59 7 NEW YORK. Mon. (Reuter) Vietnam peace negotiator Cyrus Vance and Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler were both considered for Chief Justice of the US. Supreme Court before President Johnson nominated Justice Abe Fortas, Time magazine said today. Both were quietly approved by congressional leaders, according to Time in this
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  • 809 8 MALAYSIA celebrated the official ending of the 12-year emergency on July 31, 1960. After that a map of West Malaysia was circulated to Government departments with the northern border areas printed in black. That was to remind civil servants that the Communist menace still existed between the
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  • LETTERS...
    • 293 8 The KhirAlatas debate is vital WITH reference to the letter concerning the KhirAlatas debate dated 26-6-68, I personally feel that the last writer is provoking the two gentlemen ‘gladiators’-to-be into debate which will bring serious consequences to the loser. His attitude towards disagreement or conflict between two parties is undesirable
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  • 1389 8  -  By J.R.H. Pringle (Associate Editor, “The Banker” London) TH E immediate impact of the d i s t y r bances in France on sterling was not favourable, since it raised new uncertainties for the international monetary system in general. At the end of
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  • 223 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of ZvlOenc* Fur Crlalnal Trial*’*) STEVE was arrested and convicted of selling narcotics. He appealed his conviction and sentence. “Detective Herbert testified that on the first day of the month and for three months I sold him narcotics,’’ Steve explained. “I
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  • 589 8 From Sin Chew Jit Pon TO commemorate the 20th anniversary of the U. N. Proclamation on Human Rights, the U. N. convened a conference in Teheran, which lasted three days and passed the “Teheran Proclamation”. In this proclamation, the conferees have appealed to the world “to fight
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 42 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper TUESDAY. JULY 2, 1968 21 -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
    • 383 9 PARIS, Mon. (Reuter) Trance is braced to meet the fresh challenge of sweeping tariff cuts tomorrow after the worst industrial crisis in over 30 years has forced wage costs up and threatened the economy with runaway Inflation. At midnight the European
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    • 313 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Co-operative Central Bank Ltd. will declare a dividend of 7 per cent on shares at the annual meeting of the Bank on July 14. Amendments to the constitution have been made recently to enable the
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    • 61 9 CANBERRA. Mon. (UPD— Australia will supply engineering equipment worth U. *****.000 for irrigation projects in Thailand, Minister for External Affairs Paul Hasluck announced today. Five sets of electrical pumps were being sent as a gift under the SEATO aid programme to Tha Bo On
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    • 152 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. Mr. John Hoyer, General Manager of SAS and Thai International for Brunei. Malaysia and Singapore has announced that local staff of SAS and Thai International have shown outstanding results in their courses at the Thai International Training School in Bangkok. So far. three
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    • 176 9 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) Indonesia’s Trade Minister. Doctors Sumitro has decided to fix check prices of Indonesia's main exports once a month instead of once a week He said in a decree today that the prices would now be fixed on
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    • 254 9 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) Hong Kong's trade reputation in Britain and the United States have never been higher than it is today, said Sir Sik-Nin Chau, Chairman of the Colony’s Trade Development Council, here today. Sir Sik-Nin and Mr. Jack Cater,
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    • 1162 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Stock Exchange was active today with the same interest which found in last week continuing. Business was called to a halt today on five occasions as the activity had reached its peak thrice in the morning and twice in the afternoon
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    • 121 9 TOKYO. Mon. Miss Cycling of the Philippines 1968, visited the Tokyo Plant of Seiko Watch K Hattori Co.. Ltd. recently as part of her programme to promote goodwill and friendship between Japanese and Filipino cycle enthusiasts. Pretty 20-year-old Florida Tagana, student of
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    • 237 9 Rubber up cent SINGAPORE. Mon.—July first grade rubber f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur today at 5518 cents per lb-, uP half a cent from previous close. The tone was quiet. The market ruled very quiet all morning with covering interest for July and some forward enquiry
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    • 49 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The sixth World Conference of Chinese Traders will be held in Tokyo from Sept. 25 to 27. Members of Chinese Chambers of Commerce, who are interested, should write to Mr. Goh Ewe Lit. of the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
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    • 341 9 SINGAPORE. Stock Exchange sold and offer prices officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co. XBI 3.18 Bnustead 1.58 Chemical Co 161 Dunlop 3.40 E. smelting 6.85 Ufh 1 00 E«*« Ores 2 87 mmm tlt/patrieks 2.25 2.40 Gammon 2.38 Goodwood Park 3 50 Guinness 6.55
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    • 48 9 (Managers Prices] first Mala?an XD 2.67 >rcond Malayan XD 1.92 Third Malayan 1.25 ine Commerce Indu-trv .97 1 06 The Saving Kami 1.11 1 20 First ll'knng .86 .91 Second H'knng XI) 61 .65 Malaysian Investment Fund 1.20 1 30 Sterling C'modlty 5/6 Bong Kong Currency)
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    • 101 9 SINGAPORE, M«m. The noon prtces at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are:Buyer Seller Coconut OH (F.O.B.) Bulk 5800 Coconut Oil (F OB) Drums 60.50 Loose Copra Mixed June 32.00 Muntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% NEW 110 00 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% N.I..W 107 50 Sarawak Special Black
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE, Mon.—The tin price for today was $555.87* per picul, down 50 cents.
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    • 174 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A Hong Kong developed protein soft drink is to be introduced in Asian and South-American countries, according to an announcement this week from Monsanto Company, St. Louis, USA. The soft drink, which is sold under
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    • 146 9 TOKYO, Mon. (Reuter) Five major Japanese cotton spinning mills plan to send a fact-finding mission to Indonesia next month to explore the possibility of building a spinning plant there, the Nichibo Co.. Ltd., one of the five firms, said today. The mission is to be
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    • 76 9 LONDON. Mon (Reuter* A British firm today won a 495.000 sterling order from ;he Soviet Union for industrial instruments to be used in power stations. The Cambridge Instrument Group, which won the order in face of fierce international competition, signed the contract
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    • 186 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The following ships are expected to be in port today; GODOWNS VESSELS 1/2 Orient Exploj«er 3/4 Maaslloyd 5 Dainanoh Maru 6/7 Awobasan Maru 8/9 General Sikorski 10/11 Benkilan 13/14 Maron 15/16 Star Acturus 18 Inuisan Maru 21/22 Sea Express 23/24 Kimanis 27/28 Srbija 31/32 Vaucluse
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1497 10 YOVK TVM TODAY 't&-t TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL KUALA LUMPUR and Pa lan Pina nr. 6 Ipoh and Melaka: 3 A It Jobore Bahrn; 4 Taipinr. 7 Bata Pabat; Aluang. P.M. 545 Opening Annet Prog. Summary: 550 News Outline in the National Language; 5.55 National Songs: 600 News in Tamil; 6.10
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  • Fashion: femme
    • 225 12 KHIMIE is soft, Khimie is sweet, Khimie is romantic in this casual outfit which is nostalgically called the Hang-Tuah outfit. And Khimie is the lovely model on the left. The attractive outfit is in light sapphire blue, trimmed in matching batek. Khimie, an artist, was one of
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    • 714 12  -  The fair sex is not afraid any more of breaking their well treasured, cherished and polished fingernails by: pat chan NEVER has the enthusiasm of girls looking to “blue collar" careers been so great. Away with the traditional "clean hands" jobs. Enter the woman technician,
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    • Article, Illustration
      68 12 Hippies have always been associated with dirty clothes and unkempt hair. But now girls in Copenhagen have picked up hippie fashion brt with clean and sparkling clothes. The photo shows: In true hippie fashion with a slogan, a dean and good girl is dre 'ed in hlack silk
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    • 617 12  -  By P. S. OCAMPO A speech at the 1968 East Asia Seminar. World Federation of Methodist Women at the Telok Ayer Methodist Church. Singapore, last Saturday. It is now the time for women to assume leadership, Dr. P. S. Ocampo, president of the
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      144 12 FISH DISH: Ingredients needed are six ounces short cut macaroni, eight ounces cod. half pint white sauce, dessertspoon tomato sauce, salt and pepper, half cup breadcrumbs and two ounces margarine. Cook the macaroni in plenty of salted water, drain well. Mix with flaked fish white and tomato sauce, pepper
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    • 192 12  -  By: Mary Sue Miller AS the vacation season approaches, we girls begin to fuss about our figures and faces, our travel clothes and accouterments. Our hope is to put our best selves on the road. To speed necessary renovations, a 10-part series, “Your Tour Allure,”
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    • 52 13 “A Sinister Twilight: The Fall of Singapore” This fascinating new book, brilliantly re-creates the Singapore disaster of 1942. Amazingly, the British kept right on golfing, dancing—and dreaming—until the Japanese were literally at their throats. Why? How? Here are the fantastic details. This month's Book Section. Deader’s Digest July issue, now
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 198 13 fSHAW LIDO Phone ***** NOW SHOWING! 11 am. 1.45. 4.00. 0.30 A 9.15 p.m. Elizabeth Taylor Marlon Brando REFLECTIONS IN GOLDEN EYE In Technicolor <St Panavlalon Prom Warner Bros-Seven Arta NEXT CHANGE! "DRAGON INN” Scope As Color Mandarin with English Subtitles CAPITOL Phone ***** LAST 2 DAYS! 11 a m..
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  • NEWSFEATURES
    • 248 14 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) A Filipino senator has proposed a “study now. pay later” plan for poor students In the country. Senator Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., said the plan included the setting up of a national fund which would grant loans to poor students
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    • 94 14 JAKARTA. Mon, (Reuter) Girls in ancient crinolines and modern miniskirts teamed up with boys in tight jean and long coats to dance down Jakarta's streets in a carnival celebration of the Indonesian capital’s 441st anniversary last weekend. Carriages bedecked with flags towed old Dutch cannon
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    • 157 14 MUNICH (DaD) His legs are insured for practically the same amount as Marlene Dietrich's and an Italian reporter wrote after the return game in the semi-finals against AC Milano: “Beckenbauer is the most elegant player in years. He should actually play in white tie
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    • 616 14  -  By GAY PAULEY NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI) Once a woman bought a winter coat. These days the coat alone is increasingly scarce. The “in” fashion is the costume. Rarely is a coat shown without co-ordinated dress or shirt-skirt or shirt-pants
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    • 140 14 HONG KONG. Mon. (Reuter) Some 2.000 schoolboys in Hong Kong will have the opportunity to acquire new skills and meet new friends when they go camping in the New Territories this summer. The Education Department and Social Welfare Department are organising a series of 10
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    • 114 14 BANGKOK. Mon. (Reuter) —2l-year old Miss Thailand 1968 who will compete in the Miss Universe contest at Miami on July 13 is keeping herself fit in readiness. Miss Apantri Prayuthaseni says her weight has gone up from 49 to 52 kilogrammes and her measurements are
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    • 666 14  -  By Ray Moseley VATICAN CITY, Mon. (UPl)—Pope Paul VI lost night strongly defended the doctrine of papal infallibility, the virginity of Mary and other Catholic teachings that have been challenged by some so-called liberal thinkers in the Catholic Church. The Pope announced
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    • 231 14 By Adrienne Farrell NEW DELHI. Mon. (Reuter) India’s problem State of Bihar, where political chaos has followed the drought and famine of the past two years, is likely to remain under direct presidential rule from New Delhi for the next eight months. Congress Party
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    • 93 14 WASHINGTON. Mon. (Reuter) Alabama's former governor George Wallace said today that “objective” Negroes could support his independent campaign for the U.S. presidency. “I don’t believe anybody will he elected president because of the race issue.” he said in a television interview. He repeated several
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    • 564 14 Eastern Sun Classified advertisements can be accepted at tha following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building. Singapore. S.S MUBARUK fir Brothers. 63, Bras Basah Road, and 2. Maju Avenue. Serangoon Ca'den Estate. Singapore. TAT BUAN CUAN LTDSUPERMARKET. 83. East Coast Road. Singapore 15. Tel: *****9. HAMIEM STORE. 1419,
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    • 143 14 Classified Ad. DEATH MR. HARIDAS S/O CB. NAIR passed away on 1-7-68. Cortege leaves 14 Aida Street to Hindu Cemetary on 2-7-68 at 4.30 p.m. Always remembered by friends. PUBLIC APPOINTMENT UNIVERSITY' OF HONG KONG Wardenship of a Combined Hall of Residence APPLICATIONS are invited from men for the post
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  • Sun Sport
    • 345 15 Little justification for its continuance— Wok SINGAPORE, Mon. The Minister for Social Affairs, Enehe Othman bin Wok, said today steps would be taken to "wind up" the Singapore Sports Council set-up in December, 1965. Enche Othman said m that with the establishment of a Sports
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    • 450 15  -  By LESLIE NAKASHIMA TOKYO, Mon. (UPI) Japanese boxing writers today named world bantamweight champion Lionel Rose ot Australia a 6-4 favourite to make good his first title defence tomorrow night against Japan's Takao Sakurai. But there is no betting on prize fights in
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    • 162 15 LONDON. Mon Lon-don-born Vic Elford. who began his motor racing career in a Mini in 1961, is to drive for the Formula One British Cooper team He will take part in world championship Grand Prix races, a climax to a year of unprecedented success.
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    • 93 15 SINGAPORE. Mon: Airport S. C. will meet Port of Singapore Authority R.C. in the FAS Division 11 A league soccer match to be played at Farrer Park tomorrow. The five other league games to be played are as follows: Chinese Athletic “A” vs Jollilads. <FP); Haikowyu
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    • 458 15 LOS ANGELES. Men. (UPI) United States athletes came through with a series of international class performances yesterday in the second day of the Olympic Track and Field trials topped by Art Walker’s American record in the triple jump. In the first day
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    • 97 15 LONDON. Mon. David Hemery, the 23-year-old student from Ruislip near London, who is at Boston University in the USA. established his eight British record for his time of 49 8 secs, in the 400 metres hurdles in the U.S National Collegiate championships in California recently. Hemery.
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    • 34 15 Chateau Roi (Harbridge) being led in by Mr. J. Balias after winning the Class 2 Div. 3 race over 6 furlongs on Saturday at Bukit Timah. The winner paid $30 and $12. Sunsport pix.
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    • 700 15 SYLVANIA. Ohio. Mon. (UPI) The World Boxing Association (WBA), announcing its latest rankings recently, named six men, including Rob Foster of the t T .S., Roberto Andrade of the Philippines and Sh o Saijyo of Japan, to share Boxer-of-the-month honours. Foster was named
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    • 89 15 LONDON Mon. Bobby McGregor. Britain’* lwjpean sprint swimming champion was named last week for the match against Hungary on July 13 and 14 but whether he will compete is doubtful. A student architect, McGregor is now in the process of taking his final examinations at the University of
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    • 1221 15 Third Day SINGAPORE. Mon The Third Day's weights for Singapore Turf Club’s June/ July meeting on Saturday at Bukit Timah. HORSES CLASS 2 r_ DIV. 4 7 Furs. A 15 yds. Jolly 8cout 9 89 Beau Chimes 9 00 Hydro's Image
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    • 312 16  -  Lange: We’re deeply grateful to receive their support By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Badminton Association today expressed gratitude over the support of the Badminiton Association of Malaysia to back Singapore's bid to hold the first world badminton championships in this region. The BAM
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    • 182 16 I.B. F. not told of S'pore's proposal LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) The International Badminton Federation have no official knowledge of Singapore's proposal to hold an official world championship event, the Federation’s Secretary, Mr. Herbert Scheele said here today. Mr. Scheele said the proposal was not down on the agenda for the
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    • 191 16 SEREMBAN. Mon. Selangor Schools defeated Negri Sembilan Schools by 4-1 in the inter-State badminton competition for the Heah Joo Seang Cup (Boys) and also 4-1 for Lee Kok Chee Cup (Girls) played at the Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club Hall here last night. The Selangor
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    • 32 16 CLEVELAND, Mon. (UPI) Dave Stockton, struggling home under a hot sun and high humidity, shot a final one-over-par 72 yesterday to win the 110,000 dollar Cleveland Open by two strokes.
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    • 142 16 SINGAPORE, Mon.— Singapore’s top sprinters will take part in the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association’s official trial runs for the 100 metres event with the hope of qualifying for the Mexico Olympic Games. The trials will be held on July 15. 17 and 29. Two trials
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    • 230 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. V. T. Rajan was knocked down by a car while taking part in the Swift Athletes Association’s 25-mile Walk, held at the Holland Circus yesterday. Rajan who completed the first lap (6J miles), was half way through the second lap when the
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    • 81 16 SINGAPORE. Mon.—The Singapore Amateur Swimming Association will hold the qualifying trials for swimmers to the Olympic Games at the Chinese Swimming Club on July 9, commencing at 5.30 p.m. Names of swimmers must be submitted to SASA hon. secretary. Mr. Woon Sui Kut, before
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    • 387 16 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) West Indian batsman Rohan Kanhai yesterday won the race to score 1,000 runs in a rain-hit English cricket season. He completed 152 for Warwickshire against Lancashire at Liverpool. his fourth century of the season. It helped give Warwickshire a 176
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    • 90 16 SINGAPORE. Mon: —Mr. Seet Wee Swee. was elected as vice-president of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, at its 19th annual general meeting held at the NTUC conference hall this evening. Mr. Seet representing the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association polled 65 votes against the out-going vicepresident.
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    • 1191 16  -  By BEN VARIYAN and R. D. SELVA KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Yesterday’s Rothman’s 500, a gruelling six-hour race for saloon cars, wound up with thumping success. Credit must surely go to Rothmans, the main sponsors and several other commercial firms for without their support the
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    • 337 16  -  By CHARLIE CHAN KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Selangor’s enterprising bowlers (and their generous sponsors) have taken upon themselves the task of putting Malaysia on the international bowling map. National pride and prestige are at stake. So far, Malaysia is still comparatively unknown in the Far East
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    • 107 16 LOS ANGELES. Mon, (UPI) A decision has been made regarding a proposed boycott by Negro athletes of the 1968 Olympic Games and will be disclosed today. Lee Evans said yesterday after winning the 400 metre dash in the Olympic trials. “I can’t say what we
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 59 16 AND TIDE Penang: 5.04 am. (6.9 ft.), 4.34 p.m. (7.8 ft.) Port Swettenham: 9.38 a-m. (14.6 ft.), 9.22 p.m. (13.4 ft.) Port Dickson: 10.17 a.m. (8.1 ft.). 10-42 p.m. (7.3 ft.) Singapore: 2.09 a.m. (8.3 ft.), 3.41 p.m. (7.2 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 12.32 a.m (5.8 ft.). 2.30 p.m. 7.4 ft.)
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