Eastern Sun, 31 August 1968

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  • 22 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 750 Saturday. 31 August 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 611 1 'P.I. Bill annexing Sabah an invasion of our sovereignty KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. rpHE Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, said in a statement today the passage of the Bill in the Philippine House of Representatives declaring Sabah as Philippine territory was an invasion of Malaysia's sovereignty. The
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  • 541 1 PRAGUE. Fri. (Reuter) The Czechoslovak Prime M i n 1 s t er. Mr. Oldrirh Cemik. told a private briefing of Government officials today that the Soviet occupation commanders had threatened to take over the country “with brutal force If necessary.”
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  • 173 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Malaysia's 11th Merdeka anniversary celebrations will open here tomorrow with a raiiv at the Merdeka Stadium at 8-30 a.m. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong. Cabinet Ministers and members of foreign missions and their wives will attend. Pupils from
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  • 72 1 SINGAPORE, Fri—The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. has sent a congratulatory telegram to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, on the occasion of the ilth anniversary of Malaysian independence. The telegram reads: “On behalf of the Government and people of Singapore. I send
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  • 78 1 HONG KONG, Fri. (Reuter) The number of trussed corpses picked up in Hong Kong waters rose to 58 today when police found four more badly decomposed bodies. Three bodies of undetermined sex were discovered yesterday and the body of a woman was fished
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  • 52 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. (Reuter) The "hot line” between Washington and Moscow designed to help avoid a military confrontation between the two major powers is five years old today. It links the Pentagon with the Kremlin via a teleprinter circuit which extends through London. Copenhagen, Stockholm
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  • 357 1 MANILA, Fri. (UPI) Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos today described as serious Malaysia's charge that the Philippines had committed an "unfriendly act" by declaring sovereignty over the State of Sabah, "We will give a reply worthy of the seriousness of the matter raised by the Tunku,"
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • local news
    • 124 2 MR. Chong Si Mok (left) is not exactly our idea of the ideal nurse sweet, charming and sympathetic. Be that as it may. he belongs to that fast vanishing breed of workers called MALE NURSES. And whatever his female counterparts can do, he appears to be able to do better.
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    • 238 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Government has been urged to establish a bumiputra education commission to look into the type of education needed at present and in the future. This is one of the iong and short term plans to alleviate the economic
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    • 96 2 KUALA LUMPUR Frl. The Finance Minister Tun Tan Slew Sin will attend the two-day annual meeting of Commonwealth Finance Ministers beginning in London on Sept. 25. a Finance Ministry spokesman told Bernami today. Meanwhile, a British Information release said that the Ministers are
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    • 56 2 MALACCA. Fri.— ine Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak, today praised the Malacca Government for its outstanding achievements in the field of development. He paid this compliment an address at the opening 'of the three-day state progress exhibition at the Kudu Padang. He said he would
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    • 88 2 Peninsular Art Gallery: Exhibition of works by prominent Malaysian artists at 41. Jalan Raja Muda 9 am. to 6 p.m. Samat Art Gallery (AIA Building-: Exhibition of Chinese paintings by Mr. Henry Wo Yue-Kee from Hong Kong 9 a m. to 6 pm National Art Gallery: 11th National
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    • 85 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Enche Abdul Ghani bin Mat Piah. and N.E.B education and training engineer, will leave for Tokyo on Monday to attend a two—month seminar on vocational train ing. The seminar, sponsored by the Japanese Government uder the Colombo Plan, will be held from Monday to
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    • 26 2 IPOH. Fri. —An itinerant cloth-vendor. S. Sen thamb aram, 39. lost his life in collision with a lorry at the main road here yesterday.
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    • 292 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The total gross value of sales of all factories, pioneer and nonpioneer, have grown from $10.7 million in 1959 to $832 million last year, the Minister of Com- merce and Industry, Tan Sri Dr. Lim Sv'ee Aun, said. The net export of manufactured
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    • 157 2 PENANG. Fri. The Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. In his Merdeka Day message, called on the people of Penang to resolve to live in friendship and goodwill and to strengthen yet further the close bonds of unity which bound the people together.
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    • 359 2 Next year will be a year of trials Sardon KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Next year will be a year “full of trials and d e c i s i ons.” Malaysians were warned today. The Minister of Transport. Tan Sri Sardon bin Hajl Jubir. said in a Merdeka Day message that
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    • 152 2 PENANG. Fri. A Customs officer with a party of three men. laid in ambush in a speedboat and caught two men with a boatload of $9,083 worth of dutiable goods following a ten-minute sea chase off Gertak Sanggol here on Jan. 18. “We trailed
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    • 80 2 KUALA TRENGGANU, Fri.—The Mentri Besar of Tiengganu. Tan Sri Ibrahim Fikri, today said the new padi varieties “Peta” and Tangaki Rotan” would be introduced in the State to increase padi production. He was speaking at a harvesting ceremony at Kampong Kesom near here. He said 2,000
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    • 42 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Four masked men all armed with daggers woke up a stenographer. Yap Lan Fong, 25, at her house at Jalan Tong Shin here early yesterday morning and robbed her of cash $l6O and pronertv wirth $1,585.
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    • 162 2 SINGAPORE, Fri Toto Draw No. 13 will take place as usual on Sunday at 3.45 p.m it will be broadcast ‘Tive’' in English by Television Singapura. Heading the panei of ofneiuia will De Mr. iea Cneang wan, a ve.y well-known pei&onau.y wno is aiso the
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    • 28 2 IPOH. Fri. A prisoner from the Taiping Jail. Goor Teik Chin. 43. escaped from the Central Mental Hosp:*a! in Tanjong Rambutan. ten miles from here today
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    • 480 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Public Utilities Board will be inviting international tenders soon for the supply of fuel worth $l5O million over the next seven years for power stations at Jurong and Pasir Panjong and for its gas works. Tenderers will be asked
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    • 122 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. Singapore will be represented at the 16th International Civil Aviation Organisation Assembly meeting to be held at Buenos Aires, Argentina, from Sept. 3 to Sept. 28. This will be Singapore's first participation at the Assembly since it became a member of the
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    • 122 3 SINGAPORE. Fri Entries for the Singapore Horticultural Show which promises to be the biggest ever staged in the Republic, closes at noon tomorrow. The show which is being jointly organised by the Orchid Society of Southeast Asia and the Singapore Gardening Society, will be held
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    • 575 3 A big moment for 2 school girls SINGAPORE, Fri.—The National Defence Fund stands at $6.7 million. The Defence Minister, Mr. Lim Kim San today received more donations at his fortnightly session, held at Pearl’s Hill. During the past two weeks the National Defence
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    • 318 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. All is set for the New Era Exposition the spectacle of the year to be opened by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr. S. Rajaratnam on Sept. 14. It was confirmed today that five top film stars from Hong Kong will
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    • 114 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. The Minister of’ Agriculture and Co-operatives Haji Ghazall Jawi. said it had become the policy of 'he Alliance Government to give top priority to agricultural development in the country for Malaysia is an agricultural country. The Minister stated this In a Merdeka
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    • 124 4 A band of armed “bandits” was spotted Inside the Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. So soldiers were immediately sent to wipe them out. Id the tew minutes that followed, the public saw an exciting “exchange of fire" that ended with the bandits either killed or captured. The impressive
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    • 102 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permalsurl Agong are to pay an official visit to Sarawak next month. This was stated by the King In his Malaysia Day broadcast to the nation today. He said: “We and the Raja Permaisurl Agong
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    • 80 4 KOTA KINABALU. Frl.— Two new Sabah Ministers were sworn in today by the Yang di-Pertua Negara. Tun Pengiran Haji Ahmad Raffae. at the Istana in Kota Kinabalu. They are Enche Salleh Sulong as Minister of Finance. and Dato Haji Mohd. Yassin bin Haji Hashim as
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    • 500 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Four out of every five rubber estates in Malaysia have already been replanted with highyielding clones, the Controller of Research at the Malayan Rubber Fund Board, Dr. L.C. Bateman said today. He added that the majority of these estates could
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    • 135 4 PENANG, Fri. The Chief Minister. Tan Brl Wong Pow Nee. today lipped the recommendations of the high-powered committee to solve the problems of Penang port wiould be acceptable to all parties concerned. The state Government, he said, would receive the reprwt and recommendations of
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    • 66 4 MANILA. Fri. (UPI) The Malaysian Embassy made arrangements today for the early release from Philippine custody and repatriartion to Malaysia of two Malaysian youths rescued on Monday in the Sulu Sea srfter being adrift for nine fiays. Michael Chin 22. and Tal Nuyk Sang.
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    • 339 4 TUNKU CAUTIONS PRESSMEN: KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, said today journalists in Malaysia would be put to great stress and strain in view of the coming general elections. The Tunku added It was the duty of every journalist to be cautious of
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    • 190 4  -  By M. T. LINGAM BAHAU. Fri. A passenger was burnt to death when a bus with 40 aboard burst into a bail of flame two miles near here this evening. A total of 28 others w’ere warded under very
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    • 95 4 PENANG. Frl. A 23-yegr-old tailor. Lye Ah Kow. who demanded $lOB from a clerk. Ng Kok Khoon, to be delivered In half an hour, was arrested by the police at the rendezvous Instead. This was stated by the Prosecuting Officer. Chief Insp Ng Yoke Weng.
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    • 385 4 New gang of robbers: IPOH, Fri. Four pistol packing robbers are on a rampage in Perak. They staged three daring holdups within seven hours today, collecting two serviceable shotguns, eight live cartridges and $1,035 in cash and jewellery. They are also armed
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    • 83 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The leader of the mission from the Confederation of British Industry. Mr. A. G. Davies, said today that members of the team had made “perceptible progress” in their discussions with local businessmen here. Mr. Davies told Bernama: “We discussed several projects. and
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    • 96 4 SYDNEY. Fri. (Reuteri The imbalance of trade be'ween Malaysia and Austra' was more than two to ore in Australia’s favour, ire Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman sa l in a Sydney Morning Hera 1 supplement on Malaysia published here today. “The imbalance has keen a
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    • 79 4 KUALA LUMPUR f. On the occasion of Mai- Day tomorrow, there wi. stage show and a fireu ■> display in the Lake Garre s commencing from 8 pm Hawkers will be perm" to ply their trade at tee following sites. (1) The vacant hind the Lake
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    • 421 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. The National Trades Union Congress has called on the Minister of Labour, Mr. S. Rajaratnam to review the system of industrial arbitration and the procedures governing it "in the light of proven shortcomings/' In a memorandum to the Minister, the NTUC
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    • 189 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. Nataraja Guru, exponent of a unified science of the absolute. is now in Singapore to give lectures and to meet his disciples. The Guru, who came here four days ago. hopes to spend about 15 days here before touring Malaysia for a month.
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    • 118 5 SINGAPORE. Fri.—A top aeronautical research engineer. Professor Li Chao-Pei has arrived in Singapore to head the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Ngee Ann Technical College. Two other lecturers, Mr. Hii Chiing Sing and Mr. Chua Kee Cheng are also here to join the Mechanical
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    • 115 5 SINGAPORE, Fn. For the benefit of the Higher School Certificate and Cambridge School Certificate Examination students. Television Singapura will be transmitting a five-hour film production of ‘GREAT EXPECTATIONS’. The telecast will be done in two parts, and Part One will be telecast over Channel 8
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    • 149 5 SINGAPORE. Fri—Singapore is leading Asian countries in the field of family planning said Mr. Chua Sian Chin, the Minister for Health today. Speaking to newsmen at the airport before leaving for Kampala, for the Second Commonwealth Medical Conference, he said: “We will explain
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    • 570 5 Public transport must be improved as S’pore progresses Yong SINGAPORE, Fri.—The present public transport must be improved as Singapore progresses, the Minister for Communications, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin said today. The Minister was speaking at the inaugural meeting of the transport Advisory Board held at the office of the Registrar
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    • 207 5 9 a.m.-5 pm.: National Day books display at National Library. Stamford Road. 10 am.-6 pm.: Thomas Yeos art exhibition at National Library lecture hall, Stamford Road. 12 p.m-10 p.m.: Pasir Panjang Tamil Methodist Church fun fair at Pasir Panjang Community Centre. 730 p.m.: University of Singapore Sociology Society’s
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    • 1487 13  -  By DEV SHRIDHAR CELEBRATING as we do our country's first year of its second decade of Merdeka, it is time we take stock and see what is in store for us and Malaysia in the ensuing years. Eleven years of independence have brought about great changes. They
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    • 95 13 SEREMBAN*. Fri. About 3.000 people are expected to attend the garden party at the residence of the Mentri Besar here on Malaysia Day tomorrow. Earlier in the morning about 5.000 children will attend a rally on the S’ation Padang. In the evenmg a talentime
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    • 45 13 PENANG. Fri. The Penang Branch of the Malaysian American Society, will hold a get-togethe r and buffet dinner to mark the 11th. Merdeka Anniversary at the Old Frees' Association at 8 pm. on Saturday. Several American nationals will also be participating In the function.
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    • 119 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The largest Indonesian cultural troupe to visit Malaysia 53 of them arrived here today for a week’s performance. The troupe, including 12 women, was specially selected by President Suharto and sent out here in connection with the merdeka celebrations. The first performance
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    • 65 13 Asmah Hashim, 17. is a jet-set girl who loves the outdoor life, sport and dancing. However, a quiet evening at her Kampong Dato Karamat home in Kuala Lumpur means delving into her stamp collection. Asmah is one of the early entrants for the Miss Stop Press
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    • 35 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Thieves broke into a house at Jalan Semantra. Ulu Klang here last night and got away with $2,080 worth of electrical appliances and two bottles of brandy valued at $25.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 101 6 TOKYO. Fri. (UPI) Communist China’s official New China News Agency (HSINHUA) today put 64 words into one sentence to condemn Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. He Is the Hsinhua report: “Peking. August Twenty Ninth (HSINHCA) After Its flagrant occupation of Chechoslovakia by force of arms with the tacit
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    • 125 6 BUENOS AIRES. Fri. (UPI) Vice President Fernando Loper of the Philippines, yesterday met Argentine President Juan Carlos Oneania in a special audience at the Casa Rosada, Argentina s rosecoloured government house. Mr. Lopez Is on a tour of Latin America. He said the
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    • 101 6 BRASILIA. (Brazil) Fri mpi) During a meeting with President Arthur Da Costa E Silva. Japanese Deputy Shojiro Kawashima said yesterday that "the Vietnam war will take a long time and world peace will be Impossible until then." Mr. Kawashima heads Japanese goodwill mission. He agreed
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    • 86 6 GUATEMALA CITY. Fri. ’(UPI) Communist terrorists who shot US. ambassador John Gordon Mein to death with machine guns on Wednesday hoped to kidnap him and exchange him for a captured rebel leader, newspaper reports said. Evening newspapers carried a statement from the rebel Armed
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    • 95 6 UNITED NATIONS, Fri. (UPl—The United States will supply 1,399 tons of enriched uranium to the research nuclear reactor located in Quezon City, the Philippine*, the United Nations announced yesterday. An agreement was signed in Vienna on Aug 3 by representatives of the United States, the Philippines,
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    • 29 6 MANILA. Fri (AFP) The independent "Manila Umas” says that while “It Is fashionable just now to condemn France's nuclear build-up. the French argument nevertheless “makes sense”.
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    • 151 6 BONN (INB). The inhabitants of the Federal Republic of Germany are now able to travel to 22 countries throughout Europe using only their identity card. However, to get into the Soviet occupied zone of Germany, they need both a passport and a visa ‘‘All you
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    • 169 6 HONG KONG. rri. (UFI) A new wave of refugee fishermen from Communist China reached Hong Kong yesterday. Authorities reported 134 persons In ten junks were apprehended by police yesterday. Six junks with 83 persons aboard were new arrivals, a government spokesman said. They were not
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    • 546 6 DUBLIN, Frl. (UPI) Premier J»ek Lynch it confident his State visit to Japan will result in a major break throufh for Irish exports to the Far East and will revitalise Irish-Japgnese relations on several fronts. Mr. Lynch, who return- r ed on Wednesday
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    • 253 6 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI) Proposals for lower economy and first-class fares for air travellers crossing the Pacific will be made at the forthcoming biennial conference of the International Air Transport Association (lATA), it was indicated by several lines today. A Pan American World
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    • 67 6 LONG BINH. South Vietnam. Frl. (UPI) One prisoner was killed and 64 other men Including five guards, were injured today when a pre-dawn riot erupted at the largest military stockade In Vietnam. There were strong Indications that the fighting among the prisoners was provoked by racial
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    • 63 6 BRUSSELS. Frl (AFP) Congolese Foreign Minister Justin Bomboko has announced that Belgium and the Congo are negotiating a whole series of friendship and trade treaties to mark “the end of Belgian paternalism.” Mr Bomboko later left for Kinshasa, following his six day visit here during which
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    • 220 6 BEVERLY HILLS. California. Fri. (UPI) The millionaire father of a 4-year-old kidnapped boy has been in contact with the kidnapper and is trying to work out an arrangement to pay U *****.000 ransom, It was disclosed yesterday. Police Chief Clinton Anderson said he
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    • 303 6 MADRAS, Indio, Fri. (UPI) Cambodian Chief of State Prince Norodom Sihanok has asked Chinese Communist Party Choir ivian Mao Tse*Tung to stay out of Cambodia..; Prince Siha n o u k also said Cambodia would never turn Communist. "I respect and admire Mao,
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    • 216 6 SAPPORO. Japan. Fri. (UPI) Dr. Juro Wa(a. i surgeon who perfoi mfd Japan’s first transj lant operation early this mi nth. wa s an elated recipient oa Thursday of a package of an expensive anti-rejection tirug airmailed him by three ing American heart specialists.
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    • 60 6 TOKYO. Fri. (UPI) Tropical storm Trix diminished in the northern today after leaving a swat ll of death and heavy damage in Japan The central meteorologist agetrt-v said that another typhoon had been spo''“d n the Pacific. It warned sh cs at sea that typhoon was
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    • 87 6 HAMBURGH (Dad) —This unlikely-looking box scares flocks of birds away from orchards, vineyards and above all airport runways. Programmed for the birds in question, it emits the appropriate warning cry. Simply built, with no moving parts, hard-wear- ing and impervious to temperature, the electron c scarecrow
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  • COMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 438 7 OINGAPORE. Frl. Mr. Urich Ganz. a specialist instructor from Swi«sair’i famous school at Kloten, near Zurich Airport, has Just spent four weeks in Hongkong at the invitation of Catha.v Pacific Airways. ~H e *lf s een givin an advanced course on
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    • 267 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The first of five Scandinavian Airlines DC-8-63S the largest commercial Jetliner now flying arrived in Stockholm on Aug 18 after a 10-hour. 21-minute delivery flight from Los Angeles. The giant Super Fan airliner spanned the 9.400kllometre course across the northern United States,
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    • 133 7 NEW YORK Fri. (UPI) Stock prices drifted in a narrow range in featureless trading yesterday. Gams and losses were measured In fractions for most part with the exception of some of the glamour issue? and stocks affected by corporate news. Analysts said the
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    • 55 7 HONG KONG. Fri. (UPI) HK56.105 per U.S. dollar. HK56.1175 per U.S. dollar TT., HK514.54 per pound Sterling, HKS3OI.O per tael gold 94.5 per cent fineness. HK5161.6 per 10.000 Japanese Yens. HKSI49 2 per 100 PhiP e s o buyers. HKSI49 4 per 100 Philippine pesos sellers. Philippine
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    • 94 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The following ships are expected to be in port today: God owns Vessels 6/7 Golden Spring 8/9 Ragna Bakke 10/11 Fern wave 13/14 Benreoch 15/16 Benstac 13 Rhexenor 19 Tappuz 21/22 Sea Express 23/24 Rio Grande Maru 29/30 Rajula 33/34 Holsatia 35/36 Automedc-n 38/39 Niels
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    • 70 7 LONDON. Fri. (UPI) Rubber closed inactive with 19-1/8. 19-3 8. Settlement house. Oct. 19-1/4. 19-3/8. Nov. 19-5/16, 19-I'2. Oct./Dec. 19-5/16. 19-1/2. Jan./Mar. 19-7/16. 19-s'B Jul./Sept. 19-11/16, 1913/16. Apr./Jun. 19-9/16. 1911/16. Oct./Dec. 19-3/4, 19-15/16 Jan./Mar. 19-13/16. 20 Apr./Jun. 19-7/8. 20-1/16. Jul./Sept. 20. 20-3/16. Oct./Dec. 20-1/8. 20-1/4. General markets.
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    • 175 7 SINGAPORE. Frl. That is how Mr. Sim Hay Lum. director of Asia Commercial Banking Corporation and Singapore Finance Limited, feels when one of the 40 tickets he had purchased won him 2 first class tickets to Hong Kong, donated by
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    • 162 7 LONDON. Frl. (UPI) Cunard Steamship sparkled In the wake of Its reentry Into profitable waters on an otherwise uninspired Stock Market yesterday where a few other leaders like Vickers Imperial Chemical and Courtaulds managed modest gains. The list closed mixed. Cunard added 43 (51 cents)
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    • 88 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Association of Banks in Malaysia-Smgapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants New York Buying T.T. 32-11/16; Airmail O.D. 3213/16; 90 d/st. 33-3'B credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. Canada; Buying T.T. 351/16; Airmail O.D 35-3/16: 90 d/st. 35-15/16 credit bills; 36 credit
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    • 16 7 SINGAPORE Fri. The tin price for today was $550 per picul, up 25 cent*.
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    • 1213 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. Although the Stock Exchange opened on a steady note this morning, the day's trading progressed easier again. The industrial section closed with with 25 counters showing easier, 9 better and 12 unchanged. As usual, the dealings were centred mainly on Gammon.
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    • 294 7 Rubber up cent SINGAPORE. Fri. September first grade rubber buyers fo b closed at 5 pm. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 54-3/8 cents I per !b.. up half a cent from I previous close. The tone was I very quiet. The market ruled quietly I steady on demand
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    • 21 7 LONDON. Fri. (UPI) Rubber opened quiet with spot ISi 13i No. 1 RSS CIF basis ports Sept 18i 19-5/16.
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    • 396 7 SINGAPORE. Stock Exchange told and offer prices uttiiialit listed at tbs clots ot business INDUSTRIALS ATM A ota •> Ml Ben A Co XBI Borneo Bhd 2.60 2.05 4 10 2-65 Chemical Co C. Morale 1.8* 4 VI 3 .‘>0 3.52 6.T5 E. .smelting EAI 6.40 2.84 1.01
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    • 48 7 (Manager** Price* > First Malayan 2.71 Second 'talayan 1 91 Third 'talayan 1 24 The Commerce Industry 1 02 1.11 The saving Fund 1.16 1.25 Hrst H'knng 1.07 112* second H'knng .75 Mala'sian Investment Hind 1.25 1.35 Sterling t mndltv 5 8 Ron* Kong 1 nrrencj i
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    • 113 7 SINGAPORE. Frl. The noon price* at the Singapore Chinese Produce day are> Cornnut till Exchange to. Buyer set teg (FOB.) Bulk Coconut OH a. 5150 (FOB.) Drum Loose Copra Mixed 54 00 A tlx Muntok White Pepper (FOB) 31 00 V F H Sarawak W hlte 110 00 Pepper
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  • 426 8 MALAYSIA is one of the few countries in Afro-Asia which has recorded consistent progress since it became independent eleven years ago. This is a good record by the standards of the developing section of the world. By sticking to the practical and humdrum course of national development
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  • 298 8 IN his review of the merdeka period, Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein said, “The most welcome sign as we enter the twelfth year of our independence is the growing awareness and the desirability of all races to Identify themselves as Malaysians first and as Chinese,
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  • 2094 8  -  By: JAMAL ALI who writes about the promise of the Muda Irrigation Scheme. A GRICULTFRAL production is of vital importance to the future progress and prosperity of a nation and now the time has come for Malaysia to move into a more intensified phase of agricultural
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  • 230 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Hundbuok ot Evt4m«* for Criminal IrluU") JAMES arranged with the Middle Railroad Co. to store his merchandise on their freightloading platform. A few days later, a fire started under the platform and destroyed all his goods. James sued the railroad. “There must
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  • 794 8 APPLICATION FOR S’PORE CITIZENSHIP From Sin Chew Jit Poh THE Singapore Governme-t Gazette has recently p-r 0 lished an amendment to the regulations pertaining to t K e application for citizenship by changing the original stipulation. “The applicant must ha'« resided in Singapore totally not less then
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspapee SATURDAY. AUGUST 31. 1968 23-8 Cantonment Road. 39. lalaa Sultan. Singapore 2 Kual* Lumpur. Malaysia Telephone: *****'7 Telephone *****'* Penang Office 8. Leifh Street. Tel: ***** Ipoh Office 7 1. firewater Road. Te1:***** Cable Addrett: AWNEWS
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  • Article, Illustration
    264 9 Malaysia Day broadcasts and programmes QN the occasion of Malaysia Day today Radio Malaysia will be broadcasting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's message at 10 a m. over all the language services followed by translations in English, Chinese and Tamil respectively. The message of the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul
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  • Article, Illustration
    57 9 1. Malaysia kita sudah berjaya Aman makmor bahagia Malaysia abadi selamn-nya Berjaya dan berjaya 2 Berbagai kaum sudah berikrar Menjunjong chita-chita Satu bangsa satu bahasa Malaysia berjaya 3. Dari Perils sampai-lah ka-Sabah Kita sudah merdeka Negara makmor ra’ayat mewah Kita sudah berjaya 4. Dengar sembovan kita berjaya r.emuroh
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 73 9 MALAYSIA 31st AUGUST 1968 'A 4* *1 ss 'j V iV .•5/PSs 1 /V •v\ v\ •z V -55 1 mvuM !Z?'/»*»n.nwk* a* Co# CHBETHONEBAN HEADACHE CURE BALASHIN BAI I Pat KwaTan) 4TIOER OIL 5" K 0* *VST?B« ’HU A 1 7aJ ENG ft PJC 7« CHINKAWHITE FAMILY MEDIUM POCKET
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  • Malaysia Day FEATURE
    • 1128 10  -  By LIM THOW BOON 400,000 of them are In youth clubs working on community projects and showing their concern in other areas of the life of the nation. ItTALAYSIA ho s 1 just completed the first year of Her second decode of independence. During these 11
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    • 1364 11 ARNOLD Wesker in his ploy, I'M TALKING yiBOUT JERUSALEM, first performed at Coventry in 1960 made this plaintive ary: “We put a Labour Party in poweir...but what did the bleeders do. eh? They sang the Red Flag in Parliament and then started buildin? atom bombs. Lunatics! Raving
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 49 10 tflaiaijAia Setjai^a! Heartiest Felicitations and Best Wishes to OUR GOVERNMENT on this AUSPICIOUS DAY LANGKAWI MARBLE Chairman TAN SRI HJ. MOHD. NOAH BIN OMAR P.M.IM., S.P.MJ- D.P.M.B.(Brunei), P. 1.5., J.P., M.P. Managing Directer: TAN SRI TAN SENG KEE P.S.M.. A.M.N, J.P. General Manager: CHEK TAN L.CJM., L.8.5.C., M.C.E.S. (0.M.)
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    • 54 10 The Genera! Distributor of TITONI SWISS WATCHES Messrs China Company extend their heartiest congratulations to the people of Malaysia on the occasion of the n years of MERDEKA 737 m 077 i n mm r»r miiiwtwwi in it* niiKiHKini rtr If HHHiitniiit r», |n J HU ***** WB Mi -3i
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 79 11 finnaaunai MfIJU -ua Malaysia" daripada ENG HilN CO., LTD. HEAD OFFICE: UO. JALAN LAMBAK, KLUANG. TEL: 230. BRANCH OFFICE: 38-6, JALAN ARAB. MUAR TEL: 650. DEALERS IN NEW AND USED MOTOR CYCLES. CHAINSAWS. HHRE PURCHASE. INSURANCE AGENTS ■■aamMßasaaHamßHaaaMaHßMßßHaamM FELICITATIONS to the MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT on the 11th ANNIVERSARY OF ITS INDEPENDENCE
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    • 158 11 BERJAYA MALAYSIA daripada MUAR BATA RETAIL STORE 32. JALAN ABDULLAH. MUAR. 20-YEAR ANNIVERSARY FREE GIFTS FOR EVERY PURCHASE 1.500 pairs to clear below cost from 28-8-68 to 14-9-68. SHARIKAT UNION (UNION BOOK STORE) 3, JALAN MAJIDI, MUAR. TEL: 469. UNION COMPANY SHELL JALAN BAKRI SERVICE STATION 29. JALAN BAKRI. MUAR
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  • entertainment
    • 228 12 NEW YORK. Fri. New York’s world-renowned Btatue of Liberty was Joined by a two-and-one-half ton. 40-foot high sister statue when the SS France arrived here from Europe carrying an exact replica —of the historic “Hady”. The “little” statue which was constructed of
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    • 203 12 HOLLYWOOD. Fri. Rossano Brazzi has been signed for a starring role in the Lewis Gilbert Production of Harold Robbins. “The Adventurers.” The motion picture, a Joseph E. Levine Presentation for Paramount Pictures, currently is before the Panavision and Eastmancolour cameras in Italy with Bekim Feymu,
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    • 99 12 HOLLYWOOD. Fn. Robert Reed has been signed to an overall agreement for television by Douglas S. Cramer, executive vice president in charge of production for Paramount Television, guaranteeing his exclusive availability. Cramer said Reed will star in the leading role in one of several
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    • 139 12 HOLLYWOOD, Fri Kim Darby, a brilliant young actress, has been signed by producer Hal B. Wallis for one of the mast sought-after roles of the year, Mattie Ross In Paramount Pictures film version of “True Grit”. Miss Darby will co-star with John Wayne and
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    • 269 12 SINGAPORE, Fri. Jean Genet'* daring and controversial play “The Blacks" will be staged by the University of Singapore Society on Sept. 19, 20 and 21 at the Cultural Centre. In the play. Genet attempts to probe into the colour problem that is gripping
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    • 208 12 HOLLYWOOD. Fri. A total of 19 distinguished journalists from East Asia and the Pacific area visited Paramount Studios in Hollywood this week as part of a Governmentsponsored tour of the United States arranged by the White House, the Departments of State and Defence and the
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    • 126 12 HOLLYWOOD. Fri. Fran Jeffries has been signed by producer Walter Shenson for a featured role in Paramount Pictures’ "A Talent For Loving". The motion picture, which stars Richard Widmark. Topol.. Cesar Romero and Genevieve Page, is be- ing filmed in Madrid under the direction
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    • 129 12 SINGAPORE, Fn. D'Starlights, one of the top overseas band playing in Singapore at the moment have chalked up tremendous popularity since they started playing at the El Amigo Nightclub in Kitchener Road about c year ago Their once-extend- ed contract comes to an end this month
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 41 12 DESIGN FOR GOOD LIVING QUIET AND COMFORTABLE WITH CAREFULLY PLANNED GOOD COOKING AND SERVICE TO PLEASE, THE MAJESTIC IS THE CHOICE OF THOSE WHO ARE PARTICULAR ABOUT GOOD LIVING. Stay and RELAX at the Majestic HOTEL MAJESTIC KUALA LUMPUR. PHOMt: *****/H
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    • 307 12 GREETINGS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA ON THE OCCASION OF THE 11th MERDEKA ANNIVERSARY. FEDERAL HOTEL-L. Lumpur 21-STOREY MALAYSIA'S PREMIER HOTEL REVOLVING BINTANG LOUNGE Bring your family and enjoy a panoramic view of the city of Kuala Lumpur by day or night to the accompaniment of soft muisic delights. (Open
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 173 13 THE SENSATIONAL GREAT ROYAL CIRCUS or INDIA Kallang Park (tel: *****6) Bth Fabulous Week FINAL CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. Star Attractions: Boneless Act. Chimpanzees on the Cycle Balancing on the Trapeze Tight Wire Walking Dentel Act. Llgers Walking on High Rope, and many others. 3on p m., 6.30 p.m. A 930
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    • 131 13 You Too Can Play DETECTIVE Thousand* of 20th Centary-Fox’s "THE DETECTIVE" handbills are being distributed In town, at the Palace and Cathav Organisation Theatres. Go and get your conv now while stocks last- You will find on the handbill an enlarged FINGERPRINT supposedly belonging to the suspected murderer. All you
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 266 13 SHAW# O'VMBlsntlon LID O Phone ***** NOW SHOWING No Free List! 11 am., 1 30. 4.00. 8.50 9.lft p m Clint Eastwood. Infer Stereos •HANG ’EM HIGH" Color (OAI FREE! 100 E.P. RCA Records of "Hang 'Em High" theme song to lucky patrons during season by rourlesy of COSDEL (8)
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    • 195 13 ORCHARD: OPENS TODAY! 1.30. 4.00 030 9.15 (TOMORROW EXTRA SHOW 11 AM.) Kenner Is after just one man but every cutthroat In Bombay is after Kenner. FILMED ENTIRELY PT\ IN EXOTIC f {'A BOMBAY! W**/ 1 tu/l i mSrn A MAN AMONG MEN! RfilT/W win' I V MnsoroiOßO-™ JIM BROWN
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    • 274 13 Now Showing! 11. 6OO 900 Truman CapoW s*l n Cold Blood’ 70MM PanaMsion Columbia Picture TONIGHT MIDNIGHT' Terence Stamp “BLI E” P Colo-. Per^mo'.int> ‘Kenner’ <The Tear of the Cricket) Jim B'own, '!et* OPEN* TODAY! Dally 4 Show* At 12.30. 1.3©. to A ©.20 p m. (NO FREE LIST* “KOJIRO”
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  • Sun Sport
    • 1380 14  -  By Ben Variyan W’ITH Prime Min- ister T u n k u Abdul Rahman at the helm to inspire, guide and encourage, ably assisted by a crew of efficient administrators, the good ship Malaysia has made steady progress in the participation and promotion
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    • 214 14 SINGAPORE Fr Thirteen records were top. D2 ed on the final day of the City District Secondary Schools two-day swimminz carnival held at the Chinese Swimming Club, Amber Road, yesterday. This brought the total number of new records set in the overall to 18 Meng
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    • 204 14 LONDON. Fri (Reuter) Basil D’Oliveira. the coloured cricket star dropped from Englands team to tour South Africa this winter, said today his omission “left me very numb inside.” But the 33-year-old South African born all-rounder, centre of a race storm, added: "Today, with so
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    • 1320 15 Race l: Horses Class 4* Div. 3 S l 2 Furs.—2.00 p.m. 1 163 Pulau Piuang 4v 9 00 Penang Syndicate RS B kelen < 12 2 722 Cute Co-ed 5y 9 00 M s. S.L. Wong CH. 8 97 Samron's Pride 6y 8.10 Quest Stable Leong
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    • 1342 15  -  Ipoh race previews for tomorrow By WINDSOR LAD /CARRYING o handy 7.09 today, Resourceful is fancied to win the Merdeka Cup for Class Two Division One performers run over 9f (Race Five) at Ipoh tomorrow, second day of the Perak Turf Club's August-September meeting. This
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    • 192 15 WINDSOR LAD ADELINE STAR BOY JIMMY LAD RACE 1 THE TEXAN Cute Co-ed Devil'* Peak HIAWATHA II Cute Co-ed Devil’s Peak BLUE GUY Cute Co-ed Kakaniion THE TEXAN Cute Co-ed P. Pinang RACE S BEBSATU Larator Cowan Street BERSATU L. Horizon II Rum Cup BERSATU Rum Cup Larator C.
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    • 26 15 Windsor Lad Bersatu Invincible Replace Adeline Bersntu Jt. Command Replace Star Boy Bersatu Radiant Star Yakin Jimmy Lad Venjsa Boy*a Fun Yakin
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    • 71 15 MALACCA. Fri. Malacca will meet Royal Malaysian Police in their opening Malaysian Government Services knock-out cricket tourney at the Malacca Club padang this week-end. Play starts tomorrow at 2 p.m. The following will represent Malacca:— Francis Armugam. Aziz Hamid. A. De Costa. Danny Saurajan, Ismail
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    • 72 15 MALACCA, Frl. Dato Tan Cheng Swee. Malacca's Municipal Commissioner was unanimously reelected president of the Malacca Badminton Association at their annual general meeting Other officials: Vicepresidents:- Yoong Yong Pow: Lim Kim Soo. Dr T. A Vanar. Goh Tiong Sin. Ho Kum Yeow; secretary:Tan Kim Hoe: asst, secretary:-
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    • 31 15 SINGAPORE. Fri. Singapore beat Indonesia by a solitary goal in a friendly soccer match at Jalan Besar stadium tonight. In an earlier match South Vietnam beat India 2-0.
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    • 137 15 LONDON. Frl. (UPI) Basil D Oliveira. the Capemloured South African who missed selection in the English cricket team to tour South Africa later this year, today described his omission as M a dream that has been shattered.” D'Oliveira's statement was featured as front pare of sports
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    • 47 15 STOCKHOLM. Fri. (Reuter) Jimmy Ellis arrived here today to prepare the first defence of hit World Boxmg Association heavyweight title. Ellis said he was confident he would beat fellow-Amer-can Fiovd Patterson here on Sept. 14 in the first world title fight ever staged in Sweden.
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    • RACING COMMENTS
      • 1751 16 Race 1: Horses Class 4s Dlv. 5 6 Furs.—2.00 p.m. (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) Tile Gent 5y 8.13 Kaved Stable E Bkelen 4 3. 080 Money Printer 5y 813 Best Stable Spencer 3. 4 L'nrle Taurus 4v 812 Jade Valley Stable Bagby 9 4 384 Olympic Game
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      • 1377 16  -  By ‘Windsor Lad’ TMPRESSIONIST should slam his opposition *1 in tho 6f event for Class Four Division One Performers (Race 5) at Ipoh today, the opening doy of the Perak Turf Club's August* September meeting. At the last Ipoh meeting Impressionist finished two lengths clear
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      • 190 16 WINDSOR LAD ADELINE STAR BOY JIMMY LAD RACE I UNCLE TAURUS Olympic Game Bukit Sernk UNCLE TAURUS Cato Fair Chance CAPITAL GAIN Olympic Torch Cato CATO Capital Gain Uncle Taurus RACE T. PEACOCK Romantica Okay Okay T. PEACOCK B- Dreamer Surveyor T. TEACOCK Surveyor B. Dreamer B. DREAMER Romantica
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      • 30 16 Windsor Lad The Peacock Raytone Blue Venus Adeline Born Free Red Tulip Smoko Star Boy Capital Gain Anna Gold Angelina Jimmy Lad Remarkable Wisdom Blue Venus
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      • 312 16 BRIDGETOWN. (Barbados.) Frl. (Reuter) The M.C.C. selectors were criticised by West Indian sports writers yesterday for excluding Basil D'Oliveira. the Cape-coloured Worcestershire cricketer, from the English side to tour South Africa this winter. The Sports Editor of the Trinidad Evening News. Brunell Jones said
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 1666 14 Eastern Sun Classified advertisement can be accepted at the following addreitet: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building. Singapore S.S. MUBARUK b Brother*. 63. Bras Basah Road, and 2. Maju Avenue. Serangoon Carden Estate. Singapore. TAY BUAN CUAN LTD., SUPERMARKET. 83. East Coast Road. Singapore 15 Tel *****9. HAMIEM STORE.
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    • 421 14 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS LUTHERAN LUTHERAN CHIKCH or o( li BEUtL'IER 30 Duke's Road 3 pore-10 a3O a m English Service #3O im English Sunday School a 30 a m. Mandarin Service 10 45 am Tamil Service JUEONG CHRISTIAN CHI RCH *B7 B!k-61. Taman Jurong 133> ino nn Sunday-School 8 00 pm
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    • 309 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN COLLEGE (in formation) Applications are invited for the posts of:(A> Principal/Vice-Principal <B' Registrar /Assistant Registrar <C* Bursar Assistant Bursar <D> Administrative Assistants (E> Head. School Of Pre-Universitv Studies (Fl Head. School Of Arts And Science The salary scales applicable to the above posts are respective''
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 44 15 FINALS TOMORROW at KATONG 2 P.M. Com* fir see the champions bowl! Winner will get a tree round MSA trip to Australia. Prizes will be presented by: MRS. GEORGE HOWLING. wife of the Sales Marketing Director of MSA. Wi D A CLASSIC BOWLING TOURNAMENT.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 108 15 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 4.55 a.m. (6.9 ft.). 5.36 pm. (5.t ft.). Port Swettenham: 9.37 a-m. (13.4 ft.). 959 p.m. (11.9 ft.). Port Dickson: 11.12 am. (7.4 ft.). 11.10 p.m. (6.1 ft.). Singapore: 3-45 a.m. (7.1 ft.), 3.13 p.m. (*.l ft.). Sedili Kechil: 3.04 a.m. (6.9 ft.). 1.39 p.m. (68
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