Eastern Sun, 9 September 1968

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  • 24 1 E astern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Fstd. 1966. Vd. 3 No. 758 Monday. 9 September 1968. MC (P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 218 1 S’pore Govt.’s move to act against malpractising firms hailed JAKARTA, SUN. (Reuter) of fourteen foreign ships detained by Indonesian authorities for alleged involvement in trading frauds with Singapore and Hong Kong have been released, it was announced today. An assistant to the Attorney General.
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  • 96 1 BRUNEI TOWN. Sun. (Reuter) A member of the Brunei Legislative Council. Enche Othman Sunggoh. has called for wider representation at the coming talks in London on Brunei’s constitutional future. Enche Othman. local party member of Kampong Ayer the populous ward in Brunei. likened the current situation
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  • 33 1 BEIRUT, Sun. (Reuter) Israeli forces were shelling the Egyptian city of Suez this afternoon, Cairo radio reported. It said that Egyptian artillery returned the fire and the battle was still raging.
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  • 45 1 Akiyasu Motohashi the Japanese ‘Works’ rider receiving hi s laurel from the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, soon after winning the Grand Prix for motor cycles at the Batu Tiga circuit near Kuala Lumpur yester- dar. Sunsport pix by Mok Voon.
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  • 344 1 LONDON, Sun. (UPI) The invasion of Czechoslovakia has thrown Western Europe's Communist parties into line with Red China for the first time on a major policy issue. Before the troops of the Soviet Union and four of its Warsaw Pact allies swept over the
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  • 104 1 SINGAPORE. Sun Police are looking for the killers of a 37-year-old fruit-seller, who was stabbed to death at Kallang Road on Friday night. Tay Seek Yong. father of three children, died on the way to the General Hospital, from two stab wounds on the
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  • 45 1 CASTELGANDOLFO. Italy. Sun. (Reuter) Pope Paul today predicted difficult and bitte’r times ahead in a pes* simistic review of the world situation "The barometer of the world stands at “variable." he told pilgrims in his Sunday midday blessing at his summer residence here.
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  • 76 1 TOKYO. Sun. <UPI) The President of the fastgrowing and politically powerful Soka Gakkai Buddhist sect today said Japan should establish diplomatic relations with Communist China and begin a “phased liquidation” of the U.S.japan security treaty. In a speech seen as marking a significant shift in the
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  • 112 1 INNSBRUCK, Austria. Sun. (Reuter) Two determined contestants for the Miss Innsbruck title delighted the public and dismayed the authorities when they began to strip in the middle of a beauty competition. The 18 contestants were being judged yesterday on the readings of a sound metre which
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  • 263 1 VTOSCOW, Sun. (UPI) The Soviets, apparently stung by British reprisals for the Czechoslovak invasion, lashed out with unaccustomed venom at Whitehall today. British policy "aimed at breaking normal relations with Socialist countries" will result in loss of its "great power prestige,' Pravda, the
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  • 140 1 MELBOURNE, Sun. (Reuter) The South Australian Labour opposition leader. Mr. Donald Dunstan. today called for the admission of thousands of coloured immigrants to the country every year. He declared that it was time that excuses about the white Australia policy, which were “as stupid as
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 731 2 To allow counsel to present written submissions Quicker disposal of cases: KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Federal Court of Appeal will be able to dispose of cases in a matter of hours instead of days when a new procedure
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    • 397 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaysia is satisfied with the present systems used for mapping the country, the Assistant Director of National Mapping. Enche Ahmad Daud. told Bernama today. Enche Ahmad Daud was commenting on a report that Australian map-makers are about to move
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    • 212 2 TELUK ANSON. Sun. MARA has given out loan* totalling more than MZ million to bumiputras since the last 10 years to them to improve their economic standing m the fields of commerce and mdUThls' was stated by the Minister without Portfolio. Enche
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    • 161 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Tan Sri (Dr.) Lim Swee Aun, today outlined steps to expand Malaysia’s foreign trade. Tan Sri Lim told Bernama that Malaysia was trying to expand its trade in East European countries, in the
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    • 277 2 PENANG. Sun. The Chairman of the Penang Tourist Association. Mr. Chet T 8 Chua. has assured tourists that Penang island was very much freer of snatch thieves than elsewhere and there was no reason why they could not enjoy their visit
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    • 52 2 Sept. 8. 1968 London overca st. 68-54 f. 20-12. Paris sunny. 71-60 L 2115c. New York sunny. 82-60 f, 27-15 c. San Francisco fair. 6555f. 18-12 c. Tokyo, cloudy, 75-66 L 2419c. Honolulu 88-?2f. 31-22 c Moscow cloudy. 59-451. 157c. Melbourne.. .showers. 5649f. 13-9 c Sydney ..windy. 69-52
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    • 30 2 MISS Ane Low Gek Sim Monkam Suprasome, reigning Miss Malaysia, who is getting married at St. George's Church, Penang, on Stpt. 22. The bridegroom is her boss, Dr. W.E. Bangert.
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    • 225 2 Bt. Serampang JOHORE BAHRU. Run— The Alliance candidate. Enche Abdul Rahman bin Mahmud. routed his Pan-Ma-layan Islamic Partv rival, with a majority of 6.307 votes in the Bukit Serampang by-election for a vacant seat in the Johore Legislative Assembly yesterday. The results
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    • 158 2 ITOH. Sun. A pair of twins. Charan Singh and Narpal Singh yesterday stole the limelight at the “Baby Show” organised by by the Young Women's Christian Association of Ipoh. The twins, who set a poser for the judges as to who was the
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    • 457 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The SecretaryGeneral of the Democratic Action Party, Mr. Goh Hock Guan today objected strongly that Bungsar constituency had disappeared from the revised Parliamentary and State constituencies made public on Friday. He said: “Nowhere is Bungsar mentioned and we object becauae
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    • 209 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Assessments were imposed belatedly on the Johore Building here, resulting in the loss of $26,522 in revenue to the Johore Bahru Town Council. This was revealed to the Raja Azlan Commission of Inquiry here today. The Johore Building is situated
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    • 81 2 COLOMBO. Sun. (Reuter) Litigation in Ceylon has become far too expensive for the poor man to obtain Justice. Ceylon's Acting Justice Minister. Mr. M. Tiruchelvan, QC-. said here today. Mr. Tiruchelvan. who is also Local Government Minister, Was addressing the opening session of a four-dag
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    • 180 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The National Press Club is to launch a nation-wide news-photograph competition. The competition, announced by the Secretary of the Press Club. Mr. Tara Singh today, will cover both West and East Malaysia The best Malaysian newtphotograph published during the year ending Aug. 31 will be
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    • 161 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. said today that Majlis Amanah Ra’ayata (MARA) was now taking steps to establish a foreign market for Malaysian batek. He said a special body would be formed to supervise the marketing of Malaysian
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    • 37 2 KUALA TRENGGANU, Sun. The Assistant Minister of Culture. Youth and Sports. Ungku Mohsein bin Abdul Kadir opened a youth building costing $2,000 here, yesterday. The club house was built on the gotong-royong (selfhelp basis.)
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    • 70 2 MANILA. Sun. (UPI> The President of the Aslan Development Bank today said he expects to discuss with U.S. Presidential Economic and Social Development Adviser Euene VJ* Proposed 2oq million U.S doliar contribution to the Dank’s special iunas. «A DB w Prp,,l <lent Takeshi Watanabe told UPI
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    • 405 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Surgery on complicated heart diseases will be carried out in the country soon when the heart unit at the University Hospital has completed its experimental work. But heart transplant operations have been ruled out for practical and
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    • 275 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The low economic value of Malay medium education has discouraged parents from sending their children to these schools, a senior lecturer at the University of Malaya said. Enche Zainal Abidin Wahid said some Malay schools had been forced to
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    • 36 4 IPOH. Sun St. Michael’s Institution Cadet Corps will hold their general inspection parade at the school grounds here at 4.30 p.m. on Sept. 23. Brigadier General Mohamed Sany bin Ghaffar will take the salute.
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    • 50 4 The Federal Minister for Sarawak Affairs, Tan Sri Temenggong Jugah, recently, opened a footpath and five wooden bridges linking Nanga Mujong and Sungei Banvan in Sarawak-Kapit District, Third Division Pictures show (left) Tan Sri Jugah being garlanded on arrival at Nanga Mujong, and (right) one of the five wooden bridges.
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    • 40 4 The Minister of Education, Enche’ Mohd. Khir bin Johari, recently, declared open the $125,000 extension to the Bukit Mertajam High School. The extension consists of seven classrooms and two science laboratories. Picture shows the Minister of Education unveiling the plaque.
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    • 268 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Malaysian Armed Forces will celebrate Armed Forces Day on Sept. 15 and 16. All units of the Armed Forces, both In East and West Malaysia, will be celebrating the day In their respective areas. The Chief of the Armed
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    • 74 4 KUALA LUMPUR Sun. The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, teacher of transcendental meditation will give a lecture at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka on Sept 25. One of his foUowers here Mr. J.D. Ruffle, told Bernama today that the Maharishi would arrive on Sept. 24 and leave on
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    • 51 4 A GRADUATE of the Nanyang University, Singapore has been awarded a Canadian scholarship to do an M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Montreal. She is Miss Yap Chaw-Yen. (above) a former student of Kuen Cheng Secondary School in Koala Lumpur. She will he leaving for Montreal next
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    • 591 4 UMNO Youth to urge Govt. KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The UMNO Youth Executive Council will urge the Government to regard the move by the Philippines to include Sabah as part of her territory as "an act of aggression and a sign of declaration of wo* against
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    • 118 4 KrALA LUMPUR. Sun The Mentri Besar of Trengganu. Tan Sri Ibrahim Fikri. today railed on the Central Government to set up a University College in Trengganu. He said the Central Government should look into the question of setting up a University College in his
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    • 116 4 KUCHING. Sun. Arrangements had been made for 10 influential native leaders in the West Kalimantan border area to visit Kuching for four days in the near future. This was stated by Bri-gadier-General Witcno at a press conference at Kuching airport earlier this week before
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    • 127 5 500 cameramen go on a click, click click safari SINGAPORE, Sun. Some 500 local shut-ter-bugs had a field day today at a "Photo Picnic and Miss Camera Contest" organised by the Singapore Photographic Trade Association, at Westpoint Garden. They clicked and clicked away rolls of Aims as the “Miss Camera
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    • 161 5 SEREMBN. Sun. The Information Depa rtm e n t Staff Union today described the National Whitley Council as “outmoded and archaic” and called on the Government to release it from the stranglehold of CUEPACS. Mr. R Sadasivam, president of the IDSU was speaking at the union’s 7th
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    • 88 5 GOPENG. Sun. An Alliance MP. Mr. Toh Theam Hock, today urged youths to work together with the Government to help raise the standard of living in new villages. He was speaking at a meet-the-people-sesslon at New KopLsan here. He said the Alliance Government
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    • 62 5 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Director of the Commonwealth Foundation. Mr. John Chadwick, left for Uganda this evening to attend the Commonwealth Medical Conference there. Before leaving he told newsmen he had suggested to professional people here to form a professional body covering all professions The Foundation, according
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    • 99 5 SINGAPORE. Sun. The president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Mr. Soon Peng Yam this afternoon inspected the Hua Tong orps. East Area of the St. John Ambulance Brigade at Yoek Eng High School's grounds. Mr Soon is also tne Corps President of Hua Tong
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    • 153 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Artificial Insemination of cattle has resulted in offsprings capable of producing five to six times as much milk. This was stated today by Mr. S. Thuraisingham. Deputy Director of the Veterinary division in the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-opera-tives. He told BERNAMA:
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    • 407 5 KLANG, Sun. The Democratic Action Party today made a scathing attack on the Gerakan Ra'ayat Malaysia and said the Gerakan's objective was to create an Indonesian Malaysia not a Malaysian Malaysia. In one of his strongest assaults on the Gerakan, Mr. Lim
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    • 159 5 BAG AN DATOK (Perak) Sun The Minister of Education. Enche Mohammed Khir Johari. today said UMNO Headquarters would soon hold a seminar on information for the party's information officers. He was speaking at the opening of the UMNO divisional annual delegates meeting
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    • 186 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A bus and road safety competition will be organised by the Traffic Police for school children and conductors and bus drivers. The Selangor Traffic Chief Officer, Supt Mansor bin Mohammad Noor. told Bernama today that the aim was to promote
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    • 309 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The 5 000-strong Federal Armed Forces Civilian Staff Union has called on the Minister of Labour. Mr. V. Manickavasagam, to refer its dispute with the Defence Ministry to the Industrial Court. If the Minister fails to do this, then
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    • 35 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Two hundred and fifty lbs. of copper wire worth s2fis were stolen Blong the 23rd mile Ipoh-Kampar Road early yesterday. The wire, belonged to the Kinta Electrical Department.
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    • 198 13 SINGAPORE Sun. The Law Society has criticised the “unnecessary lengthening of the period of pupilage" stipulated by the Legal Profession Act. This was stated in a speech made by the president of the society. Mr. G. D Jevasegaram during the society's annual
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    • 84 13 SINGAPORE. Sun. Public auctions of confiscated and used motor vehicles, plants and machines will be held on Tuesday and Thursday respectively. An assortment of 117 motor cars, vans, trucks, a scooter, a motor cycle and 14 other lot* of plants and machines will be auctioned at Gate
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    • 199 13 SINGAPORE. Sun. The president of the Economics Society of the University of Singapore. Mr. Robert Quek last night spoke of the difficulties in arousing students to take an active participation in extracurricula activities. He was speaking at the society's annual dinner and
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    • 115 13 SINGAPORE, Sun. An Australian Colombo Plan expert. Mr. Robert M. Berriman. has been awarded a Silver Medal for Public Administration by the Republic of Singapore. The award was presented to Mr. Berriman by the High Commissioner for Singapore. Mr. S. T. Stewart at the Singapore
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    • 25 13 SINGAPORE. Sun. —There were a total of 79 road accidents of which four were serious during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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    • 113 13 SINGAPORE. Sun.—Two more girls, both 20, have entered for the Miss Singapore International. 1968. and Princess Singapore 1969 contests, to be held on Sept. 14 at Hotel Malaysia. They are Miss K M. Melson. a figure consultant, with a sizzling figure of 35-24-36
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    • 82 13 10 a.m. 6 pm “This Verdant World" photograEhic exhibition at National library Lecture Hall Stamford Road. 5.30 p m.: Family planning lecture, demonstration and film show at Institute of Health, Outram Road. 7.30 p m.: Free film rhows by Ministry of Culture at Canberra Padang (Naval Base). Changi
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    • 321 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A notional university is a necessity to cater for the growing demands for higher studies and should get the support of all Malaysians, irrespective of their racial origins. This was stated by Syed Nastr bin Ismail. Director of Dewan
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    • 64 13 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Supervisory and Management Training Association of Singapore will introduce course on “Budgetary Control and Cost Reduction Techniques” from September 24 The course, to be held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, will be conducted by Mr. Lim Boon Tong. Further particulars may be
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    • 290 13 SINGAPORE, Sun The Singapore Building Contractors' Society will hold its inauguration ceremony at the auditorium of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce on September 19- During the ceremony, the 22-member management committee of the society will be appointed. The president of the
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    • 55 13 SINGAPORE. Sun. A 49-year-old bus conductor collapsed and died suddenly in a bus at 1.40 p.m. yesterday. Police gave his name as Enche AR. Mohamed Nazinuddin of Lorong 101, off Changi Road. The incident happened at the junction of Malay Street and Victoria Street. Police do
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    • 127 13 PENANG, Sun. The Adviser to the National Productivity Board. Mr. Karl Luther of New York's International Executive Corp. said here today that the problems of the various firms in Asia were identical. Mr Luther is one of the 400 tramng advisers, who were sent
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 59 2 Tolo results SINGAPORE. Sun. For the first time in 14 draws, the numbers rolled out in today’s Toto Poois had five consecutive numbers. They were: 8. 9. 10. 11 and 12. The complete set of numbers drawn was: 12 u 8-9-10-41. The additional number drawn was: 31. The following are
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 366 6 OAIGON, Sun. (UPI). A terrorist grenade O exploded near a Saigon school on Sunday shortly before its doors were opened for balloting in a special National Assembly election. The explosion caused only minor damage and no casualties, but marked the ninth incident in a weekend
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    • 233 6 SAIGON, Sun. (Reuter) South Vietnamese Information Minister Ton That Thien said today the press in Vietnam could not be completely free for 50 or even 100 years. “It will take many years before the press (in Vietnam) reaches Western standards.” he
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    • 84 6 LOS ANGELES. Sun. (UPD Auto racing driver Craig Breedlove was sued for divorce on Friday by his wife. Lee Ann, who accused him of adultery with five different women. Mrs Breedlove’s complaint said the couple married in June. 1962. in Riverside, California, and separated last ApriL
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    • 113 6 JAKARTA. Sun (Reuter) Indonesian students who spearheaded the downfall of former President Sukarno today bitterly criticised the education policy of the present Government. Students of the technical Faculty of the University here plastered slogans on walls of university buildings and planted them on the
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    • 109 6 SYDNEY, Sun.. (Reuter) China should be forced out of its isolationist role and be made to take responsibilities towards its world neighbours, an Amercan expert on Asian politics said in a radio broadcast today. Professor Robert Scalapiono. Chairman of the American National committee on U.S.-China relations,
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    • 46 6 DONG TAM. S- Vietnam Weary Gl’a rest bv their equipment as their buddies rush into a waiting W t u- vKiuaiu vveraiv u« 9 usi u» iijcii as Alien transport helicopter during an operation here, 35 miles southwest of Saigon. UPI radiophoto.
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    • 422 6 \TEWPORT NEWS. Virginia. Sun. (UPI) His voice cracking with emotion, former Defence Secretary Robert S. McNamara on Saturday commissioned the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy to the seas as the widow, children and only surviving brother of the President watched solemnly. The JFK. the
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    • 173 6 SEOUL, Sun. (UPI) A report of a new secret mee*ing at Panmunjom on Sunday increased speculation. North Korea may plan the imminent release of the 82man crew of the USS Pueblo. A spokesman fer the United Nations Command said he had no knowledge of the
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    • 181 6 DETROIT. Sun. (UPI) Diane Podkowa went to the altar at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Chapel on Saturday and came back as Mrs. Thomas Schoenith. It was an almost tearless transition, thanks to a hypnotist. The 24-year-old school teacher was afraid her nuptials would be
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    • 30 6 PROTOTYPE of the Supersonic Franco-British, airliner “Concorde 001” is seen as it goes on dally tests and trials near the plant of Sud-Aviation Com- pany in Toulouse, France. PANA photo.
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    • 318 6 TTONG KONG, Sun. (Reuter) The DemoAl erotic People's Republic of Korea's Premier Kim II Sung has called on Communist countries to settle their differences an appeal seen by observers in Hong Kong as directed at China and Soviet Union. Speaking last night on the
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    • 199 6 NASSAU. The Bahamas Sun. (UPI) John David Knox, the British Government official pardoned from a death sentence by Haitian President Francois Duvaller. arrived back on British territory on Saturday night and held a happy reunion with his wife. Looking pale and thin, Knox said, "I am
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    • 66 6 CAPE TOWN. Sun. (UPI) A white ex-polireman on Saturday was being given the heart of a pregnant Negro woman in South Africa’s third heart transplant operation. Groote Schuur Hospital sources said. The fate of the woman's child was unknown. She died of a brain haemorrhage.
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    • 242 6 PITTSBURGH. Sun. (UPI) Mr. Richard M. Nixon called on President Johnson on Saturday to provide political refuge for people fleeing Czechoslovakia in the wake of the Soviet invasion. The plea was in a statement issued by Nixon's flying campaign headquarters as it
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    • 159 6 PRAGUE. Sun (UPI) Soviet emissary Vasily Kuznetsov on Saturday delivered a Kremlin warning to Alexander Dubcek. the Czechoslovak Communist Party leader, to purge all “eounterrevolutlonaires" or face extended Soviet military occupation. diplomatic sources said. In Bratislava. Czechoslovakian Deputy Premier Gustav Husak said the Government had established
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    • 561 7 \T AN I LA, Sun. (UPI). -—You can't fight city hall or can you? At 40, Manila's ambitious Mayor Antonio J. Villegas who openly covets the Philippine Presidency, is fighting for his political life. In late August, the Mayor was named in three
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    • 120 7 CANBERRA. Sun. (Reuter) Australia will continue to play an active role in Southeast Asian Treaty Organisation (SEATO) Affairs. Australian External Affairs Minister Paul Hasluck pledged here today. Mr. Hasluck in a formal statement marking the 14th anniversary of the Manila Treaty which established SEATO. said
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    • 136 7 SAIGON, Sun. (Reuter) A gunman today marched into a coffee shop in the Chinese quarter o£ Cholon and shot dead a canvasser for one of the 27 candidates in today’s by-election here. Police said three other people were wounded in the shooting The gunman was believed
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    • 488 7 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI) Another sevennation summit meeting on Vietnam is expected to be held this fall In the mid-Pacific. possibly Honolulu, informed sources said on Saturday. The sources, considered reliable, said several leaders of Southeast Aslan nations believe the summit meeting probably would
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    • 93 7 ATLANTIC CITY. New Jersey. Sun (Reuter) —Police last night prohibited about 65 women from staging a “symbolic BRA burning" to protest against the Miss America beauty pageant. Three women were arres'ed on disorderly conduct charges when they entered Convention Hall, scene of the pageant, chanting
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    • 56 7 LONDON Sun. (UPI) Former Australian Premier Sir Robert Menzies. 73. who has been in the London Clinic since last Thursday after a slight stroke, will remain there for a few more days, a spokesman said today. “He is still undergoing treatment and there is no change
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    • 261 7 ALA.NTIC CITY. New Jersey Sun. (CPI) Judith Anne Ford, an 18-year-old green-eyed blonde from Illinois, was named Miss America of 1969 on Saturday night. Judith, the first blonde in more than a decade to win the title and the second from Illinois, hopes to
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    • 51 7 AMMAN. Sun. (Reuter) Israeli and Jordanian forces exchanged artillery fire across the River Jordan early today, a Jordanian military spokesman said. T’ne spokesman blamed the Israelis for the 100-minute duel in the Manshiyah area in the northern sector of the Jordan Valley. He said the Jordanians suffered no
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  • 445 8 THE Economic bumiputra Congress has been discussing weighty problems on the economic upliftment of Malays. The Congress should take into account the criticisms of some members about shortcomings in the efforts to encourage and help bumiputras to embark on business and industrial enterprises. One particular criticism
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  • 295 8 SINGAPOREANS have been warned by their Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, that from next year onwards they will have to pay for the defence of the Republic. With an annual expenditure of over $3OO million to build up Singapore’s defences in the coming years, Singaporeans
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  • 3072 8 Keynote Address by the Deputy Prime Minister o£ Malaysia at the Opening of the Second Congress Bumiputra on the 7th September, 1968. 1 WOULD like to thank you, the Chairman and the Steering Committee of the Congress for giving me this opportunity to start off
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  • LETTERS...
    • 466 8 Regarding the Prime Minister’s after-the-Ca-binet-meeting statement on the M.S.A. as reported in your paper it is no doubt true that the settlements of many fundamental issues have always been in favour of the Singapore Government. But it is quite inaccurate
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    • 433 8 MR Yew Siew Wong, in his letter appearing in the issue of the 4th instant, appears to be objecting to what he calls “the demand” (I think it is “a call”) for establishment of the Merdeka University, the Tunku Abdul Rahman College and a
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  • 215 8  -  By Harry B. Rothblatt (Author# "Handbook of Evlianc# For Cr la Inal Trial*") THE Walking Horse Breeders’ and Exhibitors’ Assn, had a clique that decided that Thomas was not elite enough to belong to their set Result: Thomas was suspended as a member. Thomas sued the association
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    • 270 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. Overall activity on the Stock Exchange of Malavsta and Singapore during the week was less vigorous than during the past few weeks. Total turnover was subdued and was recorded, through the two trading rooms. 7.299.500 units of stocks and shares, compared with 9,513.000
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    • 450 9 Rumours about good monthly earnings were also afoot on Veneer which at one stage lifted to S 3 06 before ending the week at $2.87 up nine cents. Central Sugar rose 12 cents while Tractors added a cent. Public Bank lost three cents with an interim
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    • 87 9 AUSTRALIA took another step forward in its role as a world meteorological centre when it installed a multimillion dollar computer at the Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne re- eently. The computer, the first of the two in the bureau’s $3,400,000 computer complex will enable the bureau
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    • 148 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Mr. Koon Leek Keong, 23, an Executive Trainee with the Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation in Kuala Lumpur, leaves soon for a year’s practical training with the Bank's London office. An honours graduate In Business Administration from the University of
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    • 29 9 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Two major electrical equipment makers said tonight single giant enterprise with they plan to merge into a yearly turnover of nearly 1,000 million sterling.
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    • 55 9 OSAKA, Japan, Sun. (UPI) The Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., yesterday delivered the 193.000 ton super tanker Yasutama Maru to its owners. the Yamashita Shin-Nlhon Steamship Co. The tanker built at the shipbuilders Sakai plant near Osaka will be put on service between the Persian Gulf
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  • STUDENTS’ PAGE all TEN dollars ESSAY WINNERS
    • 331 12 Is smoking healthy or unhealthy /CIGARETTES have long been disliked by many people. It is a waste of money buying cigarettes and ruining one's health. There are people who indulge in heavy smoking. SMOKING is a form of habit in one’s life. Cigarettes play vital role in our daily life.
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    • 288 12 TT is pleasant now and again to think of someone dear to us. Young people •specially like to day-dream. Life is all before them and the unknown future is big with many possibilities, and to think of someone whom we admire and love Is indeed
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    • 237 12 ANIMALS have the right to live In this world peacefully. They are born to live in freedom throughout their life. Various animals have different characteristics. Man is placed above all animals for he is more intelligent. Therefore, human beings are the most dangerous animals
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    • 239 12 IN this world, no one can live without friends. Life without friends is just like the earth without the sun. This is due to the fact that whenever we are in difficulty. we usually approach our friends for help. We should choose our friends carefully. Our
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    • 148 12 YOUTH Clubs play a very important role in the elimination of juvenile delinquency. During Youth Week, youths from all walks of liie go about town to sell f ags, collect donations and organise food and fun fair to raise funds for the running of their Club. The
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    • 363 12 IN this civilised, scientific and technological world, the word "Aborigines” has almost been forgotten by people. As far as science is concerned, it is hard for people who live in the urban areas to believe that there are Aborigines in the jungle living a simple
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    • 373 12 DIKING the school vacation, a group of friends and I decided to hold a picnic at the Kampar Waterfalls about two miles from town. There were 8 boys and 6 girls. The weather was fine and the sun shone brightly. We started our
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      303 12 MY brother once told me about an old man who lived alone in a house near our village. While I was away in school, he came to live with us. He was a good man. well liked by the villagers for his gentleness and kindness I was
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    • 249 12 AUGUST 9 this year was our third National Day. Most of the uniformed students and various organisations took part In the big parade. People woke up early and went to the Padang to see the parade Berore the celebrations began, a heavy rain poured down and spectators
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    • 347 12 A FEW decades back, Penang was not what it is today. It was then only an island with very few inhabitants a n d houses. But today, things have changed tremendously. Penang has grown commercially as well as industrially. Penang conjures the vision of an exotic
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    • 206 12 IT is not necessary to define the word gambling, as we all know wTiat it means. Gambling in fact is a game of chance, to win some money. There are various forms of gambling. Betting is one, for we are in fact staking money for
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • Sun Sport
    • 2158 14  -  By WINDSOR LAD IPOH. Sun. Resourceful, well ridden by Jockey Alan Trevena. put up a magnificent staying display when he came from nowhere to pip Boy s Fun (Velavutham) to annex the ten furlongs for Class Two Division One paying $34 for a win.
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    • 159 14 SEREMBAN, Sun. The NS Cricket Association's Presidents XI beat the NS Combined Schools by six wickets in the Rhodes Trophy match at the NS Padang here today. Schools who elected to bat fared badlv to the spin attack of Krishnamoorthy. who claimed five
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    • 118 14 LONDON Sun. (Reuter) Peter Thomson. Australian defending champion, failed in his effort to win his fifth News of the World match-play golf title at Walton Heath yesterday when he was beaten in the third round by Britain’s Lionel Platts. Thomson, who was seeking his third
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    • 110 14 PERTH. Western Australia, Sun. (UPI) Malaysia fought a tight one-all draw with the Australian hockey team today. Australia scored first when Des Piper converted a penalty stroke awarded against Malaysia’s captain and goalkeeper. Ho Koh Chye. Malaysia came back when after a series of corners
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    • 27 14 IPOH, Sun. Perak and Selangor shared honours in a I—l1 —1 draw in their MCFA Cup soccer match played at the Perak Stadium here today.
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    • 1218 15  -  By BEN D'CUNHA BEN VARIYAN KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Hengkie Irowan, the pint-sized 23-y a r-old motorcar business executive from Indonesia, won the Rothmans Trophy in the Malaysian Grand < Prix for cars at the Batu Tiga tracks here today over 75 laps
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    • 267 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Cars and motorcycles were touching well above 100 miles per hour in the twoday Malaysian Grand Prix which ended here today but 'it was a vintage car an Austin Seven Special waltzing at a sedate 30 m.p.h that crashed and sent
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    • 159 15 SINGAPORE. Sufi. Swift Athletics Association captured top honours for the tenth successive year In the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association twoday annual inter-club athletic championships, held at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre today. Swifts chalked-up an Impressive 153| points to snatch the overall team championship* title. In the
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    • 59 15 BUENOS AIRES, Sun. (Reuteri Argentina's heavyweight boxing ace Oscar "Ringo” Bonavena beat American Leotis Martin on points in a 10-round bout here last night. No title was at stake but it was understood that the winner would be given a tilt at Joe Frazier's world title. Bonavena last
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    • 61 15 #Yea. its time for a tiger and winner of the Saloon car event drinks it up just berore doing his victory lap round the Batu Tiga Circuit on Saturday. Steve who won the event in a locally assembled BMC Conner S besides the coveted Snell
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    • 640 15 BAD LUCK AGAIN DOGGED YAMAHA ACE HASEGAWA ITUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Yamaha rider, Hiroshi Hasegawa zoomed his machine round the Batu Tiga tracks, chasing after the Rothmans Trophy in the Malaysian Grand Prix for motorcycles over 75 laps (158 miles) and there was no stopping him. But,
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    • 356 14 Zastebn Sun Uetsified advertisement can bn accepted at the following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building. Singapore S.S MUBARUK Brothers. 63. Bras Basah Road, and 2, Maiu Avenue. Sorangoon Carden Estate. Singapore TAY BUAN GUAN LTD.. SUPERMARKET. 83. East Coast Road, Singapore 15 Tel *****9. HAMIEM STORE. 1419.
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    • 371 14 TENDERS RENYATAAN TAWARAN J.K.R., PERAK TAWARAN2 akan di-terlma di-pejabat Jurutera Negeri. Perak, Ipoh, hingga 3.00 petang pada 20hb. September. 1968. dari Pemborong2 J.K.R. yang berdaftar Kelas ‘B' kaatas dl-bawah Kepala V dan Kepala Kechil 4. bagl pengangkutan batu tar (.Premix> dan andas batu pechah Crusher run) darl Kuari Pusat. Kuala
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    • 404 14 NOTICE TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT F.M.S. Cap. 137) NOTICE UNDER SECTIONS 39 (iii) AND 43 MUNICIPALITY OF IPOH. Whereas it is proposed to adopt under section 43 of the Town Boards Enactment the assessments contained in the Assessment List for the Municipal area of Ipoh for the vear 1968 with such
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  • 863 16 Gunners keep lead T ONDON. Sun. (Reuter) —Tottenham Hotspur crashed back into the big time yesterday and slammed seven goals in an English League Division One match against Burnley. Spurs had scored only three goals in six matches this season and were languishing near the
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  • 34 16 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Warwickshire won the Gillette Knock-out Cricket Cup when they beat Sussex by four wickets with three overs to spare after a thrilling final at Lord's here yesterday.
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  • 170 16 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Basil P'Oliveira, the coloured cricketer omitted from the MCC’s South African tour, is going to South Africa to report the tour for a British Sundav newspaper, it was announced here yesterday. A heated race controversy followed the MCC’s recent
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  • 137 16 FOREST HILLS. New York. Sun. (Reuter) Australian professional Ken Rosewall emerged as the only surviving professional in the final four when he beat new American professional Dennis Ralston, seriously weakened by pulling stomach muscles in the U S. open tennis titles. Rosewall. the highest seed left
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 56 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 1.44 a.m. (8.3 ft.), 1-46 p-m- (8.5 ft.). Port Swettenham: 7.09 a.m. (16.5 ft.), 7.19 pm. (15,3 ft.). Port Dickson: 7.49 a.m. (9.9 ft.), 8.09 p.m. (8-7 ft). Singapore: 12-23 a.m. (8.5 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 11.06 a.m. (7.4 ft.). 11.19 p.m. (7.2 ft). Kuantan: 10.32 a.m.
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