Eastern Sun, 15 October 1968

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  • 22 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 794 Tuesday, 15 October 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents Independent National Daily
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  • 309 1  -  TOKYO, Mon. (Reuter) A CROWD of some 600 people waving small Singapore flags gave Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew a warm welcome on his arrival here today for a five-day State visit to Japan. The Singapore Prime Minister and his wife stepped from
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  • 75 1 MOSCOW. Mon. (Reuter) Czechoslovak Premier Oldrich Cemik arrived here today for talks expected to centre on the stationing of Warsaw Pact troops in Czechoslovakia. It is Mr. Cemik’s fourth trip to Moscow since the Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of his country on Aug. 20
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  • 62 1 BANGKOK. Mon. (AFP) Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn stated here today there was a slight easing of tension over the Sabah dispute between the Philippines and Malaysia. Marshal Thanom. w’ho was speaking at his weekly press conference, did not elaborate but said both Indonesia and Thailand were
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  • 44 1 Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore (extreme left) arrives at Tokyo International Airport for five days of talks with Government leaders. Japanese Premier Elsaku Sato and his wife (extreme right) were at the airport. Second from left is Mrs. Lee. UPI radio- photo.
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  • 123 1 TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) The Philippines today made an Informal approach to Japan on plans to hold a Phi-lippine-Malavsia Ministerial meeting in Tokyo to reduce tension between the two countries, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said In Tokyo today. Malaysia was expected to make a formal approach
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  • 176 1 GIBRALTAR. Mon. (l*PI) British Prime Minister Harold Wilson said today he had ordered Rhodesia to allow eventual black rule which Rhodesia considered ‘‘repugnant,” but the ex-colony must accept it if it wishes recognised independence. Mr. Wilson told a news conference there were “very
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  • 94 1 CAPE KENNEDY, Mon. (Reuter) Apollo-7 commander Wally Schirra carried out quick repairs on the spaceship's electrical system today after short circuits occurred during the 39th orbit of the earth. Flight officials said two “busses.” part of the command module's electrical distribution system, went out when all
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  • 478 1 \IAXILA, Mon. (I Pl) A*l The Philippines hopes next week's preliminary talks with Malaysia can be followed immediately by a full-blown summit conference in Tokyo, official sources said today. Although the Philippines will not limit the site to Japan, officials hope talks between Philippines
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  • 214 1 PERTH. Moo. (Reuter) Almost all of the 100 houses at Meckering. 90 miles east of Perth were wrecked and 16 people injured, by an earthquake which hit the south part of the State today, the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) reported. The earthquake. lasting about
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • local news
    • 449 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Copies of the T e o e h e r Salaries Commission report will not be made available to members of the teachers' panel of the National Joint Council for Teachers until after the Cabinet has decided
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    • 245 2  -  By Madeleine Nathan SINGAPORE. Mon. An International beauty expert arrived here today to introduce the “London Look” with Asian eyes in mind. M»ss Vera Duncan. London's beauty executive will promote Yardley's latest range of products in the market. Miss Duncan said: “We're finished
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    • 219 2 SINGAPORE. Mott. Everything nice can be said of this wonderful Hollywood showbiz couple Tony Martin and his charming wife, better hnown as Cyd Charisse. They flew in today for a one-day appearance at the Tropicana and the National Theatre tomorrow evening. The couple spoke to newsmen
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    • 57 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The general secretary of the Boys' Scout World Bureau. Dr. Laszle Nagy, will be here on Wednesday for a one-day visit. A statement from the Boy Scouts Association of Malaysia said this will be Dr. Nagy's first visit to Malaysia. While here, he
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    • 64 2 TELUK ANSON, Mon. Three robbers armed with daggers, broke into a pig tana hen last night, aacap- ing with $196 In cash and $230 worth of Jewellery. Lee Lai Hoo. SO. was in hi* house with his two daughters when the robbers burst in through
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    • 219 2 By K S SIDHC SINGAPORE. Mon. The Tokyo Pink Pearls who are currently in Singapore for a three-week assignment, are fabulous showgirls. They will be performing at Goodwood Hotel and Hotel Malaysia. The five voluptuous Japanese girls are Misses Cnikako Matsuda. 22; Shiieko Yokokawa.
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    • 355 2 By PATRICIA CHAN SINGAPORE. M o n You ve all heard of the metal. coins, plastic, leather, and paper being made into dresses. But a more fantastic “gimmick” came up today. Aluminium Venetian blinds were being made into dresses which could be rated as
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    • 53 2 SINGAPORE. Mon.—The Buddhist Union Youth Circle will hold a Buddhist Youth Conference at its premises on Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Youth delegates from the various leading temples and organisations will take part in the conference. Guest speakers from other religious faith will also
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    • 498 2 SABAK BERNAM, Mon. 7- A call to bumiputras to take part actively in commerce and industry was again made by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Raxak, today when he opened a branch of Bank Bumiputra at Sungei Besar, five miles
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    • 114 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Malaysian Council for Child Welfare today issued two cheques of $450 each to Malaysia's child heroes: for 1964 and 1966. its President, Puan Sri Sadiah Sardon, said today. Puan Sri Sadiah told Bernama: “The delay In payment to the child heroes.
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    • 32 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon, —Thieves broke into the Ruby Photo Company at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman her® this morning ar.d got away with 500 rolls of film valued at $l,OOO.
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    • 621 3 'LTONG KONG, Mon. (Reuter) Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore told his countrymen working or engaged in business in Hong Kong to send their children home for port of their education. Mr. Lee was speaking at a
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    • 323 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. A final year medical student and a past-pre-sident of the University of Singapore Students’ Union, Ong Leong Boon, has been awarded the gold medal for being the most outstanding allround student for *****8. The medal Is awarded annually by the
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    • 647 3 CUSTOMS’ CLEARANCE OF GOODS AT PORTS: SINGAPORE. Mon. Delays in the clearance of goods at the different ports in the region through the Customs are fairly common. This observation was made by Mr. S. M. Abbas, former United Nations Adviser on customs procedures when
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    • 252 3 ‘Keep S’pore Clean campaign SINGAPORE. Mon. The Public Utilities Board will conduct competitions to select the cleanest installation. the cleanest store workshop and the cleanest quarters from tomorrow until this Saturday. The competitions are an important part of the Board's efforts to encourage all categories of
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    • 120 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. —The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs. Enche Buang bin Omar Junid. tonight attended the Pugilistic and Variety Show at the National Theatre. The show was jointly organised by the Nanyang Siau Lim National Art Association and the Singapore Professional
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    • 92 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Minister for Health, Mr. Chua Sian Chin, will make inspection tours of the six health districts, divisions during the last two weeks of the “Keep Singapore Clean” campaign, starting tomorrow at 9 a m until Oct. 31. His visits to these districts
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    • 108 3 HONG KONG. Mon. (Reuter) Singapore Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday Malaysia and Singapore had to cooperate if both wanted to survive. In a television interview, he said: “We’ve got to learn to cooperate in a quiet and commansensical way or we
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    • 317 10  -  Operations of ‘tourist escort agencies: BY JOHN KAM SINGAPORE, Mon. Singapore's registered tourist guides are protesting against the operations of "tourist escort" agencies which ore mushrooming in Singapore. It Is reported that since the last four months when the tourist escort agency made its debut in Singapore, about
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    • 222 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. Two local marketing executives. Mr. Seet Seng Moh and Mr. Wong Boon In, will leave here for Australia tomorrow for a two-month study course in Australia under the Colombo Plan Trade Promotion Course Fellowship. The Fellowship are awarded to these two
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    • 414 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. A former Bishop of Singapore of the Anglican Church, the Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines, said here today that he was amazed and impressed with the “vigour. purpose and drive of the people of Singapore.” Bishop Baines, now Bishop
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    • 53 10 SINGAPORE Mon. The Singapore branch of the Organisation for Industrial Spiritual and Cultural Advancement International (OISCA>. will hold its first annual dinner on Oct. 25 at 730 p m at the Imperial Room. Capitol Building here Mr. Fong Sip Chee. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, will
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    • 246 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Social Hygiene Branch of the Ministry of Health responsible for the treatment and control of venereal diseases and treatment of skin diseases have a total of 2,021 prostitutes on its register for preventive treatment. This Is disclosed In the Report
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    • 205 10 SINGAPORE, Mon. A former "bunny" of the London Playboy Club, shapely Denise Chew is "reaching for the sky" and she will soon be there. For Denise who made headlines when she became a “bunny” and again recently in her role
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    • 68 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Coroners Court today recorded a verdict of misadventure on the death of a 33-year-old man. Mohd. Radzi bin Mohd. Shanff. a fitter of the Port of Singapore Authority, who was electrocuted on Sept. 19 in the PS A. workshop. Mohd. Radzi. attached to the Fire
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    • 114 10 10 a m.—6 J>m Painting exhibition by Teo Chin Chye at British Council gallery. A Amber Mansions, Orchard Road. 6 pm. Malav dance practice at National Theatre Club, Clemenceau Avenue. 7.30 pm. Free film shows by Ministry of Culture at Rochore Community Centre. Resettlement Area No. SA. Kampong
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    • 142 10 SINGAPORE. Mon All male Singapore students returning from overseas who are liable to register for National Service are reminded to report at the Central Manpower Base, Kallang. within three days of their arrival in the Republic. Any male Singapore citizen who has registered for National Service and has
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    • 102 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. Television Singapura will telecast “Opinion” which features a forum with some of the delegates attending the United Nations ECAFE Regional Port Seminar, currently in Singapore, over Channel 8 tomorrow at 10.25 p.m. The programme features Mr. S Masood Hussain, the ECAFE representative, who is
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    • 347 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. The trial of a barber on a charge of murdering his wife more than three years ago, began before Mr. Justice Winslow in the High Court today. The accused. A. Palamveelu Ayyakanoo. 38. who was remanded in Woodbndge Hospital soon after
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    • 455 11 L ™*UR, Mon. The Vire-Chaneeller 0f Ma,aya Prof e«or il’ngku Abdul Azli, said today he was making a thorough study of the question of university students talking part in spsniui vari tu politics. He told HERNAMA ho was undertaking the study so that “Wear
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    • 218 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A party ef seven New Zealand journalists on a brief familiarisation tour of South-east Asia (including, in addition to Malaysia. Sine a pore, Tolland and Sou’h ietnam) will arrive here tomorrow for a two-day visit. Tomorrow
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    • 216 11 PENANG. Mon. The A nance Government !s b und by the Constitution to preserve and sustain the use of Chinese, Tamil and Erjlish languages. This assurance came from the Chief Minister. Tan Brl Wong Pow Nee. when he addressed more
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    • 44 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Old Frees Association, Selangor, will hold its annual meeting and dinner to mark th* 153rd anniversary of the founding of the Penang Free School et the Banquet Hall of the Prime Minister s Office on Oct. 22.
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    • 97 11 KUALA LUIMPUR. Mon.— The National Art Gallery announces thnt its premises will be closed to the public until further notice, for a period of about six weeks. All the galleries are being cleared to msrfke way for the forthcoming national art competition
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    • 76 11 IPOH, Mon. Police seized two suitcases, containing a quantity of stolen batek sarongs and shirts at the taxi stand in Anderson Road during the weekend. An e’ectric iron was also recovered. A youth who was carrying the two suitcases was taken into custody. He was
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    • 92 11 IPOH. Mon. A Public Works Department labourer. M. Muniandy 37. who had a weakness for toddy, killed his wife after a drinking bout at *heir home at Jalan Sun gel Surian. Bunton* New Village, the High Court was told today. Muniandy. who pleaded
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    • 247 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Azean Commerce »nd Industry meeting in Manila recently has recommended the formation of a committee to look into the possibilitv of a limited common market and to study the implementation of Joint This was disclosed today
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    • 67 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Re’.igioua Society of the Mara Institute of Technology will hold a forum on "Israqmi Raj and Outer Space, its significance.and misconception," on Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. The forum will be held at the MIT Speakers will he Haji Ali Munawar.
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    • 27 11 MUAR. Mon. A two-day photography exhibition by Taiwan photographers will be held at the Chi Chieh Assembly Ha!l at Jalan Arab here, beginning Oct. 26.
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    • 91 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Three unarmed youths br >ke into a petrol kiosk at Jalan San Peng here this morning and held up the attendant before robbing him of $220. a $lO watch and a $2O gold chain. The attendant of the Malaysia Shell Kiosk
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    • 69 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Mr. Tan Beng Siar will lead two committee discussions at the 23rd annual congress of the Junior Chamber International to be held in Mar Del Plata. Argentina. from Nov. 10 to 16. Mr. Tan. a vice-president for programme* of Junior Chamber International,
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    • 36 11 TANJONG MALIM Mon Thieves broke into the Local Council office here during the weekend and got away with three typewriters and four adding machines worth a total of SI9CO. One man has been detained.
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    • 91 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The vice-chairman of the Sarawak National Party (SNAP). Dato Wee Hood Teek. today resigned from the party, a statement issued here said. In the statement Dato Wee said he arrived at this decision because of his expanding business interests in Sarawak and overseas
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    • 29 11 PENANG Mon. A businessman, Teoh Ah Bah. lost his motor-cycle valued at JBOO while attending a partv in a holiday bungalow in Tanjong Bungah during the week-end
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    • 820 11  -  By Maureen Lee and Hoo Baa Khee pETAUNG, JAYA, Mon. Short-circuit caused by an over-charged overcast sky was believed to be one of the possible causes of a $1.25 million fire at the industrial area here last night. O.C.P.D. Supt. E.A. Fernandez,
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    • 68 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon An RMAF officer. Flight Lieutenant. F.W. Hambly today reported to police the theft of articles valued at a total of $2,000 from his car here yesterday. He told police he found a survival waistcoat, oxygen mask, a pair of vision glasses.
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    • 162 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. An Indonesian artist. Hassan DjaJaar, will hold a one-man exhibition here from Friday. The Assistant Minister of Home Affairs, Enche Hamzah bin Dato Abu Bamah. will open the exhibition at the AIA Building In Jalan Ampang here at 5.30 pm. Hassan
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    • 2233 13 There's an audience receptive to fresh concepts—Raja CINGAPORE, Mon. Singapore's Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, has called on Asian countries to renovate and re-model nationalism to fit into the new generation. He made this call when he spoke at the
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    • 74 13 SINGAPORE Mon. A manager. Lim Ban Lee. 57. was charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court today for criminal breach of trust. Lim Is alleged to have taken 13 cheques valued at $9.936 64 belonging to his firm. Chin Liong of Telok Ayer Street. He is alleged
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    • 394 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. Gammon's auditor. Mr. A G. Roche, told a District Court today that his suggestion of making a “clean breast of it”—the alleged short-piling by Gammon on Housing Board projects to the Minister of
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    • 147 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Angkatan Islam here expressed regret at the Government action to cut down the rate of bursaries and impose r.ew conditions on Ma:ay students wishing to apply for scholarships to go for higher studies In a press statement today. Enche Abdullah Musa,
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    • 66 13 HONG KONG. Mon (UPI) Two rightwing Chir.eselanguage afternoon newspapers today thanked Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew for his advice to Hong Kong “Mr. Lee has stored ir. US confidence for Hong Kong's survival,” the New Life Evening Post said. “How can Hong
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    • 53 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Coroner's Court today recorded a verdict of suicide on a 64-vear-old man. Saw Chen Hoe. who jumped to his death in Matter Road here on Sept 18 this year. Saw had taken his life as a result of his financial difficulties and mental depression. the
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    • 36 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. A “bookie”. Ong Chuan Huat, 28. was fined $2,000 by the Ninth Magistrate's Court today. Ong admitted committing the offence at a “laksa” stall along Joo Cniat Road on Saturcay afternoon.
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    • 129 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. The New Era Exposition enters its last week and new programmes have been drawn up with new singers, both foreign and local appearing on stage daily. A guitar band. “The Bees” will he in attendance thrdu|hout the week. There will also be a
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    • 79 13 SINGAPORE Mon. SATA (Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association) has launched its Greeting Seals Campaign and has urged the public to support them. As from today and for the next six months the greeting seals will be on sale in many leading stores in the city. A supply of
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  • NEWS
    • 1540 4 Kidnap case: Court hears of ‘gentleman gambler’ PENANG, Mon. One of the accused in the Lim Pee Hong kidnap case, Wong Theng Leong, was described to be a "gentleman gambler'' by a witness here today. Mr. Tan Koon Seng, a 49-year-old
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    • 262 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A sundry shop assistant was shot three times when he put up a struggle with a gunman who held him up this morning. The shop assistant, C. K. Mariakka, 36, wounded on his right shoulder and thigh, was rushed to
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    • 178 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The MCA Maju Ward said today Its members had no Intention to bar students from the freedom of expression. It was replying to a statement by the DAP Sentul branch on the Malay Language Society’s call tor the resignation of the
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    • 83 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon The Marine Police continued their search today for Loke Yew Meng. 23. who disappeared two days ago when the boat he was fishing from capsized 200 yards from the holiday lesort of Lido Beach here. There was no trace of him. Two
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    • 73 4 IPOH. Mon. Abdul Razak s o Alla Fachai. 31: Sulaiman bin Mat 37; Baharun Noordm bin Suradi. 21; and William Teh. 28 were today fined $2O each for abetting the commission of exhibiting obscene films They pleaded guilty. A projector and the four reels of “blue”
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    • 259 4 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) The Daily Mirror said today the Philippine Congress should give President Marcos a free hand in his attempts to work toward reconciliation with Malaysia on the Sabah dispute. The English-language “Eveninger in an editorial said: “One worry of
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    • 358 4 PI appears worse than imperialist nations Varsity body KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The University of Malaya Graduate Society, Selangor, today gave the Government an assurance of support on the eve of the Dewan Ra'ayat meeting tomorrow to discuss a motion condemning the Philippines’ Sabah Annexation Act. Its Secretary. Mr. J. C.
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    • 55 4 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisurl Agong (second from left) watching a cultural dance performed by children at the Stadium Negara on Saturday. On the extreme right is the President of the Malaysian Council for Child Welfare, Puan Sri Sa’Adiah Sardon. The rally wa s to celebrate Universal
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    • 158 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The newly arrived Australian Trade Commissioner,. Mr. Ken MeKernan, announced today tnat an industry sponsored Government-led engineering trade mission from the Australian State of New South Wales, will visit Kuala Lumpur for six days beginning Oct. 30. "The 18-member mission.” said
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  • .WORLD NEWS
    • 892 5 'WEVE NEVER HAD ANYTHING THIS GOOD' OPACE CENTRE, Houston, Mon. (UPI Reuter) Apollo 7 and its chipper crew, preparing to enter televised show business, circled flawlessly around earth on Sunday night on their 11-day shakedown for a moon trip and the Space Agency said:
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    • 86 5 SYDNEY, Mon. (Reuter) A leading Australian politican has called on the government to allow a quota of Asian immigrants into the country annually. Dr. Jim Cairns, of the Federal Opposition Labour Party, said the concept of a multi-racial society could not be rejected
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    • 24 5 THOUSANDS of gasfilled balloons float skyward during the opening ceremony of the 1968 Olympic Games on Oct. 12. UPI telephoto.
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    • 124 5 Mrs. Ethel Kennedy—‘False alarm' WASHINGTON. Mon. (Reuter) Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, widow of the assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy, was released from hospital yesterday after “false alarm” signs that the birth of her 11th child might be imminent. Mrs. Kennedy, 40. spent the night under observation in Georgetown University Hospital. She
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    • 115 5 BIRMINGHAM. England, Mon. (Reuter) Another of the sextuplets bom here 11 days ago died in hospital yesterday. He was lan Thorns, the second of the six to die. A girl died shortly after birth. lan and his sister Lynne both had intestinal operations on Saturday to
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    • 37 5 MALSTETTEN. West Germany, Mon. (Reuter) A small plane flying just above ground level killed a girl aged 11 here yesterday as she walked along a country path on a Sunday school outing, police reported.
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    • 48 5 e SOME might think it’s funny but this young athlete from Senegal. Doour Gweve. is displaying his true patriotic sense by wearing a bushshirt printed with the portraits of the President of his country while strolling through the Olympic Village in Mexico City. PANA photo.
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    • 157 5 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Four Soviet warships played hide-and-seek with a British Navy frigate in storm-whipped seas off Northern Scotland last night. The Soviet vessels, two destroyers with two support craft, had stationed themselves northwest of bleak North Ronaldsay Island in the Orkneys Group for the
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    • 231 5 PANAMA CITY, Mon. (Reuter) Shooting broke out in Central Panama City yesterday afternoon, shortly after the new military junta installed Colonel Jose Maria Pinilla as President, in place of overthrown President Arnulfo Arias. Gunfire erupted in the main shopping area, but a spokesman for
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    • 146 5 TAIPEI, Mon. (Reuter) Nationalist Chinese President Chlang Kai-Shek has again reiterated that he would recover Mainland China in the near future. He told about 2.000 visiting overseas Chinese in Taipei yesterday: “Now that we have weathered through the crisis and difficulties there is not
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    • 428 6 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) Priceless relics of two world wars were feared destroyed early today after fire swept London’s Imperial War Museum. Early reports said the Are in the museum, whieh houses records of the two wars, could have been deliberately started. About
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    • 173 6 MILAN, Mon. (Reuter) The Milan magazine Tribune Illustrata claimed today that Frank Sinatra wanted to marry Italian actress Raffaella Carra. Tribuna Illustrata quoted the 50-year-old singer as saying in an interview: “It was I who wanted a divorce from Mia Farrow to be able to
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    • 155 6 BRISBANE. Mon. (UPI) The Vietnam war was turning in favour of the United States and her Allies, the Ambassador of Thailand, Prasong Bunehoem said yesterday. But he warned that already the war had spilled over the Mekong River into the North
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    • 44 6 HONG KONG. Mon. (Reuter) The East German ambassador to China. Mr. Martin Bierbach, left Peking for home yesterday after being recalled, the New China News Agency said today. The agency, in an unusually brief three-line report date-lined Peking, gave no other details.
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    • 92 6 SYDNEY, Mon. (Reuter) More than 20,000 young Roma n Catholics attended a rally at the Sydney showground today to demonstrate for greater safety on the roads of Australia. About 7.000 youths and priests formed a huge human cross around a makeshift altar in
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    • 71 6 BANGKOK. Mon. (Reuter) Eleven people were killed and 13 others injured In three traffic accidents yesterday In the central provinces of Thailand, Police reported today. Five Buddhist pilgrims died and seven others were injured when their bus was Involved in a collision
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    • 525 6 GIBRALTAR, Mon. (Reuter) The AngloRhodesia summit talks ended here tonight in failure without settling the Rhodesian independence conflict. A communique at the end of the talks between British Prime Minister Mr. Harold Wilson and Rhodesian Premier Mr. lan Smith reported that "disagreement on fundamental
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    • 26 6 WILSON SMITH SING HYMNS GIBRALTER: Mr. Harold Wilson and Mr. lan Smith singing hymns during church strvice held on boord HMS Fearless yesterday morning. UPI photo.
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    • 501 6 MOSCOW, Mon. (Reuter) A wide range of films from the West—including the American cowboy epic, “The Magnificent Seven”, a box office success here have been banned forever from Soviet cinemas. The ban was revealed in the weekly journal, Ogonyok. by Mr.
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    • 256 6 MANILA. Mon. (UPI) A four-man Coast Ouard Boards of Inquiry flew to the Southern Philippines with orders to press criminal charges against those responsible for the sinking of an overloaded lnterlsland ferry last Saturday. According to official reports reaching Navy Headquarters in
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    • 189 6 PARIS. Mon. (UPI) French sereeen star Alain Delon, was questioned for more than 16 hours by police on Saturday in connection with the death of his film double. Police sources also said his wife, Nathalie, who recently made her acting debut. was
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    • 31 6 BANGKOK Mon. (Reuter) Bangkok had a population of 2.690.109 people at the end of September, the Bangkok Municipality announced today. About 1.058.100 of them were males, the announcement said.
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    • 105 6 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) Air and sea rescue operations for the mission pas.-engers of a coastal vessel which sank off Zaboanga City In the South on Thursday have been called off. But the search continued on islands near the scene of the sinking In
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    • 342 6 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter)— Winston Churchill believed implicitly in the efficiency of mass-area bombing of Germany and towards the end of World War Two may have grown indifferent to the suffering of civilian populations, according to a former aide. But the
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    • 413 6 WASHINGTON. Mon. (Reuter) The Soviet Union is believed planning to supply the United Arab Republic with more than 100 supersonic jet fighters by next summer, diplomatic sources said today. The sources said there was “good reason” to believe
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    • 80 6 MANILA, Mon. (ReuterV Eight persons, including five women, were killed when their car was dragged along by a train south of he *L e police reported todav. Police said the eight, all young people, evidently tried to beat the train at a crossing in Calamba Town,
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    • 516 7 Ylf ASHINGTON, Mon. (UPI Reuter) Vice President Mr. Hubert Humphrey said yesterday the United States has not abandoned its policy of preserving Southeast Asia against Communist aggression or subversion. In a copyrighted Interview with U S. News and World report. Mr. Humphrey said*
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    • 174 7 SYDNEY, Mon (UPI) America’s first Nergo bishop, Bishop H.R. Perry, told a Roman Catholic youth rally in Sydney yesterday an ultimatum faced road users today love or be destroyed. Bishoo Perry, the Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans spoke to nearly 20,000 Catholics
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    • 96 7 TOKYO. Mon. (UPI) Japan’s Foreign Exchange reserve at the end of September amounted to $2,360.-000-000 (B) as a result of a record breaking volume of export during the month, the Finance Ministry announced today. The Ministry said the shipment during September totalled $1,150,000,000 a
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    • 102 7 KARACHI. Mon. (Reuter) Pakistani Customs investigators are asking Interpol to make Inquiries following the arrest here of five young Americans and a Briton alleged to be narcotics smugglers, a spokesman said today. Customs officials last Friday night arrested four American post-graduate students at Karachi
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    • 107 7 LONDON, Mon. (UPI) Prime Minister Mr. Harold Wilson plans to announce the merger of Commonwealth and Foreign Offices this week, placing responsibility for relations with the global “family of nations” under Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart, reliable sources said yesterday. The amalgamation of the two Government
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    • 35 7 NEW DELHI. Mon (Reuter) Vice-Admiral W. D. O'Brien. Commander of the British Far Eastern fleet, arrived here from Singapore tonight for a 10-day visit to India as guest of the Indian Navy.
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    • 42 7 TAIPEI: President Chiang Kai Shek and Madam Chiang wave at the balcony of presidential office to the mass cheering of about 210,000 people parading through the streets on Nationalist China's Double 10th National Day last Thursday. UPI photo.
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    • 181 7 LONDON. Mon. (UPI) An envelope bearing two of the world's rarest postage stamps was flown to London yesterday under top security protection for a two-day showing to prospective buyers. The envelope bears the only two known used samples of the orange 1.847
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    • 451 7 KEY BISCAYNE. Florida, Mon (UPI) Mr. Richard M Nixon yesterday called a revitalised NATO Alliance the key to peaceful dealings with Russia and raised the possibility of a quick end to the Vietnam war if he wins the White House. The Republican
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    • 52 7 HOUSTON, Texas, Mon. (Reuter) Mrs. Myrtle Schmidt, former schoolteacher given the heart of a 17-year-old boy in a transplant operation last night, was reported in satisfactory condition today. Mrs. Schmidt, received the heart of Jerry Dale Snearly, of Conrode, Texas, who was killed ia a
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    • 67 7 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI) A 26-year-old mother watched in horror yesterday as her two young daughters end 13-year-old sister fell through an opening between two cars of a moving subway train. Beth arms of the teen-ager and a hand of the girls were severed. The other child
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    • 61 7 DETROIT. Mon (UPI) The Detroit News, saying "it is time for a change.” has endorsed Mr. Richard M. Nixon for President. Michigan’s largest newspaper said in an editorial yesterday the country "has gone sour under a democratic president, and we see no prospect of improvement under
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    • 64 7 MANILA. Mon. (UPI) The Philippines contention it has “dominion and sovereignty" over the Malaysian state of Sabah was graphically illustrated this week when workmen making a huge relief map painted the eastern tip of the disputed territory a Filipino green. The relief map. which is about half
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    • 41 7 LOS ANGELES, Mon. (UPI) Bea Benaderet. star of the television comedy series "Petticoat Junction,” died yesterday of lung cancer. Miss Benadert whose show business career spanned a 40-year period in radio and television, was In her early 60*.
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    • 46 7 HONG KONG. Mon (Reuter)— About 30 blind workers. demanding more pay, smashed windows and chairs and attacked the staff with their sticks at a Kowloon factory today. Police were called in to restore order. No arrests were made, a police spokesman said.
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    • 145 7 SEOUL, Mon. (Reuter) Senior officials of 23 Colombo Plan countries today began working out plans to expand foreign trade. The officials, meeting to prepare for the 12th Colombo Plan Consultative Committee, opened a sixday working session to review groundwork prepared by experts last week. They
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    • 64 7 GAYA. India. Mon. (Reuter) Five people were killed and four injured when policr fired on 700 armed villagers who attacked them near here yesterday, according of official reports today. The reports said a police squad was trying to supervise implementation of a settlement by
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    • 132 7 SAIGON, Mon. (Reuter)' —American River Patrol boats, helicopter gunships and South Vietnamese infantrymen have combined to kill 64 Vietcong In a series of clashes amid the rivers and canals of th® Mekong Delta. A South Vietnamese spokesman said Infantrymen from the 21st Division made contact
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    • 39 7 BANGKOK. Mon. (Reuter) Thai Government forces have killed 438 Communist guerillas and captured 3.356 in the past three years. Prime Minister Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachom said today. He told reporters that 2.600 guerrillas had surrendered.
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  • 700 8 PROFESSOR Syed Hussein Alatas, Chairman of Gerakan Ra'ayat Malaysia, is disappointed with the bourgeois mentality of Malaysian youths. He says they are not interested in serious matters, which they consider dry and high-brow. Some parents also complain their children call them square. The present generation of young
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  • 689 8 Will LBJ stop bombing without condition? A startling despatch emanated from the Paris office of UPI saying that according to the French Govern me n t broadcasting station, it had been reported that Pres. Johnson might be planning to announce the unconditional cessation of bombing of N.
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  • 1205 8  -  By Walter Froehlich AMERICA'S new Apollo moon croft is getting its first space test with astronauts aboard in an earth orbital flight that may last for nearly 11 days. The Apollo was launched on Oct. 6. The mission, designated Apollo-7, follows six unmanned preparatory
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  • 337 8  -  Bj Harry B. Rothblatt (Author, Handbook of Cvld«ac* for Crlnlnal Trlala") MARILYN was dressed for the rain as she entered Herman's basement store. It was raining hard enough for her to be wearina a raincoat and a plastic scarf on her head. Before going down the stairs,
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    • 40 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper TUtSbAY, OCTbBER 15. 1968 23-1. Cantonment Road. Singapore 2 Telephono: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 39. Jalan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur. Malareia Telephone: *****/6 t. Leith Street, Tel: ***** 77. Brewater Road. Te1:***** Cable Addreu: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 173 9 CYDNEY, Australia, Mon. Australia is one of the few countries that has reached an advanced stage of planning for Jumbo Jets, according to representatives of the Boeing aircraft company. The Australian Minister for Civil Aviation. Mr. Reginald Swartz, has said that company executives were completely
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    • 108 9 SINGAPORE, Mon—More than one million passengers were transported by Pan American World Airways in scheduled service during the month of August. It was the first time that Pan Am topped the one million passenger mark for a single month in
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    • 149 9 PARIS. Mon. (Reuter) Concorde 001. France's prototype of the Anglo-French Supersonic airliner, is expected to make its maiden flight in December. Sud Aviation officials said here today. The state-owned manufacturing corporation is carrying out a final series of ground tests before deciding on
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    • 65 9 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) Linda Chang of the Hong Kong Tourist Association left for Oslo yesterday to act as hostess at Oslo's International Foreign Airiort’s restaurant at a special Hong Kong month, the South China Morning Post reported today. She was flown to Frankfurt by
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    • 200 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. Tho following ships are expected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 I. Yung 3/4 Cathay 5 Gudrun Bakke 0/7 Kristin Bakke 10/11 Shoryu Maru 13/14 Peisander 15/16 Benvrackie 18 Djatiluhur 19 Ginryu Maru 21/22 Seiyo Maru 23/24 Ceylon Maru 25'26 Hide Maru 27/28
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    • 423 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. Hiltl AG. the world’s largest manufacturer of cartridge operated fastening equipments for construction industries, has established Hilti Far East Sendirian Berhad in Singapore, to provide Hiltl fastening equipments not only for the local market but also to neighbouring countries. The Parent
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    • 131 9 HONG KONG, Mon <UPI) Hong Kong is the third biggest Importing country in the West Pacific, but only rated seventh for U.S. Sroducts. the latest issue of >un and Bradstret International Trade review said. The issue carried a profile of each
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    • 99 9 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) One-thousand local and foreign businessmen today boarded train for the South China city of Canton here and autumn trade fair beginning tomorrow. Communist newspapers reported Of the 1.000. some 300 were Japanese traders while another 100 came from Syria, Kuwait.
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    • 14 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The tin price for today was $571.12} per picul, unchanged.
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    • 23 9 LONDON, Mon. (UPI) The rubber market was No. 1 RSS spot 20-3/16 207/16 No. 1 RSS Cif basis spots Oct. 19-13/16—19-15/16.
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    • 110 9 SING PORE. Mon The fiiupft&Twirs d Borer Seller Coconut oil *4 00 IF.n B Hulk Coconut Oil ♦a 30 (F O B Prom Loose C opra Mixed Sept ./Oct *7 0° Stunt ok White pepper (t OB) 96% N.LW ***** Sarawak White 117 50 Pepper i F O F.)
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    • 53 9 (Managers’ Prices) First Malayan 2.71 second Malayan 1.95 Third Malayan XD The Commerce 119 Industry The Savina Fund Xf> »S 1*7 1 0* 117 First H kont XU... 1.10 MS* Second H'konz *n K4* Malaysian In vestment V un<1 1 -20 1 30 Sterling C’modlty XD 5 8
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    • 926 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Stock Exchange opened the week today on a very quiet and featureless note. Total turnover was on a small scale and price movements were mostly small on either way Of the 34 industrial counters dealt in. 12 were better, 11 w’ere
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    • 253 9 Rubber up cent SINGAPORE. Mon. November first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 56} cents per lb., up a quarter of a cent from previous close. The tone was very quite. There was no feature or ac.ivity to the morning session
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    • 110 9 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) Indonesia Is on the verge of signing another big nickel contract which is a US$75 million Investment potential. Mines Ministry sources said today. The sources said the Ministry had finished talks wdth the pacific nickel group, which is interested in
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    • 455 9 SINGAPORE. Stock Exchange cold and other price* officially bsted at the close of business INDUSTRIALS 2.14 ACMA Ben Co 2.68 Borneo Bhd 1.81 Boustead l.Ti 1.74 Bolt* Nut* 1.58 C. sugar 3.94 4 00 Chemical Co. 1 68 C. storage Dunlop \D 4 fit 4 68
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    • 130 9 SEACOWILHELMSEH For ItStBUNU ROTTERDAM HAM BURG. BREMEN. GOTHENBURG COPENHAGEN OSLO MALMO b port Henang P B ham C 0 anca Rott H Bure O'buri C hagen Oslo Sailed Sailed In per 110 Not It Not 17 14 SO Dee 4 Ori it 14 Oel *5 TO Ort 27/t* Not 2.1
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    • 1366 10 YOVR TV and Ri TODAY TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL KUALA LUMPUR and Pulan Pining; I Ipob and Melaka: 3 A 10 Jotaore Bahru, t raipinc 7 Bata Pahat; 9 Klnang. P.M. 543 Opening Annct. Prog Summary; 5.50 News Outlines in the National Language; 5 55 National Songs; 6 00 News in
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  • Femme
    • 329 12  -  By Maureen Lee rpo wear or not to wear a hat. A That's just a hat problem but it's the question of whether you're "got the head" or not. It’s a clear cut case of a “yes” or “no” but even if it’s
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    • 168 12 THE edge accents in tailored clothes, such as braid all around a simple tweed A-line coat, bands of cording at hem. collar and waist of dresses THE charm of evening jumpers, in black wool crepe with white satin blouse, in black velvet with silver brocade shirt, glitter-buttoned.
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    • 279 12  -  by madeleine nathan TJVkNCY this the girl is pretty. But she locked confidence. So she A entered the "Miss New Era" contest under a different name. When the results were announced, Miss Elaine Toy, 19, was the "fairest of them all." She beat
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    • 380 12 \fORE than 100 members of the YWCA •Wednesday Morning Club’ crowded into the Association’s auditorium in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday morning for a New Zealand lamb cooking demonstration conducted by Mrs. Linda Quo. The dishes she prepared, Indian lamb curry and lamb fried with vegetables
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    • Article, Illustration
      89 12 LEFT: A dynamic cocktail evenine dress in black velvet. The cut-in armholes and square neckline are outlined with a row of glittering diamente. A twin rows of diamente are repeated at the hip-line-RIGHT: A superbly tailored cocktail dress with diagonally wrapped front and long cigarette sleeves. The collar
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    • 241 12 “OOTTLE OPENER” O in belts: Sounds new and interesting. They are helpful on occasions like a picnic when you forget to bring a bottle-opener along. Just unbelt and use the buckle that serves as the opener. The belt itself is made of stretchable canvas which
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    • 26 12 this is YOUR page YOU say and we print complaints? peeves? suggestions? let’s. hear from YOU soon! Letters to Women’s Page 238. Cantonment Rd., Singapore 2.
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    • 307 12 TODAY and YOU Tuesday, October 15, 1968. V STAR GAZER*^? ARIES MAR. 22 APR. 20 l-48-58-63 5x68-75-79-89 TAURUS APR. 21 MAY 21 f~*\3o-40-53-54 5x61-64-73 GEMINI MAY 22 1 r JUNE 22 (11-17-25-33 '5l-76-81-88 CANCER JUNE 23 JULY 23 6-18-21-38 42-50-66 LEO JULY 24 AUG. 23 3-x 43-70-74 VIRGO AUG. 24
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    • 147 13 SHAW# 01 LAST 2 DATS r r £*i aM? m 11am 14"* 4 IMI. fi. W. P 'chJnT'p’i Pet J2DF. «AK«HA" Ch *"A 6HAW PRODUCTION' M.nrt.rm In Bha«vnpP Color Thur.d.T A Friday Only! Brnurht Bark k» Lurllfc Bill Hmry TOt RS. MINE A oi RS" Color (CA) if.idiiEl opens today;
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    • 222 13 [CATHAY i» CATHAY I PALACE ***** 1 4475/8 NOW SHOWING! 11 ISO. 400 II IJB. 4 All 6.30 A 9 n A pm II 6.45 A 950 o m Terrv-Thnma* “Don’t Look Now We're Being Shot At!”coior> 3ourvil. Louis De Funes. P Vision CATHAY: COMING' Paramount'* "AnTone Can Play” Ursula
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  • 943 14  -  BY H.L. HERSCHENSGHN, M. D. TS it normal for a woman who has gone through the change of life to have swelling of the legs? No. It is not normal, although it is common. Swelling of the legs can mean any one of
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  • 665 14  -  BY PETER MOSS HONG KONG wastes no time putting its new development projects to work. Roads are opened in stages as each section is surfaced, housing estates are occupied virtually block by block, their tenants setting up home while builders are still drilling foundations next door.
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  • 253 14 COME weeks ago I broke my leg when I fell from a ladder. While I was wearing the cast the doctor ordered me to stand for a total of about three hours every day. He said this was more important than exercise. I don’t understand
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    • 491 14 Eastern Sun Classified advertisement can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT O’OR MILK BAIL Ngee Ann Building, Singapore. S.S. MUBARUK Brothers. 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, 1419.
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    • 593 14 NOTICE THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE MALAYSIA. SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI REGION 1969 A RHODES SCHOLARSHIP tenable at the University of Oxford Is offered this year by the Rhodes Trustees and the election of the scholar will be held in December. The scholar-elect will enter Oxford University In October 1969. To
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    • 148 14 TENDER NOTICES JABATAN KERJA RAYA PERAK KENYATAAN TAWARAN TAWARAN2 akan dl-terima di-Pejabat Jurutera Kerja. J.K.R. Dlndings, Lumut hingga jam 3.00 petang pada 23.10 68 dart Pemborong2 J.K.R. yang berdaftar Kelas ‘C’ Kepala lt<2> dan Kelas ‘D hingga E'Kepala I bagl CONSTRUCTION OF A VETERINARY OFFICE AND ANCILLARY WORKS AT SOT
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    • 75 14 JABATAN KERJA RAYA PERAK KENYATAAN TAWARAN TAWARAN2 akan di-terima di-Pejabat Jurutera Kerja, J.K.R. Dindings, Lumut hingga jam 3.00 petang pada 18.10.68 dari Pemborong2 J.K.R yang berdaftar Kola® *C’ Kepala II (2) dan Kelas ‘D hingga E’ Kepala I bagi CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF A FILTER HOUSE, STORE AND ANCILLARY WORKS
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  • Sun Sport
    • 235 15 MEXICO CITY, Mon. (Reuter) Malaysia's hockey team, the country's only hope for Olympic honours, today face top-rated Kenya while Malaysian and Singaporean athletes struggle against the world's best. Malaysia was held to a goalless draw by France, one of Europe’s lowlyteams. in a dull
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    • 201 15 MEXICO CITY. Mon. (AFP) New Zealand caused the day's major surprise in the Olympic rowing events. beating the fleet, red-shirt-ed favourites Soviet Union in the eights’ heats on the Cuemanct rowing basin yesterday. In the double sculls, Swiss gcld-medal favourites Melchior Buergin and Martin
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    • 341 15 PENANG. Mon. —Following are the Stipendiary steward's report for First Day Penang races on Saturday. Going—yielding. RACE ONE: Movie Goer 111 (Nawari) who was difficult to place in his stall, was slow to begin when the gates opened. RACE TWO: Pauly Pike (App. Hassan) broke down in the
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    • 141 15 MEXICO CITV. Mon. (Reuter) Prince Philip arrived here by air last night for a twd-week visit to Mexico amid tight security precautions. He piloted an Andover turboprop aircraft of the royal flight 3.500 miles from Aberdeen, Scotland. The Prince was greeted by a guitar and
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    • 25 15 THOUSANDS of spectators look down from the stands of the Olympic stadium as teams march past the Presidential Box. UPI radio pix.
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    • 118 15 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Youth Committee of the F A. of Singapore have recommended that a scheme be sei-up to generate more interest in soccer among school children in the country. The committee stated that the scheme was aimed at providing inducements to school
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    • 75 15 MEXICO CITY. Mon. (Reuter) Mystery yesterday surrounded the disappearance of Zoltan Varga, one of the world’s top soccer players and a spearhead of tne Hungarian bid to retain the Olympic soccer title. Officials at the Hungarian delegation headquarters in Mexico City confirmed that Varga had disappeared
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    • 87 15 LEON, (Mexico.) Mon. (Reuter) French referee Michel Kitabdjlan was kicked. a player from each team was sent off and the match was abandoned eight minutes before the end here yesterday when Israel clashed with Ghana in the Olympic soccer tournament. Israel were declared winners with a
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    • 36 15 ALOR STAR. Mon. The touring Australian Collegians’ rugby team beat Kedah Invitation XV by 19 points (2 goals and 3 tries) to flve points (one goal) at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College ground today.
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    • 397 15 FAS have powers to tackle all soccer matters —Tay SINGAPORE, Mon. The Football Association of Singapore Council have vested powers to deal with all matters related to football activity conducted by the association. This was emphasised by Mr. Tay Soo Yong. chairman of the FAS Publicity Committee today. Mr. Tav
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    • 167 15 MEXICO CITY. Mon (Reuter) The United States, holders of the Olympic basketball title, and the Soviet Union, expected to be their strongest challengers. both opened their Games campaign with easy victories yesterday. The United States squad, always on top. beat Spain 81-46 after leading
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    • 105 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Four days have been fixed to run off the semi-finals and finals of the Inter-Govern-ment Departments soccer competition for the Dato Eu Eng Hock trophy at Kota Bahru starting from tomorrow. On the first day, Perak will meet Prisons while on
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    • 211 15 MEXICO CITY. Mon. (Reuter) An International Amateur Athletic Committee spokesman has denied that records set by Polish girl sprinter Ewa Klobukowska before she failed a sex test had been annulled. The spokesman said her records, both individual and in team events, would
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    • 833 15 3rd DAY PENANG, Mon. Poliowing are race weight* for Third Day of the Penang Turf Club's Autumn meeting on Saturday. HORSES Class 3, Die. 2 About g Furs. Thriller 900 Desert Scout 8.13 Bunny Heart 8-13 Correct Tima 8 11 Persian Inn 8-10 Spinifex 810 Asian Court
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    • 184 15 PENANG. Mon. Jockey John Sellers. the first American jockey to ride In Malaysia and Singapore, left today for Singapore on his way to Indonesia as part of his trip round the world. Sellers was given a big ovation on Sunday after winning his race on
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    • 57 16 Ron Whitney (US) heads for the last hurdle and a new world record in the 400-metre hurdles heat. Whitney trimmed one-tenth of a second off the old mark of 49.1 sec. From left; Whitney; S. Gordon, Chile (224) R. Schubert, Germany (46) A.R. Ambrose, Malaysia (595)
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    • 310 16 MEXICO CITY, Mon. (Reuter) Malaysian sprinter Mani Jegathesan finished sixth in his second round heat of the men's 100 metres on the opening day of the Olympic Games and was eliminated from the event. Jegathesan clocked 10.3 seconds the same time as he
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    • 219 16 wise dominated mainly by the track and field men of the United States. Records reeled as the Americans opened their athletics campaign in preliminary events. Ron Whitney. 26-year-old favourite for the 400 metres hurdles, chipped a tenth of a second off ratified world record
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    • 171 16 MEXICO. CITY, Mon. (Reuter) Malaysia played out a 0-0 draw with France yesterday in a dull start to their campaign for an Olympic hockey medal. The Malaysians dominated the game until near the end but their forwards continually held the ball too long and frittered
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    • 42 16 MEXICO CITY, Mon. (UPI) Viktor Zaporocets. a Russian light flyweight, stamped himself as a gold medal contender yesterday night by scoring an impressive. upset decision over Asian Games champion Junji Watanabe of Japan in his first fight of the Olympics.
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    • 316 16 MEXICO CITY. Mon. (CPI) Mohammad Naslri, a 4-foot-10, 122-pound weightlifter from Iran, broke one world bantamweight record and tied another Sunday night in winning the first gold medal in that sport in this year's Olympic Games. Nasirl and Imre Foldl of Hungary
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    • 197 16 MEXICO. CITY Mon. (UPI) Nikola Savov of Bulgaria knocked out Zambia's Godrey Mwamba last night in the second round of their bantamweight elimination match in the Olympics. The smaller but stockier Bulgarian had trouble with his counter-punching opponent In ihe opening round, but dropped him
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    • 303 16 MEXICO CITY, Mon. (Reuter) India, seven times Olympic champions and the reigning gold medallists, crashed to a shock 2-1 defeat against New Zealand when the hockey competition began here yesterday. It was the first time India had ever lost a match in
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    • 481 16 MEXICO CITY. Mon. (UPI) Japan’s powerful women’s volleyball team yesterday made a fine start In Its quest for a gold medal by routing the United States 15-6. 15-2 and 15-2 before 4000 spectators at the Olympic Gymnasium This team is completely new from
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    • 53 16 ACAPULCO. Mon. (Reuter) —a hurricane is lurking off the Pacific coast of Mexico which could produce winds of up to 30 knots over the Olympic sailing course when the regatta opens today. If blustery conditions prevail during the opening races of the series they could upset predictions based
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    • 132 16 MEXICO CITY. Mon (Reuteri West Germany, one of the favourites for the Olympic modern pentathlon team championship, lost a man disqualified in yesterday’s first event, the equestrian test. The West German team lodged a protest against the disqualification. Imposed on Jurgen Todt when his horse refused
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    • 49 16 MEXICO CITY. Mon. (UPI) Medal standings in the Olympic Games at the end of yesterday competition: Gold Silver Bronte Total Kenya 1 0 0 1 Iran 10 0 1 Ethiopia 0 1 0 1 Hungary 0 1 0 1 Tunisia 0 0 11 Poland 0 0 11
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    • 193 16 MEXICO CITY. Mon. (Reuter) Olympic hockey officials yesterday rejected an official protest lodged by India shortly after the reigning gold medallists had been stunningly defeated 2-1 by New Zealand. The Indian team manager, Major-Genera', Kaiha. angrily protested that the first half of the game was
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    • 216 16 MEXICO CITY. Mon. (Reuter) Pakistan routed Holland 6-0 with a devastating display of forward power on the first day of the Olympic hockey tournament. Centre forward Abdul Rashid got a hattriofc as the Pakistanis scored three times in each half. Pakistan s brilliant success against Holland
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    • 52 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 4.06 a.m. (6.1 ft.). Port Sweltenham: 819 a.m. (10.8 ft.). 11.58 pm. (11.2 ft.). Port Dickson: 11.31 a.m. (5.8 ft.), 11.49 p.m. (5.9 ft.). Singapore: 5.01 a.m. (6.0 ft.), 319 p.m. (7.2 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 4.27 a.m. (6.9 ft.), 12.33 p.m. (5.6 ft.). Kuantan: 3.24 a.m.
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