Eastern Sun, 1 November 1968

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  • 22 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 810 Friday, 1 November 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 691 1 ‘Gen. Abrams has given reluctant agreement’, says Washington Post WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) /GENERAL Creighton W. Abrams, U.S. Field Commander U in Vietnam, who flew here secretly this week for talks with President Johnson, has given reluctant agreement to a bombing halt over North Vietnam, the Washington
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  • 142 1 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI)— President Ferdinand E. Marcos has ordered that the territory of Sabah on a huge relief map at Manila’s Luneta Park be repainted a neutral orange colour instead of “Philippine green.” Manila Times newspaper columnist Teodoro Valencia, the man mainly responsible for turning the
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  • 48 1 A monk carrying a child across a burning pit of charcoal. The fire-walking ceremony in which 200 devotees took part was the climax of the Kew Ong Yah (Nine Emperor Gods) festival in Kuala Lum- pur on Wednesday night. Eastern Sun pix by Yap Chew Yan.
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  • 425 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. (AFP fir Reuter) The Indonesian Shipowners' Association has lifted its ban on ships calling on Singapore and allowed them to resume normal traffic, Antara reported today. The ban was imposed soon after the execution in Singapore of two Indonesian marines two
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  • 244 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter) Five Singa-pore-based British Hunter jets left here for home today after President Marcos gave them permission to refuel in the Philippines. They were to refuel at the U.S. Clark Air Base near Manila and Labuan in Sabah.
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  • 65 1 MEXICO CITY. Thura. (UPI) —A horse was arrested for assault on Wednesday. Police said the horse kicked a little girl in the street, and she had to be hospitalised, so the officer on the beat arrested it. Daniel Jimenez, owner of the horse, entered a plea
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 163 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Deputy SecretaryGeneral of the Democratic Action Party. Dalny Ibrahim bln Othman. today urged the Government to suspend the implementation of the new regulation lowering the retiring age of civil servants from 60 to 55 years. In
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    • 56 2 The National Heroes Welfare Trust Fund was formally inaugurated by the Minister of Home Affairs. Tun Abdul Razak. at the National Operations Room in Kuala Lumpur. yesterday. At the ceremony, Tun Razak signed the Trust Deed along with five others. Pix: Tun Razak making his inaugural address
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    • 269 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Count Giovanni Nasi, vice-chairman of Fiat S. P. A., arrived here today accompanied by Dr. Carlo Cavalli, Fiat's principal manager. The main purpose of Count Nasi’s visit to this area Is to Inspect the Fiat assembly plant In TampoL Johore. and
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    • 119 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Two engineers of the National Electricity Board will attend a five-month course in Franc* under the sponsorship of the French government. Thev are Mr. R NagaraJah. senior electrical inspector (north) and Enche Mohammad Jala’.uddin bin Zainuddin. planning engineer. The
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    • 43 2 KUANTAN. Thurs.— The by-election for the Parliamentary constituency of Kuantan will be held on Dec. 7. Nomination d*v will be Nov. 11. the seat Is vacant following the death of Enche Abdul Rahman Talib, Malaysia’s ambassador in Cairo.
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    • 145 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A probationers' training camp for juvenile delinquents will be held at Pulau Übin from Nov. 4 to 14. Organised by the University of Singapore Students' Union with the assistance of the Singapore Probation and Aftercare Association it will
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    • 315 2  -  by BEN D'CUNHA KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Ever considered the possibility of taking a stroll across burning pit of chorcoal, barefooted it's good for the soul. You can do it and defy the saying that those who play with fire get their fingers (or foot* burnt.
      — Eastern Sun by Yap Chew Yan.  -  315 words
    • 105 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Seventy delegs :e* representing various churches In West Malaysia will attend a Southeast Asian Congress on evangelism to be held in Singapore from Nov. 6 to 15. The 10-day Congress Is expected to discuss, among other things, the work of Christian churches in
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    • 254 2 An opportunity to show gratitude... KUALA LUMPUR, Thur*. Tho National Heroes Welfare Trust Fund was formally inaugurated by the Minister of Home Affairs, Tun Abdul Razak, this morning to aid dependants of members of the forces and police force who died or were
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    • 83 2 SINGAPORE. Thur* The University of Singapore Students Union will distribute $30,000 to various charitable and welfare institutions In the Republic this year. Organisations helping children, the sick, handicapped and the aged will be the main beneficiaries of this money raised from varous projects by USSU
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    • 365 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs The month-long “Keep Singapore Clean” campaign will have its Clos-ing-cum-Prize-giving ceremony tomorrow at 8.15 p.m. at the Singapore Conference Hall when the Minister for Health. Mr. Chua Sian Chin, will present the certificates and trophies and close the campaign. The ceremony is even
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    • 35 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Malaysian Chinese Association's nation-wide membership drive has 50 far brought 20.000 to its fold. The MCA hopes to bring the total to 30.000 within the next fortnight.
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    • 215 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A top official of the Adult Education Board today described the mysterious disappearance” of a set of preCambridge examination papers as “unfortunate.” Mr. Koh Watt Seng. Director of AEB told Eastern Sun: “We have already taken swift action in tm’j case.
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    • 32 2 PENANG. Thurs.—Thieves broke into a stationery shop in Beach Street yesterday and took away $1,814 worth of goods. The theft was discovered by the manager. Mr. T. Sambanthan, this morning.
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    • 893 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Ministry of Health today announced stern measures to promote cleanliness os the month-long "Keen Singapore Clean" campoign came to o close. It announced that the Housing and Development Board was considering the eviction of tenants who are not cooperative and litter
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    • 307 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Dr. Grady Wilson. Vice-President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, will conduct Singapore Crusade on February 2-9. 1969 at the National Theatre, here. He will visit Singapore for a short time to attend the Asia-South Pacific Congress on Evangelism to be held at
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    • 135 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Mr. Justice Winslow will deliver judgment tomorrow on two brothers who were jointly tried in connection with the death of a labourer. Toh Huay, 49. The two brothers. Phua Sung Tho and Phua Soon Hwee. were originally charged with culpable homicide not amounting to
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    • 48 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye and Mrs. Toh will he guests of honour at the American University Ciuo dinner on Saturday at 8.00 p.m. at the Capitol Blue Room. Dr. To i will address the Club during the dinner.
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    • 81 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Teachers’ Training College will hold its annual graduation ceremony on Nov. 9 at 9.30 a.m. The Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, will address the 2.210 graduands an give awav the prizes and certificates. This year, in addition to the usual academic
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    • 60 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The English Drama Society of the Teachers’ Training College will stage two plays at the Cultural Centre tomorrow and on Saturday at 3 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. respectively. The plays are “A Phoenix Too Frequent” and “The Lesson.” Tickets are obtainab’e from the
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    • 562 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Minister for Education will be queried on the readjustment of teacher education in the context of the present development in education during the next sitting of Parliament. This question for oral answer has been submitted by Mr. L.
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    • 37 3 SINGAPORE Thurs.—The Coroner, Mr. Chandra Mohan today recorded a verdict if death by negligence on a 33-year-old man. Jamil bin Masbar who was found dead on a sunken tugboat after it was refloated on Aug. 27.
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    • 344 3  -  By ALBERT JOHNSON SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr. John Morris, British of Defence for Equipment and Member of Parliament, said he was impressed with the economic plans envisaged by the Singapore and Malaysian Governments to tackle the problem of British rundown in the Far East. Mr.
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    • 163 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs A senior inspector. Ong Eng Seng told the High Court today that a police constable. Llew Nam Shin, 21, behaved very differently following an accident. Ong told Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah that Liew did not pay attention to his lectures
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    • 61 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Four persons were fined in the Ninth Magistrate’s Court today for contravening the Conservancy Rules. They were Cheng Seng Huat (fined $100). Ong Sum Bok ($3O), Yap Chong Lean ($5O), and a woman. Ang Kwee Eng ($3O). All pleaded guilty to the offences committed
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    • 994 4 PORT DICKSON, Thur*. The Malaysian Chinese Assoeiotion will on its 20th anniversary next February erect a "suitable memorial” in Kuala Lumpur to scores of its patriots who died fighting the Communists during the last emergency. MCA President,
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    • 70 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The National Press Club of Malaysia will hold a dinner at Kuala Lumpur Restaurant. Hotel Malaya on Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. at which the Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Tan Sri Gharali Shafie, will address the Club He will s peak on the Sabah
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    • 46 4 The Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam, opened an exhibition on Gandhian books and literature at the Muzium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday in conjunction with the International Gandhi Centenary. Pix: A bust of Gandhi at the entrance o t the Muzium. Eastern Sun pix.
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    • 53 4 Members of the Moscow Circus now performing in Kuala Lumpur were presented to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong at the opening performance at Stadium Negara on Wednesday night (Oct. 30). Pix shows the Queen shaking hands with a member of the troupe.— Eastern Sun picture by
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    • 101 4 KOTA KINABALU. Thurs. The Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam. today described charges by certain Philippine Senators that Filipino workers in Sabah were harassed by the Government as "mischievous statements.” He denied that there had been any ill-treatment or harassment of Filipino workers
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    • 545 4  - ‘Planter advises NUPW: Forego fixed weekly day of rest By LIM THOW BOON KUALA LL’MPI'R. Thurs. Tappers in Malaysia are urged to forego their fixed weekly day of rest. The reason: FWDR will have an adverse effect on productivity, according to the Planter” —a magazine of the Incorporated Society of
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    • 38 4 BATU PAHAT. Thurs Mr. Michael Chen. Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. will officiate at the opening of a variety show at the Rengit Hwa Yen High School here, on Nov 9
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    • 66 4 JAKARTA. Thurs (Reuteri A Malaysian timber company from Sarawak has signed an agreement to cut logs in a 750.n0n-arre area of Indonesian West Borneo with an initial investment of one million American dollars, the Forestery Department said today. The Kong Thai (MIRI) Company of
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    • 69 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs .Malaysian Koran rearers are to foe invited to take part in the Indonesian Koran reading competition due to start at the beginning of the fasting month. A Radio Makassar broadcast monitored by Radio Malaysia this morning said the Mayor of Makassar, Major
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    • 150 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Britain's Minister of Defence for Equipment, Mr. John Morris, arrived here this morning for a brief visit to Malaysia. Accompanied by the British High Commissioner to Malaysia, Sir Michael Walker. Mr. Morris paid a courtesy call on the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
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    • 162 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Presidents of Sessibns Courts were advised today to understand the consequences when they sentence a person to prison. The advice caipe from the Acting Lord President of the Federal Court. Tart Sri Azmi bin Haji Mohamed, who opened the first
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    • 93 4 PENANG. Thur* The French Ambassador to Malaysia, Mr. Barthelemv G. Epinat, said here today Penang has good potentials for a tourist centre Mr. Epinat said Penang was different from Bali and other places and people alter visiting the Cambean would like to see
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    • 330 4 KI ALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Organising Secretary of the Democratic Action Party. Mr. Lim K>t Siang. today asked the Chairman of the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA). Enche Ghafar Baba, to explain clearly to the public how the proposed
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    • 676 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. English language experts from seven South-east Asian countries are meeting here for three days to evaluate the results of the experimental tryout of the Teacher Education Programme (TEP) at the Regional English Language Centre. Two representatives each from I- 30 Malaysia,
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    • 427 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. As from tomorrow Singaporeans will be able to enjoy “Vitadeer" a nourishing essence of deer from New Zealand. This was announced today by Mr. Hoani H. Parata. chairman of the Board of Directors of Donaghys Industries Limited of New Zealand
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    • 96 10 Thurs. A proprietor of a liquor shop at the main street here reported the loss of $4,000 worth of assorted liquors from his shop yesterday. M. Kochappan. 50. told police he was informed of ihe loss by one of his sons who had seen a
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    • 55 10 Mr Parata (left) greets a Moari housewife in their traditional way while the other two housewives look on. The three Moari women are from Terendak Camp in Malacca, where their husbands are stationed. They gave a special performance of Moari dance at a dinner held in Singapore
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    • 173 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. —An automatic machine which processes 140 rolls of Kodak Ektachrome Film per hour has just been Installed at the laboratory. The new processor was shown to members of the press, television, broadcasting media, dealers and camera club officials at the recent
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    • 78 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A cashier of a firm here was robbed of S5OO bv two robbers at Jalan Klang this morning. Mr. Ng Yew Chee. 27, was driving to work when a car overtook him and forced him off the road. Two men got out and
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    • 377 11 l/'UALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Australia is looking towards South-east Asia as her natural trading partner in her bid to double her present level of exports, the leader of the New South Wales engineering trade mission, Mr. J. A. Fuller, said here tocfay. Mr. Fuller, who
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    • 159 11 S. Vietnam concerned over PlMalaysia row says envoy KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. South Vietnam is deeply concerned over the Philippines-Malaysia dispute over Sabah and hopes that a quick solution will be found, its Ambassador here, Mr. Nguyen Duang Quang, said today. “South Vietnam is deeply concerned over the dispute as my
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    • 143 11 KUANTAN, Thurs. A raising out parade for 120 Territorial Army volunteer recruits will be held at the Territorial Army Camp in Eentong on Saturday beginning at 8.30 a.m. This is the first time Territorial Army volunteers are being given a full intensive basic military
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    • 53 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Selangor Hardware Dealers' Association has pledged its support to the government on its stand in the country's dispute with the Philippines over Sabah. This pledge was given to the government by members of the Association at its 17th anniversary dinner held here
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    • 37 11 MUAR Thurs The Kebun Bahru Local Council has received a grant of 550.00 n from the Ministry of Local Government and Housing for the construction and repairing of concrete drains and metalled roads this year.
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    • 248 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. One of Malaysia's most famous local delicacies, satay. will shortly L-come available here in an exciting new flavour Several local satay sellers will be adding New Zealand lamb satay to the traditional chicken and beef already available. The other night a group of
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    • 143 11 MALACCA. Thurs. A man and a youth who with three others last week robbed the Shaw Organisation cashier here of $5,119 were separately charged in the Sessions Court today and one was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Both admitted committing the offence. Goh Huan Kin, 28.
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    • 117 11 PENANG. Thurs. The tourist publicity poster competition, sponsored by the Penang Tourist Association. is open to all organisations and citizens residing in Malaysia. There will be three cash prizes of $l5O. $lOO and $5O and also a water pitcher to each of the first
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    • 243 11  -  By YAP KOON HUI KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The “gold coins tricksters" here have struck again. Their latest victim. R. Velayuthan, 55, a subcontractor was coaxed into parting with his savings of $550 on Tuesday. Velayuthan. of 2nd mile Jalan Ipoh. told police he met an
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    • 25 11 SEGAMAT. Thurs. A two-nieht Chinese opera show will be held on Nov. 23 to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the Paloh Youth Club.
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    • 91 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Two youths armed with daggers held up a couple at the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park here this morning and robbed the girl of jewellery worth $5OO. Halil bin Rahmat, 23. of the Royal Malaysian Navy, was with his girl friend when thev
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    • 444 11 Accused shows signs of schizophrenic illness psychiatrist Murder trial PENANG. Thurs. The signs and symptoms showed by a bank peon Goo Yong Took, accused of strangling his wife of one week, was consistent to a schizophrenic illness. That was the observation made by a consultant psychiatrist at the General Hospital
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    • 55 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The National Chief Commissioner of Scouts, Dato Syed Esa Alwi, will retire from his post at the end of this year. Dato Syed Esa has held the post since 1963. The National Chief Scout of Malaysia. Tan Sri Sardon Jubir. is expected
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    • 114 11 IPOH, Thurs. Residents In the new villages here are finding it difficult to get public transport as the result of the rounding-up of “pirate" taxis by the police in the last few months. In a statement today, the Chairman of the Traffic
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    • 183 11 KLALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Dr. Tan Chee Khoon, Gerakan MP for Batu, today welcomed the announcement that the government had taken over the Kampong Tunku housing scheme in Sungei Way, but at the same time criticised the government for “dragging its feet” in the prosecution of those
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    • 105 11 IPOH. Thurs. —The police here have broken up a gang of juvenile thieves, all students. specialising in stealing bicycles by using master keys following the errest of five teenagers yesterday. Among the five nabbed was an 11-year-old student. Following their arrest the police have also recovered nine
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    • 51 11 BUTTERWORTH. Thurs. —Police arrested a man in a bar here yesterday and recovered a -22 pistol. Five other men in the bar were detained for questioning The pistol, believed to be of Thai origin, was tucked in the waist of the man when police raided the
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    • 200 11 KOTA KINABALU, Thurs. The Sabah Filipino Association has launched a cam paign to raise money forth Sabah Defence Fund and has collected more than $240 from its members. The President of the Association. Mr. Eddie Sulit, in an appeal to the Filipino nationals
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    • 68 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —Mr. Lee Slow Mong an authority on Chinese culture and traditions and former President of the China Society, will talk on “man and his destiny from a Chinese point of view” at 4 pm. on Sunday at 29. Jalan Ipoh. The
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    • 90 13 The Chief of the Air Staff. Royal Malaysian Air Force, Air Commodore Sulaiman bin Sujak. during a visit to RAAF Base East Sale. Victoria, flew one of the RAAF's new Macchi jet trainer aircraft. lie visited the base during h's two-week tour of Australia
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    • 115 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Department of Mathematic* of the Nanyang University will ho’d a mathematical seminar at the mathematics lecture rcom No. 3 of the University starting from tomorrow till the end of December from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. It will be held tomorrow
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    • 191 13 foKYO Thurs. (Reuter)— Japan's IshikawajimaHarlma Heavy Industries Ltd. (IHI) said today it expects to complete Its second shipyard in Singapore by the end of 1972. IHI recently signed a basic agreement with the Singapore Government and the Jurong Shipyard, on
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    • 150 13 9 am. 4 pm.: Singapore Blood Transfusion Service’s mobile blood bank gtal on at Havelock Road (in front of Ministry of Social Affairs). (10 am —1 pm.: Christmas Fair pre-sale of handicrafts at Glencaird". 75 Dalvey Road. 4.30 p.m.: Lecture on "Oesophagus in Health and Disease and Reflux
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    • 50 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A 38-year-old man. Ho Peng Hwee. was fined $2,000 or six months' jail by the Ninth Magistrate’s Court today for possession of 44 lbs. of raw opium. Ho pleaded guilty to having the opium in a car at Verdum Road yesterday afternoon.
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    • 632 13  -  By K.S. SIDHU SINGAPORE, Thurs. A public health association will soon be formed in Kampong C h a i Chee to instil in the people good health habits and to encourage them to maintain a healthy environment at all times.
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    • 109 13 The Commanding Officers. Captain J. A. Robertson (HMAS Duchess) and Commander I. K. Wilson (HMAS Derwent) made a courtesy call on the Chief of the Naval Staff. Commodore K. Thanahalasingam at his office in the Ministry of Defence. Jalan Padang Tcmbak Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday.
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    • 36 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A body of an unidentified male Chinese about 50 was found dead in the sea off Pasir Ris, in Tam Dines Road this afternoon. He was clad in blue shirt and shorts.
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    • 135 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Eight memners of the British Piaro Manufacturers Association will nay a three-day visit to Singapore on November 7 in the course of a yelling mission to the Far East and Australia. The leader of the mission is Mr. D.H. Jacobs and th« other members
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 178 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (t’PI) —Pentagon officials nave played down the importance of the stealing and shipping of a side-winder rocket from a West German Air Force base to Moscow. Sidewinder rockets and highly classified navigation and bombing instruments have reached Soviet expert before
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    • 101 5 PRAGUE, Thurs. (Reuter) The official Czechoslovak news agency Ceteka reported ♦onay that West German secret police illegally searched its Bonn office and the flat of its correspondent Dr. Otaka r Svercina, last night. Ceteka said police had Confiscated some of Dr. Svercina's
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    • 76 5 JAKARTA, Thurs. (AFP) One per cent of Indoneila's population of 116 m. is blind, a senior Health Department official said here yesterday. The chief of the eye section of the department, doctor Sudarsono, said he obtained this figure from data from hospitals and polyclinics throughout
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    • 199 5 SANCHONG. Korea. Thurs. <UPI)—A chartered bus carrying 78 persons to a funeral slipped off a mountain road into a river yesterday in the worst bus accident in Korea. Police said 44 of the passengers were killed and the rest, including the bus driver,
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    • 101 5 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) The Philippines is planning to get loans from Britain and other European countries because she has been unable to secure additional American loans for development projects. This was stated by finance secretary Eduardo Romualriez on arrival in Manila yesterday from a two-month
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    • 42 5 MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Thurs. (Reuter) The people of Granada town today organised an intensive hunt for a vampire bat w-hich has attacked 20 people, sending at least one of them to hospital for a blood transfusion, police reported today.
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    • 205 5 CHICAGO, Thurs. (UPi) An eye surgeon from Thailand said yesterday his theories for transplanting the corneas of certain apes into human beings have been well received in the United States. Dr. Bhisakdi Soomsawasdi, here for a meeting of the American Academy
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    • 188 5 LONDON, Thurs. (t’PI) Premier Jack Lynch of Ireland said yesterday the British government would not oppose an end to the partition of Ireland. After sreaking with Prime Minister Harold Wilson for more than an hour and a quarter. Lynch said "I am satisfied
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    • 321 5 UNITED NATIONS Thurs. (UPI) Israel charged yesterday that fighting along the Suez Canal was the result of “premeditated and carefully prepared attacks” by Egypt which would hurt the United Nations Middle East peace efforts. “Whatever the Egyptian motive may have been in
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    • 62 5 NAIROBI, Thurs. (Reuter) A man who bit off part of his stepmother's left ear has been jailed for 12 months and ordered to receive eight strokes of the cane by a magistrate in Marhako*>. Kenya. Mativo Mulili. who had a similar previous conviction. was accused
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    • 121 5 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuten The director general of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation, Mr. Adeki H. Boerma. has urged rice producing and consuming nations to form an international agreement on rice to control its price. He said developing countries would benefit from such
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    • 110 5 JAKARTA. Thurs. (AFP) Britain and Indonesia today concluded an agreement on the rescheduling of Indonesia's debts which are due for repayment this year. The agreement was signed here by Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik and the British Ambassador to Indonesia. Mr. Henry Charles Hainworth. Under the agreement,
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    • 149 5 ROME. Thurs. (Reuter)— The Italian government today presented a bill to parliament asking for 2.500 million lire (£1.660.000) to finance an international competition for the nest way of saving the leaning Tower of Pisa from eventually toppling over. The 170-foot high tower is 17
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    • 385 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) The next president of the United States will strive for closer relations with Japan than have existed under the Johnson administration, no matter who wins the presidential election on Tuesday. While neither Republican candidate Richard M.
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    • 134 5 HONG KONG. Thurs. (UPI) Twenty-one refugees from Communist China. Including four women and one girl, were picked up by a fishing junk east of Hong Kong yesterday morning. The South China Morning Post said today that the refugees were seen in Hong Kong
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    • 107 6 ATHENS. Thun. (UP I) Mrs. Aristotle Onassis. visiting Athens for the first time since her marriage 11 days ago, said yesterday she liked everything about Greece. “I am very happy with our marriage.” the former Jacqueline Kennedy told newsmen, “and I like everything in
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    • 177 6 UNITED NATIONS. Thurs. (UPI) The United States proposed a permanent United Nations Task Force for disaster relief yesterday. UN. efforts should also emphasise advance planning and training for emergency relief at the national level, said Mr. Walter M. Kotschnjg, Deputy U.S
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    • 90 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs. '(UPI) —Police chief Thomas J. Cahill of San Francisco appealed yesterday for public support ol America's 320.000 Law Enforcement officers as they combat rising outbreaks of crime and violence. “We are a thin blue line.” he said. “We cannot hold this line alone.’’
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    • 507 6 TJOUSTON, Texas, Thurs. (UPI) A leading Ruction space scienA1 tist said yesterday the Soviet Union has rockets now that con shoot men to the moon, but o Lunar lending is not contemplated "in the nearest future. Leonid I. Sedov
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    • 128 6 BLANDFORD, England. Thurs. (Reuter) Boys at an exclusive 700 sterling a year school held all-night parties in their attic with a girl, a court was told here today. The boys made cigarettes out of cannabis resin brought from London by the girl, a 17-year-old typist,
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    • 258 6 BJNH AN VILLAGE. Vietnam. Thurs. (UPI) President Nguyen Van Thleu today said that “as long as Hanoi continues to remain stubborn we cannot decide to halt bombing.’’ “As soon as Hanoi shows goodwill, we might stop the bombing.” Mrs. Thleu said. But he
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    • 227 6 BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Thurs. (UPI) A Mexican airline with 32 persons aboard was hijacked yesterday and flown at gunpoint to Brownsville, where a 6mall army of law officers arrested a 20-year-old Mexican armed with a luggertype pistol who said he wanted “to leave Mexico.” The suspect, identified as
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    • 310 6 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) With a pair of prominent newly-wed* among her passengers, the Queen Elizabeth left yesterday on her last New York-South-ampton run before going into retirement as a floating hotel in Florida. The 82.997-ton luxury liner, the largest ever built
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    • 187 6 MOSCOW Thurs (Reuter) Indian Defence Minister Sardar Swaran Singh, who flies home tomorrow after a week-long visit at the head of a top-level Military delegation, today had a Anal session of talks with his host and Soviet counterpart. Marshal Andrei Grechko. Later, he gave a dinner
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    • 333 6 INB-Hanover. Thurs. He looks as though one Just has to whisper a magic word In his ear and he would fly away like Karl May’s (the most popular adventure story writer In Germany) wonder horse called ‘Rlh’. But. although the one was a phantasy horse the
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    • 205 6 BRATISLAVA, Thurs. (UPI) With tears In their eyes. Slovak leaders yesterday signed a historic Bill making Slovaks equals with the Czechs under a Federal Government after tw r o days of exuberant nationalistic and anti-Russian youth demonstrations. An estimated 5.000 students shouting “long live
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    • 236 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs (UPI) A disturbance broke out last night during a ghetto rally for Mr. Richard M. Nixon at a dance hall packed three times to its capacity to hear Lionel Hampton and his band Police called the Civil Disturbance Unit to break
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    • 63 6 MONTREAL. Thurs. (Reuter) Some 300 longshoremen went back to work yesterday after a five-hour "study session” that temporarily stalled some 60 ships in this gateway to the St. Lawrence seaway. The dockers returned to their port jobs peacefully after the study session, called by the union
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    • 133 6 BUENOB AIRES. Thurs. (UPI) Argentine Federal Police yesterday Joined the search for a gang of armed women who staged a roadside holdup in the nearby town of Monte Grande. Police called on Federal authorities for aid after the highway holdup of Mrs. Haydee
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    • 137 6 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Gold prices tumbled after earlier gains yefterday on markets here and abroad as unconfirmed rumours circulated of an agreement on the issue of U.S. bombing m Vietnam. Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals Corp. lowered its selling price for gold to licensed
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    • 75 6 LONDON. Thurs (UPI) Rubber market closed steady quiet with spot 2011/16 20-15/16 Settlement House Dec and Jan/March 20-3 4 20-7/8 April/June 20-5 3 20-3 4 July Sept 20-7/lfi 20-9/13 Oct Dec. Jan'March and April June 20-3/8 20-1/2 July Sept. Oct Dec and Jan/March 20-5 16 20-1/2. General
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    • 116 6 BRUSSELS. Thurs (Reuter) A top-secret report on the spy scare which is sweeping the 15-nation Nato alliance will be presented to Nato Ministers when they gather here next month, informed sources said today The report, which is expected to he "Cosmic’’ the most secret
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    • 62 6 PARIS. Thurs (Reuter) The French State Security Court today sentenced former high civil servant Maurice Picard to s*)'en years’ imprisonment for espionage. Picard, 61. was fourd guilty, but with extenuating circumstances, of having dealings with British. American. Soviet and West German agents He taced a
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    • 377 7 Trade curb disastrous for JapanUS relations NEW YORK. Ttaurs. (Reuter) Mr. George Ball former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, warned last night that an increase in lI.S. trade restrictions could force Japan into “some kind of accommodation with Red China" and jeopardise America’s role in the Far East. Mr.
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    • 167 7 ANTI SOCIETY NEW YORK. Thurs. (Reuter) Disenchanted young Americans plan to launch today a nationwide series of protests because they say the presidential election offers no choice. They will march through the streets of major cities, strike on college campuses and picket polling places to support their claim that a
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    • 125 7 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) A dizzy spell hit old soldier Viscount Montgomery as he marched with a ’urge ceremon al sword at the sta’e opening of Parliament yesterday. The lean. 80-year-old F eld Marshal. hero of World War Two. tottered and looked about to faint during a
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    • 225 7 JAKARTA, Thurs. (Reuter) Veteran Indonesian journalist Mochtar Lubis has declared war on corruption in Indonesia with the reappearance of his old newspaper Indonesia RAYA (Great Indonesia) after a decade of silence. In his first issue yesterday he forgave wrongs done to him and thanked God
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    • 159 7 DACCA. East Pakistan. Thurs. (Reuter) The East Pakistan High Court today fixed Dec 10 to hear the Pakistani Government s answer to a petition challenging the legality of a special tribunal trying 35 men accused of plotting the secession of East
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    • 141 7 WASHINGTON. Thuri. (Reuter) Americans have until the end of November to register their machine guns. sawn-off shotguns, bombs, bazookas and land mines, the Internal Revenue Service announced. But officials made it clear that they did not want gangster-type armoury brought along to their
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    • 312 7  -  Siv Simsson (LN-Bild) XNB-Bayreuth. For a whole year six religious sisters from Kerala have been preparing for their work as nurses in Germany. In the Caritas Old Peoples’ Home In Bayreuth (in the south of the Federal Republic of Germany) they took over
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    • 447 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Japan is beginning to worry about the shock to her economy when peace comes to Vietnam. The war is estimated to have benefited Japan by some USs6oom a year in U.S. offshore procurement during the last few years,
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    • 68 7 TEL AVIV. Thurs. (Reuter) Two Israeli soldiers were wounded today when their half-track vehicle hit ne on the Suez Canal's east bank, across the waterwav from Egypt’s Port Tewfik. An Army announcement here said the incident was the fiist in the region since last Saturday’s fierce
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    • 68 7 MOSCOW. Thurs. (Reuter) The Soviet Union today launched the 250th Satellite in its Cosmos series. the day after it brought down spaceman Georvy Beregovoi after a four-day flight around the earth Cosmos-250 was launched Into an almost circular orbit ranging between 347 miles <536 kilometresi and 327
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    • 58 7 MONTREAL, Thurs. (Reuter) Three vehicles were set ablaze and two were overturned when some 300 riot police clashed with taxi drivers staging a protest at Montreal airport last night. The drivers were demonstrating against the award of a contract to a local car service which gives it
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    • 44 7 LUXEMBOURGH. Thurs.' (Reuter) Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourgh today officially accepted the resignation of this tiny country’s Catholic-Socialist coalition Government. The Government, led by Christian Socialist Prime Minister Pierre Werner, collapsed yesterday after a bitter dispute over financing its social welfare programme.
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    • 55 7 PARIS. Thurs. (Reuter) President De Gaulle arrived back here today bv air from his five-day state visit to Turkey. He was met at the airport by M Andre Malraux, the Minister of Culture—deputising for Prime Minister Maurice Couve De Murville, suffering from a pulled leg muscle—and
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    • 55 7 MOSCOW: The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 3, carrying Cosmonaut Col. George Beregovoi is pictured on the launching pad prior to blastoff in this picture from a television film shown in Moscow on Oct. 27. Beregovoi landed yesterday to a snowdrift after four days in space and asked for a fur coat
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  • 745 8 PRESIDENT Johnson seems anxious to defuse the Vietnam war before election day in the United States. He wants to leave the White House with his slate wiped clean of his hawkish image. During his regime, the war in Vietnam was escalated, resulting in the flower of
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  • 1526 8 HPEN years ago the A civic fathers of the city of Sydney lifted the 150 ft. height limit for city buildings and opened the way for the soaring skyscrapers that are changing the skyline of Australia's largest capital. This height escalation is all part of the building
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    • 668 8 Democracy: What is our interpretation PERHAPS it would not be impertinent to ask ourselves as Malaysians, particularly at this juncture when all political parties in tha country art actively preparing tor tne coming general elections, what is our interpretation of 'Democracy'? Basically, we all agree, I St BE hope, that
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    • 202 8 THE uniforms of Singapore's emerging Armed Forces are far from being smart let alone being impressive. Our soldiers are seen about wearing tight-fitting uniforms in various shades of green The symbols in their formation signs display a complete lack of imagination on the part of
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    • 197 8 ANYONE wi’.l agree that $75/- for a three room flat and $54/- for a two room flat are not cheap or’ low bv Asian standards. And vet the Government calls it ‘Low Cost Flats”. If the Honourable Minister for Local Government and Housing doesn't
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 117 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Arriving this week by air from the US are the first units of a new Electronic Printing Calculator to be marketed here by Friden Division of Singer Sewing Machine Company. In announcing the new machine called the 1150 Series. Mr. N.H. Laveris, Manager of
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    • 18 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. —The tin price for today was $.588 75 per picul, down 37 J cents.
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    • 216 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Air-India introduced a weekly service between Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and Bombay with effect from Sunday. Oct. 27. 1968 AirIndia's operations between Entebbe in Uganda and Bombay are scheduled to commence from today. The weekly service to Addis Ababa will
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    • 196 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The following ships are expected to be in poit today: Gndowns Vessels 2 Rhexenor 3 4 Garrybank 5 Coronis 6 7 Burma 9 S.A. Constantia 13 14 Tobago 18 Benarkle 19 Sir Larcelot 23 24 Browind 25 26 Melbourne Maru 27 78 Alaska Maru 29
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    • 101 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Association of Banks in Malaysia Singapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency). Selling T.T. or O.D ready: Deutsche Marks $77.6350; Holland Guilders $84.7750; Swiss Francs $71.8125; French Francs $62.0400; Danish
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    • 109 9 SINGAPORE. Thurt. The noon prices inr singaii'M hine»e Produce Exchange todaj are:— sellar Bujer Coconut Oil 4(500 (FOB) Hulk Cnrnnut Oil 48 50 <1.0.B Drum Coo'e Copra Mixed «N*t Muntok White 2*50 Pepper il o B 96% NIW 122 50 Sarawak White Pepper (1 O B 120 00 Sarawak
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    • 901 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Stock Exchange continued to have very little activity today with narrow price movements again. Turnover was extremely poor at 931,000 units, the lowest since February this year. There was little inclination to deal characteristic by those popular counters included in today’s turnover list
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    • 94 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Mr. Tan Teng Swee. sales promotion manager of The Singer Sewing Machine Company has announced the opening of Singer’s mobile sewing. dressmaking and embroidery school at Petaling Jaya on Nov. 11th. The school has had successful visits in Malacca and Johore Bahru,
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    • 285 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE Thurs. November first grade rubber buyers fo b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 57-3/8 cents per lb., down one-eighth of a cent from previous close The tone was quiet. Opening quotations were marked up on higher London advices which were
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    • 471 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thura. In the first four month* of this year. Australia had Jumped from fourth to third place overtaking Singapore In the value of exports to Malaysia. At the end of last year, Australia was behind Britain. Japan, and
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    • 62 9 NEW YORK. T h u r s. OJPI) Rubber futures closed 10 points higher across the board on the New York commodity exchange vesterday. There were no sale'. Nov. 22.60 Mar 22.00 22.30 May 21 SO 22 30 July 21. SO 22.30 Sept 21.80 22.30 Nov 21.80
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    • 509 9 YOUR SHARES—UP-DOWN— UNCHANGED SINGAPORE. Stock Ex change sold and other prices officially listed at the close of business INDUSTRIALS ACMA 2 11 2.18 Ben Si Co 2.35 1-74 i.t# 240 17.3 1.77 Borneo Bhrt 3 OR Chemical Co 1 71 l 73 Cold *tora*e 4-64 3.22 3.24 fe. smelting 6.85
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    • 51 9 i Managers' pncM) F'rM Malayan 2 *2 Hrrnnri Malavan 1.91 Thlnl Malavan \U Th«* Cwnunerce 118 1 ml ii rv .98 1 07 The saving Fund 1 ir»t llknns \n l.W i sn MS. HPCIMKl II kuna 86 Malawian Investment 1 n nil XI) Sterling C'lnodlty XP 11*
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  • Special features
    • 529 12  -  by Brian Dewhurst (CANBERRA, Australia, the earth's driest landmass, values its slender water resources as its most precious asset. The Australian continent receives an acerage of only two-thirds the rainfall of North America, Europe or Asia. The ratio of Australia's arid to non-arid land is about three
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    • 692 12  -  by Lemmy Pinna TT'ARACHI, (UPI) Three- fourths of the 3.5 million people living in Karachi went unwashed most of this past summer. Karachi lies on the coastal fringe of the Sind Desert and suffers from recurrent breakdowns in its inadequate water supply system. Thousands of
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    • 424 12 DRISBANE, Thurs. Scientists at the University of Queensland hope soon to have on antidote for the bite of the deadly blue-ring octopus. After three years of research, the first undertaken in the world, they have identified the chemistry of its poison, a vital breakthrough step
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    • 305 12 Zealand doe--1 tors and scientists have developed a serum to fight rejection after o kidney operation. It was recently administered to four patients for the first time but the results will not be known for soma months. Known as "antilyphoctic" the serum was developed by the
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    • 703 12  -  By PETER GREGSON Hong kong, Thurs. (Reuter) Hundreds of thousands of people do it every doy, but how to cross Hong Kong harbour is still the colony's most pressing problem. Over 200 million people using 72 ferries, last
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    • 541 12  -  By Ernesto Mendoza DOME. Thurs. (Reuter) Italy, home of some of the world's greatest art treasures, is worried about the increasing activity of art thieves. The latest move to stop clandestine traffic in treasures stolen from museums and churches is wider co-operation
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  • Sun Sport
    • 60 14 Debbie Meyer of USA finished so far ahead of the field in the 800 metres Olympic freestyle swimming final that she was able to watch most of the girls come in. Here Debbie watches Australia’s Karen Moras, who finished fourth almost 15 seconds behind Miss Meyer’s
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    • 103 14 SINGAPORE Thurs.—The Singapore Golf Association have been invited to send a team to participate in the 16th World Cup competition to be held in Rome. Italy from Nov. 14 —17. The tournament this year will be played at Olgiata Golf Club and Singapore
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    • 408 14 KI'ALA LI'MPUR. Thurs. The Royal Malaysian Police trounced Perak XV by 19 points (two goals, three tries) to three (try) in the final to become champions in the Government Services Rugbv tournament played at the Police Depot ground today. Police thus added another win
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    • 71 14 EDINBURGH. Thurs. (Reuter) Australian rugby union tourists, beaten by Ireland in Dublin last week, make one change for their international against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Versatile forward Keith Bell replaces Ross Turnbull at prop. Team D.O. Honan. J.W. Cole, J.E. Brass. P.V. Smith, T.R. Foreman.
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    • 213 14 MELBOURNE. Thurs (UPI) Sydney golfer Billy Dunk fired a seven-under-par to take a two shot lead after the first round of the 72-hole Australian PGA title here today Dunk picked an eagle and five birdies as a hot northerly wind swept across the fairways
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    • 97 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malaysian Armed Forces Rugby Union has dropped RMAF’s Mustafa as scrumhalf from the side which will meet Perak in the Malaya Cup match at Ipoh padang on Saturday. His place will be taken over by the Malaysian scrumhalf Bob Wang, who
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    • letter to the SPORTS EDITOR
      • 1020 14 ANOTHER Olympic Games festival has come and gone and with it the victors, in retrospect are satisfied with their achievements and performances: but what of those no-hopers who participated in the recent Olympics. Did they gain anything at all? Some sports pandits might say
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    • 219 15  -  HE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED AT THIS MEETING By Windsor Lad ITU ALA LUMPUR, Thur*. T«ddi#, o lost stort winner, showed improved form on the frock this morning when he easily breezed over 3f in 41 2/5 in the company of Samron's Pride. Teddie, who was promoted to
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    • 1387 15 (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) Race 1: Horses Class 5* Div. 4—7 Furs.— 2.30 p.m. 1 990 Trooper 5y 9.00 LAS Stable Mansor P K Leong 10 2 589 National Bond 8y 9.00 Bond Stable E. Donnelly Low 12 3 836 Flving C (larger 6y 9.00 Madam C
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    • 187 15 SINGAPORE. Thurs. La’ Physio’s hopes of capturing both the Ministry of Health championships were realised when they beat the Woodbrldge Hospital for the lntcr-ho.pital Smith Trophy badminton title. La’ Physio who are a combined team of top players of Laboratory and Physiotherapy Departments of the
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    • 130 15 IPOH. Thurs. Th* Perak Badminton Association are holding two badminton championships later this vear They are the lrter-team knock -out competition, starting on Nov. 15. and the Perak Close Championships from Dec. 11 to 15. Entrv forms for the Interteam competition can be obtained
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    • 44 15 SINGAPORE. Thurs—Mr. Tan e Tuck Wah. Chef-de-Mission of the Singapore contingent which returned from Mexico will prepare a report based on his observations in Mexico. The report which will embodv "constructive criticism" will be ready in 10 days time.
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    • 146 15 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Football Association of Singapore Disciplinary Committee plans to take drastic measures to stamp out misconduct among local footballers. The Disciplinary Committee Is meeting here tomorrow to look into alleged cases of misconduct of 11 lootballers reported to have participated In a match
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    • 55 15 MALACCA. Thurs.—Steve Luis with a nett 70 won the Ayer Keroh Country Club’s Monthly “A” Medal golf tourney at Ayer Keroh. The ’B’ medal winner was Abdul Latiff (nett 71). In a friendly golf match the Malacca Business Houses defeated a Police Invitation team
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    • 82 15 TOKYO, Thurs. (Reuter) —World featherweight boxing champion Shozo Saijo of Japan will defend his crown against world No. 1 featherweight Pedro Gomez of Venezuela on January 5 in Tokyo. Saijo’s manager announced today. Manager Masaki Kanehira said Gomez would arrive in Tokyo in mid-December for the 15-round
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    • 1451 15 Race is Horses Class 5* Div. 2 7 Furs. —2.15 p.m. 1. 890 Scottish Central 5y 9.00 Loh 4 Loh Stable Heddle 3. 565 Pleasant Vlgla 4y 9.00 Khoo Leong Lee Sellers 10 3. 463 Genghis Khan 4y 811 Oncm Stable Samsuri 4. 609
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    • 237 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Horses Imported into West Malaysia from Singapore for racing will be exempted from the two per cent surtax on race horses provided they ore "re-exported" within three months. This was made clear by the Treasury today, commenting on the tax position regarding
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    • 287 16 PENANG, Thurs. A Strong contingent from Medan, Sumatra, consisting of 44 players and officials, will be coming here for this year’s Penang Open Tennis Championships commencing or, Saturday afternoon at the Penang Sports Club courts. The vice-president of the Penang Lawn
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    • 102 16 MEXICO. CITY, Thurs. AFP) Avery Brundage. president of the International Olympic Committee, left here late on Tuesday for Santa Barbara. California following the end of the Olympic Games Mr. Brundage was full of praise for the Mexican organisers of the Olympics, saying that the 1972 Munich Olympics
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    • 99 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. R. Sockanathan. 21-year-old lanky distance runner, won the seven-mile mini-ma-rathon race organised by the Malaysian Indian Congress, Pontain Branch, at Pontian. He outran 124 athletes to clock 47 mins. 37 secs Abdullah Yus o f was second with a time of 49 mins. 9
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    • 94 16 His training partners are healthy and must continually use their legs when paralysed Hannut Klein sends them running around the green table. Despite his wheel-chair, be is able to hit the small white celluloid ball sharply and precisely. For this reason, the 33-year-old insurance saleman
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    • 144 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union’s second marathon race to be held at Malacca on Nov. 10 has attracted entries from Singapore and Thailand. Singapore will be represented bv F. C. Philips who is reputed to be a seasoned marathon runner and Thailand
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    • 130 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. An East African cricket side have plans to tour Malaysia and Singapore early next year. The Africans who will be making their first Far East tour are hoping to play in Singapore. Malavsia, Thailand and Hong Kong. This was
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    • 47 16 MUAR, Thurs. Johor* Chinese won the Tong Seng challenge trophy by beating Johore Malays 3 —l in the final of the Johore State soccer tournament here. At the end of the first half, the score was 2 —o in favour of Johore Chinese.
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    • 252 16 SAN JUAN, (Puerto Rico) Thurs. (UPI) Surfer* from countries as far apart as India and Barbados. France and New Zealand, will be in Puerto Rico in November for the Fourth World World Championship of Surfing. The surf meet, scheduled for the week of Nov. 7-14
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    • 102 16 MALACCA. Thurs. The 3rd Battalion Light Infantry won the annual Commonwealth Forces sailing championships held off Terendak Camp (Malacca) here. Runners-up were the Bth Battalion Royal Australian Regiment while Military Hospital Terendak took third spot. A total of six Army units participated In this threeday championships. The
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    • 189 14 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE The Local Government Integration Ordinance, 1963. (No. 18 of 1963) In pursuance of the powers conferred by Section 15 of the Local Government Integration Ordinance 1963. the Director of Public Works with the sanction of the Minister for Law and National Development hereby
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 56 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 10.20 a.m. (6.6 ft.), 11.19 p.m. (7.6 ft.). Port Swettenham: 3.01 a.m. (14.5 ft.), 3.28 p.m. (13.1 ft.). Port Dickson: 3.48 a.m. (7.9 ft.), 4.36 p.m. (7.1 ft.). Singapore: 9.01 a-m. (7.8 ft.), 8.38 p.m. (8.1 ft.). SediU Kechil: 6.54 a.m. (7.2 ft.), 7.06 p.m. (6.0
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