Eastern Sun, 9 November 1968

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  • Title Section
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    22 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 818 Saturday, 9 November 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cent*
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  • Article
    Lock icon ‘NORTH-SOUTH ONLY’
    477 1 Pres. Thieu’s latest formula for Paris peace talks SAIGON, Fri. (Reuter) PRESIDENT Nguyen Van Thieu proposed today that only two delegations North and South Vietnam take part in the Paris peace talks, with other parties represented as members of the two groups. The President told reporters at the
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Jackie goes isle-hopping
    34 1 LEFKAS. Greece: Mrs. Jackie Onassis is seen accompanied hv the captain of the “Christina”. C. Anastassiades. on a trip to a neighbouring isle off Skorpios. Isle of Ma- dura. UPI radiophoto.
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    Lock icon Manila: We’ve no choice but to recall our men
    266 1 MANILA. Fri. (IPI A. AFP) The Ph l upines will have no choice but to recall its .cmaining embassy officials in Kuala Lumpur if .Vaaysia insists on treating them as mere "foreign res dents”, authoritative Government sources said today. The sources,
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    Lock icon KL: We'll not accept any note through embassy
    379 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to.“stand firm" on its position not to accept any note from the Philippines Foreign Office through its embassy here, a Ministry spokesman told Bernama today. He added: “We also do not want to
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    Lock icon Jakarta: Our flagship was shadowed
    196 1 JAKARTA. Fri. (Reuter) Two Australian destroyers shadowed the Indonesian Navy flagship Irian as it passed near Singapore waters during an inspection tour undertaken by Navy Chief Admiral Muljadi last month, a Navy spokesman said today. The spokesman. Navy Secretary Commodore Pucuh. said in reply to
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    Lock icon Tighter check along Malaysian-Thai border
    544 1 Reds have trained a number of militant Labour Party members IZ'UALA LUMPUR, Fri. Communist terrorists along the MalayAv sian-Thai border have trained a number of militant Labour Party members in guerilla warfare, the Assistant Minister of Home Affairs, Enche Hamzah bin Dato Abu Samah, said
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    Lock icon Heath gives facts, figures against UK pullout
    291 1 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Mr. Edward Heath, leader of Britain's opposition Conservatives, said yesterday he could not possihlv tolerate a policy of British withdrawal from the world into the confines of Europe or Britain itself. “It is against all our traditions as a nation
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      2518 4 Malayan Banking Berhad (Incorporated in Malaysia) The Chairman’s address to be submitted to the shareholders of Malayan Banking Berhad at the Eighth Annual General Meeting to be held at Kuala Lumpur on Monday, 25th November, 1968 at 12 noon. Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure at the second
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon NIXON: NO FOREIGN TRIP UNTIL AFTER JAN. 20
      628 6 TTEY BISCAYNE, Florida, Fri. (Reuter) President-elect Richard Nixon today mapid plans for his new administration but made clear he would take no independent action affecting international relations until after his inauguration next January 20. As Mr. Nixon spent a working vocation at
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      Lock icon Vote-fixing in Illinois charges
      297 6 CHICAGO. Fri. (Reuter) Democrats ana Republicans yesterday swapped angry charges of vote-fixing in Illinois as an official count of the presidential election voting in Chicago and its suburbs began. Mr. Richard Daley. Chicago’s controversial Mayor and ruler of Illinois Democrats, was among those who claimed there
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      Lock icon Humphrey beats Nixon in popular vote
      119 6 NEW YORK, m (Reuter) Vice President Hubert Humphrey who lost Tuesday’s presidential election last night forged ahead of winner Richard Nixon in the popular vote count Discovery of 53,120 “missing” Alabama ballots gave Mr. Humphrey a total of 29.730,272 votes across the country 3-963
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      Lock icon 6 intruders killed
      59 6 SEOUL. Fri. (UPI) South Korean military and police forces yesterday killed six North Korean intruders in two encounters on the east coast, 100 miles east of Seoul, military authorities announced. The first clash occurred at 1.30 p.m when the South Korean troops Intercepted three fleeing Communist agents
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      Lock icon New Paris peace talks: Consultations still going on
      481 6 PARIS. Fri. (Reuter) —Consultations are going on between the United States and North Vietnamese delegations here on arrangements for the openinr of the broadened Paris peace talks, pending a new move hv Saigon, Western diplomatic sources here said yesterday. American official; said
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      Lock icon N. Vietnamese troops kill 10 Marines
      282 6 SAIGON, Fri. (Reuter) North Vietnamese troops have killed ten U S. Marines and wounded 11 for the loss of nine of their own men in two days of fighting South of Danang, an American military spokesman reported today. The Marines with South Vietnamese troops
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      Lock icon Battle of the Busts in Wall Street
      242 6 NEW YORK. Fri. (Reuter) The gloves are off in Wall Street’s 'Battle of the Busts.” And not only the gloves. Four shapely young ladies anxious to out-do their rivals in take-over bids for the attention of the financial district’s avid girl watchers, yesterday
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      Lock icon Sihanouk: I'll seek U.S. aid if Cambodia is threatened
      922 6 PHNOM PENH, Fri. (Reuter) Cambodian Head of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk said yesterday he might,seek U.S. help ii his nation was threatened by North Vietnam, but added he did not think this would happen. But the Prince repeated he would never
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      Lock icon Mid-air holdup: Police tighten dragnet on four men
      195 6 MANILA. Fri. (Reuter) Police said today that they were tightening their dragnet on four men who held up a Philippine Airlines plane on flight Wednes- day night. An arrest could be made within the next 24 hours, police said. The men. armed
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      Lock icon Train robbery: Man held
      53 6 TORQUAY. Fri. (Rueter) Police today arrested the last of the men hunted following Britain’s 2.500.600 sterling Great Train robbery five years ago. Police confirmed that 37-year-old Bruce Reynolds, sometime antique and car dealer, was picked up Just before dawn in a house near this elegant southwest
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      Lock icon 1,000 students on strike
      55 6 MEXICO CITY. Fri. (Reuter) About 1.000 students have decided to stay out on strike until the Mexican Government frees all prisoners held since the July student riots here. Tne Polytechnic Institute students also demanded at college meetings last night that police armed with teargas guns and
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      Lock icon More Czech youths demonstrate in streets of Prague
      462 7 pRAGUE, Fn. (Reuter) Columns of youths thousonds strong and s s2 U t,n A oB t Sov,#t ,lo 9°"* torched through the streets of Prague tonight in the climax of a day of demonstrations for and against the Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia.
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      Lock icon St. Francis still on fire
      158 7 MANILA. Fri. (Reuter) The 6.806-ton St. Francis, carrying a cargo of copra from the Philippines was still on fire last night but the ship’s crew of 26 was safe aboard a rescue tugboat. according to Lloyds of London Agents in Manila today. The vessel, of
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      Lock icon Indonesia opens new network
      154 7 JAKARTA. Fri. (Reuter) today opened »n Australian-assisted airport. communications network. Important for safe navigation. Australia’s Civil Aviation Minister Reginald Swartz said in a speech at the ceremony that this wa s one of the ways in which his country was trying to play its part as
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      Lock icon Students plan to burn a dog on campus
      124 7 SAN DIEGO. California. Fri (Reuter) Anti-war students plan to burn a dog on a college campus near here to dramatise their opposition to the Vietnam war. The dog. named Commie, is to be set on Are with a concoction of gasoline, soap
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      Lock icon Woman jailed for slapping Chancellor
      251 7 WEST BERLIN. Fri. (Reuter) A West Berlin court tonight sentenced 29-year-old Frau Beate Klarsfeld to one year in jail for slapping Chancellor Kurt-Georg Kieslnger across the face at a party Congress here earlier The woman, a French citizen by marriage was detained after she caused
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      Lock icon Nasution visits West Irian
      57 7 JAKARTA. Fri. (Reuter) The Chairman of the Indonesian People’s Congress. GenAbdul Haris Nasution, is now on a tour of West Irain which is to be given an opportunity for self-deter-mination next year. His visit is expected to be followed by President Suharto. West Irian was taken
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      Lock icon SEARCH OPERATIONS CALLED OFF
      69 7 WASHINGTON. Fri. (Reuter) Bad weather has caused the US. Navy to suspend till next spring search operations in the Atlantic where the nuclear submarine Scorpion went down early this year. The Navy said the oceanographic research ship, Mizar, had temporarily discontinued operations in the area about
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      Lock icon West warned against interfering in Red countries
      462 7 MOSCOW, Fri. (Reuter) The Soviet Union today paraded its massive rocket power through Red Square to mark the 51st anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, and warned the West against interfering in the Communist countries. The tradional Revolution Anniversary Parade start of a four-day
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      Lock icon Airline steward charged with attempting to smuggle heroin into US
      162 7 NEW YORK. Frl. (Reuter) A 27-year-old Italian airline steward appeared in court here today charged with attempting to smuggle more than $1 million (400,000 sterling) worth of heroin into the United States. The man. Giuseppe Lasalandra. of Rome, was given
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      Lock icon SIX MORE SHIPS BARRED
      75 7 WASHINGTON Fri. (Reuter)—The United States today barred six more ships, which it said called at North Vietnamese or Cuban ports, from carrying US. Government-financed cargoes. Ships barred for calling on North Vietnamese ports were the 4.344-ton Michiewlcz and 9.203-ton Szymanowski. both of Poland, the 7.133-ton Court
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      Lock icon CALL FOR DRAFTEES
      60 7 WASHINGTON. Fri. (Reuter) The Defence Department today issued a call for 26.800 draftees for the Armed Forces in January, the highest total since last May. During the first six months of 1969, draft totals are expected to rise sharply with an estimated 153.000 men to be called.
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      Lock icon Head of State intended to stage coup d’etat—paper
      192 7 HONG KONG, Fri. (Reuter)—Shanghai's newspaper Chieh Fang Daily said today dismissed Head of State Liu Shao-Chi had intended to stage a counter-revolution-ary coup d’etat before ths cultural revolution. The paper in an editorial quoted by Radio Shanghai said before the cultural revolution.
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      Lock icon Move to admit Peking to United Nations
      185 7 UNITED NATIONS. Fri. (Reuter) —Fifteen countries today tabled a resolution in the General Assembly to admit Peking to the United Nations. The resolution, which will be debated in the Assembly from next Monday, also demands the immediate expulsion of Taiwan from the organisation.
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      Lock icon 4 S. Korean fishing boats hijacked
      111 7 SEOUL. Fri. (Reuter) North Koreans hijacked four South Korean fishing boats with 37 crew aboard yesterday while they were operating south cf the sea extension of the border off .he east coast, it was reported today. More than 200 South Korean boats were engaged
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      Lock icon Models protest against inadequate facilities
      139 7 FLORENCE. Italy. Fri. (Reuter) Model girls, clad in gold and silver lame ratsui t< R decorated with Christmas tree baubles, staged the world's most elegant protest demonstration here today. Holding gold and silver banners. thev marched through the Palazzo Pitti during the showing of the
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      Lock icon Chairman gives up three-year leadership
      142 7 PARIS. Fri. (Reuter) M. Francois Mitterrand, who forced President rie Gaulle into a run-otr second round in the 1965 Presidential elec'lon, today formally gave up his three-year leadership of the French non-Commu-nist left. His announcement of his Immediate resignation as Chairman of the Left-wing Federation,
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      Lock icon Fire destroys property
      46 7 MANILA, Fri. (Reuter) Property worth 15.000.000 pesos (about 1.500,000 sterling) was destroyed in a fire in Naga City. Southern Luzon. last night. Press reports reaching Manila said the cause of the fire had not yet been determined. There were no report* of casualties.
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      Lock icon Student dies in clash with police
      165 7 KARACHI. Fri. (Reu’er) One student was killed when police opened fire on some 3.000 student supporters of former Pakistan Foreign Minister Zulficar All Bhutto in Rawalpindi, a Government announcement said. It added five police were seriously injured in the clash yesterday which came after
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      Lock icon Olympic village for sale
      52 7 MEXICO CITY. Fri. (Reuter)—The Olympic village here has been closed and handed over to the public works bank for sale to the public. Home for almost 10.000 athletes, officials and trainers during the October games, the village was closed yesterday by order of its Governor Francisco
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    Lock icon WHITHER BRUNEI?
    441 8 WHEN Brunei refused to Join Malaysia, its decision to go its own way was final. While oil still flows from Brunei wells, the former Sultan, Sir Omar Ali Salffudin, is happy and can afford to be perky. The people of West Malaysia are not concerned with what Brunei
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    Lock icon WAR OF NERVES?
    302 8 mHE Philippines is starting a war of nerves to force Malaysia to give up Sabah. Military manoeuvres at Mindanao are widely publicised. Now Philippine Air Force Jetflghters have buzzed a Malaysian naval ship in Sabah waters. These planes violated Malaysian air space. The Filipino hawks are imitating
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    Lock icon Too old at 55
    681 8 COUNTRY wide interest, concern and confusion have been generated by the new Government policy regarding retirement age at 55. Human beings cannot be measured with the calendar. Some are physical wrecks even before they are 35 whilst others can be perfectly fit and fighting even double
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    Lock icon Chinese press comments
    1047 8 Come forth for public good and refrain from private feud ON the 31st of October, Tun Tan Slew Sin, the Malaysian Minister of Finance, ocffiiatmg at the opening of the Civics Leadership Training Course ol the Malaysian Chinese Association at Port Dickson, warned the Chinese business community
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      Lock icon Specialist teachers: A suggestion
      392 8 IT is good to hear that so many courses are being organised to help improve teaching methods in Singapore schools. This objective seems to be negated however by the present lot of ‘exports' from the Ministry with the supposed aim of helping lower primary teachers. When
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      Lock icon Dr. Al-Attas’s political vocabulary
      373 8 PERMIT me to refer to a report in your esteemed paper on Nov. 5 captioned "Gerakan challenges DAP to debate on literature." While the public are pleased to no;e that there will now come an opportunity (aa a result ot the challenge) for them to assess
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      Lock icon Postponing moment of truth?
      197 8 I read about the retirement of doctors in the Medical Service. What the average citizen should and would want to know is not so much the difficulties caused by the retirement of these doctors as the severe hardships, resulting in many humbler homes, by the retirement
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      Lock icon After 55 —what happens?
      317 8 HAS It been conscientiously realised what the retire-at-55 regulation means to the average citizen w-ho happens to be the sole bread-winner In a family with schoolgoing children? Will such a man retired at 55, have the means to educate his children and to house his family
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      Lock icon Take a leaf from PAP
      113 8 W r rt. r 2? rtnc# t 0 Inletter 2, hmad Nordln'3 Ea^tirr. P c b I&hed ln the Sr 1 ®H Sun 0n Nov«mwr 1. why rent the flats? Why not sell them? Every fiat owner, houseowner and rarm-owner rm a Ji rosperous economic
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    Lock icon THE READER’S COURTROOM
    294 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author. "Handbook of >vl«.nc* for Criminal Trlala*) (CHARLES was a farmer vy who wanted a Charolais breed of cattle for “all hit life.” He had read up on this breed and knew that it was developed onlu in France. he learned that Abe
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      41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1968 2M, Cantonment Road. Singapore 2. Telephone: 9J905/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 99, |alan Saltan. Koala Lumpur. Malaytla. Telephone: *****/* 8, Leith Streot, Tel: ***** 77. Breweter Road. Te1:7292« Cable AAdrtit: AW NEWS
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      11 8 AND AUOMSStS I* GOOD ,A,Ta H HIIKM WIIHOIO SAMfS AM) AODRtiSMB
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon NEW ELECTRONIC BILLING MACHINE
      120 9 SINGAPORE Fri. Mr. N. H. Laveries. Manager of Friden Division of Singer Sewing Machine Company, has announced the arrival of a completely new concept in electronic billing machine, the Frihen 5005 Compu typer with integrated circuitry. In addition to performing instant electronic calculations. the new Computyper.
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      Lock icon U.S. MISSION VISITS MALAYSIA
      77 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. An 11-man American consulting engineering professional mission arrived here from Bangkok for a three-day visit. The mission, sponsored by the United States Chambers of Commerce and the Consulting Engineers Council, is on a three-week tour looking for engineering prospects in South-east Asian countries.
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      Lock icon NEW YORK RUBBER
      49 9 NEW YORK, Fri. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged to 10 higher on no Sa’es. Nov. 2?.55 Jan 22.30 22 60 Mar 21.05 22.35 Msy 21 60 22.10 Jul 21.60 22.10 Sep 21 60 22.10 Nov 21.60 22.10 Locally. RSS No. 1 was 21.7/8 cents per pound.
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      Lock icon Bank of America issues special report on Indonesia
      342 9 CJINGAPORE. Frl. The so far successful efforts of O Indonesia's “New Order’’ to rehabilitate the country's economy in the post-Sukarno era are reviewed In a special report on Indonesia issued by the Bank of America. The role that foreign Investment and trade
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      198 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The following ships are expected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Cambodge 3/4 Susan Maersk 5 Arthur Cross 6 '1 Anchises 8 9 Star Betelgeuse 10 11 Eencruachan 13 14 Temeraire 18 Jesenice 21/22 Sea Express 25/26 Katong 29'30 Rajula 31/32 Hoegh Orris
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      Lock icon RUBBER MARKET STEADY
      74 9 LONDON. Fn (UPI) The rubber market clcsed steady with spot 20-3/8 20-5/8. SETTLEMENT HOUSE Dec. 20-7/16 20-5/8 Jan March 20 1 !6 20-5 8 Ap:il/June 20-7/ 16 20-9/16 July/Sept. 20-3/8 20-1/2 Oct./Dec. 20-5/16 20-1 '2 Jan. March. April June. July Sept. Oct. Dec Jan./ March 20-1/4 20-1/2
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      Lock icon Hong Kong quotations
      58 9 HONG KONG. Fri. (UPI) Money quotations: HK56.095 per US dollar. HK*6 ***** per U S. dollar T.T. HKSI4 53 per pound sterling. HK5292.5 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness. HKSI63 0 per 10.000 Japanese yen. HK8146.0 per 100 Philippines pesos buyers. HK8146.2 per 100 Philippines
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      15 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The tin price for today was $605.75 per picul, up $3.75.
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      Lock icon Industrials quietly steady on Stock Exchange
      1023 9 SINGAPORE. Frl. Industrials were quietly steady and at the close most counters Improved in the section on the Stock Exchange today. Activity increased slightly during the afternoon session with a fair two-way business but turnover was still low standing a little above the one-million
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      137 9 SINGAPORE Fri. The Association of Banks in Mala vsia-S:ngapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are ouoteri to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency). Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Deutsche Marks $77 7675: Holland Guilders $B4 7775; Swiss Francs $7l 8300;
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      119 9 MNOVroRF. Fri. The f*.Min price* at the «ln«m> -e fhlne*e Produce E*ehnnge day are Buyer .»m»i 4 orontll Oil II OB I Hulk 45.7* I n tinm Oil I) OK i Drum 48 2j l.ii.i-r I upra 'lived O t. 28 00 Mimtnk unite Pepper >4 it B t
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      Lock icon MART QUIET
      24 9 LONDON. Fri. (UPI) Rubber market opened quiet. No. 1 RSS spot 20-7/16 20-11/16 No. 1 RSS CIF basis ports Nov. 20-3/16 20-7/16.
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      Lock icon New service agreement for BOAC pilots signed
      68 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. A new service agreement for BOAC pilots was signed oa Nov. 1 by Captain Denis Whitam. Chairman of the BOAC Pilots Council of tbe British Airline Pilots As- ■oclation. and by Mr. Jim Atherton. General Manager Industrial Relations, on behalf of
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      Lock icon Esso to build $65 mil. refinery in S'pore
      194 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (Reuter) Esso Standard Eastern, the Far East affiliate of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, will build a *65 million refinery in Singapore with a capacity for processing 80.000 barrels of Middle East crude oil daily, it was announced
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      Lock icon Rubber up ¼ cent
      271 9 Rubber up cent SINGAPORE. Fri. November first grade rubber buyers f.o.b closed at 5 pm. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 57-3 8 cents per lb., up a quarter of a cent from previous close. The tone was steady quiet. The market lacked Initiative and turnover was very small.
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      29 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI)— Closing Dow Jones averages: 30 Industrial* 950.65 20 Rails 264.41 15 Utilities 132.51 65 Stocks 337.43 40 Bonds 72.23 Commodity Indffx 142.18
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      Lock icon VOLUME OF SHARES
      37 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI) Thursday’s volume was 11.660,000 shares. Of a total 1,557 issues traded. 678 were higher and 671 lower. American exchange volume was 4.450.000 shares. Bonds volume amounted to 17,180,000 U.S, dollars
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      Lock icon YOUR SHARES-UP-DOWN-UNCHANGED
      493 9 SINGAPORE stock Exchange sold and other prices official!? listen at the dose of business. INDUSTRIALS ...2 09 2.16 2 50 Borneo Hhd i.;6 l.#5 1.61 4-16 4-20 Chemical Co. Cold *torige Dunlop E. smelting E. %.i lit 4.72 3 '0 6.60 232 1.84 8.24 6 90 2.;o 2.72
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      52 9 (Managers' Price*) Flr«t Malm an 2 81 Second Malayan 2 02 Third Malavan XD 1.21 The Comingrce Industry 1.00 1 09 The Saving Fund 107 118 First H’kong XD 1.17 1.2S* ■second H kong 81 .86* Malaysian Invettmei Fund XD 1 15 123 Sterling C'mndlty XD 5/7 (Hong
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    Lock icon More sophisticated tourist guides needed—STA chief
    427 10 QINGAPORE, Fri. More sophisticated tourist guides will be desirable in the near future to meet the requirements of the more sophisticated tourists to Singapore. This is the opinion of Mr. Herbert Lim Eng Kwan, Chairman of the Singapore Tourist Association, who lectured on "The
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    Lock icon COURSE ON SPOKEN JAPANESE
    160 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Adult Education Board is organising a Japanese Language conversation course of 24-weekly lessons which will be held at the Beatty Integrated Primary School. Beatty Road every Sunday from 1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. beginning on Nov. 24. The course is specially designed to
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    Lock icon Baby show for school's fun fair
    60 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Serangoon Garden South School will hold its food and fun fair at the school on Nov. 17 from 11 am. to 6 p.m. Highlight of the fair will be a baby show for babies up to two years old. This fair
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    Lock icon All-out drive against stray dogs
    296 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. Tha Primary Production Department Veterinary division has mounted a full-scale "war” to eradicate the "stray dog" nuisance in the Republic. The PPD veterinary division has now Increased the team of dog shooters and trappers to combat the “stray dog menace” throughout the island.
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    Lock icon Clerk who'll take driving test next month wins $10,000 car
    203 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. A 2 8-y car-old bank clerk, Mr. Philip Tan, is the first prize winner of the New Era Mammoth Draw—a $10,000 Peugeot 404 ear. He received the car keys from the Vice-Chairman of the New Era Exposition Organising
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    Lock icon 'Bankruptcy notice' case: Judgment reserved on banishee's application
    189 10 SINGAPORE. Fri. The High Court today reserved judgment on an application by a political banlshee. Low Tai Thong, to set aside a bankruptcy notice served on him by the Minister for Interior and Defence. Mr. T. T. Rajah, for Low. told the
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    Lock icon Forty for military exercises
    45 10 SINGAPORE. Fri. Forty military personnel will conduct military exercises in south of Chua Chu Kang area between 6.30 p.m. and 10 p m. from Nov. 12 to 14. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used. Public are advised not to be alarmed-
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    Lock icon Woman found dead
    37 10 SINGAPORE Fri. A 22-year-old woman. Ng Siew Lian. was found dead in her room in Jalan Kembangan here at 9 25 a.m. today. A note was also found Police do not suspect foul Play.
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    Lock icon MP due home
    39 10 SINGAPORE. Fri The Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office and M.P. for Kampong Übi. Tuan Haji Yaacob Muhammad, will return to Singapore on Nov. 14. after spending three months on A goodwill tour in Australia.
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    Lock icon H.K. TAIWAN STARS FOR VARIETY SHOW
    104 10 SINGAPORE Fri St John Ambulance Brigade Fifth Corps West Centra! Area, will hold a grand variety show at the National Theatre on Nov. 15 at 8 p.m Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, television and recording artistes will be performing at the show. Among them
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    37 10 SINGAPORE. Fri. The St Andrew's Cathedral will hold a sale of works in aid of Singapore Leprosv Relief Association at the Cathedral's Graham White Hall on Nov. 13 from 10 am to 5 pm
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    Lock icon Govt. offers secondary school bursaries
    287 10 SINGAPORE, Frii Pupils of oil language streams studying in Government and Government-aid-ed secondary schools and who are in need of financial assistance can now apply to the Government for bursaries. However, these bursa riea are only open to pupils who are bom in Singapore or
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    27 10 SINGAPORE. Fri The Singapore Dawoodi Bohra Muslim Association will ho’.d its third annual general meeting at 431. Serangoon Road on Nov. 16 at 10 a.m
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      307 10 TODAY and YOU... Saturday, November 9, 1968. ARIES MAR 22 APR. 20 4 16-27-38 36-8085 TAURUS APR 21 MAY 21 5-14-29-39 B3-87 GEMINI MAY 22 fpf JUNE 22 8-22-44-63 74-76-77 CANCER y JUNE 23 JULY 23 7-19-24 37 48-59-71 no JULY 24 AUG. 23 2-12-23-35 47 58-69 -By CLAY It
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      1393 10 TV and TODAY TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL KUALA LUMPUR and Palu Pinaar I Ipoh and Melaka: S 1* Jobore Bahru. 1 Taipinr. 7 Batu Pabat; K loans. P.M. 3.00 Opening Annct. Prog. Summary; 3 01 The Gift of Love; 446 Cartoon Classics Part 1 of “The lee Witch”; 4 52 Close
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      328 12  -  By CHAN RAM YAU KUALA LUMPUR, Fn. Dance teacher Mickey Kishimoto at once grasped the opportunities for big-time sue- cess the moment he set eyes on the girl. He found her pretty but most important, he knows a gifted dancer when
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      121 12 LONDON. Fri The grand ballroom of London’s world famous Savoy Hotel is being reproduced at the MGM British Studios In Borehamwood for MGMs “Goodbye, Mr. Chips.” the Arthur P Jacobs production now filming under the direction of Herbert Ross. Scenes in the true-to-life eet. completely
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      Lock icon SHAWS TO SET UP STUDIO IN TAIWAN
      85 12 TAIPEI. Fri. (AFP) Shaw Brothers, a leading Chinese movie company, will set up a studio in Taiwan it was reported here. The report said the company has been making profits from Taiwan market, estimated at 60 million Taiwan dollars a year, but it
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      Lock icon Top talents at ‘L’Amour de Paris’ show
      412 12  -  By K. S. SIDHU SINGAPORE. Fri. Singapore’s leading entertainment complex Tropicana has combined the talents of four top entertainment groups from overseas to make up the “L’Amour de Paris” show —a show that has almost anything you want in sexciting entertainment. Featured in
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      79 12 HOLLYWOOD. Fri. Barbara Babcock, who appeared with Glenn Ford in MGMs “Day of the Evil Gun.” has returned to the MGM Culver City Studios for a cameo role in MGM's “The Gypsy Moth.'. the John Frankenheimer-Ed-ward Lewis production starring Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr Adapted for the
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      Lock icon Sceneshifters to produce The Bartered Bride
      329 12 SINGAPORE Fri. The Sceneshifters will produce a comic opera The Bartered Bride at the Victoria Theatre from Nov. 26-30. The producer Eileen Smith, whose recent success as “Laurie” In Oklahoma. is certainly no newcomer to the stage. Her experience goes way back to 1956
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      Lock icon Unit production manager for Presley film
      86 12 NEW YORK. Fri. Lindsley Parsons. Jr., has been set as unit production manager for MGM s “Chautauqua," the new Elvis Presley film which Peter Tewksbury will direct for producer Lester Welch this fall. Arnold and Lois Peyser are currently working on the screnplay of
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      Lock icon BEATLES PLAN TO GIVE 3 LIVE CONCERTS IN LONDON
      187 12 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) The Beatles are planning to give three live concerts in London next month. their first for two years —a spokesman for the group told Reuter. A spokesman for Apple, the Beatles’ company, said most of the concert takings
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      190 12 O OOWo O **ot e\-^ t I I I TEE SMPOBE LM offers NIGHTLY DINNER AND DANCE CRUISE ON SUNDAY A LUNCHEON CRUISE around our romantic and colourful islands (Latest boarding at 12.30 p.m. Cruising $B/- Children under 12 S 4/« Choice of Meals at Popular Prices For reservations phone—9B3l3l,
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    107 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— Tan Sri H. T. Ong has been appointed the new Chief Justice of Malaya. The Prime Minister’s Department said In an announcement today the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has appointed Tan Sri One to succeed Tan Sri Azmi bin Haji Mohamed who was appointed
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    Lock icon 8 for Koranreading contest
    69 13 MUAR. Fri. Representatives from eight districts m Johore will take part in the Johore State Koran-readlng competition at Kluane Government Mosque on Nov. 16 at 8 pjn. The districts taking part are: Muar. Batu Pahat, Johore Bahru. Segamat, Pontian. Mersing, Kluang and Kota Tinggi. The Tengku
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    37 13 BATU PAHAT, Fri The 7ohore State Rural Development Committee has approved a grant of $5,000 to the Parit Bahru Local Council here for the construction of a community hall. The construction work will •tart soon.
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    Lock icon Chastity Girl's Best Friend
    1140 13  -  Student health physician on society's 'double standards' By DEV SHRIDHAR Kuala lum. PUR, Fri. Pornography ha* ceased to be a dirty word it has become an art, the student health physician in the University of Malaya, Dr. E. Patrick, states in an article "on sexual problems
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    258 13 We are prepared for any sneak attacks—naval chief PENANG. Fri. The Malaysian Navy which has deployed a number of patrol boats to guard the coasts of Sabah is prepared for any sneak attacks from the Philippines. This was disclosed by the Chief of the Naval Staff. Commodore K. Thanabalaslngam. when
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    Lock icon Pistol men rob watchman
    56 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl Four armed youths, one whipping out a pistol held up a P.W.D. watchman, Enche Zainuddin Abidin, and his family at Jalan Swettenham here last night and got away with $BOO and jewellery amounting to $1,160. The youths entered the house at 8.30 p.m.
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    198 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl The progress made on political, economic and cultural developments in Malaysia over tiie past 11 years has been excellent and this attributed to the sound policy of the Malaysian Government and the cooperation of the people. This was stated by
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    Lock icon 555 for oil palm meeting
    59 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl Five hundred and fiftyfive participants will attend the 1968 Malaysian oil palm conference at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka from Nov. 14-16. The largest overseas contingent is from Indonesia and numbers 45. In addition 90 final year students from the University of Malaya
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    Lock icon Alliance have fulfilled their promises—Tun Tan
    406 13 MALACCA. Fri. The Alliance Government has shown by deeds it has made a good job of ruling this country, the Minister of Finance, Tun Tan Siew Sin, said today. “We have not only made promises, what is equally important, we have fulfilled them,” he
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    124 13 PENANG. Frl. Professor K.E. Thaver of the University of lowa, will be giving a talk to members of the Malaysian Dental Association here on Nov. 14 on “diagnosis and treatment planning in oral rehabilitation.” This will be illustrated with slides, at the children’s dental centre, Sepoy
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      51 13 CATHAY: COMING! IT’S THE HAPPIEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR! So BIG!. So LIVBLY! I" "T W;' WaltDlsn^yk est\ Tfw Happiest Miiionaine MacMURRAY STEELE 6ARSON PA6E Technicolor' 3-THEATRE SIMULTANEOUS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! GALAS;*.; «ODEON-KATONG MAJESTIC Spectacular Sword Duels! Wonderful Enchanting Thrills! L i The hlEfl IN COLOB dfc scope With enflish Chines
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      267 13 ODEON I PALACE 21 116 *47i78 WOW showing: IX. 1 3(1. 4.M. II I.3ft. 4 lift. •30A ft 3ft p.m. II 145 A ft.3ft o m Columbia “HAMMERHEAD” Vince Edwards. Judy Qeeson. Color Odcon A Paltry; Tonight Midnight "Wham The Gad* With To Deatrey ul BSZSQSB&EISff NOW SHOWING! U a
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    239 15 Sponsors assure Singapore rugger fans SINGAPORE, Fri. The Fijian Arn.y Police rugby team will play four matches in Singapore as "booked" originally despite their lata arriral. This was confirmed by a spokesman of the Royal Air Force (Chang!) who are sponsoring the trip of the
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    Lock icon No shock results in q-finals of tennis tourney
    222 15 TORQUAY, (England), Fri. (Reuter) There were no shock results in the quarter-finals of the Palace Hotel covered court lawn tennis championships, the fourth in the series of six Dewar Cup tournaments here yesterday. In the women’s singles, former Wimbledon champion Margaret Court
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    163 15 SYDNEY. Fri. (UFI) Peter Townsend of Great Britain shot a record eight-under-par 65 today In the second round of the Wills Masters Golf Tournament at Manly. Three strokes behind Townsend at the halfway mark of the 72-hole tournament was Gay Brewer of the United
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    Lock icon Wok: The days of sports amateurism are over
    215 15 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Minister for Social Affairs. Enche Othman Wok said that the days of sports amateurism were over. He made this remark during a brief address at the Singapore Armed Forces Football Cup Final. The Minister commended (he Armed Forces for
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    Lock icon George Archer bags eight birdies
    170 15 HONOLULU. Fri. (UPI) George Archer sent bullet-like putts skimming only rough greens for eight birdies yesterday to post an eight-under-par 64 and take the first-round lead in the 125.000 dollars Hawaiian International G-olf Tournament. Playing what he termed "a lousy round”. Archer put together a
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    Lock icon It’s typical ingratitude says Johore RU secretary
    569 15 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Honorary Secretary of the Johore Rugby Union today described as "typical ingratitude" the statements in an open letter to Sunsport accusing J.R-U. of racial bias in its selection of a state team side. The statements were published yesterday (Nov. 7)
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    412 15 Could the chess Olympiad be shortened LUGANO, (Switzerland). Fri, (Reuter) —As the 18th international chess Olympiad broke up yesterday with the predicted Soviet victory veterans of the two-yearlv contest were asking whether it could be shortened. After three weeks of intensive play some of the younger teams were clearly flagging
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    Lock icon Kedah golf event open to all now
    134 15 ALOR STAR, Fri. The Sixth Kedah Amateur Open Goif tournament will be held a? the Harvard Club Golf Course In Bedong on Nov. 16 and 17 for Those with handicaps of 18 and under. The tournament is under the patronage of the Sultan
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    Lock icon Kedah versus Penang for Chong Cup
    77 15 ALOR STAR. Fri Kedah will meet Penang in their annual tennis encounter at the Penang Sports Club courts on Nov. 15 for the Chong Boon Hean Cup. Penang the holders, are firm favourites to retain the trophy. Each state will put up two women’s
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    20 15 SINGAPORE. Fri. American Joekey John Sellers has donated $245 his riding fees to the National Defence Fund.
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      Lock icon Yawning gap of 118 pins between Kim and Lee
      568 15  -  By CHARLES CHAN KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A yawning gap of 118 pins separated Johnny Kim from the leader, Allan Lee, as the national finals for the South Pacific Classics neared its conclusive stages. It seemed unlikely that he would be able
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      678 15 T WAS delighted to read 1 your forthright article in Thursday's ropy of your excellent paper. While I may not agree with all you say I am glad of the opportunity of stating the J.R.CT. policy, which will be maintained despite any criticism from aging stars who will not come
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      61 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 1.50 am. (84 ft.), 2.24 pm. (6.8 ft.). Port Swettenham: 7.23 a.m. (14.1 ft.), 8.08 p.m. (13.6 ft.). Port Dickson: 8.25 a.m. (8.6 ft.). 8.29 p.m. (78 ft Singapore: 1.17 a.m. (8.1 ft.), 12.16 p.m. (9.4 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 12.34 am. (B.q ft.), 10.30 p.m. (6.6
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