Eastern Sun, 9 May 1969

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  • 24 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY -fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 992 Friday, 9 May 1969. ■fr MC (P) 0737 Price 15 cent*
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  • 292 1 Journalists, Official Visitors Barred 'For The Time Being JAKARTA, Thurs. (Reuter) West Irian has been sealed off from journalists and official visitors, an Indonesian Information Ministry spokesman told Reuter today. The spokeman, Mr. Dik Subagio, said the decision was reached at a meeting today of Interior
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  • 88 1 PARIS. Thurs. (UPI> France bowed to pressure from the Common Market today and raised its special re-discount rate for short-term export credits from three to four per ce"t. Banking sources here called the move "rather surprising" and "not so good for the French economy at this
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  • 342 1 PUBLICLY OR DIPLOMATIC SINGAPORE. Thurs. Singapore said today it was still waiting to receive from the Malaysian Government the alleged evidence that it was interfering in the Malaysian election campaign. It said it did not mind whether the evidence was transmitted by way
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  • 135 1 WASHING TON. Thurs. fl*PI) —Australian Pnm« Minister John Gorton vesterday dismissed suggestions that Australia might be on the point of cancelling its order for 24 of the controversial F-11l iwing-wing fighter bombers. "I do not think the situation remotely approaches that," the Prime Minister said.
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  • 225 1 BANGKOK. Thurs. (Reuter) Communist Chinese forces have moved quietly into northern parts of Laos and Burma and have de facto control over extensive parts of the region bordering China, Thai Foreign Minister TCianat Khoman said today. He told reporters that the Laotian province of
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  • 275 1 MOSCOW. Tburs. (Reuter) The death of another Soviet General the sixth in 13 days was reported today by the Defence Ministry newspaper, Red Star. The newspaper said Lleut-enant-General Yevgeny I. Smirnov. an engineering officer serving in the Defence Ministry, had died after a
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  • 57 1 P*F'~. Thurs. (ITI) The Vletc-- today proposed a new Yietoj peace plan calling for a provisional coalition government to set up fre« elections in South Vietnam. The North Vietnamese delegation at today's session of the Vietnam peare conference promptly endorsed the plan. There was no immediate comment
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  • 196 1 BANGKOK. Thurs. (UPD Foreign Minuter Thanat Khoman today described the military capabilities of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation 1 SEA TO) as "a fiction" and said Its role would have to be shifted from military to political action. In an interview published in the English-language
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  • 401 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Before a gathering of 200 at the Zahir Mosque in Alor Star, the Prime Minister. his palms extended in the traditional Muslim stance at chest level, today solemnly declared: "I, Tunku Abdul Rahman, or my party, did not receive any financial
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  • 96 1 SYDNEY. Thurs (UPI) Leader's of migrant communities today attacked a Returned Servicemen's Club (RSL) rule banning migrants from ing their own language in the club. Editors of Italian, Dutch and German language newspapers in Sydney blasted a ruling by the Marrickville RSL that only English should
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  • 65 1 FRANKFURT Germany. Thurs. (UPI) The West German Central Bank Council met today but made no decision on whether the mark should be revalued, a bank spokesman said. The Council Governors and Bonn officials met for three hours, and 45 minutes amid chaotic conditions on world currency exchanges
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 463 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Bank of China in Singapore charged with not maintaining a minimu/n of 20 per cent of its total deposits in liquid assets, was again unrepresented when the cose was mentioned in the First District Court today. The summons
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  • 380 2 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Conservative opposition party yesterday attacked Government cuts in the number of Gurkha soldiers serving in the British Army and promised to halt them on regaining power. Only 6,000 of these noted hill-fighters from Nepal will be still acting as mercenaries by 1971.
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  • 300 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Alliance today again accused the Democratic Action Party of telling different things to different communities to sow racial hatred. The Minister of Local Government and Housing. Mr. Khaw Kal Boh. said certain portions of the parties' leaflets were
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  • 69 2 SINGAPORE. Thu®. Singapore Pools (Pte) Limited today announced that 3-D ($100) Prizes for the Singapore Sweep will be paid from Tuesday, and 4-D (5250-J500) and other prizes from May 15. Payments will be made at its office at I—l Pereival Road, off Fort Canning Rise from 10.00 a.m.
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  • 122 2 ADMIRAL Charoon, C-in-C of th« Royal Thai Navy, la spend in five days In Sin. gapore a* a guest of the Boral Navy. Yesterday he called o n Vice-Admiral W D O'Brien, Commander, Far East Fleet, and was received with a guard and
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  • 747 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs The Third Colombo Plan Colloquim has recommenced a feasibility stuuy on tne proposal for the establisnment oi a Regional Centre to improve the quality of technician ecucation and training in the region. The sett-.ng-up of the proposed Regional Centre described as "worthy of
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  • 105 2 WERE TOO shopping at Metro on Tuesday? I* the prettv girl (circled) you? If so. vou have won a $2O gift voucher for having been selected as this week second Eastern Sun Lucky Shopper. The winner should call at the Eastern Sun. 23-B. Cantonment
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  • 32 2 PHNOM PENH. Thurs (Reuter* East German diplomatic representation In Cambodia is to be raised to ambassadors', level following agreement between the two governments, the Cambodian News Agency announced here today.
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  • 197 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore Poll" confirmed todav that 36 cars recovered by the Ipoh Po.ice reren lv were stolen from Singapore at various intervals. The Malaysian and the Singapore Police have been working hand-in-hard to smash an international syndicate which specialised in stealing cars
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  • 134 2 SINGAPORE. Thura. A variety show will be heM in conjunction with Nurses Week on May 18 at the National TTrieatre. It will be under the patronage of the Minister for Health. Mr. Chut Sian Chin The variety shmw with Ahmad Daud as compere will feature Sammy
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  • 179 2 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs A woman has for the first Ume in West Malaysia been given the job of an esta'e ro-. ductor according to the Ministry of Labour. The latest monthly r*por* cf the Ministry released today says the woman was employed by an estate
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  • 139 2 SINGAPORE Thurs A 17-year-old youth Yeo Sian Lior.g was today sentenced *o eight rears' imprisonment fcr participating in an armed robbery with two other person* {M Jvly *"t» Mr Justice Winslow. in pa«s lng sentence, t.iat armed robberies in Singapore were on the
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  • 404 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The president of the Singapore Association of Shipbuilders and Repairers, Mr. J.A. Wilde has urged his members to improve the quality of their shipbuilding and shiprepairing so as to encourage the oil companies and their associates to obtain their requirements in the
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  • 271 4 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) A Singapore doctor suggested today that British doctors wanting to practise in Commonwealth countries should be given language and clinical tests if Britain instituted tests for Commonwealth doctors. Commenting or. a recent outcry here about the standards of some foreign
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  • 134 4 WOMEN have become increasingly interested in Btock Exchange Investment In Melbourne, Victoria Mrs. Curtis Wilson, wife of a Melbourne journalist. who conducts training classes in the subject. has had more than 2.000 Inquiries since she began instructing women in the operation of the exchange.
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  • 138 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A grand variety show featuring all aspects of local culture will be staged by the National Theatre Club* at the National Theatre on May 31 and June 1. The show will be held in conjunction with Singapore's 150 th anniversary and to raise funds for
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  • 101 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs—Liu Foo Ling. 59. slipped and fell 20 feet from an asbestos roof into a five-foot deep hole in the ground, the Coroner's Court was told today. He was fixing wire r esh onto the ventilators at the roof top when the incident occurred
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  • 159 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Tan Lee Siong, 58. was crushed to death by crates which fell on him. the Coroner s Court was told todav. While running towards the bow of the ship to avoid the crates which were being lowered by slings onto the deck, Tan's
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  • 270 4 SINGAPORE. Thar* The Singapore Institute of Architects will he holding design competition for s decorative feature to he erected in conduction with the Natl on si Da? celebrations this year The competition which la open to all SIA members, associate members, student* of 4 'ie
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  • 71 4 SINGAPORE Thurt. The first prlte for this week's Tote draw has been raised to $7O 000. The draw will be telecast live over Channel 5 of Television Singapore on Sunday at 3.15 p m. The Chairman of the panel rf officials will be Mr. Yeoh Bin
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  • 389 4 Kl ALA LI MPI R, Thi rs. Union Itiders htrc today welcomed the government's decision to implement equal pay for women from Aug. 1 and hoped that the details and mechanics of the implementation would be worked out as soon as possible. The government'*
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  • 245 4 weekly pictorial feature by the Eastern Sun based on thp photographs taken bv our cameramen at official fu ncti ons, parties, exhibitions, shopping centres etc. MRS. Thorn' Leeson. wife of the Ambassador of The Netherlands. dre?ses in this glittering striped dress with an unusual highrise neckline
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • Bulletins
    • 70 5 FOONA. India, (Reuter) Two women and five children cie d a forest fire near Paud. 20 miles west of Poona, police reported today. The seven were members of marriage party of 150 people on Monday making their way through the jungle over rough ground covered
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    • 82 5 SAN FRANCISCO. (Reuter) Vice President Spiro Agnew declared today «hat if North Korea continued to attack American spy vessels or aircraft the U.S. would hit back Answering questions after an address to the Commonwealth Club. here. Mr. Aerew said he thought America's failure to retaliate aeamst North Korea
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    • 61 5 HONG KONG. < Reuter) A:r Marshal Sir Neil Wheeler Commander of the Bnlish Far East Air Force, accompanied bv ks wife, flew into Hon? from Singapore yesterday for a five-day famiiiarisati' visit. During his stay in the cclony. the Air Marshal will call on various units
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    • 98 5 ROME. (Reuter) The Italian Parliament's Public Works Committee has set aside 3,200 millien lire (about £2.133.COG) for work to prevent the leanine Tower of Pisa from toppling over. Up to 300 million lire (about £200.000) of the sum will be user! as pr:zes in a
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    • 106 5 COLOMBEY LEs DEUX EGLISES. (Reuter) General ce Gaulle left his country retreat here yesterday the first time in 10 days to go for a two-hour drive with his wife. The former French Presicent. who resi?ned the presidency on April 28. covered seme 50 miles by
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    • 95 5 ORLU. Biafra, (Reuter) Lieutenant-Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, the Birfran leader, is not expected to accept the rank of General conferred on h:m by the secessionist consultative assembly and council of chiefs, according to usually reliable otfiral sources he The assembly Biafra's civ! :an parliament conferred the rank on Colonel
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  • 318 5 The QE-2 Makes TransAtlantic Landfall NEW YORK. Thurs (Reuter) The Queen Eltiabeth-2 mailed Into New York after her maiden trans-Atlantic crossing yesterday to a gala reception which included jet planes, helicopters, a fleet of small ships, a pipe band and a protest against British police In rister. i After a
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  • 73 5 WASHINGTON. (UPI) Commander Lloyd Bucher and most of th« men who served under him aboard the USS. Pueblo have been assigned to shore duty. Capt. Bucher is being sent to the Navy's Graduate School in Monterey. California, for one vear of study toward a masters degree in
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  • 256 5 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) The British government today faces a crucial showdown over an issue on which it has staked its future in power, tomorrow. Prune Minister Harold Wilson and his cabinet meet representatives of the rank and tile members of Parliament and the Labour movement in
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  • 165 5 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI) Police have arrested a Chinese believed to be the head of a syndicate engaged in a multi-million peso U.S. and Philippine treasury warrant racket. The Chinese national was identified as Lee Chmg Ho and carries the Filipino name of Antonio Dela Torre. He was
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  • 80 5 SINOIA. Rhodesia. (Reuter) Rhodesian Prime Minister lan Smith said last night that the new constitution proposed by his government would "sound the death knell of the principle of majority rule" in Rhodesia. Mr. Smith called on Rhodesians to give a resounding "Yes" vote for the constitution at the
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  • 162 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs (UPI) The Pentagon has announced a tentative plan to ship to the east coast large amounts of chemical agents Including deadly nerve gas for disposal in the Atlantic Ocean. One member of congress called for an Investigation to determine if the plan endangered human and
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  • 59 5 HOUSTON. Texas. (Reuter) The flrst American to fly in space. Navy Captain A'an Shepard. has gone back to active flight duty after being grounded for five years because of an inner ear infection. spa'-e agency sources said today. They that Captain Shepard. 44. had already starred training
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  • 379 5 MONTREAL, Thurs. (UPI) Israel has completed building five 20-kiloton atomic bombs and nearly finished construction of a sixth, the Montreal Gazette reported in its early Thursday edition. The new development which would make Israel the world's sixth nuclear power was reported by Gazette
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  • 466 5 BEIRI'T, Thurs. (Reuter) Israeli aircraft today struck at targets at Bir-Al-llarir in southern Jordan, while Israeli and Egyptian artillery duelled fiercely across the Suez Canal in two separate engagements. According to an Israeli military spokesman, the aircraft returned without loss after attacking what was claimed to be
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  • 108 5 HALIFAX. England Thurs. i UPI) Fern's Pride, greyhound. ran a close third in a trial race The electric rabbit stopped The other dog? pulled up and the race was over. But Fern's Pride kept on running She ran off the track, out of the stadium ana down
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  • 75 5 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI> The eye test chart looked genuine enough to a of patients at King's College Hospital waiting to read it. But when they focused in on It. most of them decided they didn't need glasses after all. The card read: "Too much sex makes vou
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  • 201 5 KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent Thurs. (UPI) British Minister of State and Commonwealth affairs Lord Shepherd is expected here on Saturday to resume an investigation of the island's status which was interrupted by the Anguilla crisis. I Lord Shepherd accepted a second invitation from
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  • 117 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Renter) Soviet-American co-operation edged forward this week when the United States returned to the Soviet I'nlon a 14-mch diameter metal sphere off a Soviet spare vessel The State Department, in reporting today that it was handed over to the Russian embassy on Monday, said
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  • 167 5 WELLINGTON'. New Zealand. Thurs. (UPI) A gale with winds blowing up to 110 miles per hour endangered two Nationalist Chinese destroyers todav and earned the stern section of the sunken ferry. Wahine. from Cook Strait out to sea. Cook Strait runs between the North and
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  • 95 5 .ADDIS ABABA. (Reuter) Ethiopia today described as utterly baseless a claim by the Eritrean Liberation Front that It had captured four Israeli officers in Northern Ethiopia. An information ministry spokesman was commenting in a statement on a Damascus report that the Israelis were captured while serving with the
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  • 476 6 IN the Middle-East scene Israel now has five atomic bombs of the "Hiroshima-Nagasaki type" already built and is on the point of finishing the sixth, according to a Canadian paper. In the United States, the Pentagon's decision to dispose of old and deadly chemical arsenal including nerve
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  • 237 6 DR. Toh Chin Chye's declaration that the technician has a key role to play in Singapore's programme of industrialisation should be welcomed by all. Rapidly developing Singapore needs more and more technicians. If any confirmation is necessary, it is provided by the skilled technicians who have been
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  • 970 6 BERNE, Thurs. (SPR.S.) The Soviet leadership is dissatisfied with the ideological attitudes of its youth, according to recent reports from the Soviet Union. Main criticism in the Soviet press has been levelled at the general political apathy,scepticism and cynicism of young people, with only
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  • 146 6  -  LETTERS... MOHD YtJNI BIN AW I. Singapore. SOMEHOW I have always taken an Interest in your aoclal page that appears every Monday of your Issue but the one that really captivated my special Interest was that which appeared on May 5 showing a photograph of Miss Mary
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  • 763 6  -  BY ADRIENNE FARRELL NEW DELHI, Thurs. (Reufer) Indie may well hove an "untouchable" at her next President if the campaign in favour of the present Food Minister, Mr. Jagjivan Ram, continues to gather strength. Several members of the ruling Congress Party have already expressed
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  • 432 6  -  BY JEAN RAFAELLI MOSCOW, Tues. (AFP). A rash of anti-Chinese articles erupted in the entire Moscow press today, centred on the Sino-Soviet border dispute. The sudden spate 0 f reports follows the Indirect warning to China given by Premier Alexei Kosygin in New Delhi yesterday,
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  • 13 6 As the generation of leaves, so is that of men Homer.
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  • 153 6 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Renter) Hanoi's official newspaper Nhan Dan today described a demand put forward by the United States for mutual troop withdrawal In the Vietnam war as "absurd". The paper, quoted by the North Vietnam News Agency, said the United States was trying
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  • 1002 6  -  FFOM SIN CHEW JIT POH MR M>» Clio Yaw. the President of Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, revealed at the committee meeting of the chamber last week that the committee net no by the thunber to raise the foundation fund for more scholarships to aid education
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  • 302 6  -  By LESLIE HAYNES LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter)' A British geologist warned here today that there cou.d be a world shortage of uranium for nuclear power within seven years unless old mines are reopened and new mines developed. Mr. S.H.U. Bowie of the Institute of Geological Studies
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 374 7 THE British Overseas Airways Corporation is planning a rigorous and massive five-point expansion programme over the next five years that will make the British airline grow at a 16 per cent overage each year. This was announced by Mr. Keith Granville, Mannaging Director of BOAC
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    • 14 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The tin price for today was $6ll per picul, up $2.00.
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    • 164 7 MR J. S. Joglekar, assistant manager of AirIndia for Singapore and Malaysia, left Singapore recently for Bangkok on promotion as the company's manager for Thailand. Mr. Joglekar arrived in Singapore 2J years ago and found his posting extremely interesting business wise and socially. He
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    • 90 7 THE Whyalla Shipbuilding and Engineering Works, at Whyalla. South Australia. Is building a tanker, the AMANDA MILLER, to cost $9,500,000 for the Bass Btralt crude oil run. The keel of the 12.000-ton deadweight vessel will be laid In December, and the vessel may be ready
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    • 61 7 HONG KONG. Thurs. (UPI) Money quotations: H.K.$6 ***** per U.S. dollar H.K.56.1175 per U.S. dollar TT H.K.514.4 per pound sterling H K. 5325.25 per tae! of gold 94.5 per cent fineness H K. 5163.3 per 10,000 Japanese yens H.K.5131.0 per 100 Philippines pesos buyers H.K 5132.0
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    • 1927 7  -  By Our Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Thurs. Approximately the same quiet but steady trading was seen in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore today. And as in the past three days, the market had a firm start whereupon prices hardened. Profit-taking then set
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    • 139 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Profit taking dropped stock market prices yesterday in heavy trading. Shortly before the closing bell the UPI stock market Indicator was off 0.16 per cent. Of the 1,586 issues traded 755 declined and 601 advanced. Volume topped the 13mllllon share
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    • 275 7 Rubber: 69 Cts. SINGAPORE. Thurs. May first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m., in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 69* cents per lb. up one eighth of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. The market ruled quietly steady during the morning
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    • 124 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Association of Banks in Ma-laysia-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 $77.9825; Holland Guilders $84.9500; Swiss Francs $71.5100; Belgian Francs $6.1300; French
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    • 167 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Stock retreated along a wide front yesterday and ran contrary to the usual pattern when currencies are under attack. Shortly before the last bell the index had fallen 7.1 T447 its low point since last September's record peak. Steadv selling lopped down industrial shares,
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    • 115 7 FORD Motor Company of Australia Limited had a 40 per cent increase in pre-tax {>roflt and also record sales n 1968. Net trading profit before tax for th« vear ended December 1968 was $17,042,044. The managing director. Mr. William O. Bourke. said that although
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    • 81 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber market closed uncertain yesterday with spot 24-1/4 24-1/2. Settlement House June. July, Aug and July/Sept 24-5/16 24-7/16 Oct/Dec 24-1 '4 24-3/8 Jar. March 24-1/8 24-1 4 April/June 24-1/16 24-3/18 Julv Sept 23-15/16 24-1/16 Oct Dec 23-7/8 24 Jan March 23-13/16 24
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    • 288 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The fo lowing is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for May 9 DEPARTURE: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Djatisari 3 Cherry Blossom (tanker) 5 Shorvu Maru 6/7 Golden Spring 21/22 Smit Lloyd 10 25 '26 Taboa 31/32 Straat Chatham 33 34 Benreoch
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    • 595 7 HIMMPOKE Stock Kxmange told ud other price* officially listed at lb* CIOM of kulam INDUSTRIALS B ACMA gen Co 2 27 Borneo Bh«1 Boustead 212 Camel Plywood 2 60 C. sugar 4 50 Cold storage 6:5 Chemical Co. 2.06 Cycle Carriage 2.06 iJBS 2 09 Dunlop
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    • 52 7 <Manaxe» Price*) lot Malayan 3.16 2nd Malayan 2.28 3rd Malayan XD 1 38 The Commerce Ind 1.12 122 The ravine Fund 1 20 ISO M. Invest land XD 1-35 1 45 1st Hon* Kong 1 40 1 46* 2nd Hon* Kong 97 1.02* Sterling Com. 6 lOxd ••Hon*
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    • 104 7 SINGAPORE. Thar*. The n«H»n price* at tbf Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are:— Bojei oeitrr Coconnt Oil (FOB.) Balk 48 50 loronut Oil (F.O.B.) Drum 5100 Mixed Copra SI 00 Muntok White Pepper (fOB) 96% N.LW. 127.50 Sarawak White Pepper (F.OB.) 125.00 Sarawak special Black Pepper <f O B
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    • 38 7 NEW YORK. Thuri. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York stock exchange: 30 Industrials 959 60. 20 Rails 238.45 15 Utilities 129.98. 65 Stocks 326.55. 40 Bonds 73 84 Commodity futures index 140.37.
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    • 49 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI)— Rubber futures closed 15 pointg lower to 25 point# higher on no yesterday. Bid Ask Mav 2630 26.80 Jul 25.90 26.50 Sep 25.70 26.20 Nov 25.00 25.60 Jan 25.25 25.50 Mar 25.00 25 60 May 2500 25.60 Locally No 2 RSS was 27-1/4
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    • 460 7 AKKI\ ALS: ft 00 am M>A Ml 029 Kuala Lumpur 900 am. MsA Mil 19 Kuala Lumpur 10 15 am MSA MLI2I Kuala Lumpur 10X5 a m MSA MLOOft Proani. Ipoli. Kuala Lumpur. Malacca 110 p.m. MSA ML 451 Kuthing. 2 25pm MsA MLO47 Kota Bharu. Trenggann. Kuala
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  • 466 8 FOUR DIE, 19 HURT IN SAIGON, Thurs. (Reuter) A bomb explosion in Saigon's main Post Office just 'after it opened today killed four people and wounded 19, at least six of them seriously, police said. In the northern city of Hue, three Vietnamese civilians were
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  • 238 8 HONG KONG, Thurs. (AFP) China has successfully trial-produced a new powerful antibiotic which onlv one or two foreign countries are able to manufacture, the New China News Agency reported today. It said the antibiotic, named "Qingdamycln". was produced In Shanghai last month by the Joint
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  • 105 8 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) A 40-vear-old father of six children was killed instantly when a robbery suspect pulled a revolver from a policeman's hoLster and fired wildly in a Western Union Office here. Coast Guard Commander Warren David Andrews was passing the Telegraph Office on
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  • 96 8 PHILADELPHIA Thurs. (AFP) Wealthy Texas collector Mr. Ira Corn paid 484.000 dollars at a Philadelphia auction on Wednesday for a rare copy of the American Declaration of Independence. The copy is an exact replica of the original which appeared in the Congress journal on July 5. 1776, the
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  • 53 8 TOKYO. (Reuter) An earth tremor of minor Intensity "vas felt in Tokyo and it 3 vicinity today but it caused no casualties or damages. The Tokyo meteorological observatory said the quake at 11.48 a.m had its epicentre in the Pacific Ocean near Tokyo and about 13 miles below
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  • 221 8 BELFAST, Northern Ireland Thurs. (UPI) Premier James Chichester-Clark mobilised retired policemen yesterday to help British troops guard key installations in Northern Ireland. Protestant extremists vowed to demonstrate against minority Roman Catholics. The Premier pledged to meet the Catholics civil rights demands for one-man. one-vote in local
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  • 431 8  -  Bv Phil Newsom NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) —The story belonged to the middle ages but the time was now. It could be told in terms of the poverty of the six counties of northern Ireland and the Indifference oi the British Parliament.
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  • 105 8 HONG KONG. Thurs. (ATP) The Chinese Liberation Army has pledged it will always remain loyal to Chairman Mao Tsetung and run Itself as an ideological model for the whole nation. Radio Peking reported today Commanders and soldiers across the nation were making the pledge in commemoration of
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  • 60 8 NEW YORK. Thurs. (Reuter)) A book by Mrs. Coretta Kins about her husband, slain Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, will be published here on September Published by Holt Rinehart and Winston the book is called "My life with Martin Luther King Jr." Excerpts are
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  • 212 8 LAS VEGAS. Nevada. Thurs. (UPI) A former Pakistani Air Force Officer and the son of the second highest ranking Air Force Officer in Pakistan was arrested here yesterday and booked on an open murder charge in the death of his wife. Police said
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  • 276 8 VIENNA. Thurs <UPI> Princess Anne stole the limelight from her Queen mother yesterday when she went through a classic equestrian drill at the Spanish riding school to the enthusiastic approval of experts in elegant horsemanship. The chief of the riding school praised the Princess for showing "perfect
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  • 98 8 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) Tricia Nixon, the President's daughter, is throwing a party at the White House on Saturday night and her date will be Rep. Barrv M. Goldwater Jr., 27. Tncia's sister. Julie will be there with her husband, David Eisenhower. And so will former President
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  • 269 8 CANBERRA, Thurs. (Reuter) Australia faces an imminent and increasing risk of becoming a nuclear hostage of China, according to an Australian political science professor. In a oapej- evaluating nuc'ear daneer? to Australia Professor A.L. Burns said yesterday that from now on Australian cities would be
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  • 26 8 PARIS. (Reuter) The Vietnam peace talks enter their 16th session today with no prospects of an early break-through in the four-month-oH negotiators
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  • 128 8 LONDON. Thurs. (Router) A husband who s'rangled his Bir.go-obse&sed wife walkec free from a court here Mary Cowderoy's mania for r.sgh's out alone playing Bingo slowly drove her and the husband Frederick. 42. apart an Old Bailey judge was told \e«tercay Often, the court heard, the
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  • 106 8 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) A central heating system that is simply painted onto walls of houses or offices has been invented by British scientists. Paint capable of conducting a weak electric current was developed at the Paint Research Station at Teddington in Middlesex County. The paint coverts
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  • 119 8 AUSTRALIA'S biggest operator of transport in the company field. Ansett Transport Industries Ltd.. increased profit by nearly 13 per cent in the December half year to $2,020,213. The period was marked by growth of business in the aviation field, the increases covering both passengers and freight
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  • 416 9 SINGAPORE Thuri The Singapore's Industrial Arbitration Court. Mr Tan Boon Chiang, who Is visiting Australia for six weeks Is involved In a heavy schedule of talks with court, trade-union and Government officials. "I am only In the first stages of my virit to Australia.
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  • 124 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Health Minister. Mr. Chua Sian Chin, tod ay criticised the "unhygienic state" of ®ome of the backlanes in the Raton* District. Mr Chua said this when he toured the district this morning. On the whole, the Minister said, the Katon* District
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  • 155 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A clerk, who went to Japan to enjoy himself with the $66,000 he collected from one of his Ann clients, was JaUeri for three years by the Second District Court today. Soh Teh Chiaw, 32. admitted forging the two cheques paid to
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  • 51 9 SYDNEY, Thurs. (Reuter) —The Australian Catholic Relief Society has made a grant of As2.nno to a hospital in Perak. West Malaysia The grant will help buy equipment for a new children'* wine of Our Lady's Hospital in Ipoh. which is run by a Franciscan order of
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  • 517 9 Sen. Tan Attended AntiRed League Meeting: Lim DAP'S CHALLE.XGE T A KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Mr. Lim Kit Siang, DAP drganising secretary, last night challenged Education Minister, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, to stake his entire political future on his denial that Malaysia was a member of the "CIA-sponsored World Anti-Commu-nist League."
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  • 380 9 KOTA BHAf?U, Thurs. Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today accused the PMIP of Ming involved in a plot in which e ectors were registered e than once in various constituencies T-* Alliance, he said, had so far been able to compile 66 such names appearing
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  • 39 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Minister of State for Toreign Affairs. Enche Rahim Ishak. left today for a three-week tou r of Phnom Penh. Hong Kong and Japan He was accompanied by his wife.
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  • 118 9 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs The Minister for Sabah Affairs. Dato Game Gllong, today expressed confidence that the Alliance obtain a landslide victory in the general election oo Saturday. After seeing the enthusiastic response from the people at some ct the Alliance's rallies, I am confident that the
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  • 117 9 SINGAPORE Thurr An ex-coffee boy. Sim Ah Choen. who had a leg fracture as the result of a road accident at the age of 12. today received a fi.S'V* award in a consent judgment before the High Court. Sim. now 16, was knocked down In
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  • 129 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs Some 250 students, 80 of girls of the University of Singspore. will tske part In the ninth annual work camp to be held from May 11 to 13. Lecturers and residents In the area will also loin the students. The work camp
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  • 206 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A pork butcher. Won* Choon Piew. succeeded In his suit before the High Court for damages against a taxidriver. Poh Leong Teck, for injuries he received in a road accident along KaUang Road on Oct. 5. 1967. Mr Justice Kulasekaram after hearing the evidence
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    • 178 9 TODAY and YOU Friday, May 9, 1969. i eb 3 Avoid 4 Toko STob'M 6 You 7 You 8 Influential 9 Unonpoetod 10 Moww 11 Avoid 12 P*r*on 13 Romontie 15 Con 22 16 Spond'ng 17Tho 18 Your 19 Mov 20 Development 21 Se»m 23 22 You 221 23 1»
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    • 28 9 Today's Diary 5.30 pjb -9 p m SATA tnm mats X-ray station at 489 Stirlint Road. Block 49 8 p.m: Harmonica practice at National Th*»tr« Club, C«m«nceau Avtnua.
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 98 11 NEW YORK, Thurs (Reuter) Results of yesterday's major league baseball games: NATIONAL LEAGUE: Cincinnati Reds 3. New York Mets 0, Los Angeles Dodgers 4. Chicago Cubs 2, Houston Astros 6. Philadelphia Phillies 1. Atlanta Braves 5. Montreal Expos 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2, San Diego Padres 0. San Francisco
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    • 751 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs Thir-teen-year-old Wong Mei Juian established two new records to capture the champion athlete title at the Cedar Girls Secondary School 13th annual athletic meet held at the schoolground, today. Wong of Oleander House set the records in the long jump and discus
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    • 136 11 ROTTERDAM. Thurs (Reuter) A last minute goal by second half substitute R°gg®veen gave Holland a 1-0 viotory over Poland in their group eight World Cup qualifying match here last night. After a shot from defender Israel hit the crossbar, Holland forced their 18th corner of the
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    • 88 11 Torres' NonTitle Bouts MEXICO CITY. Thurs. (UPI) —Efren "Scorpion Torres world flyweignt champion. will fight three non-title bouts before the title against Japanese Takeshi Nakamura. now pushed back until August because of the renovation of the "El Toreo bullring. Mexican boxing promoter Pablo Ochao said Torres will meet Erbito Salavarna
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    • 37 11 BIRMINGHAM. England. Thurs (Reuter) Scotland's John McCluskey retained his British flyweight boxing title when he stopped Tony Barlow of Manchester in the 13th round of their scheduled 15round fight at Solihull, near here, last nifht.
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    • 286 11 MANCHESTER. England. Thurs. (Reuter) Rain brought an early close to the opening day of the W>st Indians three-day cricket match against Lancashire here yesterday, but it failc-l «-tip Steve Camacho h*t*i u hne century. Camacho. who opened the West Indian Innings with Roy Fredericks, scored 101 In
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    • 41 11 SHEFFIELD Yorksh re. Thurs < AFP* Sheffield Wednesday, the English First Division Hub. yesterday paid out £lOO.OOO for the 18-year-old Aberdeen inside left. Tommy Craig It is the highest sum paid in Britain for a footballer of that age.
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    • 22 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The St. Patricks School annual sports meet will be held or Saturday on the schoolground at 2.1S p.m.
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    • 185 11 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Arsenal, the London soccer club, are to propose to the English Football League that goal difference should be substituted for goal average as the deciding factor between clubs level on points. The proposal will come up at the League's annual meeting
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    • 549 11 T ONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) World chom'J pions England fought back from the shock of conceding an 18th minute goal to beat Wales 2-1 here last night to take lead in the British soccer championship. Bobby Charlton made nonsense of recent suggestions that he
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    • 187 11 GUILDFORD E n I 1 i n d. Thurs. (Reuter) Lesley Hunt, eighth-ranken Australian tennis girl, battled for three hours before defeating her compatriot Kerry Harris, ranked ninth, in the Surrey hard court tenni s championships here yesterday. Miss Hunt finally got through to the
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    • 154 11 PARIS. Thurs. (Reuter) The possible banning of aerofoils on racing cars will be discussed at a meeting here of the International Automobile Federation's Sports Commission (CSI) on June 30. A Federation spokesman said here today that a final ruling on aerofoils, or wings, following crashes
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    • 156 11 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) A Royal Naval Jet mad© history yesterday by crossing the Atlantic In under five hours enabling one of its crew to catch the lead In uie great Trans-Atlantie air race. The jet, a Phantom, took only four hours. 53 mintues and
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    • 3180 12 Rate I: Horse® Class 4* Div. J1 Mile —2.30 p.m. (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) 1 030 Grandeur of Hamid Sarawak 4^ 900 Dato Datin HT Wee Meddle 3 3 "00 Gala Barn fiy 900 Happy Syndicate E Donnelly K»o 12 I 678 Sovereign Mini By 9
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    • 444 12 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Ng Chor Yau and Chua Chone Peck had easy wins In the boy's s n»'es third round of the 3\ 'Youth' Tournament tisld at the Singapore Badminton Hall, Guillemard Road, last night. Ng and Chua represented Singapore In the Asian Youth
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    • 381 12  -  By BIG BEN SINGAPORE, Thurs. Saya Datang with Frank White astride showed a return to form when he went smartly over 3f in 38 4/5 on the bit on yielding going after ye iterday's heavy rain. He looks very fit after a short spell.
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    • 273 12 LONDON*. Thurs fßeuter) Stewart Torey 28-year-old Surrey all-rounder, shot out five Oxford University batsmen for 19 runs In 15 overs at Oxford yesterday. The University, who hit up 413 for nine wickets aeainst Warwickshire on Monday in their previous match were all out for
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    • 116 12 LONDON. Thurs (AFP) Maurice Allom. the former Surrey and England fast bowler was nominated as the new President-elect at the annual general meeting of MCC at Lords here yesterday. He succeeds Ronnie Aird in October. Maurice Allom. aged 63. could face a difficult year, for
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    • 245 12 B P Rally SING AFORE, Thurs. A number ol motor rally drivers from Thailand are expected to take part in the BP South Malaysian Rally from Johore to Singapore on June 14 and ThLs \rag disclosed to Sunsport py Mr J Watkins, secretary of the meeting Mr.
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    • 131 12 SING/IPORE. Thurs. Ths Cituens Cc sultative Commttee of M i P..e ;cn a r e organs. ig a B: Walk on M2y 30 ?t 715 a m to comrre rorate 150 th anniversary of Sineapo'e. The w ii- is held under t distir">ui;iicd patrcnage ol
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    • 556 11 I. NOTICES. GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTEGRATION ORDINANCE, 1963 (NO 18 OF 1963) Notice Under Section 19 (10) WHEREAS in exercise of the powers conferred by subsections (1) and (3) of Section 19 of the Local Government Integration Ordinance. 1963 (hereinafter referred to as "the
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    • 1069 11 TV aid Radio row r m' > <** >» ./j* (CHANNEL 51 PM 300 Opening Announcement in AH Language? and Morning SUr: 323 Health In The Home (Malay Versioni; 340 It's Happening in Singapore (Chinese Version) (Repeat*: 3 55 Be Our Guest (Tamil Version*: 4.05 Scarlet Hill: 4.55 Close; 555
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    • 89 12 Time And Tide TODAY Singapore Town: 307 a.m. (8 ft); 10.39 am. (1 ft 2 insi); 6.28 p.m. (6 ft. f. ins.); 10.58 pm. (5 ft). Naval Dockyard: 3.03 am. (9 ft. 2 ins): 1007 a.m. (2 ff,.); 611 p.m. (8 ft 3 ins.); 1f1.04 p.m. (6 ft.). TOMORROW Singapore
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