Eastern Sun, 24 July 1969

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    26 1 Eastern Sun 3rd ANNIVERSARY BONUS: PRICE 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1067 Thursday, 24 July 1969. ft MC(P) 0737
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    Lock icon CHIN SIONG QUITS POLITICS 'FOR GOOD'
    963 1  -  By Peter Loke THE pro-Communist factions in the Republic yesterday suffered a rude shock when it was officially disclosed that its leader, Lim Chin Siong detained since 1963 has resigned as secretary-general of the leftwing Barisan Sosialis and is "giving up politics for good."
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    Lock icon Govt Acts To Protect Stock Mart Dealings
    611 1 THE Singapore Government yesterday laid down a series of conditions to minimise the risk of failure of new issues and the consequent destruction of public confidence in the operations of the stock exchange here. The Government move came in the wake of reports
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    Lock icon RE-ENTRY 75 MILES 'ABOVE' AUSTRALIA
    463 1 Nearing Journey's End SPACE CENTRE, Houston, Wed. (UPI) The Apollo 11 crew has one more major haxard awaiting it their fireball return to earth Thursday. As they flame through the atmosphere above the Pacific, the earth's gravitational pull will whip Apollo to a top speed
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    Lock icon Schedule Till Pickup
    167 1 THE following, in Singapore time, is the schedule for Apollo 11 on Thursday, the final day of the round trip to the moon: 10:02 a.m. Crew begins 7-hour rest period. 6:02 p.m. Crew awakens early to prepare for re-entry into earths atmosphere. 9:07 p.m.— Final course correction
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    Lock icon LEE: ONE SINGLE LAW FOR ALL
    401 1 The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has reaffirmed that the Government will ensure security and fair play to all, regardless of race, re- ligion or language. Referring to the May and June incidents. Mr. Lee told party members at a function on Tuesday
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    Lock icon 'No Disparity In US-Soviet Technology'
    128 1 MANCHESTER. England. Wed. i Reuter) Space scientist Sir Bernard Lovell said today he did n ot think the success of Apollo 11 and apparent failure of Luna 15 represented current disparity between American and Russian space technology. Sir Bernard, director of Jodrell Bank Radio Astronomy
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    Lock icon Colourful Review Of Advance In Telecoms
    493 2 THE multi-million dollar Transport and Communications Exposition 1969 will show some of t.ie greatest achievements made by mankind in the field of air, sea and land communications. The 20-acre Exposition site at Old Kaliang Airport largest exposition to be staged in Singapore will have
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    Lock icon Rubber 76 3/4 Cents And Rising
    82 2 August first trade rubber buyers yesterday closed at 76-3/4 cents per lb., the highest level since September 1963. Initial dealings m renewed covering of August 2. 3 R.S.S. to Russia and shortcovering demand meeting a reserve of sellers, caused the current month to reach
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    Lock icon About People In Singapore
    412 2 SINGAPORE Oxygen Private limited, Singapore Welding Private Limited, Malayan Oxygen Sendirian Berhad »nd Malayan Welding Products Sendirian Berhad, associate companies of the London based British Oxygen Group, have appointed additional Directors to all their boards. The Board of Directors of all four companies Is now constituted
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    Lock icon Air Cadets To Tour US
    174 2 Two Singapore air carets left Singapore yesterday for a tour of the United Spates under an International Air Cadet Exchange. The two cadets from the National Cadet Corps are. Sgt. Kang Choon Liat from the Singapore National Junior College and Cpl. Sundrampiiia Jegathesan from the
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    Lock icon Artist Back After Six Years
    113 2 A YOUNG artist. Yeo Kim Seng, has returned to Singapore after six years in Paris and many successful tours both in Europe and the United States. Yeo told the Eastern Sun at an interview that he will take the opportunity to put up a one-man
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    Lock icon Language Courses Bv AEB
    95 2 THE Adult Education Board will hold new stage one language ,and dialect courses on Malay. Mandarin. Tamil. Cantonese, Hokkien and Teochew commencing in August at the Adult Education headquarters in CairnhiU Road Each course costing $2O per student will consist of 30 lessons to he held
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    Lock icon TROOP GAMES SUNDAY
    48 2 About 150 members of the Singapore Armed Forces will be conducting an excrete at the Ulu Pandan Area on Sunday July 27 from 2.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. The public are advi=ed not to be alarmed a s blanks will be used in the exercise.
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    Lock icon Solve The Riddle Of Man First
    336 2 An Institute of Higher Learning in Southeast Asia seminar was yesterday told that the eventual survival of man mav well depend on the understanding of his own species and not necessarily on technological advancement alone. Speaking at the opening of the seminar on Social
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    Lock icon MAKE WORK EASIER
    113 2 THE National Productivity Centre, a unit of the Economic Development Board, will conduct a course on work simplification from Aug. 11-28, this year. The aim of the course is to enable participants to utilise the techniques of work simplification in ther respective factories. They will also engage
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    Lock icon Traffic Restrictions For Sunday N-day Rehearsal
    421 2 The Second Rehearsal for the National Day Parade will be held on the Singapore Padang this Sunday from 6.00 a.m. till 2.00 p.m. With effect from 200 am on that day. no vehicles will be permitted to enter or remain in the under-mentioned roads,
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    Lock icon 'ESCAPE INTO SPACE'
    145 2 FEATS of space cooquest were Man's manifestation of his frustration and escapism for failing to meet basic human requirements, a group of Singaporeans were told here yesterday The group were members of the Singapore Branch of the Organisation for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement which has its
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    Lock icon Buy Your UNICEF Cards Now
    130 2 THE gratitude of millions of underprivileged children throughout the world await thcje who will say their festive compliments on greeting cards chosen from a sample display now 0 n in the heart of the city here The cards, together with sample calendars, may be viewed
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      155 2 STORE DIARV 1 D.m.-2 p m.: Rotary Club of Singapore West's weekly luncheon at Hollandsehe (Dutch) Club. Camden Park off Adam Road. 5.15 p.m.: Public talk on "Valuation and Taxing of Land Ownership" by Mr. Justice M.F. Hardie at New Lecture Theatre 4, University of Singapore. Bukit Timah Road. 6.30
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    Lock icon Japan Welcomes U.S. Decision To Remove Gas From Okinawa
    742 4 'TOKYO, Wed. (Reuter, UPI) Japan today welcomed the Pentagon decision to to remove lethal gas from Okinawa, where 24 men were injured in an accident with the gas recently. Japanese Foreign Minister Mr. Kiichi Aichi said that he was pleased with
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    Lock icon Emergency Declared In Race Torn York
    187 4 YORK. Pennsylvania. Wed. (Reuter) A stage of emergency was declared here yesterday and state national guard troops were ordered into the streets after another day of race violence in which a woman was shot dead by snipers. Hit-and-run snipers have shot and Injured 29
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    Lock icon Mboya: Warning To Rumour Mongers
    78 4 NAIROBI. Wed. (Reuter) Kenya's Vice President Daniel Arap Moi last night warned that the government would take strong action against groups of people spreading rumours in the wake of the assassination of Mr. Tom Mboya. Minister for Economic Planning. Despite the fact that police announced
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    Lock icon Arabs Queried On Bomb Blast Near Tel Aviv Bus Stop
    211 4 TEL AVIV, Wed. (Reuter) Police rounded up between 50 and 60 Arabs from the Tel AvivJaffa area after a man was killed and another badly injured in a bomb explosion near a bus stop here today, a police spokesman said
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    Lock icon £5O Brides Help Migrants Beat U.K. Entry Laws
    204 4 STAFFORD, England Wed. (Reuter) Two whiU women were convicted yesterday of "marrying" a succession of Indian migrants at £5O a time to help them beat the British immigration laws. "The brides seem to have left the grooms on the register office steps,"
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    Lock icon Pope To Meet Seven African Heads Of State
    140 4 VATICAN. CITY. Wed. (Reuter) Pope Paul will meet at least seven African Heads of State during his visit to Uganda at the end of this month, it was announced here yesterday. The principal organiser of the trip, American Monsignor Paul Marcinkus. told
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    Lock icon Soviet Views On Portuguse Rule
    58 4 UNITED NATIONS. New York, Wed. (Reuter) The Soviet Union will state its views on Portuguese rule in Africa when the Security Council resumes its debate on Gambia's complaint against Portugal today. So far, Russia's actin* representative, Mr. Aleksei Zakharov, is the only diplomat listed to
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    Lock icon Ted Kennedy Attends Funeral Of Drowned Girl
    185 4 PLYMOUTH. Pennsylvania. Wed. (Reuter) Senator Edward Kennedy yesterday emerged from seclusion to attend the funeral of the girl drowned in his car four nights ago a tragedy that has cast a growing cloud over his political future. Silent and grim, surrounded by reporters
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    Lock icon MISS ITALY ALLEGES BEING HUMILIATED IN MIAMI BEACH
    125 4 ROME, Wed. (Renter) Italy's unsuccessful candidate for th« Miss Universe title said hers yesterdsy that she would advise the Italian srcanlsers not to enter the competition again because of the 'degrading w ay ski and her country had been treated. On her
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    Lock icon Nixon Begins Tour Of Five Asian Nations
    259 4 WASHINGTON. Wed (Reuter) President NlxOn left Washington last night for San Francisco on the fli* Bt le e of a round-the-world trip which will take him to Manila, Jakarta. Bangkok. New Delhi. Lahore. Bucharest and England. On the way he will view tomorrows
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    Lock icon SPACE WORKSHOP IN ORBIT IN '72
    445 5 (R cuter The United States plans to put a space workshop into orbit in 1972, the Space Agency announced here today. A statement by the Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said that the third stage the giant Saturn 5 rocket used to send Apollo
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    Lock icon Safe Landing
    41 5 NEW YORK Wed (Reuter) —An Air India flight from New Delhi with 126 people aboard landed safelv at John F. Kennedy International Airport here yesterday after a runway emergency was declared when the pilot complained of severe stomach pains.
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    Lock icon Next Site For Moon Landing Picked
    372 5 SPACE CENTRE. Houston, Wed. (UPI) Space Agency officials have tentatively picked the huge, desert-like "Ocean of Storms" far to the left of the spot on the moons face where Apollo 11 set down Sunday as the site for America's second lunar landing in November
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    Lock icon Missing Yacht And Crew Safe In H.K.
    243 5 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI and Reuter)—A pleasure vacht, missing since last week with two Americans aboard, has returned to Hong Kong with them on board, Government Authorities announced to-day. When the vessel was last seen, an American couple identified as Timothy and Debreana
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    Lock icon War Whops And Laughs
    74 5 HOUSTON. Texas. Wed (Router) Mission Controllers were startled last night hv noises like a thousand war-whooping Red Indians, mixed with ghoulist laughter, drifting down from the Apollo spaceship 160.000 nautical miles out in spare. "You sure you don't have anybody up there with you? Mission Control
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    Lock icon Village Of Tranquility
    65 5 TRANQUILITY, N J. Wed (UPI) —The village of Tranquility. a community of 500 residents, mostly farmers, has changed little in the Dast 10 years. But now the village's little post office is swamped with requests by stamp and firstday cover collectors and dealers for letters bearing the
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    Lock icon WHERE EXACTLY ON THE MOON DID THEY LAND
    503 5 HOUSTON. Texas. Wed. (Reuter) Apollo 11 Mission Controllers are still not sure exactly where Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin made their historic landing on the moon. During an exchange with the spacemen as they headed for home last night, Spacecraft Communicator
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    Lock icon Seismometer On Moon May Not Work
    137 5 HOUSTON. Wed (Reuter)— Space Agency officials said today the seismometer left on the moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts had recorded "several siesmic events" since the astronauts left. Cause of the tremors was so far unknown. But the seismometer, which was working well todav,
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    Lock icon Astronauts' Wives More Relaxed Now
    265 5 EL PASO, Texas. Wed (UPI) The three Apollo 11 wives relaxed on Tuesday, emotionally drained from the strain during the pressure which some parts of their husbands' mission to the moon caused. During the long coast of the spacecraft back to its home planet on
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    Lock icon WORLD LEADERS PRAISE AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT
    687 5 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Politicians competed with philosophers yesterday in paving tribute to the Apollo 11 mission and man's conquest of the moon. Congratulatory messages continued to come in to President Nixon and the American government from leaders in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Scientists
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    Lock icon Astronauts Show Zero-G Operating
    415 5 HOUSTON, Texas. Wed. (Reuter) The Apollo 11 astronauts relaxed their serious approach overnight to five earth viewers an entertaining 20-minute television show from spaceEdwin Aldnn demonstrated how to spread ham paste on a piece of bread which kept floating away in the weightlessness of the cabin.
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    Lock icon Russians Qualify Praise
    231 5 MOSCOW, Wed (Reuteri— A leading Soviet scientist said today both automatic stations and manned flights were essential to space exploration. In a Pravda article he added, "Soviet ?pace explorations will be continued in various directioms including manned space flights Academician Leonid Sedov said Human sensations and observations
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    Lock icon Sato: 'We Must Be Ashamed'
    87 5 TOKYO. Wed. 'UPI) Prime Minister Eisaku Sato scolded his cabinet on Tues-r day for Japan's failure to advance into space exploration. Japan, a world leader in such industries as shlpbulldine and electronics, has fired several rockets carrying small satellites but each of them failed to
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    Lock icon "TINY ALICE"
    566 6 THE theatre, in the British tradition adopted by most other countries, has been a sacred precinct of the performing arts. There is no such thing as profanity in theatre because one could always quote lago subtly asking Othello, "Wouldst thou see her tupped, my lord?" When Bowdler brought
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    Lock icon FRANCO'S SUCCESSOR
    357 6 THERE are not many dictators of the high tradition left in this world. There are some in Latin America and Africa but they wouldn't measure up to the All-Time Greats of our generation. Hitler and Mussolini came to an ignominous end. Stalin died a normal death. Chiang Kai
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    Lock icon The Riots Of Andhra
    666 6  -  By Romesh C. Pande HYDERABAD, India, (UPI) Riots in southeast India have reached such a stage that they use water buffaloes to attack the police. Anti-government agitators who want to set up a new state have rounded up herds of water buffaloes and whipped them into
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    Lock icon Confusion Among Canadian Indians
    574 6  -  By WILLIAM MACPHERSON OTTAWA, (Reuter) The Canadian Government has proposed a new Indian policy so startling that it has left Canada's 240.000 Indians in a contused turmoil. It calls for a relatively sudden end perhaps within five years to 200 years of crown and Federal Government
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    Lock icon The Burmese Way To Win Over Rebels
    317 6 IRRAWADDY DELTA. Burma, (Reuter) Burma's soldiers art learning to use persuasion, rather than force, to win over the country's rebels and going through a slow process of transformation into a people's army. This is the result of political training given to the soldiers
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    Lock icon How The Germans See It
    857 6  -  JOSEPH ALSOP BONN One of the most marked symptoms of the change that is coming over West Germany is a new tendency for its policy-makers to do what may be called their own reporting. Until quite recently, when West Germany was still so inwardlooking, it
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    Lock icon Tan Tock Seng's Grave
    719 6 LETTERS... I FULLY echo the sentiments of 'Ml' whose letter appeared in your issue of 18th July on the above matter. It would be a great and fitting tribute to a humble phllantropist in the celebration of 150 Anniversary of the founding of Singapore this year,
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    Lock icon TODAY'S QUOTATION
    43 6 TIME Is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept away, and another takes its place, and this. too. will be swept away. Marcus Aurelius.
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon INDUSTRIALS REGISTER BIG DROPS IN MARKET
      368 7  -  By OUR MARKET REPORTER IXDtTSTRIALS experienced rather heavy drops in values as easier conditions continued unabated in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Trading was active after an about unchanged opening and on renewed nervous selling coupled with some shorts taking advantage
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      Lock icon Spain's Bank Rate Up
      69 7 MADRID. Wed. Reuter) Spain's official bank rate was increased yesterday from 4.5 to 5.5 per cent, following the international tendency towards dearer money. The Finance Ministry announced at the same time that in future a basic interest rate, like the conventional unified bank rate in Britain
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      Lock icon SIM SENIOR EXECUTIVE BACK FROM HARVARD
      123 7 MR. ANTHONY B.C. TEO. a senior executive with the Singapore Institute of Management, returned to Singapore this week after successfully completing his course at the Harvard University Graduation 6chool of Business Administration. Mr. Teo was on a scholarship offered to him by the BIM.
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      Lock icon Bank: Small Businessmen Can Export
      149 7 MANY small businessmen may be missing th e boat In more ways than one when it comes to exporting. According to a new Bank of America study, the overseas market Is "relatively untapped for many businessmen with smaller manufacturing, wholesaling and food processing firms. "Many
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      Lock icon London Rubber Closes Steady But Quiet
      91 7 LONDON. Wed (UPI) Rubber Market closed steady but quiet with spot 27i, 27j. Settlement House Aug 27-1 8 27-1 4 Sep 27-3/16 27-3 8 Oct 27-1 8 27-3- 8 Oct Dec 27-1 8 27-1/4 Jan Mar 26-3 8 26-1/2 Apr Jun 25-15'16 26-1/2 Jly
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      Lock icon Tariff To Replace Quota System For U.K. Cotton Textile Imports
      351 7 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Britain moved yesterday to put its shrinking textile industry on an internationally more competitive basis. In an action which will principally affect India and Canada, the government announced that it will scrap the quota system on cotton
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      37 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Dow Jones, closing averages on the New York Btock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 834.02 20 rails 199.57 15 utilities ***** 65 stocks 282.72 40 bonds 72.41 Commodity futures index 140.77
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      50 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Rubber futures closed 20 points higher on no sales yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange. (BID (ASK) Sept. 28 45 NOV. 27.70 Jan. 2695 27.18 Mar. 26.70 27.70 May 2645 2695 July 26.00 26.70 Locally. No. 2 RflS was 28 cents per pound.
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      Lock icon London Mart Stages Technical Rally
      122 7 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) The market staged a technical rally yesterday following the falls seen over the past six consecutive six trading days. Towards the close the FT index was 2.8 up at 368.4. Leading industrials were slightly firmer with Glaxo sharply higher reflecting small buying
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1204 7 TJUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots cf 1,000 units unless otherwise specified: INDUSTRIALS Acma $1.60 (1); Borneo $1.60 (5) $1.59 (1) $1.55 (1); Boustead $lBO (4); Camel
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      256 7 THE following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for July 24: DEPARTURE: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Nagasaki 10/11 Pacifique 1/2 Mersey Lloyd 18 Yamateru Maru N W. 4 Cherry Laju 27/28 Eastern Maid 29/30 Edgar Andre 33 34 Musa Djaiil 35/36 Seikai Maru
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      Lock icon $250,000 EXPORT ORDER TO AFRICA
      109 7 THE Singapore company, Hume Industries, will be associated with another water project in Africa. The company will supply 11 miles of asbestos cement pipes to the Magamaga Water Supply Scheme in Uganda. The pipes, each 13 feet long and ranging from three to ten inches
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      Lock icon RUBBER (76 3/4 Cts.) Market Steady
      315 7 AUGUST first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 n.m., in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 76-3/4 cents per lb. up seven eighths of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was steady. Tne market opened one-quar-ter cent steadier on
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      Lock icon Prices Down Sharply On NY Market
      211 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Price* fell sharply in moderately active trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, reflecting continuing concern over inflation and the effect of tight money on corporate expansion. Shortly before the closing bell, the UPI marketwide indicator was off 1.33
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      Lock icon Tin Price
      13 7 THE tin price lor yesterdty was $627.50 per pfceul, up so37#
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      Lock icon Stock Exchange Closing Prices
      549 7 SINGAPORE 8tork LJchange sold and other p rites officially luted at tha clOM of business. INDUSTRIALS Acma 1 60 1 69 Ben Co. CD 1 68 1.78 Borneo Bhd 160 C. Sugar 310 1 old storage 186 187 Chemical Co 1 42 1.48 Civile <v Carriage
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      106 7 THE Association of Bark? In Malaysia-Singapore yesterday 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 1300; HoL land Guilders 584.6775; Swiss Francs $71.5800, Belgain Francs
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      Lock icon H.K. Money
      59 7 HONG KONG Wed. (UPI) Money Quotations: HK$ 6.0825 per U.S. dollar HKS6 0975 per US. dollar TT HKSI4 50 per pound sterling HKS3O9 0 per tael of gold 94.5 per rent fineness HK$l62O per 10.000 Japanese yen HK5135.5 per 100 Philippines pesos buyers HK$l36 5 per 100 Philippines
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      105 7 TBP noon price# at the fttnr* pore Chines* Produce Exchanc* e*terday were:— Buyer uglier Coconut Oil 48 25 (FOB) Bulk Coconut Oil (FOB l»rum 50-75 Mixed Copra 30.50 Muntok White Pepper (FOB.) mm 130 00 Sarawak White Pepper (FOB.) 127.50 Sarawak Special Black Pepper (F.O-B.) 96% N'.L.W 92.50 La
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      46 7 (Managers Price*) l«t Malayan XD 2.62 2nd Malayan XD 1 89 rnrnm 3rd Malayan 1-19 The Com Ind ion 1.10 M. Inve«t Fund 1 25 Hi i lvt Hong Kong 1.50 1.56* 2nd Hong Kong XD 1.02 niL Sterling Com 5/8 <*Hons Rons currency)
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      443 7 ARRIVALS. 5 00 am. MSA ML029 Kuala Lumpur. 8.15 a.m. LTA UT 1575 United State*. Papeete. Pacific. 9.00 am. MSA ML119 Koala Lumpur. 9 35 a.m. GARUDA OA982 Jakarta. 10.15 am. MSA ML121 Kuala Lumpur. 10.25 a.m. MSA ML005 Penang, Ipoh. Kuala I unipur Malacca. LL85 p-m. PAN
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL $5 ESSAY WINNERS
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      Lock icon Good And Bad Habits
      513 8 People sometimes wonder why it is easy to form bad habits and so hard to form good habits. Yet the reason is plain. On every occasion our natural inclination is to take the line of least resistance. It requires at first a distinct effort and a
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      Lock icon MY TEACHER
      91 8 THERE are many teachers in my school. The best teacher I like is Miss Koh. Miss Koh is my form teacher. She is not very tall but she is thin, with a round face and short hair. Her face is very pretty. She also wears a pair of
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      Lock icon Real Friendship
      298 8 FRIENDSHIP as understood and interpreted by many people is just cordial and friendly relations with another or others. But it implies something with more sincerity and love for one or more. Just as habit, character and thoughts are cultivated when one is young, real and faithful friendship is
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      Lock icon HARVEST TIME
      238 8 HARVESTING, for example, padi is considered to be the most important event in a year. It is for this, a farmer is waiting for. This is because after the harvesting, he can sell the padi to merchants and have some money to spend. In M-ilaya, harvesting is done
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      Lock icon WHAT'S COURAGE
      380 8 COURAGE is the quality men admire most. Primitive males measured their manhood by it. So do modern adolescents Civilised people are dazzled by showy courage a person who dives off a cliff into the sea, rac-ing-car drivers with chiselled faces, trapeze artistes, and bystanders who run through flames
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      Lock icon History Of Singapore
      374 8 THERE are many legends about the history of Singapore. You have probably heard some of them already. No one really knows whether they are true or not because we have no written records to go by. From the little we know these stories must have happened. We
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      Lock icon Problems Of Over- Population
      157 8 Over-population has given rise to many serious problems, one of which is the need to provide people with food to maintain a reasonable standard of living. In many Asian countries today, the rate at which population is increasing, is causing great alarm. India and Pakistan for
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      48 8 Students: Special prixes will be offered to top essays on U.S. space success. You may send in your essays, as usual, covering any one of the following topics. Man on the moon Hazards of moontrip; Why Apollo--11 mission was a success and How spacecraft will help human progress.
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      59 8 Students: This is vour page to further your interests. Therefore please send to us your articles on sports and extra-curricular activities. stories, poetry and painting for publication in the Eastern Sun. They will benefit the entire student community. Address your letters to the Editor, Students Page, Eastern Sun, 23-B Cantonment
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      182 8 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUNS new essay contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appear* In this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest encourage young boys and girls to express themselves Pr P And what better way to do it.
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      89 8 AMY By Jack Trppit "Daddy/ if you don't have fun at golf, why don't you play some thin' else?" DATELINE: DANGER! GO ON* LEGS ...TELL US WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE'GROUP', ER« INVADED yDUR HIGH SCHOOL? f WELI THEY THOUGHT I'D HELP 'CAUSE I'M SORTA LIKE A MEMBER OF < THE
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      393 10 Letter Of Credit Air Marshal Shine By BIG BEN IPOH, Wed. Letter of Credit and Air Marshal were associated in an interesting half mile workout on a good track here this morning. The pair ran half a mile in 50 and clapping on the pace they clocked 36 4/5 for
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      235 10 SYDNEY. Wed. (Reuter) Lwdlnc Australian jockey G«rr Moore was injured in a .moe fall here today and will be in hospital for two weeks. The veteran jockey, who has ridden many winners in England, is in a satisfactory condition with a fractured collar bone,
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      85 10 DEAUVILLE. France. Wed. (Reuter) Terence Reese and Jeremy Flint of Britain consolidated their lead in the champions tournament at the Deauville world bridge festival yesterday. In the third round of the seven-round event today Reese and Flint beat Egyptian film star Omar Sharif and
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      56 10 HONOLULU. Wed. Bernardo Magno. a fifth ranking junior lightweight of the Philippines, pounded out a unanimous decision over Sumio Nobata of Japan in a 10-round bout here last night. Magno. 132 1/4. was in command all the way. and staggered Nobata. 132. in the first and eighth rounds
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      Lock icon No More Tours For Me—BUTCHER
      185 10 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) West Indies Test cricketer Basil Butcher left here by air today ahead of the rest of his team declaring that he will never make another tour. Before flying to New York, the 34-year-o.d Guyanan commented: "I have had enough. I will still
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      Lock icon Choy Captures Boys' Judo Title
      361 10 BROWN BELT Lawrence Chov of St. Patrick's School won the Boys' *A' Division individual title when he beat school-mate Albert Lee in the final at the third Combined Schools National judo championships at the Chung Hwa Girls' School hall, Bartley Road, yesterday. In the girls'
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      1134 10 Horses Class 2 Div. 1 SV2 Furs. Str. 618 Dendrobium 5y 900 Orchid Stable 151 Cum Dividend 4y 8.13 V. Stable Allan Royal Bourbon 5y 8.11 KL Tjong E. Breuk 466 Film Star 4y 8 10 Shaw Stable Tulloh 500 Tudor Pirate 4y 809 Agasam Stable
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      205 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Football Association of Malaysia have given the "green light" to the Bulgarian Commercial Counsellor here. Mr. A P. Savov, to get a top class coach for a one-year period. The Bulgarian coach's Immediate task on his arrival here In early October is
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      106 10 BANGKOK, Wed. (AFP) Thai Boxing Commission President, Police General Pichai Kullavanich, today challenged the World Boxing Association (WBA> to announce the purse for the world flyweight champion WBA. version—Hiroyuki Ebihara of Japan for his first defence. In a strongly worded message to the WBA
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      180 10 SEAP Games RANGOON. Wed (Reuter) Asian and European dishes will be served at meal-times to athletes and officials attending the six-nation games here in December but pork will not be on the menu, it has been decided here. Burmese officials decided on this eating
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      47 10 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) The New Zealand cricket team named today for the First Test against England starting at Lord's tomorrow are: G. Doowling (Captain). G. Turner. B. Congdon. B Hastings. V. Pollard. M. Burgess, B Taylor. R. Motz. D Hadlee, H. Howarth, K. Wadsworth.
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      Lock icon Rosy Future For WI Cricketers Says Sobers
      622 10 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) The West Indian cricketers ended their three-month tour of Britain with a memorable victory over Hampshire yesterday and tain Gary Sobers said the future looked rosy for the recently-deposed world champions. "It Is a pity the tour has ended." Sobers
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      308 10 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Results of cricket matches played yesterday were: At Cardiff: Glamorgan beat Gloucestershire by 2uB runs. Glamorgan 337 and second.y 143 lor six declared. A. Lewis 62, M. Procter lour for 13. Gloucestershire 117 (66.2 overs) and secondly 155, J. Mortimoie 46, D. Williams five
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      644 10 MORE than 150 competitors are taking part in the 1969 National Junior Table-Tennis Championships which began at the Khee Fatt School on Monday night. Following are the first round results: JUNIOR MEN'S (Singles): Top Sectio.i (first round): Moh Swee Huat bt Henry Ang (w.0.). Tan
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      Lock icon Boxing Is A Trade With Me, Says Famechon
      1331 11 MELBOURNE, Australia, Wed. On February 27 last year Japan's Fighting Harada lost his world bantamweight title to Lionel Rose, a young boxer who had travelled almost 5,000 miles to Japan for his attempt on the title. This month it was Harada's turn
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      342 11 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) Former world junior welterweight champion Paul Fuji is generally favoured t© win by a knockout in his first comeback fight tomorrow night since he lost the title last December to Argentina's Nicolino Locche. The 29-year-old former U.S. marine's opponent
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      440 11 SYDNEY. Wed. (Reuter) English promoter Mike Barrett forecast today that ticket sales for next Monday night's Johnny Famechon Fighting Harada world featherweight title would be very close to A 5120.000. Barrett, one of the three copromoters for the 15-round fight, said he expected
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      238 11 SYDNEY. Wed lAFP) Both Johnny Famechon, the Australian world featherweight boxing champion and Fighting Harada. his Japanese chailenger are confident of winning next Monday'* world title fight at the Sydney Stadium. "I am confident and Jumping out of my skin with fitness" said Famechon
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      59 11 TAMWORTH. NSW Wed. (Reuter) The touring Fijian Rugby Union side continued their unbeaten Australian tour here today, beating a New South Wales country side 22-9. The Fijians scored six trie* to the local's one and impressed with their brilliant attacking back play. Their tour record now stand*
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      15 11 NEW YORK. Wed. (Rauter) No American basaball yesterday as Ail-Star gam* rained off.
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      77 11 BRISBANE. Wea (Keuter) Australian soccer selectors made only one change In the team which upset Greece 1-0 in Sydney last Saturday for the second international here tonight. The selectors today named Tom McColl to replace Adrian Alston. The Australian side: R. Corry, M. Schaeffer. S
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    317 12 A "SPECIMEN" copy of the King Edward VII S5OO. the most valuable Straits Settlement stamp; and a modern colour error of Singapore. 1962, 4 cts fish series will be among the items which will be exhibited at the 150 Anniversary Stamp Exhibition. Mr.
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    187 12 Six Wounded In PoliceGang Clash SIX persons were wounded when Police opened fire on a secret society peace parley at Tanjong Rhu yesterday afternoon. The Police had to shoot their way out when they came under attack as they broke in on the meeting. All the six injured persons were
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    82 12 A security guard, Lim Beng Huat. employed by the Jurong Shipyard, was sentenced to four months' jail by the Fourth District Judge. Mr. Dalip Singh, after being found guilty of stealing Italian and American currency notes from the Third Officer of the "Texaco London" on July
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    83 12 An accounts clerk was charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday with breach of trust. Renjlt Singh GUI was alleged to have committed the offence at his office In Goodwood Park Hotel between July 9 and 22. He was entrusted with $2,287.40 in cash and
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    387 12  -  By Suhaimi Bidin PROFESSOR George M. Sicular yesterday proposed the introduction of a specialised bus system in Singapore as a possible alternative to provide the people in Singapore an efficient, economical, and reliable transportation service. Professor Sicular of the University of
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    Lock icon Lawyer's Clerk In Court For Offering A $1,000 Bribe
    276 12  -  By THERESA SEAH MR. LIM Sai Weng, Assistant Examiner of the Inland Revenue Department, yesterdav told the Third District Court that he was offered Sl.OOO by a lawyer's clerk "to overlook any queries raised bv his department over the estate duty
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    251 12 KIWI airmen who fly the Bristol Freighters with No. 41 Squadron serving the Far East Air Force will arrive in Singapore with a Maori "Gate of Welcome" to mark its 25th Anniversary. The hand-carved Maori Gate was recently flown to Singapore from
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    Lock icon Sold HP Taxi Charge
    103 12 A CASE scheduled for hearing yesterday was postponed to Oct. 20 to 22 because the accused. Raja bin Mohamed. could not turn up in court as he was sick. Raja. 44, was alleged to have committed breach of trust of a $19,200 taxi belonging to the
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    Lock icon Student Treasures Copy Of His 'Sun'
    246 12  -  By K. S. SIDHU MASTER Suresh Nanda a Secondary IV student of the Queensway Secondary School is very possessive with his things even newspapers. He keeps personal belongings to himself and will not dream of parting with them or sharing them with others. A
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    Lock icon Stole Captain's Shoes: On $250 Bail
    70 12 A CONTRACT stevedore labourer. Ling Cheng Ping, was charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday with theft of a pair of shoesLing. 61. is alleged to have stolen the $l5 shoes from the Master of the vessel, "Paciflque" on July 23 at the Port
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    Lock icon Police Seize 499 Rounds From A Ship
    116 12 POLICE yesterday recovered 499 live rounds of ammunition and three revolvers during a raid on a foreign vessel. The vessel. "Tharacee". was anchored at the Inner Roads here. Two of its crew were also arrested. In one of the cabins. Police found one
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    Lock icon 4 Months For Bottle Attack
    74 12 A 35-year-old night-club manager, "Jimmy" Lim Siong Choon wa s sentenced to four months' jail by the Fourth District Judge. Mr. Dalip Singh, after being found guilty of causing grievous hurt to a night-club director. Tan Jin Hong on Aug. 27, last year. Lim used
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    50 12 PIRTHI Chan Bali was charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday with causing hurt to Beer Singh on April, 7 at Upper Paya Lebar Road. He claimed trial and bail of $5OO was allowed, pending trial in the Fourth District Court on Sept. 20.
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    27 12 MR. TAN AH PAL 75. fell to his death from the sixth floor of Block 13. Kampong Arang Road, yesterday. No foul play is suspected
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    242 12 THE Chen Su Lan Methodist Children's Home will hold its first Flag Day on Saturday. July 26. One of the major projects the Home hopes to achieve with the target sum of SlO.OOO to be raised on that day will be to biv a mini-bus
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    276 12 A VISITING research officer of a leading Australian vitamin manufacturing firm yesterday advised people to eat unprocessed and uncooked foods if they want to maintain a strong and healthy body. He Is Mr. William King of Vitamin Supplies Pty. Ltd. who flew in specially from
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    110 12 FORT! -SIX persons were fined between 525 and S5OO for failing to submit their income tax returns on time. Two men were fined a $l-000 each by the Ninth Court Magistrate- Mr. EC. Foenander for failing to submit their income tax
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