Eastern Sun, 26 August 1969

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  • 22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1099 Tuesday, 26 August 1969. •fr MC(P) 0737 Price IS canto
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  • 312 1 TOKYO Mon. (AFP) Plans for soft-landing on mars by combining retrojetting with parachuting were explained by Dr. H. A. Wilson, of the U.S. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Langley Research Centre, at the International Space Technology and Science Symposium in Tokyo today. The symposium, sponsored
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  • 399 1 SYDNEY, Mon. (Reuter) The commander of the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, Capt. John Stevenson, was honorably acquitted by a Naval court martial today on two charges of negligence. The court was directed by the judge advocate to find there was no case for Captain Stevenson to answer
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  • 53 1 NEW DELHI. Mon. (Reuter) The Congress Party high command decided tonight not to take any action against Prime Minister Indir a Gandhi for defying party discipline in the recent presidential elections Mrs. Gandhi had supported Mr. V. V. Giri, who was elected. rather than the official party candidate.
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  • 152 1 BEIRUT. Mon. (Reuter) Fifteen people convicted to being Israeli spies were executed in Baghdad at dawn today, Baghdad Radio reported in a broadcast. Six five soldiers and a police officer were shot by a firing squad outside Baghdad while the other nine were hanged Inside the
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  • 74 1 HONG KONG Mon (UPI) Little Wong Tung-Shan was bom yesterday aboard a Ma-cao-Hong Kong ferry S. S. Tung-Shan while the steamer was in international waters. Her mother named her second son Tung-Shang after the steamer and will register him in Hong Kong. A spokesman for the
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  • 194 1 'Make-uo 9 Swindle THE Police yesterday warned the public to be cautious when they are asked to invest in enterprises which appear to offer quick results with little or no effort. The warning issued by ASP G. Tolson of the Publicity Division. Operations and Planning
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  • 309 1 Rode Animal 15 Hours MALMO, Sweden. Mon (UPI) A young Korean sailor who saved his life by clinging to the back of a giant turtle for 15 hours in the Pacific was extremely lucky, a Sweden zoologist expert said today. The 25-year-old unidentified Korean, who
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  • 20 1 THE winners of the Miss 150th anniversary Queen of Singapore Quest Susan, Amily and Hilary. (Story i n Page 2).
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  • 170 1 TEL AVIV, Mon. (Reuter)— Israeli jeU struck acro«* the Jordan river early today at Arab guerrilla bases in the Wadi Zerqa region, a military spokesman said here. The plane® went into action shortly after announcements here that five guerrillas had been killed overnight in one of
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  • 57 1 CANNES. France Mon. (UPI) Bushfires which ravaged a 60-mile front along the crowded southeast France vacation playground flared up again near Nice today. But firefighting officials said the outbreak of Mont Chauve (Bald Mountain) behind the resort city was not serious, and firemen and troops would get it
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  • 223 1 TOKYO, Mon. (UPI) —The Finance Ministry announced today it has lifted most of the remaining exchange controls on remittances by foreigners in Japan. The new measure, to take effect starting Sept. 1, Is designed to make it easier fo r foreigners to send home the profits
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  • 277 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Guidelines for the issue work permits to noncitizens were announced by the Malays!? n government today. The National Council decided at its mminj this morning to issue employment permits to four categories of non-citizen workers with varying durations. Non-citizens would be
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 268 2 ONE of the world's biggest manufacturers of paints, 1.C.1. Paints (Singapore) Private Limited will built a $2.5 million paint factory in Jurong to meet the increasing demands of the home market and export orders. The factory will be ready for production by early
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  • 124 2 The Singapore Sweep Bth Draw will be conducted at the Juron* Industrial and Agriculture Exhibition at 13J ms. Jurong Road on Sept. 2 at 630 p.m. Mr. Lim Yong Liang, secretary of the Football Association of Singapore; Mr- Ng Long Kee. a Singapore Sweep main agent; and
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  • 135 2 THE president of the Singapore Chinese Bus Owners' Association, Mr. Tay Soo Yong. will head the panel of officials at the mid-week Toto Draw to be held at the site of the Transport and Communications Exposition at Kalian* Park on Thursday, Aug. 28. The other officials are:
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  • 57 2 A Korean Mechandise Exhibition will be held at the Singapore Conference Hall. Shenton Way. Oct. 7 to 16. it was announced yesterday. The exhibition, organised by a trade promotion agencv of the Republic of Korea, will be open Monday to Friday 11am. to 9 p.m. and Saturdays
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  • 108 2 Dr. Ho Guan Lim, Director of Medical Services and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, will open the first World Health Organisation Train In g Course in immunology at 4.30 p.m. Sept. 1 at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore. The course which
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  • 51 2 The Controller of Property Tax has issued warrants against properties for which property tax for the second half of 1969 has still not been paidThese properties have consequently become liable to seizure and sale. To avoid such seizure, property owners are advised settle arrears without further
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  • 620 2 "A spate of hooliganism" was the description made by Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. Issac Paul Retnam, of the actions of three men who were brought up before the Eighth Court Magistrate. Mr. Chandra Mohan, for causing hurt to seven policemen at the
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  • 1392 2 KUALA LUMPUfI, Mon. Senior Federal Counsel Mr. Ajoib Singh today produced witnesses in the High Court, trying T. Mahesan for corruption, who testified that he: Received two amounts totalling $122,000 from S. M. Manickam; Transferred $330,000 to a bank in Madras; Subsequently transferred $882,587.50
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  • 129 2 A SINGAPORE shipyard. Vosper Thornycroft Uniteers Private Ltd.. ig offering three more scholarships to Singapore students for training in the ship-building industry in the United Kingdom. The three scholarships are naval architecture, marine engineering and electrical marine engineering. Applicants for these scholarships are being invited
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  • 304 2 EIGHTEEN-year-old Amily Cheong who beat 11 other finalists on Sunday night to take away the coveted title of Miss 1 50th Anniversary Queen of Singapore is a "modern miss" who is quite prepared to go "bra-less" in keeping with the latest trends. (Page one picture)
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  • 264 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Goodwill and the desire to maintain close relations would surmount all problems between Malaysia and Singapore, the new Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia. Mr. Maurice Baker. said today. In a "large family'' like Malaysia and Singapore, he said problems were bound to
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  • 160 2 Singapore International Airport has acquired a $lOO,OOO "Air Jet Varumn Sweeper" to keep the airport's aprorr «nd runways free from harmful debris that could cause damage to aircraft Officials of the Civil Aviation Department carried out a thorough test of the Vacumu Sweeper yesterday. Mr
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  • 474 3 EL-AQSA MOSQUE FIRE JERUSALEM, Mon. (Renter) A Public inquiry into the blaze at Jerusalem's ancient El-Aqsa Mosque, which touched off a bitter anti-Israeli ferment in the Arab world, opens here to-day before a Government-appointed commission. The five-member body, appointed by Israel's Chief Justice Simon
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  • 232 3 CANNES, Mon. (Reuter) Most of the forest fires which In the past three days have ravaged thousands of acres of riviera beauty spots were reported today to be either out or under control. But strong forces of firefighters kept close watch throughout the
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  • 110 3 DAMASCUB, MOB. (Reuter) —Syria broke off diplomatic relations with Rumania yes terday in protet against Rumania's decision to raise her relations with Israel to ambassadorial level, the Syrian Foreign Ministry announced The Ministry statement accused Rumania of favouring Israel, supporting her, and challenging the Arab countries. Earlier yesterday
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  • 258 3 PARIS, Mon. (Reuter and UPI) French workmen came close to ruining celebrations marking the 25th an. niversary of the Liberation of Paris yesterday when they were sent out to clean the statue of Venus but scrubbed down General Leclerc instead. The statue of
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  • 603 3 NEW YORK. Mon. (AFP. Reuter and UPI) According to a Gallup Poll published yesterday Senator Kennedy is less popular among Americans since his car accident in which Mary Jo was killed, but he is still the favourite among Democratic
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  • 230 3 AMMAN, Mon. (Reuter and I'PI) Dr. Mohammed AI-Farra. Jordan's permanent representative at the United Nations, said here yesterday that Jordan was requesting a meeting of the Security Council to discuss the question of Jerusalem. He was talking to reporters before leaving for New York via
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  • 85 3 NEW YORK. Mon. (AFP) Six girls and two men undressed and went for a 20-minute nude romp through the Museum of Modern Art here yesterday in protest against the "non-moder-nity" and "stagnation" of the museum. Organised by Japanese Artist. Kayoi Kusama. the demonstrators took up
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  • 189 3 RIO DE JANEIRO. Mon. (Reuter) A wave of optimism swept Brazil yesterday as insistent press and semi-official reports from Brasilia said a first step towards a return to full democratic government would be taken to-day. The reports from the capital said President Arthur da Costa
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  • 100 3 EDINBURGH. Scotland. Mon. (Reuter) Write r Mai co!m Muggeridge helped cele brate the opening of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts last night by attacking the sad state of 20th Century culture Speaking from the pulpit of St. Giles Cathedral during the official openine service,
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  • 105 3 PHILADELPHIA. Mon (Reuter) The world's biggest Ice-breaker, the 150.000ton "Manhattan," set sail yesterday on a voyage that could mean the fulfilment of a cen-turies-old dream the opening of a north-west passage across the top of the Americas The vessel left Chester. Pennsylvanma after a S3O
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  • 217 3 BELFAST. Mon. (Reuter) Northern Ireland today starts a week of bridge-building between the alienated Protestant and Catholic communities in a climate of mutual accusations over this month's riots. If peace efforts fail, the province could face a repetition of the bitter sectarian strife which left
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  • 258 3 PRAGUE, Mon. (UPI) Czechoslovaks started the working week to-day, faced with a new Emergency Law threatening loss of jobs if they protest the Soviet Occupation. The new Emergency Law was proclaimed last week after riots had left at least Ave persons dead. Yesterday, a three-mile column
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  • 310 3 PARIS. Mon. (UPI) France faced yestesdav what could be a make-or-break week for the French economy and the devalued franc. President Georges Pompidou, back from a brief vacation on the southern French coast, was set for a heavy schedule of conferences beginning this morning to prepare
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  • 73 3 ROTHERHAM. England Mon. (Reuter) Gardener Sandy Tomlinson has producer a tomato that cannot roll off a plate—it's SQUARE. He grew the ripe, red tomato in a plastic mould as a bet with friend* in his local tavern at the Yorkshire village of Kimberworth near here. But the
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  • 40 3 HONG KONG Mon. (UPI) A 42-year-old man tried to commit Hara-Kiri with a chopstick today. Police said. He was sent to hospital after he was found writhing in a public lavatorv with a chopstick stuck in his stomach.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Fotorama '69
    • 479 4 Photograph Them And Win Yourself One Of These Big, Big Prizes J The 15 RTS TALENTIME •69 Finalists whose photographs are shown on this page will perform at the National Theatre on Thursday night, August 28th. This, the Grand Finals
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    • 343 4 SNAPSHOTS TAKEN OF RTS TALENTIME '69 GRAND FINALS ON AUG. 28 ALSO ELIGIBLE; CLOSING DATE EXTENDED HERE'S food news tor would-be competitors in our novel, fun-to-enter RTS TALENTIME 69 TV SNAPSHOTS Contest. The Rules of the Contest originally stipulated that only snapshots (of the 15 Finalists)
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    • 748 4  -  Practical by Tips SHUTTERBUG THERE isn't a more comfortable way to photograph your favourite stars in action than from the comfort of your armchair, in your very own living room. All you need is a TV set and of course, a camera. Your TV set
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    • 349 5 CONTEST A-5 "Exceptionally high standard". "The standard continues to improve by leaps and bounds". These were Just two of the many favourable comments passed by the Judges of Contest AS. FOTORAMA '69 endorses these observations. As entries continue to pour in. their overall improvement
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    • 95 5  -  by JST Ist: S3OO CASH VOUCHER, Mr. Francis Xeo. 31, Jalan Tiga, Singapore, 14. (ALL ALONE). Mr Tang Chow Kong. 52 Pagoda Street, Singapore 1. (STUDYING) 3RD: $5O CASH VOUCHER Mr. Yan Kong Weng. 170-C Bahru Road. Block 21, Singapore 3. (BEAUTY) Certificates of Merit will
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    • 72 5 Have you sent in your entry to our "SINGAPORE AXD HER PEOPLE" Contest? The closing date is September 4th. that's •nly a week from today, so if you haven't begun to do so. start sending in your entries now. Remember, there's $450.00 in cash vouchers to be
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    • 347 5 THE PRIZES Ist PRIZE; $3OO CASH VOUCHER 2nd PRIZE: $lOO CASH VOUCHER 3rd PRIZE: 50CASH VOUCHER Plus Certificates of Merit to the next 10 best entries THE RULES 1. To participate in this contest, all you have to do Is to submit one or more postcard-size or Ji"
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 658 6 EVERYONE considers that the outcome of the Vietnam war is of prime importance to the future of Southeast Asia and simultaneously everyone is totally bored with it. Neither offensives mounted by one side or the other nor the number of Americans or South Vietnamese or Communists
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  • 248 6 SELDOM Peking speaks about disruptions in its domain. But when it does leak the news, though for quite different reasons, the world gets stirred up. Peking Radio is spotlighting once again the erroneous leanings among unreformed landlords and rich peasants as well as religious troubles along the Sino-Soviet
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  • 626 6  -  (By MEHR KAMAL, Gemini News Service) KARACHI: An entirely new light has been thrown on Indus Valley civilisation by four Finnish scientists in Copenhagen who claim to have deciphered by computer the mysterious Indus Valley Script. If their claim is to be accepted some
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  • 822 6  -  By WILLIAM FORREST, Gemini News Service LONDON: On August 23, 1939. Joachim von Ribbentrop. the one-time champagne salesman who became Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany, flew to Moscow in Hitler's personal plane and within an hour of his arrival found himself inside the
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  • 14 6 H« that would eat the fruit must climb the tree. James Kelly.
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  • 447 6  -  By JOHN ORGAN MADRID. (Reuter) "On Rodriguez", a traditional figure of fun in Spanish life, has taken over the hot, semi-deserted city of Madrid this August. He can be recognised by his sheepish leer. "Rodriguez" is the nickname given to every husband who has been left to
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  • 228 6 WASHINGTON: A longsought goal of scientists is accurate prediction of severe earthquakes. This l> not yet possible, hut continuing study offers hope for the near future. One approach to the manyfaceted problem Involves careful measurement of small ground movements along fault lines fractures in the earth's
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  • 673 6 Letters... THE report of the fullgrown leopard which escaped and terrorised the Pasir Panjane area but was recaptured (E.S. Aug. 18) reminded me of similar escapades and recapture or death of Mr. Spots and Mr. Stripes in the town and suburbs in Singapore's
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  • 210 6  -  By U BA THAN RANGOON (UPI) The trouble in Burma, the government says, is that young people know more about the go-go than the yodaya. The yodaya Is a lively dance which traces back into the history of this ancient land on the Bay of Bengal
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 438 7  -  By OUR MARKET REPORTER TRADING In the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday hardv ™f? ed rom the recent week's trend and share prices drifted lower in very quiet conditions. The market failed to follow up last Friday's steadier close after
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    • 875 7 BUSINESS 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 of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified: INDUSTRIALS Acma 51.78 (3) $1.76 (2): Ben $l.BO (1): Borneo $1.75 (12); Camei PI ay
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    • 118 7 WASHINGTON. Mon. (UPI) The cost of living continued its steady climb in July, increasing five-tenths of 1 per cent mostly because of higher prices for food and services, the Labour Department reported. The Bureau of Labour Statistics said consumer prices had risen 3.6 ©er
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    • 46 7 JAKARTA. Mon. (UPI) French aid to Indonesia is expected to reach $ll million this year, visiting Trench par:iamentary delegation leader Claudius Petit said. Petit tola a news conference the aid will be used mainly to complete nrojects already started by French companies in Indonesia.
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    • 243 7 The following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for August 26: DEPARTURE Godowns Vessels 6/7 Broholm 21/22 Seiwa Maru 27/28 Vanino 38/39 Anton Makarenko 45 Luna Maersk 1 '2 Ixion 29/30 Makeverett arrival Godowns Vessels 5 Billy (clinker) 38/39 Eastern Muse Gimilekollen
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    • 137 7 Mr. Michael Pang and Mr. Ronald Tan Hock Slew, Boustead marketing executives, left Singapore recently for 3 months overseas training. They will attend a marketing course in the United Kingdom, and will also spend time with major companies represented by Boustead in Singapore and Malaysia,
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    • 139 7 BANGKOK. Mon. (Reuter) Thailand will ask Cambodia to allow Thai International Airline flights over its territory. Dr. Sirilak Changrangsu. Under-Secretary of Communications, has said. Dr. Sirilak told reporters yesterday that the Thai Foreign Ministry would channel Its request through a third party as
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    • 579 7 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) A revival in foreign investment in Hong Kong has begun following a slump in 1967 and 1968. So far this year, 13 industrial undertakings fully or partly owned by foreign investors have commenced operation in this British crown
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    • 13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $642.00 per picul. down $0.25.
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    • 288 7 September first grade rubbers buyers closed at 5 p.m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 78-3/8 cents per lb., up one quarter of a rent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. Quiet and thin conditions marked the morning's trading with
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    • 347 7 THE Philips and Jacks organisations in Malaysia and Singapore will combine on Jan. 1, 1970 to form two new joint venture subsidiary companies. Electronic Supplies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd., and Electronic Supplies (Singapore) Sdn. Bhd. These new companies will as from tnls date handle the
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    • 645 7 •IMGAfOM dta&rt sold sad officially liiiro at 4 biuloaaa. otbat Ida do price* M Of DiDl'ATRIAL p. ACMA 1-7 i Ben Cd M.I.1..I UK.I 1 11 6. n hoiutnd IK I'M 100 2-15 165 174 6 40 B 1 ¥4." IN 1 HO 815 141 1
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    • 63 7 NEW DELHI. Mon. (UPI) Foreign Trade Minister Ball Ram Bhagat has announced the government will take over the importation of industrial raw materials. The Minister did not indicate when the government decision will take effect. He also said the government has proposed a gradual
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    • 91 7 THfc noon pr1r«* at lit* )lnr»pure CbiDCw PrwSatt Kictuntt teiurdu »er* >— ttn;« eel** Coronal Oli if. O.B.) Balk «».v» Lotnnui Oil (FOB) Dram SI 00 MUM Copt* SO-SO Muni ok IV bile Pepper (FOB.) USM M»ran*li Whit* P«-[/D*t irOB) 142-M Harawftk special BlacB Pepper IKORI M% Nur. ion
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    • 67 7 < Manager*' Pricea for Aug. 25) ASIA UNIT TBCSTS Mai Invent, rand 1U ft. U SINGAPORE UXIT TBOSTS 1ft MaU)io XD f.Tl m tna Malayan \D ]M 3rd MiUiac MS Ttaa Com. Ind. 101 J 11 The Savins rand 1<U I. u Sterling Com A 6 1M Hone
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    • 398 7 ARRIVALS 500 a m. MSA 029 K. Lumpur 900 a m. MSA 119 K. Lumpur y.s&am GARIDA UAW)2 Jakarta 1015 am. Ms A 121 K. Lumpur 10.25 a.m. MsA 005 Penang, ipoh. Kuala Lumpur. Malacca 100 pm. SAS SK97I Copenhagen. Tashkent, Bangkok. 1.10 p.m. MSA 451 Kuchlng 1-30
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE
    • 145 8 WASHINGTON: U.S. engineers have devised an improved technique for detecting welding flaws immediately during the weldinx operation. The technique, which tests indicate may spot flaw s not detectable by X-ray and gamma ray inspection, measures the acoustic emission resulting from release of energy when a material is
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    • 353 8 WHAT has four aluminium legs, weighs 3,000 pounds (1.362 kilograms), stands 11 feet (3.35 metres) high, and clanks and squeaks when it moves? A cybernetic anthropomorphous machine. of course, or CAM for short. That breaks down to mechanical walking machine. The creation of an American engineer. the machine
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    • 345 8 SCIENTISTS have long debated whether water exists on Mars. Now, new findings seem to have erased any doubt. US. astronomers report that they have obtained the first "absolutely conclusive proof* of water vapour In the planet's thin atmosphere. The evidence came from spectroscopic observations at the University
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    • 528 8  -  By Cong Phuc SAIGON, (MF) Forty five kilometres east of Saigon a sign reads in Vietnamese, Thai and English: "Please don't shoot at the war orphanage." The sign marks the border of the Long Thanh war orphanage, and it is a reminder that the
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    • 352 8 BETHEL, New York Michael Lang, a 24-year-old college dropout who picked this rural community to stage a massive rock music festival, feels good inside today. He also has a headache. Mr. Lang, along with four other young men. waved goodbye on Aug. 18 to
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    • 623 8  -  Date-line By Ele and Walt Dulaney By Ele,Walt Dulaney DEAR WALT: I am not the jealous type but how am I supposed to take it when nv steady keeps confusing my name with other boys' names, even when we are making serious love? It doesn't happen just
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 64 8 (1) What is the origin of the word "Thug"? (2) Do you know the meaning of the word "Utopia"? (3) What is chlorophyll? Yi 1. It is from the Hindustani word that* meaning deceivers. The tbufs were religious fanatics who killed by strangling. 2. 'No such place' from the Greek
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    • 23 8 By Jack Tippft 'Don't oct too enthusfaeHc, Roger I You CAN b%> replaced, ya' know!" DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunderc and Alder McWftams
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  • Article, Illustration
    1124 9  -  HAVE TICKET WILL TRAVELS By GLORIA-MAE who will conclude this travel series on Saturday with an account of her short stay in Perth. "WHAT If I get lost In Melbourne? Will I feel an outsider?*' I had pestered my brother Cyril before my departure from Sydney. After all, I
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  • 558 9  -  Ann Landers r\EAR ANN: I am expecting our first baby in about seven weeks. We waited a long time for this child and I want to do everything just right. Now a dark cloud is hovering over my shoulder. My mother-in-law assumes that
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  • 115 9 CASS DALEY and GIL LAMB have been signed by producer Hal Wallis to make a "comeback appearance" in Paramount Pictures' "Norwood" The contemporary comedy with music, which stars Glen Campbell and Kim Darby, currently is before the cameras o n locations at Lake Elsinore. California. Lamb and Miss Daley
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • 591 10  -  BY LESLIE NAKASHIMA (UPI Asia Sports Editor) To 0, 9 I n to the bovs of Nationalist China who on Saturday won the 23rd annual Little League World Series at Williamsport Penn., bv defeating Santa Clara, Calif.. 5-0 in the finals. It was
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  • 148 10 ROADS, hotels, stadia and all types of buildings are going up in Munich in preparation for the 1972 Olvmpics. In picture above the Federal Transport Minister Georg Leber is seen recently opening in a for. inal ceremony the Candid throughway, which comprises of a 375-metre long
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  • 152 10 RANTO, Italy, Mon. (UFI) Police hurled tear gas and battled demonstrators with nightsticks on Saturday after a night of violence sparked by reports an Italian soccer team was involved in a bribery scandal. Police said at least 13 policemen were Injured. Several demonstrators also
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  • 78 10 RIO DE JANEIRO. Mon (Reuter) Brazil overran Vene7uela 6-0 here today to qualifying for the 1970 World Cup soccer championship in Mexico The brilliant Brazilian® rattled up five goals in the first half to completely demoralise the Venezuelan team. Clockwork passing between Peie and Tostao
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  • 775 10 BROOKLINE. Massachusetts. Mon. (AFP) Stan Smith of Pasadena. Calif., became the 1969 United States national tennis champion yesterday when he defeated his lone-time doubles partner. Bob Luts of Los Angeles. 9-7, 6-3. 6-1 here at the Longwood Cricket Club. It was probably this
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  • 120 10 ST. MORITZ, Mon. (Reuter) Freak snow conditions prevented any play In the International tennis championship here yesterday, but gave Japanese number one. Kojl Watanabe. the men's singles title. Watanabe's Swiss opponent. Dlmltrl Bturdza. was forced to concede a walkover as he had to leave for Lausanne
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  • 604 10 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) Lancashire became champions of the English Sunday Cricket League yesterday, beating Warwickshire bysl runs while their nearest challengers, Hampshire, fell to Essex by 42 runs. West Indian Test all-rounder Clive Lloyd (59) and John Sullivan (60 not out) shared in a Lancashire
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  • 102 10 BRNO. Czechoslovakia. Mon (UPI) Lief Mortensen of Denmark won the amateur road race title at the World Cycling Championships here Sunday. Belgians Jean-Pierre Monsere ana Gustaff Van Roosbroeck were second and third respectively. Mortensen. who had been active among the leaders for the 181.233 kilometres (113.269 m:lesi
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  • 82 10 BUENOS AIRES, Mon. (UPI) Buenos newspapers treated the fourth place showing of an Argentine Torino in the Nurburgnng marathon auto race as a victory for the national automobile industry. The newspaper Clarin Sunday called the Argentine showing **a true demonstration of the industrial and organising capacity
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  • 265 10 WURZBIHG. West Germany. Mon. (AFP) For probably the first time ever the Cast German national anthem was played on West German soil yesterday when the brilliant East Germans won the first European Cup men's swimming match here. The West German crowd rose to its
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  • 161 10 SUTTON. Mass.. Mon. (Reuter) American Tom Shaw scored a five-over par 77 here vesterdav but just managed to hold off Australia's Bob Stanton to win the 5150,000 Avco Golf lassie. Shaw had started the final round with a seven-shot lead but Stanton slowly whittled it
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  • 74 10 GOSFORTH England Mon. (UPI) Tommy Horton has made it into the top eight place* in the last four b;g golf tournaments after winning the first award of 500 pounds (US$l,2OO) in the Tyneside Festival of Golf M-hole tournament on Saturday. Horton had two final rounds of 73 to
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  • 213 10 BUDAPEST. Mon. (AFP) The first European Cup women's swimming match, which ended here today, confirmed the superiority of East Germany and produced five European records. The East German girls, led by Gabriella Wetzko, ran t wav with the competition, scoring* 138 points. Way back
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 220 11 P. I** 1 Ttltrm walker, Derrick de Souea, 41, has been awarded the Public Service Star (8.8.M In thie ycar > awards for bleod donetlen. Derrick. a special Grade Technician In the Telecom* Department and also the Hon. Secretary of the RaceWalking Sub-committee of
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    • 103 11 NEWPORT. R. 1.. Mon. (UPT) Dutchman Tom Okker captured the singles title with two conquests and teamed with Amerlca'a Marty Rleuen to capture the doubles title on Sunday to dominate the New Port Casino Professional Tennis Tournament. Playing under the VASS (Van Alan Simplified Scoring) system.
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    • 104 11 Hotel Singapura outplayed Armed Forces 5-3 in the FAS division one league match at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Singapura took the lead In the 10tn minute with a goal by Kader Sulaiman and increased their lead further through a penalty goal by Mahat
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    • 103 11 Jurong Shipyard Recreation Club will meet Bndgestone Sports Club In the finals of the Jurong Town Corporation soccer tournament at the Taman Jurong grounds today. Jurong Shipyard qualified to play in the finals by beating the JTC Eleven while Bridgestone earned their place by defeating Jurong
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    • 102 11 WINNIPEG. Manltob*. Mon (UPI) Tall Carol Mann 6f Buffalo. New York, defeated 22-year-old Jan Ferraris of an Francisco on the drat hnle of a sudden death playoff on Sunday to take first place in the 20.000 dollar tournament of champs. Mlaa Mann parred the flrtt overtime
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    • 47 11 HELSINKI. Mon. (UPI) Finland and Norway ©lavtd a 2-2 draw in their soccer International match hero on Sunday night. All goals were scored In the first half. The scorers were Arto Tolsa (4 minutea). Tommy Lindholm (9 minutea) and Odd Ivorsen (21 and 29 minutes).
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    • 681 11 BASEBALL NEW YORK, MOB- (Reuter) Ron Swoboda slapped a double Into loft Add to send three men home In the seventh Inning yesterday and five the New York Mets a 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The win puts the Mets
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    • 129 11 NEW YORK. MOB. (Reuter) Standings of MaJor League baseball teams after yesterday's results: NATIONAL LEAGUE Eastern Division W L GB Chicago 78 49 New York 71 52 5 St. Louis 69 7 84 Pittsburgh 6f 56 84 Philsdelphla 52 72 24( Montreal 39 89 394 Western Division Ssn
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    • 134 11 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) The New Zealand cricketers dourly continued their fightback in the final test against Englanc at The Oval today and by lunch led by 30 runs with seven wicketg left. Scores were: New Zealand 150 and 122 for three; Eng land
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    • 115 11 Hamilton Sportg Club were held to a 2—l draw by Police in division one FAS league fixture st the Jelan Besar Stadium yesterday. Quah Kim Lye scored for Hsmilton in the llth minute to five them the lesd. However a 40-yard free kick awarded to police and
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    • 56 11 MOSCOW. Mon (Reuter) mm Soviet welghtlifters aet four world Junior neevy-welght records in an international tournament In Lvov yesterday Tuynu Yugar set s msrk of 182.9 kllogrsms (338.1 pounds) for the presg snd 447.5 kilogrsma (986 5 pounds) total lift. Aleaender Konovslov snstched 133 kilograms (293.1 pounds) and
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    • 1050 11 Following are the race weights for Saturday and Sunday racing at Kuala Lumpur. SATURDAY HORSES CLASS 2 DIV. 1 6 Furlongs Cum Dividend 9 no Tudor Pirate 8.13 Air Marshal 8 12 Midas Gilt 8-12 Film Star 8.11 Norvic 8 10 Baghdad 8.09 Dendrobium 809 Royal Bourbon
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1289 11 (CHANNEL 5) PM. 350 Opening Anonuncements in all Languages and Morning Star: 3 25 Be Our Guest (Malay Version); 340 Health in the Home (Tamil Version); 350 House and Home (New Zealand Lamb 4) (English Version); 3.55 A Diary of Events in Singapore This "Week (English Version); 400 Peyton Place
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  • 232 12 SINGAPORE has become a major force in the shipbuilding and repairing business in this part of the world. The General Manager of British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.. Mr. D.E. Turnbull stated this when he sooke to newsmen about how Keppel Shipyard has won the
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  • 156 12 Twenty members of the staff of the Scandinavian Airlines and the Thai International from Singapore and Malaysia will go for training to Copenhagen next year. They will be the largest group of staff members from any airline office in these territories to be sent to Europe for
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  • 289 12 A young talented pianist, Miss Margaret Hee-Lenq Tan will give a charity pianoforte recital at the Victoria Theatre on Sept. 7 in aid of the Singapore Association for Retarded Children. The recital 1* under the distinguished patronage of the Republic's First Lady, Puan Noor Alshah.
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  • 181 12 THE Blood Bank's reserve stocks fell slightly over the pest week owing to a forty per cent decline in donations attendance while the usage of blood remained at its normal level. Statistics published by the Government yesterday showed that a total of 528 donations were received during
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  • 199 12 The Japanese Cultural Society in Singapore is organising an elocution contest in the Japanese language to be held next month. The contest Is being organised "to promote cultural exchange, and international friendship and understanding between the people of Singapore and Japan." Organise under the Joint sponsorship of
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  • 70 12 THE Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, will attend a cultural show organised by the Delta constituency on Aug. 30 at the Delta Community Centre at 7.30 pjn. to commemorate the fourth National Day and Singapore's 150 th anniversary. Madam Chan Chov Siong, M.P. for
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 94 12 Time Tide High Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 10.53 am. (8 ft.) 9.51 p.m. (9.3 ft.) Naval Dockyard- 11.00 a.m. (9.8 ft) 10.09 p.m. (10 ft). Low Tide (Todoy) Singapore Town: 3.57 a.m. (0.1 ft.) 3.55 p.m. (3.9 ft.) Naval Dockyard: 3.30 a.m. (0.8 It.) 3.52 p.m. (4.8 ft.) High Tide
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