Eastern Sun, 1 September 1969

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1105 Monday, 1 September 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Tunku Warns Students: 'Don't Touch Politics'
    735 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, target of recent criticisms and attacks by some students, warned students this morning that they would have cause to regret their actions if they continued to show utter contempt and disregard for the lawful authority
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    Lock icon Detained Students' Release Demanded
    456 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Unlversitv of Malava Students' Union decided today to send a student delegation to the Minister of Home Affairs and the Deputy Prime Minister in connection with the detention of four student leaders. The decision was taken at the 11th council meeting of
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    Lock icon Transplant Man Dies In London
    153 1 LONDON. Sun (Reuter) Britain's :hira and lor.gestsurviving heart transplant patient. 59-year-old Charles Hendrirk. died In a London hospital today. Hendrick. who was earlier reported to be suffering from a serious lung infection, received the heart of a 29-year-old nurse last May 16 A hospital bulletin
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    Lock icon Reds Won't Respect Dam Area In Laos
    269 1 BANGKOK, Sun. (Reuter) The pro-Communist Pathet Lao have rejected Laotian Prime Minister Prince Souvanna Phouma's proposal to make the site of the 25.4 million U.S. dollar Nam Ngum Dam project a neutral zone. The Clandestine Pathet Lao Radio, monitored here yesterday, announced the
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    70 1 KUWAIT, Sun. (Reuter) The girl took part in the hijacking of the American Trans World Airlines jetliner to Damascus two days ago was a schoolmistress in a Kuwaiti school it was reported here today. The newspaper Al-Sevass added that the girl, called Liala Khaled. was a Palestinian living
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    Lock icon Arabs Want 2 Syrians Swapped For Israelis
    700 1 Non-Israeli Passengers CAIRO. Sun. (t'PI and Reuter) The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said yesterday it asked the Syrian government to hold six Israelis aboard an airliner hijacked Friday and exchange them for two Syrian fighter pilots captured by Israel.
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    Lock icon Australian Politician Beaten Up
    238 1 MET.BOURNE, Bun. (Reuter) Outspoken Labour opposition politician Dr. James Cairns was badly beaten uP when he was attacked by a group of young people during a party at hi* suburban Hawthorn home early today. Cairns, 55 the Labour Party's shadow Trade Minister, was knocked unconscious and
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    Lock icon Indian Cruiser
    30 1 NEW DELHI, Sun. (Reuter) —The Indian Navy Cruiser. Delhi, will Pay goodwill visiti to Singapore and ports in Australia and New Zealand next month, it was announced today.
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    Lock icon Choy: Foreign Ship-Owners Have Confidence In Us
    500 2 SHIPOWNERS In Europe, the United States and Japan will be re-directinr much of their work, such as repairs for their ships and construction of various types of vessels, to Singapore, in the future. The Chairman of Ocean Shipyard (Pte) Ltd., Mr. Choy Yew
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    Lock icon H.K. Singer Here For 3 Months
    126 2 Twenty-two-year-old Hong Kong singer. Miss Liew Ping has one desire during her three-month singing contract with the Sea Palace Night Club. The desire to team up with one of the top !oca! band 8 and cut a disc in English. Japanese and Mandarin. A
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    Lock icon Paramount Ruler Warns Against Irresponsibility
    385 2 KUALA LFMPtJR, Sun. The Yang Di-Pertuan A gong today urged Malaysians not to bring up sensitive issues that have been enshrined in the constitution. In a Malaysia Day message over radio and television the King reminded them not to criticise subjects which are sensitive to
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    Lock icon ENTRY BAN
    67 2 THE Minister for Defence, Mr. Lim Kim San. has published a Gazette notification permanently prohibiting the entry into Singapore of tw'o Malaysians and a Taiwan national. They are Johari bin Sonto alia* Hang .Teput alias Hamid (NRIC SSN *****) of Malaysia; Foo K;a Yen (NRIC No. *****1*8 of
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    Lock icon Equatorial Hotel Opens
    259 2 ADMIST the lush evergreen of sunny Singapore, the newlv opened plush Hotel Equatorial sets out to lure tourists with its inviting slogan ""Tropical Paradise.** SIITATED at the Junction of Stevens Road and Buklt Timah Road, the Equatorial hotel contains a total of 220 rooms all with wall-size
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    Lock icon Tan Ends 40 Years At Sea
    188 2 When 64-year-old Tan Heng Jin stepped off the gangway of the Blue Funnel shiPt Stentor, last week. It was for hsm "a parting of ways" th'i a sea career spanning over 4® years. Mr. Tan reflected though> fully on the "good <"ld dayswhen he
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    Lock icon Coin Club Planned
    99 2 A GROUP of local coin collectors have got together last week to form a club for themselves who they proposed to be named as the Singapore Numismatic Association The oro-tem secretary. Mr. Michael Phua, said a formal application will be to the Registrar of Societies this month.
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      1802 2 Chinese Chamber Lucky Draw Results The lucky flat dweller, house-owner, factory owne r or shopkeeper who holds the Lucky Drawn Ticket bearing "No. *****" has won the first prize of a Mercedes Benz Motor Car in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce's "Keep Singapore Clean and Beautiful Lucky Draw." The dra
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    Lock icon CIA-State Dept. Rift Over Sino-Soviet Dispute
    316 4 WASHINGTON, Sun. (Reuter) A Central Intelligence Agency (C.1.A.) inspired story that the Soviet Union is considering a nuclear strike against China has caused serious concern in the State Department here. The story, which appeared in newspapers around the world, is contrary to the State
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    Lock icon Expedition To Track Canada's 'Ape-Men'
    200 4 NORDEGG. Alberta. Sun. (Reuter) The people of Nordegg in remote north-western Alberta are convinced that a band of giant manlike creatures roam the foothills 0 f the nearby rocky mountain*. An expedition 1a planned to track the creatures down. The latest sighting of the hairy
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    Lock icon Senate Will Cut Defence Expenditure
    160 4 WASHINGTON. Sun. (UP!) Senate critics of the military served notice on SaturAav that they will press their fight for curbs on defence spending and overseas commitments when the Senate resumes debate the Pentagon s 20-billion dollar authorisation bill. Sen John Sherman Cooper. Republican-Kentucky, sa id
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    Lock icon Mrs. Kennedy
    30 4 HYANNIS. Mass Sun. (UPI) Mrs. Joan Kennedy was discharged from Cape Cod Hospital yesterday after losing the baby she and Sen. Edward M Kennedy were expecting In February.
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    Lock icon Heavy U.S. Holiday Toll Seen
    116 4 CHICAGO. Sun. (UPI) Holiday travellers jammed the highways in record numbers over tile weekend, off lor a final summer flinp during the Labour Day weekend. The National Safety Council estimated in advance of the long holiday weekend that from 625 to 725 persons would die
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    Lock icon Judge Postpones Autopsy Decision
    338 4 MARY JO CASE WILKES-BARRE, Penn., Sun. (LPI) A judge said on Saturday he would hand down a ruling sometime after Labour Day (tomorrow) on whether he has jurisdiction on a Massachusetts request for exhumation and autopsy of the bodv of Mary Jo Kopechne, killed in Sen.
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    Lock icon Ammonia Blast
    72 4 MUNDAY. Texas. Sun (UPI) A big tank truck carrying anhydrous ammonia smashed Into a building yesterday spreading fumes over a wide area and forcing the evacuation of the town's 2.000 residents. Several hours after the accident, foam was pumped over the truck to take the bite out of
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    Lock icon Gulf Coast Begins To Rebuild
    237 4 GULFPORT. Miss. Sun. (UPI) In the wreckage of the Mississippi Gulf coast the shock left by hurricane Camille i« giving way to optimism. Once the snort 100-mile strip of Mississippi that faces the Gulf of Mexico was the most prosperous section of the state. It
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    Lock icon Tension Eases In Arkansas
    88 4 FORREST CITY. Arkansas. Sun (Reuter) The number of State Troopers and National Guardmen was further reduced here today after a night of racial peace, but Police Chief Marvin Gunn said the dusk-to-dawn curfew Imposed on the city would be continued. Only 16 State Troopers and 30
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    Lock icon Senator Raps V-N Policy
    102 4 FRENCH LICK. Indiana. Sun (UPI) Sen. Vance Hartke. Democrat-Indiana, addressing a rally of party faithful here, said there was a difference between what President Nixon says and what he does In Vietnam "The so-called troop withdrawals generally are believed to be troop reductions, which they are
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    Lock icon THE BEST ANSWER FOR ONE WHO'S SUICIDAL
    532 4  -  Ann Landers Dear Ann: I've made some mistakes in my life but as I look back over the past 34 years I see many tragedies over which I had no control. Both my parents were drowned when I was 16. My brother whom
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    Lock icon SECOND YOUNG COUPLE MURDERED IN FLORIDA
    376 4 HOLLIWOOD, Fla.. Sun (I'PI) Police found the bodies of a 21-vear-old youth and his 17-year-old girlfriend on Saturday the second set of victims in a Florida lovers lane slaying in three weeks. Police sa:d both Anthony McKee>ver and Deborah Carol Nichols had been shot
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    Lock icon Flood Area In Mexico Evacuated
    178 4 MEXICO CITY. Sun. (UPI) In the air and on the water, helicopters and a strange assortment of tugboats, river patrol boats and row boats stepped up the evacuation Saturday of the last 3,000 resident® of flood-devastated southeast Mexico. The jungle evacuation, beeun last Thursday with
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    Lock icon New Storm Threatens Jamaica
    130 4 MIAMI. Fla. Sun. (UPI) Tropical storm Francelia formed in the central Caribbean late Saturday and pointed 60-mph winds westward. Francelia. sixth of the season. should become a hurricane within a short while, the National Hurricane Centre said "While this is a very small storm at present,
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    Lock icon Pigs Kill Mother, Hurt Son
    151 4 WEST UNION, lowa, Sun. (Reuter) A herd of a heat-crazed pigs attacked and killed a 22-year-old mother on a farm near here last night when she leaped into their pen to rescue her five-year-old son. The son. Daniel, was reported in poor condition with multiple
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      23 4 EXCLUSIVE n O TIME THE another new simple fun-to-enter contest to begin on WEDNESDAY in EASTERN SUN 17 LP RECORDS TO BE WON!
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      178 4 SHAW I Mi-w'.ia [fx I D O Phone *****® LAST DAY 11 am. 130. 4.00. 6.30 *9 15 p.m. 0»t1(S Rp««n»rr Forsyth "WHERE IT S AT" Co:or (CAI CAPITOL Phone 2975" NOW SHOWING No Free Li»t a am. 130. 4 00. <45 9 30 p.m. Cheng Pe:-pel "IAW COt'BAGE" (A
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    613 6 r' you tell a pilot flying a commercial airliner aver the United States. "Let's go to Havana.* he is likely to take It in a routine manner and promptly change his course. He may not even know whether you are holding a machine gun or a can of insecticide
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    Lock icon 'TURNING POINT'
    247 6 rEE Z2~l by the Malaysian 2ecuty Pr UBB Minister Tun Abdul Hacax to regard Merdeka Da? A3 a 'turning point:' Towards a better life will be welcomed by Malaysians irrespective of their racial orxni. May 13 disturbances, undoubtedly, has put back Malaysia 3 clock by decades. If r.hi*
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    Lock icon THE MAXWELL AFFAIR BRINGS OUT THE PREFECTS
    824 6  -  By Olives Carruthers Gemini News Service LONDON: At Hm beg'nnmg of August, wH««i most rtspt<tobi< Hn4K<i«n were ing a summer holiday, the American company, Lease Or withdrew its offer for the British publishing firm Pergamon Press. About £25 million is iirrohred. As *~»c
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    Lock icon THRIVING SYNDICATES
    96 6 MANILA. Sun. Renter* Dope syndicates in Manila imass more than "hree million pesos about iOOiNJO sterling' a jear bur the problem does not provide a 'totally ILsma. picture", according Co a pouc# report. The report, written by the Chief at Manilas Aati->iar:o-ncs Divaion. Captain Ruben Del Sosano. *a;d
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    Lock icon TODAY'S QUOTATION
    18 6  -  Ralph Waldo The mm V v-sdnm is. ttoat die ante is lest tfest is t» work.
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    Lock icon S. Vietnamese Armed Forces Get More Arms, Equipment
    614 6  -  »V IAN MACKENZIE SAIGON (Renter rW American irww ja4 equipment fo Hm Sout* V atnamese lias bm »»««dsd 119 »iffc H*« start at U.S. troop witMravaJs. Tie recent handover of 11 aiedium-atae '.anumg craft for :aaj~a~ Juppiy rr* the latest tn 1
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    Lock icon More Emphasis On Asian Languages In N.Z.
    421 6  -  *V ANTHONY JAQCES WELLINGTON New Zealand. (Eeuter> L>ian languages are among the newest aad fastest de'eloping subjects m New Zealand T aiversttles and secondary schoois. For aunost ten 7»?an Universities have given non-de-gree nstruction ia u.aa .anguages to adult eduoanoa classes as part
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    Lock icon AIRBAG FOR SEAT BELTS?
    125 6 NEWPORT Rhode Is; and. Reu*er- —Mm a-roa«. nataatiy -.r.flaraoie in the event of iccident. may replace seat; aeitj as future orotection tor motoruits anrt front-««at passengers. Tie Fort Motor Company, ▼inch has aeen wonting on r.n» device for two years, nope co nuts, x for front-paoien-*er
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    Lock icon THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD
    825 6  -  •y Cecil Porter Gtmini News Service LONDON: Quien Elisabeth is often called the richest woman in the world. Her personal fortune has been variously estimated at between £6O million and £lOO million. But da>* t*~e cest 3t -na -"a airg full ac-ra-afus ct rov«'t>
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon 'Repercussions' To New Japanese Discount Rate
      347 7 I°£T?' un euter —The raise in bonk rate to 6.25 percent from 5.84 percent announced by the Bank of Japan today is likely to hava international repercussions, local banking sour- cet said today. They saw significance in the fact that the step was taken
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      Lock icon Leaving For Course In Japan
      125 7 MR Koh Kay Seng. Marketing Manager for Precision Equipment in the Guthrie Waugh Organisation leave s on September 3rd for JapanHe will be away for 17 days for a familiarisation course on Canon electronic calculators at Canon Co. Incorporated Mr. Koh said there was a
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      Lock icon Boom Trade With US Predicted
      277 7 HONG KONG. Sun. (AFP) Trade between Heng Kong and the United States will reach an unprecedented boom this year, the chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Sir Sik-Nin Chau. has predicted. Addressing a meeting of 16 Hong Kong trade delegates xast night, which
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      Lock icon $100m. N-Power Station For Japan
      131 7 $100m. NPower Station For Japan BURGH, Sun. (UPI) Westlnghouse Electric Corp. said on Friday it has obtained a contract to supply equipment and services for a USS--100 million 326.000-kw nuclear Plant at Takahama. Japan The plant will be built by Kansai Electric Co. of Osaka, it will be the largest
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      Lock icon NSW Bank Is Against Restriction
      78 7 SYDNEY, Sun. (UPI) Robert W. Norman. General Manager of Australia's Biggest Bank has opposed moves seeking restrictions on foreign investment. Norman, whose Bank of New South Wale® Ltd. has invested heavily in mineral developments. "it seems unrealistic to expect and somewhat unprincipled to demand, that
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      Lock icon 129,000-ton Tanker Launched In Kobe
      163 7 KOBE, Sun. (UPI) A mammoth 129,170 deadweight ton tanker, built by the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Co. for San Juan Carriers Co. was launched on Friday at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Ship- yard. Kawasaki said It was the largest ship ever launched at Its Kobe yards.
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      Lock icon Lufthansa Joins In The Farewell
      106 7 THE ladles were going overseas and so the male members of the family had to turn up at Paya Lebar Airport to see them off. Mr I. H. MacGregor. sales director of Tractors Malaysia Limited, and his son, bade faiewell to Mrs. MacGregor and daughter
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      Lock icon Rubber Sales To US Up One-third
      246 7 WASHINGTON, Sun. (I/PI) The United States, the largest single buyer of West Malaysian rubber, increased its purchases of the basic raw material from that nation by more than one-third during the first half of this year, the Washington office of the Malayan Rubber Board
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      Lock icon Record Car Export
      134 7 TOKYO. Sun (AFP) Japan's export of automobiles In July made a new monthly record 0 f 76,027 units, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers' Association announced on Friday The figure showed a jump of 45 5 per cent over the last month of last year, while It was 1.6
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      Lock icon BID TO WARD OFF WHEAT PRICE WAR
      359 7 WASHINGTON, Sun. (Reuter) Officials from major wheat exporting countries ore expected to meet here next week to try to avert a wheat price war. The meeting, called At the suggestion of Australian Trade Minister John McEwen, would bring together senior pricing officials from
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      Lock icon 747 On The Atlantic Route Dec. 15
      211 7 NEW YORK. Sun (UPI) Pan American World Airways flrst regularly scheduled 747 "Jumbo jet" service goes into operation Dec. 15, 1969. The first flight will be from New York to London and Frankfurt. Th« flight will inaugurate daily 747 services in each direction
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      Lock icon Thais To Trade With Eastern Bloc
      122 7 BANGKOK, Sun. (Reuter)—Thailand Is planning to promote trade with Eastern European countries. Economic Affairs Minister Bunchana Atthakor said today. Mr Bunchana told reporters that the plans, now being studied by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, were aimed at expanding Thai export markets and finding new
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      Lock icon India's £1,261m Plan To Boost Agriculture
      409 7 NEW DELHI. Sun. (Reuter) The Indian government has produced a massive economic plan for the fiscal year 1969-70 in which 22.710 million rupees (£1,261.500.000 sterling) will be spent in a bid to raise the national income by 5.5 per cent. Details of the blue-print
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      396 7 AKBJViI* 500 am- MSA 029 K. Lumpur 900 a.m. MSA 119 K. Lumpur 10.15 a-m. MSA 121 K. Lumpur 10 25 a.m. MSA 005 Penan*. Ipoh, k. Lumpur, Malacca 10-50 a-m. THAI TG42S Bangkok. 12-85 pjn. PAN-AM PAB4I Saigon. Guam. Honolulu. Ban Francisco U4P Dm- OAKLDA GUSt Jakarta.
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      Lock icon 'Trade Slow-Down' Could Hit Nations
      159 7 'Trade SlowDown' Could Hit Nations GENEVA. Sun. (Reuter) Yugoslavia today warned the U.N. Trade and Development Board meeting here that the anticipated slow-down in economic growth of developed countries next year could hit developing nations. Referring to a report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Yugoslav delegate
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      Lock icon ALITALIA Executives Survey Local Market
      166 7 THE rapid development of light industry in Singapore, particularly in the field of electronics, offers interesting problems and a lot of opportunities to air cargo carriers. To study these problem# and to see if there are ways and means to improve the services to Singapore
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      Lock icon Ship Mortgage International
      89 7 LONDON, Sun. (UPI) Hambros Bank (Merchant Bankers) Limited, in association with Skandlnaviska Banken of Sweden, and Bank Mees and Hope N.V. of Holland. Jointly announced yesterday that they will shortly constitute Ship Mortgage International (Sweden) N.V.. primarily of provide finance for ships trallt by Swedish yards. Ship
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      Lock icon PLEASURES OF GARDENING
      381 9 THE first thought that connects itself with gardening is hard work, dirt and sweat. A man who has finished his day's work at the office does not want to spend his short evenings or even his week-ends at such back-breaking toil. But when one thinks of the
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      Lock icon Why We Need A Rugged Society?
      411 9 THROUGH the study of history, we know that Singapore was a small fishing village with a population of about one hundred Malay fishermen and some Chinese merchants before 1819. In 1819, Sir Stamford Raffles arrived in Singapore and made Singapore a colony of the
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      Lock icon Colour Has Countless Uses
      335 9 WHEN a person is born in this world, the first thing he sees is light which makes things visible and also brings out colours. From that time onwards till the day he dies, he lives amonq colourful things unless he is blind. Moreover man, by nature,
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      Lock icon WAR AND PEACE
      611 9 Since time immemorial. man has known, caused and fought wars. Through the ages, the outbreaks of wars were expressions of enmity and disharmony. Civilisation has not taught man the correct peaceful approach to settle disputes. Even in this advanced space age, wars are being fought. Now what
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      Lock icon Progress In The Field Of Aviation
      474 9 IT Is nearly sixty-six years since man had flown on the heavier-than-air craft But even In the eighteenth century, men like the Montgolfier brothers and Otto Llllenthal. had flown on balloons and gliders. However, it was onlv in the twentieth century that two brothers
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      194 9 Essay writing: Rules to observe All entrant* are requested to observe the following rules: 2. Each entrant must fill in his/her own writing the entry form appended below in block letters. 2. No entry will be considered without the entry form properly filled up. 3. The entrant must attach his/her
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      121 9 AMY By J«ck Tippit 111 TA W £JAM. d "Ya' know, Roger...for a BOY, you're not so bod 1' DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and AlfenMcWliams in£s NOBODY IS AWAPE OF THE THEFT OF THE DYNAMITE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITE BY TOP AND NUMBER TWO ...y«T/ rs k WHATTA/A MEAN...OUT?
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      35 9 thx wizard of id •HiftVi M-tl WVLLrI'M OFF -Q> THE &YAU K&HN&LS. J J H m. m Ma s m lit n by Itut pwkir mud Johaay hart 12? JOIN I ft IMB •d «r*f€
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  • SUN SPORT
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      Lock icon NELSON SCORES TREBLE
      1865 10  -  Skipper Pays Dividend Bj BIG BEN KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Jockey Johnny Nelson followed up hi* day's success with a treble here today. Nelson won on Olympic Flame M. Elite Special and Cho Cho San. Skipper II won race two In his second start in the country to
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      Lock icon Hotel S'pura Trounce RAF Seletar
      187 10 HOTEL Slngapura trounced RAF Seletar 4-0 In a FAS division one match at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Play was evenly matched In the first 25 minutes before Hotel opened account with a goal by Hassan Malik, who slammed the ball into the net off
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      Lock icon World Lift Record Smashed
      80 10 JAKARTA. Sun. (AFP) Charlie Depthios, an Indonesian weight-lifter taking part in the seventh National Sports Festival in Surabava. East Java, last night sprang a surprise bv breaking the world weightlifting record in the clean and jerk. Antar a news agency reported todav Depthios who belongs to
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      Lock icon S'pore Cagers Placed Fifth
      75 10 TAIPEI. Sun. (Reuter) h a \£?K n 1 China s Tai fong h? a t th te m Yesterday S>?, tk d f endmg champions. t^ Korea. 93-75. to win tne men s championship at the second Asian Youth Invitatloher* asit etball tournament According to th
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      Lock icon Ah Seng Concedes Walk-Over
      207 10 Yeo Ah Seng, the current National singles champion, conceded a walkover to Faharol Aba® in the semi-final of the Singapore Malay Badminton Association open championships at the Singapore Badminton Hall yesterday. Two other singles matches scheduled to be played were scratched a* the player# failed to
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      Lock icon Fight Contract
      48 10 OSAKA. Japan. Sun (Reuter) World junior middleweight boxing champion Freddie Little of the United States and Japanese challenger Hisao Minami yesterday signed a formal contract for their world title bout here on Sept. 9. The 15-round title match will be held at Osaka l*refectural (State) Gymnasium.
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      Lock icon US Baseball Results & Standings
      219 10 US Baseball Results Standings NEW YORK, Sun. (Reuter) Results of yesterday's major league games: NATIONAL LEAGUE New York. Mets 3. San Francisco Giants 2. Chicago Cubs 5, Atlanta Braves 4, Cincinnati Reds 4. St. Louis Cardinals 3. Houston Astros 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 2. Philadelphia Phillies 0.
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      Lock icon FEAF Swimmers Set 7 New Marks
      278 10 SEVEN Far East Air Force records were broken at the Inter-Stations Championships held at R.A-F. Changi recently, when Tengah topped the table with 70 points. Butterworth Penang were second with 63 points, Seletar scored 58 and Changi 24. In the 100 yards freestyle event
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      Lock icon Forces Go Down To RAF Changi
      116 10 Armed Forces playing without three of their regular players went down I—3 to RAF Changi in a FAS division on e league match at f he Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Changi took an earlv lead with a goal by John Harvey who netted
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      Lock icon Best Performance Trophies Go To Rai And Serjit
      778 10 MAHENDRA Bahadur Rai, Singapore's crosscountry champion, was awarded the men's senior division Best Performance trophy at the end of the twoday Singapore Achilles Club annual athletic meet at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre, yesterday. A Gurkha police, Rai who scored a treble
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      93 10 GOODWOOD. England, Sun. (Reuter) The Americanbred colt. Habitat owned by American millionaire Charles Engelhard won the Will's mile run over one mile here yesterday in Arm going. Louis Freedman's Locyrowe was second and Mrs. Sidney Bates's Jimmy Reppin finished third of six runners. The champion British
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      Lock icon RAF Changi Capture SCA Title
      146 10 RAF Changl won the Singapore Cricket Association Division One league title when they thrashed Police by six wickets at the Police Training School, Thornton Road, yesterday. Batting first Police were dismissed for 150 runs, in reply the Airmen knocked-up 154 runs for four wickets. Police
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      46 10 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $26,311 Ist Prize: No. *****3 ($6,512) 2nd Prize: No. *****2 ($3,256) 3rd Prize: No. *****3 ($1,628) Starters: ($203 each) Nos. *****9 *****3 *****4 *****8 *****8 *****3 *****6 *****8 Consolation: ($144 each) Nos. *****6 *****4 *****8 *****2 *****6 *****6 *****6 *****5 *****4 *****7
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    Lock icon Everfon Ends Leeds Unbeaten Record
    452 11 T ONDON, Sun. (UN) Clotty Ivorton grabbed a ons-point lead in tho Englith First Division ysttcrday and tnded thi rtcords unbeatsn run of 34 looguo gomes for champions Loods United. Youthful Everton won a thrilling homo match 3-2 at Goodison Park. But they had to
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    Lock icon UNITED STATES Davis Cupper Stan Smith puts all the power of his 5'4" into a serve during his match with Illie Nastase of Rumania in the U.S. Open Championships at Forest Hills on Friday. Smith's expression did not change much during the four-set match, as he was upset 5-7, 12-10, 7-5, 6-3.
    55 11 UNITED STATES Davis Cupper Stan Smith puts all the power of his 5'4" into a serve during his match with Illie Nastase of Rumania in the U.S. Open Championships at Forest Hills on Friday. Smith's expression did not change much during the four-set match, as he was upset 5-7, 12-10,
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    Lock icon 3 Aussie Veterans Score Easy Third Round Victories
    510 11 FOREST HILLS New York. Sun. (Reuter) Three Australian veterans of tennis wars around the world led an advance of seeded players into the fourth round of the rich I.S. Open tennis tournament yesterday. Top-seeded Rod Laver. No. 8 Ken Rosewall and No
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    300 11 English Division One Burnley 1. Man. City 1. Chelsea l, Crystal 1. Coventry 1. Wolves 0. Everton 3. Leeds 2. Man. Utd. 3. Sunderland 1. Newcastle 3, Arsenal 1. Notts. Forest 1. West Ham 0. Sheff. Wednesday 1. Liverpool 1. Btoke 2. Southampton 1. Tottenham 3. Ipswich 2.
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    Lock icon Wallabies Lose 3-13
    98 11 PRETORIA. Sun. (Reuter) The Australian Rufbv Union tourists were convincingly beaten 13-3 bv powerful Northern Transvaal here yesterday. The Wallabies' onlv replv to Northern Transvaal's three tries and two goals was a penalty goal The Australian® tried to open up the game in the second half but
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    Lock icon 200 HURT AS STAND COLLAPSES
    151 11 PRETORIA. Sun. (Renter) More than 200 people were Injured, mome seriously. when a stand collapsed at a Pretoria rutby rround yesterday. A senior hospital spokesman reported later that no on« had been killed and none of the injured cases was critical. Officials at the (round
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    145 11 Allan Partner Triumph BOWLING ALLAN HOOI of Malay, sia third in the Masters events in the Pesta Sukan International bowling championships recently, and his partner Peter Chiang captured the Daybreakers marathon bowling tournament at the J*cki£s Rowl (Katong) yesterday. Allan and Peter collected a total of 7931 pinfall* average 198
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    219 11 Playing on their home links, the KenoeMte* ©ut scored RAF Changi Golf Club by A-) in a thrilling finish. Results (Keppei names mentioned first): David Milne (H'cap 3) and Reg Perry (6) outplaved Erie Sterrett (5) and Llovd (6); A J. Malcolm (3) and Stephen Wee
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      461 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT PUBLIC UTHmES BOARD SINGAPORE Applications are invited for the following posts. The commencing basic salary offered will be dependent upon applicants' qualifications and experience. In addition, a variable allowance Is also payable. Appointment will be on a 3-year Agreement in the first instance. GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE: (A) T
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    Lock icon LOAN FOR 150 MILLION TO BE FLOATED NEXT WEEK
    349 12 THE Singapore Government is floating a loan issue of $l5O million to commemorate the 150 th anniversary of Singapore. This is a composite issue comprising 5-year registered stock carrying a rate ot interest ot 5 Der cent and 15-year stock carrying
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    Lock icon Next Year's Holidays
    83 12 THE Singapore Government has announced the public ho'.idays for the coming year, 1970. They are: New Year's Day (Jan. 1); Chinese New Year (Feb. 6—7); •Hari Rava Haji (Feb. 16); Good Friday (March 27); Labour Day (May 1); Vesak Day (May 19); National Day (Aug 9 falls
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    357 12 YESTERDAY was certainly not a day for criminals, petty thieves and robbers with members of the Police and conscientious members of the public on the alert to shady activities. At Kreta Ayer, three youths were caught by a police constable and a detective for stealing
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    326 12 THREATENING skies did not deter the large crowd that turned up to witness 11th Annual Inspection and Parade of the Fifth Corps of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade, yesterday afternoon. In their smart khakiuniforms (for boys) and white dresses (for girls), the 1,500-strong
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    Lock icon Hotelier Has Big Hopes For Singapore's Tourism
    394 12 SINGAPORE could easily become a Mecca for tourists provided local tour operators play a leading role in the Republic's tourist industry a top American hotelier said on Saturday. Mr. Kemmons Wilson. Chairman of the Holiday Inns of America, who came in on a
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    70 12 TELEX service between Singapore and Cayman Island i West Indies) is now available daily from 8 p.m. to 6.30 a.m., the following morning. The Director of Telecommunications announced this yesterday. The minimum charge will be 546.20 for a call duration of three minutes and $15.40 thereafter for
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    Lock icon Burmese Girls Study Here
    93 12 THESE are lour Burmese girls who are now in Singapore taking up nursin* studies under the Colombo Plan They were among 31 Colombo Plan trainees who were guests of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at a "get-together and buffet reception" over the week-end. The Colombo Plan
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    Lock icon More Sacrifices For Future Urged
    223 12 THE M.P. for Geylang Serai, Enche Rahmat Kenap called on the people to make greater sacrifices to ensure the future prosperity of the Republic. He made this call at the dinner organ'sed by the Geylang Serai Citizens' Consultative Committee to commemorate the National Day and
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    Lock icon Port Entry Rules For Trucks
    115 12 THE Port of Singapore Authority announced ove r the weekend that all loaded trucks entering the PSA wharves must enter through Gat* 1 or Gate 9 only. Only trucks carrying rubber, timber, bulk latex, bulk palm oil or bulk coconut oil may enter the wharves
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    118 12 POLICE have discovered a hidden dump of hand-grenades, believed to be relics of the last war. buried in the ground of Police Headquarters at Pearl's Hill. Some police eonstable s who were digging a hole rear the garage in Police Headquarters on Saturday first found three grenades buried
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      121 12 TOTO DRAW THE following numbers wer e drawn in yesterday Toto Draw.— 38—34—10—31—24 The additional number drawn was:—42. The number*- drawn in the "Three-circle" draw were: 30—16—25. Timeft Tide High Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 1.37 a.m. (9.1 ft.). 1.43 p.m. <8.7 ft Naval Dockyard: 1.48 am. (10.9 ft.). 1.57 p.m.
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