The Singapore Free Press, 6 March 1959

Microfilm: NL2454
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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper Miijjapore, Friday, Jhr.h 6, 1959. Pricr i;» ts.
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    Lock icon POLICE OPEN FIRE ON SPEAR MOB
    297 1 pi\ E AFRICANS were killed yesterday when security forces opened fire on a spear-carrying crowd which surrounded them at a road block near Zomba, about 50 miles north of Blantyre, Nyasaland. Four other Africans were injured. The latest victims bring the death toll since
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    Lock icon Mystery disc over London
    132 1 ♦4 .i STERIOVS +rV yellow disc seen <> hovering over London i> airport last Thursday V was yesterday record- cd bj the Air Ministry J in London as "an un- identified flying ob- Ject". I \i least four reliable J witnesses saw the Obll'c t. JJ
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    Final revised Walk list 1630 and here are the judges
    222 1 huge is the entry for F. the Free Press Walk on Sunday the revis- cd final figure is 1636— C that 100 officials will be on duty at the start, along the route and at the finish. S Last night
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    RUBBER PRICE
    8 1 rubbor In Sinrnlng at 87J quiet
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    Estate duty law to be tighter
    36 1 I 1. 1 d the thin irl ol three) <>f th shall b€ dutiable. Accounts mutt be '1 within six months ol tho death ol thr }v> making the gift.
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    Lock icon 14 die in Viscount crash
    57 1 14 die in Viscount crash FOURTEEN people were killed when a Viscount airliner crashed on takeoff at Managna airport in Nicaragua yesterday. The plane carried 14 passengers and a crew of four. First reports said there were four survivors including a stewardess and a boy. The plane belonged to the
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    Big blast as Mac visits Belfast
    111 1 A HEAVY explosion marked the arrival in Belfast last night of Mr. Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Minister. Police attributed the blast to the Irish Republican Army, pledged to end the division o! Ireland by fOli The explosion, wl shook houses in Newry, ral
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    TWO PLANES MISSING
    20 1 Two Si. i propeller n Wildcal fighter i were mliSlna today u, SEATO exet outh81am. Other SEAT
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    93-watch haul
    14 1 A North Brid shop Koh Kua 9 $2,726. Thoy were n <'n
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    Admission to big fair cut
    39 1 Admission fees to the Constitution Exposition has been reduced to 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children under 12. Groups of schoolchildren will be admitted free if they arc accompanied by teachers.
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    Dagger hold-up
    27 1 A cyclist. Soo Ba,ng, was held up at dagger point by three youths at Desker Road yesterday evening and rob-->"i of a watch worth $160.
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    Lock icon SUDAN GETS NEW RULING JUNTA
    272 2 But Premier Abboud remain* as nation's leader r pilE Sudanese National radio 1 announced last night that a new, 10-man Supreme Council had been formed to replace the 12-man military junta that resigned on Wednesday. Six members of the resigned Supreme Council are included in
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    Lock icon Royal tours a 'great' service to C'wealth
    160 2 Royal tours a 'great' service to C 'wealth ('LOSE co-opc ration and j Kood understanding now ted between Britain and its former colonies. the Permanent Under Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations. Sir Gilbert Laithwaite, said in Sydney yesterday. Hi >aid the Royal lamily wus doing a tremendous job in
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    Lock icon TWO TENNIS STARS FLEE FIRE
    94 2 TWO TENNIS STARS FLEE FIRE AUSTRALIAN tennis x\ stars I.rw Hoad and Ashley Cooper were among b5 person* who fled when fire swept a bur and re*- taurant in Philadelphia yesterday. J! They had just finish- vi\ thr eighth contest of a 60-game series to de- <► terniine the 1959
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    Lock icon PILOTS MISSING OVER ATLANTIC LAND IN BEIRUT
    93 2 TWO California pilots reported missing over the Atlantic in a DC-3 transport plane cabled their home office yesterday they had landed safely in Beirut, Lebanon. Pilot George Grossoehme, 42, and co-pilot Tom Price, 36, who had been sought since Monday when they failed
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    Lock icon Owner of canned watch is found
    118 2 Owner of canned watch is found AN owner has been found for a gold-plated wristtch which this week plopped out of a tin of pears opened by a housewife in Suffolk, England. The owner is Mr.s. Blanche McAulifTe who lost the watch about a year ago when a can.'•tury in
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    THEY BOW TO VISITORS
    37 2 picture. 11l \KS in .i farm in Hokkaido. Japan, air t.ikinff i( c.isy in Ibtif llfW l<«»und sin Toundinus. The animals arc \w\\ -Iraim-d .md know how to mrisv before rtsltors. t'nitf'd I'm
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    Reds warn Persia of 'American jackboots'
    181 2 PERSIAN soil -will b trampled by the jack boots of American soldiers as a result of the bilatera defence agreenK ni shi signed with the Unitei States yesterday, Mosem Radio said last night. A commentator on tb radio's Middle East warned Persia she would
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      202 2 OVERSEAS Readers are Up-to-Date! Malaya is the focal point send regularly t.» Malayan of Shiili I.A-i \~ia and students and l«\ Mala) many people toda) consider abroad. that this i- .in area where ti,,, »*d i t i tie tiudgel can of 11..- u.nr, di.-,,,^ of he cour^ be sent
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    Lock icon US lunik sends signal 320,000 miles, breaks record
    244 3 US lunik sends signal 320,000 miles, breaks record A MERICA'S PIONEER IV space rocket, sweeping towards a permanent r orbit around the sun, yesterday broke the long-distance radio transmission record claimed by Russia for its lunik. The Goldstone tracking station in the Californian desert reported that Pioneer IV was 320,799
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    Lock icon THE 'LOST' DISCOVERER IN ORBIT
    103 3 i ii i ted Stat. > An ,miounced yes- rdl nut the Discoverer ft'intc-* hose fate had a myiten since it hed from Vane„b u* orc e b s e tllt day it In orbit. 1 (ll first polar orbitin* itellite. x s ballistic ims-
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    Lock icon 10/-unit divided into 100 cents in South Africa
    53 3 10/- unit divided into 100 cents in South Africa The South African Treasury announced in Capetown, last night that legislation will shortly be .submitted to Parliament for the introduction of a new decimal monetary unit to be known as the Rand. It will be a ten-shilling unit divided into one
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    Lock icon Farewell parly for Archbishop
    36 3 A farewell reception for Archbishop of Canterbury who is leaving for Japan soon was given yesterday in London by the president of the Sudan Society of London. Maior General S.S.G Piggott. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Dag in Burma
    22 3 Mr Dag Hammarskjoeld, the United Nations Secretary General, arrived in Rangoon yesterday for a three-day visit to Burma- Reuter.
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    Lock icon STYLE-ON- A-SHOESTRINC FASHIONS FOR SUMMER
    48 3 "tTYLt-ON-A-iHOBSTRING" fashions for the prim; and summer of l».>0 were presented »>y Uttlewoods at the Waldorf Hotel London mMmm4 flcturt shows; (left) a blazer-jacket in striped rayon sailcloth. Rißht: Matador pants in drip-drv cotton sailcloth, with two slant inset pockets. Paul Popprr nli»t.*TT>e
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    Lock icon PROTEST BY VICE GIRLS
    75 3 THREE hundred Mai tutes marched on the city hall yesterday to protest Chat police were curbing their activiti The girls stormed into tho courtyard In front ol the municipal buildn and iingrlly tore up their pink pr< rd When police arrived the demonstrator quickly tt'-rrd but
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    More tourists
    14 3 The Soviet U) Intourlat expects 5.000 Brithis aummtr, Thi.s is 3.000 more
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    Lock icon TWO DIED BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT SMELL
    139 3 TWO DIED BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT SMELL IWOMAB KIDI I V, retired college janitor, and his wife Ethel. both 73, probably died btrause they had little or no sense of smell, the Newcastle, England, coroner Has told Nt'sterday. Mr. Kidley was found overcome by gas, and his wife dead, in
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    THE ROYAL TRAINS: QUEEN IS CHIDED
    120 3 THE ROYAL TRAINS QUEEN IS CHIDED gossip co- lumni.st John London chided the Royal family yesterday for its use of expensive private trains which are off limits to almost everybody. London, whose column appears daily in the News Chronicle, said he was allowed to ride as a paying passenger on
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      126 3 A 1 WEEKLY K "EASY-TO-READ" M "L GUIDE SINGAPORE < OF FLIGHTS FROM *a SINGAPORE I j N><> s^^ ON 2 Z uj Q d m lW m^^ TO 5 1 H JE 2f g g W ALOR STAR I 1 1 -^g .l MALAYAN < iiziiiz AIRWAYS f honc
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion West unity is aim now
    316 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion West unity is aim now Friday. March 6. 1959. VI EN Mr. Macmillan V announced that he was going to Russia to meet Mr. Khrushchev and his aid< -s be emphasised that the object of his mission was not negotiations but to seek a clearer
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    BY THE WAY
    200 4 J amarv nikenza boda larnuru yioop. The old proverb of the Kanbari tribes seems to me to be particularly applicable to the situation today. There is wisdom in these old ,:iws, aiv! Prodnosc: What does It n? Myself: It la meaningless, but it has been repeal. often
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    WOMEN LEAD WAY TO BRIGHTER BANKING
    902 4  - WOMEN LEAD WAY TO BRIGHTER BANKING Alexander Thomson by It's all part of battle to win vou over IOUK a cham e and 1 asked for Miss Hilda Harding. Yes, she was free to see me. This way, please. Friendly and charming Miss Harding is Britain's first woman bank manager,
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      45 4 FA Public Address i(^ Problems |T-t««mjj««««i»rH PPfJ 11 'TRANSHAILER' Jill] TRANSISTORISED LQUDHA' ER u«rJ throughout the world contained electrical mei«phono. over 400 y«rd«. Thi^ tmn»Utnri»rd loudhailer on*T«tf« m •tao4«rd l| volt torch beUeriet. H. A. O'CONNOR CO.. LIMITED. UMM f«(M<^, IN*' «»4 4 W, «t
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    FPA hopes for mote Covt. aid
    187 5 pore Family Planning Association hopes that the Governa:ll i^ive it more money later this year to compensate for the ts 1959 grant from $120,000 to $100,000. President of the FPA, Sir Percy McNeice, said opposition in mbly to the pant was less m 1958
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    JAGA KRETA RACKET ANGERS MOTORISTS
    129 5 pATRONS of open-air night spots in Singapore x are complaining about the jaga kreta nuisance. They say tyres have been slashed or deflated, indicators damaged and windscreens smeared. According to Free Press Informants, the boys noto the numbers of cars whose owners have not paid
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    Lock icon Big landslide moves again
    55 5 The million-ton landslide which has been poised above the tiny Swiss Alpine village of Herbriggen for more than three weeks moved another 15 inches yesterday. This makes a total movement of about three feet in the last three days but officials said the danger to the
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    Lock icon Three killed on railway
    47 5 Three railway electricians forking on ladders across a London .suburban track were till by an express train early yesterday and killed. An inquiry was immediately ordered to find out why the train was running on what should have been a closed line. -Reuter
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    Lock icon Dato Nik's date
    31 5 Malaya's new ambassador to the United States, Dato Nik Ahmed Kamil, will present his credentials to President Eisenhower next Wednesday, the Malayan embassy said in Washington yesterday. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon BUDGET DAY
    19 5 Britain's budget day wilJ be April 7. it was announced in the House of Commons yesterday. Reuter.
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    FLIGHT IN COMET IV FOR ONE OF THE BIG WALK WINNERS
    773 5 "TVDUR free nights, each for r 43 people, in the Comet IV are being staged by BOAC on Sunday. Among the airlines guests on the third flight will be one of the winners in the Free Press Big Walk.
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    SIT may have to pay
    44 5 The Singapore improvement Trust may hava to contribute towards the cost of laying water mains to -its housing estates. Mr. P. C. Lim, the City Water Engineer, has recommended this to the public utilities committee of tho City Council.
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    Opera Estate roads to be widened
    94 5 Opera Estate roads to be widened nnHE Minister for Commu- nications and Works, Mr. M. P. D. Nair, said yesterday that the roads in Opera Estate, Siglap, would be widened as soon as possible so that a bus service could be operated. He said he would visit the estate soon
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    First outside U.K to win Queen's Badge
    168 5 First outside U.K to win Queen's Badge NINETEEN YEAR Oil) Lim Bee I. urn of, Singapore (right) the first member of the Glrlt 1 Life Brigade outside Britain to win the Qneea'a Badge, will be presented with the award on March IS. The Director of the Department of Information Services,
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    Lock icon Tour is over
    30 5 Mr. Willy Brandt. Mayor of West Berlin, is expected to arrive in Berlin by air today after a month's round-the-world tour as the city's unofficial ambassador. Reuter.
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    BRUSH UP YOUR BRIDGE
    157 5 by M. lIAKKISON-fiRAY VOU are sometimes faced with a blind choice between several possible calls, none of them beini; really satisfactory. The rule on such occasions should bo obvious; you either play for safety or go for something worthwhile. On the above hand. South opened One
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      53 5 .17^^ OFFERS YOU A C jT r m -V-' i TAPE RECORDER. »ush-button control w J speeds built in W^ Concert Hall loudspeaker Avo'loblc at: JACKS PHOTO CO. Capitol Budding, 157 North Bridge Rood, Singopor*. 4itffc&^ F/2.8 wtiXiSr^^^ from Germany 9 W ore). MAX FACTOR J^ tan ti^B BUSY MAN'S
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      58 6 transistor THE WORLDS MOST MAGNIFICENT RADIO You con enjoy a wboU of entertainment with Zenith All-Transistor TOceanic radio because it poweriscd to tune in grammes from oil over world. The Smallest I B Spread SI Wave i P z over produCtd i* Ffosh'l^r Pat' B?^!^^ to 300 houi RH» j^
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      236 6 JEiV llalvKk' '"by "syd'nVy" Jol 'la,' M?*y TV! PLANBT LOOMS OAAJNOUSLV IN TUg I eoLrurc^.^^tl^C "1 I <i^fA/ OtSASTma e+fAAj: fNmvmKmiM Tfm VC*€6*S. rrs VAST SfH-EN BULK STUOOeO '^.^SS^SJoS X TH« ofllCUkJfK>lB J ELECTRONIC 'BRAIN* CUTS Ih TaNoZu£m with pui point* <*££** asteo&os usa«%sitincmso« if rtiokfVig for 4 the ship
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      335 6 BORN imi H01..11 You tiie future, h i star^ tfhen pi p be o] enti: n you d< to b time, you w 111 err AUhou you may conciliatory m do have a firm will exert id to surprise th< you rre an 'easy murk You must never wed you
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. dosing prices
      157 7 Previous 1 KSS c.i.f. .larch buyers 1 Hers 36 sell. April buyers 25 v bu. sellers 25 T s se: mui B Vo. 1 KSS Spot buyers m,i Hers Mlkn N i i; *--> MUmbml \pril 25^, buyers 25"s buyers 2b sellers 26 Nik May 26 bu\
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      New York prices
      104 7 NEW YORK. Mar. 5. Previous Today IX Strait*. Spot 103.50 nom. 103.00 nom. |N' future* in.it>. Contract March 101.00 buyers 101.75 buyers 103.75 sellers 103.50 sellers May 100.87 buyers 101.50 buyers 103.50 sellers 103.00 sellers 0M Steady. SALES: Nil. IHHIK I utures March 31.00 buyers 30.72 buyers
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      32 7 NEW YORK. Mar. 5. Pre\ious Today I Indusliials 611.84 611.87 I Railroads 164.65 165.12 t I)omo>tu Bonds 86.51 86.58 5 Unities 92.73 93.05 5 Storks omposite Averages 210.93 211.20
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      U.S. PEPPER
      57 7 Ilfalaber .<pot and, awaiting ment 25 a i, 25 to 26. cif. Saralea.se 25 i alloats 25 v i, March wak unquoted. Muntok white ipn-.r- je'a. cif Lam- spot and awaiting release 46. and. awaiting release alloaUs 45. and March shipment 25M, March ship- 45, sellers, ex-dock. Above
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      94 7 'j'i;\ Philippine! c.i.f. f.K. North European ports delivered wpisht per long ton Mar. Apr. WRV Stralti c.l.f. U.K./Nortli ro P*»n ports delivered weijh per lon* ton Mar.Apr f f IN I OIL crude Straits W. European ports in bulk ,Pf r on* ton Mar. OCON'J I
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    31 7 Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, will begin receiving X-ray treatment for cancer again within the next day or so. i medical bulletin said yesterday. Reuter.
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    SHIPPING SHARES DEPRESSED
    129 7 L markets a satisnone a yest by the lower t figures for th« general the market w irregular. cities were the 'te decision ■■> 1. i I were d 111 i lo i a tlnued. I Improve Television and radio were supported and improved, but there was
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    Lock icon DOCTORS QUIT AFTER B.M.A BANS BOOK ON MARRIAGE
    273 7 DOCTORS QUIT AFTER B.M.A BANS BOOK ON MARRIAGE I)K. WIMIFK£D DE KOK, author and TV per sonality, resigned from the British Medical Association yesterday a few hours after the B.M.A. stopped issuing further copies of a book on marriage which she edited. Dr. de Kok said she was "disgusted about
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      52 7 1.01 p.m. From UM Netl Hepor: 700 Tlmr ami World- 1.30 Time Bign:il and News; 715 We kf-n< 730 v < Are New umary and J- 30 i 'Wind in the Slffi 94 c fc Will Ellington Quartet; 6. 1S Make soi Al Way ff^r Youth- 6.4f) I G53 An
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      58 7 Minimum ill i mi mi mi ii mi iii^ SINCAPORE I HIGH TIDES! TODAY: 10.10 p.m. TOMORROW: 9.20 a.m. and 10.44 p.m. SUNDAY: 10.07 a.m. and 11.11 p.m. MONDAY: 10.47 a.m. and 11.36 p.m. TUESDAY: 11.25 a.m. WEDNESDAY: Mid- ni K ht and 12.01 p.m. THURSDAY: 0.25 a.m. and 12.37
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      269 7 CLOEM ACROSS 6 Mackerel bait (5). 2 Their clouds have silver lin- 7 Cake of feminine pictorial ings (9). attraction (6). 8 Steal the arm (5). 11 Tree of pale association (3). 9 What to do at the parting of 14 Ethereal dancer on a sum* the ways? (7> mer's
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    £9 million television centre for B.B.C
    99 8 iN AIRVIEW of the £9 million 8.8.c Television Centre which is being built on a 13-acre site at White City, London. There will be seven studios, four of them bigger than any now in use in Britain. The inner ring, enclosing a garden the
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    Beauty hits the headlines
    79 8 SUCH A CHARMING SMILE FROM MISS FRENCH WEST INDIES BEAUTY is one subject that is ALWAYS news. The three lasses on the left are especially thrilled at hitting the headlines, for they have just filled top three places in the quest for Miss French West Indies
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    AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS DENTIST AT BAY
    246 9 AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS DENTIST AT BAY l pr i a day keeps the ■tor. at bay, according fa Report in the Brl- nei tal Journal of a W irch project K t by Liverpool ft un two Hundred cnilK took part in the in- upplea in reducK di.se
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    Lock icon Pony pals for two-year-old
    86 9 Two-year-old Philip Tarran went to London Zoo, and there made friends with a couple of Shetland ponies. Day-dreaming of the thrills of the circus, he rode them and spoke to them, and generally made such an impression that the ponies objected when his parents came to
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    THE EGG SLICER
    96 9 SOME people use a spoon to open their boiled eggs, others a brisk sweep of the knife. Now here's a gadget specially designed for cutting up eggs, but will it make it easier for you to get at your breakfast? No! Before using the invention, which was
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    Lock icon HOME-BREWED AKE THE ORKNEY WAY
    94 9 IN the Orkiuv Islands of Northern Scotland homo-brcwed ale is still as popular as tea is With oilier folks. On the left, meet Mr. Willie Miller, forewinK ins aii- from the m t.im.u recipe. Up is pouring bollIng uatrr on t«- barley in .1 uoiMlril
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    Smile makes her tours a success
    837 10  -  DOROTHY LAIRD MODERN OUTLOOK of Ilk V*< \J LLI i MOTHER by Scots authoress who has written six books on the Royal Family. Her seventh will be out soon. Altho r travels have n the Queen Mother a In e 0/ fi cry country
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    Breaking down the barriers
    103 10 All her life the Queen Mother has tried to reduce to a minimum the barriers which have existed between Royalty and the people. Abo ve, she is visiting the families of a regiment of which she is Colonel-in-Chief, the Ith Queen's Own Hussars, and the baby
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      Three hundred prints go on show
      375 11 Three hundred prints go on show The work of experts TENTH SALON 'pIIE Tenth Intcrna- tional Salon of the Pliotographir Society of Singapore opens today at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Some 300 prints are exhibited. Three of the top prize winners are shown on this page. Comments below are by
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      EXPOSURE FOR FLASH
      26 11 IT your I I i v. h' n look I I] th .1 i h lamp ibjc< t r/11 at 10 Of f/8
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    Lock icon SHOWDOWN HEARS IN TIBET
    329 12 —between rebels and m Chinese forces f rm: n.uiy Telegrapn London) h a 8 claimed that t the possibility oi a major struggle between Tibetan 'rebels" and Chinese forces in Tibet. This Conservative newspaper sted that th< Indian Government should try to get the Chinese Government
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    Shanghai nuns forced to work in forges
    257 12 Shanghai nuns forced to work in forges A ROMAN CATHOLIC news y has reported that the Commum Chinese authorities are foremo- some 300 nuns to work ut miniature steel mills alongside priests in Shanghai Hie International Fides (Faith t Service said the nuns, members of a number of orders, had
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    Hottest month in 83 years
    39 12 The Japanese Meteorological Observatory .said i. tii wa warmest I uary In 8:j yeai The average temperature during the month was 45 dei i 1 the hlghbruary recorded slm observatory tabli hed in Reuti
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    Lock icon Korean war cemetery agreement initialled
    116 12 rpHE South Korean Foreign Minister, Mr. Cho Chung ll wan. and Sir Leslie Munro, special adviser to the United Nations Secretary-Gene-ral, have initialled an agreement for the establishment of a cemetery for United Nations soldiers killed in action during the Korean war. The agreement provides
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    Lock icon Reef intrigue mounting among student groups in P.I.
    163 12 AN INFLUENTIAL Filipino Congressman has said he has received reports about the allegedly increasing activities of Communist elements among the nation's students. The chairman of the Committee on Anti-Filipino Activities, Mr. Leonardo Perez, said he had received the transcript of shorthand notes
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    Lock icon AKIHITO AND HIS BRIDE WILL VISIT SHRINES
    163 12 AKIHITO AND HIS BRIDE WILL VISIT SHRINES CROWN PRINCE Aki- hi to will leave I Tokyo in April for the Ise shrines, Western i Japan, where a cere- mony will be held in connection with his marriage to Miss Michiko Shoda. He will leave on his three-day trip to the
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    30 12 Japan and the Philippines have signed a provisional air agreement providing for the operation of scheduled air services on the commercial air route between Manila and Tokyo. Rcutcr.
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    36 12 India has given Indonesia 51 bales of clothes for distribution in the Java floodstricken arThe Indian ambassador, Mr. J. N. Kho.sla, presented the gilt to Dr. DJuanda. the Tnrtnnp^inn Promipr Reu-
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    Lock icon SHE SAID IT IN JAPANESE
    61 12 A WHISPERED message in Japan- m: frbank cashier to another led to I bandit in Los Angeles. The robber walked up to Miss Lily ler, and gave h< mtnawi S She handed over $671 and at the pored in Jn, I am bring robbed <
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    Blackshirt, poet, conqueror of women!
    432 13  - Blackshirt, poet, conqueror of women! George Millar THE POET AS SUPEKMAN, by Anthony Rhodes (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 255.). IJAD G a b r i e 1 e d'Annunzio confined his vibrant talents to writing goodish poetry, dodging his creditors, and womanising, it would have been better for Britain and for
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    Victoria would not be amused by all those 'darlings'
    262 13 Victoria would not be amused by all those 'darlings' VICTOKIA, a novel by Evelyn Anthony (Museum Press, His.). Albert, darlii Slowly he turned towaru.s her, and she Knew when he answered that he had been weeping as he stood by the window. 'Victoria, is that you? 1 It was. Heartbroken
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    Havoc on Island
    85 13 Till: PRIVATE si; By Peter Mayne. Murray. is* npHREE hour. ,uth 1 of Ath< n th< land ol Pot on v.: lightrted story, an comedy, partly true, partly nets it describe! how Julie, a beautiful ;irui rich y AllK 111, ;i I in life havoc among the
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    IS YOUR NAME ON THIS LIST?
    426 14 IS YOUR NAME ON THIS LIST? OFFICIAL lisi ui names and numbers for Sunday's Free Press Walk appeared in a special 12-page supplement with Monday's paper. But a few more have been accepted. A number of entries were received after the official closing date. All those postmarked on or before
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    TAN JOE HOCK IS OUT OF TOURNEY
    179 14 TAN JOE HOCK IS OUT OF TOURNEY TAX Joe Hock, indomitable against the world's top badminton players, last night succumbed to a buff. lie has the flu. Favourite for the All-England Championships at Wembley from March 18 to 21, Indonesia's star player finds the weather- toe cold. I niyht he
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    OPENING STAND
    21 14 M.C.C. had scored 105 without loas at lunrh when they ben thrt^day mntfli with WHlinutou tf. i i)t.o v
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    Prize list in full
    582 14 ()XE hundred and seventeen prim n V Challenge Trophies. Wld ten Reulic being contested in the Free Press Walk Sunday. The complete list is as follows" r SENIORS First: Challenge Iropny m, Co. Ltd. and Replica. One pair qualitj 2 presented by Bata Shoe Co. Ltd.
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    2003 15 RUBBER PLANTER LOOKS SAFE FOR IPOH TOMORROW BEST BETS BY ALLAN LEWIS, MALA YAS LEADING TIPSTER W Piv. 1-6 *urs. Planter II Mt, > Off, Noble Alht 1 1 I i null ■f X/arule X.U'i (iemMulU ii« 8.Q2. V, mm., Deliver] «.00, K s (10. I,t i;i;m( PLANTER, ■V winner
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      39 15 At times like this you need your MM *"*iMMH| SSS^^BS^^BSS^BS'^*^ H T\A#sf^ r^DC AT CONTESTS! You may niri/ tuc W /ssm Jr sss nrize' )ssw_ SSBSBBSSSSSm-^SSS^. W <* PRODUCE A PLAY ONLY JU V. I 9 YOURSELF! gyy IT TODAY
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    342 16 Democrats will attend |»KESIDE.\T EISENHOWER has called a bipartisan meeting of politic il Lrman er p^m. diSCUSS UIC trisis >"5 The unusual meeting will be attended by Mr. Neil McElroy the Secretary of Defence, and Mr. Christian Herter. the acting Secretary of State, in
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    Lock icon There's war in Tibet, says Bhutan Premier
    161 16 There's war in Tibet, says Bhutan Premier TUIE Prime Minister of Bhutan, Mr. JigmeDorje, said in New Delhi yesterday he believed "frequent conflicts were taking place" between Khamba tribesmen and the Chinese Communists in eastern Tibet. Mr. Dorje, whose small mountainous state is sandwiched betwe n India and Tibet, made
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    Marine fuel oil price cut
    36 16 The price of marine fuel >U in Singapore is to be •educed by 7/6 a long ton. iccording to a Shell Petroeum Company announcenent in London. The present >rice is £7-4-6.
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    Lock icon Ex-minister shot
    54 16 IV/fR. Chmoun Mochulpiech a"- 1 former Cambodian Minister for National Security and Religious Affairs, who recently escaped arrest on a charge of treason, has been killed by the Royal Cambodian armed forces. A Cambodian Government announcement yesterday said Mr. Mochulpiech was fatally wounded in a forest on the
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    German band is invited for wedding of Akihito
    76 16 German band is invited for wedding of Akihito AUMto tloWl M«| He said ht did mi whether h mm' ka m Porter that the croS Pnncc had been prSI at a concert he ga e November in Tokyo! "1 r^e Crown Prince had iikel the band> sty\of piajfl and had
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    58 16 K' S MOVE WELCOMED IN LONDON MR. KHRUSHCHEV'S willingness to postpone the May 27 Berlin deadline was welcomed by London diplomatic observers as reflecting the improved international atmosphere. But they warned that there were still obstacles to holding even a Foreign Ministers' meeting. American objections would have to be surmounted
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    Bourguiba again
    29 16 President Habib Bourguia was yesterday re-elected resident of the ruling Neoestour Party at a party ongress in Sousse. Ease 'unisia. „He declined elecion as president for life.
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    Bill to end foreign 'asylum'for debtors
    181 16 Bill to end foreign 'asylum' for debtors THE Government has initiated legislation to facilitate the enforcement of judgments given by courts in the Colony in other Commonwealth and foreign countries. The Bill, published last night, also seeks to enable court judgments in foreign countries to be enforced in Singapore. The
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    Police probe into clash
    24 16 Police investigations are still going on into the secret society clash in Lorong Ampas. off Kim Keat Road, last night.
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  • FREE PRESS Modern Homes SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      Masthead
      10 17 FREE PRESS Modern Homes SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT Friday, March 6, 1959.
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      LILLIPUTIAN LIVING
      952 17 LILLIPUTIA N LIVING HMH^M B^s^sm I I HAVE a feeling thai housewives like me couldn't be bothered less by all this i vlo into outer space. i\V have a much more down-to-artli problem in lliis shrinking tloint^iV world. For as cities grow ipwards instead of Hit ward-, new ways lave
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      FIVE FOR HOME-MAKERS
      240 18 ARCHITECT-DESIGNER MISHA BLACK HAS 5 FURNISHING RULES FOR BRIDES-TO-BE 1. TAKE YOUR TIME. Your home will l>e co-ordinated if you furnish gradually. 2. DONT BE AFRAID of bright colours Inn use them in small areas so they can l>e changed occasionally. :i LIGHTING should Ix? broken up
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      The dream homein glass and nylon
      376 18 LON... N it's brino;- iiitf about a quiet revolution in household fabrics. You can sleep on it, walk on it and, if you're a child, you can prance on it. Nylon sheets are smooth and soft, nylon chair covers supple and tou^h... you can
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        118 18 Beautify Your Home WITH WORLD FAMOUS MATERIALS BY /j§§\ GALON of Gothenburg. IV>£Z Exquisite designs and subtle colours provide a perfect medium for HRMHj Furniture and Wall coverings, Upholstery, Table Tops, Decorative Panels. W$ J Used wherever Beauty and \1 Wy Long -wearing Qualities are most vjjjjj appreciated. M 4t^^
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      The lacks for ship and shop
      334 19 The lacks for ship and shop 'rill modern trend in houses is to lit catches I mul locks which not merely satisfy all reuuirementi In regard to security, but also add tint extra touch of refinement and beauty to thr house. Probably the world's leading exponents of this art, are
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      Make colours sing
      667 19 YOU WONT BE BLUE IF YOU WED A RED the Influence of colour alv. irruunds us. Rarely, however, are we directly conscious of its effects. Only the blind can completely escape it.s influence. Take red for instance, the most potent member of the family of colours. IL
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        131 19 (JomfoH throughout uour /tomef *w V •ft. I J 4t W* l Wte IMaiikiff w»"'iiiiii W i WW) F^m i r-" < »f Jbb .Abbbl r?"/ *^181 BW^ '*h&rj* zL^m "*s£& !*£i l^tt *|fflV v&3ss/& Nbl^m>» itt^i f\ BBB**^ jdKBL BMBBB^' .^^B^" semastic, DunloDillo 'ttfc' Mciuw BB^^^^ 881 889 BH
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      FURNITURE FOR AGE OF SPUTNIKS
      243 20 riHUiAY. in this iff of 5 I sputniks an <l z I s|j.n <- tra\cl noi z mal working life in IIM |Hm and out of doors z requires much more z t ««iH nitration and ef- z fort than was necessary E tea decades
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      BEGINNING OF A HOME
      368 20 Choice for inside rounds it off pOUR walls and a roof are the mere beginnings of a home! Comfortable living in "the home beautiful" depends entirely on the careful selection of all that goes inside on the walls and the floors, the curtains and the furniture
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      The growing case for Dunlopillo
      305 20 MNCE Dunlopillo was introduced more than 30 years a<^o, the demand has been steadily increasing througnout the world. Nowhere is this more true than in Malaya where because of its comfort, labour savin quality and ease of being cut into any odd Size and shape,
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        63 20 JWy home is api€twe Because we redecorated w/fn Now, our home is COLOUR (4^ apply Super Kem Tone the KlSyfl.A'^lttiS'^B washable, de luxe wall paint. Why not ask your local dealer OlTfir'O e copy of the new Colour I^UI Ijli Harmony folder and take the j£.^ < im it from
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      An exotic figure prefers the informal party
      308 21 \r.i Leon Guerrero, wife of the PhilipAmbassador, is one of the most vivid on London's diplomatic scene. Dressed in tangerine chiffon, fluttering the gothic halls of the dorial residKensington Gardens, she unexpectedly a hummingtnd talkative. entertains two i work. She ty, prefers ol
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      It's a cat's life!
      105 22 It's a cat's life! BBBBBB1 I PHOT I FOM FREE I BY Lll IS THIS THE GREAT EXPERIMENT THAT FAILED? IAPHS HE RESS 'ID N A CAT'S aversion lo water Is fundamental, and too well known to merit retelling. But when lovely young London model Daphne Demmer acquired this furry
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        96 22 m ...introducing the FOIIO Mru ir%*\f\*% n^rr~— I AfflfßC L mm H|^ Easily fitted with flyscreen Combines graceful, MMM^ I modern styling with S,' S[ natural no-draft ventila[y^*^^^ tion. A product of N.V. Write today for an illustrated leaflet to: A. CLOUET CO. (M) LTD. p.o. box 1922 singapori YANG
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        101 23 Iff I ir^tti^^^^id In a matter of seconds, you can close off a den or study area with a Modernfold door, and have the peace and quiet you want while the children play thnir favourite programs. MODERNFOLD'S interior framework is double strength steel for a 'lifetime of maintenancefree operation. The
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      PATTERN FOR LIVING'59 FORECAST
      1045 24 The two kef words for this year ore SPACE and COLOUR !that third of four life go )ut and get f good bed! T IT ME GIVE you the jlwo key words for Un -■-•homes til I'Joi) Sl\\< I and LOiAM it. For t ih' bputniK
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      A $9,800 house
      158 24 HIGH LIVING ON A LOW BUDGET THIS three-bedroom, two bath house, is one of a project of 450 homes known as Lauderdalc Manors, Fort Lauderdale. Florida. The house, with an area of 1.180 sq.ft.. was designed by Alfred Parker. Miami. Florida architeet. It sold f»r USS9.BOO with
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      Four with a grip on what you go for
      581 25 Four with a grip on what you go for THEY ARE THE TOP PEOPLE IN BRITAIN'S FURNITURE REVOLUTION TTI LRXriTRK in Britain mA lias uihlci^oik' i\ ImnsJL formation in the jkisl 10 years. And the people largely responsible are n handful of young (in their twenties and thirties) design* CIS.
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        50 25 A, vl|^^^^^BßhPH possible for Arclii4k J| binations of Parquet for IwM w^B 1 r p- I v\\^^^"^?vSMil4i^^rl(HB^HHlHlHßK}!' fflßwffll Vi" 1 1 'n"* i P| v -V* I «a^^|^ W Two of its many assets are that it J* t *'l^il flH^r^*--^ C Z ea a n n casil 'bc^^ /T^cnically
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        57 26 S^B f^^Wal fe a^^" JJ| ,^k ?sivW J^- jfe > f B *t L|L|t r < fc ß |2 A VAST NEW fACTORY HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WHERE MORE THAN 10,000 SETS OF THE REFRIGERATORS ARE TURNED OUT MONTHLY UNDER THE MOST ADVANCED PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS. SOLE AGENTS HAGEMEYER TRADING
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      Do NOT buy a Vono if you want to sleep
      500 27 Do NOT buy a Vono if you want to sleep MATTRESS WON'T LET YOU STAY AWAKE I 11 sorts to a world." iiabits of the human race, so many various by night testify to iding truth. Some people like to bid counting leaping over stiles, others prefer to ponder problems
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        145 27 Wonder home of tomorrow What will the home of the future look I ike? Primarily, of course, it will be functional. But allied to that there must be a beauty to go with its air of purpose. Here's one inspired guess which combines both demands. TOP: A side view of
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      Answer to problem of keeping food fresh...
      914 28 Answer to problem of keeping food fresh... AMERICA DEVElnp s l VACUUM PACKAGE- O INGAPORE l^liuuscwivts can take joy in i\ cent developments lin packaging of perishable foodstuffs and Singapore's largest supermarket, Fitzpatricks in Orchard Road, certainly lead the way in bringing the latest processes to Singapore. Vacuum packaging, as
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        36 28 hi *r^ ot ft... IT'S ECONOMICAL to shop at the One visit will convince you that to shop in the modern manner you must shop at the Supermarket. vS^J 300 ORCHARD RD SINGAPORE-9. TEL: ***** 9.
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