The Straits Budget, 21 April 1965

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  • 43 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES I v r 1’15“)!“ "53",1’11, “awn?” Wt j uAyAYA'fi "”99"“ “Mun! “mum“ Atnmgqpm, tug. at Am I SEKH s 653. UK Km.“ LQMPUR, ”311.21, 1965. Price 40 Cents (Malaya) pr 1 summmuuv m
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  • 274 2 To coincide with Bandoeng\ conference SINGAPORE. April 1B£* t VJe r-w« -U%?' 4* zWVf* Jr v ‘K Jfi JWu i JHj I NGAPORE'S Deputy Prime Min- ister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, last night warned that Indonesia might step up its sabotage activities against Malaysia
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  • 181 2 If U ALA LUMPUR, April 16. Tengku Abdul Rahman’s major; policy speech to the third Malaysian Alliance convention here tomorrow Is likely to include a reference to relationship with PAP leaders across the Causeway. v t >-^3jSSIgKo?*/• Today, the Tengku was aski ed to
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  • 109 2 r y ■b' r tS rxkv'ft A LOR STAR, April 16.— A new drive to beat smuggling of Thai mangoes to Malaysia through- Jungle tracks has been launched by the Kedah and Perils Customs. Acting 8upt. of Customs (Preventive) Syed Ahmad Idld bln Syed Abdullah
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  • 67 2 KUALA LUMPUR, April 16.—Mr. Colin Abraham, a research officer in the Ministry of Welfare Services, has been awarded a fellowship, under the Netherlands fel- I i J j, Y JLA. ir i r n- :v lowshlp programme for technical co-operation. He will attend an eight-month course
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  • 194 2 r KUANTAN, April 16 *pHE Pahang GovernA ment has set up a “watch-dog” committee on the work of timber loggers In the State, the Mentri Besar, Dato Yahya bin Haji Mohamed Seh, announced today when he met 150 timber merchants at the Town Hall here. “The
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  • 159 2 (L1UAR April 16.—A re- solution urging the Central Government to make Sept. *i, 1967, as> the ‘'birthday 1 of Malay as the sole official language of the country was passed at an Umno divisional meeting here last night. The secretary. Inche Omar bin
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  • 52 2 SUNGEI PATANI, April 10.-*~A meeting of representatives of nonMalay firms, associations and oth£ organisations last night decided to hold inter-club deMg during tb* forthcoming National Language raotitn. Commercial firms and shops will compete in a contest for the best signboards and other forms of advertisements in the
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  • 392 2 laxi ni'Tr i f‘il :w i li- f J y ‘'ffijfc:.V jd*' VtjwT'' A SINGAPORE. April 16. jyjORE undergraduates have dissocial. themselves from attempts on the campus to exonerate North Vietnam and blare• the U.S. for the deteriorating situation Soqth J/letnam. By a
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 605 3 —Straits Times. April 12 Official Malaysian reaction to the British budget proposals affecting British owned plantation and mining interests is slow in coming. It can hardly be because the details of the new British corporation tax are uncertain for the effects of corporation tax and the loss of
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    • 602 3 —Straits Times, April 13 The second leaflet raid on Indonesian confrontation bases, carried out by Royal Malaysian Air Force planes, was a highly successful enterprise in psychological warfare. The reaction of the guerillas and others who are being trained in these island camps is not known,
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    • 382 3 —Straits Times, April 13 The week-end fighting in the Rann of Kutch area on the ill-marked southern boundary between West Pakistan and India is the latest and fiercest of a series of recent Indo-Pakistani border clashes. There was trouble along the same stretch of border early last month.
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    • 712 3 Straits Times, April 14 Mr. Tan Siew Sin’s comment on the American loan— Malaysia did not really need it —has been misunderstood in Kuala Lumpur if not in New York. It is a development loan, not American aid for the dollar. There have been warnings enough, however,
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    • 223 4 —Straits Times, April 14 It is unfortunate that “civics,” an indefinable, portmanteau word, is also so important to any country wishing to maintain a democratic system. Unless people know what is involved the system is in danger, but telling them is a task to daunt any teacher. Yet
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    • 668 4 —Straits Times, April 15 Forecasts of the new fiveyear tin agreement, which will be announced this morning, sound disappointing to miners. Producers have lost their fight for new International Tin Council price scales (admittedly not primarily the commodity conference’s business) and they have only half
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    • 709 4 —Straits Times, April 16 Tun Abdul Razak hi is done an excellent job in Africa. As a result of the efforts of the goodwill mission which he led home yesterday, the diplomatic tide has been turned significantly in Malaysia's favour in six important East African capitals. All
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    • 650 4 voKea. —Straits Times, April i Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker is the first of three important British visitors to Malaysia. There is no “confrontation” crisis, although the political, military and economic problems which “confrontation” raises quite naturally will occupy some of their attention. Mr. Gordon Walker’s specific mission
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  • 372 5 SALES TO EUROPE AT BELOW MARKET RATES K. LUMPUR, April 11 INDONESIA is try- ing to upset Malaysians natural rubber market in European countries by undercutting the price by up to 50 per cent. The price war part of the economic confrontation —is
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  • 308 5 K. Lumpur, April 1 1 THE Union of Government Health arfi Medical A Drivers today gave the Government a 19-day ultimatum to settle their claims for overtime allowance and call-duty compensation. This decision was reached after a five-hour meeting of
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  • 25 5 KUALA LUMPUR, April 11.— South Vietnam’s Minister for Pacification, Mr. Tran Van An, left here today for Saigon after a two-day visit.
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  • 91 5 A surprise in store SlN T h A P SP E A P rll 11 Alexa G H, Tig D er brewery in l n ,;'‘u nd r A R°ad is expectTuesdav 100, °P oth f Vlsltor on awaiting tr oPhy is a!S£? that visitor, that spokesman said 11 th
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  • 118 5 KUANTAN, Aprill 11—The State Education Officer, Inche Idris bin Babjee, announced yesterday that registration of children for admission to Standard One next year will begin in schools throughout Pahang on May 3 and end on June 5. He asked parents or guardians to
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  • 99 5 SINGAPORE. April. 11 Singapore Medical Workers’ Union has decided to call off a proposed goslom campaign by its 600 members at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, following the hospital superintendent’s decision to allow the union’s adviser, Mr N. S. N. Nair to take part in negotiations.
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  • 105 5 SINGAPORE, Aprill 11— Police today said that 113 road accidents occurred here during the past 24 hours, claiming two lives and seriously injuring three people. In the first accident at 10.30 a.m. yesterday, a two year old boy, Tay Piah Lim,
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  • 153 5 PENANG, April 11. THE executive committee of the Penang branch of the National Union of Cold Storage Employees yesterday decided to stage a mass walk-out by members on Tuesday in protest against the transfer of three employees from ore section to another. These transfers,
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  • 27 5 SINGAPORE. April 11.—Mr. C. M. Perera has been appointed a member of the committee of the Singapore Asian Seamen’s Club up to November this year.
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  • 131 5 (SINGAPORE. April 11—Dlscussions are now going on between Australia and the Malaysian Government on a proposal that Malaysia should take part in a “Pageant of Asia” on a grand scale at the Sydney Trade Fair in October. Asian culture and entertainment will be
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  • 108 5 Tanah rata, April 11 —The $14,000 Cameron Highlands Tourist Information Bureau, at the entrance to the town here, was opened for ser vice for the first time yesterday with a receptionist, Miss Stella Doss in attendance. Guide books, containing maps and places
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  • 308 6 KUALA LUMPUR, April 11. AN emergency delegates’ conference of the X-ray Staff Union here today decided to issue strike ballot papers to its 200 members because of the ‘indifferent attitude” of the Ministry of Health towards its claims. Mr. Yco
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  • 164 6 Kuala lumpur, April 10.—The 240 national servicemen in the ambulance section of the Civil Defence are now ready for action in the event of any major disasters here. The Civil Defence Assistant Commissioner, Mr. Robert Ooh, said this today after he watched a demonstration
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  • 81 6 KUALA KANGSAR, April 11. The “Isti&dat Munjunjong Duii,” traditional ceremony of paying obeisance will be performed by five rajas and chiefs to the Sul°J ferak at the Istana Iskandariah here on April 13 The Mentri Besar of Perak. Dato Ahmad bin Said, State
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  • 50 6 KANGAR, April H—The Perlis Htat« Government will open up 10,000 acres of reserved land in Kurong Batang to grow sugar cane. "We are negotiating with the Forest Department for the acquisition of this land,” the Mentri Besar, Dato Sheikh Ahmad, told the Perlis Farmers’ Association yesterday.
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  • 239 6 Kuala lumpur, April 11.—Malaysia’s only Sikh woman magistrate, Miss Harwanth Kaur, who has been appointed acting President of the Sessions Court here, is married but prefers to retain her maiden name. Miss Harwanth explained the reason to the Straits Times: “I feel that It
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  • 74 6 SINGAPORE, April 11—The Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association’s 1964/65 greeting seals campaign which, ended on March 31 brought in a gross amount of $32,145. This amount showed an increase Previous year’s figure of A SATA statement today said that expenses and postage this yew were “more
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  • 380 6 SINGAPORE, April 11. 'J'HE Public Daily-rated Employees* Unions Federation, the largest affiliate of the National Trades Union Congress, today attacked the Singapore Government’s policies and actions on housing, labour and unemployment. The president, Mr. K. Suppiah, in a three-page circular to its 15,000 members, said:
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  • 124 6 pENANG, April 11 —An “exiled" secret society thug was recognised and arrested by tw o detectives last night when he returned to Penang without permission. The thug ran along Maxwell Road and was caught after a 100-yard chase. He put up a struggle
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  • 84 6 KUALA LUMPUR, April H —The German Embassy here today announced that part of its country’s technical assistance programme to Malaysia for this yf ar will inclue technical training courses. In a statement, the Embassy u that Germany will oiler scholarships for a technical c» ,ir five
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  • 365 7 Red Cross representative sends in his report KUALA LUMPUR, April 12. MR. Andre Durand, a representative of the Red Cross International, who recently interviewed more than 250 Indonesian prisoners detained in various parts of Malaysia, has reported to his headquarters in Geneva
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  • 73 7 KUANTAN, April 11—The Pahang Government has set up an implementation committee under the chairmanship of an Executive Councillor. Inche Ibrahim bln Arshad. to study the possibility of setting up an Economic Development Board for the State. The proposed Board, which was announced last month by
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  • 186 7 KUALA LUMPUR, April 12. A MOVE to give retarded children a “new deal” in A life will be launched soon by the Selangor Association for Retarded Children. The association will find out tjf.e number of these children in the State and register them
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  • 74 7 SINGAPORE. April 12—The First Lady. Toh Puan Noor Aishah. has agreed to be patron of a cultural concert, "Rhythms of India," sponsored by the Singapore YWCA on May 5 at the Victoria Theatre at 8.30 p.nx As part of the programme. Air India will fly cut to
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  • 240 7 SINGAPORE, April 12. The Minister for Health, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, has warned that the only people who would benefit from racial disturbances in Malaysia were the pro-Indo-neslan and pro-Com-munist elements in our midst. He stressed that if there were any differences among
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  • 257 7 OINGAPORE, April 12. —The Federal Minister for Sabah Affairs and Civil Defence, Dato Donald Stephens, has said that it was important that civil defence should be in the same state of preparedness as the defence forces on land, sea and air. In the
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  • 379 7 SINGAPORE, April 1 1 A RESOLUTION aimed at exonerating the North Vietnam Government from any blame for the crisis in South Vietnam, was defeated at an emergency meeting of the University of Singapore Students’ Union executive committee today. The two-hour meeting was held
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  • 449 8 SINGAPORE, April 12. gINGAPORE’S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said last night that once the states industrialisation succeeds, the Singapore Polytechnic would eventually become an institute of technology to rival the University of Singapore and the Nanyang
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  • 171 8 I/UALA LUMPUR, April 12. More thar* 50 delegates from seven countries today attended the first day of the week- long Malaysian Christian Youth Assembly at the University of Malaya here. They come from Australia. New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia.
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  • 49 8 ALOR STAR, April 12—A Sungei I atani town councillor, Mr. Ong Boon Seong, has been re-elected chairman of the United Democratre Party’s Bungei Patani division. Vice-chairmen arc Messrs. Wong Kow Nee and Choo Kooi Mm; secretary Mr. Lim Beng Hal and treasurer Mr. William Jans*
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  • 239 8 KUALA LUMPUR, April 12. C'OUR television transmitters —at Gunong Pulai, r Kluang, Batu Pahat and Maxwell Hill began operating today, extending the national television network to the whole of the west coast. In a pre-recorded message, the
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  • 23 8 SINGAPORE. April 12—The Eurasian Association will hold its annual meeting on April 26 at the C.Y.M.A. premises in Bras Bnsah Road.
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  • 84 8 PENANG, April 12 The National Union of Cold Storage Employees has called off its proposed mass walkout scheduled for tomorrow morning. “We have reached a settlement with the management cn all points at issue.” Inche Ismail All. the union’s general secretary, said today. The
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  • 240 8  -  By CHEONG YIP SENG gINGAPORE, Apr. 12.—Famous British singer, Miss Shirley Bassey, is now in Singapore from Australia to sing and to get a good sleep. Tired Miss Bassey, who won thousands of teenage hearts with pop songs, “As
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  • 36 8 BATU PAHAT, April 12—Mr. R S. Whitelaw, the senior executive engineer cf the P.W.D. here, has retired under Malayanisation. Mr. Quek Seng Hin from Kota Tines’ has assumed duties as acting senior executive engineer.
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  • 158 8 SINGAPORE, April 12. Singapore’s Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, in his Hari Raya Haji message to the people today, reminded them of the “essential spirit of tolerance” that prevailed in Malaysia. Mr. Lee said: “Today when our Muslim citizens throughout
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  • 331 9 Mentri: Why did n’ t Tun Lim hit back at Lee? KANGAR, April 13. pOR failing to counter “irresponsible” statements made by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the Singapore Prime Minister, during his visit to Australia recently, the Malaysian High Commissioner there, Tun Lim Yew Hock, should be replaced, the Perlis
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  • 27 9 Kanoar. April 13—The board ST, no 2 has n anied the ashall of the Derma English n,,™ af ter a former chairman, byed Mahmood.
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  • 235 9 MALACCA, April 13.— ifl xhe Chief Minister of Malacca, Inche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba, said here today that the comprehensive education system was the only means of uniting the various races in the country. The Government could not force unity because of the
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  • 187 9 PENANG, April 13. About 300 student teachers attending their first vacation course under the regional training scheme at the Malayan Teachers’ College here were told today that teaching was “not a glamorous profession.” Opening the 10-day course. Penang’s Chief Education Officer, Mr. Kum 800, said:
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  • 56 9 KUALA KANGSAR. April 813—Raja Shaharuddin ibni Sultan Idris, 68, died this evening. He was admitted to the District Hospital here last Wednesday following a stroke. He was the uncle of Sultan of Perak. The funeral will take place at the royal burial ground In Bukit
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  • 352 9 KUALA LUMPUR, April 13. 'J’ENGKU Abdul Rahman today described as “encouraging” a statement by Dr. Subandrio that the prospects of resolving the Indonesia-Malaysia dispute wese “much better now than ever before” He said that if the Indonesian leaders were sincere in settling the dispute, all
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  • 231 9 IT UA L A LUMPUR, April 13.—The Commissioner for the Federal Capital, Haji Ismail bin Pan Jang Aris, said here today that a Royal Commission had been set up recently to seek ways in which town and local councils throughout the country can be
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  • 44 9 SINGAPORE. April 13—The Sinpore Chinese School Teachers’ Union has appointed a three-man team headed by its president, Mr. Tay Kim Huat, to liaise with other teachers’ unions in the state to prepare for the celebrations of the Teachers’ Day on June 5.
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  • 58 9 LUMPUR, April 13.—An ofT-shore cur- few will be imposed along the entire Selangor coast, except the Port Swettenham area, from tomorrow until further notice. The curfew from 6.30 p.m. to 6.30 a.m. daily will be imposed from Sungel Bernam in the north to Kuala Sepang Besar in
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  • 241 10 A LOR STAR, Apr. 13 The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, tonight suggested that the Afro-Asian nations should send troops to help defend this country if they wished Malaysia to scrap her defence treaty with Britain. “We have only 20,000 troops of our own
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  • 169 10 J/UALA LUMPUR, Apr. 13. Malaysia, in spite of its strong foreign exchange reserve position, cannot be complacent, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said Mr. Tan was asked to elaborate on his statement in New York where he said that Malaysia
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  • 30 10 SINGAPORE April 13—Far East Air Force Headquarters here today announced that R.A.F. Javelin allweather fighters on Labuan Island, off the Sabah coast, have flown their I.oooth sortie.
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  • 234 10 K. LUMPUR, April 13 'J'HE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today spoke of a multi-racial development scheme at the Alsagoff estate in Geylang Serai, Singapore. The Tengku, before leaving for Alor Star today, confirmed that the trustees of the Alsagoff estate had written to him
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  • 123 10 Kuala lumpur, April 13—The $5.5 million Government pharmaceutical laboratories and store in Petaling Jaya, which starts production on Thursday, will supply drugs to all Government medical institutions in Malaya. The chief pharmaceutical chemist, Mr. Wong Lick Hieng (above), said today that in course of
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  • 53 10 KUALA LUMPUR, April 13—The Hindu Youth Organisation presented gifts and sweets to children and the aged at four centres here today to mark the Tamil New Year. Members visited the Children’s Home in Cheras, General Hospital children’s ward, Indian Old Folks’ Home and the Pure
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  • 16 10 KLANG. April 13—An unidentified woman collapsed and died near Maxwell Square here last night.
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  • 205 10 MNGAPORE, Apr. 13. Two Indonesian Chinese arrested on Saturday in an unregistered motor sampan two miles west of Johore Shoal buoy, off Changi, today pleaded guilty to a charge under the Internal Security Act of entering Singapore territorial waters, a controlled area. Liau
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  • 129 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 13. The Singapore People’s Alliance will hold a special delegates conference on May 16 to approve a resolution dissolving the party in view of its reorganisation as the Alliance Party Singapura. The resolution, which has been unanimously adopted by the central council
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  • 82 10 gINGAPORE, April 13. the Public Daily Rated General Stores Workers* Union has given the Government another week’s warning notice to negotiate on its outstanding claims or face industrial action. The union, in a letter to the Ministry of Finance today, said this would be
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    • 96 10 NOTICE REDEMPTION OF S.S. GOVERNMENT WAR SAYING8 CERTIFICATES. In accordance with the War Savings Certificates (Winding Up) Ordinance, 1960, action is being taken to dispose of the unclaimed balance In the War 8avlngs Certificate Sinking Fund. Holders of unredeemed War Savings Certificates Issued by the former Straits Settlements Government in
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  • 252 11 K. LUMPUR, April 13 TENGKU Abdul 1 Rahman today again called on trade unionists not t« embarrass the Government by issuing strike notices, especially at this stage when it was trying to preserve the nation’s sovereignty and integrity. It was silly for
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  • 369 11 K. LUMPUR, April 13 JIGERS killed and ate a woman tapper over the weekend in Pahang, while another sent five terrified wild-boar hunters up a tree in Selangor. The half-eaten body of Samah binte Mat Sah, 55, was found by police on
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  • 33 11 KLUANG. April 12—Mr. S- Mapana Pillai has been elected president of the Ceylonese Association of Central Johore. Others elected: vice-president—Mr. A. Sellathuray; secretary—Mr. K. Kanapathi Ptllay and treasurer Mr. S. Thambirajah.
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  • 223 11 Kuala lumpur, April 12. —A quiet row Is brewing between police teleprinter and tele phone operators arid the Government over “discrimination’* in salaries. The Police Administrative and Clerical Services Union said today the “discrimination" was between the operators in the Police and
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  • 202 11 1JUK.IT mertajam. u April 13. Disloyal elements on Penang Island were providing food and shelter to an Indonesian infiltrator who landed at Telok Bahang with two other Indonesians in a sampan from Sumatra last month, the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee. said here
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  • 266 11 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 13. The Timbalan Yang di-PertuaH Agong today spent more than an hour at the nearly-completed $52-m ill ion international airport at Subang, 14 miles from here. This was his second official engagement since he began acting for the King who is
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  • 432 12 HIGH HOPES FOR MAK MANDIN INDUSTRIES BUTTERWORTH, April 14 THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today discounted any suggestion that the flow of investments into Malaysia was slowing down because of confrontation. Addressing about 500 people when he laid the foundation stone of a
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  • 105 12 rpwo Malaysian girls were X conferred with the degrees of Bachelor of Commerce by the Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Sir Arthur Dean, at a graduation ceremony recently. They are Miss Low Choon Fah of Kuala Lumpur and Miss Yeo Quee Teen of Teluk
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  • 73 12 JESSELTON. April 14The leaderof a six-member New Zealand parliamentary delegation, Mr. A. McCready. today presented a pair of despatch boxes and a pair of letter racks to the Speaker of Sabah Legislative Assembly, Haji Kassim bin Haji Hashim. In accepting the gift. Haji Kassim said:
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  • 57 12 TELUK ANSON. April 14—Inche Abu Bakar bin Yusof from Batu Pahat assumed duties as chairman of the town council here. He replaces Inche Mohamed All bin Haji Ablul Aziz who has been acting as chairman since midFebruary. Inche Mohamed Ali Is now back at his post
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  • 250 12 JESSELTON, April 15 CABAH'S Yang di-Per-tua Negara, Tun Mustapha bin Dato Harun, yesterday warned the people here against subversive elements “who are out to destroy” their solidarity and loyalty towards the Alliance and Central Governments. Addressing a large gathering at Kudat,
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  • 153 12 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 14.—The Permanent Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Department, D a t o Abdul Jamil bin Rais, today met an eightman delegation of the pan- Malayan Pensioners’ Association to discuss their claim for higher pension rates. The pensioners were led by Dr.
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  • 75 12 SINGAPORE. April 14-Ag man delegation from the S<k Club of the University of pore, the Singapore Political Socity and the Nan University Political Sdenc ciety this morning ca United States Consulate-Oe" to hand over a 17-page menw dum condemning U.S. aL Vietnam. The delegation was
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  • 281 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 14. O —The Central Government was considering buying the 1,000acre Alsagoff Estate in Geylang Serai, the Federal Minister of Lands and Mines, Inche Abdul Rahman Ya’akub indicated here last night. Inche Abdul Rahman, who was specially sent down by Tengku Abdul Rahman
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  • 186 13 MALACCA, Apr. 14. iVI The Chief Minister of Malacca, Inche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba, last night appealed to the Central Government to replace the railway line between Malacca and Tampin and improve Malacca harbour. Impovements to the harbour were necessary so that Malacca could
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  • 71 13 SINGAPORE, April 14. The Chief Water Engineer of the Public Utilities Board, Mr. P. C. Lim, who is on six months’ leave before retirement, has left for Australia for holiday. Mr. Lim will retire later this year after serving the Government for 34 years.
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  • 46 13 KUALA LUMPUR. April 14 Fifty-four students—4s boys and nine girls—have been offered admission to the College of Agriculture, Serdang, this year. Fourteen boys have been offered admission to the second year. Eight girls and 49 boys are on the reserve list.
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  • 109 13 April 13.—The American Ambassador Mr. James D. Bell, said er e last night that his country was prepared to se force to prevent the take-over of free countries bv Communists. t Re^ errtn K to the situaln outh Vietnam, he sad “The United States
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  • 423 13 SINGAPORE. April 13 Democratic Socialist Club of the University of Singapore today advised certain political bodies in Malaysian institutions of higher learning to show their loyalty to Malaysia, instead of proclaiming their indignance over U.S. imperialism and aggression in North Vietnam. The
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  • 104 13 [ytUAR, Apr. 14. Five youths who were picked up by C.I.D. officers in the Tanjong area of the town here on Monday were released last night after being shaved completely bald. A police spokesman said: “Our barber was ordered to shave the youths
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  • 23 13 KUALA LUMPUR. April 14—The Indian High Commissioner for Malaysia. Mr. Mustafa Kamil Kidwai, will leave for Brunei on a four-day visit
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  • 261 13  -  By LEE FOO SAN IPOH, Apr. 14. The days of free hunting of squirrels and wild boar in Perak are over. They are among the 29 animals which have been declared "reserved animals’' by the Perak Government. The list includes bearded pigs,
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  • 53 13 SINGAPORE. April 14—A peon started a bomb scare at Union Building at 12.25 p.m. today when he reported seeing a suspiciouslooking parcel on the landing between the first and second floor of the back staircase. The police were summoned, but found only an empty box
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  • 49 13 SINOAPORO. April 14— The 18man Malaysian rubber mission to Britain and West Europe, led by Senator Oan Teck Yeow. will leave Singapore on Friday. The mission consists of Government representatives, technical and trade experts, including the Deputy Director of the Trade Division. Singapore. Mr Tan Guan Aik
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  • 378 14 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 14. —The Central Government must build between 250,000 and 300,000 housing units within the next 15 years to meet public demand. This target is quite apart from the low-cost houses that are being built throughout the country by
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  • 239 14 KUALA LUMPUR, April 14. r JpHE Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, today criticised certain headmasters for their “couldn’t-care-less” attitude. He hoped such teachers would change their attitude for the benefit of the pupils, and stressed the need for progressive teachers with initiative
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  • 159 14 and an auditorium.—Reuter. ORUNEI TOWN, Apr. l4.—The Brunei Government has taken steps to promote the use of Malay the national language throughout the British protectorate. The Government’s Language and Literature Bureau has told all local shopkeepers to have the names of
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  • 101 14 SINGAPORE, April 14.—A British army spokesman here today described “as unfounded” yesterday's report by the official Indonesian News Agency, Antara, that a company of British solidlers were driven back bv Indonesian troops when they tried to cross the Malaysian border. He added that there had been
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  • 335 14 SINGAPORE, April 14. JAPAN’S peace moves to settle the MalaysiaIndonesia crisis are being made at the request of Indonesia, according to the Japanese peace envoy, Mr. Shojiro Kawashima, who is being sent by the Japanese Premier, Mr. E Sato, to Jakarta to see
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  • 134 14 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 14.—The Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir today expressed the hope that a $400,000 training centre for locomotive technicians would soon be set up here under the Colombo Plan. He said this on his return here tonight after an eight-day visit
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  • 27 14 BATU PAHAT, April '4—lnche Abu Bakar bin Yusof, Assistant District Officer here, has been transferred to Teluk Anson as chairman of the Town Council there.
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  • 202 14 KUALA LUMPUR, 1V April 14. The Central Government is to set up a $lO million technological research aivl development centre at Serdang next year. The Director of Agriculture, Inche Mohamed bln JamU. said this before he left by air for Mysore to attend a
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  • 74 14 SINGAPORS, April Tl Inner Wheel Clun of Singapore today distributed a collection from a charity film premiere at S*' Theatre last month to two or* ganisations $7,350 for 1 hostel extension fund of tne Y.W.C.A. and $3,650 for the Singapore Girl Life Brigade. The president of
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  • 767 15 We will be in Algiers’ letters to go next to Afro-Asian leaders ‘WELL DONE' GARLANDS GREET DEPUTY PREMIER Kuala lumpur, April 15.-Molay-sia will write to leaders of Afro-Asian countries informing them of her intention to attend the Algiers conference in June,
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  • 39 15 KDCHTNO. April 1&- The Governor of Sarawak, Tun Abang Hajl Openg. has appointed two additional members to the State’s Public Service Commission. They are Pengarah Montegral anak Tugang and Hajl Salem bn Sulong
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  • 522 16 ‘WE’RE FULLY SATISFIED WITH HIS WORK IN AUSTRALIA K. Lumpur, April 1 5 THE Ministry of External Affairs tonight defended the Malaysian High Commissioner in Canberra, Tun Lim Yew Hock's attitude during the visit to Australia of the Singapore Prime Minister, Mr.
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  • 93 16 LUMPUR, April 15. The “credit squeeze” by banks through increased interest rates has slowed down the building boom in the country. This was stated by the president of the Selangor Property Owners and Ratepayers’ Association, Mr. Leong Hoe Yeng, at the annual meeting of
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  • 44 16 TANGKAK. April 15. The Grisek Local Council has drawn up several projects under the rural development plan. These include a community hall a cement drain, extension to a Chinese temple, and a home for the aged, costing altogether $87,000.
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  • 271 16  -  By JACKIE SAM and YEO TOON JOO C INGAPORE, April 15. —Three Indonesians were captured at sea last night by Marine police, shortly after the Katong Park bombing. Very lights lit up the dark sky and Stirling gun fire riddled the waters as
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  • 68 16 KUALA LUMPUR. April. 15 The Ex-Services Association of Malaya will send a three-man delegation to the 11th General Assembly of the World Veterans' Federatios of to be held in Geneva next month. The delegates are Dato Abdul Rahman bin Musa, president: Han Abdullah bin Awang Hoi.
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  • 28 16 SINGAPORE. April. 15 The High Court judge of the Isle ot Man. Mr. Ramsey Johnson, will visit the Housing and Development Board at Queenstown on May
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  • 278 16 K. LUMPUR, April 15 THE Minister of Health, 1 Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, today appealed to medical and health officers to make more regular visits to hospitals and health centres to acquaint themselves with the prevailing conditions. “In this way. you will
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  • 514 17 Passes will help to detect Indons KUALA LUMPUR, April 16. REGULATIONS making it an offence for the master and crew of a fishing craft to take their identity cards with them to sea are being drafted by the Central Government.
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  • 134 17 SINGAPORE, Fri. Pakistani's Foreign Minister, Mr. Z. A. Bhutto, tonight made it explicitly clear that his country would support Malaysia's participation in the forthcoming Afro-Asian conference in Algiers. He was speaking to newsmen at the Singapore airport daring a 45minute stopover on his way
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  • 78 17 J URIAH binte Ahmad. 18 (above), daughter of the Alliance MP for Muar tltara, Inche Ahmad bin Arshad. is one of 11 who has volunteered for the Muar Civil Defence Corps. Juriah, who began her train, ing yesterday, told of her “keen
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  • 287 17 The petty attacks in Press —by Sardon SINGAPORE, April 16. THE Minister of Transport, Doto Sardon bin Haji Jubir, today attacked certain people for writing "private letters" to the Press criticising the facilities at the new $52 million Subang airport. These criticisms were “petty ones,” he said at the Singapore
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  • 49 17 PARIT BUNTAR. April Id -Mr. K. Kunchu Raman was elected prisident of the Alor Pongsu branch of the MIC at Its annual meeting yesterday. Other officials elected were: Vlcepresident, Mr. R. Jayaraman; secretary. Mr I. G Mayandy; treasurer. Mr. K. Panicker and a committee of six.
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  • 115 17 ]tf AJLACCA, April 16. Inche Hasnul bin Abdul Hadi, who is now detained under the Internal Security Act, has been re-elected chairman of the Party Rakyat here. Other office bearers are: vice-chairman, Inche Karim Bakar; secretary. Inche Jaafar Tan; assistant secretary, Inche Mahmud Abdul Ghani; treasurer,
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  • 88 17 ITUALA LUMPUR. April IdFive army officers have been selected to attend further military training in New Zealand. They are: Lt. Arif Zainuddin bln Abdul Hamid, of the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment; Lt. Raja Abdul Rashid bln Raja Baidul Zaman. of the 4th Bn..
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1710 18 From Our Market Correspondent WITH only three days trading last week sandwiched in between Hari Raya Haji and Good Friday the Stock Exchange of Malaysia did not put up much of a showing and can hardly have been expected to have done so.
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    • 91 18 r PHB Malayan Bxohangc Banks’ As--1 sociation made these changes in Its rates to merchants on Saturday (all rates to $100): Ntw ork: buying TT 32|. airmail OD 32 7/8, 90 d/st. 33 1/4 ciedlt bills, 33 3/8 trade bills. Canada: buying IT 35 5/10. airmail OD 35
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    • 33 18 Current Date of Total for Total for payment payme... year previous vear Jardme Uaintb 20 cts May 22 20 ct* 20 cts K. L. Properties 10% t May 28 t Interim
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    • 17 18 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul). Apr $700.00 $704.25 $712.37^ Is. 73HCU. $722.25 17. Z
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    • 1146 18 THE table of shares on the 1 Malayan Stock Exchange shows last business to April 10 (A) and last business since that date (B) with H and L standing for Highest and Lower business for 1964 and this year to date. INDUSTRIALS 4. A. 4 350 Ate* Bricks
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    • 35 18 Apr. 12. Apr. 13. Apr. 14. Apr. 15. Apr. 16. Apr. 77 Industrials: 76.65 76.57 76.71 Tln 98.86 97.28 96.54 rubbers: 103.40 103.40 103.40 Dec. 30, U/63 100. Dec. 29. 1962 100.
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  • 497 19 TANJONG MALIM, aphi ,v 3ffiL* ,J xH]' ,ji %*?■<}}s&**'•,' 1* ,;ffriwiv svk-w:< »«>i». fKffSgn „va m*Z Jßr.*s3llw! DOUBLE-CROPPING, JEW STRAINS OF ICE EVIDENCE OF RAL PROGRESS Minister of Agriculture and Coiafiyes, Hoji Mphamed Ghazali bin HgfflJawi, said today that :>,’v port s S was living
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  • 185 19 JfUAuA ilUMPDR, v April 15. —A proposal to build flyovers to eliminate the traffic 2* problem at the two “death trap” Junctions in Petaling Jaya has been included in \P the First Malaysian Five-Year Flan beginnext year.V State Engineer, Mr. Joseph Hew, said
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  • 229 19 SINGAPORE, April »>>#. RESTRICTIONS on the export of Malaysian currency may be tightened soon to prevent another recurrence of the “dollar boom" overseas. The* hint came tonight from the Governor of Bank Negara, Dato "n Ismail bin Mohamed All, ’who said: “Now
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  • 142 19 360 Thai teachers to tour Malaya tSpALA LUMPUR, April 16. Three hundred and sixty teachers from Thailand, 240 of them women, will tour Malay*' and Singapore next 5 week. Crjm ,teachers -all members of the Teachers’ Association ‘8? ThaUand—led by Mr. .Plan Suwananlik, will leave Bangkok on Tuesday. In Malaya,
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  • 478 19 'Britain 9 s only interest in Malaysia to detent it 9 'LUMPUR, April 15. Britain's special envoy to the Far Bast, Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker, today made it clear to Afro-Asian countries that the British Government had “no other interest" in Malaysia but to defend It
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  • 851 20 'Jm '^r;' Wy'tmr, -"-i V '<& APB. 14. San MaiA den, 'ridden; by sprang a big upset to Keith Moxham, pay $270 inn the seventh race at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. SUM One CLASS 2 DIV. S~7f K Y. Um'i (3) GOLDEN MASTEE 8.13 (628—173) Harbrldge
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  • 1012 20 y i: a 7 t KUALA LUMPUR, April 18. Local jockeys dominated today’sraces here, winning seven of the nine events on the card. Bam One CLASS 2, DIV. 3—« F (3) MASTER AUCTIONEER 8.6 (1362 —268) Lee I (1) Jamboritm 8.10 f (287-132) Leong 2 (8)
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 97 20 BIG SWEEP $81,710 TOTAL TOOL 1st No. *****8 $*****3 2nd No. *****9 $***** 3rd No *****8 8 5 055 STARTERS ($505 each*: Nos- *****5 *****8 *****1 *****2 *****3 *****9 *****2 *****3 *****6 *****9 CONSOLATION each): Nos. *****6 *****9 *****7 *****1 *****3 *****2 *****8 *****1 *****3 (3449 *****0 i, •'•V BIG
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