The Straits Times, 16 August 1963

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    25 1 National Library, Suigapote. AVERAGE lIAII.Y Ml. 11l II II SALE EXCEEDS 100,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1963 15 CFNTS KDN 352
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    Mystery man from Jakarta at airport
    28 1 IN SINGAPORE FOR AN OVERNIGHT STAY THEN OFF THIS MORNING TO START WORK IN BORNEO, SARAWAK MR. MICHELMORE leader of the mission
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    U.N. TEAM FLIES IN
    756 1  -  JACKIE SAM: SINGAPORE, Thur». -B>- THE United Nations' nine-man team to verify the wishes of the people of Borneo and Sarawak on Malaysia flew into Singapore tonight. Led by Mr. Laurence Michelmore, deputy director of the U.X. Office of Personnel, the mission will leave early tamonfew
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    Malacca's 'no'
    20 1 MALACCA. Thurs. The So-cialist-controlled Municipal Coun- cU hu decided not to partieipat* i In the Malaysia Day celebration*.
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    Govt no to estate break-up law angers unions
    774 1  -  RONALD KINSEY: POLITICAL DYNAMITE THAT COULD EXPLODE IN RURAL CONSTITUENCIES' By KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday gOVERNMENT rejection of the I'ugku Aziz report on subdivision of estates could turn to be ''political dynamite* it \\:i>> said today. In one of the Strongest attacks on
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    Lock icon Security alert on Brunei —border—
    103 1 Security alert on Brunei —border— BRUNEI TOWN. Thurs. Security measures have been increased in the Temburoiiff District, Brunei, near the North Borneo (Matter, according to a Government soiirce here. The stricter measures followed reports by villagers in the district that they had seen armed men in jungle green uniforms in
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    The obedient satellite
    49 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs.—Radio•d commands to the U.S. com- munlcailons satellite Syncom 11 have apparently succeeded In Mopping it high over Brazil, &pac« .scientists said today. The commands fired tiny Jets that .speeded khe satellite's orbit to make it nearly synchronous j with t*-.e rotation of the earth.
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    Lock icon Youlou is ousted
    48 1 BRAZZAVILLE. Thurs. President Fulbcrt Youlou. liis palace besieged by a howling mob of 10.000. resigned today and the army ol this strife-torn former French colony seized power, a Congolese army announcement said. The urniy will stay in power until a new Cabinet is formed. UPI.
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    Lock icon £5m in 60 ticks
    24 1 LONDON. Thurs— The Japanese Government raised a £5 million loan in one minute today on the London Stock Exchange. Reuter
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    Lock icon 18 years on
    21 1 JAKARTA. Thurs— lndonesia tomorrow begins three days of celebrations to commemorate the 18th anniversary of her Independence. Reuter.
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    Policemen accept Government pay rise offer
    122 1 Policemen accept Government pay rise offer KLALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Junior Police Officers' Association, whi c h represents 18.000 rank ana hie of the Royal Federation Police, has decided to accept the Government's pay rise offer. Under the offer, they will receive a pay rise of between $40 and $80
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    Lock icon NUN IN FIRE SACRIFICE
    213 1 2AIGON. Thurs.— A Buddhist nun burned herself to death early today in Khanh Hoa Province, about 200 miles north of Sai°on. in yet another flery protest against alleged Government religious discrimination. Official sources said the local authorities quickly took possession of the body, stating that the
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    Patrols go on
    29 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. Indonesian Tu-16 Jet bombers and Mig-21 jet fighters were continuing: their regular patrolling or the Straits of Malacca, the Air Por-e spokesman said today.
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    Her fifth 'double'
    21 1 SYDNEY, Thure. Porty-vear-old Mrs. Janet Sli uihers gave birth to her fifth ael of twins last night. Retiter.
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    Lock icon Train hold-up: 'Police arrest five'
    182 1 Train hold-up: 'Police arrest five' £100,000 said to be recovered ondon. Thure. Police Investigating the world's gve train robbery i1:.j00.--000 was stolen b arrested four mm and impounded '"a considerable sum of money." police said today. Police sources also said that a woman was btinu q tioned in London in
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    STOP PRESS
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  • I AFRO-ASIAN DESK
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      Lock icon General Park gives pledge of fair poll
      109 2 General Park gives pledge of fair poll SKOLL, Thurs— The junta leader, Gen. Chung Hee Park (above), pledged today to hold "the most exemplary and fair elections in South Korean history" to form a civilian government to take over from the junta this year. Gen. Park told a mass meeting
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      Lock icon BUDDHISTS TOLD: SUICIDE ONLY 1F...
      223 2 SAIGON, Thurs I gUPREME Buddhist Priest Thick Khiet yesterday told his flock to resort to suicide only when they believe it absolutely necessary. In an open letter to Vietnamese Buddhists, he cautioned against "rash acts," but he did not order them to cease self immolations.
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      Lock icon Rejected: A bid to put 70,000 on bond
      110 2 Rejected: A bid to put 70,000 on bond NAIROBI, Thurs A magistrate at Kericho. Western Ke- nya yesterday refused a Crown application the first of its kind known here to bind over 70.000 people en masse to be of good behaviour. The application was made because of the many stock
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      Lock icon Famine threat
      29 2 JAKARTA. Thurs.— The Oover- nor of Central Java has cabled the Central Government in Jakarta I requesting relief supplies of rice to relieve a famine threat. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Check baby boom—or no aid, he urges
      155 2 Check baby boom or no aid, he urges CYDNEY. Thurs. —An Australian psychiatrist is urging that Western aid to hungry Asian countries should be strictly conditional on evidence of progress in birth control. The views of Dr. B. Bighold, of Perth, have been widely publicised in reprints from a letter
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      Confront – free Press, Subandrio tells his newsmen
      265 2 Confront free Press, Subandrio tells his newsmen JAKARTA, Thurs. Dr. Subandrio, Foreign Minister, yesterday urged Indonesian journalists to fight the liberal press as a tool of Imperialism and colonialism. "The Press in Imperialist countries is but an instrument of war a tool of oppression and media for disseminating news to
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      Lock icon Landing rights
      40 2 KARACHI. Thun.— A Chines* delegation of four arrived bar* yesterday to negotiate an agreement with Pakistan for mutual aircraft landing rights— the first such agreement between China and a country having a defensive alliance with the West. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Peking: K refused to give us a bomb
      204 2 Peking: K refused to give us a bomb 'WE ARE DEVELOPING A-MGHT WITHOUT RUSSIAN AID' PEKING, Thurs, China today accused Mr. Khrushchev of having refused *in June 1959 to give her a sample of an atomic bomb or to share Russia's nuclear information. A government statement issued through the New
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      Lock icon CHINA COTTON CROP HIT BY FLOODS
      237 2 CHINA COTTON CROP HIT BY FLOODS PEKING Thursday. OERIOUS flooding was reported today from two North China provinces after exceptionally heavy rain last week. In the western part of Hopei Province a number of villages are cut off by the flood waters and aircraft are dropping rubber dinghies, food, medicine
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      Lock icon The hand of Israel' accused
      72 2 The hand of Israel' accused ALGIERS, Thurs. The) Algerian Information Minister, Dr. Mouloud Bellouane. said here yesterday that the government suspected that "the hand of Israel" was involved in the setting up in Algeria of a rebel guerilla group. He told a Press conference that the group, all of whom
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      Lock icon 250 FEARED DEAD
      42 2 KATMANDU, Thurs. About 230 people ace missing feared dead, in last Saturday's landslide which engulfed four Nepalese hamlets, according to unofficial estimates from Trlsuli Bazar, reaching here yesterday. The report said 33 bodies had so far been recovered. Reuter.
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  • U.S.-EUROPEAN DESK
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      Lock icon Top Yard men hunt mail robbers
      350 3 WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE...NOW IT'S JUST A CASE OF FENDING THEM 9 SCOTLAND YARD last night put its top detectives known to the underworld as the "Terrible Twins" on the trail of the 12.5 million train hold-up gang. They are Det. Chief Superintendent
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      —This is— dishonest says Charlie
      101 3 —This is dishonest says Charlie LONDON. Thurs A letter writu-u to the London Evening News accused police of overstating the amount of the loot from the great train robbery. This was dishonest, said the letter writer, who signed himself merely as "Charlie." The letter, which has been turned over to
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      Lock icon Liz looks round London for record fee
      114 3 Liz looks round London for record fee LONDON, Thurs. a record fee of at least £10,000 has been paid by the BBC to an American compan> for exclusive British rights of a 50-minute television film of Miss Elizabeth Taylor in London. Miss Taylor has received a record fee of £100,000
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      Lock icon Jail cosh attack on mobster
      75 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. California racketeer Mickey Cohen, who survived the bombs and bullets of gangland, was bludgeoned unconscious with a pipe by a forger in Atlanta prison A neuro surgeon said Cohen had a fractured skull but was in "satisfactory" condition. The 49-year-old, mobster regained
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      Lock icon Brilliant" Yulia and books she cooked
      165 3 TtfOSCOW, Thurs. A ITI woman accountant on a Soviet collective farm who for years was praised for keeping "brilliantly accurate books" has been sentenced to death for theft. It was reported here that the woman. Yulia Kutasevich. and seven men. Including the collective farm
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      Lock icon U.S. lead will last longer because of N-pact
      301 3 U.S. lead will last longer because of N-pact WASHINGTON. Thurs. The nuclear test ban treaty will enable America to maintain its nuclear superiority longer than it could have done without it. but it contains military disadvantages, a Senate committee was told yesterday. Dr. Glenn Seaborg, chairman of the U.S. Atomic
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      Mac interview ends Profumo inquiry
      378 3 I ONDON, Thurs. XJ Lord Denning concluded his investigation on security aspects of the Profumo scandal yesterday— eve of the Stratford-on-Avon by-election by taking evidence from Mr Macn:illan. He hopes to submit a report on his Inquiry early In September After It has been studied
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      Olivier denial
      34 3 LONDON. Thura.— Btr Laurence Olivier yesterday denied that he might bark a move to open ShakeuDeare's tomb at 8 rat ford -on Avon to decide -whether the Bard did write the playi.
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      Lock icon Woman in test of nerves plane —chase—
      309 3 Woman in test of nerves plane chase MIAMI, Thurs. A 37--year-oid woman pilot chased a plane thief wlngtip-to-wingtip on Tuesday night until his nerves gave in and he landed. Mrs. Mary Gaffaney, who operates a flying school here, forced down Paul Lynch. 25, who told police he stole one of
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      Lock icon Maugham appeals
      34 3 AIX EN PROVENCE. Thurs The English author Somerset Maugham lodged air appeal here yesterday against a Nice civil court Judgment annulling the adoption of his secretary, Alan Searle. as his son.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Dazzling finale to South-east Asian Festival
    669 4  - Dazzling finale to South-east Asian Festival JACKIE SAM MEDLEY OF SONGS AND DANCES OF MANY LANDS By SINGAPORE, Thurs. -The South East Asia Cultural Festival closed loi light with a medley of songs and dunces from many lands. In this dazzling finale to a memorable week, 11 countries went on
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    rentier's party
    33 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew will give a reception at Sri Temasek tomorrow night In honour of guest artists and delegates of the South-east Asia Cultural Festival.
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    IN AND OUT BY AIR
    405 4 THK following is today's schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar airport, Singapore: ARRIVALS Oaruda: From Mtdan (GA 990) 3.25 p.m. from Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur (OA 805) 5.10 p.m.; from Jakarta (OA 802) A.45 a.m. Thai Internatlenal: From Hong Konic Bangkok (TO 731) 7.35
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    Camp seminar
    29 4 SINOAPORE. Thurs.— A Seminar for Adult Education organised by the Lembaga Gerakan Pelajaran Dewasa will be opened on Saturday at the People's Association Holiday Camp. Pulau Üblii
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    Festival Village: The big move-out starts today
    174 4 SINGAPORE, Thursday. 'THE gaily decorated Festival Village— home of x the cultural delegations from nine Asian countries for the past two weeks will gradually beBy Saturday evening the "village"' will be deserted and once again resume the role of a student's hostel In
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    Trade Fair extended
    45 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. —The 1963 Happy World Trade Fair will be extended for one week to August 25. the management of the Happy World Limited announced today. Since the opening of the exhibition on July 26. more than 300,000 people had visited it.
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    Charity ball
    38 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Th. young Adult Group of the YMCA will hold a charity ball on Sept. 14 at the Fraser and Neave Hall in aid of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital and the YMCA building fund.
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    Testa Ra'ayat' for Indonesia's Freedom Day
    118 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Highlight of Indonesia's 18th anniversary celebrations In Singapore will be a reception given by the Indonesian Consul General. Col Soeglh Arto, on Saturday night. About 1,000 guests have been Invited for the occasion, which will be held at the Consul-General s residence
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    Drunken labourer
    28 5 PENANG. Thins A labourer. A Vengadasalum, 30 «v tod.iv jailed for three days when he could not pay a $25 line for being drunk and disorderly.
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    Inquiry on compensation for varsity college site
    271 5 PENANG, Thursday. r pilE State Government is to hold an inquiry to consider claims for compensation for 727 acres of privately-owned land in Bayan Lepas which are to be acquired for the proposed Penang University College. About 530 acres belong to Brown Estate.
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    Firm gives $25,700 to St. Nicholas Home
    136 5 Firm gives $25,700 to St. Nicholas Home PENANG. inurs. The Yen. A. C. Dumper, chairman of the St. Nicholas Home committee, today received a $25,70fj cheque for the home "with no string attached." The cheque was handed over by Mr. A. Jolles. general manager of the Malayan Packaging Industries Ltd.
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    Gambling den arrest
    55 5 IPOH. Thurs. Police have detained a man under the Restricted Residence Ordinance ana will hold an inquiry into his alleged gambling activities. A police spokesman said today: "The house in (irccn Lane, where police detained the man in a raid. is believed to be one of the
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    Governor opens new Assembly house
    260 5 PENANG. Thursday. r pHE Governor, Raja Tun Uda Al-haj, today open- ed the new State Legislative Assembly Chamber in Light Street where, he said, "the torch of democracy will be kept burning. In this august building, the opinions of the people are to be freely
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    Talk on women for the Lions
    48 5 PENANG. Thurs. —The newlyformed Lions Club of Penang will hold its first dinner meeting at the Town House Hotel next Tuesday when Miss Wendy Stephens, a beauty expert, will speak on "Wo- men of today.Thp meeting is open to lady I guests.
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    'Disorderly' charge
    26 5 PENANG. Thurs. —P. Samy. 63. i uav pleaded not guilty to a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner in Farquhar Street yes- terday.
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    Doctor's orders put Miss Twinkletoes out of the dance
    183 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Gloria Canonizado watched Irom the wings tonight looking wistfully at the girls dancing on the National Theatre stage. This was the grand finale of the South-East Asia Cullural Festival and the Filipino girl with the musical voice yearned for
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    Another prince in from Cambodia
    124 5 CINGAPORE. Thurs. Anj other Cambodian prince. i Prince Norodom Ranarldth. eldest son of Cambodian Head of State. Prince 1 Sihanouk, arrived here to--1 day but for a different purpose. Unlike his two brothers and two sisters who are now performing before drlishtect audiences at the
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      295 5 Straits Times Crossword HI BT HfIHBB^TBP~HT~ HI 1^ ■■"""UTTfll ACROSS 5. New Roman district (§J 7. What happens when banks 6. The foreign spirit of Scotfall? (5). land iai. I. DieM to fit fit to be lived 11. Painting away dunne thoae in. that Is <9>. old A.R.P. days? (8.
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    PARLIAMENT: FOURTH DAY
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    Safety clause in Malaysia Bill, in case date has to be put off
    888 6  -  OUR PARLIAMENTARY REPORTERS Kuala Lumpur, Thursday 'THIS IS NECESSARY IN VIEW OF U.N. WORK IN BORNEO' I by- MEASURE to postpone implementation of the Malaysia Bill in case the Aug. 31 date cannot be kept was taken
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    PMIP VOTES WITH THE GOVT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
    151 6 PMIP VOTES WITH THE GOVT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION KUALA Ll'MPl'R. Thurs. The Pan-Malayan Islamic Party voted with the Government taday on amendments to bring the Constitution up to date for the formation of Malaysia. The vote was 82 "ayes" (70 Alliance. 10 PMIP, two Independents) and nine abstentions (five
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    'Zainal sacked from the PMIP two years ago'
    183 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The leader of the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party rebels in Singapore, Inche Zainal Abidin Shah, was sacked from the party more than two years ago, the party's secretary general, Inche Abdullah Zawawi, said today. He added that according to records
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    Panamanian ship 'arrested' in Malacca
    179 6 Al 320-TON Panamanian ship, the Isabel, was detained and her controls sealed in Malacca Harbour yesterday. The ships captain and the crew, all Chinese are still on board. The legal firm of Keith S^lar and Company was Instructed to possess the ship by the agents
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  • Obituary
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    53 8 WarW. Sl* < minimum THE DAUGHTERS OF 'he latr Mr Tan Ten* Chye thank friend* and rrlatlvra lor their wrrathi roodolrnrra. nMtht-vunv MaMMM and attrndrd th* fnrwml j MR. A MRS. Krtr Alfred thank frirndjx Mnd relative* for their ronrmtulatory menxaneii. valuable present* and attendant's on the orranton of
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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    £li* Straits ©mrs Friday. August 16. 1963. S. Vietnam
    667 8 £li* Straits ©mrs Friday. August 16. 1963. S. Vietnam Crisis To almost everyone outside the Gia Long Palace in Sai- j igon, the South Vietnam Government's handling of the Buddhist dispute must seem jsuicidally inept, and becoming more so by the day. What is it that prevents President Ngo Dinh
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    Review Needed
    431 8 Answering questions by Mr. Veerappen in Parliament, the j Minister for Education has said that a close watch is kept on the L.C.E. results each year, and from time to time i necessary changes and modific- ations have been made. This falls short of satisfying the demand by
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    The Doctors
    119 8 Malaya's rural health services will be much strengthened with the arrival next week of 60 doctors from the Philippines. It has taken two years to get them here the interval since the second last conference of Foreign Ministers of the Association of South-East Asian States, when the programme
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    Birthday with a difference for knock-about Anne
    219 8  - Birthday with a difference for knock-about Anne LYNNE EDMUNDS by ONDO.N. Thurs.— Princess Lj Annr. third in succession to the British throne, becomes a teenager tomorrow in a style typical for her. but revolutionary for a British princess. She has chosen as a 13th birthday treat to crew for her
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    Batik makes a comeback and in a big way—
    1138 8 AFTER ALMOST BEING DRIVEN INTO EXTINCTION TWO YEARS AGO BY FOREIGN IMITATORS TOMORROW: Trengganu revives an ailing venture TEN years ago, the Malayan batik industry was faring so badly the Labour Department described it as "almost extinct." At the time, Japanese
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    Bolivia gets an outlet to the sea
    479 8 AFTER nearly a cen- tury of frustration, the landlocked Republic of Bolivia, most of it 13,000 ft. above the sea, has been offered without strings an outlet to the ocean. The offer has come from Argentina, which has told Bolivia she can have
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      416 8 REFER to an article in the Straits Times on Monday. Aug. 12 by a Mr. Barrle oldneld and headlined "A tangle of red tape in Singapore." In his opening remarks Mr. Oldfleld touches upon the currently popular practice of "Do it yourself" tout
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    Federal grants likely for M-Day in Kelantan
    339 9 Federal grants likely for M-Day in Kelantan KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The people of Kelantan at least those living in the seven main towns may have a lavish Merdeka Day celebration after all. Warned beforehand that the PMIP-controlled State Government would allocate only $75 for the celebrations in each of the
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    Two held after raid on hut
    46 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Two people were detained under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance when a plolce party raided an attap hut in West Coast Road last night. Police recovered a parang, a dagger, a rake and three iron i pipes.
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    Robbers jailed 7 years
    301 9 ONE OF THEM GETS SIX STROKES OF ROTAN FOR BEATING VICTIM, A PLANTER JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. pOUR youths were jailed for seven years by the High Court today for robbing an estate manager of a $10,100 payroll at the 13th mile. Johore Bahru-Pontian road on the
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    MCA. youth move
    36 9 KAJANO, Thurs. All youth sections or the various subbranches of the M.C.A. in Ulu Langat will meet at the Kajang Hall on Aug. 25 to discuss setting up a district MCA. youth organisation
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    1,000 at student's funeral
    71 9 1,000 at student's funeral SEREMBAN. Thurs. More than 1,000 people attended the funeral this afternoon of Ranjit Singh Gill, 22. a medical student who was drowned 10 days ago In Perth. Two hundred cars followed the three-mile procession from Labu Road to the Sikh cremation ground. Ranjifs embalmed body was
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    Union victory in Straits Times case: 'To ensure peace' says court
    735 9 Union victory in Straits Times case: 'To ensure peace' says court SINGAPORE, Thurs AN industrial arbitraA tion court today accepted a union's interpretation of a bonus clause in a collective agreement to "ensure industrial peace." The court ruled that bonus for journalists, photographers and artists employed In the Straits Times
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    Amah delegation to call on Sir Geofroy today
    152 9 ITUALA LUMPUR, v Thurs. A delegation of eight, representing the 3.000 amahs employed by members of thr Commonwealth Armrd Forces in Malaya, will rail on thr British High Commissioner. Sir Geofroy Tory, tomorrow to ■MB his support in a trade dispute. Thr
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    Museum will be ready in time for Aug. 31 opening
    223 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The new Houses of Parliament will not be ready in time for Malaysia I even if the Aug. 31 date is postponed to mid-Sep-tem'oer. The architect, Mr. Ivor Shipley, said today: "There Is no one big problem,
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    — Perak Turf Club plans an Australian tour
    121 9 Perak Turf Club plans an Australian tour IPOH. Thurs. The x Perak Turf Club is organising a 12-day tour for its members and associates to Melbourne and Sydney beginning on Oct. 29. Highlight of the tour will be the race meeting in conjunction with the Melbourne Cup week. Mr. S.
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    Strike threat by Govt staff
    39 9 KOTA BHARU. Thurs—Kelantan branch of the Technical Services Union decided today to strike on Sept. 30 should the Federation Government not settle a salary claim of Junior meteorological and agriculture assistants by Sept. 29.
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    Widow Jathambal fund passes $15,000 mark
    135 9 CINGAPORE, Thurs. The Madam Jathambal fund passed the $15,000 mark today. The Straits Times received today $696.52 from Singapore and Federation readers for the widow, whose husband was killed In a road accident, and her 16 children. The fund now stands at $15,247.90. Latest
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    Students tell of problems of life in Perth
    224 10 Students tell of problems of life in Perth I^UALA LUMPUR, 1Y Thurs. Difficulties facing Asian students in Australia were discussed in Perth by a group of students from Malaya. Singapore, Indonesia and Africa. Points raided by the stuA'ere: DIFFICULTIES in finding accommodation. PKOBI.I.MS of assimilation into a Western community, and
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    New Public Trustee
    16 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Mr. Sonmsunclnim ha.s assumed I'llljlll- TlU 1 ii- .iiul flwlnnw
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    Historians will have a greater task in —Malaysia—
    180 10 Historians will have a greater task in —Malaysia— OALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Historians, who can present facts in their true light, will have to shoulder greater responsibilities when Malaysia comes into being, the Minister of Education, Haji Abdul Hamid Khan, said today. He was opening a seminar on the teaching of
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    BLUE FILM IN CAMP
    47 10 PORT SWETTENHAM. Thurs. Five youths were arrested in a police raid on a house at Quarantine Camp here last night as they were watching a blue fllm show. A film and a projector were seized. The five will appear in court on Monday.
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    Stringent measures on water warning
    129 10 Stringent measures on water warning CINGAPORE. Thurs. As water stocks continued to drop, the Public Utilities Board today warned that it might have to consider more stringent measures to preserve stocks Stocks which stood at 37 per cent of capacity yesterday the lowest recorded since rationing began on April 23—
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    Govt clerks insist on an inquiry
    187 10 TTOE general secretary of the National Union of Government Clerical Workers, Mr. G. N. Rajan, said today that his union would continue to press the Government for a committee of in- quiry into the mass failures in the recent General Clerical Service examinations. The
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    'Not changing story' reply to counsel for Dr. Ling
    1672 10 G//*£ DENIES BROTHER BEAT UP WIFE* FOR SAYING HE HAD BROUGHT A FALSE CHARGE AGAINST DOCTOR M 14 YEAR OLD girl denied in the High Court here today that her brother beat up his wife for saying that he had brought
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    3257 11 HE SAW OFFICER STRUGGLING WITH SEVERAL YOUTHS WHO TRIED TO SEIZE CAMERA gINGAPORE, Thurs. Police Constable Poh Kwee Soon, whose revolver held at bay a crowd of people during an incident at City Hall on April 22, testified at the trial
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    People in the case
    90 11 People in the case THE JUDGE: The 1 Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Wee Chong Jin. COUNSEL FOR THE PROSECUTION Mr. T. Kiil.iMk.iram. the Solicitor General, assisted by Mr. T. S. Sinnathuray, DPP. FOR THE DEFENCE: Mr. F. Elwyn Jones, Q. C, assisted by Mr. Tann Wee Tiong. THE ACCUSED Dr.
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    LESS SUGAR IMPORTS HERE LAST YEAR
    279 12 S!wHiW^w§wPIBBwBBiBBBwPwWBWWBSBWWSBB^ \,f ALAYA'S imports of 1 A sugar last year were 25,566 tons less than 1961 imports. Out or a total or 249,672 tons (worth $61. 4 million) 10.149 tons were re-exported, compared with th«- re-ex-ports' of 12,481 tons out of a total oi
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    $300,000 factory to produce for export
    299 12 $300,000 factory to produce for export (SINGAPORE'S Finance Minister Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will officially open today a $300,000 garment factory wnMh will produce initially only for export. The factory, Hoowah Manufacturing Co.. a joint Singapore Hong Kong venture, is the first of its kind in Malaya to manufacture for
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    TWO WEEKS' VISIT TO MEET AGENTS
    104 12 *f»t J WOOD, export sales manager of the Cyclone Co. A Australia Ltd.. will arrive in Singapore on Suntiay for two.eeks visit. He will eonter with executives >f the Engineering; Services Co. la. and J. E Tan Company iUI.. who represent Cyclone In li
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    Synthetic: Plant for Austria?
    129 12 A PLAN for the manu- facture of synthetic rubber in Austria has been announced by the Osterreichische Stickstorfwerke. the leading Austrian chemical company, reports the Financial Times. It Is envisaged that synthetic rubber should be manufactured on a propylene basis by Danubia Petrochemie A.G.. a joint
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    Japanese mission
    80 12 A JAPANESE rubber survey mission sponsored by the Japanese Government arrived in Bangkok this week. The mission Is expected to stay In Thailand until September 4. According to trade sources, the purpose of the mission is to promote the rubber, business between the two countries. The mission will
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    Company gets its biggest order yet
    214 12 Company gets its biggest order yet A SINGAPORE furni- ture manufacturer, Diethelm Co. Ltd., which earlier this year won a contract to furnish Hone Kong's new 26 storey Mandarin Hotel, has Anished the order ahead of time. The order is for 453 bedrooms In all 4.800 pieces of furniture worth
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    SHIPBUILDING STUDY FOR TWO IN JAPAN
    304 12 SHIPBUILDING STUDY FOR TWO IN JAPAN TWO local men have been appointed to top executive positions with Jurong Shipyard Ltd. They are Mr. Mah Hon Choon, a law graduate and shipping executive who has been appointed administrative manager and Mr. M. E. Elias. B. Sc. (Hons.), A.M.R.1.N.A., A.M.I.MAR.E.. seconded by
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    French car prices up
    100 12 THREE leading French car manufacturers Renault, Sunca and Peugeot have announced in Paris price increases of from 1.3 to 2.3 per cent on almost all their private models. The announcement means all the "big four" of the French car industry are raising their price*. The fourth.
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    More cement
    34 12 Imports of cement into Singapore last year increased by 102,400 tons to 331.200 tons, reflecting Uie Increased activities in the state'i buildlne industry. Exports too rose by 34.800 tons to 76.900 tons.
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    INTEREST FLAGS ON MART: ANOTHER QUIET DAY
    577 14 From Our Market Correspondent RECENT forecasters who predicted that the Malayan Stock Exchange would remain quiet for some time are certainly being proved right. Yesterday was another quiet day with a small turnover and operators still mainly Interested in the Hume Industries (Malaya)
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    690 14 pOMBINED busineia in the Sinjraporr and KuaU Lumpur trading rooms of the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded In brackets: INDUSTRIALS: Dunleps (1.OO0) 53.09. (2,000) (3.10, (7.000) $3.0*: Bast Smelters (20.000) 53.04. U. (6.000) S3.OS. (5,000) 53.04. (1,000) 53.03: Etse erds. 53.31 BL,
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    204 14 SNIPS lying alengside the Singaaere Harbeur wharves er expscttd teday are: Pulau Kldjang N.W. a. Bunny Queen 45, Tronoh N.W. 4. Gorgon 27/2S, Olga Maersk 13-14. Welsh City 10/11. Oeneral Bikon>ki 1 2, Maron 45, Anita (tanker) 42/43. Llpl.i N.W. 2. Kaloekoe 26, Main Lloyd 46.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    110 14 MELBOURNE. Thurs THE murkei steadied turther. However, with the absence of any notable selling pressure most sections held levels. Moves Mr* .small nnd rises slightly outnumbered fall> Some leaders lost ground again. < olonial Surar and \.f.l. were iouti Bum- metal* ,ui(l oils rluctuated narrowly. mostly lower. Loans
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    RUBBER PRICES
    254 14 CtPTEMBER first grade rubber buy ers f.e.b. clcsed at 5 p.m. in Slngapere and Kuala Lumpur yoitsrday at 6Ui cents per Ib. up one-eight h of a rent on Wedresday's closing level for the position. The tone «ai quietly steady. R.A.S. and F.M.R E closing pricti in ocnta
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    CLOSIN6 PRICES
    27 14 August lib MALAYAN RIBBER PRICE: (i!t| cents (up one-eighth of a cent). TIN 5450.87. (down 51.37!.). Kstimatpd unofficial oficriiiß 245 tons (up ten tons). v
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    OPTION PREMIUMS
    168 14 (OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS) August lib Three months. INDUSTRIALS Dunlops 20 cts. McAlister 12 rts. Smelters HO cUßOblnnon 11 its. Esk> II cts. C. Storage 4td. r. *N. W ets. Rothmans 11 tU. Gammon 15 cts. 8. Land 5 cU. H B'pura 11 cts. S. Darby 4d. Hume pref. 16
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    68 14 CHINESE Produce Exchange. *m*»psre noon orictJ otr picul ys»tsr""cecenut Mil mil* MM «'^r». druß BIHIS I Wm l 'K. Continent *2Ht uuyers Ptppef MunioK -nitt- Sim sellers. Smrawaa white Jl3i sellers, special Sarawak Mack M SaUst Lainout; l)li>ik sellers. ASIA tfllerf Singipere Gceonut Oil Millers' Asseeisti.n priest: >ulk
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    81 14 THE Malayan Eiehanse Banks' Aeee--1 ciatlen made th^e change* la tO c^d. MM r. »«2V2S OD 35 11/16: W d/ 5». J6 J/16 credit bills. 36 I !™<le hllll Sslling TT or OD rsady: Canada i 3.M: Holland Cuilders 117 :i 8: Italian Lirs MM*. On th>- »rcc
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    Straits tin down $1.37£: Rubber values harden
    346 14 mHERE was a drop of $1,374 1 tn the Straits tin price yesterday which was quoted in Penan k at $450.87 J. The estimated offering was 245 tons, up ten tons. In London on Wednesday most of the morning* tin turnover represented carrying
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      941 15 SHIPPING NOTICES MV. "MAIN LLOYD" Arrived: 15.8.63 Consignees are hereby notified that the general survey of damaged packages ex the above vessel will be held on 26.8.63 at godowns 4G as from 8.30 a.m. No further survey will be held. ROYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYD. Singapore Office 2nd Floor, N.T.S. Bidg.. Tel.
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      905 15 Continued trom Page 81 SITUATIONS VACANT Worsts SS (Min.)— Box SO ett. mxtrm WANTED IMMEDIATELY COOK General Amah to live In. Holland Road district. Reference from last employer essential. Ring (Spore) *****. TENDER TENDER Tenders are Invited to purchase about. 350 ttrst used empty lubricating oil drums and 4 drums
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      874 15 SITUATIONS VACANT H Wmwm% M (Min.)— Box to ctt ejrlr.. ASIA DRIVINC S.CHOOL Requires experienced English speaking instructrest instructors. Interview to-day 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.. 67 Orchard Road, (opposite Borneo Motors), h pore. QUALIFIED DRAFTSMAN experienced in structural steelworks essential. A .stenographer with L.CC. Intermediate Certineate and experienced in
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      1003 15 SITUATIONS VACANT to Wcrdt SS (Min.)— Box SO eta. mxtrm RBOUIRED COOK-GENERAL AMAH for family of four. Must live In. Contact 10 a.m. 3 p.m. 16- A I SumervUle Estate Holland Rd. Spore Friday. ONE MALE DELIVERY Clrrk and one General Clerk required. Apply own Vandw ruing stating age. nationality,
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      1136 15 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 20 Wordt %S (Min.)— Bex St cit. mxtrm OFPICI SPACE VACANT V.UOO Sq. ft. to-let. Chulla Street. Singapore. Can be divided into smaller lots. Principal only Apply Box A 5381 S.T. Spore. MODERN SEMI-OETACHED HOUSES Freehold 3 bedrooms. 2 bsthrooms, 2 WC. Car porch, fencing window
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      975 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE 19 Wmrdt Si (Min.)— Box M ctt. mxtrm It* OPEL VAN. 1959 Hillman. Kxcellent condition. Call at Jalao Besar, Singapore (8). Tel: *****. WHITE MINI MINOR lirM registered June 1961 oae European owner ***** miles $3250. no dealers Km,; Spore ***** ext. It, OEBNA MXI sports ßacing
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    438 16  -  CONRAD NG -by J£UALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Negotiations have now been completed for the j '"ASA tournament of champions" ont- of I the best-ever profes-! sional boxing cards to be staged in Malaya. The date- Sept. 29. The] venue: Stadium Negara Kuala Lumpur.
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    116 16 LONDON. Thurs.— Clo:-e of ulay scores in yesterday's crickei matches: Al Lord's— Middlesex 131-2 v Glamorgan. At the OvalSurrey 212-7 fWillett 56 Lock 60> v Lanes. At Portsmouth Hants 273-7 (Livingstone 56 Sainsbury i 52 > v E-swx At Weston-»uper-Mare— Somerset 333 (Greetham 141 Stephenton 80>
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    26 16 LONDON, Thurs. England beat Italy by 96 points to 75 points in a men's athletics match at the White City Stadium last night. Reuter.
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    24 16 NAIROBI. Thurs. The combined Oxford and Cambridge Rugby Union tour team overwhelmed West Kenya, by 62 points to nil at Nakuru. Reuter.
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    140 16 STORE AAA AWAIT &lt; REPLIES FOR -'TRI' MEET- i rjINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Singa- O pore AAA are anxiously waitI ing for replies from Malaya and Sarawak to their invitation to a triangular meet at Farrer Park on Aug. 31. AAA secretary Niaz Shah said today j that the original plan
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    55 16 i V SOCCER Spore junior cup: Jollllads 1 Star Soccerites 0: RAF 3 Rajaji 1 Penang Dlv. 3: Muslims 'B 5 Kilat 1: IRC 7 Glugor Indians 1. Malacca: Div. I: Yew Llan 5 No. 2 Infantry Workshop REME 1. Klnang Div. 2: Police 5 BMH 4. Friendly rTalping):
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    25 16 MALAGA. Thur.-.— Real Madrid beat the English First Divi&ion club Blackpool 4.-1 in the 'Costa :de Sol" soccer tournament herr last night— Reuter.
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    Jega may miss Spore meet
    297 16 By ERNEST FRIDA; Singapore, Thursday MALAYAN ace sprinter M. Jegathe«!an, who pulled a thigh muscle during the Nati&lt;*^l championships at Penang last weekend, may haK to scratch from the Singapore AAA championship^ starting on Saturday, at Farrer Park. Jega told me today tu*t his injured
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      515 16 A FEW POINTS ON STARTING T WOULD like to pay x tribute to the organising committee for the FMAAU championships, headed by Mr. R. Bailey, for a Job well done. I have a few point? to make, however, in the hope that improvements can be made. The starts at the
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    TELECOMS MEET
    58 16 IPOH. Thurs. More than 130 competitors from the Federation and Singapore will take part in the two-day pan-Malayan Telecommunications athletics meet starting on the Municipal padang here tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. Eight heats and 11 finals will be run off on the first day. while the rest of
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      256 16 SPORTS DIARY SOCCER M-tonrney: Nat. China v Thailand (7 p.m.); Malaysia v S. Korea (8.30. both matches at Merdeka Stadium). Penanc Div 2: Glugor Club v B'worth Rangers; Tg. Bungah Rangers v E. Smelting SC (both matches at D. Kramat). Voon Cup: PTCSC v Malays (Jn Abdul Jalll) DTD v
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      Asvin can't stop this one...
      12 17 0 Last night's results in back page
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      Anak Kulim shines in trial
      184 17 RACING by Epsom Jeep SS *jtSr^&^^^!? Youghal Bridge is smart L_ PENANG. Thursday KULIM showed sparkling form in a gallop this morning. After trotting one round on the sand track, he was switched to the No. 2 track. He ran the last 3f in 36
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      Weights
      279 17 FOR ALL SEVEN RACES ON SUNDAY 11/ EIGHTS for TT all seven I r,., K p» n9n. onSuSdav on Sunday. Cl 3 Div 1 6f M. a uiv. i of I lf.-lniu-.U-r 9.00 M.ilh.im B.l'J \Z™ mml B SELF 1- B' lo Scholar 8.09 Showman 111 8.09 I'alomar 8.08
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      The Stipe's report
      186 17 UENANO, Thurs. The MRA Stipendiary Steward's report on yesterday's races: BACE ONE— After racing for half a furlong Hlstine had to be c.iecked. It was caused by Tee Up, who had Jumped away weil, being eased in front of him. RACE TWO— Panlloba was rearing m his
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      SPOTLIGHT ON YOUR FANCIES
      62 17 Epsom Jeep will bring you up to date on all the horses you are likely to back with notes on Their latest form; How they ran in previous races; Performances in training; The type of going they prefer. Publication of this invaluable guide to winner-picking will
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      Lock icon Gillies' £1,000 for hole-in-one
      66 17 CLANDEBOYE. (County Down, N. Ireland), Thurs. Alan Gillies. 30, Lancashire professional, won £1,000 when he holed out in one at the 171-yard sixth hole in his second round in the Hennessey professional golf tournam ent here. British Ryder Cup players, Christy O'Conner and Peter Allies, and
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      183 ENTRIES FOR THE GOLD VASE MEETING
      890 17 IPOH, Thurs.— A total of 183 entries has been received for the Gold Vase meeting here on Aug. 25, 28 and Sept. 1. They comprise 64 horses In Class 1. 97 In Class 5 and- 22 New Zealand horses recently imported by the
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      Autumn Plate at Penang
      65 17 PENANG. Thura. The Penang Turf Club's Autumn meeting will be held here on Sept. 33. 35 and 39. for horses In Classes 4 and 6. Main race of the meeting will be the 55.500 Autumn Plate for Class 4 over 84 f. Distances for both classes
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    271 18 Free bus rides to the Padang rally- .SINGAPORE, Thurs. 0 People attending a rally on the Parians on Aug. 25 can yet rides to and from on any ol the buses owned by 10 Chinese 1 bus companies. The rally i.s bcini; 01 1 ed by the Chinese Chamber of
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    86 18 SEOUL. Thurs.— The official spokesman for the South Korean I ruling supreme council told reporters today the former President Synsman Rhee. now in exile In Hawaii, could return home if he so chose. The spokesman. Mr. Hu Rak Lee. also announced that General Chung Hee
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    58 18 WASHINGTON. Thurs. The Hou.se of Representatives Ways and M—ni Committee today adopted a Treasury recommendation for individual tax cuts averaging 15' 2 per cent lor mast taxpayers. The committee voted 19-to-four in favour of new .scales ranging from 14 to 70 per cent Instead of
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    85 18 LA PAZ (Bolivia), Thurs. The Government today reaffirmed its decision to close down a state-run mine at the west Bolivian tin centre of Catavi unless miners call off their six-day old strike. The miners want the Government to reverse Its decision to lay
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    88 18 &gt;O0 (tZTO) lIM NOCK, a^.-d H brother of Rito 81m Oman Brag, Roftit. May and Aivriirm l«'«d away v.V'.Ba .it &lt;; H. Funeral today .'&gt; pin from utnmporr CaakM 1 Co. for Hmiidari. MOM ANC SWEE NEO ftlkM Nya 181 T.i(,k Knrati Rrt. in-ac fully T3 iravniK behind un
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    32 18 TAV TONC HIAN MB nl Mr and Mr* Th&gt; .iirt tiruth.r of mini. Tom; Hoon and rulrj jii v hi kav« Hingapora Caikct 1 M p.n Monda&gt; I" Hid;. dan i;
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    29 18 SINGAPORE. Tliurs. The Kampong Kim Hong Vigilante Headquarters will celebrate its first anniversary with a variety show and a tea-party at the headquarters premises. Lorong 3, Geyiang, on Sunday.
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    Lock icon The new Duchess of Argyll
    74 18 1 1 IK NEW Duchess of Argyll leaving a hospital in Dec azrville. France, after receiving treatment for a finger ailment. The former Mrs. Matilda Coster-Mortimer, 37. secretly married the Duke of Argyll. 60, who in May figured in one of the longest and costliest
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    Lock icon Red missile offer to India costly
    127 18 NEW DELHI, Thursday. T\HE Indian defence mission to Moscow today rex turned to New Delhi after negotiating on the purchase of Soviet military equipment, including ground-to-air missiles. According to Western sources here, the Russians have also offered India ground-to-air missiles which would be used
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    Postmen strike
    37 18 COLOMBO, Thurs. Post and Telegraph services ceased this morning as 3,000 postmen, post office peons and other lower grade staff stopped work in sympathy with the strike which Central Telegraph Office messengers launched last Friday.
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    Publisher on South-East Asia and the Chinese problem
    364 18 Publisher on South-East Asia and the Chinese problem SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The publisher of the Manila Times, Mr. J.P. Roces. said here today that a "difficult problem" confronting many countries in South-east Asia was the Chinese problem. He suggested that the Chinese, some of whom had lived for many generations in
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    19 18 PRAGUE, Thurs. Soviet space woman Valentlna Tereshkova arrived in Prague today for a visit to Czechoslovakia.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    383 18 I LONDON, Thurs. Quiet and generally uninteresting conditions prevailed In the stock markets today. Buyers were adopting a cautious policy pending the result of the Stratford by-election, while the prospects of strikes in the building Industry affected sentiment. Business \yari on a small scale and the tendency, if
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    CHINA WIN BATTLE FOR SUPREMACY
    939 18  -  NORMAN SIEBEL MERDEKA TOURNAMENT-Bth DAY By NATIONALIST CHINA 2 JAPAN O: KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. r)R 57 minutes Nationalist China and Japan were locked in a mighty struggle for supremacy at the Merdeka Stadium tonight. Then China scored from a penalty, added a second goal in
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    Vietnam goal-blast
    77 18 Forces 1 Vietnam 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Vietnam, scoring three goals in seven minutes in the second half, beat Commonwealth Forces 3-1 in the Merdeka tournament tonight. Forces Hand lirst In the 60th minute and seemed to uc winning when Vietnam suddenly snapped out of defence to eouulise
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