The Straits Times, 10 December 1966

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    25 1 The Straits Times AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 150,000 Tliii Natimiiil HBWSjlil|lKl' Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1966 15 CENTS M.C.(P) 1629 KDN 2034. 2114
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    $176,000 grab
    311 1  -  GABRIEL LEE Securicor guard— ON HIS THIRD DAY OF DUTY— gunned down as he leaves bank By SINGAPORE, Friday TWO gunmen this morning pulled off Singapore's biggest armed hold-up by snatching a black steel box containing $176,000 outside the First National City Bank in Raffles Quay. The satchel-sized
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    Lock icon SCIENTIST DIED OF SEASICKNESS
    67 1 POKTSMO! 111. Fri. A British naval scientist died of srasirknesv .1 <]<>( tor said at an inquest strrday. Tin- coroner ruled that (•cr;il(l Koners. 41. a senior scientific officer u IIO was iloinu one iay'i duty aboard the friuate mis Wakeful, died from natural causes Medical
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    Lock icon To bo disbanded
    23 1 HONG KONG. Frl.--The Government today announced the dlsba nrimpnt of the Royal Naval Reserve with effect from April 1. Reuter
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    Judgment on Ningkan's suit today
    507 1  -  GEOFFREY GELDARD From KUCHING, Friday. A RULING will be given tomorrow by Mr. Justice Harley on tlic* motion by Dalo Stephen Kalong Ningkan seeking interlocutory injunctions and declarations against the: Governor of Sarawak, Tun Abang Haji Openg; the Speaker, Dato (Dr.) M. Sockalingam; the Chief
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    Just fancy that...
    56 1 KANSAS CITY, Fri. An attractive young housewife has startled motorists here by driving to and from work every day wearing a gas mask. "I get a few strange looks," said Mrs. .Mary Ann Beatty, "but this air pollution can make us all sick, and it is important
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    Lock icon Peking gets the sack
    124 1 SOFIA, Fri. The Chinese delegation was formally expelled from yesterday's session of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) general council. The 15-man delegation's right to take part was revoked. Bulgarian news agency BTA said, for premeditated attempts to hamper the normal work of the session
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    British aid: 'No cuts'
    48 1 LUMPUR. Fri. Britain will not decrease her aid to Malaysia's development programmes, despite her financial difficulties. Mr. R. H. Belcher, the Under-secretary of the British Ministry of Overseas Development, said here today. Mr. Belcher Is here to see the progress of Malaysia's development projects.
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    Opened fire
    403 1 One of the gunmen struck Mohamed Noor on the head from behind with the wirecutter. As the Securicor guard reeled under the blow, the same robber also attacked Thavan. The other gunman tried to snatch the steel box from Mohamed Noor. When he found the chain foiling him,
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    Robbers trapped in flat
    100 1 Robbers trapped in flat SINGAPORE, Fri. Police this afternoon arrested five wanted criminals believed responsible for a number of armed robberies at a flat in Beatty Road. Acting on a tip-off, a party of officers and men from the CID and troops of the Reserve Unit sui rounded the block
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    Red attack
    30 1 RANGOON. Fri. Government forces repulsed an attack by more than 150 Communist rebels at PadaukchauiiK town. In lower Burma, yesterday mornine, according to reports reaching here today— UPl.
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    L-month ends
    25 1 SINGAPORE. Fri. The clos- Ing ceremony of national language month will be held at the Conference Hall. Shenton Way. tomorrow at 730 p.m.
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 1 ill BTBANGI I B STBIKBS CBii inn Ml 1 middle-aged woman was a 11 n-tii i-.ii l\ parentl) th< sixth the (im mil. ill sir. in I P I
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    $38,000 haul, thugs miss $35,000
    483 1  - $38,000 haul, thugs miss $35,000 JEFFREY FRANCIS By KUALA LI'MPIR, Fri. A warni iic shot was fired this morning by MM <>f two Runmcn who robbed Harper (iilfillan an d 0.. Ltd., of $38,157. They missed another in,IM stacked in bundles on the floor of the cashiers' room. Five cashiers
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      Lock icon Brown's selective sanctions plan
      571 3 BRITAIN ASKS U.N. TO ORDER MEMBER STATES TO HALT IMPORTING RHODESIAN GOODS UNITED NATIONS. Friday gRITAIN proposed last night that the Security Council order all U.N. member states to cease importing a dozen major Rhodesian commodities. The first speaker in the Council's emergency debate on the
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      Lock icon 353-244 Commons 'yes' on appeal to the U.N.
      494 3 353-244 Commons 'yes' on appeal to the U.N. LONDON. Friday. THE House of Commons last night approved Prime Minister Harold Wilson's decision to seek United Nations compulsory sanctions against Rhodesia, after hearing that Britain would not oppose inclusion of oil among these. Mr. Wilson got his expected comfortable majority, by
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      Lock icon Forceps left in her stomach
      67 3 MEXICO CITY. Prl A pair of forceps was removed yesterday from the stomach of Mrs. Luz Maria Reyes Ledezma. and her son charged they had been left there during an operation two years ago. The operation to remove the forceps was performed foHowinc X-rays which
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      New Bonn Govt's higher taxes on petrol, wines
      70 3 BONN. Fri.— West Germany's new coalition Government last night inrroaved taxes on petrol and siimi- wine> in efforts to balance next year's Budget. A move to increase tobacco taxes was not In- cluded because of the Government's failure to reach asreement with
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    Manicka: We don't seek control...
    478 5 Manicka: We don't seek control MINISTER OPENS MTUC CONFERENCE KUALA LUMPUR Friday r r H Malaysian Trades Union Congress was told here today that the Government had no intention to have a controlling grip on the labour movement. In a ma.jor speech opening the IGth annual delegates conference of the
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    Yeoh: Don't weaken labour any further
    612 5 MTUC BLASTS 'GOVT-BOSSES GANG-UP' EMPLOYERS an d the Government were warned against setting together and rehashing the Trades Union Ordinance to further weaken the Malaysian labour movement. In his presidential address to the 16th annual delegates conference of the MTUC. Mr. Yeoh Teck Chye
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    Malacca student tops them all
    85 5 Malacca student tops them all CYDNEY. Prl. Bydil c y University's top linal year medical student is a Malaysian. He la Colombo Plan s'u- dent John Tay Sin Hock. 24. oi Malacca, the ion of a retired schoolmaster. John and three other students, including another Malaysian, received first class, honours
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      115 5 JOHNNIE WALKER f pA \j/m± hi v*i I* It lOIIM* "»«H HI BORN 1820 k still. T> 9 0in 9 x \strong |CALLVSJ MAOC IN -GERMANY QucAtg f or —^^^^k^ STYUE COMFORT X X OtPT. STO«i The end of the line. Nowhere to run. Just turn, face 'em and blast
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    A $S«sm. co-op housing estate at Sembawang
    189 6 r pHE Singapore Gov- eminent Officers' Co-operative Housing Society is to build a $5.5 million nousing estate in Sembawang. Work is expected to begin early next year. When completed the estate will have 200 semidetached bungalows and terrace houses. The semi detached houses
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    PIONEER BIGGER FLA TS PLAN
    416 6 500 new four-room apartments *T*I I IZ Housing and D c v c I o |> in c n t Board will launch a pioneer project nexl year to build bigger Hats for large fami- lies. The new project provides for the construction of 500
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    No water areas
    73 6 SINGAPORE. Fri—Water will be cut off tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Jalan Membina Barat Houses Nos. 225 to 335 from the ground to the fifth floor, and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Jalan Besar Houses (Nos 288 to 324 1. Allenby Road
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    Police force to get two more camps
    184 6 SINGAPORE. Friday. T*HE Police Force will soon be having two new A Reserve Unit cantonments and a sub-station under a newly-launched development project of the Ministry of Defence. The cantonment* will be built at Jalan Bahar and Queenstown. and the substation at the
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    4 stranded Qantas jets to fly home
    105 6 SYDNEY. Fri. Qantas will rescue four of its jets stranded at overseas ports by the pilots strike. They are two Boeing 707/ 138BS at Hone Kong and two of the bigger Boeing 707 338CS. one at Mexico City and one at Karachi. The
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      448 6 ORCHARD TONIGHT MIDNIGHT! PALACE I SEE! THE FOOTBALL STARS OF 16 NATIONS IN THE COMPLETE FILM OF THE WORLD CUP 1966! O L F WORLD Clipf v Football 1966 TECHNICOLOR TECHNISCOPE rillaslo by RANK ORGANISATION ANOTHER PRERELEASE PREVIEW^ir ORCHARD: TODAY at 10.30 a.m. '< Admission: Sl.OO S2.GO TICKETS NOW ON
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    Farewell in song as the jamboree closes
    297 7 PENANG. Friday. 2.500 Scouts from Malaysia and abroad joined in singing "Auld Lang Syne" as their national flags were lowered to mark the close of the first Malaysian Jamboree at Telok Bahang here today. Linked arm-in-arm. Scouts from the different contingents wearing fancy
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    Girl of 16 admits stealing motor-cycle
    92 7 CIMiAPORF. Fri. A Ib-year-old girl. Poon Yoke Than, was today remanded at the York Hill (iirl>' Home by a district court after she admitted stealing a, motorcycle in 1 am.in Jurong. The motorcycle belongil to a clerk who had parked it near a block
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    First dinner
    23 7 SINGAPORE Fn Sixtf^n former student* of England's famous publir school. Mailboroueh Coiiege loniKhi helld th? fust Olf! "Marlbunan*** dinner in Singapore.
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    Ferry workers decide to strike if gratuity issue is not settled
    183 7 T 1 W O hundred and twrnty-eUM members of the Muar and Batu Paliat Ferry Workers' Union today unanimously voted 10 go on strike before Harl Raya Puasa if their employers did not settle the gratuity issue by then.
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    Hundreds apply for 10 air girl —jobs—
    169 7 Hundreds apply for 10 air girl —jobs— SINGAPORE, FM. Several hundred girls have answered a Malaysian Airways advertisement for flight stewardesses. The airline's assistant general manager. Mr. Lim Chin Beng. today described the response as "very good."' The airline wants 10 flight stewardesses by the end of the year. Applications
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    30.580 friends of animals
    55 7 SINGAPORE. Fn.— Some 30 580 children in 91 schools have pledged to be kind to animals. But only 25.000 of them pot badges from the Society for the Preyenlion of Cruelty to Anima.s. Th.s is because the factory could no: produce the badges fast enough before
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    Minister due
    31 7 SINGAPORE Fn. The Britiih Defence Minister for the Army. Mr. G.W. Reynolds. will aim? from Hong Kong tomorrow for a lour ot Commonwealth units stationed her* and in Malaysia.
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    $75,000 prize offer in essay contest
    201 7 CINGAPORE, Fri. The Lions Clubs of Singapore and Malaysia expect about 1.000 entries for the worldwide essay contest on "World Peace" organised by Lions International to mark its 50th anniversary in July next year. Th* grand prize is U5525,000 for personal education or a
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    Warrant officer gets medal
    66 7 SINGAPORE. Fn Warrant Officer Arthur J. Maione o. f heAustralian Army in Singapore recently presented with a meritc- i ious service medal by Brig. F.R. Evans. Commander of the Aust- ralian Army Force. Far East Land j Forces. Warrant Officer Malonr. a qua:--termaster instructor, has been
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      425 7 ANNOUNCEMENT H t SI HI Development Commercial Banft (LIMITED) ICRHAD CINCOftPORATIO IN THC ITATU OF MALAY*) hThe Directors of Development Si Commercial Banft (LIMITED) lERHAO have pleasure in announcing that the official opening of the Bank by The Honourable the Prime Minister, Y.T.M. Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj. X.0.M. C.H.
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      338 7 RSy Grand Opening Tomorrow Bel l©|| OMAR KHAYYAM RESTAURANT M©| pjf| 55, Hill Stra«t, Singapore 6. a ft& tf& tfek I \s< ADELPHI HOTEL I 9 Spend a delightful evening at THE ADELPHI NIGHT CLUB PEACOCK BAR k Dress: Informal Tonight extension to 1 a.m. §f n TONIGHTS SPECIAL MALAY
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      221 7 W#**»/ Onp Hy V.T. ll n rrtl in WH.L.OOP I YKP: TWE\ SURE I I HOWD MXI WTA TMANK 1 ...WWICH REMAPS ME, V" J^f£HiF""^^ «O "WAV I GUESS OUR WEMT FOR THAT EVER (SET DOC 'TIME- I fiOTTA GET SLJMPIN /ME TOO I L-JirGUV T'SEE TEU.IM TO V L
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    Land values: Firm wins appeal
    615 8 Judge: The Tax Assessor could not validly increase annual worth of certain properties of company JUSTICE Winslow today held in an ;i|>|«.\il (.isc thai Hie Chief Assessor of the I'ropi'iiv T;ix OfliiT could not Niilidly increase the ;m--nual values <>l certajn landed properties in a
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    Supersonic age for the airport
    434 8 $6M DEVELOPMENT PLAN SINGAPORE, Friday. THE Singapore International Airport is entering a new, ambitious phase of development to prepare itself for the advent of the supersonic era. The Finance Minister. Mr. Lim Kirn San. in his budget speech la.sl week had announced that a .sum
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    Istana party for cast
    78 8 SINGAPORE. Fn.— The President of Singapore and Puan Noor Aishah were hosts at tea today to the cast and helpers of a Chire.se play "Lady Precious Stream" to be staged at the Victoria Theatre next March 10. 11 and 12. Gross proceeds will go to the
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    LECTURER'S MISSING DOG MINX FOUND
    194 8 LECTURER'S MISSING DOG MINX FOUND SINGAPORE. Kii. The spotted mongrel ***** of a German lecturer who jumped out of her traveling basket while on transit at the Singapore Airport last Sunday has been found. I'he finder. Mr Let dun Slang, who lives in the vicinity of the airport at Kirn
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    BRIBE CASE: LABOURER DENIES ALLEGATION
    194 8 SINGAPORE Prl An odd-job labourer te.stifying today against three traffic policemen accused n i taifinv a tsn hrirw from him denied a lawvcr\ SEE him denied a. 'a*ycr s su» gestlon that he was in the habit of making false reports against people, particularly the
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    Scholar is first top envoy to India
    159 8 Scholar is first top envoy to India SINGAPORE, Fri. The 0 Singapore Government tuday aiinouiici'd the appointment ot a brilliant scholar. Mr. Maurice Baker "above i. as its first Hiyh Commissioner tv India. Mr. BaKer is director and head ot the Department of Extramural Studies In the University ol Singapore.
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    No 'sweating out' for performers
    136 8 SINGAPORE. Fri. With air conditioning now in«.tallrd in the drrssins rooms of the National Theatre, artists performing there will no longer h.i >■ to sweat it out while putting on their make-up and costumes. Before thr air-condition-ing, the heat in these rooms had taken a
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    The duped women
    240 10 They sign away maternity pay to keep jobs ANY women estate workers havp signed agreements relinquishing their right to maternity allowances, a Labour Department official disclosed today. Some are duped and do this unwittingly, but others actually condone "unscrupulous exploitation" by their employers because they are desperate
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    STARR XMAS SHOWS FOR THE -TROOPS
    119 10 STARR XMAS SHOWS FOR THE -TROOPS SINGAPORE. Fri— Seven Australian entertainers, led by singer Lucky Starr, will arrive next week to give Christmas shows for Australian troops in Singapore and Malaysia. The team will also give shows in Thailand and Vietnam. The concert party is the 10th sponsored by the
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    Club dance
    32 10 PENANG. Frl. The Hu Yew Seah. Penangs oldest literary and cultural club, will celebrate its 52nd anniversary with a dinner and dance at its Madras Lane clubhouse on Christmas night
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    Pistol seized
    25 10 PENANO. Fri.— Police yesterday arrested three men in a car at Rimpang Ampat, in Nibong Tebal. A pistol and some ammunition were seized.
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    Museum gets crest
    72 10 SINOAPORE, Frl. To mark the three years during which the Whirlwind helicopters of No. 103 Squadron operated over the jungles of Borneo from their base at RAF. Kuching, the Squadron Commander recently presented the Sarawak Museum with the squadron crest before leaving for their home base j
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    Jobs in Sabah:l 'Yes' by 290
    49 10 Jobs in Sabah: l 'Yes' by 290 PENANG. Frl Response from lob-seekers registered for work In Sabah was described by the Penang employment exchange today as "good." Out of about 1.000 men who have been interviewed. 290 indicated they were willing to go to Sabah. About 240 are labourers.
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    NANKINGEDUCATED RAJA NONG IS ELECTED SPEAKER
    158 10 KUALA LUMPUR. IV Fri.— The Selangor State Assembly, at a special session, today unanimously elected Raja Nong Chik bin Raja Ishak as Its new Speaker. A former civil servant, now a businessman, Raja Nong, 42, succeeds the late Dato Abdullah Yassin. who died last
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    Lock icon 'SINGAPORE DAY' AT THE ASIAN FAIR
    88 10 BANGKOK, Fri—Singapore yesterday celebrated "Singapore Day" at the Asian International Trade Fair here with bubbling cham pague. At the ceremony of raising the Singapore flag at the fair grounds, the Republic's Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Lim Wei Kuay, said that Singapore would cultivate friendship with
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    MIC meeting
    24 10 KLUANO. Frl. The Malaysian Indian Congress: Kluang branch will hold 1U annual meeting at the MCA hall In Jalan Ismail on Sunday.
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    Former Rubber Exchange chairman dies
    154 10 Former Rubber Exchange chairman dies ¥UALA LUMPUR, v Fri. Millionaire Mr. Cheah Ewe Keat died at the Assunta Hospital in Petallng Jaya yesterday. He was 65. He leaves a widow, four sons, including Mr. Cheah Theam Swee. a former Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry, and three daughters. The late
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    Ghafar to get $500 more
    115 10 THE Chief Minister. Inche Abdul Ohafar bin Baba, is to get a monthly allowance of $500 as a member of the Legislative Assembly In addition to his pay and other allowances. A Bill authorising payment of this allowance was passed at the Assembly's budget meeting
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    N-language: 'Trouble if...
    234 11 N-language: 'Trouble if Another warning by Tengku ALOR STAR. Friday. ENGKU Abdul Rahman last night repeated his warning that there would be "trouble and misunderstanding" if implementation of the National Language as the sole official language was carried out by force. "We want everybody to accept the language of his
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    Women's outing
    48 11 TAIPINO Prl. Forty women comprising member* of youth clubs and toachrrs from the regional and day training centres and adult education teachers in the Larut and Matans area will leave here on Dec. 18 for a three-day tour o.' Kuala Lumpur, arranged by the Information Department.
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    Dance tonight
    28 11 BAIL) GA.IAH. Fri. The Old Pupils Association of the sultan ju-vuf school here win how a r c row nl 8 ht c sch l haU
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    A big day for bird fanciers
    84 11 LIALA KANGSAR. Fri. —Bird fanciers from all over the country are expected here on Sunday for the merbok singing competition to be held at the Clifford School grounds from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The contest is open to al l mcrbok enthusiasts in
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    Chess master takes on 40 at a time
    170 11 I SINGAPORE, Frt— Filipino international chess master, Mr. Rudolfo C. Tan Cardoso took six hours to "kill" 31 chess players, lose to four and draw with five in a speed match at the Chinese Swimming Club last night. This was his last
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    Tell police? I would probably be first suspect—lawyer
    281 11 Tell police? I would probably be first suspect— lawyer T a t ,,,t, 0 ±-Z~m A LAWYER. Mr. C. P. Chew, told a magistrate 1\ today that he would not tell the police If he suddenly found 11 tyres outside his compound. 1 Mr. Chew, defending a hawker, Lim Oh
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    'Lost' naval ratings named
    84 11 SINGAPORE, Fn The two Royal Navy ratings troni Singapore, who weYit on a fishing trip on Nov. 28 and ended ud »n the Rhlo Islands were today Identified as Able Seaman Robin Getty, 20 and Able Seaman PhhiD Hardy 23 A Navy spokesman said today that
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    Annual dance
    27 11 KLUANO, Kn— The Kuans Government English School Old Boys' Assocuuon will hoid its annual dinner and dance on Dec. 31 at the New Hotel here
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    ULTIMATUM TO 200 BUSMEN
    183 11 Call off go-slow 0r... KUALA LUMPUR, 1V Fri. The Sri Jaya Transport Co. has given an ultimatum to its 200 drivers and conductors to call off their overtime boycott by next Thursday or it will employ new workers to fill the gap. The seven-day ultimatum was
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    Sarawak polls delay unlikely: Tengku
    118 11 Sarawak polls delay unlikely: Tengku \LOR STAR. Fri. Tengku Abdul Rahman today said that there would be no postponement of the Sarawak general election unless "something serious" happened. The Prime Minister was commenting on a report quoting the Chief Minister of Sarawak. Penghulu Tawi Sli. as saying that the election
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    27 12 FAMILY OF LATE Mr. TVO Koon I.im thank all Par thoir night vlsin condolence* wreath* rtrroll* donation* inrt attendance; at tha funrral during their rnuil bereavement.
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  • The Straits Times Saturday, December 10, IMS.
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      Marriage & Divorce
      673 12 Marriage Divorce Singapore's five years' experience of the Women's Charter has revealed, not unexpectedly, a number of weaknesses which an amending bill is designed to correct The bill has now gone to a select committee. The charter's i thief objective was the establishment of monogamous marI riage and consolidation of
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      Proud Occasion
      365 12 Bangkok could not have done better. After all the doubts and crises the fifth Asian Games are under way with the biggest and most I promising assembly of athletes the series has yet produced. Whether they will produce 1 world marks seems doubtful; lit is certain that the
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      Back to Barter
      212 12 A very welcome by-product of the resumption of barter trade between Malaya and Indonesia could be the solution of the trawler problem which hs» generated so much heat There is not much doubt that most of the trawlers which so suddenly appeared around Penanjj a couple of
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      The murder of Tran van Van
      359 12 \yE have noted with concern your Dec. 9 editorial on the murder of Mr. Tran van Van, one of our most prominent politicians and assemblymen. You began: "The assassination of Mr. Tran van Van casts a shadow over South Vietnam's experiment in democracy.' We
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      Phone bill
      50 12 I REFER to a complaint from 733 Batu Pahat on "Ten cents a call bills," If the complainant will write to me giving full details of his complaints and his telephone bills, I shall have the matter Investigated T. A. NARAYANAN Controller of Telecoms Johore Region Johore Rahru
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    How to eat, live and drink without using money
    998 12  - How to eat, live and drink without using money JOE HAGGERTY EVERYTHING EXCEPT TAXIS AND A NEWSPAPER r > (T\ DINERS CLUB TC THERE is one sure way to tell a wellheeled American these days. He carries practically no money on him. The average waterfront derelict probably carries more. It
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    Housing problems of an East Coast posting
    170 12 T*HE housing problem in 1 Kuala Trengganu Is very acute. The Btate Government Is unable to provide more quarters especially for Division Three officers serving In this town. Very little private housing development Ls taking place because this is hamppred by the archaic
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    Taxis and visitors
    230 12 TWO weeks ago a friend from overseas and his wife got into a taxi at Singapore airport. The windscreen displayed a sticker 'Tourists are our Guests.' After driving a few yards the taxi driver told my friends that the fare to their destination was $5. They had
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    Devan hails call for currency talks
    233 13 Ll \l\ LUMPI'K. Fri. The proposal by Malaysian Chinese businessmen that Malaysia and Singapore should re-open talks on common currency and economic co operation was welcomed here today by the Democratic Action Party. The general secretary of the DAP Mr. l><\ .in Nair. said
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    $150,000 cooling plant gift to mark centenary
    231 13 J^ESTLE'S Products (Malaya) Ltd. today celebrated its centenary with a gift of a $150,000 cooling plant to the Malaysian Government. 1 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl The general manager of the company, Mr. S. Senn, handed over the deed of the gift to the
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    Habsah is again 'Miss Sarawak'
    55 13 Habsah is again 'Miss Sarawak' LOR the second time 20--year-old Habsah Hamdan (above) has won the Miss Sarawak title. She won the title from four other contestants on Thursday. She was first crowned Miss Sarawak in 1964. She leaves for Penang today to represent Sarawak in the Miss Malaysia contest.
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    Kidnapper is bound over
    43 13 TAIPING. Fri Ahmad bin Sharlfl. 23 a kampong worker, was bound over in $500 for one year yesterday for kidnapping a nr<h'"^le l rl t r nm her lawful guardlan in Kampong Bharu on Nov. 29. He pleaded sui'.iy.
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    The wife who vanished without trace
    127 13 The wife who vanished without trace SINGAPORE, Fri.— A husband, whose wife vanished eight years ago, was given leave by the High Court today to swear that she was dead. And Mia Klu had declared in an affidavit that following his wlfes disappearance In 1958. he had discovered that she
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    Ministry man injured in road accident
    71 13 SINGAPORE. Frl. Mr. Goh Sin Tub. Deputy Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs. Is recovering in the Thomson Road Hospital after a motor accident at the Junction of Chancery Lane and Thomson Road yesterday. Mr. Goh sustained several fractured ribs when his car
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    Expelled students: Parents' 'help' plea -to Govt
    193 13 Expelled students: Parents' 'help' plea -to Govt I/UALA LUMPUR, Fri. —Parents of 51 Ngee Ann College students recently banished from Singapore today asked the Malaysian Government to help their children resume their studies. The parents also want the Singapore Government to rescind its decision to banish the students. The students,
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    Methodist ministers promised a new pay scale
    130 13 Methodist ministers promised a new pay scale DORT DICKSON. Fri. I A new pay scale for Methodist ministers was approved Dy the 72nd annual conference of the Methodist Mission held here today. Under the si-hemr. a pastor with a Bachelor of Divinity degree will start with $370 a month, rising
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    Certificates for 45
    22 13 I Singapore Mudoir ye Ja-n-inrso laneuaee cliss certificate* at a ceremony Rafflrs Girls' Secondary School at 10 a.m tomorrow.
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    Bersilat class
    24 13 KANGAR. Fri— The Mentn Besar. Tan Sri Sheikh Ahmad. ye»terday opened a "bersilat" course at Behor Tui. Kayang. live miles trom here.
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    Malaysia 'island of prosperity'
    121 13 VISITING Indone- sian Journalist Mr. Mochtar Lubis, today described Malaysia as "an island of prosperity" in SouthEast Asia. He gave this description after his meeting with the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew Sin. who briefed him on He criticised President Soekarno'.s -Old Order" regime which
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      820 13 TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 Kuala Linn- Moral Songs 600 Newt to pur and Penanc; 6 Ipoh and Tamil: 610 Super Six carMalacca; 3, 10 Johorr Bahru. toon; 5.35 Dennis the Menace: 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 7.00 News in English: 7.10 Kluang. Asian Games Report; 7.35 Bewitched Just One
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  • FOREIGN DESK 2
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      Lock icon Eyre (My speech wrongly reported) files writ
      129 14 Eyre (My speech wrongly reported) files writ WELLINGTON. Frl. Solicitors for Mr. Dean Eyre. New Zealand Defence Minister, have filed a writ in the Supreme Court alleging that remarks he made at an Auckland election meeting last month had been misreported. New Zealand newspapers had quoted Mr. Eyre as saying
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      Lock icon Matches that can light in a high wind
      69 14 MOSCOW. Frt. Russia has claimed It Is producing matches which can light In a high wind after soaking In water for four years. The newspaper, Soviet RusMa, said the matches and matchsticks are covered by a special combustible mass which Is coated
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      Woolworth heir Donahue dies at 53
      86 14 NEW YORK. Pn. James (Jimmy) Donahue, heir to the dime-store fortune amassed b> the late P W. Woolworth. died here on Wednesday. He was 53 Donahue's body was found by his mother. Mrs. James P Donahue, in his Manhattan apartment. Police attributed his death
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      Lock icon Watanabe off to Seoul
      53 14 TOKYO. Frt Mr Takeshi Watanabe. president of the Asian Development Bank, left here ye.«terday by air for Seoul to confer R'lth South Korean Government leaders on the operation of the newly established bank. Mr. Watanabe w<ts elected president at the bank's Inaugural meeting In Tokyo late
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      Accord on N-bomb ban in space
      396 14 GUARANTEE OF FREE ACCESS TO MOON committee which did not agree was Albania, generally regarded as spokesman for China, the only other nuclear power. China is not a member of the i United Nations. Key passage In the draft treaty Ls the following: "States
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      Lock icon Special fund set up to develop agriculture in South-East Asia
      270 14 Special fund set up to develop agriculture in South-East Asia TOKYO, Friday. THE nine-nation South-East Asia conference on agricultural development issued a communique yesterday announcing the creation of a special fund to finance its projects. The communique said the fund should be managed within the framework of the Asian Development
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      Lock icon Greek ferryboat sinks in just 10 minutes
      261 14 Greek ferryboat sinks in just 10 minutes- ATHENS, Fri. A ferryboat carrying 226 people from Crete to the Greek mainland sank in about 10 minutes in a storm in the Aegean Sea early yesterday, one of mr 47 survivors said last night. Engine de.»igner Emmanuel Vomvolakis, 24, said a 16-
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      212 14 CRAFTSMANSHIP I§| AT ITS BEST //C^M Ancient India's trade with i*~A /tf^L the world at large is now a /v /m^^^mvW^ matter of history. Indian t JM f£Ul\ goods were then considered 7 'SaKmYJlm^ to be models of matchless i/MW That superb tradition of v 3 Indian craftsmanship is (<■
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      Lock icon Bung met wives as Suharto rallied Army...
      390 15 DHANI TRIAL TOLD pRESIDENT Soekarno made no move to contact Gen. Suharto in the period the army strongman was putting down the October 1965 Communist coup, in Jakarta, a military tribunal was told today. The tribunal is hearing the case of Air ViceMarshal
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      Lock icon The jaundiced conductor
      48 15 The jaundiced conductor LONDON. Fri Top British conductor Sir Malco'.m Sargent last night had an operation to relieve Jaundice. A hospital bulletin issued here on the 71-year-old musician said: "His condition is as satisfactory as can" be expected. In view of fever th« operation was brought forward." Reuter.
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      Lock icon Barracks fire kills 68
      41 15 ISTANBUL, Frl. A fire swept through a barracks filled with sleeping soldiers last night killing 68 and injuring 24 seriously. The blaze was touched off when a petrol tin placed too close to a stove exploded.— AP.
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      Lock icon Ike enters hospital for gall bladder operation
      182 15 Ike enters hospital for gall bladder operation WASHINGTON, Frl. General Eisenhower, smiling and healthy-looking, entered Walter Reed Army Hospital here yesterday for a gall bladder operation. "I feel fine Just following doctors' orders, that's all," the 76-year-old former President told reporters. He flew here in a hellcopter which bore the
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      Lock icon Crash kills 22
      31 15 SEOUL, Fri. Twenty-two passengers wpr P killed and 60 others injured yesterday when a bus carrying them fell off a 38ft cliff because of a steering defect. AP.
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      Just fancy that...
      67 15 PARIS. Fri A search is on in Paris for the City's perfect pedestrian. The top prize wilj be a car for best answers to questions on road safety. It is part of a campaign launched by Interior Min- ister Roger Frey to educate pedestrians on their responsibilities
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      170 15 SODA WITH A SPARKLE I JMUf* A \sw I Fill a Sparklets syphon with wafer, add a pinch of bicarb., screw in a Sparklets bulb now you're ready to go! You've got enough fresh tingling soda for everyone's drinks, both long and short. Try Sparklets soda with fruit squash. When
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      207 15 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 7. Is the kin* back from the 1. North-western land with country? (6> number thiti awkward (10). °J 'J« best grrade. with 6. Failure to take lUllan wine. 13, SO.'He would find Hammerskorlglnally (6). )old more skilful at play (6. 9. A tendency, we hear, to
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      Lock icon Passbook poser for a 13-year-old
      103 16 I AM a thirteen year-old pupil and I have an account in the post Office in Sungel Bakap. On Nov. 28 at eleven o'clock in the morning I was at the Post Office to withdraw some money. There was nobody there except the postmaster who
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      Motorists and the Budget increases
      165 16 Motorists and the Budget increases '■pHE vast majority of Singapore's 288,030-odd motorists would not agree with your unreserved praise of the current Budget. In the main, car owners will have to pay increases in registration fees ranging from 40 to 100 per cent. Having seen the import duty on motor
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      CRASH HAT SAFETY
      135 16 CRASH HAT SAFETY I SYMPATHISE with A. Sattar (S.T. Nov. 29) regarding tbe enforced use of crash helmets. 1 agree on the great Inconvenience caused in the use of helmets, I think the whole idea should be dropped completely. Wearing a crash hat does not make a safer rider neither
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      THE FLAMENCO GALLERY
      319 16 IF I had not attended the performance of the Flamenco Dancers in Dewan Tengku Chancellor. Miss P.G. Urn's letter (S.T. Dec. 7) might have succeeded in convincing me that "the evening was ruined" because of "hooliganism" and "vulgar behaviour" from the gallery. While I do not condone
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      Minority rights in Singapore
      342 16 IV HEN our Republic was young, our Prime Minister and many of his colleagues came out publicly and loudly with assurances that we would soon be having eminent Chief Justices of various Commonwealth countries and eminent jurists gathered round our cradle like fairy godmothers to bless
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      710 16 Study at Home and Pass F%erv day letters arrive at Wolscy Hall from students in Malaysia and countries all o\cr the world. These \oung men and women realise that a good education is the only sound basis for a successful career, and have enrolled with the correspondence college with an
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      233 16 fo«thewoiun| j I who loves being a woman |**t»0 and ftOH I LOTION M Jf /A great new I I i beauty I treatment 'j that cares for all your skin I Here it is: aa after-batk luxury care for all-over tkim f beauty! Enriched vath I 'heart of lanolin
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    Straits tin price up – 12½ cents in Penang
    417 18 Straits tin price up 12½ cents in Penang Till price of Strait! tin in Penan? yesterday was. up l>\ tents to StiO7 in sympathy with a rise of tl per ton in London on Thursday afternoon. All-round local support was reported. The estimated offering was up 5 tons to 230
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    Slow trade on local Rubber Market
    143 18 A slow and unlnterrestin; week's trading showed littl change on balance, stat H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in thei current review nl the loca Rubber Market. The market fluctuated nar rowly apart from a mld-weel rally, and later sellers tende< to predominate, adds the re view.
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    Hedge Buying
    192 18 A mid-week set-baclc In sterlin led to a sharp rise of nearly on cent. Induced by speculative hedg buying and trade short-covering ii front of a selling reserve. The almost Immediate recover In sterling, however, returned th market to previous levels. Interest in physicals was sma and selective,
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    151 18 MELBOURNE. Fri. JNDUSTRIALS continued to gall x In narrow movement. Bas metals were firm with Westen Mining up 12 cents to $6.40. Oils were barely steady. A.O.G was down 2 cent.s at 51.90. Thi company announced Its first divi dend of four cents payable oi Jan. It. 19(j7.
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    CLOSING PRICES
    22 18 Dec. 9. RUBBER PRICE: 601 cents (unch.) TIN: siiUT (up 12i cents). Estimated unofficial offering 230 tons (up 5 tons).
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    133 18 y'MiPs lying alsnxtide the Smtaper Harbour wharvei ar o.pectod tada are: Hol*a'la 1 2. Uleniarry 3 4, Km* lord 3. I.eda Maernk 13 14. Bennachi IS ih Kinm-i alarm No. 11 23 24 Ben MM 1., M, Maxwell Brander M PicMdet.l Killmore 31 32. Java Ma 33
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    79 18 (HINEIE Product Eishaoit. 1m,.. pars noon prlooi psr pi*u« yoolorlay: Coconut ail: bulk S4l sellers, drum 141' i seller* Copra: Mixed (fob.) loose Dec./ Jan vjuj B Ptpptr: M union "hlte llTl'e neller*. Parnvak vhi'f SI TO nfUers. »p»na! Barannk hlack Sl'.'il seller*, garrilrd I..irr.iK)n^ nlark ct-jo ncllers
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    43 18 r r*Mß Aisaciation *f Banks W» Malay--1 tia made thlse changes In It* rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100) filling. TT M 00 rsady: Will Germany ISM: Netherlands 1171; twitxsrland H'U BtKium I.SSU: Franca I«HU and Italy 2<i. j:,i>
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    H.K. RATES
    37 18 ON th» trti tichingt marktt id Hong lav the Ul dollar «m quoted ai 5 731 for T.T. and 3 fo- cith SUrlnt was qioii-d al 15.93 and •n« tatl tf t*ld at 16« a.
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    BUSINESS ON STOCK EXCHANGE
    1192 18 DL'SINESS in and reported to < the Singapore and Kuala 1 Lunpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded in brackets; INDUSTRIALS: Central Sugar iS.Oio > (1 Hi. U II3.0U0) $1.17 U. n 13.000) 11.10, (S.OOO) 51. 17. (25.00U) I
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    RUBBER PRICES
    260 18 lUII.MBKK first jrade rubber f.o.b. buyrrs closed at 5 p.m. in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore >esterdav at mi cents per Ib. j unchanged on Thursday's losing levrl for the position. The tone was quiet. K.A.S. and M.R.K. closing price* I in cents per Ib. yesterday. Buyers Sellers Int.
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    ACTIVE CONDITIONS ON LOCAL STOCK EXCHANGE
    805 18 From Our Market Correspondent g I^AIKI.V a cine conditions c F continued on the Stock c j Exchange of Malaysia and r Singapore yesterday and tl turnover expanded to 959.--000 units of stocks and shares. Industrials opened firm and although they closed the day
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    27 18 Malayan Stock Indicts !>•■ 8. Dec. 9. "Industrials: I 93.03 I ins; Hit,, lii 107.44 rubbers: 119.19 110.83 ■w so. 1963 inn. DfC. 29. 19b! 100.
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      734 18 below those of Thursday night's 0 DUb P ICUIS yio ewuiw. and remained about unchanged throughout the session. April June wac wanted on Rubber CFODS switch basis to January, otherwise forwards were quiet. The following further November Isolated business was reported rubber crops are announced: In No. 3 RSS covering
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      81 18 BANK EXECUTIVE REQUIRED by old-established bonk Applicants to possess: QUALIFICATIONS: A.I B Diploma and ACI S. or AC.C.S. or any other professional qualifications. EXPERIENCE: At least o few years' banking and secretarial experience. Successful applicant will be paid salary commensurate with age, qualifications and experience Apply Box A 4789, S.T
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      272 19 Lets Talk about Your Future... r BCTbB a^saO l\ The future is yours to control. Give your ambition careful planning. Ensure complete success in your chosen career. Call on the Home Study Experts of the famous Stamford College, commended as a model by Colombo Plan experts. Take the all-important first
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      652 19 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS in Words Hi (Minimum: CHAN The family of the late '•hnn L^nn Sen* thank all relati mends and nii-mh.ro of the var and a««ociation" tor their n "rraihi", scrolls, stipends ma«sr» and me»*Ht;es of condole! in their bereavement. THE FAMILY OF the ■o i n.-i- Khor Oirn.: Hrh I
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      1134 19 SITUATIONS VACANT li Mora's tt 'Mm.)— Box it elt. oxlra WANTEB INDOOR SALESMAN Balesgirl* Knowledge of Ct. kit. araitiai advantage. minin.um .|.'a hfii ation Sec. S Age 18 to _'v Apply in .1 n handwriting tc »«>>» Box A47it^ si Spore lor YOUNC BAR HOSTESS any n.'.n.: ace> Ity aspaiMoc*
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      1105 19 SITUATIONS WANTED II H,,,w, \f i \lm.i—Box it rlt. rxlro CLERK OF WORKS arHfJ 6 years experience MOBg similar poritioo on long «hort term basis. Box A 4794 l>ore. ALtOMMODATION VACANT M »»r«i *<■ 'Win )—B«x l» rtt saaf** UNFURNISHED ROOMS at new nat. Apply Loiong 3W, Geylang Road. 1
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      1115 19 OFFICE SPACE VACANT M ore's tt (Mln.)— Box M era. exfr. 18-B JALAN SULTAN Petaltng Jaya. Pleaae contact Lee Tel: &yju:i. ***** between WOO a in. jOO P.m. K Lumpur FURNISHED AIR CONDITIONED OFFICE situated tn town Willing to rent partly holf ufflir Reasonable rtntals Kor .nspection write to P.O.
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      842 19 TUITION 8J Word!) ft rMin.)—Box it rlt. exfn FINISHINC SCHOOL IN Swit/er land. The purpose of our Institution II in all Its aspects. The girls are al« studying other foreign languages an< aihievinc their irtellectual. artistK and practical formation in Neuchatrl Krencn part of Switzerland. Wmtei months are spen' tn
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      929 19 SPECIAL TREATMENTS li Wordt tt f Mln.)— Bo* tt rlt. exrre DANDRUFF. ITCHY SCALP I Ini HairTrratment* The New Hair Clinic 10 Pnntep Bt.. Spore. 348J4 > 35(113 1 PEST CONTROL Call fa the firm you know. THOMAS COWAN A CO., LTO. FIRST IN THt; CAST '<" FUMIGATION A PEST
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      965 19 VEHICLES FOR SALE li Wordt U Mm.)— Box it rlt. txOm 3 WEEK-OLD Mini Bmaat. H. 6 I Many extras. Pbone rhm, 8 pore OfKie ««OOTT Home POND CORTINA STATIONWACON Pnte $4 140 lei. 2T234." Spore 11*0 HILLMAN MINX :..tM Ma) Itily price SI.9UU ono l*nnn* 8 po-e POR SALE:
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      651 20 -=—=======1 Ifonlinurd (10m \'»te l!»l VEHICLES FOR SALE is Wmrdk <* (Him.) Bum m rt*. txtrm UNION USED CAR CO., VCt Fmi •HOtt', i"«< Hillman Imp 196* Simra •100n 1962 Klal mmh> |M| Minor •KHiii IMB Cambridge, !•>.%« r/SOO, 1955 M Minor. Vie.'.: 31 1 Prlaaep 1165 fiat no. i'.'b»
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      588 20 FOR SALE li Word* $S 1 Hin.j Box it et: extra SUPER FINE, WHITE Plaster of H 1 1 H>.v r>ae M 7 4u lbs tin 0 7 ihs im SI SO; 'TlthM •>-'. Midiiii Road. S pore ICMM BOLEX-RX S lenses 16mm fl ZSaua 11.4. „omm tl 4. Very
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      923 20 MISCELLANEOUS 1 lUROPIAN SXICUTIVI. Sinflc, «ho tptru *«v«r»l yean In Malaya now tution«d In th» U.S.A. I" >tr« intfifstrd ide culiuret of the f.ait I ,«hfs to CORRESPOND «ilh vsH educated Chlnete or Malay (irl. 20 plu«. Writ* with yeur piclur* <n«n .returnabli) to BOX A47SS IT. SINGAPORE. USA. AWNINGS,
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      1033 20 BMByBMBMyMiM Sj] F AUCTION SALE OF PERAK NATIONALS VALUABLE 1 111 I llol.li (NON-MALAY) LEASEHOLD PROPtRTItS [nV t~ To be held at our >a.eroom SCHOLARSHIPS FUND 1 Nos. 14 &16 ROBINSON ROAD, The Board of TrusteM o f the SINGAPORE Perak Nationals i Non-Malay) ON THI'RSDAY Tlnd MtCBM- Scholarship.-, Funu
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      1242 20 I PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS |i Singapore polytechnic I l^^ PEMASARAN PERTANIAN SCHOOL OF E.NGIM:LRING PERSEKUTUAN Applications are mvi cd irorn Ajricultural Markctint Authority suitably qualified persons lor the posts of Laboratory Workshop Applications are invited from Malaysian Ci the Steward and Assistant. lollow 1115 appouument.v1. ta; Laboratory Workshop Ste- TLCHNU Al.
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      608 21 la— M^—iaaM ~~1 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 174) AND IN THE MATTER OF BOTANIC SPICES LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice Is hereby given that the creditors of the abovenamed Company, which is being voluntarily wound up, are required, on or before the 23rd
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      730 21 SHARIKAT LOMBONG PELEPAH KANAN LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company will be held on 24th December, 1966. at 4th Floor. Foh Chong Bulldlnß. Jalan Ibrahim, johore Bahru at 2.30 p.m. to approve the
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      626 21 ASST. AREA SALES MANAGER REQUIRED BY A LEADING BRITISH ORGANISATION IN SINGAPORE JOB SPECIFICATION: To detail medical products to the medical profession in Singapore and West Malaysia. QUALIFICATIONS: The minimum qualification required is a school leaving certificate. Preference will be given to an ex medical, dental or pharmacy student, and
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      693 21 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING.. KIANTAN AIR CONDITIONING AND VENTILATION INSTALLATION Tenders are Invited from Air Conditioning Contractors registered with the Public Works Department for the supply and installation of air conditioning plant for the Government Offices Building. Kuan tan. The equipment tc
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      460 21 HONG KONG AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD have vacancies for the following Aircraft Engineers:--8 LINE MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS Basic requirements are Alrframe and Engine Licences on 8707/JT3D. Additional advantages would be: U.K. licence on 8707-Conway FAA A and E Licences Comet and Brittania Endorsements 1 ENGINE OVERHAUL FOREMAN For duties on the
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      162 21 HORNBir\ <^>\ MODEL FOR THE^P* WHOLE FAMILY L^^TrjF PASSENGEI 60Q0S TRAII ar build your own layout with These pans and accessories 1 1 locomotives, Coaches, Wagons and Vans, Buildings and Station findings. Bridges, Tunnels, Signals, Iratks and Accessories you the Pt« rr.-onf. Hornby Coloio|«e. Sole Agents: fr^l T.V. MITCHELL CO.
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      The Bangkok miracle
      1248 22 Chaos. .and then brilliant opening of the Games Wai Hing hit by stomach upset gANGKOK, Fri. Bangkok is beautiful, cheerful, friendly, organised and ready to make a huge success of the Fifth Asian Games. Bangkok is in chaos, disorderly, caught up in a bewildering maze of last-minute
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      415 22 MALAYSIAN AND STORE TEAMS MARCH PROUDLY bonds of ane old backwardness. MALAYSIA were eifthth in the parade. soberly clad In their clerical grey uniform, correct and dignified in their marching. They looked like a team brooding over their hopes and determination to score their best international successes. SINGAPORE followed in
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      286 22 KRIESLER THE BEST IN SIGHT AND SOUND! I I PICTURE iff J g SINGAPORE LIST PRICE $1250 This Kriesler model is especially suited for those who want quality but find space a problem. Features Computermatic Guardian Circuit Automatic preset fine tuning Front sound and the simplest of front controls. Have
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      313 22 Want better Home Movies? Get Sankyo super 5X super LM They're easier to handle. ..and lower in price The Sankyo Super 5X movie camera uses the new The Sankyo Super LM 8 mo*ie projector is quick loading Super 8 Cartridge film that gives especially designed for the "Super Ba nd
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      Back Keiron Princess for a double
      305 23 RACING with Epsom Jeep ITEIRON PRINCESS (Race Six) runs in a Class 2 Div. 4 field today, after winning over 8f in a higher division last week. With only 5-lb more to carry, she Is weighted to win again. Puntprs nopd not worry about
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      SELECTIONS
      141 23 KPSOM MB CALL BOY TOINTKU **<« ROLAND KOLAND P. PINANO Cannon Fire I'oarher Cannon Fire PuUu Pirutng Cannon Fire KoUnd bee t THE POINTER THE POINTER THE POINTER Surveyor Surv^or Count Babu Count Bahn Kaa> Money Conrorde Race JI I'RINCE TANG Q. GAMBIT SHANGHAI KID QuwnS Gambit Spartan Prince
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      1551 23 Race 1 2.0 2-y-o Div 3 ($7,500) 6fi 1 80 Princess Melody (Chens) Tulloh 9.0 Oleman 6 1 2 Cannon Fire (Eu <fe Wong) Heddle 8.10 (F) Harbridr* 3 3 Poacher i Bloxham Bennett Bagby Jr 8.4 'Hang 2 4 Aitian Pride (International) E Breuk. 8.4 Treven* 1
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      Prince has easy task
      489 23 Count Babu, on his second hi Eastern Maid, is worth another bet for place. RACE THREE— Prince Tang put up his best performance to date when he ran third to Chuba Chuba over 6f last week, eoing under by about half a length. He has only
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      58 23 JOCKEY FORM JIHKf.V tUKM nives placing of the past 15 mounts of the top 12 riders. Latest placing Is on the right Coles (8.2) *************** Coleman (7.8) *************** Pretty (7.13) *************** Nelson (7.9) *************** Posner (7.8) *************** Trevena (7.13) *************** Weir (7.9) *************** Harbridge (7.9) *************** Kingston (7.7) *************** Moxhatn
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      The Duchess impresses
      68 23 f\X THE TRACK yesterday \J morning. Keiron Duchem aril) Mana Tahu ran 3f In 41 1 5 easily. Deltamew* and King's Knight matched strides over 3f in 39 4 .V Binjai Park did 3f In 40 3 .V Toowonmba was on the bit when running 3f In
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      Clarke routs Kenyan Temu
      216 23 Clarke routs Kenyan Temu WORLD ROUNDUP ATHLETICS Me»- bourne, Fri.— Ron Clarke, Australian world record holder for the three miles, routed Kenyan Naftall Temu, the Commonwealth six miles champion, in their three-mile clash here last night. I Clarke won by 80yd In th* slow time of 13m 15.0 with Temu
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      99 23 *S^f I i M <j| Snaps for your selection to help you say R& *f. aJW Mm H M** \R jfl Never needs ironing, not even a little bit. The long-wearing i\ *oo^ V iA XT 1 to gratify your good taste in fine shirtings. B 3 m M r*^
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      136 23 PENANG FESTIVAL GAMES— < yriing: 1.000m sprint (Gurney Drive. 2 pm>. Horki-y: Perak v Nogn c4 p.m.i: Penan* Kgnr (5.15. Victoria Grwn); Srpak raga: .<hir Johari Cup fi-flnals: Pa!wii({ v Johora '7.30 p.m.): Ppii-.uk v Sgor i9. Umno Rail); Swimminr: R*^ Katta at CSC i2 30 p.m.); T»hl« trnnis. Prrnk
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    53 24 BACK from marketing in Kangar, Perlis, this grandma cheerfully wtdes waist-deep through flood waters in Kampong Bakau. Thirty people from the kampong, situated a mile away from the state capital, were evacuated to the Derma English School hostel at the height of the flood. Straits Times picture by
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    297 24 SCOUT KNOT SOLVES BIZARRE £230,000 DEATH RIDDLE LONDON, Friday. DETECTIVE'S knowledge of boy scout knots was credited today with solving the riddle ol a dead man insured for £230,000. Detective Constable Robert Watford also was credited with keeping five insurance companies from having to pay the money to the dead
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    68 24 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The Singapore Christian Science Society will sponsor a talk on "God, the Great Physician" at 6.30 p.m. on Monday at the Victoria Memorial practice theatre. The speaker will be Mr. Paul Stark Seely, a member of the Christian Science board of lecturers, who will
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    368 24 LONDON. Fri. The London stock market was idle, and prices in all sections drifted lower. End-account factors, Rhodesia uncertainties and the Bank of England's comments on the necessity of continuing the economic 'squeeze" all weighed against sentiment. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were:
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    FILM EXPERTS FLY IN
    71 24 SINGAPORE. Fri. A threeman Japanese movie team flew Into Singapore this evening to offer their expert technical advice In the shooting of the technlcolour Malay film "Raja Berslong" based on Tengku Abdul Rahman's book. They were director Tokujiro I Yamazaki. n.sslstant director Tokio Matsushita and cameraman
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