[THE BIGGEST MANHUNT EVER KNOWN IN SINGAPORE IS NOW GOING ON IN THE COLONY'S REMOTE RURAL AREA. TWELVE TROOPS AND POLICE SCOURED THE MANDAI AREA IN A UNIQUE COMBINED OPERATION. THEIR TARGET: THE MEN WHO KIDNAPPED MR TAN ENG CHUANG, 38-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW OF COLONY MULTI-MILLIONAIRE MR TAN LARK SYS, EARLY ON FRIDAY AND THE RESCUE OF MR TAN HIMSELF. THE SEARCH DREW A BLANK.] BRITISH TROOPS CHECKING THE OCCUPANTS OF A LORRY ON A REMOTE TRACK IN THE MANDAI AREA OF RURAL SINGAPORE YESTERDAY - A FACET OF THE BIGGEST MANHUNT THE COLONY HAS EVER KNOWN WHICH IS NOW IN FULL SWING FOR THE MEN WHO KIDNAPPED MR TAN ENG CHUANG.
16/11/1957
PCD0160 - 048
T2002,08625
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