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Rita (De Zilva) Ashby - John Ashby - these two separate (black and white) photographs were taken on their wedding day. Since their marriage was a secret they did not want to publicise it by facing the camera together.

'I do', a bicycle meant for two... :

Marriage defying RAF arrest orders

It was January 26 in 1956. Both Rita De Zilva, a Burgher lass of Ceylon and John Ashby from Royal Air Force, with two of their British friends were heading towards the Marriage Registrar of Negombo.

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Singapore: The land of Shangri-la for tourists and locals

This economic mighty-atom island nation, bearing a negligible amount of natural beauty, recorded 8.3 million tourists in 2004. Singapore's projections of tourist arrivals in 2015 is 17 million, when tourism receipts are expected to grow to Singapore dollars 30 million, backed by the creation of 100,000 jobs; more jobs, means more products and services for the visitor.

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Able and the differently abled on a common platform

The Ballroom Dancers Federation International - Sri Lanka tuned in to a more meaningful concept - "Look beyond ourselves through dancing" - when they recently launched the Wheel Chair Dancers Association at the Concord Hotel.

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