The Straits Times, 14 January 1960

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    19 3 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times fa***** Estd. 1845. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1%0 15 CENTS. 4
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    LABOUR PEACE BILL
    1001 3 Arbitration court to settle disputes Byrne: We've tried our best SINGAPORE, Wednesday. •THE Government today introduced in the Singapore Legislative Assembly a Bill aimed at maintaining industrial peace in the State. The Bill known as the Industrial Relations Bill was tabled by the Minister for labour and
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    Lock icon HILLARY TO LEAD HUNT FOR SNOWMAN
    99 3 A I CKLAND. Wed. New Zealanders will hunt the abominable snowman toward the end of this year in remote Himalayan valleys where Mr. Eric Shipton saw yeti footprints ItfL iir Edmund Hillary, co-con-queror of Everest, will lead tin- hunt which will be the first
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    Lock icon MICHIKO: DOCTORS STAND BY FOR THE BABY
    126 3 MICHIKO: DOCTORS STAND BY FOR THE BABY TOKYO, Wed. The x Imperial Household Board said today Princess Michiko was under observation at the residence of Japan's Crown Prince Akihito. It was thought the Princess, who is expecting her first child in March, may have entered hospital today. A spokesman for
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    New envoy
    15 3 MOSCOW. Wed. Mr. Aleksander Soldatov has been appointed new Soviet Ambassador to Britain.
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    Tengku: 'Crisis to end soon'
    454 3 BIG WELCOME FOR MALAYAN PREMIER pre- AUCKLAND, Wed. Tengku Abdul Rahman said today that Malaya would declare the Emergency over "soon." Speaking at an airport Press conference, he said: "We could declare it over now. but it would mean substituting a new law to suppress
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    Road to Kuantan is open again
    260 3 KUANTAN, Wednesday ROAD communications between Kuantan and Kuala Lumpur were resumed today with improvement in the weather. But communications between Kuantan and Kuala Trengganu remained closed because the Dungun ferry was out of action owing to swift currents. The Jerteh bridge In Besut District
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    She waited all day for call
    376 3  - She waited all day for call LIEW CHOON FATT MISSING MILLIONAIRE'S WD7E IS 'WORRIED' BUT THE ONLY ONES WERE FROM RELATIVES By KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. |\|RS. BONG SIN, wife of the millionairecontractor reported missing on Monday night, spent the whole day today beside her telephone in case her husband's "kidnappers"
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    MANAGER ROBBED OF $2,000
    105 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Three thugs— one armed with J a revolver and two with dagi gers held up and robbed a i petrol kiosk manager of $2,000 in cash at the junction of Meyappa Chettlar Road and Upper Serangoon Road here toCay. The manager. Mr. Kho Kirn
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    Forged notes trail grows
    162 3 Forged notes trail grows KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Forged SI notes have spread from Kuala Lumpur to several main towns in other States. The police have stepped up their hunt for the racketeers The latest report came from Perak, where a bank in Telok Anson delected one of the counterfeit notes
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    STOP PRESS
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    Defamation Bill passed
    66 3 SINGAPORE. Wed— The Defamation Bill. whirli brings the law in Singapore relating to libel and slander in line with that in Britain and the Federation, was passed in the Legislative Assemdy today without debate. Mr. K. M. Byrne, the Minister for Labour and Lav, told the Assembly
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    The Mufti adds a rider to marriage poser
    220 4 The Mufti adds a rider to marriage poser IPOH. Wed. The acting Mufti of Perak today added a rider to the opinion of Muslim leaders that It is "harus" not favourable) for Muslims to marry Christian or Jewish women without converting them to Islam. Quoting from the Koran. Haji Ashaaya
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    1,683 IN 38 STRIKES
    64 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, told the Legislative Assembly today that there were 38 strikes involving 1.683 workers during the period June 3 to Dec. 31 last year. He said that 48.076 unemployed people registered with the Labour Exchange
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    Worried, can't recall—MP
    794 4 Worried, can't recall— MP Today was the eighth day J of the hearing. Mr. Leong repeatedly brought laughter to the crowded court as he answered the questions put to him by Mr. Seenlvasagam. Questioned about his participation In politics, Mr. Lrong said he began to i take an Interest In
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    'ASSIST' PLAN FOR CIVIL SERVANTS
    162 4 SINGAPORE. Wednesday. ALTHOUGH the Government had completed a scheme which would assist civil servants who suffer certain hardships, it was not possible to bring the staff side to negotiate on the proposals, the Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, said today. Dr. Goh was replying
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    FINE OF $20 TOOK AWAY HER SMILE
    61 4 FINE OF $20 TOOK AWAY HER SMILE JOHORE BAHRU. Wed A grandmother. Lee Gan Toh. smiled when she pleaded guilty in the magistrate's court today to a charge of having a defaced identity card. She told the magistrate that her grandchildren must have played with the card and torn away
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    SMALLPOX OUTBREAK IS 'TAPERING DOWN'
    83 4 SMALLPOX OUTBREAK IS 'TAPERING DOWN' KUALA LUMPUR Wed. The secretary to the Ministry of Health. Tengku Mohamed. said today that the smallpox outbreak in the Federation which started' early last month was "tapering down". Vaccinations. however. were still In progress 1.. Kelantan and Trengganu Since the outbreak 30.000 people had
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    'Unlikely watch caused deformity'
    160 4 LONDON. Wed —Delft Uni- versity's Technical Research Centre published Us findings yesterday about a radioactive watch, bought in Singapore by an Indonesian whj fathered a deformed baby. The centre's report says: "Because of our limited knowledge of effects of Intensity of radiation over longer periods, it
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    Amity treaty problems are listed for study
    311 4 Amity treaty problems are listed for study REBELS, SMUGGLING AMONG DIFFICULTIES TENGKU TELLS HOW 1 COLOMBO PLAN HAS AIDED MALAYA KIALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation has had the assistance of 108 experts in various fields under the Colombo Plan so far and 624 Malayans have benefited from it In study
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    Province planters use gas Tamps to harvest padi
    172 4 Province planters use gas Tamps to harvest padi BUTTERWORTH. Wednesday. •THOUSANDS of padi planters in Province North are using gas lamps to harvest their crop at night. With Insufficient labour to cope with an expected record yield this season, whole families are working round the clock on some 20.000 acres
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    Court shock for postman bitten by a dog
    85 4 Court shock for postman bitten by a dog KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— lf a postman who m bitten by a dor wanted compensation he would have to file a civil suit seeking it. a Kuala Lumpur magistrate ruled today. The magistrate. Haji Abdul Rani, said this in a rase*-, in which
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    Lock icon CHINA ACCUSES U.S. OF KIDNAP
    418 5 Red version of 'political asylum 9 bid in Bombay consulate last year NEW DELHI, Wednesday. HPHE Communist Chinese Embassy here yes- terday accused the U.S. Consulate-General in Bombay of kidnapping a member of the staff of the Bombay Chinese Consulate-General, attempting to turn him into
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    Lock icon ROYALTY AT 'BRIDE OF YEAR' WEDDING
    240 5 ftOMSEY, (Hampshire), 1V Wed.— Lady Pamela Mountbatten. Britain's "bride of the year," walked down the aisle today looking like a fairy queen. Earl Mountbatten's 30--year-old daughter, tall and fair, was married to an Interior decorator of the same age, Mr. David Hicks. It is
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    Lock icon One freed in Banda trial
    269 5 /COLOMBO. Wed.— C. AmeVj raslnghe. the .seventh defendant in the Bandaranaike assassination trial, was granted a conditional pardon yesteraay whe n he 'agreed to turn Crown witness. At the resumed hearing, Ossie Corea. a toddy renter whom former Finance Minister Stanley de Zoysa had claimed
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    Lock icon Russia proposes a 'bridge' to the United States
    72 5 THIS IS a Russian artist's idea of a proposed dam across the Bering Straits which would link the Soviet Union wth Alaska, the northernmost United States territory. The top of the dam would be used as a highway for intercontinental traffic. Cost
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    Anti-Semitic wave hits Russia too
    257 5 TEL AVIV, Wednesday. THE ISRAELI Radio said last night that Russia had for the first time officially confirmed the occurrence of an anti-Semitic incident in its territory. 'It is the wilful setting] on flre of a synagogue in| the Moscow suburb <>i j Malakhovka during
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    Lock icon Snowed under
    18 5 LONDON. Wed. Snow up to seven Inches deep covered many parts of eastern England yesterday.— Reuter.
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    POISON SEALS VILLAGE AFTER AN ACCIDENT
    104 5 POISON SEALS VILLAGE AFTER AN ACCIDENT EICESTER. Wed.— The villaice of Ashby-Parva. in Leicestershire, with a population of 130, was sealed off from the world last night following an accident in which enough potassium cyanide was dropped on thr main street to kill one million people. The deadly poison came
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    Lock icon Macmillan visits the home of a 'mammy'
    235 5 Macmillan visits the home of a 'mammy' LAGOS. (Nigeria). Wed j —Mr. Harold Macmillan. the British Prime Minister, strolled hand-in-hand with a turbaned African "mammy" (market woman) he»-e today and discussed with her the finer points of her neat little North Lagos house. She recently moved from a slum dwelling
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    COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENT VICTIMS BILL IS PASSED
    173 6 COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENT VICTIMS BILL IS PASSED SINGAPORE. Wed. The Legislative Assembly today passed the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Bisks and Compen.sasation) Bill which forbids, among other things, the practice of "ambulance-chasing.'* The Minister for Labour and Law, Me. K. M. Byrne, in presenting the Rill for its second reading,
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    The Stamp Office men erred...
    274 6 The Stamp Office men erred NEW INSTRUCTIONS TO BE GIVEN: MONEYLENDERS BILL IS PASSED SINGAPORE, Wednesday. THE Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, said in the Legislative Assembly today that fresh instructions would be given to officers in the Stamp Office not to regard people engaged in
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    6 months for extortion bid
    25 6 SINGAPORE, Wed. Nazir Ahmad, 21. a cinema operator, was today jailed for six months for attempted extortion on Nov. 20.
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    Dr. GOH ON LOWER PAY FOR POLICE GUARDS
    151 6 Dr. GOH ON LOWER PAY FOR POLICE GUARDS SINGAPORE, Wed. The Finance Minister, Dr. Gon Keng Swee, told the Legislative Assembly today that members of the Guard and Escort Unit of the police received "somewhat" lower salaries than the regular members of the force. He was replying to a question
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    MINISTER RECEIVES A GIFT OF RECORDS FROM INDONESIA
    108 6 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Indonesian ConsulGeneral Col. Sugih Arto presented a collection of Indonesian records to the Minister for Culture, Mr. S. Kajaratnam, at his Ministry this morning. In a short speech before handing over the records to the Minister, Col. Sugih Arto
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    The Council Budget: Further scrutiny ordered
    405 6 SINGAPORE, Wed.— The work of scrutinising and deleting items in the 1960 City Council Budget with a view to effecting possible economies has been carried out by the Finance Ministry in conJunction with the Council and Is still proceeding. Mr. Chan Sun Wing. Parliamentary
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    Water off
    33 6 SINGAPORE. Wed— Water will be cut off In Joo Chiat Place, between the junction of Telok Kurau Road and Shanghai Park, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow to connect mains.
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    Delayed Bill is holding up private housing scheme—Rajah
    528 6 Delayed Bill is holding up private housing scheme Rajah EVICTION RESPITE EXTENDED BY 6 MONTHS SINGAPORE, Wednesday. T»HE length of time that the Minister for National A Development, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, was taking to introduce permanent legislation to protect legal farmers and householders from eviction by landlords without compensation
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    THEATRE FUND: $332,300
    53 6 THEATRE FUND: $332,300 SINGAPORE. Wed. The National Theatre Fund now stands at $332,300.54. Donations received today by the Ministry of Culture are: Nanyang Chao Clan Association $100: Mr. M. Pot hit t $10: The Bank of East Asia Ltd. $500: Hiong Kiow Club $50: Ban Lee Seng $50: Mr. Urn
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    Magic show
    32 6 SINGAPORE, Wed— Mr. Bek Swee Hoon, a court interpreter and amateur magician, will give a magic show to 500 children at the Y.W.C-A., Outram Road, at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday.
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    GEORGE HOPES TO COLLECT A FIFTH WALK' CERTIFICATE
    79 6 GEORGE HOPES TO COLLECT A FIFTH WALK' CERTIFICATE TCRANCIS George, 44, who r has already collected four Free Press Big Walk certificates, Is looking forward to another one. He is an entrant in the veteran's section. George, a keen athlete in his younger days, said: "I believe that a good
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    Counsel's plea for bail refused
    239 6 Counsel's plea for bail refused JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. A lawyer, Mr. Ong Luk Mvi, today made an application in the Magistrate's Court for bail on behalf of Neo Boon Huat. who he said was in the custody of the police. Neo, he added, was taken into custody by police at
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      275 6 Singapore Mary. l- >.. EXHIBITION ON PAINTINGS building anct welghtUftlng 2pm' by T. C. Tan at Dlethelm build- badminton practice 1 p.m. Chi- 1 Ing, Market Btreel 9 am to 4.30 neae boxing 730 pm P»). TAMILS FESTIVAL CCLEBRASINGAPORE ART SOCIETY TION (Happy World Btadlumi 1 (Cultural Centre): Life model
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    Rebels: Lawyer tells of important documents'
    404 7 'MY DUTY TO THE COUNTRY TO REFER THIS MATTER TO THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS' (COUNSEL lor the 30 self-confessed I n d o nesian rebels now detained in Penang, Mr. Jag-Jil Singh, said today he would have to onsult the Ministry for External
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    Traders are urged to help the drive to widen use of national language
    284 7 REPRESENTATIVES of 1V seven trade organisations were today told of the Governmenfs "step-by-step" plan for the full-fledged use of the national language. The chairman of the Central Committee of the National Language Week. Tuan Syed Nasir oin
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    Ministry to run free Malay classes
    120 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Ministry of Education is to arrange free lessons in the national language for people wishing to study it. This is part of the National Language Week programme. Registration centres will be set up to enrol students. They will be told
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    Boy dies after 2 doses of 'obat kuat'
    63 7 Boy dies after 2 doses of 'obat kuat' PENANG. U<d. An 18--year-old youth. Sheikh Abdullah, who had always aspired to be a "strong man", died in the General Hospital today after taking some "obat kuat" which he bought in Perak. Relatives said he fell ill after taking two doses of
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    Building inquiry
    30 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The date for the submission of written memoranda to the commission of inquiry into Singapore's building industry has been extended from Jan 7 to Jan 21.
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    DEATH
    26 8 It Wordt $10 (Minimum) RO. POLVCARP passed away peacefully at •Carltas Chrlstl." Melbourne, on 12.1.1960 afur a lone and painful Illness courageously borne R.I. P.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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    The Straits Times Thursday, January 14, 1960. Bung Karno Reigns
    713 8 The Straits Times Thursday, January 14, 1960. Bung Karno Reigns The Army does not want to hold power in Indonesia forever, remarked General Nasution twelve months ago. Technically the soldiers have now been relieved of their burden. Guided democracy has arrived overnight, without fuss or protest although hardly without warning,
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    THE TEACHERS' TANGLE
    1361 8  - THE TEACHERS' TANGLE ROLAND CHALLIS BY Kuala Lumpur Wod. ON New Year's Day some 50,--000 school teachers in the Federation were given the choice whether or not to join a unified salary scheme They have until June 30 to make up their minds, and the financial implications of what each
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    Padi Policy
    297 8 The Federation Minister of Agriculture, who is devoted to padi double-cropping, says that the Government aims to multiply nine times the acreage on which it is now practised. This would mean that roughly one padi acre in eight carried two crops a year. National self-sufficiency in rice is
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    Rates To Pay
    196 8 The thousands of houses built in the Federation during the Japanese occupation on which never a cent in rates has been paid since the war have been a curiously wellkept secret. Now the secret is out local authorities will find it very much more difficult to increase
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  • Politics and the public service
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      LETTERS
      302 8 THE ban on teachers taking an active part in politics Is a move In the right direction Let me illustrate- If high official of the Education Ministry could be elected to Parliament, spend a term there In bitter criticism of the Education Minister and then, on defeat, return to
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    CULTURAL LINKS IN A SUFFIX...
    124 8 IN the very instructive Malay lessons Introduced by Professor Abdullah MaJld reference was made to the suffix "anda" wherein he mentioned that it has not been determined whether "anda" Is of Sanskrit origin. It may Interest readers to know that "anda" is a suffix In
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    THAIS CLOSE 3 ISLAMIC SCHOOLS
    236 9 KOTA BHARU, Wed.— Three Islamic religious schools in Patani Province, South Thailand, 150 miles north of here, have been closed by the Thai authorities. About 1.000 students are affected. The Thai authorities, it is reported, have also closed down adult education classes teaching Islam. 'Bad
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    $800 more sent in forgive-away family
    153 9 $800 more sent in forgive-away family SINGAPORE, Wed.— The fund for ex-teacher Mr. Tan Kok Thuan. who had considered chine away hia six children because he was unemployed, swelled by another $800 today. The biggest single donation was $700 sent by IS members of the United Chinese Bank of Singapore.
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    A shortage of rubber forecast
    248 9 A shortage of rubber forecast MALAYA BACK AGAIN AS THE TOP NATURAL PRODUCER— BUREAU KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. WORLD consumption of natural rubber in 1960 is expected to exceed production for the third year in succession. And Malaya will continue to be the biggest producer, a position it regained from Indonesia
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    Now union sends an ultimatum
    120 9 Now union sends an ultimatum IPOH. Wed— The National Union of Bank Employees today sent an ultimatum to the Malayan Exchange Banks Association seeking recognition of the union. The union has Informed the exchange banks that If a reply is not received before the end of this month the union
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    NEW SET-UP FOR ADULT EDUCATION
    76 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Government is to create a statutory board to take over the functions, assets and property of the Singapore Council for Adult Education. A Bill to constitute the board, to be known as the Lembaga Gerakan Pelajaran Dewa.sa. was introduced in the Singapore
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    Film contest for the 'Five Best'
    56 9 BINGAPORE. Wed— A contest for the "'Five Best" amateur films in either Bmm or 16mm is being organised by the Singapore Film Society. The closing date is Aug. 31. Entry forms can be obtained from the secretary. Singapore Film Society c o United Engineers
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    Envoy calls on Malek
    52 9 MALACCA. Wed. The British High Commissioner, Bir Oeofroy Tory, today paid a courtesy call on the Governor of Malacca Dato Hajl Malek bin Yusuf. He had tea with Dato Malek and was later entertained at an official buffet party. Sir Geofroy will return to Kuala Lumpur
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    Bill passed
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    190 9 Govt. to probe alleged air snub of senator I£UALA LUMPUR, 1Y Wed.— The Minister of Transport, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, is to investigate the incident in which a senator complained about alleged discrimination by the staff of Malayan Airways. He decided to take this action after a meeting with
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    158 9 MALAYA TO IMPORT HONG KONG KNOW-HOW RIDA plan for economic uplift in kampongs KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. 'THE Federation Government plans to introduce x Hong Kong methods of cottage industries in Malayan rural areas. This was stated today by the chairman of the Rural and Industrial Development Authority Inche Ahmad Daud.
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    84 9 'AID TIBET' GROUP TO VISIT INDIA KIALA LIMPIR. Wed. The Federation "Help Tibet" Committee today decided to send a fivemember delegation to attend the Afro-Asian "Help Tibet" conference to be held in In .a in March. The delegation will be led by Senator T. H. Tan, chairman of the committee.
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    64 9 ONLY ONE DEPT. RUN BY EXPAT MALACCA. Wed.— Malacca State now has only one European head of department. He Is Mr. K. 8. Kenrlck. the State Engineer. The "second last" expatriate. Mr. J. B. Melford. the Commissioner of Lands and Mines and State Financial Officer. left on transfer last Saturday.
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    Villagers to help build 12-mile road
    101 9 Villagers to help build 12-mile road MUAR. Wed.— Tne people of Gresik will help th» Government to build a 12--mile road through the heart of the proposed 6.000-acre land development scheme at Bukit Serampang. The District Officer, incht All bin Raya. said today that they have agreed to build three
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    53 9 BINOAPORE, Wed— Cinema magnate Loke Wan Tho will fly by BO AC to Fiji tomorrow In connection with a new extension of his hotel— the Grand Pacific Hotel— in Suva. Mr. Loke said today that work had already started. and that the extension would be
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    30 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Speaker of the House of Representatives. Dato Hall Mohamed bin Omar, and his wife, returned by air today after a six-day holiday In Bangkok.
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    434 9 fpHE Legislative Assembly today sent the Muslim Marriage (Amendment) Bill to a select committee at the suggestion of the UMNO Member for Geylang, Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat. Dato Abdul Hamid made the suggestion during the debate on the second reading
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    409 9 SHARIAH COURT TO BE GIVEN MORE POWERS: MINISTER putting forward the amendments. On the sole right of the Chief Kathl to solemnise second or subsequent marriages, however. Dato Hamid said that the Government should reconsider the matter. He and his colleagues in UMNO, he said, felt that this power should
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    659 10  - Is proud, passionate purple the colour for you? LUCY HUANG DIFFICULT SHADE ONLY FOR THE CHOSEN FEW FEMININE -i FORUM By THIS year purple, with all its variations of tones, from high tenor lavenders to deep bass heliotropes, is in the foreground for the first time in many, many years.
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    RUBBER IMPORTS CAUSE SOME SURPRISE ON LOCAL MART
    752 12 RUBBER IMPORTS CAUSE SOME SURPRISE ON LOCAL MART By Our Market Correspondent PERTAIN market quarters yesterday expressed surprise at the size of December rubber imports into the Federation and .Singapore. They totalled 45,364 tons. This was only nine per cent less than the November imports which were the highest for
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    36 12 SINGAPORE, JAN. 13. 11l BBLK: $1.14; per lb. (up one-eighth of a cent). Unofficial 5 p.m. close $1.14; (quiet). TIN: $387,874 per picul (up 25 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 200 tons (down 20 tons).
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    117 12 MELBOURNE, Wed. INVESTMENT shares maintained a firm tone on an active market here today. British Tobacco gained 2s. 6d. to 475. 6d. Base metals and the oils held a firm tone, while Commonwealth bonds held a steady trend Con. Zinc 97/6 seiler Mount Lyell (5,- 8-2 North Broken
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    STORE SHIPPING
    233 12 QUIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Bulimba 2/3, Antilochus 4/5, Azuchisan Maru 6A, Anshun 6/7, Roepat 8 '9, Glengarry 10/11, Ommenkerk 13/14. Star Betelgeuse 15/16, Helan Maru 18, Troon Breeze 19, Tong Hln N.Wall 5, Kajang 21/22, Benveg 23, Kuotu 24, Orestes
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    110 12 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce o Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent January/February shipments $41 buyers, $41 a sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $62 Vi sellers, drum $65H sellers. Pepper: quiet, no business was reported done; Muntok white $421. Sarawak $420. special Sarawak black $280, garbled
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    22 12 Malayan Share Market: Jan. 13 Jan. 12 Industrials: 123.59 125.f13 Tins: 152.31 153.72 S Rubbers: 224.75 213.91 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    751 12 THE Malayan Share Brokers' Aa- sociation reported yesterday: "Industrials and tins were easier on profit-taking while rubbers were quiet. The turnover was fair." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: Fltzpatricks $1.20 (O); Fraser and Neave ords $1.74; Gammon $2.40; Henry Waugh
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    123 12 THE Malayan Exchange Banks' Awociatlon made the following changes In Its rates to merchant* yesterday (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T 32 7 8. O.D. 33. 90 d/st 33 7/16 credit bills, 33 12 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 3 'B. O.D. 31
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    146 12 I\M \KV first grade rubber buyers fob. closed in Singapore yesterday at 114-\ cents per lb. up an eighth of a cent on Tuesday's close. The closing tone was steady. (losing prices in cents per lb.. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot fo.b. buyers 114\, sellers 115'
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      635 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KEDAH LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY APPLICATIONS are 1 invited for a new appointment as Llaisun i Officer (Standard Schools). Candidates must have had at lease ten years' experience as s Senior Assistant Inspector of Malay Schools or similar appointment. Salary scale $650 x 26 $750 p.m. Inclusive, the point
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      772 12 NOTICES THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 11) IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STATE OF SINGAPORE. Island of Singapore. 1. In Bankruptcy No. 419 of 1957. Re: Lee Teck Cheonr of No, 17. Loronc 33. Geylana; Road, Spore. (Clerk— Criminal District and Magistrates' Court, Singapore.) 2. In Bankruptcy No. 88 of
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    1892 15  -  EPSOM JEEP: DASHERA STARTS DA V with $232 SHOCK S ns&ateKaS Ipoh races Dashera. ridden by apprentice Thangavelu, beat Pepper Dealer in the first race to pay $232 for win and $35 for place. Shylock Home, the $474 winner on the H r.st day. brought otr
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    647 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed —There will be only seven races on each day of the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting here on Jan. 24, 28 and 31. Seventy-seven Class 1 horses and 64 Class 4 horses have been entered for
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    782 16  -  Ntnua Sittol A COMPARISON WITH OLYMPIC STANDARDS SHOWS WE ARE... But Shaharuddin and Kamaruddin could do us proud in 1964 SPORTSFRONT By r\ISCUSSION among a group of athletics- minded chaps the other day turned inevitably to an inquiry of how far are Malayans behind present-day
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    167 16  - MALAYAN MEET for JUNIORS LIKELY VIC NAYAGAM By I/l \LA LLMPI R. Wrd.Junior events at future ■Malayan tennis championships may be scrapped, and the Selangor Lawn Tennis Association, for a start, may be asked to stage the Malayan junior championships. The question of deleting the junior singles md double* events
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    113 16 ENGLAND— Ist Inru. 452. WEBT INDUS— ut Inns. Hunt* r gwetnuui b lUrrinfton 42 MrMorris ran out K»nh»i b Trurmmn 4* S«kcn k Truem&n «6 Worrrll not oat 197 Butrhrr c Trueman b Dexter IS Hall Ibw Trurm.in 14 Alexander I Smith b Troeman S Scarlett Ibw Dexter 7
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    186 16 THAILAND-MALAYA INTERNATIONAL FOR SCHOOLS MOVE KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— For the first time a schools international rugger match —ay be played here in September or October. Federation Combined Schools Sports Council secretary Ton Boon Huah said today that a Thai Combined Universities-Schools rugger team may visit the Federation in September. Mr.
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    39 16 AISTRALIA— Ist Inns. Favell not out ioo McDonald b Pa lei ]g Harvey b Desai O'Neill b Deul 40 Burge not out 13 Extras 3 Total (for 3 wkts.) 183 Wkla. feU at: M. 77, 147. ~~Z. Reuter.
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    86 16 SINGAPORE, Wed— RAF. Tengah won the Sanderson Cup Rugby championship for the first time when they beat R.A.F. Changi by 18 points (three goals and a penalty) to three (a try) at Seletar today. Tengah owed their easy victory to four New Zealand players— Jack Ranguia. Rick
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    46 16 LONDON. Wed—Results of last night's English Football Association Cup third round replays were: Burnley 2 Lincoln 0 (winners away to Swansea In fourth round); Doncaster 1 Bristol Rovers 2; Preston 3 Stoke 1 (Bristol Rovers at home to Preston In fourth round). Reuter.
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    125 16 SINGAPORE. Wed— Mr. C. C. Tan, president of the Singapore Olmyplc Sports Council, said today he was opposed to the idea of abolishing the hoisting of the national flags of participating countries at the Olympic Games. A news agency report quoted M. Otto Mayer, Swiss chancellor
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    308 16 Worrell stays unbeaten: Test ends in tame draw BRIDGETOWN. Wednesday. THE first cricket Test between West Indies and England duly ended in a draw here yesterday. England were 10 runs behind with all their second innings wickets in hand. Final scores: England 482 and 71 for no wicket: West Indies
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    136 16 Australia 183 for 3: Century by Favell MADRAS. Wed.—Australia, batting first for the first time in the series, had lost three wickets for 183 on the opening day of the fourth Test against India here today. Each side has won one Test so far and the third was drawn In
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      41 16 mm KI.VGAPORE: Hockey P.iti. n* Cup. SRC v SCC, padsng. Soccer —SOSPA Dlv. 28. Police 'C 1 v Customs. Thonuon Road: TTC v PWD 'B, Paterson Road: Tio Chu Kane v Civil Defence, Serangoon Road. Table trni.U STTA championships. SYSC p.m.).
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    476 17 ABDUCTION: COURT WARNS THOSE 'EVILLY DISPOSED YOUNG MEN' THIS TYPE OF CRIME MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO GAIN GROUND, SAYS JUDGE SINGAPORE, Wednesday. VI K. JUSTICE Buttrose said in the Assize A Court today that kidnapping had regrettably come again to the fore, and it was
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    81 17 MR. AND MRS. ABDUL RAHIM LI thank frirnd* and relatives for icir attendance and KIM* on occailon r their marnasr In JB 'Spore on MRS. P. J. WILSON I iimuy lank all friends and relatives for u'.r <i tendance, asulaiance. me^s-iires I condolence and wreath* during their •cent iK-reavement.
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    41 17 ROBINSON'S. Singapore: for the cor. ■nitnee of our customer*, stor. v; itil 3 p.m. on Saturday PRINCESS KWII VINO" to tie educed In Knclnh at Victoria Theatre. av'Junt- Those winding take parti ■tact co-producer ISA Hais Road. I pore. I
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    22 17 MOSCOW. Wed. Mr. Nikita Khrushchev has accepted an Invitation to visit Afghanistan In February on his return from Indonesia. Reuter.
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    253 17 Keep close ties with neighbours -says Selkirk SINGAPORE, Wed. Britain's top diplomat in South East Asia, Lord Selkirk, today advised Singapore to maintain close and friendly relations with her neighbours. And to the people of the Island, he gave this advice: "Be resourceful and clever as in the past." He
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    Police get new powers to search vehicles
    462 17 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Legislative Assembly today passed a Bill to give the police powers to stop and search vehicles believed to have been used or intended to be used in furtherance of criminal activities. The Bill the Road Vehicles (Special Powers) Bill also
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    206 17 SEREMBAN, Wed. A driving instructor told the Seremban High Court today that he became an "agent" to collect money for a Road Transport Department tester on a commission. Siow San Yew, drivine instructor and owner of a driving school, was
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    270 17 LONDON. Wed. Although somewhat blighter than yesterday, London stock markets remained highly sensitive today and an early rally was not fully held. Interesti rate fears induced further selling of gllt-eoged securities and prices closed with widespread losses. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were:
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    38 17 LONDON. Wed. Spot 34 *id. nominal, Feb. 33',, a, March 32\d.. April/June 33»,d., July/ Sept 31 \d.. Oct -Dec. 30\d.. Jan. c.i.f. 33' id.. Feb. c.l.f. 33', d.. March c.l.f. 33 T *d. Tone: Dull and easier.
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    21 17 LONDON. Wed. Buyers £789',. sellers £790: Forward buyers £78« i,, sellers £787, Settlement £790. Turnover a.m. IBS tons, pjn. 35.
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    328 17 THAT STRIKE: WHAT PILOTS SAY... SINGAPORE, Wed. The Indian Pilots' Guild has denied a charge that they went on strike in protest against an Air-India International decision to send a non-member of the guild to America for Boeing training. This charge, they maintained, was "not entirely true." The pilots went
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