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Title Section46 1954-09-23 1 The Straits Budget THE; WEEKLY TISSUE :0F THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER fj ♦/-Ji? l ,-<.»*• jisu, t“felvvk?r!. iV^TM-.t<1»4v..r.-^vt«'S'A kV- New Series No. 422. I>. iA 1 v j2K. v A »»f Thursday, September 23, 1954 -Jl., M>\ V^W^VJIMAIB Price '4O cents (Malayan) v OrWhilllojel ikii46 words
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398 1954-09-23 2 wondering - wondering. Singapore. f HAVE visited both Sln--1 gapore prisons on several occasions and have been appalled at the complete absence of discipline, particularly at Changi gaol, and at the holiday atmosphere prevalent among the prisoners. I noted with amazement the way the prisoners refused to398 words
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390 1954-09-23 2 C. ft WITIIFRS-PAYNE - C. ft WITIIFRS-PAYNE. fUnt a pore^s IlfHEK Stanley Street pub- lished his first report of Mr. Pritt’s examination, I ignored his utter inaccuracy. When M Palus wrote his letter to you I drafted a reply, but I was persuaded by a learned colleague390 words
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Article95 1954-09-23 2 F. *. F - F. F, Koala Lumpur. Tt RE ££L many directions whjoll the Federation Government can turn to find money for education. Despiti talk of depression and the poor price for rubber, there is plenty ‘VJ Ury and there is other spending which was once regarded as luxury95 words
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Article120 1954-09-23 2 QUO HA1 - Terror ists nothing b u t criminals QUO HA1. Taiping r® news that tv nocent labourers?:- wei Tt trees and disembov t jn presence of their n friends must surely h s h(S d ;ed all normal mi, The perpetrato: thb atrocity are not s in g* aens of tfe120 words
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170 1954-09-23 2 THONG SAW PAK - THONG SAW PAK- B.Sc.. rh.DQueen’s Scholar. 0 54 ;^|poh jyjß- BAKER probably does not know that a'i Malayan scholars, including Queen’s Scholars, m ftnen the same subsistence allowance in conform i *ith that of scholars from colonial countries of the br'*Wi Empire. When I170 words
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Article115 1954-09-23 2 JAMALUDIN TALIB - JAMALUDIN TALIB. Singapore. I CONGRATULATE “Baba I Muda” for his suggestion that an .association for i the revival of classical Malay music and art should)* be formed in each and every town in Malaya, with royal patronage. His plan should have the full support of all115 words
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142 1954-09-23 2 G. K. PAL - G. K. PAL* A Singapore. OEFERRING to the discussion by the Singapore City Councillors on “the best workable language here” I don’t see how “true national unity” Gan depend on the use of the language of one particular community' -v A workable142 words
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Miscellaneous56 1954-09-23 2 rtv\c mmf 8 vm s W <9 1 NX .Hi 7T 55 I T S* rwst r^ L ss a RATEPAYER 5* M mmmm PENANC DOUBLE FEATURE -1 *‘The people of Penang go to the Botanical Gardens everyenang Municipal Councillor not to Band” Mr. Lee Thean Chu, P Sunday to56 words
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Article804 1954-09-23 3 —Straits Times. Sept. 16. The Director of Operations, Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Bourne, had little new to say to the Press in his survey of the Communist war. But the "Bourne Plan’’ bears out the marked changes in the military phase which began with tho Templer regime.—Straits Times. Sept. 16. - 804 words
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Article248 1954-09-23 3 —Straits Times. Sept. 16. The complaint of leaders of the UMNO-MCA Alliance that the five visiting British Members of Parliament went to no great pains to meet them seems fully justified. The success of the Alliance in local government elections, whether due or not to good organisation and—Straits Times. Sept. 16. - 248 words
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Article822 1954-09-23 3 Straits Times. Sept. 17. One point at least seems to have been established by the discussion provoked by the proposal to increase secondary school fees in the Federation. Education has to be paid for. The dollars and cents of the education programme have been taken too– Straits Times. Sept. 17. - 822 words
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Article294 1954-09-23 3 —Straits Times. Sept. 17. The Malayan Railway Administration's report for 1953 is the best for some years, mainly a reflection of the Emergency situation. There were far fewer incidents on the railways. This return to more normal operating conditions meant not only improved time tables but higher passenger—Straits Times. Sept. 17. - 294 words
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Article634 1954-09-23 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 18. The first full-length report on Singapore’s civil defence organisation is very much a story of uphill struggle. But as is usual with official accounts it does not quite tell all. It is silent on the very rough beginnings, when there was more than—Straits Times, Sept. 18. - 634 words
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Article273 1954-09-23 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 18. Remembering Penang’s fond regard for the island’s relics, it is not surprising that there should be protest against the decision to dismiss the Municipal Band. A survival from the 1870*s, the band is the only one of its kind in Malaya. It discourses—Straits Times, Sept. 18. - 273 words
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Article648 1954-09-23 4 Straits Times, Sent. 20. Unexpected support for broadcasting passing out of the hands of the Malayan Governments into those of a statutory authority is found in the report of the Broadcasting Department for 1953, published this morning. For a variety of rea- i sons, says the– Straits Times, Sent. 20. - 648 words
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Article909 1954-09-23 4 J w V> A V —Straits Times, Sept. 22. Tho management committees, i the principals, the teachers and the students of Chinese middle schools in Singapore have all expressed their opposition to the proposed amendment of the Registration of Schools Ordinance, a bill which was given itsJ w V> A * V —Straits Times, Sept. 22. - 909 words
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Advertisement163 1954-09-23 3 March IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH of the IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIU Times lllllllllllllltlltllllllltHItlltl r E R T I F I E D sales figures for the Straits Times and the Sunday Times for the period January/June 1954 reveal new sales records. The figures for the six months period arc: STRAITS TIMES in ex cess of 72.000163 words
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Article46 1954-09-23 4 SINGAPORE, Sept An official from the P->*! tan Embassy in Jilka arrive in Singapore on to issue passports to pok citizens in Singapore ana Federation. Ho will bo at the ofliethe Pakistan Trade Com.' sioner, 4, Prince Street. Si pore, for some days.46 words
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1716 1954-09-23 5 Leslie H. Palmier - By Leslie H. Palmier Mr. Palmier, a postgraduate student of the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, spent two years in Indonesia under the auspices of the United Kingdom Treasury Committee for Studentships in Foreign Languages and Cultures. THE social1,716 words
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Article32 1954-09-23 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Johore’s istanas have boon supplied with 36 condiment sets. They were ordered by the Sultan for $1,730 and paid for by the State Government.32 words
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Article203 1954-09-23 5 TO ESTHER, wife of Tan Teck Klilm. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital on 14-9-54, a son David Shoa-Chin. HAMILTON: On 5th September, at Hereford, England, to Jean (nee Cecil! and Peter, a son. SPENCE: To Josephine and William Spence. at Kundang Kerbau. on 14th September. 1954, a daughter. FLETTT: At203 words
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Article34 1954-09-23 5 THE ENGAGEMENT IS ANNOUNCED and a Marriage will shortly take place between Geoffrey Harwood Barrett of Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and Perak River Estate. Teluk Anson and Jeane Agnes Rose Gay of Whitfield, Dover, Kent.34 words
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Article51 1954-09-23 5 DAVIDSON LEVETT: On September 7th, 1954, at St. Paul's Church. Kingston Hill. Surrey. Llewellyn Robert, youngest son of the late Mr. J. G. Davidson and Mrs. Davidson of Aston Eyre. Bridgnorth, to Joan Mary, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Levett of 29. Cresent Road, Kingston on51 words
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Article151 1954-09-23 5 SINGAPORE, Sept. 22 jjISTRICT judges in Singapore will have power to deal with rent claims involving sums up to s2,4oo—where the monthly rent is less than $lOO —if a recommendation of the select committee which reported on the court ordinance is accepted. The committee’s151 words
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Advertisement25 1954-09-23 5 MR AND MRS. ROBERT CHOA AND FAMILY s.s. CORFU" 1G-9-54. p p c. MRS. O. FIGDOR on board m v. "CHARON” for Australia; p.p.c. 18/9/54.25 words
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Obituary33 1954-09-23 5 DEATH MR. REET BENG ONG, Managing Director. Fonghln and Co.. Ltd., passed away peacefully on 15th September, 1954, at 51. Tras Street, Singapore, age 67. Funeral Sunday 19th September, 1954, at 10 a.m.33 words
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Article, Illustration11 1954-09-23 6 Straits Times photographer Scm Kai tape.Straits Times photographer Scm Kai tape. - 11 words
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Article1131 1954-09-23 6 STANLEY STREET - STANLEY STREET. The test ahead IT IS not surprising that increased school fees should have aroused a furore in Maiaya. No question is more complex or hotly contested than the vital one of youth s upbringing. Should money be spent on school buildings first? Or1,131 words
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Article748 1954-09-23 6 CYNICUS - CYNICUS SINGAPORE, Sept. 18. 'PHE Malayan Gov- ernments are so often accused of unbusinesslike methods that proof of their ability on occasion to rise to commercial levels presumably is welcome. For what it is w’orth then, there is the reminder in the report of the Malayan748 words
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Article, Illustration60 1954-09-23 7 THE GOVERNOR, Sir John Nicoll, greets Miss Margaret Ho of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus when he inspected a Junior Safety First guard-of-honour at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, on Sept. 16. The Governor was visiting the Safety First exhibition—Straits Times picture - 60 words
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Article599 1954-09-23 7 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK THE fruit season is over except for the remnants of the mangosteen crop, and a few k a m p o n g rambutans. sweeter and juicier than the Penang ones, but not ‘longkah’ free-fleshed). No longer do we hear the cries “Attah loolian bo’, mo’599 words
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189 1954-09-23 7 —Reuter. NURSE DE CRUZ: ITS A MISTAKE MONTREAL, Sept. 16. AjISS WILHELMINA DE CRUZ, Malayan delegate to a Catholic nurses’ convention last week in Quebec, said today that neither mercy killings, abortions nor sterilisation operations were sanctioned in Malayan hospitals. The Canadian Press in—Reuter. - 189 words
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1185 1954-09-23 7 STANLEY STREET - Malaysian Notebook STANLEY STREET. 44 AND I enclose a plan,” my hostess ended. ‘‘It may help you to find this East Asian Camberley. You need not bring any wire clippers.” Despite the reassuring words, I felt my doubts. The war has given me such1,185 words
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Article59 1954-09-23 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sept. 16— Inche Ahmad bin Mohd. Ibrahim and Syod Esa bin Syed Hassan Almenoar were today admitted to the Federation Bar by Mr. Justice Storr. Mr. Philip Hoalim applied on their behalf. Mr. Talog Davies, representing the Attorney-General, and Mr. K. Visuvalingam. representing59 words
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Article306 1954-09-23 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 17. 4 QUIET little man in Hong Kong hit a jackpot which brought him $80.000 —and nearly j forced a secret Singapore Government unit out of business On Sept. 21 the Singapore Legislative Council will be asked to vote another $65,000 to put306 words
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Article, Illustration118 1954-09-23 8 SINGAPORE. Sept. 17. HENRY BUXTON. 23 of Singapore yesterday received his “ticket” to sail the seven seas. He began his apprenticeship four years ago under a Straits Steamship Company scheme to train local boys to be ollicers. The company 1 is training nine other local boys. Henry is the grandsonS. T. picture. - 118 words
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145 1954-09-23 8 SINGAPORE. Sept. 16. rpHE abolition of the Malayan establishment and hie transfer of 22 administrative officers from it to the Singapore Establishment last month will cost the Colony $708,000 this year. The meeting of the Legislative Council on Sept. 21 will be asked to145 words
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Article406 1954-09-23 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 16. IMPORTANT preliminary steps to prepare for Unfirst Legislative Council elections under the n Singapore constitution next year were announced yesterday. A bill, which will repeal the Elections Ordin-m of 1947. which provided for voluntary registration voters and replace it with automatic registration406 words
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Article45 1954-09-23 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 17. Mr. Justice ran m <t m Singapore High Court yesterday reserved Judgment in the suit brought by Chua Sul Meng. a medical student, against Lt.-Col. A J. G. McNair for special and general damages arising out of a road crash45 words
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132 1954-09-23 8 SINGAPORE. Sept. 16. 4 VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned yesterday by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, at an inquest on Harry Towne Counter a 46-year-old advertising executive. Counter was killed when his car crashed into a lamppost at 4.20132 words
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Article278 1954-09-23 8 SINGAPORE. Sept. 16. ’J’HE children of Singapore will be tht best looked after in Asia when the $2,000,000 Urban Health Centre is opened in Outram Road in November next year. From before they are born until they leave school they will get attention available in278 words
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74 1954-09-23 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 15. THE Malayan Workers Welfare Society will start to sell tickets for its proposed $75,000 lottery on Jan. 1. The draw will be on April 30. The proceeds will be used to set up a distress fund for workers. First74 words
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Article34 1954-09-23 8 SINGAPORE. Sept. 16. Singapore Rotarians their *new district governor Phya Srivisar, for the t time for informal talks at dinner and business meetinf. in the Capitol Blue Room is night.34 words
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194 1954-09-23 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 16. NEW “full dress” uniform for ceremonial occasions for Singapore police officers is under consideration, a police spokesman said yesterday. The full dress under con- sideration will include overalls, boots and spurs to be worn for mess functions. At present Singapore194 words
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533 1954-09-23 9 Tougher jungle tactics—good: Will the people stop aid to Reds?—that's the big IF SINGAPORE, Sept. 16. *pHE decision announced yesterday by the Director of Operations, Lt.-Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, to mount highly armed mobile forces against533 words
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Article, Illustration162 1954-09-23 9 NEARLY 1,000 officers, airmen and airwomen paraded at RAF Changi yesterday for the 14th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The salute was taken by the Far East Air Force Senior Air Staff Officer, Air Vice Marshal A.D. Gillmore. At 8 a.m. 35162 words
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157 1954-09-23 9 PE?. ANG, Sept. 15. ADULT education has reduced considerably Malaya’s illiteracy rate, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, president of the Federation Adult Education Association, declared here today. He was replying to criticisms made by Mr. Rahman Siru. who suggested at last night’s school fees protest157 words
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Article206 1954-09-23 9 .—K.S. SINGAPORE. Sept. 16. CLAUDIO ARRAU, one of the great pianists of our time, played Beethoven’s “Emneror” concerto, one of the great concertos of all time, at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. He played it with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, whose performances have sometimes.—K.S. - 206 words
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220 1954-09-23 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 16. KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 15 Before the end of this year a Royal Navy aircraft carrier will arrive off the Malayan eoast to unload brand-new helicopters for vital roles in the Emergency campaign. They have been earmarked for Malaya following the request220 words
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Article58 1954-09-23 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 16. Singapore Police are on the look-out for a young Chinese who escaped from custody after being brought from Kuala Lumpur to appear in a Singapore Court case. The man wa.s under the escort oj two Federation police officers when he escaped on reaching58 words
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Article, Illustration334 1954-09-23 10 W.E. TREVOR - BY W.E. TREVOR JOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 17 A s they have done for the past 59 years, the people of Johore today put on their gayest clothes and brightest smiles to celebrate the Sultan’s birthday. The Sultan is 81 years old today and334 words
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Article, Illustration66 1954-09-23 10 THE S( ENL in the throne room at the Istana Besar on Sept. 17 when a levee and investiture was held to celebrate the Sultan of Johore’s birthday. Ingku Tun Aminah wife of the Regent, is a lone figure on the dais (background) framed by•—Straits Times picture. - 66 words
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Article67 1954-09-23 10 SINGAPORE, Sept. 18. The 3.162-ton Ucka arrived in Singapore yesterday on her maiden voyage to the Far East. She is the third Yugoslav ship to call at Singapore in one and a half months. She is owned bv the Yugo Line, which recentlv opened the Far67 words
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360 1954-09-23 10 SINGAPORE, Sept. 18 IP a woman who had borne eight children asked to be sterilised, he performed the onerati,,, l)r. B. H. Sheares, said in Singapore vesterdu- -Sterilisation is justifiable in such cases bee-.,' the mortality rate in mothers who have eiiiht children is360 words
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173 1954-09-23 10 SINGAPORE, Sept. 18. SINGAPORE will get 866.000 from the Tinted Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund this year for maternal and child welfare, school equipment and teaching aids. This is the smallest sum allocated to anv Asian country, according to a I’nited Press report from173 words
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Article201 1954-09-23 10 SINGAPORE. Sept. 18. DEAR Admiral E. H. Shattock, Flag Officer Malayan Area, picked up the telephone in his Naval Base office yesterday and said: “I want to see Captain Nicholls immediately. It’s urgent.” Although it was a simple enough order, naval officers were perplexed201 words
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Article, Illustration122 1954-09-23 11 SINGAPORE. Sent. 17. WHEN 13-.vear-uiil i\enneth Hammonds engaged a Watford taxi to caich the Singapore-bound HO\C ('on* Stella t ion on Aug. 2. taxidriver Duncan said: “My brother was killed by the Japanese and i s buried in Singapore ould \oii net me a picture ot122 words
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Article38 1954-09-23 11 SINGAPORE, Sept. 18. More than 30.U00 people nave seen the Singapore Safety First Exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall since it was opened on Sept. 9. The exhibition closes at 7 pm. tomorrow.38 words
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Article869 1954-09-23 11 ‘Rebellion won’t kill any more Reds KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 17. Federation Government will continue to use the word “Emergency” to describe the fight against the Communist terrorists in Malaya although the Director of Operations, Lieut-Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, suggested on Sept. 14, that the word should869 words
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Article304 1954-09-23 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 15. A CALL will go out soon for Malay Regiment volunteers to undergo paratroop training to boost the number of aerial commandos available for drops on terrorist hideouts. The Director of Federation Military Forces. Brigadier G. T. Denaro, said this today when referring304 words
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Article68 1954-09-23 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 17 This year’s Federation output of tin-in-concentrates is expect ed to exceed the post-war record of 57.537 tons in 1950. The total production for the first eight months of this i year i s 39.833 tons, according Ito Malayan mining statistics, issued68 words
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Article, Illustration1009 1954-09-23 12 PATRICK CHEE - By PATRICK CHEE SINGAPORE, Sept. 17. a GANG-BUSTER with a difference whose name terrified members of the underworld during Singapore’s worst period of gangsterism in 1947, is leaving the Colony next week on retirement. He is Mr. Donald Evan Nickels. Assistant1,009 words
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Article241 1954-09-23 12 Singapore for U.S.in colour 20,000 ft. FOR YOL SA YS THE COUNT SINGAPORE. Sept. 17 A f ULL length ciocu- mentary colour film about life in the East including Singapore will be shown to cinema audiences in Europe and America soon. The man who is making the film Italian Count241 words
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Article, Illustration237 1954-09-23 12 SINGAPORE. Sept. 17. PETER NORMAN POWELL. 14. who was rescued from drowning at the Singapore Swimming Club on Tuesday evening, told the Straits Times yesterday on his discharge from hospital: *T shall thank Mr. Petrich for pulling me out of the water when I237 words
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Article57 1954-09-23 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 17. Mr. Urn Cheng Hai has been re-elected president of the Singapore Civil Defence Association for 1954/55. Other officials are: Vice-presidents, Capt. G. JCocks and Mr. O. V Wait; secretary, Mr. Enoch Fang; treasurer, Mr. Tan Soo Liam; committee: Messrs. N. Jeffery, Chuah Teong Choon,57 words
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Article, Illustration79 1954-09-23 12 At the main table. from left to right are: Mr. Runme Shaw, Mrs. E. L. Thomson, Mr. M. F. Cutler. Mrs. I. K. Cheah, Mr. W. McGregor Watt <president), Mrs. M. F. Cutler. Mr. On« Iluck.—Straits Times picture. - 79 words
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Article344 1954-09-23 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 17. a B()I T T 100 big firms have so far agreed to participate in a Government-sponsored training-within-lndustry scheme which is to be launched in Singapore. Announcing this yesterday, the Chief Employment Officer, Mr. F. G. Tyson, said there were about another 100344 words
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Article, Illustration318 1954-09-23 13 -INSTEAD OF GOVT HOUSE PARTY, ASK WORKERS For the defence: Chinatown trip SINGAPORE, Sept. 18. TRADE union officials in Singapore were divided yesterday when asked if they thought that the British Labour Party delegation’s tour last week had been mis-managed. “I would say318 words
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206 1954-09-23 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 15. A SIX-YEAR Emergency J\ secret has been broken. On Monday police followed a tip, went to Low Ti Kok Estate two miles east of Kajang, Selangor, and dug up a ton of lead type which vanished when206 words
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Article42 1954-09-23 13 Mr. Sanade A. Rao, Singapore managing director of 20th Century-Fox Films, has joined the Cathay Organisation as a vice-president. He will take up his new appointment as soon as his successor, who is expected shortly, arrives in Singapore.42 words
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233 1954-09-23 13 PRE-WAR POLICY CRITIC ANSWERED SINGAPORE, Sept. 16. /CRITICISMS of British administration Malaya were meaningless if expressed only in generalisations, the Singapore Legislative and Executive Councillor Sir Ewen Fergusson said yesterday He added that if people who had not been in Malaya before the233 words
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Article103 1954-09-23 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 17. Arm> authorities in Singapore are “fully aware” that civilian learner-drivers are not allowed in the city area during peak hours, and although military learner-drivers are unaffected by the ban, they try to observe it as much as possible. An Army spokesman,103 words
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200 1954-09-23 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 15. ABOURERS and clerks are refusing to get together in the move to form a joint industrial council for the rubber industry. It is understood that several draft constitutions have been prepared and scrapped because of this pro- blem. The tappers200 words
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Article216 1954-09-23 13 fOHORE BAHRU Sept. 16. T'HE MCA-UMNO Al- liance candidates in the Johure elections have pledged themselves to fight for an independent commission to examine and review the Federation of Malaya Agreement and its relationship with the State constitution I'his is one 01 alx pledges216 words
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Article, Illustration51 1954-09-23 14 PENANC Convent pupils line u p to greet the Very Rev. Mother St. Tarcisius, retiring Visitatrix (centre) and the new Region al Supervisor, the Rev. Mother St. Charles (right) at a reception held on Sept. 17. On the left is the school principal. Madam St. Francis51 words
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Article572 1954-09-23 14 SINGAPORE, Sept. 20. \1ALAY fisherfolk living on islands off Singapore were told yesterday of the new importance conferred on them by the Rendel Constitution. For the first time they were officially visited by a Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll made it clear to them572 words
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Article547 1954-09-23 14 JOHN WILLIAMS - Cables from Borneo spotlight progress From JOHN WILLIAMS JESSELTON Sept. 19. BORNEO’S young timber industry, smashing all records in its best year ever, is challenging rubber as the Colony’s most reliable money earner. Last month 98,000 cubic feet of timber was exported almost 400 per547 words
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Article210 1954-09-23 14 PENANG. Sept. 18. EUROPEAN parents here have formed an association to establish and run a school for their children. It will be operated on a nonprofit basis. An interim committee had completed arrangements to open the school on September 27. Mr. R. H. Arnold, the210 words
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110 1954-09-23 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 18. mHE effect of Singapore s 1 stricter entry laws migration from India is examined, the Acting Controller of Immigration, Mr. M. u Compton, said yesterday. The Indian community had probably been affected more than any other by the operation of110 words
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Article257 1954-09-23 14 By A Special Correspondent NONE of the 24 countries exhibiting at the 92nd international exhibition of the Edinburgh Photographic Society this month gained a higher percentage of acceptances than Malaya. One in four entries was accepted, a level reached by only seven other countries.257 words
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1005 1954-09-23 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 21. THL cost ot living in the Federation rocketted sky-high this morning as the Government slapped new or increased import duties on most things that most people use most days. Housewives must pay more for food, kit chcn utensils,1,005 words
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224 1954-09-23 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 19. WHEN General Hospital staff sister Wilhelmina de Cruz returns to Singapore, the Director of Medical Services, Dr. R. H. Bland, will ask her what she really DID say in Quebec. 1 Dr. Bland was in Manila during the stir224 words
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94 1954-09-23 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. OMAR BIN AHMAD, a Malay purser, who has looked after 50,000 pilgrims from Malaya, Borneo, Siam and Indonesia in the last seven years, returned to Singapore yesterday a Haji himself in the 6,224-ton Anshun. Haji Omar, smiling broadly, said it was a sudden impulse that made him94 words
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Article56 1954-09-23 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 21. Air Vice Marshal G. R. Beamish. Commander in Chief ol R.A.F. Transport Command and InspectorGeneral of Air Transport Services. arrived in Singapore yesterday from Ceylon. Air Vice-Marshal Beamish, who was accompanied by nine experts, is on a 25,800-mile inspection tour of airfields which56 words
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Article89 1954-09-23 15 JOHORE BAHRU. Sept 18— The Regent of Johore who was unable to attend the levee yesterday morning owing to illness, was present at the cocktail party at the Istana Besar in the evening in honour of the birthday of the Sultan. The large number of guests89 words
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Article243 1954-09-23 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 20. QOUND investment by the Currency Commissioners gave Malaya and the British territories in Borneo a $45,552,815 excess of assets over liabilities in currency at the end of last year. The five men who comprised the Board were: Messrs. W. C. Taylor,243 words
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654 1954-09-23 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. IN a statement to the Legislative Council yesterday about Singapore’s Chinese schools, the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, said he deplored suggestions that the Government was adopting an anti-Chinese school policy. Sir John declared that, despite fears expressed in some quarters654 words
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Article, Illustration239 1954-09-23 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. VO ship ever had a happier crew or a more hard working one than the American brigantine Yankee. her master. Captain Irving Johnson, said when she sailed into Singapore yesterday. Captain Johnson, who Is taking his ship—Straits Times picture. - 239 words
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Article99 1954-09-23 16 ttvi SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. M d (Labour Keppel), yesterday, I etrisi' iViv.. n pin abl machines in the Singapore Cohiny CouncU meeting as “the curse of the In an adjournment speech he said even young children were gambling on the maatei^l nißht in Places nk.h99 words
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130 1954-09-23 16 T„_ SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. tit, sooner we have ministers in the saddle the better, said Mr. J. D. Higham, the Under Secretary, when explaining the Singapore Legislative council Elections Bill, which was introduced at the Legislative Council yesterday. Uo cowl i He said the Council130 words
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151 1954-09-23 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. i SCHEME has been prepared by the Lands DepartA ment to resettle Queenstown attap hut dwellers at Jurong, the acting Colonial Secretary Mr. J. D. Higham. said at the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. In reply to a question by Mr. H.151 words
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Article23 1954-09-23 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 21. Tan Se Koan. 21) .was found hanging in a hous** m Lorong 29, Geylang Road, Singapore yesterday afternoon.23 words
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Article47 1954-09-23 16 IPOH, Mon. Work has begun on the second stage of the $30,000 extension project planned by the Ipoh Wesley Church in Lahat Road—one of the oldest Methodist churches in the Federation. The first stage, a $16,000 west wing, was completed last year.47 words
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Article185 1954-09-23 16 4 SUGGESTION that the Treimganu Government should postpone its coming State elec_ tions, was made yesterday. The move came from mche Mohammed Taib bin Ha.U Ismail chairman oMhe mch committee of iLnnrh Kuala Trengganu branch. Inche Mohammed Taib who is Visitin'.' Singapore told the Straits185 words
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Article253 1954-09-23 17 Says the man who OUGHT to know SINGAPORE, Sept. 17. WRITTEN Malay as it is now known in Malaya, Borneo and Sarawak will gradually disappear and will be replaced by the Indonesian language. Who says so? No less a person than Inche Zainal Abidin bin Ahmad,253 words
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Article90 1954-09-23 17 PENANG. Sept. 21. AM. ABU BAKAR Penang Settlement and Municipal Councillor charged with criminal intimidation, will be tried on Nov. 2 and 3. Abu Bakar is alleged to have threatened M. A. Abdul Wahab by “anonymous telephone communication” in July with injury and death, and90 words
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Article65 1954-09-23 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 20. Dr. E. H. G. Dobby, Professor of Geography at the University of Malaya, left Singapore for Kyoto, Japan, yesterday to attend an international eonference of the Institute of Pacific Relations. The conference begins on Wednesday and will last a fortnieht. Prof. Dobby will65 words
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50 1954-09-23 17 ,—Straits Times picture.,—Straits Times picture. - 50 words
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Article267 1954-09-23 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. HRASTIC amendments to the constitution of the Straits Chinese British Association, Singapore, are proposed to extend associate membership to people who are not Chinese or of British nationality. Draft revised rules will be put before the next meeting of the association267 words
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Article104 1954-09-23 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 21. THE funeral of Mr. Wong Chin Yeok, chief of the Chinese section of the C.1.D.. who died 11 vears ago, will be held at 4 p.m. today at the Kong Hoa Temple in Paya Lebar Road. Singapore. A war hero, Mr.104 words
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Article179 1954-09-23 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 20. SERVICEMEN who complain about the long and sometimes uncomfortable trip to and from Britain by troopship need grumble no longer. In the next two and a half years 35,000 troops will make th* lournev in three days of new-style comfort in “flying troopships179 words
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Article101 1954-09-23 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. The bill providing for registration of lodging houses for seamen is designed to stamp out the practice of the keepers getting a hold over their seafaring tenants by encouraging them to run into debt, said the Under Secretary, Mr. J. D. Higham, at101 words
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Article253 1954-09-23 17 To be raised by co-op society KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 19 THE Kuala Lumpur Forlong Co-operative Housing Society is to raise a loan of $3,000,000 to finance its first housing scheme in Setapak, it was decided at the annual meeting here today. The money will be used253 words
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Article, Illustration169 1954-09-23 18 SINGAPORE. Sept. 21. THE OLDEST European woman in Perak, 82-year-old Mrs. Dora Mary Georgina Crawford. died yesterday at the Batu Gajah Hospital, where she had been a’ patient since May 1. Mrs. Crawford, widow of Mr. J. R.169 words
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199 1954-09-23 18 SINGAPORE. Sept. 17. ’THE maximum sentence of five years* gaol was imposed yesterday on a Singapore shop assistant, Lim Pang Young, 23, who admitted having a receipt book of the “Malayan National Liberation Army.” Lim, of Yio Chu Kang Road, also pleaded guilty to199 words
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Article43 1954-09-23 18 The Indian Government Is offering five university scholarships to Malayan Indians and two to other Malayans. The scholarships are for any course at anv Indian university and preference will be given to those who want to do uost-graduate work.43 words
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Article380 1954-09-23 18 SINGAPORE. Sept. 22. rpHE First Lord ol the A Admiralty, Mr. J. P. L. Thomas, yesterday inspected five guards of honour and took the salute at three march pasts during his continued tour of Singapore naval establishments. In between ceremonial occasions he managed to380 words
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Article100 1954-09-23 18 SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. AN inquiry into the disposal of a saloon car ended yesterday in a Singapore court ordering confiscation of the vehicle. The car. it was stated, was left behind by tw’o men who fled after seeing Customs Officers at Spottiswood Park on100 words
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Article961 1954-09-23 18 JOHN MARKS - rfHE WEEK IN SPORT! By JOHN MARKS 1 SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. pENANG’S bin, bustling A goalkeeper Dave 1 MacLaren is. of course, not infallible. Once Singapore proved this to themselves, with a goal in the 16th minute, they went on to a comfortable 3-0 victory961 words
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Article51 1954-09-23 18 SINGAPORE. Sept. 22- Dr. Hans U. G in German Consul-General Singapore, left V air for Bonn to a n ference of chiefs hroa( j diplomatic missions abroaa Dr Granow, who a s ,l( t panted bv his wife, is ex back in the middle of51 words
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Page 18 Advertisements
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Advertisement40 1954-09-23 18 STRAITS BUDGET SUUSCRU'TION RATES The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can he sent by express air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of $24.00 for six months. 'ALL THE ABOVE APE fN MALAYAN CURRENCY).40 words
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1235 1954-09-23 19 EmpText - EmpText v A SINGAPORE, Sept. 19. r rrHREE RINGS became the second horse in Malayan Turf history to win two Gold ups when he triumphed In Miles After a thrilling duel with Golden Lotus at Bukit Timah yesterday, concluding day of the Singapore Turf1,235 words
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Article1079 1954-09-23 19 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP V’SINGAPORE, Sept. 16. handled by apv prentice Kitson Leong. Coralita equalled the Bukit Tlmah 6f. record of lmln. 13 1/5 (set up last season by Euphrates) when She be$t her heavilybacked stablf mate, Prosperity, in a hard-fought finish yesterday, second day of the Singapore1,079 words
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Page 19 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous114 1954-09-23 19 ig Sweep TOTAL POOL- $437,836 ST; No. *****7 ($197,026) iND: No. *****9 $98,513) —Jl; No. *****9 $54,728) STARTERS ($4,209 each): L *****0, *****2, *****6, *****1, *****0, *****0, *****2, *****8. *****0, *****8. ONSOLATION ($3,283): No*. ’J *****0, *****0, *****1, *****4, *****1, *****9, *****9, *****2, *****1. *****7. DOUBLE TOTE 15 tickets pa114 words
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576 1954-09-23 20 1. SHARE MARKET SINGAPORE, Sept. 20. By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT 'THE main feature in the Singapore Share A Market last week was the steadiness of industrials and the big jumps in price of certain counters, towards the end of the week, as ooerators became576 words
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Article126 1954-09-23 20 SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were:— Copra: steady; October $30 buyers. $30.25 sellers; November $30.25 buyers, $30.50 atAlers. Coconut oil; ctaady; $50 sellers. Pepper: steady; >11 varieties up $5; Muntok white $22.50, Sarawak $220, Lam pong black $1«5. li.r.R. Ltd. closing126 words
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Article189 1954-09-23 20 rjiHß following business done A in the Singapore Share Market was reported by one firm of brokers for the period September H to September Industrials: Bank of Bast Asia $2Ol, Fraser Neave Ords. $2. to $2.05, Oammons $3.37% to $3-42% Breweries sa.Bs, Malayan Cement $1.33 and $135 Malayan189 words
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Article227 1954-09-23 20 By four Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Sept. U rpHE Malayan dollar has strengthened again s 1 sterling as a result of an Improvement in Malav trade position and the Malayan Exchange Ban Association middle T.T. price Is now at parity 2s. 4d. for the first time since May227 words
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Article256 1954-09-23 20 THE following dividends A wore announced last week by companies operating in Malaya: 3 FRASER AND NEAVE LTD: A final dividend of 0% and a bonus of 7% per ordinary stock unit, both less 38% income tax, for year ended June 30, jgs||? y Books close October 35.256 words
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Article768 1954-09-23 20 SINGAPORE, Sept. 22. IXDI3TRIALB v 1 j4fcS* Bayers'/ Seller* Ale*. Bricks Pref 2.00 2.10 Ords 2 70 3 oo 1 Atlas lee ......../12.16 ItM i B B Petrol *3/2 33 9 i B.M. Trustees 6.50 7.00 Oon Tin smelt Pref. 18/- 10/- ed Ords 27/0 28/2 Eastern768 words
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Article407 1954-09-23 20 j t <>bt r Markin SINGAPORE, Sept rpHE rubber price again I. ped the seventy cent rr }n Singapore during the w but once more this app< to be the level which hold, of stocks throughout u t Imd been waiting, for ami there was considerable iiq... dation407 words
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Article68 1954-09-23 20 VtV KLANG TW LTD^OU'-P.r from trlbutw* was «S9 piculsu ore and 148 picul, of W°“™“ profit for y«ar ended^Marc 1 1 da 4uagd *60. r 8«; co 1SSbub U S« I9 compan; LTD:- After deducting dividend and making 00 2f »i. n ded. At balancing date net liquid68 words