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The Straits Budget
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Title Section29 1957-02-14 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S national newspaper New Series No. 547. 4 Singapore, February 14, 1957. Price 40 cents (Malayan) or 1 Shilling.29 words
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Advertisement298 1957-02-14 1 NATURE AND PAINTS MATCH COATS TO CONDITIONS The tiger’s coat is Nature’s perfect example of adaptation to environment. Its light-and-shade effect keeps him indistinguishable from his jungle surroundings when he hunts, or is hunted. Here in the land of the tiger, special “coats” are necessary also for buildings and machinery.298 words
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329 1957-02-14 2 FOR THE PUBLIC - FOR THE PUBLIC. Singapore. 'pHE Ministry of Education, we were told, was the most suited for immediate Malayanisation. This was said to the Singapore Malayanisation Commission by a very responsible officer. Would it be impertinent to ask the Education Ministry why so many329 words
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531 1957-02-14 2 S. I. O. ALSAGOFF - S. I. O. ALSAGOFF. Singapore. IN your issue of January 30, “Advocate” pleads that it is “dangerous to prevent a Muslim who, for reasons of his own, has decided that he does not want the Muslim law of inheritance to be applied to compel531 words
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Article135 1957-02-14 2 A. K. U - MERDEKA HOSTEL A. K. U. Sungti Patanl. A DELEGATION oi M yan students called the Minister of Educu; and asked that the oove ment should considei building of a hostej Malayan students in id nesia because of dlihcu of renting houses and 1. Ing in small rooms similar hostel has135 words
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Article80 1957-02-14 2 UNDERPAID FATHER - UNDERPAID FATHER Singapore. A 8 a man with sever. children I support th' Singapore Government stand on private tuition. Teachers should realise that by giving private tuition they are neglectin; their own work In school by not giving Individual attention to their pupils Having80 words
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Article227 1957-02-14 2 EX-INTERNE F - EX-INTERNE F Singapore. “MALAYAN ex-P.O.W.” (S.T. January 30.) is wrong when he says that non-European ex-P.O.W.s in Malaya received about one-third of the amount received by those in the United Kingdom and that civilian ex-internees in the United Kingdom got £48 10s. whereas nonEuropean civilian ex-in-ternees227 words
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Article117 1957-02-14 2 BOPATUT-LA - BOPATUT-LA Singapore MANY housewives are the victims of a new and most unusual trick by shopkeepers. The article used for this is a paper container made out of sheets of old newspapers or magazine. If this is all the material used to make the container there would117 words
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Miscellaneous56 1957-02-14 2 'V/ *.V A <> $S®&£* <•: C A i is v *:SSR^ -k <x x m$mm mm X4K-X >*:■>.• 7 0^ N V# >' O* U* ut> Ho iH ted:! 9>«* >%•: n v IK Si •Tr '4 u M 1 5D4 k Sata M »J f T I.' it*56 words
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Article614 1957-02-14 3 —Straits ♦Times, Feb. 7. r. Ali Sastroamidjojo ap,...rs headed for victory in risis debate in Indonesia's •ament, while in Sumatra iobel officers have exacted essions which strengthen c .r position. In short, stalec is confirmed. But while Prime Minister is likely to his vote of confidence, it—Straits ♦Times, Feb. 7. - 614 words
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Article297 1957-02-14 3 —Straits /Times, Feb. 7. Tengku Abdul Rahman, is to have talks with officials of the Singapore UMNO later this month. Recent resignations and expulsions, although they have not seriously affected the party’s solidarity, are symptomatic nevertheless of unrest that could challenge the present leadership. The Tengku and UMNO—Straits /Times, Feb. 7. - 297 words
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Article615 1957-02-14 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 8. Welcome for the decision to relax the ratio of Federal Government study scholarships as between Malays and non-Malays will be qualified. The three-to-one ratio is to be narrowed to two-to-one, but this change is limited to medical, technical and science scholarships. For arts,—Straits Times, Feb. 8. - 615 words
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Article264 1957-02-14 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 8. It is some time since the Federation Government announced its desire that independence should be accompanied by national celebrations. The festivities would be lavish. And they would last a whole month. The problems of organisation are now becoming increasingly apparent. At the moment, the most—Straits Times, Feb. 8. - 264 words
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Article587 1957-02-14 3 Straits Times, Feb. 0 The Singapore Teachers’ Union is calling a meeting of its 2,000 members to decide whether they should go on strike to support their demand for admission into the Education Service. These are mistaken tactics, and are certain to alienate public sympathy. Parents inStraits Times, Feb. 0 - 587 words
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Article371 1957-02-14 4 —Straits Times, Feb. 9. A $150,000 scheme for the rehabilitation of discharged special constables, begun over a year ago in Keran Mengkuang, Perak, has ended in failure. The seventy-three settlers and their families have moved into nearby kampongs and the 300 acres of land claimed from th—Straits Times, Feb. 9. - 371 words
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Article264 1957-02-14 4 —Straits Times, Feb. 11. Malaya and Singapore won no medals at the Melbourne I Olympics, but their sports i rulers amassed there sufficient feuds, “cl imes” and points of I contention to keep these off-the-field sportsmen in argument until the next Olympics come round. Unfortunately there is—Straits Times, Feb. 11. - 264 words
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Article228 1957-02-14 4 —Straits Times. Feb. 11 By 32 votes to 15, the Singapore Local Senior Officers Association has turned down a proposal that pay ceilings for top posts in a Malayanised civil service should be lowered. It had been suggested that, among others, the local men taking over as—Straits Times. Feb. 11 - 228 words
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Article599 1957-02-14 4 Times, Feb. 12. Astonishment will be the first reaction to the Singapore UMNO’s demand that the Malays should be accorded a special position. None of the privileges now being sought found a place in the platform on which UMNO fought the 1955 elections, nor was anything saidTimes, Feb. 12. - 599 words
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Article710 1957-02-14 4 —Straits Times, Feb 1- Tcngku Abdul Rahman has emphatically denied having said that there would be no elections after Merdeka. Indeed it would have been incredible if he had; as every schoolboy knows, one election does not confirm a party in perpetual power, except in the—Straits Times, Feb 1- - 710 words
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Article, Illustration915 1957-02-14 5 Essential to improve economic relations Despite the cordial understanding between the two Chief Ministers, at no other time since the Singapore elections started the race towards two different merdekas has the Johore Causeway seemed so difficult to cross. Clearly, at the present915 words
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1011 1957-02-14 5 LLOYD; 3MODGAJV - LLOYD By 3MODGAJV 1 fills is the story of a New Year party given by three Singapore amahs to their tuans and the tuans’ wives. For the guests it was a warming, charming experience, and a privileged one. They will always ren < aiber1,011 words
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Article1008 1957-02-14 6 —CYNICUS - As I was saying —CYNICUS. LX)REIGN correspond- ents seem to hold an eternal fascination for the Singapore Government’s public relations officers. One Government Annual Report went to the length of listing the better known of the out-of-town newspapermen who had visited the Colony during the year. The 1955 Report, just1,008 words
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Article, Illustration8 1957-02-14 6 SWAYING PALMS By Sam Kai YeeBy Sam Kai Yee - 8 words
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Article63 1957-02-14 6 Straits Times, February 9, 1907 THE other day, it was reported that the Royal Langkat Petroleum Co. intended to start extensive machine oil works at Singapore. But now that the proprietors have obtained a controlling interest in the Shell Company, another idea finds favour. The oil worksStraits Times, February 9,1907 - 63 words
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Article546 1957-02-14 6 TITAN DJFK - TITAN DJFK Q N E evening .the Chinese buyers of Pelepah Valley Estate were allowed, by courtesy of the Chinese buyers of Kota Tinggi Estate, to use the latter’s bungalow for the purpose of holding a reception for some of the principal inhabitants of the district; among whom,546 words
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Advertisement69 1957-02-14 6 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Quarterly Half-yearly Yearly Singapore Town Area No Postage 5.20 10.40 20.80 Malaya (including Postage) 5.75 11.50 2300 Br. Empire A Foreign (Including postage) 6.75 13.50 27.00 The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent by express air delivery service to the69 words
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Article642 1957-02-14 7 Vo special place for any race, says Lint SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. i;j Ki; can be no question of preference or priority f jor an> race in Singapore, the Chief Minister, yi i n Yew Hock, declared last night. He was speaking at the annual dinner of the642 words
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Article, Illustration215 1957-02-14 7 SINGAPORE. Feb. 7. A TEACHER from Hong Kong who arrived in Singapore yesterday said that she would never return to China because of the atrocities committed by the Communist government, j Pretty 25-year-old Miss Ma Chuen Ying told the215 words
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Article284 1957-02-14 7 ‘MANY ANOMALIES IN ORDINANCE’ SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. \|ORE than 100 men and women formed the Income Taxpayers’ Association of Singapore yesterday to get a “fair deal” from the Income Tax Department in future. Speakers at the inaugural meeting in St. Andrew’s War Memorial Hall284 words
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Article83 1957-02-14 7 SINGAPORE. Feb. 7. c uoniai Secretary. L Blythe. an '"nty on Chinese bi Malaya, will re- here indefinitely un1 linishes his book on history of Chinese societies. c retired from !>ore in 1953. but re- turned in 1955 to write his history. which is sponsored by83 words
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Article145 1957-02-14 7 s aid on Feb. 6. *’’t. Chief Minister of 1 'i !sa 1 ,ir <“. Mr. I.im nock, and opposition > representatives will < V serifs of conferi r to P r^Pare »< forthcoming LonJP nior deka talks. Llm said on Feb. 6. that he would145 words
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85 1957-02-14 7 SEREMBAN, Feb. 6.— Nearly 500 Chinese labourers employed on Flu Kanchong Estate in Rantau have gone on strike in protest over holiday wages. The workers want SI8 each as wages for the Chinese New Year holidays. The management has offered to pay85 words
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Article269 1957-02-14 8 MEN WHO RISK LIVES DAILY ABE PEEVED ABOUT THAT ONE DECORATION KUALA LUMPUR, Fob. f\NLY one planter in .Vlalaya received an award in the New Year Honours u y st and this fact is criticised in the latest issue of “The Planter,” official magazine of the269 words
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158 1957-02-14 8 the teachers accuse ministry SINGAPORE. Feb. 7. THE Singapore Teachers’ Union yesterday accused the Education Ministry of selecting junior teachers and “grooming” them for senior administra- tive posts. In a statement, the union said: "A number of comparatively junior officers have been removed from158 words
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80 1957-02-14 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. Thirty attractive Greek brides-to-be did some hasty shopping in Singapore yesterday for their trousseaux. They are on their way to Melbourne, where for the first time in four years they will be seeing their fiances. The men left Greece to 480 words
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Article264 1957-02-14 8 Services must be unified Mr. H SINGAPORE. Feb 7 SINGAPORE’S Chinese bus companies are "deflinit*. ly interested” in the possibility of forming statutory, limited liability company to co-ordinatr passenger transport throughout the island. Stating this yesterday. Mr. L. C. Hawkins, of the London Transport Executive, who264 words
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Article123 1957-02-14 8 SINGAPORE, Feb 7 INTERV IEWI N G of about 2.000 applicants to choose 400 officers who will form the new Singapore Government Executive Service will begin soon. The process of forming the new executive—“heart” of the civil service—\yas described as “an extremely complicated operation.” said123 words
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Article31 1957-02-14 8 SINGAPORE. Feb. 7 Miss Irene Sankey. a gold medallist of the Royal Sussex County Hospital, has been appointed Singapore's Public Health nursing tutor. She leaves England later thi> month.31 words
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Article131 1957-02-14 8 SINGAPORE, Feb 7. T HE Singapore China Society i s planning to build a $100,000 cultural centre somewhere in the hoort rs f nOit heart of the city. The president of the society, Mr Lee Siow Mnng, told the Straits Times yesterday that the centre would131 words
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Article153 1957-02-14 8 Boy’s sister still in hospital SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. OANG YONG JOO, aged two, one of three in a 1 family who were burnt during cracker firing in Jurong Road, Singapore, on Feb. 2, died in the General Hospital yesterday. His sister Yet Cheng. 22 is still153 words
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Article67 1957-02-14 8 SINGAPORE. Fob. 7. The Singapore Indian Association will hold a cocktail party at its clubhouse in Balestier Road, on Feb. 9 at 7.30 p.m., in honour of Mr. R. K. Tandon, Commissioner of India in Malaya, and Mrs. Tandon, who are leaving the Colony. Sir Robert67 words
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Article116 1957-02-14 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. T'HE Singapore Malay Education Council is calling a mass meeting of all Malay organisations in the Colony to protest against the Government’s Malay education policy. The decision was taken at a special meeting of the council yesterday after its “ultimatum” to the Chief116 words
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Article189 1957-02-14 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. C>. The Religious Department in Johore plans to settle Chinese Muslim converts there at Ayer It am. near Kluang. Converts from other parts of the Federation will be considered for the settlement A spokesman of the department said today that each settler would be given189 words
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Article27 1957-02-14 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb 6. There were 11 deaths fro l pneumonia and one death from dysentery in the Federation in the week ended Jan. 19.27 words
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Article414 1957-02-14 9 will all go on Colony tax bill MINISTER: DON’T STRIKE PUT PUPILS FIRST SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. TAXPAYERS will have to provide at least an extra $1,500,000 a year if Singapore’s 2,200 Normal trained teachers are admitted into the Kd uc a lion Service Scheme, the Ministry of414 words
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Article200 1957-02-14 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. rpHE Royal Malayan Navy has started a puii-Malayan drive lor potential officers to man and in future take command of its ships. The recruiting officer. Lt.Cdr. Landman, said in Si gapore yesterday that vr cadets would get six months’ local training and200 words
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Article71 1957-02-14 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. The 14.283-ton P and O liner Carthage arrived in Singapore yesterday from Britain on schedule after a voyage round the Cape of Good Hope. To maintain her schedule the liner, which disembarked 273 passengers in the Colony, omitted calling at Penang and will not71 words
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Article36 1957-02-14 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Feb. 6. The women’s section of the Johore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association will hold a Chap Goh Meh dance at the English College hall on Feb. 15 at 8.30 a.m.36 words
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Article144 1957-02-14 9 MOIiE CHANCES FOR NON MALAYS |y ALA LUMPUR, Feb. Hie Conference of V 18 decided here toT rf dax the ratio of study 111 ds tor Malays and ion- Malays. v fr m this year the foi medical, technical ‘t n IJJf. scholarships will144 words
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122 1957-02-14 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. fpHE Labour Front cen1 tral committee last night persuaded the Singapore Trades Union Congress president. Mr. S. Jaganathan. to reconsider his decision to quit the party. After appearing before the central committee discussing his letter of resignation at122 words
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Article192 1957-02-14 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. SINGAPORE’S Director of Education, Mr. D. McLellan, yesterday said that the “no politics rule for all full-aid schools was meant to prevent subversive activities such as those formerly engineered by the defunct Chinese Middle Schools Students Union. He said that the rule should192 words
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Article235 1957-02-14 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. THIRTY-TWO Singapore trade unions with a membership of 35,000, have signified their intention to support the proposed “Confederation of Trade Unions,” a spokesman for the alliance of workers’ organisations said yesterday. He disclosed that some of the unions joining were affiliated to the235 words
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Article149 1957-02-14 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. DEOPLE waiting for planes at Singapore Airport may soon hear loudspeaker announcements in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. When the new system is introduced a non-English speaking passenger need not fear missing his plane —as a Chinese woman recently did. At present149 words
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324 1957-02-14 10 MEETING DECIDES: NO INDEPENDENTS TO GO TO LONDON SINOAPOKK. Feb. 8. A POKE’S first all-party conference yester- day to plan next month’s merdeka talks in London ended on a happy note. The representatives of the various parties were smiling as324 words
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113 1957-02-14 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 8. rpHE Singapore Legal 1 Aid and Advice Bureau may be opened soon. The Ministry of Labour and Welfare is to ask the Legislative Assembly at its next meeting to approve a supplementary vote of $133,180 to bring Part I of the113 words
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Article181 1957-02-14 10 $78,000 PLAN TO GIVE CITIZENS THE KNOW-HOW OF GOVERNMENT THE Singapore Government is to spend $78,000 this year to win friends and influence people. “Take the Government to the people,’’ will be the theme of the Colony’s Department of Information which plans to engage four additional officers181 words
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270 1957-02-14 10 VARSITY KEEN TO KEEP PROFESSOR SINGAPORE. Feb. 8. PROFESSOR of the University of Malaya, who recently handed in his resignation, may be offered the important post of head of the university’s Federation division. The University Council is 1 making every effort to induce270 words
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128 1957-02-14 10 SINGAPORE. Feb. 8. A RETIRED, re-employed senior officer of the Singapore Government has won a 10-year fight for expatriation pay. He is a Goanese—Dr. C. X. Furtado of the Botanic Gardens The Government has decided to give him arrears of back-pay— $13,210 dating128 words
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298 1957-02-14 10 XT'UAL A LUMPUR, Feb. 7. Tlie assistant general secretary of the British Trade Union Congress, Mr. Victor Feather, has recommended the setting up of an industrial relations department aimed at providing a new approach for conciliations between disputing employers and employees’ organisations. He298 words
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Article, Illustration188 1957-02-14 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 8 A YOUNG Singapore badminton star, Robert Lim. who gave up the sport eight months ago to devote his time to religion, has changed his mind. Robert. 21—formerly of Victoria School planned to become a pastor of the Seventh Dav188 words
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Article, Illustration110 1957-02-14 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 8. The Japanese Government will invite the two Malayan Chief Ministers, Mr. Lim Yew Hock and Tengku Abdul Rahman, to visit Japan “as soon as they find some free time.” This was stated by Mr. Ken Ninomiya (above), the Japanese Consul General intake the post.”—Straits Times picture. - 110 words
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Article507 1957-02-14 11 The banks put a brake on loans SINGAPORE, Feb. 8. r ill! Malayan Exchange Banks Association, which i represents more than 30 banks, yesterday announced measures for a ‘‘credit squeeze” to check tin big increase in borrowing from the banks and to top one way in which507 words
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Article102 1957-02-14 11 SINGAPORE. Feb. 8. E'ORTY-SEVEN people r detained during the anti-Communist drive in Singapore late last year have now been released. But 76 others are still held Those freed have been released under suspension orders. They have to report their whereabouts regularly to the police and102 words
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Article131 1957-02-14 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 7 —The Reid report on the proposed constitution for the Federation will first be examined by an 11-man -com- mittee representing the British Government, the Malay i Rulers and the Alliance Go vernment. This was decided at today’s meeting between the Conference131 words
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Article153 1957-02-14 11 °UT 40.000 civilian 1 ‘‘mployees in the three r,f ‘d Services have ap11 d to the Singapore f Minister, Mr. Lim Hock, to safeguard n employment when Government reopens ..-rdeka talks with the m«>nth nial mce next Jm'.v want the SingaGovernment to obtain 1 agreement153 words
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Article310 1957-02-14 11 4 lnnocent 9 woman held for month SINGAPORE, Feb. 8. FRAIL middle-aged woman was sent to the opium treatment centre by a Singapore court yesterday although she is not an opium addict. Ordering her to be remanded to the centre, the magistrate, Mr. Choor310 words
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Article173 1957-02-14 11 TENGKU’S WARNING KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 7.—The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today warned that “a number of people with different ideas about independence” wished to incite one section of the people against another. “These people think that they can run wild on the eve of merdeka,”173 words
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Article36 1957-02-14 11 SINGAPORE. Feb. 8. The Singapore Customs Department collected $11,422,000 last month. $2,758,000 more than in January last year. High on the list are collections from tobacco ($4,692,000). liquor ($3,322,000). and petrol ($2,095,000).36 words
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Article33 1957-02-14 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Feb. 7. Dr. s. Lourdenaden, Johore State Gynaecologist, has left for Britain on a departmental scholarship, to read for the degree of Member of the Royal College of Gynaecology.33 words
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Article63 1957-02-14 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 7. Members of the Rubber Producers’ Council are studying a secret report by an Oxford university professor on the problems facing Malaya’s rubber industry. Prof. O. E Blackman and two other top scientists were here in July last year to inquire ino the63 words
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298 1957-02-14 12 *Embarrassing to hand over to elected men Kuala lumpur, Feb. B—Mentris Besar who are members of the Malayan Civil Service have discussed the question of asking the Rulers to allow them to return to the Federal Government Establishment list from which298 words
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Article151 1957-02-14 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. MR LOKE WAN THO has been appointed chairman of the Board of Management of the Singapore Youth Sports Centre, with Sir Percy McNeice as deputy chairman. Since the centre was established, Mr. Loke has been chairman of the fund collecting committee.151 words
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161 1957-02-14 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. MORE than 200 Chinese registered dentists in Singapore may go on strike if the Government insists on forbidding them to use “essential” drugs including penicillin. The president of the Singapore Chinese Dentists Association, Mr. Chew Y'hee Min, told the Straits Times yesterday161 words
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Article323 1957-02-14 12 ‘PRISONERS* GO THERE AFTER OFFICE HOURS TO SERVE ‘TIME 9 Four hours a night then they go home PENANG, Feb. 8. rrilK FEDERATION 1 took a bite stride in prison reform this year by opening two “part-time jails.” This experiment with ‘compulsory attendance -entres" began323 words
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Article75 1957-02-14 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 8. THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce is 120 years old today. But apart from making this known, the chamber is not celebrating the occasion. Old documents record that trade totalled less than S 3 million is 1836—the year before the chamber was founded.75 words
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Article63 1957-02-14 12 KUALA LUMPUR. F>b. 8. Th.* Secretary General of UMNO, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, will ask Singapore UMNO "hotheads” to stop obstructing the organisation, when he attends the two-day dele- gates conference of UMNO there tomorrow. The “hotheads’’ have been described as undesirable elements, trying to cause63 words
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377 1957-02-14 12 SINGAPORE. Feb. t>. 'J'HE FUTURE of Malay education in Singapore will be along the lines recommended by the Singapore Malay Education Council. This was agreed after a 90-minute meeting between a delegation from the council and the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew377 words
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Article96 1957-02-14 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 11. The Singapore Trades Union Congress is planning t 0 organise a “tutors group” to educate the workers in trade unionism. The group will be composed of associates of the International Confederation of Free Trade Union’s Asian College in Calcutta who have 'qualified as instructors96 words
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Article535 1957-02-14 13 NIGERIA THE GUIDE KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 8. 'I'i IF British Colonial Office is preparing a plan A to ensure, as far as possible, continued emciovinent for Federation Government expatriate ,,liners after Malayanisation. 'flic scheme for continued service will he I !M >(1 on the policy worked out535 words
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Article36 1957-02-14 13 SINGAPORE. Feb. 9. r R. Tiru-Chelvam. president of the Ses- J ,JUrt and Assistant rar of Malacca HUh was admitted to the .,,'J r <' B ar yesterday to as an advocate and tor.36 words
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Article, Illustration101 1957-02-14 13 SINGAPORE. Feb. 9. MK. H. F. CLEMENTS. chairman and managing director of William Jacks and Company (Malaya) Ltd. will retire from Singapore on March 31. Mr. A.J.M. Ramsay, a director, has been appointed general manager. The name of the new chairman has not yet101 words
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Article284 1957-02-14 13 And two odd resulta of sw\tcl\ SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. IN 1959 the University of Malaya's academic year will begin in April instead of September. This will have two curious results: THERE will be no new intake of firstyear students next year: and DURING the transition period284 words
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Article106 1957-02-14 13 SINGAPORE, Feb 9. SINGAPORE apparently has an unsuspected appetite for ballet, judging by yesterday’s unprecedented rush for reservations for the forthcoming performances of the San Francisco Ballet Company. By early afternoon all reserved seats for the first performance, on Feb. 10 night, had been106 words
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Article46 1957-02-14 13 SINGAPORE. Feb. 9. The Singapore Traction Company Employees’ Union yesterday resumed wage negotiations with the management They met for more than an hour, but no decision was reached. The meeting was adjourned until Feb. 18 for the union to consider certain points.46 words
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Article22 1957-02-14 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Feb. 8 Tlie Johore Council of Religion has decided to build an Arab middle school in Johore Bahru.22 words
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Article, Illustration275 1957-02-14 13 TEACHER UNDER BANISHMENT ORDER NOW FACES A ONE-WAY TRIP TO RED CHINA SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. 4 REQUEST by a Singapore woman teacher to be allowed to settle in Britain, in order to avoid banishment to China, has been turned down. She is275 words
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Article77 1957-02-14 13 PENANG, Feb. 8.—South Province UMNO has expelled three members who are opposing UMNO candidates in the rural district council elections on Feb. 23 They are lnche Mchamcd Noor bin Mahmood. youth leader for UMNO. ,T uni on g, who is standing as Labour candidate in Bukit77 words
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Article, Illustration316 1957-02-14 14 T M FED UP WITH SPORE -FATHER SINGAPORE. Feb. 10. A 38-year-old Eurasian musician wants to travel by car from Singapore to London, with his wife and 11 children. He is Mr. E H. D’Souza, who has decided to settle down in—Sunday Times picture. - 316 words
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Article53 1957-02-14 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 10. Two women —Miss Quah Quee Teek and Madam l.im Swee Sim—are in business in Singapore as produce merchants, importers and exporters. Their firm. Heap Iluat Trading Co. Ltd., with offices at 2, Choon Guan Street, was registered last month. It has a nominal53 words
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Article29 1957-02-14 14 SINGAPORE. Feb. 10. The Singapore Animal Lovers’ League held a Chinese New Year party at the Rallies Girls School yesterday in aid of the Hungarian refugees.29 words
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200 1957-02-14 14 SINGAPORE. Feb. 10. THE people should trust their elected Ministers. a spokesman of the Singapore Education Ministry said yes- terday. He described a suggestion that an appeals board should be set up to arbitrate in education disputes as “suitable under colonial rule but irrelevant200 words
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135 1957-02-14 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 10. A SINGAPORE ROUND R.A.F. officer disappeared from the Willem Ruvs off Mauritius early last week, officers of the Dutch liner told the Sunday Times yesterday. The missing man, Wing Commander W C. Chadwick, was on his way to take up a post135 words
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Article404 1957-02-14 14 Promise —so no strike by teachers SINGAPORE. Feb 10 THE 2,000-strong Singapore Teachers’ Union yes- terday postponed strike action after a last-minute assurance by the Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, that he would personally negotiate with the union on the entry of normal-trained teachers into the Education Service Scheme.404 words
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Article58 1957-02-14 14 SINGAPORE. Feb. 10 Owing to a backlog o? 1.700 applications for driving tests, the Singapore Legislative Assembly will be asked to approve a supplementary provision of $39.(500 to continue the employment of six extra driving testers until the end of the year. A temporary driving tester58 words
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319 1957-02-14 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 9. Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, tonight called on Malayans to make Merdeka Day—Aug. 31 an “unforgettable event” by celebrating it “fittingly and on a scale hitherto unknown in this country.” In an appeal for funds over r Radio Malaya, the Tengku319 words
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Article470 1957-02-14 15 But ‘yes’ to review of Div. 1 jobs SINGAPORE. Feb. 11. ri’H b Singapore Local Senior Officers’ Associa1 (ion yesterday rejected a proposal for in. mediate cuts in the salaries for top Civil Service posts. II threw out by a 32-15 vote, a resolution proposing470 words
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288 1957-02-14 15 Last-minute bid by Govt, and Colony is chosen Feb. 11. LAST-MINUTE bid L.v Singapore to be venue of the anonfcrence 0 f the Area Tourist latl °n in 1959 has u successful. 1 .is was disclosed yes>1 v Mr. Jj-J.C. Gardner. V^ 1288 words
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431 1957-02-14 15 FEDERATION HAS SECRET MERGER PLAN’ But time isn’t ripe—UMNO chief SINGAPORE Feb. 11. T HE Federation's assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry, Inche Khir Johari, said in Singapore yesterday that the Federation had some “secret plans” to unite the Colony and the mainland eventually. Addressing 1,000 UMNO members In Pasir431 words
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Article23 1957-02-14 15 The Registrar of Trade Unions. Mr. Sng Choon Yee, has cancelled the certificate of registration of the “Singapore Shop Employees’ Union.”23 words
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Article175 1957-02-14 15 •SEREMBAN, Feb. 10— The admission of Indonesians into Malaya on a quota system was the only way to safeguard the Malay position in this country, Dato Sir Onn bin Ja’afar, president of Party Negara, said today. Speaking at a party rally here. Dato Sir Onn175 words
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242 1957-02-14 15 SINGAPORE Feb. 11. AN ALL-DAY extraordinary delegates’ meeting of the Singapore UMNO yesterday adopted a list of demands for inclusion in the Singapore delegation’s memorandum to be taken to next month’s self-government talks in London. Heading the list is a demand that it should242 words
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Article62 1957-02-14 15 KOTA BHARU, Feb. 10—The kampongs about the coming Kelantan Government has sought the help of Imams (Muslim religious leaders) to tell the people in the Federation census. The Imams have been asked to lecture to the villagers after Friday prayers. Teams from the Kelantan information services62 words
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232 1957-02-14 16 —BECAUSE THEIR DEGREES AREN'T ACCEPTED HERE SINGAPORE. IVI). 11. 4 IH)l T 200 Malayans arc* living in “exile” in America Malayans with American degrees who cannot get a job here. Dr. Lim Tay Boh of tho University of Malaya, who has just returned232 words
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Article182 1957-02-14 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. 11. TWE Singapore Government is to appoint three new assistant superintendents to the Prisons Department as a first step towards the Malayanisation of the three top posts due to be vacated by expatriate officers in three years. The three assistant superintendents, as supernumerary182 words
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Article47 1957-02-14 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. 12. Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Works. Mr. Francis Thomas, underwent a minor operation at the General Hospital yesterday. Mr. Thomas is expected to be away from office for ten days. Mr. Chew Swee Kee, Minister for Education, will act for him47 words
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Article217 1957-02-14 16 SINGAPORE Feb. 11. DEBBLE—SIZED hail- stones fell in Singapore yesterday afternoon during a freak 15-minute storm. The district most affected stretched from Moulmein Road to Lavender Street. The Meteorological Department said the hall atones were the result of an earlier thunder storm. They had nothing217 words
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274 1957-02-14 16 1/UALA LUMPUR, Feb. **10 The Minister for Commerce ana Industry, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, is to tell traders in foreign countries that the prosperity of independent Malaya will continue to depend on the free flow of trade. lie* says in a message274 words
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305 1957-02-14 16 Committee backs 39-hour week for office men women SINGAPORE. Feb. 1! A SELECT Committee appointed by Singapore Legislative Assembly has approved the proposals of the Clerks Employment Rill t > limit the working hours of clerks to a total of hours a week. In addition they would get 13 days’305 words
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211 1957-02-14 16 SINGAPORE Feb. li. HTWELVE people Have A been killed and more than 30 seriously injured in 654 road accidents in Singapore in the first ten days of this month. Hit-and-run cases have increased. Two of the victims of this type of accident211 words
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Article113 1957-02-14 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Fob. 1 1/IORE than 500 people were present today to the Methodist Bishop for South-East A Bishop H. B. Amtsutz, dedicate a new $3-0 Chinese Methodist Church here. The church, of modern design. has a huge hall in the vault beneath it and could113 words
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Article, Illustration582 1957-02-14 17 ’anishees’ barrage rom ship SINGAPORE. Feb. 12. DENTS and trade unionists c banished by the Singapore Govc;(> icnl spat and hurled bottles at police officers yesterday as they U ?e put on the 2,922-ton Norwich! n steamer Daviken with one- wa\ tickets to China. s irlier,582 words
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356 1957-02-14 17 SINGAPORE. Feb. 12. POLITICAL lenders are anxious to prevent any hitch in Singapore's inerdeka plans as a result of t’MXO’s 11th hour demands for special protection of the Malays. Special status Yesterday they carefully avoided critical comments which might add to the complications356 words
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95 1957-02-14 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 11. A SUGGESTION by the President of Party Negara, Dato Sir Onn bin Ja’afar, that Indonesians should be admitted to Malaya on a quota system was described here today as “absurd and silly.” The senior assistant Minister for Home Affairs. Inche Bahaman95 words
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Article116 1957-02-14 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 11. SPECIAL merdeka medals may be presented to people who have worked for the attainment of Malayan independence. the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, announced today. He made it clear, however, that no official merdeka badge had been or would be issued116 words
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Article128 1957-02-14 17 DENANG, Feb.ll—Mrs. Lim Kean Chye. wife of a former Malayan Democratic Union leader and Singapore lawyer who went to Communist China in 1951, has returned to Penang after spending two years in Peking with her husband. Her five-year-old daughter, who accompanied her to China, returned with her.128 words
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Article39 1957-02-14 17 SINGAPORE. Feb. 12. For the first time Singapore and the Federation of Malaya will observe World Brotherhood Week from Feb. 17 to Feb. 24. The theme of the week is “the single family of man,” a moral goal.39 words
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284 1957-02-14 18 Over the Causeway, and no questions asked SINGAPORE, Feb. IS. MRS. LIM KEAN CHYE returned to the FediTI eration after two years in Peking via a legal loop hole. Under an amended immigration law, passed at the end of last year, she could284 words
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286 1957-02-14 18 A LOR STAR, Feb. 12— A Japanese brother and sister have written from Tokyo to persuade their bandit brother to quit the Malayan Jungle and rejoin his family ‘We are ail longing to see vou.” thev say in a message in Japanese on 50.000286 words
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Article207 1957-02-14 18 It's a welcome sign, sags party man SINGAPORE, Feb. 13 SPECULATION on a possible change of leadership ot the Singapore Labour Front was heightened yesterday by the disclosure that there are five rivals for the post. AJl party executive and central committee oosts207 words
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Article225 1957-02-14 18 First class starts tomorrow SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. WITH the Singapore Polytechnic’s first course—on advertising—starting tomorrow the principal. Mr. D. J. Williams, announced yesterday that two more courses would be introduced in the near future. He said: “Within a couple of weeks I expect to start225 words
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288 1957-02-14 18 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. TWENTY -ONE senior expatriate officers of the Singapore Police Force, including the Commissioner, M r. Nigel Morris, will leave this year under the Malayanisation scheme. The new Commissioner is expected to be the present Special Branch chief, Mr. A.288 words
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109 1957-02-14 18 SINGAPORE. Feb. 13. THE recently-formed Malay National Congress is planning to hold a rally early next month to “strengthen and unite” the voice of the Malays in Singapore. A source close to the congress told the Straits Times yesterday the rally would be109 words
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Article66 1957-02-14 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 12The All-Malaya Estate Asian Staff Union Is to negotiate with the Malayan Planting Industries Employers.’ ass* > ciation on Feb. 14 for a general increase of salary i r the 3.000 clerks, technician and medical assistants on estates in the Federation A spokesman66 words
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Article54 1957-02-14 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 Malay company with a cap--tal of $250,000 has been fon ed to run bus services here Called Sharikat Kendera Melayu Ltd (Malay Transit* Co), it has its head 0l here. Among the directors a a Federal Councillor and State Councillor. Shares are54 words
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Article62 1957-02-14 18 SINGAPORE, Feb. 13. THE Singapore Income Tax Department began posting of its 1957 forms to the tax-payers yesterday. The Controller of Income Tax, Mr. G. T. Holloway, stressed yesterday that any person chargeable for who did not receive a fo should notify the depart ment immediately. “The62 words
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Article97 1957-02-14 19 uinias B E uL To Betty and Lee, at Hospital, Feb. 5th. a eon. R SON. to Barbara and l,: at BMH a a 'TON: On 6th February to Ho pital. Oxford, Da L Orumltt) and daughter. Both wen. B..\ n 7th. at Singapore, to Elizabeth d a son,97 words
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Article137 1957-02-14 19 MR. K. ARYADURAI, honorary secretary of the Malayah Hockey Federa tion, said last week that he had sent m his resignation because “I do not wish to serve under the presidentship of Mr H M df Souza Mr. Aryadurai who was manager of the137 words
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Article738 1957-02-14 19 THE WEEK IN SPORT KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11. IF A WORLD hockey eieven were to he chosen to 1 play against Mars, the first choice for leftback would be Malaya's Chua Eng Cheng and the centre half would be Aiiwar of Pakistan or Mike Shepherdson738 words
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Article1157 1957-02-14 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE. Feb. 10. I 1957 season at Bukit Timah began with a pectacular three-figure dividend upeet xv Wonder Kid, ridden by Don Paterson, beat ,h ell-fancied San Fernando in Race One to 165 yesterday, first day of the Singapore T1,157 words
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Miscellaneous41 1957-02-14 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL; $*****7 1st: No. 2$0o54 ($1U4,4«4) 2nd: No. 148*49 ($51,244) 3rd: No. *****7 (>48.456) STARTERS ($4,065 each): and 5: $500; Races 5 and 6: $500; Races 7 and $185. FORECAST TOTE: Race 3—$282; Race 6— $132; Race 8—$23.41 words
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Obituary16 1957-02-14 19 death J^ fred 47 0 Q b 2;,i cortege f Hiu Road, 8eremban. Pm. on 9.2.5716 words
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Article408 1957-02-14 20 SINGAPORE, Feb 8 belter sentiment wh, appeared, in the rubi r market last week was una .0 to survive the long holic. v and when the market 1 opened prices sagged lack of buying interest, :port Holiday, Cutler, Bath v Co, Ltd. in their current review.408 words
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Article21 1957-02-14 20 rhe following January tin out puts are notified: Talam 391 piculs rakuapa 43 piculs and Rahman Hydraulic 5' piculs21 words
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Article49 1957-02-14 20 Rubber crops harvested in Ja> nary included:— Chermang 142.000 lb., Indra R! 98,691 lb., Nyalas 55.146 lb.. Tap i 104.000 lb.. Batu Llntang 149,802 lb.. Pa' Perak 46.012 lb. Alor Pongsu 105,554 lb., Bedo; 47,913 lb.. Temerloh 47,400 h Trong 30.600 lb., and Sum: Tukang 45,000 lb.49 words
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Article35 1957-02-14 20 Outputs from the estates ai mines in the Guthrie Group > January are as follows*—Run"' 8.389.800 lb tea (black) 180l.m lb., palm oil 919 tons, oalm Ktr nels 296 tons and tin ore piculs35 words
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Article879 1957-02-14 20 SINGAPORE, Feb. 12. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Ales Bricks Pref 156 1.60 Ords 1 76 1.86 Atlas Ice 13 00 (tiuyersi B B Petrol 62/- 53/B M Trustees 6.10 650 Con. Tin Smelt Pref 19/- 20/. Ords 31/- 32/Eastern United 32 00 33 00 Fed. Dispensary 2.15 2.20879 words
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420 1957-02-14 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Feb. K. f pHE feature of Singapore markets yesterd was a sharp drop of $5.75 per picul in price of tin which was quoted at $376.25, t lowest since last July. The price in Singapore had420 words
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Article444 1957-02-14 20 riiiih following business don* in the Singapore Shan* Market last week was re ported b.v one firm of broker.* for the period February 4 to February 8. INDUSTRIALS: Consol rtn Smelters Ords 31s. 9V4d., Fraser weave 7% cum Prer $4 fiasei Neave Ords. $2.25 to $2.2714 to $2.28.444 words
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Article754 1957-02-14 20 SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE Feb. 11. CINGAPORE Share Market last week stood up well to the announcement that Malayan banks were imposing a mild ‘credit squeeze’ in the form of a half per cent increase in interest rates to curb the rate754 words