The Straits Budget, 28 February 1957
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1957-02-28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’B national newspaper \ew Series No. 549 Singapore, February 28, 1957. Price 40 cents (Malayan) or 1 Shilling.28 words
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Advertisement87 1957-02-28 1 ■m More than a great Engineering Organisation ...A NATIONAL INFLUENCE m v t t v >4kv5t» r-' 3 W. A rs 15 .-.m W: m S' i' eiss 3 L k m mm: saFi'* ffci S' V~-*; i’ •> tl Sit "1 »V >< “Covering every side of the Electrical87 words
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Article360 1957-02-28 2 T'HE Reid Commis- sion’s terms of reference were: TO EXAMINE the present constitutional arrangements throughout the Federation of Malaya, taking into account the positions and dignities of Her Majesty the Queen and of Their Highnesses the Rulers; and TO MAKE recommendations for a federal form of360 words
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815 1957-02-28 2 IMPORTANT changes in the Federation's fiscal system, with the object of reducing the dependence of the states on the Central Government, are recommended by the Reid Commission. In its report, the Commission proposes that the Federation be empowered815 words
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165 1957-02-28 2 IT'UALA LUMPUR. Feb 23.—The Federation Social Welfare Lotterit Board will meet here on March 9 to decide what it should do with tht $125,000 second pri/t won by a ticket which has now been confiscated by a Singapore court. The prize was won I.165 words
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272 1957-02-28 2 SOON A CABLE WILL GO TO LONDON KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20 The Sultan of Johore, Major-General Sir Ibrahim, is to be offered the honour of being the first Vang di-Pertuan Besar, or Paramount Ruler, of independent Malaya. This message272 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article1137 1957-02-28 3 —Straits Times. Feb. 21. Reid Commission was I..lava for six months last u during which it received umoranda and held 118 taigs at 31 of which it i oral evidence. From labours emerge a report draft constitution whose n; a d principles and main isions merit acceptance,—Straits Times. Feb. 21. - 1,137 words
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Article787 1957-02-28 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 22. No doubt it would be pointless to consider what kind of constitution the Reid Commission would have recommended had it been given a free hand. In most respects, however, the principles laid down in the Commission’s terms of reference w’ere a decided advantage.—Straits Times, Feb. 22. - 787 words
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Article304 1957-02-28 3 Straits Times, Feb. 22 First reactions to the Reid report on the whole have been favourable, although there is some criticism of particular proposals and one spasm of extreme discontent. It is too early, however, to take anything for granted. Few people have had the opportunity to give– Straits Times, Feb. 22 - 304 words
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Article931 1957-02-28 4 —Straits Times, Feb. 25. The Federation's five yeai development pain makes its belated first public appearance this morning a little the worse for London wear. It is having to be redrafted. Much detailed re-arrange-ment of schemes and projects is necessary, says the White Paper, because of—Straits Times, Feb. 25. - 931 words
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Article289 1957-02-28 4 —Straits Times, Feb. 25 “Something should be done by Government to bring home to tourists and holiday seekers of the world the great attractions of Malaya." This appeal, made nearly twenty years ago in the Straits Settlement Legislative Council, did not fall on deaf ears. The Colonial Secretary—Straits Times, Feb. 25 - 289 words
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Article566 1957-02-28 4 —Straits Times, Feb. 26. Singapore’s Labour Front, holding its long-delayed annual conference of delegates, rejected Mr. Marshall as its president and titular leader. This was a noteworthy event even in a week which saw the publication of the Reid report and Singapore UMNO’s threat to boycott the—Straits Times, Feb. 26. - 566 words
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Article361 1957-02-28 4 —Straits Times. Feb The Alliance fou. t Penang rural count tions still smarting its George Town d >n December it lost th seats which it conb the municipal election to the Independent Party and three to dependents. In the elections the Alliance now made a clean s’ winning—Straits Times. Feb - 361 words
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Article39 1957-02-28 4 CRUM:—To Marion and can at K.K. Hospital on 2a son John Alexander. RUSSELL:—On nine February at Maternity H Liverpool to Vera. A da Patrieia Jane. NEWMAN:— To Evelyn Lionel a daughter, Patricia at Hong Kong on 24th Febni.39 words
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Article, Illustration1229 1957-02-28 5 MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION Malacca, Penang to be states Kl'ALA LUMPFR, Feb. 20. 1 UK report of the Reid Commission, upon which the Constitution of independent Malawi will he based, is published today. The C ommission, headed by Lord Reid, it Lord of Appeal in Ordinary,1,229 words
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Article1030 1957-02-28 6 TWO POINTS OF VIEW ON THE UPPER HOUSE, DUAL MEMBERSHIP MAJORITY: No direct election to Senate... MINORITY: This won’t be real democracy KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20. TliF RFID COMMISSION’S recommendations on how a bi-cameral federal parliamentary system should be established in an independent Malaya contain radically differing1,030 words
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Article302 1957-02-28 6 PENANG, Fob. 2 4 'THE Alliance was s\w A into office with a 1< per cent victory announced at 3 a.m. tod; v —in Penang’s first run.; council election. Despite the time, bicrowds thronged countin: stations to shout “merd< ka as Alliance candidates undeclared victors in302 words
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Article92 1957-02-28 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. L —The Chief Minister. Tern ku Abdul Rahman, said today that some recommendations in the Reid Report “must necessarily raise controversial point but in dealing with these one must look at the Fport from the point oj view of the country as whole.”92 words
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1505 1957-02-28 7 »l>AKT from the ,|mivc specific difliTeiiccs in viewpoint, there is uniii imity muon# the iK'inhers of the Conil:1iv«,ion on the other steps In which a l.deral system should l>e brought into existence. Beginning the chapu on Parliament and pi,. Executive, the Report says:1,505 words
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142 1957-02-28 7 i IF. Federation should not have its own Privy Council yet, but should, hter merdeka day, continue the present practice of appeals to the y Council in London. Making this recommendation, the Reid Commission says in its rcv 1 In ou r142 words
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Article183 1957-02-28 7 Kuala lumpur. Feb. 20. The Federation Government is to build a $250,000 hostel for Malay students in Indonesia, it was learnt today. The Minister for Education Dato Abdul Razak, told two representatives of the Malay Students’ Association in Indonesia today that this would be done.183 words
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1733 1957-02-28 8 “IF Malaya is to be a democratic country, the government of each state must be controlled by its elected legislative assembly,’’ says the Keid Commission. Making recommendations on the division of legislative and executive powers, between the Federal and State1,733 words
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Article230 1957-02-28 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 21. rpHE pensions of retired Federal and State officers should in future be paid out of a National Pension Fund, the Reid Commission recommends in its report. The Commission proposes that such a fund should be set up, with annual contributions from the230 words
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511 1957-02-28 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20. j ;1K two settlements of Penang and Malacca should be given the status of states, and there should be a fully elected legislative assembly in each of the states of the Federation before January 1959, the Reid Commission recommends.511 words
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502 1957-02-28 9 the elected assembly,' it says. llie Commission proposes that in the case of Penang and Malacca, the Chief Minister should hold oilice for three months. Cnless the assembly passed a vote of confidence in him "itbin that time, lie should cease to remain502 words
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Article814 1957-02-28 9 T'HE Reid Commission recommends that the authority traditionally reserved to the states in the matter of religion and custom of Malays should remain undisturbed. It says that a clause in the Federation Agreement provides that nothing ill the agreement should apply in any Malay state to814 words
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4239 1957-02-28 10 Language tests waived in certain cases FAR-REACHING recommendations which would give citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies the right to retain their present citizenship while taking Malayan citizenship are made in the Reid Constitutional Commission's Report. T|ic recommendations ailed hundreds of thousands of people4,239 words
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601 1957-02-28 12 Jobs and promotions: ‘Govt, should not interfere KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20. T'HK lb nr commissions to Ik* responsible lor appointments nnd promotions in the public service, tbc judicial service and tbe police force, should be completely tree lrom Government inllncnce. This is the view of the Reid Commission. The Commission601 words
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Article841 1957-02-28 12 KUALA LUMPUR Feb. 20.—T h Reid Commission disagreed on t h e question of the special position of the Malays and on (he constitutional declaration of Islam as the official religion. On the subject of preferential treatment for the Malays, Mr. Justice Abdul Hamid of the Islamic841 words
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1093 1957-02-28 13 \\W. Justice Abdul Hamid opposes xvhat lie calls prelciviltial treatment in granling Malayan citizenship to Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies born in the Federation. Under the draft constitution these people are entitled to be reentered as citizens if they1,093 words
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564 1957-02-28 13 SINGAPORE. Feb. 21. IN independent Malaya, the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court should be considerably enlarged, the Reid Commission recommends in its report. The section of the report dealing with the judiciary says: “On* the one hand judges should not be immune from564 words
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Article127 1957-02-28 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 21. I 1 H E Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, is personally designing the ceremonial dress for the Federation’s lirst Paramount Ruler, to be Installed when the country proclaims its independence on Aug. 31 this year. He is designing it with the help of127 words
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Article2895 1957-02-28 14 RECOMMENDATIONS to preserve existing employment and education quotas enjoved by Malays for at least 15 years are among the Keid Commission’s conclusions on Fundamental Rights. Of tilt* special position of the Malay’s, tne Commission declares that they would be at a serious and unfair disadvantage,2,895 words
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124 1957-02-28 15 KUALA Ll MPl’R. Feb. 21.— The Malay Rulers today explained why they had been against declaring Islam as the established religion of the Federation. A statement issued by the Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal, Tuan Haji Mustapha Albakri, declared that such a declaration “would124 words
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183 1957-02-28 15 MacGILLIVRAY MAKES ‘EARNEST PLEA TO ALL THE PEOPLE KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 21 rE HIGH Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray. today made an “earnest request” to the people of the Federation. He asked them to consider the Reid Commission Report from the point of view of the good of the country as183 words
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Article226 1957-02-28 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 23. rpHE Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists i n London has said that the Kandang Kerbau Hospital has not yet achieved the required standard for a postgraduate training hospital, the Straits Times understands. The report has been made at the request226 words
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Advertisement70 1957-02-28 15 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Quarterly Half-yearly Yearly Singapore Town Area No Postage Br. Empire Malaya Foreign (including (Including Postage) postage) 5.20 1040 20.80 5.75 S 6.75 11.50 13.50 23 00 27.00 The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent by express air delivery service to70 words
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Article1053 1957-02-28 16 A FEW VOICES DISSENT AND DETAILS ARE DISPUTED, HUT MOST LEADERS SAY‘It’s a sound basis for democracy’ KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 21. LMIvST RLA(TIONS from political and community leaders today indi1 caled that the constitutional proposals of the Reid Commission have received a wide measure of general acceptance.1,053 words
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Article474 1957-02-28 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 23. rpili; Chief Minister. .Mr. -I l.im Yew Iloek. is to make a last-minute bid to persuade the Singapore l MNO to change its mind about boycotting the nierdeka mission to London. Mr. Lim yesterday asked for an interview with the l VINO474 words
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144 1957-02-28 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 22. T'HE Pan-Malayan Students’ Federation has been 1 dissolved. The Registrar of Societies. Mr. J. G. Adams, said today that he had cancelled the organisation’s registration because it had not made annual returns for 1954 and 1955. An appeal has been made to144 words
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Article15 1957-02-28 16 SEJREMBAN. Feb. 22.—Police and military detachments here today held an internal security exercise.15 words
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Article86 1957-02-28 16 Govt’s share: $500,000 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb 22. —The Finance Com mittee of the Federation Government is understood to have voted $500,000 for the merdeka celebrations. This is the Government share of the entire cost < the celebration which Is ex pected to be about $2.00" 000. The finance86 words
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Article1279 1957-02-28 17 Government to seek new sources of aid SINGAPORE, Feb. 2:>. ITER taking into account financial aid from Britain and funds to be raised in M-ilaya, the Federation Government still has to find $231,000,000 to carry out its Five Year Development Plan. This is revealed in a White1,279 words
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Article, Illustration491 1957-02-28 17 AT THE LABOUR FRONT CONFERENCE SINGAPORE, Feb. 24. THE Singapore Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee 1 Kee, was yesterday elected president of the Labour Front. He defeated Mr. David Marshall by 227 votes to 121, at the Front’s annual conference. Three nominees declined to491 words
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75 1957-02-28 17 PENANG. Feb 23.—The first Governor of Penang should be a “local resident of eminence who should be acceptable to the people,” the Penang Straits Chinese British Association committee said today after discussing the Reid Report in detail. “In this connection, we would75 words
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Article, Illustration488 1957-02-28 18 More roads in kampongs ‘IT’S NOT PRACTICAL BESIDES WE MUST LEARN SELF-RELIANCE’ SIMiAI'OHK, Feb. 25. rpHK newly-elected president of the Singapore Labour Front, Mr. 1 Chew Swee Kee, gave a broad hint yesterday that the party was unlikely to seek an alliance with other488 words
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Article246 1957-02-28 18 Chinese educationists meet I/UALA LUMPUR, Feb. 24. —The Minister of Education’s plan to convert Chinese middle schools into nationaltype secondary schools was rejected here today at a conference of more than 200 Chinese educationists. The conference, called by the M.C.A. Central Education Committee, declared that246 words
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269 1957-02-28 18 SINGAPORE. Feb. 25. RELEGATES at the Labour Front conference yesterday congratulated the party on i t s Malayanisation policy and on its ‘‘consistent efforts to seek a union with the Federation for the creation of a united Malayan nation.” This was269 words
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Article36 1957-02-28 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Fob. 25. —The Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman. today sent messages of congratulation to the Penang and Province Wellesley leaders for the Alliance’s overwhelming success in Feb. 23 rural district elections.36 words
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Article37 1957-02-28 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 25. The director-general of the Army Medical Services, LtGen. Sir Alexander Drummond who is on a four-dav visit to Malaya, will tour the British Military Hospital at Kinrara tomorrow37 words
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Article638 1957-02-28 18 GEOFFREY BOLAND - By GEOFFREY BOLAND SINGAPORE, Feb. 26. MALAYAN banks may be forced to restrict the amounts borrowed by firms and individuals if the present rate of borrowing and the flow of capital from the country continues. The ‘‘mild” credit squeeze imposed on Feb. 11, by the Malayan638 words
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Article863 1957-02-28 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP VER BUG, with Bill Chadwick up, followed p his recent success at Kuala Lumpur with \er half-length win in the Class 4, Div. 1, ndicap on Feb. 23, first day of the Penang Club Spring Meeting, utenzorg and Marvel of Peru863 words
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Article80 1957-02-28 19 0 Singapore opposed dissolutoin of the Amateur Athletic n at last week’s me* ion delegates Dre- unanimous that A.A.A. should be however, that the uetic championships un °Pen for partlclpHonl- 1 l?h? re an d Borneo, the ifh: -Federation territories f the M.A.A.A. ates present at yester:n80 words
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Article182 1957-02-28 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, Feb. 26. A “MASTER PLAN” to wipe out the illegal digits lottery which is slowly but steadily undermining the sound financial basis of Malayan racing has been drawn up by a prominent turf club official. The scheme is still top182 words
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Article614 1957-02-28 19 I THE WEEK IN SPORT an increase of $90,401 In revenue and les* racing expenses incurred, the Singapore Turf Club made a net profit of only $5,400 last year, says the chairman. Mr M F Cutler, in his report to be tabled at the614 words
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229 1957-02-28 19 THE CHAIRMAN of the Singapore Turf Club, Mr. M. F. Cutler, has appealed against classing turf club operations in the same category as chap ji kee or pintable activities. Mr. Cutler makes this point in his report to be presented at the229 words
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Miscellaneous50 1957-02-28 19 THE BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $166,700 Ist. No. *****3 ($50,010) 2nd. No. *****2 ($20,004) 3rd. No. *****1 ($10,002) STARTERS ($1,562 each): Nos. *****4; *****7; *****8; *****0; *****9; *****0; *****1; *****0. CONSOLATION ($750 each): Nos. *****8; *****9; *****6; *****3; *****7; *****3; *****6; *****2; i *****; *****7. TREBLE TOTE; One ticket ($1,505).50 words
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Article676 1957-02-28 20 SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Feb. 25. 'J'HERE was a reasonably good turnover on the Singapore Share Market last week, although the more cautious altitude adopted by investors in the past few weeks had by no means disappeared. The easing tendency of the previous676 words
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Article981 1957-02-28 20 SINGAPORE. Feb. 26. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Ale* Brick* Pref i tyt> Ords l 7b i 86 Atlas Ice 13 im miver«• B B petrol 48 6 50/6 B M I riiHtee* t> 11 h at Con. Tin Sme.t Prel 10. M Ords 30 '6 31/8 Eastern United981 words
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Article387 1957-02-28 20 THE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was re ported by one firm of broken for the period February 16 to February 22. INDUSTRIALS: Fraser Neav* Ords $2.23 $2.22%. Hammei A. Co.. $1.85 to $187% cd Hume Industries Ords A.75.6d.. Hume Industries Prefs. A.387 words
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Article61 1957-02-28 20 A final dividend of 25 per cent announced by the Pataling Rubber Estates again makes a 35 per cent., less tax. total for the year ended October 31 last. In addition there is thi* time an Interim distribution in respect of 1956-57 of 2Vid. per 2s. share, not61 words
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463 1957-02-28 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Feb. 2 PAN-MALAYAN production of rubber in J uary rose by eleven per cent compared v December, and at 63,260 tons was the high t crop since December 1950. While estate production at 36,136 tons sho, a463 words
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Article375 1957-02-28 20 SINGAPORE, Feb 22 THERE has been less activity In the rubber market this week and with no particular trend in evidence business has mainly been confined to covering against orders and adjusting shipping commitments lejvrt Holiday. Cutler. Bath Co. Ltd. in their current review375 words
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Article24 1957-02-28 20 Rambutan Limited has de a second interim dividend per share for the year endin i 30, 1957. payable in Englai < March 8.24 words