The Straits Budget, 7 May 1958
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Title Section29 1958-05-07 1 The Straits Budget IBpWEEKtY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES mauya-s national newspaper "T series Slngai>ore, May 7, 1958. V -A•. w f it" ...‘A .mj*/' J !jrj i a29 words
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311 1958-05-07 2 EmpText - EmpText mijj 1 a: AErfWrxKm A on y rubber wage SET® *SS«-*V£ I would like to point out some Upping arithmetic. The M-PXKJt agreement sftss?..... srste No ol^Trwa 60-80 cu $3.00 3.00 Z& 80-100 cU $3,30 3,30 3.10 s& a sstsr311 words
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Article121 1958-05-07 2 SAMSON - SAMSON «“r.S qV which can be over-emphasised a coimtej? to Communist penetration slSsssb entail in Asian countries. Hence monetary aldelSave been thejtoy-stooeotSell foreign policies over the last 10 years. But in spite of such clear-cut indications where Aslan interests lie. I Am disappointed with political trends121 words
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Article62 1958-05-07 2 MAJOR IATI - MAJOR IATI Singapore v WAS born and e<; ,pa Eto Ipoh, and i /.tMKttie «e called vjrvertone as works irt Mr. "Bust or Die’* l nre sed most ol u :S&b^ l nm 'llnannore th* to suffer froiJ’ > ,s disease has remove p ral 'colonial62 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article626 1958-05-07 3 —Straits Times. May 1. 'j'i 1L go-slow in the Feder..•oons five year development piv i ukes no-one by surprise. Dcvv'opment capital exoendiUire this year has been it-du-cd to $168 million, some CIS pinion less than last v t ar and $60 million less in m—Straits Times. May 1. - 626 words
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Article345 1958-05-07 3 —Straits Times, April 29. The Federation’s Minister for Labour is so perturbed by the problem of splinter unions that he has asked the National Labour Advisory Board to examine the problem. Employers’ organisations and the Malayan Trade Union Council have also been asked for their views. The Government’s—Straits Times, April 29. - 345 words
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Article635 1958-05-07 3 —Straits Times, May 2. Is the report of the Public Accounts Committee now in a Federation pigeonhole? The Committee’s recommendations went to the Legislative Council six weeks ago, and no more has been heard of them. If interest is not revived by the AuditorGeneral’s new disclosures (in—Straits Times, May 2. - 635 words
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Article329 1958-05-07 3 —Straits Times, April 30. Highly encouraging progress in the prevention of industrial accidents in the Federation, first reported two years ago, is again the feature of the latest report of the Machinery Department. There are still black spots, but a reduction from 191 to 147 in the number—Straits Times, April 30. - 329 words
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Article643 1958-05-07 3 —Straits Times, May 3. The Indonesian Government’s charge that rebel bombers not only are flown by foreign pilots but are using foreign bases must not go unanswered. The Foreign Office spokesman who has made the charge seems to have built it out of presumptions. He may be—Straits Times, May 3. - 643 words
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Article334 1958-05-07 4 —Straits Times, May 3. Mr. Chin See Yin, the new chairman of the M.C.A.’s labour sub-committee, has submitted a plan for promoting the welfare of Chinese workers in the Federation. His scheme includes free education and scholarships for higher study for the children of—Straits Times, May 3. - 334 words
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Article200 1958-05-07 4 —Straits Times. May 1. It was inevitable that the Federation should wish to tighten its immigration laws, and in the process restrict entry into the Federation from Singapore. Tengku Abdul Rahman cast just a little more light on this intention when replying yesterday to questions in the legislature.—Straits Times. May 1. - 200 words
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Article656 1958-05-07 4 V* J V V* —Straits Times. May 5 The virtual certainty that Russia would veto in the Security Council the American resolution on Arctic inspection does not diminish regret that the deed, as expected, was done. The regret is less for the death of the American» V* J * V V* —Straits Times. May 5 - 656 words
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Article383 1958-05-07 4 —Straits Times. May 5 Petaling Jay a is a town which the planners must find slightly baffling. It insists on planning itself. The intention in 1953, was to build a model squatter village. There finally emerged a satellite town for select residents ranging from Ministers and Government—Straits Times. May 5 - 383 words
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Article146 1958-05-07 4 —Straits Times, April 30. The suggestion that dismissals of senior staff of the Singapore City Council must be referred to the Public Services Commission, in the same way as appointments, may put an awkward spoke in the Mayor’s Malayanisation wheel. It is even more likely that the—Straits Times, April 30. - 146 words
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Article143 1958-05-07 4 —Straits Times, April 2°. It looks as if the much criticised Mr. Sandison is having the last wry laugh after all. For what could oe more irresponsible than the strike notice posted by officials of the Perak branch of the National Union Plantation Workers? A union spokesman has—Straits Times, April 2°. - 143 words
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Article, Illustration998 1958-05-07 5 Beautiful' Brioni Is a dictator’s safe retreat SINGAPORE, May 1 i OYDS will insure 1' m»ic against almost very possible contingency at a price. Against bad weather on the day of Die outdoor fete. Against the success i election day of (i998 words
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1113 1958-05-07 5 SINGAPORE, April 29 Jr happens, I know, to 1 scores of people to too many people for tnc <.mod reputation of Malaya. But it still ren|‘hhs mi unpleasant and alarming experience to uakr up and to find that a stranger is moving I’irtively about1,113 words
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Article133 1958-05-07 6 Apr. 27 A mining engineer here today listed the presence of certain minerals in Pahang which he thought should be of great interest to the big Western powers. They were tantalite, pitchblende. beryllium and uranium—all essentials in the manufacture of rockets and the harnessing of133 words
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Article298 1958-05-07 6 KOTA BHARU, April 27 THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, last night told Malays that they must live in harmony with other races and asked them not to be misled by “dangerous” agitators. He warned that if the two main races fight, there would be no298 words
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Article31 1958-05-07 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 27 The Federation exported $1,304 million worth of rubber and $l2O million worth of tin concentrates last year, according to official trade statistics issued here today.31 words
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148 1958-05-07 6 KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 F[E Pahang State Secretary, Inche Ismail bin Mohmed Jamil, writes that the “Government spokesman” quoted in April 25 Straits Times as stating that Pahang was “rich in oil” was “a person in the Government service whose name is unknown to148 words
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Article303 1958-05-07 6 SINGAPORE, April 28 A RESOLUTION call- for the restoration of a sultanate in Singapore was passed yesterday at the annual delegates’ conference of the south division of Colony UMNO. The motion was carried by 26 votes to 10 with the support of several leaders who303 words
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145 1958-05-07 6 LUMPUR, Apr. 37. —Thousands of people living in South Johore where security forces are conducting “Operation Tiger” will have their rice rations reduced from tomorrow. Men will get only three katis a week, women 2$ katis and children under 12 two145 words
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Article, Illustration212 1958-05-07 6 SINGAPORE, April 28 I THE FEDERATION Minister for Education, Inch' A Mohamed Khir bin Johari, yesterday urget* Singapore Malays to follow the example of unitset by the British and the Jews. Addressing the annual delegates conference of Singapore UMNO south division in the Star212 words
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Article61 1958-05-07 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 28. Mr. N. M. Sen-Gupta has joined the newly-formed India Reinsurance Corporation Ltd. as an executive and has been posted as manager of the Corporation’s Calcutta office. Mr. Sen-Gupta. who has lived in Malaya for more than 30 years, was until recently Far61 words
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Article115 1958-05-07 6 LUMPUR, Apr. 27Work on the first phase of the University of Malaya’s Federation expansion programme at the Pantai Valley near here, costing $13,000,000, is being speeded up so that it can function by the end of 1959. a spokesman of the Education Ministry told the Straits115 words
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Article96 1958-05-07 6 SINGAPORE* Apr. 29. MR. M. MIRZA, managing director of the Pakistan Finance Corporation, and joint secretary of the Pakistan Ministry of Finance, yesterday described Singapore’s Legislative Assembly hall as “one of the most beautifully furnished in the world.” He said this after being shown around the96 words
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Article100 1958-05-07 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 28. POLICE will make no particular check at Changi Point where middlemen who squeeze Indonesian small craft owners have shifted their business. “We have only our usual police patrols there,” the police secretary, Mr. Eu Cheow Eang. said. He said that at100 words
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Article50 1958-05-07 6 SEREMBAN. Apr. 27.— Mr. Michael Gray, branch manager of Messrs. Guthrie ana Co. Ltd. here, married Miss Gwynedd Lois Panter yesterday. They met at a pantomime in Manchester in 1952 Miss Panter flew out from England two weeks ago for the wedding at St. Mart s Church.50 words
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Article48 1958-05-07 6 KUALA KANGSAR, Apr. —Mr. J. D. R. Howell, hea master of the Malay Colic Kuala Kangsar, and his were entertained to a fai well dinner by old boys ethe college here last night Mr. Howell is going <’>: retirement under the Mala < anisation scheme.48 words
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609 1958-05-07 7 SINGAPORE, April 29 rHK i960 target date 1 (or completing Queenstown, Singafirst new settlement to be planned 0 n comprehensive lines may be extended hy two to three year*. This was disclosed yesterday by the final report of the New Towns Working Party609 words
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307 1958-05-07 7 Family businesses flayed over long hours low wages IPOH, April 28 ALLEGATIONS of “slave labour” conditions in local “family businesses” were made to the Straits Times today. Shop assistants complained of long: working hours, wages no better than a pittance, and repeated threats of dismissal. They said that they were307 words
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Article316 1958-05-07 7 Mr. Lee: Put must-vote to voters i SINGAFORE, April 28 SINGAPORE Assemblyman for Queenstown. Mr. Lee Choon En said yesterday that the question of compulsory voting should be decided by the people at the next n ral elections. He said neither the Legislative Assembly nor representations316 words
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288 1958-05-07 7 I s-r. 28. The Perak Urn. ui 01 tho National station Workers .s»Tv f that it had not on r -day. strike notice Ii ;f j :l!a Van Plantation sfipj';,. Employers AsA Mjr" M- nan for the union. m anuel. told the ho; f288 words
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313 1958-05-07 7 IT LUMPUR, Apr. 28 v V-Malaya’s shortest strike on record was called at the General Hospital here today. It started at 10 a m. Ten minutes later it was over. Involved were seven assistants and eight other staff members in the outpatient department. Trouble began313 words
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Article47 1958-05-07 7 IPOH, Apr. 28.—Deputy Superintendent of Police. Mr Albert Mah, O.C.P.D. Kuantan, has been chosen to be the first Chinese police chief of Ipoh. He will replace Mr. J. J. West next month. Mr. West is retiring after eight years’ service in Malaya.47 words
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154 1958-05-07 8 SINGAPORE, April 29 ALL Singapore Government schools have completed a check on the identity cards of their students and sent details of their investigations to the Ministry of Education. The check was ordered at the beginning of this year as a movp154 words
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Article24 1958-05-07 8 KOTA BAHRU. Apr. 28. The Siamese Ambassador to Malaya. Nai Sunthom Hongladaron, today paid a courtesy call on the Sultan of Kelantan.24 words
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Article278 1958-05-07 8 SINGAPORE, April 29 EXPATRIATE ollicers in the Singapore City Council want the council to agree to the principle of compensation for officers wno are Malayanised, and assured terms of service for those offered continued employment. They rejected the Mayor’s Malayanisation proposals and asked for immediate negotiations.278 words
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187 1958-05-07 8 IfUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 28—Malay Ministers’ wives were hopping mad this morning because the Kaum Ibu (UMNO’s women’s section) had branded them as “snobs.” Shortly after reading the attack in the Straits Times the wives of two Ministers —education and natural resources got187 words
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152 1958-05-07 8 rOH, Apr. 28.—About 400 foundry workers will be out of work in Perak at the end of this month, the Straits Times was told today. Six foundries in the Kinta District will soon shut down resulting in unemployment for 200 men.152 words
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150 1958-05-07 8 FOURTEEN co-operative societies in estate* Lower Perak and the Batang Padang dis'*> ,-t have closed down during the last 12 months du fragmentation. zr An official ot the Jooperative Department told the Straits Times today that the societies represented a third of the total In the150 words
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Article48 1958-05-07 8 KUANTAN, Apr. 27 The manager of Johore Valley estate. Mr. A. S. Dobbie, was given a farewell dinner by more than 100 people here on the night of Apr. 25. Mr. Dobbie sails for Britain on May 3 from Singapore on a six-month holiday.48 words
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Article26 1958-05-07 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. Twenty people were killed on Singapore roads last month, compared with 13 in February, the Singapore Traffic Police revealed yesterday.26 words
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148 1958-05-07 8 If LANG, Apr. 28—Mala- yan housewives will soon get cheaper and fresher fish for their dining tables. A new type of multicoloured net imported from Japan has helped to double the catch along the coastal districts here. Now Malacca fish merchants have asked the148 words
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295 1958-05-07 8 1/ LUMPUR, Apr. 28 —The 22-man Australian Trade Mission today began its five-day Malayan tour confident of a tremendous increase in the flow of trade between the two countries. This morning the leader of the mission, Mr. R. W. Swartz. Parliamentary Secretary to the295 words
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280 1958-05-07 8 ONE WHO HASN’ T RECEIVED EXPATRIATION PAY The Malayan SINGAPORE!, April 29 ‘T'HE Singapore City Council Finance and General 1 Purposes Committee has decided that a Malayan, among other things, Is one who has NOT been in receipt of an expatriation allowance at any time. The committee’s decision was reached280 words
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Article224 1958-05-07 9 SINGAPORE, April 29 CIX'JAPORE rubber brokers were carrying on as k usual yesterday despite the ruling of the Singa;)on Appeal Court last week that “paper” rubber it ls t a me under the heading of gaming contracts •uKi were not enforceable in law. A 'tiding broker224 words
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132 1958-05-07 9 pENANG, Apr. 28. —A number of Kedah’s famous Augustin crioketiny: family will be ordained a Catholic mie.st here next month R: b-*rt Augustin, seventh f jn °i Mr J. F. Augustin. S'r Deputy Superin-tenrl-nt 0{ Education. Perils, has an f r132 words
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258 1958-05-07 9 I/" UAL A LUMPUR, Apr. 28. —Malayans are puzzled over a statement by the Parliamentary Secretary to the British Ministry of Education, Sir Edward Boyle, that overseas students should oe made to “feel at home” when in Britain. Sir Edward also said:258 words
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Article34 1958-05-07 9 SITIAWAN, Apr. 29. The manager of the Chartered Bank here Mr Peter Boland er has been transferred h Kuala Lumour where he *i> take over management of the bank’s Ampang Road sub branch34 words
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Article168 1958-05-07 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 29. OKiilll) lovers and the general public will once again be able to view tne Singapore Botanic Gardens’ collection of rare orchids and succulents at close quarters in a few weeks’ time. The collection—one of the finest in the East—will soon be168 words
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94 1958-05-07 9 SITIAWAN, Apr. 28.—A twomile stretch of road between here and Kampong Koh once used by Chin Peng, the terrorist leader, on his way to school, is being widened. About 4.000 school children now use the road along which there are eight schools.94 words
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168 1958-05-07 9 IPOH, Apr. 29. PERAK State Government officials today visited Kampong Bagan Tiang, eight miles west of Parit Buntar. where 105 houses were damaged or destroyed in a storm on Apr. 26. Uone of the 2,000 people living there vas injured seriously in the half-hour storm,168 words
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239 1958-05-07 9 SINGAPORE, April 30 *TH \i Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will organise a trade mission to Australia and New Zealand in June or July. Businessmen of any r race will be welcome and the Government will be invited to nominate one or239 words
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Article118 1958-05-07 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 29. A SEVEN YEAR OLD aborigine boy, Ampan, saved a long-house in Gombak, 11 miles from here, from being gutted today. He saw smoke rising from the roof of a nearby shed and raised the alarm. In the shed was an oven118 words
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Article30 1958-05-07 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. Mr W. ti Siredwick. City Council chief Engineer (water extension works) has been appointed a member of the board of Governors of the Singapore Polytechnic.30 words
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Article223 1958-05-07 9 SINGAPORE, April 30 ANYANG University’s move to sain recognition for its degrees took a major step forward yesterday with the announcement that Government approved the proposed composition of the commission to examine its academic standards. Five scholars ot international repute are to be invited here as members223 words
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280 1958-05-07 10 KUALA LUMPUR. April 29 THE Minister of Health. Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, has been told to '‘bypass the dresser’” and get the truth from the patients when he next visits estate hospitals. The latest issue of "Sangamani” official publication of the National Union of280 words
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236 1958-05-07 10 LUMPUR, Apr. 29. —Port Dickson, one of Malaya’s most popular seaside resorts, is to be tne site for one of the most modern military bases in South-East Asia. Estimated to cost $7,500,000 the base will accommodate one complete unit of the Federation :my236 words
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305 1958-05-07 10 PSC: City Council backs down —but not all way SINGAPORE, April 30 pHE Singapore City Council has abandoned its attempt to bypass the Public Services Commission in the appointment of a new City Engineer. But it is sticking to its earlier plan of making a temporary, instead of permanent, appointment.305 words
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Article53 1958-05-07 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. The Governor-ln Council has appointed Mr. G. Uttamram and Dr. Tay Teck Eng to be members of the Hospitals Board for 1958 Other board members appointed by the Minister for Health are: Prof: G.S Yeoh Mr. Yahya Cohen, Mr Richard C. H. Lim and53 words
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Article185 1958-05-07 10 IZ'UALA LUMPUR, Apr. 29. The milliondollar 36 character Chee Fah lottery racket, smashed by the police five years ago, is reviving again in Selangor. A towkay said to be behind its revival is using youths, trisha riders and prostitutes to collect stakes and distribute them185 words
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207 1958-05-07 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. NO first-year students will be accepted by the University of Malaya this year for the faculties of arts, science or medicine. This follows the decision of the University to abolish ltc entrance examination and admit only those in possession of a207 words
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Article, Illustration282 1958-05-07 10 SINGAPORE, April 30 THE Singapore GovA ernment is lookin'* for a sociologist of world standing to stuck social attitudes and the way of life of people living in new Singapore Improvement Trust settlements. Dr. Goh Keng Swee, chairman of the282 words
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Article43 1958-05-07 10 SUNGEI PATANI, Apr. 29 The manager and resid'-:. engineer of Huttenba here Mr J. J. Davies mm his wife will leave for tintain on May 18 on ret.! ment.. His successor is Mr Thean Seong from K 'llah43 words
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394 1958-05-07 11 SINGAPORE, April 30 T! i E Malayanisation 1 scheme proposed In the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng (Juan, is illegal, some Colony lawyers said yesterday. Mr. Ong has proposed ♦hat the City Council vhould dismiss, without sp dal compensation beumd provident fund benefits, certain394 words
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Article195 1958-05-07 11 TTTn SINGAPORE. April 30 THE Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., will be charged an easement fee of $50,000 a year—against the usual nominal $1 —by the Singapore City Council for being allowed to lay its pipelines under Tanjong Rhu Road. This decision of the council’s public195 words
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Article113 1958-05-07 11 SINGAPORE, April 30 A TOTAL of $3,000,000 had been subscribed up to yesterday to the Singapore City Council’s $30,000,000 loan approved 12 days ago. The City Treasurer, Mr. J. R. Hill, said this response was “very satisfactory.” In some years council loans had been absorbed113 words
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Article168 1958-05-07 11 BATU GAJAH, April 29. THE second-in-command of a village home guard and a labourer were sentenced to one year’s jail and three strokes of the rotan each by tile Batu Gajah magistrate yesterday for attempting to extort $5,000 by posing as terrorists’ collectors. Choy Ah Cheng,168 words
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Article83 1958-05-07 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 29. Malaya is now a member of the World Health Organisation, it was officially announced here today. At a recent ceremony at which Malaya deposited the instrument of acceptance, the Malayan Ambassador to America, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said:83 words
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Article255 1958-05-07 11 K LUMPUR, April 1 29. Malay secondary classes for more than 800 students will start in various parts of Malaya next week as scheduled—but with only three text-books in Malay. The books will be for Malay language and literature, geography and mathematics. Teachers. however,255 words
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77 1958-05-07 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 29. THE Master Plan team of the Singapore Improvement Trust and the Department of Agriculture will start a three-monlh survey of the Colony’s rural areas on May 1 to collect data for a rural development plan for Singapore. The survey will77 words
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Article56 1958-05-07 11 SINGAPORE, Apr, 30. A Singapore journalist. William James Funk, has been appointed Press Officer for the North Borneo Government and will be attached to the Department of Broadcasting and Information at Jesselton. Mr. Funk leaves on May 2 to take up his new appointment,56 words
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Article140 1958-05-07 11 SINGAPORE, April 30 FIE ENTIRE 12-man executive committee of the Singapore City Council Local Senior Officers’ Association resigned last night following a vote of “no confidence” in the committee. The "no confidence” motion was carried by 32 vote to 27 at an extraordinary general meeting140 words
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287 1958-05-07 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 30. fPHE Singapore Mayor’s 1 office yesterday contended that the Mayor Mr. Ong Eng Guan had a right to issue directives to the Chief Administrative Officer in matters of City Council policy. His power was recently challenged by a LiberalSocialist councillor. Mr. Lee287 words
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Article1827 1958-05-07 12 FREE SCHOOLS: LEE GIVES COUNCIL A TAX A TION HINT KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 MALAYA was told today that the financial prospects for 1959 were not bright. A further deficit in the country’s budget can be expected. There was no likelihood of a rise in the price1,827 words
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377 1958-05-07 13 ir LUMPUR, April iV. The Federation Government today announced a list of honours and awards to be* conferred annually by the Yang di-Per-tuan A gong. There are two orders of chivalry and nine gallantry awards and service medals A now title of "Tun” is377 words
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264 1958-05-07 13 KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 THE Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir bin johari, claimed today that Malay teachers and rival political parties were behind the Malay school strike at Kota Bharu last month. Inche Mohamed Khir was replying in the Legislative Council to a question264 words
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669 1958-05-07 13 SINGAPORE, May 1 THREAT to call the Singapore City Council into session every day was made by the Mayor, Mr. On# Eng Guan, at last night’s council meeting. He said he would do so if the council supported a Liberal-Social-ist move challenging his authority669 words
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137 1958-05-07 13 $2.7 mil to be spent on buying buildings overseas Kuala lumpur, Apr. 30. The Legislative Council today agreed that $2,785,000 be spent on buying buildings overseas for the External Affairs Ministry. The cost of the buildings and other details were kept a secret. Tengku Abdul Rahman, who moved that the137 words
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Article41 1958-05-07 13 SINGAPORE, May 1. The Singapore City Council yesterday decided to allot $lOB,OOO for the construction of foot-paths along both sides of Tanjong Pagar Road and South Bridge Road (from Boat Quay to Maxwell Road) by slabbing over the drain.41 words
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169 1958-05-07 13 COST OF EMBASSIES IN 1958 —$3.2 m. I/" LUMPUR, April 30. —The total cost of maintaining Malayan embassies will amount to $3,250,573 this year, the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, told the Legislative Council today. Replying to Mr. D R. Seenivasagam (P.P.P.. Ipoh) the Tengku said Sir David Watherston was169 words
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Article693 1958-05-07 14 SINGAPORE, May 1 Singapore City Council decided yesterday to request the Royal Island Club to open its grounds on Sundays to the public. This decision was made after a stormy one-hour debate which resulted in the People’s Action Party, Workers* Party and UMNO voting693 words
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75 1958-05-07 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 30— The Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today said that the Government was prepared to allow refugees from Indonesia into Malaya. He said that certain steps to be taken in such an eventuality had been envisaged, but75 words
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Article75 1958-05-07 14 SINGAPORE, May 1. The Singapore City Counci] decided yesterday that Standard Five, the highest in local Tamil school, should be regarded as the educational equivalent of Standard Eight in an English school, a pass in a Chinese junior middle school, and Standard Seven in a Malay school. The75 words
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237 1958-05-07 14 SINGAPORE, May 1 Y/FEMBERS of the Royal Island Club yesterday saw I*l the Singapore City Council’s order to open its grounds to the public on Sundays as an attempt to ‘‘wreck the game of golf.” They predicted however that once the public got237 words
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Article284 1958-05-07 14 KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 ‘T'HE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, told A the Federal Council today that a committee under the chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, was working on ways of controlling the entry of aliens via Singapore. He284 words
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600 1958-05-07 14 SINGAPORE, May 1 People’s Action Party yesterday raised an immediate objection to the draft constitution fora selfgoverning Singapore, charging that it was not in accordance with the agreement reached in London last year. The PAP chairman. Dr. Toh Chin Chye, in a comment casting a600 words
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Article49 1958-05-07 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. 30 Only two Malays were nnea throughout Johore for breaking the fast during Bu m Puasa They appeared m kathi’s court in Muar other man is due to app f,; shortly. Ten dollars Is the norm u fine for this offence.49 words
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Article1562 1958-05-07 15 KUALA LUMPUR, May 1. The call for a total ban on the serving of Strong drinks at Government functions was rejected by the Legislative Council today. Instead, the House approved an -mended resolution stipulating that nly Muslims should not be served alcohol. The amended resolution1,562 words
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Article, Illustration167 1958-05-07 15 SINGAPORE, May 2 •T'HE Singapore Official Assignee, Mr. A J. W. D. Ambrose, (left) has been appointed a Colony High Court Judge —the fourth Asian to be so named. The Queen’s approval of his ap- pointment was given in a Government press statement last night.167 words
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Article814 1958-05-07 16 ITU A LA LUMPUR, May 1. —An exposure of plans bv the National Union of Factory and General Workers to stage a working class revolution was given in the Federal Council today. The Minister of Defence. Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, also disclosed bow the814 words
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267 1958-05-07 16 Schoolboy gangs—‘make use of cane’ SINGAPORE, May 2 STUDENTS are turning to gangsterism because school discipline is not sufficiently strict, says the “Malayan Student,” a monthly magazine published in Ipoh. A leader headed “The Secret Society Menace” says: “Our educationists are sticking their heads too high up in the clouds.267 words
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204 1958-05-07 16 SINGAPORE, Ma\ 1 CROWD of 12,000 yesterday braved the ran* o attend a May Day rally sponsored by the Singapore Trades Union Congress at the Jalan R *ar Stadium. The rally opened at 10.15 a.m. with about 6,000 workers. An hour later, the204 words
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Article127 1958-05-07 16 KUALA LUMPUR, May L A lorry travelling from Ipoh to Kuala Lumpur this evening knocked down one of three full grown tigers which were crossing the road near Templer Park, Rawang. One of th e lorry attendants then got down and clubbed the tiger on the127 words
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Article145 1958-05-07 16 KUALA LUMPUR. May 1 mHE Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council may soon 1 have its own services commission to deal v.itli staff appointments and promotions. IJWVWAA The Deputy President of the Council, Mr. G. S. Walker, said at the monthly meeting of the council last night145 words
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116 1958-05-07 16 SINGAPORE. May 2. AN optimistic note for today’s all-party talks on Singapore's draft constitution was sounded last night by the People’s Action Party chairman, Dr. Toh Chin Chye. “It is my greatest hope and desire that the mission should come to agreement in116 words
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96 1958-05-07 16 KUALA LUMPUR, May 1--A Bill was published lod >- enabling Malaya s l* l> growing new town of Pctaling Jaya to become a town council. It amends the Petaling Ja Enactment and add v provision for the e blishment of a coum with an96 words
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Article1297 1958-05-07 17 CYNICUS - As I was saying CYNICUS SINGAPORE. May 3. i\ Singapore’s City Hall r a .]y club will do to I; at the expatriate v it.l but there is just a chance that Mayor On this time has literally picked the v.roiip; club. How can tae Royal Island Golf Cie.b be1,297 words
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Article, Illustration7 1958-05-07 17 GRAZING by Mak Kian Seng— by Mak Kian Seng - 7 words
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Article414 1958-05-07 17 TUAN DJEK - TUAN DJEK. FRIDAY, APRIL 25. QWING to prolonged inw disposition the Tuan has not been able to record the progress of the present drought. The Dusun has once more to draw bath water from the stream. During the severest drought this district never runs short of water; only414 words
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Article87 1958-05-07 17 (From the Straits Times of April 30. 1908.) IT IS surprising there has been no outcry irom the mercantile community with regard to the latest statement issued by the Currency Commissioners showing the position at the end of March. That the proportion of our gold reserve to(From the Straits Times of April 30. 1908.) - 87 words
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Article46 1958-05-07 17 ALOR STAR, May 3.—Kedah UMNO at its annual delegates’ meeting last night rejected a motion calling for a total ban on mahjong, but approved an amendment urging the State Government to prohibit the game in coffee shops and other public places.46 words
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Article46 1958-05-07 17 KUALA LUMPUR, May 4. The first three of a team of Japanese agricultural experts who will help Malaga boost her padl production arrived here today Their arrival follows a "we will help you” promise made by th e Japanese Prime Minister Mr Nobusuke Kishl46 words
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Article, Illustration1315 1958-05-07 18 STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS - By STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS SINGAPORE. May 3 'J'WKXTY survivors of the Shell chartered tanker San Flaviano, 12,278 tons, arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon to tell the story of the bombing at Batik Papan, Indonesian Borneo, on the morning of April 28.1,315 words
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180 1958-05-07 18 KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 |J»HREE terrorists—one a district committee mem-ber-surrendered to a padi planter at Sekinchang in the Kuala Selangor district today. Their leader, state committee member Lee Ah Yoke, and three women bandits gave up three days ago. A woman was among the180 words
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Article79 1958-05-07 18 SINGAPORE. May 2. The Royal Island Club will still be closed to the general public this Sunday despite last Wednesday’s Singapore City Council decision to ask the club to admit non-mem-bers on Sundays. The secretary. Mr. J. Hodgkinson, said last night that the club had not yet79 words
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Article91 1958-05-07 18 LUMPUR, May 2. —More talks will be held between representatives of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers’ Association and the National Union of Plantation Workers to And a basis for negotiations on a new wage agreement for Malaya’s 320,000 estate workers. They met for three91 words
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Article47 1958-05-07 18 SINGAPORE. May The Singapore Social Welfare Department gave a tc-i* of $2,219,260 to 2.510 pen who applied for public sistance from January March this year. Of this. $547,962.08 went 1 464 people with TB an* $2,660 to 313 fire and storr i victims.47 words
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Article729 1958-05-07 19 moH - moH I! W. COWLING S useful middle-distance iorse, White Heather, with Bwnr Moon li alked «p another trophy win at Penang S when he won the B*f Summer Cup for 2, Diy. 1 horses. te Heather returned the smart time of 1 2/5, only a729 words
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247 1958-05-07 19 night proposed thatftnayon and cillofc of tenant and the Colony should meet, every yem, for innt talks M'omtnon interest.' He was speaking at a civic welcome given, to the Mayor of George Town, Penang, Mr. D, S. Ram't anaihari, his deputy, Mr. c.247 words
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Article202 1958-05-07 19 A v i T n TpT TT r■ ii n' I, Til i«|iTr TTjrj i UINOAPOR®, May 5 npHE recent spate 'of bombing by unidentified A planes threatens to halt trade between Indo- nesia and Singapore. Last night SlbgiMa bwJF nessmen warned that trade with202 words
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Miscellaneous52 1958-05-07 19 U ',^vLv $v«ckets SwiJS ’.L-4& d-i ri $146,798 «> 1st Noll *****1 No. *****7 |f#SSlPL__ II. *****2; *****S; *****2; *****8; *****4; 'wOfcJlMP P Nos. ******; *****1; *****4; yfe fl|pS^8 1 'issevanoe ]p|K (I f/m .-psx *****9; *****7; H4424;' *****2; 2&874‘ *****5* *****7. CONSOLATION < each); Nos. gjfe'V Ml«4; MOM; S*Sh?*£52 words
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217 1958-05-07 20 I SHARE MARKET l*'!*' s v V 1 ’AK •S’®! u .,js.v .o •ly 'W*± >"W rny| U jjV JRxflrKCt vOFf 0SDOHiCl6ilt 'y; >, SINGAPORE, May 5 |T orirps nut thp oflPldul Atemfl HU|| V**c WUVftt** rinfuiiM 7^' 92>0tf on mty I jM«yuu( siiffht*217 words
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Article111 1958-05-07 20 la the Singapore Share Market last week was report* ed by one firm of brokets for the period April U to M*y 2. INDUSTRIALS: British Borneo Petroleum 60« J Fraser A Heave 2 snri S3 H Va 6 <*t> wirS. 7^ Boa $l-66 to $1.58 to $l-65, Robin,111 words
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167 1958-05-07 20 By Our Market Correspondent *THE nrioc of ti i SINGAPORE, Mav 1 y, ypgftporc yesterday r< «ftarply b> $<*.50 per picul to $368.50, I Tk or IYe :^tw^ re8Ult national llit Council decisions taken the Oyerali wo 52?a r< 2<?SsS ltr167 words
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Article34 1958-05-07 20 piyiMßt;. payment prevWra» '■WFsEWmt O.m»M«<«K LU. «*t :-'M«JT ti M% 0»p»»* CMMK4UcC.uk M t ibgr to fid Knalii gldim Rfflhhrr •< r V'* **"V 1 V Ud. S%TnS. M* KV 20 *B% 80%34 words
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Article168 1958-05-07 20 w it* n/i 90 Jj ft'jw nmh *^*j ,50 llllfs Slm« l*f HI mßm* .&S «&‘«> uS>m r -T l £?.ii tl> M i jsg»&§. -tIII 4 J i.. }/i 10/j«n iSgVi. «T'.; i*S ij/|»o JrV&S? HHHpvt I 2»«w« *«s' ‘"joi* RES. T»«S»%0 *o*,''ff 0 ''ff afla''168 words
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Article102 1958-05-07 20 nmnAWlir Him 2. rkURING at*ad«ve we' k in V rubber market has ex pertenced one sharp est drops seen tor some time and the lowest price sin Somber 1954 report h.C.b Ltd. It&ftolr current marMovements -it hm*e l beep. erratic, and on the afternoon of Mr 1102 words