The Straits Budget, 26 November 1958

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    27 1 The Straits Budget •the weekly issue or THE straits times MALAYA’S national newspaper New Series 640. Singapore, November 26, 1958. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 'Shilling.
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      TOWARDS MARITAL SECURITY
      245 2  -  (Mrs.) SHIRIN FOZDAR. Singapore. Which °il it is hoped the f she <i men will get t,, y o needed marital muc h denied to™"m t or securit rations. 1 lor A happier chapter in th lives of the bound to result when s is security in
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      EXAMINATION LEAKAGE: RISK OF INJUSTICE IN THE RATING SYSTEM
      534 2  -  JUPITER Singapore. T*HE decision of the Ministry of Education to promote children to secondary schools partly on the basis of their principals’ ratings may give rise to injustice and discrepancies. Although the Ministry insisted that the ratings should be made in
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      What a student thinks of the Government Junior Exam
      210 2  -  NEO Rengit. rpHIS year the Federation X Government has been most unfair by suddenly changing the examination syllabus in the English paper of Government Junior 111 Examination. In previous years, pupils were required to do the paper containing eight types of
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      FIGHT SHY OF ROJAK POLITIK
      57 2  -  ROJAK SINGAPURA Singapore. YOU ask: “What’s wrong with rojak, a good Malayan dish?” (S.T. Nov. 15). No. there is nothing wrong except that in these days when there is a polio epidemic, we had better fight shy of all kinds of rojak: rojak kangkong, rojak
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      TEACHERS’ ARREARS
      102 2  -  DISGUSTED Singapore. WHEN the investigations into allegations of fraud are over, I sincerely hope that the Education Min. istry will still have enough money left to pay arrears to teachers who qualified in December 1957. These teachers I am one of them—have been waiting very patiently. If the
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      FOUR R’s FOR YOUR GOOD
      99 2  - FOUR R’ s FOR YOUR GOOD G. K. SAMY. Singapore. IP the following four points w’ere made into law by the Singapore Government, social and economic conditions in Singapore would be much improved. (1) In future, public assistance through the Social Welfare Department should be given only to Singapore citizens.
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      Lest we forget our heroes
      158 2  -  R. A. ELDER (K< Ipoh. IN Ipoh, for some years now, the ceremony at the Cenotaph has been a purely secular one. No word is spoken, no prayer uttered, it is an act of remembrance only, "lest we forget”. It is even organised by one
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon Capital For Industry
      583 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 18. thought and planning. This is realised, but there is a certain urgency about it, Malaya being confronted by a rapid growth in population which, in terms of the increase in the number of workers, will presently be without parallel anywhere in Asia. One
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      Lock icon Overhaul Needed
      311 3 Sraits Times, Nov. 19. Something is wrong with the machinery of the Singapore Ministry of Education. There was first the leakage of the English secondary schools examination papers. While 15,000 students and parents were recovering from the shock, there came news of a second leakage affecting nearly 2.000
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      Lock icon Monsoon Floods
      221 3 The first of this season’s monsoon storms has hit the Federation with unusual force. From Pahang, Trengganu, Kelantan and Selangor comes the story of daylong rain, roads under water and impassable to traffic, flooded townships and kampongs and damage to crops. On the coast heavy seas have added
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      Lock icon The Harakiri Debate
      981 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 20. Why Singapore's Mayor should have supposed that the City Council would censure itself and request ts dissolution at the Government's hands is known oniy to Mr. Ong Eng Guan and his party caucus in the Council. Inevitably the motion was lost, and it
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      Lock icon Relief Work
      344 3 Straits Times. Nov. 22 It is many a year since the Singapore Government embarked on a programme of relief work for the unemployed. Its decision to do so now is probably motivated at least as much by the need to make a constructive start on rural development plans
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      Lock icon A Malayan Initiative
      680 4 -Straits Times. Nov. 21 Countries of all five continents are associated with the Federation of Malaya’s resolution, tabled in the Economic and Financial Committee of the United Nations’ Assembly, on the channelling of an increased flow of private capital into the under-dev-eloped countries. The resolution expresses the
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      Lock icon Rebels Abroad
      312 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 24. Both the Federation’s Ministers in the goodwill mission to Indonesia, have been at pains to stress th.it on this visit Malaya is chiefly interested in cultural matters. Dato Abdul Razak talks of the possibility of a cultural agreement and Inche Khir Johari hopes to
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      Lock icon Tengku At Batu Pahat
      576 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 22. Tengku Abdul Rahman constantly dwells, with much thanksgiving, on Malaya’s good fortune in winning independence without shedding blood. As frequently he remarks on harmony among the races. “With the help of God we are enjoying peace contrary to the belief of those
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      Lock icon Housing Bill Changes
      611 4 —Straits Times. Nov. < charged having regard t 0 typo of accommodation n ,i the persons likely 1 1 tenants. During the reading of the bill the M-, ter intimated it v.ould be necessary for pre-war properties to have tho t teetion of the rent COI ordinance.
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    PEOPLE’S ALLIANCE DECIDES ITS SYMBOL
    151 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. 16. —The Singapore People’s Alliance today announced its party symbol a steel girder and a gear wheel. Tt symbolises Strength, Progress and Achievement,” Mr. Wang Tsun Hao, the secretary -gene ral, said in a statement. He then explained the significance of the symbol.
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    Malay youth league
    33 6 PENANG, Nov. 16.—A nonpolitical organisation to unite Malay youths in the Federation wiil be formed in Penang on Dec. 12. It is to be called the Peninsula Malay Youth League.
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    Buddhists celebrate
    43 6 Buddhist Union on its 21st anniversary celebration. There was a special service 1 and offering of flowers and a I lunch. SINGAPORE, Nov. 16. Hundreds of people today flocked to the Jalan Senyum Buddhist shrine to wish “Happy Birthday to the
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    EXCLUDED WOMAN FINED
    47 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. A Singapore woman. Chang Nyulo. excluded from the police districts of Plentong, Kulal. Rengam and Gelang Patah was found in Scudal without authority. She was fined $2OO in the magistrate’s court today. She said she went to* visit her sick daughter.
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    Mrs. Leon-Soh says: Our leaders were insulted
    297 6 OINGAFORE. Nov. 16. Mrs. Leon-Soh. chairman of the Mount batten branch of the Liberal Socialist Party, said after she and six of her supporters had walked out of the annual conference that there was no question of the branch resigning on bloc from
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    Tengku warns of racial clashes
    248 6 BATU PAHAT, Nov. 16. people were trying to create racial illwill between Malays and Chinese in Batu Pahat and if they achieved their aim the resultant bloodshed would never be forgotten. This warning was given here tonight by the Federation Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman,
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    DEFENCE CHIEF ARRIVES TO SEE KIWI SERVICEMEN IN MALAYA
    297 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. 16. RAF CHANGI today Dllrd out the red carpet for the New Zealand’s Minister of Defence, Mr. P. G. Connolly, when he Hew in for a 10-day visit to New Zealand forces in Malaya. He was met by the
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    Top woman soldier in for tour of Malaya
    130 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. 16.—Britain's top woman soldier. Brigadier Mary K. R. Colvin, flew in here today from London by BOAC to begin a three-week inspection of WRACs in Malaya. The Director of the Women's Royal Army Corps. War Office, Brig. Colvin, smilingly told
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    Water engineer
    20 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 16. Mr. E. E. Lindsay has been appointed Executive Engineer in charge of Waterworks, Johore.
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    PRAISE FOR COLONY BRIDGE
    141 6  -  From Ian Mok-Aj ONDON. Nov. 16 Civil engineers h-re have praised highly the construction of Singapore’s Merdcka Bridge. The $8 million bridge was described as "an excellent construction and “a landmark of civil engineering in the Far East.” Paper studied These comments were made during discussion
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    $2 mil. TUNA FACTORY FOR PENANG
    116 6 PENANG. Nov. 16.—Four Japanese who have been negotiating with the Singapore Government on setting up a tuna fishing and canning industry there, art’ completing plans with businessmen here to establish. a $2 million tuna canning torv in Penang or on 1 Province mainland. Mr.
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    School named after Razak
    49 6 TANJONG MALIM. Nov. —One of the two English condary schools exclu. for Malays in the Federa will be officially opened the Minister of Educat,. Inche Khir bin Johan. Nov. 29. Costing more than a nlion dollars, it will be knr as Sekolah Dato Abdul Raz-
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    RIDDLE OF DARUL ISLAM LEADER
    145 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 17. rpENGKU HASSAN ALI, 42-year-old Governor of Darul Islam-controlled Atjeh in Sumatra is in Malaya on a secret mission. He is staying at a Johore Bahru hotel with another mystery member of the Darul Islam movement. Tengku Djuli. Tlie pair came to
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    430 students plan to take civics course
    114 7 i/UALA LUMPUR 1* Nov. 17. —A civics course lor 430 secondary school student will be held here on Dec. 9 and Dec. 10 in the town hall. It is one phase of a Govnt plan to fight c rnnmism through edu c.r n.
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    MAYOR’S WARNING TO PENANG COUNCILLORS
    126 7 PENANG. Nov. 17.—The Ma- Of Penang. Mr. D. S. Uamanathan, warned tot that if the City C inch's assessment ap1 committee was restituted the work ('I '.ie council “may be thrown out of gear with very undesirable consciences in 1959.” ■•'as speaking at a vial
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    Sultan returns to Pekan
    37 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 17. Sultan of Pahang, who d Tanjong Selangor Pahang and Nenasi week, returned to Pekan afternoon information unit, a accompanied the Rul- ive cinema shows at e places he visited
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    Replanting
    27 7 K ALA LUMPUR. Nov. 17. last day for smallholders apply for replanting in Kedah and Perils I m. 31 next year, said ''•'ernment Gazette issued hiy.
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    Firearms: ‘Ready sale in Siam’
    109 7 A LOR STAR Nov. IQ.— I The Kidah Deputy Public Prosecutor. Mr. B. Sheldon, told the High Court here today that fire-arms had a ready sale in Siam. He was prosecuting a case in which a padi planter. Dahaman bin Ibrahim, was charged with unlawful
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    CRISIS IN KEDAH UMNO IS ENDING
    213 7 LUMPUR, Nov. 17. —A new leadership will take over the Kedah UMNO State Committee in three weeks, following an investigation by a “caretaker” committee of four at the weekend The crisis began with disagreements on amendments to the state constitution to replace the six
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    Penang seeks $6 mil. vote for projects
    113 7 Penang seeks $6 mil vote for projects PENANG, Nov. 17. rpHE GEORGE TOWN City Council has asked the Federal Government for a $0,020,000 loan to meet the cost of six projects for 1959, including a $4,700,000 storage reservoir and a s9no 000 sewer- age scheme. The Mayor. Mr. D. S.
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    $30,000 target
    31 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 17.1 he organising committee oi the Malayan Association for the Blind have set a target figure of $30,000 for their first Federation-wide flag day next month.
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    Police dogs in first ever Far East show
    81 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 16.—Royal Air Force police clogs from Malaya and Singapore will take part in police dog trials at RAF Seletar next week. They will be the* first trials of their kind ever held by the* Far East Air Force. The competition
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    Diefenbaker is to tour Singapore
    204 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 17. r PHE Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. John Diefen--1 baker, will meet the Governor, the Chief Minister and other Government leaders, the Speaker and the Mayor during his visit to Singapore on Dec. 1 and Dec. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Diefenbaker will arrive
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    $530,000 gift to 3 Muslim institutions
    151 7 IfUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 17. —A sum of $530,000 has been set aside by the Social and Welfare Lotteries Board this month for three Muslim institutions. The Perak branch of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society will get $250,000 tor a vocational training centre for Muslim
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    WORLD BANK CHIEF CAUTIONS
    219 7 SINGAPORE, Nov, 16—Mr. J. Burke Knapp, vice-presid-ent of the International Bank, today warned Malaya against any hasty rush into industrialisation. Mr. Kn:i|&gt;|&gt; "live this \yurning in mi exclusive interview with the Strciils l iines tonight. He said there was a tendency among a number of under
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    The $53 snatch
    30 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 17. A thief snatched a handbag containing $53 from a young woman as she we’kctl along lonely Ayer I anas toad here last night.
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    Strict eye on concerts
    108 7 lOHORE BAHRU, Nov. IG. The Johore State Government is to exercise stricter control over public concerts held to raise money. The State Secretary. Dato Abdul Rahman bin Musa, said yesterday that in recent months many organisations had arranged to put on public concerts. In certain cases
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    Mayor calls for dissolution of City Council
    1487 8 ALL CAMPAIGN PROMISES ARE RECALLED Let the voters decide issue challenge SINGAPORE, Nov. 17 THE CITY COUNCIL today adjourned till November, 19 the debate on whether the Government should be asked to dissolve the council and call for a fresh election. The debate
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    Mayor: Let us cancel censure on colleague
    290 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. —The Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng; Guan, told the City Council today that he was prepared to support a move to rescind a staff committee decision censuring a councillor. Mr. Lee Hwee Yiow (People’s Alliance formerly Labour Front) for not attending.
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    EXAM SYSTEM WILL BE UNIFIED AS FROM NEXT YEAR
    97 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 17— Singapore’s Chinese and English secondary schools will have a common syllabus and a unified examination system as from next year. Disclosing this today, Mr. Lee Siow Mong, Permanent Secretary to the Education Ministry said: “It will mean that
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    PAP move to expunge part of minutes is defeated
    1030 9 SEQUEL TO THAT 15-MINUTE CITY COUNCIL SESSION SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. Opposition councillors today defeated a P.A.P. move to expunge from the ity Council minutes a report of the proceedings of a 15minute session of last month’s meeting, when Mr. S. M.
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    Expert to help set up model school
    141 9 K LUMPUR, Nov. 17. —The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has agreed to send an expert to help Malaya set up a model school. The Minister for Education. Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari. said this on his return here today after
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    Economist says bank chief’s warning timely
    290 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 17. —Dr. Lim Tay Boh, president of the Malayan Economic Society, today urged Malayan politicians to take heed of a warning against hasty industrialisation made here yesterday by a leading international finance expert. Mr. J. Burke Knapp. VicePresident of the International Bank,
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    Flood relief
    40 9 KOTA BHARU. Nov. 23 Th&lt; State Welfare Department today distributed 354 katis of rice and 100 pounds oi powdered milk to 115 people hit by floods in Kumjxmg Bakong and Kampong Telaga, in Bucliok, 22 miles from here.
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    Govt. nominees for Nanyang council
    140 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 17 The Singapore Government will participate in the administration of Nanyang University by appointing three, members to its council ol management. A Bill designed to incorporate the university was published yesterday. It has already been introduced in tie Legislative Assembly and i. expected
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    —PAP is ATTACKED for ABOUT TURN
    196 9 I SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. Opposition councillors accused the PAP. in the City Council today of pursuing the very practices they had seen fit to condemn in others. The rebuke was administered by Mr. j. c. Corera Workers’ Party* when the PAP backed a proposal
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    CANBERRA CRASH: TWO KILLED
    552 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 18. ROYAL AIR FORCE Canberra bomber crashed into a pond here today shortly after taking off from Tengah airfield, killing two of its crew and injuring the third. The twin-engined aircraft was on a training flight when the tragedy occurred at 9.05 a.m. about
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    PERAK CALLS FOR 18 AMENDMENTS TO MCA CHARTER
    199 10 IPOH, Nov. 18. rpHE PERAK branch of the Malayan Chinese Association has submitted to the central general committee 18 amendments to the party’s controversial draft constitution. A spokesman added that the state branch agreed in principle that the present rules should be
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    Station for snake venom
    54 10 PENANG, Nov. 18.—A seasnake venom collection station will be set up in the Penang General Hospital soon. The Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Tan Ilor Kee, said today the Federal Government had approved a $5,000 grant for this. Dr. H. A. Reid, an authority on sea snakes,
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    A $250,000 ‘sweep’ for Sarawak
    86 10 A $250,000 sweep’ for Sarawak KUCHING. Nov. 18.—The chairman of the Social Welfare Council in Sarawak, Dr. W. Glyn Evans, has announced in a circular to the various welfare agencies that arrangements are well in hand for running a $250,000 sweepstake. Tickets will be on sale from January next until
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    Prison officer collapses, dies
    43 10 ALOR STAR. Nov. 18. A warder Abu bin Osman, suddenly collapsed and died in the Alor Star prison early this morning. Abu. 35. had completed his night duty and was about to return home when he had a stroke.
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    FIVE BANDITS GIVE UP
    315 10 The surrender took place at Sunget Slput on Oct. 23 but details were released only today for security reasons. The five surrendered terrorists are: Ah Yuet. 28 the baby’s father, a former district committee member, who was reduced to the rank and hie because of insubordination:
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    Education rate
    32 10 ALOR STAR. Nov. 18.—The Kedah Government is to introduce an education rate from next year to meet an anticipated deficit of $348,853 in the state’s primary education plan for 1959.
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    English in increased demand
    200 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 18. —The demand for education in English in the Federal capital is growing, according to figures of admission to primary schools for next year. On the other hand, the figures show that admissions to school using Malay. Chinese and Tamil were 20 per
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    Aborigines get their pay, after three-day jungle trip
    212 10 SEREMBAN. Nov. 18. a Royal Army Pay Corns officer. Cant. Joseph Norris Smith. Regimental ?uvmaster with the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment, has just been on a three-’ day expedition into tn interior of Kelantan to pay four aborigines fo; helping the
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    Royal birth in Kuala Lumpur
    57 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 18—The Raja Puan Muda oi Selangor, Tengku Raliiman. wife of the Raja Muda. birth to a girl at the Bunusar Hospital here tms n. :u--ins-. This is their second c The elder is a girl. Tei Noor Yarma. Tengku Rahimah &gt;■ daughter
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    Scout official
    41 10 IPOH, Nov. 18.— Mr. KSingh, a teacher o! tin* tan Yussof School in Oa.lah. has succeeded District Boy Scout Cornu sioner, Mr. Chow Hon who is leaving to take up new appointment as an cutive officer in Kuala pur.
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    $1,000,000 joint campany plan
    186 11  -  By f GEOFFREY BOLAND SINGAPORE, Nov. 18. i JOINT Chinese-Australian company with a capital of more than $1 million has been formed in Kuala Lumpur as a result of the visit of the 22-man Australian trade mission from Canberra in May. The new concern will be
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    Exam leak: Sack for teachers
    131 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 18 —Several teachers in Government- aided English schools will be dismissed in connection with the recent leakage of entrance examination papers for English secondary schools. Mr. Chew Swee Kee. the Minister for Education, tonight said: “We have decided to cancel the resistmtion of
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    Budget meeting
    19 11 KUCHING. Nov. 18. The budget meeting of Council Negri will be held on Dec. 9 in Kuching
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    U.S. CITY HONOURS MALAYAN
    80 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 18. —The president of the Kota Bharu Town Council. Tuan Haji Abdullah bin Mahmood. has been made an honorary citizen of New Orleans in the United States and presented with a golden key of the city. News of this was given in a
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    BATIK MAKER TOLD: PULL DOWN YOUR FACTORY
    116 11 KOTA BHARU. Nov. 18.— •Seventy-five batik workers. 5d of them women, will lose heir jobs because their factory has been ordered to be pulled down. The factory, at Jalan Talipot in Kota Bharu, belongs to Inehe Jaafar bln Said. Inehe Jaafar received a
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    STRIKE OVER—MEN CAN STILL WORK FRIDAYS
    126 11 UUNGUN. Nov. 18.—The 250 fkers in the railway section the iron mine in Bukit i. near here, returned to i'k this morning after allnegotiations between ir representatives and the magement of the Eastern '•mg and Metals Company 1 he workers and their em v,,
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    Malay in court: Not for lawyers unless they consent
    194 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 18. THE Government’s move to introduce Malay in the 1 lower courts will not apply where lawyers are concerned unless they consent to the evidence being taken in Malay. This is one of the points raised in a
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    Compensation claim by ‘Death Rail’ overseer
    149 11 Compensation claim by Death Rail’ overseer BU TTERWORTH, Nov. 18.—A former overseer on the Bur-ma-Siam “Death Railway,” Inehe Abu Samah bin Ahmad, has written to the Minister of Labour, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin. asking for an assurance that the Alliance Government woul d back the workers’ claim for compensation from
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    IT’S CENTRAL COOKING NOW FOR TOWN IN PERAK
    130 11 iron, Nov. 18.—De- spite protests by the 3,000 residents of Tanjong Rambutan, 10 miles from here, central cooking came into force in the town yesterday. The residents will be supplied with cooked rice from three kitchens three times a day. Last month,
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    ECAFE PLAN FOR ASIAN NETWORK OF ROADS
    112 11 BANGKOK, Nov. 18 —Early action to build an internation Asian highway linking countries between Vietnam and Persia was recommended by a highway sub-committec of ECAFE recently. As the problem could best be solved by area working groups &lt;»r conferences, it was suggested that
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    SOLDIER ‘TRIED TO START WAR’: POLICE
    321 11 IPOH. Nov. 20. —Inspee- tor A. Balaretnam told the magistrates court today that Signalman Ronald Gunaseckera, 25, not only abused a policeman doing his duty but also “tried to s.art a warbetween the police and the military.” Gunasrckera. of the Federation Signals, stationed in
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    Police in hunt for 5 thugs
    42 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov IK More than 50 men of the f ederal Police reserve unit were out on the streets here last night, looking for thugs responsible lor weekend crimes. Police want at least five men.
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    ADVICE ON INDUSTRIALISATION
    156 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 18.—An economics lecturer at the University of Malaya. Mr. Siew Nim Choc, today declared that any industrialisa tion aimed primarily at removing unemployment must also take into account the long term ellects. Mr. Siew. who was commenting on an earlier report of objections to uneconomic
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    ‘Dissolve Council’ bid fails
    2432 12 VOTE TAKEN AFTER 10-HOUR DEBATE: WEE BLAMES PAP FOR THIS UNHOLY MESS' SINGAPORE, Nov. 19. "J“HE People’s Action Party was solidly defeated by all the 18 opposition councillors in the City Council today in a move by the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Cuan, to ask the
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    MAYOR CALLS POLICE Councillor resists a steward
    1362 13 By STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS SINGAPORE, Nov. 19. POLICE WERE called to the Singapore City Council chamber this afternoon when an opposition councillor resisted attempts by the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, to have him ejected. Mr. Tang Peng Yeu (People's Alliance), brandished a
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    Chief of ‘socialist youth’ accused
    210 13 Chief of socialist youth accused PENANG, Nov. 19. ASA COUPLE returning from a midnight show A entered a bookshop, a police raiding party followed them in, the Sessions Court was told to- day. Tio See Hong, 19, chairman of the Penang Socialist Youth League, pleaded not guilty to a charge
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    Escapee gets 3 months
    53 13 NIBONG TEBAL, Nov 19 Cheah Pong Tai, who ran away from a police cell in the Butterworth mental hospital on Nov. 11. was today jailed for three months lor escaping from lawful custody. Cheah had been detained by the Nibong Tebal police on suspicion of having
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    Brunei’s $60 mil. to Malaya
    462 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 19. 'JHE Brunei Government’s $lOO million loan to the Federation is to be repaid in 30 years plus interest at 3] per cent for the first 15 years and 4] per cent thereafter. These terms, described as “extremely generous” by Kuala Lumpur
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    Australian writer in search of colour
    82 14 MRS. KAY MELAUN (above) had always dreamed of Singapore as a “green, beautiful place". “And it was so true. From the air everything looked rich and green.... just as I had imagined it would be." she said at the Singapore Airport on Nov. 19,
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    Darul Islam chief got in through Penang
    167 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 19. Penang was the point at which a Darul Islam leader. Tengku Hassan All. entered Malaya, the Straits Times learned today. There he contacted a Chinese businessman who loaned him a black American saloon car and a driver. With two
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    ‘No’ to motor-trishas
    71 14 PENANG, Nov.l9—A Penang trader has asked the City Council for permission to put motorised trlshas on the roads. The Mayor, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, told the Straits Times today the Council's Traffic Committee had de- cided this was not within its competence. “Our vehicles department looks after
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    SHAWS ANNOUNCE $10 MIL. CHARITY
    268 14 SHAWS ANNOUNCE $10 MIL CHARITY SINGAPORE, Nov. 18.—Singapore is to be the centre of a new multi-million-dollar charitable foundation to help enrich human life and social well-being throughout the Commonwealth. Mr. Hunme and Mr. Hun Hun Shaw today announced the establishment of a $lO million Shaw Foundation lo conduct charitable
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    Exam leak: Confess and be pardoned
    293 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 19. f pHE Ministry of Education will pardon all students and teacher** who .give information about the leakage of examination papers. This dramatic offer was made by the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry, Mr. Lee Siow Mong, today. Mr. Le£. who Is
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    SCIENCE STUDIES ARE BECOMING POPULAR IN PERAK
    172 14 IPOH, Nov. 19. —More and more of the bright boys in Perak schools today prefer science studies to arts subjects, the Science Supervisor of Perak Schools. Mr. James Allen, said today. Nearly 2.000 boys and a few girls in the state are now
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    Triad member
    23 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. Id Quek Peng Tong was tenced to two months today for being a mem of a triad society.
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    UN MOVE ON TENGKU’S INVESTMENT CHARTER
    605 15  -  By HARRY MILLER KTALA Ll/MPIR, Nov. 20. THE INTERNATIONAL investment charter to expand the How of private capital to under-developed countries, proposed by the Prime Minister, Tcngku Abdul Rahman, in March, is moving towards possible implementation. A Reuter report from the United Nations stated
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    MAYOR BANS ‘FLOOR’ GUESTS
    216 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 20. The Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, announced today that spectators would be barred from the floor of the City Council Chamber at future meetings. Councillors had asked the Mayor to impose this ruling as a result of incidents in the chamber during yesterday’s
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    Another sweep by Alliance
    44 15 RAUB. Nov. 20. All four Alliance candidates were returned unopposed in the town council elections here when nominations closed this week. They are Mr. Tan Liew Thong, Mr. Ti Cheng Keng. Mr. Saw Sim Hock and Mr. Ti Cheng Hung.
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    ENTRY LAWS REVIEWED
    312 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 20.-Repre-sentatives of the Federation and Singapore began toplevel discussions here today on a new common immigration policy. The Prime Minister, Tcngku Abdul Rahman, and Singapore's Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, attended the opening session of the day-long talks. It is believed that the
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    Sir Godfrey to visit Malaya
    60 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 20.- Sir Godfrey Ince. chairman of Cable and Wireless Ltd., will visit Singapore on Nov. 27 and Kuala Lumpur on Nov 28 on a world-wide inspection tour of the company’.; branches. He will be accompanied by Mr. H. C. Baker, divisional manager in
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      128 15 THE t STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL, 1959 A ClmifW philosopher once Mild, "One picture worth .1 thousand words.'• Only The Straits Times Annual cun niv«• you direct access to the colourful world of M iliiya and south East Asia by sheer photo- HI graphic grace For Malayans and Malayans abroad the
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    NEW THEORIES FOR ASIAN POVERTY
    314 16 SINGAPORE. Nov. 20. POVERTY in Asia cannot be solved by the application of purely Western economic theories, declared a leading Australian economist closely associated with the Malayan trade union movement for a long time. Mr. Charles Camba, writing in the latest issue of the Malayan
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    Surprise selection of new Chief Justice for S’pore
    257 16 SINCAPORE Nov. 21— Sir Alan Edward Percival Rose, former Chief justice of Ceylon, has been appointed interim Chief Justice of Singapore pending the election of a new government under the new constitution. The appointment came as a surprise ro legal circles, who
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    Daughter of Regent to wed next week
    139 16 TENGKU MAIMINAH, 19. daughter of the Resent of Johore, who is to wed Tengku Osman. 26. son of Tengku Temenggong Ahmad, third son of the Sultan of Johore. next week in Johore Bahru. Tengku Osman is an assistant distriet officer at Muar. The
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    Rubber Board seeks man who can ‘gab’
    188 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 20. rpHE Federation rubber industry is looking for a man “with the gift of the gab M to get 291,000 slow-coach smallholders to replant Concerned about the slowness of these people—they comprise two-thirds of the smallholding community—to replant after six
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    ‘Students Day’
    40 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 20. -The Minister of Education. Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, will declare open the “H&ri Pelajar” (Students Day) organised by the Selangor Malay Students Literary Union on Dec. 19 at the Sultan Sulaiman Club here.
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    400 assessment appeals
    36 16 PENANG. Nov. 21. The City council’s assessment appeals committee has heard more than 400 objections in the past four days. A further 400 objections are expected to be dealt with by Nov. 24.
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    Milk gift to Malaya
    40 16 PENANG. Nov. 20. The Catholic Relief Services of New York have sent 107.8921 b. of powdered milk for free distribution among charitable organisations in Malaya. A consignment of 11,0701 b. for Penang has been recieved here.
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    SHARP RISE IN FLU: 1,181 ILL
    155 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 20. A SHARP rise in influenza cases—from an average of 3&lt;)o a week to 1,000 —has caused a scare here that the 1957 Asian flu has returned. The figures are taken from hospital returns. The authorities do not know what the
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    ‘PREMIER’ IN SLICK VANISHING TRICK
    334 16 Johore Bahru, Nov, 20 DARUL Islam leader, Tengku Hassan Ali, 42, and fellow Indonesian, J. I. Djuli. 25, have disappeared from their hotel suite here —and have used a clever stratagem to cover their tracks. As a result, police at the Woodlands check-point excitedly stopped
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    As I was saying...
    1216 17  - As I was saying CYNICUS Singapore, Nov. 22. lUIE Press is being excluded from tomorrow’s meeting of he People’s Action Party, a sure indication of brisk debate on troublesome questions. Anyhow the conference will have one advantage over the City Council. Mr. Ong Eng Guan won’t be chairman. Hu 1
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    8 17 Yachting Photo by Ghlam Chin Huat
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    Countryman’s journal
    518 17  - Countryman’ s journal IT AN IMI K FRIDAY, Nov. 14. Saturday the Tuan called at the Government office to interview the District Officer about food supplies in the Dusun in the event of a flood. He was lucky to find that harassed multi-job official in office; so much of his
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    148 17 (From the Straits Times of Nov 20, 1908). A general strike of sampan wallahs has taken place in Penang. Causes. Prohibition ,f repair of boats on Weld Ouay. and the alleged inadequacy of fares fixed under Harbour rules. Steamship companies are assisting in working cargoes on four
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    Warning to youth on subversion
    143 18 (OHORE BAHRU, Nov. 21. youth was warned today to be on guard against subversion. Addressing the first Malayan Association of Youth Club's regional conference here today, the Deputy Mentri Besar, Johore, Ungku Haji Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, said: "Be sure that you admit within your
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    WORK FOR THE JOBLESS
    260 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 21. THE Government has decided that machines must give way to manpower so that work may be found for the unemployed in Singapore. Announcing this today, the Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, said about 2.000 jobless people would be engaged at S3 a
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    Smugglers have 2,000 pigs waiting
    85 18 OENANG, Nov. 20. Two thousand pigs are reported to be at the Siamese border waiting to be smuggled into Malaya. “If they succeeded in getting through, they will certainly upset our local industry.” Mr. Oh Soon Hin, a leading breeder, said today. Mr. Oh said
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    TENGKU REPLIES TO PROTEST FROM UNIVERSITY UNION
    399 18 KUALA LUMPUR Nov. 21 r I'HE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. has told the University of Malaya Students* Union that the Federation Government will adhere to those plans which in its judgment will produce the best results in the long run. Replying to
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    The ‘third time lucky’ village
    176 18 MALACCA. Nov. 20. KAMPONG SEMUJOK—a village about 15 miles from here —which has been twice abandoned since it was opened about 80 years ago, was today reopened by the Governor, Tun Leong Yew Koh. The village existed for only a few years after it was
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    Talks on at Ministry of Labour
    70 18 SINGAPORE. Nov. '40 The Shell Company of Singapore today opened negotiations with the Shell Employees* Cnion on the workers demands for two months’ wages as bonus and an all-round increase of S20. Today’s talks lasted nearly three hours. They were held in the presence
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    Trade mission
    29 18 KUALA LUMPUR Nov 18. —An 18-man trade delegation I from the Philippines Chinese j Chamber of Commerce will arrive here on Dec. 6 foi a two-day visit.
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    Shell Co. rejects bonus demand
    473 18 CINGAPORE, Nov. 21. The Shell Co., of Singapore today rejected the two months’ bonus demand submitted by its workers. In a circular to the staff this afternoon on discussions which were reopened with the Shell Employees’ Union on Nov. 18. the company said it could
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    League aid to Alliance
    49 18 MALACCA. Nov. 20 president of the ‘‘IV, Muslim League. K. 1 wood Sultan, today app*’ l to members of his support Alliance candiy in next month's Malimunicipal elections The Muslim League 1( which had recently afliiia with UMNO, have pled all-out support to the liance
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    COPPER KHAN AND ELLEW IN UPSETS
    979 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP |POH, Nov. 22. Copper Khan, with Forte riding a brilliant race, came from last to beat the wellbacked Popularity in the Class 2, Div. 3,9 f handicap at Ipoh today. It was Copper Khan’s first attempt beyond a mile and he
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    ANOTHER 2 WHITE AREAS IN PERAK
    227 19 IPOH, Nov. 23, THOUSANDS of people in scores of towns and 1 villages in South Perak today savoured the iew-found freedoms that came with the declaraion of the two districts in the area Batang J'adang and Lower Perak —as “white.’' Thirty three towns and
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    Muslims only
    31 19 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 23. The Johore Bahru Town Council has decided that in future only Malays and Muslims will be allowed as assistants at pitch stalls licensed to Malays.
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    New off-course betting plan a big success
    694 19 THE WEEK IN SPORT JPOH, Nov. 23—Perak Turf Club announced today that the experimental off-the-course betting scheme, carried out for the first time at its Teluk Anson branch office on Nov. 22, has met with tremendous success. Encouraged by this early success of
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    Alliance not opposed to Chinese
    109 19 BUTTERWORTH. Nov. 23.— The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee. yesterday denied allegations that the Alliance government was trying to “kill’’ Chinese culture in Malaya. “Far from that, it has allotted $40 million to Chinese education this year, compared with $9 million in 1956,” he
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      44 19 The Big Sweep TOTAL POOL: $195,600 1st No. *****4 ($53,680) 2nd. No. *****4 ($25,230) 3rd. No. *****7 ($12,883) STARTERS ($1,677 each): Nos. *****5; *****4; *****1; *****8; *****5; *****0; *****6; *****6. CONSOLATION ($1,000 each): Nos. *****2; *****1; *****0; *****7; *****5; *****1; *****7; *****2; *****8; *****1.
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    Turnover better
    970 20 STERLING RUBBERS BOUGHT By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Nov. 24. gUSINESS continued to increase on the Malayan Share Market last week and it was estimated that in recent weeks there has been a 20 per cent improvement in turnover. The reasons for the upturn are not hard to
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    31 20 TIN RUBBER (per picul) (per lb.) Nov. 17 $382.75 90% cts. 19 $384.12% 89% cts. 19 $284.00 88% cts. 20 $388.00 88% ets. 21 $385.82% 89% cts. 22 $384.75
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    26 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment of previous Jelapang Tin Dredging log Dec 17 10s is vrf Lower P.r»k Tta 6d. 17
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    932 20 SINGAPORE, Nov. 24. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Ales Brices P*2* i Be I.BU ord* 220 i. 30 Atltt;&lt; ice 11. (buyers) B. B Petrol 50/. 52/- xd B. M. Trustees 5.50 600 Con. Tin Smelt Pret 16/6 17/6 „Ords.' 27/8 28/8 Fed. Dispensary IOR 110 Fraser St Neave
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    LOCAL BANK RATE CUT DECISION SOON
    376 20 Malayan rates usually fellow bank rate chances In Britain which sets toe pattern for the whole sterling area. The present Malayan rate h now one half per cent more than minimum overdraft rates for first class companies in Britain. When the change Is made
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    Heavy rubber selling
    286 20 SINGAPORE Nov. 21 r WARDS the end of last week a state of stagnatior was reached on the Singapore Rubber Market with dealers disinclined to make any decisive move, report Holiday, Cutler, Bath It Co. Ltd. in their current survey. The Idea mat Russia had completed her
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    BUSINESS DONE
    206 20 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported on Nov. 22 “Both industrials and rubbers were steady and tins were easier. The turnover was small. Singapore brokers reported tne following business: Fed. Dispensary $1.08; Fraser Weave ords $1.61% and $1.62; Gammon $1.75 (D, O), $1.73; W. Hammer $155 (OL), $1.58%;
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