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The Straits Budget
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Title Section27 1959-02-11 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALATA’B NATIONAL NEWSPAPER r Series 651. Singapore,. February, 11, 1959 Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.27 words
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Article149 1959-02-11 2 A RARE EM - A RARE EM Sungei Patani. rE Replanting Board issues planting mater iala, fertilisers and progres payments to the small »ioldera£Jfl4?? '&£<■ This scheme is unsat! factory in that the small holder may not be able t make the best use of th< money and fertilisers Th.149 words
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271 1959-02-11 2 E. J - E.J. Singapore. r pHE way things are going on In the Singapore City Council one begins to wonder whether It Is a foretaste of the purges one can expect from a PAP government. It appears that no employee under the PAP is safe271 words
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Article358 1959-02-11 2 N. C. THOMAS - N. C. THOMAS Menflemba. T'HE director of a Siamese A travel agency Is reSirted to have stated that alaya should offer amenities for “bis game hunting” to earn American dollvs. And an American shipping company manager has welcomed the idea as a "smashing” one358 words
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Article322 1959-02-11 2 FAIR PLAY - FAIR PLAY, Singapore. WHOUGH I am not a 1 PAP. member. I strongly support Mr. Lee Kuan Yew’s motion that local officers who hare gained promotion as a result of Malayanlsatlon should not be allowed to reure with compensation. To Mr. Lee’s motion, I might add322 words
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Article218 1959-02-11 2 J. H. TNG - J. H. TNG. Singapore ABOUT the middle of January this year a Police notice published In the Singapore newspapers stated that all Import permits for arms Into the State of Johore would not be valid after January 31 1958. New applications for import permits218 words
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Miscellaneous37 1959-02-11 2 m vtryc n K 7 X V 7+c n \b A r t s «kv» 5Ss®!?* c v m* »d «5$ <*taf/ 4f $h O 5, •V •ir e. C/ >v o 'V 'S* 6? CONSTITUTIONAL EXPOSITION37 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article630 1959-02-11 3 —Straits Times. Feb. 3. jr the entire absence of Me reaction is any guide. x federation’s anti-dumping will have an easy vs c. There is no reason vi,v not. for the Federation w simply taking a leaf v om other people’s trade v 0l ,l;s. It is—Straits Times. Feb. 3. - 630 words
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Article403 1959-02-11 3 —Straits Times. Feb. 4. In the Singapore City Council on Monday, Mr. Lee Bah Chee (Lib.-Socs) I asked the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, whether at a meeting with hawker inspectors, he had said that the Council's Chief Administrative Officer, “would not last three months.’’—Straits Times. Feb. 4. - 403 words
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Article495 1959-02-11 3 —Straits Times. Feb. 4 By seventeen votes to eleven, the Singapore City Council yesterday approved the recommendation of its Health Committee deploring “the recent wave of unwarranted mass arrests” of hawkers, and asking that it I be made clear that “such unprincipled action does not reflect the—Straits Times. Feb. 4 - 495 words
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Article293 1959-02-11 3 Straits Times. Feb. 3 The vice-chairman of the Singapore Exposition Committee, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, has suggested the formation of a community chest for local charities. All collections would be channelled into this pool, from which the individual appeals for help would be met. Although the idea hasStraits Times. Feb. 3 - 293 words
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Article571 1959-02-11 3 S’raits Times Feb. 0 In the Federation’s five year development plan there was $75 million lor roads, including $3O million for trunk roads and $ll million for bridges. The rest of the money was mainly for new roads and tracks in the rural areas. Much ofS’raits Times Feb. 0 - 571 words
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Article590 1959-02-11 4 —Straits Times. Feb. 7. Is Klang “one of the dirtiest towns in Malaya”? This description, ruefully accepted by many residents, is hotly challenged by the chairman of the Town Council. Tuan Syed Hashim bin Abdullah, who is also District Officer, insists moreover that the controversial phrase, which—Straits Times. Feb. 7. - 590 words
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Article368 1959-02-11 4 —Straits Times. Feb. 6 Unless there is intervention by the Minister for Local Government, which is highly unlikely, Singapore’s Mayor has formally secured the executive powers which he has always desired and has sometimes exercised. The City Council has interpreted, in his favour, a constitution which does—Straits Times. Feb. 6 - 368 words
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Article538 1959-02-11 4 —Straits Times. Feb. 9. Indonesia's Foreign Minister arrives in Sydney tonight on a somewhat belated but carefully prepared mission. Friendship with Australia has been strained since Indonesia made Western New Guinea a major issue. While Dr. Subandrio does not expect to revolutionise Australian policy, he is aware—Straits Times. Feb. 9. - 538 words
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Article428 1959-02-11 4 —Straits Times. Feb. 9 There is an old tale or two of the opium smugglers in the report of the Customs and Excise, and the chief and unfortunate impression is the somewhat unsatisfactory reward of patient vigilance by customs officers. In the first case watch was kept on—Straits Times. Feb. 9 - 428 words
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Article178 1959-02-11 4 —Straits Times. Feb. 5. The small pother ove: trade with China, begun b> the banning of certain categories of textiles and extended by the Federation Government’s banking legislation, seems to have settled itself. The textile ban was regarded in Peking as so hostile that the International Trade—Straits Times. Feb. 5. - 178 words
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Article, Illustration1082 1959-02-11 5 HONG KONG, i KYONE knows 4 mat Hong Kong is n i q u e. Nowhere Ise in the world do you find such palatial apartment houses lanted so unexpectedly on such swop hillsides In so many places, people have ruined the1,082 words
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405 1959-02-11 5 SINGAPORE, Feb. 4. P>1 R Opposition members of the City Council Public Utilities Committee today appealed to the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing, Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, to intervene to redress an “irregularity”—the rescission of the appointment of Mr. S. >1.405 words
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Article226 1959-02-11 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 4. ALL BIG GOVERNMENT and private housing projects in Ipoh, including a $.500 000 Government scheme for a block of flats for squaUers. have been held up this year because the town cannot supply more water. The Straits Times was told today226 words
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Article70 1959-02-11 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 4 More tfian $lOO million has been deposited in the Bam: Negara (central bank) since it opened for business tin Jan. 26. The deposits were from commercial banks amounting to $37,762,000 the Fedderation Government $64 384.000. and others $1,593,000 This was stated in the70 words
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1410 1959-02-11 6 Dr. Lim Tay Boh - Import restrictions and industriai growth by Dr. Lim Tay Boh Dean of Arts and Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Malaya In his second article on a development policy Cor Singapore, the writer warns against relying too much on selective protection to promote1,410 words
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109 1959-02-11 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 2. -The management of Shell Company of Singapore and the Shell Employees’ Union have signed a two-year agreement giving the workers a general wage revision. The union secretary. Mr. Benedict de Sou/a, ;>aid today that under the agreement, all categories of workers109 words
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Article145 1959-02-11 6 KOTA BHARU, Fob. 2. Pupils of two religious schools boro will bo expelled If they do not turn up for lessons tomorrow morning This warning was g'ven by the secre.ary of the Religious Council, Incho Hussein bin Abdul Ohanl, today Tho children started a "no”145 words
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Article78 1959-02-11 6 SINGAPORE. Feb. 2.— John Francis Vaughn O’Hara, ai' employee of the Shell Co. was granted a decree nisi by the Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose, in the High Court today dissolving his marriage with his wife, Marquerita There* O’Hara, on the ground of desertion.78 words
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543 1959-02-11 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 31. jy|R. JUSTICE AMBROSE in the High Court today dismissed with costs the application of Mr. T. T. Rajah, a Ceylon-born Singapore lawyer for a writ of mandamus directing the Chief Secretary and the Registrar of Citizens to restore his name to543 words
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202 1959-02-11 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 31.—For a down payment of about Malayans can now board a BOAC plane in 'Hfiapore for a world tour. I hey can take up to 21 months to pay the rest. 1 "Jrtd tourist fare costs about $4,208.202 words
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287 1959-02-11 7 gINGAPORE, Feb. 1 The Singapore People’s Alliance and the Liberal Socialist Party today described Petir’s appeal to the Malayan Chinese to help the Malays as “mere political trickery.” Petir, organ of the People’s Action Party, in an editorial in its Chinese edition, warned287 words
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Article66 1959-02-11 7 SINGAPORE. Feb. 2—Mr. T. T. Rajah, a Ceylon-born Singapore lawyer, will appeal against the dismissal of his application for a writ <■*( mandamus directing the Chief Secretary and the Registrar of Citizens to restore his name to the Register >f Citizens. His application for the writ was66 words
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444 1959-02-11 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 31. TALKS WILL take place this year on more British assistance to the Federation to end the war against the Communist terrorists, the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, the Earl of Home, told a farewell Press conference before444 words
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288 1959-02-11 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 2. 'pOURISTS will be able to fly direct to King George V National Park—the 1,700 square miles of forest reserve—to see Malaya’s wild life. This is pari of a plan by the Federation Government to attract more tourists. The Straits Times288 words
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358 1959-02-11 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 2 'JMIRKK in ton Malay children in the rural areas die before they are six years old. This was one of the shocking discoveries made by the nutrition division of the Institute of Medical Research in sample surveys358 words
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122 1959-02-11 8 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 2.—An aborigine settlement in Malaya is to be developed into a centre of attraction for tourists the first of its kind in the country. The settlement is at Bukit Lanjang 20 miles from Kuala Lumpur on the KepongDamansara Road122 words
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Article, Illustration637 1959-02-11 8 DROP IN EXPORTS SINUAimjKil, Feb. 3. A S a, result of the drop in rubber prices and working of tin restriction which cut tin exports by 35 per cent, reducing them to their lowest levels for ten years. 1958 proved637 words
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189 1959-02-11 8 SINGAPORE. Feb. 1 Mr. Francis Thomas, secretary-general of the Singapore Labour Front, who resigned as Minister for Communications and Works on Jan. 31. will devote his spare time to re-organising the party. He told the Straits Times today: “The big task189 words
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545 1959-02-11 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 2. pHK MAYOR, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, today was asked whether he told a delegation of hawinspectors that the City Council’s Chief \dministrative Officer, Mr. P. C. Marcus, would “not last three months.”545 words
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Article238 1959-02-11 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 2 The runway of Singapore Airport will have to be extended soon if it is to take the biggest new jet airliners, the Director of Civil Aviation. Mr. W. P. Nicol, warned today. Mr. Nicol said the Government was now considering a request238 words
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307 1959-02-11 9 SINGAPORE. Feb. 2. THE INDONESIAN Consulate-General here today nnounced regulations tightening control of IhC *sians in Singapore. The penalty for failure o observe these new regulations will be the con:iS(«t on of the holder’s passport. Tti; Straits Times under-' that the Indonesian ament hopes,307 words
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457 1959-02-11 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 2. —Compulsory savings and the recall of a quarter or a third of foreign investments of the Singapore Government and Singapore banks to form a development fund are discussed in the February issue of Petir, the journal of the People’s Action457 words
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Article41 1959-02-11 9 PENANG, Feb. 2. Mr. Ong Joo Sun was re-elected chair man nt the annual general meeting ot the George Town South Association of Boy Scouts yesterday, with Mr Hn Weng Hong as secretary and Mr. Khoo Cheng Kooi treasurer.41 words
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441 1959-02-11 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 2. FEAR THAT a change of governmentmight endanger his career is the reason for the impending retirement of Mr. Khaw Kai Boh, Director of the Special Branch, and the man most likely to have become the first Asian Commissioner of Police in441 words
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Article60 1959-02-11 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 2 Lour bus companies in the Federation have jointly applied to the Siamese authorities for permission to link Singapore and Eangkok with m express service. The First Secretary ot the Siamese Embassy, Nal Sophon Chuenchum. said this today The Siamese Department f60 words
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499 1959-02-11 10 RECALL CAPITAL 9 WARNING SINGAPORE, Feb. 2 r pHE president of the Malayan Economics Society, Dr. Lim Tay Boh, today warned that the liquidation of overseas investments to finance domestic investments would be prudent only if the conditions of investment in Singapore and Malaya were499 words
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Article, Illustration322 1959-02-11 10 Nelson Rutherfurd - By Nelson Rutherfurd IOHORE BAHRU, Feb. 2 —As crackers thrown by friends burst around them, two Royal Navy adventurers sailed their 24ft. Bermuda sloop out of ihe Johore Strait this afternoon on the first leg: of a 7,000-mile voyage to England. From the stern of322 words
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170 1959-02-11 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 2. fjpHE INDUSTRIAL Promotion Board of Singapore Mal«v^fnt ndeC i plans for an ex P° rt industry ir> and vegetables “for the time being." Last September Mr L Cresson. manager of ’the board, announced that the board was making experiments in the quick freezing170 words
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Article41 1959-02-11 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 2 A total of 14.393 employers have registered under the Employees Provident Fund during the last quarter. A Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare report says that there are 1.066,142 employees in the scheme-41 words
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994 1959-02-11 11 THEY DENY THAT ONG SAID ‘MARCUS WILL NOT LAST’ < I <J A P ORE, > Feb. 3 Three hawkers’ inspectors denied that at meeting with them n .1 a n. 26 t h e Uavrr, Mr. Ong Eng: (a,an. said the Chief994 words
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122 1959-02-11 11 Kt ALA LUMPUR, Tues—A "Rood start” has been made in replacing expatriate officers at the Institute for Medical Res‘,arch here. J his was stated today by the retiring director of the institute Dr. T. Wilson. *ho leaves Tor Britain at the122 words
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163 1959-02-11 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 3. Lee Ah Cheong, alias Ah Lek, aged 27, who opened fire at the police after kidnapping a Singapore millionaire in August 1957, was hanged at Outram Road prison at 6 a.m. today. Lee, a labourer, was sentenced to death163 words
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100 1959-02-11 11 SINGAPORE. Feb. 3. A special series of stamps is to be issued to commemorate the new constitution for the State of Singapore. The stamps will be in denominations of 10. 12. 20. 25 and 50 cents, and will be valid three months from the100 words
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Article111 1959-02-11 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 3—Mr. Kenneth Black, who left Singapore in 1934 after 13 years’ service as Professor of Surgery at the Medical College, has died in London. He was 79. Mr. Black, who was also surgeon at the General Hospital, joined the Colonial Medical Service here111 words
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Article57 1959-02-11 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 The Matron-in-Chief of the British Army Nursing Services. Brigadier Dame Monica Johnson who is here for a two-week tour of army medical units. yesterday visited the British Medical Hospital at Kinrara and chatted with soldiers. She will visit Singapore and Hong Kong57 words
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Advertisement40 1959-02-11 11 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES The weekly issues of fhe Straits Budget can be sent try express air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of S24.00 for six months. (AH Tin Urn Art la Malayaa Carraacj)40 words
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Article814 1959-02-11 12 Opposition: This is a right of CAP >, not Mayor HE MAY ADVISE OR DIRECT THE COUNCIL STAFF: QUOTE AND COUNTER-QUOTE IN CHAMBER ciM.Arom;, ivi>. Opposition (.ilv Councillors to <I:«\ ni;iinl;iiiu*(l (lint llu* power to intervene in still! mutters rested solely with Hie (.'hie! Adminis Irnlive814 words
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279 1959-02-11 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 4. AfORE than 100 villagers in Ampang new village will soon have their movable properties seized by the local council authorities unless they pay up their assessment and conservancy charges, which are in arrears for several months. This "get tough" warning279 words
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353 1959-02-11 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb 3 regulations to ensure effective control of standards and minimum export prices of canned pineapples were gazetted today. These rules, approved by the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong and the Singapore Governor, lay down seven obligations which exporters —all of whom will be353 words
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88 1959-02-11 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 3. Non-political pan-Malayan organisations which were registered before Merdeka will not be affected under the Government’s new policy of banning outsiders from interfering in Federation affairs. I’his was disclosed here today by the deputy Registrar of Societies, Mr. Chin Hon Ilian.88 words
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Article124 1959-02-11 12 KUALA LUMPUR Feb. 3. —The Federation Government has ended its yearlong search for a bilingual expert capable of conducting simultaneous translations of Federal Legislative Council proceedings. Inche Abdul Rashid bin Yusope, a Kirkby-traineci schoolmaster, has been seconded for the job from the Ministry of Education. Translations124 words
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282 1959-02-11 13 Ban is lifted —now direct trade with China again TRADERS: *CHEAPER GOODS BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 4. —Direct trade between Singapore and China is now possible again. China has called off its ban on exports t 0 Singapore following the lifting of restnct'ons on the import of Chinese282 words
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Article, Illustration595 1959-02-11 13 240 HOSTEL STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE THEIR DINING HALLS SINGAPORE. Feb. 4. A lightning hunger strike was staged at the University of Malaya Dunearn Road Hostel tonight the first ot its Kind in the university. >v..t n toe dinner gong ....ucu at i p.m., studyiaau595 words
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325 1959-02-11 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 4. New Zealand High commissioner in Malaya, A Col. C. M. Bennett, today asked his Government to clarify a Reuter report that his brother, Dr. H. R. Bennett, had been refused a drink in a notel because he is a325 words
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Article144 1959-02-11 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 4. f AMMON (Malaya) Ltd. has been awarded an Air Ministry contract to construct a 7,000-foot runway at Khormakfar Airfield, Aden, it was learnt today. The contract, worth s4i nillion, Includes the provision of taxi-ways and hard standings and also for the144 words
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Article87 1959-02-11 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 4. Five Malay rulers were today presented with the insignia of “Drajah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara” (the Most Exalted Order of the Mahkota Negara) bv the Yang diPertuan Agong in a simple ceremony at the Istana Negara here this morning. They87 words
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208 1959-02-11 14 BATU PAHAT. Feb. 4. FjMVE gangsters, believed to be from Singapore, held up a cigarette dealer’s van near here yesterday evening and escaped with $4,000 in cash, cheques worth $7,000 and 200 welfare lottery tickets. Three men were arrested later at208 words
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128 1959-02-11 14 IIENANG, Feb. 4. Leaflets inviting the last 19 terrorists hiding in the hills of Penang Island to come out and join in the Chinese New Year festivities were dropped into the jun gles today. The pamphlets, with pictures ol shops displaying128 words
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Article160 1959-02-11 14 KUALA LIPIS, Feb. 4. KUALA LUMPUR Flying Club Tiger Moth ripped olf the roof of some labourers’ quarters here yesterday before crashing into the kitchen. The pilot, a 20-year-oia trainee. S. K. Gosh, escape*! unhurt He was lifted out oi the damaged aircraft oy160 words
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Article67 1959-02-11 14 KUALA LUPMUR, Feb. 4. —Mr. Justice Sutherland of the Selangor High Court will leave early next month under the Malayanisation scheme. Mr. Justice Sutherland, who is an acting judge, was offered the post of Registrar of Supreme Court recently hut declined. The post of registrar67 words
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Article130 1959-02-11 14 PONTIAN. Feb. 4—A Federation marine police patrol thLs morning surprised an Indonesian gunboat as Its crew were looting a Singapore fishing vessel. The gunnoat tied as the Federation boat approached A police spokesman said the hoidup took place in Federation waters Lim Kim Loon, 41.130 words
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350 1959-02-11 14 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 4. —The Federation and Singapore today r e ac h e d considerable agreement on establishing a common policy on several aspects of immigration, the Straits Times understands. The all-day conference at the Ministry of External Affairs was attended by Tun350 words
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162 1959-02-11 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 4 rpHE Government has decided to exempt prolits A of the Constitution Exposition from entertainment tax. This followed a plea on Jan 30 by the rubber multi.niliionaire, Mr. lan Lark 3ye. wno is a committee member of the Chinese Chamber of162 words
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74 1959-02-11 14 SINGAPORE. Feb. 4.—The 5.842-ton Russian freighter Nicolai Pirogov came alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves today to begin loading a cargo of 3,500 tons of rubber valued at more than $7,000,000 for Odessa. The Nicolai Pirogov is the first Russian ship to load rubber74 words
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Article132 1959-02-11 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 4. THE election committee of the UMNO East division A here has unanimously passed a vote of no confidence in Inche Osman Ghani, chairman of the Singapore State UMNO election committee, and Inche Jailani Imam, another member of the committee. because of132 words
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Article62 1959-02-11 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 4 —The RAF Canberra jet bomber which rushed a supply of the drug mustine hydrochloride to Ceylon yesterday in an attempt to save the life of Mr. C. E. Thurgood the British Trade Commissioner. returned to Singapore this afternoon. The pilot of the bomber.62 words
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108 1959-02-11 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 4. A LIEN women who marry Federal citizens do not automatically become Federal citizens, the Doputy Registrar-General of Citizens Mr Yap Kon Choon, said today. A report from Ipoh today said women marrying Fed eral citizens automatically became citizens. Mr. Yap108 words
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Article52 1959-02-11 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 4 The first batch of 30 recruits of the Royal Malayan A.r Force will pass out in a cei'*mony in Singapore on Feb 1 Another 25 men have begu’ their basic training at th' armed forces school of instruction at Tanjong52 words
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582 1959-02-11 15 SINCAPORE, Feb. 5. J/CUR MEMBERS of a secret society sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Buttrosc at the Assizes today for murdering a rival secret society member. Immediately after the judge had pronoun ad the sentence, three women relatives of the lour men.582 words
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97 1959-02-11 15 RULE FOR BILUT SCHEME: NO HUSBAND, NO LAND’ 0N F eb. s.—Women husbands were ‘Way when they interviews before m selection board v to take part in > 'h land develops, uV ,fne They are f h T nle. ere about 100 i appeared beboard. Today I,a h 100 Indians97 words
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190 1959-02-11 15 LUMPUR, Feb. 5. —The conference of Rulers today approved the draft of Malaya’s new immigration policy. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, had explained tne significance and implications of the policy changes. The Rulers decision followed the two-day talks between rederation and Singapore officials.190 words
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313 1959-02-11 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 5. ,r THE American Government is to lend Malaya $3O million from its Development Loan Fund to build bridges and roads. This announcement, made in Washington and Kuala Lumpur this morning, was greeted with enthusiasm by313 words
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669 1959-02-11 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5.— Prince Philip will see plenty of Singapore from the air during his three-day visit. His event-packed programme provides for five helicopter flights, but in every case there are alternative arrangements for him to go by road if the weather669 words
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401 1959-02-11 16 GIXfiAPOMi, Fell. f). Ong Yew leek. 41, Iiilher of 10. who described himself us n businessman mid member of the Chinese (.handier of Commerce, Singapore Kecrcalicn (dub and many oilier associations. was acquitted in a district court today of a charge401 words
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251 1959-02-11 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5. VEW contenders are now bidding for the right to operate low-cost air services between Singapore and Britain. Airwork Ltd. and Hunting Clan Air Transport Ltd. in a joint statement in Singapore today announced they were applying to operate with251 words
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112 1959-02-11 16 ALOR START. Feb. 5. The Sullanah ol Kedah, lent; ku Itahiya will be presented with a $48,000 diamond and piatinum tiara—a gift of the state on Feb. 19 eve of ner hutbanri s for mal installation as ruler The cost of the tiara now112 words
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Article171 1959-02-11 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5. After five months studying the co-opera-tive housing movement In Europe and the United States, a Malayan co-operative leader returned here by BOAC today with new housing ideas. Mr M 1 Nayar, president of the Federation of Cooperative Housing Societies in Singapore and171 words
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121 1959-02-11 16 [{LAN G, Feb. s.—An Alliance Town Councillor, Inche Abdullah bin Haji Hassan wants the Klang Town Council to beautify Klang. Inche Abdullah, speaking the monthly meeting the Council here last night said: “Action should be taken by the Council *d beautify the town121 words
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166 1959-02-11 16 OINGAPOKE, Feb. s—Fifty armed policemen, some with revolvers drawn, charged into a night-club in Clemenceau Avenue here tonight and arrested eight men engaged in a free-for-all. Two persons were injured—one seriously—in the 10minute battle for the right to take out the dancing166 words
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Article49 1959-02-11 16 IPOH, Feb. s.—The Menglembu branch of UMNO has expelled one of its members Inche Mohamed Ali Piah, who helped start another political organisation, the Malay National Front. Inche Mohamed Ali Piah was elected publicity chief of the Front at its inaugural meeting here last month.49 words
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Article22 1959-02-11 16 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. The net collections from Income tax from Jan. 1 to Jan. 31 this year amounted to $1,438,355.22 words
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170 1959-02-11 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5. JHE Singapore Tobacco Co. attacked the Ministry of Commerce and Industry today for holding up its application for a licence to start a cigarette factory. A spokesman told the Straits Times that the company submitted the application on Oct. 28 last170 words
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Article46 1959-02-11 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. 5. A well-known Singapore bust nessman Mr Oel Tjong In and his wife and two sons are the first people here t book passages on the first west-bound BOAC Comet iV service from the Colony to London on June 4.46 words
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Article87 1959-02-11 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb 5 The Yang di-Pertuan Agon:; has granted commissions to s.x captains, a major and a colonel in the Federation newly-established Territory. Army. The names gazetted todnv included that of Col. Yeop Mahideen bin Moham SharifT. Inspector-General of the Territorial Army. The others were Major87 words
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Article31 1959-02-11 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 5. Tla? Singapore Government n l appointed a lawyer, Mr F> > Chee Toon, as a mag stra Mr. Foo was admitted to Singapore Bar in Octob 1954.31 words
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Article25 1959-02-11 16 JESSELTON, Feb. 5. has been announced th March 2 will be a pub!i holiday here in honour of th* visit of Prince Philip.25 words
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Article1169 1959-02-11 17 CYNICLS - As I was saying CYNICLS SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. PINIONS of the ConU‘ stitutional Exposi- nl differ, and not n the turnstiles n be called in as t arbiter of sucI should judge pVaT so far the exP o<it:on has catered I- linly to what used be called the carr me1,169 words
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Article, Illustration8 1959-02-11 17 Exposition Photo by Mak Kian SongPhoto by Mak Kian Song - 8 words
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Article508 1959-02-11 17 —TUAN DJEK - Countryman’ s Journal —TUAN DJEK. Friday, Jan. 30, 1959. yWO and a half years ago T.Y.M.* planted out 10 basket seedlings of Amelanado cacao in the Dusun. Because its seed runs true, this is the only variety planted on a commercial scale in Malaya. T.Y.M. argues that one should not508 words
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Article181 1959-02-11 17 (From the Straits Times of February 4, 1909). At last we have a theatre. From the ashes of the old Town Hall has risen a building which is a credit to the town and which from its solidity we judge is capable of serving the theatre-going public(From the Straits Times of February 4, 1909). - 181 words
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Article567 1959-02-11 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 7.-The Malayan Planting Industries Employers’ Association today signed agreements with the National Union of Plantation Workers’ giving improved wages and conditions of service to the country’s 200,000 estate workers. The agreements will come into force cn june The signing took place567 words
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Article300 1959-02-11 18 ,1 SINGLE ENTHY POLICY Kuala Lumpur, Feb 6 THE PAN-MALAYAN nature of the immigration policy of Singapore and the Federation is to stay-at least for the time being. Th is was indicated to the Straits Times today by the Singapore Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew300 words
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Article353 1959-02-11 18 TAN TOCK SAIK - By 1 TAN TOCK SAIK Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 6 Joint Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research to be set up by the Federation and Singapore Governments will ensure that local products are of the highest possible standards and extend the range of commodities. It will353 words
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204 1959-02-11 18 SINGAPORE. Feb. 6. A MUST VOTE" reminder will be sent out to Singapore's 650,000 voters a week before the Legislative Assembly elections. Mr. M. Ponnuduray, Commissioner of Elections, today said that polls cords would give voters their serial numbers204 words
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Article74 1959-02-11 18 SINGAPORE, Feb. 6.—Singapore’s population at the end of June last year was 1,514.900 —with men outnumbering women by 77,900. The Chinese population totalled 1,141,800, while Malays were next with 207,300. The local European com- munity, excluding 27.299 nonlocally domiciled Service personnel, numbered 12.100 —400 more than the Eurasian74 words
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975 1959-02-11 19 SPOM JEEP - By SPOM JEEP Knla Lonpur, Feb. 7 ADDY STABLE’S Light of Burma, with 1 p King astrida, put up another sparkling pc mce nara today. Taking command from the < p off, ha ran away from his opposition to975 words
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264 1959-02-11 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 8. gECURITY forces last night eliminated three of the four remaining hard-core t terrorists in Ulu Selangor. This success the biggest this year—took place in the dense c jungle of Bukit Beruntong, about 32 miles north of here. With the eliminations,264 words
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248 1959-02-11 19 gINGAPORE, Feb. 8 —A long-standing complaint by the Sing a p o r e Teachers’ Unions that normal trained teachers should enjoy the same privileges as the other categories of the Education Service scheme is now being considered by the Public Service Commission. The Commission248 words
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117 1959-02-11 19 |(OTA BHARU, Feb. 7. —Thirty students of the Mothod Mohammadi Religious School here, who staged a "no study" strike recently in protest against a decision of the Kelontan Religious Council (Majlis Ugama Islam), have been expelled. The council had decided to collect school fees instead117 words
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Miscellaneous61 1959-02-11 19 r Hie «-K r« TOTAL POOL: 9168,300 1st. No. *****6* <$45,441) 2nd. No. *****7 ($22,720) 3rd. No. *****1 ($11,360) STARTERS 7 ($1,420 each): No*. *****2 *****5; *****7; *****8 *****8; *****9; *****5 *****8. CONSOLATION ($1409 1):£ Nos. *****1; 15; *****0; *****6; 668; *****6; *****4; J477; *****6; *****3. TREBLE TOTE: Five tickets61 words
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Article980 1959-02-11 20 SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. Jif AIN feature of the Malayan Share Market last week was the upswing in tin counters which for a long time past had been a comparatively neglected section of the market. Tne continuous rise in the metal980 words
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366 1959-02-11 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Feb. TIN again continued to rise in Singapore yjg. 1 terday and an improvement of 75 cents took it to $3*4.37} per picul. The overnight London price for both spot und three months was £771 per ton366 words
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Article19 1959-02-11 20 Malayan Share Market: Feb. Feb. 5 Industrials: 89.79 89.72 Tins: 94.45 94.98 Rubbers 199.96 199.79 Jan. 1958-10919 words
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Article24 1959-02-11 20 Current date of Xouu lotal for payment payment for previous year year McAlister and Co. Ltd. s%t Feb. 23 15% t Interim.24 words
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Article913 1959-02-11 20 BINGAPORE, Feb. 7. INDUSTRIALS nuyera Seller* Alex. Brick* fret l.eo 1.80 Ord» 2.20 8.80 Atla* Ice 11.00 ij (buv«r»» B. B. Petrol 47/- 47/B B M trustee* 600 5.50 Cor. Tin Smelt Pref v ie/« 17/6 co Ord* 80/8 80/3 Fed Dispensary 1.10 L.lB Fitzpatricks 1.02 1.04913 words
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Article355 1959-02-11 20 SINGAPORE, Feb 6. mHE wee* on the whole A has been an active one with local covering operations ana lair overseas demand setting a brisk pace report Houoay, Cuner, bath ft Co.. LHL ip their current rubber survey. pTUity laiga quantities of February tenders started eany355 words
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Article24 1959-02-11 20 TIN RUBBER Fob. lift ct« S $390 75 S4^4«ts. 4 $381.87Vi §SV4 eta 5 $393.62 Vi 85% $394.17 $594 eta. 7. $396.2524 words