The Straits Budget, 2 September 1959

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  • 28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER A New Scries 680. Singapore, September 2, 1959. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.
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    • 133 2  -  LIM KEAN CHYE Singapore. J REPRESENT sonv 0 f the 26 Seventh-Da> Adven. Ust teachers mentioned j Q the Straits Times of Auf 26. U 0t trne that a the 26 tochers will revi Kn hloc If they nave to teach ?v P e dl«*Uty
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    • 223 2  -  H. CARL CURRIE. President Seventh-day Adventist Union of South-East Asia. Singapore. f rHIB is to clarify any 1 misconceptions that may have arisen over the report headlined “Seventh Day teachers may quit” (ST. Aug. 26). We feel the expression “their church forbids them to teach on Saturdays,
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    • 157 2  -  L.T.H. Singapore. V O one disputes the fact that the system of things in the new State of Singapore must change and. I am sure that given the time and the right and proper direction, citizens of this State, whether locally educated,
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    • 83 2  -  SCOT Singapore. PAN anyone explain why J X-rays cost so much in Singapore as compared with Bangkok? In Bangkok I remember that a full size X-ray of the chest or abdomen, about 121 n. by I6ln. iwlth a qualified practitioner’s signed report attached) costs Tcs. 50,000,
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    • 109 2  -  B. Y. CHOONG Singapore. AM in full agreement with the views of C.K.T (ST. Aug. 15) on volunteer labour, and totally disagree with C.Y.K. (ST. Aug. 24) that no one Is compelled. If the Government honestly wants volunteers, is it not sufficient just to tell those Interested
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    • 269 2  -  C. G. VIJAYAN. Kuala Lumpur. pOR some time now the situation in Tibet has drawn considerable attention and, to a certain extent. alarming anxiety from the free world. India has been in the forefront of the entire picture. and the only
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    • 207 2  -  S. F K- Kuantan. ONE often reads reports of motorists involved in accidents being beaten up by angry villagers. I wish to cite two instances of this near Kuantan recently. A villager had been knocked down by a vehicle. The driver was immediately set upon by
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    • 584 3 —Straits Times Aug. 24 <r > _>k'i AIkIuI Rahman has j ..x.n for building his u>t t i'ound the same men u Din lie came into' i\. 11 years ago, and remai ly all of them in ministries. Tliey have ",'i con>iderable experience of t;.>k> they are
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    • 656 3 —Straits Times Aug. 24. The Land Development Authority is making headway j despite having set out against odds. Not the smallest of its early trials was extracting cooperation from Government departments. The worst is now over, apparently, and all praise is due to the Authority
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    • 678 3 —Straits Times Aug. 25. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has taken upon himself the responsibility for community development. It is to be hoped he will give it a lot more attention than it received in the Alliance election manifesto where it appeared insignificantly as the last item
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    • 272 3 —Straits Times Aug. 26. The Perak Assembly’s debate on supplementary expenditure yesterday gave Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam the opportunity to suggest that Ipoh Town Council had been discriminated against simply because it was controlled by his People’s Progressive Party. This is not the first time that protest of
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    • 256 3 —Straits Times Aug. 26. Mr. V. David and Mr. Karam Singh of the Socialist Front deserved the bipartisan applause of the Selangor Legislative Assembly when, in response to the prompting of Mr. Speaker, they made a valiant (and successful) attempt to complete in “working Malay” the speeches they
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    • 330 4 —Straits Times Aug. 27. “Drastic” actions have been recommended by the Committee of Inquiry, reporting to the Education Minister on recent incidents at the Federation’s Language Institute involving the students and their principal. The adjective is the Government’s own, and a well-chosen one it is. All powers of
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    • 581 4 —Straits Times Aug. 28. New supplementary estimates to be presented to the Singapore Assembly next week impart a more cheerful look to the Government’s finances than was apparent shortly after the elections. The picture then, as sketched by the Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee. when announcing
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    • 407 4 —Straits Times Aug. 29. Culture is the sum of the way people do things, the way they govern themselves, the wav they amuse one another, how they communicate, see and hear. It is called culture because it grows. There is no such thing as a people without
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    • 373 4 —Straits Times Aug. 29 In welcoming the results of the Federal elections the chairman of Kuala Kampar Tin Fields, Sir Douglas Waring, voiced the predictable reaction of the tin industry. More real interest attaches to that part of his annual address to the company in which
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    • 511 4 »ii im iv i t y —Straits Times Aug- The Education Minister has ordered the removal, “forthwith.” of the principal and vice-principal of the Federation's Language Institute. The new principal, when appointed, will go into the affairs of the students’ union. Presumably he will be instructed
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  • 38 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug —Eleven senior civil military officers from Ci monwealth countries visit the Federation m week. The tour is part of a co they are taking at the i* perial Defence College London.
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  • 284 5 k Sew Finance Minister talks of the basic problems facing the economy He starts work on it at the Treasury today KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 23. nRiTARATION of the Federation’s Budget X u ill be the first major task for the new Mi iiister of
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  • 177 5 SINGAPORE. Aug. 23.— professors are among 40 members of the academic staff who have enrolled for the University of Malaya Certificate Course in Malay, which opens tomorrow. They include Prof. T. H. Siltock (Professor of Economic?'. Prof. H. B. Gilliland (Dean of the Science
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  • 26 5 MUAR. Aug. 23. Health teams are now inoculating children under 12 years of age against diphtheria in towns and villages in the district here.
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  • 222 5 JOHOPE BAHRU, Aug. 23 A GOOD deal of yesterday’s 4 Johore State Assembly proceedings was devoted to the matter of dress. The question ot dress for Assembly meetings led to comment on the proper dress for other occasions. What uniforms should Malay boys
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  • 70 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug 23 The Johore Government has awarded Dato Wan Idris, the former Mentri Besar, an ex-gratia payment of $22,500. Of this sum, $7,500 is in lieu of leave on abolition of office and the balance is a reward in recognition of his services
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  • 20 5 TAIPING, Aug. 23. Mr. Jeffrey Koh, traffic officer In charge of Malayan Airways, Talping, has been transferred to Ipoh.
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  • 178 5 KLANG, Aug. 23. A 500-ACRE estate bought by the Selangor GovA ernment in March for $2,000,000 is bringing in revenue to the state treasury pending its conversion into the state capital. The estate is being run by its former management for 20 per cent
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  • 86 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 23. The Federation Government week received applications lor naturalisation and citizenship certificates from 3,010 people. During the same week, more than 1.324 people received their certificates. In a Press statement yesterday the Government said that it had received more than 090,000 applications
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  • 264 5 KOTA BHARU, Aug. 23. A MOTION calling on the State Government to set up a department to encourage and spread Islamic instructions in Kelantan was defeated by 21 votes to two in the State Legislative Assembly today Dr. Wee Khoon Hock
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  • 43 5 PENANG. Aug. 23. A teacher. Mr. Rajendra Nath, willlead a discussion on “Democracy Has it failed in Asia?” at the fortnightly meeting of the Penang Discussion Group on the night of Aug. 26 at the Khek Association. Burmah Road.
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  • 692 6 4 other States to pick teams today Kuala lumpur. Aug. 23 —The first 12 Senators to sit in Malaya’s Upper House of Parliament have been named. Johore, Pahang, Ko lanlan, Negri Sembilan and Perlis have already elected two Senators each. And )n Perak, the Alliance has
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  • 319 6 PENANG, Aug. 23 rPHE VICE-PRESIDENT of the Malayan Trade A Unions Congress, Inche Mohamed Yusoff bin Mohamed Noor, said today that there was “general satisfaction” with the results of th* elections. "With the coming into power of a newlyelected government, and the fair prospects
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  • 191 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 23. THE Central Council of the National Association of Women's Institutes will meet next month to consider plans for four special projects over the A r*ext two years. These plans were brought back this weekend by three of its leaders who attended
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  • 415 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 23. i >, industrial combine here today signed an jV agreement with a top American manufacture motor tyres to set up a $7.5 million tyre ol int a Petaling Jaya. v l plant will initially produce 1.800.0U0 tyres ve more than
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  • 319 7 IPOH, Aug. 23 THE Perak State A Legislative Assembly will consider at its meeting here tomorrow two bills fixing the monthly allowances of the Speaker, the Mentri Besar, and the members Both bills will be moved by the Mentri Besar.
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  • 108 7 SINGAPORE, Aug. 23. Four British Members of Parliament will arrive in Singapore early tomorrow morning tor a brief stop before Hying to Kuching for an 18day visit of the Borneo territories. The delegation from the United Kingdom branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association,
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  • 342 7 CEREMBAN, Aug. 23. The Regent of Negri Sembilan has made two Chinese leaders of the State Justices of the Peace on the occasion of the 64th birthday of his father. the Yang di-Pertuan Besar. The Yang di-Pertuan Besar. who is the present Yang di-Pertuan Agong, celebrates
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  • 278 7 Kuala lumpur, Aug. 23. —A number of films have either been banned outright in the Federation or had scenes cut because they glorified colonialism or were calculated to bring Asians and coloured people into contempt, ridicule and hatred. These films included one which had
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  • 557 8 NO OBLIGATION HERE GOODE TOLD SINGAPORE, Aug. 23. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, has made clear the position of the Singapore Government on the inter-governmental committee to be set up with the British Government to deal with matters arising from Britain’s responsibilities for
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  • 383 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug U EIGHT more Senators were chosen today by four State Legislative Assemblies to sit in Malaya’s Upper House of Parliament. They include a lawyer, a retired ..ialav school teacher, a former labour officer an i two State Assemblymen. Elections went off
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  • 172 8 SINGAPORE, Aug. 23. R GWEE AH LENG, chairman of the ad hoc committee appointed by the Government to review the Piescott report, said today it would have to start all over again as the Prescott commission had destroyed all documentary evidence. Dr Gwee said this
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  • 45 8 MK. GEORGE Andrew Bruce (ialbraith, of the Straits Trading Company, and his bride, Miss Jean Muriel Jackson, a British Army school teacher in Singapore, after their wedding at the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 22.
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  • 315 9 ■KAMPONGS NEED CASH MORE URGENTLY’ IPOH, Aug. 24. OPPOSITION members in the Perak State Assembly today U criticised the estimated expenditure of SI,400,000 on a proposed secondary Islamic girls’ school here as <4 a criminal waste of public funds. The Assembly
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  • 39 9 Ual A LUMPUR. Aug. 23. qualifying test for pri'mididates entering the mirigp School Certificate voar and/or for the of Malaya Certl--01 Education will be on Dec. 12. s i u date for entries is
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  • 193 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 24 A Paris born and Paris educated Chinese artist. Mrs. Georgette Chen, (“I feel a gay 20 when painting") sat on the embankment (the left bank) here today and "captured" the Central Mosque in oils while an awed
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  • 77 9 SINGAPORE. Aug. 24.—The Minister for Education, Mr Yong Nyuk Lin, today announced the award of 184 bursaries to Malay students in secondary English schools The bursary scheme is designed to assist promising and deserving Malay students through secondary school and thus prepare them for
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  • 297 9 TACKLE THIS PROBLEM OF JOBLESS SAYS Mr. R PENANG, Aug. 24. r FHE Socialist Opposition leader in the Penang A Stale Legislative Assembly, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, warned today that the growing masses of unemployed in the state could become *‘a menace to society.” “In Penang there is a very
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  • 183 9 M.P.s miss plane —see Singapore instead SINGAPORE, Aug. 24. Four British M.P.s had an unexpected chance to see Singapore today after missing their plane to Kuching. The M.P’s.—members or a Commonwealth Pari iamentary Association mission were due in a BOAC Comet at 4.55 am. and were booked to fly on
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  • 183 9 SINGAPORE, Auk. 24. The University So cialist Club’s Malay language seminar, which ended yesterday, brought out these two important factors: Young Malayans, especially the non-Malays are sincerely enthusiastic about making Malay the national language as soon as possible. Most of them, howevf r,
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  • 80 10 TWO ARMY chefs of the British Military Hospital in Cameron Highlands were married at a double wedding ceremony in Tana Rata. They are pictured with their brides. From left: Cpl. David Charles Moyle and his bride. Miss Joan Edith Little, and Pte. Derek Cyril Gibbs
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  • 153 10 IPOH, Aug. 25. The Perak State Assembly today voted its members bigger allowances, despite opposition from Peoples’ Progressive Party members and the one* PMIP representative They will now get $250 a month .$5O more than was originally proposed. The Mentri Besar’s salary v* ill he
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  • 239 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 25. rPWENTY-SIX Seventh-Day Adventist teachers in Government service may resign en bloc if they are forced to teach on Saturdays. This is their dilemma: Their church forbids them to teach on Saturdays—their Sabbath Day. But the Ministry of Education insists that they must fall
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  • 126 10 SINGAPORE. Aug. 25. Immigration officers today visited Toby’s Paradise in Anson Road with instructions to detain the owner. But the officers could not find 59-year-old Emmanuel To’oy Ebiember. now banned from Singapore. An order prohibiting his entry, signed by Mr. Ong Phang Boon,
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  • 165 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 25 About 50 licensed pintable operators in Selangor stand to lose about SI 80.000 a year by the State Legislative Assembly's decision yesterday to ban pin-tables in the state. Informed sources told the Straits Times today that this
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  • 162 10 SINGAPORE. Aim. 24 IJROFESSOR E. S. Monteiro will fly to Anu'r. tomorrow to represent Singapore at a wo- 1 wide meeting of doctors. Prof. Monteiro. who is head of the Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Malava and Dean of the Medical
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  • 505 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 25. rp|lK GOVERNMENT has decided to review the sys--1 tVm of public assistance to more than 22,000 pfoplt* who have another 90,000 dependents. Tins is to ensure that public money spent every jjvuith is fairly distributed, the Minister for Labour ui:d
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  • 192 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 25. The Yang di-Per-tuan Negara, Sir William Goode, has appointed a nine-man commission, under the chairmanship of Dr. Charles Gamba. “to look into the whole question of contract labour.” Announcing this today, the Minister for Labour and Law. Mr. K. M. Byrne, said the
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  • 71 11 THIS smiling beauty on the telephone is Mrs. Rose Choo. a reservation official of the K.L.M. in Kuala Lumpur. She is one of two employees of the airport chosen to make an "indoctrination trip” to Karachi for a week. Mrs. Choo and
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  • 240 11 KlIALA LUMPUR, Aug. 25. THE report today that America intends to sell some of the natural rubber from its stockpile caused some uneasiness among producers here. Some producers interpret this move, made at a time when rubber is enjoying a good price, as
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  • 209 11 I POH. Aug. 25. The ione PMIP member in the Pere.k Legislative Assembly, Inche Baharuddin bin Haji Abdul Latif, today took objection to what he called Alliance attempts “to belittle members of the opposition.” In an adjournment speech. Inche Baharuddin said ever since the inception
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  • 196 11 SINGAPORE, Alls. 25.The Government’s Information Othcer in London, Mr. Yeh Suiyen, is being asked to return to Singapore by the Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. A Ministry of Culture spokesman said today: “As far as we can see. there appears to be no
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  • 144 11 A LOR STAR, Aug. 25.—The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. who flew in here today, said one of his biggest problems at the moment was tlie appointment of 1(» more senators to represent scheduled interests. lie said: “People h.m started coming to
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  • 132 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 25. Members of the Singapore Police Force will soon join the volunteers for the Government “lung" protects to provide more parks and open spaces. The Police Secretary. Mr William Cheng, said today: •‘Participation in voluntary work has been under consideration ior some time.”
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  • 369 12 And seeks provision for two new ministries SINGAPORE, Aug. 2G 1HJE Government’s economy drive has resulted in a saving of over $9,800,000, according to an oilieial paper on the third supplementary estimates published today. The previous Legislative Assembly had approved the spending
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  • 323 12  -  Bv JACKIE SAM .SINGAPORE. Au». 2 >. A jat*u looked into u tar parked in busy Robinson Road here thi.s afternoon and saw fresh blood stains ovvi the back seat, the carpet and doors. lie ran back to his oilice anc: dialled 999. ‘*1
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  • 78 12 IJ'UALA LUMPUR. Alls 20. The Socialist Front leader, Inche Ahmad Boestamam. made it clear today that his party would elect its own leader in Parliament. He denied a vernacular newspaper report that the Socialist Front. Party Negara and the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party would
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  • 240 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2fi FEDERATION women leaders met in Kuala 1 pur today to form an association for 11,,' strengthening of peace, better understanding ana friendship among women in Pacific and Soutli-Ew Asian countries. aM The body is to be known as the
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  • 102 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug 26 The Federation police said today they had not been asked by the Singapore police to trace the proprietor of Toby’s Paradise. Emmanuel Toby Ebiember. who was reported missing from the State and temporarily staying in the Federal capital. Mr.
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  • 124 12 LUMPUR. Aug. 26 The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. has told the leader of the Pan Malayan Islamic Party. Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Helmy. that “the Government would strive to achieve prosperity, peace and justice for all citizens and people of the country.” He was replying
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  • 95 12 PROF. TSOI* PAO-CHl N. acting Dean of the College of Arts. Nanyang I niversity. Prof. Tsou. 51. who graduated from Liverpool l niversity. Kngland. with an M.A. degree in geography, was a research assistant of the late Prof. Percy M. Roxby, founder of modern geography.
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  • 75 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Two headmasters of Chiney schools in the Federation ie here by air today for United States for a tuomonth tour as guests oi U.S. Department of State. They are Mr. Liu j Kook of the Nan Kat Sd Kuala Lumpur, and Mr y
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  • 304 13 (jut in powers also urged by inquiry ruALA LUMPUR. IV Aug. 26. The principal and the viceprincipal of the Language Institute at Pantai Valley here are to be “removed” from their posts. Also all the powers of the principal contained in the institute’s students’ union
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  • 261 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 26. Federation citizens teaching in Singapore want to return to Kuala Lumpur for “professional security’’ and are looking for teaching jobs. The teachers about 280, so far are prepared to work here even though they know they will be paid less than
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  • 140 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 26. —The students’ union of the University of Malaya, Singapore division, is organising functions to celebrate the second anniversary of the Federation’s achievement of independence. There will be a rally of undergraduates in the university grounds in Clun.v Koad at 5 p.m. on
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  • 236 13 Madam Lee tries to rejoin husband ITU ALA LUMPUR, Aug 1V 26. A 30-year-old woman, with no money and no travel documents walked into the Malayan Airways office at the airport here today and asked for a “lift” to Medan. “It’s urgent.” said
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    • 41 13 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES i he weekly issues of the Straits Budget can he sent by express air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of S24.00 for six months. (Alt The Afcm Art In Malayan Currency)
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  • 530 14  -  ATHEIST ORPHAN DISCOVERS ANSWER TO HIS RELIGIOUS PROBLEM WHIL.E ON 15.000-MILE WALK' FROM BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA By I R. CHANDRAN SINGAPORE, Aug. 27 A graduate in agriculture from the London Polytechnic, Eric Mellor, 26, walked out of the Central Sikh
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  • 52 14 BUTTER WORTH. Aug. 27Two district officers will be going to Canada next month under the Colombo Plan to take an eight-month course at Carieton University. Ottawa. They are Incite Mohamed Ghazali bin Dato Sir Mahmud. Butterworth District Ollieer and Inehe Abdul Majid bin YusofT District Officer.
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  • 128 14 JPOH, Aug. 27. The Federation will for the first time observe Children’s Du.y on Oct. 7. The Education Department has asked all primary schools to organise celebrations for the day. In the past., some Chinese schools observed the day on their own. but it
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  • 33 14 IPOH, Aug. 27— Mr. 1 Windeatt. a former Th'; councillor, has died in tain. M(lv He was a partner of -n Osborne and Chappcl and retired in the nud-h
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  • 344 15 INNOCENT PEOPLE MAY BE PENALISED WARNS Mr. RAJAH SINGAPORE, Aug. 27 opposition AsA siinblyman today on the Governto provide safetor citizens who be wrongfully *'d under the lull Laws (Tem- Provisions) Ore. amendments och will come up bate in the Lejve Assembly on §n>?. 2.
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  • 108 15 T ,u '‘KI.D’S most beau- 11 uirl will be in Maa > 1 -on she will be In,n a battle among <\t; giants to win the i.ir.M j n ivialaya. 'hss Akiko Kojima f Universe 1959), a l'' oiodel with the (K
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  • 39 15 1 'ALA LUMPUR, Aug. 27. The r of Externa] Affairs, Dr. Ismail bin •bdul Rahman, left for Singapore today d the State's first Internal Security Counting tomorrow Other members of the are: Britain, three; Singapore, three.
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  • 275 15 OINGAPORE, Aug. 27. A 14-year-old schoolboy today told a coroner's court how his gambling mother vainly tried to talk to him after she had taken caustic soda with sugar. The mother. Lee Ng Mui. 46. described as a "first wife" and a gamb.er, owed
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  • 46 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 27. A nursing superintendent of the St. John Ambulance Bribade. Che Sadiah Sardon, who Is the wife of the Minister cf Works. Posts and Telecommunications. leaves for Malta tomorrow to attend the Rolden iubilee celebration of the SJAB
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  • 480 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 27. A TOP level meeting of education authorities was held here this afternoon to appoint a Malay to replace Mr. G. F. Daniels as the principal of the Language Institute. The Government announced yesterday that Mr. Daniels and
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  • 77 15 S'NOAPORK, Auk. 27—The Ministry of Education has told school principals that from next month, pupils should be permitted to take home their exercise books as often as possible, or at least once a week. This follows complaints from some parents that they have not
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  • 13 15 KUCHING, Aug. 27—Several cases of diphtheria have occurred In the Kuching area.
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  • 368 16 Probe into 20 men at Changi barracks SINGAPORE, Aug. 27. FIVE automatic revolvers and thousands of rounds of empty bullet casings have been stolen from a British Army camp at Changi. They are believed to be in the hands of secret society gangsters. The stolen weapons are
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  • 52 16 KUALA KUBU BAHRU, Aug. 27.—The Ulu Selangor Assistant District Officer, Inche Osman bin Ali, has been promoted to District Officer. He took over the post from Inche Mohamed Aziz bin Haji Mohamed Ali. who has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur as Administrating Officer of the Petaling Java
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  • 329 16 SINGAPORE, Aug. 27 Dr. jou bein-ming, a lecturer in the Chinese department of the University of Malaya, today claimed it was possible for beginners to learn spoken Mandarin in six months without learning to write a single character. He said: “There is
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  • 505 16 Friday, Aug. 21. IT was thought that the secondary wintering of rubber trees in August was due to hot, dry weather. This wet August disproves the theory, as most of the old seedling trees are casting their leaves. Yesterday afternoon a "puting Beliong.” or "selembu” (whirlwind) struck the
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  • 277 16 Kuala lumpur, Auk. 27. —A Hong Kong businessman who haa a visa to stay in Malaya until Oct. 19 was given 24 hours notice yesterday to quit the country. He Is Mr. Low Iloong Kooi, aged about 40. According to
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  • 366 17 atmosphere between SINGAPORE AND INDONESIA CLEARED -DEPARTING ENVOY SINGAPORE, Aug. 28. MAJOR GENERAL Gusti Djatikusumo, ending his term of office as Indonesian Consul-General here, today spoke warmly of the “clearing up of the atmosphere” in relations between Indonesia and Singapore. In a farewell message before leaving
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  • 77 17 IfUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 28. —The police are to launch a campaign against pintable operators who defy the ban imposed on them early this week by the Selangor Government. People found operating pintables will be charged. The Government is to issue directives to all district offices in
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  • 286 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 28. THE Internal Security Council held its nrst meet--1 ing today at the office of the United Kingdom Commission in Union Building. An official statement issued later said: •‘The council discussed and agreed upon the procedures It would follow and began discussions on
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  • 247 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 28. FUSCUSSIONS are taking place in London on a merger of Henry Waugh Ltd. and Boustead and Co. Ltd., it was announced today. The announcement said the talks are to see if a merger is in the interests of both companies. If
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  • 78 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 28.—Schoolboy chess “wonder”, 11-year-old Jan Lian Ann. who recently won the Singapore Open Chess Championships, today lost the Schoolboy Championship title he won last year to his elder brother, Tan Lian Seng, 16. Lian Ann finished fourth in the tournament which concluded today
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  • 132 17 From the Straits Times of August 29, 1909 THAT the market will be overstocked with rubber is still a haunting fear of the owners of rubber properties, but as each year brings new uses for rubber, and increases the amount used where its value is already known,
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  • 326 18 The shattered dreams of nightclub boss Toby... by his wife SINGAPORE. Aug:. 28. i LICE TOBV, wife of the Nigerian nightclub A boss banned from Singapore, today spoke of h:s shattered dreams. And she hinted that he would not probably put up any legal battle to have the order rescinded.
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  • 70 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 28. The Kuala Lumpur municipal council tonight congratulated two councillors, Mr. Cheah Theam Swee (Alliance) and Mr. V. David (Socialist Front) for being elected members of parliament. The council’s president. Mr. A D. York, said that Mr. David was “unique in Malaya because he was
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  • 42 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 28. Mr. A. I. Biggs has been elected president of the Malayan Australian-New Zealand Association here with Mr. G. L. Edwards as vice-president. Mr. J. M. H. O’Reilly as secretary and Mr. R. F. White as treasurer.
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  • 265 18 KLANG. Allg. 28. R. Murugiah. 10. who arrived in Penang this week in the State of Madras as a stowaway from India, may soon rejoin his mother in Klang. Hi> mother, Packiam Bangadulasan, 30, who is expecting her seventh child, cried today
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  • 35 18 PENANG. Aug. 28 —.The 3rd Bn.. Royal Australian Regiment. will leave Malaya for home during the first week of October after fighting bandits for nearly two years The battalion killed 12 bandits
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  • 155 18 MALACCA, Aug. 28. The former Speaker of the Federal Council. Dato Abdul Malek bin Yusof. is expected to be sworn in as the new Governor of Malacca on Aug. 30 at the State Assembly chamber. Tomorrow the Chief Minister of Malacca. Inche Ghaffar bin Baba,
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  • 268 18 Father dashes to Penang, finds son gone, so takes taxi back PENANG, Aug ‘>3 A “MISSING” Singapore airline clerk left Penan* for Singapore last night not knowing that his" father was on the way to Penang to meet him Today. the father. Mr Chiah Neoh Kim.
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  • 108 18 JOHORE BAHRU. Aug. 28 The Sultan of Johore has proclaimed his eldest son, Tengku Mahmood Iskan. dar, heir-apparent and to the title of Tengku Mahkota, Johore. The Tengku Mahkota. (above with his wife) was educated h e and in Australia and ,r tain.
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  • 1377 19  -  All the winners at a glance Rsce 1 SON OF APRIL ($66, $19); Race 2 ERIK ($18, $9); Race 3 DESTINATION ($86, $23); Race 4 ALOHA (354, $16); Race 5 SUN OF BURMA (313, $6); Race 6 FLYING DRAGON ($74, $23); Race
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  • 268 19 PENANG, Aug. 25 J'EH KEW SAN won the Penang men’s singles badminton title when he beat Eddy Choong, the holder 15-7, 15-11 in the final here tonight. In a 39-mlnute final of fine badminton and long rallies, Kew San, the steadier player, was
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 49 19 THE BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $169,130 1. NO. *****8 <$76.108> 2. NO. *****9 ($38,054) 3. NO. *****7 ($21,141) Starters ($1,626 each) Nos. *****3. *****6. *****1. *****7. *****6. *****4. *****8. *****3. *****6. *****3. *****3. *****8. *****4 Consolation ($1,268 each) Nos. *****1. *****3. *****1. *****5. *****4. *****4. *****0. *****2. *****6. *****1.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1383 20 DOWNWARD REACTION By Our Market Correspondent AFTER the buoyant conditions which prevail- ed following the Federation of Malaya General Election on August 19. the Malayan Share Market underwent a reaction last week. A five cents drop in the rubber price, an easier tin price plus profit-taking
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    • 43 20 JOHORE BAHRU. Aug. 30. The members of the Johore Public Service Commission are Ungku Haji Ismail bln Abdul Rahman (chairman) Inche Abdullah bin Dato Abdul Rahman. Inche Abdul Jabbar bin Abdul MaJJld, Haji Amin bln Amran and Mr. Chee Kok Swee
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    • 27 20 TIN RUBBER (per picul) (per lb.) Auf. 24 $491.62% $1.10% 2$ $401.67 Vi $l.OB 26 $401.75 $1.08% 27 $402.00 $1.07% 28 $401.50 $1.05% 29 $401.25
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    • 64 20 SINGAPORE, Aug. 30 The tin price In Singapore yesterday was down 25 cents to $401.25 on an estimated unchanged offering of 155 tons. Singapore Copn Association noon prices per picul on Saturday: Fair merchantable Bombay mixed copra: August s3B y 2 (nominal). Tone was quiet. Singapore
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    • 131 20 THE rubber market has been dominated by outside factors, each having its’ effect, but none leaving anv last impression except wariness, report H.C.B. to. Ltd in their current market survey. BUSINESS DONE int rss fob anii no n El SSl'SHar"* >«! uma’?™?"- n >» Blanket Crepe t°4|N
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    • 48 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previous year year Hume pref. •‘‘/ct Sept. 30 15% ord. 6 r /rt Sept. 30 15% W. Hammer 10% t Sept. 30 20% Bukit Katil 13%, Sept. 19 12% 12% do. 69it Sept. 19 12% t Interim.
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    • 1159 20 following list of revised quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after its last meeting on Saturday (Aug. 29). H and L stand for highest and lowest prices for business done this year. INDUSTRIALS Snell* 1. 1.70 Pref 1.60* 180 2.40 2.20 Ords 2.10* 2.30
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