The Straits Budget, 9 September 1959
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section26 1959-09-09 1 The Straits Budget »XHE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Series 881. Singapore, September 9, 1959. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.26 words
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419 1959-09-09 2 EX-BORROWER - EX-BORROWER Singapore. 'THOSE who conceived A and drafted the Moneylenders’ Ordinance could have saved themselves the trouble as it is unlikely to make any significant difference to the volume or methods of small-scale moneylending between individuals. The rates of interest depend on419 words
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Article122 1959-09-09 2 PUNCH - PUNCH. Sirgapore. HAVE never ceased to admire the efficiency of the City Council. In spite of its having a horde of efficiency experts trom overseas and its wonderful accounting machines that are supposed to turn out thousands of bills a day. it is still unable to render122 words
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Article37 1959-09-09 2 UNEMPLOYED - UNEMPLOYED. Singapore. r PHERE are at least about 45.000 unemployed registered with the unemployment exchange in Singapore. Why then does the Government continue to re-employ pensioners? Why not give a chance to the younger people?37 words
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151 1959-09-09 2 SOCIAL WORKER - SOCIAL WORKER Singapore. M R „B y me Is to be Con (tratulated for tafe a sympathetic view nf ,5* problems and cUm?J, he of the unemployed bv i,! 4 public However. It does seem puzzling that the *|cK allowance is to be Ushed.151 words
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123 1959-09-09 2 LING AM - LING AM Singapore. I HAVE read with great interest the correspondence on the English educated issue. Most of the Englisheducated. as expected, have defended themselves somewhat valiantly. But they do not seem to have realised the facts from which this123 words
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187 1959-09-09 2 P. ISMAIL ZAILAN - P. ISMAIL ZAILAN Singapore. THE arguments advanced at the Malay language seminar (S.T. Aug. 24) that Malay is at present not adequate enough to replace English in the legal field, spurred me to think of Trengganu. It is common knowledge that from earliest187 words
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Article36 1959-09-09 2 C.M. FERNAM - C.M. FERNAM^ Singapore. THOSE cement 1 going up along t 1cou Highway are HIDEOb Singapore boasts of of the best seafrontsi world, so why Lay this joyous scene. t with those cement m rosities.36 words
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Article566 1959-09-09 3 --Staraits Times Aug 31 T„ j av< its tilt* Federation of v celebrates the second ’’-vt'i <*>•>• ot its indepenr tiu* nation can look "j. U pon the past twelve .;!> with satisfaction. It been a year of continued stability and peace •o the communities, main- :uM--Staraits Times Aug 31 - 566 words
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Article392 1959-09-09 3 Staralts Times Aug. 31 Mr. hum Kim Tuck’s warning against the threat of replacement by youngsters fresh from school shows rather less sympathy for these boys than they deserve. Mr. Lum who is chairman of the Selangor division of the Malayan T.U.C., treats them as a source– Staralts Times Aug. 31 - 392 words
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Article628 1959-09-09 3 —Straits Times Sept. 1 While other Singapore Ministers have spoken frequently on the activities of their departments, the Finance Minister has held his silence. In so far as this reticence can be explained by a desire to make the maximum impact with his first report, Dr. Goh—Straits Times Sept. 1 - 628 words
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Article317 1959-09-09 3 —Straits Times Sept. 2 Inche Ahmad Boestamam has been chosen to lead the Socialist Front in the new House of Representatives, Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Helmy will speak for the P.M.I.P. and Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam for the People’s Progressive Party. It startles no-one that the three main opposition—Straits Times Sept. 2 - 317 words
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Article649 1959-09-09 3 —Straits Times Sept. 3 A subsidiary virtue of Community Development is admittedly that it does not cost a lot of money, although as it gathers pace it puts an increasing strain on allocations named for things like roads, drains and schools. However, $250,000 a year for the whole—Straits Times Sept. 3 - 649 words
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Article424 1959-09-09 4 —Straits Times Sept. 3 The Singapore Government, faced with a deficit of $l4 million for this year, has slashed expenditure by nearly $26 million. Any careless leap to the conclusion that these figures, given a couple of days ago, automatically produce a handsome surplus on the year’s working—Straits Times Sept. 3 - 424 words
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Article162 1959-09-09 4 —Straits Times Sept. 3 In giving permission for the inhabitants of the Southern Islands off Singapore to fish in Indonesian waters, the Indonesian Government has made a generous gesture which, whilst it cost little, will mean a great deal to some 2.000 island fishermen. It was only last—Straits Times Sept. 3 - 162 words
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Article709 1959-09-09 4 —Straits Times Sept. 4 The Singapore Government’s Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill has been referred to a select committee for detailed study. The committee must not rush its examination. Basically sound in its aim of simplifying the task of over-worked courts, the Bill makes two highly controversial—Straits Times Sept. 4 - 709 words
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Article223 1959-09-09 4 —Straits Times Sept. 4 Mr. Lee Kuan Yew had a ready retort to Mr. A. P. Rajah's suggestion that the appointment of political secretaries to some Ministries was a means of giving largesse to people who had helped to put the party in power. If any largesse was—Straits Times Sept. 4 - 223 words
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Article424 1959-09-09 4 —Straits Times Sept. 5 Tin miners went to work this morning in a much more cheerful frame of mind than for a long time. They have finished paying their contribution to the buffer stock fund; Malaya's share of the fund which rescued the tin price from the– — — – —Straits Times Sept. 5 - 424 words
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Article192 1959-09-09 4 pproaen —Straits Times Sept No early end to the trouba in Laos can now be h« pec for. The pattern of Commur..thinking there is clear: gue::..< activity is to continue as le as the Laotian Army is ur.aba to stamp it out. and attactu will be pressed,pproaen —Straits Times Sept • - 192 words
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Article, Illustration405 1959-09-09 5 Razak and Sir Henry created Funs’ KUALA LUMPUR, August 30 TWO more “Tuns” u t*re created by the Vang di-Pertuan Agoug today: The Deputy Prime Minister aiid Minister of Detente, Dato Abdui Razak bin Hussein and the former Minister of Finance, Col. Sir Henry Lee. And405 words
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413 1959-09-09 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 30 rE Yang di-Pertuan Agong said tonight he was very pleased with the way the people of Malaya carried out their responsibilities since the country became independent. In an anniversary broadcast as the country ended its second year413 words
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411 1959-09-09 5 SINGAPORE, Aug. 30. O —Five hundred volunteers today braved rain and a choppy sea to give Pulau Sudong a lace-lift. It was part of the Ministry of National Development's project to improve thp living conditions of the southern islanders. They travelled to the island in411 words
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Article321 1959-09-09 6 That’s what new deal for Singapore City Council labourers allows SINGAPORE, Aur. 30. long-standing dispute between the City Council and its 10,000-strong labour force is over at last. A note from Mr. P.C. Lina, the a iministrafor of the Cily Council, lo the Singapore City321 words
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Article58 1959-09-09 6 PENANG, Aug. 30—The ashes of a former Penang Shell Company engineer. Mr. Lai Peng Cheang, are expected to arrive here tomorrow for interment in a vault of the Sleeping Buddha at the Burmah Lane temple. The late Mr. Lai was killed in an air crash near58 words
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Article179 1959-09-09 6 SINGAPORE, Aug. 30. 'THE Federation Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul 1 Rahman, and Singapore’s deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Toll Chin Chye, have each sent messages to the Malayan Undergrad, organ of the University (t Malaya in Singapore Students’ Union, for its special Merdeka anniversary supplement. The179 words
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Article43 1959-09-09 6 IPOH. Aug. 30—The State Development Ot fleer. Peru Mr. I.E. Abbey, is retirin'., next week under the Ma yanisation scheme. He cam* to Malaya in 1941 as a British army officer and jolm*c Malayan civil service m 1950.43 words
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Article, Illustration43 1959-09-09 6 MISS ELIZA FONG, who was crowned “Merdeka Queen” at a gala hail at the Sea View Hotel. Singapore, on Aug. 29. The ball was organised by the Singapore Government Services Football Association.—Straits limes itball Association.—Straits limes picture.itball Association.—Straits limes picture. - 43 words
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Article, Illustration250 1959-09-09 6 MALACCA, Aug. 30 THE Speaker ot the A former Federal council, Dato Haji Abdul Malik bin Yusof. was sworn in as Governor of Malacca today by the Chief Justice. Dato Sir James Thomson The 15 minute ceremony. in the State Legislative250 words
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Article76 1959-09-09 6 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Aug 30 A Singapore resident. Mr Tan Chin Bok. of Dunearn Road, today claimed his car which had been reported missing since June 24. The vehicle, with a Singapore registration. SF 1 23. had been abandoned r. ar the police station here last week76 words
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116 1959-09-09 6 S’ PORE MAY REPAY INDONESIAN VISIT NEXT YEAR SINGAPORE. Aug. 30. SINGAPORE may send a cultural delegation to lndonesia next year, returning the visit piuci nere bv the Indonesian mission this month The Minister for Culture. Mr. S Rajaratnam, said today that the government had been considering the Idea following116 words
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Article46 1959-09-09 6 SINGAPORE, Aug. 30 record $11,430 was collet’ at a Flag Day in aid o! Ramakrishnan Mission y terday. The collection, which be used to maintain the m home at Bartley Road run y the Mission, exceeded w year’s figure by $1,500.46 words
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Advertisement43 1959-09-09 6 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN A9VANCE) The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can he sent by express air delivery service 10 the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of S24.00 for six months. (Afl Tbs Atari Art la Malayia Currency)43 words
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Article, Illustration541 1959-09-09 7 KUALA LUMPUR. August 30 A N EVENING OF COMEDY /\|\JD SONG AND A MAORI WAR DANCE too-thrills lake GARDENS CROWD A T LEAST 30,000 people saw dazzling A scenes of dancing, singing and comedy sketches in one of the biggest shows of the vear at—Straits Times picture by Harold Teo. - 541 words
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328 1959-09-09 7 SINGAPORE, Aug. 30 11ERGER between Singapore and the Federation is the ideal for the healthy, happy and prosperous future of Malaya, said the Beam, official publication of the Singapore British European Association. The publication welcomed the success of the Alliance In the328 words
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Advertisement72 1959-09-09 7 Honj? Kong Far East builder Established 1936 A Bi-Monthly periodical of Building Real ls <atc Activities ln Hong Kong ‘"'H the Far East. Contains lull accounts, plans perspectives and photographs ot new and protected constructions 1,1 Hong Kong and othei parts An indispensable source ot inloiniation lor all concerned in72 words
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Article, Illustration1340 1959-09-09 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 31. 'THOUSANDS ot A youths of all races danced, sang and staged mass drill displays throughout the country as Malaya celebrated the second anniversary of Merdeka today. At Merdeka Stadium here, focal point of the celebrations, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the.—Straits Times picture by Soong Hon Sin. - 1,340 words
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Article40 1959-09-09 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug-H A resolution urging the ttderation Government to n all restrictions on the impor of rice will be considered an annual meeting of t Associated Chinese Chamber* of Commerce here on bej 6.40 words
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Article1157 1959-09-09 9 APPEAL FOR SUPPORT FOR GOVT. LOANS SINGAPORE, Aug. 31 THE GOVERNMENT, in its three months in office, has wiped out an estimated deficit of $14 million fot this year and reduced budgetted expenditure by about $26 million. The Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, speaking1,157 words
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212 1959-09-09 9 KEITH HOOPER - From KEITH HOOPER PERTH, Aug. 31. r rHE Malayan Government has appointed a Perth woman, who formerly lived in the Federation, liaison officer for Malayan students in Western Australia. She is Mrfc. Mary Hodgkin, wife of Dr. Eric Hodgkin, lecturer in zoology at212 words
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97 1959-09-09 9 gINGAPORE, Aug. 31—The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Jakarta has advised the commercial community here that the trade mission to Singapore ha s been “postponed until further notice.” A three-man advance party was to have arrived In Singapore this week from Jakarta97 words
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Article228 1959-09-09 9 KUALA LUMPUR, August 30. THE Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, has promised to see what he can do to help government temporary officers who failed in their examination He told them in a message in a mcrdcßa anniversary issue of the “Voice of Temporaries.” official228 words
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245 1959-09-09 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 31. Minister of Defence. Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, said today that the Federation Government had no intention of treating or compromising in any way with the remnants of the Communist Party in Malaya. Efforts will be redoubled245 words
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Article, Illustration53 1959-09-09 10 THIS MONGREL was the only witness of a double tragedy in an attic in Singapore yesterday. Found dead in the attic were a woman, her body badly mutilated and a man. He was hanging from the roof. Locked in with them53 words
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Article, Illustration656 1959-09-09 10 SINGAPORE, Aug ;;j T'IIIE family of Lim Cheng Guan, the student who spent four fantastic years hidin?- out in a church tower attic in America h :l( j thought he was dead. Today, the amazing news that C:ion« Guan was still alivo656 words
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Article102 1959-09-09 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Aui. 30. A defeated candies. in the recent state and parliamentary elections ma. and again in a by-electi< n. A spokesman ot V. ticns Commission .’aid that the candidate all the necessary qualiheations required and .ever have been disqualified by the C am mission. The102 words
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Article27 1959-09-09 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept More than 150 pin-table 1 i'‘ rators have been rounde < by Selangor police since campaign against began four months ago.27 words
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220 1959-09-09 11 S PORE TO HAVE ITS OWN LIST OF HONOURS SINGAPORE. Alin. 31. MI Birthday Honours List will be re--1 :.;a-d by local awards from next year, in line uore’s status as a self-governing state. A high Government source today confirmed that a list decorations was being prepared for Singapore citizens220 words
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Article, Illustration58 1959-09-09 11 film with a Malayan u '< is to be made in and. ’<* based on The Long Short and the Tall, >’!is Ilnll play which a successful run in 1 m. '> concerns a small «f British soldiers tfinf against the 'ese in58 words
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Article, Illustration887 1959-09-09 11 Dr. Withers-Payne is struck off roll for gross misconduct’ TOTAL SHORTAGE IN CLIENTS' FUNDS ($950,000) HAS BEEN REPAID... COMPLAINT WAS MADE BY HIS OWN BROTHER SINGAPORE, Sept. 1. TAR. C. H. WITHERS-PAYNE, one of Singapore’s top lawyers, now living in London, was struck oft* the roll of advocates and solicitors887 words
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192 1959-09-09 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31—Six youth organisations have so far disassociated themselves from the Singapore Youth Council. Thev have notified the Social Welfare Department of their decision. More are expected to sever their relationship with the council This follows a warning by the Minister for Labour192 words
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Article670 1959-09-09 12 OUR EXCLUSIVENESS OBSTRUCTS NATION-BUILDING, LEE TELLS PRESS SINGAPORE, Sept. 1. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said today that organisations that included racial origins in their titles were obstructing the work of building a Malayan nation. Mr. Lee. speaking at a lunch organised by the670 words
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Article, Illustration254 1959-09-09 12 LETTER AT THE DOCKSIDE FROM A TRAINEE NURSE SINGAPORE. Sept. I. Mr. Harbans Singh (formerly Eric Mellor) who became a Sikh here last week after a 15,000-mile hitch-hike from Britain, sailed for Australia today, with a problem—and a secret. JustStraits Times picture. - 254 words
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Article, Illustration147 1959-09-09 12 madam leong luen eng 32. the woman in the double death drama in the attic of a house in Jalan Besar, Singapore, at dawn on Aug. 31. She had deep gashes on her body. Suspended from the beam in the locked cubicle was147 words
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117 1959-09-09 12 CHIN SOON KUI - Prpn, CHIN SOON KUI KUCHING. Sept. 1 THE Governor of Sarawak, Sir Anthony Abell, has appointed an eight-man commission to recommend a system of direct taxation for Sarawak. The commission will suggest the rates of tax, legislation required and the machinery necessary for117 words
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165 1959-09-09 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 1. TOBY EBIEMBER, the Nigerian ov.ner of “Toby’s Paradise” in Singapore, was last night ordered to get out of the Federation imme- diately. He cannot go back to Singapore where his wile and business are. because a prohibition order has165 words
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Article39 1959-09-09 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31— F Eng Chian, 28. and Leong Seng. 23. were ja for two years each a they were found guilty b district court today of tempting to extort SlO fin: shop proprietor. Leong l Yen.39 words
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Article1390 1959-09-09 13 Hope to end year on even keel SINGAPORE, Sept. O •>. —A hint that the Singapore Government was ready to consider new sources 0 f revenue was given in the Legislative Assembly today by the Finance Minister. I)r. Goh Keng Swee. Announcing that with stringent eco,mics1,390 words
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Article, Illustration82 1959-09-09 13 MISS LAILA binte Abdulla bin Yahya El’Alawl (above) of Singapore has obtained her B.A. degree in social science from the American University of Cairo. Miss l.aila speaks Malay. Arabic, French and English. A former pupil of St. Anthony’s Convent School in Middle Road,82 words
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143 1959-09-09 13 IPOH, Sept. 2. WELL-KNOWN Perak businessman, Chan Fook Kuan, alias Babi Chai, 39, has been placed under an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew. Chan has been confined to Grik, one of the northernmost towns of Perak, for five years by143 words
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733 1959-09-09 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2 ItHE Prime .Minister, .Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said in the Legislative Assembly today that political secretaries to the Ministers were political appointments but they were not paid out of party funds because they were assisting the government733 words
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340 1959-09-09 14 SINGAPORE, Scpl. 2. TPiIIE Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose, in the High Court today dismissed with costs the application of Inderjit Kaur, the second wife of moneylender, Bachan Singh, for a declaration that she was entitled to enter Singapore without a permit340 words
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Article, Illustration153 1959-09-09 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2. THE Australian Federal Treasurer. Mr. Har l.i 1 Holt, who arrived in Singapore today by I30AC or his way to the Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ conference in London, said that he wouM meet the Singapore Finance Minister. Dr. Goh Ke:*Swee,153 words
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Article355 1959-09-09 14 Protest students ‘quite happy KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 2 THE 294 students of 1 the Language Institute here returned today from their holidays for their new term “quite happy” with some of the measures taken by the Government. On the removal of their principal. Mr. G F Daniels. after .student demonstrations.355 words
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1109 1959-09-09 15 TO CATCH A THIEF by ASSEMBLYMAN MVCiAPORE, Sept. Z. > Set a thief to rl tth a thief/’ i the Assembly was (..(lav. was the basis i,u-h* the Singapore I force recruited its ranking detectives. 1 M: Rajah, SPA mem- l arrcr Park and a ng lawyer, added: do not1,109 words
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Article63 1959-09-09 15 PENANG, Sept. I.—The 10-year-old stowaway from India, R. Murugiah. will be allowed to stay with his mother in Klang. A spokesman of the Immigration Headquarters here said today he was satisfied Murugiah was born in the Federation. Murugiah stowed away in the State of Madras63 words
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Article40 1959-09-09 15 KUCHING. Sept. 2—Tributes to Sir Anthony Abell for his service as Governor of Sarawak and to his many personal qualities were paid In Council Negara last wcck. sir Anthony is retiring after nine years as governor.40 words
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Article30 1959-09-09 15 TAIPING. Sept. 2. Two teachers oi the Hua Lian School here. Mr. Chai Sung Yoe and Mr. Loo Tze Man, are leaving for Formosa, for higher studies30 words
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Article211 1959-09-09 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 2. A MORE effective community development scheme A to cover a bigger part of Malaya will be drawn up by the Federation Government shortly. Announcing this at a Press conference today, the Commissioner for Community Development. Raja Zainal Abidin, said: “After two211 words
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Article114 1959-09-09 15 Kuala lumper, sept. 2 —The Economic Adviser to the Federation Government. Dato O-A. Spencer, has been appointed chairman designate of the proposed Malayan Industrial Development Finance Limited. A secretary-accountant is to be appointed. An announcement inviting applications for the job says: “lit is particular!v desired114 words
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139 1959-09-09 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2. r rOBY'S PARADISE, a bar and restaurant at Anson Road, is likely to close soon. A “close-down” Is believed to have been ordered by Its Nigerian boss, Emmanuel Toby Ebiember, yesterday, just after he had been told to get out of139 words
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126 1959-09-09 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2—The All-Ceylon Malay Association has sent Its “warmest congratulations and sincere greetings” to the Federation Government and the people on the second anniversary of merdeka. In a letter to the Federa- tion Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, the association president. Mr. B. Zahier.Lye,126 words
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85 1959-09-09 15 KIJANTAN, Sept. 2—Four hundred thousand leaflets were airdropped over the Temerloh, Kaub and Itentong districts in West Pahang during the past few days. This is part of an intensive psychological campaign directed at the last 17 terrorists in the area. They include high-ranking85 words
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Article, Illustration754 1959-09-09 16 I TRY TO CLIMB OVER THE 6-ft CUBICLE WALL THEN A LITTLE BOY SUCCEEDS SINGAPORE, Sept. 3. FOR the past 10 days a 45-year-old woman has shut herself up in a room fasting and keeping a silent vigil. She is Miss754 words
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322 1959-09-09 16 NG WENG CHEE - By NG WENG CHEE Penang. Sept. 3 A PENANG “kee-tong” (medium), Mr. Lim Ewe Hor, who aspires to be “a living Buddha’’ was today sealed in an airtight glass case in which he will remain for 49 days without food or322 words
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Article179 1959-09-09 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 3. fT-HREE members of the new parliament will oe among Malaya’s live-man delegation for the opening of the new session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 15. They are: INCUR ISMAIL KIN MO-* I1AMEI) YISORF (Jerai) 33. secretary-tenoral of179 words
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102 1959-09-09 16 Tengku can’ t make India trip with King, Queen KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 3 The Federation Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will not be accompanying the Yang diPertuan Agong and the Ra.ia Permaisuri Agong on their visit to India and Pakistan in October. The Tengku had said that he would like102 words
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Article, Illustration532 1959-09-09 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 3. rTLlK Federation’s former Minister of Finance, Tun Hau-shik Lee, 1 said today that he retired from his job fully satisfied that the country’s finances were sound. He told the Straits Times in his first press interview since he o532 words
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Article, Illustration344 1959-09-09 17 GOING HOME IN SIX MONTHS TIME SINGAPORE, Sept. 3. MR. DAVID J. WILLIAMS has resigned as principal of the Singapore Polytechnic. In a statement today, Mr Williams said: "The policy hitherto followed at the Polytechnic aimed at enabling Singapore boys to obtain, without going344 words
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Article40 1959-09-09 17 IPOH, Sept. 3. Nineteen sets of twins were born at the Perak Chinese Maternity Hospital here last year, according to the annual report. The twins were among 2.993 births at the hospital during the year40 words
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Article, Illustration174 1959-09-09 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 3. A 19-YEAR-OLD girl, who turned down an offer of marriage two months ago, has vanished from her home in Bedok here. Police were tonight cheeking reports that Nancy Ng Soon Eng had eloped with a soldier. The couple were174 words
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192 1959-09-09 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 3. The Minister of Finance. Mr. Tan Siew Sin, will lead six delegates to the Commonwealth Finance Ministers conference in London from Sept. 22 to 24. Members of the mission are the Federation’s High Commissioner in London. Tcngku Ya’acob192 words
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135 1959-09-09 17 I{UALA LUMPUR. Sept. 3. The defeated Socialist. Front candidate in the recent Klang parliamentary election. Mr. S. S. Nayagam, has written to the AttorneyGeneral’s Department alleging certain Irregularities at the polls. Mr. Nayagam alleged that the Rambau Street ballot box. though found locked and135 words
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Article79 1959-09-09 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 3.—The political secretary to the Prime Minister, Mr. Jek Yuen Thong, and PAP Assemblywoman, Miss Chan Choy Siong, will leave here on Sept. 5 to attend a seminar on workers’ education in Denmark. The one-month seminar, organised by the International Labour Organisation in association79 words
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Article25 1959-09-09 17 KUALA LIPIS. Sept 3. Mr T. Horton, the Chief Police Officer, Pahang, has been transferred to Perak as the Chief Police Officer there.25 words
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1816 1959-09-09 18 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4 —The Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toll Chin Chye, today announced details of the re-organisation of the Singapore Polytechnic and blamed the previous Board of Governors for “muddle and lack of direction.” 3 sections In tuture the Polyt: hnic is1,816 words
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Article445 1959-09-09 18 TUAN DJEK - By TUAN DJEK QNLY a handful of durians remain on two trees. Thp children had great fun for five weeks racing to pick up the fruit The weather continues to be rainy and dull: no one remembers such an August. A big flood at the end of the445 words
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Article1054 1959-09-09 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP rj I NGAPORE, >5 sept. 2.— -Cheers, ridden b y Willy Berg:, provided a sensational upset in the 3.15 race here today. m a thrilling finish. Cheers beat Erik, the hot iavourite ridden by Merv Posner, by a neck and paid1,054 words
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Article976 1959-09-09 19 ALLAN LEWIS - By ALLAN LEWIS Singapore, Sept. 5 TfJE trainer-jockey combination of R. N. 1 Hobbs and Bob Franklin had their best day of the meeting at Bukit Timah today with three winners—Redouble 11, Downing Street and The Nailer. This made them the leading partnership for the meeting976 words
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Miscellaneous84 1959-09-09 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $169,875. 1. NO. *****2 ($76,422) 2. NO. *****1 ($38,221) 3. NO. 269S07 <$21.2341 STARTERS: ($2,654 each): N©§. *****4. *****8. *****7, *****6. *****6. ******. *****8. *****3. CONSOLATION: ($1,274 each): Not. *****6. *****8, *****3. *****7. *****6. *****6. *****3. *****6. *****8. *****7. BIC SWEEP TOTAL POOL 5196,150. 1 *****984 words
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MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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Article1486 1959-09-09 20 INVESTORS DISAPPOINTED OVER TIN QUOTA RISE By Our Market Correspondent THERE was considerable activity on the Malayan Share Market last week which vas influenced by several factors, but mainl> by the rubber price which was taken to its highest level for 32 months. Industrials, in which the1,486 words
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Article27 1959-09-09 20 TIN RUBBER (per pieul) (per lb.) Aug. 31 clotted $1.06 Sept. 1 $400.25 $1.06)4 2 $399.25 $l.OB 3 $399.67)4 $1.0994 M 4 $399.12)4 $1.10)4 $399.0027 words
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Article21 1959-09-09 20 Current Date o Total Total for payment payment for previous year year Temerloh Rubber 12)*% Bept. 23 29% 10%21 words
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Article165 1959-09-09 20 rE dominating factor of the week has been the* variation In Septembei l ESS premium, report H.C.B. Co. Ltd., in their current rubber market review. BVSINESti DONE •>. *L. T Spot FOB llli 106| 11] INT 1 RBB FOB Bcpt (K.E. Product) llli 106 1111 INT 1165 words
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Article35 1959-09-09 20 IPOH, Sept. 6. Senior Inspector Atma Singh. Assistant OCPD, Kampar. has been transferred to the crimes department here replacing inspector A. Balaretnam who has gone to Kampar to take un the other post.35 words
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