The Straits Budget, 6 April 1960

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  • 33 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES 7 V .j,- 1 %*,«•.f f V r aUWMI NIWSPAPSS Series 711. Kuala Lumpur, April *,1960. Price 4< cents (M*U»a) f 1 thllUny.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
    • 358 2  -  FAIR FLAY Singapore. SHOULDN’T THERE BE UNIFORMITY? I WAS interested to read in your issue of March 28 the views of the editor of Highway, the journal of the Automobile Association of Singapore, on the deterioration in driving standards in Singapore. He suggests that “what
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    • 211 2  -  TAN KHENG SOON Kuala Lumpur. \VHILE the air 8till reverberates with the hue and cry over South Africa’s apartheid policy, It would be appropriate to consider a few points which should aid clear-thinking on the Sart of those who are aullng Dr. Verwoerd
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    • 33 2  -  I.TK Kuala Lumpur. A GOVERNMENT departmental examination for the police was held in October, 1959 and the results are still not out. Don’t you think it is about time someone got moving?
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    • 326 2  -  (Mrs.) G. J. SCOTT President. Malayan Kennel Association Kuala Lumpur. IN the Straits Times of March 20 a correspondent expresses regret that no dog show has been held In Singapore since March 1997. It Is a matter of regret to the Malayan Kennel Association also
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    • 225 2  -  COMMERCIAL Singapore. T HE grievances of pass degree graduates In both Singapore and Malaya have been fairly well aired. An honours graduate on Joining the education service Is paid well above $6OO while the pass degree graduate Is paid only about naif this
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    • 208 2  -  MEDIC Alor Star. THE massacre of Africans in South Africa U shocking, bat what makes It even more so is the casual way with which the South African Premier. Dr. Verwoerd. dismisses it as one of those periodic incidents quite unrelated to the apartheid policy. Evidently
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    • 235 2  -  HAN SUM* Johore Bahru. I "jej* i lkt grauriate Mr. th, at Hanyang u” °n the quests of languages. Mr. Lw’i observations on the statement issued recently by th«. Nanyang University Student. Union express my own feelings completely i to read this
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    • 87 2  -  EX-VOLt'NT** 1 Singapore. ALL ex- Volunteers ofJ#J Civil Defence Cor?jj who would be preparea offer their services n voluntary capacity (i: an emergency nave JX Invited to register tn names In the “Civil ml ties Volunteers Regime As an ex-Volunteer I g that members or ehoU
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 652 3 —Straits Times. March 28 j ;i i industrialisation in Malaya works against odds. m its infancy it has a nM r o growth slower than that industries which both U se and contribute to urban •lnienit Since industrialisZ* oates wealth, the natural trend is for the gap
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    • 633 3 —Straits Times, March 29 The Prime Minister's desire that the situation in South Africa should Ik* discussed at the conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in London now has the support of New Zealand and Canada. Better still. South Africa's Prime Minister has asked if conditions in his
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    • 161 3 —Straits Times, March 29 Muslims throughout Malaya are celebrating the end of Ramadhan. A month of selfdiscipline and restraint, when the devout fast from dawn to dusk and the night is given to prayer and meditation, is over. The spirit of gaiety walks abroad, wearing all the cheerful colours
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    • 699 3 S‘ fr its Times. March 30 Sarawak’s Council Negri has approved, although with much searching of hearts, the principle of direct taxation recommended by the commission which investigated the tax structure last year. Although Sarawak has made substantial progress without radical alteration of the taxation system, sooner
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    • 1202 3 —Straits Times. Maych 31 From the moment of first discussion of the possibility of new legislation to deal with subversion in the Federation it was apparent that amendment of the constitution would be necessary if the Government had in mind a formal ending of the state of erner-
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    • 447 4 —Straits Times. April 1 The ranks of British civil servants and other expatriates who have served Malaya loyally and well are fast thinning. Two especially distinguished expatriates leave Kuala Lumpur this week, each of whom has made a notable contribution, in quite different spheres, to the economic well-being
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    • 606 4 —Straits Times. A;». Peacefully the Yang diPertuan Agong died yesterday morning in his sleep. Malaya mourns a dutiful King, a monarch who by precept and example became, from the moment of his installation, the symbol of a newly independent and united country. To Her Majesty and to
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  • PERSONAL

  • 1908 5  -  7 am envious of those ffoung Malagans who will see and share in all this' by DATO OSCAR SPENCER Economic Adviser to the Federation Government WHAT is the economic future of the Federation of Malaya? WHAT special problems has it to face in industrialisation? WHAT
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  • 863 6 KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 TUIIS year’s Hari Kaya Puasa has brought special joy to the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Kahman. He is happy because “there is so much goodwill everywhere He says in a Hari Raya Puasa message to the nation, that he
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  • 64 6 IPOH, March 27.—'The Sultan of Perak says In his Hari Raya Puasa message that the people should think of the poor and needy in this festive season. He asks them to work harder and make sacrifices to achieve happiness. He praises members of the security
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  • 270 6 KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 T ARGE CROWDS are expected to fill mosques throughout the country on Hari Raya Puasa Day when Sultans and their subjects will say prayers together. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will attend prayers at the Masjid Jame* in Kampong
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  • 96 6 pENANG, March 27.—The Governor, Raja Tun Uda bln Raja Muhammad, today called on the people to pray for peace and harmony. In a Hart Raya Puasa mes sage to the people of the State—“particularly to t v e Muslims”—Raja Tun Uda said: “Let us welcome thj<
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  • 756 7 KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 expert calls for statutory backing for trade in MEMORANDUM ON SETTING UP EXCHANGE IN CAPITAL TL1L GOVERNMENT has recei ved a memorandum recommending that it introduce laws to regulate rubber and other commoditv trading in the Federation. i'he five-page memorandum was submitted
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  • 69 7 ALOR STAR. March 27 A border terrorist has surrendered to the Thai police at Songkhla. News of the surrender on March 23 was released by Kedah police today. The terrorist has been identified as Choy Chai. 27. He was also known as Khai Meng. Choy entered
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  • 566 7 SINGAPORE. March 27 TZTDNAPPED Singapore millionaire Mr. Tan Boon Khak. 74, was released today—after being held captive, tied and blind-folded, for seven days. Mr. Tan. chairman of the Asia Insurance Company, was abducted by five men, four armed with pistols and
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  • 196 7 PENANG. March 27. A Malayan fire chief, the only overseas “student” to score distinctions in all subjects pertaining to fire-lighting at the Fire Services Stall College at Dorking, England, returned here today with suggestions to improve the Malayan fire-fighting services. “One ot the things
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  • 415 8 Breakfast-time greeting for 523 tourists in the luxury liner Caronia SINGAPORE, March 27. THE giant British luxury liner Caronia arrived here from Colombo early this morning with 523 world tourists on board and was given the traditional lion dance welcome. The 34,172-ton liner, often referred
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  • 189 8 {JINGAPORE. March 27. —A visitor may turn heads in the jungles ot Borneo, but nowadays he will be able to get home with his own head intact. Bishop James Buis, ot North Borneo, who is now in Singapore, gave this assurance today to emphasise
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  • 202 8 Kuala lumpur. March 27. —Inc he Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail, the UMNO i publicity chief, was down here from Ke- maman, Pahang, today after he was seriously injured in a car accident. Inche Abdul Kadir left Kuala Lumpur with three friends by car this
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  • 62 8 IPOH, March 27.—Mr. Gregory K. C. Chan, a lawyer, will leave for Kuala Lumpur on April 1 to take up the post as staff officer (legal) of the Federation Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence. Mr Chan returned from studies in England in 1955 and since
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  • 48 8 SINGAPORE. March 27 The Malayan chess championship for 1960 will be held this year in Singapore during the Easter holidays from April 15 to April 18. Entries should be sent to the secretary. Malayan Chess Federation, PO Box 136 G. Singapore, belore April 11.
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  • 37 8 MUAR, March 27.- The Rev. Br. Robert, who has been the headmaster of the St. Anthony School here for the last four years, will be going home soon on eight months’ leave to England.
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  • 21 8 SINGAPORE. March 27.—Mr. D. T. Assomull has been elected president of the Sindhi Merchants’ Association for the current year.
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  • 174 8 IPOH, March 27 pERAK has become Malaya’s second largest uro 1 ducer of iron ore. It is now second"" only to Trengganu. which produced 2,116.200 tons last vW Perak's output in 1959 was I J dr 615.238 tons, for the first
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  • 69 8 BUKIT MERTAJAM. March 27. The Province Central UMNO executive has rejected proposals by Tengku Abdul Rahman to amend the UMNo constitution the Straits Times learned today. The committee met tehinn closed doors tor three hours last night. The meeting, presided over by Inche Bakar
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  • 156 8 SINGAPORE. March 27. rpHREE major Commonwealth airlines—BOAC. Ai: India and Qantas —will pool their services over many of their global routes from next month. They agreed to this in Bombay last year. A BOAC statement today explained that a ticket issued by any one
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  • 117 8 fT'UCHING, March 27.—The Council Negri, which resumed its meeting yesterday, elected five of its members to the Supreme Council. They are: The Datu Bandar Abang Haji Mustapha. Temonggong Juga anak Barlen. Mr. Ong Kee Hui. Mr Ling Bong Siew and Mr. Chia Chip Shin.
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  • 157 8 IPOH. March 27.—The Rev K. Jambunathan was today installed as the tirst vicar of th„» Church of the Holy Spirit. Ipoh. by the Bishop of Singapore and Malaya, the Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines. The ceremony took place at the church
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  • 462 9 Ki ALA LUMPUR, March 28. —The a n di-Pertuan today said 11 ink you” to all itj/t'iis for their de.(/aon and loyalty to tin* country. Majesty, in a al I lari Raya broadcast, al- uised the people their energy in p-.vrr.oling ‘’peace, a, ptfity
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  • 48 9 ALL SAY ‘SELAMAT TO THE TENGKU THE PRIME MINISTER. Tengku Abdul Rahman, and his wife, Puan Sharifah Rodziah, admire some of thousands of Hari Raya greetings cards they received from all over the world hanging on strings in the halls of the Residency. Straits Times Straits Times picture.
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  • 58 9 SEREMBAN. March 28 The Regent of Negri Sembilan, Tengku Laxamana Munawlr, will be 38 tomorrow. His birthday is not oiTiciallv a holiday in the State, because this year it falls on a Hari Raya holiday. The Regent will hold a Drivate bullet party at the Istana
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  • 253 9 GOVERNMENT MAJOR SHAREHOLDER IN LARGE FINANCE COMPANY KUALA LUMPUR, March 28. A $l5 MILLION organisation, planned 27 months ago to help secondary industries in Malaya to flourish, is now ready to start operations. Registered as the Malayan Industrial Development Finance Limited, thc* company has six
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  • 69 9 SINGAPORE, March 28 BOAC will increase first-class air fares between Britain and the Far East by a "small percentage" from Oct. 1, It was announced today. From the same date, however the airline will begin a new economy class” service which will cost six to
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  • 213 10 IPOH, March 28. MANY small businessmen in Perak may turn manufacturers if an idea which the State Government is now studying proves economically feasible. The Government proposes to use its funds and technical resources to erect small rubber factories. They will then be
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  • 194 10 Kuala lumpur. March 28. —Federation bookmakers today estimated their turnover for the Bukit Timah races on March 26 to have been cut by half as a result of the Singapore Government’s ban on Rediffusion commentaries. Bookmakers and punters in Kuala Lumpur and Penang had
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  • 55 10 JOHORB BAHRU. March, 29.—An annual treat given by the Johore Bahru Rotary Club to handicapped children will provide an opportunity this year for the children to spend a short holiday at Mersing by the sea. The children will leave Johore Bahru on March 31 and will
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  • 144 10 RUKIT MERTAJAM. March 28.—The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, said here last night that the Federation Government would spend $172 million this year on education. “But It must be admitted that the Government’s allocation Is a small one compared to the present heavy
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  • 83 10 CHUA CHENG LOK, 22. of Singapore, is among 37 students of De Pauw University in Indiana (U.S.) to win a special award for outstanding scholarship this year. Chua, who majored in English and English literature, won the gold Phi Beta Kappa key, which is
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  • 23 10 JOHORE BAHRU, March 28. —Wee Liang Fook. a 22-year-oid farmer, was knocked down and killed while cycling along Jalan Larkin yesterday.
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  • 324 10 KUALA LUMPUR, March 28. T'HE House of Representatives will discuss the A South African massacre when it meets on April 19, on a motion by the Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman. This is to show the world that the Tengku is
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  • 310 10 KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 T'HE PEOPLE’S ProA gressive Party leader, Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam, said today that the Malayan Communist Party should never be recognised. Addressing a regional students’ seminar at the University of Malaya, he said MCP
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  • 67 10 SEREMBAN, March 28. The Negri Sembilan branch of the Malayan Outward Bound Association will make a twoday trip to Fort Iskandar. in the heart of Pahang, on April 10. The branch secretary, Inche Baharuddin M ld said the expediting leave Ladang Ga d Pahang, in the
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  • 330 11 K. LUMPUR. March 28 big improvements and better FACILITIES are now WELL UNDER WAY IMPROVEMENTS costing several million 1 dollars are now being carried out at Federation ports. They include construction of more jetties. better lights and buoys along the coasts to tf'uide ships, and a
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  • 58 11 JOHORE BAHRU, March. 29. —The Johore Government has approved in principle a loan of $600,000 for building new premises for the Johore Bahru Town Council. Originally, a site immediately behind the town council premises was selected but it is understood that a plan is being considered
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  • 406 11 PLEDGES TO BE ACCEPTED AGAIN FROM TODAY—ASSOCIATION SINGAPORE, March 28. PAWNSHOPS here will resume accepting pledges from tomorrow, A says an announcement by the Singapore Pawnbrokers’ Association. A notice published in Chinese newspapers today said the rush for withdrawals had slowed down and association members had
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  • 201 11 SINGAPORE, March 28 THE Far East regional representative for the United Nations Technical Assistance Board. Sir Alexander Macfarquhar, is now in Singapore to find ways and means to help the state develop a “more productive industrialised economy.” Sir Alexander, who arrived from
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  • 113 11 AK, March 0 8 H hit h h v K Thedust l* 1 kimn as been botheralon \Z ng peopIe living to the k® road fading has been POn ,ron Mine the aid ,?r reduced with tanks Wo l ur se water
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  • 195 11 SINGAPORE, March 28 FORD BALFOUR, president of the British Federation of Chambers of Commerce, said today he would like to see Singapore and Malaya represented in the Federation. Lord Bairour was passing through Singapore on his way to the 20th conference of
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  • 88 11 OINGAPORE, March 29. —The largest and most modern of the Caltex tanker fleet arrived in Singapore from Japan today on her maiden voyage to the Persian Gulf. She Is the SS. Caltex Ply- mouth. whose construction was recently completed at the Innoshima shipyard In Japan.
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  • 1992 12 PREMIER SPEAKS OF DIFFICULT PROBLEMS YET TO BE SOLVED SINGAPORE, March 29 THE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said tonight that there were still some “deep and dilli--I*llll language problems to resolve” in implementing the decision of making Malay the national
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  • 148 12 DENANG, March 28. Malaya has all the attractions to draw tourisms. Mr. James R. Benefield, publicity director of the Pacific Area Travel Association said here today. ‘The important thing now is to start promoting tourism here with more publicity and advertising to tell potential
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  • 257 13 BACK TO THEIR LADANGS GO RESETTLED ABORIGINES bandit clean-up makes IT SAFE ONCE MORE KUALA LUMPUR, March 29. At LEAST 25,000 aborigines, including those once regarded as “hostile,” have returned to their old homes in the jungle all over the Federation. They were resettled
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  • 39 13 SEREMBAN. March 29-Se-remban Jaycees are offering scholarships for six primary and four secondary school students this year Each primary school student will get $3O and secondary students $6O representing the school fees for a year
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  • 243 13 KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 IVTEW diesel rail coaches from Australia will speed up travelling on several Malayan rail lines soon. The first of the six coaches is expected here in the next few days. They will be used between Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 528 13 INITIAL OUTPUT: 20,000 BARRELS A DAY—JOBS FOR ABOUT 300 PEOPLE SINGAPORE, March 29. AN oil refinery, with an initial capacity of 20,000 barrels a day, is expected to go into operation in Singapore by November next year, the Government announced here
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  • 80 13 ;i' VN< March 2f) xen "usaiuj Hari Raya grcrt1*; lrc l s b > the ,n rI n met with a oi" nil ,l,r response dur- tin- festive season. 'c in wishing Musremina ln Ult H:lri Kaya." 1 ''l householders to 1* On
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  • 34 13 SEREMBAN. March 20 A new 3f-mile road, costing $90,000. connecting Chengkau to Astana Raja and serving 5.000 people will be declared open on April 1 by the Mentri Besar. Dr Mohammed Said
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  • 35 13 SINGAPORE. March 28 Vice Admiral N.A. Copcman. Fourth Sea Lord, is here on a short vi-it to the Naval Base dockyard and supply departments. lit* win fly back to London on March 31.
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  • 165 13 pENANG, March 29 The 1 Synod of the diocese <>t Singapore and Malaya, official governing body of the Anglican Church In SouthEast Asia, today approved a move to translate the Lord's Prayer into Malay. The translation Is being undertaken by the Rev G E. Marrison.
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  • 1555 14 AMENDMENTS ALSO CONCERN SERVICE COMMISSIONS, MINISTERS’ DISMISSALS, APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 Tt II E condition that a Federal citizen of 21 years or more must have lived six months in the constituency before he can vote in elections to the House of Representatives
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  • 597 15 KUALA LUMPUR, March 31. rrjlK Federation Government proposes to 1 amend the Constitution to meet the threat of subversion by making preventive detention possible after the Emergency Regulations have been repealed. As the Constitution now stands, no
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  • 267 15 •pENANG, March 30. The Synod of the Diocese of Singapore and Malaya decided here today to help raise funds to send a blind girl to Britain for higher studies. The girl. Jane Chwee. 12. might have to give up school,
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  • 421 15  -  COUNTRYMANS JOURNAL —TUAN DJEK. THE DUSUN, Friday, March 25. prevailing weather, with little or no rain, hot days <95°F. one day), and cold nights (down to 68"F. once), has given the smaller kids coughs and colds. The Tuan has never allowed himself
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  • 54 15 PENANG, April I.—City Councillors observed one minute’s silence at the start of their monthly meeting yesterday as a mark of respect for Mr. Ong Joo Sun, a former municipal commissioner, who died last month. The late Mr. On« served on the then Municipal Commission from June
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  • 152 15 SINGAPORE, March 30 —The volume of trade between Singapore and Australia in 1959 amounted to $234.6 million—an Increase of $16.4 million or seven per cent over the previous year. This was announced by the Australian Trade Commissioner here. Mr. R. W. Holberton today. Imports Into
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  • 1428 16 -KING PTES in HTS SLEEPNATION GRIEVES STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS Kuala Lumpur, April 1 THE NATION today mourned the Yang di-Pertuan A gong, Malaya’s first Head of State, who died in his sleep at the Istana Negara here this morning just before 4
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  • 114 16 Kt ALA LUMPI’R. April VThe following traffu h i n rangements have f) made for motorists wish to pay homage the late King from 1» a m. tomorrow l.ornie Road from the tm quarter milestone 0 Suleiman Road ''{."Lab will be closed to throujj traffic
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  • 555 18 SINGAPORE, April 1. SINGAPORE today joined with the Federation in mourning the death of the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong. The Prime Minister’s office ordered that al) Hags at Government flag stations be flown at half mast as a mark of respect today and
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  • 177 18 The people of the Federation will pay their respects to the late Yang di Pertuan Agong at the lying-in-state at the Istana Negara. Kuala Lumpur today (April 2). Time table for this isM A.M. 10 A.M.: The Rulers, the Governors or their representatives, and the
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  • 914 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP Singapore, April. 3. race one i lass 2, DIV. 3 E. Chew and Mr. 8. H. S !t MMISMATE 0.00 hit 8 7 363—1 M) N 1 >( n Juan 9.0 1)0-292) Tavlor 2 'itu Mas 8.12 (5 i• 84 —471) Porte 3
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  • 1004 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, April 3.—A. P. Stable’s Marksman today won the Singapore Derby at Bukit Timah. Marksman, trained by Keith Daniels and with Arthur Ward In the saddle, came with a strong run In the straight to beat Dreamboat by half a length with Prince of Lallta
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 93 19 THE BIC SWEEP; Total pool $175,750 1ST PRIZE No. *****5 ($79,086) 2ND PRIZE No *****9 ($39,543) 3RD PRIZE No. *****5 ($21,968) STARTERS ($2,746 each) Nos. *****3, *****9, *****0, *****6, *****8. *****5. *****0, *****1. CONSOLATION ($1,318 each) Nos. *****9 *****0. *****9. *****2, *****5. *****4. *****8, *****4, *****2, *****1. THE BIC SWEEP:
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  • 35 20 PENANG, April 3.—The Penang state ivd.l.C. will bold a meeting at the Hindu Sabha, Dato Kramat Road at 6 nm on Tuesday to pay respects to the memory of the Yang dl-Pertuan Agong
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  • MALAYAN SHAKE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1508 20 Extremely good period with heavy turnover By Our Market Correspondent \LT HOUGH it was only a short trading week the Malayan Stock Exchange had an extremely good period with a heavy turnover. Although there was renewed substantial business in sterling rubbers, the main feature was industrials
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    • 28 20 Tin Rubber (per picul) (per lb.) March 28 $389.12V] 29 $389.00 $1.20Vi SO $389.25 $1.21 W SI $389.00 $1.20H April 1 $387.87 Vi $1.18 2 $388.00
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    • 346 20 EARLY in the week it seemed that the same pattern was developing as at the end of last month, report H.C.B. Co., Ltd. In their review of the Singapore Rubber Market last week. Fair demand for highgrade sheet met with some profit-taking and the price gained one
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    • 1283 20 THE followtnc list of revised 1 quotations was Issued by members of the Malayan Stock Exchange after their last meeting on Saturday (April 2) H and L 4a d for hit' and lowest for business done this year. INDUSTRIALS Ml I Alai Bricks 2.40 2.20 Ords 2.30
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