The Straits Budget, 19 April 1961

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    27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER CTs^- 765 Kuala Lumpur, April Id Id6i. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      Bartlett: A wider view
      91 2  -  ASIAN Singapore. IT seems times are hard for the Times. Tuan Djek has died—l had always enjoyed his Countryman’s Journal, refreshing, peaceful vignettes of pure country life, simple and sincere. And now Vernon Bartlett is leaving for good. I never missed reading his articles. It was
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      Crime...and punishment
      110 2  -  JOHN LEE Singapore. JIAS anyone heard ol the unusual punishment being given a whole class at a well-known secondary school here? Some boy did some mischief in class and the teacher was unable to discover the culprit. As a result the whole class has been detained during recess
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      The part-time teachers
      330 2  -  TEACHER Singapore. MINISTRY BAN ON STUDY COURSES JUSTIFIED FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN... THE Ministry of Education is quite justified in taking action against those teachers doing part time courses which have no connection with the teaching profession. One wonders why such a move was not taken
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      Bartlett: Informed and authoritative
      168 2  -  K. TAN Kajang. IN his farewell article Vernon Bartlett said: there is enough truth in It to quicken my understanding of the fact that Singapore and even, to some extent, the Federation have reached a stage at which a foreigner’s comment. however friendly its intention, may
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      What teachers don’t get
      66 2  -  INJUSTICE Kuala Lumpur. V REFKR to the letter by 1 “Fairplay” on the unified service for teachers He states the Government has seen to it that all newly recruited teachers are treated alike as to housing and medical facilities. Fairplay should state tacts in their true
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      How not to welcome a tourist to Malaya
      176 2  -  ISf W. H. <-A Changi. IN the course of a slxmonth. 18.000-milt overland journey from London to Australia I entered Malaya on a transit permit, valid for one month In Singapore however I found shipping extremely difficult, the delay b-ing in the
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      That zoo...
      48 2  -  N. J. I v Singapore. A CORRESPONDENT for a zoo in Sin u Instead of proposing of animals as a tour; traction, he might tn attention to the con of so many of Sing' cats and dogs which doubtedly acts as a repellant. VT I /'I \>
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon The Western Problem
      607 3 —Straits Times. April 10 President and If Minister did )t r. oi to take decisions, r s lotnam, the Congo, Jarman' or.*. the Atlantic alliance and aid to underdeveloped countries, these the matters disused and on which agreejjjpnt ah r idy exists, except as regards methods oi
      —Straits Times. April 10  -  607 words
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      Lock icon More Hospitals
      402 3 —Straits Times. April 10 Singapore’s planning for the hospitals in the next four years is notable for decentralisation measures that will ease pressure on the General and Maternity hospitals and also bring down the costs of inpatient services. Chief of the new projects and the most expensive in
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      Lock icon A New Look
      192 3 —Straits Times. April 10 Listing the defects of British industry is one of the few sports at which the British are still champions, although fortunately for British industry not all the criticism is true. But if the British want to keep their Malayan markets, to say nothing
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      Lock icon Into Calmer Waters
      715 3 —Straits Times, April 11 The language controversy in Sarawak may now move for a time into calmer waters. It is to be hoped so, for feeling has been running very high. The management boards of the Chinese language middle schools and their supporters, have antagonised Sarawak’s other
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      Lock icon Rural Self-Aid
      320 3 --Straits Times. April 11 Tun Razak’s speech to the annual conference of the Malayan Association of Youth Clubs on rural development tasks contains advice that is much to the point. Interest in the national campaign is growing among the younger people, as may be seen in the formation
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      Lock icon Tin Rides a Boom
      751 3 Straits Time>. April 12 With the price of t o way over the figure at which the manager of the stockpile can sell, ar.d nearing indeed the pr.ee at which he mutt, the tin rdurtty s b* toning a little pei plcxed about its boom. For
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      Lock icon Fighting T.B.
      385 4 —Straits Times, April 12. The Minister for Health has said that, with systematic development of a campaign to control and attack tuberculosis, he is hopeful the disease will be eliminated as a public health problem before the decade is out. Dato Ong Yoke Lin is possibly setting the
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      Lock icon Debate On The Plan
      606 4 —Straits Times. April 14 The Singapore Government secured approval for its FourYear Plan not only from its own Assembly supporters, but from most of the Opposition members as well. Two full days of debate produced hardly a word of criticism against the Plan's purposes and proposals,
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      Lock icon Some Rubber Problems
      677 4 I I o 11 rvv -Straits Time-. V" A treasury in search of capital for national development and revenue for the annual increases in recurrent expenditure is not likely to lend a sympathetic ear to the rubber industry’s complaint of discriminatory taxation. But the discrimination exists, and
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  • Obituary
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    21 4 PERSONAL DEATH AMY HENRIETTA late Captain AC. Hf awav at 9P2 Ylo at use of 82. Fune™ on 17th April. Dw?!’
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    This time it is goodbye to Malaya
    982 5 SAYS VERNON BARTLETT WHO LEAVES AFTER SIX YEARS HERE EARLY two years ago I i wrote an article in which I said farewell t: Malaya. Within e rht months I was :acK again. This is an r t:c!e in which I say Newell
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    THIEF GRABS GIRL’S CHAIN BUT LOSES HIS WATCH
    123 5 SINGAPORE. April 9. A thief grabbed a gold chain from a girl, but lost his own wristwatch in a struggle that followed. It happened yesterday on Kim Seng Bridge. Two girls, Yiong Mee Ngoh, 19. and her cousin, Cheng Ah Moi, 21.
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    Punters pack club office
    49 5 SINGAPORE. April 9.—Huge crowds wire present again today at the Singapore Turf Club's town office in Robinson Road to participate in ofT.•ourse betting for the final day of the STC Derby meeting Hawkers jammed the entrance to the STC. building selling food, cigarettes and drinks
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    120 hotel workers told: You’re out
    297 5 120 hotel workers told: You’ re out SINGAPORE, April 10. —The management of the Goodwood Park Hotel today refused to reinstate 120 workers, most of whom were involved in a two-hour stoppage on he night of April 8. This was the outcome of a meeting this evening between the management
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    Boy’s death fall at church
    47 5 SINGAPORE. April 9 A schoolboy. Yeo Koon Teng, nine, fell to his death from a first-floor window of the Chinese Methodist Church in Telok Aver Street this evening The boy was attending a Sunday School class at the church when he fell
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    Swami dies
    29 5 KUALA LUMPUR. April 9 •Swann Satyananda. president of the Pure Life Society. Puchong. died this afternoon. Cremation will take place at 330 p in, tomorrow at Puchong.
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    PMIP forms probe team
    187 6 F/ UAL A TREN’GGANU. April 9. The PanMalayan Islamic Party ii. Trengganu will form a commissiui of inquiry to investigate allegata :.s that religious oftirn.is have sabotaged tlie work o: the State Gov- r;:ment 7lie Meiitri ol irenggaa.i. Inche Mohamed Daud b.a A’odul S.imad. announced hi!
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    Managers move
    42 6 RAWANG. April 9.—Mr. G T. Alexander, manager of Bukit Munrhong and Ulu Yam F dates for the past nine years, has gone on transfer to Lothian Estate. Nilai Mr L.l Adcoek. of Lothian estate, has taken over from Mr Alexander.
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    MARRIED IN CATHEDRAL
    146 6 WED IN CAPITAL: K E TK ALA V a chemical engineer. and Mi>s firidinc Kli/abHh Puck, who were married in St. Mary's hiirch. Kuala l.umpur. on April Both are members of the Selangor Philharmonic Society. SISTER MARRIES: Miss Marjorie Grace Walpole, a nursing sister, married Mr. R.
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    Cobra shares the bathroom with family of eight
    236 6  -  A HISSING SHOCK FOR SWEE CHIN, .9 By GURDIAL SINGH RAWANG, April 9 FAMILY of eight people learned yesterday that they had been sharing their bathroom with a cobra. One of the children found the 4 ft. cobra in a hole in
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    No branch but Alliance to put up MIC men
    145 6 IPOH. April. 9 -Thou-H there is no Malayan I n ci i a n C ngi s* branch in Ipoh. Alliance will held M*c candidates in y town council ele *ti next month. Senator Yeoh Kian J chairman of the h
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    Lock icon Red Cross chief could not do better either...
    80 7 THE president of the Selangor branch of the Red Cross, Inche Abdul |amii bin Abdul Rais. Thought he could do better an P r ®tty Michele Allard. 15, at a game of Tin gs round the bottles at the Red Cross fun
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    ‘WOMEN ONLY’ TRAINING SCHOOL FOR IPOH
    414 7 WOMEN ONLY TRAINING SCHOOL FOR IPOH Muslim society hopes to stop drift to the streets IPOH, April 9. THE Muslim Missionary Society here is setting up a $400,000 vocation training school for women, the first of its kind in the country. The object of the school will be to train
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    FEWER STRIKES IN MALAYA
    151 7 Labour, bosses praised rprjr KOTA BHARU. April 9. J nt ->ter of Labour, Inche Bahaman bin Sam- said here today that co-operation bek-,' j'loyers, employees and the Government in a big drop in the number of strikes. t \*t Peaking to memstate Assembly, partments. local ti
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    Borrowing authority for Perak
    145 7 ▼jPOH. April 9. The Perak State Government has been given authority to borrow up to $lO million from,the Federation Government to subsidise settlers in the State’s group settlement schemes. The authority is bestowed by the Loans (Group Settlement Scheme) Enactment, which was passed by the Perak
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    ‘DON’T FORGET US’ PLEA
    225 7 DON’T FORGET US’ PLEA Smallholders want land too IPOH. April 9. THE chairman of the Perak Smallholders’ Association, Inche Ismail bin Majid, today called on the State Government not to forget landowners in its anxiety to c.ive land to the landless. Speaking at the associa-, tion’s annual meeting here. Inche
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    Quorum lacking
    27 7 i IPOH Apr: 1 9. Th< annual meeting of the Perak Eurasians’ Association, scheduled for t iday was po tponed for lack of a quorum.
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    English for schools backed
    1077 8 THE CHINESE WHO OPPOSE EDUCATION PLAN WILL BE ASKED TO RECONSIDER KUCHING. April 9 THE Sarawak Council Negri, the territory’s legislative body, has indicated its backing for the Government’s plans to introduce English as the main medium of instruction in all Sarawak secondary schools. At its
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    Boy Scouts want to do chores
    112 8 CINGAPORE. April 9. Five thousand Boy Scouts today set out to do chores to raise funds for bettering the Scout movement in Singapore. “Job Week” had a flying start this morning with six scouts of Group 52. Catholic High School, doing chores for the
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    Bomb found and detonated
    28 8 MALACCA. April. 9. A three-inch mortar bomb was found early yesterday at Bukit Sebukor here. An army demolition team from Seremban exploded the bomb.
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    Perak Assembly is told about do-nothing registry
    269 8 IPOH. April 9 jif ANY people are encountering difficulties and “impro1 A per treatment” at the registry of births and death.* in Taiping, the Perak Assembly was told last night. Inche Baharuddin bin Haji Abdul Latif (PMIPGunong Semanggol) referred to the Inconvenience suffered
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    $100,000 gift for a bride
    153 8 100,000 gift for a bride pKNANG, April 9. Millionaire banker and rubber magnate Mr. Saw Chou I'heng today gave jewels worth $lOO,OOO as a wedding present to his youngest daughter. Joo See. And it was Mr. Saw’s two Rolls-Royces that headed a long line of cars which took the wedding
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    Anti-bandit fighter leaves
    428 9 fill. THOMPSON (A WARTIME D.S.O.) RETIRES AFTER 23 YEARS, predicts 1 bright future KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 )1\\ who was one of the top Government administrators throughout all stages of the 12-year-old Emergency campaign is leaving the country tomorrow confident of Malaya’s bright future. He is Mr.
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    Mr Fairbank is elected
    58 9 -M’.-w’ore. April 10 Mr has been elected I the Town Plan- lle 'Malaya T;° U r 1 v‘ rla ls are: Mr. rr.u" Hool. vice-chair- Watkinson, seB. ultl lnch e Rosli bin ***>• tri usurer. Mr t members are: Peng {J; Hal, Mr. Chan Mr Mr.
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    ANGER AT WAIT FOR P.S.C. DATE
    276 9 DELAY IS COSTING SENIORITY KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 returning from Australia and New Zealand are dis- satisfied with the Malayan Public Services Commission's procedure for appointments for interviews, their secretary said today. Mr. Tan Toh Hong, secretary of the Australian and New r Zealand
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    MP off today on tour
    79 9 JOHORE BAHRU. April 11. Mr. Chan Chong Wen, 37. Alliance M.P. for Kluang Selatan, leaves by air tomorrow for a three-month tour of the United States and Britain. He will spend two months in America studying political. social, educational and youth organisations before going on
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    Kneeling son-in-law offers tea to millionaire banker and magnate
    98 9 pENANC millionaire banker and rubber magnate, Mr. Saw Choo Thcng, receiving the customary “introduction” tea served in a golden cup from his new son-in-law, Dr. Tang Tcng Kooi, at a ceremony held in the bride's rcsidancc in Curncy Drive on April
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    Lock icon REINFORCEMENTS for THE CONGO: LAST BATCH ARE OFF
    366 10 79 men to be airlifted by RAF Britannia KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 THE last party of reinforcements 79 otlicers and men for the Malayan Special Force in the Congo left for Taiping today on the iirst leg of their journey. The Deputy
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    MCA and Umno to contest seven wards each: MIC gets one
    298 10 PENANG. April 12 r |'HE MCA and Umno will each field seven candidates and the MIC one in the 15-ward Penang Island rural elections on May 27. Nomination day is April 25. The local MCA rural district elections committee
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    Accused of cheating
    46 10 PENANG. April 12 —Claude Cuthbert Balhetchet, 49, was allowed $5OO ball after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of cheating a shopkeeper, Tan Kiah Soo of $9O In cash and goods on Feb. 16. The case will be heard on April 21.
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    Lighter man missing
    39 10 KLANG April 12—Iron bars being unloaded from a ship by crane knocked two labourers overboard from a lighter off Port Swettenham last night. One. Shahldin bln Kompot, was rescued. The other, Hassan bln Kassim, is missing.
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    $25 task for a bomoh: Keep rain away
    271 10 25 task for a bomoh: Keep rain away 5JEREMBAN. April 11 A bomoh is to be given a $25 assit ment to prevent rain on April is and 19 during the installation ceremony of the Yang: di-Pertuan Besar and his Consort at Sri Menanti. His is going to be a
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    Extra $2m. voted
    55 10 Extra 2m. voted SEREMBAN. April 11 Negri Sembilan State -v lative Assembly today > proved supplementary mates for 1961 amour*’ $2,033,000. This will bring expend- for 1961 to *t6.U!Ui t against the $14,086, last December. The addition indue extra $100,000 for tnt stallation ceremony Ruler from April 14 t 17.
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    Kelantan ruler’s crown jewels
    359 11 5, OO OOO TIARA FOR THE SULTAN AH AND $40,000 PRECIOUS GEMS READY POR JULY INSTALLATION SINGAPORE, April 1 1 r i;tl r»M.\N from a l l,ui:u jewellery stmc Singapore i, i»'t completed ;;.rk •> *****0set sintering crown nu .l« or the coming iil.it.nn of the
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    Misadventure
    32 11 ST,' r 0R E. April 11.—The Mr. Sathl V. returned a ir o: t misadven-fj-r; 1 Bernard <*r. wtVriii 1 nf R A F. Sele- tetanus In H Hospital on Jan.
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    A STABILITY PLAN FOR S’PORE
    585 11 TUC, Govt agree to keep industrial peace SINGAPORE, April 11. rPHE Singapore Trades Union Congress and the Government have agreed on practical steps to maintain industrial stability. A Finance Ministry statement today said that a sub-committee of Government and TUC representatives held five meetings during
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    29 AT CIVICS COURSE
    65 11 KUALA LUMPUR, April 11.— Twenty-nine honorary information officers from Penang began a three-day civics course here today. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare. Dato Ong Yoke Lin. told them that it was essential that people in the country should be able to speak and write
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    Overdue plane found on strip
    146 11 SINGAPORE. April 10. A bacily damaged Auster plan? was found this evening on an airstrip called Long Lelong in North Borneo. Its two occupants were located in Liomatu village, some miles away in Indonesian territory. Neither was hurt. They are Mr. S. Baillie Reynolds, 34.
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    President again
    42 11 PENANG. April 11. The Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee. has been re-elected president of the Penang Playing Fields Association, with Mr. Soon Cheng Sun as vicepresident. Mr. Loh Guan Kheng as treasurer and Mr. Goh Boon Tat as secretary.
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    Merdeka end for jungle Reds —Strachey
    293 12 SINGAPORE, April 10. MR. JOHN STRACHEY, the former British War Minister, said here loday that the granting independence to the Federation was the decisive point which crushed Communist terrorism. Mr. Strachey. here for a lecture tour at Singapore and the Federation, said in an
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    Extortion bid at cabaret is alleged
    188 12 IPOH, April 12.—A dance hostess, Anna Lee Kwan Yuen, 24, and a tinsmith. Lim Ah On, 26. were jointly charged in the Sessions Court here i/.ciay with attempted extortion. They were alleged to have attempted to extort money from another dance hostess, Yip Kwai
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    Council meeting
    21 12 SEGAMAT. April 12. The Town Council will hold its monthly meeting at the Diamond Jubilee Hall on April 16.
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    ‘Beat the bookie’ system costs man held in raid $500
    248 12 ‘Beat the bookie’ system costs man held in raid 500 SINGAPORE, April 10. “A MAN arrested in a police raid l'or a.!i ...j bookmaking claimed today that ho only trying to formulate a system to makt horse-racing pay —and beat the bookies. Sng Seng Heng, 48, an analytical chemist, said
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    10,000 PAMPHLETS SAY: LOTTERIES ARE NOT GAMBLE
    366 12 KUALA LUMPUR, April 11. T'EN THOUSAND leaflets have been issued by the special section of the Department of Information to dispel fears among Muslims that it is wrong to support social welfare lotteries. The leaflets quoted a ruling by Sheikh Abdul Rahman Isa,
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    Labour man hits at bars on liberties
    131 12 J OHORE BAHRU. April y y Tan Phock kin, secre f arv general of the Labour Partv of Malaya, today accused the Government of obstructing opposition political parties. Addressing the fourth arnual delegates’ conference the party's Johore divni here, he said that the
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    Fewer ships docked in S’pore
    77 12 SINGAPORE. April lr Or >■ tonnage of ship< docked for repairs and painting at the Singapore Harbour Board’s six dry docks Ur the year ended June 30. lwu dropped, according latest report and accounts the board. During the period, vessels totalling 1,148.801 registered tons were
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    More labour offices
    44 12 KUALA TRENGGANT 11—The Federation Muof Labour will set up bour offices and 14 i ment exchanges to co; the increasing number j seekers. The Minister of Ln Inche Bahaman bin suddin, announced tin meeting with represei of employers and em; here.
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    To Japan for course in oil
    43 13 B§?°*K»F. April li._ the ‘°cal trainees of royo Oil Co. left V 05 'Japan Airlines refii A cour se in oil -jv Japan. post c )p Siven key refi:,. p State’s first oil o:. Tanjong Berlayer return
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    Lock icon The missile age comes to Singapore air show
    48 13 ROCKETRY DISPLAYS ATTRACTING CROWDS 0 This “opcjT' model of the Skylark shows its delicate instrumentation Above: These are rca rockets which can be fuelled and fired from where they stand—Straits be fuelled and fired from where they stand—Straits Times pictures
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    Trade mission visits P.J.
    39 13 Trade mission v isits P.J. '‘iPCR. April 11. a 12-man Ja- r. fission visited lfJr! n',, ,*t, P r et 3 ling Ja ya TV visit here. if i v l vTr Kai Amano. with 1 ai development Jaya,
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    AUSTRALIA SHOWS HOW SHE IS HELPING TO PUT MAN INTO SPACE
    241 13 SINGAPORE. April 11. of the mysteries of rocketry and space probes have been brought to Singapore by the current Internalional Air Show. Vying for attention with the breath-taking displays of supersonics are the research rockets of America and Australia—Tiros
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    Sentence is deferred
    68 13 PENANG. April 11—An unemployed youth. Hashim bin Sultan, climbed into a postman’s house and stole a clock and several other articles, the Sessions Court was told today. Hashim pleaded guilty to an amended charge of dishonestly retaining a clock, six shirts and four pairs of trousers stolen
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    Parliament opening
    47 13 KUALA LUMPUR. April 10. —The Yang di-Pertuan Agong will open the third session of Parliament at the Tengku Abdul Rahman Hall on April 19. The King will take the salute of a guard-of-honour before addressing the joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives.
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    Tagore patrons
    38 13 KUALA LUMPUR. April 12— The Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak and the minister of Education. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji lalib. have agreed to be patrons of the Tagore centenary celebration committee in Kuala Lumpur.
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    Museum change
    32 13 TAIPING, April 12—Mr. K. Sockalingam of the Perak Museum. Taiping, is going on transfer to Teluk Anson, where he will be attached to the Marine Department a c chief clerk.
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    $125 theft
    32 13 IPOH, April 12. Thieves broke into the quarters of an attendant. Lee Hooi Nyee at the Central Mental Hospital. Tanjong Rambutan. and stole $5B cash and $67 worth of belongings.
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    ALBAKRI PROBES CLASH AT POLLS
    209 13 Kuala lumpur, April 12. —The head of the Elections Commission, Haji Mustapna Albakn. is conducting a private inquiry into the events which led to the clash at the new village local council election on April 9. Officially he cannot take an> action because neither the
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    Two die on border operations
    93 13 IPOH. April 12 Two members of the Security Forces died yesterday while on anti-terrorist operations in the Malaya-Thal border area DEATH NO. 1: Captain Andrew Smith, 30, a military intelligence officer stationed in Kroh. who collapsed and died while on a reconnaissance mission. DEATH NO.
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    Woman accused of assault
    43 13 SINGAPORE. April 12. A woman, Kong Swee Yen. pleaded not guilty here today to voluntarily causing hurt to Thomas Khoo Keat Hoe w'th boiling water at Changi Read on March 6. She was allowed $5OO ball until June 10
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    Inspector moves
    27 13 KUALA KANGSAR, April 12. Police Inspector Mohamed Ali bin Abdullah has been transferred to the police headquarters in Ipoh after being stationed 20 months here
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    Dato Loke present at palace investiture
    73 14 TIIK Yang di-Prrtuan Agong on April 12 presented honours and awards to 51 people at an investiture ceremony at the Istana Negara, Kuala Lumpur. They were among the 158 awarded honours on the King s birthday in January. These pictures show the King investing
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    Alliance victory
    52 14 IPOH, April 12.—The Alliance swept the board in the Chenderiang council byelection lor four seats yesterday. The successful candidates were Lau Kwai Soo. Ng Seng. Lau Yew Nam and Leong Ah Hong. They were opposed by four PPP candidates. The council now has eight Alliance members and two
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    Malacca flood
    34 14 KUALA LUMPUR, April 12. -The Asahan Road, at the 29 1 2 milestone in the Jasin district of Malacca, was under one foot of water, which was rising, the Government said today.
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    PROVINCE GETS NEW DISTRICT COUNCIL
    83 14 BUKIT MERTAJAM, April 13. The first nominated Province Wellesley Central district council —a merger between the Bukit MertaJam town council and Province Central rural district council was inaugurated today when 10 of the 15 councillors took their oath of acceptance. The council held its first
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    New weapon to fight gangs
    264 14 IT WILL BE JAIL FOR MERE POSSESSION OF A KNUCKLEDUSTER. 3HAINWHIP, FLICK-KNIFE KUALA LUMPUR. April 12. rpHE Government is arming itself with a stronger weapon to fight secret society gangsters and other criminals. The weapon: Jail for mere possession of such gangland weapons as chainwhips,
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    PARKING METERS IN IPOH TODAY
    213 14 IPOH, April 12.—From 1 8.30 a.m. tomorrow Ipoh motorists will have to pay for parking their vehicles in of the busy business centres during certain hours. It is the first town In the Federation to adopt this system. The chairman of the Ipoh Town Council,
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    13 INJURED IN PENANG CYCLONE
    472 14 OENANG, April 12, —A ten-minute freak cyclone swept through Penang this afternoon, ripped off rooftops, uprooted trees and caused 13 casualties. The City Council Hats in Ah Quee iftreet suffered the heaviest, damage. The Mayor. Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, who conducted an on-the-spot inspection. announced
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    SOUND BASE FOR FUTURE
    528 15 SINGAPORE, April 12. Dr. Goh calls wage pact key to economic stability rt'iHl .MINISTER for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, told the Legis1 lutive Assembly today that the agreement of the Trades Union (oi’.-ifss to contribute to wage stability was not only a significant idv 'mc
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    Dental school ‘good as Europe’s’
    315 15 SINGAPORE. April 14. An eminent Swedish pathologist. Professor Gosta Gustafson of the Ro;-al Dental School in Malmo. today praised the teaching of the University of Malaya’s Dental St hool here. Prof. Gustafson. who heads his school’s Department of Histo-Pathology. is on a short visit with
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    3 Umno men stage council walk-out
    117 15 r,, U:>Ir IPOH. April 12. members, headed by a former chair- •> of the Pirit local council, walked out ot v tne Funt loca f the council. Inche Mohamed 11. the former ",i Abdul Ghani tif i and Inche Shukor. ■'1 they withdrew dis
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    Kris offer to embassies
    68 15 KUALA LUMPUR. April 12 Tiie National Museum has offered to lend 79 Malay weapons from its collection for display in Malayan Embassies and High Commissions overseas. The weapons, ranging from small daggers to swords, will be dispatched shortly. They include both wavy and st raight-bladed krises.
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    Now new gang stabbing adds to fears of 20,000
    440 15 IPOH, April 11 rpHE wave of fear which has gripped Ipoh’s densely-populated suburb of Menglembu and kept its population indoors after dark, heightened today with yet another secret society stabbing. In full view of dozens of people three thugs closed in
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    Port authority for Sarawak
    51 15 KUCHING. April 12 The Sarawak Government has been given the green light to set up a port authority for each port in the territory if necessary. A Bill to this effect, moved by the Financial Secretary, Mr B A Hepburn, has been approved by the Council
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    ‘NO DOUBLE TAX’ AGREEMENT
    539 16 GOH HOPES AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN WILL GIVE NEW IMPETUS TO INVESTMENT OF CASH IN SINGAPORE SINGAPORE, April 1 1. A CONVENTION to avoid double taxation and prevent tax evasion was signed here today by the Japanese and Singapore Governments. The Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee.
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    Lottery aid for temple
    51 16 KUALA KUBU BAHRU. April 12. The 40-year-old Sri Subramaniam Temple at Ker. ling. live mile.s from here, will be demolished to make way for a new temple to be built on the site. The Social Welfare Lotteries Board has approved a grant of $15,000 for the
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    Speechless
    35 16 PENANG, April 13.—A policeman went to a public telephone box at Jalan Ayer It am to make a call yesterday and found that the phone had been stolen A man has oe< n detained.
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    Airlift for PC’s body
    77 16 PENANG, April 14. The body ol a policeman, Yong Teik Gin. 25, killed by a falling tree on April 4 while clearing dense jungle at Kroh, Upper Perak, was flown to Penang by R.A.F. helicopter today. Young, attached to the Police Field Force, was among a
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    A COBRA IN THE GUEST ROOM
    198 16 Snake sleeps with six people IPOH, April 13. a COBRA spent a night in a house occupied by six n people at Assam Kumbang, Taipin:*, before it was discovered and killed Mr. C.K.V. Devan. of the War Department Land Office. Taiping, told the Straits
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    The new ‘head’
    42 16 KUALA SELANGOR. April 13.—Mr. M. A. H Wyatt, who has been teaching on the East Coast for the past 15 years, has become headmaster of the Government English primary school at Kampong Kuantan here. It has nearly 1,000 pupils.
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    Lovely Sharmini is just not the type for Marlon
    345 16 OINGAPORE. April 12 Miss Sharmir.i Tiruchelvau described in London a lewyears ago as on< i the most beautiful women. has been found unsuitable for any role in three new American films to shot in Fcuth-Eost Asia. This decision wa- nor.de day
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    FREE PORT STATUS MUST STAY, SAYS TRADE CHIEF
    580 17 Chamber told of wharf improvement schemes PENANG, April 14 I 4 WARNING that I A it was “essen- tia r that Penang I should retain its free I p or t status, was I jmen here today by I Mr. M. O.
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    Bad eggs flung at PMIP men at rally
    352 17 J. BAHARU. April 14 X -VO rotlen eggs were hurled at Pan-Malay-■‘n Islamic Parly leaders attending a rally at the Padang Merdeka here last night. ~he eg*s. thrown from the rear of the crowd, c. not hit anyone. S i after the
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    CATERING STRIKE AT HOTEL SETTLED
    215 17 SINGAPORE, April 13. —The strike by 100 catering employees of the Goodwood Park Hotel in Scons Road is over. The workers, who resumed duty at 3.45 p.m. today after reaching an agreement with the management, are members ot the Singapore Catering Services Stall and Workers
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    New bank branch
    18 17 KUALA KANGSAR, April 12 —The United Malayan Banking Corporation Ltd., opened a branch here today
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    BACK to JUNGLE GO 20 BOMOH ‘GRADUATES’
    279 17 KUALA! UPIS, April 14. 'T’WENTY aborigine bomohs will leave Kuala Lipis 1 for their Jungle homes tomorrow, ready and eager to mingle a newly-acquired knowledge of Western medical techniques with their own bizarre remedies They are the latest “graduates” from the series of
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    FEDERAL ACTION ON MASSAGE PARLOURS
    102 17 KFALA LUMPUR, April 13. Legislation for the control of mas sage parlours in Selangor Ls to be drawn up by the Federation Government because all the parlours in the state are in the Federal capital. Mr. Y.T. Lee, chairman of Local Government and Town Planning,
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    Mining leases: State Assembly rejects S.F. man’s move
    795 18 KUALA LUMPUR, April 14. THE Selangor State Legislative Assembly today rejected a Socialist Front man’s resolution that no mining leases should in future be issued to foreign companies. During the debate on the resolution the Mentri Besar. Dato Abu Bakar bln Baginda.
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    College to be expanded, re-aligned with varsity
    362 18 GRADS TOLD: GREAT THINGS AWAIT YOU KUALA LUMPUR, April 13. pLANS will soon be finalised to expand the College of Agriculture at Serdang and to re-align it with the University of Malaya here so that it will benefit from contact with the teaching
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    CROWN, TIARA FIT SULTAN AND HIS CONSORT
    113 18 SINGAPORE, April U—lh e Sultan of KelauuJ newky-renovated Crown and his ConsJrS new $lOO,OOO diamond iM fitted perfectly wh ?a {2 royal couple tried them on this morning. The Sultan and hi« accompanied by a police escort, arrived at th* jewellers, H. Sena
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    MTUC HEAD HITS AT THE $1.20 EMPLOYERS
    95 18 Kota bharu. April 13.—The president of the Malayan Union Confess. Ir.che Ibrahim bin Musa, last night attached “certain employers in Kelar.rar.'’ for paying .heir labourers only $1.20 a day He was addressing n mn►•rs of the Kelantan branch at a luncheon here. Inche
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    Exhibition at varsity
    62 18 KUALA LUMPUR. April 13.— A film on animal life in pond? will be shown at the econo annual exhibition of the Malayan Nature Society Sec angor branch, at the Zoology Department of the University of Malaya here tomorrow Hundreds of exhibits P r pared bv members ano
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    Copter lifts preacher to Cathedral
    185 18 gINGAPORE. April 15 A naval helicopter was used today to carry a preacher from one part of Singapore to another moments after he landed at the Paya Lebar Airport. Dr. Paul White was due to attend the Scripture Union rally in the Victoria Memorial Hall
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    GRADUATES CALL FOR STUDENT INQUIRY
    330 19 XI v urge Govt, to probe i ouses of Malayans stu ying in Australia, NZ KUALA LUMPUR, April 16. Tli; .deration Government was today urg- o set up a commission of inquiry to I W I, the grievances of 4,000 Malayan students Australia and New
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    Sultan and consort go for fitting
    58 19 KOTA BHARU, April 13. —The Sultan of Kelantan and his consort left here this morning by train for Singapore—for a fitting of their new crowns. The crowns, ordered by the State Government at a total cost of $140,000 will be kept in the Sultan’s
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    Replanting: 3 conditions for success
    188 19 JOHORE BAHRU, April 16. senior state replanting officer, Johore, Mr. R.J. Dennett, has listed three conditions necessary for the future success of replanting projects. They are: THE ABILITY of the Rubber Replanting Board to keep up with the programme and maintain Its standards; THE AVAILABILITY
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    TECHNICAL COURSES BY POST: APPLY SOON
    97 19 KUALA LUMPUR, April 16. The Central Apprenticeship Board Is to start correspondence courses this year for the benefit of apprentices in outlying districts. For a start correspondence tuition will be given only to a limited number of apprentices who are in the mechanical and
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    PAGAN KING WINS
    1128 19 Penang. April 15. Mr. v. C Bath’s Pagan King, riddci Mr Haworth Booth, won tn< hurdle race over 7 lurlon-. at the amateur races here today. Pap King won by one and a half lengths from Ambassador with the hot favour tt Charlemond, in third ace. Charlemond
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      40 19 I THE BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $145,196 Ist Prise: *****8 $60,840 2nd Prise: *****8 $30,420 3rd Prise: *****7 $16,900 STARTERS $4,506 each—Nos. *****8, *****4 *****6,*****6. *****6, *****0, CONSOLATION $l,OOO each—Nos. *****9. *****4, *****4, *****4, *****4, *****8. *****8, *****8, *****7, *****8.
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      Investors calm in wide rises, falls
      737 20 From Our Market Correspondent THE under-lying current strength of the Mala--1 yan Stock Exchange was demonstrated last week by the way in which investors kept their heads despite the wide rises and falls in the tin price. Gains of $11.50 In a day and
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      403 20 TMI Malayan lx change Bank*’ Ass*ciatien made these change* In It* rate to merchant* on Saturday (all rate* to sloolt Canada: buying airmail T.T. 321. O.D. 32|. 90 d/at 32 13/18 credit bill*. 33 trade bill*. Betting T T. *r O.D. ready: Canada 32 1/18: Swiss Francs 14Qg;
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      60 20 Current Date si Total for Total for payment payment year previous year J. Waugh 20 eta. April 21 20 cU. Str. Trading $2t May 3 $3.25 12.25 do. 75 eta.* May 3 $3.25 BorrIU 25% May 10 36% 40% I'lu Benut 10% May 12 371% 30% Ltd. Malacca
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1239 20 'T’HF state of shares on the Malayan Stock Exchange showing last business to April 8 (A) and last business since that dale (B). with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business last year and to date, waa: INIiSTRIALS Hi 8 8 sim Bricks. 1.00 .80
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      ‘Momentous week for rubber mart’
      468 20 THE past week was one of the lost momentous for the lubber market for uny months report Hoi:ii av Cutler, Bath Co i a’ The export figim announced on Tut lay while an increa* was anticipated, surpassed the most bullish ex< stations. This figure has
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      STOCK INDICES
      21 20 Malayan Stock Indie*Apr. 15 Apr JI Industrials; 158.37 1 Tins: *76.75 l' Rubber: 251.16 2 r lan 1 1958=100.
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      22 20 (Mtniiin' Prlctt) First Malayan 1.41 Second Malayan 1.14 First Hong Kong 1.31 1 Second Hong Kong .90 (H K currei.
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      CLOSING PRICE
      24 20 rubber ti n (per lb (Fjrf* April 16 8514 cts. 11 cts. JJJ® 12 89 S» cU. 13 «8 cts. M m**
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