The Straits Budget, 10 May 1961

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    28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NIWSPAPKR Lew es 768 Kuala Lumpur, May 10, 1961. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.
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      Who will speak for these silent millions?
      346 2  -  PUZZLED Singapore VOW that May Day has passed, may I, a political ingenue, be permitted to ask the following questions it brings to mind? The capitalist countries are said to exploit labour, and we are given to believe that the faces of the
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      NO DELIVERY
      60 2  -  MI.K Ipoh AT noon yesterday my office was notified by phone that a telegraph money order addressed to me was awaiting collection. The post office is a considerable distance from my office and I was put to a great deal of trouble to go there and collect the
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      PAY CUTS: A PITY TO REJECT OFFER BY GOVT.
      195 2  -  (Canon) D. I> < HKU-1A.I Singapore- IT is a pity that the Amal--1 gamated Union of Public Employees has rejected the Government’s latest offer for partial restoration of variable allowances. This is the time when all sections of the State, both
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      NOTICE IGNORED
      49 2  -  R Q Singapore nESPITE notice, ill SJ® A buses that p hol Jf. r pl and company pe rs onne must give up their seats i fare paying passe tiers,« not unusual to and JL company’s off-duiy worw doing just the Notices, it seem 11 enough. q
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      The Tagore centenary
      264 2  -  (Dr.) ZAIV.t 'l" DI Kuala Lumpur INDIA and the world will celebrate the centenary of the birth of one of her great sons, Rabindranath Tagore, tomorrow. This is a fitting way to preserve the memory of a poet and philosopher whose message was intended for mankind Malaya
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon Hong Lim And After
      529 3 —Straits Times. May 1 0 < the Government in L ;ii by-election canivtl;d to have taken Vt> bv surprise. There !e signs during the L’n, notably the at- t the rallies, to show v the winds of sentirt. t ~u t blowing. It is the u
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      Lock icon Co-op Plans
      385 3 —Straits Times, May 1 In the Federation’s five-year plan a large role is reserved for the co-operative movement. Or more accurately, the co-operatives can play a major part if they will. There is no need to swallow all the fine phrases which laced the Minister of Agriculture's presentation
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      Lock icon Return To Crisis
      708 3 —Straits Times. May 2 The three-power Laos truce commission has sent a unanimous report to the British and Russian Governments, cochairmen of the 1954 Geneva conference, and is ready to move into Laos. But the commission still has no truce to supervise. If the speculation in Delhi
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      Lock icon Moment Of Decision
      600 3 —Straits Times, May 3 Singapore enters upon a new phase in its political history with the Prime Minister’s May Day statement that the moment had arrived when not only the workers but all the people must decide whether they stood for the P.A.P. or against it. The
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      Lock icon Malay Venture
      262 3 —Straits Times. May 3 An important milestone on the road to greater Malay participation in commerce and industry in independent Malaya, said the Minister of Commerce of the launching yesterday of the Sharikat Permodalan Kebangsaan Limited. Membership of this “national investment company”, which is to have an initial
      —Straits Times. May 3  -  262 words
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      Lock icon The Fishing Industry
      665 4 —Straits Times, Mav 4 Seven million dollars for the development of the fishing industry is not all that generous, and there need be no surprise if Inche Abdul Aziz asks for more money before the second five year plan runs its term. There is considerable j scope
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      Lock icon At Paya Lebar
      204 4 —Straits Times, May 4 Singapore’s airport development to keep up with the jet age proceeds apace. Next week, barely a month after the opening of the new $2 million operations block at Paya Lebar, work is to begin on extension of the runway. A thousand extra feet
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      Lock icon The Election Rowdies
      759 4 —Straits Times. May 5 New regulations prohibiting canvassing on polling days in local elections and restrictions which will isolate polling stations in a kind of no-man’s land are a necessary reaction to recent unpleasant and even alarming incidents. The regulations have been imposed by the Election Commission,
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      Lock icon Flood Control
      407 4 —Straits Times. May 6 The Singapore P.W.D.’s statement that the diversion of Bukit Timah canal waters into Kallang river has been shelved means major changes to the largest drainage project in the Four-Year Plan. This was designed to solve flooding along the Bukit Timah high wav to the
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      Lock icon Death Penalty
      130 4 —Straits Times .V At a time when the trend everywhere is away f. the death penalty, Singapoi; 2 intention —shared by th Federation —to bring in tr. s extreme punishment f k> napping will be ie_ v..m grave misgivings. I: 1. ping warrants the i of rape and
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    BIG BIRTHRATE
    46 4  -  I) w Penang I AGREE that t! 1 of unemployn be difficult to s population of M t V e tinues to lucre a present rate, riv me'nt should take 1 ter seriously an more family pi 1 tres in the Feclc: M N.
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      BIRTH
      12 4 YOUNG: On 1st Gleneagles Hospital Ken a daughter, Kim Both well.
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    POWER FOR ONE HOUSE IN THREE BY 1994
    547 5 Chairman: Considerable scope for increased consumption j TANAH RATA, April 30 Till- chairman of the entral Electricity Board. Mr. Sharpies, predicted yesterday l, ;1 t by 1994 one in (lure households in Malaya will have electricity. Mr. oiiarples was la on the
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    Industry probe follow-up should be over by June
    262 5 SINGAPORE, April 30. HR. Albert Winsemius, who led a United Nations industrial survey mission to Singapore last year, flew in last night to head a follow-up" five-man team which would concentrate on specific industrial projects. This second mission will Tp.ete the investigation
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    Opening of two new mosques
    52 5 KUALA LUMPUR, April 30— The Sultan of Pahang yesterday opened a new $7,000 mosque at Kampong Lubok Paku. seven miles from Maran. Another mosque costing $lO,OOO was also opened yesterday by the Undang of Sungei Ujong at Kampong Sungei Jai in the Seremban district of
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    To advise on civil service training
    105 5 Kuala lumpur, April 30. —Mr. N. C. Angus (above), a New Zealand expert in public service staff training, has arrived to help the Federation Government plan a permanent civil service training centre. New Zealand has given 5425,000 under the Colombo Plan for establishing the
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    LACK OF CRIME IS THE MARK OF SUCCESS
    217 5 PENANG, April 30. 'JHE success of any police force is judged by the absence of crime—not by the number of arrests made, the Penang Chief Police Officer, Mr. P. H. O'Flynn, said today. “But to achieve this object, it is essential that
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    500 GALLONS OF LATEX GOES DOWN DRAIN
    109 5 JOHORE BAHRU. April 30 About 500 gallons of latex went down the drain at a Masai estate yesterday when a lorry towing two full tanks went out of control. The lorry slipped Into a drain and hit a rubber tree. causLng the tanks
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    Officer cadets join ship
    43 5 SINGAPORE. April 30—Two sea-cadets, Petty Ofilcer Tan How Gek and Acting Petty Officer Ng Ming Hong were signed on as members of the crew of the Straits Steamship ship Kunak when the ship sailed for Borneo on April 28.
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    Highland regt. arrives
    67 5 SINGAPORE. April 30— The Ist Bn. Queen’s Own highlanders sailed into Singapore this morning by the troopship Nevasa for their first overseas tour. This new regiment was formed t Edinburgh over two months ago by the amalgamation of the Seaforth Highlanders and the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders.
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    New lighthouse
    42 5 PENANG, April 30.—A light, standing 45ft. high on a white wooden structure, and flashing at seven second Intervals, has been established on the south side of Kuala Semarak on the west coast of Malaya, the Federation Marine headquarters announced today.
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    Lock icon Doctor takes a bride at St. John’s cathedral
    70 6 Dr. A.F.M. Jacques and his bride after their marriage at the St. John's Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur ol April 29. The bride is Linda Menezes, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Menezes, of Kuala Lumpur. The bridegroom, who is on the
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    GOVT. AIDS TEMPLER PARK ZOO PROJECT
    320 6 Society to get $6,000 a year, tax exemptions for five years KUALA LUMPUR. April ‘JO. f JIIE Federation Government has given its approval for the establishment of a national zoo in Templer Park, 14 miles from the Federal capital. It has agreed to contribute
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    CANADIAN VARSITY TEAM DUE
    143 6 QINGAPORE. April 30—The live Canadian protestors who will be responsible for starting course in accountancy and business administration at the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore divisions of the University of Malaya are due here within the next few days. The team, headed by Professor Leslie Wong, head
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    COMMUNITY HALL OPENED
    48 6 MALACCA. April 30. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin. yesterday opened a SO,OOO community hall at Kan- dang, four miles from here. Mr. Tan said the Malacca State Government would build 15 more community halls in the State at a cost of $150,000.
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    $8 million ‘new look’ plan for Perlis development
    357 6 KANGAR, April 30 'FHE Perlis Govern- ment’s five-year rural development plan, estimated to cost over $8 million, “will no doubt provide sweeping changes in the State,’’ the president of the Council of Regency, Dr. Syed Mahmood bin Syed Hussain Jamalullail. said today.
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    Convent girl wins prize
    62 6 Convent girl wins pri ze PENANG. April 30.—Valli Muthiai, bf the Penang Convent, won the top prize in the secondary schools art competition held in conjunction with the Penang State Progress Exhibition, to be opened tomorrow by the* Chief Minis- ter. Dato Won? :,t N? Khean Nee Girls' School >
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    Lock icon Wendy weds after her seven-month love test
    154 7 An English teacher from Brighton, Miss Wendy llounson 23, and Inche Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid. 28. who were married in Kuala Lumpur on April 30, after a seven-month “love test.” The test was a separation to find out whether they really loved
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    ‘ANTI-COLONIAL STRUGGLE’ THEME OF BIG MAY DAY RALLY
    364 7 SINGAPORE, April 30. A CALL to intensify the “anti-colonial struggle” here will be the central theme of the May Day programme at a workers’ rally at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow afternoon. The rally, which is expected to be attended by several thousand
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    New market
    32 7 KUALA SELANGOR. April 30. A new $B,OOO market at Pasir Benambang built under the rural development plan was declared open yesterday bv the district, officer. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Abbas.
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    Primary schools: Borneo has a $1mil. plan
    175 7 Primary schools: Borneo has a 1mil. plan aid from the colonial fund JESSELTON, April 30. By ;a:X will provide 90 per cent of the SI,198,750 for a plan to proprimary schools under North Borneo’s development pror t -ialist classrooms costing $429,000 will be provided in certain govr -::d aided schools.
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    MORE ROADS TO BE CAR PARKS
    52 7 a: ore. April 30.—The Government has further roads to parking places in GTr appears In the L eminent Gazette. wing places will parking places: Drive. St. An- d. Stamford Road :th Bridge Road irew's Road). 'between i •'•0 St. Andrew’s Street. Colom- a- i
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    Minister opens new hall
    63 7 MALACCA, April 30. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, today opened a new $9 000 community hall which will benefit the 4.000 Inhabitant.', of Kandang and Alai. The hall is one of 15 which the State Government plans ?o build at various places at
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    BIRDS FREED TO MARK A BIRTHDAY
    49 7 KUALA LUMPUR. April 30 Birds were freed at Buddhist temples throughout the country today as Buddhists celebrated Wesak, the birth of Buddha. Food wa. given to all who vLited the temples. S< vernl hundred people went to the Buddhist Temple in Sentul here.
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    Senator Yeoh hits back...
    1039 8 Says that PPP leader ‘obtains service’ of others to defend thugs Kl ALA LI MPI R, May 1. MIL Yeoh Kian Teik (Alliance) today in the Senate replied to allegations made in the House of Representatives a few days ago by the People’s Progressive Party leader,
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    PMIP Govts-not a single tax raised, says Tan
    187 8 KUALA LUMPUR, a. o |JTIE Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan s*:’ v- Sitold the Senate today that he did r, pf any single tax raised by the PMIP Si' crnmcnts in Kelantan and Trengganu |eame into power in 1959. Mr. Tan told
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    TRACTOR IS DROPPED TO SITE OF AIRSTRIP
    93 8 JESSELTON. May 1 —A tractor and a trailer were airdropped recently to the construction site of a new airstrip in a remote area of North Borneo. The air-drop was carried out by a giant R.A.F. Beverley aircraft from Jesselton. It took the pilot
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    Helping hand
    39 8 KAJANG May 1. Nine members of the Ulu Langat District rural development committee visited Kampong Sungei Pening in the Sungei Lalang area yesterday and helped a group of voluntary workers building bridges and repairing the roads there.
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    Stone laying
    35 8 KUALA LUMPUR May 1The Prime Minister. Tengri Abdul Rahman, will lay the foundation stone of the r.e* maternity block of the General Hospital at Circular Road here on May 12 at 5 p.m.
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    EUROPE can NOW HEAR S’PORE
    266 8 SINGAPORE. May 1 pROM today Radio Singapore may be heard as far overseas as Australia and Euroue. if conditions are good, and as clear as a bell by listeners in the Federation, Borneo and Indonesia. The Minister for Culture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, said this tonight
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    ‘The time to decide’ Lee tells the big rally: Choose now
    1852 9 SINGAPORE, May 1 9* HE PRIME MINISTER, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today I said that the workers and people of Singapore must decide now whether they stood for or against the People’s Action Party. Mr. Lee was speaking before
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    ‘POLITICAL SACK’ CHARGE DENIED
    141 9 KUALA LUMPUR. May 1. 4 senator denied today that politics was •aid the dismissal of a Language and Literary-"' H 'y employee, who was a member of the I -ahiyan Islamic Party. P_ 101UU1U. J. cli u Mushein A. Kadir t Vl: to charges in |M
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    Board member
    27 9 SINGAPORE May 1 Mr Ang Hock Lam ha.' been up pointed a member of the board of trustees of the National Theatre for six years.
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    Samson juror fined
    1380 10 He talked to two in a bar, said: ‘He’s guilty as hell... Marshall’s lost this case, boy’ PENANG, May 1 rnHE judge in the Samson murder trial fined 1 a juryman $5OO for contempt of court and dismissed the jury and ordered a fresh trial today, the
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    Exhibition for technical training week
    212 10 KUALA LUMPUR. May 'JTIE Commonwealth Technical Training Wt.-ek Exhibition, will be held at a former military camp near the Kuala Lumpur airport Iron. May lB to 24. The Minister oi Lab* ur. Inche Bahaman bin Sbumsuddin. said today the Fedf--i ration Government wo aa spend
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    Even MEN collect maternity benefits
    97 10 ITU ALA LUMPUR, May 1. —A factory, manufacturing insulation and acoustics materials in Johore Bahru pays maternity allowance not only to women workers but also to new fathers. This was disclosed today In a Ministry of Labour report. The report did not say how many
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    PC’s advice: Dial 999
    92 10 KUALA LUMPUR, May I. A woman said in court here today that when she called at Campbell Road police station to report an alleged extortion threat, a constable told her: “The sergeant is not here. You should dial 999.” “I didn’t dial 999 because I don't
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    Malayans say ‘Too costly’
    628 11 KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 l AMERICAN GOODS AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THEM—BY THE UJ3. MISSION M ALAYANS generally consider American goods are of highest quality but are too expensive, the United States trade mission which visited* Malaya recently said in its report, received here
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    Borneo talks on common market report
    124 11 Kuching, May 2. The Borneo territories interterritorial conference in Jesselton discussed a joint report recommending ways of bringing into being a common market in Sarawak and North Borneo. A communique issued after the meeting said the report would be studied by the two Governments.
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    More race centres to attract tourists? Opinion is divided
    312 11 LUMP! R. May Senator Date Sir Clough Thuraisingham’s proposal that more race courses should be set up An Malaya because they would be tourist attractions had a mixed reception today. Speaking in the Senate yesterday, Dato Sir Clough suggested that racecourses
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    Less rubber last month
    43 11 KUALA LUMPUR. May 2. Malaya produced 51.420 tons of rubber in March—s.ll4 tons less than in the previous month —according to the late>r official statistics. Of the total. 29,952 tons were produced by estates and 21.464 tons by smallholders.
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    Thais tell of precautions to bar Hari Raya incidents
    275 11 K LUMPUR, May 1 THE police in Changwad Pattani, in southern Thailand, took extra precautions last Hari Raya to forestall the possibility of disorders involving local Muslims, according to the Thai Embassy here. A statement from the Changwad Pattani authorities. issued
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    War plans ‘leaks’ warning
    470 12 Lack of security ‘too obvious’ in some operations, senior army police officers told IPOH, May 2 KMY and pulice officers were warned tox *Tlay to be on guard against leakage of operational plans to the enemy through stupidity or carelessness. The warning came from Lieut.-Gen Sir
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    Tengku is presented with four dolls at exhibition
    84 12 The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, was presented with four large dolls on May 'l for himself. his wife and two children—when he visited the KII>A Women’s Training Centre where an exhibition of dolls was in progress. The Tengku. however, asked that
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    ‘Walk-over’ seven are sworn in
    87 12 ‘Walk-over seven are sworn in TANJONG MALIM. May 2 Seven Alliance councillors returned unopposed to the town council here on April 12 were sworn in today They are: Che Halimah ointe Abdullah. 37; Inche man bin Ahmad. 25; Ha.ii Mohamed Ralib bin Haji Sidek. 57; Mr Eng Gee flung. 25;
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    SARAWAK RANGERS TO USE ANIMAL TRANSPORT IN JUNGLE WARFARE TEST
    172 12 KUCHING. May The Sarawak Rangers, now in Malaya, are to establish a transport section using mules and ponies. Major Douglas Bruee-Merrie, the Rangers' C. 0., is in Kuching recruiting men for the section. A modest start is to be made
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    $40 plunge
    41 12 KUALA KUBU BAHRU, May 2. Mohamed Nor bin Sidek. 34. whose car plunged into a 30ft. ravine at the 37 mile Ipoh-Kuala Lumpur Road on Feb. 24. was fined $4O and had his driving licence endorsed yesterday for carelessness.
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    DIDN’T OBEY COURT ORDER
    35 12 SINGAPORE. May 2. LAI HENG who failed to comply with a court order to pay sf>o a month for the maintenance of his children was sentenced today to five months’ jail.
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    Taiping visit
    30 12 TAIPING. May 2 —The assistant Minister for Labour. Mr. V. Manickavasagam. visited the Labour Exchange and the East Asiatic Company’s rubber factory at Ayer Kuning Road here yesterday
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    Tagore scholarship plea
    127 12 |>E\ANG. May. 2 The* Tagore Birthday Centenary Celebrations Committer today appealed to tiie public to contribute towards its Tagore centenary scholarship fund. Tin? appeal, issued by the chairman. Mr Ileah Joo Seang, says scholarships will be awarded to deserving students of secondary schools of all media, the
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    Serviceman unconscious
    59 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Ma;. 2 A British serviceman. Kenneth Hart. 29. was found O'ing unconscious under a tree on an estate 18 miles Iron*, here by the Pontian road t> day. Police called for an amb ance and the serviceman wa admitted to the General H pital. He was
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    Police officers transferred
    32 12 KUALA LIPIS. May Inspector Kishen Sin. .‘s police Investigating at Kuala Lipis. has f transferred to Kuanta: the same capacity. In Fadley bin Ashari. fro:: rantot. has taken hi
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    Two on holiday
    38 12 SUNG El PATANI Mr. Lim Teng Kv. Sungei Patani. pres: i the Kedah-Perlis b r e the Malayan Chine elation, and Mr. Let Hin. of Alor Star, h on a holiday trip to and Europe.
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    Lock icon Towkay murdered Manhunt launched for the killers
    557 13  -  By R. PESTANA and CHAN BONG SOO SINGAPORE. May 2. A WEALTHY rubber merchant, Mr. Tan Tien Cheng, was fatally wounded when a gunman shot him at close range outside the towkay’s Lynwood Grove villa in Braddell Heights at about nine o’clock this
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    Students abroad vote for unity
    208 13 IZ'UALA LUMPUR. May 2. —The Malayan Students’ Union in London has pledged to promote and maintain Malayan consciousness among Malayan students in Britain. It will remain unconnected with political and sectarian organisations or ideologies and defend itself against any attempt to it for political purposes.
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    ACID BOMBS THROWN AT YOUTH
    57 13 SINGAPORE, May 5 Three thugs walked into a cofTee shop in Tampines Road late last night and threw acid bombs at Wee Lian Kit, 20, the owner’s son. Wee. who was wishing crockery in the rear of the shop, sustained burns on his back and
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    UN aid man arrives
    63 13 KUALA LUMPUR. May 2. Harry L. Spence, a senior L N. official, has arrived here to set up a regional office to aid Malaya. He was formerly resident representative of the UN. Technical Assistance Board The regional office in Kuala Lumpur will cover technical assistance under
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    REVISED LAWS: ‘GO AHEAD’ GIVEN ON PRINTING
    117 13 IT'UALA LUMPUR. May. 2 The Senate today gave tlie “go ahead" for the printing of the first volume of Revised Laws of Malaya It unanimously approved a motion seeking such permission introduced by the Minister of Justice, Tun Leong Yew Koh. Tun Leong
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    Check on kampong incident
    376 14 TWO AIRMEN HURT —THEN 60 WENT TO ‘FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED’ KIALA LUMPUR, May 3. THE ROYAL Malayan Air Force has ordered an inquiry into an incident involving 60 of its men who went to the .Malay settlement of Kanipong Bahru here last night, resulting
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    Tengku will use a golden trowel at foundation day
    246 14 Slmil. LANGUAGE BUILDING KUALA LUMPUR, May 3. 'JHE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman will use a golden trowel to lay the foundation stone of the SI million Language and Literature Agency building here tomorrow 7 Beneath the foundation stone will be
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    THOUSANDS OF COPIES OF ‘LADY C’ SOLD IN KL
    137 14 JfUALA LUMPUR. May 3 L Between 5 000 and ***** copies of Penguin’s unexpurgated version of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover’’ have been sold here. A leading bookseller here, who told this to the Straits Times today, added that the books had been
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    4 streets to be closed
    67 14 PENANG. May 3. Four streets in George Town will be closed next week until August for sewerage work, the (ity Council announced today Work will start in King Street (between Light Street and Bishop Street» from May H Other a fleeted areas are Bishop Street
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    US fleet band to give concert
    57 14 KUALA LUMPUR. May 3 Tlie 18-piece band of the United States Seventh Fleet will give a public roncert at 'he Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens at 7 p m. on May 9. Ill* band will arrive aboard the USS Saint Paul at Port Swettenham on
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    ‘Satisfactory’
    40 14 SINGAPORE. May 3. Private Kenneth Hart, 29. who was found unconscious under a tree at the 18th milestone Johnre Bahru-Pontian road yesMTday, was reported to be in i satisfactory condition in 'he> British Military Hospital h* re this evening.
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    $16,300 FOR TUN TAN STUDY FUND
    46 14 MALACCA. May 3.—Donations totalling $16,300 have boon received by the Tun 'inn Cheng Lock Scholarship Fund. The fund aims at a target of SIOO.OOO. The money will be used to provide scholarships for Federation students at the University ol Malaya.
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    U.N. OFFICIAL CALLS ON THE TENGKU
    55 14 KUALA LLMPUR- May The United Nations' gional resident repr<s< in Malaya. Mr. Harry Spence, today paid a call on the Prime Mr.jTengku Abdul Rahman. presented his credentia The U.N. is to set j gional office here to L technical assistance h r laya. Singapore
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    Dr. Franks retires
    35 14 JOHORE BAHRU, M Dr. P. I Franks, sen 1 halmologlst at the Hospital here for six retires tomorrow. He and his wife w: month-long hoik! hr>ir daughter in Borfore flying to Britain
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    S’pore- U.S. firms urged
    467 15 SINGAPORE, May 3 American mission suggests a pact guaranteeing i n vestments rpiii American trade mission, which spent 1 t i-fit days here in March, has recomn(Kwi. among: other things, that Americans iit >et up joint ventures with local men, both in the trade and economic
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    Letters of despair—then death provided release
    404 15 Letters of despair —then death provided release SINGAPORE, May 3. SINGAPORE woman found dead in a gasfilled room at her home in Swindon, England, yesterday had written “pathetic” letters home, relatives said today. The woman. Mrs. Emma i Cooke. 35, < formely Wee Oon Choo). was married to Sergeant Kenneth
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    After 20 years—she seeks those wartime heroes
    545 15 FROM TORONTO COMES BELATED ‘THANK-YOU’ S IN( 'I'UIiK. May 3—A war-time friendship hrtueen a Singapore Dankt‘r and a Canadlai.l woman is to be fif ’n (l after eulf "1 JJ years I^ il f the past Str"? 1 *«‘iter to the Mr f
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    Queen-to-be Toni’s old friends are all agog
    445 16 FOtZft REMEMBER HER... SHE WAS STAR ATHLETE, PREFECT, ROCK ‘N’ ROLLER Kuala lumpur, May 4. The stall and students of the Army’s Bourne School here were all agog with excitement today on learning that their former star athlete, prefect and rock ’n’ roll
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    ‘LETTERS TO MUL’ DRIVE STARTS
    166 16 SINGAPORE. May 4—A k “wrlte-to-Mul” ctmpaign has started in Singapore. “Mul” was the nickname g.vcn to Mrs. Ethel Mulvany, of Canada, while she was a prisoner of war in Singapore in World War 11. Mrs. Mulvany has written to the Straits Times to thank local
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    Death penalty for kidnappers under new Bill
    243 16 SINGAPORE, May 4. TZ'IDNAPPERS whose victims are abducted for the purpose of being murdered, or who dispose of their victims so that they are put in danger of being murdered, can be sentenced to death or to life imprisonment, according to a Bill
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    Greater public interest, so larger turnover in shares
    225 16 KUALA LUMPUR, May 4. (CHANGES introduced to j improve conditions in the local market have resulted in a greater public interest and a larger turnover in shares, says the report of the committee to the annual meeting of the Malayan Stock Exchange,
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    50 MOVED AS OLD JAP SHELL IS DETONATED
    117 16 SINGAPORE. May 4.Fifty people were temporarily evacuated and a road was closed to traffic while ail army bomb disposal unit detonated an old Japanese shell oil Farrer Road this morning. The shell was found yesterdav evening near the Chin Min Public 8
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    Sardon for Britain
    66 16 KUALA LUMPUR. May 4 r 7 The Minister of Trao Inche Sardon bin Had will leave on May England and India '-> transport methods. A Government stolen.said today, Inche ba.y has been Invited to vi u land by the British Mi of Transport, Mr. Ena* pies. From
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    Borneo visit
    20 16 JESSELTON. May Australian Commi Singapore. Mr c» a will arrive here by a 8 on a two-day visit
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    Brunei faces doctor crisis
    238 17 Malaya will help out hy sending over pro ‘in keeping with policy of friendship’ KUALA LUMPUR, May 5. OKI M I is facing a severe shortage of doctors D ami Malaya has decided to help by sending tuo of Kn own doctors. t wo doctors who
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    Burial at sea today for Seato pilot
    108 17 SINGAPORE, May 3—Lieut. G. C. Edwards, 24, who died on Wednesday following an air crash during the Seato “Pony Express" exercises off North Borneo earlier this week. will be buried at sea tomorrow morning. A brief service will be held at Sembawang naval
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    35,000 to seek higher pay
    211 17 SINGAPORE, May 5. The Singapore Federation of Services Unions will meet tomorrow night to finalise wage claims for about 35,000 civilian employees of the three services here. The federation Is seeking general pay rises of 10 to 20 per cent, annual Increase for labourers, and
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    Architectural student weds in Melbourne
    57 17 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen S. K. Wong after their wedding in Melbourne. Australia. The bride is K. SOn«. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ong Cho Tek, of Kuala Lumpur. The bridegroom is an architectural student in Melbourne and the only son of Mr. and Mrs.
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    King will name new navy ship
    41 17 KUALA LUMPUR May 5. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong will name a new' ship for the Royal Malayan Navy at Port Swettenham on May 20It i.> a naval despatch and survey vessel built byThornycroit in Singapore.
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    A new home for the old
    37 17 KUALA KUBU BAHRU. May 5—A home tor the old and destitute has been completed in the new village here. It was built irom a grant from the Social Welfare Loteries Board.
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    King’s visit
    32 17 KUALA LUMPUR, May 5. The Yang di-Pertuan Ag'nu! and the Raja Permalsuri Agong will make a threeday state visit to Perak starting on May 15. it. was announced here today.
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    Cadets will swap rifles for batons
    170 17 SINGAPORE, May :>.— All school cadets here will soon exchange their rifles for batons. They will he brought under the control of the Singapore Police Force. This is envisaged under the Police Cadet Corps Bill which will come up for a second reading in
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    Five study offers
    30 17 R May 5 »r>hip Fund •Vrla iv hip.' 1'niversitv of the TechMalayans of P> are worth a year. ■mid be sent huh Com misLek Road, before June
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    Two years old
    16 17 h. May 5 '-nion of Com- celebrated versary today at the Lee here.
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    The up-and-down story of the Federation’s trade
    228 17 KUALA LUMPUR. May 5 "I’HE Federation Government has reported a big drop in Malaya's favourable trade balance— from $231.7 million during the first three months of last year to 570.7 million during the same period this year. Exports dropped from $740.8 million to
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    New chairman
    18 17 KAJANG, May 5 Mr Lian Fook Hee, Socialist Front, has been elected chairman of Halakong Council.
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    MELLOW MOON LEADS RIVALS ALL THE WAY
    991 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP, Penang, May, 7. »1LI l vV MOON, with apprentice Subian Dalwee astride, outsprint[\j. lC r rivals in the main 5£f race at Penang today. ug the lead from the start Mellow Moon beat stable-mate Eiffel T „,p," f ive Subian
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDING, THEN A WORLD TOUR HONEYMOON
    56 19 MR r Born 50WERBUTTS. who is on the staff of m.irri! P <in y. and Miss Joan de Souza after their bride V* l°b M s Cathedral, Kuala Lumpur. The The i u ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank de Souza. have left
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    GOVT. SEEKS NEW POWERS IN BID TO BEAT THE KIDNAPPERS
    348 19 x SINGAPORE, MAY, 6. JHE Government is seeking powers to freexe any bank account to prevent ransom payment after a kidnapping. This is contained in the Punishment for Kidnapping Bill which was published today. The main proposal is to provide
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    Intruder in MB’s house
    79 19 [POH, May 6.—Datln Zainab blnte Ismail, wife of the Perak Mentrl Besar, Dato Sha’ari bln Shafiee, woke at 2 a.m. today and saw a figure masked with a handkerchief crouching in a corner of her room. She shouted for help and ran from the room. The
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      43 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $103,440. 1 ft. PRIZE: *****1 $46,720 2nd. PRIZE: *****5 $1S,688 3rd. PRIZE: *****2 $9,344. STARTERS ($2,669 each): Not. *****S, *****9, *****1, *****1, *****8, *****7, *****9. CONSOLATION ($1,000 oach) Not. *****5. *****1, *****6, *****1, *****0, *****6, *****9, *****6. *****1. *****5.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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      Boom in tins—can it last?
      1221 20 Boom in tins —can it last? From Our Market Correspondent A LEADING firm of Kuala Lumpur brokers in their current circular referring to the present tin share boom pose the inevitable question, now uppermost in people’s minds —'“Can it last?” That is certainly a good question to ask in a
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      Petaling output
      12 20 P. eUllnf Tin output for April 1061, was 1,616 piculs.
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      CLOSING PRICES
      29 20 Bubber Tin (per lb.) (per plenl) Msy 1 $425,124 2 924 cts. $426 2 91 cts. $426,274 4 894 cts. $427,274 5 884 cts. $421,124 6 $422
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      25 20 (Miniiiri 1 Prlcu) First Malayan 1.62 1.60 Bacond Malayan 1.21 1.2* First Hong Kona 1.33 1.41xd Second Hong Kong .99 1.04 (H.K. currency)
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      82 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previous 9.8. Petrol L. 4d. ’“lOd u’l" oha 15% May 12 15% 30% Kundong Tg. Pau 22*% May 22 32*% 224% Inch Kenneth 40% 62*% 50% Lendu 20% June 9 25% 15% Kembia 55% June 6 55% 64% and
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      Ceasefire affects rubber mart
      189 20 THE underlvjn* .T fl uence of'. J"' Man situation, JS* was being f e end of last w., dominated tb, rffi market repo- ;f r Co. Ltd. in V --ir cur’ rent review. ur The market appears u. U> a more normal ""'“••I Prlew depend upon
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1218 20 pHE state of shares on the Malayan Stock Exchange showing last business to April 29 (A) and last business since that date (B) with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business last year and to date, was: INBOSTSIAIS > 1 S Alex Bocit 1.00 SO
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