The Straits Budget, 24 May 1961

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    28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Hew .scries 770. Kuala Lumpur, May 24, 1961. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.
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      Lock icon Verdict In Perak
      553 3 Straits Times. May 15 way political >;i\ lean, there satisfaction with t| polling in the i. council elections. PeraK State on which nxiety had fastenla :'ti I no recent charges p icnt oi organised ho olj fe ai 1 One of its townm, iiulombu, has the ujitlai'
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      Lock icon Farm Facts
      515 3 —Straits Times, May 15 In commenting on the third preliminary report of the agriculture census we remarked that there was a staggering amount of information to be digested, and some valuable early material for the planners to study. For these reasons the decision that was taken to publish
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      Lock icon Hong Kong’s Future
      682 3 —Straits Times. May 16 If money talks then in Hong Kong it is expressing rather more than ordinary satisfaction with a political system to which a distinguished former governor once tied the label “a benevolent autocracy.” When the Kowloon Bus Company put three-quarters of a million $lO
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      Lock icon The Crammers
      445 3 —Straits Times. May 16 Then' is much scathing comment on the attitude of teachers to their joh in the latest issue of the journal published by the Federal Inspectorate of Schools for the Ministry of Education. Many believe their most important function is to see that their pupils
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      Lock icon Campaign Issue
      135 3 Straits Times. May 16 There are many who believe that the People’s Progressive Party owes it success in the Ipoh Town Council elections largely to its attacks on the Alliance’s education policy, particularly on the issue of the Chinese schools. If this indeed explains the defeat of the
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      Lock icon Hidden Danger
      346 3 —Straits Times. May 17 The importance of the malaria eradication pilot piojeet now in progress ov* 500 square miles in Selar-Jo na.s Ken emphasised afresh hv data oll< rted in the preli r.inary p.iase which began ne.vH a year ago. If has he diseovn ed that the dis*
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      Lock icon Klang Contest
      216 4 —Straits Times, May 17 Although the early word trom Klang is that the Alliance is expecting to secure victory in the Town Council elections on June 17, a keen contest appears to he in prospect. When nominations closed yesterday, twenty-nine candidates had filed their papers tor the 12
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      Lock icon Tailored Sites
      310 4 —Straits Times. May 18 Perak’s first industrial estate scheme at Tasek on the northern outskirts of I poll, which His Majesty the Yang diPcrtuan Agong inaugurated yesterday, has attracted most j gratifying response. It was not so many months ago that the [poh Town Council, the authority responsible
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      Lock icon No Exclusion
      289 4 —Straits Times. May 18 Kelantan's Mentri Besar, Haji Ishak Lofti, yesterday denied that he had ordered the cancellation of a meeting between the Minister for Rural Development and the Kuala Krai district rural development committee during Tun Razak’s visit. That someone did interfere with the arrangements is however
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      Lock icon Technical Week
      191 4 —Straits Times. May 19 As Commonwealth Technical Training Week progresses in the Federation, we may expect to hear much disapproving talk about white collar preferences. Too much must not be made of the cliche, unless we arc to be persuaded that government offices, banks and business enterprises can
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      Lock icon The Women’s Charter
      738 4 —Straits Tin;. \j it« The charter for Singapore's women has emerged from the Select Committee proceedings amended in three important particulars and destined, it may now be presumed, for smooth passage through the Assembly before the end of the month. In all there were amendments to 17
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      Lock icon Kelantan Test
      379 4 —Straits Times. N Today’s town ,i .j,. c( ions in Kelantan ill lttrie j more interest than .my nthin the current serie> For tht first time since 1 Alliance and the Pan-Mdayy, Islamic Party arc imvt:rr> n i ♦rial of strength at ihNine seats in Kuala K' u
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    PREFABS FOR HOMELESS AT RINGLET
    499 5 IPOH, May 14. T\yo >uuadrons of Federation Army engineers, based on Tapah, at the foot of the Cameron Highlands, moved to Ringlet today to rPI t oi (‘fabricated houses for families made homeless by the landslide 11st op Ma> H* r Dislrict Officer, Cameron Highlands,
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    UREA: TENGKU WILL BE ASKED TO RECONSIDER
    248 5 KUALA LUMPUR, May 14. THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will be asked to reconsider his decision not to support the proposed $25 million urea ferti- User factory project. This was decided at a meeting of the board of directors of the Federation
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    Dies after eating mee: A probe
    99 5 SINGAPORE. May 14 Police officers investigating a fatal case of food poisoning here yesterday called at the People’s Park in Chinatown and interrogated a number of stall operators. The officers took samples of food from the stalls and sent them to the chief chemist’s
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    Off on a trip round world
    100 5 MR. T.S. KHOO. managing editor of the Straits Times, and Mrs. Khoo left by air on May 14 for Hong Kong on the first leg of a round-the-world tour. They will be away for five months. In the United States, Mr. Khoo will attend
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    Children’s home given $500
    33 5 SEREMBAN, May 14-The 230 Signal Squadron has given the Children's Home here $5OO which it raised at a soccer match. The home. In Temlang Road, cares for 53 children.
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    Tengku: PPP win in Ipoh was no surprise
    569 5 KUALA LUMPUR, May 14. THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today expressed satisfaction with the results ot yesterday s Perak town council election despite the 16-2 trouncing the Alliance received in Ipoh. He said: “The outcome of the Ipoh election was no
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    Lock icon The overland Highlanders leave on the last leg
    360 6 I7| ALA LUMPUR. May 14 Seven officers and two NTOs of Britain's newest regiment. the Queen's Own Highlanders, arrived here last night on the last leg of their overland drive to Singapore from Britain. At noon today they left for Singapore in
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    Detainees: A query for Minister
    174 6 SINGAPORE, May 14. 'LMGURES on the number of people detained in Singapore ever the past two years are being sought at the next meeting of the Legislative Assembly. Dato Abdul Hamid bin Jumat <Umno—Geylang Serai) will ask the Minister for Home AfTairs in the Assembly
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    Bus syndicate
    23 6 SUNGEI PATANI. May 14_ i Malay syndicate here plans to operate a bus service in Kungei Patani in the near future
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    ‘Here is the news’-7 times daily
    98 6 J£UALA LUMPUR, May 14Radio Malaya has introduced an extra news bulletin for its English service, making, in all, seven bulletins daily. Of five minutes’ duration, it will be read at 5 p.m. The other English news bulletins are given at 6 a.in. (three mins.),
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    COMMITTEE TO SET UP HOME FOR BEGGARS
    165 6 KUALA LUMPUR, May 14. rpHE Selangor State Welfare Committee is to set up a home for beggars in the Federal capital and clear them from the streets. This was announced at the annual general meeting of the committee yesterday by its chairman, Inche
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    New school
    35 6 MUAR. May. 14—The Minister of Commerce and Industry. Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, opened a new $30,000 Malay girls’ school at Tangkak. 16 miles from here during the weekend. The School has 400 pupils.
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    Navies aid timber industry
    128 6 SINGAPORE. May 14 The British Admiralty today revealed how the British and the United States navies recently helped B' rneos timber industry > clearing the waters between Borneo and T *v Philippines of mil An Admiralty stnt< em said that 12 mine-w from the Far East
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    ‘SECTIONAL FEUDS GIVE PEOPLE WRONG IDEA’
    177 7 II ijrCHIXG, May 14. IIV -The people of Sarawak have been urged to concentrate more on the econo- mic development of I tin* territory than on the sound and fury” I going on in other I fields like education, polities, subversion I and trade
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    THE HARM THAT IS BEING DONE TO SARAWAK...
    214 7 THE HARM THA T IS BEING DONE TO SARA WAK. Government's plans to introduce English as the main medium of instruction in all Chinese secondary schools in Sarawak. He said: “Education has produced the most sound and fury. It always does in Sarawak. It is entirely right and proper that
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    An increase in scholarships
    50 7 JESSELTON. May 15 —The Australian Government has increased its scholarships for North Borneo students to study in Australia under the Colombo Plan from 20 to 25 for 1962. The New Zealand Government is expected to give eight awards again under the Colombo Plan for next year.
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    Making the fruit farms paying
    190 7 T T '< v ’o o- KUALA LUMPUR. May 14. 4 -54,552 smallholders who own fruit i-auis are being introduced to a special oy the Government. aty Director oi Inrhe Mohamed toid the Straits that in the past by the small- been uneconomic made little
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    Envoy Suleiman meets a VIP
    97 7 MALAYA’S new High Commissioner to Australia, Dato Suleiman bin Dato Abdul Rahman, presents his credentials to the Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia, Sir Dallas Brookes, at Admiralty House. Sydney. Dato Sule.iman had earlier inspected a guard of honour drawn from the 2nd Royal Australian
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    New Rotary club for Perak
    90 7 LUMUT, May 15.—‘ The Lumut Rotary Club, the fourth in Perak, received its charter from the district governor of Rotary. Haji Mustapha Albakri, at a dinner held in the Rest House here last night. The new club was sponsored by the Ipoh Rotary Club and
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    A missing ‘body’ turns up—alive
    219 7 RINGLET, May 15. 4LL people believed to have been killed in giant landslide at Ringlet on May 11 were accounted for—except one. So this morning, the District Officer, Mr. J. P. M. Clifford, and the OCPD. Inche Abdullah bin Yeop. decided to resume digging operations
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    S’pore visit by air chief
    55 7 SINGAPORE. May 15 —AirVice Marshal M.F. Calder. Chief of Staff of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, arrived at Changl t(/day to visit the Far East Air Force. He was aceompanied bv his wife and their 17-year-old daughter. He will visit all New Zealand squadrons
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    A pledge to make Ipoh Malaya’s model town
    300 8 'THE aim of the People's Progressive Partv which has now gained control of the Ipoh Town Council by an overwhelming majority is to make Ipoh the “model town” of Malaya. This was disclosed to the Straits Times yesterday by Mr. S.P. Seenivasagam,
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    Wendy case: $2,000 offer
    64 8 JOHORE BAHRU, May 15 Police here have ollered a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the death of Wendy Hoult, 11, of Johore Bahru. Wendy, daughter of a British leading seaman at H.M.S. Terror, Geollrey Hoult, and
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    Mrs. LORE ALIMONY HEARING
    108 8 SINGAPORE, May 15. An application for alimony by Mrs. Christina Loke, wife of the cinema magnate, Dato Loke Wan Tho, pending hearing of the divorce suit filed by him, will come up for disposal before Mr. Justice Buttrose in the High Court on May 17. The
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    Johore homage to late Sultan
    147 8 JOHORE BAHRU. May 15. Sultan Ismail of Johore today led a large gathering of his subjects in paying homage to his father, Major-Gen. Sir Ibrahim, on the second anniversary of the late ruler’s death. Sultan Ismail his two sons, the Tengku Mahkota and Tengku Bendahara
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    M.C.A. HOLDS ITS SUPPORT
    590 8  -  By CHAN KWAN HOI IPOH, May 14 IPOH CAPTURE BY PPP DOES NOT MEAN PARTY HAS INCREASED ITS MASS APPEAL IN TOW iv T AST night's results of the Town Council elections in Perak reveal that there has been no substantial shift in the popularityof the
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    Lock icon Sultan sprinkles blessed water over the King
    67 9 The Sultan of Perak, performing the traditional welcoming: ceremony, sprinkles blessed water, petals and yellow rice on the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong in the Throne Room of the Istana Iskandariah when Their Majesties paid their first official visit to Perak. Seated beside the King
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    TRADER TELLS MURDER TRIAL OF NIGHT SHOT
    217 9 4 IPOH. May 16. A Tan Tvva Tin, 37, told a murder j. fr e yesterday that he was walking away where his friend was shot one night v as stopped and shown a pistol and some v aiiu immunition. tifylng at the
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    Extort bid alleged
    51 9 SINGAPORE. May 16 Ong Guan Leong pleaded not guilty today to a charge of attempting to extort $10 from Poon Jiak Choon in Pochore Road on the night of April 24. Ong. who was alleged to have threatened to wreck Poon’s coffee-shop, was allowed bail until May
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    PMIP men turn up to welcome the Tengku
    255 9 KOTA BHARU, May 15. pAN-MALAYAN Islamic Party State As- semblymen greeted Tengku Abdul Rahman at the airport here this morning, and this pleased the Prime Minister considerably. Later, speaking at the opening of a new Arabic school at Pasir Puteh, about 12
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    Premier Lee passes Standard I Malay
    89 9 QINGAPORE, May 15 The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and Dr. Lee Siew Choh, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs, have passed the national language Standard I examination held in MarchApril. They got through both the written and oral papers. They
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    Prof. Mason will be a deacon
    123 9 THE former head of the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Prof. Frederic Mason, i.s to be ordained a deacon by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The ceremony will take place in Canterbury Cathedral on May 28. Prof. Mason came to Malaya in 1950 as
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    Tapah branch of union
    48 9 TAPAH. May 15—A branch of the Perak Government Clerical Services Union was formed here last night. The following ollicials were elected: Chairman, Mr. A. Phillips: secretary and treasurer. Mr. T. T. Pillay; committee, Mr. A. Govindarajoo, llnche Mahadi bin Bahaudin land Mr. R. Neelakandan.
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    Minimum pay call
    581 10 Recommendations to Labour Ministry will benefit thousands of Malayan workers KUALA LUMPUR, May 15. IMPORTANT decisions which will benefit thousands of Malayan workers were recommended today by the National Joint Labour Advisory Council meeting here. The council decided, among other things, to recommend that there be: MINIMUM
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    Landslide: Why did it happen?
    283 10 INQUIRY WILL SEEK THE ANSWERS T:\NAH RATA. May 16. J An inquiry is to be held into the circumstances of the landslide at Ringlet near here on the night of May 11. when six houses in a row of wooden shophouses were destroyed and several
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    Europe’s elegant envoys
    117 10 FIVE BEAUTY QUEENS FLY IN TO PUT ON FOUR-NIGHT FASHION SHOW SINGAPORE, May 15.—Five beauty queens from Europe arrived in Singapore today. And leading them was 21-year-old Christine Spatzier. “Miss Europe”. A former secretary in a fashion shop, she won her title at Palermo. Christine has travelled
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    Punters who used bookies fined $150
    256 11 ij&NANG. May 16. A I ifiice lawyer, Mr. C'ifU r Poh, told the 0 n d Magistrate’s n rr today that punplaced their bets n aiegal bookmakers bee a a so they could get Y* ot r cent rebate. < punters still do not
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    Now a Brunei honour for Tun Lim Yew Hock
    139 11 UN LIM YEW HOCK, Singapore’s former Chief Minister, was invested with the Dato Paduka Mahkota of Brunei in a simple ceremony at Brunei House, Kuala Lumpur, on May 15. The Duli Pengeran Pemancha third in line to the Brunei throne specially
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    Technical Training Week opening
    157 11 '•■A LUMPUR, May 16. Vang di-Pertuan JiU open Commonhnlcal Training "e on May 18. will be observational level. The hold their own and arrange l technical institu-“J-d workshops. r >.i Lumpur, 18 departments will take part technical trainh at the form'■npany R.A.S.C. "PPosite the In- Airport
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    Gangsters held
    24 11 SINGAPORE. May 16-Two gangsters arrested in Beatty Road and Somerset Road last night are detained under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance.
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    Union protest by 100 Nanyang varsity students
    293 11 SINGAPORE, May 15. 4 BOUT 100 Nanyang University students today called on the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Chuang Chu-lin, to seek permission to quit the students’ union. Under the University Ordinance all students must be members of the union- The university collects subscriptions on behalf
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    Infant’s death: Misadventure
    45 11 SINGAPORE. May 16—The State Coroner. Mr. Sathi V. Kandiah. today recorded a verdict of misadventure in an inquiry into the death of an infant, Chong Say Chuan, two. of 17th mile. Jurong Road, who was hit by a lorry on March 25.
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    Start soon on 10-floor school in Singapore
    159 11 SINGAPORE, May IG. Work is to stait soon on a 10-storey primary school at the junction of Selegie Road and Short Street. A tender for $624,122 for the skyscraper school was accepted today. The school, expected to be ready in 13 months, will
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    Three from abroad at University of Malaya
    126 11 IT UAL A LUMPUR. May Hi. —Three overseas scholars have begun a two-year post-graduate course at the University of Malaya here under the Commonwealth Education Plan. Today they met the Minister of Education. Inche Abdul Rahman bin llaji Talib, and members of his
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    TENGKU WILL SPEAK AT TWO PENANG RALLIES
    127 11 pENANG. May 16—The Pen--1 ang Alliance has enlisted the support of the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to boost its candidates contesting the City Council and Penang Island rural elections on May 27. The Tengku will speak at two Alliance rallies—the first at
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    TEACHERS URGED: BE LIBERAL IN YOUR PROFESSION
    414 12 KUALA LUMPUR. May 16. THE Assistant Minister of Education, Captain Abdul Hamid Khan, today urged teachers to show a “more liberal” attitude towards teaching. He was commenting: on the criticism of the “Journal*” publication of the Federal Inspectorate of Schools, on teaching methods,
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    India sets out to increase trade
    234 12 SINGAPORE, May 15. The commercial counsellor of the Indian Commission here. Mr. G. J. Malik, said today that India hoped by the trade exhibition in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore to increase trade with Singapore, Malaya and South-East Asia. Mr. Malik told the Press at
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    Bevy of beauties create sensation in shop centre
    78 12 FIVE European beauties—the Misses Europe, Germany, Austria. France and Italy—-are creating a minor sensation in Singapore's shopping centre, turning heads, drawing wolf whistles and generally making male eyes pop. They are in Singapore to take part in a four-day fashion show at
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    Welfare meeting
    21 12 ALOR STAR. May 16.—The state well are committee here will hold its annual meeting at the Balai Besar tomorrow
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    Dial for fast air booking
    200 12 S IN GAP°RE, May 1 6 Malayan Airway, will soon instal a muith line telephone system ir Singapore to handle reservations with ihl minimum of delay. This system will provide direct connections to Z airlines booking office* ard 12 sales clerks, who will del with
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    ROAD MEN ACE CAN’T DRIVE FOR 18 MTHS.
    87 12 PENANG. May 16— A tax* driver. M. Muniandy. wa.> today banned from holding licence for 18 montl> driving while under ti e fluence of alcohol. The First Magistrate. M** Ng Mann Sau. fined V.miam dy $125 and told him: > j are
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    COURSE FOR 60 TO MAKE THEM BETTER FISHERS
    158 12 SINGAPORE. May 17Sixty Singapore fishermen will begin training on modern methods of fishing at the Government Fisheries Training School in Yew Slang Road, of! sth milestone Pasir Panjang Road on May 20. Inehe Ya’acob bin Mohamed, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of
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    Last meeting
    24 12 SEGAMAT. Ma\ present “Town <’<' will hold its last m> May 21 at the Dm bilee Hall. The n< w’iil be elected or*
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    Tengku plea on ‘Malays only’ policy
    231 13 KELANTAN ‘NO’ TO SCHEMES TO AH) ALL MALAYANS KUALA, LUMPUR, May. 16. Tilt Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today appealed to the Kelantan government to abandon its “Malays only” policy and a(f opt federal development schemes which were designed for the benefit of all
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    AUSTRALIAN TRADE SHIP IN MALAYA NEXT MONTH
    132 13 LUMPUR. May 16. K Kilty-seven represen-.-.;u f Australian incommerce and taiidi.t will be in the trade mission j v 'i n when it calls at rts next month, f t straat Banka will Kwrt swettenham on 6 n.d at Penang lour r Mr<
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    Doctor in flat drama still on ‘serious’ list
    117 13 Doctor in flat drama still on serious’ list §IN’MPORE. May 16.—The ‘"nUitton of Dr. J. M. pla 2! the General i' 1 i, was unchanged lntiI this riousj?,:, 116 was stiu se Ih oi d ,,n uV r ml his 28-year-fl)' A uere f °und lining > ?s terday morn-
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    First Registrar back for ‘a look around’
    79 13 CINGAPORE. May 17.—Mr. W. D. Craig, the first Registrar of the University of Malaya, flew into Singapore today to “have a quick look around” and meet many of his old friends. Mr. Craig, 49. arrived from Australia. He studied the administrative structure of
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    DEATH, BIRTH, ACCIDENT: TRIAL DELAYED
    168 13 KLANG, May 16. A THEFT CASE before the Klang Sessions Court was postponed today because of a death, a birth and an accident. When the court sat. the president, inche Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan, was told that: INSPECTOR S. Thomas, who was to have given
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    GIRL’S LEGS BROKEN IN ACCIDENT
    86 13 I/UALA LUMPUR. May. 17. A schoolgirl and a labourer w r ere admitted to the General Hospital here today after tw o road accidents. The girl. Vanajah. 10. was taken to the hospital In an ambulance after she was knocked down by a car near
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    Three detained
    18 13 SINGAPORE. May 17 .The police arrested three suspects under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance yesterday.
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    Ex-PR girl weds London dentist
    59 13 Two former Singaporeans were married in London recently at the Church of the Holy Ghost. The bride is Moira Tan, a former public relations officer. The groom is Mr. Chen Nan Yuen a dentist who is now practising in London. Mr. Chen left Singapore early
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    BANK of CHINA INCIDENT: U.S. DENIAL
    204 13 SINGAPORE, May 16. MR. W P. MADDOX, U.S. Consul-General in Singapore, denied today that any employee of the U.S. Information Service or ihe ConsulateGeneral had visited the Bank of China yesterday “or at any time” to take pictures or seek information about a work-to-rule
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    NEW PENSION RATES FOR ARMED FORCES
    425 14 Servicemen to get higher retirement, discharge pay KUALA LUMPUR. Mav l; pension rates and gratuities for officers and other ranks of the Federation Armed Forces were announced by the Federation ov ernment today. Under the new scheme—to brinsr them j- u re with those
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    Tun Razak, Inche Khir fly off to Mecca
    167 14 [£l T ALA LUMPUR, May IT Two Ministers were Riven a big send-off today when they left here for Mecca on a pilgrimage. They are the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Kazak, and the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Inche Mohamed Khir
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    ‘Make course a success’ call to businessmen
    285 14 Make course a success call to businessmen SINGAPORE, May 17. pROF. Leslie Wong today urged businessmen to help make a success of the new accounting and business administration course in the University of Malaya. In a speech to Rotarians at the Cathay Hotel, he recalled his visit to Singapore in
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    JAPANESE STEEL MILL MISSION FLIES OFF
    146 14 QINGAPORE. May IT The five man Jap m« ?e mission which made an on-the-spot -study of conditions for Singapore s proposed steel mill to be erected at Jurong Hew back to Japan early today. The team, headed by Mr. T K.ito, of the Fuji
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    AUSSIE LAW CHIEF IN CAPITAL
    73 14 KUALA LUMPUR. May 17. Australia’s Attorney-General. Sir Garfield Barwick, stooped for a one-day vi#lt here todav on his way back from London where he attended a session of the Privy Council. He was met by the Australian nigh Commissioner, Mr T K. Crltchley. Sir Garfield
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    The navy swoops again on pirates
    135 14 SINGAPORE. May 17.- The Royal Navy yesterday seized another suspected pirate era:': In the Celebes Sea. Nine men found i boat were arreste handed over to the nut:..rities in Tawau. This action was taker, cr the crew of H.M S S' B::: s Bay.
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    EIGHT WOMEN FINED FOR SOLICITING
    56 14 SINGAPORE. May 1 women were fmea t -t; soliciting for imrr.orai Pposes in the backlv < 1 ker Road last night Seven. Low Sow i y Moi. Ng Chui Yin. > Khoon. Yow t Mui Saw Fong and K fined $25 each. The eighth. Lee
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    Baby found in dustbin
    27 14 SINGAPORE police are tryin j woman who ji new-born boy it bin in Sungei 1 The baby, wrap" was dead whe Council sweeper
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    Polling day ban affects local elections only
    239 15 K. LUMPUR, May 18. i THE rt cent clamp-down on canvassing on poll- ir.g days throughout the Federation applies only to local authority elections —not to Parliamentary and State elections. This explained to all DOliti il parties In a circular ie'ter sent today
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    THREE MORE GRADUATE PROM SYDNEY
    54 15 KUALA LUMPUR. May 18 Three more Malayan students have graduated from the Sydney University. They are John Tan Kim Teik (electrical engineering), Heng Hock Keng, (mechanical engineering), and Abdul Fatah bin Zakaria (economics* all from Ipoh. Mr. Tan and Mr. Heng are now’ working with
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    Fined for having flick-knife
    32 15 SINGAPORE. May 17-Na-chimuthu, 21. was fined $lOO, or.one month’s jail, in a magistrate’s court today for having a flick knife in Anson Road las* night. He pleaded guilty.
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    Retrial for Linda Fong ordered by appeal court
    957 15 ‘EVIDENCE OF BLOODSTAINED SHIRT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED’ SINGAPORE, May 19. THREE-MAN Appeal Court today set aside the 10year jail sentence on Wong Kim Wah, alias Linda Fong, for the manslaughter of her lover, Tan Kim Toh, and ordered a retrial. The
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    Airman ‘talked about a divorce’
    279 15 OENANG. May 17. A young wife from abroad told the Penang coroners coiyrt this afternoon that she had told her airman husband she was lonely and bored in Malaya and wanted to go home. He talked about a divorce. Mrs. Zubeida Peermahomad. 21. .said this
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    SPEEDSTER: I WAS TAKING A SICK MAN TO HOSPITAL
    99 15 SINGAPORE. May 18.—A broker on a speeding charge told the First Traffic Magistrate, Mr Richard Laycock. today that he was carrying a sick man to hospital when he was stopped. Low Kim Swee was accused of speeding at 48 to 50
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    Record enrolment at university
    987 16 600 more students and staff increased, too, for new session opening on May 22. KUALA LUMPUR, May 17. THE University of Malaya divisions here and in Singapore will have 2,900 students when their new sessions start on May 22. This is an enrolment of 600 more
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    I AM SCARED TO GO TO HOME STATE, SAYS THE TENGKU
    195 16 pENANG. May 19 The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, said today that the Alliance, as the party in power, never interfered with the day-to-day running of the Government. •‘There are various bodies such as the Public. Police and Railway
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    Flying Father: Now for my 14th language
    388 16  -  PRIEST-SCHOLAR GETS INT(f THE LEARN-MALAY H4BIT By TAN TOCK SAIK K. LUMPUR. May 17 T'HE first thing the Rev. Xavier Stanislaus A Thani Nayagam did on arriving here was typical of a man who knows if languages. He started to learn his 14th
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    The Foresters sail after three years in Malaya
    84 16 CINGAPORE. May 17—More than 700 officers and men of the Ist Bn. Sherwood Foresters left in the troopship Nevasa today for Britain. They had been three years in Singapore and the Federation where they helped to mop up the remaining bandits. At
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    Lottery charge: Bail allowed
    50 16 BUKIT MERTAJAM. May 17 A businessman. Lim Hye Seng. 23. pleaded guilty In the Magistrate’s Court here today to a charge of assisting In a 1.000-choracter lottery on May 14 at Kebun Slreh-Sungel Rambai road here. Llm was allowed $l,OOO bail, pending sentence on May 23.
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    Assembly quiz
    38 16 A ’TV) SINGAPORE Mr Minister for HornOng Pang Booi at the next As*' to explain circni der which he police officers t fo” private p in This quest i' answer, has be Mr Thlo Char Tanglln).
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  • Article
    Young estate bosses who lord it over...
    324 17 UNIONIST HITS AT WAY TRAINEES ARE PROMOTED OVER OTHER STAFF SEREMBAN. May 21 j > n iployment on estates of youths who were coached for six 1 months by the estate staff and then promoted over their heads (j ,n,(‘ their superiors, was
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    Brunei will follow our poll system
    138 17 -JALA LUMPUR. May 21 1 mei Government r .id'p; Malaya’s election r tor Us first general iVi,: it. September, the jraiu; Supervisor of Elecl-,:. i:.-he Matnor Patrick r.M*e. id here today. Ir.cne Matnor. who led a l ;.ition trom Bruin to .*tmiy how elections
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    TEACHING ENGLISH THE AUSTRALIAN WAY
    121 17 iHMPUR. May 21.— p 1, H-tralian system of -“.migrants English fn <'d out in further v Vi isses in Malaya. Mis in various parts lUn lt rj l tlo n will run exan, 'asset at the re,r. Education Min'orlh. adviser on .si r dion in
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    MP is home from London
    34 17 KUALA LUMPUR. May 21.Inche Ahmad bin Ujang. Negri Sembllan M.P., returned today alter attending a course on parliamentary procedure in London. He was invited by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
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    Mural design contest needs more entries
    139 17 KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 Two entries have so far been received for the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (Language and Literature Institute) mural design competition. Mr. George Chandy, the secretary of the Federation Arts Council, which is or ganising the competition on behalf of the
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    ALL-IN-ONEPLAN FOR MINISTRY: START SOON
    301 17 KUALA LUMPUR, May 21. rpHE grouping of all five departments in the Ministry of Labour under one roof is expected to take place soon. The five departments will be housed in the former telecommunications headquarters building by the padang. A ministry spokesman said today that
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    $55,000 hall
    27 17 KLUANG, May 21.—The Minister ol Health and Social Welfare, Dato Ong Yoke Lin. today opened a $55,000 community hall at Rengam, 13 miles from here
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    A WANDERING GRAVE STEPS OUT OF PATH OF ROAD
    200 17 KUALA LUMPUR. May 21 Work has resumed on a $4.2 million road scheme In East Pahang after a hold-up of “grave’’ proportions. Cause ot the hold-up: An authentic-looking grave, complete with weathered tombstone, which suddenly appeared recently right In the path
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    A 15-year quest, but one brother is missing
    240 17 rOH, May 21.—A detective stationed here Mr. Teh Chin Sam. 28, who has found three of his six brothers after a lbyear search is now looking for one more brother. Mr. Teh appealed to the Straits Times to publish his story so
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    $90,000 hostel
    26 17 IPOH, May 21.- The Minister for Health, Dato Ong Yoke Lin, will open the $90,000 nurses’ hostel in Ashby Road here on June 1.
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    Five Malayans to be honoured UNIVERSITY TO CONFER HONORARY DEGREES IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICES TO EDUCATION
    444 18 Kuala lumpur, May n Five Malayans are to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of I-aws of the University of Malaya at the convocation in the Tengku Abdul Rahman Hall early next month. They
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    Tengku Osman to be Malaya’s first Major-General?
    314 18 Tengku Osman to be Malaya’ s first Major-General? KUALA LUMPUR, May 18. THE commander of No. 2 Federal Infantry Brigade, Brigadier Tengku Osman bin Tengku Mohamed Jewa, is likely to become the first Malayan Major-General in the Federation Army. First indications that a Malayan officer is to be appointed to
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    Fire brigades to get new premises in Perak
    169 18 IPOll, May 18. Perak is t« have four new fire stations by the end of the year. They will cost about $300,000. On May 1(», the Mentri Besar, Date Shaari bin Sliafiee, will open the Taiping Fire Brigade’s new $100,000 building in
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    He’ll suggest conference of all State Speakers
    118 18 [(UAL A LUMPUR. 1V Thurs. The Speaker of the House of Representatives is to suggest to the Government that a conference of all State Legislative Assembly Speakers be held here this year. The Speaker, l)ato Haji Mohamed Noah, returned today with seven other
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    Ringlet says thank you
    252 18 Ample stocks <>f old clothes Kuala lumpcr May 18.—The Riglet Landslide Relief Committee today thanked all those who had contributed “so generously" to victims of the landslide disaster. A letter sent to the Times from the chairman of the committee, Mr J.P.M. Clifford, .and his deputy,
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    P.P.P. ‘WATCHDOGS’ WILL COMBAT CORRUPTION
    284 19 P.P.P. ‘WATCHDOGS WILL COMBAT CORRUPTION IPOH, May 21 0\ of the first .xves of the Peo; s Progressive p at dnce coming intt power in the S ‘»wn Council wiii the setting up 0 j a vvatch committee" to fight corruption <>id deal with com bints. It will be headed
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    Assurance for 400
    66 19 KOTA BAHARU, May 21— The Assistant Minister of Rural Development, Haji Abdul Khalid bin Awang Osman, yesterday assured the 400 settlers in ayer Lanas that the Fe deral Land Development Authority scheme wo,uld soon bring them prosperity If they would only be patient and determined to work
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    WANTED: BRIGHT MEN FOR BIG POWER PROJECT
    170 19 > i J£UALA LUMPUR May 21 The Central Electricity Board is looking for bright Malayans to be sent abroad for training In engineering. On their return they will be responsible for the maintenance of the Jor underground hydro-electric power station—the largest of Its
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    Ismail returns in triumph
    1151 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, May 21.— 3 Back in action after an absence of several months, apprentice rider Ismail landed a shock win in the main sprint here today. Ismail brought outsider Race On through with a brilliant run on the rails to beat Theatre iv
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      45 19 BIC SWEEP Total pool $149,293 1st prise: No. *****6 $67,180. 2nd prist: No. *****6 $33,590. 3rd prist: No. *****0 $18,661. STARTERS ($2,665 each): Nos. *****3, *****1, *****7, *****2, *****7, *****8, *****2. CONSOLATION ($1,119 each): Nos. *****3, *****7. *****4, *****9. *****7, *****8, *****3, *****2, *****5, *****2.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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      Too steep rise caused a decline
      1039 20 From Our Market Correspondent 'fHE tin index fell last week 25 points—that in essence summed up the trend on the Malayan Stock Exchange. There Is really very little else that can be said except that towards the end of the week—particularly on Friday the
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1256 20 T'HE kUlc of ibrc* mi tfc* Malayan Stack Exchange showing last badness to May U (A) and last business sines that inis (B) with ahl L gtAndlng far Highest and Lowest baslness last year and ta date, was: I t at a*?!!., t* 1.7* l.M' •IwIum'..*!!'16, l.M
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      CLOSING PRICES
      16 20 fcUBBER pm *UT It W h 4 toy. cU. Mit.iiH n i\r& 2 fe*
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      STOCK INDICES
      23 20 Malayan Stnok ln4Uars: May If May It industrials: lM.tt I«4.7t Tins; Ml.42 M4.97 9 Rubber: v 249.45 249.45 Jan. 1 1958=190
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      Rubber market is dull
      582 20 4 FTER last weeks in. creased activity L rubber marker into a dull i>.. iod with the volume of trading very much lower report He C. B. t -j. Ltd. In their current tv port The schedule f u ie IuPth coming Russia. ioa25 s coupled
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      18 20 (Minai’r* i 6b First Malayan 4 Second Malayan First Hons Kona Second Hong Kony ill K
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