The Straits Budget, 20 September 1961

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  • 31 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OP THE STRAITS TIMES 'i y MALAYA'S NATIONAL NlWSPAPfft I i it*s 787. Kuala Lumpur, September 20, 1931. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling*
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    • 137 2  -  SENSIBLE Singapore Sea water distillation plant is the answer APROPOS the current water shortage in the island, would it not be a good idea if the Government considers installing a distillation plant to distil sea water? Although the State Oover.. lent is taking aU possible measures to
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    • 128 2  -  HOPEFUL Slaitpoit 18NT there anybody at Radio .Singapore who knows how to pronounce the most common names from the world of good music? It's bad enough hebrtng so litUe of It. but when that little is spout by atrocious pronunciation and persistent fade-aways what is there
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    • 168 2  -  NOTTA LAWYER Singapore REPLYING to O.H.R'5 letter. the "knock-for-Knock" agreement is entered into between companies tor general convenience, but It has nothing whatever to do with the insured s contract wtth his insurance company. the terms and conditions of which contain no reference to
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    • 110 2  -  FED UP Singapore HE traffic police in Ipoh .must be congratulated fur doing a magnificent job recently in rounding up the owners of ifiotor-cycles and scooters without silencers. The police spokesman said that it was an offence to ride a motor-cycle, a scooter or drive a car without
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    • 142 2  -  SIGMA Singapore MAY I add my voice however uselessly to the growing chorus of complaints about the mosquito nuisance at Katong* In the days oefore antimosquito work was taken over by the Health Ministry. g complaint to the Municipal Health Officer received a prompt and courteous
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    • 30 2  -  WEE HOON SAN Singapore I THINK everyone will agree that the City Council should print the meter reading instead of what month to what month on water bills.
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    • 451 2  - THE HOUSING BOARD —MYTH AND REALITY AfVWAD Singapore THE idea that the Housing Board and its predecessor. the Singapore improvement Trust, have let out their only for poor pdopie is a myth that anyone who has eyes to see and ears to hear will instantly dismiss A large proportion oi
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    • 66 2  -  l B LAW 1 BELIEVE that student- teacher relationships can be improved if the birch wer e banned. In a more relaxed atmosphere where there is no constant fear ef th* teacher. where the «t advert does not regard him as a demi- god. expression of ideas
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    • 418 2  -  J S. GILL Singapore VOUR editorial on Master Tara Singh’s fast (B.T. Bept. 2) does not do justice to the Bikhs. It is not a true representation of facts 1 was in India till a few days ago and I believe that other
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    • 81 2  -  CITIZEN Singapore DARISAN SOS I '.LIS conD tends that e PAP should resign r.c call a general electl r. tn J view to getting mandate from the peopit r. merger. I am of the opinion that since the 13 nib.ynien elected on the r-\r ticket hav
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    • 45 2  -  f \TS Salak South that IT is shock:: 1 the C.E E Ti0 re tend their rr.:. than yard* to sup:- eieC twenty hou$e ,nplitricity. Oar e d cations •tint down witho" a us know the vjt year has any actio: vis
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    • 236 3 —S:ru:*s Times, Sept. 11 T \’)du! Ra/ak’s anat the opening of pOU, ic.it Services ath>i< mships on Sept, sports section .ted in the Prime Department next a new slant on an .n. In a national ,ster goodwill, un--5 n and friendliness” irt, there can be the communalism ro
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    • 661 3 w iv vi v V. n V x w »>• —Straits Times. Sept. 12 Commonwealth Econ--OT„c C msultative Council, en j r2 in Ghana today, is as USJrt prelude to the an«Ual n ‘mg of the Board of s °f the International l, nd. Since Britain, “t
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    • 308 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 12 Publication of the reports of the P-A.P. special committee, which since May 18 has been examining critically the work of Government and party, argues political honesty and courage. It is not usual for ruling parties, whatever the state of their political fortunes, to
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    • 664 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 13 Educational issues touch Sarawak on the raw in a way familiar to Singapore in 1955 hut never, thankfully, reproduced with quite such in- tensity in the Federation. Since April last year when the principal of the Chung Hua Middle School Number two in
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    • 279 3 —Straits Times. Sept. 13 The readiness of the PanMalayan Road Transport Ope rators Association to cooperate in increasing Malay participation in the industry is to be welcomed. At a meeting of the Minister for Transport and the association, it was suggested that the operators might offer a tenth
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    • 246 4 —Straits Times. Sep 4 13 There is no reason at all why Cuepacs should be uniformly impressed by the Federation Governments three reasons for raising retirement age for civil servants in divisions one, two and three from 55 to 60. Shortage of experienced men, ihe first of
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    • 722 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 14 Making its appearance as a nation hungry for industry in a special supplement to The Financial Times in London at the end of August, Malaya looked solid, stable, a good prospect for the investor. No blushful silences and no hysterical over-statements were required,
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    • 271 4 —Straits Times Sept. 14 There has been quick, friendly, and reassuring reply through the U.S. Embassy tc the protest the Federation Government delivered two days ago on the subject of American announcements on tin stockpile disposal. If Congress authorises sales, the General Services Administration will decide on
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    • 215 4 —Straits Times, Sept, 14 Governments are by their nature excluded from being as spontaneous as ordinary people, and yet it is in the spontaneous revulsion of ordinary people against the wretched by-products of nuclear testing and the infinitely more hideous ravages of nuclear warfare that the best hope
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    • 367 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 15 In a fortnight’s time, Dato Ahmad Perang, who has been deputy general manager of the Malayan Railway since he relinquished the chairmanship of Rida two years ago, is to take over the railway’s highest position. His appointment comes at a time when Malayanisation of
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    • 207 4 —Straits Times. Sept 15 The Sungei Patani Town Council has put on the shame- ful performance l 1M i I monly assocai, .i jl COrr I payment of ,no„ thlv I ances. Tim ..u aUo I wanted to gi J M I from the btcim-Vr ‘‘t* I but
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    • 303 4 cannot fail to nm* Straits Tinier The end of the Vang di- I Pertuan Agong's three-day I official visit to Selangor brings I reminder that His Majesty. I accompanied by thm Raja Per- I maisuri Agong. has now com- I pleted the State-by-State royal I I tour
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  • 456 5 K. LUMPUR. Sept. 10 0so AND QUEEN HAVE been on the move almost continuously SISCE JANUARY Tm King and Queen who have travelled Al ly 10.000 miles all over the country scries of almost non-stop Slate lours will u ;i busy three-day schedule when they aUM>
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  • 75 5 SIJKIT MERTAJAM, Sept. for main 7 na began in about 10,000 Padi land in Procentral diswater to the s'* i)ep n turned on by v-i ri dtural Department prs have been told oniiuKc their nursery •v by sept. 15, and ■Vo? 1! > b
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  • 23 5 Ne x t assembly Sta> N A N(i s ept. 10. The !>» nl) ly will hold its Oct ]i' ],vr a m on
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  • 121 5 IPOH, Sept. 10.—The $475,000 shopping centre in Cowan Street—which the chairman of the Ipoh Town Council. Mr. E. G. Waller, described as the “finest structure of its kind in the country”—is expected to be open by Christmas. Work on the spacious two-storey project started
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  • 56 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept 11 —Mr. Bajan Singh, 22. a student teacher at the Technical College in Kuala Lumpur, has been awarded a Federation Government scholarship at the Bolton T< chnical Teacher Training College in England. Mr. Bajan Singh will op away for one year He will
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  • 135 5 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10.— Mr. Henry Ho, 35, unemployed. today appealed to his wife, Wong Yoke Wah, to return horn* and look after their two daughters. “It is unbearable to have them continually crying for their mother,” he said Mr. Ho said that his
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  • 208 5 TELUK ANSON, Sept. 10. the Ra.ia Muda of Perak yesterday paid a warm 1 tribute to the “selfless etlorts” of members of youth organisations in Lower Perak district. He was speaking to 3.000 members of seven youth organisations it a combined parade and display
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  • 124 5 Kuala trengganu, sept. 10.—The Trengganu Government is working against time to complete the 1961 projects under the rural development plan. The Federal Government has allotted the State $6.6 million to be spent on certain rural works by Dec. 31. The bulk of the funds
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  • 56 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 10. —The third anniversary of the religious class conducted by Arulnery Thirukootam. a Hindu group, will be held at the Chettiars Hall. Sentul, at 5.30 p.m on Sept. 12. Swami Chidbavananda President of Ramakrlshna Mission fTapovanam) at Tirupparalthurai. South India. will preside. The
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  • 452 5 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10 ALL 28 Chinese secondary schools in Singapore will be allowed to choose between the traditional or a new system of secondary education. This decision was announced by the Ministry of Education to clarify today the Government's stand on the
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  • 334 6 11 FAMILIES COMPLAIN AS DEMOLITION TEAMS GO TO WORK: WE GOT NO WARNING KUALA LUMPUK, Sept. 10. DEMOLITION teams from the District Oilice here today launched a surprise raid on 11 illegally erected squatter huts in the Kampong Dato Kianut area. Thu houses, as well as
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  • 54 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 10. Mr. Oh Beng Tatt, manager of Uie Penang Pigs and Fish Combined Farm, has won an agricultural scholarship offered by the Toronto Junior Chamber of Commerce. He left today by air to take a one-year course In animal breeding and poultry raising at
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  • 220 6 SINGAPORE. Sept. 10. —lnche Ahmad bin Ibrahim the Minister Of Health today declared «hat money spent on community centres and holiday camps was well spent because they brought joy and health to thousands of poor people. Opening the holiday camp at Kampong Tengali, he
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  • 94 6 KUALA LUMPUK. Sent. 10. Gifts for the Press Club of Malaya building fund now total $11,495. New donors an* the Minister of Health and Social Welfare. Dato Ong Yoke Lin '$100); the former Assistant Minister ot Information and Broadcasting. Syed Ja’afar bln Albar ($25); and the
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  • 188 6 Kuala lumpur, sept. 10. —The need for rapid industrialisation in Malava was stressed by an American economic Mr. Tom McHale. who returned horn yesterday after more than two years here. Mr. Mclialr said that with Malaya’s financial resources. there was no reason why this could
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  • 39 6 KAJANG Sept. 10. Inche Suleiman bin Adam has been re-elected president of the Malayan Public Works Department Overseas’ Union. Other officials are: Vicepresident. Mr. G. Velupillai; secretary, Inche Mohamed Rashid Manap; and treasurer, Mr. A Sivasubramaniam.
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  • 53 6 PENANG. Sept. 11. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, and his wife, Puan Sharifah Rodziah. will be the guests of honour at a banquet to be given bv the Penang Indian Association at the E and O Hotel on Sept 17 to celebrate the fourth
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  • 234 6 KUALA LUMPUR. S pi. yi ABOUT 700 students, professors. t and non-academic stall o i tin of Malaya here have been studying language for the pasl 18 months as towards its use as a medium <•: the university. Thu Malay courses provided by the university
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  • 113 6 SINGAPORE, Sept. 11.— Moves were made today in the campaign against cholera. Just after breakfast Ministry of Health medical teams fanned out to inoculate an estimated 20,000 secondary school students in the state. By evening 10,192 had got their “jabs.” Th e Ministry of Finance m
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  • 123 6 ITU ALA OLMPUR. Sept 10.— A man was killed and another seriously injured in a gangland clash ill Kampona Chetti. of: Circular Road tonight Both wer- Indian.*. A police spokesman said the name ol the dead man was Suppiah. The other. Arumugarr.. a PWP driver ot
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  • 52 6 KUANTAN. Sept 10.S. Meyappau. a town count**lor and justice* <>: he was today elected predditt the Kuantan branch ot Malayan Indian Con-’' Others electee were president. Mr. r\ A med Shariff: e n L 1 ec Jacob Ratnam: 1C retary. Mr S treasurer. Mr P K
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  • 60 6 KUALA LUMPUK.Sc,). I) ii Donations to the v Monument Fund .m the $30,000 mark. A w nation of $423 w g,-. r staff of the Inform vices. The recent lS(»rto the fund by > vices Association vas made bv t' 0 and not from branch, .he
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  • 44 7 SOME of the Singapore millionaires who attended the T an Kah Kee memorial meet tng in Singapore cn Sept 10 Fourth and fifth from left are Mr Yeo Chan Boon and Mr Tan Lark Sve —Straits Times picture —Straits Times picture
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  • 215 7 v LUMPUR. Sept. K the Pan-Mala j ".’.act utical As- j nas recom-l to the Federa- .‘rmnent the m at of a < iral departa n the proposed Medicine in vr -sitv of Malawi h* ”c. j Mled la.it night Hanam.
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  • 138 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 10. Mr. C. V. Devan Nair. a leading trade unionist has been appointed adviser to the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers’ Union. The union president. Mr Teo Boon Chew, in a sinned statement, today said: "Mr T. V. Gomez, the secretarygeneral oi
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  • 292 7 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10. amounting lo $lOO,OOO for suiting up a Tan Kah Kee scholarship fund were promised on the spot at a memorial meeting in the Singapore Badminton Stadium here today. Annual scholarships will be given to Malayan students of all
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  • 96 7 RAWANG. Sept. 10 The annual celebration of the Veerakathy Venayagar temple here will be held on Sept. 13 and hundreds of Hindus throughout the district and from neighbouring towns will throng th-j town to take part There will be prayers in the morning, feeding of the
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  • 201 7 IJENANG, Sept. 10. Dancers scrambled lor safer\ as bottles flew at the Green Parrot nightclub here last nigtJ when two groups oi patrons sit ting adjacent tables started a free-for-all One man was injured and taken to hospital. He was treated and sent
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  • 50 7 IOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 10 Spears, iron pipes and poles J were seized after police broke up a fight among building workers at a housing estate In Jalan Waterworks last evening. Sixteen people—all from Singapore—were arrested FIn TS« W "lushed to the seen* after a eat.
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  • 21 7 TAIPING. Sept. 11. A $25,000 Sikh temple opened in Kamunting on Sept. 9 by Mr Gurrharan Singh of F’enang
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    • 94 7 Hor,q Kong l -ar East builder 1936 A t Monthly nodical p* n >-"-i of R e0 f Activiliit lr t'Mft Kong nd Far Fuut. CONTAINS fuH accounts, plons, perspectives and photographs of now end projected constructions in Hong Kong ond othor parts An mdisponsablo source of information for aft
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  • 444 8 Armed rubber piracy on high seas off Penang —court told PENANG. Sept. 11 \THAI vessel, carrying aboui IUU tons of rubber, was intercepted one morning by armed men in a boat about 40 miles away from Penang, the first Magistrate’s C ourt was told today. was ordered at gun-point to
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  • 153 8 POH party ui bers of t h. p. branch of Outwarc V' 1 Trained ciaticn climbed Gan on p. Brlnchana. -f’ rwf St > yesterda> After the chairman of the t- che Mohamed i Nl iS:’ birr Shah 28. w! expedition, .slid
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  • 252 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 11. TKE big increase in Malayan production of timber and iron ore was spotlighted by the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Incho Mohamed Khir Johari, in a broadcast over Radio Malaya tonight. Inche Khir is now lu Accra
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  • 94 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 11.— Members of co-operative societies in Singapore may now take out group life insurance policies with the Malayan Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd. This was announced yesterday at the first Singapore co-operative conference by it e chairman. Mr. N.A. Kulara.iah. Inche Yahya bin Mohamed
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  • 49 8 Fiesta —by the YWCA KUALA LUMPUR, Sept.. 13 The Y.W.C.A. of Malaya Ls to hold a fiesta ball at the Lake Club here on Sept. 23 to raise funds to expand its activities. Tickets will be available from the YWC A, office at China Insurance Building in Batu Road.
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  • 77 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 11. —The monthly allowance for members of the House ol Representatives, now fixed at $5OO, is expected to be raised to $750. This will cost the Federation Government more than $250,000 extra annually. A Bill to efTect the change is expected to
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  • 49 8 KLANG. Sept. 11.—Th e Sultan and Tengku Ampuan of Selangor today inspected the newly completed $32,000 tomb of the Sultan’s father, the second Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Tuanku HLamuddin Alam Shah, at the royal mausoleum here. The tomb, of 'talian marble took three weeks to complete.
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  • 214 8 Kuala lumpur, sept 11. —Two hundred electoral registration oiTicers now visiting houses in Kuala Lumpur are being treated like “unwelcome salesmen." says Inche Mohamed Yusof bin Haji Osman, the Selangor Senior Supervisor of Elections. Many people refuse to open their
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  • 95 8 SINGAPORE, Sept 11.— Andrew Chen, a clerk and father of twn young children, was fined $250 ior showing obscene pictures to a 13-year-old schoolgirl Inspector E. O Thompson. prosecuting, said It was regrettable that the legislature had not thought fit to inculde either whipping or
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  • 223 9 SOPIEE ON ACTIVITIES OF INFORMATION SERVICES KUALA LUMPUR, Sept, 11. jHl federation Information Services is to set up citizens’ advisory bureaux next year, the Inche Mohamed Sopiee, said here today. bureaux would be experimental and would i ::>hed in towns. -peaking to mem-
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  • 73 9 I 0 S'*Pt 10.—Inche Yusof M''.ianied, 27, who has i since childhood idow. Che Sofiah Mat Yunus, 24. were r v here >esterday. f is employed In Valley Worker the Blind here 4 her blind workthe same work- a a ended the recepand the work-
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  • 151 9 jvUALA LUMPUR. Sept 12. Tlie president of the Asia Foundation, Dr. Robert Blum, who is on a tour of foundation offices in SouthEast Asia will arrive here on Sept. 12 for a visit. He will meet Government officials and representatives of institutions and organisations
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  • 93 9 1/LANG. Sept 10. Three hundred acres of land were di ‘ributed among 59 landless Malay families at Kampong Sungei Serdang. 16 miles north ot here, yesterday. The Klang District Officer. Inche Yahaya bln Haji Taib. gave away the land. He told the new settlers not
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  • 41 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 11 —The Indian High Commissioner to Malaya. Mr 1C Puri, today presented 66 books to the Technical College library here. The booKs were received by the principal of the cohege. Mr. N A K. Nair.
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  • 215 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 10. pIVIL aircraft movements over the Federation were hindered, disrupted and subjected to the •‘associated hazards” of military air operations during the Emergency, it is officially revealed. The Department of Civil Aviation, in its 1960 report, says that operations were restricted and interrupted whenever
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  • 51 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 10.—Miss Elizabeth l.inus, staff nurse of the Kandang Kerhau Maternity Hospital, has been admitted for higher studies in midwifery at the Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital, London. She intends to qualify for a midwife teacher’s diploma. She leaves the State on Sept
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  • 166 9 KUANTAN, Sept. 10. TWO hundred fishermen in the KuaJa Rompin area have given up fishing at sea in favour of iron mining and road building. The switch, according to Government officials here, was made because steady employment provides a safer income. The former fishermen now
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  • 62 9 PENANG Sept 11 —The acting Chief Scout oi the Federation, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib. will present medal.', of merit to lay members and officers of the scout movement In Penang at th“ Waterfall Road Coronation Camp on Sept 16 The rally, to celebrate
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  • 31 9 PENANG. Sept 11 Concert pianist Joseph Bloch will give a recital sponsored by the Penang Arts Council, at the Methodise Girl' School at 3 3 pm on Sept 13.
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  • 292 9 LUMPUR. Sept. ii. Tengku Abdul Rahman today the Singapore Opposition must decide once and tor all the type of mer ger it wanted. Tlie Tengku. speakii.g on his return by train from Aloi Star, said Mr. Lee Kuan Yew would come to Kuala Lumpur on Sept
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  • 76 9 ALOR STAR. Sept 11.—Inche Mohamed Iskandar. founder of the Government English School in 1908 (now the Sultan Abdul Hamid College, Alor Stan, died here yesterday atternoon at the age of 80. He was born in Penang and educated at the Free School. Among
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  • 40 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Sept 11 fete and fun fair in aid of the St Christopher’s Church and school funds will be held on the church grounds on Sept 15 and 16 from 10.30 a m. to 6 p m.
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    1709 10 SINGAPORE, Sept, 1 1 All those held allowed to go on bond POLICE today removed 216 people—including a Barisan Socialis Assemblyman from outside the strike-bound Robinson’s departmental store in Raffles Place, took them to the Central police station in 10 Black Marias and released them on bond later
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  • 263 10 Sopt U' S\n*;*poi c thurvh wa v »t .no .»’..{•si tor i ’■V. v’ iM'l'l.tn u 1'iul io ui Uvu'nU' 1*. l ll ".U* iMiuvirt tvlion iho i v it .no v\’ui ,‘t or i, in %'t St M1 N l l
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  • 17 10 Kl’A1 1VMPV?. 5er: The Chie: the Gt A is. 5 v.:f cy the Cent-
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  • 430 10 KUALA LUMPUR Sept. 1 i JIIE acting Minister of Commerce and t„ dustry. Mr. Cheah Theam Svtc called in the United States expressed the Federation Governm. A P 3 gret at the move being made to relea- Hiotii tons of tin from the
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  • 58 10 1P0H. Ser: -Tr.rMrr.::i Be ear F* Sha'arl S x preened *r.r ;*;t, r.::r Ma'.ay« up Malay rree: the t f r.' yr Z a: 4 The r.'U.'K F 11T T 4 j i_i.* :j* 5^-;; o i r o rr 1 :~j r T
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  • 73 11 IPOH. Sept. 12. Mi>s Joan Hammond, the famous soprano. will give a concert here at the St. John Ambulance Association hall on Tuesday. Sept. 19 at 9 15 pm. She will be accompanied by the Singapore pianist Mr Lee Kum Sing, in a programme that includes songs
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  • 251 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 11. •TWO ministers last night expressed regret that only a handful of Malay drivers in the Federal capital were keen to start a transport company of their own. The two were the Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon bin llaji Jubir. and
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  • 60 11 SEREMBAN. Sept. 12 A passing-out parade oj 51U recruits <1 the Federation Armed Forces will be held at the Recruit Training Centre in Port Dickson on Sept 23. at 9 am The Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan is expected to take the salute during
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  • 631 12 SINGAPORE. Sept. 11 Erroll seeks to familiarise himself with opportunities THE British Minister of State, at the Board of Trade, Mr. F.J. Erroll, arrived here this evening for a two-dav visit “to familiarise myself with the trade opportunities w hich exist in this part of the world.”
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  • 109 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 11.— Thirteen Muslim leaders left by Thai International Airways today for a threeweek study tour of Korea. Senator S. O. K. Ubaidulla. leader of the group, said at the airport: “We will make a special study of educational
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  • 256 12 JPOH. Sept. 11.— 1 propos.il first planned about seven years ago to establish a residential training institute for orphaned girls, widows and divorcees, has now been implemented here at a cost of $400,000. Forty-six girls, the youngest 18 and the oldest 32,
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  • 210 12 IOHORE BAHRU. J Sept. 11.—The Johore Government will provide low-cost homes for all those affected by its giant $6 million scheme to house the poor in four 15-storey blocks of flats in Jalan Jin Quee. It will build 90 two-storev terrace nouses
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    834 13 ill Robinson’s staff to go back today SINGAPORE, Sept. 12 THE strike at Robinson’s —which led to the arrest of 216 pickets for obstruction yesterday—was called off today after another round of talks between the management and the Singapore Business Houses Employees Union. Cries of “Bersatu" rang
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  • 12 13 MISS ANNIE CHONG “I am so kappy and graf’cful
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  • 1120 14 Judge dismisses the application by Mrs. Leon-Soh seeking to nullify the election SINGAPORE. Sept. 13 4 n il I lO\ b> .Mrs I* ia'on-Soh.proMdmtottlu'Sint;apoiv('oii--4 asking for a dr» laration that tin* rlortion of Mr. Out* Eng 4:11m in (hr Horn; |jm b> rlortioii win \oicl. \>as
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  • 114 14 JPOH. S.»pt 12. The Feder.; T iou Governnie*nt v.-utnpt action in pro*-,:;:.. aga j* thp X. !i,L. .o i"Gle?se 50.000 tot:- o: tin from its strut l: stockpile WHS V.’fl 1 i’V.■ il‘TG to* ci«a\ u> i: ratifying news'1 Mine! to j point out ..v attempt
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  • 241 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 12. T* UK prime Minister, Tengku Abdui Rahman. tonight congratulated Malayan |p an Kij»i* Limited here for awarding scholar|s jJips to poor Malay schoolchildren and advised other business organisations to do the same. I Ht was speaking at the first anniversary celeL.
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  • 116 15 ITUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 12. A conference of Speakof all State Legislative Assemblies and the House of Representatives will be held here early next year. This was disclosed today by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dato Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar. He
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  • 54 15 KVat..-' LUMPUR. Sept. 12.— in Minister of Agriculture -operatives. Inche Ab- bin Ishak. will fly to Sept. 17. at the invii a fertiliser concern •dn technical knowthe setting up of a dory in the Federa- be accompanied by r ir.M'tors of the Urea ■P' r Factory
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  • 35 15 V Sept. 12. Mr. P. os been elected pre- the North Malaya miajam (Malayalee 'i 1 i’.K Kesavan. K.P. >nd K.C.A. Menon y r e:J vice-presidents: Nalr. general se*hd Mr. K. Chakrai^urer.
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  • 113 15 ITUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 12 Sixty-nine of 70 people charged with tratlic offences pleaded guilty in the First Magistrate’s Court today. Thirty accused of speeding wer each lined $5O. Ten others were each fined $lOO for careless driving. One man with a previous licence endorsement was
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  • 36 15 IPOH, Sept 12.—The PeTuk branch of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society will celebrate Prophet Mohamed’s Birthday with a tea oarty at the Crescent Hall in Gopeng Road here on Sept. 16 at 5 p.m.
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  • 53 15 Miss Florence Yap. winner of the “Tropical Queen” title at the Red Cross Tropical Night, organised by the Red Cross Society at the Port Recreation Club. Port Swettenham, runners-up were Che Dah Ahmad (left) and Miss Violet Hee. —Straits Times picture by
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  • 295 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 12. RESOLUTIONS concerning the entry ban on Inche Said Zahari, former t ailor of the Utusan Melayu, and the Federation Government’s action against Mr. Lim Lian Geok will be moved in the next meeting of the House of
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  • 30 15 JOHORE BAHRU. Sept. 12. The Athletic and Welfare Association will hold Its annual dance at the Diamond Jubilee Hall on Sept. 30 from Bpm to 1 a m
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  • 51 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept 12. Brunei’s State Welfare Oifleer, incite H M Sallen. arrived here todav to study methods of welfare work In Malaya. He will be here tor about four months and will be attached to the Serial VVellare Department. heed quarter ior some
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  • 53 15 SINGAPORE, Sept 12 Wan Yoke Chun, wife oi a clerk. Gnh Kim Chen, who applied for a divorce on the ground of desertion, was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah in the High Court yesterday The decree Is to be mad** absolute
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  • 97 15 SINGAPORK. Sep* 12 A news agency report provided a surprise in American diplomatic circles here today. The report, quoted in a vernacular paper here, said that the American ConsulGeneral to Hong Kong. Mr P. Gilstrad. has been appointed Consul-General to Singapore But a spokesman
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  • 138 16 A Malayan delegation headed by the Minister of Finance. Mr. Tan Siew Sin. and the Minister for Commerce and Industry. Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, has been visiting London to discuss with experts the serious challenge to the natural industry created by synthetic rubber. Among the places
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  • 132 16 jyjALACCA, Sept. r>._ Mj 'Ws holr-in-t li heart hoy, Tan i:(n ased uho died ln the Alfred Hospital. Mel bourne, on Sept. 8 alp, an operation, will be uripd {"Australia because the father does not want th body to be brought back
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  • 190 16 1/UALA LUMPUR, Sept. 12.The Sarawak Rangers, noted lor their skill In .lungle tracking operations during the Emergency, are to be made to feel more at home in Ulu Tiram, Johore, where the 100man force is now stationed. The British Army will soon be
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  • 407 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 12 'J'HE Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, will declare open the Orient Year Grand Prix on the morning of Sept. 16. He is expected to arrive at 8 45 a.m. and will be driv">i
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  • 120 16 SINGAPORE. Sept. 12.. Britain’s Minister of State at the Board of Trade. Mr R J. Erroll. spent the whole of today in high-pressure business conferences. In the morning, he visited leading foreign and local business houses Business discussions fol- lowed him right up to the
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  • 240 17 v LUMPUR, Sept. IK A start has I, ado on the con|v.rUc:. n of the three|n;;;t i; oach road to I f* election’s new lv‘5.) million international I...- i. which will have E j age-ways, each 22ft E from the new E- d near
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  • 64 17 The Yang di-Pertuan Ageing and the Ra.ia Permaisuri Agong examine samples of rubberised cushions made from coconut by-products at the Malayan Cocotex Industries Ltd in Bandar, seven miles from Datok in the Kuala Langat District on Sept. 13. Showing Their Majesties the
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  • 305 17 JOHORE BAHRU, Sept 13. little girl who used to r :r from home to sulk was scolded did not u rn f n e night after her iiad slapped her an here was told today. ;a body Of the girl, ou lt,
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  • 94 17 CINGAPORE. Sept. 13.About 80 employees of the Industrial Syndicate Ltd at Pasir Panjang have bet n served with notices terminating the ir .services. They inciuae clerical workers. lactory hands, drivers and peons. The notice, signed by the manager, Mr. H. Schall, said the company had
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  • 94 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 13 —The Ministry of Health and Social Well are today dismissed fears regarding a maiaria outbreak in Kuantan. A spokesman of the Ministry said: “We have investigated the matter and have found the rumours to be unfounded. He added that there had
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  • 377 17 TELOK DATOK (Kuala Langat), Sept. 13 ‘J'HE Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong today spent 30 minutes touring one of Malaya's newest industries Malayan Coeolex Industries Ltd. at Istana Bandar. The company, with an authorised capital of
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  • 106 18 ITUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 13. —An 11-man goodwill miss on by the Speaker oi the House of Representatives. Da to 11a ji Mohamed Noah bin Omar (above), left bv air today for a three-week tour of the United Arab Republic. The mission included four Speakers
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  • 276 18 ‘Delaying tactics charge against the State Govt. MAYOR ON FRONT’S 1964 TARGET PENANG, Sept. 13. 'J’HE MAYOR, Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, said today the “obstructive tactics” adopted by the Alliance State Government towards the Socialist Front-controlled City Council had made Socialist councillors more determined than ever to try to capture
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  • 229 18 SINGAPORE. Sept. 13. —The British Minister of State at the Board of Trade, Mr. F. J. Errol!, today paid a rourtesy call on the acting Finance Minister, Mr. K M. Byrne. Mr. Erroli had earlier met the director of the trade division.
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  • 267 18 MENTAKAB, Sept. 15. Yang di-Pertuan Agong this afternoon gave a personal welcome-home lea party to the TOO Congo veterans of the 4th Bn.. Royal Malay Regiment at their base camp tiv-j miles from here. As th.* troops focussed cameras on him.
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  • 155 18 DUKIT MERTAJAM. Sept. M. —A tannery the first of its kind in Province Wellesley, will soon be sponsored by the Federation Government at an estimated cost of $300,000. For a start, a $40,000 training school with a hostel will be built soon at the
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  • 199 18 K 1 1 Wi ll, Sept r deputy manager of the mTi,* 1 Railway. 'a Will take over oTt* 8 T r l' ">«»««« Oft. I Nubied to th, pruval ol tl„. y. ln Pertuan Asonts. The present general man
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  • 89 18 I'UALA LUMP'.’H s ;lt d. K -The ban ports from Chin.. rr menfs anti-cl is to take etie t !m■’ a government said today. ve Traders in SingaP^ e until Sept. 1 < food from Car i- en Kong if it has a consigned Inche
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  • 575 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 15. NC emen.tS. Security for rH( E EMPLOYED IN r L iL /-ASSISTED MIDDLE SO )OLS NEXT YEAR Til Federation Government today ann need a new scheme giving security of em p) ment to established Chinese teachers nou aching in fnlly-assisted Chinese secondar\ hools.
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  • 49 19 Le cture by an educationist C SIN '•RE, Sept. 15.—Sir i »rris, vice-chancel-a Jniverslty of Leeds r;, an of the In ter Erl,,! Council for Higher a v. Overseas, will givf hip,:': }ure on “The Protioi diversity Educaat ''loping Countries’* V lecture theatre ♦omor Iio ad, at 8.30 p.m.
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  • 195 19 ITUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 1V 15. More substantial aid from the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (Unicef) will be given to Malaya to assist the Government in its Second live-Year Development Plan. This was stated today by Mr. Simon Polak, a representative of Unicef.
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  • 24 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 15 —Thirteen Malayan educationists left by air today foi Jakarta on a three-week Fe deration Government sponsored study-tour.
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  • 175 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 15. —The West German Government is offering a number of scholarships to Malayans for courses at German universities. The German Embassy here rays no applications can be accepted for studies in pharmacy and art because of limited facilities.
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  • 597 19  -  By GEOFFREY BOLAND SINGAPORE, Sept. IS. TVE TAILS of one of the largest block offers of shares ever made for Malayan public subscription are being published tomorrow by Dunlop Malayan Industries Ltd. The public is being asked to take up 4,68(1600 ordinary dollar shares
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  • 34 19 SINGAPORE, Sept. 15. Thirty employees of L.E. Tels and Co. in Cedi Street staged a sit-down strike today after a dispute with the management over the proposed retrenchment of six workers.
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    • 1013 20 From Our Market Correspondent WHAT a pleasure it is today to be able to have a new topic concerning the Malayan Stock Exchange which for too long now has been little more than, a market for dealing in tin shares. Not that tin
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    • 32 20 rubber Un (per lb.) (per picul) Sept. II 86'* cU .*414.25 12 cU. *475.50 IS 84% cU. $478.25 14 88 cU. $477.50 15 M 4 cU. $476 00 1« $*****
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    • 486 20 TOE tom irab-uj* by London on Wednesday c< lid we ll be used to d( ribed local conditions »hi s Z! report in n. c Ltd., in tii ir current market survey. v ert£ Hnty ol the market oi ::uies and wa. reflected by tl> narrow
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