The Straits Budget, 4 October 1961
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Title Section26 1961-10-04 1 The Straits Budget THEU^fEKLY'ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NIWSPAPtIt fcT". .s». l^Jp uala Lumpur, October 4, 1961. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.26 words
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Article195 1961-10-04 2 CITIZEN - CITIZEN Singapore (jN Sept 23. at about 6.30 p.m. I declared a number of gramophone records at the Johore Bahru Customs. I had bought them in Singapore at a “cheap s*Je” for about one-fifth their usual price. The Customs officer said that as the records195 words
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Article336 1961-10-04 2 MALAYANS - MALAYANS Singapore \y* grateful for the publicity given to the teachers’ protest against the six-day week andt' your editorial has summarised our feelings. However we should like to elaborate on a few The Government's contention schools have always had a six-day week without any336 words
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Article127 1961-10-04 2 MEGAT NURDIN - MEGAT NURDIN Information Officer, Central Electricity v Board Kuala Lumpur T REFER to a letter headlined “No action C E B.” (S.T. Sept. 16) and would like to enlighten “Residents” of Salak South that their “applications for extending the mains 50 more yards to supply more127 words
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Article62 1961-10-04 2 M. G. NEO - M. G. NEO Singapore RECENTLY there was a complaint against hunters shooting in the Mount Faber vicinity. It may be of interest to the writer that falling pellets do not cause injury to anyone nor can they possibly disturb one’s slumber. If people can snore through a heavy62 words
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Article213 1961-10-04 2 LIM SENG HUAT - LIM SENG HUAT Police Secretary Singapore Congestion on Grand Prix day I REFER to the letter by “Resident” (8.T. Sept. 23). It is correct to say that the residents of Windsor Park, Adelphi Park and Thomson Rise Estate were not asked to apply for a special213 words
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Article103 1961-10-04 2 OBSERVER - OBSERVER Singapore QNE reads about oeople who are using water for watering lawns, etc., but here in 8eran goon Garden Estate I think more water is wasted by service wives who make their amahs fill their bathtubs, sinks, and other receptacles before the supply* is stopped. In service103 words
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Article119 1961-10-04 2 PUBLICO - PUBLICO Muar IN an attempt to cut down on expenditure, the town council recently approved the removal at every alternate street lamp. The result is that Muar Is now reminiscent of the shadowy days of the Japanese occupation. It has also encouraged all sorts of shady119 words
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Article159 1961-10-04 2 K.M MOHD. Mi - K.M MOHD. Mi Kuala Lumpur T is customary in most countries to give all the necessary encouragement and help to serving teachers to better themselves academically. as well qualified men are an asset to the profession. In Malaya, it is regretted that such an atmosphere does159 words
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Article136 1961-10-04 2 HU - HU Kuala Lumpur 4 \S a government employee I wiih to applaud the decision by the Government to raise the retiiini age to 00. We had hoped for a lona tune that this would be done! gives us the opportunity to work nve more years In136 words
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Article105 1961-10-04 2 miskn - miskn feluk Anson A LMOST every day I come across advertisements Inviting applications from graduates, trained and untrained teacners, to fill the many vacancies in schools. To relieve the acute shortage of tochers more students might be admitted to training colleges arid day training centres105 words
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Article56 1961-10-04 2 «MPED - «MPED Kuala Lumpur TWO unrelated items in 1 Straits Times vide food for though!. 5 veiny tubercular patients »n J the j r being discharged hospital has no mone>. eJ1 layan Government nub 83,050 to a bridge t 7 ty Bangkok. Must pu«>l- Seaways he determined cotton56 words
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Article395 1961-10-04 3 'it.' Times, Sept. 25 v.vo main resolutions 7 lt a meeting convened 1% i e Teachers Union, m.bly the more imunqtant s the call to the Govt* 1 1 1 nt {or the unification f th 'idion service for all of teachers. But as F dt >'it.' Times, Sept. 25 - 395 words
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Article598 1961-10-04 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 26 Er f r -fcrence of Asian iriat Planners holding its session in New Delhi today (with Federation and Singapore delegates in attendance) is not to b e one of Ecafe’s annually-meeting committees. It will meet only once every three years with the Ecafe—Straits Times, Sept. 26 - 598 words
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Article335 1961-10-04 3 Straits Time's, Sept. 26 The first year of operation of Scheme No. 3, under which replanting was established on a permanent basis, has been notable chiefly for the record smallholder acreage brought under high-yielding material. More than 78,000 acres were replanted and new planted, an improvement ofStraits Time's, Sept. 26 - 335 words
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Article380 1961-10-04 3 Straits Times, Sept. 27 At the end of its day ol deliberations, the Second Asian Racing Conference meeting in Singapore expressed the opinion that where a country did not have legal means of oiTcourse betting, illegal bookmaking flourished. The thought is not strikingly original. New Zealand has been— Straits Times, Sept. 27 - 380 words
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Article251 1961-10-04 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 27 To students and —more important —the public at large the police refusal to allow the procession of floats with which this year’s Welfare Week in Kuala Lumpur should s f art is utterly incomprehensible, and will remain so until a reason is given. It—Straits Times, Sept. 27 - 251 words
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Article576 1961-10-04 3 —Straits Times. Sept. 23 In the latest of his talks on education policy, Inche Rahman Talib has been at pains to answer complaints, not infrequently heard, that facilities for learning the national language are not adequate. His main point—and it is an impressive one —is that—Straits Times. Sept. 23 - 576 words
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Article213 1961-10-04 4 Straits Times. Sept. 23 Just as the six members of the European Economic Community were preparing to accept Britain’s application for negotiations concerning its own possible membership, Mr. Duncan Sandys, the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, nicely timed his statement to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association that BritainStraits Times. Sept. 23 - 213 words
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Article323 1961-10-04 4 —Straits Times. Sept. 29 Taiping Town Council has gone the same dismal way taken by a succession of other local authorities in making the most of what is permitted them in the matter of monthly allowances. It has voted $lOO a month for each member, the maximum allowed—Straits Times. Sept. 29 - 323 words
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Article245 1961-10-04 4 —Straits Times. Sept. 29 The Bornean six-monthly inter-territorial conferences have taken place regularly since North Borneo and Sarawak became British crown colonies immediately after the war, and in recent times have had a special importance in providing a forum for nonofficial representatives of the communities. The presence of—Straits Times. Sept. 29 - 245 words
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Article648 1961-10-04 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 30 In a month or two, when the rains have abated, South Vietnam may be fighting for its very existence with its final chance of success. Several thousand people have already died during the year since the Lao Dong in Hanoi formed the—Straits Times, Sept. 30 - 648 words
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Article387 1961-10-04 4 —Straits Times. Sept 30 In the six months to August this year, the number of accident cases reported in the Federation under the Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance totalled 1C.57C Of these, 216 were fatal. The periodical reports from the Ministry oi Labour obviously cannot deal with more than just—Straits Times. Sept 30 - 387 words
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Article164 1961-10-04 4 nai mi -n. —Straits Tlnv Sept, j It is earnestly tc be hoped that Federation students of foreign affairs will not lag far behind their Singapore colleagues in giving birth to an institute for the study of world affairs: branches would be needed in several major centres asnai mi -n. —Straits Tlnv • Sept, j - 164 words
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Article20 1961-10-04 4 BIRTH" THOMAS: To Peter a son. Stephen, at B.M.H. Taipinu TO PETER daughter Carina on 26.9.61. Thankstaff. Deo Gratis20 words
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Article3024 1961-10-04 5 PAP v. the Reds for loyalty Singapore, sept. 24. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said toduv that the battle to be fought ultimately between the People’s Action Party and the Communists was for the loyalty of the broad mass of neutral workers. Whutevei the provocation.3,024 words
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Article, Illustration247 1961-10-04 6 [£UALA LUMPUR. Sept. 24 —Today’s celebration of (he 15th day of the eighth moon—mooncake festival—here was the brightest since the war. Several generations of Chinese. the young and not so young, poured out of their homes and into the streets in their Sunday247 words
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Article37 1961-10-04 6 KUALA SELANGOR. Sept. 24. Three temporary teachers have joined the staff of the Government English primary school at Kampong Kuantan. They are Miss Cheah Chai Ee. Che Feriedah binte Deen and Mr Harban Singh.37 words
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156 1961-10-04 6 1/ OTA BHARU. Sept. **24.—Three men died here this weekend, believed to be the victims of a gam? using canes to attack their victims. CASE 1: A rice merchant, Wan Mohamed bin Wan Ahmad, 37, was beaten up with canes while he156 words
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264 1961-10-04 6 SINGAPORE. Sen' ’d QVER 100 islanders on Pulau Alorlfm ail w scene of a brutal murder three week have formed their own vigilante coins d§(> tection against a gang of smugglers. 1 pr The penghulu of the island, Inche Ariffin bin264 words
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117 1961-10-04 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 24. —A total of 117 classrooms capable of accommodating 4.680 pupils art* to be put up this year in Johore under the five-year development plan. The classrooms, mainly for rural areas, are for primary schools in Kota Tinggi. Kluang, Muar, Pontian, Johore117 words
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148 1961-10-04 6 giNGAPORE, Sept. 24. The Chesmre Homes Foundation In Singapore will neb tind advise those wanting to set up invalid homes in other parts of South East Asia Thus was indicated in ihe annual report oi entire Homes. Malaya. today. a The report recall148 words
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338 1961-10-04 7 SLOGAN-SHOUTING ALONE WON'T HELP WORKERS' SINGAPORE, Sept. >5 :24. A trade union leader, Mr. C. V IX van Nair, yesterday said there were two ways in :ch a union could c ndu a trade dispute in Singapore. One wav was to make338 words
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128 1961-10-04 7 JESSELTON, Sept. 24-A total ban on ail foodstuffs from four cholerainfected countries has been imposed to spearhead a massive campaign against the disease. This ban against foodstuffs from Hong Kong, Macao, China and Sarawak, will be in force for six months. An order128 words
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228 1961-10-04 7 KUANTAN, Sept. 24. pAHANG will pay $l2 million of the $ll6 million cost of the State’s giant development schemes for 1961-1965, a government spokesman said today. The balance of $104,000,000 will come from the Federa* Government. More than 200.000 acres of virgin228 words
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Article179 1961-10-04 7 Kuala i.umpur. sept. 24.—The Federation Government today announced the floating of a new cash loan of $5O million to finance the second five-year development plan. A Ministry of Finance statement said that subscriptions to the loan, offered at par for a 16 to 18-year maturity,179 words
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Article61 1961-10-04 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 24 —.The Women’s International Club here will hold a cakemaking and “mee-siam” demonstration this week. The “mee-siam” demonstration will be given by Tengku Ezam at 4.30 p m. on Sept. 26 and the cake-making by Mrs. Petrus at 10 a.m. on Sept 2861 words
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Article36 1961-10-04 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 24. —A delegate to the Commonwealth Finance Ministers conference in Ghana, Inche Sujak bin Rahiman. Controller of Trade Division in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. returned here today.36 words
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Article93 1961-10-04 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 24. ,_The president of the University of Malaya Engineering Society, Mr. Paul Wang, last night called on engineering students to “make it a serious point” to study the national language. He w’as speaking at the annual dinner and dance of the society at the93 words
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Article85 1961-10-04 7 PENANG. Sept. 24. Klectricity suply to Green Lane—between Lim Lean Teng and Hamilton roads- will be disconnected between 8 a m. and 6 p m. on Tuesdays and Fridays a.') trom Sept. 29. This is to enable the City Council to fell about 4485 words
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Article, Illustration176 1961-10-04 7 IT l; ALA LUMPUR, Sept 1V 24. The Chinese Maternity Association here today paid tribute to an outstanding voluntary worker who has been honorary medical supervisor of its maternity hospital for the last 30 years. It re-elected for the 29th time, I)r.176 words
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Article86 1961-10-04 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 24. —Yap Yee Mun, of Kuala Lumpur, was Judged the winner of the $lOO cash prizd of the National United Song Singing competition sponsored by Radio Malaya and Redinusion which ended here today Runner-up was Hooi Chit Klong, also of Kuala Lumpur, with86 words
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Article32 1961-10-04 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 25. Miss F rances Beck, director of the Nursing Service Division of th.* International Council or Nurses, will arrive in Singapore on Sept. 27 for a slxday visit.32 words
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304 1961-10-04 8 Government welcomes formation of federation KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 25 THE Federation of Malayan Industries, a national body on the lines of the Federation of British Industries, will be formed here to look after the interests of Malayan industry. The decision to form the304 words
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297 1961-10-04 8 KULIM, Sept. 25 THE Prime Minister. Tengku 1 Abdul Rahman, will make a special trip to Kulim on October 2 to recehe an undertaxing trom 165 squatters from five kampongs in Kulim district that they would quit before December the stateowned297 words
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Article260 1961-10-04 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Sepl. 25. fPHE Minister of Commerce and Industry gave a report tonight on Malaya's “impressive record” of achievement in diversifica- tion of the economy. Inche Khir Johari said in a broadcast recorded lor Radio Malaya's series, “The New Malaya." that many products were now being260 words
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Article29 1961-10-04 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 25. —The Assistant Minister ol Rural Development. Haji Abdul Khalid bin Awnng man. left by air today for Bangkok for a three-day private visit.29 words
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Article68 1961-10-04 8 SINGAPORE. Sept. 25 The Singapore Catering Services. Staffs and Workers Trade Union has been found to represent a majority of 19 workers employed in the century-old Singapore Club. This was the finding of an official secret ballot taken among the workers this morning at the club’s68 words
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Article, Illustration61 1961-10-04 8 Second Lieut. Chris Syer, 22. a Combined Services hockey player, and his bride, Amarjit Kaur. *l. an a hostess, who were married at the St. Andrew s Cahtear Singapore, over the week-end. The groom is with tne nin Pulau Brani. The bride is the61 words
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143 1961-10-04 8 PENANG, Sept. 25. Ninety-five cents out of every dollar donated to the Poppy Day appeal are retained in Malaya to assist ex-servicemen and their families, Mr. Saw Seng Kew. chairman of the Penang Poppy Day Appeal Committee, said today. “This important point is, perhaps,143 words
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Article46 1961-10-04 8 IPOH, Sept. 25.—The Perak State Legislative Assembly today approved $78,000 for the repair and maintenance of an ancient palace in Kuala Kangsar. “The 1st an a said the Mentri iv Sha'ari bin Sha..«; v traditional type house which w< tain because it creation.”46 words
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634 1961-10-04 9 Strike by half the People’s Assn staff HANHERS UP AS SCHEDULED—AT 4.30 p.m. SINGAPORE. Sepl. 25. r< M 200 of the 400 People's Association I u employees at headquarters and in com- v centres went on strike this evening in sUi ,i of their demand for a “reasonable settl,.r nl“634 words
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105 1961-10-04 9 I(UALA LUMPUR. Sept 25 Bank Negara today received about 841 million as subscriptions towards the cash loan of $5O million being raised by the Federation Government to finance the second five-year development plan. An official of Bank Negara, commenting on the amount received,105 words
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149 1961-10-04 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 25. The only employee in a Uheltiar money lending firm today went on strike the lirst in the history of Singapore’s moneylending business in Market Street. Mr S. P. Palaniappan Chettiar. 50. started picketing outside the firm this morning149 words
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Article72 1961-10-04 9 MALACCA. Sept. 25—A ‘meet the people” .session will be held at the municipal office during office hours on Monday each week. This lias been made possible with the formation of the municipal information and complaints sub-committee. The Malacca Municipal Secretary, Inche Mohamed All bin Galleh.72 words
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311 1961-10-04 9 KOTA BHARU, Sept. 25. fTMIE SULTAN of Kelantan has agreed to the decision of the PMIP-controlled State Government that it is “haram” (forbidden) to use money from the Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board to build mosques and prayer halls. This was stated here311 words
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Article33 1961-10-04 9 PENANG. Sept. 25.-The North Malaya Rubber Factories Association will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a cocktail party from 2 to 5 p m on September 30 at the Rubber Trade Association.33 words
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Article, Illustration145 1961-10-04 9 SINGAPORE, Sept. 25. Five new Parliamentary Secretaries were sworn in this morning ty Mr. Justice Ambrose in the Prime Minister’s conference room before the acting Prime Minister, Dr. Toll Chin C'hye, Cabinet Ministers and PAP Assemblymen The new Parliamentary Secretaries are145 words
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Article191 1961-10-04 9 |(UALA LUMPUR. Sept. 25. -The British Treasury has given Rothmans ot Pall Mail < Malaya) Ltd permission to use the trademarks, patents and processes of the Rothmans parent company in Britain, the directors of the Malayan company announced today The way Is now clear for191 words
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MR. LEE KUAN YEW SINGAPORE’S PRIME MINISTER — in a broadcast talk over Radio Singapore last night
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Article, Illustration2120 1961-10-04 10 One year of sweet reasonableness, and then FOR SOME TIME BEFORE THE HONG LIM POLL DIFFICULTIES HAD BEEN GROWING BETWEEN COMMUNISTS AND US’ SINGAPORE, Srpt. 23. FOR some rime before t h e Hong c im by-elec-tion difficulties had been growing up between the Communists and us. It is not2,120 words
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Article, Illustration2086 1961-10-04 16 SINGAPORE. Sept. ST. LET me teli you how and why the Bnt'sh ddiberately misled the Communists and manoeuvred their open-front workers into a f:)ise position At the Legislative Assembly meeting of july 2C I recounted how Lim Chin Siong and his2,086 words
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2518 1961-10-04 18 SINCiAPORE. Srpt. 29. 1WANT to explain this paradox, that the Communists prefer Singapore still under British control but with the internal Security Council abolished, to a Singapore independent together with the rest of Malaya The most important reason why the Communists prefer a Singapore2,518 words
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Article, Illustration420 1961-10-04 11 Proposals for ‘the rule of law —and not the gun’ KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26. A FOUR-POINT plan by a Malayan lawyer to strengthen the International Court of Justice at the Hague is to be submitted to the United Nations General Assembly. It was laid420 words
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Article, Illustration172 1961-10-04 11 |£UALA LUMPUR. Sept. 26. —The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, and his wife, Puan Sharifah Rodziah. this morning spent 20 minutes at the bedside of Tun Lim Yew Hock, former Chief Minister of Singapore, who was injured in a road crash172 words
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120 1961-10-04 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 26 —The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural Development. Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, will meet State development officers. engineers and financial officers at the Operations Room of the Ministry of Rural Development in Brockman Road on Sept, 28. Each120 words
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Article48 1961-10-04 11 ITOH. Sept. 26—The Perax State Welfare Committee today po'ted 16 cheques for $219 oidi to different centres In LV State for the celebration of "Universal Children's F ay” on Oct. 7. The $3,504 is from a grant front the Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board.48 words
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Article31 1961-10-04 11 TANJONG MALIM. Sept. 26 -The Social and Welfare LotBoard has given a tfant of $3,000 to the Tan'ori Malim Domestic Science V I to buy sewing marutd cooking utensils31 words
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121 1961-10-04 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 26. he Ministry of Education f O 1 '*y issued 50.000 pamphin Chinese explaining ;y sa ar y schemes for teaT rs in Chinese secondary v conforming to Gov- nt regulations and iv ing Government aid. */H*y are for distribution u121 words
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Article59 1961-10-04 11 C lasses for non-Malays LUMPUR, Sept. 26. Kuala Lumpur Municipal Union hao taken the ;V‘. ;tl ve to teach the nalanguage to non‘am°ng the muni- itys staff of 520 It is doing this through lessons In the Suara Me.->u, its official organ. The lessons are prepared by Mr A. J.59 words
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218 1961-10-04 11 SINGAPORE. Sept 25 [>OL,ICE are probing the 1 mysterious disappearance of a New Zealand aviation engineer from Raffles Hotel. The search for Robert Moore, 37. began after the discovery of 20 rounds of 3o revolver bullets in two magazines in room No. 4218 words
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Article434 1961-10-04 12 IPOH, Sept 24. THE Perak l inno state liaison committee yesterday evening appointed two special committees to settle party problems and differences of opinion in less than a month. Tin* reason for the time limit is that the Prime Minister. Tenuku Abdul Rahman, will434 words
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Article171 1961-10-04 12 MCA man's call to Chinese OENANG Sept. 24. The president of the Penang MCA. Mr. Heah Joo Seatlg, today expressed ills hopes that the Chinese community would “awaken to the realities of the present situation in the country.’’ “Looking at the hardship and suffering of171 words
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Article82 1961-10-04 12 MALACCA,. Sept. 25.—The Chief Minister. Inche Ghafar bin Baba will accompany the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, on his official tour of Japan beginning next week. Others going will include Tun Kazak's wife. T<>h Puan Raha, the Secretary for82 words
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Article, Illustration191 1961-10-04 12 Ki ala li mpi r. sept. 25. —Tun Lim Yew Hock, former Chief Minister of Singapore, who was injured in a road crash yesterday was reported to be better today. Tun Lim was driving from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur when his ear a Karmann191 words
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182 1961-10-04 12 pENANG, Sept. 25. The Penang Port Commission E m ployees* Union has been given a mandate by its members to negotiate for a revision of salaries for 1,500 port employees. The union's proposed scale of revision will be submitted to the management182 words
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Article31 1961-10-04 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 25 —A nurse, Miss Tan Khee Yang, lost goods and jewellery worth more than $l5O when the Nurses’ Hostel in Pahang .toad was burgled last night.31 words
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Article22 1961-10-04 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 25—Six naval and air force officers today began a new two-week radar observers’ course at the Singapore Polytechnic.22 words
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135 1961-10-04 12 Kuala lumpur. sept 25 The four-man Malayan delegation to the International Tin Council meeting, headed by tn Assistant Minister Commerce and Industry Mr. Chean Theam Swce. will leave for London on Sept. 30 Other members ot the mission are: Mr. H. M.135 words
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Article27 1961-10-04 12 KUANTAN. Sept. -> elephants yesterday a rampage on a rubot. t holding near Sungel isf 50 miles west of d caused damage estmn* $5,000.27 words
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291 1961-10-04 13 12-STOREY PROJECT OF BANK KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26. ANOTHER skyscraper two are now nearing completion is to A be built in the Federal capital. The 12-storey building, to be constructed by the Kwong 'iik (Selangor) Banking Corporation, wUl be situated at the291 words
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258 1961-10-04 13 KULIM, Sept. 26. fPHE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, last night revisited a Kedah village which had sheltered his father, the late Sultan Abdul Hamid, during the Japanese invasion of Malaya. “Twenty years is a long time but I can never forget your loyalty and258 words
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248 1961-10-04 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26. TMIE Federation Government's policy of acA cepting advance subscriptions to its loans has enabled the public to invest a total of $75 million in seven and a half months. Because of the difficulty In finding suitable long-term investments in248 words
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Article58 1961-10-04 13 Sept. 26—Severn people have died as a result of the cholera outbreak in the Sarawak Third Division. The campaign to protect people from the disease has been continuing and since Sept. 22. 118.224 vaccinations had been given. The outbreak, at first confined to Sibu and58 words
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Article39 1961-10-04 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 26.Mr. Yip Yat Hoong, a lecturer in economics at the University of Malaya here, left by air today on a two-year fellowship to take a Ph. D degree at the London School of Economics.39 words
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Article25 1961-10-04 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Sept. 26Thc lete and tun fair held by St Christopher’s Church on Sept. 15 and 16 raised $2,500 for its funds.25 words
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Article53 1961-10-04 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 26.The office of the adult education division of the Ministry of Rural Development has moved into the ministry's new building in Brockman Road from the Police Co-operative Building in Sulaiman Road. The Selangor State Adult Education OMce remains on the third floor of the53 words
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Article47 1961-10-04 13 KVALA LUMPUR. Sept. 26 Mfnv-rs of the Ceylonese •T.ni-.inity here today at- a memorial meeting for a' W.R D. Bandaranaike, *e Prime Minister ot on the second anni- his death. the meeting two silence was observed. Ceylon High Commis- re was closed today.47 words
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Article140 1961-10-04 13 Sept. 26.—The Perak 1 Legislative Assem- oday approved a “V entertainment alof $350 for the Mada from next year. passed an :r nent to the Civil List nt increasing the dnment allowance in Itan’s Civil List from to $16,200 to provide for the new140 words
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Article, Illustration1083 1961-10-04 14 Head office closes down 4 firms SINGAPORE, Sept. 26. About 185 workers in four Shaw companies in Robinson Road and Zion Road, turned up for work this morning and found their offices shuttered and their dismissal notices plastered near the entrances. The dismissals came amid negotiations betweentnisation. — Scr.iits Times picture. - 1,083 words
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Article120 1961-10-04 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 26. —About 400 employees of S i m e Darby (Singapore) Ltd. have won wage rises of $35 a month and non-clerical workers $22.50 a month, backdate! to March 1 this year. This follows an agreement signed between the management and the120 words
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Article405 1961-10-04 15 That is why State Govt, of Kelantan spurned mosque aid from lottery fund KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26. Tlih Prime Minister, lengku Abdul Rahman, said today that the action by the Kelantan State Government against mosques built by Social Welfare Lottery funds was because the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party405 words
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Article, Illustration137 1961-10-04 15 J£UALA LUMPUR, Sept. ZH. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong today visited the hub of the giant rural improvement programme —the National Operations Room of the Ministry of Rural Development in Brockman Road here. Accompanied by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of137 words
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Article74 1961-10-04 15 KUALA TRENGGANU. Sept. 26. The Sultan of Trengganu today opened the new Social Welfare Home at Wakaf Dua Bukit Payong. eight miles from here. The new home, costing $150,000. can accommodate 100 people. There are now 65 inmates. The State Government is contributing $20,000 and the Federation74 words
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Article66 1961-10-04 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26. The publicity chief of the Selangor branch of the Malayan Chinese Association. Mr Wong Tham Soon, today handed over a cheque for $6,000 for the National Monument Fund on behalf of the chairman of the Sin Chew Jit Poh, Mr. Aw Cheng66 words
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Article30 1961-10-04 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 27.—The Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Ong Pang Boon, will officially open the new reformative training centre at Ulu Bedok at 4.30 p.m. on Sept. 30.30 words
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Article75 1961-10-04 15 IFOH, Sept. 26. The Bill to increase Perak State Assemblymen’s all owan c es from $250 to $5OO was formally withdrawn by the Mentri Besar, Dato Sha’ari bln Shafiee, in the Assembly here today. The Bill was to have been moved by Dato Sha’ari on a certificate75 words
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291 1961-10-04 15 IPOH, Sept. 27. HHHE Perak Government is planning to spend about $10,700,000 to improve water supplies in eight areas next year. The wor* will be undertaken by the waterworks section of the Public Works Department. The expenditure will be part of a291 words
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468 1961-10-04 17 Natural rubber prospects v. synthetic KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 28 expert on natural rubber res.aich has given four r adons why progressive rubber produclIV_, countries can face the future with confidence. Dr. L. Bateman, di>r of research in t h e Natural Rubber468 words
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Article76 1961-10-04 17 SINGAPORE. Sept. 28.Two women and three men from Sarawak arrived here today on their way to Kuala Lumpur as guests of the Federation Government to .>tudy the rural development programme in Malaya. They were Mr. Francis Baring. a clerk, and his wife Pauline. Inche Yusuf bin76 words
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Article118 1961-10-04 17 Kuala lumpur. Sept. 27 —The Prime Minister. Tengku Abul Rahman, has agreed to meet a University of Malaya student delegation to discuss the police ban on their proposed Boats procession. The procession was part of the University Welfare Week to raise funds for charity. Tlie118 words
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105 1961-10-04 17 SINGAPORE. Sept. 28 The British Army is to build, for the first time, a mosque costing over §Bo,oo# for its Muslim soldiers in Singapore. More than $13,000 of the mosque's totaj cost has been contributed by Muslim soldiers in the British units.105 words
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Article143 1961-10-04 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 27. AN eight.-man goodwill and trade mission A from the Federation will leave here on Oct. 1 for a 10-day tour of India. They will be joined by the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Inche Mohamed Khlr Johari, the leader of the143 words
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Article27 1961-10-04 17 KUANTAN. Sept 27. The Sultan Abu Bakar School will hold its annual speech day and concert at the Lee Woh Hall here on Sept. 30.27 words
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Article153 1961-10-04 17 CINGAPORE. Sept. 27.— The Singapore General Employees’ Union today signed a wage agreement with the Singapore and Exporters Association on behalf of about 1.500 Singapore river stevedores. The agreement, signed at the Ministry of Labour, wil be registered with the Industrial Arbitration Court. In a joint statement153 words
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Article125 1961-10-04 19 lOHORE BAHRU, Sept. 2frEight Nanyang University students, including three girls, charged with entering the Federation in a group without a police permit on Sept. 25, will be tried In the Sessions Court here on Nov. 1. They were arrested at the Customs gate for not125 words
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280 1961-10-04 19 SINGAPORE, Sept. 29. Tengku Abdul Rahman has told Mr. Lee Kuan Tew that if the Communists in Singapore made trouble he would “use all his forces and powers” to stop them from injuring the happiness <of the people of the Federation. Mr.280 words
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Article812 1961-10-04 19 SINGAPORE, Sept. 29. tPHE Singapore Government tonight crilicA ised the Singapore General Employees Union and the management of four Shaw Organisation companies for not attending a “peace meeting” which it had called on 185 locked-out Shaw office workers. The Minister for Labour. Iqche Ahmad bin Ibrahim,812 words
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Article63 1961-10-04 19 KOTA BHARU, Sept. 28. The meeting between delegates of 18 dissident Umno branches here and the executive committee of the Kota Bharu Division, scheduled for tomorrow, has been postponed Indefinitely. The Straits Times was told that the committee appointed four months ago by the division to63 words
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Article34 1961-10-04 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 28. —The acting Mentrl Besar of Selangor. Hajl Mustafa bin Haji Abdul Jabar. today visited the five largest factories at the Klang Gates industrial site, four miles from here.34 words
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MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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1004 1961-10-04 20 From Our Market Correspondent rfHE oversubscribing of the Dunlop issue of 4,680,000 dollar shares by nearly four times proves that there is plenty of money about for investment, but there is a current reluctance to deal on the Malayan Stock Exchange. Operators are not1,004 words
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Article28 1961-10-04 20 (Managere* Prises) First Malayan 1.48 1.58 Second Malayan 1.14 &.21 Third Malayan BO .96 First Hong Kang 1.11 1-IB* Second Hong Fong .87 .Bt* (•H.K. eurrency)28 words
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Article1198 1961-10-04 20 rpHE state of shares eu the 1 Malayan Stock Exchange showing last business to September 23 (A) and last bnsineersince that date (B) with H and L, standing for Highest and Lowest business this year to date, were: INBUSTRIAIS ML A B Alt* Bricks 1 00 K>1,198 words
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Article103 1961-10-04 20 Current Dale of Total Total for x payment payment for previous year year G.E. Life 50 cta.t Oct. 7 15% 0.C.8.C. eoctst Oct. 14 18% Sime Darby 12*% Oct. 27 20 20% Lingui > 15cts. Oct. 31 15ct8. 20% Slh. Kinta 2s. Nov. 1 126*% 50% A. Hitam103 words
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Article514 1961-10-04 20 WITH a return to f somewhat more 1 normal trading conditions the Rubber Market has taker: on a rather more cheerful atmosphere report H.C.B. Co. Ltd in their current circular The stagnation of the past few weeks was getting on everybody nerves, but the wider514 words
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