The Straits Budget, 25 October 1961

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  • 29 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA S NATIONAL NIWSPAHR Mtic* oriesjfif. A Kuala Lumpur, October 25, 1961. Price 40 centi (Malaya), or 1 Shilling
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    • 46 2  -  RONALD RANSOM Singapore WITH reference to the tiger killed at Kemayan (as reported in the Straits Times of Oct. 18) can anyone tell me whether this animal had been attacking either people or cattle? Or was it shot because it was a tiger?
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    • 128 2  -  MOTORIST Singapore ISN'T it time that the double white lines in Orchard Road, opposite the Lido Cinema were replaced with a road-dlvlder or better still with a set of traffic lights on the lines of those at the junction of Belegie Road and Sophia Road?
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    • 135 2  -  BONEDRY Singapore I WOULD like to think that 1 lam doing all I can to help conserve water at this time but I am beginning to think that in fact I am us- ing more water now than 1 before the water shortage began. In common with
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    • 32 2  -  VIN Alniipore WILL the Ministry of Education kindly ex{>lain why teachers already n service this year have still not been called upon t-o Join the Teachers’ Training college next year?
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    • 1003 2  -  (Vcn.) 1). D. CHELMAH Diocesan Secretary for Schools Singapore ALL WORK AND NO PLAY IS GOING TO PRODUCE POOR MATERIAL FOR THE FUTURE J LISTENED with great interest to the radio forum on the “Six-day Week'* in which representatives of the S.T.U., the Minister for Education and the
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    • 69 2  -  P.C. NEO Acting City Water Engineer Singapore I REFER to the letter headlined “Plugging the leaks in Water Board” by “Resl- n sldent” (S.T. Sept. 25). This department is making Investigations to And out who may be the defaulting member of the staff, and I shall be most
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    • 200 2  -  I. A. Alor Star a tT is heart: v to h .,B the Fecio- ho, sSimi. ls hu ui§ million exy h ‘ijl tor the Tec I cc£l g* £“8! I'wSSsI field there has not been anvl marked improvement n *W The sole
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    • 197 2  -  EmpText r*J if Kuching MR. LEE KUAN YEW to his broadcast has told a series of stories of people who do not see eye to eye with him. I declare mos emphatically that I am not a Communist, I have never been to Indonesia, I do
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    • 527 3 —Straits Times. Oct. 16 Pi.'-i j >. iiiiti *y maintenance o» Lid s>t mdards in the grading K{ t s t commodities is, conLai\ to the feelings of a minority. «< houn to ■Ldu.." and traders alike, Ijjot *> curse, in face ol growt, competition from synthetics
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    • 405 3 —Straits Times. Oct. 16 Tentative moves have been made to resume negotiations between the Singapore Government and Nanyang authorities on the key issue of representation on a provisional council that would attend to the university’s re-oi ganisation. On the face of it, this looks encouraging; in fact, only
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    • 624 3 —Straits Times. Oct. 17 i For the first time since he made his historic speech to the foreign correspondents last May, the Federation’s Prime Minister has spoken at length on merger and Malaysia, the progress that has been made, the problems that are involved, the next steps
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    • 185 3 —Straits Times. Oet. 17 The Federations reduced trade surplus in the first half of this year is much more likely to be typical than temporary. Last year’s export performance was the better for rubber prices never likely to be repeated. But f although reduced profits are attributable much
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    • 340 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 18 As is customary at this tunc of year, Parliament has been presented with a batch of the Auditor-General’s annual reports on State accounts. Much of what Mr. Bompas has to say is disturbing. Not lor the first time, the standard of
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    • 201 3 Straits Times, Oct 18 Road accidents in Singapoic have kept pace with the increase in motor traffic over the past dozen years, but the majority of victims have Deen cyclists and pedestrians. It would be disingenuous to feign surprise. Cyclists play the tool on the roads in the
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    • 651 3 --Straits Times. Oct. 19 hie of the more per. l ist*-nt complaints about the C dumbo I lau has been that tiu* under- developed mcmbi rs are willing recipients of assistance from the developed donoi members, but that they pm little more then lip-sei ice to the concept
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    • 387 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 19 The Life Assurance Bill, details of which were published. yesterday, supplements earlier measures undertaken to ensure the sound growth ol insurance business and to protect policyholders. Concerned by the spectacular growth’’ ir. the number of companies (no fewer than 17 in a year)
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    • 202 4 —Straits Times. Oct. 19 PMIP ulemas are decidedly in a minority now that such an imposing gathering ol ulemas as those who met at the Dewan Tengku Abdul Kah nan Hall on Oct. 14 came out strongly in favour ol using lottery grants lor religious purposes. Only the
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    • 447 4 —Straits Times. Oct. 20 The Tengku has been giver* his mandate, and an impressive one it is. From his side of the House, there was complete support for the Prime Minister's conception of a Malaysia embracing the Federation. Singapore and the Borneo territories, and for the initiative he
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    • 230 4 —Straits t, 'J-: 2J When—as one assumes u will —Malaya’s recently-form-ed Anti-Nuclear Arman, ent Gioup makes its protest against Mr. Khrushchev's bland intention to explode a nuclear bomb equivalent to .>0.000,000 tons of T.N.T., its voice will be added to a world-wide chorus of alarm. This one explosion
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    • 389 4 hall see. Rtrnits Tinv <■ Why did t! countries turn overwhelming n 1 votes to I>| t;; 01 proposals I ceiling prices uiu, 7" nd immoderatelv ,],•> J 1 not temational Ti, c rr ,h ih,. feeling “>»* “th*i time to niodi'v ih iang V- Thl,s i,
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  • 258 5 Leaders get mandate from extraordinary meeting KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15 THK. Pan-Malayan Islamic Party at an extraordinary meeting here tonight decided to reject the proposed merger between the Federation and Singapore. The meeting was attended by 127 delegates. It was also decided that the concept
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  • 144 5 1/UAL A TRENGGANU, I* Oct. 15—The PanMalayan Islamic Party Government will face a motion of no confidence when the State Legislative Assembly meets on Oct. 30. The motion will be moved bv the Party Negara whip, \Va:. Daud bin Haji Ahmad. Ii a
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  • 108 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 15.-. lt: *ent stamps bearing the Jfrait of Sultan Salahuddin J'.'.V Aziz Shah of Selangor 'k- 00 on sale at all post and postal agencies in 'Mr on Nov. 1. M r r colour of the new th a i&gt; the same
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  • 206 5 pENANG. Oct. 15—After a A week of rain, the sun came out again today when .Miss Betty Soon Siew Tin. only daughter of Kedah planter Mr. Soon Cheng Sun. was married to Dr. Cheah Sin Huat of Kota Rharu, in Penang’s “Wedding
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  • 182 5 -17 UAL A LUMPUR. Oct. 15 IX A demolition team from the District Office here last night pulled down two tents put up by strikers outside the premises of the Utusan Melayu Press in Chan Sow Lin Road. Men from the Federal Reserve Unit stood by
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  • 289 5 ITU ALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15.—The Federation Socialist Front today hit out at the Singapore Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew for what it called “a-.tempts to split the Front by smearing the Socialist Front as a Commiuvst Front organisation.’ At a meeting here
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  • 81 5 Oct 15. Malayan Film Unit cameras whirred as 150 fishermen at Berserah. six miles from here, today worked on a three-mile road in a self-help scheme The shots are for a documentary featuring joint efforts by people to improve the rural areas. The Mentri
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  • 264 6 CAMPAIGN TO STAMP OUT THE VICE FROM WHOLE sta tp KOTA BHAKi:, (),t T HE Kelantan Government today W;irnw) its employees that “disciplinary would be taken against those who took n.ri i. any form of gambling. H u II also warned the people that
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  • 96 6 CHE ALMA AZIZAII bintc Ishak. youngest sister of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore, Inche Yusof, and the Federation Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives. Inche Abdul Aziz, married a doctor in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 14. The bridegroom is Dr. Johan Thambu. of the Bentong District
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  • 55 6 KUALA LUMPUR Oct. 15 An eight-man delegation of the United National Kadazan Organisation of Sarawak, arrived here today on a study tour. The delegation, which is here at the invitation of the Federation Governmnt will stay until they have seen “as much as possible” of the country
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  • 305 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 15 ’TWO Baiisan Sosialis Assemblymen. Mr. Lin You Eng and Mr. Tee Kim Leng, today called on the Prime Air. Lee Kuan Yew. r o substantiate his “wild statement* about them in his tenth oroadcast talk. "Mr. Lee has alleged that we
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  • 76 6 SINGAPORE. Oct. 15 —Two Shell Co. men. Mr. Oon Beng Soon and Mr. Tan Song Chua, will spend about 18 months with Shell in Britain from the beginning of next year. Mr. Oon sales service manager of Shell Company of Singapore Ltd., will be Posted
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  • 68 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 15— The Nanyang Siang Pau Press Ltd.. Singapore, has given $5,000 to the building fund of the Press Club of Malaya. The fund now totals $42,915. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dato Haji Noah bin Omar, has donated $5O; the President
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  • 170 6 I/UALA LUMPUR Oct. 15. —A receiver nas been named to wind up the Raul Australian Gold Milling Co. Ltd.. He is Mr. H R. Villiers of Messrs. Peat. Marwick Mitchell and Company hert The chairman of the Industrial Rehabilitation Finance Board. Haji Megat Mohamed.
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  • 32 6 KUALA LUMP UP Of. Mr. Selvanayagam d Gnanachariam. i3. a i senior interpreter m Supreme Court has b*\i- dained the firs* Lutheran pastoi at eran Church in L;. Road here.
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  • 96 6 SINGAPORE. Oct. 15 Singapore’s seven-man delegation to the inaugural meeting of the Singapore-Indonesia joint trade commission In Jakarta tomorrow left here by Malayan Airways today. It was led by Inche Abu Bakar bin Pawanchee, Singapore’s senior trade and cultural representative in Indonesia. Other members an Sim Kee
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  • 468 7 HI T FORESTRY WORKERS TELL OF ‘HURT FEELINGS 9 ARISING FROM CHARGES BY AZIZ KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15 Tlli: general secretary of the Union of Forest Employees, Mr. B.R.N. Thambee, yesterday promised his union's full support to eradicate bribery and corruption, especially in the forestry division. Bui
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  • 47 7 SINGAPORE. Oct. 15.—The Principal Nursing Officer of the Soldiers. Sailors and Airmen’s Families Association, Miss M.I. Sankey, will arrive in Singapore from Britain tomorrow. Miss Sankey. who is touring the East, will visit R. A. F Changi on Oct. 19 and Oct 20.
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  • 199 7 Oct. 15 A Ministry of National Development statement has denied that it delayed the building plans for the proposed students’ union building, science block and auditorium of the Nanyang University. The ministry statement said that the delay was due to the “non-compliance by the architects of
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  • 45 7 SINGAPORE. Oct. 15 A mammoth international variety show to commemorate United Nations Day will be presented here at the Happy World Stadium on Oct. 22. Sponsored by the Singapore Congress, more than 10.000 children have been invited to this free show
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  • 121 7 pENANG, Oct. 15 A Malayan Airways Dakota aircraft was held up lor aout 10 minutes at Penang’s Bayan Lepas airport this afternoon to enable the Singapore Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and his wife to board it. The plane was scheduled to take off
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  • 196 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15. fPIIE Federation maintained a favourable trade balance during Ihe lirst seven months of this year, but it dropped to $174.6 million compared with $500.7 million during the same period of last year. Exports during the January-.! uly period o
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  • 65 7 KUALA KANGSAR. Oct. 15 —The Indonesian Consul in Penang, Inche Zahar Arinin, and his wife paid their first official visit to the Sultan and Raja Perempuan of Perak at the Istana Iskandariah here this morning. The Sultan of Pahang, who was in Ipoh for the Malayan polo
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  • 304 7 KUCHING, Oct. 15 T H E secretary-gen- rul of the Sarawak Whited People’s Party Stephen K. T. ,J; ’R. has said that of any clanine C jmmunist oration would have -lace in the S.U.P.P. V &gt;ng was re 1 erring to ji» broadcast by Mr
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  • 124 7 SINGAPORE. Oct. 15 —The Pacific Area Travel Association today announced that its third annual Pacific travel writing contest would be divided into three categories. Engraved plaques will be awarded to the writer of the best newspaper travel story, or series of stories, on the Pacific
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  • 594 8 SINGAPORE. Oct. 15 AUTOMATIC RIGHTS ON MERGER WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION OF ANY KIND, SAYS DR. LEE rpiIE Barisan Sosialis today demanded that merger between Singapore and the Federation should provide for all Singapore citizens to acquire Federal citizenship automatically. There could be no compromise on this issue,
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  • 145 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 15. About 10,000 workers last night passed a resolution exhorting all political parties here to sink thei. differences and make a united stand in working for “true me r ger’ with the Federation. This w r as one of six resolutions approved by
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  • 33 8 TAJPING, Oct. 17. Treacher Methodist Girls' Primary School here will observe Parents’ Day on Oct. 20 that will include an exhibition of handwork and art and a puppet play in music.
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  • 119 8 KUALA LUMPUR uh u CONSTRUCTION work is oxp»M “L,,. soon on the proposed new si s mi .iMalayan National Museum. n lllor Tenders for the construction closed last week. The Malay-style building with a two-storey central section and two one-storey wings, designed by a Singapore architect,
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  • 73 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 17. A vote of appreciation was recorded at the 16th Woru Congress of the Junior Chamber International in Puerto Rico for the progress made in Malaya’s rural development programme. This was stated today in a letter received by the Prime Minister’s Department from
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  • 120 8 IPOH, Oct. 11 Rural adult education classes in Perak, teaching the national language, are proving extremely popular, particularly among the Chinese residents of the new villages. “So great has been the response.” said Syed Haris Waffa bin Syed Abdul Rahman, the senior supervisor,
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  • 160 8 I/'UALA LUMPUR. Oct 15. Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, warned today that the Federation Government would not hesitate t" send foreign nationals back to their countries if they constituted a security risk here. He was replying in the House of Representatives to Inche Ahmad Arshad
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  • 296 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15 IVIR. EPIC TAYLOR Kuala Lumpur Municipal Architect, who saw the growth of the Federal capital into a booming city, is due to retire soon after nine years’ service. Mr Tavlor is due to be Malayanised in a few years, hut. derided he
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  • 162 9 »'l \i U'Mi’l'R. Oct 16. ft inUI hero Balwant h 15. started work toa, a S.") 0 a month u.i,, hoy at the Methodist H,., Sc hool in Davidson Ko.ui here. I happy to be in a b«*tt«*r .job," he said. Pre• he*
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  • 99 9 OR STAR. Oct. 16.—A shop i'tant. Ong Hock Guan. entered his widowed 'i r --law's bedroom withru* permission was today 01 -r« ver in $2OO for six n for committing house trp Tv. with intent to cause ar ‘*-'&lt;y a..re who pleaded not was alleged to
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  • 472 9 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORT TO PARLIAMENT KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16. 'JHE standard of accounting in most Kelantan Land Offices continues to be inadequate with “numerous" breaches of instructions and regulations taking place, says the Federation’s Auditor-General, Mr. I). G. Bompas. In his report on the State s
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  • 49 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16. Mr. Edmund Yong Joon Hong was today admitted to the Federation Bar as an advocate and solicitor. His application to the High Court was granted by Mr. Justice Ong. He is a son of Dato S. M. Yong, also a lawyer.
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  • 45 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16. Eight delegates of the United National Kadazan Organisation of North Borneo today watched the Malayan parliamentary system at work. The delegation, who arc here as guests of the Federation Government, saw the meeting of the House of Representatives.
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  • 272 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 16. TARIVERS oi iron ore lorries will have lo watch I heir speed. For the police are after them. The Minister of Transport. Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir speaking in th.' House cf Representatives today, said that so far this year there had been
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  • 76 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 16— Mr. Yusup R. Abubakar, 44, the Philippines Minister here since November. 1959, is to become his country’s first Ambassador to Malaya A Reuter report from Manila, quoting Foreign Office sources, said Mr. Abubakar had been nominated to the post by
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  • 29 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 16. The Commander-in-Chief of Far East Land Forces, Lieut.Gen. Sir Nigel Poett, will visit Gurkha establishments in Nepal from Ort 30 to Nov 8
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  • 143 9 K l UMPUR. Oct. 16Prime Minister Abdul Rahman that the Federaernment intended more authors and v on study tours 'ioxt year. answering a ■u by Haji Hassan Hajl Arshad 'mala Trengnanu Utara) in the House of Representatives This year. 11 authors and journalists had been sent
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  • 215 9 TPOH, Oct. 16 —Prof. B. A. V. Peacock, Professor ol Anthropology at the University of Rangoon and former Curator el Museums in Malaya nas found four limestone caves around Ipoh which may contain important archaeological remains. Prof. Peacock was Invited by the Federation’s Director of
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  • 74 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 10.- Forty Utusan Melayu striker., picketed Parliament Building for one hour today carrying placards with messages calling on Members of Parliament to help them settle their dispute with the management Later 20 of them picketed for one hour at the Federal Hotel
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  • 6644 10 MALAYSIA: WITH UNITY IN WILL AND WISH WE CAN ACHIEVE OUR GOAL, PREMIER TELLS THE HOUSE TH E Prime Minis te*r, T e n g k u Abdul Rahman, told Parliament yesterday. “W i t h unity in will and wish we can
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  • 1160 13 Rajasooria to C .J. as Lim Jit Meng appeal is dismissed KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 16 DA TO R. P. S. Rajasooria in a stormy finish to the Lim Jit Meng appeal case today alleged that the Chief Justice, Dato Sir James Thomson, had done everything he could
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  • 209 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 16. HALE a million people in Singapore have been inoculated since the Government's anti-cholera campaign began on Sept. 12. This was stated tonight by the acting Director of Medical Services, Dr. K. Kanagaratnam, in a broadcast over Radio Singapore. He said that
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  • 55 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 17— Thirty-one pupils of 17 secondary schools in Selangor will take part in a two-day speech contest in the national language and English at the Language Institute here at 8.30 p.m. on Oct. 26 and 27. The winners will represent Selangor in the national contest
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  • 139 13 SIBU (Sarawak), Oct. 16.—The Sibu Urban District Council has passed a resolution protesting against what it termed as the unilateral action taken by the Fire Insurance Association of Malaya lo downgrade Sibu town as second class for me purposes of assessing lire insurance premium rates.
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  • 22 13 PENANG, Oct. 17—The Penang MCA president, Mr Heah Joo Seang. last night declared open a free clinic in Malay Street.
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  • 293 13 Kuala lumpur, Oct. ie. —The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said today that the Federation Government would not interfere in the ease of two Malays in Darwin who have been ordered to be deported. He told the House of
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  • 854 14 Picketing by strikers from Utusan Melayu leads to a motion to prevent obstruction KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 17. •THE House of Representatives today agreed that the Commissioner of Police should be ordered to keep a passage through the roads leading to the House “free and open”
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  • 232 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 17 A BOUT 2.000 British Army employees at 40 Base Workshop in Ayer Rajah Road demonstrated tins morning in protest against the threatened retrenchment ol' 900 redundant workers. I They assembled outside the office of the Civilian Establishments Paying Officer at 10 a.m.
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  • 21 14 KANGAR. Oct. 17 The State Legislative Assembly will hold its fourth meeting here on Oct. 28. at 10 a.m.
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  • 174 14 Kuala lumpur, Oct. 17. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today expressed regret that a Socialist Front M.P. was not present at the airport to honour four Malayan soldiers killed in the Congo when their bodies were brought back for burial. Tun Razak
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  • 197 14 pENANG, Oct. 17.Three more Chinese secondary schools in Penang, with a total enrolment of about 2,500 pupils, have decided to convert into national-type schools and accept full Government aid. They are the Penang Chinese Girls' High School 'enrolment 1.500*. Phor Taj High School &lt;6BO pupilsi
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  • 28 14 td Noel IPOH, Oct. 1&lt; Mi Emmanuel will J workers* repre &lt; Asia to attend tionnl Labour prua panel of consult'!!; problems of young Geneva this montn
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  • 229 15 Requirements of law not enforced vigorously enough KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 18 rpIE Federation Government has warned that 1 it would exercise more “vigorous” control •n private schools from next year when all schools in the Federation would either be fullyassisted or private institutions. Leaflets
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  • 64 15 KUALA TRENGGANU. Oct. Fire broke out at the Eastern Sawmill in Pulau Kambing here at 2 a m. today. &lt;u.'ing damage estimated at $50,000 Firemen prevented the !:i tne.s from spreading to n uses and to a petrol station nearby he State Secretary. Dato A.'.dika Indera.
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  • 157 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 18 Workers of the Indian Press in Albert Street will get wage increases under a wage agreement reached between the management and the Singapore General Printing Workers Union. The agreement announced by the union today did not give details of the pay
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  • 131 15 'pilE chairman of the Board of Governors of the Lady Temp I e r Hospital. Tun Henry 11. S. Lee, on Oct. 17 received a cheque for $5,000 from Mr. T. S. Mahesan, the president of the Railway Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society
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  • 89 15 OINGAPORE. Oct. 18. A group of 15 students of the Nautical Department of the Singapore Polytechnic sailed last night on a motor vessel of No. 37 Water Transport Company. R.A.S.C., to gain practical experience. They will cruise oil Malacca and iater go ashore on a sight-seeing
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  • 221 15 MALACCA, Oct. 18. TF greater Malaysia is achieved, it will be “the most important development in South-East Asia during Ihe present century,” the Brilish High Commissioner, Sir Geofroy Tory, said here today. Addressing members ol tnc Rotary Club, be said he regretted that this was
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  • 23 15 BENTONG, Oct 19. A district art group will be formed at a meeting here on Oct 22 at the Suleiman School
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  • 130 15 KANGSAR, Oct 19. —A ine-year-old student of the King Edward VII School in Taiping, llamdan bin Noordln. was swept away by t ie swift current of the Sungei Cheplas. a tributary of the Perak River, near here this morning. Hamdan had arrived here yesterday
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  • 257 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 18 DY AN overwhelming vote, the House of Representatives this after- noon gave a mandate to the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to go ahead with his Malaysia plan and the proposal for a Federation-Singapore merger. When
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  • 135 16 LUMPUR, Oct. 19. Parents here have been warned that they have only two days left to confirm the registration of their children for admission to primary schools next year. Only about 75 per cent of the 13,000 children concerned have had their admission confirmed so
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  • 163 16 KANGAR, Oct. 19 JHE PERLIS Government plans to spend about $975,000 to improve water supplies in the State next year. The expenditure is part of a $1,823,000 programme to be spread over the next tew years. About $195,000 ha.s already been voted by
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  • 106 16 CINGAPORE. Oct. 19. -The office of the Commis-sioner-General ior SouthEast Asia in Phoenix Park has arranged for relief supplies to be rushed from Singappre tomorrow by air to Saigon to assist flood victims. A spokesman oi the Royal Air Force announced tonight that four
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  • 224 16 MUAR Oct. 19 COLOMBO PLAN oyster culture expert is carrying out experiments in oyster breeding in the Muar River with a view to starting a big industry The Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives. Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. said after visiting the
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  • 277 16 SINGAPORE, Od 19 'J'HE Barisan Sosialis today claimed that the present merger proposals will deepen the differences between Singapore and Malava instead of ending the artificial separation of the people. In a Press statement signed by Dr. Lee Siew Choh, the chairman, the
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  • 175 16 gINGAPORE, Oct. 18 A three-mem-ber British Parliamentary delegation today expressed confidence thal the Federation Premier. Tengku Abdul Rahman could help find a solution to the problem of British bases lien —a major problem in the Singapore-Federa-tion merger plans. The delegation, now on a fact-finding tour of
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  • 500 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 19 THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib, today announced special concessions for Chinese secondary schools wishing to conyert to national type but are ineligible for full Government financial aid because they have overaged or underqualified pupils. Ik*
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  • 152 17 IPOH, Oct. 19. 1 ICE here are reappraising the issue ol fire- m licences to members of the public and decided not to renew many pistol licences. pistol owners were /'■'id that their licen- not be renewed but big satisfactory reathe necessity of flre- ir
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  • 214 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 20. THK Federation Government is making a 1 donation of $30,000 for the relief of flood victims in South Vietnam. This was announced here today by the Prime Mmister Tengku Abdul Rahman Severe floods have occur: ed in the Mekong valley,
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  • 66 17 SINGAPORE. Oct TJ Tin Yang dl-Pntuan Negara. Inch:* Vusoi bln isiiak. v.ill read tin Government's policy speech at the ceremonial opening oi the Leg!dative Assembly'- third session on Oct 31 at 10 a.m.. according to a special Gazette notification published today. The Assembly will
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  • 37 17 SINGAPORE. Oct. Hi Mi New' Jin V .g, a third yen )hv fc,- student at Na*.\ mg University, has flown to Manila to attend a students' en &gt;n ored by th I ternational Students’ Conference.
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  • 144 17 Kuala iumpur, Oct. 20. The 03-day strike? at the Utusan Melayu Press ended tonight following a decision taken at an emergency meeting called by ‘the Utusan Melayu branch of the National Union ol Printing Workers. The meeting also adopted resolutions critcising the ma nagement and
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  • 76 17 RUAI Li. M» UR. G( t. 19. .Sir Ra Si.ui.lpeier, managing director of the British (&gt; /or a Airways Corpora tion, today paid a courtesy call on the Prime Mini ,ter. Tengku Abdul Rahman. Hr al. i) called on the Mini ter of Transport. Dato
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  • 32 17 lIATU PAIIAT. Get 19. The Tengku Mahkt t.t of Johore ioday opened tin 1 three-day Johore State Agricultural Show he re* Eleven government departments and three firms are taking part.
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  • 304 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 19 I'iHE House of Representatives il::s afternoon passed the controversial Education Bill after a two-day heated debate. Ot the opposition parties, the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party sided with the Government. while the Socialist Front. People's Progressive Party and Independents strongly opposed the Bill Opposition
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  • 51 18 KUALA KANGSAR. Oct. 10 Th? Deputy Commander ol 17 Gurkha Division. Brig. T D King-Martin today presented Gurkha kukris as "thank v &gt;»• mcmenlrx to the commanding oHirers of i Ho’"C An tralian lo and 2 New 1 lid f,u i Both unit an the Fedor on
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  • 278 18 I£UALA LUMPUR, Oct. 19. —Small investors have received the lion s share of the public issue by Rothmans of Pall Mall (Malaya) Ltd. They receive so many 500share lots that the maximum left for anyone else is 2,000 shares. The directors, who today announced the
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  • 322 18 Malaya’s own in 1962, House is told KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 20—The Federation’s own nat i o n a 1 University which is lo come into being next year, will stand comparison with the best in the world, the House of Representatives was told todav. The Minister of Education
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  • 220 18 SINGAPORE, Oct 19 j’Ht Indonesian Minister for Trade. Dr.' Arifin Harahap, today said he was confident that Indonesian-Singapore trade would continue to improve after a merger of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. me "The real position of our trade realationship will then depend
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  • 137 18 QINGAPORE. Oct. 19 About 70 employee* of Lee Wah Bank Ltd. in South Canal Road staged a sitdown strike today. The Singapore Bank Employees’ Union, which represents them, called it off at about 4.15 p.m. after a day’s talks with the management
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  • 203 18 SINGAPORE. Oft. 19—Mil if lor the poorer section of the people here will be available next month. The milk will be produced by one ol the state's new enterprises. New Zealand Dairy Supplies (Singapore) Ltd., a joint venture by the New
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  • 69 18 I v r OTA BHARU. &lt;’■ More than 4'»a ()^)C today combed the area u Bukit Sejana. m l tan. for an 18 y&lt; wife missing since &gt; Neighbours fH Mariam binte Doing firewood nem i a hill one* mile lr When Che Mar. return
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  • 189 19 1/ ALA LUMPUR, ct. 18. —Three East G .man refugees will a r here on Oct. 20 i address several pu !ic meetings on the ii cities of the Communists and how the Communists had systematically suppressed the East Germans' liberty and freedom. They are
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  • 31 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 18.— Thp acting Mentrl Besar oi Selangor, Tuan Hajl Mustafa bln Hajl Abdul Jabar, today opened a $20,000 Malay school In Kampong Rlnching Hllir, U’.u Langat.
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  • 230 19 Oct. 19.—Nearly $1.3 million has been ear»Arked by the Federal Government for the im’:ovement and extension ,,f medical facilities in rak next year. Of this total. $700,000 '•‘II he spent on improv- and expanding treatnt facilities and accomodation for
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  • 118 19 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 19. A big walk over eight miles will be held at 7.30 a.m. on Oct. 27 to mark the 67th birthday of Sultan Ismail of Johore on Oct 28 The start and finish will be at the Diamond Jubilee
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  • 599 19 I COULDN'T SHARE HIM WITH HIS WORK...' KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 19 p. RAMLEE, 34, director and debonair hero of many Malay films, has parted from his wife,, the beautiful Norisan bfaite Mohamed Noor, 33. Their seven-year marriage ended on Oct. 16 when Ramlee,, divorced
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1237 20 c'-v* V From Our Market Correspondent 8 9 J. V 'J'HERE were many bears and quite a few stags in evidence on the Malayan Stock Exchange last week, but very few bulls about. The bears were all in tins which closed weak and the stags
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    • 27 20 (Manaitri' Pnc«s) Klrat Malayan 1.46 1.54 Second Malayan l.n i.is Third Malayan 87 .98x4 Ftrat Hons Kong 1.10 1.18* Second Hong .89 .90* (*H.K. currency/
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    • 1164 20 TMIL state of shares on the Malayan Stock Exchange showing last business to October .14 (A) and last business since that date. (B) with H and L I standing for Highest and Lowest business this year to date were: INDUSTRIALS H L A B Alex Bricks i
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    • 39 20 Current Date ot Total Total for payment payment for previous Pengkalen Bd.t Nov 24 6 J?% Batu Linton* 74% Nov. 18 37*% 28% Jungel Ragan 20% Nov. 24 27*% 40% Cebu Cheviot 10% Nov. 30 t Interim
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    • 517 20 SPH3RE wa.i very iteu *of note the 2S ber Marke! this w*lk Co. in their weekly review Trading as with the somewhat nervous fluctuation!, one associates with thii #4 type of market, add* the report. One moment prices’ advance with buyer* predominating but on
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