The Straits Budget, 2 May 1962

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  • 30 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA S NATIONAL NEWSPAPEP »r£ 'jv Kuala Lumpur, May 2, 1962. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling. KDN 020.
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    • 205 2  -  K.Y.F Ipoli T’HE situation (S.T. April 1 17) created by the grea* majority of students who are unable to obtain admission into form six classes, and who are at present idle, is more acute than most people realise. As a teacher,
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    • 91 2  -  ELIZABETH WIIYTE Birmingham TO the Service wives, angry about the proposed “shorts ban.” may I remind them how lucky they are to be In Singapore 1 was there for several months and would do anything to have the chance to return
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    • 38 2  -  FED UP Batu Pahat caught making “U” turns along streets In Batu Pahat are being harassed by the police. If it is an offence v-hy are signboards not put up clearly saying sc as In other towns?
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    • 733 2  -  NON-PARTY Penane HAS HE FINALLY COME TO BELIEVE THAT THE ALLIANCE EXPERIMENT HAS FAILED? MN the final analysis, by a c c op ting to lea dership of the United Democratic Party, Dr. Lim Chong Eu has finally come to believe that the Alliance experiment,
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    • 160 2  -  K S TAM Manchester I HAVE Be. long M| 1 and so b studies that am behind de\« nents homin But i not h( thlnkln j th:i v.lopmen suggested i. count, could well U «i«ipted Malaya. One 1 1 thes driving a
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    • 45 2  -  SPECTATO Singapore M AY I suggest that at tJ 1 next Grand Prix stei be taken to improve tl grandstand exits? Apa from creating congestla the stairs were not pr perly constructed with tl result that one had walk along a slippery slot
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    • 32 2  -  i;\i ml Singapore 1WISH the P.W.D. woui repair the unevenness 1 the road over the bridge I Kim Seng Road My cl receives awful bumps wl.l crossing the bridge. I
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    • 200 2  -  Y I I Penang 17 VERY year Cambridge school certificate candidates, especially those from Chinese schools, complain that they have insufficient time to finish their English language second paper. As a result they hand in a paper with answers half done. The
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    • 105 2  -  r II m Singapore ALL right thinking people must be grateful to the United States Government for repeatedly assuring us that they would so dispose of their stockpile rubber as not to upset the economy of the producing countries. Let me put forward a solution for the
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    • 663 3 —Straits Times. April 23 it scorns, for ft nd what a va! s American reaUyii.lt I ult, acP i al of the to ap- n which Symington S A S surplus >es ami'll l v Svmington i::: dost at the the Senate’s UL A miittee tins [OCtv
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    • 172 3 —Straits Times, April 23 In the Singapore free-for-aii, housing is almost the only important field of activity in which the Government does not encounter direct political attack from its bitterest enemies. It is not easy to find fault with a plan providing for 52,000 houses in four years and
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    • 598 3 —Straits Times, April 24 Malaya’s new political organisation, born in Seremban over the week-end and given the name of the United Democratic Party, has been a long time in gestation. Speculation began nearly three years ago, almost immediately after the Alliance upheaval in mid-1959. and persisted despite
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    • 395 3 —Straits Times, April 24 Fine speeches rarely lick rising food prices or commodity shortages, as President Sockarno is slowly discovering. In his broadcast to the Indonesian nation the President promises, in his capacity as the Supreme Commander of Economic Operations, a little of the direct action which
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    • 243 3 —Straits Times, April 24 The bad news, not unexpected, that Ipoh will be olf the airways map for three months or so while the runway is rebuilt, at least was delivered by the Minister of Transport in pleasant surroundings. Dato Sardon was opening the extension of the Ipoh
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    • 291 3 Straits Times. April 25 i Seremban Umno’s resolution calling for the abolition of municipal, town council and local council elections fortunately looks like getting no further than the talking stage. Quite rightly, higher party authority in Kuala Lumpur has lost no time dissociating itself from such irresponsibility. It
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    • 269 4 —Straits Times, April 25 Annual reports of the Federation's Registrar General have warned since 1950 that little reliance can he i laced on any of the figures relating to causes of deatn. Only about one fourth of all deaths are certified by medical practitioners. Village headmen and policemen
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    • 604 4 —Straits Times. April 26 There is an unmistakable note of urgency, absent from previous Royal Addresses, in what His Majesty had to say in Parliament yesterday on economic diversification. This is to be "the keynote for the immediate future,” although the Government will continue to pay “vigorous
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    • 191 4 —Straits Times, April 26 An increase of nearly 25 per cent in the membership of Federation trade unions in the last twelve months is welcome evidence of the vigour of the trade union movement and the encouragement it is receiving from the Government. Total paid-up membership is still
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    • 718 4 -Straitsjnn.,,, Apw B Out of concern over signs of the growing strength of Communist subversion, the Sarawak Government is asking for very drastic powers of suppression. From a distance it may seem it proposes arming itself with a very large sledge hammer to deal with a somewhat
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    • 193 4 Into The Bl ue —Straits Times. April 27 With the report that Hnu, is converting u i aill in Singapore for <he nu-iea,- 1 ,l bardment of Chin,, k the Barisan journal Plebeian takes gif the blue. Cons,r,,.., ,naU n of some kind certainly s progress on Pulau T,.k„ n
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    • 281 4 cap. I oa —Straits Times. Ap™ It is possible to discern in the Government's ca'l to private enterprise for a dynamic elTort in industrialisation a trace of disappointment with what has been achieved so far. Up to the beginning cf this year, the paid-up capital of pioneer industries
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  • 241 5 fBROUGH SERVICE TO Bangkok EXPRESSES tangible form SPIIBT OF CO-OPERATION says DATO SARDON KUALA LUMPUR, April 22. riiF Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon bin 1‘ j|., ji jubir, said here tonight at the start of he \s\ through coach service between Kuala lumpin' and Bangkok that it
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  • 67 5 I?OH. April 22.—Dato Sar-c-r. b:n Ha.ii Jubir. national rcuth leader of the United National Organisa- r Minister for Transv.iil address the chairar.d secretaries of the H*h youth divisions a meeting in the '••y. ii.c, here tomorrow ..l v fr m,,? ti n g is expected
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  • 70 5 BANTING. April 23. The Alliance M.P. for Sepang, Mr Lee Siok Yew. said at a public meeting here last night that the Malaysia plan would be carried out whether Singapore’s Barisan Sosialis likes it or not. Mr. Lee was speaking of his recent tour of North
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  • 59 5 KUALA TRENGGANU. April 23.—The Sultan of Kelantan visited thj State development operations room here this morning. He was met by the Mentri Besar. Inche Ibrahim Fikri bin Mohamed. and taken round to see the new $1 million State Secretariat building. The Sultan and the
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  • 26 5 KOTA BHARU. April 25. Malayan Airways will open its third new office in the Federation at Jalan Padang Garong. Kota Bharu. on April 27.
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  • 126 5 THE St 1 1 IPOH, April 22. A p s Anglican Church here will celebrate 1ubi lee on April 29 and 30 with special > h p functions. ;> hop i,\ Si, kanubury, and Ma- Roland wi;; or Ktlala Lum--2?. the serr 'l 29
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  • 143 5 PRAI, April 23. A large crowd gathered at the railway station here today to see the first ASA Express roll in on schedule at 7 a.m. from Kuala Lumpur. On board, leading an official Malayan Party of 11, including seven journalists, was
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  • 23 5 KLUANG, April 23—Mr. S. S. Maparapillay was re-elected president of the Ceylon Association. Central Joiiore, at a general meeting held here today.
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  • 138 5 I/'UALA LUMPUR, April 23.—A team of three Ministry of Finance men left here today for Tokyo for informal negotiations aimed at establishing a double taxation agreement between the Federation and Japan. The team is led by the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury, Inche
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  • 39 5 SABAK BERNAM. April 28. —The organiser of Indian Schools. Selangor, Mr. M. Arunasalem. will speak on “Music In Schools” at a refresher course for Indian teachers at the Government English School, Sabak Bernam, on April 26.
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  • 156 5 KUANTAN, April 22. nnHE Federation Government has asked the Commonwealth Education Union for 50 graduate teachers to teach English, science and mathematics in Malayan secondary schools. This was disclosed by the Minister of Education, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib, when lie left here for
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  • 57 5 KUALA TRENGGANU. April 22.—The Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board has given a grant of $20,000 to build a mosque at Kampong Petal Bubus, eight miles from here. The cheque was handed to the chairman of the kampong mosque, Tuan Baru bin Ambling. by the Mentrl
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  • 233 6 Kuan tan, ‘the centre of East Coast learning MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR *EDUCATION CAMPUS' PROJECT RUANTAN, April 22. The Minister of Education. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib, said todav lhat his Ministry was working towards making Kuantan the centre of learning on the East Coast A start would be made towards
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  • 140 6 SINGAPORE. April 22—A prominent medical practitioner. Dr. Loh Poon Lip. 68. was killed in a car crash at the 9th. mile Bedok Road this afternoon. Dr. Loh had left his dispensary in North Bridge Hoad just after 12 and was returning to his
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  • 171 6 Kuala lumpur, April 22. Tengku Abdul Rahman said tonight there was no reason why a new political party should not be formed in Malaya. He was commenting on the launching of the United Democratic Party, led •by Dr. Lim Chong Eu. Speaking to
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  • 396 6 April 22 JOHORE BAHRU. 'j'HE secretary-general of the Labour Party of Malaya, Mr. Lim Kean Sievv, accused the Federation Government today of “jumping into the question of Malaysia to divert attention away from the “growing ills” of the Alliance Party.
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  • 226 6 K. LUMPUR, April 22. ABOUT $25,000 is expected to be spent to equip 50 audio visual aid centres to be set up throughout Malaya to serve 300 to 400 schools, mostly in the rural areas. This was stated here today by
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  • 122 7 I SINGAPORE. April 22. Ij 0 YAI. Air Force authorities are investigating it nr s -t rv mid-air explosion of a Canberra I., v the Straits of Johore near the a val Base. L <!i>integrated. understood to c p believed to i near the
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  • 50 7 KUCHING. April 23. For the first time in Sarawak, Anzac Day will be celebrated on April 25 at the Kuching War Memorial. Australian and New Zealand ex-Servicemen w h o served in World War Two will take part. Anzac Day will also be observed at Labuan.
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  • 30 7 KUALA LUMPUR. April 23. —The 12-member delegation of the Sarawak Party Negara yesterday visited the Rida textile centre and Malay arts .'fcnd crafts centre at Kuala Trengganu.
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  • 131 7 PENANG, April 22. A 22-year-old girl, Yeoh Chooi I mm, was killed in an accident involving a motor car, scooter, moped and trislia in Kelawei Road, near the Cantonment Road junction, last night. Iler moped was pinned underneath the car. driven bv
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  • 255 7 1 he chairman ‘meddled with wires’ RAUB, April 23 J THE chairman of the Sunuei Ruan Labour Part y. Lee Ah Sam, 29, as hned $250 or two iji or ths jail on April ‘8 tor dishonestly l fpping energy from j. ne
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  • 153 7 pENANG, April 23. 1 Two boys were rescued from the sea off Gurney Drive yesterday evening. Hoong Ah Pak, 15, and Tang Ah Sai, 11, were fishing from a boat w’hen Tang lost his fishing line. He jumped into the sea to retrieve it but got
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  • 137 7 rNJONG MALIM, April 23. —The Mentri Besar of Perak. Dato Sha’ari bin Shafiee, urged Malay parents yesterday “to stop smoking, as well as your frequent visits to the cinemas.” “The money thus saved,” he said at Kampong Sungei Bil, “cvald be spent
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  • 21 7 KLANG, Fri.—The magistrate here, Capt. Mohamed Salleh, has gone on leave. He will resume duty on April 30
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  • 179 7 I/'UALA LUMPUR, April 23. —A report on the paration of Port Swettenham from the Malayan Railway to make the port autonomous has been submitted to the Ministry of Transport and is now under study, according to a Ministry spokesman. The report was submitted by
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  • 159 8 ‘All over in a few minutes’ KUALA LUMPUR, April 23. Five robbers armed with pistols and knives entered a pawnshop in Brickfields Road here this afternoo n, smashed a showcase and grabbed $10,000 in jewellery and cash. It was all over in a lew minutes, police said
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  • 34 8 JOHORE BAHRU, April 22. Tuan Haji Rahman bin Haji Daud was yesterday elected president of UMNO Johore Bahru district for the fourth successive year. Inche Amir bin Ha.il Hassan is the vicepresident
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  • 424 8 GOVERNOR TELLS WHY HE REFUSED PERMISSION SINGAPORE. April 23. The 1,400 Mecca pilgrims left the overloaded ship Taipooan here today and moved into a Singapore Harbour Board godown. But it seems that some have a good chance of getting to Mecca after all.
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  • 348 8 Three reasons then resolution is adopted by Umno branch SEREMBAN, April 23 'JHE Seremban branch of Umno yesterday adopted a resolution calling on the Federation Government to abolish all municipal, town and local elections. The resolution was tabled by Inche Ahmad bin Manja,
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  • 479 9 Mirinen ts, extensions r,nw for the new F-27 IPOH, April 23 Minister announces big air plans for Malaya THE Federal Government has provided S6.5 million to improve iiul extend the aerodromes in Ipoh, Penang, Kota Bharu and Mil uva, said the Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon
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  • 115 9 KUALA LUMPUR. April 24. —An RMAF single-engined Pioneer force landed south of the Bentong road, near the “Waterworks Gap” this evening. The two pilots are safe and unharmed, an RMAF spokesman said tonight. No reason for the forced landing was available. Added the spokesman:
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  • 32 9 JOHORE BAHRU, April 24. The Johore Bahru Customs station will be closed tor official business on May in commemoration of the anniversary of the funeral 6f the late Sultan Ibrahim.
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  • 479 9 SINGAPORE, April 23 SINGAPORE will have a United Democratic Party with the same objects and the same symbols as the U.D.P. which was formed in Seremban yesterday. Because of the constitutional barriers to having pan-Malayan political parties, the Singapore U.D.P. will work
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  • 113 9 p£*v\XO, April 23. ’hang Umno its general resolution te Alliance sum hw. ancl groom 1:1 ites to :iv elections. 1 d by I ‘Wa branch. < bate. r u npJ> f Hil Kader r) destrain- lng of candidates as “quite a risky venture.” “Past
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  • 206 9 SINGAPORE, April 23.—The general committee of the Singapore branch of the Malayan Indian Congress has unanimously decided to sunport the Singapore Government’s White Paper merger proposals. The committee, at a two hour meeting yesterday evening, called on Singapore Indians to give their wholehearted support to
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  • 224 12 KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 THE Federation’s balance of trade last year dropped by $378.1 million—due almost entirely to the lower price of rubber. The balance dropped from $776.8 million in 1960 to $898.7 million, according to the latest external trade statistics issued
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  • 47 12 JOHORE BAHRU. April 25 —The Johore Government today gazetted the date for nominations in 20 local council elections. Nomination day for 11 of the local councils will be on May 1 and the rest on May 30. There are 124 seats to be contested.
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  • 44 12 SINGAPORE. April 24—The director of the Economic Development Board. Mr. E. J. Mayer, will speak on “Some economic implications of tourism" at a luncheon meeting of the Skal Club at the Chicken Inn. Sea View Hotel, on April 27 at 12.45 p.m
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  • 25 12 PARIT BUNTAR. April 25 AbouL (35 women l'rom Krian District attended a civics course conducted by officials of the Women’s Institute here yesterday.
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  • 60 12 Kuala lumpi k. April 24 The first chartered air* craft taking .Malayan pit* grinis o». a direct flight 1° Meet will leave here tomorrow. The Minister of Transport. Dato Sardon bin Haii u bir, on whose initiate this has been made P 1 sible,
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  • 289 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuos THE Mentri Rosar of Selangor, Dato A’bu Bakar bin Raginda, today advised Malayans to be discriminating and prudent in accepting Western civilisation. lie told to members of the Selangor branch of the Women's Institute now attending a civics
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  • 143 13 ilSCAPORE. April 23. y \'i Australian vioKimber. is 0Vi here to give conerj s in Singapore and Fedeiation. t lav: "This i* East and my short v here r will appear Theatre on -T 26 a- £> 30 p m. The will consist of h
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  • 57 13 April 23.— >V -**:<» -r-old Har- '•’•Lehman's wife. here to- robbers .snatcho Horn her ihe v u child. r.t t the Singh f i‘ who were o g her ol 0 at and cash Ban Temer- n 0« t n inst I‘ a deadly used
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  • 619 13 Acid test —by Tan ‘TO SUCCEED, ANY PARTY MUST MEET THE DEMANDS OF POLITICAL REALISM ITUALA LUMPUR. April 23 —The president of (he Malayan Chinese Association. Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said today that political realism would demand that any new political organisation must be able to unite and receive the
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  • 175 13 l/'UALA LUMPUR, April 24. —The chairman of Glen Line Limited, Sir Herbert McDavid, arrived here today to see on-the-spot the progress at Port Swettenham and facilities accorded to shipping companies. Sir Herbert, who Is representing the Far Eastern Trade Shipping Conference comprising 20
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  • 59 13 KUANTAN. April 23.—Ten thousand prints of a colour portrait of the Sultan of Pahang are to be distributed to the public soon to replace those withdrawn from circulation in February because of a printing error. The first prints showed th° Sultan’s medals and decorations on the wrong
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  • 260 13 IPOH, April 23 MALAYAN troops serving under the United Nations Command in the Congo have a delicate, difficult and complex task to perform, according to Brigadier Abdul Hamid bin Bidin. He has just returned after nearly a year ‘here In command of the
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  • 64 13 SINGAPORE. April 24 —The Japanese government has awarded scholarships for higher studies in Japan to four Singapore students. The scholars, who will leave for Japan by air on April 28, are Mr. Tan Yu Hot alias Chin Yew Yew (metallurgical engineering), Mr. Goh Chee Whui (chemical*
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  • 22 13 KLUANG, April 24. The Johore Government has allocated $90,000 for a road and cement drains at Kampong Melayu here.
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  • 543 14 CONFERENCE IS TOLD OF TASK OF SQUEEZING THREE YEARS’ TEACHING INTO ONE YEAR IPOII. April 24. TIIP: task of teachers of English in Chinese schools who had lo squeeze three years teaching into one year in a new language medium was today likened to that ot
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  • 61 14 KUALA LUMPUR. April 24 Mr. Somnath Dhar, Press Attache and First Secretary’ of the Indian Information Services in Malaya, will give a talk on “My impressions of Malaya” to members of the Selangor Indian Association at its clubhouse in Taylor Road on April 27. The talk will
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  • 168 14 S’pore culture goes to Borneo —by air THREE TOWNS TO SEE TEAM OF l 48 (INCLUDING NINE WOMEN) SIX of the nine women among 48 members of the Singapore cultural mission who left by air for Borneo April 23. They are (from left) Mrs. S Bhaskar and Misses Khong Yoke
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  • 285 14 K. LUMPUR, April 24 at the lower levels “are the essence in the maintenance of democracy against Communism," a top Umno source said here today. The source was commenting on a resolution by Seremban branch of Umno which called on the Federation Government
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  • 44 14 Kuala lumpub. Ai>rn from various pa: tO country left here b> dy day on a two v^.; retour of Medan. They turn on May 11. ea P A second party on April 28 on a tour of Karachi.
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  • 332 15 THE 132,643 FAILURES IN PRIMAR Y SCHOOL TESTS Minister gives the breakdown for three years of 11-plus exams KUALA LUMPUR, April 26. TOTAL of 132,643 primary school pupils A, ;,)got promotion to secondary classes in -ho Federation in the last three years, the Minister of Education, Inche Abdul Rahman bin”Han
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  • 102 15 ITU ALA LUMPUR. April 27. The former Commissioner General for South-east Asia. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, had talks for an hour with the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, at the Residency today. Mr. MacDonald told reporters at the airport before leaving for Singapore that the discussion
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  • 115 15 Kuala lumpur, April 26. —The MinLster of Health and Social Welfare, Dato Ong Yoke Lin. said ii* the House of Representatives today that the Federation and Singapore Ministries of Health had agreed to buy a special detector to test radioactive fallout in both territories. The
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  • 124 15 MNGAPORE. April 27. —The Singapore Government tonight sent a cable to President Kennedy urging him to stop the new series of U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests. It also asked the U.S. to continue the Geneva disarmament talks so they could “be pressed to a peaceful conclusion.” The
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  • 58 15 KUALA LUMPUR. April 23. The Minister of Works. Post and Telecommunication, Dato V. T. Sambanthan, today presented a cheque for $25,000 on beiiarf of the Social Welfare Services Lotteries Board, to the Old Pudu Temple. The cheque was received by Mr. G. V. Thaver. chairman of the
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  • 42 15 SINGAPORE April 26. Peter Chia. the racing motorcyclist who was injured in the Grand Prix meet is in a coma and his condition is still critical. Only his parents are allowed to visit him in the General Hospital.
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  • 52 15 KUALA LUMPUR. April 27. —The report of the special meeting of Foreign Ministers of ASA (Association of SouthEast Asia), which was held here and the Cameron Highlands from April 3 to 6, will be released for publication simultaneously in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Manila on
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  • 207 15 K. LUMPUR, April 26 T* H E International Confederation of Free Trade Unions today urged employers in Mplnya to give the workers a share of the prosperity resulting from investments. Mr. P. P. Narayanan. Asian regional chairman, ICFTU, said in a message to commemorate
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  • 200 15 PORT DICKSON, April 26. A SOLDIER of the Federation Army who went absent for nearly seven years was today sentenced to 180 days’ imprisonment and ordered to be discharged with ignominy. He is Trooper Henry Ho, 31, of 2nd Federation Reconnaissance Regiment,
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  • 62 15 KUCHING. April 26.—Inche Abdul Samad bin Johari. of the Shell Co. (Brunei) personnel department, leaves Seria tomorrow for Canada to attend the Duke of Edinburgh's second Commonwealth study conference, which will begin at Montreal on May 13 and end at Vancouver on June 6. The
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  • 60 15 SINGAPORE. April 25 —The Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War. Lt.-Gen. Sir William Stirling, will arrive in Singapore on April 28 on a routine visit to the Far East. After two days in Singapore. he will go to Kuala Lumpur and remain
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  • 35 15 ALOR STAR, April 25. A robber armed with a pistol way-laid a fowl dealer, Pee Stia Kew. 21, at a lonely path, at Kampong Tambun. near Arau. yesterday and robbed him of $25.
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  • 355 16 THAT’S WHAT THE CLOSURE THREAT MEANS, says M.P. K LUMPUR, April 27 r pilE Federation Government was today accused of attempting to create a “sarong curtain" by wanting lo close the .Johore Causeway if merger with Singapore did not come about. The charge was made in
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  • 55 16 KUALA LUMPUR. April 27. —A 12-man Thai delegation this afternoon visited the National Operations Room of the Ministry of Rural Development ai.-d were told of the progress this country had made in rural development. Tlu* dolreation was ]od bv Mr. Surind Viseshakul. Under-Secretary of State
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  • 464 16 Singapore, April 27. The Philippines and Federation Governments have agreed to pool their resources under the ASA Treaty lor future pilgrimages to Mecca, the Philippines Vice-President, Mr. Emmanuel Pelaez, announced today. Thailand would also co-operate. The Federation Government had ollered its pilgrimage machinery
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  • 226 16 SINGAPORE. April 9" I OCAL qualified personnel will soon take over tt, Kj teaching of accountancy and business admin? 6 tration courses from visiting professors in r department of Economics at the Universitv Singapore. yOl Professor Llm Tay Boh, acUng Vice-Chancellor, said today that the
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  • 245 16 SINGAPORE. April 26. —The Plebeian, fortnightly organ of the Barisan Sosialis. says that a huge rocket base is being built on Pulau Tekong, off the eastern tip of Singapore island. The base, the papa says, will be used by Western powers to launch
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  • 119 16 COURT TOLD OF $60 0 SNATCH LUMPUR. April 27 A man buying a packet of cigarettes at a cofTeeshop snatched s6oo from a counter drawer and escaped. a magistrate’s court was told today. In the dock was Liang Ilioh Suan 43, of Ipoh. Giving evidence, V. M. Manicikam. 35, said
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  • 100 17 ALA LOUTH. April 25.— [uu lurk* airmen returnd to dut> at the Royal lalayan Air Force station iere today. n jrr Pilot Oflicer M A. heseira. M. and Fit. Lt. i II Wright. 3fl seen onuratul.itinu each other bovc—who escaped with lit* and
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  • 52 17 BsiN’GAPOHE, April 28 Mail columnist Ale-’ H;; c:a Lee was declared the contest for the energetic -girl eanR; recent blood campaign. K-h n Vas crowned the ML: 7 l,r Association's ■IVSv I?h t at a dance W Hotel. Winner H>"r v'° t section was Mpez, who
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  • 257 17 LUMPUR, April 25 —Government clerks in the Federation want their terms of service to be brought into line with those in Singapore and other Commonwealth countries. The new’ly-registered Civil Service Clerical Federation said in a statement today that this could be done “without
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  • 223 17 SINGAPORE, April 27. the rubber trade point of view, Indonesia is r more important to Singapore than Malaya is, tubber multi-millionaire Mr. Tan Lark Sye said last night. Speaking at a dinner at the Singapore Rubber Packers Association, he
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  • 99 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Mr. Liew Mook Yoor.g, of the Malay Mall, has been elected president of the newly formed National Union of Journalists, Federation of Malaya. Mr. K. K. Lam. of the Straits Times, is vice-president with Mr. Bala Chandran (Malay Mail), as secretary. Mr. B C.
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  • 68 17 KUALA LUMPUR. April 27 Mr. Teh Khian Thiam, 32, of Klang, was killed and two other men seriously injured in a two-car crash on Federal Highway, Petaling Jaya, late tonight. Mr. Teh was driving a Morris Minor which later crashed against a lamp post. The Injured,
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  • 42 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Mr Leong Min Chor, 51. Selangor area commissioner ot the St. John Ambulance Brigade, died last night in the General Hospital here after a short illness. He leaves a widow and two sons
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  • 414 17 SINGAPORE, April 27 P lS n°r V Was niude pbbe v ngapore ■feu the today ■ley m 1 v, lole comKline wl ketl i lg an< Kther nf brou Sht Bint (J Be new ori ul ‘isation. Kn a.f,h. irs ,!11< »tion. T A..SOmt'j 'i
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  • 1468 18  -  By EPSOM JEEP KI’ALA LUMPI'R, April 25. Ul!AT CIIYE made I amends for his failure on the first day by scoring a smart win in the main sprint at Kuala Lumpur today, j With Moses Lee riding
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  • 191 18 A N AU,ant, e membtt of the Selangor State Assembly yj r Chan Keong Hon, said t u d y that people should not regard civics courses as “b ra i n washing ma chines” set up by the Government. Mr han was speaking to
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  • 41 18 KUALA LUMPUR Apn 28—The Deputy Director General of Telecommunica tions, Mr. D Smith tow. announced the extension to Cyprus from April ou The hours of service be from 4.30 p.m. to a p.m. daily, except on w days.
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  • 229 18 SEREMBAN, April 26 4 MULTI MILLION dollar water supply project to provide additional water for the new oil refineries and other industrial requirements at Port Dickson will soon be started by the Negri Sembilan Government. The first phase of the project, called the
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 77 18 THE BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $133,050 1. No. *****3 535,923 2. No. *****5 $17,961 3. No. *****4 8,980 STARTERS ($1,496 each): Nos. *****9, *****1, *****6. *****9. *****1, *****1. CONSOLATION ($798 each): Nos. *****0, *****7, *****6, *****5. *****7, *****9, *****5. *****6, *****7, *****5. TIIKKK-UIG1T forecast dividend',: Kuala Lumpur, Batu Koad. Kuala
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  • 881 19 K. LUMPUR, April 29 I CTI iockey Mickey Donnelly was in P bi< form at Kuala Lumpur this afterI 00 LT Ok lour races on Ajnos, Honey Bee II. I M d Selatic. all trained by Eddie van ■umisn) ihe Class 2 |Ajn»% a*r U m*lesl°P^ y
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  • 28 19 KUALA LUMPUR, April 28. —The Yang dl-Pertuan Agong ind the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, have sent greetings to the Emperor Japan to mark his birthlay tomorrow.
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  • 348 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. MRS. P. QUEUILLE, wife of the French Ambassador to Malaya, today related to the Straits Times how a robber caught hold of her wrist and threatened her. The incident occurred In her house in Treacher Road here on the afternoon
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  • 361 19 OINGAPORE, April 27. The report of a missile base on Pulau Tekong was described by the Singapore Government tonight as “pure science fiction/’ The report was contained in the latest Issue of Pleblan, official organ of the Barlsan Sosialis. It said rockets from
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 79 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $147,900 1. No. *****5 $39,933 2. No. *****6 $19,966 3. No. *****7 9.983 Staffers ($1,426 each): Nos. *****1, *****5, *****0, *****6, *****7, *****2, *****6. Consolation ($887 each): Nos. *****4, *****9. *****7, *****3. *****0, *****8. *****9, *****3. *****2, *****3. 3-DIGIT FORECAST ‘SIS’ fl pays $600 In Singapore,
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1074 20 From Our Market Correspondent annual meeting of the Malayan Stock Exchange was held in Singapore yesterday ut a time of increasing interest among the general public in investment and growing thirst for knowledge on the subject from all sections of Malayans. Much has been done by
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    • 985 20 THE state of shares on the A Malayan Stock Exchange show last business to April 21 (A) and last business since that date (B) with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business this year to date were: INDUSTRIALS t A > Ain Brick* IJD JO
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    • 45 20 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Acting on information, police here on Friday night raided a hut in Kampong Java in the Ayer Balol district of Pontian and seized a homemade shotgun and a small quantity of gunpowder. They arrested four men sleeping In the hut.
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    • 28 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul) April 21 78 Sets. $477.00 25 70 cts. $474.62% 26 78% cts. $474.37% 27 78% cts. $474 50 28 $474.00
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    • 31 20 Induitriaiai 24 AprM 25 April April *7 April 2* t!K 1™«« 177.85 179.77 181.81 Rubber. 3 f 4 ***** 317.89 317.29 817.70 RiMbtra 193.88 193.88 190.38 191.93 191.93
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    • 38 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previoua Pengkalen Tin 41,1 y* mr v «®r ta rV,."“ bber ‘a* i? 20% '221% Srjsr Hi: 8$ s? SfWSS* Ss* J 8 t Interim. 48% 50%
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    • 499 20 T£. St SK get Into its ,-ide aft! 0 an®. East, holiday! and businev; 0 n the three working davs nt this week wa fat a V en low ebb state ‘i.c.B. i Co. Ltd. in their weekly report. 3 The United states stockpile
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