The Straits Budget, 4 July 1962

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  • 28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NIWSPAPIP ■erie Kuala Lumpur, July 4, 1962. Price 40 cents (Malaya or 1 Shilling) KJDN 020.
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    • 705 2  -  UNCROWNED KINGS ON ESTATES? UNCLE TOM COBLEY Kluang Mr. p. d. NAIR, gen eral secret* ary of the All-Mala-yan Estates Staff Union, is reported as saying in a Press statement that plantation managers are “the
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    • 185 2  -  DAVID MARSHALL Singapore IN your report (S.T. June 25) of the public meeting called by the workers’ Party to expose the Referendum Bill in the context of the White Paper proposals, attended by some 6,000 people at which four other political parties accepted our invitation to
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    • 105 2  -  (Dr.) G.C.L. LIM Singapore VTEVER is a good word said about Radio Singapore. But may I take the opportunity to be different and offer my congratulations to their staff for a very fine programme which was broadcast yesterday (June 23) at 6 p.m a story from the
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    • 150 2  -  TEACHER Kuan tan FURTHER education class teachers in the East Coast States have not been paid since classes began in January this year. This is a repetition of last year when payments were made six to eight months late. It is inconceivable that year in and
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    • 46 2  -  DELAYED Kuala Lumpur 1I7HAT has happened to ff our postal service? A letter postmarked Tarnpin, June 18 was actually received in Petaling Jaya on June 21. This delay is fantastic es- pecially when Tampin, is only about 70 miles away from the Federal capital.
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    • 85 2  -  VISITOR Singapore IHAVE on many occasions used Woo Mun Chew Road in Slglap and found it in a very bad state. There are more potholes there than there are craters on the moon. Can’t the Government get the Works Brigade to repair the road with the help of
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    • 89 2  -  FED UP Tapah IT is regrettable to see so often in the daily press the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services and the Civil Service Clerical Federation at loggerheads. Would it not be better for them to set aside their differences and
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    • 351 2  -  THE MCKEMii THE S-MUABBLlNi 0!. ll 11 ...vH (’HJ >\v chianh Malacca I THINK the time has conn i^ he, L i v fderal authorities should .seriously con. sider the question of ti State Government tatim oyer the running of u Malacca municipality. The
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    • 44 2  -  s 1 I (■rinciPM Singapo: I REFEK 1 conceri j U nl American went! 2). The I* ding afl nationally a1 the preso; we vrtl stated at c hiidren| continue i JS lonfl from any ila ble I as faciliti s \\lSi
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    • 743 3 —Straits Times, June 25 I Singapore's referendum bill KU p v^, by TL IT t at canvassing will be r i that there will be Functions on pubUc disL«un and, not least importr. t j,. tt th- merger questions Eli be fully debated in the tL a
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    • 286 3 —Straits Times, June 25 The question of control of Malacca Municipal Council has been resolved more satisfactorily than appeared likely last week. With Alliance and Socialist Front each holding five seats, it was on the cards that voting might be deadlocked. In the event, Mr. Mariappan, the Alliance
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    • 225 3 —Straits Times, June 25 Fear of war in the Formosan Straits is removed by the Chinese Government’s statement on the reason for the military build-up in Fukien. The reinforcements are for defensive purposes, Peking having persuaded itself that the Nationalists on Formosa are about to embark on
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    • 730 3 —Straits Times, June 26 Supplementary development estimates of $9l million and a warning that the run-down of past budgetary surpluses has begun have the sound of a small bombshell. But Mr. Tan Siew Sin’s review of development expenditure in 1962, and of the five year plan in
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    • 185 3 —Straits Times. June 26 The suggestion that women should be allowed to withdraw their E.P.F. contributions on retirement at the age of 45 deserves rather better treatment than the summary dismissal it has received at the hands of the Minister for Finance. Mr. Tan Siew Sin stands
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    • 649 3 —Straits Times, Jane 27 Of the recommendations made by the Malayan Railway Economics Commission we remarked that while the Government was certain to question the terms of the financial arrangements proposed, it would not be able to escape the principle which animated them. Which is what
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    • 357 4 —Straits Times, June 27 When the supplementary development estimates were tabled in Parliament on June 25. Opposition members appealed for time to give these the deep and profound thought they deserved. They had their way. But to judge by yesterday’s proceedings, the day’s adjournment allowed by Mr. Speaker
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    • 848 4 —Straits Times, June 28 Publication of the Cobbold report on Sarawak, Borneo and the Malaysian proposals is being delayed until after the Tengku’s visit to London. Possibly “delayed” is not the right word, for no publication date had been mentioned. At any rate the Tengku will have
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    • 334 4 —Straits Times, June 28 King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit have gone home, taking with them, we trust, memories as happy as those they have left behind. The time Their Majesties have been able to spend in our midst has been all too brief. A week does not allow
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    • 245 4 —Straits Tirnr*s, June 30 A never ending variety af working conditions finds publication in the Ministry of Labour’s monthly report, testimony to the ingenuity and enterprise of employer and employee alike. When unemployment is increasing, as obviously it is now, it is a little difficult to understand, however,
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  • PERSONAL
    • 63 4 |>IK /IB MORFORP r i>' v(arp l i T i John a daupht r Ami Gleneagles 2 SJster Susan. in to Cecily Sullivan) and John h da Ho 27th June at the As. pital. All we»h ggi DAUGHTER ui Ji n unl 1 Sun gel Buloh presents pl<f>» orrt
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  • 770 5 frowds held back by police >ENANG, Sun. Penang rolled out he traditional red arpet and gave the ing and Queen of hailand a great welome when they arived at Bay an Lepas itport this afteroon for a two-day isit. ‘lore than 500 State ignituries and spe- invited
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  • 36 6 blooms 11 i witl a magnificent bunch of niooms presented to her when she visited a rose irirHpn wavv Highlands on Saturday. ‘‘Roses have always been my favourite flowers,” she said
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  • 617 6 June 24. people of Ipoh turned out in their hundreds this morning to welcome King Bhumibol Adulyadej and his smiling consort. Queen Sirikit, during their brief visit to Ipoh. Climax of the visit came at the Ipoh airport
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  • 304 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. 0UK young British soldiers were struck by lightning during Opera,j„;i Trumpeter which is now proceeding in the Triang area of hare, fhey are now recovering from burns. All are fronT the King's Yorkshire Light Infantry. Th. entire Commonwealth Infantry Brigade,
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  • 25 7 ftEREMi June 24.—The n branch of ft Malaya:. Christian CounB»i formed here last night ft- Rev s r Peter Lim as ft chairman.
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  • 243 7 KUALA LUMPUR, June 24. liHE Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said last night it was about time now to have a second look at the Companies Ordinance, which he described as being as old as the Fort of
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  • 186 7 KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 THE Government will have 12 oral and 28 writA ten questions to answer at Parliament’s meeting which will start tomorrow. Questions include whether the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, intends to amend the Employees Provident Fund to enable
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  • 207 7 SINGAPORE. June 24. a PROMINENT trade unionist, Mr. F. V. Rajendra, has warned ot Communist infiltration into the civil service if the Government persisted in their refusal to recognise the staff side council. Mr. Rajendra issued the warning shortly after being elected secretary to
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  • 29 7 PORT SWETTENHAM. June 24—Catholics here are making preparations to celebrate the feast of St. Anne next month. The celebrations will last four days, beginning on July 26.
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  • 207 7 SINGAPORE, June 24. —The newly-regis-tered United Democratic Party here has likened the proposed merger between Singapore and the Federation as a “sale and transfer of a slave girl (mui-tsai).” 'A ln J ts manifesto mat it stands for soveKof gl i ty X or the
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  • 112 7 JOHORE BAHRU. June 24. The 900-strong War Department Civilian Staff Association, Johore Bahru branch, will hold a protest meeting at the Diamond Jubilee Hall here on June 29 to discuss the “difficult situation” faced by the union in its fight for increased pay
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  • 86 7 SINGAPORE, Sun.—About 30 employees of the estate supplies firm of Chin Ho and Co. (Singapore) Ltd. in Sze Hai Tong Bank building. are on a sit-down “protest” strike. They are protesting against the management’s alleged refusal to negotiate on claims submitted by the Singapore Manual and
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  • 825 8 FINANCE MINISTER ON CHOICE BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT KUALA LUMPUR, June 25. r JIIE Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, gave warning in the House of Representatives today that the Government might be confronted with the choice of introducing additional
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  • 172 8 Kuala lumpur, 25.—A Bill was presented to Parliament today to protect the rights relating to pensions, gratuities and other allowances of Govern ment officers transferred to the services of the Federal Capital Commission. Under the Bill —the Pensions (Public Authorities) Act. 1962 Government
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  • 291 8 EHDUR hundred and fm£^ e LU ron’Duni JUne 25 total nominal share capital of (V)s S m Wth registered last year in the Federalion 100 e: This was stated in an annual Registrar of Companies tabled in the Hm,« f 111 preservatives today.
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  • 33 8 KUALA LUMPUR. June2s, The Director of the Nation! Productivity Centre. Mr! A. Abishegam, returned toda after being an observer at two-week conference of hen of productivity organisatior in Asia at Katmandu.
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  • 346 8 SINGAPORE, June 25. —A private practitioner, Dr. Chia Chye Cheang, told a Coroner’s Court today a hairdresser and former waitress had approached him at least times for sleeping tablets. Dr. Chia. who described himself as a friend of the girl, Ang Choi Giok. 27. added:
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  • 1500 9 dato ISMAIL REJECTS MOVE TO BAR POLITICAL ORGANISATIONS BASED ON RACE OR RELIGION PARLIAMENT: Kuala Lumpur, June 25 IoMM'JNALISM in Malaya is fading under tlie Kd'crship of Tengku |bdul iiahman and E poli' ies of the Aline? 1 Jovernment, K e Minister of InInal Security, Dato
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  • 44 9 JOHORE BAHRU. June 25 The Mentrl Besar of Johore. Dato Haji Hassan bln HaJi Vunos, today opened an extension to a National School at Sungei Tlram. Tomorrow he will open an extension to another National School at Kampong Bunyi in Pontian.
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  • 41 9 IPOH. June 25- Mr. Somnath Dhar, First Secretary (press) at the Indian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, arrived In Ipoh today on a farewell visit. Mr. Dhar leaves next month on posting to the Indian High Commission in Karachi.
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  • 1178 10 PENANG, June 25. gHOUTS of “Chaiyo!” (greetings) rang out in a chorus from a crowd of 5,000 when King Bhumibol of Thailand and Queen Sirikit arrived at Penang’s oldest Thai Buddhist temple, Wat Chaiya Mangalaram, this morning to perform the religious ceremony of
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  • 357 11 Parliament is told: flo Malayan-based troops are used to support the pact KUALA LUMPUR, June 26. ijlE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today categorically denied in Parliament lat the Commonwealth troops in Malaya were art of Seato forces. He refuted a charge by a Socialist
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  • 51 11 Seven Govt. bills i n Assembly tolrp" June 27—Seven EL’S 1 Bills were Intoday i" tbe Assembly r ®»ding for The? b on July 6. *ll ?r*-, Public Utilities legation °2*«niment In-•tdni.-t, l ,i Plan nlng (Am*idmf'n fusions (AmHousing- and JUI, (Amendment) 1,1 Amendment *Uu or ncl Pta*! Appro--1 **w)
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  • 105 11 SINGAPORE. June 26. The Great Southern Hotel in Eu Tong Sen Street, which has twice failed this year to get a licence, is to appeal to the Yang di-Pertuan Negara-in-Council. Its eight shareholders have Instructed Mr. P. F. de Souza to act for
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  • 46 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jun e 26 A director of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), Mr. W. A. M. Greeven, and the executive vice-president of Esso Standard Eastern, Mr. R. T. Burton, have arrived here on a tour of Esso facilities and operations In South-East Asia.
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  • 239 11 SINGAPORE, June 26.—Two daughters of the Sultan of Pahang, Tengku lotan Badariah. 19, (left) and Tengku Nong Soraya, 17, left by air last night to continue their education in Melbourne. To see them off at Singapore Airport were the Sultan and the Sultanah and
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  • 200 11 ‘Petty restrictions on Press freedom’ —say journalists SINGAPORE, June 25 SINGAPORE journalists yesterday called on newspaper owners to co-operate with the Singapore National Union of Journalists to eliminate restrictions on Press freedom. In a resolution adopted at its annual meeting, the union also called on the Government and Its officers
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  • 88 11 KUALA LUMPUR, June 26. —The vice-president of the Co-operative Union of Malaya, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rani, returned from Japan today after a 35-day study tour of the co-operative movement there. He said he was greatly impressed by the participation of Japanese
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  • 63 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Juno 27 The trust fund set up for Miss Lai Yoke Heong. the lfi-year-old schoolgirl who lost both arms In a motor accident several months ago. now totals $134,756. the office of the Public Trustee announced today. The Nanyang Slang Pau and the Sin
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  • 1307 12 Straits Times Parliamentary Reporters If U ALA LUMPIJR, Tues. —The Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said today that in considering the country's finances the watchword should be “caution” and not “panic.” He was replying to Opposition criticisms in the
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  • 93 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.—The lack of a quorum halted proceedings in the House of Representatives for a few minutes today shortly before the $91 million supplementary estimates were approved. It was the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party deputy leader, Inche ZulkiHee Muhammad, who drew the Speaker's attention to the lack
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  • 89 12 KUALA LUMPUR, June 2«. The Minister of Labour, Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, said in Parliament today was impracticable to abolish the daily-rated system in the country. It might be possible to convert some daily-rated categories of workers to monthly rates, he said. This was being
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  • 181 12 Sopiee gives a PERSONAL opinion... Kuala lumpur, June» —The Director of Information Services. Inche Mohamed Sopiee. today used the "Tale of the Overcoat" to illustrate his dislike of the Socialist Front leader. Inche Ahmad Boestamam. He was commenting in his private capacity on Inche Boestamam's question,
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  • 161 12 KUALA LUMPUR, June 26. —A contest is being 1 planned to design an emblem linking the three member states of the Association of South-East Asia—Malaya. Thailand and the Philippines. Each territory will hold its own competition and the selection and judging of
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  • 314 13 Expert team soon to study question SINGAPORE. June 27 a TKAM of internaP tional experts led Ly up, ‘eminent [urc will be coming Loon to study the question of a Sin§ja Core-Malaya common Market The Finance Minister. L Guh Keng Swee, to d r
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  • 55 13 MALACCA, June 26 The Malocca Chief Minister, Inche Abdul Ghafar bln Baba, appealed to the Malays to change their attitude to life and way of thinking according to the time in order to achieve progress. He made the appeal when opening a $B,OOO midwives’ quarters-cum-clinic at Kampong
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  • 40 13 SEREMBAN, June 26.—The ASA cultural troupe will perform here at the Town Hall on July 2. There will be two performances at 6.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. Proceeds will go to the National Monument Fund.
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  • 112 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jum> 1V 27. —The National Whitley Council’s general purposes committer will discuss claims for increased housing allowances at its meeting next month. This was stated today b Mr. G.N. Rajan, genera: secretary of the Congress o. Unions of Employees In th< Public and
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  • 281 13 Penang, June 28. tN 8t'>-year-old widow living alone in a kampong hut was today advised not to hide her life’s livings inside a pillow. “Why not open an accunt. instead, with a avinns bank?” the Senior eaior.s Court president, tr. K Somasundram,
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  • 40 13 KUALA LUMPUR. June 27 The Federation Government contributed $84,000 towards the wedding of Sharifah Salwa, eldest daughter of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. and Tengku Suleiman, nephew of the Sultan of Johore, last month, Parliament was told today
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  • 28 13 PENANG, June 27—Wives of Australian airmen serving in Butterworth and Penang have formed a “friendship group” to raise funds to help the aged and needy.
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  • 61 13 BEFORE Kin? Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand returned home on June 27 the Kin? presented gifts to members of the Malayan Suite-of-Honour attached to them during their week-long stay in the Federation. Picture shows King Bhumibol presenting a gift to f)ato Nik
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  • 167 13 KUALA TRENGGANU, June 26. 'THE Trengganu Mentri Besar, Inche Ibrahim Fikri, was today made a Grand Commander of the Honourable Order of the Crown of Trengganu by the Sultan, who celebrated his 55th birthday today. He is now Dato Sri Paduka. Other awards made today included
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  • 38 13 JOHORE BAHRU. June 27About $BOO,OOO will be spent on two new schools which the Government Is to build in Pontian. This was revealed today by the Chief Education Ofllcer. Johore, Mr. Kum 800
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  • 1074 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE MAJORITY of the people of the Borneo territories have said “AYE” to the Cobbold Commission and want Malaysia "very quickly", the Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, cheerfully announced today. He told a Press conference that only “very few” (less
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  • 172 14 KUALA LUMPUR, June 27. jMR. JUSTICE Ong will tomorrow visit the scene of an accident two years ago in which 10 people were killed. He made this decision at the end of a civil suit in the High Court today. The scene is the
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  • 34 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The House of Representatives today rejected a move by a Socialist Front member. Mr. V. David, for the introduction of a living wage by law to prevent cheap labour.
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  • 372 14 TEN MISSING aftf» SAILBOAT CAPSIZES cingapore. June -A shipwrecked Indonesian seaman, who spent 14 days in the sea, the last two drift, ing with a dead ship, mate in a small sampan in the South China Sea, arrived in Singapore today. Seaman Ara>
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  • 491 15 I UAL A LUMPUR, 25. —The Edi-Ir-in-Chief of the ■traits Times. D a t o L. C. Hoffman, said night that he |egardc‘d his award Mangku 3 t ecogKition 1> V the State If the part the Press lad played in the molentous
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  • 106 15 ‘Jabs’ drive to combat diph theria outbreak Junp 28. Xo Weari"',? :he Present W h Athena In «l £21* Cl Council elf are J, its infant '“Wtc dlsnen natal a n d 0r the n, It y ser vices L nd Se t ur X two weeks Ration iU di
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  • 78 15 SIR Garfield Barwick, Australia’s Minister for External Affairs and Attor-ney-General, emphasising a point during a 30-minute meeting with Tengku Abdul Rahman at the Resid ency. They discussed matters of common interest to Australia and Malaya. Present at the meeting was the Australian High
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  • 203 15 rpAPAH, June 29.—Was the X man whose body was found yesterday morning on the railway track one and a half miles north of Sungkai named Wong Boon Seng? That is the question the Tapah police are trying to answer. When they recovered
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  • 160 15 KUALA LUMPUR, June 28/ Federation Government has decided to withdraw the system of licensing importa- tion of sugar on July 1 a little more than four months after it was imposed. A Government statement said today that the licensing has achieved Its purpose and
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  • 67 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Juno 29. —The Minister of Transport, Dato Haji Sardon bin Hajl Jubir, left by air for Amersfoort in Holland today to attend the World Rural Youth Conference which begins on July 2. He is attending the conference as president of the Malayan Youth
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  • 159 15 IPOH. June 28. The rural development committee has managed to get 931 acres of land in Kinta district for distribution to 345 families. Part of the fringe alienation scheme, the land is located in five areas and successful applicants are lying given two
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  • 309 16 VjINGAPORE. June 28.Comma n wealth lawyers trained in the English common law system in their own countries should be allowed to practice in other Commonwealth countries where similar laws are used This view was expressed by Shri Bhuvneswar Prasad Sinha. Chief Justice of
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  • 1390 16 SINGAPORE. June 29 THE debate on the Referendum Bill opened today with 1 riche Ya’acob bin Mohammed, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, calling on all parties to respect the rights of all races in the State. He warned of a “second
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  • 67 16 KUALA LUMPUR. June 28. —The Social Welfare Services Lotteries Board has donated $lOO,OOO towards the building of a mosque at the University of Malaya The 250 Muslim students at the university now have to go to a mosque at Kampong Kerinchi. a mile and a half away.
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  • 222 16 bin Sy-S 'StS settling the dispute tween the War dL* nip «t and its S employees over 2? for better wages. He said this at ly Press conference. Inche Bahaman said- “tv Government k situation over the between the War n spu> ment and the
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  • 63 16 SINGAPORE. June 28-™ USS Eldorado, of the Seveni Fleet. Is due in Singapore July 2 for a six-day vw The Eldorado carrier officers and 600 men una the command o; Capt r Crouch Aboard the ship 25-piece band of iM Marine Divi. ion play
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  • 63 16 a fisun IFOH. Sim edo fi seen in the a tin mine in Me p peare( 4.45 a.in. today In the dark tt!li h fn,to t» man fired two ho air from his ah' a The watchne V,, Lee tU All. 28. of the mine, who
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  • 395 17  -  17 GAULDIN MIRANDA Letalinr, Jaya, June 29 ■VE pistol and dagP ger-carrying thugs Bided a goldsmith’s Kop here this afterRon and escaped in a Br with $35,000 worth Rgems and jewellery. Rhe thugs changed B two miles from the Rsmith shop for a
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  • 63 17 tAU LUMPUR, June 29. lr; -m of Cable and S Ltd sir John Macdrived here from vi da y f °r a twoL J hn r served in the ltfMr v:| Servlc e from (M on his way to Svrt f inauguration of rvi y h
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  • 21 17 m> ln <“ 28.—Two re uZm wln arriv r Gaining in ary cr -‘ng and aniotnbo p u under the
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  • 403 17 K. LUMPUR, June 29 fpHE University of Malaya’s Malay Studies Department will need a “rather great” number of postgraduate students to carry out oadly needed research projects, the department’s head, Professor R Roolvink. said today “It is therefore very re grettable that this year
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  • 33 17 BANTING, June 28. _Mr D.N. Welch, of the Drainage and Irrigation Department In Kuala Langat, will go on transfer to the D.I.D. head quarters in Kuala Lumpur, next week.
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  • 275 17 June 29 WARNING against “veiled threats” to Government back-benchers was issued today by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Sir George Oehlers. Such threats, he said, could be construed from certain passages of a recent memorandum sent to all members of the Assembly by the
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  • 215 18 Discovery after 10 years of experiments I/UALA LUMPUR, June 28 —The recent discovery of a new rice seedling after 10 years of experiments will boost rice production by 11,380,000 gantangs in Kelantan each year, enabling farmers to earn $6.8 million more. This was
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  • 77 18 TPOH, June 29 Enght youths attacked a bus in Falim, a suburb of lpoh., this afternoon. Standing on both sides of the road, they threw sticks and bottles at the bus as it was passing by. A passenger, Alang Kassim, suffered a cut
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  • 34 18 PENANG, June 28. The Nightingale Melodians will stage a variety show at the Penang Chinese Girls’ High School at 8 p.m. on July 1 to raise funds for the school’s building project.
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  • 165 18 If U ALA LUMPUR, lv June 28.—A 53-year-old mother of six children today ignored a warning by thugs that they would kill her if she made any noise and shouted for help. But the robbers in their 25-minute raid escaped with $7OO in cash and
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  • 48 18 SINGAPORE. June 29—The new 28-member Nanyang University Council, formed 15 months ago under the 1959 Nanyang University Ordinance. will hold Its first meeting In Singapore on July 14. This follows the Government’s decision last month to nominate Its three representatives to the council under the ordinance.
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  • 113 18 CAUGHT witu the puzzled look is Malayan Airways hostess Nancy Liew —Miss Singapore 1962. The scene: Singapore's International Airport. Cause of the puzzled look? A mystery letter, addressed to her, c/o the Straits Times. Stopped while she was hurrying to her waiting plane, Nancy looked
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  • 185 18 Kuala lumpur, June 29.—Pleas for Malayan women to be given top jobs in the Government service will be heard on Women’s Day to be held here on Aug. 25. Women’s Day—the first to be held in Malaya—is being organised by a
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  • 34 18 IPOH, June 29. The Raja Perempuan School of Ipoh last night won the interschools debate in the national language for non-Malay pupils of English secondary schools in Perak. Thirteen schools took part.
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  • 43 18 SEREMBAN, June 28. Eleven members of the Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club honoured by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan will be guests of honour at the N.S.C.R.C.'s annual dinner and dance on July 7.
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  • 136 18 KUALA LUMPUR, June 29. A JOINT working party of representatives from the National Union of Bank Employees and the Committee of Banks has been set up to break the it wage talks deadlock. The Minister of Labour. Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, said this today at bis
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  • 127 18 University loses librarian to N igeria K ca, a lpmpi r. Jne| Obanan 0 f u, University of Mala,* J W J Plumbe (aboJJ will leave at the enT July to be librarian oft I niversity 0 f Norths Nigeria. Mr. Plumbe. who is founder member of ti Malayan Library
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  • 50 18 JOHORE BAHRU. JuMMr. K. Raman, vice-chajnn of the Socialist Front Division*, loaves by iff J wpek to attend tne Socialist Youth Conference Copenhagen. Denmark Mr. Raman. 27, is councillor h ere \j!fs f conference, he plaj 13 w Britain. France. Germany. India. Sm Ceylon to study ments.
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  • 59 18 arNOAPoriE. Housing and V* offlct Board let out ane Lorong Tai s beca Paya Lebar bran® it put in the h^ m s bly Legislative Ass emu/ told today. The Minister jor j Development. pA p tr Gan, said that e 5 m ont surer offered
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  • 11 18 SEPANC June (5 Sockalinfza’U. u the tretf; member of Board
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  • 841 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Juns 27 f h a five-year-old by Nawab, made the f l, f irst time out at Kuala Lumpur today. pH ui by Lyall Harbridge, Winoro beat ider Chasari in the first race to pay $4B. ti 1 1 Ke One I I.
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  • 1111 19  -  y EPSOM JEEP UALA LUMPUR. July 1. Lee Stable’s KaJ tre 11. with Subian ilwee astride, cometed a double here toy. iai Tere II beat a Cl. 4, 1 field over 6f to pay the <1 dividend of $61. It was fourth success this season. Race
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 79 19 BIG SWEEP Total pool 177,820 First *****0 $35,019 Second *****5 $17,509 Third *****9 $8,754 Starters ($875 each) Nos. *****1, *****1, *****8, *****4, *****3, *****0, *****6, *****9, *****5, *****6. Consolation ($778 each) Nos. *****3, *****4, *****4, *****6. *****8,*****3, *****0, *****9, *****1, *****2. BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL —$143,300 First *****5 $38,691 Second
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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    • 35 20 i nua i w (Managers' Privet) Flrat Malayan 1.41 i,40 1.08 1.14 Tfclrd Malayan 74 .#3 Flrat Hong Kong 1.00 1.08’ Second Hong Kong 71 .78 Starling Commodity 4/1 4/7 l*Hong Kong currency).
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    • 34 20 RUBBER TIN (per. lb.) (per picul) June 25 74 eta. 1433.37'/* 2« 74S cU. 1438.25 27 75 eta. 1442.25 28 75Vh eta. 2438 75 29 76Hcta. $434 12'* 30 8435 37 V*
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    • 1409 20 From Our Market Correspondent QOME of the gloomy clouds which have hung over the Malayan Stock Exchange for the past few weeks show signs of lifting and here and there the light is penetrating. The general feeling now is that tin shares have seen the
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    • 1116 20 r FHE state of shares on the Malayan Stack Exchange show last business to June IS. (A) and last business since that date (B) srlth H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business this year to date were: INBUSTRIALS St 4 1 SIM Bncki 1 21
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    • 80 20 IflT llFUiTIFtT -w 4w t. Total Current Date of previou payment payment ear 13*1 Hume Ord*. 6% July 31 jp* Metal Box 10% Aug. 7 40^ Berjunta! la. 6d.* Aug. 1 Interim. (561 -7.9' (D Colour til* jonnson (1521 —4IT (6> Chemic*' Doi.neW (1419—2 J (2) Hindu Ml-cBeW
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