The Straits Budget, 29 August 1962

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    30 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA S NATIONAL NfWSPAPKR I Serit* >) Kuala Lumpur, August 29. 1962. Price 40 cents (Malaya or 1 Shilling)* KDN 020.
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  • From the Straits Times Postbag
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      CLERKS IN SHELTER OF A NEW UMBRELLA
      240 2  -  MAS JUNID bin MAS AMIN President Kuala Lumpur CS C F and GC S D Selan e° r J WOULD draw your attention to the editorial in the Straits Times of Aug. 23 under the heading “Too Many Unions.” In this editorial you
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      STRAIGHT ROAD —TO HOSPITAL
      263 2  -  PRO BONO Malim Nawar AVERY casual inquiry into the medical facilities and equipment in the hospitals through the country lead one to suppose that indeed the race is for the fit and that health takes second place. The hospitals in Perak are out of date, undersized,
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      Good show
      62 2  -  TAN HOCK SENG Singapore I CONGRATULATE the Government for putting up such a magnificent show at the City Hall steps on the evening of Aug. 22. The items were excellent and the quality of the sound system was superb, unlike the ruckus and harsh noises emitted on previous
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      Teachers’ pay: Why is the Minister silent?
      234 2  -  CITIZEN Singapore DURING February and March this year about 500 teachers who qualified in December 1960 were appointed, with effect from February. 1961. by the Public Service Commission on the old certificate salary scale ($365$780). They signed for and accepted their appointments as
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      TEACHERS’ PAY (2): What about the union?
      193 2  -  R. R Singapore K.R.W. 01 Singapore I AM the father of one of the many teachers who qualified In December 1960. I am in the legal profession. My son has Informed me that his arrears of salary of 14 months have not been
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      A sour note at Jakarta
      195 2  -  MOKHTAR Pantai Valley I AM fairly certain that every sports fan is now focussing his eyes with full interest towards Jakarta for the fourth Asian Games. Full credit must go to Indonesia for the excellent preparatinons made supposed to be the best ever. However. I
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      Withdrawals from EPF
      207 2  -  Y C I Kuala Lumpur ris obvious that your correspondent D. M. has arrogated to himself the role of champion of the Employees Providerit Fund contributors whom he alleges, in his letter published in the Straits Times of Aug. 18. “are not well up in law or
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      A time to remember
      119 2  -  K "SON v ,nberg Sweden IN the six months I sp«* in the c:o; f I had M honour to n For the Malayan l a nd* serving in the ‘fnidleriiS witness firs* -H? old fl ..and a hie s andara m personal bene v 1
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon The Magsaysay Honour
      338 3 I in and practis P 1 ties, Aug. 20 L of the Ramon I Prize for comky“> Mr R KL. secretary-gen-I. j j' jtional Union ot V kers. is an honW f > Malaya can be t a l-v wi shed in 1957 for irec-om of sl^al
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      Lock icon Gamesmanship
      215 3 —Straits Times. Aug. 20 V v Vl 4 a hst Chinese *ip c t )f| ’■•ittee has the ft r ut statement rrr(| j attitude on 18n r -pation in the ivn,, 4 '''p Indonesian Sbt kee P For*’ily at the cost irnh„ Indonesian Oly rr f)j f Internationthf)',j
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      Lock icon New Gotong Royong
      594 3 —Straits Times. Aug 21 The formation ot a special implementation committee, announced by the Prime Minister as Bulan Bahasa Kcbangsaan drew to a close, marks a turning point in the campaign to promote the widest possible use of the national language. This action has been taken at
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      Lock icon The Tough Men
      783 3 —Straits Times, Aug 22 Who are the “tough men" in the Barisan Sosialis, so much in Mr. Lim Chin Siong'.s mind that he finds it necessary to defend constitutional methods in politics? This is ar» entirely rhetorical question, for naturally Mr. Lim has no intention of naming
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      Lock icon Scooters For The Sakai
      465 3 —©traits Times, Aug. 22 Engrossed though the general public may be in such momentous events as the building of Malaysia, the news that the Sakai has entered the scooter age still ought to attract more than passing attention. A number of aboriginals in Selangor, it is
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      Lock icon Too Many Unions
      689 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 33 The Federation still has too many trade unions and not t nough trade unionists. There are the well proportioned, unions, the National Union of Plantation Workers for example, and there are the scrag ends of a total of 278 unions, the membership of
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      Lock icon No Answer
      294 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 2® A substantial number of Singapore citizens living and working in the Federation have been asking whether they will automatically be struck off th 6 electoral register if they do not cast a referendum ballot. That is what the referendum legislation says. Their names will
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      Lock icon The Umno Assembly
      514 4 —Straits Times. Aug 24 Tengku Abdul Rahman ranged far and wide in his presidential address to the General Assembly of Umno yesterday. Malaysia, Asa, the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, the Cabinet reshuffle, Federal and State elections all came within the compass of his annual report to his
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      Lock icon Absent Voters
      207 4 —Straits Times, Aug. 24 The Singapore Government’s assurance that voters who are away from Singapore on referendum day will not be struck off the electoral roll if they explain their reason for not voting will ease many minds. Singapore citizens living in the Federation should write to the
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      Lock icon Umno and Local Elections
      470 4 —Straits Tim<- Umno general assembly cannot congratulate itself on its handling of a resolution submitted by its Seremban branch on the future c f W M mom election. K wholly irre slJ J lhat all municipal council elections m P >■ towns should be w ar8w
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    Malaysia job starts LORD LANDSDOWNE, TUN RAZAK HEAR SARAWAK VIEWS ON EXPATS, JOB TRAINING, RELIGION AND REPRESENTATION
    613 5  -  fro- JEFFREY FRANCIS: Kuching. August 19 IEADKKS of Sarawak’s civil servants today mc t I. :d Lansdowne and Tun Abdul Razak, Lirman and vice-chairman of the Inter-Gov-lnrneii-Committee, to present their views on Ljr
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    16 firms start work at Tasek
    334 5 INDUSTRIAL ESTATE VENTURE BY PERAK ATTRACTS THE BIG NAMES IPOH, Aug. 19. gIXTEEN firms representing capital investment in excess of $3O million have acquired sites at Ipoh's Tasek industrial estate, the Municipa-lity-managed development project on the outskirts of the town. Among them are some
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    Merdeka Day in Kulim
    46 5 KULIM. Aug. 19. A public rally on the town padang here will highlight the tilth merdeka anniversary celebrations in Kulim on Aug ;il There will also be u big walk and a bicycle race followed by a variety show the same night.
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    COMMITTEE SOON FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: MINISTER
    140 5 KUAXiA LUMPUR, Aug. 19.—The Minister of Education. Inehe Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib, said today that a committee will be set up soon to plan higher education. He was speaking at the University Of Malaya Graduate Society lunch at the Students* Union House in
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    MALAYSIA UNIONS CALL BY NAIR
    185 5 SINGAPORE, Aug. 19. Trade union leader Mr. C. V. Devan Nair has told the United Workers of the Petroleum Industry that it must soon extend its unity to petroleum workers in other parts of Malaysia He warned that employers would no doubt get together alter
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    Minister unwell
    46 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 19The Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew Sin. who was to tty to Kuching today to join the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. on his tour of Sarawak and North Borneo, was not able to do so due to illness.
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    PERAK GOVT LETTERS NEARLY ALL IN MALAY
    171 6 1POH, Aug. 19.—Nearly all correspondence by Government offices in Perak during the second phase of the National Language Month was in the national language. The only exceptions were correspondence on “some technical matters,” the Deputy to the Mentri Besar of Perak. Incite Suleiman
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    INSURANCE CHIEF ON VISIT
    60 6 Mr. J. J.Tocsin (above), the managine director of China Underwriters, Life and General Insurance Co. Ltd who is now on a tour of South-East Asia, arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday after spending three days in Singapore. The purpose of this tour is to consolidate the company's
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    Lock icon Miss Chong gets silver cup
    114 6 IT’S HER PRIZE IN LANGUAGE MONTH SPEECH CONTEST JHE WINNER ot the National Language speech contest in the non-Malay secondary school students' section. Miss Chong Geok Hee of Malacca, receiving her silver cup award from the Yang di-Pertuun Agong The presentation was held at the
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    Pessimists get a warning
    185 6 PENANG. Aug. 19. chairman of the State National Language Month Committee, Dr. M. P. L. Yegappan. last night hit out at people who had no confidence that Malay would become the sole official and national language of the country by 1967. "I would like to advise
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    School fund
    26 6 SINGAPORE. Aug 19.—A donation of $9.51 was received by the Straits Times from Mr. K Rasappan for the Umar Pulavar Tamil High School Fund.
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    $6m. FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN SELANGOR
    279 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 19. I 4 TOTAL of $6.5 million has been earmarked fol expenditure this year on school buildings il Selangor, excluding Kuala Lumpur. I Most of thL sum will be devoted to giving a “new deal" to national schools which have been
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    Union course
    29 6 KUALA LUMPUR- A’Jg r I Forty-two youths tjr°m J Assan Estate, M a^ lCC ;1 attending a H 0 l course at plantation n in Petaling Java.
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    TV show starts tomorrow
    180 6 Kuala lumpur, Aug 22. All is set for the opening of Malaya's first radio and television exposition at Stadium Negara on Aug. 22. More than 20 manufacturers —mainly from the United States Britain, Germany and Japan will be taking part. The chairman of the exposition, Syed
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      106 6 THE H.K. AND FAR EAST builder A Bi-Monthly |»e nodical oi Building of Real Estate Activities in the Ear East. A Magana* laNla* with MpMiat, nkitoctarel Ml rml *»t*U actnittM m Malay*. t«*c apart, *»aa* Ami. Siaai, mm PtHitppiaai. Imn mi Tit Far kmL 'UMl'ttal ii 1«M tail Nattily trad*
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    Lock icon Miss Ipoh’s song wins her first prize
    59 7 MTSS Jenny Yap, who won the Miss Ipoh title earlier this ywr. si! uing a Malay soi:i» winch won her to fir.v prize at the ‘‘lo.e or' the second tee of the Bulan Btla.sj Kebangsaan Language in Perak at T^nk \i Abdul Rah&gt;ol
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    400 delegates for Umno assembly
    286 7 *BAPA MALAYSIA TITLE FOR PM MOVE KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 19 jyjORE than 400 delegates from 92 Umno divisions, including Singapore, will attend the two-day Umno general assembly at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka here on Aug. 23. Among the most important items that will take
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    Big day for printers
    59 7 SINGAPORE. Aug 20 The Singapore General Printing Workers’ Union will celebrate its jubilee anniversary on Aug. 25. which is also Printers' Day. in its new premises in Perumal Road, which will be opened by the Minister for Labour at 2 p.m The ceremony will be followed
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    Asian broadcast men arrive
    54 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug 19 Participants are already beginning to arrive for the four Asian broadcasters’ conference which will be opened at the Tengku Abdul Rahman Hall here at 9 a m. on Aug. 24 The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will open the conference which will
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    Union wants counter offer
    191 7 SINGAPORE, Aug. 20 Singapore HarA )0 Board Staff PHfu lurion today askthe board to offer unter proposals for l ay increases by tomorrow. Singh, general v aiii tv yf; association, r ntiest was made s ?ntati, relation repre- &gt; s n 't’t the board’s 4.10 lrom
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    WOMAN WITH BABY WAS PUNCHED BY A YOUTH
    94 7 Aug. 19 A youth, Goh Bee Kok. was found guilty yesterday of attempting to extort S5O from a housewife by putting her in fear of death on two occasions. Janki Munni Raihad told the district judge. Mr. Goh Heng Leong. that Goh
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    RURAL FOLK BACKBONE OF MALAYA SAYS M.B.
    145 7 IOHORE BHARU, Aug. 19.—The rural people are the backbone of Malaya and the advancement of the country largely depends on them, said the Johore Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Hassan bin Haji Yunos, today. He said this when he officially opened a rural leadership
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    WEST IRIAN SETTLEMENT PRAISED
    87 7 SINGAPORE. Aug. 19—Law .students at the University o! Singapore In a statement today commended the governments of Indonesia and the Netherlands 1 o r having reached a peaceful settlement over the West Irian dispute. The statement said that the West Irian agreement had demonstrated the desire
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    Mr. Nair’s hope: A teachers’ merger
    281 7 Kota bharu. Aug. 20. —The chairman of the Singapore Adult Education Board, Mr. C. Devan Nair, said today he hoped there would be “a merger between the teachers of Malaya and Singapore/' Addressing an annual delegates’ conference of the National Union of Teachers at
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    BRITISH GOVERNORS TO STAY ‘AS LONG AS NEEDED’
    147 7 URCNKI TOWN, Aug 20 An assurance that the British Governors of Sarawak and North Borneo would be retained for “as long as they are needed” was given here by the Marquess of Lansdowne last week, according to a report in the Borneo
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    $35,000 SUIT: ‘NO MUD’ PLEA BY JUDGE
    689 8  -  Partner told me: ‘Don’t you trust me? I’m Finance Minister’s brother —witness By TAI SING ONN Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 20 IyONG Swee Chew, an engineering contractor, told the High Court here today that whenever he wanted to discuss some irregularities with his partner
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    Happy, but wish not granted
    129 8 SINGAPORE. Aug. 19Fifteen Singapore secondary school students— 10 boys and five girls—returned from a week-long tour of the Borneo territories on the night of Aug. 17 happy but with an unsatisfied wish. The students, winners of a Malaysia essay contest, were so fascinated by Dayak
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    Lee gets $15
    28 8 SINGAPORE. Aug. 19 —A donation of $15 from Miss M. W. received yesterday by the Straits Times brings the Lee Ah Chlang fund to $1,091.
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    SARAWAK CHINESE BACK MALAYSIA
    188 8  -  From JEFFREY FRANCIS: Kuching, Aug. 21 r FHE newly-formed Sarawak Chinese Association A today published a memorandum which it submitted to Lord Lansdowne and Tun Abdul Razak on the Cobbold Commission report on Malaysia. The memorandum says that the Cobbold recommendations “are on the whole fair
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    REFERENDUM OFFENCE ALLEGED
    65 8 SINGAPORE. Aug. 20—Two men pleaded not guilty in a Magistrate’s Court today to a charge of “displaying a poster with a symbol as political propaganda” at Paya Lebar Road, at about 1.15 a m. on Aug. 19. Chen Shei Wah and Ong Kim Kay were allowed bail
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    To celebrate
    32 8 IPOH, Aug. IS.—The St. John Ambulance Brigade, Perak, will hold a social on Aug. 25 at their headquarters here to celebrate their winning of the Dato Lee Kong Chian trophy.
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    CANNERY SHIPS 600 TONS OF TUNA
    106 8 pE Si .&gt;»_ nosen tu.m sss*\a r Malayan Marin e P *n C by triei, a joint Japanese tuna C Z in Penang, nncr &gt;' tons'ot^yellow-fl'n ,00k 350 the balance? mwh Un A V&gt;fe ‘cUr %ri t n *j'°z $?3 Japan. 0 he U
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    Use Govt. facilities, farmers are urged
    149 8 f UAR. Aug. 19. A call t all farmer&gt; m Johore to take advantage oi thefacilities provided by the Go. vernment under the rural development plan was made here by the Tengku Mahkota of Johore when he opened the All-Johore Agricultural Show. He said
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    Oilmen’s union
    24 8 KUALA LUMPURFive hundred employ d pcjd d companies in: M al y nJon of today to form Wrtr j crPetroleum Indu ft
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    MIC meeting
    27 8 R A WANG. Aug. 15th annual meeting 0 local branch ol tll n *V,V» lield Indian Congress wi! at the International here on Aug. 26
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    DOCTOR’S LAUNCH SCARES PIRATES
    260 9 I KUDAT, Aug. 19. ■E Dt nawan, a Government launch taking a (jnediccil oflicer on village rounds in the Ku- area. frightened off a pirate group operating ■Kanifx ng Tanjong Piring near Kuala Loka- Thu pirates, believed to comprise about 11 led na n tied. Police
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    Strike fund
    22 9 LfMPUR. Aug. 19. Union of Post Office 1 &gt;et up a strike Pirget of $60,000 Wm u in tour years.
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    Student Chow is champion walker
    95 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 19—The winner oi the Chinese High School Big Walk in 1960 and 1961. Chow Say Keng. 20 won the third Big Walk organised by the Chinese YMCA today. More than 500 students including 80 girls took part in the seven-mile walk. Winner Chow
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    Aboriginal reserve
    43 9 JOIIORE BAHRU. Aug. 19Two thousand acres of land In the mukim of Johore Lama district of Kota Tinggi. has been allotted as an aboriginal reserve on orders of the Ruler-in-Council. The reserve will be known as the Sungei Lebam aboriginal reserve.
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    Family planning
    25 9 KUALA LIPIS. Aug. 19 Mr. Soong Sik Yeong has been elected chairman of a committee to start a district family planning association here.
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    Sarawak to send farmers to tour Malaya
    272 9 Aug. 20. 1Y A total of 300 farmers and 150 junior officers of the Agriculture Department will visit Malaya during the next three years to study modern farming methods. This is one of four schemes to be launched soon to develop agriculture in
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    ‘Co-operative education’ campaign
    196 9 Co-operative education’ campaign Aug. 21. I The Government a "coKign education I Tht. Bhent a ti\*e developKrv pS'‘\ of the Pri *ent uJr tIon K'Wr*vi‘ y cf National ls handlin e u d(d a two- 0u: 'fc' on proper maintenance and auditing of books for treasurers and internal auditors of
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    I WAS TOLD TO HAVE ABORTION SAYS NURSE
    483 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 21. 4 N unmarried expectant mother, who until last a week was a nurse, told a district court today that she was “forced” by a friend, Inspector Andrew Loh Chee Chan, to seek an abortion at a house in Neil
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    Johore W.D. workers to take strike ballot
    186 9 IOHORE, BAHRU. Aug. 21. The Johore Bahru branch of the War Department Civilian Stall Association here today threatened to call a protest meeting, and take a strike ballot on Merdeka Day if it does not get a “firm offer” to its claims for
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    Tengku, team captain: I have to keep goal, too!
    349 10 SABAK BEHNAM, Aug. 20. TENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN said again last night that as “captain,” all his ministers must take orders from him and play as a team. But” he added, “it appears now that I have not only to give orders,
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    Malacca wins PM’s challenge trophy
    155 10 Kuala lumpur. Aug. —1.9 The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman. who is the national president of the Umno. will give away the ehal. lenge cup to the Malacca Tin no division which admitted the most new members during the three-month re-orga-nisation drive last year The
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    Dagger man shot dead: It was self-defence
    183 10 SINGAPORE. Aug. 20. A detective sergeant told the State Coroner, Mr. R. S. Chapkhana, today how he shot a man i:\ selfdefence after being tnreatened with a dagger. The man who was shot was Goh Lam Cheng, 22, listed on police records as
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    Body in river
    33 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Aug. 20 The police recovered the body of an unknown. Chinese on the banks of Sungel Tlram at Kampong Bakar Pada behind the Maiidee barrack.* here early today
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    Transferred
    35 10 BATUGAJAH. Aug. 20.—Mr. Lim Seong Chin, formerly Chinese Affairs Officer, Kuala Kangsar. assumed duties here today in the same capacity He succeeds Mr Lam Ka Chee who has become a Customs officer at Penang
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    Two women and gangster shot
    227 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 21 were caught early today in a “crossfire” by two detectives in Carpenter Street. One thug was shot down and two restaurant hostesses were injured. The wounded gangster, now under heavy guard in the General Hospital, is in a critical condition. The two
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    MALAY NEED NOT BE MUST FOR MPs
    232 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Aus JENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN, the* Prime'l ister told the Senate today that the Gove ment did not intend to introduce legislation the moment to insist that candidates for the los parliamentary election read and write Malay. The Tengku was giving a
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    Speed limit at Penang Esplanade
    80 10 PNANG, Au;. 19.—A new speed limit of 20 m.p.h. has been enforced at Penang’s favourite nightspot at the Esplanade. This move, it is believed, is aimed at curbing “chicken races” by motor cyclists and scooter riders who had been using the Esplanade as a race
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    Manager dies suddenly
    36 10 SUNGEI PATANI, Aug. 21. Mr. C. H Walrave. manager of the Harvard Estate process department at Bedong. died suddenly yesterday Mr. Walrave. a 49-year-old Dutchman, had a heart attack after leaving his office
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    Exposition a chance to show what’s new
    246 10 1/ UAL A LUMPUR. Au» 21.—The Prime Min ister, Tengku Abdu Rahman, today wishe every possible success to the Radio and Televi sion Exposition whic opens at the Stadiui Negara tomorrow. The Tengku in a me: sage that the expo»ltion vi an "excellent”
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    Party to mark Merdeka Day
    70 10 01 A te KAJANO Aug. -i- at t» party will L anei home of tin chP Mol 12 District O ffiCt 'u-7 \foham e med Othman h h hP Din. a* M S on Aug. 31 to Merdeka Day p ie. Two h'lndrer rtm p!&gt;
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    Clerk: Bar meeting, then a pay grab proposal
    760 11 .OIOR HEALTH MINISTRY OFFICIAL AND THREE OTHERS ON ATTEMPTED ROBBERY CHARGE SINGAPORE, Aug. 21 rpHE imancial clerk f the Thomson Road Hospital, Eddy lan. told a district court today of two meetiOß- m a bai, at which a senior Health Ministry official
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    World photo contest
    61 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21. Malayan photographers amateurs and professional have been invited to enter for .n international photographic contest in Geneva, sponsored by the Pacific and East Asia Regional Travel Commission for the International Union of Official Travel Organisation. Entries must be sent to the 1.U.0.T.0. Secretariat
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    DTC TEACHERS: NEW PAY PLAN WANTED
    164 11 izUALA LUMPUR. Aug. **2l.—The Day Training College sub-committee of the National Union of Teachers has submitted a revised salary scheme for D.T.C. graduates to the union's executive council for “scrutinisation and future negotiations with the Government.” This was announced today after a meeting of
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    Trainer rides cycle after his bolting horse
    150 11 PNANG, Aug 21.—Western Plains, a Class 2 horse entered for the Selangor meeting, bolted from Its, syces while being led to the Church Street pier this afternoon. With a riding boy astride, the horse ran through two streets before trainer Rudy Van Breukelen
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    Two homes broken into at night
    109 11 rNANG. Aug 20—Two burglaries believed to have been carried out by the same gang, reported in the Burmah Road-Immigration Road area last night. In the first case Choo Suan Seng and his family returned to their Immigration Road home at 8 p.m. to find
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    Dead baby in jar mystery
    41 11 ALOR STAR. Aug 211 -The police are investigating the mystery of a dead baby found in an earthern jar dug up by a labourer. The child is believed to have died two or three years ago.
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    Nurse denies abortion talk with police chief
    308 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 21. —Chua Cheng Neo. 25, a former nurse, denied today a lawyer s suggestion that she had discussed abortion in her interview with the the Police Commissioner over her friend. Inspector Andrew Loh Chee Chan. She was under continued cross-examination in
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    SENIOR MINISTRY OFFICIAL ROBBERY CHARGE
    503 12 $37,000 payroll grab attempt in hospital office alleged SINGAPORE. Aug. 21 SENIOR Health Ministry official was today alleged to have been involved in the attempted robbery of $37,029 payroll from the Thomson Road hospital on June 29. He is Chua Cheng Hin, clerical officer in
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    Han Suyin denies opposing Malaysia
    124 12 PEKING. Aug 21. —Miss Han Suyin, the novelist, yesterday denied here having stated that the idea of Malaysia was not supported by the Malayan people. In a Press statement issued here she stated that a report appeared some weeks ago that "I in an interview
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    Future is assured, teachers told
    180 12 r rHE Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, today assured Chinese school teachers that they had no cause for concern over their future. "As a member of the Federation Education Review Committee. I can reiterate the committee’s view that all those who have taken up
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    Grenade boy fund is now $19,000
    63 12 Kuala lumpur. Aug. 20 —A total of more than 519.000 has been received through the Kuala Lumpur Straits Times office and the Utusan Melayu for Mohamed Jedi bin Ya’acob Fund. Mohamed Jedi, 14, of Alor Gajah, Malacca, lost both hands in a grenade explosion
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    Girl drowned
    25 12 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Aug. 21. A one-year-old girl. Tan Ah Tin, was drowned in a monsoon drain at Simpang Ampat. Bukit Tengah, yesterday evening.
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    Queen will open first Women’s Day
    130 12 Kuala lumpur, Aug. 21—The Raja Permaisuri Agong will open Women’s Day, which will be held for the first tibe on Aug. 25. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, and the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, and their wives will be present at the
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    Union offers 24 scholarships
    58 12 KUALA LUMPUR Aug. 21. The Union of Post Office Workers is offering 24 scholarships to children of members to study in secondary schools next year. Eight of the awards are for Form 1. eight for Form 3 and the rest for Form 5. The awards vary
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    More members
    41 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 21.— The membership of the Police Administrative and Clerical i Services Union rose from 365 i to 477 between Aug. 1 last year, and the end of last I month, according to the union's .annual report.
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    Wong on plan for a road up Penang Hill
    251 12 Wong on pl an for a road up Penang Hill PEIV r PHE Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow xv' 18 1, day that an outline of the proiHK, a 1, l0 build a road up Penang Hill would be r. Jr- h a lo year. nex t This would be
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    PRAISE FOR HELPFUL WOMEN
    75 12 SEREMBAN. Aug bers of Women's branches in Kuala Pi*^[ Seremban were praised twn by the Mentri Besar of NJJ* Sembilan. Dato 'P r&gt; d hamed Said bin MoWmjJ; for helping in the const &gt; tion of rural roads and sisting in var He was opening a
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    LECTURERS WANTED BY NEW COLLEGE
    241 12 OINGAPORE, Aug. 20. —A search for lecturers for the new Ngee Ann College is now on. The college will begin its first academic session in March next year. It will have a Department of Languages comprising a Malay section and a Chinese section. The Department
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    Minister Ahmad Ibrahim dies, 35
    972 13  -  by JACKIE SAM Singapore, Aug. 21 INCHE Ahmad Ibrahim, Minister for Labour, died in the General Hospital here today. He was 35 and had been in poor health since 1958. Ho died at 3.15 p.m. shortly after ALpering “Ma’af” (“pardon*) to his -ht and wife,
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    MRS. LEON-SOH IN COMA AFTER HEART ATTACK
    129 13 SINGAPORE, Aur. 21. JIIRS. Felice Leon-Soh, secretary-general of the Li--1 beral Socialist Party, suffered a heart attack at 4 p.m. today and four hours later was reported to be still in a coma. Mrs. Leon-Soh, 39, was being driven to the city from
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    $400 donation
    23 13 BANTING, Aug 21 The workers of Telok Datoh Estate have Riven $4OO to the National Union of Plantation Workers' Hostel Fund.
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    Master of junk tells of a threat to shoot him
    475 14 PIRACY OFF MALACCA COAST ALLEGED MALACCA, Aug. 21 JHE MASTER of an Indonesian junk, Wahab bin Jaib, told the Malacca Sessions Court today how he and his crew of seven were held up at sea by four pirates, two of
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    ASA project on commodity liaison
    256 14 KUALA LUMPUR, August 20. possibility of Malaya, Thailand and the Philippines co-operating in various aspects of production and trade in primary commodities will be discussed here at a top level committee meeting on Aug. 20. It will be the first meeting of the Primary Commodities
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    Hydro planners get set to start on phase 2
    334 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 22 p R E P A R ATIONS to 1 start the $l5O million second phase of the Cameron Highlands Hydro Electric project are now under way. Site investigations have been started and the consulting engineers will submit
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    Bosses urged to ‘move with the times’
    256 14 KY ALn lumpud A l| K- 22,-Refusalb-employers to mov e wi i the times win divide employers and emplov. tcs into two “armed camps and generate toolings oi bitterness on both sides th e chairman of the Federation of Malaya Employers’ Consultative Association.
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    SCHOLARSHIPS OFFER BY CO-OPERATIVES
    185 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 22 J T'HE Selangor Government Servants Co-ope 1 Thrift and Loan Society will award na 1 larships for one year worth a total oi 1 children in secondary schools. I Another 15 will be offered by the Midlands Urban Cooperative Society Ltd. In
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    Tengku speaks UMNO SUCCESS
    2485 15 Extracts from his presidential address to the Umno General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 23 TH I S 15th A s s e mbly has been post poned rany times, for the j.mple reason that fun Abdul Razak jre I were compelled I with urgent
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    A defeat for Aziz in Umno assembly
    388 16  -  By TAMIMUDDIN KARIM LUMPUR, Aug. 23. The Umno general assembly today rejected the nomination of Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak as one of three vice-presidents of the organisation, a post he has held for four years. Altogether four names were submitted. Inche Aziz,
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    Grants for nurses
    61 16 TELUK ANSON, Aug 22 Two teachers in Lower Perak have been awarded Federation Government scholarships for nursing in England. They are Miss Ong Siok Choon, 18, of the Methodist Afternoon School, Teluk Anson, and Che Zahara binte Suhaimi. 18, of the Government English School in Sungei Sumun.
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    CHANCE IN COLLEGE FOR 90
    65 16 Kuala lumpur, Aug. 23. The Boys’ Wing of the Federation Military College will take in 80 to Of new pupils next year, it was announced today. Form three boys of secondary schools who will be under 16 years of age on Jan. 1 are invited
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    Electoral rolls
    22 16 PENANG, Aug 22.—The annual revision of electoral rolls in Penang will begin on Sept 1 and end on Oct. 12.
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    Govt clerks to discuss one service scheme
    154 16 conference hereon 8 1 26. will consider sxai the Federation Govern* ment for reors-anisatior °l th &lt;' clerical service“ H the" wfeXf Cuepac'i ra ,o Ch reg U esT 11 t h C e al L* erai Government rVexpS the proposed change. m
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    DANGER OF THOSE BLANK VOTES
    456 17 400,000 citizens \could be affected (SINGAPORE, Aug. 24. HE danger of casting blank votes in the coming referendum was explained today tiu Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. v a lunchtime rally in But non Square, Mr. Lee Malays were being told Blv should vote
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    New police post opens
    48 17 ALOR STAR. Aug 23. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Che Wan bin Sheikh Abdul Rahman, today opened a new police post at Sungei Tiang. 25 miles from here. The post will serve about 3.000 new settlers in the land development project in this area.
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    ‘Keep up dignity of country’ advice
    131 17 ‘Keep up dignity of country advice SIX student nurses who left Kuala Lumpur for Britain on Aug. 23 were advised to be “on your guard, not to misbehave and try to keep up the dignity of this country/* The Minister of Health, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, gave them this advice
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    WRITE IN IF YOU’RE AWAY FROM S’PORE ON SEPT. 1
    112 17 SINGAPORE, Aug. 23 The Government today assured Singapore voters, who will be away in the Federation or elsewhere for business or other legitimate reasons on referendum day —Sept. 1. that their names will not be struck off the electoral rolls.
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    UNION LEADERS GET REMINDER ABOUT DUTIES
    243 17 SINGAPORE. Auk. 23. I EADERS of Singapore Government employees’ unions have been told that they must “continue to maintain political neutrality.” The statement camp lrom the chairman of the Singapore Civil Service Staff Side Council. Mr. Seah Yun Chong, when he addressed them at
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    Union asks all its advisers to speak
    165 17 SINGAPORE. Aug 23 —The Singapore General Printing Workers’ Union has invited several Government and Opposition leaders to speak at its golden jubilee meeting on Aug. 25, which is also Printers’ Day. The speakers, all honorary advisers to the union are: MR. DAVID MARSHALL,
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    NO VISA FEE FROM NEXT MONTH
    208 17 Kuala lumpur, Aug. 23. Malayans, who thought that t »es for visas for travelling between Association of South-East Asia countries had been waived from Aug. 1, have found they were wrong. There were: RIGHT in thinking that the fees were to be waived. This
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    M-celebrations
    15 17 SINGAPORE Ang 22 Singapore Umno will observe the Merdeka anniversary celebrations on Aug. 31.
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    TENGKU’S OFFER TO KENYA MUSLIMS
    199 18 Kuala lumpur, au^. 24. —Tengku Abdul Rahman, announced tomtit that Malaya would tiuin Muslims from Kenya to become good politicians. He told the closing session of the Umno general assembly that three representatives trom Muslim organisations in Kenya had seen him for help to raise
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    BASES STAY A LONG TIME, ARMY UNION TELLS MEMBERS
    170 18 SINGAPORE. Aug. 22.—The Army Civil Service Union has assured its 16.000 members that the British would not pull out their bases here for a long time yet. This was because the British needed the bases to protect their large economic interests
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    The women reply to Minister’s strictures
    480 18 THEY SAY: IT’S A TWIST—WHY PICK ON US? WHAT ABOUT THE MEN? KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 24 yyOMEN teachers generally agreed today with the Minister of Education, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib, that they should not wear clothes “unsuitable to their profession” but some
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    Off to New York
    47 18 SINGAPORE. Aug 22 Dr Ho Peng Yoke, reader in history of science in the Physics Department, University of Singapore, today flew to the United States to attend an international conference on the history of science to be held in New York next week.
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    Loke joins board of Malayan Banking Ltd
    123 18 SINGAPORE, Aug. 24. Dato Loke Wan Tho chairman of Cathay Organisation, has joined the board of directors of Malayan Banking Ltd. He will shortly De going to London to attend, among other activities, the opening ox the bank's branch there. Dato Loke has
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    A week-old baby found on road
    78 18 SINGAPORE. Aug. 24 Police are anxious to contact anyone who knows the parents of a week-old baby girl, found abandoned in a basket near the Bth milestone Clementi Road on Aug 22. The baby, now being taken care of at the Kandang Kerbau hospital,
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    Head of $5m housing firm. is Sultana’s brother
    174 18 Head of $5m housing firm. is Sultana’ s brother KIALA LI MPI R. Aug a A new So million housing development company with the Sultan of Selangor* Sh^ W, .K? en ku Shah lbm Hisamuddin A lam Shah (above) is chairman of the board of directors has been formed here.
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    Dinner party
    42 18 SINGAPORE Aug 24 —The chairman of the council r. Nanyang University. Mr Lark Sye. will give a dinner to delegates to the R^ a Conference on Legal Education at 8 15 pm on Aug si at the Cathay Chinese Restaurant.
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    It’s set: ‘Bapa Malaysia’
    239 18 Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 23 T&lt;ENGKU Abdul Rah- man will receive the title of “Bapa Malaysia' (Father of Malaysia) and not “Bapa Melavu Rava” (Father of Greater Malaya). The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, said today that the title of “Bapa Malaysia” was more
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    A lullaby to help the Tengku sleep well
    132 19 IIA I LUMPUR, Aug. 04 The two-day Un V "eneral assemhlv e. d today with a l om MP. singing a sonfc 0 1^ ie p r in Minister sleep 5m te Hajjah Zain Snte mlman (Pontian) arte &lt; r number—calld B
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    A word of advice to ‘twisting’ teachers
    210 19  - A word of advice to twisting’ teachers By VALERIE NG: Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 23 teachers today received some fatherly advice from the Minister of Education, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib. “Not only is the twist alien to Eastern culture, it is unpleasant to watch.” he said in a message
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    Union’s action threat
    191 19 PENANG, Aug. 24 rpHE National Union A of Bank Employees today accused the Committee of Banks of rejecting their “hand of compromise’' to resolve the present deadlock in the workers’ claims. “In view of the employers’ adamant attitude, we have no alternative but to resort to action
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    New O.C.P.D
    42 19 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 23. Assistant Superintendent Akll bin Adam will be the new of-flcer-ln-charge of the Johore Rahru Police District from Saturday. He takes over from Mr. Rex Isaacs who will be with No 8 Police Field Force at looh
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    Sambanthan visit to Singapore
    70 19 SINGAPORE, Aug. 20.—Dato V. T. Sambanthan, the Federation Minister for Posts, Works and Telecommunications, arrives here tomorrow on a two-day visit. Dato Sambanthan. also the MIC national president, will address the Singapore Indian community at the Indian Congress premises In Race Course Lane on Tuesday. The
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    MANIAM $190—biggest shock in day of good dividends
    1051 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP; Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 26 f AVOrHITES took a hammering on a very heavy track at Kuala Lumpur today. Race One d CL i MV. 3—7 FURS. wndjitsiiK' Stable’s MAM AM 8.10 (80- 60) Taylor 1 Auch Aye 8 8
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      44 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $132,300 1st. No. *****6 ($35,721) 2nd. No. *****3 ($17,860) 3rd. No. *****8 8.930) STARTERS ($992 each): Nos. *****1; *****3; *****8; *****8; *****7; *****2; *****7; *****0; *****2. CONSOLATION ($793 each): Nos. *****2; *****0; *****7; *****9; *****8; *****0; *****2; *****7; *****6; *****8.
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      Rubber market: Small turnover
      469 20 ORICES over the pe--1 riod have continued to decline, and overseas markets have shown no inclination to arrest this trend state H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their weekly review of the rubber market. The main support for the market has come from Increased demand for October and
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      Relief over G.S.A. decision
      1094 20 From Our Market Correspondent long last on Saturday morning the Malayan Stock Exchange knew the details of the long delayed announcement of the details of American tin stockpile sales. In a nutshell the G.S.A. will offer for sale beginning September 12 a maximum of 200 tons
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      36 20 (Man***,* 1 RntM) Flr*t Malayan 1.40 Second Malayan i n ia TBIrd Malayan .ho 47 Klrut Hong Kong j Second Hong Kong ,g» 72* Sterling Commodity 4 3 4 y l* Hong Kong ('urrtarj^
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      38 20 Current Date of Total total for payment payment for previous vear year Kuchai Tin 15';; Sept. 11 155 40% Kundong Tg. Pau 6 t Sept. 24 455 Perak Rubber 12/2% Sept. 27 20% 27J5 t Interim
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      CLOSING PRICES
      33 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul) Aug. 20 735, etc. $423.62'j 21 73 cts. $423.25 22 73*4 cU. $423 00 23 73'acts. $423.37 &gt;4 24 72%, cU. $423.62'* *5 $421 12*4
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      Malayan Share List
      1004 20 npHE lUte of tb*r«* on the Malayan Stock Exchange show last business to August IS. (A) and last business since the date (B) with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business this year to date were: INDUSTRIALS N L AS Alex Bricks 220 .80 Ords
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