The Straits Budget, 5 September 1962

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  • 29 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ST <37. Kuala Lumpur, September 5, 1962. Price 40 cents (Malaya or 1 KDN 020.
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    • 290 2  -  IBRAHIM bin ALI Commissioner of National Registration. Malaya Petaling Jaya 1 REFER to the statement by Mr Ng Ann Teck, M.P. in the Straits Times of Aug. 28 about the lack of response from the public for new Identity cards. Mr.
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    • 99 2  -  FED LP Ipoh IN a way, Mr. Ng Ann Teck was right iwhen he said that delays in obtaining citizenship papers was the reason why people were not coming forward to change their identity cards. In Ipoh however, it would appear that the Registration Office
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    • 95 2  -  TEACHER Teluk Anson OP all the qualified teachers who have been victimised by the unified scheme, those who qualified in 1959 (that is, those who started teaching in 1960) are the hardest hit This is explained by the fact that although they are automatically
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    • 57 2  -  TENANT Singapore SINCE tenants on Housing and Development Board estates are forbidden to keep dogs, will the board assume responsibility for any losses sustained In burglaries—which are becoming more and more frequent? The absence of watchdogs Is making the burglar’s task so much easier, and we would
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    • 101 2  -  PARENT AL r Star IT Is cheering to r. J that the Singapore police have at last declared war on the “tikam racket” operators The “tikam racket” preys mostly on school children and is also prevail In Kedah, especially in the outlying districts which are the main outlets
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    • 69 2  -  DAVID MARSHALL Singapore A RAP on the knuckles for the malice of your headline, “Merger—the two minds of Mr. Marshall” on the report of S. Rajaratnam of a report of the Nanyang Slang Pau and the Sin Chew Jit Poh as to what I am supposed to have
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    • 71 2  -  P R Kuala Lumpur HAVEN’T the news readers of Radio Malaya any standard by which to go by? I am tired of hearing English news read In a heavy Malay and Tamil accent. Some of them can’t even pronounce simple words correctly. There is one reader
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    • 91 2  -  ROBERT TAN Singapore (CONGRATULATIONS on your leader “Disgust at tlie Games.” The writer Is clearly a credit to his trade As this letter is written and the Games have alreadv commenced, may I add a note to the members of the Asian Games Federation,
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    • 260 2  -  ASIAN GAMES BA* 1 ON FORMOSA AND !S: ael C.G.N Singapore DESPITE the vehement prolests by all na tions taking part in the Asian Games, and despite efforts to bring about a peaceful set tlement in the dispute between Indonesia and Formosa and
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    • 125 2  -  MB Petaling Jay* ABOUT lour weens age several sets of confusing traffic lights were switched on at the junction of Jalap Gaslng. Jalan University and Federal Highway in Petallng Jaya. Since these lights went on there have been a number J accidents, and confusion rather than orderliness
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    • 151 2  -  SPORTSMAN Singapore VOUR editorial of August 25 on the Asian Games fiasco hit the bulls-eye. Not even in Hitler s Olympics in 1936 did we witness such a flagrant violation of the spirit of the Games. If the exclusion of Formosa and Israel is
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    • 162 2  -  S M Singapore AS usual David Marshall Holmes has been running after false scents of his own making. He alleges (S.T. Aug 28) that the Mi-' nistry of Culture uttered a “complete falsehood” when In a Press release it stated that “the names of absent
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    • 363 3 traits Times, Aug. 27 L G lV mment, the Prime announced at the 1 ,.„ibly of Umno, is I’ Iding the next 1 ltu i Federal elections at me. An immediate that will occur to roi i. is that in simultEus e. miutigning, there is a W. j.
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    • 706 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 28 lshing that the pion of v. U. u r red Wdia ya have sufl u and for so long L 1 imposed upon IL v and their sex. L r largely in their Le key have the fe.* can Rot into ar the
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    • 265 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 28 Tlie terms of trade have turned against the commodity exporters, and it is easier to diagnose the problem than to find a remedy. Foreign aid, as the Minister of Commerce and Industry told the Asa Committee on Primary Products, is not the solution. Yet
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    • 626 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 29 It is much to be regretted that the Council of the Asian Games Federation, confronted by the Jakarta crisis, waited for a lead from the International Amateur Athletics Federation. True there were difficulties in the Council’s way, including the ability of its president,
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    • 351 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 2t> What the Federation Government has said about local government renders it unlikely that any move to abolish local authority elections or to narrow their scope will be encouraged. When the Federal Capital Act was debated, the Minister of the Interior was very anxious that
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    • 243 4 —Straits Times, Aug, 29 Jambodia’s neutralist head of .state wears an uneasy crown. A «ew weeks ago Prince Norodom 6ihanouk approached Washington for a little military aid not too much, to defend his neutrality. Now he has asked Mr. Khrushchev’s approval for the convening of a conference, on
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    • 321 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 30 Once more the cry goes up for teacher solidarity. Meeting at Kota Bharu for their annual conference, delegates of the National Union of Teachers have resolved to work for the formation of “a single strong union.” To this end, the N.U.T. will seek
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    • 273 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 30 No matter what the Fourth Asian Games are finally called, nothing can detract from Jegathesan’s 200 metre track triumph. It is a new high water mark for Malayan athletes, an illustrious performance by a young man who now stands (or rather who runs) on
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    • 741 4 —Straits Times, Aug. 31 It would appear that we are forbidden by Singapore’s referendum law from expressing tomorrow, referendum day, any opinion on the issue laid before Singapore’s electorate. Today’s last arguments by the Government and its merger allies and by the Opposition, even the four letter word
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    • 530 4 —Straits Times. Aug 3i Merdeka Day is upon us once more, the fifth since colonial rule lowered its flag to make way for the banners of Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. The Malayan nation has been maturing with the years. Even so, we are still young enougii in
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    • 269 4 threat it mav -Straits Times. The Indonesian Governme® seems bent on making tlfl problem of the Fourth Asifl Games as difficult and troubl® some for everyone as possiblH Even friends who for con® mercial or political reasofl have supported Indor.os® against what must be the® better judgement
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  • 2072 5  -  behind THE SCENES AT THE ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF MALAYA'S BIGGEST PARTY by SAMAD ISMAIL KUALA LUMPUR, AUO. 2« I lLDQM are I there dramaI moments I when Umno ■delegates meet for ■thC'ir annual conference The party’s ■general assembly ■which ended on Aug. |24 was
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  • 79 6 IPOH, Aug. 26.—Thieves broke into a house in Laxamana Road early this morning and stole cash and jewellery, together worth $1,160 Cheong Hon 43. a fishmonger, left with his wife at about 3 a.m. for the nearby central market after telling his eldest son, aged 12,
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  • 128 6 KOTA BHARU, Aug. 30. 4 N oily man’’ has been terrorising young girls in Kampong Bunut Payong. two miles from here, for three nights. Screams from girls have been heard from several houses between midnight and 3 a.m. Youths in the
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  • 62 6 IPOH, Aug. 26.—A motion resolving that Ipoh Municipal Councillors should try to use the national language in their deliberations ‘‘wherever and whenever” possible will be up for debate at the Municipality monthly meeting on the night of Aug. 30. The motion will be introduced by Dr. Haji
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  • 49 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 30. Haji Abdul Kadir bin Haji Hassan former Assistant Commissioner of Police in Trengganu has arrived neri to take over as Chief Police Officer Johore from Mr T B Voice who goes on leave prior to retirement at the end of September.
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  • 205 6 KUALA LUMPUR Au<> IjALAYA is studying proposals to set uu a h,.« iTI stock for coconut oil and copra a'r'm r countries. Also under study are an iutenvui e opera exchange and coconut advisorv hmrH al This was disclosed today by aiQ the
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  • 74 6 SINGAPORE, Aug. 23—A regional conference on legal education, organised by the University of Singapore law faculty, will be opened tomorrow by the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. B. R. Sreenivasan. Attending it will be about 140 delegates from .vlalaya. Indonesia. Sarawak. Philippines. Japan, Vietnam, Thailand. Burma, India. Pakistan and Ceylon
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  • 159 6 UAL A LUMPUR, Aug. 26British scienu.su icgarded the fisheries research in Malaya as "one of the answers to the problem of varying Far Eastern diets and adding much-needed protein." said a report of the British Information Service today. The report quoted an
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  • 44 6 KLANG. Aug. 26—The police are stepping up measures against the increase in chee fah and character lottery betting here and in the Port Swettenham and Pandamaran areas. A police spokesman c aio that even small children putting bets on the number* game.
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  • 27 6 SINGAPORE. Aug. 26-To’i Chye Seng. 27. VI three by 10 thugs and stabbed nr times in the st jK aLh «fterLavender Street this aL noon.
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  • 278 7 Stockpile release: ‘Threat to workers’, he says KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 26. THE president of the All-Malayan Mining Staff l/nion. Mr. C. A. Mathews, today said that e American stockpile release was a direct threat to the livelihood of 40,000 workers in the country.
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  • 173 7 SINGAPORE. Aug. 25Payment of a special monthly marriage allowance of $25 to its employees is one of the provisions Tficluded in a three-year agreement between the Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd. and the Singapore Insurance Companies Employees’ Union. The company also
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  • 72 7 MISS Nancy Wong, of Perak who was crowned “Miss Telecoms” at the annua! pan-Malayan Telecoms dance held in Kuala I.um pur. Miss Wong won the title from 10 other girls. Miss Kamala Lawrence of Selangor was second, and Miss Dawn Kiien. also of Selangor, was
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  • 40 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 23. —The Minister of Transport. Dato Haji Sardon bin Haji Jubir. today opened the new $300,000 Sri Jaya Transport Company bus depot at Petaling Jaya. The depot will eventually become the company’s workshop.
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  • 199 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Aug. 26 T He 1 f'cnt will be on :i S Malayans re loins the l >aya in celerdeka Day r A tv r( v•: V e State.wide 1 <■ issued to- ‘vernment. *.’.1 Johor* ports 'be Federation i lasts. Governbusiness v
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  • 232 7 SINGAPORE, Aug. 26. r rRADE union leader, Mr. C. V Devan Nair, has outlined the “positive attitude to be adopted by the trade union movement after Malaysia is tormed. I Mr Nair, who made the point In a message to the Singapore General
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  • 60 7 SINGAPORE. Aug. ?G. A dissident breakaway group of members of the joint Shaw Organisation and Malay Films Production branch of the leftwing Singapore General Employees’ Union today called on the remaining members in the branch to follow them ir. breaking away from the union
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  • 47 7 KU’ALA LUMPUR, Aug. 2G. —The Deputy Prime Minister, Tim Abdul Razak, left for Jesselton today to rejoin the inter-govermental committee on the Borneo territories, headed by Lord Lansdowne. Tun Razak returned 4 o Kuala Lumpur last week to attend Umno's general assembly
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  • 21 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 20 The Natlorpl Union of Cinema Workers will hold its annual meeting here on Aug 28.
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  • 197 7 LUMPUR, Aug. 27.—The Federation Government today announced olhcially that the Malayan Special Force of 1,300 men in the Congo is to be reduced by one-third. An official statement said the United Nations had agreed to the Government's request to withdraw some oi the troops “In
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  • 37 7 JESSELTON, Aug. 20. A $200,000 government grant lor oil palm seedlings has given another boost lo the colony's fledgling oil palm industry The sum will allow for the planting of 1.000 acres.
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  • 192 8 ‘To further cause of Socialism’ PENANG, Aug:. 26. The Socialist Front assemblyman for Tanjong Selatan, Mr. C. Y. Choy, has decided to give up his $780-a-month job to keep his seat in the State Legislative Assembly He told the Straits Times today: “It is
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  • 33 8 PENANG, Aug. 26—The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee. today opened an exhibition of paintings by German artist Karl Friedrich Bendlln at the Lee Sih Chong Soo building in Burmah Road.
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  • 25 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 26— The Minister of Health, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, will open a new health centre at Rawang on Aug. 28.
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  • 126 8 IJUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 26 An annual delegates’ conference of the Government Temporary Officers’ Union today called on the Government to take “immediate steps to accelerate the re-organLsation” of its clerical services. A resolution passed by the conference stated that if the reorganisation did not
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  • 537 8 Alternative ‘A gets more union support AUTONOMY OVER EDUCATION AND LABOUR MOST SUITED TO US... SINGAPORE, Aug. 27 rriIKEE more organisations have come out Ln support of the White Paper proposals (Alternative “A”) in the coming referendum. They are the Singapore Chinese School Teachers’ Cnion. the Singapore Chinese Medicine Association
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  • 372 8 SINGAPORE, Aug. 26 TTIE Singapore Trade Unions Working CommitA tee has declared that it will not recognise the results of the merger referendum. “We reserve our right to further perpetuate our struggle against the PAP’s phoney merger on a new basis,” it said
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  • 80 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 26Che Siti Asiah Wahab, a typist with the Malayan Railway Sentul Workshops, won the “Miss Penang Night” contest here last night. She beat more than 10 girls who competed for this title at the seventh "Penang Night," anniversary organised by the Penang Association in Kuala Lumpur. Among
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  • 171 8 Kuala lumpur. auJ 23 —Ten experts fro™ Thailand and the Phi* lippines arrived here air today to attend aS ASA conference tomor* row. .1 The conference will seeK draw up a programme tor to™ changing mioimation aim perience in internatio trade. nn <B It
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  • 663 9 ‘Common practice for miners to deliver ore in names of others 9 IPOH, Aug 27. r vY CHONG BENG, former assistant agent of the Eastern Smelting 1 ompany at Ipoh, told the High Court here today that it was a common practice for miners and
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  • 23 9 MUAR. Aug. 27—A total of $7,000 has been spent on a footpath :|i Jalan Maharani—from the Customs godown in Jalan Bentayan—here.
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  • 48 9 PENANG. Aug. 27—The Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee, will open the Bth annual exhibition bv local artists at the British Council and Penang Library on Sept. 3 Sponsored by the Penang Arts Council, the exhibition will be open daily until Sept. 8.
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  • 90 9 SINGAPORE. Aug. 27—A man with 13 convictions ad mitted in a district court today that he stole a Ss(> watch during a visit to his married sister’s home In Annamalai Avenue Mohamed Mydeen o i i. Rawther. 30 also admitted that the theft
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  • 74 9 KOTA B1IARU, Aug. 26—The Sultan of Kelantan and his consort are to pay an official visit to Thailand, probably in October. This will be the first visit of the Ruler outside Malaya since he ascended the throne two years ago. The State Government is
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  • 164 9 MALACCA, Aug. 26. has started on the construction of Malacca's 1,000-acre recreational park at Ayer Kroh, eight miles from here. The park will have an 18-hole golf course with a clubhouse, swimming pool of Olympic standard, a state zoo. children’s playground and six
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  • 101 9 i Tr KOTA BHARU, Aug. 26. u P-W.D. technical assistant, Mahmood jiirJ*- 1 1 n was killed and two trisha men inr a V >iate road accidents during a one-hour r(‘ last, night. ,Mahr, 11 ia l m I1L 'orr.e v ls returning r. rk when
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  • 73 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 27—Rediffusion sets in about 500 homes in the Balestier Road area were silenced yesterday Police are investigating a complaint by RedifTusion (Singapore) Ltd. that several lengllhs of wires were cut and ripped out. The affected sets are in Boon Teck Road.
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  • 27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 27 The Thailand tour of the Sultan of Kelantan and the Raja Perempuan will be unofficial and not official as stated yesterday.
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  • 147 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 27. FORMER top Government officer, Mr. Yap Kon Choon, 53. has been appointed to the key post of chief liaison officer of the Malayan Chinese Asso- ciation headquarters. According to a statement from the M.C.A secretarygeneral, Mr. Cheah
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  • 48 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 2G Mr. S. Hameed, assistant lecturer In the Department of Indian Studies at the University of Malaya here, will give a talk on “Twentieth Century Tamil Poets” In Tamil tomorrow at 8 pin at the Arts Lecture Theatre “A” of the university.
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  • 75 9 SINGAPORE. Aug. 26-Mr Foo Yong Fong, who is serving a year’s sentence in Outram nrison has been re-elected president of the Singapore Business Houses Employees’ Union. A former central councillor of the union, Mr. P. Govin- dasamy, who was recently released from a orison sentence,
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  • 568 10 MINISTER WARNS OF THE URGENT TASK FACING ASA NATIONS I/UALA LUMPUR, Aug. 27.—The Minister of Commerce and Industry, inche Khir Johari, spoke today of the alarming trends in the prices ol primary products. He said the need to arrest and correct these trends was
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  • 302 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 26 Air Ministry Local Staff Union has rejected A a claim by the Army Civil Service Union that the 40,000 workers in the three armed services had managed to obtain benefits due to the direct result of the “tremendous efforts” of
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  • 24 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 27.—The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers’ Union will continue wage talks with the management of F.E. Zuellig (Singapore) Ltd. tomorrow.
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  • 63 10 KANGAR Aug. 26. Sixtythree victims whose homes were damaged by a storm which swept the State last month, were today presented with $6,730 contributed by the Social and Welfare Lotteries Board to rebuild their houses. The presentation was made by the Mentri Besar of Perils, Dato
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  • 52 10 IESSELTON, Aug. 26.—The North Borneo Government is to spend up to $1,500,000 to improve imdiatcly east coast defences against piracy. Immediate targets include additional radio equipment and other materials, reinforcing police strength, continuous naval patrols, and help from the R.A.F. Shackleton patrols and a Twin Pioneer based
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  • 705 10 By A STAFF REPORTER: Singapore, Aug 27 Police Commis- sioner of North Borneo has called for urgent action to strengthen its east coast defences. The challenge of illegal craft operating off this coast is both more complex and more extensive ihan
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  • 281 11  -  by JACKIE SAM SINGAPORE, Aug. 26 rpHE Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, today’led hundreds of People s Action Paity members and supporters on a large-scale campaign for merger. With him were all the nther Cabinet ministers
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  • 78 11 -M 1 1 U’MPWIt, Aug. 28. tra f Vu had a favourable lion rt« aanc of 8130 mllmonths K thi > e Hrst seven Dared t s y p ar. comCl h S172.2 million ypa, e '»me period last Crt."'?" Issued b y «he total
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  • 261 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 28 WAGE increases for some of the 10,000 employees of the British War Department in the Federation are expected to be announced next week The president of the Federation War Department Civilian Staff Association. Mr. S.J.H. Zaidi, said today he
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  • 54 11 PENANG, Aug. 28 —Dr. J. G Davies, former TB specialist. Penang General Hospital, died suddenly this morning at his residence in Gottlieb Gardens here. Dr. Davies, who was a major in the Indian Army during the last war, came to Malaya about 14 years ago
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  • 126 11 Kuching. Aug. 28 —The Malaysia Inter-Govern-mental Committee’s inaugural meeting will be held in Jesselton on Aug. 30 and the Sarawak delegation will comprise three officials and six unofficial members of the Sunreme Council. It will be led by Officer Administering the Govern- ment, Mr. Francis
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  • 185 11 Kuala lumpur, Aug. 28—The ASA committee on primary commodities today began discussing a six-point agenda at the Tengku Abdul Rahman Hall. The chairman of the committee of 15 men and one woman from Malaya, Thailand and the Philippines is the Secretary for Commerce and Industry,
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  • 698 12  -  by LIM BENG TEE Singapore, Tues. r jlIE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has challenged Opposition political parties to state clearly what action they will take if, at their instigation, the number of blank votes cast in Sept, l’s referendum results in
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  • 300 12  -  By VIC NAYAGAM: Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 28 fpHE fourth Asian Broadcasters’ Conference meet- ing here today heard complaints that Peking Radio was beaming broadcasts to the Malaysian territories in an attempt to stir up trouble, part- icularly in Sarawak. The
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  • 40 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 28. Mr Justice Fernando, a judge of the Ceylon Supreme Court, who is here as a delegate to the regional conference on legal education, called on the Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose, in his chambers yesterday.
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  • 315 12  -  From NORMAN SIEBEL: Jakarta, Aug. 28 JEGATHESAN today showed the great Milka Singh of India how to run the 200 metres. Jega won his semi-final in an all-in-a-line finish this afternoon. Oroh of Indonesia was second, lijima of Japan third,
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  • 22 12 BANTING. Aug. 28 —Mr. K M. Vanighese and Mr. P. Kathiravel have been appointed members of Tanjong Sepat council.
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  • 107 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 28—Thej 22-ton yacht Tauruaj which sailed for Europe aj lortnight ago with four srj vicemen and the dauphtca of an RAP. sergeanfl aboard, is three toys be l hind schedule. Skipper A ijox j Line, in a wireless ires.-acei told of rough weather which the
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  • 56 12 SINGAPORE Thai police M,b V b i UeeB Amnart Mahapinm. awarded a Colon- 1 scholarship bv r.dcfl!® pore Governna ii .-mS a four-year course at im I Polytechnic. Mr Mahanini! *9 Q ant as V-let t.j 1 engineer attach* Marine P oll f j e
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  • 376 13 Field workers will knock on house doors, ask questions KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. r pHE Federation Government's $l-2 million manpower survey will move into “round two" on Sept. 1 with 340 field workers knocking on house doors asking a series of questions. The replies
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  • 59 13 PENANG, Aug. 28. The Royal Australian Air Force base at Butterworth will hold an open day with an air display on Sept. 15 to commemorate the Battle of Britain Day. A feature of this year’s celebrations will be the award of a free flight to
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  • 110 13 THE EIGHTH BATCH of student nurses to be sent to Britain for training left Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 27 for London. Miss Ngiau Sai Lan. 18, (left) and Miss Nancy Chew, If), both from Kuala Lumpur, hope tor go to the same hospital as they
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  • 187 13 Kuala lumpuk, Aug. 28— A full-scale revision of parliamentary, State, local authority and local council electoral rolls, which have a total of about 2.5 million names, will be carried out from Sept. 1 to Oct. 12. An Elections Commission announcement today asked all
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  • 49 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 28.—Mr. Robert Chee, a lawyer, has been appo nted Deputy Secretary and legal officer of the Economic Development Board. His younger lawyer brother. Mr. William Chee. has also left his law practice to loin the Housing and Development Board as Assistant Secretary (Legal).
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  • 301 13 SEREMBAN, Aug. 28. THE Negri Sembilan Legislative Assembly today agreed to set up a special committee to determine whether the allegations made by an Opposition member against the members of the Executive Council constituted an abuse of privilege of freedom of speech. The agreement came
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  • 594 14  -  By YAP CHIN KWEE: Kuala Lumpur, Aug 28 'J'HE Malayan Chinese Association is to extend its activities into the Borneo territories after Malaysia comes into being. Tills was announced by the association’s new pub llcity chiel, Mr. Chan Chong Wen. alter an all-day meeting
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  • 179 14 Settlers told: Work —or else... MALACCA, Aug. 28. The Assistant Minister of Rural Development. Haji Khalici bin Awang Osman, today warned settlers in three fringe alienation schemes here that the Government would not hesitate to confiscate their land if they were found to be lazy and idle. He added that
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  • 91 14 PENANG. Aug. 28 —The Papal representative in South-East Asia. Bishop Carlo Van Melckebeke, is among 800 Melckebeke, is among 800 guests invited to the official opening of the Heng Ee Primary School—Penang’s first Chinese Catholic Boys’ School —on Sept. 9. The $140,000 school, run by
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  • 30 14 SINGAPORE. Aug. 30—Mr Justice Tan Ah Tah of the Singapore Supreme Court, who has been away on a three-month world tour, is expected back on Sept. 1.
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  • 169 14 IPOH, Aug. 30. r FHE Malayan Chinese Association, Perak branch, 1 today accused the People's Progressive Party of using ratepayers’ money in the Ipoh municipal- ity “for political stunts.” A Press statement by the M.C.A. also accused the P.P.P, of neglecting the new villages in
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  • 427 14 IPOH, Aug 28 T AY Chong Beng, former assistant aar>m 1 Eastern Smelting Company in i UO h lhe High Court here today that he was pron/iiS,' 1 th money when he arranged for a m/uer f° me in the
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  • 330 14 P. Swettenham, Aug. 30 rpHE administration of Port Swettenham will be solit from the Railway Administration some time next year, the Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir, announced here today. He was opening a bridge over the Klang River which
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  • 48 14 KUANTAN, Aug. 30. The Pahang State Assembly today appointed Mr Hoh Chee Cheong. 62, a former State Assemblymen from Bentong. to serve as its representative i thre® on the Senate I year term He replaces a**- hfl Van of Kuant .ye® just ended •>.& term
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  • 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF MERDEKA
  • 129 15 PENANG, Aug. 30 While celebrating the Merdeka anniversary, the people of Malaya should give the Malaysia plan an “important place” in their mind, the Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee, said Aug. 30. In a Merdeka message to the State. Dato Wong said
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  • 42 15 SINGAPORE, Aug. >3o.—The Ministry of Education todnv announced that 162 candidates were successful in the General Certificate of Education summer examination held in June and July this year. Of these. 63 passed the ordinary level apd 99 the advanced level.
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  • 57 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 30. More than 85,000 people have visited the Radio and Television exposition at the Stadium Negara which opened last week. Peak hours are normally between 7.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. There will be a special Merdeka anniversary attraction tomorrow when prizes will be
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  • 30 15 TELUK ANSON, Aug 30 A new rubber processing cenjre, complete with a smokehouse, has been completed at Kamnong Ranlar near here on the self-help method by the villagers.
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  • 564 17  -  By JACKIE SAM: SINGAPORE, Sept. 1 SINGAPORE goes to the polls today. Some 640,000 people will have to choose the type of reunification with Malaya. At this national referendum, they will be asked to pick one of these alternatives: ALTERNATIVE A: (symbol Singapore tlag): Merger
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  • 656 17 SINGAPORE. Aug. 31 A FEDERATION Goveminent legal expert suggested here today that there was “much to be said" for extending the office of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong from the present period of five years to one for life. The expert. Mr. R.H Hic k ling,
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  • 52 17 KANGAR, Aug. 30 The Perils Assembly today elected Syed Bahauddln bln Syed Noh as their representative on the Senate. Syed Bahauddln. 55, Is president of the Perils Council of Religion and Malay Customs. He succeeds Indie Abdullah bin Ishak whe has Just retired after completing a three-year
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  • 227 18 KANGAR. Aug. 30. TWO Alliance assemblymen today objected to the manner in which the new State Legal Adviser, Inche Hamzah bin Dato Haji Abu Samah, was sworn in as a member of the State Assembly. Haji Mokhtar bin Haji Ismail (Kurong Anal), who is
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  • 57 18 SINGAPORE. Aug. 30. Three Colombo Plan Canadian teachers. Mr. R. W. Edmonds. Mr. F.V. Hinch and Mr. M Smalley, arrived here recently to join the Singapore Teachers’ Training College on Sept. 3 as teaching advisers. With them were eight other Canadians who left for Kuching. where
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  • 47 18 SINGAPORE, Aug. 30. A Suriakumaran, 23, of the In land Revenue Department who was injured in a road accident a year ago, was awarded $3,907 damages and costs by Mr Justice Ambrose in the High Court today The award was madt against Malayan Airways Ltd
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  • 132 18 IPOH, Aug. 30. The 1 plan for a $l7 million sewerage scheme for this town of 200,000 is now ready for implementation But work will not start until the Federal Government gives the final approval for the loan which will finance it.
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  • 25 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 31. Mr. Alfred Pond, a 65-year-old teacher trained for the Peace Corps, will arrive in Malaya soon to teach chemistry.
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  • 239 18 Kuala lumpuk. Aug. 30. —Sufficient priority is being given to Government projects of national importance so that their progress will not be held up as a result of the current cement shortage Mr. A.E. Llewellyn, chairman of Malayan Cement Ltd., which supplies the bulk
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  • 151 18 KUANTAN, Aug. 30. 4 N Alliance Assemblyman for Jenderak, Inche Mohamed Yusof bin Haji Long, wants the Pahang Government to pay the funeral expenses ol Assemblymen. He made the plea during a debate in the Assembly today on a supplementary budget totalling $367,225. Inche Mohamed
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  • 71 18 PENANG, Aug. 30.—An insurance company manager. Haii Abdul Hamid bin Ishak was elected pro-tem chairman of the Penang and Province Wellesley branch of the United Democratic Party at its inaugural meeting last night. Others elected were: Mr. Ooh Chooi Cheng and Mr. Ch’ng Saik Howe (vice-chair-men);
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  • 390 18 Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 30 CONGRATULATORY messages poured i„ here today to mark the country's filth mJ deka celebrations. r A message from the Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, to the Federation Premier, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said: “Our warmest congratulations from the people
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  • 107 18 KLANG. Aug. 30.—The Selangor Government has a $50,000 scheme to provide religious adult education aimed partly at discouraging superstitions and beliefs w’hieh hinder people from bettering themselves. The Mentri Besar. Dato Abu Bakar bin Baginda, announced this when opening a course for teachers of adult education
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  • 145 18 IT'UALA LUMPUR, Aug. 30 —Two Ministers, the Minister of Finance. Mr Tan Slew Sin, and the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Inche Mohamed Khir Johari. will leave for London within the next three days to attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ conference. Inche Khir will
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  • 794 19  -  "By M JEEP Kuala pur, tog. 29 n v\ v’EUR, who B°; st of starting ed one of s talls t of wins V d Malayan faceco. here today. r r 2 One C l \k U1V. *-71 "'t 8 5 M L« 1
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  • 790 19 IfUALA LUMPUR, R Sept. 2. —It was a royal triumph in the King's Gold Cup ract over 61 at Kuala Lumpur today. Race One CL. 2—ABT. 7 FURS. MBK S' ibit's Ml) BL.l( K GOLD 9.0 <9lO- 273> Harbridge 1 1,1 ll.trapun 8.5 <Bl2 318)
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 129 19 Big sweep TOTAL POOL: $120,550 ltl No. *****0 ($32,548) 2nd No *****6 ($16,274) 3rd No *****7 8.130) STAKTEK8 ($81Si> *****3; *****2; imiT JJJJJJ! ******; *****6; *****5; *****7; *****8 CONSOLATION ($723)- Noa *****1; 5 UoSoT *****4 *****3; *****2; *****9; *****8. BIG SWEEP R. VELU TOTAL POOL: $130,300 1st *****5 35,181 2nd
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  • Malayan Share Market Review
    • 1461 20 From Our Market Correspondent JN the short trading week on the Malayan Stock Exchange industrials put up the best performance and provided the bulk of the fairly small business transacted. With the dividend “season” due this month and several hoisted dividends expected the industrial section looks
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    • 537 20 IT was again a shor trading week on tht Singapore Rubber mar kets as both the Singa pore and Federation Rubber Markets were closed officially yesterday for Merdeka Day, reoort Lewis Peat Ltd. in their current market review. Business this week has
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    • 59 20 Current Pate of Total Total for payment payment for previous year >ear Kuchai Tin 30% Sept.ll 30% 40% Petaling Tin 5%t Sept. 25 3a% M. Banking 5% Sept. 6 5% Nil Ci. E. Life 60ct8.t Sept. 29 17% 12J% Oct. 24 174% 25% Bekoh Con. 71% 10% 124%
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    • 945 20 T'HE state of shares on the Malayan Stock Exchange show last business to August 25 (A) and last business since the date (Bl with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business this year to date were: INIUSTRIAIS N L A B Alex Bricks 220 .80
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