The Straits Budget, 12 September 1962

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  • 31 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER I <«4 iSeries 3^ Kuala Lumpur, September 12, 1962. Price 40 cents (Malaya or 1 Shilling KDN 020.
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    • 627 2  - IDENTITY CARDS—WITHOUT TEARS IBRAHIM bin ALI Commissioner of National Registration Petaling Jaya VOUR Ipoh correspondent “Fed up” (S.T. Sept. 1) probably belongs to the category of those who have made no efforts during the last two years to apply for new identity cards. Apparently he has not cared to follow
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    • 336 2  -  Y. B ONG Singapore. DAVID MAK Singapore MAY I through your paper give my version of Mr Marshall’s angry outbursts last Friday afternoon (August 31), since he has already given his two versions I was one of many thousands who attended the rally.
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    • 232 2  -  DAVID MARSHALL Singapore MOT even in moments of anger would I be guilty of the abberration of referring to our civil service as dishonest, for I am more aware than most that our civil service, despite its defects through lack of cohesion, has displayed
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    • 143 2  -  DAVID MARSHALL Singapore ON Friday afternoon (August 31) I learned that Mr. Rajaratnam had called for me at a public meeting in Fullerton Square, and when I went to find out what it was about. I was met with an extraordinary display of booing. In view of
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    • 278 2  -  ,1?'! US( Singapore K S Singapore TKD my mind the silA ence of the Malayan officials at Jakarta must be viewed with a certain amount of suspicion and disappointment Onp would pvnpp? fh, kio would expect the Malayan officials to Champion the spirit Of
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    • 69 2  -  S. BALKAR.* Singapore I WOULD sincerely rel quest the Football sociation of Malaya to rfl consider its decision a:iH invite the Lsraeli team tH compete in the SoccB Festival. The associations should not drag politij into sport. It should u* hold the spirit of sporty manship and should d*
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    • 149 2  -  YK wove, Kota Bharu IN playing host to W Fourth Asian Games. Indonesian Governmen* main object is W gl stadium o: 11 l lte r t na JouB standard v hich It proudly si'' to l e 3| world and V I Pl |o long a
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    • 645 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 3 riuif is *«d half-heartedness in the choice of the Singapore Uw magnificent majEffor Alternative A'', mer- Federation on the b> the two governmenb. e a victory for comm sense and a shock defeat r t j u Bansan Sosialis and their ailie>. Some of
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    • 174 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 3 The Tengku having been advised by his doctors to “take it easy” it is well that he has nevertheless decided that the Federation should be repre sented at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ conference. Tun Abdul Razak is io speak for Malaya At the conference
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    • 194 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 4 Mr. Tan Siow Sin. like every Finance Minister, has his quota of headaches In moments of depression he no doubt fortifies himself by comparing his situation with that of his counterparts in other South-East Asian countries Which of them enjoy the solace of
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    • 714 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 5 The Finance Minister’s quest for British financial assistance for the development plan and for the expansion of the defence services is directly connected with Malaysia. A preparatory approach was made last November during the discussion in London of the future of the
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    • 681 3 —Straits Times Sept. 6 In a somewhat unflattering report on part of the work of the Ministry of Agricultuie a consultant of the Food and Agricultural Organisation makes some cogent recommendations for increasing and improving Malaya’s rice cron. Quality ought to be regarded as just as important
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    • 216 4 —Straits Times Sept. 6 Johore is making excellent progress in settling the landless This week sees the opening of yet another F.L.D.A. scheme at Tenang, 25 miles out of Segamat, which when completed will have a community of 350 families spread over 4.300 acres There are now some
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    • 631 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 7 We shall not offend the dignity of the Singapore Legislative Assembly if we turn to the Speaker for a description of the climax to the five hour debate on the blank ballots cast at the merger referendum. “It seems to me a
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    • 261 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 7 The Minister for Health has responded with commendable speed to complaints by the Speaker of Selangor’s Legislative Assembly that conditions in Klang District Hospital are “deplorable.” Within days of Dato Abdullah’s statement, the Ministry has set up a committee to study the matter and
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    • 647 4 —Straits Times, Sept. 8 The rewards of research are certain, as the director of the Rubber Research Institute reminds the industry in his annual report. They also tend to be exceedingly slow. This the R.R.I. can hardly help, rubber trees being somewhat less ardent than guinea-pigs There
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    • 304 4 —Straits Times. Sept 8 The Rural Youth Organisation is one of the more interesting bodies formed to push forward Malaya’s drive for rural upliftment. It is a minor, ancillary organisation to be sure (rural development proper is work, not for youths but for adults), but its progress
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    • 262 4 First, let the m""' —Straits Times Mr. P. P. Narayanan’s genH erous decision to [tut aside kafl his Ramon Magsaysay pnzB money for the education cH workers’ children is evidence of ins keen interest lH| the subject He has been of the main driving forces ifl| the N.U.P.W.'s
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  • 216 5 MALAY A HOST TO RICE GROWERS I I• i. A LUMPUR, IK s.‘-i 2. Malaya lav host from tomor|Sto a month-long se- t- cl Kuala Lumpur 111 t sponsord by I;", icd Nations I, Agriculture I Qr'iai.isat ion. I ir>0 delegates l i growing counI attend tiie first I morrow
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  • 35 5 f Sept. 2.— The new I Vice Consul, Mr I ber III. has ar1'".'.; ln nang to assume !:>.• ,fjN Mr J R D I > i> being posted S Embassy in Ja- 4
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  • 41 5 te:' Mp UR. Sept. 2.I i’ South Korean I n arrived toI with the Fed- i Itrai" niment on a 1 t r. v. l0!l is lecl b y; p:. a.i ter of Com- try. Mr. Park
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  • 1561 5  -  by Mushahid AM and Lim Kit Siang Ee Boon Lee, Jackie Sam, Lim Beng Tee, SINGAPORE, Sept. 2 THE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, wept with joy today as he spoke of “the clear
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  • 183 5 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2 lt will be ’‘Happy Monday” tor most students in Singapore tomorrow. REASON: The English. Tamil and Malay streams will begin a five-day week with extra curricular activities on Saturday morning, as recommended by the Lim Tay Boh commission Chinese
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  • 74 5 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2.—A 17member Japanese economic mission to Malaysia will tour Singapore. Malaya and the Borneo territories next month to explore tlie possibilities of further eco. nomic co-operation The mission comprises top executives oi various Industrial and financial institutions in Japan and will be led
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  • 111 5 SINGAPORE, Sept. 2_ Mr David Marshall, chairman of the Workers’ Party and Assemblyman for Anson, said today that his party would abide by the majority decision of the people He said' “The Workers’ Party stands firmly by its assurance that it will abide by
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  • 131 6 Mr. David Marshall, lone Workers’ Party assemblyman, walks forlornly off the platform at the final referendum lunch-time rally of the People s Action Party at Fullerton Square on Aug. 31 after being subjected to a barrage of jeers and boos from the big English-speak-ing crowd. He had
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  • 34 6 SUNGEI PAT AM Sep’ 2 i J vagrant. A 1 VilV found dead on line near here tom«> He is believed M run over by a P ,,,Kl train.
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  • 21 6 PENANG. Sept Minister DatO vj will open a 35 Chinese rur.t Sungei Bakap hall at 10 a m on
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  • 912 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 3 CYCLING TOWKAY TELLS COURT HE DOESN’T KNOW WHY HE WAS KIDNAPPED 'J'HE 53 -year-old “cycling millionaire/’ Mr. Tai Chet Siang, who was kidnapped in July this year, told a preliminary inquiry here today: “1 did not pay $50,000 for my release. I did
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  • 54 7 H ave you seen young Ismail? PKNANCi. Sept. 3— Eighteen year-old Wan Ismail bin Wan Hussein (above), has been missing from his Fettes Hoad home in Tanjong Tokong since August 23. Hin lather, Inche Wan Hussein, a businessman, appeals to anyone who knows the whereabouts of his son to contact
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  • 95 7 pENAXG. Sept. 3—The imposition of whipin addition to prison sentences acl a salutary effect on musters, the MinU'*! of Justice. Tun Leon- Yew Koh. said nere today. m result, .serious crime down in the he told the r.ffV*! ttmes during an Vls it to
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  • 128 7 Kuala lumpur, sept. 3.The Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, left for Pulau Langkawl in an R.M.A.F Dove this morning for a four-day rest there. Before taking oil. he said: “I am very happy indeed that Singapore has agreed to join us. We welcome
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  • 58 7 1 Sept. 3,-First raft owned by vays made sucvin? flights at cl in North Bor;ft. bought from Urways, has been modified for Bornean conditions. It is the first such type of aircraft to bear Borneo Airways emblem. Three girls recruited locally as hostesses were on board for
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  • 149 7 CIBU, Sept. 4 The dlvi- sional Superintendent of Police m Sibu said today that certain peopje in Sibu were soliciting subscriptions from the public to send a Sarawak United People’s Party delegation to the United Nations He warned that it was an olfence under
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  • 777 8 FIRST PUBLIC APPEA RANCE AFTER MONTH’S LEAVE FOLLOWING CONTROVERSY KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 3 Minister of Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak today spoke of the “obvious signs” that the conservatism and prejudices of Malaya's farmers were giving way to the advancement of mechanical technology. He was
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  • 127 8 |POH, Sept. 3 A Japanese iron and steel manufacturing company is planning to set up a $3 million factory in Singapore or Malaya. The company Is the Maru lchi iron and Steel Manufacturing Company, which specialises in the manufacture of galvanised
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  • 33 8 PENANG, Sept. 3.—The Penang MCA today invited all policy holders of mushroom insurance companies now being liquidated to call at its youth section headquarters in Transfer Road for free claim forms
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  • 101 8 I/UALA LUMPUR Sept 3-1 1V The Federal Land a:.a HtusJ ing Development Ltd is witn* drawing its recent oiler to tn* public of 40.000 shares of sw* each, pending the hang o« certain documents and tnei« publication Today the company this withdrawal P cnding irl c
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  • 49 8 JOHORE BAH s d !J Syed Agil Barak p gessionJ of the Johor( r .l Court for the p U bll® will become !> geptl Prosecutor. Jon j 8. inch! A Johore rrn-i. will be] Abdul Hamid t tni come acting P* 1 Sessions Court.
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  • 17 8 Mr! SINGAPORE Khoo Hin Hions. Director of U- transferred too a Bridge Road Cou gistrate.
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  • 258 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 3. pRETTY 20-year-old Fatimah Dime Kassan in a neat sarong kebaya, bowed her head when Mi. Justice Ong today sentenced her to three years' jail for causing the death of her new-born baby boy. It was alleged that she
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  • 56 9 IPOH, Sept. 3.—Mr. Ng Khoon Loot, an Ailiaaice candidate, won the by-election in the Bukit Balai ward of the Lenggong Local Council cn Sept. 1. The vacancy was created by the death oi an Alliance councillor, Mr. Muthuveera viadasamy. There are eight Alliance and four People's
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  • 41 9 SINGAPORE. Sept. 3.—Tay Ju Wang, was fined $25 today tor fixing a poster witnout lawful authority at the fivefoot way of a house in Lorong Chuan, off Braddell Road, at about 12.45 a.m. on Aug 8. He pleaded guilty.
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  • 242 9 VUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 3.—A magistrate today ordered Miss Chow Chin Yee, manageress of a jewellery shop in the Hotel Merlin here, to vacate the premises. Inche Annuar bln Zalnal Abidin gave this order after hearing a complaint by Miss Chow that Lim
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  • 186 9 A JOKE SAYS BOY BLINDED BY CATAPULT ALOR STAR, Sept. 3. A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy, Loh Ah Lum, told the Sessions Court today of a "joke” which led to the loss of his right eye. “1 jokingly said the accused could not hit me with his ca tapult,” Loh testified at
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  • 130 9 A L Wi H’AR, sept. 3.in. ]r I I,V People were then, two seriously. :.tn, car crashed Cil/ at the 8th rare, A Kual- NefesiViSr. Star road T v Tashim bin Ahroceived minor r s.-"' a-s two passen<rd o* hahaman 20. Chool, 31, Alor s*
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  • 418 9  - THE MAN EATER’S SECOND VICTIM. From K. BASKARAN: KUANTAN, Sept. 3 elusive “terror of Banching” a man eating tiger has claimed its second victim. The badly-mauled body of Inche Kassim bin Mat, 35, a tapper, was found yesterday at the Lian Soon Seng estate near Banching by a search party
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  • 279 9 I(,UALA LUMPUR, 1V —Sept. 3. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, will present “several concrete schemes” for examination by the World Bank when he seeks loans from it this month. Mr. Tan disclosed this today before he left for talks in Bonn, London
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  • 422 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 2 First time offer of short-term (two years) investment at 4 M per cent NEW loan of $50 million is being floated by the Federation Government to finance development projects under the second live-year plan, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, announced
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  • 157 10 PENANG, Sept. 2— The Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee, today defined youth clubs and organisations as “nurseries for the training of -ouths to be leaders in our community.” ‘They are more than a shield and recreation centre protecting our youths from
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  • 62 10 CINGAPORE. Sept. —A tri- sha rider. Dng Kali Hong. 53. injured by metal fragments when a tyre retread machine in Upper Dickson Road exploded this morning, died in hospital. Ong, who was in the backyard of a joife ’-shep next door, was hit oy the flying
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  • 113 10 Kuala lumpur, sept. 2. Lord Lansdowne. chairman of the Inter-Govern-menial Committee said to day that the value of Malaysia is being more generally understood by the people of the Borneo territories lie was speaking to repor. ter s a. the airport before leaving in
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  • 150 10 Rubber for lobsters —and for camels KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 2 A LITTLE known use to which rubber is put is that of binding th’ claws oi treshly-caught lobsters in Britain with thick rubber bands. Ibis is to prevent them from mutilating each other (mutilated lobsters don’t sell well), and from
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  • 581 10 MUNICIPALITY CANCELS ASSESSMENT PRIVILEGE IPOH, Sept. 2. JHE Ipoh municipality has cancelled the privilege of full or partial exemption from assessment rates hi l her to enjoyed by several clubs and associations in Ipoh/ These organisations, whose facilities and benefits are open
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  • 21 10 IPOH, Sept 2-- r, r Chinese Ania :tfl Association ecu M 57th anni M with a dinner at es here.
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  • 412 11 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4 I a specially-con- vein'll Assembly meeting tomorrow, the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, uill call upon a section oi the Opposition to determine the fate ot the 1 14,077 blank east in the merger referendum. lie li.u specially
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  • 101 11 ITOiA BHARU. Sept. 4. here today critiP»‘ pie who spread bout an oily man t e:: ri 'ing inrls at night. first started jt r girls in Kampong ng, two miles “re, reported to last week that >ke into their tried to molest thing
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  • 30 11 Fff.nv •Y.\. Sept. 4.- Vi, h cash prizes .•’V* rl sifts for all be the high1 v inr on Sept. 8 r Hall, Jalan 11 i of Assunta
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  • 161 11 KLANG. Sept. 4. THE Minister of Health. Dr. Lim Swee Ann, today nude a surprise visit to the Klang District Hoslital to find out how the hospital suffered from i shortage of medical officers. Accompanied by his wife. Dr Lim spent two hours in the hospital.
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  • 64 11 SINGAPORE. Sept. 4 The management of the East Asiatic Co.. Ltd., has again asked the Singapore Business Houses Employees’ Union to call oil the five-day strike bv its 200 employees and resume negotiations. A union spokesman said the union was anxious to find out whether
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  • 564 11 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4 W IT H the overwhelming support for Malavsia, as shown in the referendum on Sept i the Singapore Government is to take a tougher line against the Communists and their stooges if they continue their anti-Ma-1‘ ysia struggle. This was indicated by
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  • 225 11 IPOH. Sept. 3 An Alliance member of the Ipoh municipality, Mr. Won” Kok Weng. today called for a weekly elean-up of new villages within the municipal area. Mr. Wong’s call was in response to a statement by Mr S P. Seenivasagam. president of the municipality,
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  • 53 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Sept. 4 The Speaker of the Johore Legislative Assembly, Hall Rahmat bin Ha.ji Daud. will speak on the Government land scheme on the night ot Sept 7 during a Him show at the Johore Civil Service Club padang here The show will begin
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  • 73 11 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. The Federation Prime Min Ister. Tengku Abdul Rah man. has stressed the im portant role Nanyang Uni verslty students would nla.v in building Malaysia. He sent a message to the students’ union when it held the tilth Merdeka anniversary celebrations at the
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  • 60 11 PENANG, Sept. 4 The New York Woodwind Quintet the first chamber music group ot its kind to visit Malaya will perform at St George's Girls’ School here at BSO tomorrow night after a successful tour of this country The group, which recently visited Vietnam. Cambodia, Thailand
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  • 459 12 K. LUMPUR, Sept. 4 FIFTEEN terror-stricken polo horses fled when lire engulfed their stables at the Selangoi Turf (Tub in Ampang Hoad here at 2 a.m. today. rile wooden building Housing tn e otaoles, tnree syces quarters ana a snop was
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  • 93 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 5. Career guidance talks ior secondary school students are now being held at Bukit Bintang Girls School here. The talks, arranged by the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club, begar on Monday with a lecture on “Teaching” by the Chief Education Officer, Selangor. Mr.
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  • 18 12 BENTONG, Sept. 5.—A Chinese opera show has ra.iaeu $5,000 tor the MCA youth section’s building fund
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  • 147 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 5. A FOOD and Agricultural Organisation consultant, Dr. A. Sedky, has submitted a report to the Federation Government for a more efficient rice growing industry. t One of the recommenda- tions is to draw up legislation on standards and grades for both padi
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  • 103 12 Kuala lumpur, sept. 4. A Food and Agriculture Organisation working party agreed today that tnere was a 'positive need” to set up research and demonstration centres for farm implements and machinery in rice production in Malaya and other rice-producing countries. The working party on the
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  • 246 12 17 JAPANESE ON AN INDUSTRIAL NEEDS’ TOUR KUALA LUMPUR, Sent t A N economic mission sponsored by [L\ panese Government will arrive on L day to find out what suitable industri, < t! Ur can set up in Malaysia and i„ w K they should be. wnich St «es The
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  • 167 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 4.F’rol. K. Snaiuiiuga. lainam, 41, has oeen appointed head 01 tne School 01 Medicine at the University oi Singapore to succeed Dr. l. J. Danaraj. Prof, sna n m ugaratnam, who has oeen Piuitasur oi Faiiioiugy at tlie unneisuy since ueeemoer lyoo, am
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  • 199 12 Kuala lumpur, sept. 3. —Two new judges have been appointed by the Yang di Pertuan Agong. They are Mr. Sarwan Sinen Gill, the Registrar of the Supreme Court, whose appointment will date from Sept. I and inche All bin Hassan, Senior Federal Counsel, as
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  • 45 12 PENANG. S' r‘. L ters of the held a thank-you iieg yesterday in t Drive home at g where they enter amf'H organisers and ll!, iP. iJH food and fun in t month to raise mission The netted about SLQ
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  • 28 12 .-peel* IPOH, Sept committer heade* Osman Sham, A State Secretary. j^rfl formed at a m < yesterday for 'I of Universal cm- I on Oct. 6. I
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  • 65 13 "’HE Zur.ml.ih binte Ghanl, 18 (above). left Kuala Lumpur en Sept. 3 to take a six-year diploma course in anhiteelure in Britain. heZuraidah. who will be at Brighton C ollege, received m»'t of her education at the Pe« I Koad Convent, ibe i»
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  • 58 13 Sept. 3.—A group ux gin* and 11 boys, who en: picnicking at tne Baxc a:; a l Park yesterday ::er n. were thrown into €i; y when their longcap -.zed on the way ick A longboat of Park Rang Picked up all the plcnick rs excp
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  • 491 13 ‘HE WANTED TO SEE MERGER POLL THROUGH WITH US...’ 4 IIC SINGAPORE, Sept. 4. HUSHED Legislative Assembly was told today how much Inche Ahmad Ibrahim had wanted to live to see the merger referendum through. In a moving tribute to the late Minister
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  • 234 13 K. LUMPUR, Sept. 3 JJOKL than 4,000 poor families have been reset- in 21 land schemes throughout the counfj*' deputy chairman of the Federal Land Authority, Mr. J.P.M. Clifford, said l 3a V f a briefing before the Deputy Prime Min'."e\ Illn Abdul Razak, in the
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  • 30 13 SINGAPORE. Sept. 3.—Mr. Sachi Sauraien. Crown Counsel and Deputy Public Prosecutor. will marry Miss Chan Poh Neo. a staff nurse, at the Civil Registry here on Sept 15.
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  • 119 13 V.N. LUMPUR, Sept. 2. —The New York Woodwind Quintet ottered a widely contrasting and delightlul programme of chamber music in the Dewan Bahama dan Pustaka here tonight me uy uie oiuci cuaipuaeia, r luiu, xauma anu Antonio vivaiui, proviued a consul. »auve oaiauce
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  • 79 13 MALACCA, Sept 3.—The trial of Clement Albert de Souza. 54. a health Inspector on a charge of corruption has been postponed to Dec 4. De Souza Is alleged to have corruptly accepted $5O from Yap Kon Sang between March 9 and June 8 as gratification for
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  • 225 13 Kuala lumpur, sept. 3 —The hope that the tne flag of Malaysia wfl not be very different from the present Malayan flag was expressed today by the Director of Information Services, Inche Mohamed Sopiee. He was commenting on the demand for a new
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  • 224 13 T>UKIT MERTAJAM. **Sept. 5. A building contractor, Ng Foong Chee, told the Sessions Court today of an unstamped letter he received on July 20, demanding $3,000. Ng was testifying at the trial of Lee Yeow Foo, 23, and Mak Keong, 25, jointly charged with extorting
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  • 371 14 PENANG. Sept. 4 r FHE body of a 12-year-old boy, Lau Chong Hin, was dug out from debris at three o’clock this morning, seven hours after the back wall of a shop off Chulia Lane had crashed down. Six boys and a man
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  • 81 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 5. Six Malayan women flew to Bangkok today for a two-week study tour of Thailand organised by ASA. Heading the team is Puan Lat Kalsom binte Hajl Meor Burhanuddin. The conducting officer Ls Puan Siti Maznah binte Haji Abdul Rauf Others
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  • 38 14 PENANG, Sept. 4 Mr. P'ng See Weng. 66, chairman of Penang Han Chiang High School board of governors, died in Ipoh General Hospital last night The body will be brought back to Penang tomorrow.
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  • 69 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 5. Twenty paintings by Malayan artists are on their way to Saigon to appear in the first International Exhibition of Fine Arts of Saigon, which opens in the City Hall on Oct. 26, the National Day of the Republic of Vietnam. The twenty
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  • 32 14 SEREMBAN, Sept. 5 —The Mentri Besar of Negri Sembllan, Dato Dr. Mohamed Said bln Mohamed, held a meet the people session at Kampong Ulu Trlang in the .Telebu district yesterday.
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  • 31 14 MUAR, Sept. s.—The Mentri Besar of Johore, Haji Hassan bin Haji Yunos, will open a branch of the United Malayan Banking Ltd., in Jalan Maharani here, on Oct. 1
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  • 174 14 bird-photo-grapher Mrs. Christina Loke (above) is on her way to the United States to buy a camera flash which will take pictures at a speed of 1 25.000th of a second She left on Sept. 4 by BOAC via Hong
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  • 180 14 I/UALA LUMPUR. Sept. 1V 5. A man with six previous convictions for petty thefts and pickpocketing was today sentenced to three years jail and three strokes ol the rotan when he was again convicted of theft. Liew Leun Kwah, 27 pleaded guilty to
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  • 28 14 RAWANG. Sept. 5,- A threeday fun fair to raise fund.' for the Boy Scouts Association here will be held on the town padang from Sept. 8.
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  • 218 14 FIVE Ceylon Malays, now 1 1 as guests of the Malayan ede ratiJ struck by the “air of prosperity and prS”- where." less «eJ Alter seel; g thp h c J r«i s luerary ".um M man of .he Au‘cX,$ Association and delegation. G Jeader
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  • 313 14 K. LUMPUR, Sept. 4 rpENGKU Abdul Rah- man ana four of his Cabinet colleagues are to take additional duties for the next month. This is because four Cabinet Ministers will be away attending important overseas conferences The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul
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  • 27 14 KLANG, Sept. 5 Tengku Badli Shah, brother of the Sultan of Selangor, left Klang today on a two-week unofficial visit of Kelantan and Trengganu.
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  • 137 14 ijENANG. Sept. 3.-B boys and a man ufl injured when part® a rear brick wall j shop collapsed on tlH in a backlane oh Cht™ Lane here tonight. Lau Kee Keng- J 4 Kam Poey 1'-. c 1 I Heng 11 Yin Kam L* ifl
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  • 1439 15 Dramatic climax to blank votes debate in Singapore Assembly by j STRAITS TIMES ASSEMBLY REPORTERS Singapore, Sept. 5 THE OPPOSITION today blocked a Government move in the Legislative Assembly to get them to decide to which alternative —A, B, or C —the 144,077 blank votes in
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  • 1406 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 5. ■Juh Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, W Hew to Britain tonight to attend a Socialist sponsored by the British Lab- Party. (he Commonwealth Prime Minis■hs conlerence and “to meet seven or eight K'j, can West Indian Prime
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  • 212 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 6 A $23 million shipyard is to be established at the Jurong industrial town here. For a start, it will be jointy owned (50-50 in shares) by Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan and the Economic Development Board But once the project
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  • 44 16 KOTA BHARU, Sept. 6—The Sultan of Kelantan and his Consort were last night presented with a miniature drum and silver tray bv officers and men of the 2nd Bn.. Royal Malay Regiment, here. It was to mark Their Highness’ coronation last year.
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  • 376 16 JHE Dean of Arts of Nanyang Univ,, p v n 6 A Yuen-chan. who has been perm <i L,V nr V «J from entering the Federation, todav ed and’,,; ;S s H pe Straits T, m the news 0 mm Vl H telephone. u
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  • 48 16 BALING. Pr PrI distant Khalid V Development, I ..J| Awang Osin m 16-year-olci I Che Zainab b. 1 mid, with a y>; a en tatil He made the 1 ifter speaking a di| »rs and tl education 1 l V;', 1 Baling Youth j
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  • 42 16 r u iiu 14 j KUALA LUMPI I Lower Sixth 1' i:.-' '1 dents of St. fl Mon here hnv* i mittee to ruL* victims of the quake in P n Tj 1:1 1 collected $1 D 1 so far.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 104 16 THE H.K. AND FAR EAST builder A Bi-Monthly periodical ol Building of Keal Activities hi the Far Fast. A VlffltT iaaitaf arttk arakltactaral aai raal MtMi Mtovifcas m tUHia, timvi. Smc Im|. I mm, lit PMIiiaimi. Sanaa aait Ttc Nr ImL '•IMiM l«M t»n fei ■MtAlf trate raptr kaagkt M
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  • 192 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 6. live years of non-stop planning, the Federation Government has finally abandon- as scheme to build a $13 million naval base ‘Lumut on the Perak coast. •avsia Ieason is the impending formation of Ma- li-avar' 1 >’ he ex Ktlr >8 Royal
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  • 31 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 6The Photographic Society ol Malaya will hold its second national exhibition of photography at the British Council hall here from Dec 11 to Dec. 18
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  • 26 17 PENANG, Sept. 6 A car workshop apprentice (’hew Wah Seng. 18, sutTered minor burns when a petrol tank he was soldering exploded this morning.
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  • 439 17 SINGAPORORE, Sept. 6. gINGAPORE will become the cultural and educational centre of all overseas Chinese in South-east Asia if the experiment here in the Malaysian context succeeds. This is the opinion of Dr. Heinrich Roehreke, the retiring Consul-General for Germany, in a farewell
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  • 182 17 Kuala lumpur, Sept. G —The Union ot Automobile Workers will meet next week to consider a strike ballot following a deadlock in its wage dispute with Wearne Brothers Ltd Its secretary, Mr. T C Choong, said the management wanted the union to conclude an
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  • 271 18 SINGAPORE, Sept. 7. THE Singapore Football Players Association decided at an emergency meeting today that it will boycott the Singapore team to the Merdeka tournament which begins in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. Tbe boycott decision was taken after the FPA’s demands were rejected by the
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  • 692 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 9 Korea, represented by a team ol reserves who came straight from Seoul their national team having gone home alter winning the silver medal in tne Asian Games in JaKarta —got off to winning start in the Merueka soccer tournament at
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  • 533 18  -  By NORMAN SIEBEL partisanship is an unpleasant thing as was sometimes demonstrated at the Asian Games and Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman s call for a good hand for all the competing teams in the Merdeka tournament which starts tomorrow must be needed The
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  • 289 18 SINGAPORE Sent 7 1 RON ROBERTS, the British sportswr’iter whl'l lv organising a tour of Africa and the Far rM oy a Commonwealth cricket side, lias confirm* that the team will arrive in Kuala Lumpur on rS 1 for a ten-day tour of Malaya
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  • 282 18 PAKISTAN I I BURMA 0 Kuala lumpuB Sept. 9. Pakistl beat Burma 1-0 ini dull match in Grol B of the Merdeka sol cer tournament hel tonight. I The Pakistanis got tl only goal of the match intH 44th minute through insidM left Jehan
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  • 341 19 S’ gor’s cup —by 4-0 WOMEN’S BATTLE FOR STRAITS TIMES TROPHY Kt, A LUMPUR, Sfcpt. 7 ■CEL iOR women ■J? ea v beat Singa- MI e non 4-0 toInight.. the Merdeka ■sadii- in the final 0 t inter-State ■comp l lion f r Strain imes Cup. T hert -as never
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  • 907 19 SINGAPORE, Sept. 9. W Kotterdamsche, l*ith Johnny Wilson PP, won the Stewards 1[ U P run over 6f in Pfavy going at Bukit ■umah today. I Race One n-'Ss 2. DIV. 3—6F Slab]; Ql AVll; Ml JAM 8.9 (1 3u West 1 b'ni; hoice
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 42 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: 5117,050. 1st. No. *****0 (552,672) 2nd. No. *****3 ($26,336) 3rd. No. *****7 ($14,631) Starters ($2,090 each): Nos. *****6, *****7, *****0. *****2, *****1, *****2, *****5. Consolation ($877 each): Nos. *****2, *****8, *****0, *****7, *****8, *****4. *****6. *****0, *****8, *****7.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1494 20 From Our Market Correspondent INDUSTRIALS took the stage on the Malayan Stock Exchange last week forming the bulk of the small business written. Impetus to the already existing interest in Industrials came early in the week following the resounding success for Alternative A in the
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    • 489 20 •THERE has been a slight all-round improvement in price over the period, but there are no signs of a pick-up in consumer interest from overseas report H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their current rubber market report. The volume of business was paltry on each
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    • 31 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul Sept. 3 732 ets. $425.0* 4 731 ets. $424.50 5 733 ets. $424,121 6 732 ets. $424.25 7 732 ets. $424.25 8 $425.00
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    • 34 20 (Manager'* Price!) Pint Malayan 130 1.38 Second Malayan 1.14 1.22 Third Malayan 83 91 Pint Hong Kong 1.00 1 03* Second Hcng Kong ,7f .77* Sterling Comm«jdlty.. i/4 4/10 Hang Kang Curraney)
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    • 927 20 r PHE state of shares on the Malayan Stock Exchange show last business to September 1 (A) and last business since the date (B) with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business this year to date were: INDUSTRIALS HI A I Alex Bricks 220 .80
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