The Straits Budget, 5 December 1962

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  • 30 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA S NATIONAL NIW»fAPIH <;■ > it'S 350. Kuala Lumpur, December 5, 1962. Price 40 cents (Malaya or 1 shiUinf) KDN Off.
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  • From the Straits Times Postbag
    • 278 2  -  MEMBER Kangar IAM glad ‘‘lnterested” revealed in his recent letter that the secondary school he mentioned Is not being run according to the policy laid down by the Government. II It was then most of the subjects would not be taught
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    • 155 2  -  XYZ Kuala Lumpur f jpHE two Kuala Lumpur cows who have gone unmolested for months, one in Bukit Bintang Road and the other in Pudu Road, must be unique in their preference for bus stops from which to stand and stare. Malayans, especially those
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    • 175 2  -  D.J. TATE Ipob WHILE agreeing wholeheartedly with the strictures that your correspondent In Kota Bharu heaps upon this year’s L.C.E. history paper, I feel that his criticisms are aim- ed In the wrong direction. It Is not the poor examiner who Is to be blamed for the
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    • 98 2  -  SATISFIED Seremban IDO not agree with the complaints about the O.C.S. examination. I was successful in the examination recently and I did not find the questions so difficult. With a little effort a candidate should not find the examination a hard one. Government clerks should realise that the
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    • 82 2  -  MICHAEL TOH Singapore IAM tempted to reply to “Careful” of Baling Surely he does not expect letters containing only $1 to be registered? I have lost a few letters of this nature Also with the coming of Malavsia. the Dostal rates should be equivalent. In the Borneo territories,
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    • 471 2  -  (Dr.) LIM SIAN LOK Klang MR. fUNQ AH CHAT'S charge that Identity card application forms have to be bought, and the Government's denial, can be reconciled. Two conditions must be present before the system can work: Neatly dressed, confident looking and literate applicants have no
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    • 57 2  -  T.H.T. Sinrapore I HAVE just received a let. A ter from one of mv in «°hlnH a frlenCs “> Medan released "“n at* 1 peace 6 k suppcsed tote In such a situation is Singapore? l< j‘f there°ls this SS2JT- t.'.e Government s protestations
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    • 70 2  -  SUSAN HORSLEY Singapore I FEEL very strongly that your headline “Horror babies” in connection with deformed babies is a piece of sensationalism which will make a balanced attitude to such deformities more difficult on the part of the public and—more important—of mothers of such unlucky children. The word
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    • 68 2  -  PUZZLED Singapore According to a time table I have just read there are 21 plane services a week to London. Why then are letters not delivered dally? I write a dally air letter to my wife In Surrey ann on several occasions three have arrived by one post.
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    • 75 2  -  p j THOMAS Kuala Lipis AGREE with Dr Sodhy 1 that if patients suffering from tuberculosis are not co-operative the doctors can do no good Although there Is nothing to ashamed of In going tci the doctor and getting treat 111 But on estates the workers And It
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    • 79 2  -  P L m.1 Singapore Ever since S;m ne Singapore vee k. to traffic again residents have j V ers a new menace. c i lor t have turned oce d stretch of road sT>?P d track and as i ol ,ds through, cloud of dust are scr. iaV
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    • 263 3 Straits Times. Nov. 27 .uch of mystery often j e j an international confer(.m, make a public impact. rs not apply to the kind p f suspense that followed Xti ah Abdul Rahman s statement that he might not attend the meeting of Foreign Minister of the Association
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    • 713 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 28 Whatever the merits of the raihvaymen’s claims, the men a,t not going to win much Public sympathy by a Christ-ma-s strike threat. Their claims Wert presented in Seotembei an<i according to the General Manager of the Malayan Railw;.vv the machinery for a set’i-ment
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    • 314 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 28 In bringing the claim 4> North Borneo before United Nations’ General As sembly the Philippines Government may not embarrass the Tengku sufficiently to deter him from attending the Ministerial meeting in Manila of the Association of South-East Asian States, but it is certainly
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    • 207 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 28 The Singapore Government’s plan to mobilise students to spread health education could yield striking results. Getting people to change their habits (and this is the essence of a public health campaign) requires intimate and sustained persuasion, and students are in a better position to
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    • 620 3 —Straits Times. Nov 29 An unspectacular and on the 1 whole an agreeable budget best describes the Finance Minister’s new performance. It was unlikely that Mr. Tan Siew Sin would be spectacular. He might, however, have been less agreeable, although anything more than the modest additions he has
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    • 498 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 29 The Tengku’s suggestion that India became the guinea pig in the search for Marxist truth between Russia and China is unconvincing as an explanation of the Himalayan war, but it illustrates very well Peking’s rejection of peaceful co-exist-ence. Mao Tse-tung does not really
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    • 760 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 30 In 1958, the year before Mr. Tan Siew Sin became Finance Minister, Federal revenue was $762 million. The revised estimate of revenue this year is $1,070 million, lower than last year’s record by only $ll million. This healthy increase dissipates some of the
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    • 301 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 30 There is less chance now ot disposing of the Filipino claim to North Borneo quietly and amicably, but as long as the (smallest hope remains it must be pursued. Tengku Abdul Rahman’s offer of talks witn President Macapagal is made in this spirit and
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    • 243 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 30 The Finance Minister’s decision to exempt householders from the payment of income tax on the annual value of the house they own and live in wil, be widely welcomed. What possible justification is there for penalising the man who does not have to pay
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    • 410 4 —Straits Times, Dec. 1 The remarkable story of th* Apex Bank’s loans to co-oper,. atives is carried a stage further in the first report of the Public Accounts Committee which has inquired into the AuditorGeneral’s disclosures. Mild as the Committee’s comments are, they reflect at least some of
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    • 472 4 eir wciy o Straits Times. Dec J The affairs of Malaya Hall, as the report of the Public Accounts Committee relates them, are In costs must be r l0 ns thai rose from 5 ,C i k S £18,500 in 19GU. a f l* 00 tu is no
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    • 24 4 MORRIS: To John son on November *8. EDWARDS: To Va Robin a daugh t rj Alvernia cn 26 1 vtl Doctor and sta.l
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  • 201 5 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25 SINGAPORE S First Lady, Puan Noor Aishah made a radio appeal to the public today to support the work of the children’s organisations it the State. She also called on the people to turn up in force at the Chrhtmas fair In
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  • 45 5 PENANG, Nov. 25—The Chief u\ Dato ong Foa Nti*. -'■■.l" accepted nn oil painting :.st It by the visiting German Karl Friedrich Bendin I return. Da to Wane nave •P Bcndlin a miniature State as a memento of his visit.
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  • 43 5 SYDNEY, Nov. 25 The P and 0 Orient liner Orcades returned to today from a 37-day ,J: :uai cruise which included Kong and Singapore. AP ard the liner was party of 1 'tun Catholics who made "pilc:; ‘--ine' to Asian ports.
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  • 242 5 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25 The Australian Government has asked for two nominations from Singapore to be considered for scholarships under the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan. The scholarships are ten-' able for post-graduate or research study in Australia for one or two years beginning in
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  • 34 5 KAJANG, Nov. 25—Kajang’s first set of traffic lights was installed at a cost of $7,000 on Nov. 24 at the Junction of Main Street, —alan Besar. Sungei Chua Road and Jalan Semenyih.
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  • 200 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 25. The executive news editor of Kyodo News Agency. Tokyo, Mr. Sadao Roy Otake (above) arrived here today to help set up a national news agency here. Mr. Otake, 49, who was nominated by Unesco to come here, will travel
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  • 59 5 ALOR STAR. Nov. 25 An international fashion show will highlight the Sultanah Asma Primary School's annual exhibition and fair on Dec. 11 The Sultanah of Kedah will give a wav the prizes The Sultan and Sultanah will also attend the Ibrahim Primarv c rhon! speech
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  • 242 5 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25. SINGAPORE’S Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. Tan Beng San, has warned that local graduates of the Bangkok Civil Aviation School could not be issured of jobs in his department when they returned. I Mr. Tan returned from Hong
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  • 80 5 PENANG, Nov. 25. Three women were among 100 villagers who turned up today to take part in a “gotong-roy-ong” (self-help) project to improve a kampong road at Pantal Molek, Tanjong Tokong. Work on the 500 ft. road, opposite the Australian Army hostel, began at
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  • 80 5 OENANG, Nov. 25. 1 The Bishop of Penang, Msgr. Francis Chan, now away in Rome, may return to Malaya for Christmas. Msgr Chan is attending the Vatican Ecumenica Council which began its sitting last month The Bishop of Kuala Lumpur Msgr. Dominic Vendargon, is
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  • 60 5 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25.—The Minister for National Development, Mr. Tan Kia Gan, will open the Jalan Hajl Karim community centre, off Airport Road, at 6.30 p.m. on Dec. 4. This is the third community centre to be opened by the Government so far this month The other two
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  • 56 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 25Mr. Cheong Weng Choong, the Assistant Director (Probation and Approved Schools) of the Social Welfare Department, will talk on “the Juvenile delinquency in the Malayan setting at 4 p.m on Nov. 25 at 29. Ipoh Road. The talk, sponsored by K.L. Psychology Club,
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  • 136 5 Kuala lumpur, nov. 30. —Dunlop’s tyre factory in Petaling Jaya will begin production in early January. A statement by Dunlop Malayan Industries Ltd said test production wou'd begin in December Record progress in the erection of the factory has made this possible. The factory
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    • 101 5 THE N.K. AND FAR EAST A Bi-Monthly periodical ol aiding of Real r ''Jte Activities l-' 1 tit** Far Ea*t. A Mafaiiit 4c<* <ng with fca4Aj«|, arekitacHirat a«l r *al lekvitiH .a y**a, H tolt i an Ha FbiuM' 11 Baraia ml Ha b l in ill* tint bi a»«otb%
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    55 6 TWO TEACHERS, Mr. George Henry Favacho and the former Miss Janice Clotilda Richards, who were married at the Church of St. Ignatius, Singapore, on Nov. 24. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Richards. The groom is also a part-time Radio Singapore announcer.—Straits
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  • 167 6 A LOR STAR, Nov. 25. The Mentri Besar, Da to Syed Omar bin Syed Abdullah Shahbuddin, had a busy day yesterday when he opened several rural development projects in the Baling District. He opened two community centres, each costing $6,000 at Kampong Rambong
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  • 68 6 Mr. WONG Liang Kee (above), who returned from London yesterday, with an honours degree from London on Nov. 26, in electrical engineering. Mr. Wong who is also a B.Sc. graduate of the British Institute of Radio Engineering, was with the Marconi Wireless Telegraphic Co.
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  • 212 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 25. THE new central market being built in Johore 1 Bahru will cost the Town Council $1,142,908 the council was told at its monthly meeting held at the Diamond Jubilee Hall here today. A Socialist Front member. Mr. Tan Kai Hee. said he
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  • 63 6 MALACCA, Nov. 26. A Poppy Day dance will be held at the Municipal Hall here on Dec. 1. Highlights of the dance will be a iashlon show in which nine local and an American girl Miss Joe Ann Prescott, a Peace Corps mem ber will take part.
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  • 100 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 27—Teachers at the Specialist Teachers’ Training Institute. Cheras Road, will stage an exhibition in conjunction with the institute’s “Open Days” from tomorrow to Nov. 24. h l shllght of the exhibition will be a floodlit water show in the institute’s swimming pool.
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  • 278 6 TT IPOH, Nov T riE P° h area Alliance today warned 'that for the -good ot the country” it is necessary to have a clear-cut statement from the fYonlo’c Progressive Party that it will not discriminate against foreign capitalists. It said this in
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  • 129 6 Kuala lumpur, Nov. 24 fourteen nrms tendered ,u. the construction of the runway of Kuala Lumpur’s new International airport near Sungei Buloh. Gammon (Malaya) Ltd which was awarded a $20.149.121 contract w*as second ow’est In the bids. The low’est tender received ?ame from the Philippines Engineers
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  • 127 6 JESSELTON, Nov. 25. The Director of Music. North Borneo Ponce Force. Capt. F. J. Brooks, hopes to interest the Australian Government in sponsoring an Australian tour of the police band. When he flies to Australia on leave on Dec. 1. he will take
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  • 150 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 25—Malaya has agreed to discuss with the American authorities their tin disposal programme for 1963—“ and there is someth»»'?r up our sleeves.” This was slated today by the Controller of Export Commodities in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Mr.
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  • 70 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 26 An exhibition of more than tinting* by Malayan was opened at the BriM. Ci uncil Centre here today. The exhibition, the ninth to be he’d by the Wednesday Art G: up. will be open from 10 am. to 6
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  • 61 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 26—The Minister ol Transport, Dato Sardon Din Haji Jubir, received a cheque lor *9„joo today from the General Manager cf Malayan Railway, Dato Ahmad bin Perang. as a contribution towards the National Monument Fund. The money was collected trom 12.000 employees af the
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  • 143 7 IJENTONG, Nov. 25.—A "prestige’’ by-election l.giit is going on between the Alliance and tlv* Socialist Front for the Bandar Bentong Selutan ward of the Town Council here. Polling day is Dec. 8. Tie Alliance candidate is Mr ('how Sin Toong. 50, a SMtp Assemblyman and
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  • 154 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 25. Listeners to Radio Malaya the other day heard a strange tongue over the Malay Service Strange indeed it was because those who telephoned the duty announcer were told that they were listening to Temiar an aborigine dialect. The owner
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  • 224 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 26 HE Minister of Education, Capt. Abdul Hamid Khan, today led on inspectors of jooIs to concentrate 1 raising the standard Malay schools. i 1 was opening a fiveconference of inspecoi schools at their i marters in Maxwell P J said*
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  • 229 7 IPOH, Nov. 25. CHAIRMAN of the Perak Turf Cluo, Mr. Yeoh Cheang Lee, announced here today that 102 scholarships worth a total of $41,100 would be awarded by the club for next year. A total of 96 scholarships will be awarded on the basis
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  • 108 7 |J J OH, Nov. 26—The United fi Malayan Banking Corporation Ltd. is sponsoring a mural painting competition open to students in schools In Malaya and Singapore The murals should depict banking services with acceiP on the savings theme with Ma’ayan culture and back ground, aimed
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  • 54 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 26 Next year’s telephone bills for MPs, which the Government will foot. Is expected to total $27,000. The estimates of ordinary expenditure for 1963 also show that the Government expects to spend $3,000 for free hospital facilities for members. Transport and travelling will take
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  • 228 7 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Nov. 26. —Chairman of the protem committee of the United Democratic Party, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, called on the Chinese last night to “unite among themselves and with other races. “I have always appealed for this unity since I took
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  • 32 7 SINGAPORE, Nov 2 6—The State Coroner. Mr. S. R Chapkhana, today recorded an open verdict on a new-born baby found in the Singapore River near Clarke Quay on Oci 21.
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  • 389 8 The coconut plan ‘must not fail KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 26 KHIR ANNOUNCES AID DETAILS r £HE MINISTER of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said today the Federation’s coconut rehabilitation and replanting scheme “must not be allowed to fail.” There has been a marked decline in copra and coconut
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  • 29 8 KLUANG, Nov. 26—Two performances of the Panggong Aneka variety show in the Chen Sin School hall, Batu Pahat, on netted $3,000 for the National Monument Fund.
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  • 232 8 Mother blames girl for son ’s death Kuala lumpur, Nov. 26. —A woman. Chew Hon, 61, blamed a 16-year-old girl in the First Magistrate’s Court today for the death of her son a year ago. Chew was testifying in an inquiry into the death of Chong Ah Soi, alias Chong
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  • 47 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 26—The Raja Permaisuri Agong will open the Asian area training conference for Girl Guide national leaders at the Dewan Tengku Abdul Rahman here on Dec. 7 Lady Baden-Powell, founder of the Girl Guide Movement, is expected to be present.
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  • 242 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 26. T'HE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, laid the foundation stone of the $350,000 University cf Malaya mosque here today. Standing outside the campus, near the main entrance, the mosque will be used not only by university students but also by those
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  • 104 8 OUTTERWORTH, Nov. 26. The Province Wellesley North District Council last night accepted a proposal by the Penang State Secretariat to increase the allowance of councillors by sso a month effective from January this year. The new rates, as set out by the secretariat, will
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  • 34 8 TELUK ANSON, Nov. 25 Trainees of the Day Training Centre here will hold an exhibition of teaching aids, arts and crafts on Nov. 28 from 9.30 a m. to 6 p.m.
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  • 195 8 IPOH, Nov. 27. T h e A area Alliance secretary, Inche Mohamed Yunan bin Abdullah Sani, today welcomed the assurance by the People s Progressive Party that it will not discriminate against foreign capital. “We are glad to hear now." said Inche Mohamed Yunan
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  • 273 9 A START IN SCHOOLS TO SPREAD KNOWLEDGE THROUGHOUT STORE SINGAPORE, Nov. 26. r j’ IE GOVERNMENT has put into operation a plan to teach and mobilise the entire student population lo build a healthier Singapore. For a start, a group of teachers from
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  • 78 9 KLANG, Nov. 25. The 'lalayan Indian Congress uants compulsory na(,'»nal serviee training for 1 youth of this country ,0 safeguard peace A resolution to this 'lect was passed on the lotion of the Klang •'ranch at the annual 1IC delegates’ conferee. which ended its •no
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  • 20 9 L Al A LUMPUR Nov. 26— Batu G ris’ School here will hold "Huai prize-giving on Wed- "ay.
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  • 88 9 pORT DICKSON, Nov. 27 —A court martial here last night sentenced a sergeant to be reduced to the rank of a trooper after finding him guiltv of receiving 5342.50 as gift from recruits when he was a squad leader. The sentence on Sgt.
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  • 29 9 PENANG. ICOV. 27 Eleven members of Parly Pesaka Anak Sarawak, now touring Malaya as quests of the Federation Government. arrived In Penang today for a two-day visit.
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  • 122 9 U AL A LUMPUR, Nov. 27—Professor R. Roolvink, head of the Malay Studies Department of the University of Malaya, who figured in a row raised by 13 students in July, has given notice of his resignation. A spokesman of the university council confirmed
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  • 163 9 KLANG, Nov. 25. THE Malayan Indian Congress decided yesterday to K change its name to MALAYSIAN Indian Congress after Aug 31 next year. This was one of 26 resolutions passed at the two-day annual delegates conference of the congress which ended tonight. The conference paid a
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  • 54 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 26—A 10-minute newsreel of the visit of the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to North Borneo and Sarawak was shown in all theatres today. It was screened simultaneously throughout the Federation, Singapore, North Borneo, Brunei and Sarawak. The film was produced by the
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  • 55 9 MR. AND MRS. Robert Singam after their marriage at the Registry Kuala Lumpur last week. The bridegroom, of the Audit Department in Kuala Lumpur, is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Kallayapillal. The bride. Miss Molly Chow Ah Moy, is the eldest daughter
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  • 390 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 25. that the Far Eastern Freight Conference was hampering Malaya rubber exports were made at today’s joint meeting of the executive committee (exporters and packers) of the Federation of Rubber Trades Associations. Mr. Tee Teh, president of the RTA, said
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  • 83 9 SINGAPORE. Nov 26 A barber, Tan Jol Wah 23 was so upset by the murder of his younger brother Tan Chuan Hua. that he ended his own life by drinking caustic soda This was stated at the Inquest today on Tan Jol Wah Tan Kim
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  • 362 10 Top bracket group likely to pay KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 27 A DEARER New Year is in store for Malayans in view of increased taxes and duties which the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, is expected to announce tomorrow Federation Budget
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  • 27 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 Selangor Youth Club will attend a four-day civics course at the Women’s Institute hendqunrters at PetalinK Jaya, beginning from tomorrow.
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  • 191 10 Kuala lumpur. Nov. 27.—A1l air traffic to Kota Bharu was called off today because of heavy monsoon rain which has flooded the runway of Pengkalan Chepa Airport. Continuous rain started at 3 a.m. today in Kelantan and 1 a.m. in Trengganu. Several areas in Kelantan
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  • 213 10 uJALA LUMPUR, Nov. 27. 'JHE Dt*put> Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Kazak bin Hussein, said here today that opposition to Malaysia had practically ceased in North Borneo and even in Sarawak there was less opposition than before. —He was speaking to reporters this morning
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  • 105 10 KUALA LUMPUR. N0v.26Five Federation Cabinet Ministers were principal guess at a dinner given by the Federation of Rubber Trades Association last night They were t lie Minister ot Finance. Mr Tan Siew Sin. the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr Lim Swee Ann. the
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  • 20 10 RAWANG, Nov. 27— The annual speech day and the Government English here will be held on Nov ju
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  • 135 10 kOTA BHARU, Nov. 27. The Alliance dominated Town Council here will face a deficit of nearly $200,000 next year. According to its budget estimates passed last week, the council expects revenue and a State Government grant together totalling $636,000 against expenditure of $834,970. The council’s
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  • 55 10 KUALA LUMPUR. brothers were jclr > u General Hos P t ijL d ov thu after bel .V Road at about 1 4J m.s., Ipoh Roaci p.m. Paraniothy. They were S. 2 i i and S. M» n ck Srio« .'.net a suffered head Ini rop sions.
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  • 269 11 FILM DIRECTOR DECIDES: ALL RIGHT...IF THEY DON'T WANT IT. ILL SCRAP THAT SCENE’ 1™®“ rst-CTOr kiss (on the cheek) in a Malay film has been cut out following protests. i n y various sections of the community, but the heroine's father, a former police sergeant
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  • 315 11 L f U A L A LUMPUR, Nov. 27. Talks involving at least two Ministers began today to avert the threatened strike by the Railwayman’s Union of Mala j a. Ministers actively lnvo vfd in the hush-hush discussions are the Minister of Transport, Dato
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  • 127 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 26. —The Cosmopolitan Club here is to have a “Playboy’’ section for men only. Each member who wishes to enter this section of the c’ub will be Issued with a key, for which a fee of $2O will be charged When
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  • 244 11 OENANG, Nov. 27.—A motion urging the State Government to “include at least $lOO,000 instead of a token sum of $10” in its 1963 budget for the proposed university college in Penang, will be moved at the State Assembly’s budget meeting tomorrow. Proposing this will he
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  • 47 11 KLANO, Nov. 26 The OCPD here. Asst. Supt. F. David, Is to be transferred to the Cheras Road police station in Kuala Lumpur next month. He will be succeeded by Asst Supt. Abdul Ghanl bln Darus O C P D., Kuala Selangor.
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  • 108 11 Old girls and Convent Jacks share sorrow PENANG, Nov. 27.—Several hundred Convent teachers and pupils attended the funeral today of the Rev. Sister St. Hortense, an 88-year-old French nun. who died here yesterday afternoon after G 4 years In Malaya. Sister St. Hortense, a former art mistress, was also in
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  • 98 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 27. A week-long tour oi Malaysian territories has t>eon arranged tor 12 students, who were winners in the four language sections of the “Discovering Malaysia” quiz contest organised bv the Ministries of Culture and Education recently The tour, given free
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  • 523 12  -  Ballot papers go out to 14,000 members By YAP CHIN KWEE: Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 26 THE Railwaymen’s Union of Malaya has sent out strike ballot papers to all its 14,000 members after failing to reach a settlement with the Railway Administration on
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  • 258 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 \IORE than 250,000 people from various parts of the Federation have seen the Holiday on ice” show which ends its Malayan tour at the Stadium Negara here later this week. The show’s managing director, Mr. W. Carl Snyder, today said:
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  • 140 12 Kuala lumpur, nov. 25. Sixty workers of the Hagemeyer Trading Company (Malaya) Ltd., here will receive back-pay dated to April 1 this year under a wage agreement signed between the company and the National Union of Commercial Workers. Clerks, salesmen, mechanics, peons, drivers and
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  • 37 12 SUNGEI PATANI, Nov. 25. The Kedah branch of the National Union of Teachers will stage J B. Priestley’s “The Inspector Calls” at the Day Training College, Alor Star, tomorrow and on Tuesday night-
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  • 138 12 i Kuala lumpur, Nov. v 26. —Four senior local officers from North Borneo flew here today for discussions with their Malayan counterparts They are Mr K (i Unnithan, an assistant accountant in the Treasury. Mr A M. Thaufeck, an assistant district officer. Mr Miam
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  • 56 12 TELUK ANSON. NoV 2 packed hall greeted the son choral groups ,t tlon of “A Musical Bhenfj p d songs, piano and violin rec t. items by a percussion bam the week-end. L n A feature of the sh onlv to Invited goes children’s ballet
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  • 135 13 KLANG, Nov. 26. till TAN EE SEK, 36—a cripple for 15 years—who went to Britain last f nr treatment will re t irn on Nov. 28. He is now able to walk* rhe Klang High School Old Association collected •5 i to
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  • 103 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 27.— A total of 29 illegal huts occupied by about 150 people in Bukit Permai were pulled down yesterday while tne police stood by. The huts were built about sx months ago on land belonging to the Hokkien Huay Kuan Notice was given one
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  • 90 13 MALACCA, Nov. 27. 1 1 A committee of representatives of Indian organisations in Malacca has been set up under the chairmanship of Mr. C.P.R. Menon t.o collect money for the "Save Democracy Fund.’ T secretary is Mr M. P Rajah and the trea* s
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  • 38 13 MBAN, Nov. 27. An au- elephone service has beer i l.V“ in the sub-district of miles from here. v -lar service will be inI V‘ Mion In Kuala Klawang y‘ Seremban, Tampln and K Ual Pllah.
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  • 114 13 LONDON, Nov. 27—Dr. Wong Hee Ong. of Singapore, is one of six people from the Commonwealth who have been awarded medical fellowships by Smith and Nephew Associated Companies Ltd., one of Britain’s foremost medical houses. She was one of more than 200 applicants. The
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  • 36 13 MUAR, Ncv. 26 The Johore Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Hassan bin Haji Yunos, will open four health clinics, two Malay schools, two community halls and a sevenmile road m the Muar district this week
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  • 338 13 Police stand by —but no sign of an anticipated boycott SINGAPORE., Nov. 27 anticipated boycott of the Government Chinese Secondary Four examination did not come off today. All was quiet as the week-long examination began at 9 a.m. at 21 centres—guarded by police scattered
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  • 142 13 Kuala lumpur, Nov. 27. —There is a temporary shortage of locally brewed beer in the Federation because of the recent switch in the source of supply. All these years, Malayan Breweries in Singapore looked after the requirements of thirsty Malayans. But with the opening
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  • 76 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 27. A former page to Queen Elizabeth—the Earl of Portarlington. 24 flew In tonight lor a two-week inspection ol Singapore Cold Storage properties. Lord Portarlington, accompanied by Lady Portarlington. is a great-grandson of the Cold Storage founder Sir George S. Yuillu. Lord
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  • 52 13 SEREMBAN, Nov. 26.—Mr. J. P. Danker, a pensioner, died suddenly of a heart attack in his home at Lobak this morning. Mr Danker, 64. leaves a widow, seven sons, including State hockey player Pete: Danker one daughter and 14 grandchildren. The funeral will take
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  • 31 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 25 Senior local omceis lrom North Romeo will arrive here by air tomorrow for a week's tour of Malaya at the Invitation of the Federation Government.
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  • 276 13 KUALA LUMPUR. ‘••Nov. 27. Tne Australian High Commissioner to Malaya, Mr. T. K. Critchley, opening an exhibition of Australian art at the National Art Gallery nere today said he hoped Australians would one day have an opportunity of seeing an exhibition of
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  • 18 13 PENANG, Nov. 27 Hajt CM Mashlm has been elected president of the Penang Muslim Welfare Association.
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  • 30 13 IPOH, Nov. 27.—Thieves ransacked two empty house* in Merdeka Gardens here last night while the occupants were away on holiday. Police are unable to determine what was stolen.
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  • 480 14 Ismail: Free speech must have a limit; Seeni: Ws an insult KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 28 Minister of the Interior, Da t o (Dr) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman told the House of Representatives today that the Government would not allow the goodwill and harmony among
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  • 220 14 Kuala lumpur, Nov. 28 Federal tailing $1,022,361,600 for next year were presented to Parliament today. Here are details of the major items of revenue: Customes $486,501,600; excise $45,812,000; licences $66,561,000; inland revenue $209,271,700; fees of court or office, payments for specific services $43,079,900; Broadcasting $2.5 million;
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  • 61 14 MALACCA. Nov. 28—A $120,000 Rural and Industrial Development Authority training centre has been completed at Bukit Bharu here to provide comestic science training for women in rural areas in Negri Sembilan. Malacca and Johore. It will be opened after the Hari Raya Puasa in February. The
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  • 132 14 Kuala trengganu. Nov. 28. —S even houses in the Ashing village of Pantai Telok. one mile from here, collapsed in a heavy monsoon storm last night. Nobody was hurt. The families have been evacuated to Seberang Takir across the river opposite the town. The
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  • 34 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov 28—The Government is to recruit 122 religious teachers for secondary schools next year, the Minister of Education, Capt. Abdul Hamid Khan, told the House cf Representatives todav.
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  • 214 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 28 rpHE Prime Minister. 1 Tengku Abdul Rahman, said in the House of Representatives today that he has not received any request from India for Malayan troops to help fight the Communist Chinese on the Indian border He was
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  • 246 14 K UALA LUMPUR. Nov 28 —The New land s Chief of Air staff Air Vice Marshal I g Morrison, said here today that the New Zealand Government would “sympathetically consider” any request for military aid in the defence of Malaysian territories. He told
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  • 42 14 SINGAPORE. Nov 28 jJ;J riean industrialist. M--will fly into Singap' < to make a market ginerring equipnien Mr. Reed is the of Dorr-Olivcr Inc a organisation of eq facturers and enp n< ing in mining. cJip.u and waste treatment
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  • 408 15 ISCOME TAX Pay as you earn from January BUT RATES STAY AS THEY ARE KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 28 APAY-AS-YOU-EARN system of income tax deductions will be introduced in the Federation next year for those who have to pay $600 a year
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  • Article, Illustration
    40 15 NEW Alliance Member of Parliament, Inche Abdul Razak bin Hussein, arriving for the Budget meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Inche Razak, who was returned in the Lipis byelection in October, was sworn in Nov. 27. Straits Times picture.
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  • 114 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 28 —Tengku Abdul Rahman told Parliament today that the Committee of Inquiry into equal pay for women employees in Government service had nearly completed its report and he was sure it would be accepted by the Government. He was replying
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  • 26 15 KLUANG, Nov 27 Eighty villagers of Kampong Kahang 28 mi’es from here, today attended a Hvics course organised by the Information Department.
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  • 281 15 IfUALA Nov. “28.—The general manager of Malayan Railway, Dato Ahmad Perang, explained today the steps the Railwaymen’s Union of Malaya might have taken before it resorted to a strike ballot. Dato Ahmad said he was speaking out because an editorial in
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  • 50 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 2- Mr. CER Abraham, a social welfare officer, left fr r Manila last night to attend the second pan-Paclflc Rehabilitation conference which begins on Nov 28. The other Malayan delegate. Inche Abdul Majid Ismail, orthopaedic surgeon at the General Hospital, leaves tomorrow.
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  • 120 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. “28.—A total of 112.177 aliens became Federal citizens in the first 10 months of this year, the House of Representatives was told today. The Minister of Internal Security, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bln Dato Abdul Rahman, said In reply to a question
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  • 125 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 2. A statute made by the University of Singapore, published in the Government Gazette, provides for the setting up of a school of education, one of whose object is to make “such further or special provision for educational training as is deemed
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  • 37 15 PENANG, Dec. 2—The Governor. Rata Tun Uda, will address the Penang Day Training College at their annual presen’a'lon-of-certlflcate ceremony on Friday. Mis wife, iengau Puan Hai)ah Nor Sa’ndah. will give away the certificates.
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  • 87 17 MALACCA, Nov. 23. The wife of the Chief Minister of Malacca, Puan Asmah binte Alang, will open the Malacca Women’s Institute annual fair at the Banda Hilir English School here on the morning of Dec. 2. Puan Asmah. is the patron of tne State
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  • 149 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 28. *3 —The British Milita r y Command in South-East Asia was revolutionised today with Admiral Sir David Luce becoming the Commander-in-C h i e f of all forces, rills Is the third unified command In Britain’s strategic link-up round the globe and brings
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  • 101 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 23. Collections on the three-digit betting made by the turf clubs in the Federation totalled $33,125,916 from April 1961 to October this year. The Minister of Internal Security. Dato (Dr.) Ismail bln Dato Abdul Rahman, told the House of Representatives (hat $20,893,604
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  • 1272 18 TAN TELLS WHAT THE GOVTS TARGETS ARE STRAITS TIMES PARLIAMENTARY REPORTERS j KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 30— The House of Representatives today approved in principle the Government’s plan to spend $493.2 million next year on development works. Debate on specific items of the plan
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  • 143 18 Kuala lumpur, Nov. 30. —A Philippines governor said here today that a visit by the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to the Philippines would help bring the two countries closer together. Mr Feliclsimo T. San Luis, Governor of Laguna Province, said the Tengku’s personal
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  • 306 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 29 ITNCLAIMED money orders piling up in post offices are causing “great and constant embarrassment” to the Postal Department, the Minister of «Vorks. Posts and Telecommunications Dato V. T. Sambanthan. said today. Dato Sambanthan was .speaking in the House of Representatives
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  • 93 18 MANILA, Nov. 29.- Ma newspapers thi gave prominence iO agency reports that the al a J? u j Premier, Tengkii Rahman, woulu ye happy to discuss 1 N pre Borneo questioi. 1 r si dent Maca P t wo uld that opportunity of arise on
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  • 273 19 PCNANQ, Doc. 30 I s City Council today' decided to set aside 1 $100,000 as “an Initial and first donation” tovi is the establishment of the proposed Univer- si College of Penang. >e council approved a m on by the former M'< jr. Mr.
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  • 43 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 30— The Save Democracy Fund now stands at almost $300,000. The latest list of donations Issued today by Bank Negara, treasurer of the fund, snows that another $171,315.89 was collected this week, bringing the total to $295,430.88
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  • 144 19 Kuala lumfur, Nov. 30.—The Ministry of Education was urged today to Introduce in schools the teaching of major religions. The ca l was made by the chairman of the board of governors of the Dharma Institute. Mr. K. ParamaUngam. at the annual speech
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  • 28 19 PARIT BUNTAR, Nov. 29.—The Methodist Engusa Secondary Schocl here will hold a food and run fair on Saturday In aid of Its boy scouts fund.
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  • 282 19 Malaya Hall ignored orders to cut expenditure’ KUALA LUMPUR, Friday,. *JHE Government's Public Accounts Committee is concerned over the high cost of running Malaya Hall, London. Instructions ,to cut down expenses have been ignored, it saysThe committee’s report now before Parliament al*r> says: MORE THAN $11,500 was owed by students
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  • 1012 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP: Singapore, Dec. 2 MICKEY ROONEY II, i?1 ridden by Ken Smith, equalled the 1949 record of the great Bright Eyes today when he beat Usaha-Setla by a neck In a thrilling finish over a mile at Bukit Timah to score his seventh win
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 38 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: *****58. 1ST No. *****8 851.875 2ND No. *****8 825.8ST 3RD No. *****8 812.818 Starters (81.281 eaeh): Nos. *****6. *****0. *****2. S8S1SI. *****8. *****5. *****1. *****1. *****4. *****8. Consolation: 858 to tickets ending in 892.
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  • Malayan Share Market Review
    • 1177 20 From Our Market Correspondent JT was industrials all the way on the Malayan Stock Exchange last week and more activity was seen than for some time past. Sparking off the boom in industrials was the 1963 budget of Mr. Tan Siew Sin which was considered
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    • 522 20 'THE week’s trading would indicate an almost perfect balance between supply and demand report H.C.B. Co. Ltd., in their weekly rubber report. Consequently price fluctuations have been at a minimum and turnover smaller than that of recent weeks, adds the report. The current reports
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    • 111 20 THE Malayan Exchange Banks’ Association made these changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100); New Verm buying TT 321, airmail OD 33, 90 d/st 331 credit bills, 331 trade bills. Canada: buying TT 35 7/16, airmail OD 35 9/16/ 90 d/at 35 1/16 credit
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    • 37 20 (Managers’ Prices) First Malayan 1 61 1 On Second Malayan 1.22 1 30 Third Malayan lift .92 First Hong Kong 92 ,9S* Second Hong Kong .67 .71 Sterling Fund 4/1 4 7 (•Hong Kong currency).
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    • 87 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previous year year Fftspatricks 10% Dec 15 10% 124% Hume pref. 7%t Dec. 31 13% 13% Hume orda. 7%t Dec. 31 13% 13% Ampat Tin 6d-t Dec. 29 350% Kramat Tin Jan. 23 40% Lower Perak 2s.t Jan- 23
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    • 948 20 rPHE state of shares on the Malayan Stock Exchange show last business to November 23. (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 4 1 Alai Bricks i 21 10
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    • 33 20 u Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Nov. 26 Nov. 2 n Industrials: 193.61 194.18 194.97 > Tlnsi 291.61 283.47 283.34 282.9' B rubbsrss 179.83 179.83 179.12 17® 1 J«n. 1, 1958 100.
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