The Straits Budget, 30 January 1963

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    • 277 2  -  HE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A BUM AND A LIAR, YET— ANTI-BUM Singapore READ that a number of Singapore and Federation politicians intend to hold a mass meeting to whip up support for Mr. Azahari and his bogus “revolution.” The sponsors of this meeting include
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    • 225 2  -  INTERESTED Singapore rls with some Interest that I read U9.T. j an 23) a reply by the Ministry of Education in Kuala Lumpur to complaints regarding the posting of pupils to “remove classes" in assisted national type secondary schools “This, however, U entirely dependent upon available existing
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    • 63 2  -  R. B, KRISHNA Singapore SINCE the City Council has now been Integrated with the Government, it is only fair that both the city and rural areas are treated alike. It is not fair to charge a higher rate of assessment for owner occu?led houses in the city area.
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    • 263 2  -  PARENT Koala Lamp or I/VKKY year parents are not only being plagued with demands for all sorts of fees bat hare also to tolerate all sorts of school money, making devices. Recently it was made pnbUc that no one was compelled to
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    • 37 2  -  OFFICE WORKER Singapore THE traffic between Upper Serangoon Road and Yio Chu Kang Road is so heavy that Jams are caused every morning lasting anything up to 20 minutes. Can’t the traffic police do something?
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    • 249 2  -  S. S. Talplng mHL marked feature of j A the railway striae, the longest in the Federation, is mat It brought credit to our nation, some i*,ouu employees of tne Railway stood tne test and proved their faith in their leaders. Vine uovemmeni restrained
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    • 130 2  -  80H FENG HAN Singapore 1 WRITE on behalf of the residents of Lorong Bengkok, off Paya Lebar Road. Ever since the construction on a block of S IT. flats started three months ago, we have had to put up with the dust from the laterlte road being fanned
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    • 82 2  -  K. Y. BOON Singapore I FULLY agree With e Government bous g policy expressed by 81m, ipura (8.T. Jan. 17). It is about time the Oover ment gave thought chancing its present licy. So many houses a < still lying empty—but > t government servants wanting to occupy
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    • 66 2  -  crriZFs Singapore MAY 1 suggest a uniform spelling for all Ma!r: words? At present? some common words are spelt in more than one way. The Singapore Govern ment should also correct some Malay names of street and Islands. Bras Basah Road should read Berms Basah Road, Kreta Ayi.
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    • 81 2  -  WORK** Singapore MANY teachers are frustrated at threats of mcrement stoppage or their not being confirmed if t v do not pass their Std. l or 8td. 2 Malay. There should be no coercion of tho e graduates or normal-trained teachers who have no tftude at ail in
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    • 97 2  -  C. SIRP6N t Straits of Malacca I JUST knew, whan Mr. Hills caught a glimpse of me in the tea the othgr day, that I was in for another embarrassing exchanga of Lottars to the Editor. One man states that I am a turtle, and another
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    • 320 3 Straits Times. Jan. 21 ms it was too much to i the secretary of the li’. -Kated Services Sta l t i attend the Council’s m annual conference speeches in his poc berating the Govern t doing nothing and thanking them for ionv ,m to the monthly Mr.
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    • 576 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 22 inyi,n interests are not or protected by with Indonesia. ful! y appreciated in if only Jakarta oiderstand it, relations >( 'Sin to improve. A Mm on speech making *e might help prevent 111 >or deterioration It however, for the s:nn Government to exMalaya
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    • 310 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 22 The dilution of teaching standards of which the president of the Malayan Teachers National Congress, Mr. Tee* rath Ram, complains is certainly- in evidence. The decline m the pass percentage in school examinations at all level tells its own story. It is well to
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    • 303 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 23 The Singapore Government has been quick to warn the public against buying unauthorised buildings that are about to be put up in the Bukit Timah area. Since this advice is accompanied by the reminder that these houses or huts til and when they are
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    • 673 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 23 The charter members of the nuclear club are giving themselves a last chance to ban nuclear tests. Probably this time they will succeed. There is only a small difference to bridge now that Mr. Khrushchev has accepted the principle of on-site inspections
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    • 327 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 23 The Federation Government has responded promptly to the appeal for help for victims oi the most disastrous floods in Sarawak’s history Within hours of the setting up of a relief fund, Tcngku Abdul Rahman had authorised a donation of $30,000. It is unlikely that
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    • 676 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 24 The accent on security recently attached to the Philippines’ claim to North Borneo does not alter the basis of the claim or, of course, strengthen it. But the British Government invited the Philippines Govi rument to discuss security problems in South-East Asia, having
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    • 297 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 24 Malaya is still a place where tourists stop on their way to somewhere else. We cannot expect to achieve overnight the happy position of Hong Kong or Hawaii, which can depend on regular earnings of hundreds of millions t( ease the blow of falling
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    • 290 4 —Straits Times. Jan. 24 There is no mistaking the Federation Government s desire to push ahead as spoedih as possible its plans, drawn up with the help of the M.C.A. and local council chairmen, to improve the economic condition of the “new* villages. Three months after Tun
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    • 250 4 —Straits Times. Jan. 25 The first few days after tlu opening of the new school yeai have brought the inevitable rash of parents’ complaints accompanied by opposition party criticism. Postings have been a mess,” so runs the chief complaint, but without attributing super-efficiency t< the education departments and
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    • 600 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 26 The “confrontation policy” which is to regulate Indonesian relations with Malaya promises to be full of unpleasant little. surprises. The decision to alei t the Indonesian air force, and to patrol the invisible “border” with Singapore and the Federation is fine of them. These
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  • 258 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20— > Mr. Koh Chong Hwa, fll v vice-chairman of fh p‘ Workers’ Party, Lid today that Mr. rj a vid Marshall resigntd from the party because of “personal’ differences with the secretary-general, Mr. riiua Chin Keat. ii.» said In a
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  • 98 5 ■SINGAPORE, Jan. 20.-—Fire tm* a iter noon gutted two tiuc> in Jalan Hajijah off i Road rendering homeless T*l. e “i Ze broke out at p n ‘n one of the hm colony. 3 SmaU attap V t II; mil J’Jtes the second i
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  • 65 5 MNOAPORB Jan. 20.—A well>!v o[ )l oi onali tv in the tobacco V>- T Singapore and Malaya h.m White. 57. died in New 6 d on Dec. 23. h fr of his death was received 'day. Mr. White died after his in a swimming pool
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  • 288 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20 —A top White House official said here that a number of countries in South-East Asia had increased their strength and were now in a better position to curb future Communist advances in this area. Mr. C. Forrester, an aide
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  • 25 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20—The Selangor Religious Department will hold its fourth annual Koran reading competition at the Istana Alam Shah, Klang, tomorrow night.
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  • 96 5 CHE SITI ZAINAB binte At Bakar (above), the first Malay woman accountant. who has just returned to Malaya after passing her final accountancy examinations in Melbourne. Australia. Siti Zainab, 22. is the daughter of Senator Dato Sheikh Abu Bakar and Datin Fatimah binte Haji Abdul Majid,
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  • 219 5 SEREMBAN, Jan. 20. 'JHE president of the Negri Sembilan Malay Chamber of Commerce, Inche Ja’afar bin Haji Talib, today deplored the apathy of the members in not attending the annual meeting, which was to have been held this morning. The meeting could
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  • 20 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 20. The Sultan of Selangor will visit the Radio Malaya office and studio on Tuesday.
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  • 191 5 SINGAPORE. Jan. 20. 'THE Federation Minister of Agriculture and Co- operatives, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, today denied allegations by the Barisan Sosialis that an ‘‘economic war” was now being waged between the Singapore and Malayan Governments. “The Federation Govern, rr.ent has no
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  • 194 5 FIRST TV TESTS IN S’ PORE TODAY SINGAPORE, Jan. 20 Television Singapura will begin test transmissions from tomorrow to enable engineers to check the performance of television sets. A statement from Radio Sing apore said today mat such transmissions would be radiated from 10 a.m. to noon, and again from
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  • 125 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. The Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, announced today that monosodium glutamate (synthetic food flavouring e s sence) would be placed under specific import licensing from tomorrow. This was to prevent excessive imports, dumping and unfair depression of prices. Dr. Goh
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  • 69 6 SINGAPORE. Jan. 20—Four British commandos from Johore reported to police that they lost their tuxedo jackets in Victoria Street last night. Lieut. V. Caurtice told police that they had driven down from Johore. They left their jackets in their locked car in Victoria Street
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  • 30 6 SEREMBAN. Jan. 20.—The Yang dl-Perluan Besar of Negri Scmb’lnn opened the new $BO,OOO Port Dickson Club at the sth mile, (’oast Road last night, before 300 people.
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  • 266 6 FAITH—THANKS TO THE TENGKU’S ‘UNDERSTANDING’ KUALA LUMPUR, January 20. THE Thai Foreign Minister, Tun Thanat Khoman, said here today that the three Association of South-East Asia countries could now look forward to the future with confidence. He said this after three days of informal talks
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  • 141 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20.—Employees of Joseph Travers and Sons Ltd. who have served ..t least 20 years consecutively are entitled to retirement benefits on reaching 55, ranging from $l,OOO to $B,OOO according to their posts. Under a collective agreement signed by the company and the Singapore Business
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  • 22 6 KLANG,’ Jan. 20. Senior Inspector K Suppian. senior investigation officer here, will go on transfer soon to Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 139 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. >o. —HajiT&ha bin Ilujt Zakaria, Chairman lor Agriculture. yesterday deplored the rate oi pad, planting in the state. Speaking to 100 padi planters at Kahang m Kluang he said 616 acres of land was allocated tor padi planting in Kahang Of
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  • 48 6 SINGAPORE. Jan. 20.—BOAC will begin direct flights oetween S: .gapore and Sf« Z ’and in April, enabling passengers to tty direct froir. London to Auckland for t!> tlr>t time. Two ffights a week in each d .ection are scheduled Comet 4's will be used.
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  • 427 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. —The retiring Australian Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. G. A. Jockel, who flew back to Canberra tonight, said that he was confident that Australian investment and technical participation in Singapore’s industrialisation was assured. This was especially so after the visit
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  • 360 7 ALOR STAR, January, 20. THE Sultan of Kedah today expressed hap--1 piness over the progress achieved in the State s rural development projects, and the people's response to the “gotong-royong” (selfnelp) eampaign. ‘The Sultan, who was 35 today, was replying t< a congratulatory address
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  • 57 7 i H J n —Alang Mat Yan feuipah, who has been Central Mental Hospital ,r v Mx years, was acquitted c l f>ri n his friend. Pandek in the High Court here lifer tie prosecution had ’ttn the charge P,, wax accused of killing ‘n
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  • 136 7 SEREMBAN, Jan. 21. The Minister of Works and Telecommunications, Dato V. T. Sambanthan, today opened a modern bridge over the railway line nine miles south of here. It replaces a bridge bui t n 1907 The State Engineer. Mr D J. M. Carvill. said at
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  • 91 7 SEREMBAN. Mon. —An apprentice jockey. Patrick Phoon, 20 (above), was killed in a motor accidetit 12 miles from here at 2 a.m. today on his way back to Singapore from the Ipoh races. Police said Phoon was driving with two businessmen At a sharp
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  • 84 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 21.Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church and other Christian churches in Kuala Lumpur tonight observed a "Week of Prayer for Christian Unity” for tne first time. Clergymen and laymen, representing the various Christian denominations here, conducted the prayer vigil at the
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  • 289 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 20 THE Johore MCA youth conference at its third L annual meeting held at the Diamond Jubilee Hall here today opposed the Indonesian Government’s open support for the Brunei rebellion. The conference also denounced in another resolution the stand by three
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  • 40 7 SINGAPORE. Jan. 21— Racing motor cyclist. Mr Pane Yau Min. who was killed while racing in t ie Forces Motor Club’s New Year sprint yesterday, was buried at the Bulim cemetery in Jurone this afternoon
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  • 96 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21.—A four-man Japanese technical mission representing electrical, steel and travel firms in Tokyo, flew In here today to conduct a one-week survey of business conditions and tourist facilities in Singapore and Malaya. Mr. H. Shimabukura. the leader, said that the team was sent
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  • 137 7 SINGAPORE. Jan. 21. Firemen were called out twice tonight when street urchins set fire to a huge tree in the centre of a roundabout at Bras Rasah Road and Dhoby Ghaut with firecrackers. At 6 p.m residents in the area telephoned the Fire
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  • 188 7 Kuala selangor, Jan. 21 A rural development pr o gramme on the same lines as Malaya’s will be launched in the Borneo territories when Malaysia becomes a reality in August this year. However, consideration must also be given to the conditions prevailing in
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  • 44 7 JAKARTA. Jan. 21—North Sumatra Governor Raja DJundJungan has denied issuing an order forbidding people of the state to listen to Radio Malaya. 'T have never issued Instruction or personally recommended that the peonle Ignore Radio Malava." the Governor said. U.P.I.
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  • 24 7 KOTA BHARU. Jan. 20—The Sultan rtf Kelantan opened a new $125,000 building for the District Office at Pasir Puteh here tcday
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  • 34 7 IPOH. Jan. 21—A resolution aking Ipoh Munlcipolity to take immediate steps to place all its dallv-rated em ployees on a monthly basis will be tabled at the monthly meeting next week.
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  • 153 8 BUTTERWORTH, Jan. 21. THE parents of 55 children who failed the L.C.E. examination have petitioned the Minister of Education to let their children remain in their old schools for another year. Twenty-four of the children are in Malay schools and
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  • 41 8 PENANO. Jan. 21.—Fifty residents of Kampong Paya ln_ Buklt Mertajam are giving voluntary labour to help build a 900-foot road at Beraplt under a self-help project. When completed the road will benefit about 500 pad! planters.
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  • 19 8 PENANG, Jan. 20—The Penang Muslim Welfare Association's food fair held here earlier this month netted $l,lOO.
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  • 127 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. 20. The nely-elected president of the Singapore Junior Chamber ot Commerce. Mr. Ee Hoon Siak. said yesterday that Jaycees should be encouraged to serve on public bodies. government boards or other councils, where they could exert their influence for the
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  • 52 8 Gaitskell’s death a loss —Tengku KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 21. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, sent this message of condolence to Mrs. Hugh Galtskell on the death of her husband. “Deeply grieved to hear of sad news of death of your beloved husband. Please accept our most sincere sympathy In
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  • 388 8 OINGAPORE, Jan. 21. Last-minute moves to break the deadlock in the 18-day Metal Box strike were made today on the eve of the management’s ultimatum to engage new stall if the 400 pickets refused to return to work. This afternoon, the Singapore
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  • 244 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. A second film star has openly repudiated individual contracts signed with Malay Film Productions. Last week Jins Shamsuddin threatened to tear up his contract and face the consequences. Now he is supported by Saadiah Baharom, 25. who has appeared in
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  • 50 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. 21—A girl Lee Joe Eng. aged nine, was oinned under a coconut tree which fell on a house In Kampong Chal Chee in the early hours of Dec 3 and died before she could br extricated, a Singapore inquest vas told today Verdict- Misadventure
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  • 16 8 SEREMBAN, Jan. 21—The 40-vear-old Hindu Crematorium In Sentul Road Is to be renovated
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  • 132 8 ALOR STAR, Jan. 21. J'HREE armed men kidnapped two sisters in a lonely padi field in Kampong Bakong, near Arau, yesterday evening. Atom, 18, daughter of Asona. and her sister, Hun, i6, were returning home with their mother, Earn Enamkew, 37. when the three men
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  • 84 8 KUALA KANGSAR. Jan. 20 —Members of the Perak Legislative Assembly had their first audience with the new Sultan of Perak in the palace here yesterday. The Speaker of the Assembly, Inche Mohamed Al: Zaini, pledged the members loyalty and co-operation to the Sultan and
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  • 94 8 PENANG, Jan. 20.—Mr. A. S. Khoo. manager of the New World Park here collapsed and died of a heart attack today. Mr. Khoo. 57. (above> was working at his Shaw Brothers’ office in Suatov Lane at about 11.40 a.m when he had a stroke
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  • 180 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20. The Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry, Haji Khalid bin Awang Osman, munist China of making use of its embassy in Jakarta to promote Commuism in Indonesia and to influence the Malays in Malaya to become Communists. He was speaking at
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  • 53 8 KUANTAN, Jan. 22.—Pahang will carry out more padi double-cropping schemes this year. This was announced bv the Mentri Besar, Wan Abdul Aziz bin Ufigku Haji Abdul- lah, when he opened a tv day staff meeting of 1 Department of ArHciiH here today. The meeting was attended 20 representatives
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  • 224 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. pLANS to build Petaling Java’s town hall have been shelved for the time being. The Administrator of the Petaling Jaya Development Corporation. Inche Mohamed Anuar bin Shudor, said today that the corporation has decided “there was no immediate
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  • 54 9 THIS is the Merdeka memorial clock tower in Parit, Perak, which was unveiled by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Rural Development, Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein on Jan. 21.—It cost $9,555 —from public donations and $3,870 left over from the merdeka celebrations fund.—Straits Times
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  • 208 9 m S l Sf' AF0 *B> Jan. 21 I th<- eneral secretar > °f I I 'fr«™ I,, n,m **0 that he hind < ock .‘o RfKistrar to T tke in Mr Kah roort).' ,he witness wi‘ a ffply to Mr. fii'-tet? the asine n
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  • 52 9 IPOH, Jan. 20.—Mr. Hah pin Kwong has been elected president of the Ipoh Diehard s Club. Other officials are: Vice-presi-dents Mr. Beh Cheng Lye and Mr. Yeap Poay Seng, secretary Mr. Lee Fook Nang, treasurer Mr. Lai Choon Leong. A committee of six and two auditors were
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  • 26 9 KUALA TRENGGANU. Jan. 21. —Trengganu will hold its Statelevel Koran Reading competition on Feb. 5 and 6, at the Pavilion Padang, Paya Punga, here.
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  • 85 9 SINGAPORE. Jan. 20—Employers have been reminded to submit income tax returns for certain classes of workers employed by them last year. An employer who has not been notified individually and who in 1962 employed persons other than married women whose remuneration exceeded $2,000, married women
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  • 43 9 SINGAPORE. Jan. 20. The Straits Times today received two donations totalling $3OO for the five-year-old Singapore Kasban quads bringing their fund to $513. The donations are from Mrs. C.K. Loke ($200) and Messrs. K.M.S. Sultan Alaudin Sons ($100).
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  • 232 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20 'J'HE Selangor Education Department carried out a $15.5 million “Operation Lightning” last year to raise the standard of Malay schools in the State. This included the building of: Forty-three Malay primary schools; Two Malay secondary schools in Klang and Sabak
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  • 105 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20. Ten airmen ol the Royal Malayan Air Force will leave for Britain tomorrow for apprentice training at the RA F stations ln Halton and Locking. They are Recruits Liew Yin Chuan and Arlffin bln Othman who will take up an
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  • 310 9 pARIT, Jan. 20. It is everyone’s duty to make Malaya a happy, prosperous and peaceful nation, the Deputy Prime Minister and Mnister for Rural Development, Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, said here today. Tun Razak who was opening the town’s $9,555 Merdeka memorial,
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  • 267 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. The Minister of Culture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, announced today that tourism would be developed as a major industry in Singapore. From Feb. 1 tourism would be the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance. he added. Addressing a lunch meeting of the Singapore
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  • 59 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22 —Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Merton, air member-designate for supply and organisation of the Royal Air Force, left for Hong Kong today after spending a week in Singapore visiting Far East Air Force headquarters and RAF* units He will make another
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  • 363 10 MINISTRY ANSWERS COMPLAINTS ON NEW SCHOOL POSTINGS KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 22. 'J'HE Ministry of Education today replied to complaints regarding the posting of pupils to “remove classes” in assisted nationaltype secondary schools. The children were being posted only to assisted schools, and
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  • 101 10 PENANG. Jan. 22—Happiest pilgrim in the Kuala Lumpur which sailed from Swettenham Pier today 'as Inche Mohamed Rasum bln Haji All. a resident of Batu Lanchang Road. Inche Rasum had reached the pier this morning to board the vessel when he missed his
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  • 220 10 IPOH, Jan. 20. rHE 4,000 members of the National Union of Ban* Employees will hold general meetings at branoh levels throughout the country to decide on industrial action, including strike. This was decided by the union’s executive council which met here last night, as
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  • 51 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 20 —The national president ot the Pan Malayan Islamic Party. Dr. Bur nanuddin bin Mohamed Nor. today sent a cable to Mrs. Hugh Gaits sell, wife o* the late British Lab our Party leader, expressing heart-felt sympathy" over ttif death of her
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  • 43 10 KUALA TRENGGANU. Jan. 20. —The Mentri Besar of Trengganu. Dato Ibrahim Fikri today opened a weekly fair, a clinic and a community hall at Kampong Sungei Tong, near here. All three projects are under the rural development programme.
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  • 151 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22 The Ministry of Home Affairs today announced that prisoners in state prisons, including detainees, will be allowed extra food, cigarettes and tobacco during Chinese New Year. No visits to prisoners will, however, be allowed on Jan 25 and 26
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  • 54 10 SINGAPORE. Jan 20.—The French Ambassador to Malaya. Mr P Anthonioz. flew into Singapore today en route to J.ik.ir a on a private visit to Mr Q. Dor* iet. French Ambassador to Jakarta. Mr Anthonioz, formerly Ambassador to Mauritania. West Africa for three years, was appointed tc
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  • 290 10 IPOH Jan. 20 UREE primary educa--1 tion in Malaya was described as a “humbug” by the secretarygeneral of the Peoples’ Progressive Party, Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam, at a political rally in the Peoples Park here last night. Mr. Seenivasagam said that what was free in primary
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  • 299 11 PENANG, Jan. 22 4 COOK accused of murdering her emplover’s baby was later found behaving lysterically in a blazing room, a preliminary nquirv was told today. She was crying and shouting,” Sub-Officer julan bin Mohamed Kassim of the City Fire brigade said at
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  • 145 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. Schoolgirl Florence Lim, 20. was so terrified by the presence of a gunman in her bedroom this morning that she remained there for two hours—long after the Intruder had left. The gunman, said the police, had entered her room
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  • 53 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 22 —The Malayan Ycuth Hostels Associa tion will hold a “Hawaiian Night' dance on Chinese New Year's Eve at the Chinese Assembly Hall or. Jan. 24. Entrance is $3 for a couple anc $2 single. The proceeds will g( towards the expansion programme
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  • 145 11 K Ual a LUMPUR, Jan. I nJLr A leadin Bri‘‘branan has been ■n<? e “u t 0 start a trainr;l; Ct l eme for Hbra0/ Malaya Universlty ‘l6 yeaX Shlre for thc co)' t ‘^p° int m e nt, made In Asw H tlon with
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  • 86 11 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 22.—The head of the ASA Secretariat, Inche Abdullah bin All. will leave for Jakarta next week to become the First Secretary to the Malayan Embassy there. The post was created recently. His wife and two child ren will accompany him.
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  • 32 11 SEREMBAN. Jan. 21.—The Seremban Rotary Club will entertain 50 old people from Sikamat new village to dinner on Jan. 23. The old folk will also receive gifts.
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  • 105 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22 The University of Malaya Students 1 Union and the University of Singapore Student s’ Union today Jointly called for the formation of a national organisation of Malaysian students embracing all post-secondary Institutions In the region. The Joint statement was signed by the president
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  • 35 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Jan. 22. Inche Abdallah Din Mohamed Sullen, 52. will leave the State Secretary’s olHce at the end of this month to become private secretary to the Sultan of Johore.
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  • 184 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. ELEVEN theatre managers and assistant managers of Cathay Organisation here shared a total of $4,650 last week “in full settlement of all their outstanding claims.’* 1 A spokesman for Cathay Organisation today revealed payment was made to them on Wednesday following
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  • 32 11 SINGAPORE. Jan. 22.—Mr L*e Sle w Mong will speak on “Household Gods and the Chinese New Year” at the Rotary Club of Sin-gapore-West luncheon on Thursday In Prince’s Restaurant.
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  • 278 11 SINGAPORE Jan. 22. L'IRST steps by the Singapore Government to give 1 protection to Singapore-made goods have been announced in a special gazette notification. This requires importers of similar goods but made elsewhere, including the Federation, to obtain licences. Imports of these goods will
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  • 46 11 SINGAPORE. Jan. 22—The Yang dl-Pertuan Negara. Inche Yusof bin I&hak, has ordered the grounds of the Istana Negara to be opened from 8 am. to 6 p.m. on Friday, Chinese New Year's Day. The police band will perform from 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
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  • 200 11  -  From CHAN BCNG SOON: Alor Star, Jan. 22 THREE girls, kid- napped in Perlis in the last two days, are all home. One was released by her abductors, another was rescued by police and the third girl was found by her father. This was what
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  • 94 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 22. The Sultan of Selangor and the Tengku Ampuan visited the studios of Radio Malaya here today. They were shown round by the Director of Radio Malaya, Inche Dol Ramli, and later had tea in the audi torium. The Sultan’s only complaint was
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  • 91 12 MUAR, Jan. 22. Dato Sulaiman bin Ninam Shah. chairman for Johore Local Government, said today that a total of 1,159 low-cost houses costing $6,204,800 will be completed in Johore this year. A total of $380,000 will be spent on the construction of a
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  • 31 12 KAJANG, Jan. 22.—A total of *50.000 has been allotted for the improvement of roads and drains hi the villages of Dcngkil and liangl In Ulu Langat district this year.
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  • 743 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 for tolerance and understanding to keep the trains running efficiently were made today at the official signing of the agreement which formally ended the 23-day railway strike. High up on the agreement list
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  • 135 12 JPOH, Jan. 22. Leong Meng Kwang, 14, who obtained a Class B certificate for Standard Six in the Pasir Puteh Malay School here, today enrolled in the Malay medium Form One of the Anderson School Meng Kwang, son of a Chinese physician, is one of
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  • 55 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22 —The Association of Professional Work 1 y with the assistance cf the Ac'* l! Education Board has organised a course on “introduction to socid work” to be held between Jan and April 3 at the cultural cetv.re in Canning Rise. The lectures will be
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  • 340 13 iPOH, Jan. 20. A 1 youth who will never walk again yesterday received a gift that will give him hope and a new purpose in life a wheel chair. It was presented by Ipoh Rotarians. With it came food parcels, a
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  • 70 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22—The Y di-Pertuan Negara, ,iu v Yu.-of bin Ishak, will men a new mosque at Vicuna Street on Thursday. It was built by the Malabar d maatn, an Indian >larr»ic religious organisation om deci in Singapore in 1929. Tie building, opposite
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  • 45 13 I IPOH Jan. 22 Two new com■i.jnitj nails, built at a total cost I foi 1 1 .700 at BaKan Bahru and' fungal Sega In the Selama sub-! were declared open bv the Mentrl Besar of Perak. Dato aaarl bln Shaflee, yesterday. I
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  • 173 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22.— Singapore Red Cross or kers,. helped by voluntoiled all morning t"d;iy to complete packing Iot «r s ur ffently required lor Hood victims in Sara'v »k and North Borneo. i'y 3 p.m. 25 crates •lurked “To Kuching 0, Singapore” had
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  • 298 13 Butter worth. Jan. 20. —Water sold by the Penang State Government was heavily subsidised, the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee. said today. "And the fact that many of its schemes are uneconomic will not deter the State Government from implementing as many projects as
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  • 33 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Jan. 22 Inche Bidin Login. District officer of Johore Bahru, laid the foundation stone of a mosque to be hunt at Kampong Ayer Manis, 32 miles from here, today.
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  • 91 13 TUIE LITTLE BOV in 9 this picture seems to be tickled by his “thorn among the roses" situa tion. And the little girl seems to say. “Ssh don’t dis turb mum!” Mummy had brought her a’ong to take a look at Robinson’s department store “bargain basement" when
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  • 202 13 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 22. T h e Commissioner for the Fedral Capital, Haji Ismail bin Panjang Aris. returned home from Hong Kong today full of praise for the tenancy tribunal system operating in that colony. He described the system which came into operation in 1953
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  • 247 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 23. IIIE Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew Sin today asked iron ore miners to produce their accounts and prove their case for asking the Government to reduce the 15 per cent export tax on iron ore —imuosed 14 months ago—to the former
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  • 40 14 Singapore,—Jan. 23. —Burglars yesterday entered a home In Race Course Road when the owner, a labourer. Loh Hul Sing, was out for dinner. He lost a fan, a watch, necklace and two lockets, altogether worth $410.
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  • 25 14 SINGAPORE, Jan 23. The Straits Times In Singapore today received $2O from V.H.R for the Kasban quadruplets, bringing their fund to $541.
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  • 101 14 Kuala lumpur, jan. 22.—Two teachers who have been awarded Colombo Plan scholarships to study the latest methods of teaching deaf children will leave for New Zealand tomorrow. They are Miss Ho Chai Ping, 24 (above), a teacher at the Batu Tiga Road
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  • 19 14 TAIPING. Jan. 23—The Chin ese Recreation Club will hold a Chinese New Year’s Eve dance tomorrow.
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  • 203 14 IPOH, Jan. 23. The Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon bin Haji Zubir, who arrived here by plane this evening on his way to Penang, was stranded for a moment when the plane could not take off due to engine trouble. A Strait* Times
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  • 69 14 SINGAPORE. Jan. 27. Mr Justice Tan All Tah in the High Court >esterday tcld See Toh Seng, under a lower court fine of $5OO foi obstructing a police constable firm the performance of his public functions: “As a good citizen you should have Joined
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  • 187 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 23 A PLAN to give 500,- 000 new villagers a better deal was announced today by the Assistant Minister for Interior, Mr. Cheah Theam Swee. lie said at a Press conference that Instructions had gone out to all District Officers to bring
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  • 358 14  -  By TAN TOCK SAIK: Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 23 r I'HE Chinese New Year holidays will tempirarih bog down efforts to clear the backlog of cargo from Port Swettenham. The port will be closed from 5 p.m. tomorrow till 7.30 a.m. on Jan.
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  • 189 14 1ZUALA LUMP UR I Jan. 23. Malaria fighters from eigh: Asian countries toda;. got down to a ‘battle, drill” course at the University of Malaya to study Malayan antimalarial methods The Minister of Il.ulti: Inche Abdul Rahman fc:r. Hajl Taiib, who opened tr.t course, said
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  • 108 14 MALACCA, Jan. 24. The Chief Minister, Inche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba, today opened the town’s first dual-carriage way which cost $450,000. The road, with mercuryvapour lighting, is an extension to Jalan Munshi Abdullah (former Newcome Road) and joins up with the Bukit China Road.
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  • 364 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 24. HiK posting of more than 4,000 pupils here I to secondary schools has been to the I satisfaction of most parents and few com9 plaints have been received. I Mr B.H.G. Adams. Selangor and Municipal ■education officer, said this today
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  • 59 15 i3no an Some were entertained to a Party by Col. H.P.Q. Boswell, gander. Engineer Base Group, ’‘liman Barracks today. ei e^ C 1 i ldren ranging from f* n 14 lt years of age. were i, M ountbatten. Keppel Har- and Paslr Panjang commucentres the
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  • 97 15 YIALACCA, Jan. 24. 1 The Chief Minister of Malacca, Inche Abdul Ghafar bin Baoa, told 500 villagers of Tambak Paya. nine miles from here, not to be perturbed by the misunderstanding between Malaya and Indonesia. He told the villagers, who were mostly of
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  • 41 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23.—The second Industrial Arbitration Court will hear a dispute between the printing firm of Qalam and the Singapore General Printing Workers' Union on Jan. 29. The dispute concerns pay. annual bonus, conditions of employ ment, and gratuities.
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  • 246 15 SINGAPORE. Jan. 23 Discussions on merger and the details of fitting Singapore into the Malaysian constitution began here today by the SingaporeMalayan inter-govern-mental committee. The two-day* meeting, being held in the Ministry of Home Affairs, is a continuation of the talks held in Kuala Lumpur
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  • 48 15 SINGAPORE. Jan. 25. The onstitutional sub-committee oi he Federation and Singapore Governments today concluded its i urrent meeting on merger mati ers. A further meeting will oe iield later; probably again in Singapore The committee expects o make its report within four weeks.
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  • 190 15 KUANTAN, Jan. 24 The Pahang Umno youth section is to ask for the appointment of a deputy Mentri Besar to hasten progress in the state. The question would be discussed by the Pahang Alliance liaison committee soon. Inche Zainuddln bin Haji Ahmad. State Assemblyman
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  • 321 15 Fire —on eve of their move to new homes PENANG. Jan. 24 '’rHREE families lost their Kampong Herriot home L in a midnight fire last night on the eve of their move to the new low-cost houses in the same area which the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, declared
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  • 153 15 IPOH, Jan. 24. A CAR broker, Woon Tham San, 29, died in Taiping hospital yesterday afternoon after a stabbing incident. Woon was returning: home on a motorcycle on Tuesday night when four men stopped him in a dark lane off Kota Road, Taiping. He was
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  • 96 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 23 The Government announced today that the start of Bulan Puasa (fasting month) would be determined on Jan. 25. Immediately word is received from the Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal on whether or not the new moon Is sighted, announcements will be broadcast
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  • 121 15 A NEW YEAR EVE EPISODE of TRISHAMAN CHEW SINGAPORE. Jan. 24—Trisha rider Chew Ah Pee. 52. started his Chinese New Year’s Eve today at 3 a m by making a citywide search on foot for his missing trisha. He had Just got up from bed to find his trisha stolen.
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  • 47 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 23.—The Malayan Association of Scooterlsts in conjunction with the Variety Club of Malaya will present "Scoorterama,” a variety show on scooters, at the Stadium Negara on Saturday at 8 p.m. Highlights of the show will be the crowning of a “Miss Scooterama"
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  • 330 16 IPOH, Jan. 27.—Hund- reds of people are visiting the gigantic rockfall near here yesterday which has blocked the flve-mile Simpang Pulai-Lahat. road to through traffic. Work on a new deviation bypassing the rockfall area will be completed In about two weeks. It
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  • 72 16 DUBLIN, Jan. 25—The first Malayan Ambassador to the Uish Republic, Tunku Yaacob ibni A 1 Marhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, presented his credentials to tJf aem Vaiern nert today The Ambassador was Riven an escort ot army motor-cyclists to and from the presidential house He
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  • 638 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24 CHARGES of “victimisation in its crudest form” were made today against a company which has been given pioneer status to make goods in Singapore. Mr. Chue Shiu Hoong. an official of the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers’ Union made
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  • 207 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. T’HE Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said in a Chinese New Year message tonight that the “Year of the Rabbit is a fair barometer of well-being.’’ He added: “This year means the fulfilment of Malaysia, an event which
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  • 104 16 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 23. j The Singapore Government will be sending a delegation soon after the Chinese New Year for further talks with the Federation Government j on the new regulations governing the Import of chickens and eggs. This was disclosed tonight by the Singapore
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  • 112 16 rpELUK ANSON, Jan 04 A The second all-Mali branch of the Peoples i r J gressive Party was form P H at Chikus, In the rice h ‘,S area of Sungei Manlk. eighmiles from here. The first branch l n the predominantly Malay area was
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  • 118 16 OENANG, Jan. 25. A Chinese family preparing for their New Year re-union dinner in Mount Erskine Road had five uninvited guests last night. Wearing coloured fancy masks and carrying k: ive> and toy pistols, the caller herded Mrs Lim Choon Teh and others into
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  • 236 16 l/'UALA LUMPUR, Jan. 23. The Alliance Party here today welcomed the proposed formation of the Brunei Alliance Party—a merger of four main political organisations in the state —which will work for the state’s entry into Malaysia. A spokesman at headquar ters said the Brunei Alliance Party
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  • 282 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 25. By workers of the Wilkinson Process Rubber C ..oany Limited at Batu Caves will return to Hr. Monday after being on strike for the past 29 days. The workers members ol the Union of Employees In Companies Manufacturing Rubber
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  • 156 17 u \l l.l’MPUR. Jan. M\ j; \ii mail trains K<rr delayed for about linin' ibis morning— B to in* the longest l,!h >inie tile rail serW resumed eight days hr reason: l he trains i Jiniiu slower than Bto ir O'0 il 'peed as
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  • 89 17 MlAI A LUMPUR J.U.. 11, Malayans wLh tor adventure anci 1 ait- invited to join Koyal Malayan Navy as ipplieants must be Fed1 citizens between the s U1 and 21 on May 1 Harried, and in possesSchool Certificate ‘.a* 6 -Lie or Two with s
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  • 48 17 A LUMPUR. Jan. 24 A V o' m ascn. president of H 1’iess International, arfi :e Plane last night on a •< v Wt to Kuala Lumpur ■V, -miapore. Thomason, 52. is on an Asian nations to meet r !nen t officials and local ‘permen.
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  • 66 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Jail. 23. A husband-and-wife team won the Selangor Koran leading competition held in the compound of the Istana A lam Shah at Klang. They are Inche Mustafa bm Haji Basri and Che Zabidah binte Haji Soib from Tamo:. 3 Karang. Inche Mustafa
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  • 132 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 23 Professor L. A. Sheridan (above), first Dean of the Law School at the University of Singapore, last night recalled the opposition he had to face in introducing part-time law courses in the universitysix years ago. lie was speaking at a farewell dinner
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  • 38 17 Penang’ s padi contest PENANG. Jan. 25—The padi competition for the south-west district cf Penang Island will be held in the Balik Pulau Recreation Club on April 10. Entries must oe sent to the club on April 9
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  • 34 17 PENANG. Jan. 25. —Two youths stopped a cyclist Thong Fook Slew, on a lonely path oil Batu Lanchang Road last night and inbbed him of $2 and an imitation ring worth SI.
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  • 58 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 25—The National Union of Indian School Teachers is being wound up. Its registration was cancelled with effect from Fob. 22. 1961. according to a Government gazette notification today. Members or others who may have claims against the union should file their claims with
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  • 299 17 In —and with a bang BAN ON CRACKERS IGNORED AS HARE TAKES OVER FROM THE TIGER KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 25 THOUSANDS of Chinese in Kuala Lumpur defied the ban on the firing of crackers and ushered i:i the Year of the Hare with a big bang. From early last night
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  • 37 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 25—The following have been appointed assistant registrars ot schools in Selangor Mr T A Brady. Mr Then Chin Nyean. Mr Tan Hock Peng Mr. Lam All Choo and Mr. J. G Godwin
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  • 151 17 IZUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 25. —Two Australian businessmen will visit Malaya and Singapore next month as part of an 11-country tour to promote the University of Queensland’s International House project Tbc.v are Mr Bruce Martin, president nf Queensland International House and a for. mer district
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  • 120 17 KUALA TRENGGANU. Jan. 25. The Mentri Besar of Trengganu, Dato Ibrahim Fikri bin Mohamed. said today that the State Government has set aside $100,000 towards scholarships for higher studies. Earlier, he opened two new community centres, each costing SG.000, at Kampong Penarek and Pulau Kerangan.
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  • 109 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 25. Another 579 people have been deprived of their Federal citizenship. According to the latest Government Gazette, the Minister of Interior, Dato Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, made the order under Article 26 of the Federal Constitution. Article 26 states: “The
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  • 33 17 KAJANO, Jan. 23—The Selangor State Education Department has sent 11 new teachers to the Kajnng Yu Hun Junior Middle Chinese School which was converted into a National-type school last year.
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  • 375 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 25. MALARIA fighters from the Philippines and Thailand today urged the Association of South-East Asia to wage a common front against the deadly malaria transmitting mosquitoes. They told the Straits Times today that the malaria problem was common to
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  • 58 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 25-A I 3f. babies were born In hospitals here tociny the first tlay of tlie Year of the Rabbit. I ho first. “Rabbit” baby was a bov weighing filb 20z.. delivered to the wife of a vegetable seller. Wong .Soon Wall, at the
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  • 114 18 Kuala l u m p u r, Jan..24—Queen Elizabeth has approved the appointment of the Rt. Rev. J. L. Wilson, Bishop of Birmingham (a former Bishop of Singapore) to be Prelate of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, according to a message received
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  • 57 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 25 Ihe Labour Party of Malaya has set I, P a f tihd to provide financial 1,1(1 to its members who are involved in legal proceedings arising floin their political activities. m Th party's treasurer Mr Tan llo rk Kin. Is chairman of
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  • 191 18 l/TALA LUMPUR, Jan. IY 25. —A pair of Royal Bengal tigers (above) and six birds from India have joined the permanent collection at the National Zoo at Klang Gates here. The tigers and birds a pair of Demosille cranes, a pair of Adjutant storks
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  • 33 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 25 —Ten Brunei police recruits left here b> air today lor Singapore on then wav back to Brunei after computing an eight-month trainincourse at the Police Depot here
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  • 36 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 25—Haji Bytd Hassan bin Sycd Zain Shahabuddin. a member of the Public Services Commission, has been appointed a member ot the Railway Service Commission, according to a Government notification today
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  • 197 18 TAIPING. Jan 25. THE Alliance-controlled Taiping Town Council fc& followed the example of the Federation Gove:: incnt in placing its daily-rated staff on month; pay. The rate of conversion is also the same as that recently granted by the Federation Government to its daily rated
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  • 27 18 TAIPING. Jan. 25 —Chinese Now Year joy flights Will be provided bv the Penane Flying Club at the Taiping aerodrome on Jan. 27.
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  • 177 18 OEN’ANG, Jan. 25.—An appeal for old clothes for the Sarawak flood victims was made in all Catholic churches in Penang today. This appeal was Issued In response to an urgent S OS. received by the Bishop of Penang. Monsignor Francis Chan, from the Catholic Weltarp
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  • 160 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. The Fconomic Development Board will s i n an agreeir.e:: with the Ishikaw.hiir,; Harima Heavy Industries of Japan t establish a 523 million shipyard at Juror." The signing cerem be held at the C tun! Centre, Canning Ri e. c Wednesday at
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  • 45 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. The Labour Party of Mala' hold a two-day political c» its members starting on L* Among the speakers will a party's treasurer. Mr. Tan Kin, the secretary-general T.im Kean Slew and the Mayor, Mr. Ooi Theam S>
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  • 871 19 i u A LUMPUR, K 27.—Vent Vici 1 Li p- On jj on the Heng|ie mortal Trophy ve r here today. I ,AC* 1 *>, DIT. I— IV. weal u Ki lOJUM'O I i‘J7) M. Ue I ■o> St. Hon re 6.13 U125—-36) 8»tth 3
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  • 133 19 PENANO, Jan. 27. THE Penang Port Commission will soon have new A administrative offices at King Edward Place, opposite the $3.5 million Bangunan Tuanku Syed Putra. *y. The commission has allocated $500,000 to build It. near the Clock Tower, as soon as the
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  • 229 19 si .'i- PENANG, Sunday. MORE employment passes enabling foreigners to work in this country were issued last year. According to a spokesman of the Federation Immigration Headquarters. 910 such passes were issued in 1962 against 448 the previous year —an increase of
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  • 102 19 IPOH, Jan. 27.—The Federation armed forces will interview recruits to be trained as skilled tradesmen in the Federation Signals, Federation Ordnance Service and the Federation Supplies and Transport Servlet. The interviews will be held at the Territorial Army Centre in Tarabun Road here on Friday
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  • 49 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 27. Mr. Abraham Silas has been reelected president of the Stanford Community centre. Other officials Include Mr. Frederick O. Pinto (vice-presi-dent), Mr. A. P. Nathan (secretary), Miss Yong Liew Sin (assistant secretary), Mr. Ho Slang Heng (treasurer) and Mr. Seah Kheng Hock (assistant treasurer)
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  • 165 19 .l' j v i >»* v/v t!w r., a a, OINGAPORE, Jan. 27 Payment of bonus equal to XU| per cent of the annual salary U provided for in three collective agreements between the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union and three companies, the British
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  • 85 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 27. —The Federal Department Of Town and Country Planning will this year prepare an out* line regional plan for Penang and parts of Province Wellesley. > F This Is In accordance with the Government's policy of expediting the preparation of regional land
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1331 20 From Our Market Correspondent WHEN the Stock Exchange closed in the middle of last week for the Chinese New Year there was little diminution of turnover despite the approach of the long holiday. i Tne turnover again was almost "entirely confined tax Industrials which in many
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    • 906 20 rpHIS table of sharea on the 1 Malayan Stock Exehaafo shows last business to Janaary It (A) and last business since that date (B) with H and L standing far Highest and Lowest badness far last year and this year to date. IMBSTIIALS at t Alts Bricks
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    • 37 20 v Current Date of Total Total for for peertsws payment payment year rear ,H,». Bank IU. JV— 16% ls% O. Hope 10%t liar. 20 40% ;EM*C 11.4 ft liar. 1 32.14% x 23 t interim.
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    • 26 20 4 t Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 23. Industrial*: 104.06 ***** 106.67 106.72 106.74 109.05 rubber*: 100.60 100.70 100.70 Deo. 20. 1062 100.
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    • 347 20 F” < omnium ns II w L. i rtrnUNO the four- lra l y ing week on u S £M tin market prices dollar. a sssufptf 1 xSE?:; I SSSiB I April bit yoor as mit e. out their or* in front o 2B Year
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    • 27 20 RUBBER T 1 (par ltr.) (peri IJ,) juv tl UK ola. »42 It 75% eta. 842. 1 23 3»*4 ct». *42:- '< 2« 30 «U. M"'-
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    • 55 20 tJ PENANG, Jan. 27. -7 1 Guan Lye has been elec Lj sident of the Penang Practitioners’ Society, Dr J Choong Isu rice-presidei J Dr. B. O. Krishnan the s and treasurer. Committee: Drs. V. O. P* j han. 8. T. Yeoh, K.K. Matt Chye Chow, Ch’ng
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