The Straits Budget, 13 March 1963

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  • 29 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MAL *VAI NATIONAI NfWIfAMI I m Kuala Lumpur, March 13, 1963. Price 40 cents (Malaya), or 1 shilling |lKPl»|79
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    • 357 2  -  NG KENG SIANG Singapore HAVE read so much about deaths in traffic accidents these last few months that I feel it is time something is done by the authorities concerned to solve the problem. In New York, Washington, San Francisco and Los Angeles
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    • 64 2  -  MOTORIST Singapore JT is high time something was done about the bend neat the 6} mile Changl Road The edges of the road by this bend are blanketed with sand washed down from a nearby embankment. I suggest that a kerb or anything effective be built along the
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    • 36 2  -  S. HO Singapore QN returning to this country after living abroad for some years, I am ashamed to ftnd that children and young people retain their seats In crowded buses while older people stand.
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    • 192 2  -  J.C.A. Singapore MOTORISTS living in 1 Serangoon Gardena have not yet folly recovered from nearly a month of monamenta I daily traffic jams eaosed by the laying of electrical cables along the only road leading into and out of the estate. Now
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    • 93 2  -  J. ROBSON Singapore rE 1963 Malaysia Grand Prlx Is Jult round the corner. It does give great pleasure to watch, but as a veteran in this game I feel that something ought to be done for our local riders. What chance, for example, have our local riders who
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    • 293 2  -  P. HALL Port Dickson ran influential American newspaper printed a headline “American Aid for Kremlin” and published thereunder a story to the effect that the American Government was giving financial assistance to Communist countries for the purchase of a strategic material, I do not doubt that President
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    • 224 2  - WHERE IPOH IS STREETS AHE AD OF CAPITAL ONLOOKER Kuala Lumpur ALTHOUGH Kuala Lumpur is Malaya's capital, I would suggest thatTlpoh is more advanced in more than one respect. In Kuala Lumpur it is common to see a stretch of road barely a few weeks old being chopped up and
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    • 99 2  -  d.c! Penang THE problem of overpopulation is both an economic and moral one; it has been asserted that it necessitates planned parenthood. But the moral consequences have been Ignored. Experienced social workers throughout the world admit that the introduction of contraceptives brings about moral decadence and estranged marriage
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    • 128 2  -  T. A. SI.M0S President, Singapore Hire Car Associate Singapore PERMIT me to Inform JT “Waiting” (8.T March 2) that the limitati. n 0 f taxis has nothing to do with the existence of "pirate*; as the very foundat. n or their existence is the] easy money they can
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    • 86 2  -  SHAAF U a HAJI HOH.1MLD DAP District Olfictf Kota Star QN behalf of the Fire Victims Relief Com mitt* Kampong Kepala Butt Tua ang, Kota Star, I wish to thank the Btrai: s Him* and the Berita Harian lor the exceptional publicit? they have given to the flrej
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    • 195 2  -  pan* 14 rtt .|i XEA< Peogkalan Cbepa \|Y sympathy to ‘'Puzzled” who (B.T. March 2) voiced wonder and disappointment at having been sent to Brinsford Teachers’ College on a “Lanjutan Kampong Course” and on his return being posted to a school where such subjects as agricultural science, which
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    • 873 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 4 H-v,.,. :iie txousc for R. ,:-A at the 19th Economic Com\sin and the rar mor« attention will be ■ven t.i t'H politic-ill problems B Miihiyvi;'. titan to the econBj c pit bletns of the Ecafe uht this impressjs vtaken. but at the Let
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    • 390 3 uuu. Straits Times. Mar. 4 The Dunlop tyre factory in Petaling Jaya —Malaya s biggest manufacturing project so far—has been opened wit appropriate fanfare. More than $3O million in local and foreign capital is being invested in t e enterprise, and there will jobs for 1,000 Malayans when
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    • 718 3 --Straits Times, Mar. 5 There is some sound advice in the annual report handed yesterday to delegations a* the Manila conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. The less developed countries of the Ecafe region “should follow Japan’s path of industrialisation, by producing
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    • 551 3 -Straits Times. Mar. 5 There are now three separate bodies appealing to Government clerks in the Federation to unite in a single body—a situation which the rank and file must find quite bewildering. The rivals in the elimination of rivalry are the Civil Service Clerical Federation, formed 18
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    • 711 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 6 Controversy between Singapore* and the Federation over the financial arrangements for merger is unfortunate, yet not entirely unexpected. The heads of agreement set out the broad principles, leaving much still to be negotiated. There was no agreement, for instance, on the common market
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    • 280 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 6 The Cheras water supply, declared open by His Highness the Sultan yesterday, carries forward to an advanced stage Federal and State plans to satisfy long-felt needs. Kajang town may be expected to tap most from this new source, but it is the surrounding rural
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    • 424 4 —Straits Times. Mar. 7 Parliament looks all set for a lively meeting next week. A full measure of interest is promised by six Opposition motions led by a Socialist Front demand for a vote oi no-confidence in the Government for its handling of the Malaysia issue:
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    • 549 4 —Straits Times. Mar 8 Land development is a pressing need in Sarawak. The backlog of land applications is huge and more and more cases of unlawful occupation .are being recorded. What this means in human terms is graphically described by Mr Richards, the Sarawak Director of Lands.
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    • 187 4 nicy iicivc iu k —Straits Times, Mar The officials of Kajar.g T Board are to bo coup;. :v.'.Sx' for their decision to ci t people in Ulu Langat D. to collect rates on the > explanation is that this w save ratepayers the ir.ccr.venience (and the exp
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    • 43 4 SUTTIE: To Elizabeth ;l James a sen James At j 4-3-63 at K.L. Maternity He Both well. SOEGIHARTO: To Colon* L 1 Mrs. Sregiharto on 3rd M t Gleneagle Haspital a boy 1 j Paramlsura Legianto) all Thanks to doctor and stall
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  • 325 5  - NO STRIKE’ PACT Prompted by crisis with Indonesia over Malaysia iy- jfl! NG ON Mr Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 3 f HI i O.OOO-strong National Union I of Commercial Workers is to sign cn industrial peace agreement with 60 firms, most of them European. Th union’s general secretary, Mr. A.B. Gomez
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  • 134 5 SINGAPORE, Mar. 3. The threatened strike by the National Mining Workers Union, is “definitely against the interests of the nation, Mr. John Jacoo, president of the Malayan Indian Congress, Singapore. has informed the union. If the strike materialises it will affect 14.000
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  • 94 5 PENANG, Mar. 3—Miss Low Gaik Sim, 19, a receptionist, who was elected Press Ball Queen here last night. She won from 16 other contestants. vliss Helen Yeow, 19. was runner-up. and Miss Alice Chuah, 21, a salesgirl, third Oatin Wong Pow Nee, wife of
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  • 45 5 MALACCA, Mar. 4—The treasurer of the run Tan Cheng Lock scholarship fund Mr Tan Cheng Wee. today Appealed for more contributions. t nnn The fund now stands at $45,001) was started in December 1960 to help provide scholarsmps for university education.
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  • 215 5  -  By 808 PERIES: SINGAPORE, March 3 A TTIiACTIVE Raja Shamshiati binte Raja Putra, 19, third wife of Brunei rebel chief Sheikh Azahari, today announced that she will re-marry soon. That is, after she gets a divorce from Azahari in the Shariah Court tomorrow. According
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  • 232 5 S’ PORE FIRM TO PAY MONTHLY INCENTIVE BONUS SINGAPORE, Mar. 3. Payment of a monthly incentive bonus to its employees is provided for in a threeyear collective agreement signed between George Lee L,td. and the Singapore General Employees’ Union. The agreement says: “In view of the incentive nature as well
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  • 54 5 SINGAPORE, Mar. 3.—A1l post oillces. except Orchard Road Arcade post olJlce and Siglap postal agency, will be opened from 9 a.m to 12.30 p.m. on Mar. 10 for the sale of the new issue of Singapore definitive postage stamps. The General Post Office will open from 9
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  • 94 5 SINGAPORE, Mar. 3—The president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Ko Teck Kin, said yesterday that the benefits of wealth were being more diffused and distributed through economic development. This increased development made for higher wages and better social services. It was
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  • 86 6 THE general manager of the Malayan Railway, Dato Ahmad Perang (right) examining a model of the “Bunga Raya" diesel locomotive complete with wagon and carriage, which he presented to the Sekolah Kebangsaan liisamuddin in Kuala Lumpur on March 3. On the extreme left is the headmaster of
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  • 93 6 SINGAPORE. Mar. 3 —ln response to the call by the entire Malayan Press, the Shaw organisation group oi companies in the Federation, comprising Shaw Brothers (Ipoh) Ltd.. Shaw Brohers <K.L.) Ltd., and Shaw Brothers (Penang) Ltd., have each contributed $l,OOO towards the National Patriotic Fund Cheques
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  • 290 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 3. MOVE is to be made to bring together the 25 clerical trade unions in the Federation into one giant union. As a first step towards achieving this object, a meeting of the heads of all the 25
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  • 22 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9.— The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will open the Jurong wharf construction on Mar. 9,
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  • 175 6 LUMPUR, Mar. 3 —A total of $8,858 more has been received by Bank Negara tor the Save Democracy Fund. The total now stands at $874,834.85. The following is the list of latest donors: Workers of Semenylh Group Estates. Semenylh Division, $789; contributions from the staff
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  • 67 6 LONDON, Mar. 4.—Dr. Lee Slew Choh, chairman of the Barlsan Sosiaiis in Singapore, arrived here yesterday to “protest against the mass arrests” of members of his party recently. Dr. Lee said he would also “explain to the public. Members of Parliament and Government representatives my party’s
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  • 35 6 PENANG, Mar. 4. Fourteen members of Tanjong Bungah Umno branch resigned today. They included the chairman Inche Othman bin Mat. In a letter of resignation they said did not agree with policy.
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  • 244 6 RAUB. Mar. 4.-n llvi men with tx de ti M in Indonesia crit th S p e i d for Pwl* their trading IrtereS above the national d i» U nity. Mr. Tan Siew Sin, MU nister of Finance a d nr? of
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  • 140 6 —Reuter. Manila, Mar. t.-w 6 M. Pushkin, the Soy-« Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, said here toda> J had a “bad opinion" oi proposed Federation Malaysia. Mr. Pushkin, who neacthe Russian delegation the ECAFE talks wmcj open here tomorrow. t 0 reporters on
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    • 46 6 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Payoblt in advance) Quarterly Singapore Kuolo Lumpur No postoge f.10 F«d Moloyo Br. North Borneo incl. postage Br. C'wealth Foreign Ind. United Kingdom Eastern Australia Only by Express Airfreight H-Yeorty Yee 910.40 920.00 9Jf 11.10 29.00 4JI 1940 27.00 12.00 24.00 •••Ml
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  • 577 7  - OPENMIND’: Razak lie's off to Manila: Deputy Premier's Malaysia mission while leading delegation to the ECAFE meeting by iIAHARI ALI Kuala lumPl'R, Mar. 4Thc deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, flew to Manila today to do "every thing lean to reduce tension over Malaysia”—if given the opportunity. He said this
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  • 204 7  -  By HENRY PAUL IPOH, Mar. 4—One of the most ancient titles in Perak, reserved exclusively tor a commoner consort of the Sultan, was today bestowed on the former Miss Amy Lim Kam Fong, 29, (left), now Che Annnah, the second wife of the Sultan
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  • 369 7 SINGAPORE, March. 4 'J'HE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today quoted extensively from the White Paper on the merger agreement to answer criticisms by the Federation's Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, on the control of State revenue after merger. Mr. Lee
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  • 445 8  -  A Canadian expert talks of Malaya's ‘unusual stable and sound conditions' By AUSTEN ZECHA: KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 MALAYSIA will attract more foreign firms and boost the industrialisalion of the country, a Colombo Plan industrial economist predicted Mr. Philip Stuchen, a special
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  • 239 8 PENANG* March 4 fTHE United Democra--1 tic Party said today that a Malaysia under the terms proposed by the Lansdowne InterGovernmental Committee, would be “iniquitous.” “The experiment will carry great danger, not only to the proposed Malaysia but to the whole South-East Aslan
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  • 173 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 4. Raja Shamshiati binte Putra, abandoned wife of the Brunei rebel leader. Sheikh A/ahari. spent 30 minutes in the Shariah C ourt today—and emerged still legally married to Azahari. Raja Shamshiati had expected to be divorced today so that she
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  • 141 8 SINGAPORE, Ma r 5 —A lorry knocked down three women at a busy roadside market in Lim Tua Tow Road this morn* inff, killing one and injuring the other two. The driver fled, iouvine Madam Chong Wah 5* of Kampong Lieu I.ian dead
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  • 244 8 Kuala lumpur. Mar. 5. A total of 94 questions will be raised at the House of Representatives on Mar. 1! or 12. The questions c ver jects such as education iron ore industry, goats, sheep and cattle rearing art health. Eighty-two of them are
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  • 470 9  -  by AUSTEN 2ECHA \japanese iron team I TOLD: IF YOU WANT 0{K SYMPATHY, WE WANT A CONTRACT KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 4. r; Federation Government today demanded lair, stabilised prices and a long-term Lontract for its iron ore exports to Japan. I la an interview, the Assistant Minister
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  • 94 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 4—A Japanese friendship society has appealed to Malayans to raise mutual understanding between the two countries through personal efforts. In a letter to the Straits runes, tfie direetor of the Asia-African Oceanic Friendship Society of Japan, .Mr. Ichiro Fukuda, said that
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  • 160 9 t PENANG. Mar. 4. E Indonesians picked up from a drifting fishing boat on Mar. 1 off Pangkor Island were repatriated to Sumatra during the weekend. The men. who included three armed and uniformed arnn men were sent back by the Indonesian Consulate here. Another eight
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  • 48 9 Reuter. JAKARTA. Mur. 3.~lndoneisa’s Navy Chief-of-Staff, Rear-Admiral E. Martadinata, said yesterday Ills ships in the Malacca Straits vas ready for any “confrontation” with Malaya. Antara news agency said he was speaking during an inspection tour of Rhio Islands to check naval alertness. Reuter.
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  • 77 9 PEKAN, Mar. 5—The Alliance candidate for the coming Pahang Tua State Legislative Assembly by-election, lnche Mohamed Mokhtar bin Haji Daud. has been elected chairman of the Umno branch here Hbngku Abdul Jalil bin Tengku Sulaiman. a cousin ot the Sultan of Pahang, has
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  • 57 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 4. A housewife. Lee Ah Fo-»k. 47. of Jinjang South, was today fined $1,400. or eight months jail, on two charges connect'd with instilling intoxicating liquot She pleaded gul:: to bring knowingly concerned In dtshliing liquor and oossessine five gallons of liquor on which
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  • 181 9 JAKARTA, Mar. 4 rPHE chairman of the Indonesian Communist Party. D. N. Aidit, has been appointed to the Government committee set up to report on economic and financial problems of Indonesia. The Information Minister, Dr. Ruslan Abdulgani. told reporters today that the committee appointed earlier this
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  • 357 9 Resolution to be discussed at People’s Progressive Parly annual meeting KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 5. LUMPUR branch of the Peoples’ Progressive Party is to urge the Government to break off diplomatic relations with Indonesia and provide adequate naval protection for Malayan fishermen in the Malacca Straits.
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  • 407 10 SINGAPORE, March 5. JLWIPLOYERS proposing to make major changes in the way their companies are run were urged today to take their staff into their confidence. The advice, by the Industrial Arbitration Court, was contained in its award in the dispute between
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  • 35 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Mur 3—The I■ 11 1 MfiHu lie:, sir. Dido Abu kur bln Iiaumda. lodny visited he Sunr'*i Merab group settle* ineiii iticu to Mdebriite Hurl Raya with the MO i,ettlers.
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  • 212 10 kUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 5. The royal town of Klang will go gay on Mar. 9 when the Sultan of Selangor celebrates his 37th birthday. A feast for religious leaders in the State on the evening of Mar 8 at the Istana Alam Shah
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  • 189 10 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 3 A six-member Japanese iron ore mission. led by Mr. Wagatsuma, director of Yawata Iron and Steel Company, arrived here tonight for discussions with the Federation Government officials and local mining representatives. The mission will discuss the present situation of
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  • 62 10 SINGAPORE. Mar. 5. Throe new Australian Army units will arrive in Malaya between Autrusand November to relieve unit which have complettd their twovear terms with the Common wealth Forces stationed here. Units to be relieml are the 2nd Bn.. Royal Australian Regiment tn 103rd Field Battery
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  • 58 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. s—The Royal Federation Police Band will hold a tattoo on the Pi talint Jaya Club padang at 730 p.m tomorrow It will give a display in th< Sordang Bharu Local Council compound at 5.15 p.m. on Mar. 7 and on the Sungei Besi town
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  • 174 10 fPOH, Mar. 4. Two professors will visit Ipoh tomorrow to give talks to local private and Government doctors at the General Hospital here. Dr. William Molnar, professor of Radiology at Ohio State University, who Is touring Malaya, will speak at the nurses’ lecture
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  • 407 10 RAJA DI-HIUR ALSO NAMED AS SECOND HEIR APPARENT IPOH, Mar. 4 T h e new heirs apparent of Perak the Raja Muda and the Raja di-Hilir were appointed today at a special meeting of the Dewan Negara held in the Istana Iskandariah at Kuala Kangsar The
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  • 466 11 KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 HF n i at issue between the Federation and j ore on financial arrangements after Who is to control the machine for colmws ill the State? ■ipct i* IV,;. Mini-ter of Finance. L. f.... said this tor irther
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  • 80 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar 5 iue federation Government ouering scholarships t( Mai. vans to take a three year enur e at the College o Agriculture in Serdang. start mg In May Candidates who wish t< app y must have obtained Grad 1 or II Federation ui Malaya
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  • 66 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 4 —The Gcmrnor of Malacca, Tun H.n. Abdul M.ilek bin Yusuf, present'd c r Uicates to 20 Seouts at tin :h.rd annual Scout rally attended \v 6'JO Scouts at the Hir.i School padang here over the weekend. B. fore the Governor inspected a
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  • 138 11 OINGAPORE. Mar. 5. A six-man team of Singapore business leaders left by Cathay Pacific Airways today for Hong Kong to attend the Italian industrial fair there. They were Mr. Runmc Shaw, managing director of Shaw Organisation; Mr G Ellis, director of Jardint
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  • 505 11 SINGAPORE, March 5 University of Singapore announced today that the following candidates have passed the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Science held in January and have been awarded honours in the subjects Indicated: 1 irst Class Honours: Miss Chou Yu
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  • 92 11 Kuala lumpur, Mar. s—YVong Soo King, 23, (below) a ticket collector at the Cathay Cinema, was knocked down by a bus (top foreground) in Pudu Road here today. He died of severe head injuries. He was crossing the road on his way
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  • 33 11 PENANO, Mar. 5. —Tang Swee Laik, 25, was today fined $95, or one month’s jail, for attempting to re-sell four cinema tickets at the Central Theatre last night He pleaded guilty.
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  • 392 12  -  ACTRESS LOOKING FORWARD TO TRY OUR HOT CURRY SHE HAS HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT IT By K. BASKARAN KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 5. —British actress Susannah York, 21, stepped off a BOAC aircraft here today and the lirst question she asked was: “Where can
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  • 146 12 A LOR STAR, Mar. 5. Several kampongs and villages in Kedah are facing an acute shortage of water. There has been no rain for nearly three months. Rivers and wells have dried up. In some areas vl’lagers have not been able to take a bath
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  • 108 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 5 Two students at the Technical Institute here, Fong Pak Lai and Leong Cheng Heng, wi'l receive $lll6 each from he Rotary Clubs of Petaling )a.va and Mount Gambia in Australia. Till was disclosed by the l'n* id.mt ot the Peta lng Jaya
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  • 65 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. s—The lUai Supreme Commander-In-Chief, Air Chief Marshal Dawee Chullasapya. arrived here by car over the weekend after a four-day visit to British military Installations In Singapore. A Thai Embassy official here •said today the Air Chief Marshal was here on a
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  • 27 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. s.—The 'a hr dl-Pertuan Agong has sent greetings to President Kwame Nkrumah on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of Ghana's independence
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  • 73 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 5 Mr. C. Mills, a former partner of the law firm of Bannon and Bailey here, has sued a lawyer in the firm. Mr. S. D. K Peddie. for payment of $32,000 ;n partnership shares in the iirm said to have been sold to
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  • 53 12 KUCHING, Mar. 5. Sarawak’s first Divisional Advisory Council today approved a motion that the council "fully and unreservedly recommends the report of the InterGovernmental Committee.” The voting was 11 in favour and f' ur against. All four against members were of the antl-Malavsia •Sarawak
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  • 181 12 J/UALA LUMPUR. Mar, 4. —T h e 14.000. strong National Mini*-, Workers’ Union is to {t sue a 14-day strike no. tice on Mar. 9 to Euro-pean-managed tin mines in the country The counting ct 'rut ballot, which stai the union’s headqua-e-’ here on
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  • 76 12 KUALA LUMPUR Mar 5 Shortly before he saw the De?'- :v Prime Minister, Tun Abciul bin Hussein, off to M i ...h day, the .vau'e: here. Mr. Yusup R. Abuh.inr received news of the death oi his father. Mr. Salim .4‘iubakar. at Jo!o in the
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  • 33 12 SEREMBAN. Mar. s.— The Y.vr di-Pcrtuan Bcsar will 41st birthday on Mar’ll There will be a oh. padang in the morning a G garden party In the even.
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  • 87 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. 4-The Chinese YMCA Is sponsoring a youth education tour by Malayan Airways tc Kuching. Slbu, Brunei and Jesselton during the Easter holidays. The tour will cost $250 a student, Inclusive of air fare, accommodation and sight seeing expenses. Twelve girls and 14 boys from secondary scho<
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  • 679 13 SINGAPORE, March 6. H.r KUAN YEW today gave a categori ■1 ca i assurance that the Federation Minister 11 1 Finance would have all the checks and suHpervis»on over the proper and efficient colHlectiou of taxes in Singapore. K B ;i r
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  • 57 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 6—Four Malayan lecturers have returned heme after a six-month tour of the United States under the International Teacher Development Programme of the US. State Department. They are Inche Abdul Kndlr bln Hajl Hashlm. Inche Mokhtar bln Haji Mohammed Dom, Mr. Kant? Kee Chuang.
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  • 321 13 SULTAN OF SELANGOR OPENS NEW $3.6 MILLION CHER AS SUPPLY K U A L A LUMPUR, lv Mar. 5. The $3.f> million Cheras water supply scheme, which will cater for more than 40,000 people living in the KajangCheras Sungei Besl area, was opened today by
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  • 161 13 SINGAFK3RE, March 5. (JCORES of people watched today as bulldozers moved into Toa Payoh to level the first plot of land in the huge squatter area marked for a multimillion dollar development. Among them were two parliamentary secretaries, Mr. Chan Chee Seng and Mr. Chor
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  • 49 13 KUCHING. Mar. 5—The Assistant Information Officer. Sibu Mr. Chill Cilia Kwei. 40. is to at tend a three-month information training course in London from March 18 The course Is intended to eive at insight into the planning and or gunisatinn of Government informa tion services
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  • 153 13 KUCHING. Mar. 6 Information and broadcasting services officials of the five Malaysian territories began a throe-day meeting in Kuching this afternoon. They will discuss subjects of mutual Interest to the territories, a spokesman said today. Representing the Federation of Malaya are the Director of Information
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  • 178 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 5. Three lawyers were today allowed into Outram Prison to interview the 100-odd political detainees. They were the first non-relatives to visit the jail since the mass arrests on Feb. 2. They were Mr. T. T. Rajah and Mr. Tan Wee
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  • 647 14 MANILA, March 6 rpUN Abdul Razak, leader of Malaya’s delegation to the Ecafe conference here, said today that Malaya would wholeheartedly endorse the proposal for the inclusion of Australia and New Zealand in the geographical scope of the Ecafe. Tun
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  • 238 14 |>ENANG, Mar. 4.—lt was the duty of every loyal Malayan citizen to stand united when the nation was threatened with confrontation, the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee. said last night. “We must have full confidence in our prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, and Rive him
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  • 53 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 6.— liurglars broke into Che borne of a businessman, Mr. Tan Kim Seng. 13, in Thomson Road yesterday and got away with jewellery worth $3,800. The burglars ransacked the house while the family slept. The burglars are believed to have got into the house by
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  • 427 14 KUALA LUMPUR, March 6. jyjAJOR questions such as the relationships between Malaya and the Philip, pines, the position of ASA, and asylum tor political leaders will be raised during next week's meeting of the House of Re- 1 presentatives.
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  • 461 15 I A LUMPUR. BhMai J. Special ■nuV planning rules for Kldiivs will come W nt0 i "re shortly to Unsure that Kuala Brumpur a “worthy. functional im a piui of Malaya and Klalaysia. 1 1 The Federal Capital’s Komiri'-.i tT. Hajl
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  • 87 15 IPAIPING. Mar. 6. The Mentri Besar of Perak )ato Sha'ari bm Shafliee, told f a *ay Qusir.e"n.en that they fere unsuccessful in their lusiness because of “poor kchn*que L!I e was ,°Penng a new daily lair costing $16 000. I the fair consists of 32
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  • 31 15 Mrtr s T be GovemHior irf <84.000 In rewards Barren f r atU;n leadln 8 to the Hrecovery of rebels and the Hr> of rn 's since Jan. 9.
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  • 65 15 KOTA BHARU, Mar. 6—The Raja Permaisurl Agong visited the Girl Guides Association headquarters here this evening. The Queen, who is on a private visit to the State, was shown round by tne chairman of the association. Che Kechik binte Mohamed Talib. and the Guide Commissioner,
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  • 357 15 Increasing trend for exchange of ideas’ OINGAPORE, Mar. 5. The West Australian Minister for Industrial Development, Mr. C. W. Court, said here today that the pattern of world affairs would bring people living around the Indian Ocean “together increasingly." This trend, he added, stressed the need for increasing the exchange
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  • 122 15 K A r A LUMPUR. est -Y < long‘St > riKe in the PedSaY Estate ,n h Hl f a Kt i i?, in Kuala •5&JST" b v$t3g?uns Federation Malacca the fr,-. Uon ls n °w strikeEstite St hv e Hua San started on
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  • 329 15 SINGAPORE, March. 7. 'J'HE Western Australian Minister for Industrial Development, Mr. C. W. Court, said today that Malaysia would give Australian industrialists “added confidence” to invest here. He described Malaysia as a “great force for good in Asia." and “the most stable political force
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  • 126 15 IT" OTA BHARU, Mar. 5. —Kelantan Alliance Is being re-organised for an all-out attempt to capture the State from the PMIP in next year’s general election. A drive to erflst members and supporters will begin this month and will continue until alter
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  • 601 16  -  Two *basic assurances 9 and a friendship resolution By HENRY PAUL IPOII, March 7. YIALAYA’S iron miners heaved a sigh of 1 relief at the two “basic” assurances given them here today by the visiting Japanese steel industry delegation. The assurances are that Japan
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  • 68 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 7.—The Treasury will not consider any reduction of the 15 per cent export duty on iron ore, according to well-informed Government sources today. The sources said the duty was "low enough” and iron ore mines were making good profits at the present price
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  • 41 16 KAJANG, Mar. 7.—A 14-member Language Board has been set up here to test applicants for Federal clti/enshlp in the Ulu Langat district. A panel of the board sat for the first time on May 5 and tested 23 applicants.
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  • 261 16 FUALA LUMPUR. “Mar. 7. —Two members of Klang Town Council —one Socialist Front, the other Peoples’ Progressive Party —have challenged each other to resign and recontest their seats. The challenge is over allegations at last night’s Council meeting about the allocation of a
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  • 49 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 7—The State Secretary of Trengganu. Dato Andika Indera, will leave for he United States soon on a twomonth study tour under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. Dato Andika will visit civic, cultural and sporting organisations there during his tour.
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  • 211 16 KUCHING, March 8 THE Council Negri voted unanimously today u A adopt the recommendations contained i-inter-Government report on Malaysia After an all-day debate it welcomed the creation of Malaysia by Aug. 31. For all practical purposes, the vote guarantees Sarawak’s entry. The council further
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  • 135 16 Kuala lumpur, v Mar. B—The Chancellor of the University of Singapore, Dato Lee Kong Chian, has donated two large murals, worth $130,000, to the new National Museum here. The murals—lls feet long and 20 feet high will be ilxed to the front of the museum.
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  • 179 16 K KUALA LUMPUR, Mar B* The Chief Justice Dato Sir James Thomson today advised magistrates to commit cases ot gross indecency for trial in 3 High Court. He said that because of the general climate of public opinion” a conviction for such an of
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  • 77 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar The Socialist Front hi Jo refused permission o y public rallies at Sentin. pak and Gombak duri 1 t party’s proposed 1 rok Week” over the detent one of its leaders. Inc mad Boestamam. anc than 100 other party IK
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  • 376 17 HEAVY EXPORT DUTY MAKES MALAYA UNCOMPETITIVE KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 8. VISITING Japanese steel industry delegation said that Malaya's iron ore resources showed p definite tapering-off trend and advised that “effective measures” be taken to find new supplies. Mr. T. Wagatsuma, leader of the
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  • 276 17 The National Patriotic Fund now totals $1 81, 500 Ix L A LUMPUR, Mm. 8. Uonans lo tin* National triotit* lund reveil several ia\ an newspapers it now readied u r J Mians Times toreceived a total ol ,.i w tiicii jiiMil canir ii'thf employees i, t I’ontian l mted
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  • 43 17 I; R Mar. 7—Mr If the Depart n Services here r e ,r I"ndon on Marcl i o m nth course at the 5 Information. I ['i l)el, ig provided by I rv 'vernment under M eclln *cal co-opera-
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  • 100 17 I an,l 8 --^isignia iVrai's (U'corat.ons for r«; r n t v .orders for I 'iti/. ns a distinguished 'thS^'r****** D-r »n i ll v V chosen R. r .1 )y th Mentri s, '»n c 11, s 4 haari bin S. ut
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  • 56 17 Reuter LONDON. Mar B—Mr. Geofey Rippon, Minister oi Pub ic Building and Works flew to Hong Kong today on a three-week tour-of Far and Middle East countries. He is due to visit Singapore, Aden. Bahrein and Cyprus before returning tome on March 28. Mr Rippon will study
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  • 127 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. G An American tourist expert, Mr. E.P. Corippo (above), said here today that Singapore should prepare herself to cater for all classes of touri>ts Mr. Corippo. who is leading 19 American and Canadian travel agents round the world, said that
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  • 33 17 SINGAPORE. Mar. 6.—The 1962 Christmas Fair sponsored ioint.\ by the Singapore Children's Society. the Spastics Children s A sociaiion and the Singapore Asso* ition for the Deaf, yielded total of $BO,OOO
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  • 201 17 kUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 8. A dilapidated building is being sought by the Cheshire Foundation Home in its efforts to start a home here. With such a building it would be possible to start a home for one-tenth of what it would cost to build a
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  • 42 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 7.—Mr A. Somanth has born elected president of the Alumni Association of the Technical College, Kua.a Lumpur. Otiier officials are vice-president, Mr. C T. Nathan; secretary, Mr. Tan Soon Hock and treasurer, Mr. P.J B. Manen.
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  • 31 17 TELUK ANSON. Mar. 8. Mr. Khoo Em? Poh, Dental Officer. Lower Perak has left on transfer to Butterworth. He is been succeeded by Mr. Yeofii Cheang Hin from Butterworth.
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  • 233 17 SINGAPORE, March 8 fNCHE A. A. Edrus. proprietor of Qalam. a printing firm in Geylang told the Industial Arbitration Court today that he had had to sell three machines at a loss to keep his firm running. He was making his final submission at the
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  • 50 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. B—Tan8 —Tan Teng Ah. a clerk at the Government. Printing Office, was adjudicated a bankrupt by Mr. Justice Ambrose In the High Court today Tan's liabilities amounted to $5,535 owing to eight creditors. He was ordered to pay tlie Offi cial Assignee $4O a month.
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  • 275 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 6. Malaya was today described as a “paradise for social scientists’ by Singapore’s Curator of Anthropology, Mr. Christopher Hooi. Mr. Hcxjl, who was giving “an anthopologists’s views on social customs’’ at a Lions Club luncheon, said that Malaya had many
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  • 285 18 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 3—The Sultan of Selangor will create three Datos and bestow honours on more than 50 people on his 37th birthday tomorrow. The royal town of Klang has been decorated with flags and bunting for the three-day celebrations which began
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  • 301 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 3.—Syed Zainal Abidin. Secretary to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, today refuted throe “lies” broadcast by Indonesia yesterday. THAT Malayans were lorbidden—under pain of arrest—to listen to Jakarta Radio; THAT the Malayan authorities were closely watching the movements of Indonesians
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  • 49 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 6.—The Ist. Bn. of the Singapore Infantry Regiment will hold a passing-rut parade of 39 recruits at Ulu Pandan Camp at 9.30 a.m. on Mar. 8. The parade will be inspected by the General Officer Commanding. Singapore Base District. Ma 1-Gen E A W Williams.
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  • 195 18 ikUALA LUMPUR, Mar. v 8. The Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir, will inaugurate a new system of signalling between here and Tampin at the Seremban railway station on March 18. The relay auto block system of signalling is
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  • 49 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 8 Malaya’s external trade in the first month of this year amounted to S412.6 million $5.3 million more than in December 1962 but S18.3 million less than in January last year. Imports in January this year were worth $204.5 million; exports $208.1 million.
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  • 192 18 MALACCA, Mar. 8 Tengku Abdui man will be asked to speed up the forma, tion of Malaysia if possible to July 1q if a resolution ij passed during th# weekend. The resolution will be di cussed at the annul meeting of Malacca Kaj
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  • 52 18 KLANG. Mir. 8 A Lim Po Lai. 28. of Fc\. died lasi night a: r .i cycle on w hich she ,u u r: pillion was involved collision with a ca. ;:e mile Klang-Kuala r.:n":;: Her husband. Lim school teacher, who was machine, escaped wr.h n
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  • 25 18 IPOH. Mar. 8. A' e >'*' e Mon Sooi Thoo. the police that hi- w*; at S9OO. was stolen from Ali Pitchay here last
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  • 168 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. The first battalion of the Singapore Infantry Regiment today finally came up to full strength —almost 10 years after its formation. The authorised battalion strength of 800 was achieved with the passing-out of 39 recruits at the Ulu Pandan Camp early today. At the
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  • 771 19 HH :irro, K| astride,, IE running- icndid race■■'V > r FillbusH m Pensioners IS »'i ea^« ■W", it- meeting. MB'. .mu tanned in all-the* |KV me Ladles Wp, i. pack of Hu an easy half ■Eh Angkor. Wat |Mr Film II who Hdhi f°r second Hsulai
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  • 144 19 If LANG, Mar 9. The Sultan of Selangor celebrated his 37th birthday today and though the occasion was one of grandeur ana pomp, he spoke of the external threat that faced the State and the country. The celebrations during the day got off to a start
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  • 154 19 IPOH, March 10. A FEDERATION Armed Forces selection team will be at the Territorial Army centre in Tambun Road here from Wednesday till Saturday to select recruits for the Federation Supplies and Transport Services, Federation Ordnance Services, Federation Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Royal Malayan Navy ana
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  • 38 19 IPOH, Mar. 10.—The Perak branch of the Malayan Red Croes Society will hold Its annual appeal week from April 2. Red Cross members will sell flags throughout the State on April 6 and 7.
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  • 25 19 INGAPORE, Mar. 10.—The Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, will present valedictory letters to five retired officers of his ministry on Tuesday..
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 114 19 BIG SWEEP Total Pool: $249,175 1st No. *****0 (9141 .Gy7. No. *****0 (940.485) 3rd No. 4GG777 (920,242) Starters: (91,500 each) Nos: *****0. *****3. *****9, *****1. *****2. *****7. *****0, *****0. 092O85. *****5. *****2, *****9. *****2. *****5. *****8, *****5. *****9. Consolation: (9750 each): Nos, *****5, *****2. *****8, *****7. *****4, *****4. IG0801. *****4.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1185 20 From Our Market Correspondent THE Malayan Stock Exchange last week was extremely quiet and in the industrial section, still the mainstay of the market, prices moved within narrow limit*. There was almost a complete lack of incentives and interest and the turnover suffered a further
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    • 387 20 a FTER some hesitancy the decline was halted this week and prices fluctuated narrowly with the market inclined to sit back and re-assess the position, report H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their current rubber market survey. 8ome fairly aggressive buying of April, May and June No. 1
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    • 34 20 (Minglin' Price*) Firat Malayan 1.66 t fl4 Second Malayan 117 10* Third Malayan m g< Klraf Hong Kong l.yo |‘o** Second Hong Kong 73 77. sterling Commodity 4/4 4/10 (•Hong Kong currency),
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    • 33 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul) March 4. 74 ft cts- $428.50 5. cts. $429.87ft 6. 74ft cts. $431.12 ft 7. 74ft cts. |431.12ft 8. 75* 4 eta f430.12ft 8430 50
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    • 32 20 > J 1^ B NAN Mar. 10.—The Penang division of the Civil Delenct Corps is prepared to take part in the defence of the country Mr O. H, Qoh. the Controller!
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    • 39 20 Industrials: Mar 7 Mar 8 Mar 8 Tins: 100JJ J®®’® 2 100.78 100.57 180 58 rubbers: 104*75 104 r ,fi ini’gl J°®® 9 100.1 S 100.80 Revised. ,#4 M 56 105.16 ***** Dec. 29. 1962 100.
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    • 934 20 THE tabic of shares on the 1 Malayan Stock Exchange shows last business to March I, (A) and last business since that date (B) with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business for last year and this year to date. IMUSTRIAIS St Atlas ics 2.35
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