The Straits Budget, 20 March 1963

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    • 747 2  -  CHONG SECK CHIM Controller of Examinations, Ministry of Education Koala Lumpnr MAY I be allowed to reply to your editorial comment of March 13 on the release of the Cambridge results? It was unfair of you to state that the authorities do not share your concern
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    • 247 2  -  FED UP Singapore SINCE the transfer of the terminus from Oeylang Serai to Qulllemard Road, It has become exceedingly difficult to board the buses that ply the Kampong Melayu -Qulllemard Road route. Apart from the Irregular arrivals of the buses, there seem to be fewer
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    • 86 2  -  SCHOOLBOY Singapore \]AY i *cho what ‘8tud ent M said about but oas«ec being “xtendeo tr boys who are studying In ore-unverslty class and who are over nineteen years old .His estimate of travelling expenses Is fair. But often we have to go to schoo on Saturday and
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    • 81 2  -  V HSC HOLDEK Kuala Lumpur HJS.C. holders working as temporary teachers In primary schools draw a salary of $166, while those teaching in secondary schools draw about $3lB per month. I think it Is grossly unfair that people with the same qualification should be so differently paid especially
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    • 63 2  -  J-R.M Taiplng. THE Perak State Treasury ™5 as lnst alled about seojo° o worth of machinery Feb l 2) eliminate the work done by eight sub-treasuries. We pensioners In Talplng were paid our pensions on the 29 of every month, but now with the Introduction of the machines payment
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    • 960 2  - How Ipoh handled the pass lists d to J. E. B. Ah J. E,. D Chief Kduc»tl«o tpoh 1 REFER to an editorial in the Straits Times on March 13 and have to state that if is ready surprising that the Straits Times has gone to the trouble of trying
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 613 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 11 Therc eason for satisfact■n in Malaya with what Tun Kzak ha- been able to acRplisn auring his visit to ■amla The Deputy Prime ■jnister had conversations tl /l t Macapagal and Rce-President Pelaez, and Hth these interviews were Rormed with a cordiality K
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    • 188 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 11 The need to control Kuala Lumpur’s future development has been urged in one expen report after another, and the drawing up of a Master Plan is long overdue. The new building rules for the eastern commercial area of the capital will have only a
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    • 715 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 12 The confrontation resolution which Parliament debated yesterday was far too anaemic to serve its mover s purpose, but it was a good enough opportunity for the Government to mark once again the ground whereon it stands. Malaysia menaces noone, it meets the wishes
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    • 219 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 12 Relief for the victims of the Bukit Ban Kee fire in Singapore has been organised with commendable efficiency and speed. The 3,000 people made homeless have been found temporary shelter, offered Housing and Development Board flats on a priority basis and promised rent
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    • 715 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 13 The Government’s decision to turn the Railway Administration into a corporation aggregate probably will shock the railwaymen. They knew the Government had been considering this step, one of the recommendations of the Railway Economics Commission. But it is a rather flashing footnote to
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    • 341 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 13 On Sunday a schoolgirl telephoned a member of the Straits Times editorial staff (with whom she was not acquainted) at his home to ask whether she had passed her “Cambridge.” This was at midnight. Other children, or their parents were more reasonable, putting their
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    • 701 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 14 In the light of Dr. Subandrio’s Malaysian statement in Manila, there may be real and j satisfactory purpose to the tripartite meeting which President Macapagal hopes to arrange. Any step that will lower the tension will be welcome in Malaya. Any assurance
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    • 736 4 leresis oi an. —Straits Times, Approval of the Malaysian merger terms by the legislatures of Sarawak and North Borneo refutes the criticism outside the Malaysian countries that federation is being forced upon unwilling populations. There remains, no doubt, some opposition, and it is evident that in
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    • 291 4 —Straits Times, Mar. 14 The Opposition parties have a total of only 30 seats in a House of 104. On the Malaysia issue, they unquestionably speak for an even smaller proportion of the electorate. No one can seriously dispute that anti-Malaysia feeling in the Federation is very much
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    • 27 4 birth m' SALVADOR: Wendy < F L ch? r)l and Jerry a daughtei Joanne on 13 3.63 at trv’' [0 Hospital All well, many doctors, sisters staff.
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  • 504 5 parliament may be told of outcome 0 f ihat Razak-Macapagal meeting KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 10. tV Ki Abdul Rahman is expected to touch on the latest developments in bids to ease tension over Malaysia when he ads Parliament during its four-day meeting which begins
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  • 137 5 KUANTAN. Mar. 10 The Kuantan library building fund organisers have written to Arms, organisations and prominent people In the State appealing for contributions. The chairman of the fund. Mr. PS. Sundram, said a site for the $70,000 library had been obtained from the State Government. lie
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  • 38 5 Wo men s lunch date KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 10 —'The Women's International Club will hold its monthly luncheon on Mar. 16. The guest speaker will be Otto Nik Kamil who will give a ;i'k on the United Nations
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  • 422 5 KUALA LUMPUR. March 10 ’JHE pro-tem committee of the newly-formed National Union of Government Clerical Workers offered today to resign en bloc if two other unions representing clerks would dissolve and join forces with the NUGCW in building a “giant”
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  • 63 5 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10 —General Sir Richard Hull, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, flew Into Singapore tonight from Sydney General Hull who had earlier visited Singapore and Malaya spent two weeks in Australia attending the Australia, New Zealand and United States Defence committee (ANZUSi which reviewed the
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  • 65 5 KI’ALA LUMPUR, Mar. 10 The Yang di Pertuan Agong has sent a message of greetings to King Frederick of Denmark on his birthday today. The message read: ‘‘The Raja Permaisuri Agong joins me in extending to Your Majesty our warmest congratulations on this auspicious occassion of Your
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  • 167 5 KUALA LUMPUR. March 10 THE Peoples’ Progressive Party at its annual delegates’ conference here today passed a resolution calling on the Government to amend the Rahman Talib education policy in respect of promotion of pupils from primary schools to secondary level The resolution,
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  • 192 6 IPOH. Mar. 11. The State Government has; allocated $30,000 for National Language Month in Perak this year. Phase one will be inaugurat'd on Saturday with a procession through Ipoh. More than 2.000 children from 24 secondary schools, scouts, girl guides, cadet corp.and representatives of
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  • 264 6 PENANG. March 10. all Opposition parties should join together so that there would be only two main parties eon- testing future elections. 1 The surest ion was m;ule by Mr. D S. Ifamanathan, chairman of t tie Kelawel branch of the Labour Party ol
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  • 42 6 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12 A contribution of S 3 was sent to the Straits Times today by J K Hebab Kelana for Juriah b’e Hamid, the .<• ipp rtcr in a family cf 10 Tito fund now stands at $153.
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  • 167 6 |POH. Mur. 10. The two-year-old I poh Municipal Services Union voluntarily disbecome a branch of the solved today. It will new Amalgamated National Union of Local Authorities Employees. Results of a secret ballot disclosed at a special meeting here today showed that 97 per cent of
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  • 44 6 SINGAPORE. Mar. 11—The Minr <. ture Mr s R»jaratmm. will be chairman of celebrations of the 128th birthday oi Sri R iniaknshna and the birth centenary of Swam; Vivekanandu to be heid at the Ramakrishna Mission H ill at 6 p.m. on Sunday
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  • 366 6 IT WON 463 SEATS OUT OF 734 IPOH. March 1Q THE Alliance enjoys majority support in fivof Peraks seven electoral distn Sf l c cording to an analysis of voting in la ,j^ n a local council elections. In the other
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  • 52 6 SINGAPORE. Mar 7 capore Indian Fii:r. hold a com pet Ui n Ir.~"Hirers and mu*iMa:..* there will be .1 nior section In the rhe music compctiti t the best 1 oarty in Singapore A challenge cup prices will be often;:. A. d reach the c mn
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  • 116 6 ALA Ll'MH K M ,r IV 13.— Four voami Japanese dancer" -t fU singer flew into the lentral capital yeste»da\ a four-day stopour during which they wil' form at the atn Theatre. h The nirls, known White Lion Sister*. f brought out from in
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  • 682 7 A GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER ON RAIL DISPUTE COURT OF INQUIRY Corporation status from January 1 will guarantee future of all employees FederaIjj tion Cov_BL ernment intends to ■turn the Railway Ad(ministration into a ■corporation before ■January 1 next year. A White Paper tabled ■tcday m
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  • 355 7 IgttGAPOflE Mar. 11. I snail Is r Mr# David Mar- Inde Pendent As- tor Anson form anotner i p 2. J Ul cai party? I PohS?al* lho big rlddle in 1 the desmt e,i here with I numer, atch 01 letter s to
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  • 176 7 pENANG, Mar. 10. Mr. Lim Kean Slew, secretary-general of the Labour Party of Malaya, said today Malaya’s laws do not protect women adequately. ‘Our task, is to change the structure of society to give women equal status,” he told the inaugural meeting of the
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  • 120 7 PENANO, Mar. 10.— The Penang division of the Civil Defence Corps is prepared to take part in the defence of the country, Mr. G. H. Goh, the Controller, said yesterday. “We are prepared and ready,” he said at the corps’ first fire-fighting competition held
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  • 77 7 MALACCA. Mar. 11.— The Minister of Transppcrt, Dato Sardon bln Haji Jublr yesterday visited the ighthouse at Pulau Undan, 10 miles off the Malacca coast. He was accompanied by the Malacca Harbour Master Captain Michael Eland Dato Sardon climbed 150 steps to reach the lighthouse, which Is
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  • 55 7 BANTING. Mar. 10—Three midkar bin Baginda, in Sungal Lang, wife clinics and three community halls will be opened by the Selangor Mentri Besar, Dato Abu Ba- Darat Batu and Kampong Kundang in the Kuala Langat district on Mar. 13. The clinics cost $B,OOO each and
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  • 207 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11. THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dato Haji Mohamed Noah bin Omar, today rejected a request by a Socialist Front M.P., Mr. Karam Singh, to discuss an “urgent and public matter’’— the detention of another Socialist Front M.P.,
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  • 121 8 ITUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11. —The importance of using the Rumi script for the national language was stressed in the House of Representatives today by the Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak. He successfully moved the adoption of the National Language Bill which provides
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  • 35 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. ll.—Another $2O from SRt. Yahaya Abduj Manaf of Police Holding Centre. Berakas Camp, Brunei. received by the Straits Times today, has brought the fund for Jurlah binte Hamid to $l4B.
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  • 127 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. —A Bugis Street bar. which was stated to have allowed prostitutes to congregate in its premises, was today ordered to cease business for three months. The Liquors Licensing Board suspended the licence of the Lam Seng Bar at a quarterly session held in
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  • 33 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12—Shaw Foundation has sent $5,000 to the Straits Times for the Ban Kee fire victims. Another $2O was received from Mr. Wee Chiang San, bringing the total 55,035.
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  • 130 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 10. A TOTAL of $25,330 was raised last night at an auction sponsored by the Sultan of Selangor for the National Patriotic Fund. The auction was held at the compound of the Istana Alain 3hah in Klang during the Sultan’s birthday celebrations.
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  • 74 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Mar. 10.— The Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato Haji Hassan bin Haji Yunos, today opened two new community centres at Kampong Semaloi and Sawah Datok in the Mersing district. He inspected rural development projects. These included a new road at Jalan Triang, a padi
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  • 35 8 SUNGEI PATANI, Mar. 10. —The Kedah branch of the National Union of Plantation Workers is to build a $14,000 headquarters in Jalan Kuala Ketil here. It will be completed within six months.
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  • 78 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11.—Mr. N. G. Gussing, representative of the United Nations SecretajyGeneral in Thailand and Cambodia, arrived here from Bangkok today to meet the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. He was greeted at the airport by the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of
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    215 8 Stephens: ho good reason for it, but we will consider any suggestion {"s® Borneo politician Mr. Donld Stephens does not favour I N. supervised referendum or plebiscite in the territory in connection w th the Malaysia issue He feels that there i, “no good reason f or plebiscite. r
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  • 167 8 pENANG, Mar 10 —The Butterworth branch of the War Department Civilian Staff Association said today it would consider ways and means to obtain a satisfactory solution of the issue of racognition of the union by the R.A.A.F. “If no substantial progress is made
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  • 163 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11. —The House of Representatives today passed a Bill designed to bring into a corporate body Merdeka Stadium, Stadium Negara and any similar buildings erected in Kuala Lumpur In the future. The corporation will have 16 members appointed by the Prime Minister, who will
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  • 462 9 I KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 11 APPOSITION parties in the House of Representatives under the leadership of the former Minister for Agriculture, Inche Abdul \ziz l.shak, have formed a common front to aodosc Malaysia in its present form. v Hr nf thp fin- ft t 1
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  • 156 9 PENANG, Mai*. 12. The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, today presented a $lO,000 cheque from the Ministry of Rural Development to the Wat C h a iya Mangalaram Buddhist temple. “This sum, although small, not only shows that the Government believes in
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  • 94 9 ALOR STAR Mar. 10 The Sessions Court president, Inche Abdul Manan bin Othman, today fixed a new date for the hearing of a cheating case because the complainant was bitten by a snake and admitted to hospital. Senior Inspector S. Chivapathy had applied for
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  • 35 9 PENANG. Mar. 10—Tengku Abdul Rahman will visit Butterworth to open the new $170,000 Dairatu) Maarof Alwataniah School tor girls on April 13 The school will have accommodation for 300 pupils
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  • 61 9 T« r^?'h”'\L 10 Mr Yeoh man i t ho aS o 1)6611 elect «d chair’h- r ,J| p enang branch of d Y, < Society Ma!ava Gra anri \ir A Khnn C 00 ts secretary W Commit, B n Spn trca Mis, Quan e r,u members a^
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  • 178 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12 An 18-man Japanese mission representing manufacturers from Nagoya is in Singapore to promote an exchange of industrial technology and to forge stronger economic links between Singapore and Japan The group, known as the Mchl Nagoya Industrial mission. will meet local industrialists “to promote
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  • 300 9 MALACCA, Mar. 10 r pHE Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, spoke A today of a possible reduction in the tempo of economic development because of ‘‘external threats to the country. Speaking at the Alliance rally at the Bandar Hilir padang here.
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  • 320 9 KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 MINISTER of Education, Haji Abdul Hamid Khan, assured the House of Representatives today that his Ministry was looking into the whole question of text-books used in Malayan schools. He was replying to a question by Mr. V. veerappen (SF-Seberang Selatam
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  • 99 9 Kuala lumpur. Mar. 10.— A $75,000 plan to improve and extend the Montfort Boys' Home here has been announced by its principal, Brother Elizer. The plan includes the starting of a poultry farm and planting 20 acres of rubber or oil palm. Brother
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  • 48 9 ALOR STAR, Mar. 10—The Sultan of Kedah yesterday afternoon opened the new $150,000 Kedah Hokkien Association building at Jalan Penjara Lama here The ceremony was followed bv a cocktail party attended by the Ruler and his consort, and the Mentri Besar, Duto Syed Omar Shuhabuddin.
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  • 1053 11  -  WE POSE NO THREAT BUT PEOPLE ARE BEHIND US’ ‘INDONESIA CAN ATTACK ME BUT NOT MY COUNTRY’ -By- FELIX ABISHEGANADEN Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 11— MALAYSIA is an accepted fact, [m Tengku Abdul Rahman told ||he House of Representatives L today. 1 The only opposition comes from Indonesia, “which
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  • 309 11 Reuter. MANILA, Mar. 11 rut. SUBANDRIO, lndonesian Foreign Minister, has reacted favourably to a call by President Macapagal of the Philippines for ministerial talks between Indonesia, Malaya and the Philippines to seek a solution to “problems” posed by the Malaysia scheme. Air. duurtuurio uowever
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  • 438 11 ,—U.P.I.. Reuter. MANILA, Mar. 11 THE Manila Evening News today advised A against any joint manifesto by the Philippines and Indonesia opposing the proposed Federation of Malaysia. The newspaper said that President Macapagal “has seen fit to express on at least one occasion
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  • 38 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12—Mr. Justice Buttrose today ordered a hawker. Lee Chlang 800, 20, to undergo reformatory training for three years for robbing a soldier. Stephen Ng Hun Chuan, of a pen and (60 In cash.
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  • 378 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11. r rilE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said today that the Federation Government was concentrating on programmes which would bring prosperity and peace. He said at a tea party, sponsored by the Selangor Urnno, that Malaya was not
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  • 47 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. 11.—Th; Finance Minister. Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will open the Royal Island Club’s bowling centre on Mar. 16. A club spokesman said that the centre, only for members, will be the most modern and up-to-date bowling centre in Singapore.
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  • 149 12 BUTTERWORTH, Mar. 10VfR. TAN KAM HIAN, 50, an employee ot Chop Chan Kum Thim glassware shop burns when he tried to save goods in the during a fire today. Mr. Goh Khoon Huang 25 an assistant in a neighbouring coffee shop, was injured when he
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  • 35 12 KUALA SELANGO! 10.—A farewell pap- held at the Sultan Ab- w rC j Secondary School in l; r qn jse: Mr. C.S. Moorthy, of Tamil Schoo s 1■• to has been transferred Klang.
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  • 740 13 N T() JUSTIFICATION FOR ILLEGAL OCCUPATION’ PARLIAMENT —HOUSE IrrjiE Federation Government has granted the A Federal Capital Commission special powers to take “speedy action” against illegal squatters. A Bill to this effect was passed by the House inf Representatives yesterday after strong opposition
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  • 275 13 THE Minister of TranA sport, Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir, said in the House of Representatives yesterday that “young Malayan pilots who fly in the country’s service and die are heroes.” He said this during the debate on the Supplementary Supply (1962
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  • 61 13 ALOR STAR, Mar. 12 Kedah Alii observe World Health Day on April 7 with "hunger-disease of millions” as the theme. The Kedah World Health Day Committee decided last night to organise competitions at state and district levels during the week starting April 7 There will be an
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  • 36 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. Mr. H.P.T. Prldeaux. the managing director of Naafl, the official trading organisation of British Forces throughout the world, will arrive here tomorrow for a two-week visit to Singapore and Malaya.
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  • 146 13 r fHE House of Representatives yesterday approved the provision of $39,500 as ex-gratia payment to the family of the late Minister of Justice, Tun Leong Yew Koh, in recognition of his services to Malaya. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak bin
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  • 317 13 TPHE Prime Minister yesterday denied charges in A the House of Representatives that the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, had visited the Borneo territories recently on funds allocated for “study tours.” Tengku Abdul Rahman was answering Socialist Front members
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  • 63 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11.—The House of Representatives today passed without debate the Parliamentary Service Act Bill which provides for a Joint service for both the House and the Senate known as the Parliamentary Service. The Parliamentary Service will be under the control of a Parliamentary Service Committee
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  • 419 14  -  ROW OVER PAY: GROUP ALLEGES RACIAL DISCRIMINATION By AUSTEN ZECHA Kuala lumpur, Mar. 12. —A group of about 30 Malayan extras today walked off the set of the United Artists film. “The Year of the Dragon’’ at the Federal Hotel’s Mandarin Palace in protest
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  • 109 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12. The president of Singapore Jaycees, Mr. Ee Hoon Siak, back from a trip to Japan announced today that Japanese Jaycees had shown “terrific response” to his efforts to “sell” Singapore to Japan. Mr. Ee had visited Tokyo. Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe to
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  • 222 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 12 REPRESENTATIVES of the Congress of Union d H Employees in the Public and Civil Service a:: the Civil Service Clerical Federation met here tonight and decided to form a single nation union of all Government workers. Inche Mas Junid
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  • 113 14 ALOR STAR, Mar. 10.— An Indonesian subject, Koo Kh o Cheong, was yesterday acquitted, without his defence being called on two charges of cheating. The Sessions Court president, Inche Abdul Manan bin Othman. held that there was insufficient evidence. Koo. 31. was
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  • 211 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 12. A “desert sun” over humid Singapore I afternoon sent hisdreds of people to their phones to find out what had happened. Times House was ffocded with a call-a-m:::aff abo J the sun, which for several hours stared down as
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  • 333 15 UiL\V..\rPKE. Mar. 12 B two Anglo-Chi-B e t ..(.joI stutdents H-or.e tlie son of a proB$>oi\ the other the JE,n i-t a taxi driver top honours m t Cambridge Certificate reH;!t- 'terday. M u Mined distinctions ft eight
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  • 200 15  -  By SOH TIANG KEftCj SINGAPORE, Mar. 12.— A visiting: Filipino congressman and executive member of the opposition Nationalist Partv, Mr. Ahmad D. Alonto. today declared his support for Malaysia because it would “end colei.iali sm and contain Communism in this region.” “Personally, I am in
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  • 41 15 PENANG. Mar. 13. —The Province Wellesley central district Bui m Buhasa Kebungsaan committee .'ill organise a rally at the BukH Mertajam Hecrention Club at 3 30 a m on Mar. 16 to mark the start of National Language Month.
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  • 258 15  -  From GEOFFREY GELDARD: Kuching, March 12 lAEVELOPMENT of the rural areas, with mechanisation of agriculture, is the “mainstay” of the Sarawak Alliance Party’s manifesto, which was made public today. “The economic advancement of the country is now far from being satisfactory,' says the
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  • 201 15 KU A LA LUMPUR, Mar. 13. —The Minister oi Education, Haji Abdul Hamid Khan, assured Malay parents last night that education in the national language would not end at the Federation of Malaya Certificate level only. He was speaking in a broadj cast
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  • 59 15 SINGAPORE. Mar. 13. The Cunard liner Caroniu (The Green Goddess* will arrive here tomorrow with 470 American tourists on a *2-day world cruise I'he Minister tor Culture. Mr S. Kujaiatnam. and the Minister for finance. Dr Goh Kens Swee. are im n nti those
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  • 294 15 MPs QUERY THE ENTRANCE EXAM RESULTS KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 HP HE MINISTER of Education Haji Abdul Hamid Khan, said today 76.952 pupils failed in the Malayan secondary schools entrance examination held last vear. lie told Parliament that only 51 413 pupils passed out of the
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  • 329 16 PM: We have never had any ulterior motives KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 TENGKU Abdul Rahman today accepted the terms suggested by the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Dr. Subandrio, for a peaceful settlement of the differences between Malaya and Indonesia. At a Press conference in Manila yesterday, the Foreign Minister
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  • 158 16 SINGAPORE, March 14. By the end of 19G4, Singapore will have 51 GOO direct exchange telephone lines This is stated in the Singapore Telephone Board’s 1901 amnia! report pub'ished today In order to keep pace with il.te growth of the system. 30.000 additional local cable
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  • 218 16 iPOH. Mur. 14. The 1 Mentri Besar of Perak Dato Shaari bin Shafiee. who went to Hong Kong with the State Secretary. Inche Mohamed Yusof bin Haji Ahmad to buy insignia for the State’s new orders and decorations, has returned with
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  • 43 16 PENANG. Mar. 15. The Chief Minister. Dato Worn; Ptm Nee. yesterday handed a cheque for $50,000 to the Almasriyah School in Tanah Liat. Bukit Mertajam. The money—a grant from the Ministry ol Rural Development—will be used to build hostels.
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  • 302 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Mulch 15 I TENGKU Abdul Rahman today called M Japanese manufacturers to make mmeaij more use of Malayan primary products. I He was opening a two-week Japan Industrial Trade Fair a: the Chin Woo car park here. The Prime
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  • 138 16 SINGAPORE. M„: Prime Kuan Yew, I on Hie present p lion in the context -H ia to leaders Nut; I rrades Union C n .1 mass rally on Mond This was stated d.y rH Mr. Ho 8ee Beng H of
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  • 27 16 SEREMBAN, V... I Charity premiere of I of Nava rone ha.- I the National M I It was shown on I Capitol cinema I
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  • 22 16 Thinking Day’ KUALA LUMPfK M-‘ v Selangor Girl Ginn v y Will hold a •‘think; the Railway Recrea 1 Brickfields Bead on
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  • 180 16 PENANG, March 15 VVAS the State Goveminent or the Governor of Penang ever consulted on the proposed formation of Malaysia? The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Po’v Nee, will be asked this at the next State Assembly meeting on March 27. Mr Lee Kok Liang (KosLt)
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  • 415 17 Arbitration in public interest when free system fails KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 lAl.AVA'S employP*‘ eis have agreed the principle that k Government ■houlci have powers Hq oilier parties in an ■ndustnal dispute to |K 0 to arbitration, it '■•asdisclosed today. Thtir Attitude was out- h ed
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  • 253 17 BRUNEI TOWN, March 15. ■he Brunei Government has announced that 80 [I detainees irom the Berakas detention camp i Bar Brunei Town will be moved to the rehabilitaF Jin centre at Bunut later this month and taught before releasing them. centre is 1 K Uu
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  • 128 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. The newly-appoint-ed British Ambassador to Indonesia, Mr. Andrew G. Gilchrist, has arrived for a brief stopover before going to Jakarta to assume his post. A former Force 136 officer during the war, Mr. Gilchrist was until recently British Consul-General in
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  • 299 17 KUALA LUMPUR, March 15. plE Minister of Education, Haji Abdul Hamid Khan, said tonight that only a section of non-Malay government servants was learning the national language despite various facilities provided by the Government for them to do so. He
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  • 128 17 pENANG, Mar. 14. The War Department Civilian Staff Association warned the Royal Australian Air Force authorities at Butterworth today against victimising its members “If such practices are coninued we will have no alternative but to bring the officers responsible to open court.” Mr. Ng
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  • 19 17 KUALA LUMPUR. March. Direct telephone calls now be made to the Sudan, it was announced today.
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  • 68 17 KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 The Director of Capital Assistance ln the Canadian External Aid Office Mr A B Connel y. arrived here today for talks with Federation Government officials. Mr Connelly said he would discuss capita’ assistance cooperation between Malaya and Canada He
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  • 254 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. The massive redevelopment of “Old Singapore” was launched tonight when the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, laid the foundation stone for the Cantonment Road housing estate. This new housing programme, which was approved by United Nations experts will
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  • 208 18 —Reuter. MANILA, March 14. Australia’s Minister of External Affairs, Sir Garfield Barwick, told a Press conference tonight his talks with the Philippine and Indonesian officials here had not lessened his hopes and that the Federation of Malaysia would be pushed through as proposed. Sir Garfield.
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  • 93 18 1/OTA TINGGI, Mar. 15. —Police found the charred body of Loke Siew Satt, 21, a labourer in a jungle clearing here today A police party had been searching the 300-acre clearing since Wednesday, when Loke was reported missing after working in the area He
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  • 31 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. Mr. TX*ttlev Scheell the new CoftsulOoneral of West Germany In Singapore, has arrived to assume his post. Mr Scheell, 54 succeeds Dr Heinrich Uoehreck.
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  • 154 18 Mar. 14. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, will arrive here on Saturday for a three-day visit to rural development projects in Pahang. A tight schedule has been drawn up for Tun Razak’s visit. Tun Razak will open five rural development projects
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  • 248 18 KUALA LUMPUR, March 14. THE British Under-Secretray for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Peter Thomas, said here today that the ASA Foreign Ministers’ meeting to be held in Manila next month would help ease tension in this region. Mr. Thomas was speaking at the airport after his
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  • 74 18 PENANG, March 14. An Australian nurse, who made a special trip to Malaya, wl 1 be married to a pilot officer of the Royal Australian Air Force at the Butterworth Base tomorrow. She is Miss Mary Walker of Donnybrook, Western Australia. The bridegroom
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  • 179 18 PERTH, Mar. 14. —Mr. V. W. court, Western Australian Minister lor lnuustnai Development, touay urged Australian businessmen to step up tneir interest in tne Malaysia area. He said tney must develop the already iavourabie pattern of industrial joint ventures there. Mr. Court had just returned
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  • 171 18 MALACCA, Mar. 14 M R Tan Tuan Boon (Socialist Front) yesterday condemned the Municipal Council’s failure in implementing an approved water supply scheme. at a meeting of the council’s finance committee he said the municipality was inefficient in delaying the signing of a
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  • 350 18 K H A L A Ll'MPt, 1V Mar. 15.— .\n rial of Indonesia s c£ frontation n ull c Malaya studer.. m,“‘ nla e ho?°? att nis, n<is stun ci a between Indonesia* and Malayans there 4 According to a ’en, from the
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  • 41 18 i e A H6* SEREMBAN, Mar. 15 c4 t cinema with an under* park will be built at 0 f tW Sheikh here soon. P; aT d m new cinema were a:-P he re the Town Council last night.
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  • 921 19 if* IP i rdarch 1T l4S j ;TAM, tote I. mad* ln ,,i .ebut at Ipoh toon. tpi -year-old outJ‘: useful Class 4 ",d t 6t. He- was ofi ridden by eo! Wert. >ace 1 cf uIV. 4— K t HOIAJta t.u .5 ,«03-W)?j35 9> Arl
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  • 150 19 How we can beat PMIP...’ KELANTAN REPOST FOR TENGKOH I KOTA BHARU, March 14. VENGKI' \BDUL RAHMAN will receive a report soon suggesting how Umno can win Back Kelanbn from the PMBP. will be pared by Inche Mohamed Ghaza- bin Jawi t lorn er Malayan Ambassador to Cairo Bbo came
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  • 33 19 *B Mar. 14-The Men»kf> bin L*?i!, n80 F‘ nato Abu N]b cIh, today oopmaH m T,'iTy h toS 8 ;>cme Ki m Darat Batu and l e». m mScS'
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  • 106 19 OINGAPORE, Mar. 17. —The Reserve Unit and divisional police were called out today after three prisoners made a break from the Reformative Training Centre in Bedok. One of the prisoners was eeaptured a few yards from he centre after a cordon was hrown around the
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  • 103 19 OINGAPORE, Mar. 14. A 12-man delegation from Singapore will attend the Pacific Area Travel Association’s 12th annual conference in Jakarta from March 18 to 22. The Ministry of Finance, now handling tourism, will be represented by Mr Francis Llm, Secretary < of Economic
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  • 41 19 PENANG, Mar. 16.—Mr. Cheah fleong Phaik has been re-elected chairman of the Penang Buddhist Association Dharma Sunday School Council. Miss Chew Guat Fthaik was elected vice-chairman, Mr. Chan Seohg Lok Hon secretary, and Miss Lim Leng Kool hon. treasurer.
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  • 126 19 SINGAPORE, March 15 VAVAL ships and jet fighters will provide a spec11 tacular show here on Monday. The ships and jets of Australia and Britain are taking part in the Commonwealth sea-air exercises in Malayan waters. At 9.30 a.m. six Royal Navy and Royal
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  • 57 19 SINGAPORE. Mar. 14. A Kuching Municipal Council official. Mr. Peter Lim Thlam Seng, who has been awarded a Colombo Plan Junior fellowship by the Singapore Government to undergo a training course on valuation work, wUI arrive on Sunday. Mr. Lim. 35. will be attached to
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  • 32 19 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15.—The Police Secretary, Mr. T. Chelliah will oe on leave la the Federation from tomorrow until April 6. Deputy Superintendent Nlaz Mohamed Shah will act for him.
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  • 156 19 IJUALA LUMPUR Mgr. 15— 4 The film “West Side Story,’ which has won 10 Academy Awards. Including “Best Picture of the Year/" will have its premiere at the Federal Theatre here on April 4 in aid of the National Monument Fund. It will
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 36 19 ■it swap TOTAL POOL $149,1*0 ;5*SK5 ***** 1 No. *****1 (910.291) Starters (91.029 each): Nos. IttltO. *****9. *****9. *****9. *****9. *****9. *****7, *****9. *****9. *****9. (1911. *****4. *****4. *****7. *****1. *****9. *****9. *****8. *****9. *****1. *****1.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 377 20 OY a gain of 87$ cents D yesterday Straits tin went to $431.37* per picul, its highest price this year to date. The estimated offering rose 10 tons to 240 tons. Following a hesitant opening doubtless because of the softer tope at
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    • 1551 20 From Our Market Correspondent offers of shares galore to the Malayan public are in the offing and the announcements by Esso and Hotel Singapore Intercontinental are expected to be the forerunners of several more now being considered. No one could complain last week;
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    • 30 20 Flret driest) Mlffyaa"*.' JJ Third Malayan l ’il 1 f® dlrst Hong Kong \00 in** 8«cond Hong Kon g 1 J?. flterllng Commodttv 4/4 i *Hong Kong current
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    • 28 20 rubber tin (perlb) (perpicul). Mar. 11. 75«4ets. $430.00 12 Jf#® 4 *****5 JJ' 75 H 311.25 it li\ cU M 80.60 JJ* 76ct 1431.374 1431. M
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    • 24 20 IndurtrUI.: ImIjo' "m, 1 ".oo, 1 M»r. 15 M.r. U 2» S H s B B Dec. 89, 1962s100. 104 M
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    • 47 20 Current n*te nf Tetnl a«uJ Wmjmeui payment for prerijl yaer *ear I i!^ mers AprU 11 4 10% I »r .-ti gras, ni; 3 G*«amly 10% AprU S 2 20? J APrtl 30 §&MKr VSfe 1* ?J? *4- Interim. 1 •f -V 1 i l
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    • 739 20 THK unit el ohnr— on (In 4 Malayan Stock Inhurt Am lost bnohieos to Marck t, (A) MMI tool tones that Onto (B) with HitoL stand inf for Hiftowt and Lowest bosintos for Into yonr and this year to Onto IHftOStaui* aitn >c« < A %<h 2.35
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