The Straits Budget, 31 July 1963

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  • 31 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S -NATIONAL NIWSPAMR »rtes 5 Kuala Lumpur, July 31, m 3. mmtmmmmmmmamtmm^rnmt Wet 40 Pouts (Malaya) or 1 shilling. KDW 3Tt
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    • 350 2  -  L. C.B Singapore HAVING Just returned from Europe, it has become even more noticeable than before how terribly disorganised Singapore’s traffic la One of the main causes Is the complete lack of road discipline. It appears that the rule “Keep Left" Is never
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    • 68 2  -  E.T. Petaling Jaya If AS it ever occurred to II Malayan Airways to consider starting an “air-taxi-service” as practised by some airlines, or offer empty seats at cheap rates on normal scheduled flights? If either of these experiments were to succeed, I am sure it will go a
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    • 199 2  -  T. A. MUGAN Singapore J WAS happy to read in the Straits Times of July 11 the report of the proposal to appoint hospital assistants as assistant medical officers. My late father served as a hospital assistant for over 40 years In the different states
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    • 88 2  -  RESIDENT Singapore NOW that new blocks of flats have ..gone up in Tiong Bahru, traffic In this area has become worse. One drives along Tiong Bahru Road at the risk of one’s life Pedestrians have to walk on the road because the footpaths are occupied by various stalls.
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    • 111 2  -  BJI.&. Kuala Lumpur rB dispute such as that over the availability of citizenship application forms would not occur again If the authorities would establish centres or appoint agents in principal towns throughout Malaya for the sale of every type of forms printed v by the Government for use
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    • 95 2  -  RESIDENT Jinjang HERE in Jlnjang North, no water has come out of the taps for a week or more. At the few wells in the area, people have been queueing up at all times of the day and night, even at 3 a.m. Tempers have worn thin and
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    • 62 2  -  FLAT-DWELLER Singapore AS a resident of one of the Housing Board flats In Commonwealth Drive, I wish to draw the attention of the authorities concerned to the need for a public telephone. At present there Is a call box at Tanglln Halt, a good distance away from Commonwealth
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    • 234 2  -  CHI KOW CHIANG Malacca T DOUBT whether it 1 is generally known that if the two majdr political parties, the Alliance and the Socialist Front were to share the twelve seats now being contested in th* Malacca municipal election, the Alliance would automatically
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    • 69 2  -  fsidoI Singapore W2L 1 July 9) w v fhJ® h S2^i te r c Park Estat?. h B out that he agge rated ;> We do sun Upr dally with v v rrom lleS 8 a'rr %aed" the. areas throat, this position ,e d
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    • 104 2  -  M0T0«l| Singapore AM among the thounB of office wo»- :ers have to drive throH Collyer Quay. FulliM Road and St. Anfifl Road between the JM hours of 5 and 6 pm day. Until recently [E used to be hand signal c| trol at the junction of| Andrew’s Road
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    • 81 2  -  S«EPHEN u Singapore r JHREE days ago I happe 1 ed to borrow an intere lng novel from the Nation Library. To my dlsappdi ment having read throo half of the book, I foui that the continuing pal were missing Reluctant I had to abandon it strongly suggest
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    • 166 2  -  R0 BON Butterworth rE reaction of the medical profession to the recommendation Of the Minuter of Health to the National Health Council to raise the status of the hospital assistant to that of assistant medical officer, makes interesting reading. I am sure the Minister must have given
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    • 78 2  -  tABNN* Seremban 4 I AM trying my best to learn the Nations u *Jri* every possible way. t find the tc |y, I day 4 programme is my best teacher. Un ,n SBiam able to TAPE the lesson only on Satu day mornings. On week days I have
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    • 629 3 An Absolute Natural’ —Straits Times. July 22 Bthe sentiments of l-ndsiur >d support for Kjavsu "«'ssed at West■T j t ort debate on bill are much rhe shortness of Kdtti .tt v.‘> due not to ’’ut the absence of ■ntroui British with- u ..,l i, the last colonial in South-East
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    • 355 3 —Straits Times, July 22 Cholera and the water shortage have levied their toll on the popularity of the Alliance among the voters of Malacca The party managed to add only three seats to the one it gained on nomination day through the disqualification of a Socialist Front candidate.
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    • 365 3 —Straits Times, July 23 The no confidence resolution passed against Inche Mohamed Khir Jobari by 2,000 fishermen in Kuala Kedah will not weaken in the least his position as Minister for Agriculture and Co-operatives. But it is a symptom that needs to be (noticed. The direct cause of
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    • 186 3 —Straits Times, July 23 The Federal Capital Commissioner. Haji Ismail bin Panjang Aris, is always ready to learn from the experience of others. Hong Kong filled him with ideas for tackling Kuala Lumpur’s squatter and hawker problems. From France, he has returned with a new approach to the
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    • 649 3 —Straits Times, July 24 The Malaysian common market has been discussed for the most part in the light of Singapore industry, originally be* cause Singapore is not a primary producer and more recently because the prospects offered Singapore by a common market had a close bearing on
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    • 147 3 —Straits Times. July 24 The successful self-help project carried out by the sixty families of Kampong Bukit Pekan in the Kampar area of Perak will come as a fillip to the believers in gotong royong. The programme has not proceeded too well. Kampong Bukit Pekan has shown, however,
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    • 406 4 —Straits Times July 25 The need for closer analysis of Malaya’s balance of payments position and for care in drawing down foreign exchange reserves to finance development has not gone unrecognised. The problem has received periodic mention both from the Finance Minister and the Minister for Commerce and
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    • 171 4 —Straits Times July 25 A prolonged dry spell threatens to add Kuala Lumpur to the list of water-short towns. The fall in reservoir levels has not reached the point where rationing needs to be considered, but the experts are worried enough to have turned down the pressure
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    • 684 4 —Straits Times July 25 Public attention has been focussed largely, almost exclusively, on the sections of the Rueff Report dealing with a Malaysian common market. The recommendations on this project are without doubt the most important, while the central place this issue occupied in the political
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    • 385 4 —Straits Times. July 26 There is a strong note of irony in the controversy that has blown up in Ipoh over the demolition of illegal squatter housing in the Buntong new village area. Twenty of the houses, all in a half finished state, have been pulled down, on
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    • 425 4 Land Politics —Straits Times. July 27 The attempt by the PanMalayan Islamic Party to represent Kelantan as the Mecca of land development is altogether misguided. The claim is demolished by figures supplied by the chairman of the State Land Development Board himself. Since 1961, Haji Mohamed Noor has told the
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    • 112 4 —Straits Times Jtrtjr Integrating the new villa® into the rural developing programme necessarily taki time. There are more than tn hundred of these settlement each with its individual need Identifying these differing, k quirements, classifying the. and building up an o%era picture is work that admits < no
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  • 916 5 KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 fHE Federation Government will I spond $2.8 million to celebrate he birth of Malaysia on Aug. 31. EK tails of the four-day celebrations projramme were announced today by the Miniser without Portfolio and secretary-general of he Ma aysia celebrations central
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  • 924 5 REMEMBER OUR ENEMIES ARE THE REDS—LEE SINGAPORE, July The Government today released all documents wnich led to its light with the federation MCA and the eventual London agreement on Malaysia. SimuiianeoU6iy luuied in tile i-egiiiauve Assembly ana given to the Press were puptia on
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  • 101 5 PINGAPORE. July 26—The Industrial Arbitration Court yesterday described as "premature” an application by the Singapore Telephone Board for a three-year extension of a collective agreement it had entered into with the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees. The court said the agreement was still in operation and
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  • 65 5 IPOH, July 26—The People’s Pro- 1 gresstve Party-controlled Ipnb Municipal Council lias applied for a "donation” of $50,000 from the j Perak State Government to pay for expenses in connection with the sultan of Perak's installation cele- brat ions In September The council president. Mr S P.
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  • 364 6 KUALA LUMPUR, July 25. THE Minister of Labour, Inche Bahaman bin Samsudin, said today that Federation hotels, restaurants and bar employees were making an important contribution to the country’s promising tourist trade. Inche Bahaman was addressing delegates from all parts of the country attending
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  • 93 6 Kuala lumpur, July 26—The Minister of Education. Haji Abdul Hamid Khan, will open the festival of books held in conjunction with the second phase of the National Language Month at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Airport Road, here tomorrow. More than 20 Malayan polishers
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  • 128 6 LOX D O X stockbroker Richard Jenks. son of Sir Richard and Lady Jenks, and his Malayan bride. Miss Juniper Foo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Foo Yin Chiew. of Ipoh, after their marriage at the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry, next to the Guildhall,
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  • 77 6 SINGAPORE, July 26—The president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Ko Teck Kin. tonight declared cpen the Happy World 1963 trade exhibition. The exhibition will remain open until Aug. 18. It has several new features, including a demonstration of the manufacture of soya bean
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  • 201 6 K U S H1NC Jul y 21 f More tn i in?' treme left/ e cal detai’ began ah re at the sln camps. /uina 11 police scui l The aim or •*> Qt w 'to obtain trial. 1* talnees involved -.1
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  • 104 6 fPOH July 22 Mr Justic 1 Neal today ordered in Ah Kew, 17, a tobacco farme to be sent to the Gurne School for three years. Llm was found euilty c. cuj, able homicide not air. ar.ithJ murder by causing the -eat., Chan Soo
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  • 143 7 msc.w J«»y 23 V»h* u«g di-Fertuan 1(1 ,lie Vusof bin hjk Fuan Moor Snah n,ghl Kave w the Prime liS.irr Mt Le e Kuan .111* >lrs* Lee and L l' government ,iuiai' ..nd wests at jtana N< uara ne> welcomed the rime Minister the
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  • 78 7 OH July :’3— Thailand could i.rs.M.. or ;wo irom Malaya t:.,i v.o.ce m recent years. Mr Tawe Buyaketu. tt land's Board of r 3-;. t.-u who arrived here •’~>y .e head of a fourf r.i.c mission from the ment, said t.iat lid also
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    451 7 STATE ADVOCATE-GENERAL RULES THAT NATIONALITY OR RACE MAY BECOME ‘INDUSTRIAL MATTERS' SINGAPORE, July 23. Malayanisation is a matter which may oe a subject for consideration or negotiations between employer and employees, and alls within the jurisdiction of the Industrial Arbitration Court. This was the opinion given oy the State
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  • 95 7 PENANG, July 22. n. posing as ‘Government men,’ entered ne se of a vegetable farmer in Batu Fer■jl 1 and robbed his family of about Jr !i: raid jewellery. i -i Ching. 28. re- v as at home at L j m with his
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  • 61 7 PENANG. July 21— Muslim vlll- j agers in Kampong Padang Bcna- gall. Butterworth. are so opposed to accepting any lottery grant for their projects that they have raised $6,500 among themselves to build a new mosque. i "Not one cent of this money comes from
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  • 248 7 KUALA LUMPUR. July 23.—Shamsuri bin Misu, 22, who claimed to be the editor of a Malay weekly —the Dewa Dewi (boy and girl fairy) and said that he had S4O,ODD in tne oank, was today bound over for cheating. He was convicted
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  • 25 7 KUCHING, July 22 The Sarawak United Peoples Party netu <tn anti-Malaysia rally here last infill It asked that all British ttoops leave Borneo
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  • 182 7 Now a ‘use less water warning in capital KUALA LUMPUR. July 23 The half-a-million people in this district were today told to exercise "strict economy” in their use of water and to ensure there was no wastage. The advice, from the State Engineer, Mr. R. Waddell, came as the level
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  • 364 8 ALOR STAR, July 23. A PROSECUTION witness alleged in the Sessions Court here today a “fat” police officer assaulted and forced him to make a statement last June. "I told this officer he could write anything he wished,” Hashim
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  • 159 8 Kuala lumpur July 23 Police today offered a reward of $2,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of two men who raped and murdered a 28-year-old tapper on North Hammock Estate at Klang on July 21. More than 450 people in the
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  • 74 8 JAKARTA, July 23—A Foreign Ministry spokesman today accused Britain of acting hastily by expelling two vice-consuls from North Borneo and threatened "serious consequences.” The spokesman. Mr. Ganis Harsono, said the Foreign Ministry saw no reason to withdraw its representatives before the completion of their
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  • 73 8 KUALA KANGSAR. July 23.—Subramaniam, six. was bitten by a cobra while plucking fruit with a stick in Low Road here this morning. He was bitten on his left leg and was sent to the district hospital near- by where he is reported to be in a
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  • 63 8 'JUIE Yang di-Pertuan Agong investing the Panglima Mangku Negara on the Commissioner of Police. Dato Mohamed Salleh bin Ismail, at an investiture ceremony held at the Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur on Julv 23. Dato Mohamed Salleh was one of 44 persons who were conferred
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  • 101 8 SINGAPORE. July 23.—The Singapore Polytechnic Photographic Society will hold their 2nd Malaysia student photographic competition in November. Ten tin statues will be awarded for the best prints. Two of them will be to the best prints with "lndustry" as the theme The competition is open to
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  • 240 8 KUALA LUMPUR Julv 23 r rHE High Court here was told today bv Inch 1 Harun M. Hashim. Deputy Public Prosecute how a son dragged his father out of their hous took a piece of wood and struck him on the heai Inche Harun was
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  • 182 8 lOHORE BAHRU, July J 23.—The Party Rakyat of Johore today denied a newspaper report that the party had lost its confidence in the Socialist Front. The Malayan Times on July 21 reported that there was a spilt between the Part; Rakyat and the Labour Party which
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  • 88 8 KUALA Ll'MPl'K. M 23.— Mr. Augustine Tin Hui Heng. a tut >r in the Faculty cf Agriculture 3‘ the University of Mab. Tl has been awarded Rockefeller Council lowship for posl-gradua study at Stanford U’ versity, where be x P ef to obtain a Ph l'
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  • 36 8 .;2 Sir.gu SINGAPORE J iV f il t pores water s* \ccordin Its lowest level Board. an to the Public ljnj by 9 a DC-3 plane seed suitable er soon as they pore
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  • 132 9 Pt.NA.Mi, July 23.—Fire gutted the first floor Hof a retreading shop at H Maxwell Road here today Hand destroyed more than H 1000 new tyres valued at $60,01)0. H A big crowd watched as firemen fought the blaze Hfor more than an
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  • 67 9 PEKa;, ,7 ji y 23 Teachers and R>-‘‘ 1 Ahmad High School ?0 their first major action with Shakesl&v; fr s Caesar” for three [C A! m pu er of the play is Mr. fca;r. 4 a Brinsford■er.er 1 w,1 had some ex- A Production while
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  • 37 9 tor l 1 July 22—A film re-",rr-e Minister’s visit fid i. /he Malaysia talks Cft r vislt to Algiers cir.. rt V. be shown at the r r tornor eatres here be B ln
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  • 872 9 WARNING ON RISING EXPENDITURE AND THE ‘POPULATION EXPLOSION’ J£UALA LUMPUR, July 23. World Bank experts have warned that withdrawals from Malaysia's financial reserves should be “within reasonable limits” otherwise the new Federation’s economy will be “exposed to a weakening of confidence in the
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  • 267 9 TELUK ANSON, July 23. THE Coroner here, Inche Gulam Mustaffa bin L Nadar Ali, yesterday blamed the driver of a car, vvho was also killed, for the death of four others in the car at the 23rd mile, Teluk Anson-Kampar Road on Jan.
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  • 105 9 JESSELTON. July 22. Representatives from the Information Services and radio stations of Malaya. Singapore and Sarawak arrived here yesterday for a two-day conference to discuss plans for a radio linkup during the Malaysia celebrations. They will also discuss matters concerning the
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  • 34 9 PENANG. July 23 The Penang Straits Chinese British Association will hold Its annual meeting at the office of Messrs. Ong Huck Tuan and Co., Beach Street, at 5.15 p.m on Aug. 2.
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  • 47 9 BENTONG. July 23 The Sultan of Pahang will open the state's most modem district offices ln Temerloh tomorrow. Built at a cost of more than $800,000, the building consists of two four-storey blocks. It will replace the old wooden Temerloh District Offlpe building.
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  • 639 10 ARBITRATION COURT TO SEEK FEDERAL GOVTS VIEWS ON CLAIMS BY STORE POSTAL WORKERS SINGAPORE, July 23. 'JTIE Industrial Arbitration Court today unanimously decided to seek the view of the Central Government of Malaysia on the wage dispute between the Amalgamated Cnion of Public Employees and the Postal
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  • 48 10 KUALA LUMPUR. July 23—'The Chief Executive Commissioner of the Boy Scouts Association, New Zealand. Wing Commander S. O. Field, who is on a two-day visit here, paid a courtesy call on the Chief Scout. Federation of Malaya. Dato Sardon bln Hajl Jubir, at his office today.
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  • 28 10 MUAR, July 23—The Amalgamated National Union of Local Authorities Employees. Johore branch, will hold its first general meeting at the Jubilee Hall here on July 26.
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  • 348 10 KAUM IBU CHIEF CHE AiiHAH TICKS OFF SYED MOHAMES Kjmy L 22 A V S* woman Senator t'n e h r ha SttLt A off u We State Assembly mai 4 tor Ws remarks on Z one m an one issue. e Syed
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  • 228 10 .UALA LUMPUR. July 23. The Permanent secretary to the ..nnistry of* External .-Glairs, Inche Ghazali onaiie, announced touay that unless President Soekarno was in Manila on July 30, there would oe no summit at all Speaking to reporters at the airport on arrival from
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  • 154 10 SINGAPORE. July 23.—The Singapore Printing Employees Union today accused the Malayan Chinese Association and the Malayan Indian Congress here of trying to “disunite and sabotage” a certain trade union for their political ends. The union secretary, Mr. Ho See Beng, in a statement
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  • 165 10 IPOH, July 23—Alliance municipal councillor Mr. Chew Peng Loon whose name was conspicuoulsy omitted from all standing committees formed last month, will be placed on seven of them. A resolution to place Mr Chew on the committees will be moved by Mr.
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  • 378 11 CLVUAPORE, July 23. 5 —The Chief Justice, Mr. Ju tice Wee Chong jin, in the High Court today granted the admission of Mr. Eiwynjones, a London Queen's Counsel, to the Singapore Bar to enable him to conduct the defence of the 11 Bari
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  • 29 11 Anisv-V vfPUR July 22—The Ihaw v,‘,;‘ T Y n l!t Portfolio. Senator air n > left for Sarawak I1:ornln R on what he lilt." a "four-day liaison
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  • 513 11 SINGAPORE, July 23 THE Legislative Assembly, which sits toTll jf not expected to begin till Mon- Jfv 29 its debate on the Malaysia agreement, which the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Ypw signed in London. The debate will be Initiated by
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  • 43 11 TAIPING, July 22—The President ot the Sessions Court here, Inche Adnan bin Ismail, will join the Attorney General’s office ln Kuala Lumpur from Aug. 1. He will be succeeded here by Inche Wan Yahaya bin Pawan Teh. from Alor Star.
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  • 237 11 JPOH, July 22—Rural people living in the Kampar area are still talking about the successful self-help project undertaken by the 60 families in Kampong Bukit Pekan. As a result of their cooperative ellort, the residents of Kampong Bukit Pekan have just
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  • 370 11 SINGAPORE, July 23 rrHE People’s Action Party Political Bureau said last night that leaders of the Singapore People’s Alliance were likely to get more seats in the Central Parliament and possibly ministerships by way of nomination than through elections. Jt was replying
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  • 180 11 IPOH, July 23.—Heartgirl Helen Wong Kam Thye, 22. who left Ipoh on a stretcher seven months ago, returned home today after treatment in Australia. Relatives and friends crowded round her at the Ipoh airport this morning as she stepped down the ramp of
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  • 27 11 PEKAN, July 23—Police Inspector Sahar Alam bln Abu Kasslm of Kuala Lipis has replaced Inspector Shatrl bln Othmnn, who has been transferred to Kuala Lipis.
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  • 636 12 SINGAPORE July 23 THE Singapore Government today published a photostat copy of the notes of agreement signed by the Federation Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, on matters relating to Malaysia and the $150 million loan to the fcorneo States. This is in part a reply to
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  • 141 12 SINGAPORE, July 23. T’OP film stars, including South Vietnam’s movie queen Tham Thuy Hang, are coming with the country s delegation of 50 for the South-East Asia Cultural Festival from Aug. 8 to Aue 16 Leader of the group is Mr Ngeun Zuy Mien, the
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  • 256 12 SINGAPORE. July 23. T’HE Singapore Association of Trades Unions today condemned the Government’s action in cancelling the registration of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association. In a statement issued oy secretary-general. Mr. W». Toon Lip. Satu said: "The deregistration has taken place at
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  • 57 12 TAIPING, July 23—The Anglican Church diocese of Singapore and Malaya, will hold a weeklong youth camp at the St. Nicholas School, Bagan Jermal Road, Penang, from Aug. 5 on the theme "Hear and Obey”. There will be discussions on, family life, science, citizenship, authority of
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  • 61 12 SHARIFAH Zuriah Al* jeffri (above), a sister of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court presiden Syed Hassan Aljeffn. left by air on Jul> w study law in London She is 24. Her father is Syed Jan Aljeffn. Kedah Justice of Peace and the first
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  • 60 12 r o rtv*trt PENANG. July 23; members of the fr 9 ;:enl tion. Bukit Merta; 1 orea a one-dav civics c J r n fortß*' by the Departmcn tion. on July 25. fill During the f°’£.p P nt pro)*3 visit rural deyeloprr«n^ e and hear ta>ks
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  • 18 12 °3 -'M*' KUALA JJJ A. A. Mohamed A p elected pres Lien ;a tlo» Indian Muslin
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  • 223 13 KUALA LUMPUR, July 23. /0 Vi"N are to oeneflt most from an arbitration tV.banal award granting wage increases to 1 revenue officers. The award was announced tuday py the Congress ot Unions oi Employees in the Public and Civil Services. Starting salary ot women revenue
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  • 137 13 SINGAPORE, July 24.—Do- ions totalling $897.40 eived by the Straits hrr.e today from both gingai <. and Federation f eadt>: tor Singapore widow Madar.. jathambal, whose ‘‘<.i. s Pachalmuthu jas o recently in a road accidt-i*.. and her 15 children P:f\: .> donations amount t
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  • 35 13 PEXANO. July 24—A six-man up irutn fr'ormuaa arPenang today to observe > Buddhist organisations > itles in Malaya. Tr.e v..:tors four monks and Will also visit most in South-East Asia and Fa: Last
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  • 61 13 IPOH. July 24 The Photographic Club of Sekolah TUanku Aodul Rahman here will hold its first photographic exhibition In the school premises on July 26 and 27. It will be open to the public. Hie exhibition will oe trom 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on July 26
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  • 269 13 LOVE, MARRIAGE CAME WITH A BLIND DATE KIJAIA LUMPUR, 1Y July 23.—A 21-year-old Malacca girl—the only Asian among the first batch of 104 British servicemen and their families airlifted to London—left here today with her husband whom she met
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  • 453 13 KUALA LUMPUR, July 23. 'JHE Government today described the difficulties the authorities encountered recently in pulling down an illegal house put up on State land. The account was given In a lengthy statement Issued by the Information Department to “correct any misimpresslons” that might have arisen
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  • 34 13 PORT SWETTENHAM. July 24. —Thousands of Catholics from nil over Selangor will throng the Church of St A~ne at Snmv Road here on July 28 to celebrate the feast of St. Anne.
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  • 86 13 SINGAPORE'S Welfare Queen, 18-year-old model Alice Voon (above), is one of 20 entrants for the “Malaysia Queen 1903” contest to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. I The con:est is being held in connection with the Malaysia Trade and IndustriaJ Exhibition to be
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  • 57 13 KUALA LUMPUR, July 23.—A nine-year-old boy, B. Lachumanam, was burned to death while trying to set fire to a rubbish heap at the back of his house in Rawang, 18 miles from here this evening Lachumananrs clothings caught fire and he died of severe burns
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  • 44 13 SINOAPORE, July 23. The Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Bill, which will enable the fund board to declare a higher rate of interest than 2} per cent, was referred to a select committee after passing its second reading In the Legislative Assembly today.
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  • 250 14 CLASSROOMS NEEDED TO HOUSE MALAYSIA WEEK GUESTS KUALA LUMPUR, July 24. MORE than 20,000 pupils here will have their 1 holidays put back by two weeks so that their schools can be used to accommodate some Oi. the guests coming here for the Malaysia celebrations.
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  • 65 14 SINGAPORE, July 24. Water stocks are at a dangerously low level. The Public Utilities Board said today that “unless there is cooperation to use less water, the board may have to consider further measures to conserve the stocks in the public interest. “It
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  • 43 14 KLANG. July 23.—The management committee of the Klang Gurney Memorial Library will hold a flga day from July 25 to Aug 3 and nas appealed to the schools government departments and firms here to support the library’s development fund
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  • 117 14 Kuala lumpur, July 24. —Hotel, bar and restaurant workers here want an eight-hour day i This is one of several resolutions to be discussed at the annual delegates conference of the Hotel. Bar and Restaurant Workers’ Union here tomorrow The Minister of Labour and
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  • 151 14 OEREMBAN, July 24. The election today of a new Undang of Jelebu has been postponed for another month. The last Undang died on Dec. 3J„ last year. Reliable sources said the seven-month delay Is because the eight chiefs of
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  • 59 14 MALACCA, July 23. A mother of five, Lee Pak Choo, 38, fell to her death from the fourth floor oi the General Hospital here last night. She was the wife of a businessman. Mr. Yap Choo Teck, of Hava Road She was admitted to the
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  • 30 14 JOHORE BAHRU, July 24.—The Income Tax Department here will move to its new offices in the re-cently-opened town council building in Jalan Ibrahim on July 26.
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  • 32 14 SINGAPORE, July 24. A total of 53 581 people did not vote at the National Referendum held on Sept. 1 last year, the Legislative Assembly was told today.
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  • 161 14 SINGAPORE. July 24 IN the last four years Japanese capital invested in Singapore shot up to $54,094,000 compared with $1,200,000 between 1956 and Mav 31, 1959. This was stated in the Legislative Assembly today by the Minister for Health and Law. Mr. K M.
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  • 262 14 KUALA LUMPUR, July H4. THE National Union of Teachers hi, :ixec j Malaysia Day as the target date Lw which they hope women teachers in the country will get equal pay. This move, backed by six other unions today received the support of
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  • 140 14 Kuala lumfur. July 24.—Tengku Abdul Kuhnian will gel a big official welcome at the airport here tomorrow on his return from .Malaysia talks in London and his trips to Europe. On arrival, the Tengku will be greeted by the deputy Prime Minister, Tun
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  • 252 14 l/UALA LUMPUR, July 24.—The success ol the Malayan Industria Finance Ltd. will depend on the extent ol willingness of private investors to seek its funds when their owr financial resources are inadequate. This was stated today bv the chairman of the MIDFL Mr.
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  • 303 15 KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 u'OK K 0,1 the $270,000 swimming pool in Jalan Timor, Petaling Jaya has been speeded up to get it ready before the Malaysia celebrations start on Aug. 31. Tius was revealed today by the Petaling Jaya Development Corporation town
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  • 45 15 H -L-MPUR. July 23—Six W f‘-V u es Irom the Unlversltyj K p"';;'’ 0 Tokyo, Japan, led Bat’. utft ka Tsuchlya, now, B t l r ,;'v > ttie Federation, today K.'. u 'SMOO portable X-ray K e t e Ministry of Health
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  • 146 15 Kuala limpur, July 22 —The Chief of the Armed Forces Staff and Director of Border Security, Dato General Sir Rodney Moore, will fly to Bangkok tomorrow for talks on Malayan-Thai border operations against bandits. He will be accompanied by two senior army officers. The police
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  • 42 15 SINGAPORE. July 22—The New Zealand Commissioner in Singapore. Mr R. L. G. Challis, left today for a routine three-day visit to Jakarta. He said he would meet New Zealand diplomatic officials to discuss trade and administrative matters.
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  • 137 15 pENANG, July 23. L Officers and men of the Penang Customs anti-smuggling branch were today issued with fire-arms for their own protection. The issue followed a recent incident In the Penang channel when a Customs party was attacked by smugglers off Telok Ayer Tawar. Province
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  • 31 15 KUALA LUMPUR, July 22—A tour-man team ol Vietnamese educationists left for Saigon today after spending a week studying the education system in new villages and rural areas here
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  • 220 15 IPOH, July 21. THE Government General Clerical Services Union, 1 in its fight for recognition, has launched a country-wide membership drive. They must obtain a “substantial” number of the 1,2(m general clerical workers in the country before they would be recognised by the Federation Government.
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  • 28 15 IPOH, July 22—Mr. K. NadaraJah, a former interpreter in the Magistrate’s Court, Batu Gajah, left by air today to read law at Lincoln’s Inn.
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  • 239 15 If UALA LUMPUR, July *22.—Littie boy lost P. Gunasagaram today went happily to his home at Efflnghan Estate here. But the seven-year-old, who was found wandering in the rain at Salak South 14 days ago, lost his smile when he knocked on
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  • 281 15 SINGAPORE, July 22 DR. GOH KENG SWEE, Finance Minister, is to seek Legislative Assembly approval to float loans totalling $l5O million. The authority is being sought in the form of a motion he will introduce when the Assembly sits on July 24. In
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  • Page 15 Advertisements

  • 598 16  -  By TAN TOOK SAIK: WATER rationing may be introduced in Kuala Lumpur soon. No change is expected in the present dry weather till the middle of September. This warning was given today by the State Engineer. Mr. W A L James, following
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  • 67 16 SINGAPORE. July 26—A threeRazak. Deputy Prime Minister and National president of the St. John Ambulance Association. visited the association’s Perak headquarters here this mornine The Perak branch of the association is relebratlne its silver jubilee tomorrow when the Sultan of Perak will open the $45,000
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  • 118 16 If U A L A LUMPUR, IV j u iy 26.—The Government has a plan to increase the size of the Malaysian police force by 8.000 men “in time of war or emergency” a police spokesman said today. He was clarifying a remark, made
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  • 80 16 IPOH, July 26—The president of the Peoples Progressive Partycontrolled Municipal Council, Mr. S. P. Seenivasagam. has informcd the Perak State Malaysia celebrations committee that he Null not serve on it. His reason for turning down the invitation to serve on the committee was that the "PPP
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  • 55 16 KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 Sir Henry Lee, former Minister ot Finance, had a heart attack recently. He is now convalescing in his home in Golf View Road. A member of the family described the heart attack as "mild" and said Sir Henry needed at least
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  • 86 16 SINGAPORE, July 26—A three-.ear-old child. Zaiton ointe Ahmad, .vas awarded damages of $9,000 and osts ov the Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Wee Chong Jin. yesterday for personal injuries received by her in a road accident 16 months ago. The suit, claiming damages was orought on
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  • 48 16 SINGAPORE. July 25. The Singapore Bus W’orkers’ Union meets on Sunday at Its premises in Bukit Timah Road at 3 pan. to protest against the signing of the Malaysia agreement. A union spokesman said that leaders of all unions have been invited to attend.
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  • 27 16 SINGAPORE. July 26—Mr. Lim Cheng Pah. a barrister, was admitted to the Singapore Bar by Mr. Justice Chua in the High Court today.
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  • 291 16 KW*™*™*. July 26.—A veteur nev J I paperman who helnea to start two u. PaI C., in Malaya in the S died in the General Hospital here today. He was Mr. Francis Coora* aged 73. His wile bedside when he died.
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  • 398 16 SINGAPORE, July 26 T*HE Minister for A Home Affairs. Mr. Ong Pang Boon, told the Legislative Assembly today that the main pre-occupation of the Singapore Association of Trade Unions since its formation was to bring about the downfall of the
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  • 254 17 LORD president for the new FEDERAL court VU A L A LUMPUR, ft July 26. —The Fed eration Chief Justice. Du to Sir James Th n >n, is to be Lord President of the Federal Court of Malaysia when the new Federation comes into
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  • 209 17 Malacca, July 26. The Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry, Haji Khalia bin Awang Osman, today urged Malay retailers to organise themselves into a strong organisation if they wanted tc‘ be successful in business. Their three main problems are lack of credit facilities,
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  • 60 17 KUALA LUMPUR, July 26—’ The Malayan Deputy High Commissioner in London. Tengku Jaafar jaii Al-Marhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, has been appointed Ambassador to the United Arab Rt public, it was announced today. Tengku Jaafar is expected to take up his new appointment in Cairo soon.
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  • 268 17 REQUESTS FOR HELP NOW BEING STUDIED IPOH, July 26. OVERALL plan for improvements to new villages throughout Malaya is being drawn up, Tun Abdul Razak disclosed here today. Addressing a Press conference after attending a briefing on rural development progress in Perak,
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  • 138 17 Kuala lumpur, July 26 Tengku Abdul uanman today congratulated Britain, the United Statea and Russia for initialing a partial nuclear test ban treaty in Moscow. lie sent personal messages to Mr. Macmillan, President Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev. To Mr. Macmillan, the Tengku said: “It is
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  • 30 17 SINGAPORE, July 25 The Prime Minister. Mr Lee Kuan Yew will open the first new police quarters under the force’s fouryear development plan tomorrow at 7.30 p.m
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  • 143 17 Kuala lumpur, July The Malayan Trades Union Congress today backed the demand by the National Union of Hotel Bar and Restaurant Workers for an eight-hour day. The president of the MTUC Mr Yeoh Teck Ch.ve said: “We feel that an eight-hour working day
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  • 83 17 KUALA LUMPUR, July 26. Thailand will continue joint border security operations against the remaining 400 Communist bandits on the Malayan-Thai border area. The Chief of the Armed Forces Staff and Director of Border Security, Dato General Sir Rodney Moore, said this tonight on his
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  • 706 18 Royal Meadow’s Cup —by a neck SINGAPORE, July 24 DOYAL MEADOW won the 6f Summer Cup in a photofinish with Pizarro II at Bukit Timah today. Race One CLASS 3. DIV. 6—7 F Admiral Stable's (7) ACE ADMIRAL 8 6 (319 —149) Johnson 1 (6) Fast Lord 8.8 (400—194) Sublan
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  • 874 18 SINGAPORE. July 28 THIBET AN, with Keith Moxham up, beat stablemate Water Scout and two other rivals in the $15,000 Singapore Cup over lOf here today. Race One CLASS 3 DIV. 3—7f I riangle Stable’s <8 MALAIION 8.12 < 774 —344 Subian 1 (10
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 152 18 “BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: U5 m i. *****2 ta Mills *.-2*6373 !Vu'°4J’ ******. *****9. Mj;!*' W, *****1. *****9. *****1 Consolation iSTju Nw- *****3. *****; S&> *****7. *****1 I5y* 4 u ,J > *****5. *****7.’ S}' UU1W Extra ($200 *****7. *****9, *****8, *****9, *****6. *****2, *****8. *****6, *****1. *****4, *****9, *****4.
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  • 211 19 "‘^curtSWfc**- J ;u ed unchanged at S' ssrfi* &s ,r iJ5&v© yS;- T Q; eter trading^ The moon tin prlcw mmrt U-X. 100 f»uc ;lf tqr trafrng. JSoJ" 'd^ C *ale of 170 kmg < rom tha national stockits daily offering on T
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  • 34 19 *i <Managere' Prlaaaj nrat Malayan 1.80 1.86*4 Hecond Malayan 1.26*4 1.48x4- Third Malayan .99 toe rim Hong Kong .88 I.oB* Gerotul Hong Konrf- .71 .78* ■torllng Commodity 4/2 4/9 Root Kong curyotteyl.
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  • 765 19 I rnHi following a complete 1 list of mM tuotuttons issued by the Mulujrun Etoeh I Exchange on Wdtf, July 19: IN DUST RIAL* H A.«» »<* bU IrullWO *f; fl Bouetrad l.« J c e He .am* B/t I Con Tin smalt < r,.i 41/b
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  • 884 19 TH tall* of shares mm the Malayan Stock Ikwhengf show* lul Mmb to Jaly Is. Tai had lads taaiM since that date (Bj to Rile, 'v mwmtidto- ‘n, |m 7 Alt* Buck* 3JO Atlas let lH pi ii« Coo tohiL" kl a 1.04 1.01 Esso 846 1.05
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  • 25 19 July 24 MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 7H oettto (up one-elfhth of R cent). TIN: $449.5# (down 59 centi). Estimated unofficial offering 255 tons (unchanged).
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  • 72 19 r* MIN MB Preduoe Beehange. Shigav* per* naan priaa* per pioul yealerall i bulk 844* aellers. drum I4T* Milan. Cagrß July/Aug UK/Continent $2B Muatok white 8182* Milan. Sarawak white 8180 sailer), special Sarawak black- sB7* aellen. garbled Lara pong black gM7k Mllen AST A 897* Hellers IMiaetu Gaaawut
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  • 116 19 OTTAWA, July 25—Three experts from the Canadian Broad casting Corporation are to leavr soon for Malays to help the Gov eminent set up a television ser vice, it was announced yesterday The three men, who are an loan to the Canadian external Ato
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  • 32 19 Current Oute of l*ot*l 1 payment puymeni JJJ Tin k l< fcL+ Sept. JO Uinta Kellas 3d. Bept 30 L Penrkalen H<} l S Lendu Rubber Attg I*rrak Robb*. W%
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  • 150 19 Japan can offer technical aid’ fcp 7 tar ,T r i y 'T'i' K ,x»- CINOAPORE, July 25. Singapore still needs technical assistance to speed industrial growth, Mr. Masuo Yanagi, pre- f* sldent of the Mitsui Bank of Tokyo, said today. Japan, he added, could make a contribution to Singapore
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  • 126 19 IfUALA LUMPUR, July 25.—A man was killed by lightning > during a thunder storm In Petallng Jaya this afternoon while he was taking shelter under a tree The dead man was Sa'leh bln Othman, 20, a labourer of the Petallng Jaya Development Corporation. According* to
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  • 62 19 SINGAPORE, July 25 —The Singapore Alliance today dented that one at Its partners the Singapore People s Alliance had suggested that the 16. Singapore seats In the Central Parliament should be filled by nominees from the Legislative Assembly The Alliance was referring to the People's
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  • 31 19 KUALA LUMPUR. July 26 The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Rasak. wUI open the annual conference of the Ex-Services Association of Malaya In the Selani for Club on Sunday.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1929 20 From Our Market Correspondent THERE was no collapse in industrial shares 1 prices on the Malayan Stock Exchange last week, but there was a steady erosion. A progressive slide throughout the period knocked off an average of five to ten per cent from prices which, however,
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    • 252 20 4 AUGUST fkit grade rubber buyer* f.e.b. eltud at 6 p.m. in tingsper* and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 711 cent* jter'ltr. up ooe-eighOi of a cent on Thursday’s closing level for the position. The tone war jneetlve. R.A.g. and FJM.R.E. elating price* In sent* per lb. yesterday: lot.
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    • 20 20 Bunn tin J«ly 22. «4a, (P Siplsf I Br£ P&SB *5. 7194 e«>. MfMG- 7lHeta. $449.59 >7. S44M»H
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    • 66 20 Malayan Ixthangt Banks Ass*. 1 siatlsn made these changes In its rate* to merchant* on Saturday (all rates to |100>: Belling TT *r OD ready: Holland Qultdsrs U7|; Swiss Francs 140|. On the free exchange market In Nsng Kang, the U.t. dollar was quoted at. 5.711 for T.T
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    • 120 20 v. < a r /MEL*,? .i SINGAPORE, July 25, The Hnanoe Minister. Dr. Ooh Keng Bwee, will open the multi-million dollar flour mill Prtma Ltd., in the Harbour Board area on Aug. 15 at 4 p.m. A company spokesman announced today the arrlTal of the
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    • 511 20 VS. .,*3 1 fading report >.. Oa Ud. In ten irrem NWsyanRubu. I report. 1 t-* v. one j *ian policy of u to Malaysia ha t taken any form, but deai-n. a ?e considered possible resuits and redact 1 nei offerings of imnortefl grades
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    • 21 20 PITCH AY ’V JULY V jßw’fi ÜbdQßtrfmlß: vsumm as M Is sa i# I f Dto. im» m,
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