The Straits Budget, 8 April 1964

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    • 149 2  -  |OHN CHOW Singapore V AM glad that Charlie Koh ha* brought up the subject of “Cyclists Lanes." But I feel that the solution is not in forcing cyclists, to ride hi these tanes by laws and regulations. It would easier and more pleasant for
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    • 515 2  -  “H. W.” Kuala Lumpur WE are told more doc- tors are needed by the Malaysian Forces. We are given to ur4erstand that the emoluments will be:— U) Rank Captain In Army or equivalent rank In the other two Services. (2) Service—3 to 5 years. (3)
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    • 282 2  -  LIM PANG KWANG, Public Relations Officer. Housing Development Board Singapore I REFER to Mr 8. J. Ong's letter In the Straits Times of the March. 28. The conditions of sale have been diawn up after careful consideration to prevent abuse or speculation, to ensure proper maintenance
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    • 63 2  -  DISGUSTED Johore Bahru LORONG l Jalan Water Works, Johore Bahru, Is la an appalling condition. Many appeals have been sent to the Town Council, Johore Bahru to repair the road but all our requests have been futile. Other roads In simillar condition have been done up. We still
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    • 61 2  -  J.C Singapore > v ITIM CHUAN ROAD In Singapore Is a fine road, smooth from end to end but with one big fault a big depression across half the road near the middle If not seen quickly enough this causes an accident. There have been several already.
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    • 200 2  -  K. S. CHAN Singapore ;v Y r OUR foreign news page on March 30 containx ed an opinion as expressed by an Anglican vicar or, capital punishment in his parish magazine. A-* I am no strong advocate against the death, penalty .in any form and one con
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    • 115 2  - BREAKING THE LAW 8MALL MVRCHAN r Singapore 1HAVE read witn keen Interest the merchant s letter in connection with the non-acceptance of U S dollars by Malay Handicraft Centre. Kuala Lum pur and the fact that It is illegal for merchants to accept U.S. dollars from the tourist. The merchant
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    • 304 2  -  8. J. ONG Singapore ITINDLY grant me space to u comment on the Singapore Housing Board’s flat selling scheme. v The fact that there Is no rush for the 1,948 Queenstown flats suggests that the Board appeals to the wrong group of people. It
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    • 67 2  -  r i Alor Stai A LOR Star Is a health> place to live in Tl cholera epidemic is ta ’Tying nere longer than in most other towns It is excitliu too. in the past two months, two fires have brightened the town, one at midnight and the other
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    • 39 2 QINCE the stale Assenmiy election is round the corner 1 believe residents along Jalan Ayer P ano Bharu lo Kuala Lumpur will recall their past experience and will be e tremely cautious when cabins their votes
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    • 37 2  -  T.8.K. Jalan ffnlversiiy Petal In g Jaya Who says lightning ne\ er strikes twice at the same spot? The day after PAP stuck their lightning symbol outside my house, lightning struck a tree 1 my garden
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    • 324 3 ~Btralts Times, Mar. 30 There was never much doubt that the Central Government would provide cash ald for Kedah’s drought stricken padi-farmers. Throughout the disaster period it rendered assistance in many other ways and more than a month su;o it announced cash grants would be available early
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    • 220 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 30 Dato Sir Alexander OppenHeim has drawn timely attention to the unsatisfactory state of science instruction in Malaysian schools. In the &*st place, there isn’t enough °f it, and what there is tends to be out of date. Subjects which properly belong together—such as physics
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    • 250 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 31 The Central Government has accepted “in principle” the establishment of a national library. Members of the Library Association of Malaya who have been agitating for one for years must have been pleased when Tun Abdul Razak gave them this news at their annual meeting,
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    • 693 3 —Straits Times, April 1 While some of the demands which the developing countries are making at the United Nations trade conference in Geneva are highly political and largely impractical, the Malaysian bid for fair prices for commodities and a fair basis of competition with synthetics is
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    • 193 3 —Strait* Times, April 1 The labour shortage in Sabah and Sarawak, and the labour surplus in Singapore and Malaya, do not cancel each other out as neatly as was hoped. Most of the unemployed in the West Malaysian are unskilled, and unskilled labour is not what the East
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    • 626 3 —Straits Times, April 2 It is reassuring that the LJ.S. State Department believes that Soekamo will not push confrontation against Malaysia as far as a showdown with America. But it is the supplementary question that matters. At what point would the showdown come? How bruised must Malaysia
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    • 186 4 —Straits Times. April 2 The Malaysian Constitution reserves to Sabah and Sarawak the right to set their own timetable for making use of the Malay language in their education systems, State legislatures and State governments. It goes without saying that the Central Government should never give any occasion
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    • 663 4 —Straits Times, April 3 Population explosions notwithstanding, the world could he made to produce food in plenty for the human race. Blame for its failure to do so lies not with nature but with us. Widespread application of even today’s best farming and fishing methods (which continually
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    • 227 4 —Straits Times, April 3 If the Port Swettenham Authority keeps ships moving as briskly as it did during March fears about the new wharves in North Klang Straits becoming a white elephant will be well and truly laid. Details of cargo handling rates are not yet available but
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    • 640 4 —Straits Times, April 4 Guerilla incidents in Borneo and piracy in the Malacca Straits black out the continued attempt to secure an effective ceasefire. It is six weeks since an Indonesian liaison team went to Bangkok to discuss with the Thais the dropping of supplies for the
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    • 373 4 —Straits Times. April 4 If it takes nearly 36 hours to find out that an aircraft which crosses the Malayan coast is friendly, what period ought reasonably to be allowed for discovering that it isn’t? This may sound a silly question. But not every silly question attracts
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    • 209 4 —Straits Times. April 4 Creation of the Port of Singapore Authority is much more than an exercise in name-changing, even if the new body does at first seem Just an expanded version of the Singapore Harbour Board. For the first time the port is under a single control,
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  • 769 5  -  SAWDUST ON THE PARQUET FLOOR, BUT THE POLLS WORK GOES ON PAP’s MOST IMPORTANT STATE: SELANGOR by K. BASKARAN KUALA LUMPUR, March 29. qiiE People’s Action Party, which is con--1 testing nine Parliamentary and 15 State Assembly seats in the April 25 elections,
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  • 652 5 KLUANG, March 29 T HE Singapore Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said here tonight that half the problems facing Malaysia were created by Tengku Abdul Rahman’s “old friends who skilfully and cynically exploit his personal loyalties.” Mr. Lee said that to save
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  • 262 5 Malacca, Mar. 29.— The cruel Minuter, Incne unarm um n<iuu, aaid mst nignt that 11 uie socialist Mont or me People- Action Party came to power that would De the end ox democracy in the country. Incne Ohafur, wno
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  • 107 5 PNANG, Mar. 29.—The Hak Yong, a Penang-built junk, capsized off Pulau Jerejak last night with a party of picnickers. Some of the 14 men and women on board were non-swimmers, but all were saved. Fishing boats In the area picked up 12
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  • 549 6  -  ALSO, A SMALL BOX OF AMMO IN ESTATE NEAR TELUK ANSON: WATCHMAN TELLS OF A LARGE PLANE WITHOUT LIGHTS by—- HENRY PAUL and JOSEPH MIRANDA -IPOH, Mar. 29 AN unidentified aircraft made a mystery airdrop in the Lower Perak district near Teluk Anson early this
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  • 195 6 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 29. —The former U S. VicePresident, Mr. Richard M. Nixon, said today that Malaysia was becoming, like West Berlin, “an example of an island of freedom and free enterprise.” He told reporters at the airport before leaving this morning for Bangkok after
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  • 82 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29—Copies of the register of electors for the 51 electoral divisions are available for inspection at the office of the Rcglstrat on Officer, Ministry of Social Affairs. and at various schools, post offices and community centres They can be Inspected between 10 am and 1
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  • 365 6 PENANG, March 29 'PHE secretary-general of the United Democratic A Party, Dr. Lim Chon«g Eu, yesterday accused the Singapore Premier, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, ot showing a lack of appreciation of the political circumstances in Malaya as distinct from the political conditions
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  • 33 6 —Reuter LONDON, Mar. 29—The British Government has Issued a new warning to civil servants about the dangers of social contacts with officials from Communist countries. It was revealed here today.
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  • 178 6 PENANG, Mar. 29. The University of Kansas Brass Ensemble will make its Penang debut with a puolic performance on the night of Mar. 31. at the Penang Chinese Girls’ High School hall. The 18-member musical group, which arrived here yesterday. is appear.ng
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  • 26 6 TAIPINO, Mar. 29—Mr. S. Hansen has been elected president or the Taiping Rotary Club; Inche Ariffln bln Safle, vice-president and Mr. T. Jeyasagara secretory
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  • 416 7 rUERLOH, Mar.— 29. —The Alliance looks forward to winning the general election by an overwhelming majority to show President Soekarno that “Malaysians want no truck with Indonesia.” The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. said this today when he addressed more
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  • 293 7 SEREMBAN, March 29 mHE Yang di-Pertuan Besar created four Justices of the Peace and awarded meritorious medals to 51 people to mark his 42nd birthday today. The JPs are Inche Jaafar bln Hajl Tallb. Mr. Lee Kee Chong. Mr. Chan Slak Lee, all of
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  • 110 7 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 29.—A young Brazilian artist, Joaquin Pedro Rebeiro Araujo (above), wants to impress upon the public that not all artists are beatniks. “I am a serious artist. I do not have to sport a beard and wear controversial attire,”
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  • 132 7 SEREMBAN, Mar. 29 MORE than 3,000 people watched a colourful birthday parade for the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembllan on the padang here this morning. His Highness, who is 4 2 today, inspected a parade of members of the Armed Forces, police and
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  • 111 7 Kuala lumpur, Tues. Ghana will be sending a fact-find-ing mission to Malaysia and Indonesia to help solve the differences between both countries. This was stated here tonight by Dato Ismail bin Yusof, Ambassador designate to Korea, who returned by air after attending the
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  • 260 7 OINGAPORE, Mar. 29. Another bomb exploded today, the third since the year began, by the sea-wall at the end of Nallur Road off 7£ milestone Upper East Coast Road. There were no casualties, but the explosive blasted a 12 sq. ft. hole in
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  • 633 8 Skydrop bid to fool Malaysians into panic belief that saboteurs are operating in the Teluk Anson Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 30 Branch officers investigating the airdrop by the black-ed-out plane believe it was a calculated attempt to bluff Malaysians into the panic belief that a large and now
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  • 600 8  -  By KHOR CHEANG KEE: 'pilE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today predicted that the Alliance would win the general election* on April 25 by “about the same margin” as in 1959. “I am confident that of the 192 seats left to be contested the
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  • 189 8 PORT S WET TENHAM, Mar. 30 An Indone s i a n gunboat intercepted 10 Malaysian fishermen in five boats and robbed them of fishing nets and their catch valued at $9,400. The Indonesians about 30 of them were armed with pistols and rifles.
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  • 59 8 JAKARTA, Mar. 31—Brig.-Gen. Sumarno, Governor of Jakarta, told a mass rally here Indonesians should consider the possibility of an attack by Malaysia, Antara news agency reported today. The Governor, delivering an order of the day during a general call-up of Jakarta’s civil defence organisation, said trained volunteers and
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  • 20 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31—A British pianist, Dennis Matthews, will give a performance at the Victoria Theatre on April 7.
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  • 204 8 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 30 —The Umno sec-retary-general, Sy e d Ja’afar Aibar, said today that “by word and deed” Singapore’s Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuar. Yew, is proving that he is anythin# but a friend of Tengku Abdul Rahman. In a
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  • 48 8 SEGAMAT, Mar. 30. Tlie vice-chairman of the Socialist Front in the Sega mat division, Inche Othman bin Taib, has resigned and joined the United Democrat! 1 Party. Inche Othman said that be disagreed with the S F over its anti-Malaysia stand aim "non-Communism
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  • 41 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31 Rubber Association of Singap 0It today elected its first ever Asia' chairman— Mr. Tan Eng Joo* 1 director Aik Hoe and Co. Ltd. Mr. R. O. Bennet, former chai. man becomes deputy chair®* 11
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  • 240 9 MINISTRY ORDERS GO OUT— ON THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN ON emergency dispersals PENANG, March 31. THE Ministry of Education has asked all schools, colleges and other educational institutions in Malaysia to take precautions against any enemy action that may arise if the political situation worsens.
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  • 126 9 LUMPUR. Mar. 31. The wind of social evolution which nas brought to many landless people their own smallholdings has also given them “human dignity.” Mr. Tan Toh Hong. Alliance candidate lor Buklt Blntang parliamentary constituency. said this at a rally in Kampong Pandan
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  • 23 9 SEREMTfAN, Mar. 2*—' The Old Boy* Association o! St Pauls Institution Here will hold Its annual meeting on AprU 5
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  • 37 9 TAIPINO, Mar. 29—The still waters of the Talping Lakes are now open to canoeists. But only flat-bottomed canoes will be permitted and each application will be carefully examined by the chairman of the Town Council.
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  • 229 9 ‘Govt, trying to settle matter quickly' KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 r ]'HK Government is making every effort to settle the Question of equal pay for women teachers “as quickly as posS'ble,” a spokesman rom the Education Ministry said today. But It will
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  • 505 9 ‘DAWN ONLY AN HOUR AHEAD WHEN BULLETS BEGAN TO WHIZZ PAST’ escaped unhurt. The bullet-riddled boat, the Beng Heng, limped into Telok Ayer Basin with minor engine trouble at 6.45 a.m. today. This is the second time this year that a Malaysian
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  • 31 9 TANJONG KARANO, Mar. 29 The Selangor Mentrl Besar, Dato Abu Bakar bln Baglnda, opened a community hall for 1,000 pad! planters at Parit Empat, six miles from here.
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  • 59 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31 —The English service of Radio Malaysia (Singapura) will present a talk on the significance of tile visit of Dr Subandrio. Indonesia's Foreign Minister to Holland for talks with Dutch Government The talk at 7.10 p.m tomorrow, will he by Mr. Alex Josey, South
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  • 420 10 Narayanan: Workers getting impatient over the delay in a settlement KUALA LUMPUR March 31 THE National Union of Plantation Workers today threatened to withdraw from the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare its seven-month old dispute with the Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association
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  • 95 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 30 Tun H.S. Lee was elected president of the Malayan branch of the Royal Commonwealth Bociety at its annual meeting here today. Vice-presidents are: Dato Nik A Kamil, Inche Othman bin Mohamed and Kington Loo; chairman: Mr V M Hutson; vicechairman: Mr
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  • 133 10 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 31. Television will be Malaya-wide except on the East Coast, in four months’ time, the Minister of Works, Posts, and Telecommunications, Dato V. T. Sambanthan, announced today. He told a Press conference that transmitters w’ere already up
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  • 195 10 KUALA LUMPUR, March 30. \|R. Chew Choo Soot, secretary of the Selangor branch of the People’s Progressive Party, said tonight there was "no doubt" that the Alliance would ‘‘easily win" seats in Perils, Kedah and Pahang not counting Johore, Trengganu and Negri
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  • 96 10 Kuala lumpur, Mur. 31—Recruitment of overseas doctors is bein* delayed because applications must be processed first by the Malayan Medical Council. The Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health, Inche Mohamed Sanusi bin Baki, said today that the Ministry had vacancies for more than 90
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  • 615 11  -  oy khor cheang kee aL O R STAR, A Mar. 31. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has been advised not to campaign in Kelantan because “the fanatics there may try to harm or even kill me.” •But 1 am not afraid,” the
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  • 771 11 FINANCE MINISTER WARNS AGAINST DUBIOUS ATTITUDE OF THE FRONT PENANGt March 30 r JHE Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, warned today that a Socialist Front State Government in Penang might raise security implications of the gravest magnitude in view of
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  • 107 11 ITU ALA LUMPUR, Mar. 31— The Selangor Government Is to open up 738 acres of land at Telok Panglima Garang in the Kuala Langat district, the Mentri Besar, Dato Abu Bakar bin Baglnda said today. Speaking at the opening of a community
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  • 251 11 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2 THE first convention of the Singapore National Trades Union Congress, to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall from Saturday, will be asked to amend the Industrial Relations Ordinance to bar non members from enjoying any claim successfully negotiated
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  • 60 11 MALACCA, April 3.—Work has started on a three-storey office block to replace the present PWD office here, which Is in a dilapidated condition Costing $150,000, the building ts being constructed on a oneacre site In Mata Kuching Road adjacent to the new offices and studios of
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  • 701 12 P.M. REPLIES TO OOPS OPEN LETTER Kuala lumpur. Mar. 31. —Tengku Abdul Rahman said yesterday that “many thousands’’ of cases for detention had been brought to the attention of the Government but because of the responsibility the Government exercised over
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  • 243 12 KOTA BHARU, April 2. f jnE former Malayan Ambassador to the United States, Dato Nik Ahmad Kamil, tonight appealed to the people of Kelantan to vote for the Alliance Party. Addressing an election rally at Batang Merbau in Tanah Merah district, 40 miles
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  • 29 12 IPOH, April 2—St. Michael’s Institution here will hold a twoday food and fun fair beginning on Saturday at the school grounds in aid of its funds.
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  • 168 12 PENANG, Apr. 1. The vice-chairman of the Labour Party of Malaya. Mr. Lim Kean Siew, today described the United States and Russia as two great “enemy camps” trying to seek a peaceful settlement to disputes. “Even Britain," he told a
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  • 58 12 KUALA LUMPUR, April. 2.—A fun fair. In aid or the All Saints Church’s building fund, wi'l be held on the church ground. Cheras Road, on Saturday from 10 am. to 4 pm. There will be stalls selling food, fancy goods, handiwork and embroideries donated bv firms
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  • 217 12 rMERLOH, Mar.—3o. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. said today that the PAP was trying to drive a wedge between the rural and urban population of Malaya “the very thing we are trying to avoid." Tun Abdul Razak
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  • 145 12 YfALACCA, Apr. 1. The Malacca branch of the War Department Civilian Staff Association has decided to go on strike if the British Ministry of Public Building and Works in sists on its declared redundancies. The branch secretary. M r Niranjan Singh, said today that this
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  • 482 13 KUALA LUMPUR, March 30. rpHE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister oi A Defence, Tun Abdul Razak, tonight assured the nation that “with the aid of our allies” everything was being done to meet Malaysia's defence needs. SpeaKing over television, Tun Razak said:
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  • 132 13 OINGAPORE, Mar. 31. Police today said that the explosion beside rubber merchant Mr. Tan Eng Ghee's house in Nallur Road on the afternoon of Mar. 29 was caused by the ignition of two to five pounds of T.N.T., a high explosive. According to them. Army bomb
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  • 63 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31 Mr. Sohrab Rustum Ctiapkhana, a Crown Counsel and Deputy Public Prosecutor for the past year, will begin work on Apr. 2as the Third Criminal District Judge, succeeding Mr John Doral Raj Mr. Chapkhana previously served an a magistrate before being appointed State Coroner In
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  • 229 13 UENANG. Mar. 30. A The chairman of the Penang Socialist Front, Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, tonight accused the Alliance of breaking their election promises and acting without a mandate from the people. “In the 1959 general electtlon,” Mr. Ooi told a Socialist Front
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  • 75 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31 The management ot Harrisons and Crosfieid (S) Ltd and the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers Union today resumed negotiations, but failed to reach any settlement in their dispute re atlng to the union's claims for salary increases and improved working conditions. Meanwhile, a
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  • 56 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 31 Mr. J. M. Jayesurla, a dental technician at the government dental clinic In Talplng, left here, today for a 14-month dental equipment repair and maintenance course In Britain and Germany. Mr. Jayesurla Is a brother of Dr. L. W. Jayesurla,
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  • 613 13 IPOH, March 30. £)ATO Leong Kee Nyean, of the Peoples Progressive Party, was granted leave by Mr. Justice Ali bin Hassan in the High Court here today to apply for writs of certiorari and prohibition against the Elections Commission and two Returning
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  • 44 13 IPOH, Mar. 31 The Perak State Government ha;. granted $2,000 for World Health Day and for a month-long health education campaign In the State from April 7. The subject for this year’s campaign will be “No Truce for Tuberculosis
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  • 401 14 KUALA PERLIS, April 1 'J’HE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said here today he had ordered a general election this month, instead of July or August when it was due, to ask for a mandate from the people to deal with Indonesia’s confrontation. “This
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  • 268 14 Kuala iumpur, Mar. 31. —The women Teachers’ Union and the National union of Teachers said today that the Government’s plea to women teachers to exercise patience in. their fight for equal pay implied that “they have not exhibited ample patience." In a Joint statement,
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  • 52 14 KUALA LUMPUR, April. 1. The Mentri Besar of Selangor, Dato Abu Bakar bin Baglnda, today opened a $3,500 MlnangkabauRtyle community centre at Kampong Bukit Tadom, an aborigine settlement In Kuala Langat. The hall was built by the aborigines themselves and the price was far below the
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  • 32 14 BATU GAJAH, Apr. I—A poster exhibition to mark World Health Day In the Batu Galah district will be held at the Sultan Yussuf School hall here on April 7
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  • 60 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. I— Lee Hsien Loong, 12, eldest son of Singapore's Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, was among 36 boys who today received awards for making the grade in a recent YMCA Ud COnt€st held the Hsien Loong was awarded the fourth “mon”
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  • 160 14 KUALA LUMPUR, April 1. rfEiE Malayan, Medical Associationf feels strongA ly that State and local governments should take on some of the administrative and financial responsibilities for health services. Stating this at the association’s annual dinner and dance here at the weekend, the president,
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  • 60 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3 The Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, will give a reception »n honour of Afro-Asian delegates to the National Trades Union Congress annual convention at the Sri Temasek tomorrow n.gnt. On Monday the delegates be guests of the Minister > o Labour. Mr.
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  • 61 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. I—A group ol 14 Maryland ousiness executives will arrive here on Apr!) 14, were hacked with parents foreign trade through the Pon of Baltimore. Maryland The group will leave Baltimore on Friday to visit 10 major P° rt cities In six Par East nation*,
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  • 504 15 TANJONG KARANG, April 2. rpuN Abdul Razak today called on the people to stand solidly behind the Alliance Government and show their undivided loyalty to the country. He said that it was essential that the Alliance should win the general election
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  • 147 15 I/ UA L A LUMPUR, Apr. 2. —A vote for the Alliance is a vote for your own safety and happiness, Mr. Tan Toh Hong, Alliance candidate for Bukit Bintang said today in a statement to voters. The Alliance, he added, believed that peace and
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  • 43 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. The Minister o! Finance Dr Goh Keng Swee, will open the SI million factorv of Unltex (Malaysia) Ltd at the Redhill Industrial estate on Tuesday The factory will manufacture knitted gar ments and sportswear
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  • 34 15 SINGAPORE. Apr. 6.—The Minister for Finance. Dr Goh Keng Swee, will officially open a new factory for the Bata Shoe Co. Ltd. at 66. Telok Blangah Road on Thursday at 4 p.m.
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  • 184 15 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 2. The Cheshire Home’s management committee is disappointed that the Government does not do its shaie in promoting charity in this country. Its chairman, Datin Sa’adiah Sardon, said today that the committee applied to the Government for the lease of
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  • 107 15 ITUALA KUBU BAHRU. Apr. 1. —The Minister of Agriculture and Co-opera-tives, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said here today that for every nation, there comes a time when its people should stand together and speak with one voice. Addressing an election rally
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  • 27 15 SINGAPORE. Apr. s—Dr Ho Gunn Llm has been appointed acting Permanent Secretary (Health) and Director of Medical Services of the Ministry of Health.
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  • 242 15 KUALA LUMPUR, April 1. talks on the seven-month-old dispute concerning a new wage pact for 300,000 plantation workers will be held here tomorrow. The meeting will be between the Malayan Planting Industries Employees’ Association and the Minister of Labour and Social
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  • 96 15 Kota bharu, Apr. 2. The PMIP-con-trolled Kelantan Government today expressed regret that the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, had been advised not to campaign in the State for fear fanatics may try to harm him. The Deputy Mentrl Besar. Haji Mohamed bin Naslr, said he
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  • 166 15 If LANG, April 1 Four year old Tan Kian Leong, who was kidnapped from a Chinese kindergarten here yesterday, was released at Morib, 30 miles away, at 10 a.m. today. Police confirmed the boy’s release, but declined to give details. The Press was
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  • 33 15 PENA NO, Apr. I.—Tan Soon Guun 17. and lan Choong Heng. 14, were hacked with parangs when two rival gangs clashed In Jelutong village yesterday evening Police have detained three men
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  • 31 15 TELUK WtNSON, Apr, 5 —The Ram Muda ol Perak will officially open the $130,000 tuberculosis ward and chest clinic In the DU* trlct Hospital here on Tuesday.
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  • 425 16 Kuala Lumpur, April 3 gINGAPORE’S Barisan Sosialis have sent helpers to “reinforce” the Socialist Front in its election campaign, Mr. K.V. Thaver, PAP Parliamentary candidate for Setapak said tonight. Speaking at an election rally Here, Mr. Thaver said that the Barisan Sosialis
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  • 50 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. A shopkeeper Mr. Teo Chong Han, 40, of Cross Street, this morning fell to his death from the top of a nine-storey block of flats In Upper Pickering Street. nis ouuy nit tne windscreen o! a Mercedes Benz car before slumping to the pavement
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  • 501 16 SINGAPORE. Apr. 3 gINGAPORE’S Communists are unlikely to be “blatant open” in the use of trade unions for their political ends with security now in the hands of the Central Government. This was stated by the Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan
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  • 183 16 K. LUMPUR, Apr. 3 f rHE Japanese Go- vernmnot has ottered live scholarships to Malaysians for post-graduate studies in Japanese national universities. Three of these will be awarded to candidates from the States of Malaya and one each from Sabah and Sarawak, according to a statement
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  • 262 16 KUALA LUMPUR, April 3. jyjEMBERS of the Federation of Rubber Trade Associations have “no choice but to withdraw” from the trade shipping conferences which recently increased rubber freight rates to America and Canada by 10 per cent. The federation’s president, Mr. Tee
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  • 49 16 IPOH, Apr. About $500,000 is being spent in Perak this Y e on amenities for new villages anu local council areas. fa The funds for the lmpro\em f I came from the Ministry of terior, the Ministry of R ural J;.. velopment and the Perak Government.
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  • 26 16 SINGAPORE. Apr. 3. Ir Irving J Minett. vice-president Chrysler Corporation’s Interna tic operations, will arrive in Singlin' by air from Australia on Sun da
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  • 393 17 KUALA LUMPUR, April 3. THE Municipality here has earmarked cerA tain sites for building prefabricated multi-storey flats to house squatters. Mr. S. P. Chow, the Municipal Architect said today that by using this system it would be possible to provide faster and cheaper
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  • 178 17 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3. —Three trade union leaders from Japan, Kenya and Aden flew ir,to Singapore tonight and expressed full sympathy for Malaysia in the face of Indonesian confrontation. The three are Mr. S. Suzuki, secretary of the AllJapan Trades Union (Sohyoi, Mr. A.
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  • 260 17 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 3.—Miss Uthiaban Yamkleep, 26, is the only woman delegate among 40 youth leadders from 15 countries who are attending the Fourth Asian, Youth Hostels Conference here tomorrow. A teacher, Miss Yamkleep Is here as a member of the
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  • 48 17 The union first submitted its revised pay claim in 1957 and postponed industrial action on assurances by the Government that its claim would be settled by the end of February. The strike, if it takes place, will affect 221 post offices and 46 mobile post offices.
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  • 33 17 SUNQEI PATANI, Apr. 3.—Two Medical Officers have been posted to the District Hospital here They are Dr Khoo Sian Kok from Taiping, and Dr R R. Rajagopalan from Kota Bharu.
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  • 289 17 KUALA LUMPUR, April 3. ]yjALAYSIANS are not scared of Indonesia’s might and will fight for every inch of our ground, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said today. He told about 500 Alliance officials at the town hall here that Malaysian security forces
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  • 39 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 3.—Two air service agreements wUI be signed at the Ministry of Transport here, next Tuesday the Government announced today. The agreements are between Malaysia and the United Kingdom and Malaysia and the Netherlands.
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  • 40 17 KUALA PILAH. Apr. 3.—The Mentrl Besar of Negri Sembllan, Dato (Dr.) Mohamed Said bln Mohamed yesterday opened the $120,000 headworks of the Terrachi Irrigation scheme here About 300 acres of padl land will be Irrigated by this scheme.
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  • 168 17 PENANG, Apr. 3—The Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce has submitted four suggestions to the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, on how the Government could help solve the problem of unemployment caused by the break in trade relations with Indonesia. In
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  • 1089 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. 1. Three upsets highlighted today’s races at Bukit Timah. Race One TWO-YEAR-OLDS DIV. “B" 5^F. Shaw Stable's (11) FILM GOER 111 8 2 (978—279) Moore 1 (5) Zaza 82 (534—250) Wilson 2 (1) Rattle 8 2 (262—149) Johnson 3 (7)
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  • 1019 18 SINGAPORE, Apr. s.—i Shaw Stable’s Movie-! goer, with jockey Frank Moore astride, scored a runaway five-length win from the favourite Oleander 111 in the $25,000 Singapore Derby over 12f at Bukit Timah today. Raee One CL. 2, DIV. 4—7 F. Seventy-nine Stable’s
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 17 18 -BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $166,040. 1st No. *****8 $91,378 2nd No. *****7 $26,108 3rd No. *****5 $13,054
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    • 104 18 BIG SWEEP ToUl Pool: $155,1** W No. *****8 Hl.ii) tnd No. $$4455 $19,711 3rd No. *****1 i STARTERS ($1400 tm*h\ No*. *****5, *****1 19J5JL *****4. *****1. *****7. iStS* 4S6141. *****1. *****0, tOttS’ *****1. *****4. *****8. mgj CONSOLATION ($750 eatMNo*. *****0. *****4, *****1 *****9. *****1. *****9, *****L *****8, *****9. *****1. h
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  • 331 19 JOHORE BAHRU, April 3. t*UK Minister of the Interior, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Haji Abdul Rahman, said today that the coming elections was as important as the 1955 elections when the Alliance victory brought independence to Malaya. This time, the success of
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  • 142 19 JOHORE BAHRU, Apr. J 3.—The Malaysian Minister for the Interior Dato (Dr.) Ismail bln Dato Abdul Rahman last night said he was impressed by the alertness shown by villagers who had made reports about armed Indonesians trying to enter Malaysia. v Interviewed by the Straits
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  • 63 19 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3—Toh Puan Noor Alshah, wife of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara will visit live Red Cross Society "Flag Day operational centres’* tomorrow morning, as president of the society The centres are Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks In Orchard Road and Clifford Pier. B. P
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  • 70 19 rv-J? LA t A L UMPUR, April 3.—No definite date or pro- as been Axed for the visit to Malaysia next British Minister of State without Portfolio, H?i,r Carri “Kton. a British High Commission spokesman here todar. i»i»tl! r<, trr,n|t#11 19 0B his wi; to attend a Seato
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  • 205 19 KUALa LUMPUR. Apr. 2. —A 7 5-min ute meeting today between the Minister of Labour, Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, and Me Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association Is believed to have paved the way for more talks towards a solution of the wage crisis in the
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  • 113 19 Kuala lumpur. Apr. I.—Three people were killed by lighten which struck a house at P&ntai Halt, rear Peialing Jaya, last night during a thunderstorm. The dead were Mohamed All Mat Yen. 22, Che Zatnon binte Mohamed Yusof. 25. a housewife, and her two-year-old daughter.
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  • 234 19 KOTA BHARU, April 3. THE PMIP last night challenged the Alliance Government to show proof that it had connections with Indonesia. The challenge was made by the party’s legal adviser, Wan Mustapha bin Hajl All, former Member of Parliament for Kelantan Hlllr who
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  • 33 19 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3—The wile rf the Yang di-Pertuan Negara. Toh Puan Noor Aiahah, will open the YWCA's Spring carnival at the association’a community centre In Outran Road at 11 ajn. tomorrow
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  • 1622 20 From Our Market Correspondent JHE Malayan Stock Exchange last week had one of its dullest periods for a very Ions time and was becalmed by the doldrums with a' vengeance. Hardly a ripple was discernible in the market which was even quieter than when
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  • 698 20 rfi following is a complete list of revised aeetations for the week ended on Friday April 3. INDUSTRIAL* I. a»«» onto 12.40 10.00 Boustead 1.83 I.SS .Central Prop 1.37 I.SS City Dev S 0« 66 C.B. Bolding 5.20 3.32 Coo. Tin smelt **«*f tl/y w/y Onto
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  • 55 20 r THB Malayan Bxeliange Banks’ Am4 alatlen made these changes In Its 55*66 Jk merchant* yesterday (aU rated to glOO): New Yerkt buying TT 23 11/J.d. airmail OD 92 12/16; 90 d/st S3 1/8 credit bills, 82 1/4 trade bills. n V #r 2* H v *rk ”.n
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  • 23 20 April 3. MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 69ft cents (down 1ft cents). TIN: $525,121 (down $2.12ft). Estimated offering 245 tons (down 15 tons).
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  • 54 20 THE Mslaysn Kxehange Banks* Assesistien made these chaxqee hi Its rates to merchants oq Saturday (all rates to $100): New Yerkt Buying TT 82 11/16. airmail OD 32 13/14. 90 d/st 66 1/9 credit bills, 63 1/4 trade bills. Selling TT dr dD ready! New Y#rk 32 1/2:
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  • 39 20 (Managsra’ Frleee) t'lmt Malayan 2.18 2.27 Second Malayan 1.82 1.70 Th£d Malayan 1.17 1.34x4 Malaysian C. A I. .98 .99 First Hong Kong 1.07 1.12x4* Keoood Hong Kong .80 .84* aterliug Commodity 4/6 6/- (*Bong Kong currency)
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  • 19 20 O" ST J"* esehange markat in swH- wu <N*otsd at 16.97 and tM few at 248).
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  • 22 20 Current Date of Total JfoUl fo. payment payment for previous year year Slme Darby 7*%t AprU 24 18% f Interim
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  • 610 20 W production ai.rj stock figures issued on Wednesday pro\ d to be the major stin ilus to prices during t ie week, state BUC.B. Co, Ltd. in their c rent survey of the Malayan Rubber Market. While these statistics iud been reasonably aecura y forecast, fair
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  • 36 20 ON thf fr«« exchange 1-r Hon* Kon* jreaterday thf u n d»IUr wu quoted at 5.731 for T 1 5.7*| for MIX. ,i Starling wa« quoted at 15.9" ena tael ef gold at 2451
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