The Straits Budget, 4 August 1965

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  • 37 1 The Straits Budget THE -WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER REGISTERED AT THE 0.R.0. U.IC AS A NEWSRARER SERIES 668 KUALA LUMPUR, AUGUST 4, 1965. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling KDN 1102-101*
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  • 497 2 KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 rpUN Abdul Razak opened the an--L nual MAHA show tonight with an appeal to the people to "work 10 times harder" to equal the capacity of 100 million people in Indonesia The acting Prime Minister spoke of the “highly
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  • 115 2 |£UANTAN, July 30 The Regent of Pahang today urged farmers In the State to work harder and improve the quality of their products Speaking at the opening of the State agricultural exhibition at Buklt Ubi here, he said: “By producing more and better quality foodstuffs
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  • 39 2 SUNQEI PATANI, July 30—Mr. N. A. K. Nair from Badenoch Estate has been appointed supervisor of the Padang Serai Group Hospital in place of the late Mr. W. E. Dietenberg who died recently. -y 1 n
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  • 226 2 SINGAPORE, July 29. —The. Democratic Socialist Club of the University of Singapore has criticised the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Inche Senu bln Abdul Rahman, for denouncing socialism as a “foreign ideology” in the last session of Parliantent. The club, a rival
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  • 50 2 KUALA. LUMPUR, July 30 a!?2!2 the Malay- n r r orce have le *t for Pari* pmr»?n d hH 15-week conversion course on helicopter! KSp y h^ ere AK Ply L nfi L° fflccr Abdul bU /^J? akar and Pil0t n Bu. Abdul McholaTwaX d Derr,<
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  • 22 2 TAIPINQ July 29.—A talentime heJd at the MeTreacher Girls’ School Ertfh/ZfES ralse mone y for the JjjJjhOW Boys’ School Building
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  • 416 2 KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 gEVEN trade unions today backed the call by the National Union of Journalists, Malaya, for a conference of Malaysian trade unions to draw up a programme to strengthen the labour movement. The unions are: Federation Armed Forces Civilian
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  • 78 2 IfUALA LUMPUR. Jul y ?5jT The 12th national debates’ conference of Labour Party of Maiaya be held here this weekend at the community hau Jinjana m wit b The conference will open t0 a plenary session at 2 P”•. j morrow and start its closa
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  • 22 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Julj The aoting Prime Minis t0 Abdul Razak, will leave he* t0 morrow for a three-day Kelantan.
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 707 3 —Straits Times. July 26 The Education Ministry should be busy planning for the new school year, now only five months away. The main task is to provide classrooms and teachers in Form II for the 100,000-plus students enrolled last January in Form I. There is already provision
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    • 607 3 —Straits Times. July 27 President Johnson has declared once again that the United States will not accept defeat in Vietnam, but will do “what is necessary” to prevent Communist conquest. Determining just what it is that’s necessary is the fateful task on which the President and his
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    • 378 3 —Straits Times. July 27 Dato Dr. Ismail’s visit to Bangkok will bring closer the day when the new Songkhla intelligence centre, staffed by Thai and Malaysian officers, is in full operation. That is the immediate aim, and it is difficult to imagine any other institution which could help
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    • 656 3 Straits Times, July 28 The civil service unions would be unwise not to accept the new pay scales offered by the Government to 10,000 employees in ten categories. The alternative is to wait for claims to be dealt with by the Salaries Commission. Since acceptance of the
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    • 342 4 —Straits Times, July 28 '1 he Ministry of External Affairs, needing qualified recruits, should be the first to welcome Tun Abdul Razak’s announcement that Federal ministries may now employ Singapore citizens. Faced with the need to find staff for a least three new mission/ abroad and to expand
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    • 555 4 —Straits Times, July 29 Tun Razak’s call to Singapore to co-operate with the Central Government in improving the lot of her rural population ought to have attracted an immediate and enthusiastic response. It is a sad commentary on the state of relations between the two Governments
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    • 645 4 —Straits Times, July 31 Against all political odds, the Mekong River scheme moves nearer and nearer economic achievement There has been an almost imperceptible transition from more than a decade of investigation to hard planning and construction, money enough to permit a quickening tempo has almost miraculously
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    • 477 4 aticallv —Straits Times. Jui; The recommendations of the Health Ministry on the policy the Government should follow in considering recognition of foreign medical degrees are too conservative by far. There is no provision at all for extending automatic recognition to th e medical schools of ionable quality in
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  • 247 5 irOTA BHARU, IV July 25 The Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari,. today described the Malaysian Mirror, a Singapore Government publication, as “nothing but PAP trash.” He said: “No doubt the Singapore Minister ot Culture, Mr. Rajaratnam, claims that the Mirror is a
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  • 303 5 SINGAPORE, July 25 THE final consign--1 ment of equipment for Mobil’s $43 million refinery in Jurong, consisting of nine giant processing towers arrived in Singapore today. The shipment of this cargo from Japan involved a colossal task. Right from the start, when the
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  • 42 5 KUALA LUMPUR, July G. Mariadoss has been elected president of the Malayan Co-opera-tive Societies Workers’ Union. Others elected are Mr. T. Thirunavakarasu, vice-president: Mr. N. T. Pany Pillay, secretary: Mr. K. SelvaraJ. assistant secretary, and Mr. V. I. Verghese treasurer.
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  • 115 5 SINGAPORE. July. The Public Daily-rated Employees Unions Federation has written 'to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, protesting against the Director m Public Works nonobservance of a standing rule that workers who had reached the retiring age of ou could serve
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  • 534 5 KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 'JHE Federal Treasury today rejec t e d Singapore Finance Minister Dr. Goh Keng Swee’s claim that Mr. Tan Siew Sin had suggested continuation of the present financial arrangements between the two governments for two years. The
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  • 33 5 IPOH, July 25 The Malayan Hindu Youth Council convention will be opened by the Mentri Besar of Perak, Dato Ahmad bin Said, at Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman here on Aug, 15.
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  • 182 5 SINGAPORE July 25. V’EW import quotas for filament electric bulbs of 15 to 200 watts for domestic lighting, rice noodles, wire nails and mosquito coils were today announced by the Singapore Imports and Exports Control and Registration Department. The quota for electric bulbs from July 15
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  • 146 5 Kuala lumpur, July 25 —The National Mounment will be completed bv the middle of next month, its sculptor and designer Mr. Felix de Weldon, said todaV. “This means you can unveil it on the second anniversary of Malaysia on Aug. 31,” he added on
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  • 325 6 ‘None of the 12 members represents workers KUALA LUMPUR, July 25. rpHE Government Employees National Trade Unions Federation today urged the Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam, to reconstitute the Industrial Arbitration Tribunal except for its chairman, Sir George Oehlers. The union secretary, Mr. G. N.
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  • 68 6 PENANO, July 25—The president of the Peninsular Malay Teachers’ Union, Inche Abu Kassim bln Yusoff. will attend the world teachers’ conference to be held in Addis Ababa from Auer l to 7. B le ave penan on July 30 l2u. t l 1 L C u nfPr
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  • 154 6 SINGAPORE, July 25. The boycott-bound Ngee Ann College in Tank Road will go on vacation from tomorrow. This announcement by the Ngee Ann Kongsi took the 1,000 students of the college by surprise today. The students had been boycotting classes for the
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  • 100 6 TELUK ANSON, July 25.— awards worth A£20 ($135) each, have been given to two secondary school pupils here by the Rotary Club of Unley In Adelaide, South Australia. One of the recipients Is R. Arumugam. 18, a former pupil of qrh,Ji ()r y i
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  • 399 6 SINGAPORE, July 25. —Singapore’s Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, last night spoke of the importance of training future leaders for the cause of a Malaysian Malaysia. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Old Rafflesians’ Association at Raffles
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  • 51 6 KUALA LUMPUR July 26 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong today sent congratulatory message to President William V. S. Tubman of Liberia on the occasion of Liberia’s national day. The acting Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak, sent another message to the Liberian Secretary of State, Mr- J Rudolph
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  • 513 6 SINGAPORE, July 25 JHE Singapore Prime Minister, Mr r Kuan Yew, today said that statements 1 racial equality made by Alliance leaders lik, the acting Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak, were not being carried to the people of
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  • 187 6 KUALA LUMPUR, July 25. F OGGERS in Malaysia are dissatisfied over the new formula for computing the weight of a ton oi timber without actually weighing it. They said that for almost a decade a ton of timber was assessed at 40
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  • 37 6 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia and New Ze. i t sign an air services here tomorrow. It will be Malaysia ‘JV agreement. Others h F ,r.d with Australia. Bri 1iv Italy. South Vietnam and
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  • 226 7 study by man and wife team ipOH, July 25.—MalayI sia still has time to profit from the mistakes and examples of other countries regarding the conservation of natuial resources. This is the opinion of an American husband and wife team, Dr. and Mrs. Lee
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  • 509 7 JPOH, July 25. The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, today denied that he had ever said that non Malays were guests in this country. He attributed such allegations to poUtlclans who were out to destroy for their own
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  • 86 7 |/U.\LA LUMPUR, July '26. The Minister of Finance Mr. Tan Slew Sin, today announced the reappointment of the Governor of Rank Negara, Dato Ismail bin Mohamcd All, and his deputy, Mr. J.G. Menzies. Dato Ismail’s term is extended for five years and Mr. Mcnzies’s
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  • 209 7 MALACCA, July 26 j HE deputy president of the Malacca Municipal Council. Mr. Koo Eng >uang today advised the Victor of Dewan Bahasa htl r Pustaka Syed Nasir n Ismail, to mind his own and not to get ties d Ver Iocal authorl He should
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  • 141 7 RUKIT MERTAJAM, July 26 The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, will lead the candlelight procession here on July 31 night, eve of the annual feast of St. Anne, the patron saint of Bukit Mertajam More than 3,000 Catholics from all over
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  • 226 7 pENANG, July 26.—A 1 State Executive Councillor, Mr. M. S. A. Zachariah, today accused a local Malay daily, the Warta Negara, of being “antiAlliance.” “During the past few months, the trend of reports in this newspaper tends to be a smear campaign against
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  • 33 7 SEGAMAT, July 26. The Johore English Schools Stall Cooperative Thrift and Loan Society will hold its annual meeting at 10 am. at the English College Hall, Johore Hahru. on July 31.
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  • 98 7 CEREMBAN, July 26. —The People’s Action Party branch here has expressed concern “on a point of democratic procedure" over the suspension of the Seremban Town Council. The Menteri Besar of Negri Sembllan, Dato (Dr.) Mohamed Said bin Mohammed, suspended the council on Friday to create
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  • 335 8 KUALA LUMPUR, July 26. JOINT Thai-Malaysion counter-in-telligence operations have begun to step up the war against the Communist terrorists along the Thailand-Malaya border and to thwart Indonesian attempts to link up with them. Disclosing this today, the Minister of Home Affairs, Dato (Dr.) Ismail
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  • 163 8 SINGAPORE, July 26.—Tun Razak was prepared for the bis “twist” to be harassed with questions by foreign correspondents when he addressed their association at lunch in the Adelphi Hotel today. He even invited them to do lt« He said: “Please do not regard me
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  • 51 8 PENANG, July 26—-The Parliamemary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance. Inche Ali bin Haji Ahmad, will open the Sungei Ara Umno fun fair to be held on the village playground from Aug 7 to 9. Proceeds from the fair will be donated to the branch building
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  • 260 8 OENANG, July 26.—The The Penahg State division of the UDP decided last night to urge the Alliance Government to take appropriate steps in preventing the ultras and the extremists in Umno from issuing inflamable statements which would incite communal feelings. It will also
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  • 101 8 SINGAPORE, July 26. 12° locked-out rniufi 1 f the Ngee Ann oda y picketed outside the college building in Tank Road for five hours as Special Branch men watched. They were protesting against a decision of the Ngee Ann Kongsl to lock them out and close the
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  • 406 8 SINGAPORE, July 26. SINGAPORE citizens, with the necessary qualifications, can now apply for jobs in the Ministry of External Affairs and other Federal ministries which are open to all Malaysian subjects. The acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, disclosed this on
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  • 98 8 SINGAPORE. JU V 26.TJJ Ministry of Education toflj announced that Major D.Russell of the Federation today announced that Majo D. M. Russell of the Federa tion Military College would visiting some schools here to explain to students objects of the college^° portunities open to
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  • 61 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Ju f p0S tal new national s r ic f. pn i r t various stamps, which will d P J, C on sale Malaysian birds, will dc pt throughout the country on 9 The stamps will be cf jjje cents, 30
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  • 24 8 a >' Tl't KUALA LUMPUR, J^ v n^e jfl Malayan Teachers Coil w Pantal Valley has built a extension to its libr< ry.
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  • 399 9 •MOULDING OF RACES WILL TAKE TIME’ MALACCA, July 26 THE Chief Minister of Malacca, Inche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba, said here last night that the Alliance Government's aim of moulding the various races living in this country into one could not be brought about overnight. ‘lt
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  • 74 9 l/UALA LUMPUR, Wed. Three planters’ associations here today made an additional contribution of $14,377 to the National Defence Fund This contribution, which was handed over to the acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, brings the total donated by rubber, oil palm, coconut, pineapple and other estates to
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  • 205 9 SINGAPORE, July 26. SINGAPORE’S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, regrets his “unfounded criticism” against the Utusan Melayu over a speech made by Tun Abdul Razak at the University of Singa- pore on July 24. During his tour of Bukit Panjang constituency yesterday. he said
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  • 152 9 l/UALA LUMPUR, July 26.—Forty-nine cases of Malaysian art insured for $80,000 were loaded aboard the Memnon at Port Swettenham today to be sent for exhibition in several western cities. Totalling more than five tons, the cases contain 100 paintings and 23 sculptures
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  • 112 9 ‘Sheer fabrication by Soek, says ministry IfUALA LUMPUR, July 26 —President Soekarno’s charge that Malaysia—with British help is offering arms to rebels in South Celebes was dismissed by the Ministry of External Affairs here today as “sheer fabrication.” President Soekarno who was addressing a mass rally of the Indonesian Nationalist
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  • 188 9 Kuala lumpur, July 26. The National Union of Commercial Workers today decided to appeal to American unions of transport workers not to handle the controversial electronic equipment for Indonesia. It also decided to request the American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organisations (AFICIO)
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  • 24 9 BUNGEI PATANI. July 26—Mr. Wong Chin Wee has been posted to Alor Star as Btate Commissioner for Labour, Kedah and Perils-
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  • 195 9 Kuala lumpur. July 26. —Senior officers of the Ministry of I n f o r m a tlon and Broad casting, the Ministry of External Affairs, the Federal Establishment Office and the Treasury will meet soon to work out details of the Government’s
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  • 750 10 SINGAPORE, July 27 TUN Abdul Razok today called on the Singapore Government to "work hand in hand" with the Central Government to carry out development schemes for the people. “It is the responsibility of both the Central Government and the State Government to
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  • 82 10 SINGAPORE, July 27 Qantas Airways will resume its services to Jakarta on Aug. 6 with the DC-4 Sky master aircraft. The airline stopped its services using Boeing 707 Vjets earlier this month because of urgent reconstruction work on the main runway at Jakarta airport.
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  • 45 10 BATU PAHAT, July 27 Dr Martin Joseph of the Muar dlstrtct hospital has assumed duties at the district hospital here in place of Dr. V. v. Narayanan who has been transferred to Ipoh as the medioal superintendent of the General Hospital there.
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  • 292 10 CEREMBAN, July 26. The Negri Sembilan Legislative Assembly today voted $600,000 for the administration of the Seremban Town Council, which the State Government took over on July 23. This amount was included in the supplementary budget of $719,671 approved by the assembly. Two other
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  • 343 10 KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 THE chairman of the National Language Month central executive committee, Syed Nasir bin Ismail, said here today that the national language was his own concern just as much as it was the concern of anybody else who
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  • 67 10 .—Reuter. New delhi, July Malaysian stude" lt goodwill mission, India on a ee 'gjf, ca tloii called on the Minister, Mr. M. C. cnw here yesterday. The seven-member ]ay^u sponsored by Jf* e union, National Students Drnon. already visited Burma. ns stop is Pakistan- v
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  • 23 10 MACHANG. July 5.000 people witnessed oyal gr performance by the to I* laysian Police band at tne padang here yesterday-
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  • 321 11 KUALA LUMPUR, July 27. A FRESH approach to the Government ban on strikes and other curbs on industrial action was suggested here today by Mr. P. P. Narayanan, general secretary of the National Union of Plantation Workers. In an interview today,
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  • 60 11 KUCHING, July 29—A team of MCA official* from Kuala Lumpur due here shortly to offer assistance to the 8,000 Chinese now occupying five residential centres along the Kuching—Serian Road. Reliable sources said the delegation was part of a plan to win over those Chinese who are
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  • 31 11 KUALA LUMPUR, July 27—The Mentri Besar of Selangor. Dato Harun bln Haji Idris, will declare open a community hall at Kuala Ponson, Ulu Langat disat 4 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 149 11 K U A L A LUMPUR, 1V July 27. The Malaysian Ambassador in Thailand, Inche Ya’acob bin Abdul Latif, is to be assigned to Cairo. This switch will be announced along with other appointments soon. A new career officer will be appointed
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  • 46 11 PENANO, July 27 The Minister of Education. Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, will open the new building of tbe Berdang Secondary School (English and Malay), tomorrow. The ceremony will be followed by an exhibition in the afternoon and a concert at night.
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  • 1342 11 SINGAPORE, July 26. THE acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today appealed to foreign correspondents to give "balanced and fair" accounts of Malaysia. Addressing the Foreign Correspondents Association of South-East Asia, Tun Razak said: “I have no wish whatever to object to
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  • 81 12 1/UALA LUMPUR, July 27 Professor Everett M. Kasalow, professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin, arrived here today for a two-week tour of Malaysia. During his stay, Prof. Kassalow will meet Ministry of Labour and other Government officials, university faculty members, political and
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  • 57 12 KUALA KANOSAR, July 27—A rubber dealer here, Mr. Gan Ee Tang, has been elected chairman of the Malayan Chinese Association, Kuala Kangsar division with Mr. Lork Beow Seng, Mr. Toh Chin Chye. and Mr. Cheong Meng as vice-chairman, Mr. Phoon Yoon Seng, secretary; Mr. Ore Ah Kee, assistant
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  • 179 12 KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 \/l AN AGEMENT personnel have a vital role to play in the development of a nation, a management expert said today. Mr John Marsh, director of the British Institute of Management, said that If a country wanted to progress materially It
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  • 291 12 KUALA LUMPUR, July 27. JNDONESIA’S confrontation has boosted Malaysia’s tourist industry because visitors are spending more time here. Last year a record of $14.1 million was spent by tourists compared with $10.4 million in 1963 and $9.4 million in 1962. The Director of Tourism, Inche
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  • 28 12 KUALA LUMPUR, July 27—Another $164,000 worth of National Defence bonds were today bought by 40 subscribers. Thts brings the total collected to $3,185,750 from 877 subscribers.
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  • 245 12 SINGAPORE, July 27. A Singapore student has won worldwide distinction by being awarded the Holland Rose studentship to Cambridge University beating a large number of other applicants from British and Commonwealth universities. He is Mr. Ernest Chew, a research assistant of the University of
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  • 52 12 8EQAMAT. July 27—A sixmonth rubber replanting P ra u f‘\ course is now in progress at Tunggal. Jementah. 14 miles iron here. The course, which is being organised by the Rubber Researf Institute (Small Holders) Advisory Services Is to educate srn 1 holders in the latest techniques oi
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  • 511 13 .—Reuter. BANGKOK, July 27 ISMAIL: IT’S TRYING TO BURN AWAY ALL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS THE Malaysian Home Affairs Minister, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, said here today that the Communists in this part of the world could be likened to a flaming dragon trying to burn away
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  • 94 13 I/UALA LUMPUR, July 27. —Twenty homewardbound Malaysian students, who had spent the past year in the United States as American Field Service scholars, were guests at a luncheon at the Malaysian Embassy in Washington last week. They were welcomed by Inche Kamaruddin Ariff, the Charge
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  • 205 13 Kuala lumpur, July 27. —Indonesian aggression against Malaysia has been condemned by the eighth World Congress of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions in Amsterdam. Mr. P. P. Narayanan, gen* eral secretary of the National Union of Plantation Workers, said this today. Mr.
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  • 53 13 SEREMBAN, July 27. Negri Sembilan’s State Medical and Health Officer, Dr. A. S. Sandhu. will be leaving for Moscow next month for an occupational health conference sponsored by the World Health Organisat,Ol,br. Sandhu will also visit Kiev. He leaves here on Aug. 11 and returns
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  • 56 13 KUALA LUMPUR. July 28. Two Government officers left today for Colombo to attend the annual budget and policy session of the Colombo Plan Council, which begins tomorrow. They were Inche Shaharuddin bin Haron. an assistant secretary in the Economic Planning Unit. Ministry of Commerce and Industry;
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  • 399 13 SINGAPORE, July 27 SINGAPORE'S new Medical Progress Fund, aimed at raising $4,750,000, got off to a flying start today with a gift of $1 million from the Lee Founda- tion. In making the gift to the fund, Dato Dr. Lee Kong Chian, chairman
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  • 64 13 ALOR STAR July 27. About 100 Urrmo leaders in Kedah, including senators, MPs and State Assemblymen, attended a closed-door meeting here today. Also present were the Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Inche Scnu Abdul Rahman, the Umno secretary-general, Dato Syed Ja’afar Albar. the assistant Minister of Commerce
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  • 706 14 ‘LOANS BOUND TO BE RECALLED’ CHAMBER ‘One or two State govts not giving enough support for defence bonds’ SINGAPORE. July 27 THE acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, last night promised to look into the difficulties of businessmen here as a result of
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  • 52 14 KLUANO, July 27 Mr. C. N. Annathural, the visiting Indian Member of Parliament, told the Indian community here that they should be proud of their Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. He said that the Indian community would be able to better itself under the Tengku's
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  • 31 14 TANOKAK, July 27—The Right Rev Mi< ii iel Olcomendy, Archbishop of Slngapore-Malacca, will conduct a confirmation %7 P on y ot 40 Catholics at the Mathews Church here on
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  • 35 14 KUALA LUMPUR July 27—Inche Sallehuddin bin Mohamed, an assistant secretary with the Principal Establishment Office here, has been awarded the Parvin Fellowship to study at Princet&n University, United States for a year.
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  • 41 14 SUNGEI PATANI, July 27—The Kedah branch of the National Union of Day Training and Centre-Trained Teachers has resolved to start a strike fund from October if the Government does not approve the salary scales submitted by the union.
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  • 165 14 1£UALA LUMPUR, July 27. —The acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, and the Minister of Finance Mr. Tan Slew Sin. will be guests at the Customs Services Union of Malaya’s dinner to commemorate its 19th anniversary at Its new $.10,000 headquarters building
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  • 31 14 BATU PAHAT, July 27 The Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, will open the Sekolah Dato Sri Amar dlRa.la in Muar at 9 a.m- on uly 29.
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  • 201 14 JESSELTON, July 27. The Minister for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, declared here today that the way was now clear for the introduction of the Malaysian Common Market. The Minister, who had just returned from an extensive tour of Lahad,
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  • 103 14 PENANG, July 27. Mr. Gopinath Khanna, 30-year-old son of India’s Minister ot Health, Mr. Daudayal Khanna, has donated a pint of his blood to the Penang Blood Bank. “I hope this donation will, in a small way, help the sick, he said after the blood
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  • 379 15 KUALA LUMPUR, July 28. THE acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today assured the Malaysian Trades Union Congress that the Government would consider any constructive suggestions it might have concerning the ban on strikes and other forms of industrial action. Speaking to reporters after
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  • 156 15 Singapore’ SINGAPORE, July 28. The Minister for Labour, Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, last night accused the Alliance Central Government of taking a series of measures aimed at “crushing” Singapore. He listed these measures as the ban on exports to South Africa, the closure of the
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  • 63 15 KUALA LUMPUR. July 26 a former Permanent Represenm !Y e of India at the United Nations. Mr. Arthur 8- Lall, give a talk on the “ProDiems and future of the U.N.” K .{hi e Information Service of tndia library here on Aug. 6 at 6 pm.
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  • 28 15 KUALA LUMPUR. July 28— v o new postal agencies, one at Lalang. Perak and r .Sungel Ara. Penang. w 11 be opened on Aug. 2.
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  • 38 15 SUNGEI PATANI, July 28 The following have been elected officials of the Ceylonese Asso- ciation, Kedah and Perils, president, Mr K. Alagaratnam, i vice-president, Mr. A. Eliathaby; secretary, Mr. R. Naidu; treasurer, Mr. S. A Sinniah.
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  • 79 15 PENANG. July 28—A seminar organised by the Catholic Teachers’ Guild Corporation and Catholic organisations in Penang, will be held at St. Xavier’s Hall here from Aug. 16 to 20. The seminar, to be opened by the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, will consider the theme:
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  • 48 15 IPOH, July 28 The Mentri Besar of Perak, Dato Ahmad bin Said, has praised women for their “readiness*’ in sacrificing their time to attend civics courses. He was speaking at the opening of a three-day civics course in Jelapang, near here, for 35 women.
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  • 185 15 SEREMBAN, July 27—The Negri Sembilan Government has no objection to the Seremban Town Council building four blocks of flats to house 192 council workers at a cost of $1.4 million, but the council’s financial capacity should not be strained. This was a written reply
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  • 238 15 PORT DICKSON, July 27 rp.HE Minister of Finance, Mr. Ton Siew Sin, said today that the sooner Malaysia dispensed with foreign help in her defence the better it would be for the nation. He added that other small countries had shown that they could
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  • 161 15 Malacca, July 28—The Deputy President of the Malacca Municipal Council, Mr. Koo Eng Kuang, today warned councillors that he would not hesitiate to take strong action against them if they walked into the Municipal offices and gave personal orders to the acting secretary. He issued
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  • 21 15 TUMPAT, July 28 Mr. Tara Singh has been elected president of the Tumpat branch of the Malaysian Indian Con-
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  • 116 15 IPOH, July 27—The film industry in Malaysia is facing adverse trade condi- tions as a result of Indonesian confrontation. This is stated in a message today from Dato Runme Shaw, chairman of the Shaw Organisation. to members of the Shaw Or- ganisation Employees Welfare Association.
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  • 586 16 After firms donations, commission is t01d... SINGAPORE, July 28 rjIFTS of goods made by two Singapore firms to the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers’ Union for the relief of riot victims last year were not distributed to riot victims but among the union’s
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  • 166 16 TTOTA BHARU, July 28. —Kelantan is spending $2.6 million this year for its education programme—more than any other State in the nation. This was stated today by the Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, at the end of a three-day tour of
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  • 64 16 KUALA LUMPUR, July 27—The Malayan Railway will provide special trains running between the Market Street station (opposite Loke Yew building) and the showground at the MAHA in Jalan Klang at concession rates. There will be more buses which will also operate at concession rates during the show
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  • 45 16 KUALA LUMPUR, July 28—Dr Everett Kassalow, Professor of Economics University of Wisconsin, will speak on the “Role of Trade Unions in Developing Countries" at noon on July 30 at the USIS theatrette here under the auspices of the National Union of Journalists.
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  • 113 16 LUMPUR, July 28. —A past president of the Rotary Club at Harlow, a new town in Essex, southeast England, will present a tractor to the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Malaya, on Aug. 6. He is Mr. Stanley Fitch, managing director of Newman and
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  • 130 16 A LOR STAR, July 28. The Kedah State Umno Youth, at a meeting here last night, decided to drop a resolution calling on the Central Government to sever diplomatic relations with the United States. Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed, M.P., the State Umno Youth leader,
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  • 49 16 KAMPAR, July 28—Raja Abdul Aziz bin Raja Haji Ahmad, the Kinta District Officer, has taken over chairmanship of the Kampar Town Council from Inche Mohamed Senawi bin Haji Zainuddin, lormer District Officer, who has been transferred to the Ministry of Local Government and Housing in Kuala Lumpur
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  • 166 16 \LOR STAR, July 28. Thirty senior students of the Sultan Abdul Hamid College here have decided to sacrifice part of their August holidays to undertake welfare work. The boys who are members of the newly-formed Alor Star Rotary Club’s Interact Club, will take part
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  • 310 16 KUALA LUMPUR, July 28. 'J’HE Yang di-Pertuan Agong will close the National Language Month campaign for this year at a ceremony at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka here on the night of Aug. 21. The Raja Permaisuri Agong will later give away the
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  • 49 16 KLUANO, July 28 A Johore State Councillor, Mr. Loh Fook Yen. was elected chairman of tne Kluang Utara Malaysian Chinese Association Youth Section at annual meeting held at M.C.A. hall nere today. Mr. Poo Hong Soon was elected secretary with Mr. Yeow Chin Ann as treasurer.
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  • 347 17 LARGE STOCKS OF SPARES FOR ENGINES WITHDRAWN YEARS EARLIER KUALA LUMPUR, July 28. MALAYAN Railway, whose earnings shrank by $7.49 million between 1960 and 1963, carried in 1963 spares for locomotives withdrawn from service four or five years earlier, the Auditor-General's report on the Railway Administration for
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  • 134 17 Kuala lumpur, July 2&— Two important developments being worked out here will rejuvenate the natural rubber industry and help it fight against the competition of synthetic. Rotarians here were told this today by Dr. Leonard Mullins, Director of Research for the National Rubber
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  • 327 17 rpELUK ANSON, July A 28. —The Federation of Malaya Chinese Senior Normal G r a d u ate Teachers’ Union was accused last night of conducting a “dengerous and confusing” campaign against the national language. Syed Nasir bin Ismail. Director of Dewan Bahasa dan
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  • 184 17 Singapore says no to ‘don’t compete call SINGAPORE, July 28. The Singapore Government today rejected the Central Government’s “no competition” proposal in carrying out development schemes for the people. The Minister for Social Affairs, Inche Othman Wok, said: “We do not subscribe to Tun Abdul Razak’s statement that there should
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  • 29 17 KUALA LUMPUR, July 28. Contributions to the National Defence Fund at Bank Negara Malaysia now stand at $5,243,282 and to the National Patriotic Fund $1,345,414.
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  • 128 17 Kuala lumpur, July 27—The United Democratic Party headquarters here today described the suspension of the Seremban Town Council as a violation of the “fundamentatl principles of parliamentary democracy.” The Mentri Besar of Negri Sembilan, Dato (Dr.) Mohamed Said bin Mohamed, suspended the council on
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  • 111 17 IPOH, July 28—The Sultan of Perak will declare open several rural development projects in the rich rice-bowl district of Krian when he starts an official threeday tour of the district tomorrow. He is scheduled to visit the water supply scheme in Ounong Semanggol,
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  • 36 17 KUALA LUMPUR. July 28—The acting Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Yaakob, will address the Malaysian Veterinary Association, at its annual meeting at the British Council hall here on June 30.
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  • 27 17 KUALA LUMPUR. July 2ft-The M nlster of Health. Inche Bahaman bin Samsudln, will visit the Chinese Maternity Hospital In Jalan Pudu at 11 am. tomorrow.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2072 18 From Our Market Correspondent yyllAT otherwise might have been a grim month for the Stock Exchange of Malaysia in July was enlivened last week by a sudden burst of interest in tin shares. July was not only a tiepressing month for the stock exchange
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    • 29 18 KUHBEIt TIN .w, <P«rlb). (p. picul). July 26. 69 cts. $737.25 cts $749,124 H f* *•<*• 1755.00 in JJf Ct 742 -7$ 30 68* cts. $747.75 3I $743.50
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    • 27 18 July 30. MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 684 cents (down a quarter of a cent). TIN: $747.75 (up $5). Unofficial estimated offering 235 tons (up 15 tons).
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    • 59 18 T M 5, a,ayan Exchange Banks’ Assorates' the8e chan e es In Its n!« to |lW: Sa,ur ,,l >' 3R 5 anada l/ b f uy, TT 351, airmail OD trade blllfcf 6 Credlt b,,,a 35 $/l® Selling TT or OD ready: Canadian dol ars 35 1/16; Deutsche
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    • 29 18 Dale 01 Total for Total for as sir ST ST3 r pre r SStr-"- g Toor. Tot Klnt. Kell.. Rubber 3d! 0?E 4 M ’P* t Interim
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    • 229 18 AUGUST first (rade rubber fo.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 68% cents per lb., down a quarter of a cent on Thursday s closinf level for the position. The tone was quiet. R.A.S. and FJMJl.E. closinf prices in cents per lb.
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    • 12 18 July June Rubber: 68.57 cts. 72 435 Tin: $724.21 $747.59
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    • 380 18 PRICES have been fallen back on the market, making the previous week’s recovery short-lived, stata H.C B. Co. Ltd., in their weekly survey of the Malayan Rubber Market. y In the absence of last week s bullish incentives, which are not: readily apparent, but
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    • 57 18 THC Malayan Ixehang# Bank*' Asioelation made these changes In It* rates to merchants yesterday (all ra««* f/ew Ysrk: buying TT 32 11/I*. airmail OD 32 13/16, 90 d/st. 33 3 credit bills, 33 7/16 trade bills Selling TT or OD ready: U» dollar* 32 7/16: Deutsche Mark* 130
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    • 43 18 (Manager*’ Price*) First Malayan 1.73 J 83 Second Malayan 1.20 Third Malayan 94 l -04 Malaysia Commerce .70 -86 Mat. Saving Fund... .90 1.00 First Hong Kong... 1.00 1-05 Second HOng Kong .72 *76 Sterling Commodity 3/0 4/1 (•Hong Kong currency)
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    • 38 18 /”)N the free exchange market In Hong v/ Kong on Saturday the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.741 for T.T. and 5.761 for cash. Sterling was quoted at 16.03 and •ne tael of gold at 263|.
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  • 534 19 KUALA LUMPUR, July 3<|| rpHREE officials of the University of I Singapore Socialist Club, who left for Cairo on a goodwill mission to Africa and the Middle East, today strongly denied allegations that they were anti-Malaysia. They were commenting on a report in which
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  • 125 19 (SINGAPORE, July 30.— A military goodwill squadron left for Sarawak today to carry out an intensive one-month Crural development scheme. This force consists of 206 men of No. 20 Engineer* Squadron. Malaysian Engineers. Territorial Army. The squadron commander Capt. Ang Hock Lam, told reporters at
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  • 207 19 KUCHING, July 30. gARAWAK’S Chief Minister, Dato Stephen Ningkan, today praised Chinese farmers in the 17th mile residential centre for their loyalty and willingness to co-operate with the State Government in exposing the Communists in the area. In a message to them,
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  • 199 19 If UALA LUMPUR, July 30. Mr. Loot Ting, Yee. president of the Federation of Malaya Chinese Senior Normal Graduate Teachers’ Union today denied a suggestion by Syed Nasir bin Ismail that the demand for Chinese as an official language was of
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  • 238 19 If UALA LUMPUR, 11 July 29. —More than 200 rubber traders and manufacturers are expected to discuss their problems with a panel of technical officials of the Malayan Rubber Fund Board here tomorrow. The talks, at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Is being organised by
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  • 477 20 KUALA LUMPUR. July 30 r v >• jv.’ m ■> TwBS SEVERAL world markets are awaiting "with eagerness, if not impatienc$|| the first shipments of Standard Malaysian Rubber, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Or. Lim Swee Aun, said today. He was addressing
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  • 75 20 KUALA LUMPUR. July 30. A total of $100,000 in backpay was today paid out to some 1,400 airmen at the Royal Malaysian Air Force base here today. The Interim award, ranging from $10 to $27.$0, and backdated to Jan. f, was paid with their July pay.
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  • 150 20 SINGAPORE, July 1 The Federal Minister for Sabah Affairs and Civil Do*' rfence; Datogpuqald?; Sto- phens, two factors impeding the work of the Civil Defence //Corps They are the shortage of qualified instructors and the lack of facilities And equipment. Cato Stephens, who
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  • 84 20 KUALA LUMPUR, July 30— The People’s AcUon Party will debate a resolution on Sunday to oppose any move to arrest Singapore's Prime Minister. Mr Lee Kuan Yew. I The resolution will be debated at a conference to be held here to discuss
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  • 57 20 KUALA LUMPUR, July 30—The Ministry of Health is to publish a -Quarterly to be called Berlta Kesehatan (Health Ne^s). L Its' first issue will be out in 'January next year. It will be in English and contain hews on what the Mlntstry has done v In the
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  • 58 20 JESSELTON, July 28—Dr. H. Woeckel, a consul-.from the West German consulate-general in Singapore, said here that an exhibition will be held in Jesse 1 ton and Sandakan to show the Oerman way. of life to the people of Sabah. The exhibition is expected to be held
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  • 42 20 KUALA LUMPUR. July 30 A public talk on serbndlpity and landmarks hi discovery” will be given by Professor C. J. Eiiezer, of the University of mm;, at 4 pm. on 8unday at the Kuala Lumpur Psychology Chib, 20. Ipoh Road.
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  • 424 20 SINGAPORE, July 29. fHE Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, appealed yesterday to manufacturers in Malaya and Singapore to intensify advertising campaigns for their products in East Malaysia. ‘‘There lias been-little advertising of Made-in-Maiaysla goods in Sabah and Sarawak
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  • 139 20 SINGAPORE, July 2&~The chairman of Singapore’s economic Development Board, Mr. Hon Su! Sen. has been appointed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East to serve on a threeman group to study the problems of Industrial finapcing in Asian
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