The Straits Budget, 20 October 1965

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  • 38 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER B M6ISTERED AT THE 8.F.O. U.K. AS A WSWSSASKS IpKKIK.' 679. KUALA LUMPUB» .20 OCTOBER, 1965. Frice 40 cento (MsUys) or 1 Shilling KDN 1102-1012
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    • 572 2  -  N.S.M. Sitiawan 1 REFER 10 your leader 4 on Lumut and to the letters of Mr. P. A. DelmeRadclitte and “Lumutlan.” None of your contributors, so far as 1 can see. make any reference to the “Report on the Minor Porte of Malaya**. This report
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    • 95 2  -  D. D. CHELLIAH t The Yen. 1 Singapore PVERY evening I see hundreds of children waiting for buses. Many go home sometimes as late as 7 p.m. Would It not be possible for the Education Department to close the noon schools earlier or start the classes earlier? Some
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    • 97 2  -  WEI ol Singapore rr is true that this Is an age of social revolutions and national struggles and ‘mass movements’. an age which Is not too Impressed by a man like Schweitzer. It is also true that in an age which moves and exerts in masses, the Individual
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    • 353 2  -  LEE CHIN CHUAN Hon. Secretary Land and Housing Development Association Singapore WITH reference to your report (B.T. Oct. 2) headed “Flight of Capital from Singapore is possible”, may I clarify this quotation; “Many of the restrictive measures in the rules and the Ordinance were
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    • 91 2  -  PHUNG KHYE SUN Acting P.R.O. Public Utilities Board Singapore Queenstown is one of the areas which has already come under review bv the Public Utilities Board for the establishment of a collecting centre for the c o n v e n ience of consumers In the payment of
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    • 114 2  -  S. T STEWART Permanent Secretary Prime Minister’s Office Singapore I REFER to the letter by -singaporean” (ST. Oct. 4) headed “Defining a true Singapore citizen.” He complains that although a Singapore citizen he was discriminated against when applying for part-time employment with a Government department
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    • 69 2  -  W.K.J. Singapore THE Deputy Registrar of the University of Singapore has denied that part-time courses leading to a degree will be instituted. While I do not mind her cold answers over the phone last week. I cannot think for one moment how a University can be called national when
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    • 175 2  -  KEM PEGN Penang SPOKE8MAH of the Education Ministry says that the Ministry Intends sending to the Borneo states the ‘best teachers.’ 1 May I ask how it proposes to do this by excluding Unified Training Scheme teachers from consideration? And why exclude them? the Government
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    • 141 2  -  C. S LAM Singapore THERE is somethin)! wrong with the administration of periodicals and magazines in the National Library. On any day, one finds stacks oi “Autocar” which nobody ever reads, magazines on interior decoration, fashion, etc. Does one find an up-to-date copy or The New
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    • 695 3 —Straits Times. October 12 The new tariffs announced by the Malaysian Government on Oct. 9 and by the Singapore Government on Oct. 11 Jash the hopes raised by last month’s agreement to remove quota restrictions on trade across the Causeway. It had seemed possible that the decision to
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    • 258 3 —Straits Times, October 12 The Malayan Railway Administration is being remarkably cagey about a suggestion that it is going to cut down heavily on mail train services between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. It has not even admitted to any such scheme. But last month some buffet car workers
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    • 653 3 —Straits Times, October 13 The Indonesian crisis is deepening. President Soekarno’s attempt, after the Bogor Cabinet meeting, to reassert his authority, has failed dismally. The essential features of the Bogor speech were Soekarno’s refusal to implicate the Indonesian Communist Party in the “Sept. 30 movement”, his refusal to
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    • 454 3 —Straits Times. October 14 The decision to raise new tariffs on more than 150 items of trade at either end of the Causeway —deplorable though it is—has been taken. It now falls to the Malaysian and Singapore Governments to do their best to help traders and industrialists to
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    • 167 3 Times, October 14 Despite the indignant reaction of the public, the Government and their own colleagues in the teaching profession, the leaders of the National Union of Teachers are continuing to canvass among their members a proposal for boycotting the coming Lower Certificate of Education exam, and other
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    • 637 4 —Straits Times, October lfc Landowners were assured in advance that the Government would not squeeze them too hard through the education rate to be introduced next January. But few can have expected to get off quite as lightly as in fact they will. The Government has yet to
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    • 358 4 —Straits Times, October 15 The new Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority is in no hurry to transform the countryside. Nor should it be. The job it has been created for is a sensitive one and a hasty hand could spell endless confusion. Starting with a talented leadership the authority
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    • 246 4 —Straits Times, October 15 Inche Mohamed Khan bin Momin Khan, writing in the latest Malayan Nature Journal, makes a convincing appeal for more positive animal protection policies in Malaya. Writing specially about elephants in Perak, he points out that rural development is making heavy inroads into jungle areas
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    • 621 4 —StraiU Times. October it The crisis in Indonesia opens up hopeful new possibilities for Indonesian-Malaysian relations, though it needs to be emphasised that they are possibilities only. Before the Untung coup forced the Army to assert Itself as an independent force and pitted it physically against
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    • 425 4 out end. h pr 16 —Straits Times, October Yesterday s opening 0 f fa If firet phase of extensions to 11 Pasir Panjang power sution I draws attention to the tv* K of developmental spiral W H pore has entered upon. F 0f Hp j ears the island
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  • 29 4 KUALA LUMPUR_ ma 5 cl Sir Harry Melville.' h Cou n Britain’s Sdence a lsit to M» cil. will pay a week s laysia from Oct.
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  • 205 5 SINGAPORE, Oct. 8 The Singapore Government from tomorrow will remove obstacles in trade between Singapore and Malaysia by lifting the specific licensing and quantitative restrictions on commodities contained in the Common Market lists. The restrictions, introduced in both territories after Singapore’s s e p
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  • 52 5 S INgap re Oct. 10—‘The pro*or the advance®f.the printing industry a ki dred tr ades has adopted r constitution for the formation iw£ n 4u 0rRanlsa t ion representing the employers and employees. new organisation will be as the Singapore Printing d u atry and Allied
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  • 625 5 ‘ORDINANCE DESIGNED TO KEEP THE UNIONS DIVIDED ITUALA LUMPUR, Oct. B—The Malaysian Trades Union Congress today accused the Government of “deliberately designing the Trades Union Ordinance to keep the unions weak, divided and ineffective.” It also challenged the Ministry of Labour to ratify
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  • 145 5 KUCHING, Oct. B. No race in Malaysia looked down on any other, the Minister of I n f o r m a tion and Broadcasting, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, told community leaders in Sibu in Sarawak’s Third Division today. He said: “The
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  • 228 5 SINGAPORE, Oct. 10.— Business circles here today welcomed the Singapore Government’s announcement lifting trade barriers between Singapore and Malaysia. Specific licensing and quantitative restrictions on commodities contained in the Common Market lists wert officially removed from yesterday. The president of the Chinese
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  • 39 5 PENANO, Oct. 10.—The Penan* State division of the Pan-Mala-yan Islamic Party Is to organise a pan-Malaysian conference of ulamas (religious scholars) to be held at the headquarters of its Permatang Keral branch. Province Wellesley, on Nov. 10.
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  • 556 6 K. LUMPUR, Oct. 10 THE People s Action Party—whose application for registration was rejected by the Registrar of Societies yesterday decided today to accept his suggestion and assume a new name, the Democratic Action Party. It also acted on a second suggestion
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  • 61 6 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Oct. 10 The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will declare open the new $1.4 million bridge at Prai on Oct. 16. Built by the Central Government under the National Development Plan, the 2.000 ft bridge to be named after the Tengku will
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  • 257 6 OENANG, Oct. 10. The Socialist Front are still looking for a candidate for the Ayer Itam constituency in the State by-election for which nominations will be received on Oct. 12. Polling day is Nov. 6. The party wants its Penang divisional chairman, Mr.
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  • 46 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 10 Mr- N. T. R. Singam, secretary of the National Union of Journalists, Malaya, left today for a two-week lecture tour of Australia. The tour Is sponsored by the International Federation of Journalists, to which the NUJ is affiliated.
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  • 29 6 PARIT BUNTAR, Oct. 10 A new mosque costing $50,000 is being built in Kuala Kurau. a fishing village near here, from a Social Welfare Lotteries Board grant.
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  • 343 6 K. LUMPUR, Oct 10 X HE 21-man Alliance action committee is ex amining how the Chinese language could be used more liberally while keeping in mina the need to foster Malay as the sole official language by 1967. A
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  • 47 6 PENANG, Oct. 10 The Minuter °r Education, Inche Muhamed Khir Johari. will address the Penang Free School at its 149th anniversary speech day on Oct 21, Lady Abaoolcader wife of the chairman or the schools Board of Governors, will give away the prizes.
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  • 31 6 —Reuter. TAIPEH, Oct. 10 Dato Temenggong Jugah, Malaysian Minlater of Sarawak Affairs, arrived here yesterday for an 18-day visit at the Invitation of the Nationalist Chinese Government.— Reuter.
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  • 220 6 K. LUMPUR, Oct. 10 non-political Trade Union Research and Service Unit, under the chairmanship of Mr. C. V. Devan Nair, secretary-gen-eral of the National Trades Union Congress of Singapore, has been set up here. Mr. Nair, M.P. for Bungsar, is a former
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  • 249 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 11. THE Indian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Dinesh Singh, said here today that Pakistan's breaking off relations with Malaysia was very possibly done in collaboration with Communist China. He was speaking at a Press conference at the Indian High Commission
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  • 127 7 Kuala lumpur, Oct. 11.—The post of deputy director of the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, vacant for the last 14 years, has now been filled by Inche Zulkifll bin Mohamed Hashim. Inche Zulkifll. a former secretary-general of Umno, was until recently headmaster of
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  • 52 7 MALACCA,, Oct. 11 Sixty ■vorkxivs h,ave left Malacca for kabah. They will be employed as tappers, weeders and arsenite sprayers on Kimanis Estate. The third batch of workers are expected to leave at the end °r this year. All workers were recruited through the Malacca
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  • 211 7 A.P. TESSELTON, Oct. 11.— Sabah’s Chief Minister, Mr. Peter Lo, said here that the Government had made diflnite progress in Sabahanisation. He told newsmen at his monthly news conference that he envisaged local staff holding the top echelons of the public service in
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  • 241 7 ANAK BUKIT (Kedah) Oct. 11. THE families of 350 officers and men of the 3rd Bn. Royal Malay Regiment, turned up in force at this quiet little village, five miles north of Alor Star, this afternoon to greet troops returning from Sarawak
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  • 44 7 SUNGEI PATANI, Oct. 11—The first Higher School Certificate examination In Sungei Patanl will he held this year at Father Barre’s Convent Bchool here. In oast years, candidates from Sungei Patanl schools had to sit tor the examination at Alor Star centres.
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  • 32 7 OINGAPORE, Oct. 11. The Holland-America Line’s liner Statendam will arrive here on the morning of Oct. 19 with 500 tourists. The vessel is on a 60-day Pacific adventure cruise.
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  • 53 7 Make Jawi a must’ ppnano Oct 11 The Penang Malay Patriotic YouUi Organisation is to urge the Government to make the teaching of the Jawl script a compulsory SUbj The i associaflon. S at its annual meeting last night, also resolved to ask the State Government to create Malay reservations
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  • 202 7 PENANG, Oct. 11 The Penang division of the Socialist Front today announced it had persuaded the party’s national secretary-general, Mr. Lim Kean Slew, to stand as its candidate in the Ayer Itam State byelection. nominations for which close tomorrow. Mr. Lim has now
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  • 256 7 pENANG, Oct. 11.—The opening branch of the First National City Bank of New York was an expression of confidence in the economic stability and future of Malaysia, the Governor of Penang, Raja Tun Uda Al-HaJ, said today. This confidence was reassuring and especially
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  • 45 7 SUNGEI PATANI, Oct. II American Peace Corpsman John Knopp, attached to the Ibrahim School here, ha* formed an American Field Service Club in Sungei PatanlMore than 100 students from secondary schools have offered to render welfare service* to the public-
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  • 474 8 GOVT WARNS MANUFACTURERS... KUALA LUMPUR, October 11 FOLLOWING the Government announcement on Oct. 9 of increased tariff protection for local goods, Malaysian manufacturers were today warned not to take unfair advantage of the situation and exploit the public. “Don’t raise prices, don't lower the quality
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  • 277 8 IPOH, October 11. THE way the National Union of Teachers is assessA ing whether its members are ii} favour of boycotting the marking of examination papers is tantamount to “intimidation,” several teachers, including members of the union, charged here today. One member asked: "Why should the
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  • 162 8 Model’ s son who forged her signature gets prison SINGAPORE, Oct. 11.—Paul Tan Chin Bee, 23, described as the adopted son of a Singapore model, Vicki Dutton, was today jailed for three years by a district court for forging his mother’s signature on a $350 cheque. Tan, alias Zalnal bin
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  • 73 8 LT.-COL OSMAN bin Haji Omar (above) has been appointed the new aide-de-camp to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Lt.-Col. Osman, 47, of Pasir Mas, Kelantan, joined the army as a recruit in February, 1935, and was commissioned in February, 1952. He has served with the Royal
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  • 38 8 KULIM, Oct. 11 Work has started on the building of a new local council office at Junjong, about six miles from here. The Kedah State Government- has given a grant of $12,000 for the project.
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  • 210 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 11. President Eir Edward Mutesa of Uganda has told the Singapore goodwill mission to Africa that he would very much like to visit the island State. lie said this in response to an invitation by Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin
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  • 69 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 11 Seventy P WD, officers from an parts of Malaysia are now attending courses in road planning, construction and maintenance in the Shell Theatrette here. This is the first time that the Road Research Laboratory oi Britain has been able to organise training
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  • 163 8 K. LUMPUR, Oct. 11 r PHE Registrar of Societies. Mr. Chin Hon Hian, today received an application for the registration of the Democratic Action Party (formerly known as the PAP Malaya). The application was filed by the party’s lawyers and handed to him at noon. The new
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  • 458 9 T- PENANG, Oct. 10 HE Penang branch of the National Union of Teachers today expressed “deep concern” over the accusation by the Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, that it was attempting to sabotage the coming LCE examination. “The Minister’s outburst and
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  • 110 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 10.— Inche Hamzah Sendut, head of the Georgraphy Department of the University of Malaya, will talk on “recent trends and developments of policies and politics of government in Malaysia" on Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. at 29, Ipoh Road. The talk is
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  • 40 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 10.— Staff Sgt. Hussein Nazri bin Mohamed Noor of the Ministry of Defence left for Britain today to attend a 10-week photographic interpretation course at the Royal Air Force station in Bassingbourne, Hertfordshire.
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  • 25 9 DUNGUN, Oct. 10. A $6,500 mosque is now being constructed at Kampong Rantau Abang, 12 miles from here, under the rural development scheme
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  • 153 9 IfUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 10 —Mr. Harry 8. easier (above). Director of the U.S. Information Service here, will leave for Saigon next weekend to take up a new assignment with the Joint United States Public Affairs Office there. He will be Counsellor of Embassy for
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  • 77 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 10. Michael Ong Hung Choon of Jalan Idrus, Batu Pahat, a student at the University of Queensland, almost caused a major upset in the annual University Student Union elections for the post of president. He lost to an Australian by 300 votes of
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  • 34 9 KLUANO, Oct. 10.—The Kluang District Rural Development Committee has received an allocation of $5,000 from the Jchore Government to build jl prayer house (surau) at Kanlpong Mohamed Amin, 20 miles from here.
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  • 218 9 A flat every 45 minutes —but another baby every nine SINGAPORE, Oct. 1u A SINGAPORE family planning authority, Dr. Maggie Lim, said yesterday that development projects could be easily outstripped if care was not taken about the population problem. Speaking at a lunch or the “Y” Men’s Club at Prince’s
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  • 218 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 8 JJINTS of a further postponement of the second Afro-Asian Conference, due to begin in Algiers next month, could indicate a reluctance on the part of China and Indonesia to face their critics. An authoritative source claimed today
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  • 104 9 Kuala lumpur, Oct. le— Three Japanese M.Pji who were on a study tour of South.East Asia left for home today after a-two-day visit to Malaya. The three. Mr. E. Watanabe, Mr. T. Mlnato and Mr. Y. Kibe, are also members of the
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  • 25 9 tOJLIM. Oct. 10.—A new Sekolah Kebangsaan with eight teachers' quarters coating $32,000, has been completed at Ulu Bidlm. about 20 miles from here.
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  • 187 9 KUALA LUMPUR. October 8. THE Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed 1 Khir Johari, will inaugurate the first of centrally organised political courses for Umno members at Pasir Mas, Kelantan, on Oct. 7. Umno headquarters here last month announced It was taking over the running
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  • 702 10  -  DIFFICULT TO ASSESS EFFECTS YET «y- JACKIE SAM SINGAPORE, Oct. 12. —The imposition of tariffs on a wide range of Singapore imports yesterday came as something of a shock to the trading community. Until late today, individual businessmen and traders were still trying to
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  • 118 10 If UALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12— 11 The 3rd Regiment, Malaysian Signals, is looking for part-time women volunteers. Candidates must be between 18 and 30. They must have passed at least Form Two English or its equivalent. Preference will be given to those who have experience
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  • 173 10 K. LUMPUR, Oct. 12 15-MEMBER Thai tradd mission has afrlved in Malaysia for a six-day visit to boost trade between the two countries. Led Dy the Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs, Lt.-Gen. Amphon Chintaganonda, the mission arrived In Penang yesterday. On
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  • 70 10 KOTA BHARU, Oct. 11 The President of the Selangor Council of Regency. Tengku Azman Shah, arrived here today for a four-day private visit to Kelantan. He was greeted at the Ke-lantan-Trengganu border by the State Protocol Officer, Dato Seri di-Raja. Tengku Azman's wife, Tengku Thuraya, who
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  • 38 10 SINGAPORE, Oct. 11—Mr. Tan Hoay Gie has been elected president of the Insurance Institute of Singapore. Mr. Q. S* Gibson Is vice president; Mr. Chew Loy Kiat. secretary; and Mr- Tan Meng Siang, assistant secretary.
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  • 293 10 KUALA LUMPUR, October 12. draft report of a pan-Malaysian survey by a team of American industrial consultants aimed at boosting industry and attracting more capital for investment will be submitted to the Government next month. The survey, which included six specific industrial feasibility
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  • 460 11 ntuc-inspired bill to BE TABLED AT NEXT ASSEMBLY SITTING SINGAPORE, Oct. 12 A BILL containing some major changes to the labour laws in Singapore will be introduced at the next sitting of the Legislative Assembly by the Government. Mr. C. V. Dev a n
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  • 217 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Octobpr 11. JHE Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, who is secretary-general of Umno, has clamped down on unauthorised Press statements by officials of the party headquarters here. mSf* nceforth a11 statehl?i s v must be rst vetted hy Inche
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  • 49 11 the Territorial Army authorities to get more Umno women to Join, the State Kaum idu leader, Che Daslmah Dashlr, said today. Yesterdav the first batch of 29 Kaum Ibu members forming the first women’s platoon, underwent a physical examination. All of them passed.
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  • 398 11 THEY DISCUSS WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS... SINGAPORE, Oct. 11. The visiting sixman Australian Labour Party delegation today called on the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and discussed with him a wide range of topics. The leader of the delegation, Mr. C. 8. Wyndham,
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  • 101 11 JZ'UALA LUMPUR, Oct 12. India’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Dinesh Singh, left today for home after pledging his country’s continued support for Malaysia in the face of Indonesian confrontation. He said: “We have right from the beginning supported your country in this dispute. And we
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  • 51 11 PENANO. Oct. 11*—Mr- H. 8 Leng, a former political affairs officer in the United Nations department of political and security council, will talk on the “Misconceived Role of the United Nations Over the Establishment of Malaysia” at the City Council tomorrow. The talk Is sponsored by the Penang
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  • 53 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Oct- 12—The Mentrl Besar of Johore, Dato Hajl Hassan bln Hail Yunoe, yesterday warned Malaysians to be op guard against “undesirable elements'' trying to create ill-feeling over Malay as the national language. He was speaking at a two-day civics course for 70 Indian community leaders
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  • 30 11 Reuter. KDCHINO. Oct. 12—The British MPs, Sir David Renton and Dame Joan Vickers, arrived here yesterday for a four-day visit to British forces stationed In Sarawak. Reuter.
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  • 240 12 Kuala lumpur, Oct. 12.—A major reshuffle in diplomatic postings In seven European and AfroAsian capitals, Involving six envoys and a Junior Minister, is almost complete. Affected by the changes are: Haji Khalid bin Awang Osman, Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry, who is going to
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  • 52 12 PENANG, Oct. 11—The Chief Minister Da to Wong Pow Nee' has praised the villagers in Glugor for their co-operation in building a .$14,000 community centre. "This project has been made possible through the Joint efforts Government, who provided w»d the people here," he said when opening the
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  • 467 12 SURVEY ‘WAS TO GAUGE SUPPORT IPOH, October 12. 'J'HE secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Perak branch, Mr. A. Mathews, today denied that there was any intimidation of members in the survey to gauge support for its boycott move. He was commenting on a
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  • 108 12 JOHORE, BAHRU, Oct. 12. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, will visit Johore Bahru on Oct. 15 to explain the new import and export regulations to members of the business community. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Johore Bahru has
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  • 303 12 PENANG, October 12. TWO lawyers and an accountant will contest the Ayer Itam State Assembly byelection on Nov. 6. Nominations declared today show that,, as in last year’s election, there will be a three-corner-ed light between the Alliance, the Socialist Front and United Democratic
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  • 293 12 PENANG, Oct. 12. The role of thp rim. Rations overS tabltshment of S sta was "iU-coS misunderstood? Mr. H. S. Lene a affairs oVceM the U.N. said this today aDorSacht >asic prtncl Ple i approaching the u.n determine whether the J Pie
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  • 44 12 s-SSS 0^ search Unit is gln porated into t r a d c s tore National rra Union Congress. The -unit, which at v tt Is responsible "C 1 p the Government as n *the 3 NTUC Keses«» Unit. legates’ conference.
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  • 402 13 K. LUMPUR, Oct. 13 THE Federal Agricultural Marketing x Authority will co-operate with all businessmen especially the middlemen to improve the marketing system and ensure a fair return to all small- scale producers. “In fact, I want the middlemen to help us make FAMA
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  • 71 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 13—The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. today praised ILO experts for helping to boost production of the country's new and growing industries. In a foreword to the first issue of Warta Pengeluaran bulletin of the National Pro ductivity Centre —he said he
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  • 23 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 13 Sales of National Defence Bonds now total $6,987,700. Yesterday $13,200 worth were sold to five subcribers.
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  • 420 13 LUMPUR, Oct 13. —Tengku Abdul Rahman today said it should be the “duty” of the whole free world to help the Indonesians if the Indonesian Army ceases confrontation and launches a rehabilitation programme for the people. “We of the free world must help the Indonesians.
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  • 171 13 KUALA LUMPUR, October 13 r rHE Chief Minister of Sarawak, Dato Stephen L Kalong today expressed the hope that Jakarta would now take a reasonable and considerate attitude towards Malaysia. He said that the situation in Sarawak since the Jakarta coup and its failure
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  • 87 13 LUMPUR, Oct. 13— Tengku Abdul Rahman said today he would personally not like to be involved in the dispute between Britain and Rhodesia over independence for that colony. Asked to comment on a proposal by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Wilson, that a
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  • 21 13 SUNGEI PATANI, Oct. 13—The Rev. Father Michael Too of Teluk Anson has left for Formosa to study Mandarin.
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  • 225 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 12 THREE Sarawak trade union* leaders who flew into Singapore last night expressed their desire to maintain close fraternal ties with Singapore unionists despite the State’s separation from Malaysia. They are Mr. Albert Kedit, deputy general secretary of the National
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  • 36 13 KAJANO Oct. 13 Inche Othman bln Arshad, from Babak Bemam, has succeeded Inche Abu Kasslm bln Mat Barman as the Assistant District Officer here. Inche Kasslm has been transferred t<f Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 171 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 13.— The Malaysian Government has invited all Afro-Asian d e 1 e g ates now attending the National Trades Union Congress annual convention here, to visit Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak for a week. This was disclosed today by the NTUC secretary-gen-eral. Mr
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  • 93 14 c t* 13 The Singapore will op?n r H ses study In the 1967-1968 ho C i ear to students who c^tif£ > o l pleted the Hasher School C T-hi «or. cxamlnatlon ln Malay The HSC examination in the m iu m is expected
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  • 498 14  -  By T.G. NG: K. Lumpur, Oct. 13 pOR the past three months, a young businessman has been waging a lone crusade among Jhe rural Malays that promises to transform their “tida apa” attitude towards life into an aggressive and dynamic stance. He
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  • 278 14  -  From GEOFFREY GELDARD: Kuching, Oct. 13 TN DON ESI AN troops have resumed i- their border attacks on Sarawak. In an attack on a security force base near the border in the Third Division last night one Indonesian soldier was killed and two were
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  • 36 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 13—A British social welfare expert, 26-year-old Miss Bridget Stephenson, is due In Singapore from London on Oct 16 to help British service families. She will be attached to British military headquarters.
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  • 54 14 OENANG, Oct. 13—An Army bomb expert was called A to the railway pier here today to examine a parcel found on a bench after the last launch for the local train had left. In the parcel: a cardboard box containing several stones. Police have ruled it the
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  • 156 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 13. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will officially open the new $4.5 million Trade Uriion House and Singapore Conference Hall in Shenton Way on the night of October 15. The National Trades Union Congress annual two-day delegates conference will
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  • 59 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Ration* 1 Hindu Cultural and faS mon Association will ho* t0 parade and cultural sola n^ brate Deepavali at tne at 1 Girl Guides Association p m. on Oct. 17- un der The show which is r of U patronage of the Mm asaK am.
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  • 255 15 QINGAPORE, Wed. The Australian Labour party would like to see more trade between Australia and Singapore, the leader of the party’s visiting delegation, Mr. C.S. Wyndham, said today. The delegation had a brie* discussion with officials o! the four Chambers of Commerce oyer dinner
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  • 28 15 PENANG, Oct. 13—The Minister of Education. Inche Mohanied Khl r Joharl. will address the Penang Free School at its 149th anniversary speech day on Oct.
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  • 194 15 pENANG, Oct 13.— A The secretarygeneral of the Socialist Front, Mr. Slew (above), said today that a split in the vote in next month’s Ayer Itam by-election in which he is contesting might give victory to the Alliance candidate, Mr. David Choong.
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  • 66 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Two Malaysians left by air today to attend a 13-nation seminar on “Sociological Aspects in the Development of Rural Areas” to be held in West Berlin beginning on Wednesday to Nov. 9. They are Inche Ma’arof bin Sheikh Ahmad, secretary to the
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  • 10 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 13—Brazil has accorded recognition to Singapore.
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  • 88 15 J£UALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12 —Dato Cheong Jin Hoe a Selangor State Executive Committee memwill lead the second oatch of state assemblymen on an overseas study tour. They will tour North African countries for five weeks. They are assemblymen Inche Mohamed Shamsuddin bln Mohamed Ya’acob, Mr.
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  • 197 15 ITUANTAN, Oct 13.— The Sultan of Pahang was today given a warm welcome when he returned home after a three-month world tour. A largo gathering, including members of the Royal family, heads of government departments and 8tate councillors, was at the airport
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  • 103 15 Kuala lumpur, Oct. 13— A 15-member Malayi cultural team will leave here on Oct. 15 to take oart in the Pageant of Asia in conjunction with the Third International Sydney Trade Fair in Sydney, from Oct. 19 to Oct. 30. Among the items
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  • 174 15 —A.P. TESSELTON, Oct 13. The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, said here yesterday that Singapore’s separation from Malaysia had been “more emotional and psychological rather than a real one.” He told a lunch given by newsmen that the
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  • 83 15 SINGAPORE, Oct 13. Oct 13. Tengku Abdul Rahman has postponed his trip to London for an eye operation because “too many things, are happening around us.'' Talking to reporters after today’s Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister said: "Originally I was scheduled to be on the operating
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  • 169 15 Kuala lumpur, Oct. 13—The five transmitting stations to be set up in Sarawak under the first Malaysian Development Plan, are expected to cost near $lO million. The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Inche Senu bln Abdul Rahman, announced in Jesselton yesterday that the
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  • 136 15 TAWAU. Oct. 13. The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Inche Senu bln Abdul Rahman, last night told army officers here that It was also their duty to help improve th 3 livelihood of the people. He was speaking at a dinner given In his honour
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  • 146 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 12 FOUR trade unionists r from Africa and Malta, who flew Into Singapore last night, said the contacts which had been established between Singapore and their countries at Government level would go a long way towards consolidating goodwill. All of them welcomed Singapore as
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  • 314 16 Kuala lumpur, Oct. 14. The big drive to popularise Ma-laysian-made goods In the Borneo States will begin early next month when a representative trade mission arrives for a nine-day tour of Sabah and Sarawak. The main purpose is to participate In the twoweek
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  • 175 16 OINGAPORE, Oct. 14.— °The chairman of the Barisan Sosialis, Dr. Lee Slew Choh, today claimed that the visiting Australian Labour Party delegation was “unhappy” about the continued detention of the party’s leaders and cadres and other leftists “without charge or trial” Dr. Lee and
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  • 46 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 14 Out of a total of 2,021 candidates who sat for the full certificate in the national language public examinations conducted in August by the Ministry of Education, 810 were successful 629 passing Standard I. 171 Standard II and 10 Standard 111.
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  • 170 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 14. A leading Filipino labour leader, Mr. Francisco I. Sauza today said Singapore should be recognised by all countries, including the Philippines. He suggested that workers of both Singapore and the Philippines should urge their own Governments “to settle whatever problems they have
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  • 208 16 ARAU, Oct. 16. The Prime Minister, Tengkn Abdul Rahman, today received the hifhest Perlis State award, the Darjah Kerabat Baginda Syed Putra (the Most Esteemed Order of the Royal Family) from the Raja of Perils at an investiture ceremony in the Audience Room of the
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  • 36 16 IPOH, Oct. 14 A “Deepavali Queen” and a "Mr. Personality” will be elected at a dance organised by the Hindu Youth Organisation at the Anderson School hall here on the night of Oct. 16
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  • 182 16  -  By r T.G. NG. ITUALA LUMPUR Oct. 14.—The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, is expected to hold unofficial di s cussions with the Singapore Finance Minister, Mr. Lim Kim San, on economic relations between the two countries during the weekend. Dr.
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  • 125 16 SINGAPORE. Oct. 14- authority M law, Singapore i.State n cate-General, Dr. y Ibrahim, has been Invltea w the University ol London give a lecture on tjro 9V affecting Muslims in sla and Singapore and law of matrimonial pr The invitation ca>me from fessor
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  • 404 17 REGISTRATION SCHEME FOR PENANG PORT WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS PENANG, October 14 'JHE Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam, today announced a registration scheme to ensure regular and improved conditions of employment for workers which would make for efficient performance of the port of Penang. “This
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  • 69 17 pr PEN ANG. Oct. 14—Pour speak*Ul address St. Xavier’s In- Rt lta annual speech day 0,1(1 Priee-glving tomorrow. The Governor. Raja Tun Uda a iL deliver the main add- The other speakers will be senator Cheah Seng Khlm, chairman, board of governors. Mr. Khor J-neang Kee,
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  • 278 17 ITUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 14. At least three State Governments are appealing against the amount of education rates set by the Ministry of Education for them to collect next year. They are understood to be Trengganu, Kelantan and Perils. The Ministry early this month set the
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  • 84 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 14.— South Vietnam has congratulated S i n g apore on its “triumphant admission” to the United Nations. The South Vietnamese Foreign Minister, Dr. Tran Van Do. in a congratulatory cable to the Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, also expressed his country’s
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  • 21 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 14 Ten subscribers today bought $2,200 worth of National Defence Bonds bringing the total to $6.908,700.
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  • 313 17 PASIR MAS (Kelantan), Oct. 14. UMNO secretary-general, Inche Mo hamed Khir Johari, today urged party members not to make "hasty decisions on international issues because this would not benefit the party or the nation." Speaking at the inaugural meeting of Umno’s first centrally
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  • 171 17 Kuala lumpur. Oct. u. A Malaysian Girl Guide trainer, Miss Chan Lam Moon, left here by air today for Formosa to take up a two-month appointment to train Girl Guide leaders there. She will assist In the devlopment of the Girl Guide
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  • 26 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 14 A six.man Press party from Sarawak and Sabah will arrive here on Oct. 17 for a nine-day tour of Malaysia.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2285 18 From Our Own Market Correspondent ’J'HE greater part of last week saw the edging up in price of both tins and industrials and there was a distinct improvement in turnover. In fact at 2,412,121 shares the turnover, as reported through the trading rooms, was practically
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    • 30 18 RUBBER TIN (perlb.), (per pkttl). Oei. II. 45ft eta. I715.1I>, It. MH oU. I7SS.H It. MKete. |7tl.7I 14. 45H eta. $720.25 It. 45ft eta. $711.82 ft 1«. $713.50
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    • 39 18 < urronl Date oi Total for Total to. Balu Liman* ’’“’'"ia'l 1 Payment JL mr previous yea. ;.ed„„, r£S S«- 2 m* SRg J8. lift »S3*k. B,T 7 Nov. Z 5??J •■%mSBEL. >,*,*, SJ: S !i ft** t ifitorim
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    • 68 18 The U.B. Interior Department’* Bureau of Mines has reported that world mineral production reached a new high last year. Available Information indicated record output last year of aluminium (up 10.7 per cent), copper (four per cent), steel (13 per cent), sine (nine per cent), gold (14 per cent)
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    • 41 18 QN th« free eiahange mar hat in Hod* R ong on Saturday tha U.S Dollar for* aaah!* d at 574 ,or T -T. id Tltl Starling was quotad at 1* 0* and ana taal at said at 2621.
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    • 371 18 values, afStr the rP com^’ r »u lveiy steady undertone of' with prices tali-* 1 if?'» y 2 ve one c ®nt, reporil U.C.B. Co. Ltd. In their current survey of thS Rubber Market.’ The relatively smooth and rapid return to calmer conditional*
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    • 26 18 Oct 15. MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 651 cepts (up quArter of a TIN: $711.m n M. 671). Unofficial eptlmaUfl offering *5O toils (up 10 toot).
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    • 68 18 TNI Assaalatian af Banks m ala mad# these change* in it* r«»*f to merchants yesterday (all rates to New Verh: buying TT 32 13 airmail OD S 3 J5/16. 90 d/*t. 33 5 1 credit bills, S 3 2/16 trade bill*. •tiling Y+ ar 00 ready! U. 32
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    • 38 18 (Managers’ Fries*) FI rat Malayan l.*> *'ri Second Malayan L* 4 Third Malayan 1.00 Malaysia Commerce .78 Mai. Saving Fund. 1.01 ii,..* First Hong Kong Second Hong Kong .71 j/« ,4 Starling Commodity (•Hong Kong currency)
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  • 384 19  -  •NO HELP BECAUSE WE ARE NOT BROKE? DON'T UNDERSTAND’ Jr l -From CHAN BENG SOON lor star, Oct. 14. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said here today that America was not keen to help Malaysia because “she thinks we are not a
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  • 225 19 KUCHING, Oct. 14. The newly-formed Sarawak Native Chamber of Commerce has called on the State Government to give fair opportunities to native contractors. In a Press statement, the chamber said it intended to Jraw the attention of the Sl ate and
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  • 64 19 MACHANO. Oct 14 The Kelantan branch of the National Union of Teachers will hold an extra-ordinary general meeting tomorrow to discuss the recent *un warranted and unsubstantiated charges made against East Coas teachers by the Minister of Edu Cft The meeting will also the recent expulsion
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  • 99 19 f POH, Oct. 14.—The De--1 puty Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. today expressed the hope that a new government would emerge in Indonesia which would change its attitude toward* Malaysia Tun Razak. was commenting on today's radio reports that President Soekarno and the
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  • 38 19 SUNOEI PATANI, Oct. 14 A party of 12 Kedah State Assemblymen and civil servants, headed by Inche Asahari bln Taib. left yes terday on a study tour of Formo sa Japan and the Borneo States
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  • 360 19 IPOH, October 14. 'J’HE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, who arrived here today on a two-day tour of Perak, drew the attention of State governments to two major factors in which their help was essential for the Central Government to succeed
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  • 144 19 Kuala lumpur ,Oct. 14.—India has expressed her sympathy for the “peace-leaving State of Malaysia in its hour of need,” according to the Indian Information Service here. A Press statement it put out said that India’s Minister of External Affairs, Mr. S w
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  • 84 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 14 The completion of a $1 million subsidiary company of the Malaya Acid Works in January next year will stimulate the growth of existing industries and encourage the establishment of new ones, particularly the paper Industry. This was stated here today by
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  • 525 20  -  By JACKIE SAM: Singapore, October 15 INGAPORE’S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. is confident of an interim solution to the island’s economic and other problems. He did not elaborate on this, except to say that Singapore had also a right to
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  • 70 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15—Professor James 8. Earley, Professor of Economics and chairman of the Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, will speak on American Social Philosophies and American Economics” at the University of Malaya, Lecture Theatre ‘A’, on Oct. 21 at 2.30 pyn. Members of the
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  • 44 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15—Four students of St. John’s Institution today received gold medals for scoring distinctions in all subjects in eight school examinations this year. They were Choong Teck Keona. 1 Ong Ching Han, Ooli Kean Hooi and Christopher Chew.
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  • 1079 20 ¥P«H, Oct. 17.—Wonderful Pf!, ridden by Keith Moxham, sprang a big surprise in the main 8Jf race here this afternoon. Race l CL. 6. DIV. 2—*tf E. C Lee 's 11) LODE RUSH 1.1 (206—134) Lim 1 <6) Dulas River 8.6 <190—104)
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  • 42 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15—The Minister of Welfare Services, Haji Abdul Hamid Khan, will open an Unin6 sponsored political course at Beaut on Oct. 19. During his visit to Trengganu he will also visit a number of welfare institutions.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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