The Straits Budget, 2 March 1966

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  • 39 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O. U.K. AS A NEWSPAPER I SERIES 697. KUALA LUMPUR, MARCH 2, 1966. Price 40 Cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling KDN 2035.
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    • 299 2  -  SHAARI BIN MOHD NOOR b/p Setla Usaha Kementerlan Pengangkutan Kuala Lumpur WISH to refer to the letter by “E.D.R.” under the heading “Horse Power Cubic Capacity, R I M V Maths” (S.T. Feb. 12). Just before the introduction of the new basis of licensing of
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    • 32 2  -  STIDENT Kluann TWO months school fees have been collected since the beginning of the year, yet our history lessons have not yet started. Is Form Four a honeymoon year?
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    • 111 2  -  J. C. JIANG Singapore v:0 long as there is talk u of kith and kin, so long as there is free movement across the causeway, so long as there is free flow of water from Malaysia, it is wrong on the part
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    • 104 2  -  TEACHER Kota Bharu r I'HE new circular ol the 1 Ministry of Education regarding Study Leave for government teachers intending to pursue studies at the University is interesting. The rulings require that a teacher sign a further contract to serve the government after the completion of the
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    • 80 2  -  a.vik pulau pinang Penang I GO often to the Botanical Gardens. Looking at things In the “waterfalls” (as the gardens are known) I think many improvements should be made Immediately. A good children’s playground is needed. Water Is plentiful yet no drinking water is available for visitors. Neither
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    • 92 2  -  T.K. Singapore am a non-citizen partner, managing a partnership concern carrying on Import, export and wholesale business. I have about 10 employees working under me. I am not paid any fixed monthly or yearly remuneration but am entitled to a certain percentage of the net profit of the company.
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    • 252 2  -  “TEACHER" Teluk Anson MRS. PANY Kuala Lumpur M. NACHIAPPAN Pontian IN a statement in the 1 Straits Times on Feb. 21. the Minister of Education said that “a handful of teachers” spend only 10 per cent of their time on their duties and as a result of
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    • 349 2  -  WILLIAM CHENG f. Permanent Secretary. Ministry of Educate Singapore. THIS is in reply to a K letter (S.T. Jan. 15)* which alleged a deterioration in educational standards because of curricular cramming in our schools and the compulsory study of a second language. Your correspondent, Mr. G. 8.
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    • 127 2  -  MADDENING Singapore AT the moment there Ls an exhibition of arts and crafts (souvenirs :or tourists) at John Little’s building. Before the show opened, I noticed in the window some charming handpainted tiles of Singapore street scenes: the lantern shop, rhe durian seller, etc., and on
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    • 65 2  -  S. W. ALEXANDIK City Press Newspaper London MAY i through thp courtesy ot your i umns thank the Singapore General Hospital lor their expeditious and kindly attention «fter my involvement in an .accident on Mount Fitter during Christmas week x and also the kind person who suppiied
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    • 99 2  -  TOURIST MINDEt Singapore '/TIE Tourist Promotion Board did good work at first. But due to the many changes in its Kt> personnel, it has la < been slipping. Within two years, two directors have beer, appointed and have resigned. The Board is now looking for a third. The Board
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    • 692 3 Siraits Times. February 21 It would seem unlikeh that the problems left in the vakc of amendments by Malaysia and Singapore’to their imoim tax ordinances can go unresolved foi much longer I h< need for agreement aganut double taxation was ob\ iou* when Singapore w as s«
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    • 345 3 Strait* Times. February 21 Tengku Abdul Rahman's second visit to Sarawak in six months seems mainly connected with preserving and developing Alliance unity there. Before leaving he made clear his concern at recent developments, and in Kuching at the weekend he expressed himself very tersely indeed on the
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    • 191 3 Straits Times February 22 Motorcyclists and scooterriders do their fair share towards making the roads ot Kuala Lumpur dangerous, and efforts by the Traffic Police to induce greater respect for the Highway Code are to be welcomed. However, the weekend operation in which the police ordered 112 riders
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    • 370 3 Straits Times. February 23 Deserving of strong publicsupport is the call by the Lord President of the Federal Court of Appeal, Dato Sir James Thomson, for immediate steps to bring into being a motor insurers bureau to compensate accident victims who fail —on a legal technicality— to
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    • 384 3 Straits Times February 22 Sabah s timber industry is being much ton successful for its own good. The highly profitable emphasis on logs for export has reduced the industry to the simplest form of extractive operation. Local sawmills are in danger of closing down because overseas buyers pay
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    • 663 3 —Straits Times. February 23 Despite recent indications that General Nasution and Ins closest colleagues wenrunning into heavy weather, Soekarnos dramatic return apparently to absolute powei has all the impact of complete surprise. Nasution has been dropped from the Cabinet and his responsibilities divided. A new post of
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    • 173 4 —Straits Times, February 23 Australians, to their credit, worry much more about their country’s immigration policies than do the Asians supposed to feel so mortally offended because they cannot go to live there. So Mr Hare Id Holt’s indication that small changes are under review Is bound to
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    • 670 4 —Straits Times, February 24 Considering all the leaks 1 j from London on British def- ence plans, the White Paper’s disclosures of the Labour Government’s intentions have aroused a quite disproportionate furore. In the coming financial year the cost of j defence goes up, not down. But
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    • 394 4 —Straits Times, February 24 The hearings so far held by the Royal Commission on local government confirm that the system of local and rural dis- trict councils is not viable in its present form. Everywhere, and with only minor variations. the Commission has been told of the operation
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    • 340 4 —Straits Times. February 26 The Ministry of Transport seems to have covered all angles in its scheme to legalise “pirate taxis’’ carrying children to school. First, it recognises that the taxis provide an essential service which would be much more expensive to render by any other means. At
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    • 217 4 —Straits Times. February 2fi The opening of the Australian university year in March produces nearly as much bustle in Malaysia as it does in Australia itself. This year 155 of our students have flown, or are about to flv. south to begin Colombo Plan courses in fields
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  • 46 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 25 Albert Talalla, principal s st\‘V secretary (Commonwealth). try of External Affairs, left uh.‘ for London to take up the i of First Secretary in the sian High Commission there. Mr. Talalla was formerlv vice-consul In Manila
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  • 253 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20. THE higher education planning committee 1 headed by the Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, is studying the possibility of setting up a school for veterinary science in Malaysia. This is indicated in a letter from the Prime
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  • 81 5 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 20.Scout Week, which begins on Feb. 22, will be launched by the Chief Scout of Malaysia, Dato Haji Sardon bin Haji Jubir. He will address Scouts throughout Malaysia over Radio Malaysia and Television Malaysia tomorrow The theme of Scout Week
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  • 39 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 20—Inche Ahmad Nordin bin Amin, a former stenographer with Radio Malaysia left here today to join the staff of the Malaysian Embassy In Cairo. He will be away for three years.
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  • 42 5 KUCHING, Feb. 20—Tengku Abdul Rahman this morning visited Santubong seaside resort, 27 miles by river from Kuching. He was met by a crowd of all races with decorated sampans. He promised to give $25,000 for a new mosque in Santubong.
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  • 233 5 Nasution headed generals plot, says Njono JAKARTA, Feb. 20.— J Top Indonesian Communist leader Njono has told a military tribunal trying him for treason that a “Council of Generals” headed by the Defence Minister, Gen. Nasution, planned to topple the Government before last October’s abortive coup. Addressing the tribunal yesterday,
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  • 32 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 20 The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, will declare open a South-East Asia “Democracy and Development” seminar at the University of Malava at 10 a.m. tomorrow.,
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  • 535 5 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20 OINGAPORES Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam. is hopeful that the differences over Malaysian troops in Singapore can be settled amicably. Hi s Government, Mr. Rajaratnam said, had said that it was prepared, in case of disagreement, to
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  • 81 5 SEREMBAN. Peb. 20 The Tengku Besar Tampin, will open the Tampin District scout camp headquarters paid for by the 12th Light Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery, on Feb. 25. The regiment, stationed in Tampin for more than two years, paid $5,000 for a
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  • 54 5 SEGAMAT, Feb. 20—Haji Talib bin Ali was elected chairman •'of the district Alliance Party at its general meeting held recently at the Malaysian Chinese Association building here. Other officials elected were: Vice-chairman: Mr. Tey Sia Ba and Mr. M. P. Kumaran; secretary: Inche Mahmod bin Kindang; treasurer:
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  • 61 5 BATU PAHAT, Feb. 20—Mr Soh Ah Teck, MP for Batu Pahat, is one of the two MPs who will leave for a three-week study tour of Britain on March 7. The other is Inche Mohamed Zahir bin Haji Ismail, MP for Sungei Patani. The tour
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  • 143 5 vrUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20. Mr. C.E.R. Abraham,’research officer at the Ministry of Welfare Services, has returned here after attending an eight-month course at the Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands. The course, which was a fellowship granted by the Dutch Government, specialised in community
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  • 231 6 IPOH, Feb. 20. the next few days 38 rubber smallholders in Teluk Bakong, in the Parit area, will run their own group processing centre and rid themselves of middlemen who buy their produce at very low prices. The $1,400 centre Is ready except
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  • 176 6 KUCHING, Feb. 20.—A 1V security forces spokesman said here today that two more Indonesian raiders were killed this afternoon in a further contact with surviving elements of the group who had intruded into the Serian district of Sarawak’s First Division. They were members of
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  • 169 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20 Work has started on the $90,000 headquarters of the Singapore Girl Guides Association in Clemenceau Avenue. The association’s patron, Puan Noor Aishah, will lay the foundation stone of the building on Feb. 26. The secretary of the association’s building committee,
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  • 36 6 SINGAPORE. Feb. 20. Mr. Howe Yoon Chong. Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of National Development, has been appointed deputy chairman of the Economic Development Board by the Finance Munster with effect from Feb. 1.
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  • 262 6 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 21. —Governments who do not respect trade unions or heed their advice will speed union participation in party poUtcis, the eight-nation seminar on “Democracy and Development in SouthEast Asia” was told here today. This statement was made by the
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  • 57 6 PENANG. Feb. 20—The Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee last night paid tribute to Justices of the Peace for their public services to Penang. He told a dinner of the Association of Penang JPs that they had assisted the Government in explaining its various policies to the
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  • 115 6 ‘SUPPORT OUR CANDIDATE ALLIANCE CAMPAIGN JPOH. Feb. 20— The Alliance in Perak is to intensive campaign to win support for its candidate, Inche Sulaiman bin Haji Taib. 34. in the Krian Laut parliamentary by-election to be held on March 12. The only other contestant in the by-election, which was caused
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  • 310 6 JESSELTON, Feb. 21. Federal Minister of Education, Inchc Mohamed Khir Johari, today called on the people of Sabah to get rid of parochialism and provincialism. He said the spirit of co-operation and goodwill cannot be fostered “if we think in
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  • 70 6 KUCHING, Feb. 21 —The new yacht of the Sarawak Governor, Tun Abang Openg, will arrive In Kuching In the middle of March with a Sarawakian crew except for the skipper and engineer. Her present name Is Shiona but she will be renamed Zahora, at a special ceremony
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  • 21 6 PENANG. Feb. 20 —The Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh, will visit Penang this week.
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  • 155 6 ItfUAR, Feb. 21.—The 1K Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, yesteivjav advised the people to listen to rumours accusing the Government of trying to do away with the Chines 1 language. He said that these rumours were the work of troublemakers
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  • 80 6 JESSELTON Feb. 21—Local newspapers here have started a fund for the dependants of a Malaysian news cameraman, who was killed in a mine blast in South Vietnam last week Mr. C- Chellappah. 26. left Jesselton for Saigon last month to work as a freelance cameraman.
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  • 274 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 21. t>0TII the Malaysian and Singapore govern- merits are adopting a wait-and-see attitude in the controversy over Malaysian troops based on the island. Ministry of Defence sources here said both sides appeared reluctant to take the initiative to convene talks
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  • 49 7 \w^ GAPOREi Feb 20 The Pi'rk f J >Jrliament tor Fan p r his Ra j°°- will hold WVrinoc^ ek y mp et-the-pcople on of th?Bt ys at the new premises Pponif- Pa rer Park branch of the !(JS Action Party at 16. BeliLane. off Race Course Road.
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  • 140 7 Malacca, Feb. 21. it will be a three-cor-nered fight in the Malacca state by-electiou for the Sungei Baru constituency on March 19. The by-election was caused by the death of Alliance State Assemblyman, Dato Thamby C’hik bin Abdul Karim. Candidates from three parties filed nomination
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  • 48 7 IPOH. Feb. 20. The Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam, will give a talk on "Youth and Employment" to senior pupils of the Anglo Chinese School hall here on Feb. 20. It is being organised by the civic aecticfi of the Ipoh Boys’ Club
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  • 34 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 20.—The Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Haji Mohamed Ghazali bin Jawi, will declare open the three-day annual Joint Staff Conference at the Co-operative College in Petaltng Jaya tomorrow morning.
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  • 121 7 K LUANG. Feb 20. The Minister of Health, *nc*he Bahaman bin SumMiddin, today eonRhitulated the residents here for their public consciousness in donating more blood to the blood bank here than in recent years. In 1964, he said, there was only one sold medal
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  • 324 7 TECHNIQUES MORE ADVANCED: ONG LUMPUR, Feb. 2O. —Indonesia has been able to sell more rubber in the United States than Malaysia because American manufacturers “are so technically advanced, they can use low-grade rubber.” This was said here today by the Malaysian Ambassador to the
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  • 279 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 21. A WARNING that Malaysia might have to spend $1,000 million on imported foods soon was given today by the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Haji Mohamed Ghazaii bin Jawi. He was talking to 133 officers of his Ministry who are
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  • 20 7 SINGAPORE. Fob. 20—The Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, will continue his tour of schools tomorrow.
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  • 196 7 Kuala lumpur. Fob. 20. —The wofld Bank is “highly interested in and anxious to follow the progress of development schemes in Malaysia so that when and if the time comes for the bank to finance projects here it can do so quickly and
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  • 272 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 21. lyT ALAYSIA'S success as a prosperdemocracy has created a tremendous impact on Asian and European countries, according to Dr. Chandra Gulhati, director of the Asian Press Bureau of the International Students' Conference. Dr. Gulhati, who is the co-chairman of
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  • 22 8 KANOAR, Feb. 21— The Per(Malay Teachers) Co-Opera-tive Society will hold an exhihitlon of its activities here in August this year.
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  • 101 8 KLANG, Feb. 20. The Mentri Besar of Selangor. Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, yesterday called on heads of departments in the State to visit their officers and subordinae staff at least twice a year. He also called on heads to transfer their officers
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  • 31 8 SINGAPORE. Feb 26—The International Labour Office will hold a seminar tomorrow night at the Singapore Polytechnic board room, to which factory managements, trade union officials and workers are invited.
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  • 283 8 I/OTA BHARU, Feb. 21. Seven more people were admitted to the General Hospital here and 17 others treated as out-patients today as food poisoning spread to three other villages in Kelantan. Yesterdav. seven people were admitted to hospital and 19 treated as
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  • 25 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20 Mr. George Chua of the National Trades Union Congress has been appointed a member of the Singapore Sailors' Institute committee.
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  • 181 8 1/UALA LUMPUR. Feb. 20. —British exports to Malaysia and Singapore increased by 10 per cent last year over that of 1964 to reach a new record, according to latest figures. They amounted to $783.7 million last year as compared to $715.7 in
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  • 265 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 21. TUIE Malaysian Students’ Press Seminar, which entered its second day today, was told of rumours among the student body of the University of Malaya of “government spies” who have been promised scholarships as a reward. The
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  • 214 8 KUALA LUMPUR, 1V Feb. 21. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today said that Communism in South-East Asia can be combated by the practice of democracy and the implementation of a sound development plan. lie recommended this after branding
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  • 143 8 JESSELTON, Feb. 21.—The Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, reiterated here today that Malaysia would not retaliate against Singapore by increasing the school fees of children of Singapore citizens studying in Malaysian schools. “If we retaliate it will be very wrong.
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  • 35 8 BATU PAHAT. Feb. 20 The District Chinese Chamber of Commerce here will send a 16-man team to attend the 60th anniver- sary celebrations if the Singapore I Chamber of Commerce on March 15
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  • 250 9 I)ENANG, Feb. 21. 1 The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. last night called on Malay writers to strive to instil a “new spirit" among the indigenous people of the country. “Their way of thinking needs a chance In this revolutionary and
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  • 114 9 THE Chief of the Armed Forces Staff, Lieut Geo. Tesgku Osman bin Tengka Mohamed Jew a (above), was in very high spirits before he left Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 20 for a week’s visit to Bangkok. Tengku Osman is making the Thai visit at
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  • 82 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20—The Medical Progress Fund has received donation of $3,808 representing tne proceeds of a musical variety at the National Theatre jointiy organised recently by Lee Onn Goldsmiths and Rediffusion. Singapore. The? cheque was handed by Mr k o B®k Cheong. manager of
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  • 29 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20—The A*»lstant Minister of Education, Mr Lee Biok Yew, has cancelled hU proposed visits to schools in Kuala Selangor which were scheduled for tomorrow.
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  • 192 9 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 21 —The Chief Scout of Malaysia, Dato Sardon bin Haii Jubir. in a special message for Scout Week which begins tomorrow, said the main aim of the movement was to demonstrate "training in citizenship" to its members. Dato Sardon who
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  • 26 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 20 —The Minister of Education. Inc he Mohamed Khir Joharl. will leave for a two day visit to Sabah tomorrow.
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  • 295 9 ITUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20.—Despite a population of 10.000,000 Malaysia was “short of Intellectual leaders who can think logically, analyse problems logically and rationally, and produce practical unbiased solutions,” the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, said today. Dr. Lim, who
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  • 237 9  -  By BOB NG Kuala lumpur, Feb. 21. —Government circles are confident that Malaysia will get foreign loans and grants to finance some of the projects in the First Malaysia Plan. This optimism is based on the interest the World Rank has been showing over
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  • 33 9 SINGAPORE. Feb. 20—A 12-day radar observers course open to nayigating officers, apprentice cadets and seamen with at least tw'o years approved rea service, begins at the Singapore Pqlytechnic from March 71.
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  • 70 9 One man art exhibition IPOH, Feb. 11 —A Johore-born artist who painted the murals on one of the walls of the reception hall of the Malaysian Embassy In Paris will hold a one-man exhibition of his works at the Perak Keng Chew Association here from tomorrow. He Is Chia Yu
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  • 87 9 OINGAPORE, Feb. 21. —Public response to the new Singapore Government loan issue of $6O million was so good that when it closed today it had been over-subscribed by $2O million. A spokesman of the Accountant General's Office said: ‘ln fact, we wanted to close
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  • 147 9 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 22.—The Liberal Aria Society here will sponsor a violin recital by Pen* ang’s painter violinist Kam Kee Yong. 28. on March 5. Kee Yong (above) represented Malaysia on World Commonwealth Day by performing three of his compositions at the Commonwealth Institute in
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  • 148 9 Kuala lumpur, Feb, 21.—The first exhibition of Egyptian paintings to be held in Malaysia opened at the British Council Centre here today. On show are 40 paintings in oil of scenes of the Middle East by Mrs. Mary Louise Keralia of Alexandria. Mrs Keraila was
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  • 345 10 ‘SUGAR QUOTA SYSTEM MEANT TO BENEFIT MORE PEOPLE’ KUALA LUMPUR Feb. 20 'J'HE Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, said today that the objection of the Chambers of Commerce to the tender system for the import of sugar was in fact
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  • 106 10 Kuala lumpuk. Feb. vi —The MCA will pledge its full support to Tun Abdul Kazak as the logical successor to Tengku Abdul Rahman, at its Central General Assembly here this weex-end. A resolution to this cfTcct is expected to be passed unanimously a'.
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  • 51 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 21—The Barlsan Sosialis is likely to continue Its boycott of Parliament, which meets again on Feb. 23. This line, the Straits Times understands, will be recommended by the party chairman, Dr. Lee Slew Choh, when the party’s central executive committee meets tomorrow to review the
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  • 31 10 SUNGEI PATANI. Feb. 21—The annual meeting of the Ibrahim School Old Boys’ Association will oe held at Ibrahim Secondary School here at 1 pm on Feb 2*
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  • 291 10 OINGAPORE, Feb. 20. —The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, last night urged the people of Singapore to try to reach a “wider common ground” with each other by mastering a second language. This he said, was one further condition the people
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  • 19 10 MACHANG.NPeb 21 Kelantan Audio-Visual Aids Committee will select 30 trained teachers to undergo course in Rota Bharu.
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  • 345 10 AUSSIE ECONOMISTS COMPLETE SURVEY KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 22. Australian economist today suggested that the Malaysian Government shouts “sit down and think more clearly” about the lines along which the country’s industrialisation could be developed. Malaysian industrialisation, said Mr. James R. Wilson, a senior lecturer
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  • 55 10 SINGAPORE, Peb. 2b—Mr. V.B Balakrishna has been elected president of the Singapore Federation of Services Unions. Other officials are: Vice-presi-dents, Mr. V. Devaknlradal and Mr. M.| K. Moldeen; secretarygeneral Mr. R. Freedharan; assistant secretaries, Mr. K. A. Krupp. Mr. J. K. Ramm and Mr. M. O Chacko;
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  • 540 11 Australia may take a bigger share’ DEFENCE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 22 THE Australian Government will probably 1 shoulder a bigger share of thp Commonwealth defence east of Suez, particularly Malaysia and Singapore, Dr. Peter J. Boyce, an eminent Australian scholar and author, said here today. Dr.
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  • 39 11 KANGAR, FYb 21—More than 200 government servants attended a farewell party given by the State Rural Development Secretary. Inche Abu Bakar bin Haji Mohamed Noor. who will be leaving for Mecca with his wife on March I-
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  • 270 11 IPOH, Feb. 20. RESOLUTION calling on the Government to conduct a nation-wide referendum to assess the views of women teachers on its offer of equal pay for them, was passed at a meeting of women teachers here yesterday. The resolution
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  • 59 11 UPI. KUCHING, Peb. 21—The Sarawak United People’s Party today criticised a reported statement by Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, that the Sarawak Chinese Association dared not participate In the last elections for fear of the Communists. The SUPP secretary-general, Mr. Stephen Yong, said It was regrettable
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  • 194 11 PENANG, Feb. 22. The Penang Labour Party in a memorandum submitted to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the working of local authorities, today criticised the composition of the commission as “subject to political criticism of bias, prejudice and subjectivity.” “It does not contain
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  • 42 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb 21—The Director of the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Syed Nasir bin Ismail, who was admitted to the General Hospital on Feb. 19, is recovering. Hospital sources said he would be discharged In a few days’ time.
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  • 271 11 CINGAPORE, Feb. 20. The Singapore Government is to establish an industrial health service for workers in view of the rapidly expanding industrialisation programme in the State. A spokesman for the Health Ministry, disclosing this today, said that though newly-established industries had to conform to
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  • 110 11 Malacca, Feb. 20— a large gathering of police officers and honorary members of the Malacca police mess today attended a farewell lunch In honour of three police officers who are going on transfer. The three officers are the Deputy Chief Police Officer, Malacca, Acting
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  • 882 12 MINISTER TELLS OF THE WARSHIP THAT VANISHED GOH: PRESENT POLICY HARMFUL by Our Parliamentary Reporters SINGAPORE. Feb. 23 gINGAPORE’S Defence Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, today urged Malaysia to revise her policy towards Singapore in matters of defence. Failure on Malaysia's part
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  • 309 12 Feb. 23. **The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has warned Mr. Stephen Yong, secretarygeneral of the Opposition Sarawak United People's Party, that he was “treading on dangerous ground” by appearing to defend the Communists in his party. Commenting on a
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  • 123 12 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 23. —An officer of the New Zealand Electricity Department. Mr. Donald Graham Henderson, will arrive here on Feb. 26 to helD conduct courses on administration for Malaysian civil servants. Mr. Henderson, who has been with the New Zealand Government for
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  • 36 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 23—The Minister of Local Government and Housing. Mr. Khaw Kai Bon. is to make a two-day visit t° Penang tomorrow to inspect k cost housing sites and open housing scheme.
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  • 745 13 IDEOLOGY OF RUPTURE AND K. LUMPUR, Feb. 22 L. South-east Asia can be built to become a strong and viable region with the help and support of all powers, particularly the Western democracies and Japan, India and Russia which are now feeling the weight of Communist
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  • 314 13 lOHORE BAHRU, Feb. J 25.—The Minister of Home Affairs, Dato (Ur.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, warned today that the Communists might resume their terror campaign in Malaysia because of “recent events” m Peking and Jakarta. He was answering quesions put to him
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  • 50 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Fob. 25—Dr. F. J. Silva, a professor of orthopaedic surgery, arrived here today to take up a five-year appointment with the faculty of medicine at the University of Malaya. Before accepting the present post Dr. Silva was in charge of the orthopaedic services in Ceylon.
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  • 23 13 KANGAR, Feb. 23—The meeting of the Perlis State Assembly, originally scheduled for Feb. 26. has been postponed to March 10.
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  • 403 13 ALOR STAR, Feb. 23 would face the same plight as the Vietnamese and Indonesians if Communist elements succeeded in finding a foothold in the country, the Sultan of Kedah warned today. Addressing State dignitaries and community leaders at the Balai Besar on
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  • 141 13 Kuala lumpur Feb 23 The Kelantan Mentri Besar, Dato Mohamed Asri bin Haji Muda, said here today that he wanted to meet Tengku Abdul Rahman in the next day or two to discuss the release of Dr. Burhanuddln bln Mohamed Nor, the PM IP
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  • 52 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 23—Mr. Albert Talalla, principal assistant secretary (Commonwealth), Ministry of External Affairs, will leave for London on Feb 25 to take up his new appointment as First Secretary in the Malaysian High Commission. Mr. Talalla was formerly a Vice-Consul in the Malaysian consular mission
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  • 46 13 KUANTAN, Feb. 22—A two-day community development exhibii tion will be held at the Town Hall here beginning on March 14. All government departments I will take part in the exhibition which will be open to the public' between 10 a.m. and 8 pm. ’da'lv
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  • 446 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 23. MALAYSIA must revise her policy towards Singapore in defence matters, Singapore's Defence Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, said in Parliament today. Addressing the House with a ministerial statement on the current Camp Temasek issue, Dr. Goh warned that the military
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  • 42 14 SINGAPORE. Feb 23—A lawyer. Mr. Punch Coomaraswamy. was today installed as Deputy Speaker of Singapore Parliament. Mr. Coomaraswamy. 40. an honours graduate of Nottingham University in England. Ls also a part-time lecturer on law at the University ot Singapore.
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  • 44 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23—Mr W. Herewith, a top official of the Maori Affairs Department. New Zealand, arrived here today on a visit to New Zealand forces sta- I tioned here. Mr Herewini has already visiied troops in Malacca and Kuching
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  • 239 14 Kuala lumpur. Feb. 23. Tengku Abdul Rahman will address the General Assembly meeting of the MCA Youth Section here tomorrow. The two-day meeting will be opened by the Finance Minister and MCA president, Mr. Tan Siew Sin Seven hundred delegates and observers will
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  • 42 14 KOTA RHARU. Feb. 23 The Kelantan State Government has awarded scholarships to ll_ Malay students wtio passed their Higher School Certificate Examination recently. Nine will join the University of M ilava. while the other two will be going overseas.
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  • 83 14 SINGAPORE. Feb. 23.«—The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, has accepted an invitation of the University of Singapore Students’ Union to talk to its members “any time in the new’ academic year.” In his reply to the union Mr. Lee said;
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  • 34 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 23—The United States Ambassador to Malaysia, Mr. James D. Bell, left here today for Baguio, Philippines, to attend the annual meeting of American ambassadors stationed in the Far East.
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  • 188 14 K. LUMPUR, Feb. 23 pHF Minister ot Finance, Mr Tan Siew Sin, and a group oi Australian journalist* and university lecturers have discussed the possibility of forming a ‘'hipping line to serve countries in South-East Asia. Australia and New Zealand. They felt this would
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  • 267 14 Kuala luivipir Feb. 23. The Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, said here today that Indonesia would be plunged into another blood bath if her former Defence Minister and Army Chief of Staff, General A. H. Nasution, identified himself with the anticommunist struggle Hr was
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  • 64 14 SINGAPORE. Feb. 23 Marjorie Lawrence, 25. a star dramatic soprano of tlv ris and the Metropolitan OP houses, will pay a two-da> to Singapore on March 21 course of her world tour. Miss Lawrence, an AniH'i' 1 now research professor of ,11 and director of
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  • 425 15 KUCHING, Feb. 23 TENGKU Abdul Rahman has decided to send teams of specialists to Sarawak immediately to improve the lot of the people in this State. The Prime Minister told a Press conference at Kuching airport before returning to Kuala Lumpur: “I propose
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  • 126 15 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 23.—The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has asked the Sarawak Government to form a Borneanisation committee and an establishment committee to improve the administration of the State. Disclosing this here on his return from Sarawak, the Tengku said: “I am not hanpy
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  • 39 15 PENANG, Feb. 23—Commemorative stamps and first-day covers will be issued by the postal authorities to mark the sesquicentenarv of the Penang Free School. Malaysia’s oldest school, which will be 150 years old on Oct 21
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  • 427 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 23. 'J’HE Norwegian industrial finance expert, Mr. E. H. Hauge, is to become the first director of the Federal Industrial Development Authority, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, disclosed today. He will be here within a “matter of
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  • 220 15 pENANG, Feb. 25. Represestatives of 16 stevedoring companies met the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, yesterday to protest against the Port Labour Board's decision to register only five employers for future stevedoring work in Penang. “Dato Wong assured us that he
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  • 66 15 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 23. —The Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall today passed a resolution supporting Tun Abdul Razak as the future successor to Tengku Abdul Rahman. The president of the Hall. Dato Y. T. Lee, said of the Tun: "He is a very fair-minded person "There
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  • 59 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25—New Zealand will continue to provide Malaysian Army officers with training facilities, the former First Secretary to the New Zealand High Commissioner here, Mr. Paul Cotton, said here today. Mr. Cotton, who winds up a two-year stay here, left to take up
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  • 92 15 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 23. An Air New Zealand DC 8 jetliner, with a seating capacity of 150, today took more than 100 local guest passengers on a U hour courtesy flight over the east and west coasts of Malaya. The guests later attended a
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  • 46 15 KOTA BHARU, F*b 23. A three-night P. Ramlee variety show will be held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here beginning on March 5. The show is in aid of the National Defence Pund and the Kelantan Girl Guides Association fund.
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  • 472 16 Tengku: They give assurance to less fortunate... no intention to deprive others of their rights KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 'CcNGKU Abdul Rahman stressed today that safeguards were provided in the Constitution to assure the less fortunate that the Government would assist them and there was no intention
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  • 137 16 KUALA LUMPUR Feb 24. Malaysians with a love for overseas service will have a chance of serving in the country’s foreign service when advertisements for, vacancies go out In April or May. The recruitment Is part °yj? r e Ministry of External Ve ln sear
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  • 305 16 K. LUMPUR, Fob. 24 riillE MCA president. Mr. X Tan Siew Sin. today called for closer integration between the MCA Youth section and the parent body to strengthen the organisation. Mr. Tan. who opened the annual meeting of the MCA
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  • 151 16 Kuai.a lcmpcr, Keb 14 —The MCA Youth leader, Mr. Lee San Choon. who is also parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Labour. was re-elected for another two years as chairman of the Youth section here today. Mr. Lee was unopposed I when his closest rival, Mr.
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  • 54 16 IPOH, Feb. 24.—The Commissioner of Civil Defence. Malaysia. Mr. Duleep Singh Kaulfay, will take the salute at the march past of 500 members, including 60 women. of the Civil Defence Corps In Teluk Anson on March 5. The band of the Civil Defence Club in Penang
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  • 132 16 Feb. 24 —The Chinese community in Malacca will entertain the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, to a dinner at the State Community Hall, here on April 16 to pledge their loyalty and full support to him as the next Prime Minister of Malaysia.
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  • 53 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 24 The four-day seminar on Democracy and Development >'• South-EUst Asia pnded here today with all-round praise and thanks to University of Mai < > authorities for their assistance organising it. It was organised by tr»e Australian Association for Cultur;*> Freedom in
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  • 45 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. 24 Th> Malaysian High Commissioner in Singapore, Dato Jamal bin Abdul Latiff, will go on a week's official visit of Sabah tomorrow., In his absence, Inche Ismail bin Ahmad, a counsellor, will be in charge of the High Commission.
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  • 55 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 24—M< P. P. Narayanan, secretary Ron eral of the National Union Plantation Workers, left h fr today for Manila to give a serif'- 1 of lectures at the Asian Labour Centre there. The lectures, he said, would deal mainly with problems factothe Asian
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  • 225 17 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 24. —The Chinese and Indian languages will ‘‘continue to enjoy a place in the country” after the implementation of the national language next year, Tengku Abdul Rahman said today. Addressing the ninth annual meeting of the MCA youth section
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  • 60 17 r KUALA LUMPUR. Peb. 24 t Ibrahim Musa, vicepresident of the Malaysian i r ides Union Congress, today flew to Kota Bharu to attend the annual delegates conference of »J^TTS; el ntan and Trengganu M rue divisions Inche Musa said he would try to organise
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  • 386 17 K. LUMPUR, Fvb. 24 I WHE chairman of the A National Language Month Central Executive Committee, Syed Nasir bin Ismail, said today that the demands for the liberal use of the Chinese and Tamil languages should be taken as normal
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  • 146 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 24. THE double taxation agreement, once reached between Singapore and Malaysia, is expected to be backdated from Jan. 1 this year. The two governments are likely to endorse this proposal at a meeting to be held early next month. Treasury and
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  • 34 17 BENTONG, Feb. 24—A five-man delegation from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here, led by Dato Chin Kong Loy, will attend the 60th anniversary celebration of the Singapore CCC on March 15.
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  • 27 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb 24 Tengku Abdul Rahman will open the new offices of the Ministry of Health at Jalan Young at 8 p m. tomorrow.
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  • 70 17 I SINGAPORE. Feb 24 The Education Minister. Mr. Ong Pang Boon, leaves for London tomorrow for an extended visit to the United Kingdom branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Mr. Ong. who Is being sent by the Singapore branch at the Invitation of the U K.
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  • 29 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb 22—Mr. I Gurdial Singh has been elected president of the Malaysian Indian Congress town branch here for the 10th successive year.
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  • 30 17 SINGAPORE Feb. 24 The Minister for Finance, Mr. Lim Kim San, will open the two-day Singapore accountants conference at 2.30 p.m. on March 5 at the Singapore Polytechnic.
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  • 33 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 24 A group of seven University of Malaya students will leave here for Britain on 1 March for a four-week studv of student activities in British universities.
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  • 128 17 K. LUMPUR, Feb. 24 Australian universities would be happy to assist the University of Malaya with short-term exchange professors and lecturers. Dr. Peter J. Boyce, Research Fellow in International Relations at the Australian National University, Canberra, said this yesterday. Dr. Boyce, who is attendthe seminar
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  • 117 17 Patriotism the most effective deterrent’ SINGAPORE, Feb. 24—The Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, last night said a strong sense of patriotism among the people of Singapore would be its most effective deterrent to enemies. Speaking at a swearing-in ceremony of the executive committee of the Ong Clansmen Association
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  • 53 17 SINGAPORE, Feb. 24 The minimum duty on soap In Singapore is 30 cents a lb. from today. An amendment to the Customs Duties Order puts the duty on soap at the existing level of 20 per cent per cwt or 30 cents a lb. whichever
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  • 277 17 ITUALA LUMPUR* Feb. 24.—The Alliance Party has agreed that Tun Abdul Razak will succeed Tengku Abdul Rahman on his retirement as Prime Minister. The Prime Minister announced this when addressing the 9th annual meeting of the youth section here this morning. The Tengku was fully
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  • 70 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 23 The first group of 15 doctors, called up for National Service training are due to report at the National Service Training Centre at Siginting Camp. Port Dickson, tomorrow. The doctors will receive three weeks of military training at the Malaysian Military Training
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2356 18 From Our Market Correspondent TIIF Slock Kxch;mgc was generally depressed last week and trading was below routine with only l,!l.")0,b2<S shares valued at deall in through the trading rooms. Two obvious factors combined to quieten the market: Soekarno’s cabinet reshuffle in Indonesia and the
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    • 74 18 urrent Date Total for Total for pavmcnt payable the vear previous year < hem bong Rub. 2 1 3% Mar 31 11 23% 16 2/3% bera» 6% Mar. 26 11% 181% Krookland* 7% t Mar 31 20% M. General 11 2 3%* Mar. 21 16 2 3% 16
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    • 29 18 Feb. t.V R( BHKK PRICE: 701 cents (up a quarter of a cent). TIN: 1K85.25 i down I nofHeUI estimated offering 245 tons (up a tons i.
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    • 51 18 THI Aaaaolatlan af l a«a mad* thes« h DS ra t eß to to merchant! on Baturd y fl 20): huetna TT 33 3/16. airmail no n M 5/ trade bills. TTar OO raady: Canada: 33: W**t' Germany ***** Nath aria nd. H7J; •tgtum 1,613 and Italy 10.
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    • 52 18 i-HK present rate of the Malayan 1 dollar against the pound sterling fixed on November 24, 1964 is nelling T.T. or O.D. 2s. 3 15/I6d. Buying T.T. 2s. 4 l/16d. Buying O.I). 2s. 4id. The dollar is at its statutory middle position in relation to its range against
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    • 370 18 ABSENCE of fresh order* from overseas together with no definite lead from! other markets set Ah atn\o< sphere of apathy Upon th» past week’s trading which vfii once Officially described lifeless but, more often as In-’ active, state H.C.B. Co. I.td In their review of
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    • 31 18 rubber tin (per lb), (per picul). Feb. 21. 70)m cts. $697.37*i 22. 70*4 els. $692.87*4 23. 70V4 cts. $685.50 24. 10% cts. $691.25 25. 10% cts. $685.25 *6. $687.00
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    • 41 18 (Managin' Rricts) First Malayan 2.02 Second Malayan 1.41 i*®’ Third Malayan 1.04 113 Malaysia Commerce .82 -OJ Mai. Sav. Fund 1.17 First Hong Kong 1.05 l-io Second Hong Kong .75 >y Sterling Commodity 4/1 4 3 Hong Kong currency)
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    • 52 18 Feb. 21. Feb. 22. Feb. 23 Feb. 24. Feb 25. Feb 28 'lndustrials: 86.74 86 31 85 41 84.52 84 01 84. U Tins: 110.96 110.33 107.93 108.04 107.49 107 4.) I rubbers: 109.56 109.56 109.56 109 48 109.56 109.0* Dec 29, 1962 100 I Dec 30
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  • 250 19 THE WAY TO IMPLEMENT N-LANGUAGE POLICY... KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 24 THE Minister of Education, Inc h e Moha med Khir Johan, today told Malaysians not to be frightened by people spreading rumours that cultures 4 and languages other than Malay would be “buried”
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  • 259 19 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 24. “Pirate" taxis ferrying school children are to be legalised— for the protection of children the Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon bin Haji Jnblr, announced i t ,iay. The “pirate” will have to pay an extra three dollars a month tax
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  • 23 19 Peb 22 —The Behor Youth Club wlu hold its annua l meeting at the village ommunlty hall on March 4
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  • 175 19 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 24. Future promotions of civil servants will be based mainly on merit and not on seniority, the Minister of Health, Inche Bahaman bin Samsudin. announced today. He was addressing the annual meeting of Chief Medical and Health Officers and heads
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  • 234 19 RAZAK TO FORCES: BE ALERT K. LUMPUR, Feb. 23 r j*UN Abdul Razak has told Army commanders and Service chiefs not to minimise vigilance against possible Indonesian attacks. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence issued the orders immediately after news was received that President Soekarno had established a
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  • 28 19 —Reuter. JESSELTON, Feb. 24 The Central Government has given $72,000 to the State Government for building roads, bridges and community centres In rural areas.—Reuter.
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  • 97 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 24. Singapore’s new Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Punch Coomaraswamy, will be free to carry on his law practice. His duties will be mainly to relieve the Speaker, Mr. A. P. Rajah, during long sittings of Parliament. New rule Under a
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  • 57 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 22 Three lawyers, Miss Loo Sin Soo, Mr. Kum Chee Mon and Inch* Khaleeque Ahmad bin S. Suleiman, were today admitted to the Malayan Bar in the High Court Miss Loo and Mr. Kum are from the University of Singapore. Inche Khaleeque Ahmad
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  • 1013 20 pENANG, Fsb. 27. Rampage, a speedy four year old trained by I. Allan Jnr., gave apprentice Chiang Geok Leng an 4 armchair ride” in the second race here today. Raee 1 CLASS 6 51 F. O. S. Tan’s (2 > TOPEA
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  • 175 20 K. LUMPUR, Feb. 25 'THE Prime Minister, Teng1 ku Abdul Rahman, today called on the rural people to utilise fully the health facilities provided by the Government. He said the Government had given the rural people priority in the medical and health fields. The prime Minister
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  • 51 20 SINGAPORE. Feb. 25 An advance party of the Singapore Trade Mission to Africa is now In Dar-es-Salaam. Tanzania, paving the way for the visit of the mission proper. The party has visited Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya. The mission is scheduled to leave Singapore on March
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  • 432 20 SINGAPORE, Feb. 25 OINGAPORE'S Prime Minister, Mr. Kuan Yew, last night called for "patience and restraint" in matters affecting the relationship between Singapore and Malaysia. “There must be cooperation, but most Important, the co-oper-ation must be on the basis of equality, equal sovereign independent
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 43 20 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $57,848 1st. No. *****9 $34,716 2nd. No. *****5 $8,679 3rd. No. *****8 $4,339 Starters ($723 each): Nos. *****1 *****1 *****9 *****5 *****8 *****6 *****5 *****0 Consolation ($433 each): Nos. *****1 *****4 *****4 *****2 *****1 *****3 *****6 *****3 *****3 *****1.
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