The Straits Budget, 16 March 1966

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  • 38 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 SERIES 700. KUALA LUMPUR, MARCH 16, 1966. Price 40 Cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling KDN 2035.
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    • 256 1 INCREASE IN CIRCULATION IN 8 YEARS! Reflecting the countries' consistent economic development the Straits Times has since 1957 soared from an average net sale of 80,683 per issue during that year to 160,249 in October 1965, and is still rising! A continuous rise in income levels (from an estimated £465
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    • 337 2  -  PRO BONO PUBLICO Kuala Lumpur T*HE Minister of LoA cal Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh, has said that it was important for Malaysia’s capital “to be on par with other leading capital cities.” He is correct when he .>ays
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    • 139 2  -  disgusted Johore Bahru ALLOW me to express my disgust at the barbaric behaviour of some of the so-called •‘Senior” teacher trainees attached to the Regional Training Centre in Johore Bahru. I am referring to their game of “freshie baiting”. The 1966 batch of R.T.
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    • 68 2  -  W.Y. LINGAM Jerantut T'HE Finance A Minister has amended the Customs Duties Exemption Order 1963 to allow the dutyfree import of golf sets and sports footwear. Golf is a game generally played by the rich. Giving the rich a tax holiday like this makes the
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    • 76 2  -  A VIEWER Ipoh T V. Malaysia seems to be the only studio which allows Its performers to appear wearing sun glasses. I am sure that performers on shows like the “Andy Williams’ Show” and all the others have to cope with lights as bright as those used by
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    • 146 2  -  T.W. ONG Singapore WOULD It not be possible tor the Singapore Government and the Malaysian Government to get together and agree to the establishment of a committee or body which Is to be strictly non-polltlcal and non-government where men of goodwill and sincerity
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    • 305 2  -  DR. S N. KAPUR Ag. Deputy Director of Medical Services c (Hospitals) Singapore. WITH reference to the letter (8 T. Feb 5) written by “Civilian”. I have investigated into the matter and the facts are as follows: A call for an. ambulance was received at
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    • 203 2  -  JAMES F. AUGUSTIN Sungei Patani VOUR report of 50 1 leeches (presumably small ones) used to save the life of a boy in Adelaide (S.T. Feb. 21) recalls to mind the time when Ma’Che Menjelara, mother of the Prime Minister, used the same means
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    • 323 2  -  HANAFIAH HUSSA* Chairm Federal Agricultu; Marketing Authori Kuala Lumpur I REFER to your leader v of March 3 under “Fair Farm Prices.” Though constituted in October, 1965, the Federal i Agricultural Marke*;:.” Authority was not in a position to commence operations until mid-Jan-uary, 1966—the
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    • 1029 3 Straits Times. March 7 —Straits Times, March 9 .cl• •ii education is one n:. n keys to a better ri-ing grin ration 1., i, 1 a. fits, For the and girls it can I j i \o the wider uptowns. Those |y, u.'t "a the land t
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    • 658 3 Straits Times. March P> Speculation in Manila on tHe imminence of a summit meeting attended by President Marcos, President Sockarno and Malaysia’s Prime Minister can hardly survive the Tengku’s flat denial that he has agreed to anything of the kind. He will not meet Sockarno until convinced
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    • 435 3 Straits Times, March 8 Yt sterday's statement h\ the Education Ministiv 1 11$ u.- a littlo more about the new orm of examination, peimitting mod anisi u niarki ic wh'i a is to lie inti od n <1 f<a I.OW 1 Certificate of Ed lie- lien cniululut* next
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    • 195 3 Straits Times, March 8 Tlie assistant DirectorGeneral of the World Health Organisation, Dr. P. M. Kaul, holds out hope that malaria will be banished from Malaya —but not quickly or cheaply. The campaign will be costly, he said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday after reviewing progress of the “pre-eradication
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    • 318 3 t «»rr« p»>n< l« nre ir. from statements by tin- Singapore fraction Company’s chairman (-a the competition of “pirate** taxis suggests the need for immediate inquiry into the public transport system in Singapore. The “pirate” threat is a large part of the problem, but not the
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    • 267 4 —Straits Times, March 9 Tlie account we publish this morning by our staff cor" respondent in Sarawak of a sharp skirmish near the Kuehing-Serian road highlights some of the difficulties under which the Police Field Force operates. There is little doubt that the infiltrators, Indonesian commandos and Chinese
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    • 634 4 —Straits Times, March 10 Speakers in the two day i defence debate at Westmins- j ter had their eyes on March 1 31 and the ballot boxes rather than bases in Aden and Singapore and patrols in the Borneo jungle. This helps account for the jubilation in
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    • 649 4 —Straits Times, March u The student demonstrations in Jakarta have been remarkably vigorous and sustained, ihough it would not seem that they pose any real immediate threat to the Soekarno regime There was a time when it might have been possible to unseat the “great leader” and
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    • 126 4 —Straits Times, March 11 Last year more than 200 eligible candidates for er.ttv into the Serdang College of Agriculture failed to find places because of a short.' of accommodation; only .‘1 were admitted. This year the intake should be four times as high, thanks to the projected completion
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    • 186 4 —Straits Times, March 12 The five-man defence delegation which left Kuala Lumpur yesterday for India con! i usher in an entirely new phase in relations bet wet n our two countries. A hint of this is contained in the announcement that Indian officers are to be seconded to
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  • 435 5 Minister calls for the setting up of regional institute to deal with mutual problems PENANG, Mar. 6. THE Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed 1 Khir Johari, today suggested the formation of “an ASA in education/' “I feel that regional co-operation in ASA (Association of South-East Asia) countries
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  • 117 5 SjINTiAPORK, Mur. <». 1 More than 5,000 new telephones, and SO new public telephone booths were installed in Singapore in 1904. Ibis was disclosed by Mr. (ioh K e Song, chairman of the Singapore Telephone Hoard in his annual report published today. The
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  • 559 5 JESSELTON, Mar. 6 MR. V. MANICKAVASAGAM, the Federal Minister of Labour, will visit Sabah on Mar. 10 to make an on-the-spot investigation into the shortage of skilled labour. Employers here are looking forward to his visit. One of the problems that
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  • 88 5 JESSELTON. Mar. 6 The Sabah Alliance Party today pledged its support for the proposal that the Deputy Premier. Tun Abdul Ra/nk. should succeed Tengku Abdul Tinman as Prime Minister of Malaysia. A party statement issued here said the notional council ol the p irty. which met
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  • 89 5 m rH KWOUTII. Mar. I. The Minister of Local Government .nil Housing, Mr. Kliaw Kai Boh, said today that the first phase of the 51.2 million low-cost housing scheme at Mak Mandin industrial estate would be completed b\ the end of next year. Ihc
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  • 60 5 SINGAPORE. Mar. 2 Prof. Geoffrey W Bartholomew, who recently arrived from Melbourne to take up his appointment as Professor of Law at the University of Singapore, has been elected dean oflgie Faculty of Law. f# succeeds Prof. J.L. Montrose, who has completed his term of
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  • 83 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar 0 -The MIC ccn'ral working committee met today and pledged full support to the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Raz.ik. as heir and successor to Tengku Abdul Rahman. 'the vice-president of the MIC, Mr. V M mickavasagam, who is also Minister of Labour,
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  • 34 5 IPOH. Mar. 6 Mr. S. W. F. Patching, a tin research adviser under the Colombo Plan who has been with the mines research division here for 16 months* has returned to Britain.
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  • 77 5 SINGAPORE Mar. 6- An Easter fete will be held at the Gloucester barracks padang, Ayer Rajah Road, on April 16 In aid of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It is being organised by the society and the Rowcroft Theatre Club.
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  • 349 6 If UAL A LUMPUR, Mar. 6. IY Tengku Abdul Rahman today denied a Manila report that he had accepted an invitation to attend a threepower Asian summit meeting with President Marcos and President Soekarno. “I have told them over and over
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  • 128 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. G.—A Johore dentist, Dr. Pang Sew Toh, ha* been awarded the Hume Industries travelling scholarship. The scholarship is for a period of two years commencing this year at an Australian university of the graduate’s choice and is valued at $5,000 a year plus
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  • 200 6 I/ITALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11. —Officers *>f the Indian Armed Forces are to be seconded to the Malaysian Armed Forces, the Secretary of Defence, Inche Abdul Kadir bin Sliamsuddin, said here today. Inche Kadir told newsmen at the International Airport before leaving wilh a five-man defence
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  • 114 6 SINGAPORE. Mar. 7. Ail eight-man Russian trade mission, led by the head of the South-East Asia Department of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Trade, Mr. V. B. Spandarian, will fly in from Moscow on Thursday evening. The mission is expected to sign a trade agreement
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  • 66 6 IPOH, Mar 6—Work on the educational win* to the YMCA building here will begin once the municipal council approves the plans. Mr. E. B. Carlos, the YMCA president here, was confident that the project would be complctcJ before the end of the year. The new
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  • 280 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 6 'J'HE Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, said last night that the Governnien\ had not the slightest intention of making Singapore a one-party republic. He said the Government knew that in a multiracial society like Singapore such a
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  • 207 6 lESSELTON, Mar. An expert from the Economic Planning Unit in Kuala Lumpur will arrive here soon to investigate Sabah’s timber crisis. Announcing this yesterday, the Minister of National Resources, Mr. Thomas Jay isuriya. said that the expert would look into all aspects of the
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  • 64 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 8 London Symphony Orchestra due to arrive here on Mar. a chartered olane from H Kong. It will give a performance the National Theatre on Mar. This will be the first British orchestra to perform Singapore. The 98 players, five staff n bers and
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  • 368 7 JESSELTON, Mar. 7. r rilE Malaysian Minister of Transport, Dato 1 Sardon bin Ilaji Jubir, said here today that 1,000 Indonesians in Sabah had declared their full support for the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Kahman. lie told newsmen before returning to Kuala Lumpur that
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  • 198 7 A LOR STAR, Mar. 7. The North Kedah l in no youth will discuss at its annual meeting on Mar. 10 a resolution urging Umno Malaya to appoint Tengku Abdul Ralnnan as supreme adviser to the Alliance and Tun Abdul Razak as Prime Minister.
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  • 149 7 SINGAPORE Mar. 7. —Tho Port of Singapore Authority and the Director ol Mt ine have announced that five new anchorages have been established in territorial waters for maritime shipping: West Jurong Anchorage —established to cater for the needs of Jurong harbour in future. Special
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  • 63 7 KUANTAN. Mar. 7 A team from the Pahang Family Planning Association will be visiting district health centres in the State for free consultations. On March 15 the team will hold sessions at Jerantut; March 1C at Kuala Lipis and Clieroh Estate; March 17 at Raub; March 18
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  • 31 7 MALACCA. Mir. 7—The Malaysian Trades Union Congress, Malacca division, will hold its delegates conference here on Mar. 13 More than 50 delegates from i affiliated unions will attend.
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  • 29 7 KUANTAN. Mar. 7—Capt. Mohamet! Ali. Comptroller of the Pahang Royal Household, has been re-elected chairman of tlv* St. John Ambulance Brigade here for the sixth successive year.
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  • 41 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar 7—Mrs Slew Yur Killinglcy of the University of Malaya will give a talk on “Malayan English’’ to the Selangor English Language Teaching Association at the British Council Hall here at 7.30 p m. on Mar. 11.
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  • 387 7 7 am going to write to your Premier Lee about this’ SINGAPORE, Mar. 7 r |MIE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board came under heavy fire today from the leader ol a 47-member Australian tourist delegation. Mr. C. M. Philippides, for its ‘‘lack ol interest*’
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  • 116 7 Kuala lumpur. Mar. 7. —The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, inche Semi bin Abdul Rahman, left here today for Bangkok to attend the eight-day Asian Conference on Child and Youth in National Planning and Development Inche Sonu said that the conference which
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  • 27 7 PENANO. Mar. 10—The National Union of Malaysian Students will hold its eighth annual conference at the Malayan Teachers College Bukit Olugor, at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow’.
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  • 177 7 —Reuter. lIRUNEI TOWN. Mar. 7. A campaign to turn the Brunei Chinese Association into a political party is expected to be dropped. During the past few weeks many of the association’s 400 members w’ho oppose the idea have brought pressure to keep it in
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  • 359 8 Dr. Lim confident research will beat synthetic TEWEKLOII, Afar. 7 r rr r future of Malaysia’s natural rubber in-d-istij is assured for many >ears to come through research for ,< lity and high yield latex, the Minis!; r of Ojnifmrcc and Fnc!?:stt >, Dr.
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  • 92 8 I/UALA LUMPUR. Mar. 7— Six senior officers of the M laysian Army have been promoted to the substantive rank of LieutenantColonel. They are acting Lieut- Cols Mohamad Gliazali bin Dato Mohamad Seth, Abdul J.mil bin Ahmad. Mokhti bin Jabar, Yusoft bin Abu Dakar, and Tengku Kalur
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  • 21 8 PENANG Mur. B—'The Chief of Nr,val Commodore A. n. T>illarcl. today /isitrd the RMVR headquarters, Si i Pinang
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  • 238 8 OINGAFORE, Mar. 7. —Seven adventurous RAF men who put everything they had money, spare time and hopes in the construction of a 50ft ketch, sailed in it this morning on an 3,000mile voyage to Britain. The ketch, christened I k v
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  • 84 8 PENANG. Mar. 7—The Tanjong Bungah Urnno division will consider at Its annual delegates conference on M irch 21 a resolution calling on the Slate Govern ment to grant a site opposite the 1 village Malay school for future expansion of the school compound. The divisional president.
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  • 54 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 7 The Canadian High Commissioner to Singapore. Mr. Bertam C. Butler, today presented his credentials t<> President Yusof at the Istano Negara this morning. Mr. Butlei is concurrently accredited to Malaysia. Thailand and Burma. He was in Singapore In ***** when he became Canada's f
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  • 26 8 KANGAR, Mar. 7 The first commercial school in Perlis has been opened here at Jalan Syed Alwi. It offers courses in typewriting and shorthand.
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  • 297 8 1/ l ALA LUMPUR, Mar. 7 —The College of Agriculture in Serdang, 12 miles from here, hopes to admit 200 students this year—four times the intake last year—in a crash programme to train more agricultural assistants. This will be made possible
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  • 60 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar The newly-reorganised 14th (Iron of the Malaysian Si' Malaysian Territorial Army Johore is looking for 100 leers. Candidates must be Mala' citizens between the ages <>: and 28. They must have p at least the Lower Certificate Education. The interview and selection be
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  • 296 9 rushed to the vicinity of Umno headquarters in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman to continue the search for the demonstrators. Armed policemen were tonight stationed outside the home of the U.S. Ambassador Mr. James D. Bell, the United States Information Service, and the Embassy offices
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  • 303 9 Kl ALA LUMPUR, Mar. 8 The United States Assistant Secretary of M ite for Far Eastern AffVirs Mr. William P Bundy, flew in here tonight for talks with Teng ku Abdul Rahman on the general situation in the region Hie talks, he
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  • 433 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 8 jyjORE than 200 men and women stoned the AIA Building in Ampang Road here today in a demonstration against the visit of Mr. William P. Bundy, U. S. Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, and American participation in the
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  • 63 9 I olnr Ll i K NsoN Mar. 7—The Lower Perak Civil Defence Corps fh- a lnner and dance over n «ir^ eek_ nd to the 8 600 members, including 60 women. thJ h n Muda of p e r ak and w_ e Cl v
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  • 28 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 7— Mr. Tnfr JL Shukla, First Secretary the Indian Hl h mmission is leaving here on India 10 n tWO months leave in
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  • 169 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 8. A RECENT United Nations resolution on national pre-disaster planning should be implemented in Malaysia, said an international expert here today. According to the visiting secretary-general of the League of Red Cross Societies, Mr. Henrik Beer, predisaster planning would eliminate the
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  • 394 10 ‘POOR RECEPTION’ COMPLAINT BY TOURISTS IS MOST UNFORTUNATE SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board today described as "most unfortunate" a complaint by the leader of a 47-member Australian tourist delegation about the "poor reception" they got in Singapore. The board claimed it met all
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  • 119 10 ITU ALA LUMPUR. Mon v The oldest delegate of a visiting Japanese youth mission, Mr. Nobuyuki Matake, 50 (above), likes Malaysia so much that he has followed youth missions to Malaysia five times. Modest Mr. Matake, who speaks little English, has
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  • 152 10 PARIT BUNTAR, Mar. B.—A PMIP Member of Parliament, Inche Abdul Samad bin Dul Ahmad, said last night his party would put Tengku Abdul Rahman under detention if it came to power. Inche Samad, who came from Kelantan to speak at a PMIP
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  • 223 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 8 Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, has stressed the importance of creating sn equal society in Singapore. He emphasised, however, that this did rot mean that because a person belonged to a minority group, he must, therefore, be a privileged person.
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  • 55 10 IPOH, Mar. 7 —The Minister of Transport, Dato Haji Sardon bin Haji Jubir. will be here on Mar. 9 to meet lorry bus and taxi operators at the Yew Meng Wooi Association. in Jalan Yang Kalsom. He will meet other transport operators in Taiping the following
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  • 40 10 SINGAPORE. Mar. 8 Pgtir. organ of the People’s Action Party, cannot circulate in Malaysia any more. The party’s application for renewal of the annual licence under the Printing Presses Ordinance, 1948, of Malaya, has been reiected.
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  • 36 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 8 The military adviser to the Indian High Commission here, Colonel T.B. Nanda, today left for India to make preparations (or the visit of the Malaysian defence mission there.
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  • 27 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11— The President of Singapore, Inche Yusof bln Ishak, today sent greetings to King Frederik of Denmark on the occasion of Denmark’s National Day.
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  • 48 10 BATU GAJAH, Mar. 8 Mr. Hoy Poo has been re-elected chairman of the MCA youth section, Batu Gajah division, with Mr. I/oh Kam Min and Mr. Foo K hu l >ion K vice-chairman Mr. Ng Chan Biong as treasurer, and Mr. Koo Soo Chal as secretary.
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  • 166 10 IPOH, Mar. 10 f J T HE Malayan Tobacco Manufacturers' Association is to send a reminder to the Ministry of Finance for an official reply to its protest against the imposition of a uniform excise duty of $1 on every lb. of locally manufactured cigarettes,
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  • 124 10 Why Govt is aiding all religions -by T engku A LOR STAR, Mar. B. Tengku Abd\i\ Ragman said here Uoday that the Central Government had, since merdeka, built 2,000 Muslim schools, mosques and prayer houses. Speaking at the opening of the new $25,000 school near Gunong Keriang, the Tengku said
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  • 65 10 ITU ALA LUMPUR, Mar. 8 Police manned roadblocks tonight at all roads leading Into town and stopped incoming cars and buses to check on their occupants. Police believe that some of the demonstrators who took part in this afternoon's storming of the AIA Building in
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  • 32 10 PENANG, Mar. 8 The R*'; Perempuan of Perlis will deci-' open the Penang Floral Ar* ciety’s annual show at the Frees’ Association. Northam He t 11.30 a.m. on March 26.
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  • 357 11 IpOH, Mar. 9 Nongraduate teachers in the Anglo-Chinese School here are giving themselves a chance for university education with a contribution of a little over $2 a month into a special loan fund. Called the A.C.S. Staff Scholarship Loan Fund, It Is also available to
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  • 37 11 RAUB, Mar. 9—The Jerantut «ural Development Committee nas earmarked $382,150 for 105 minor projects this year. this sum. $217,000 will be spent on building kampong prayer schools mos< l u es and religious
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  • 434 11 Anti-Bundy protest K. LUMPUR, Mar. 9 TENGKU Abdul Rahman will write to the United States Government expressing Malaysia’s regret over yesterday’s antiAmerican demonstration organised by the Labour Party of Malaya. “I am drafting the letter now and I shall send it to
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  • 159 11 Kuala lumpur, Mar. o. Tengku Abdul Rahman said tonight that he hoped no action would be taken against those concerned with the resolution urging Umno Malaya to appoint him as Supreme Adviser to the Alliance and Tun Abdul Razak as Prime Minister. The resolution proposed by
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  • 265 11 OENANG, Mar. 9. The Royal Malaysian Navy is being expanded rapidly, the Chief of Naval Staff, Commodore A. N. Dollard. announced here yesterday. By the time this expansion was completed the Royal Malaysian Navy would have 3G0 ollicers and 3.200 men. he told the Penang
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  • 160 11 CEREMBAN, Mar. 9. —The Alliance Government is to give top priority to agriculture in the First Malaysia Plan, the Mentri Besar of Negri Sembilan, Dato (Dr.) Mohamed Said, said today Agriculture had a vital role to play in the nation’s economy and
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  • 75 11 If U ALA LUMPUR, 9.—The Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh, will launch the $3.7 million Shaw Road housing scheme here tomorrow. Two blocks of 17-storey flats will be built there. The scheme, which comprises 65 units of tworoom flats, 128
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  • 194 11 K. LUMPUR, Mar. 9 THE Minister of Home Affairs, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said today that he was waiting for reports on Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Helmy, the detained PMIP leader. He said: “I’m waiting for a report on his physical condition and
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  • 625 12  -  By R PESTANA and ABUL FAZIL gINGAPORE, Mar. 9. Four oceangoing ships were involved in an unusual collision at the Port of Singapore Authority wharves this morning. Two of the ships, the 6,758-ton Japanese freighter Azuchisan Maru and the 6,745-ton British freighter Bombala, were heavily
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  • 200 12 KI ALA Lt'MPUR, Mar. f>.A young man, who was rescued from an underground crater in liutu Caves, today spoke of his two-day ordeal in darkness without food vt water. Quek Keng Siong, 27, a clerk in a Chinese firm at High
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  • 113 12 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 9. Tengku Abdul Rahman said today that he had neyer been “interested in meeting** President Soekarno. He added: “He has never been one of my favourite politicians nor a friend. So, he doesn’t have to worry about meeting me.
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  • 44 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. 9 Mr. R. B Corridon, director of the Cor* rupt Practices Investigation Bureau, will speak on the work ol the bureau at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Y’t» Men's Club of Singapore on Mar. 12 at Prince's Restaurant.
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  • 24 12 KUALA KUBU BAHRU. Mar. 9—A new branch of the Malaysian Chinese Association has been formed at Kalumpang New Village near here.
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  • 114 12 Kuching, Mar. 9. The guided missile destroyer HMS Devonshire of the Royal Navy will call at Sarawak and Sabah ports next week. The Devonshire is due at Kuching on Mar. 15 flying the flag of Rear Admiral C. P. Mills second in command of the
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  • 199 12 1/ U ALA LUMPUR. **Mar. 9.—A Japanese linn— the Kajima Construction Company of Tokyo has been awarded the contract to construct the first phase of the $204 million Muda River irrigation scheme in Kedah. The contract, worth $6O million, will be signed here
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  • 124 12 PARIT BUNTAR, Mar. 9. The Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives. Haji Ghazali bin Jawi. yesterday evening called on cooperative societies and farmers’ associations in the country to amalgamate into bigger organisations and streamline their movements. Haji Ohazali who was addressing representatives of these
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  • 45 12 KUALA LIPIS, Man. 9— lnche Mohamed bin Abdul LatiCf has been elected chairman of Umno Youth branch here. Others elected are Inche Abaui Manan bln Mohamed ArifT. vicechairman, Inche Hanapiah bin Abdul Wahab, secretary; Inche Abdul Majid bin Judin, treasurer.
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  • 208 13 —Reuter. DECISION TO ACCEPT DATO IIAMID ONE MOKE step forward MANILA, Mar 9. rp-IE Foreign Office here yesterday 1 took another step towards normalising diplomatic relations with Malaysia by announcing that Dato Abdul Hamid bin Jumat had been accepted as Malaysian Ambassador-designate. It was understood that
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  • 218 13 J£UALA LUMPUR, Mar. 9. Thirty-one countries 19 within the ECAFE region and 12 outside have pledged a total of $2,976.24 million to the $3,000 million Asian Development Bank. The share of the capital subscribed by Asian countries amounts to $1,920.24 million while that
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  • 116 13 VIANILA, Mar. 9—The Philippines v/ i 1 1 soon have talks with Malaysia on measures to be taken to settle this country’s claim to Sabah. President Marcos, in an informal talk with newsmen vesterdav. said he had ordered the Foreign Office to form a panel which
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  • 44 13 PENANG- Mar. 9 About 100 padi planters in Kampong Pcrmatang Rawa* North Province Wellesley, have submitted a petition to the State Government asking for relief to tide them over the failure of their crops this season due to prolonged drought.
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  • 33 13 RAUB. Mar- 9 Work on a health clinic and midwife quarters costing SI2 000 In the Klau Valley Federal land Development Authority scheme. 12 miles from here, has been completed.
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  • 96 13 JESSELTON. Mnr. 9—A Straits in cs r fnder in Sabah- who wishes anonymous, has donated i J Malacca schoolboy llusin ml! ,4 lt w,l n PPeuled to the lc lo help him complete his studies this year. <sin 17, a Fifth Form student J
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  • 33 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 9 Mr. Francis Scow. Senior State Counsel, will give a talk on ‘The Territorial Army of Singapore" at. the Rotary Club of SingaporeWest luncheon meeting tomorrow at Princes Restaurant.
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  • 59 13 1/UALA LUMPUR. Mar. 9. The Timba lan Ya ig dl-Pertuan Agong and Australian professional Peter Thomson today finished runners-up in the pro-am golf tournament. which precedes the Malayan Open. The Timbalan Agong (handicap 18) and Thomson scored 64 net, one stroke behind the winners, Hugh Boyle of
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  • 49 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 9 Mr- Chun Chce Hong h.us l)oon elected chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Society of Incorporated Secretaries. Other officials: deputy chairman, Mr. Y. S. Tharn; secretary. Inche Mohamed Shamlan bin Mohamed Yusoflf; assistant secretary. Mr. K. s Hameed; treasurer, Mr. Chin Thean Siew
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  • 50 13 PENANG- Mar. 9—The Penang Government will hold a four-day exhibition in Butterworth beginning on March 19 to depict the progress achieved by the State. The exhibition, to be held on the vacant land at Kampong Jawa, Butterworth will be open daily from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m
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  • 106 13 ONE of Britain’s top women pilots, attractive 37-vear-old Sluila Scot (above). wiU make Singapore one of her stopovers in her epic 30 a C00-mile flight round the world n» xt month the longest ever attempted bv a man or woman Jn a light
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  • 124 13 jj I SSEL TON. Mar. 10.—The »> State agent for the Social and Welfare Ser\ices Lotteries, to be introduced in Sabah soon, must be a Sabalian. 1 he State Minister of Social Welfare, Dato Mohamed Yassin bin Hail Hashim, said this todav. He
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  • 97 13 1/1 ALA LUMIM'K, Mar 8 The import of golf bans containing golf sets and spiked sports footwear have been exempted from import duty in Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak In three different Gazette notifications, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Sicw Sin, amended the
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  • 24 13 KUALA LIPIS, Mar. 9 The annual meeting of the Kuala Llpis branch of the Womeu’s Institute will be held on March 12
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  • 223 14 M OH. Mar. 10. The Minister of Tran- Dato Sardon bin i' a Jubir, said yesterd i.v that applications tia new taxi licences in Perak would now be 1 onen to all races. iking to bu lorry and t ixl
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  • 109 14 r IT AL A I.UMPI’R. V Mar. 10. —Business houses have been asked to co-operate with the Government when thev decorate their premises for the installation of the lane di-Pertuan A gone on April 11 and I*2. A statement from the office of
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  • 248 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 10.— A Russian trade mission flew in from Moscow tonight all ready for business in a big way. Moments after stepping oO the jetliner from Bangkok. Mr. V. B Bpandarlan. leader of the mission, told a news conference: "As soon as your
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  • 56 14 TANJONG MALIM. Mar 10 Inch? Abdul Aziz bin H ji Tahir has been re-appointed chairman of the Perak Public Services Commission. Other members arc: Inche Abdul Aziz b n Haji Mat Jabar. I);.*n Mohamed Ha him bin Jiuagan Abdul Shtikor. Iiau Ismail bn Sutan Mr.
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  • 300 14 KUALA LUMPUR, March 10. $20 million plan to develop Genting Sempah on the Selangor-Pahang border into a hill resort is now underway. The plan calls for the building of 10,000 holiday bungalows on the 20.000-acre site 4,500 to 5,820
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  • 52 14 MALACCA, Mar. 9 The newly-appointed Commissioner ot Police, Incite Hussein bm Haji Mohamed Sidok. yesterday visited the Malacca Contingent. He later presided at a regional conference attended by the chief oolite otllcers of Negri Sembilan Malacca and Johorc. and top C.I D. otllcers from Police Headquarters.
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  • 120 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10.— The ceremonial presentation of the Yang diPertuan A gong’s Colour to the Navy will be held here cn Mar. 12. Ihe parade, which begins at 9.25 a.m., will be held at the RMN base in Woodlands. About 1,000 officers and men
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  • 140 14 OINGAPORE. Mar. 9 v young Singapore woman doctor. Dr. Oiu> Saw xoong, has started Ro year’s term as senior resident officer i Australia’s lrreesf hospital. the K bourne Hospital. She is the second x lo receive this app ment offered bv the 1
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  • 56 14 KUAIA LUMPUR. Mar. 10 The Permanent Secretary to the Prime Minister's Department. D;.to Abdul Jamil bin Abdul Rais, will rectlve a set of rare books from the Netherlands Ambassador. Mr. L. Kruytbosch, at the National Archives here tomorrow. The books are a gift from the
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  • 57 14 KUANTAN. Mar 10—The Pahang branch of the Malaysian Hod Cross Society will hold a committee meeting at the Mahmud Secondary School in Raub on March 19. The meeting will be opened by the Mcntri Bcsar of Pahang. Da to Yahya bin Hi H Mohamed
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  • 59 14 —Reuter. VESSEL J ON, Mar. 10.—Two experts from the Japan •J Association of Tropical Medicine are due to arrive here on Mar. 15 to look for a site for a projected scheme to breed monkeys. i he Government has approved in principle the Japanese venture to breed
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  • 130 14 ‘Equal pay song—by Cuepacs Kuala lumpur, Mar. 10 —a special “equal pay song, composed by members of the Congress oi Unions of Employees in th Public and Civil Scrvic and sung to the tune of th “Solidarity Forever.” will be sung on Mar. 12 when Cuepacs holds its mammoth “equal
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  • 529 15 ITUALA LUMPUR, 10. —Tengku Abdul Rahman today described the $20-million Bank Bumiputra as “another positive expression” of the Government’s determination to assist the bumiputra to play a more effective role in the economic life of Malaysia. The Government felt, the Prim? Minister said,
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  • 218 15 ITU ALA LUMPUR, Mar. 10. 1 —The two major arms of the Maliysian Public Service—the Malayan Civil Service and the External Affairs Service —are to be merged under a new title known as the Home and Foreign Service of Malaysia. This
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  • 267 15 KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 r fHE Central Government is to set up a national family planning board, headed by the Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari. Announcing this after the weekly Cabinet meeting, Tengku Abdul Rahman said: “We have just
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  • 81 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10.— The Singapore Students—Parents’ Association will be sending a delegation to meet government officials to urge them to issue special licences to pirate taxis carrying schoolchildren to school. Mr. Chew Yhee Min. head of the association, today said: “The association is of
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  • 42 15 KLUANG, Mar. 10—Mr. Hcng Scow CJior was re-clected president of the Kiuang Chinese Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting. Other officials are: Mr. Soon Boon Kok and Mr. Nv Kim Ton, vice-presidents: and Mr- Chum Kiat Eng. secretary.
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  • 69 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 10 Taxpayers in Selangor are reminded that all inquiries, regarding assessment and collection of income tax, payroll tax. turnover tax and film-hire duty, should be made to the Comptroller of Inland Revenue, Malaya, in Suleiman Building. They should not direct their inquiries
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  • 23 15 SEGAMAT. Mar. 9.—The Segatnat district Boys Scouts’ Association will hold its annual meeting at the Segamat Club here on Mar. 11.
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  • 24 15 MUAR. Mar. 10 The High School here will stage a talentimo contest on April C in aid of its i library fund.
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  • 57 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 10 Fifteen journalists representing the local Press tod.tv had a bird's eye view of Kuala Lumpur when they were given a 20-minute demonstration flight in the French- built Nord 262. The plane ouilt bv Nord Aviation, Fiance can seat 29 passengers and is
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  • 251 15 P. BUNT A Ft, Mar. 10 AN important principie would be at stake in Mar. 12’s parliamentary by-elec-tion at Krian Laut, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, told an Alliance rally last night at Kuala Kurau, nine
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  • 77 15 PENANG, Mar. 10 Villagers staying in Glugor estate will hold a mt— meeting at the Glugor community centre on the afternoon of Mar. 13 afternoon to consider the question of taking shares in the purchase of the estate. Representatives of the management will be
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  • 983 16 Govt creates limited single Customs area for the whole of Malaysia K. LUMPUR. Mur. 10 'JMIE Central Government t o d a y announced the creation of a limited single Customs area for the whole of Malaysia. Wit*' tho exception of a dozen classes of products,
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  • 170 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10 Foreipn Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, today outlined the Government’s stand on its defence and economic relations with Malaysia. ON DEFENCE, he said that Ideological differences notwithstanding. the Singapore Government was prepared to no- operate on defence matters as long as there was a
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  • 23 16 KANGAR, Mar. 9—Perils has set up a celebrations committee to organise World Health Day in the State on May 4.
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  • 49 16 Reuter. JESSELTON, Mar. 10—The Bissnop of Coventry, the Rt. Rev. Cuthbert Bardsley. will visit Sabah on Mar 12, Bishop Roland Koh of Jesselton announced. Bishop Bardsley, who is expected to be in Sabah for nine days, will visit. Anglican churches in the State. Reuter.
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  • 305 16 1/UALA LUMPUR, 1Y Mar. 10. The use of Malaysia as a rest and recreation place for U.S. troops now fighting in Vietnam will be pursued at ambassadorial level between the United States and Malaysia. The U.S. Assistant Sectary of State for Fit Eastern AiTairs,
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  • 347 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 10 rrUN Abdul Razak today spoke of the necessity of Malaysia having a defence treaty with a powerful ally, even after the end of Indonesian confrontation, as a guard against external threats. He said Malaysia could have a defence
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  • 281 17 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 10. Tengku Abdul Rahman has “absolutely no intention” of retiring in the foreseeable future, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said today. On the other hand, the Prime Minister would continue to lead Malaysia and the Alliance Party “as
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  • 80 17 l o ~The Penang 'oc I flv J, H«^ a r il^ er of Commerce Her in f eC K ded to or Kanise a dinRizik ».hJ°?° Ur of Tun Abdul visit md° S makin 8 an official Thl P enan B next week. PisterPrt
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  • 127 17 Khir: ‘Arrest Tengku statement a boast SUNG EI PATANI, Mar. 10.—The Minister of Education and secretary general of Umno Malaya, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, today described as “boastful” the statement by a PMIP Member of Parliament, Inche Abdul Samad Gul, that the PMIP would detain Tengku Abdul Rahman if it
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  • 153 17 IZUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 10. —A Malaysian will head the Rubber Industry Replanting Board’s Fund “A” scheme when the contract of the present executive officer, Mr. G.R.A. Turnbull, expires next year. The Board is looking for a Malaysian to fill the post of Deputy
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  • 180 17 I/UALA LUMPUR. 1V Mar. 8. The importation into Malaysia of made-in-China bicycles, and certain sugar confectionery and stockings or socks has been banned by the Government. The ban was announced in a Government gazette notification by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew
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  • 95 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 8— The Malaysian Signals is looking for young men to be trained as telecommunications technicians, radio operators, draughtsmen, technical storemen, linesmen, electrician drivers, drivers and cooks. Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 22 and have passed at
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  • 46 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 10— The Yang di-Pertuan Agong today sent a congratulatory message to King Frederick IX of Denmark on the occasion of King Frederick's birthday. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has also sent a similar message to the Danish Prime Minister.
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  • 29 17 KUANTAN, Mar. 10—The Mentri Besar of Pahang. Dato Yahya blr. Haji Mohamed Seh. will make a three-day official tour of the Temcrloh district, beginning March 16.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1732 18 From Our Markcl Com^pondonl f |'IIK Stock markets generally received a heart- ening boost at the end of last week by the resounding success of the C hemical Co. of Malaysia’s olfer to the public. Stripped ot all the reservations ol shares t ;t'ide lor
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    • 88 18 /'MINE5E Produce Exchange, Singa- pore noon prices per picul yesterday: Coconut oil: ntlk >.'• 1 .-U.is, rlrurri ».*i I Copra: M .r r. I'K fr.i.tin. lr 11 j o 1. Pepper. M ','.ik $1924 sell< rs, 1 a ik i'. hit'- >190 111-r.■, npci'hil ■< I I I
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    • 85 18 'THE Association of Banks in Malay sia triad,’ thine chunk's r to on Satur, rates to jj>|i),M; United States: bavin,; TT mall nil It.’J, l<o -t. Xt U> >i' l.ill-,, xt} trad* lolls. Canada: bnyliu; I I .to*. .Hlimatl li.’ij, S'd d t. .'<•*! «*r «-«1 1 1
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    • 50 18 (Managers' Prices) First M ilayun 2 *)4 2 11 Second Malayan 1.42 1 ,2 Third Malayan l.l’O 1,17 M ilav ia Comtnei(••• ,srt 1 Mai Sos Fund 1 17 1 ”7 Fir st 11' g Kiif g 1 i hi lloni: Kin i i <• Ho*. Kr i
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    • 32 18 Mn 11 Kl lilt! K I'llh I ;,i Dts iii» "lip-right Ii .i rpiit». •IN; StiNIT.i up '1 iOi. I HDlTici.il pstim.itrd *»IT< ring MO tons i(| ovs lo lolls)
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    • 55 18 at lot.,I In, lot ,lto, >1 Cables ,MW 10 ?V M T h r l )r «*viotis > »\ti t. i M 4 -I 111 11: Ivoltin'.on oido. 4 \>v- 11 4 Meru Yin 7} .\l!,V ;n 20 M.,1 31 2S !,o t.pdony 11 K'l>oni. i'l.int 7 \t
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    • 35 18 KCBHEK TIN per lb.I. (per picul •>1 <r. 7. 70 1 _> cts. $690.OR 8. 7n 0cts, SiiS'.M 1 o. 70 cts. jibs I 10. fifT, c(s S*»4S:’.*7A I 70 cts S*iH 17 I
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    • 33 18 Pan-Malayan rubber exj* irlng the month i P( bru t amounted to 80,653 tons, acen: to preliminary limnes issta the Chief Stat istl'Ian today I'hls compared with St3,<>~J in January KMiG.
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  • 353 19 IRON CURTAIN TRAVEL BAN •GROSS MISTAKE’ PENANG, Mar. 11. THE president of the Malaysian Students’ Union Mr. Ong Chin Lee, today criticised the Government for not allowing Malaysian students to attend the International Union of Students congress in Bulgaria and to visit Israel last
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  • 94 19 If (JALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11—A motion calling on the Government to “narrow” its differences Government will be tabled at the four-day Parliament meeting beginning on March 21. Dr. Tan Chee Khoon (Labour Party-Batu) will move the motion. The motion expresses concern over the “continuous bickering” between
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  • 182 19 IT UAL A LUMPUR. Mar. 11. Senior officers of all Ministries, except Defence and Internal Security, are to meet here next week to review the 1963 Manila Agreement on the Association of South-East Asia and recommend ways of implementing the decisions. The
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  • 37 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11—A trade specialist from the International Co-operative Alliance, Mr. Water Eisenberg left for Singapore today after completing a four-day fact-finding mission here on the possibilities of promoting International co-operative trade.
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  • 19 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11—Mr. S- Vijayaratnam has been reelected president of the Kuala Lumpur Hindu Youth Organisation.
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  • 127 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11. xv —The Government and oeople of Malaysia were today congratulated by the Danish Ambassador here, Mr. Kjeld Willumsen, for the “tremendous efforts” to improve living standards of the people. Mr. Willumsen. who was making a broadcast over Radio Malaysia tonight to mark
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  • 235 19 They are likely to meet again tomorrow when Tun Razak attends the ceremony of the presentation of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s Colour to the Royal Malaysian Navy at Woodlands. Comm enting on yesterday’s statement j by Singapore’s Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam. to the Foreign Correspondents'
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  • 130 19 1/ I7ALA LUMPUR. Mar. 11— The 15 million public shares of the Chemical Company of Malaysia, a j local subsidiary of the ICI croup, have been over-subscribed by more than four times. The company this evening announced that applications for $62.6 million worth of shares
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  • 44 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11 Malaysia is to .ake part in the Asian and International Trade Pair to be held »n Bangkok from Nov. 17 to Dec. 10 this year. The decision was taken yesterday at the weekly Cabinet meeting.
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  • 754 20  -  By NORMAN SIEBEL: KUALA LUMPUR March, 12 rr\HE steady hand of A experience was written across Selangor’s 3-0 victory over Johore in the FAM Cup Final at the Mierdeka Stadium here tonight. Johore. rocked into confusion by an early injury to the
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  • 127 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11 The 0 Singapore AAA took an unprecedented step last night when they elected a woman as secretary. She is Patricia Ortega, a schoolteacher and a certified athletics coach. Patricia was elected unopposed when last year's secretary. Maurice Nicholas, declined
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  • 223 20 I P O H, Mar. l 1 Perak Amateur f.a. will rely mainly on youth to rebuild a strong state team to* the Malaya Cup This season. This was stated by h Chye Hln. who was re ted president for the t« :th successive year
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  • 126 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 6 12 ft. putt by P Newdick of New Zealm*d won him the $5,300 At prize in the Singapore O Golf Championship wJ ended today after a p off over the Bukit cour Newdick. who won the Zealand PGA. title in Jan shot a
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