The Straits Budget, 7 June 1967

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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 764. KPALA LUMPUR, JUNE 7, 1967. Price 40 Cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling KDN. 2512: 25
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    • 381 2  -  R.T.C STUDENTS Moar R Y L Singapore IT IS clear, that K. P Tan writing about the new L.C.E examination <BT May 27) had not bothered to study the system before putting pen to paper. He says that pupils must ptesern answer* "a* requited
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    • 148 2  -  ONG PAIK SIM Taiplng IAM a school master teaching L-C.E and S C /M.C.E. students 1 am really worried over the time wasted by these teenagers listening to pop and beat music 1 have Interviewed over three hundred of these students and about K? per
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    • 191 2  -  K P TAN Kuantan *RTC Students," in their letter on the objective tests (8T May 31). say: ‘Surely when one is texting historical, geographical. scientific or mathematical knowledge, language should not be allowed to play a major part in arriving at assessment" This is ominous
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    • 223 2  -  RATEPAYER Singapore FEESHIE Singapore <vO Government is going to penalise any householder If. In future, a dustbin is not provded. The Public Utility van now goe3 round twice a day emptying dustbin, BUT Isn’t this doing the job hMf-way? Why penalise the householders and waste Government
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    • 177 2  -  Y. B ONG Singapore CINGAPORE Ministers have spoken of the advantages of substituting the Cambridge Examination with tne G.C.E. examination. There Is a wide difference In these two examinations The G.CE. is conducted by the Associated hxamining Board of the General Certificate of Education, Britain,
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    • 119 2  -  E ROGERS Singapore WHERE are we heading? I refer to the increasing red tape just for the sake of a drive and a swim in a seclud ed beach or at a waterfall In Johore Car permits then spe clai passports and now exit permits What next?
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    • 221 2  -  KEMTTANT Ql’ETER Singapore MIGHT 1 ask the Re gist.ar* ol Vehicle raaauon and On Ting Licences. why appi.ca uon 1 urm> (or ihe.r respective services are not suppled at General Post Offices? Surely mis would help ease me generally chao uc suuanoii mat exists at >heir
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    • 87 2  -  SOAKED Taiplng IN Taiplng it is rainLng 1 dally now. As usual the Thomson Road area, Is flooded This condition has existed for years with the authorities doing nothing about It 1 believe however there is still a ray of hope. Authority usually wakes up
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    • 53 2  -  M I Parlt Buntar (JOVERNMENI should give free medical treatment to all school children, especially those in rural areas where sickness Is frequent and the oeopie are very poor They can hardlv pay the 50 cents asked for In the hospitals If dental treatment can oe free why
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 632 3 —Straits Times, May 30 Presumably it is still the intention of the Malaysian Government to examine, with expert assistance from outside, the problems of flood control. But the statement by the Minister of Welfare Services that a team of United Nations experts will soon begin work in
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    • 249 3 —Straits Times, May 30 Very welcome is the announcement that a law is being prepared to ban possession of the jerat, a fiendish wire trap which inflicts great suffering on the animals it ensnares and which has turned many a tiger into a man-eater. Use of the
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    • 103 3 —Btraits Times, May 29 The debarring of the Federal Land Development Auth crity from Kelantan is one of the more unfortunate consequences of the political rivalry between the P.M.I.P. and the Alliance. Elsewhere in Malaya, the F.L.D.A. has provided assisted settlement on new farms of economic size for
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    • 691 3 —Straits Times. May 31 With the Special Commission on Government salaries due to leport shortly and with a teachers salaries commission already sitting, it might have been thought that industrial tempers would simmer down, at least until the good or bad news is known. Far from this
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    • 126 3 —Straits Times. May 31 The ears (if not the eyes) of Malaysians will be on Yew Cnong Hoe when he takes to the court against Erland Kops in Jakarta this evening, two of the world's best players in a contest which could determine the outcome of the Thomas
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    • 600 3 —Straits Times, June 1 The importance of the timber industry’s export earnings finds honourable mention from time to time, and has been emphasised again with the formation of the Malaysian Timber Export Industry Board. Timber is now third to the traditional pair, rubber and tin. admittedly a
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    • 626 4 —Straits Times. June 2 The first post-election meeting of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly has been rich in omens of what the split in the Sabah Alliance may bring. The United Pasokmomugun Kadazan Organisation went into Opposition with a vengeance, its leaders resurrecting communal issues and
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    • 223 4 -Straits Times, June 2 How much would it cost to run a skeleton Customs staff at the Butterworth ferry terminal between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.? Not much, one would think, yet enough, unless the Central Government changes its mind, to prevent Penang getting a 24-hour ferry service.
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    • 647 4 —Straits Times. June 3 While the future of ASA I itself is in question, the work of the Association of SouthEast Asia continues. Its subcommittee on the liberalisation of trade has approved a draft agreement which could be described, perhaps a little imaginatively, as the start of
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    • 369 4 Straits Times, June 5 Singapore’s misfortune in losing Dato Lee Kong Chian should not obscure its good fortune in having had him. Not just as a leading businessman or an outstanding philanthropist but as the nearest thing the republic has had to an authentic folk hero. He was
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    • 180 4 Straits Times, June 5 Farmers should not join cooperative societies just to borrow money, says Haji Gha/ali Javsi, the Malaysian Ministei of Agriculture and Co-operatives. But they do. and they will continue to do so as long as loans are uncritically awarded and their repayment a matter of
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  • 310 5 INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA AGREE ON NEW TRAVEL RULES KUALA LUMPUR. May 26. A SIMPLIFIED system of border control has been agreed on by Malaysia and Indonesia at the four-day meeting of officials of the two countries held in Jakarta this week. Both delegations agreed that to effectively
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  • 34 5 MACHANO. May 2f—A com e in rubber planting and processing which started on May 7 at thr Rubber Training School in Bukit Sireh. it miles from here, will end on June 2.
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  • 171 5 KUALA LUMPUR. May 28. Heads 01 schools in future will be required to choose textbooks from the list recommended by the Textbooks Bureau set up recently by the Ministry of Education. An evaluation committee comprising officers of the Ministry will help the
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  • 56 5 KUALA LUMPUR. May 28 1 Canada will be host to a Far East electronic and telecommunications mission. wTh topics* motive' fiom Malaysia. The Philippines. Thailand New Zealand and .Mptralia. fiofn June 7 to 21. Malay-to will be represented by tin Controller of Teleeominuntea I (lens (External
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  • 30 5 PENANG. May 26 The State Government has issued Invitations to a garden party at the Residency on the occasion of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's birthday on June 7
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  • 278 5 SINGAPORE, May 23. Tral a ruj generation and "et prepared for the inevitable r h an a e s ahead. This was the message the Prime Minister. Mr Lee Kuan Yew, tried to drive home to the people when he toured the Thomson constituency
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  • 60 5 KUAI A LUMPUR Mr 2fi The Arts Council ot M ;.o i is spmsav’.ns an organ reci'al nv Vifumi Kirino ot Japan tc lie held at the MIC mditoniur. n M>v 31 In the past tlve year. Kirin* lias performed in the United States Thailand West
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  • 136 5 If 17ALA LUMPUR, May 2t> IV —Tackwan-do, the korean art of self defence, can help a woman keep her figure trim Major-Gen Choi llong Hi (above), president of the International Taekwando Federation, and former Korean ambassador to Malaya, said this todaylie
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  • 41 5 SINGAPORE May 2<» Mi Fc > Seng .Juan, president of the Singapore I- >.'d Drinks ond Allied Workers’ Union left for Dublin today to attend a congress of the International Union of Food mrl Allied Workers’ Associations.
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  • 253 5 KUALA LUMPUR. May 28. '1 HE formation of a free trade area and the liberalisation of trade in the ASA region will be discussed by Malaysia, Thailand and tlie Philippines in a series of meetings to be held in Manila beginning on May
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  • 90 5 i/ FA LA LUMPUR, May IV 28. The Sultan ot Selangor will lead a procession from the Merdeka Stadium to the National Mosque here on June ID to celebrate the birthday ol the Prophet Mohammed. A committee, headed bv the Mentti Debar, D<*;o Harun.
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  • 25 5 RAUB. May 26 A flag dav will be held here on June 3 to raise funds for the Malayan Association for the Blind
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  • 476 7 ‘SINFUL ON OUR PART IF WE DON’T GIVE AMPLE WARNING’ PENANG, May 28 'JHE Malacca Chief Minister, Inche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba, said today that the dangers facing this country should the Opposition come to power were not imaginary. “Such dangers are
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  • 243 7 I j K. LUMPUR. May 26 lINIVERSITV student* have been called upon to re-assess themselves and find out first of all whether or not they are genuinely interested in maintaining democracy in the country before plunging :nto politics. The call came
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  • 95 7 I/'UAL A LUMPUR. Mai 31 !lV —Only 13 out of 102 workers who formed the first and second batches sent to East Malaysia under t h e Malaysian Migration Fund Board were not happy with their conditions of employment. The others were reported
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  • 169 7 SINGAPORE, May 28. T’HE Rumanian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Corneliu Manescu. said today he was very impressed with the facilities offered by Singapore’s harbour to ocean-going ships. Speaking after a twohour tour of the harbour and the waterfront, he said that
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  • 256 7 CEREMBAN, May 28. Racial politics, though profitable to the majority race tor the time being, is suicidal to the country, the national chairman of the Democratic Action Party, Dr. Chen Man Hin, said here last night. He was addressing 200 party cadres from Negri
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  • 53 7 SEGAMAT, May 28—A Johore State Assemblyman. Mr. M. P. Kumaran. was elected chairman of the Segamat branch of the MIC at its annual meeting here recently. Other officials elected were: Vice-chairman, Mr. Dulip Singh: secretary. Mr. S. Sundrum; assistant secretary, Mr. S Suppiah; and treasurer.
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  • 45 7 IPOH, May 28—An open Malay shorthand contest, for a trophy donated by Miss Emily D. Smith, world champion shorthand writer organised by the Malay Short* hand Writers’ Association of Malaya will be held at the Kinta School of Commerce here on June 17
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  • 609 8 YANG DI-PERTUA NEGARA ADDRESSES ASSEMBLY JESSELTON, May 29 'J'HE Yang di-Portua Negara, Dato Pengiran Haji Ahmad Raffae, said here today when addressing the first elected Sabah Legislative Assembly that there could be no doubt now that the Sabahans
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  • 143 8 Kuala lumpur, May 29. —lndependence has brought about the flowering of art in Malaysia, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin. said today when he opened a one-man exhibition by painter Khoo Sui 1100 at Kalai Ampang. AIA Building, Jalan Ampang. Independence had
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  • 29 8 KLUANO. May 29—The Johore Branch oi the National Union of Teachers will hold its annual meeting at Dato Bentara Luar School at Batu Pahat on June 7.
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  • 273 8 SINGAPORE, May 29. The new President of India, Dr. Zakir Husain, who was in Singapore last year on a State visit, is among four people who will receive honorary degrees at the June 18 convocation of the University of Singapore. President Yusof bin
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  • 111 8 QINGAPOKE. May 23 WJ Three representativ* of one of America’s i« admg manufacturers oi earth-moving equi|inu n’ arrived here yesterday lm a weak-long familiarisi tion tour of Singapore and Malaysia. Mr. Charles B Seelip \icr president of Westing house Air Brake Co and general
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  • 49 8 KUALA LUMPUR. May 2ti The Yang di-Pertuan Agong will open the tenth National Art Exhibition at the National Art Gallery on Aug. 25. Eighty-two artists from Singapore and Malaysia have been invited to submit their works The closing date for entries U July 15.
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  • 306 9 DAP IS DISTORTING TAN’S CALL FOR PUBLICITY, SAYS MCA LEADER JOHORE BAHRU, May 29. 'J'HE chief liaison officer of the MCA, Mr. Chan Chong Wen, said today that Mr. Tan Siew Sin’s call for “Operation Good Citizen” among the Chinese in Malaysia was to inculcate a greater
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  • 64 9 KUALA LUMPUR. May 29 The secret ary-general of the 12.000-strong National Union of Commercial Workers, Mr. A U Oomrz. ha.s resigned from the post because of ill health. His resignation came into effect yesterday Mr. Goh Kheng Huat will be the acting secretarygeneral until the next
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  • 219 9 Kl AI.A LI MPLR. May 29. —The Malaysian People’s Action Front today welcomed Tun Abdul Kazak’s announcement that every assistance would be given to Malaysians who voluntered to fight for the Arab nations in the crisis with Israel In a statement today, its secretary general.
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  • 34 9 KUALA LUMPUR. May 29—The West German Ambassador to Malaysia. Tan Sri Dr. H. Boehling, has returned from a conference of all West German Ambassadors In South and E;ist Asia held in Tokyo
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  • 170 9  -  By LIM BENG TEE: Singapore, May 29 M ov ES arc afoot to set up a Russia-Singa-pore shipping line, the first joint venture between the two countries. This was disclosed today by a rubber magnate. Mr. Nr Quee Lam. who left for
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  • 78 9 SINGAPORE. May 29. Singapore's Defence Minister, Dr, Goh Keng Swee, last night called on management committees of community centres to organise more activities for women and youth. He said these activities should he supervised by people In the area, who had Ihe skills to orpunise
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  • 38 9 PENANG. May 29—About 100 students of adult classes and government officials in the Balik Pulau district launched a “gotongroyong” project during the weekend to clear a plot of land in Kampong Terang for planting of pineapples.
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  • 289 9  -  By 808 NG J£UALA LUMPUR, May 29 Senator Gan Teck Yeow, chairman of the Malaysian Rubber Exchange and the Malayan Rubber Export Registration Board, is on yet another salesboosting rubber mission to Europe, including Russia and other East European countries. First stop on
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  • 489 10 SINGAPORE, May 30 gINGAPORE and Rumania have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties at ambassadorial level to be followed by “practical measures” to improve trade and economic relations. A joint communique issued today to mark the end of a three-day visit here by the
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  • 191 10 CINGAPORE, May 30. —lndonesia’s acting President, Gen. Suharto, yesterday stepped up his crackdown on smuggling when he gave the AttorneyGeneral wide-ranging powers, according to Radio Jakarta. The radio said that the Attorney-General is now empowered to carry out preliminary Investigations of civil and military personnel
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  • 57 10 SINGAPORE. May 28. The named o; twc mw members of the Council of the University of Singapore were announced today They are Da to Teo Kul Seng Sarawak’s Minister Tor Communications and Worka, who replaces Dato Stephe* Kalong Ningkan and Date Syed Zahiruddin bin Byed Rassan. Permanent
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  • 132 10 JJUALA LUMPUR, May 29. The 35-member team from the Taiwan National Defence College was briefed on various aspects of Malaysian defence when they called at the Ministry of Defence here this morning The group, which arrived here on May 27, is currently making a goodwill
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  • 381 10 K LUMPUR. May 30 ■pHE timber industry was given a big boost today with the inauguration of the gov-ernment-sponsored Malaysian Timber Export Industry Board to promote the export trade of Malaysia's third largest foreign exchange earner. To help the board stand on its own
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  • 65 10 KUALA LUMPUR. May 29—Air India will start operating in Malaysia before the end of this year the leader ol the four-man Indian delegation. Mr J N Goya I. said here today. Mr Goyal, joint secretary of the Indian Ministry of Transport and Communications. left
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  • 335 11  - 8,000 more in teachers’ work--to-rule By PREM KUMAR: Kuala Lumpur, May 30 B.OOO Malay teachers in national schools throughout West Malaysia will join in the current work-to-rule campaign by their 18,000 colleagues from June 4, it was disclosed today. They are members of the National Union of Teachers in National
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  • 206 11 Vf ANILA. May 30. iVI The Philippines and Indonesia today announced plans for a multi-nation Foreign Ministers meeting to organise a new SouthEast Asian economic alliance. The Indonesian Foreign Minister. Adam Malik, concluding his three-day talks with Philippines officials, said the expected participants
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  • 234 11 SINGAPORE, May 30—The Rumanian Foreign Minister, Mr. Corneliu Manescu, last night said that his Government would not spare any effort to intensify trade relations with Singapore "We want to do business with you," he told members of the Chambers of
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  • 105 11 QINGAPORE. May 30—A >3 London authoi-archi-tect, Mr. Edward D. Mills, is now in Singapore on a special Unesco assignment to study the development of technical schools. He flew in on Sunday from Hong Kong for a five-day visit. Tomorrow he will give a public
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  • 25 11 KLUANO, May 30—A meeting of the Liquor Licensing Board will be held at the District Olflce here at 10 a.m on June 6
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  • 187 11 SINGAPORE, May 30—The Pertuboh&n Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (former Umno Singapura) today backed its Rochore branch, which called for an amendment to be incorporated in Article 89 of the Singapore Constitution for regulating Malay economic affairs in the Republic. The branch had proposed this
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  • 24 11 PENANG, May 30-Pakistan's High Cumnussioner Mr. MS Sheikh accompanied by his wife arrived here today on his first •fflcial visit to Penang
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  • 199 11  -  By FRANCIS ROZARIO: Singapore, May 30 'PHE staff side of the Joint Consultative Council representing five services unions will meet representatives of the British Ministry of Public Building and Works next month to discuss the future of 550 industrial employees due to
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  • 69 11 SINGAPORE. May 30—The Singapore Buddhist Federation yesterday presented a cheque of $2,000 to the Ministry of Social Affairs to be used for welfare work. The Rev. Chan Siong Khye. honorary secretary of the federation handed the cheque to Mr. Chan Chee Seng. Parliamentary Secretary to the
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  • 44 11 KA.TANG. May 30.—Inche Mohamed Amin bin Ali has been elected chairman of the ExSecurity Forces Association of Malaya. Syed Mansor bin Hajt Syed Hussin Alkokhan is deputy chairman, with Inche Yusof Bashah and Mr. Tan Chye Chew as secretary-general and treasurer, respectively.
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  • 155 11 KUALA LIIMPUK, May £9—The commander of the KMAF base, Kuala Lumpur, Group-Capt. G. Fram, was given a tumultuous send-off by base personnel this morning. He and his wife were garlanded and towed aboard a gaily decorated Jeep to the exit of the
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  • 309 12 SINGAPORE, May 30 SINGAPORE’S Finance Mi- nister, Mr. Lim Kim San, tonight accused certain sections of the business and industrial community of abusing forms of government assistance granted to them. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Singapore Manufacturers Association at the Singapore Conference Hail,
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  • 158 12 |(UALA LUMPUR, Tues. —The Court of the University of Malaya will hold Its annual meeting here on June 9 and among other things will discuss the setting up of a Faculty of Law. A member of the court. Dato R.P.S. Rajasoorla, will ask
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  • 53 12 PENANG, May 30. —Inche Motibmed Rouse bln Hajl Mohamed Amin was elected chairman of the Alumni Association (north branch) of the College of Agriculture at Its Inaugural meeting held at Batu Kawan Estate, Simpang Ampat. Mr. Tan Teo Kim was elected secretary with Mr. Cheah Joo Peng
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  • 154 12  -  From Albert Famalingam: Jesselton, May 30 'J’HE Australian Government will give Sabah $10.4 million to help complete the East-West Highway connecting Sandakan with Jesselton. This was disclosed here today by the Australian Deputy High Commisloner, Mr. W. L. Morrison, who arrived here
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  • 56 12 TANAH RATA, May 30.—Since early yesterday, 64 telephones In the Cameron Highlands have been dead as the res lit of a cable being severed by a bulldozer clearing a road site about two milps north of hpre. The Telecoms Department, helped by nii%i from Tapah, restored
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  • 85 12 Kuala lumpur, May 30. The Government's move to forbid civil service unions from making public statements was described today as being tantamount to de-registration of legitimate union activities. A statement issued by the DAP deputy secretarygeneral. Mr. Goh Hock Guan, said it amounted to
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  • 137 12 SINGAPORE. Tues.—The J Minister "i state for Education. Inche Rahim Ishak, today clarified that no decision had yet been made by the Singapore Government to replace the School CerUflcate and Higher Bchool Certificate examinations with the Oeneral Certificate of Education examination. He was
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  • 50 12 SINGAPORE. May 30 Singapore and Rumania are to have full diplomatic relations, it was an nounced today. A Joint communique Issued here at the end ol the official visit of the Rumanian Foreign Minister. Mr. Corneliu Manescu, said the two countries have agreed to exchange diplomatic missions.
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  • 317 12  -  By Cheong Yip Seng CINGAPORE. May 30. Some 8,00 copies of Mao Tse-tungs Red Rook of Quotations are being sold every month in Singapore. A Singapore businessman, who made this claim today said the (letters In this illegal traffic were making a
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  • 27 12 KUALA I.UMPUR, May 30. The Selangor branch of the Malayan Nature Society will hold its annual meeting at the British Council here on June 16.
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  • 335 13 NO LOSS OF EFFICIENCY, SAYS NIK DAUD KUALA LUMPUR, May 31. ABOUT 65 per cent of all executive posts in the private sector in West Malaysia will be Malaysianised by 1970, the retiring Secretary for Home Affairs, Dato Nik Daud bin Haji Nik
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  • 154 13 Kuala lumpur, May 31. —An understanding hai been reached between the BPCA and MalaysiaSingapore Airlines that birds and animals exported from here will travel ,n reasonably comfortable conditions This wa.s disclosed today by the chairman of the SPCA. Mr. David Hunt,
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  • 55 13 PENANG, May 31—The Royal Australian Air Force today presented a refrigerator, bought with donations from officers and men of the base to the Spastic Children's Association here. Later in the day, the association received another gift—a radiogram, presented by the branch manager of Hagomeyor Trading Co Ltd
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  • 40 13 KLUANO. May 31.—Mr. A Retnasingnm, headmaster of the Diamond School Rengam, has been elected chairman of the National Union of Teachers. Kluang branch Mr. T H. Louis was elected vicechairman and Ur. Robert Gan secretary and ttcasurcr
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  • 191 13 SINGAPORE. May 31. 'FHE Minister for Interior and Defence, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, flew to Paris today to see the 27th international air show there —and go "shopping” for Singapore’s armed forces. He will spend two days as guest of
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  • 106 13 I >1. NANG. May 31—Inc he Ku>>im Ahmad, head of the propaganda section of Partai Hakvat, said today the warning bv the Umno vice-presi-dent. Indie Abdul (ihafar Baba, that if Fmno were to fall no other party could help the Malays, provided clear evidence
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  • 54 13 IPOH May 31— Senior Assistant Commissioner Mohamed Pilus bin Yusoh. who was Chief Police Officer., Trengganu. has assumed duties as CPO, Feruk. taking over from Senior Assistant Commissioner Mohamed Shariff bin Mohamed, who has returned to Kuala Lumpur. Inche Mohamed Pilus was the deputy CPO Perak
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  • 222 13 OALA LUMPUR, May 31.—A former senior entomologist at the Institute of Medical Research here, Dr. R. H. Wharton, 44. has received an international award for research on diseasecarrying mosquitoes in Malaya. The award is the Chalmers Medal which is given every two years
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  • 131 13 Kl ALA Ll'MPl’R, May 29—This year's birthday celebrations of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on June 7 will start off in the capital at 8 a m with a Trooping the Colour ceremony at Stadium Merdeka. The ceremony will he followed by a mengadap
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  • 637 14 THE STEPS THREE PARTIES MUST TAKE... SINGAPORE, May 31 THE president of the Singapore Employers’ Federation, Mr. R. C. Hubball, tonight called for a “speedy consideration” by the Government, trade unions and employers of an incomes policy for Singa- pore. Mr. Hubball who was
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  • 170 14 Kuala lumpur, May 21. —The relatives of some of the 39 detainees now on a hunger strike at the Batu Gajah detention camp today picketed outside the gates of the Ministry of Home Affairs here. Headed by Dr. Tan Chee Khoon, Labour MP for
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  • 224 14 KUALA LUMPUR, May 31. 'J’HE West Malaysia Medic Alert Foundation, designed to help the public with hidden medical problems, was launched here today by the Minister of Health, Inche Bahaman bin Samsudin. Speaking at the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club luncheon meeting at the Le
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  • 48 14 KUALA LUMPUR. May 31 Mrs. E M. Ramanchandran has been elected president of the Selangor Indian Association at a meeting on May 28. Other officials are: Vice-presid-ents Mr. K L. Devaser and Mr V.J. Balasundram; general-secre-tary, Mr A.R Mohamed Yunus and, treasurer Mr B Mohamed Ibrahim.
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  • 122 14 -CPI JAKARTA, May 30.—The Indonesian observers team to the recent general elections in Sabah has reported to Parliament that the elections were “peaceful, orderly and smooth The official news agency Antara said today the report contained detailed specifications on the election procedures, in addition
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  • 272 14 Kuala lumpur, May 30.—The Mal-aysia-Indonesla border control system, consisting of 15 border control posts in Sarawak, three in Sabah and nine in Indonesia Kalimantan, will come into operation not later than May 26 next year. This was announced by the retiring Secretary
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  • 287 15 Tun: We support new SEAsian regional body KUALA LUMPUR, May 31. TUN Abdul Kazak said today that Malaysia was prepared to hold a Foreign Ministers’ meeting here for the formation of a new South-East Asian regional body. “We will be only too happy to do so if this is the
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  • 108 15 QINGAPOKE May 31 Fug Ah Brng. 19. w.is today fined SIOO and ordered to be given three strokes of the rotan by a magistrates court today after lie was found guilty of an oiTetii e under the Vandalism Act. Eng had been charged
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  • 88 15 SINGAPORE. May 31 A $2.5 million shopping and residential complex now being built at a site adjacent to the People’s Park la expected to be completed by the end of t his vear The first three floors of the nine-storey block will have 290
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  • 44 15 PAR IT BUNTAR, May 31—The Chief Minister of Malacca, Inche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba, will address an Alliance rally at Gunong Scmanggol, 18 miles from here, on June 7 night. The Mentrl Besar of Perak. Dato Ahmad bln Said, will also speak.
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  • 297 15 UA L A LUMPUR, May 31.—Tun (Dr.) Ismail Din Dato Abdul Rahman has accepted an offer to be chairman of Ropel Ltd, a new member company of the Guthrie Group. The company has been formed for Malaysian public investments in the Guthrie
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  • 36 15 SINGAPORE. May 31—Dr B K. Sen has been appointed a member of the Public Service Commission With effect from June 1 in place of Dr. Chee Siew Oon. whose term of office has expired.
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  • 135 15 Kuala lc mpi r May 30—The Australian technical mission rounded off its eighl-day stay here today with an unexpectedly long meeting with officials, of the Ministry of Defence. The meeting, originally scheduled to finish at noon, lasted till well past three in the afternoon
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  • 36 15 SUNGEI PATANI, May 31—Mr. A. Supramanlara has been tl i ted chairman of the Sungei Patanl bianch of the MIC. with Mr S m. Veerlah ss secretary and Mr A S. Mariam as treasuier
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  • 29 15 KUALA LUMPUR. May 31—The Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Sardon bln Haji Jubir, will sign the Malaysia-Indla air service agreement in New Dcihi on June 9
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  • 315 15 KUALA LUMPUR, May 31. 'J'HE Government-sponsored advisory committee on prices has been told that the lower-income group spent about 65 per cent of their income on food. Therefore, a slight increase in the price of essential foodstuffs would affect this group adversely,
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  • 472 16 HIS OWN DEPARTMENT TO BE ‘GUINEA PIG’ KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 'J’IIE Prime Minister’s Department is to be the “guinea pig” in a scheme to re-organise the Federal Governments administiative machinery. The scheme is to be launched by the Permanent Secretary to
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  • 89 16 1 POII, May 31. More than XOO members of the National I'nion of Day Training Collegetrained Teachers from about 300 schools in Perak began a work-to-rule campaign today. Inche Abdul Itahman bin Mohamed Som, secretary of the Kinta branch, said that he had recelved
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  • 92 16 IJLNANG, May 30-The I Penang Family Planning Association here will sell contraceptive pills to the public at a special rate from June 1. “We hope that more people in the lower income group will take this opportunity to obtain the pills,** a
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  • 180 16 PENANG, May 31. THE West Coast Inshore Fishermen's Association A today criticised the Government-sponsored study trip to South Korea and Formosa made recently by a delegation of Malaysian fishermen “Nothing concrete or fruitful has come out of this tour, which we consider a WAlte
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  • 80 16 SINGAPORE, May 31—Dr. A. N Rao has been appointed Professor of Botany at the University of Singapore. Prot Rao graduated Irom the University ot Mysore In 1949 with a BSc. Honours degree. In 1952 he obtained the degree oi Mas er ot Science. He joined the staff of
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  • 47 16 SINGAFORF. June I—The new three-year rubber and plastics technology course at the Singapore Polytechnic began this ~eek with a total of 75 students Ot these, 43 have been admitted to the first year and 32 with Higher School Certificates to the second year
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  • 272 16 IBOH, June I—Labour 1 MP for Butu, Dr. Tan Chee Klioon, met the Commissioner of Prisons, Dato Murad bln ;Ahi i and < tainees at Butu Gajah detention camp for about five hours today in an attempt to settle the hunger
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  • 57 16 SINGAPORE June 1 M A. Pnttcrnot. runner-up In tin "Jewel of Ceylon" beauty contest in Colombo, will arrive here on June 13 for a 10-day visit Her trip was awarded by U T A (French airlines) for winning the contest, highlight of an exhibition organised by
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  • 363 17 KUALA LUMPUR, June 1. 'J'HE draft plan for Sarawak’s 24 parliamentary and 48 state constituencies has been submitted by the Election Commision to the Prime Minister’s Department for approval. The Commission is also exhibiting the plan at various offices, schools and bazaars in
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  • 122 17 SINGAPORE, June I.— Dr. B K Sen. who has been appointed a member of Singapore’s Public Service Commission. was born in Negri Sembiltn After obtaining his medical degree in the University of Malaya in Singapore in 1954, he served briefly as a
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  • 45 17 PENANG, June I—The visiting Pakistan High Commissioner. Mr MS. Sheikh, and Ills wife will be the guests of honour at a tea party to be given by the Malayan Pakistani league, Penang and Province Wellesley, at the E and O Hotel tomorrow
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  • 182 17 SINGAPORE, June 1. Dr. Wong Lin Ken, Singapore’s ambassador to the United States, is to be Professor of History at the University of Singapore when he completes his tour of service. The appointment was announced by the universitv today. Dr. Wong. 36, was
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  • 63 17 MALACCA. June I—People U) Malacca have been urged to go to Pahang and participate in its thriving land schemes, especially in the Jemtka Triangle scheme. Speakinp at the opening of a “Oerakan Ma.iu" exhibition at Alor Gajai. 2l miles rrom here, the Chic* Minister,
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  • 51 17 JOHORE BAHRU. June I—The Sultan of Johore will open the fourth session of the Johore State Assembly here on June 18 Before doing so, he will Inspect a guard of honour mounted by the Johore Military Forces with the 4th Bn Royal Malay Regiment hind in
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  • 293 17 KUALA LUMPUR, June 1. MALAYSIA’S first steel mill, the $72 mil1 lion Malayawata, has started commercial production on a small Scale. This is a few weeks before schedule thanks to the smooth test operations of the mill conducted from May 20. “The test runs
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  • 105 17 Details out soon on changing new 1/1 ALA LUMPUR, June 1. Detailed arrangements providing for the interchange a b 1111 y of currency between Malaysia and Singapore have been worked out by the two Governments. They are expected to make a simultaneous announcement of the details within the next few
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  • 102 17 MALACCA. June 1 Malay slans were urged last night to make a close study of each other's cultural peculiarities so as to narrow the gap of any racial misunderstanding. Making the call at a Rotary dinner at the Rest House here, the State Secretary. Wan
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  • 32 17 KLUANG. May 27—Mr G Pasnmanlkam has been elected president of the Johore branch of the MIC with Mi R. Nadeson Chettiar as vice-president and Mr. M K. Mu!hits; my. secretary
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2192 18 From Our Market Correspondent THK Stock Exchange's behaviour Iasi week proved to be a surprise lor everybody concerned and few could have forecast the trend that developed. In fact without exaggeration it could be called quite an extraordinary week. Prices. particularly of equity shares, had
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    • 51 18 Current Date Total for Total for payment payable the rear previous vear Pan-Mai. Finance 5%t 174% S Johore Bus 12|% 12|% 10% Wearnes 5% June 26 11% K. Kampar 25% July 5 50% 120% New Serendah 20% June 30 274% 25% Duff Dev. 10% 134% 13 1/3% t
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    • 65 18 May 29 May 30 May 31 June 1 June 2 June 3 •Industrials: 106.35 106.23 106 51 107.03 107.91 108 36 •Properties: 104.11 103.53 104.35 104 68 104.84 104.84 I Mininrs: 95.10 94 50 94.50 94.25 94 00 94 00 1$ rubbers: 110 84 110.60 110 48
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    • 59 18 KUALA LUMPUR. June 4-The Sultan of Selangor and tne 1 3-g--ku Ampuan will pay their first official visit to the Police College, Kuala Kubu "ahru <n Tuesday. They will be acovnpart’td oy the acting Inspector-General cf Police Tan Sri Haji Hussain bin Haji Mohamed Sidek.
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    • 50 18 (Managin' Price*) Klrst Malayan 2.28 2.28 Second Malayan 1.63 1.73 Third Malayan 1.11 1.21 1 hr Saving Fund 1.34 1.44 The Commerce Ind. .80 .06 ad Mai. Inveat. Fund.. .06 1.03 First Hong Kong... .87 .02* Second Hong Kong .60 .64* Sterling Commodity 3/7 4/2 I’Hong Kong currency)
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    • 37 18 FAN the free exchange market In Hong Kong on Saturday the U.S. Datlar was quoted at 5.84 for T.T. and 5.84 for caah. Stirling was quoted at 15.20 and ene tael af gald at 377|.
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    • 427 18 A RATHER oulet week's trading was hampered at the start by absence of a lead until Wednesday from the London market which was closed on Monday, state 11.C.8. Co. Ltd- In their current Rubber Market survey. The prlcp range of Just over one cent was
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    • 26 18 June 2. KIHBKK PRICE: 56 tents (up one-eighth of rent). TIN: 5605.371 (down 624 cental. Estimated unofficial offering was 225 tons (up 5 tons).
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    • 100 18 '|"HE Araoeiatien ot Banka in Malay- ala mad* these changes in It* rates to merchant# yesterday (all rate* lo $100): United Staler' Ruylng TT 32 II 16, airmail Ot) 32 13 16, 90 d at. 33 3/16 credit hills. 33 9,16 trade bill# Canada: Buying TT 351, airmail
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  • 240 19 KUALA LUMPUR, June 1. girls are among the 900 volunteers who have registered with the UAR Embassy here to fight with the Arab nations against Israel. They are Che Pauziah blnte Sanl and Che Saleha blnte Osman, both students of the Muslim College.
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  • 104 19 IT DAL A LUMPUR, June l.LThe Minister of Commerce and Industry. Dr. Lim Swee Ann. today paid tribute to Malaysian artists for their sacrifices and dedication in making Malaysian art Internationally recognised. Speaking at the opening of Samat Art Gallery's new premises at the AIA
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  • 47 19 KUALA LUMPUR. June 1 The MCA will launch -Operation Good Citiaen” aimed at inculcating national pride and civic consciousness among members on June 18. A national committee consisting of MCA members and rep:esentatives of Chinese guilds wIP he formed to run the operation
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  • 102 19 Kuala lumpur, junei —More than 200 University of Malaya students will take part In a gotong royong project on June 4 to build a playground for aborigine children at Kuala Kubu B^hru. During a v'sit to the settlement last week, the Minister of Lands and
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  • 184 19 SINGAPORE, June. 1 Incne Abu Bakar bin Pawanchee, Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has retired from the public service. Inche Abu Bakar, who was Singapore’s first delegate to the United Nations in 1965. opted to retire after reaching 00. Today he
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  • 196 19 JESSELTON, June L THE 12 Upko Opposition memoers who walked 1 out of the State Legislative Assembly meeting yesterday returned to the House today. The •i.eetlng today last'd only .or me hour during which it passed a $2 1 million first supplementary
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  • 32 19 PEN ANO. June 11-A Bt*te executive councilor. Mr. Kee Yong Chin, handed six sows to farmers in five villages In Province Wellesley under the First Malaysia Plan’s "pawah” system.
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  • 170 19 KUALA LUMPUR, June 1. THE balance of trade between Malaysia and l New Zealand swung in New Zealand’s favour for the first time last year. The oalanc'- In New Zealand's favour was $4 5 m'lllon In 1965 Malaysia enjoved t. favourable ba lance of $10.9
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  • 46 19 SINGAPORE. May 31-Brig.Gen. Sunarso, member of the Indonesian Supreme Command < Koti). flew into Singapore this evening for talks with Singapore leaders on expediting the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The genera] to mthe Press on his arrival at the airport
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  • 63 19 SINOAPORE. June I—Justice Thorns? C Clark 68 of ihf 0 8 Supreme Court is due to arrive here on June 25 on a four-da v visit During his stay he will give lecture, attend a seminar at ’h* University of Singapore la< Society and also
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  • 149 19 If U A L A LUMPUR. June 1. Garuda Indonesian Airways’ new manager for West Malaysia, Mr Muchtaram, said here today that one of his tasks would be to promote travel to Indonesia on package tours. This follows the Jakarta Government's decision to allow
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  • 45 19 JOHORE BAHRU, June I—The secretary ot the Johore Bahru Tourist Association Mr N.N Ratnam, will leav. here on Saturday f~- rh-ee week visit to four As'an cities to study tourist promotion The cities are Bangkok Hong Kong, Talpeh and Tokyo
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  • 42 19 KUALA LUMPUR. June 1— The acting Pr'me Minister lun Abdul Razak. will open a seminar on national development at the MARA auditorium here on June 22 The nine-day sem'nar will oe attended by representatives from 13 Afro-Asian countr'es
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  • 46 19 SINGAPORE. June I—President Yusof bln Ishak will open the 18th local artists exhiblt'un at the Victoria Memnral Hal* at 530 p m on June 9 The exhlbl’lon ts being organised by the Singapore Art >f which the Preaident ts chief natron
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  • 267 20 SINQAPQRX, June I. The Jumabnoy Cup ana tne Turf Club Plate competitions will be decided tomorrow, the concluding day of the Malayan Polo Association ihree-dey tournament The MPA today announced their team tor the special match against the Manila Polo Club on June at 4.45.
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  • 136 20 ITUALA LUMPUR, June 3 JV —Satyananda School swept the board In the Selangor Combined Schools Sports Council (secondary t cross-country run held here today. They took the first three places In the individual section and capped It by beating 36 other teams for the team championship title
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  • 416 20 BANGKOK. June 3. Thai sports bodies have been advised to pi apart; their teams for the Seap Games to be held here from Dec. 9 to 16, the vice-pre-sident of the Thai Olympic Committee reported yesterday. The Cabinet is expected to approve plans to hold
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  • 196 20  -  By NORMAN SIEBEL: Jakarta. Juna 3 J'HE Malaysian Thomas Cup story, which has come through a period of dark pessimism into glades of hope, looks certain to enter a further phase of fine achievement in the zone final on Monday and Tuesday. Looking back
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  • 222 20 SINGAPORE, June 3. LEICESTER City asserieu tueir auperority over the Aslan Ali-Stars tor the third and last time in tnis year’s Pestabola series when they beat them 3-U at Jalan Besar Stadium tonight. One consolation lor the Singaporeans who packed ihe stadium was
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  • 68 20 1/ANGSAR, June 3. “'Perils scored another shock win in the North zone Malaysia Cup soccer match here today when they beat Kedah 1-0. The winning goal wa.scored by Inside right Os man B&kar In the second half. Perils goalkeeper All Os man brought off
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  • 358 20 IfUALA LUMPUR, June 3. A captain's innings or 41 oy s. iviarimuthu enaoied Selangor the del ending cnauipions, to lead Singapore by 75 runs on first Innings lu the final of the Malaysian Cricket Association’s un-der-23 knockout competition on the KL padang today
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