The Straits Budget, 18 October 1967

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  • 37 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O. UK, AS A NEWSPAPER SERIES 783. KUALA LUMFUR, OCTOBER 18, 1967. Price 40 Cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling KDN 2582
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    • 265 1 INCREASE M CRCUUIION 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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    • 225 2  -  QUALIFIED West Malaysia I AM a qualified teacher trained to teach agricultural science. Now it is my third year teaching, yet I have not been asked to teach agricultural science in all these three frustrating years. The answer is simple. The school 1 have
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    • 229 2  -  WONG SWEE LAN Singapore I READ with Interest the Director of the National Library. Mrs. Hedwlg Anuar’s reply (ST. Oct 10) to the letter by K. C 8. on rowdy teenagers In the National Library. The impression given by Mrs Anuar is that the rowdiness
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    • 106 2  -  STUDENT Penang ILOST my I.C. In March this year. I applied for a new one in the same month and paid for It. Since then I have visited the Registration Office thrice. On my last visit. I was told to come In December. Assuming that I do
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    • 131 2  -  EDUCATED FARMER Cameron Highlands IWENT over to the local Land Office to renew my TOL licences for the year 1967 recently. I presented my 1966 licence to the clerk. Patiently he rewrote the whole set oi licences Into a fresh licence book and carefully
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    • 116 2  -  A.CJF Singapore A WAYANG came to Toa P a y o h recently, flrmlv settled itself in a car park surrounded by six blocks of 10-storey flats, and then from about 7 p.m., clanged till 12 midnight, the culmination, a deafening burst of fire crackers. The following day
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    • 103 2  -  ENQUIRER Ipoh f'OULD the Ministry of v Works, Posts and Telecommunications say when the telephone and telegraph charges between East and Wes' Malaysia will be revised to bring them Into line with internal charges In West Malaysia. The rates at present charged between
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    • 102 2  -  MRS HEDWIG ANUAR. Director National Library Singapore WITH reference to the TT letter by K.C.B. (B.T. Sept. 9) on rowuy teenagers In the National Library, staff have requested such persons to leave the Llbiary when their behaviour is found to cause annoyance to other readers. The
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    • 145 2  -  W. RICHARDS Singapore W. MANSOR Talplng tTLAT dwellers con stantly face with a dilemma when a festive occasion draws nigh. Each festival Is ushered with a “Big Bang.” To nat dwellers it is nerve-racking when those living on the upper doors let-off crackers at random
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    • 278 2  -  “M" Singapore I HAVE followed closely the qua*rels between the Singapore Medical Assoc.ation ana the Singapore Pharmaceutical Society, and 1 feel that there has been too much mud-slinging As a layman 1 know what I w.ll do when 1 am ill. I will go to a
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    • 712 3 —Straits Turns, October 9 Delegates to thr Afro-Asian Housing Congress meeting in Singapore this week are likely to feel frequently that they, are clutching at clouds. For all the experience and thought that will go into thi ir discussions, for all the demonstrable need for millions of
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    • 654 3 —Straits Times, October 10 Th<. emergency in Sarawak is far from over. With the fall of Soekarno, the end of confrontation and the advent of a friendly new regime in Indonesia, the situation has of course, changed enormously foi the better. There i** new tic possibility at
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    • 184 3 —Straits Times. October 10 The five-day visit to Malaysia of the Ceylonese Prime Minister, Mr. Dudley Stnanayake, has helped to strengthen the good relations between the two countries. An announcement of Ceylonese participation in the Association of South-East Asian Nations would have copped the visit. But Mr. Senanayake
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    • 570 3 Straits Times. October 11 The crisis in relations between Indonesia and China has entered a strange new phase. The Indonesian Foreign Minister, Mr. Adam Malik himself has described the situation his Government intends to create as ‘‘almost unpreccdi nted in diplomatic history.” Indonesia apparently will recall all
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    • 242 3 —Straits Times October 11 The controversy between tlie Ministries of Health and Education and the medical profession ovei sick leave and health certificates has become curiously involved. Th<* principles that ought to be follower! are surely quite simple. The Government like any* other employer—has the right to direct
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    • 626 4 —Straits Times. October 12 What exactly the Malaysian Finance Minister, Tun Tan Siew Sin, has achieved in Washington, there is no way yet ot telling. The proposals for improving and stabilising natural rubbet prices, which he put to officials of the American Government, have still to be
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    • 238 4 —Straits Times. October 12 The burning of trawlers at Tanjong Dawai and Sungei Patam, on the Kedah coast, and other acts of protest by inshore fishermen, point up once again the difficulties of modernising the fishing industry. The latest troubles are especially sad because the target of the
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    • 393 4 —Straits Times, October 13 It is difficult to fault a suggestion at the Afro-Asian Housing Congress in Singapore that members of Singapore's Central Provident Fund should be able to use their deposits to buy houses. Tin* cause of providence would be well served, especially as property values tend
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    • 181 4 —Straits Times October 13 The control of chugs which should bo obtainable only through a doctor’s prescription is a dilficult business. The health inspectors upon whom the ta.*k obviously devolves have many other duties as well while the police and customs officers who may be more readily assigned
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    • 335 4 —Straits Times, October 14 There was much in Operation Bersama, M.iL>ysia'.'> biggest military exercise, to make news. It w;ts the fir.t time the annv, the mvy hu 1 the air force had been brought into a single operation. It involved more than 8.000 men about a quarter of
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    • 233 4 -Straits Times, October 14 Malaysia’s agricultural marketing system will come under its closest scrutiny y* t at ihe KAMA seminar next month. Six days have* be* n set aside* for it and a remarkable list of participants proposed which embraces virtually every organisation with a put t to
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  • 51 4 KUALA LUMPUK Oct 13.—Ihe Yang di-Pcrtuan Agong lias sent a congratulatory message to tin President of the Malagasy Republic on the occu.sion of the anniversary of the Abolition of Colonialism. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman also sent a similar 1 message to his counterpart in the
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  • 820 5  -  JUG AH SPEAKS OUT ‘IN INTERESTS OF IBANS’ ON A RIFT IN THE ALLIANCE From- Geoffrey Geldard and Prem Kumar Kuching, Oct. 8 rgHIE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, has been doing his utmost on his visit here to patch up a split in the
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  • 46 5 TOKYO, Oct, C. Tan Sri Zaiton Ibrahim bin Ahmad, newly accredited Malaysian Am1/Hssnrior to Japan, flew in here lust night to assume his now post. The new envoy, who until re cently served as High Commissioner to India, Tengku Indra Petra —Reuter.
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  • 268 5 IPOH, Oct. 8.-The Pe--1 ruk Medical Practitioners Society is indignant at the “arbinary generalisation made oy the Minister oi Health, Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, on "good and bad doctors." The society feels that the Minister wu* probably not av. ate ot the implications
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  • 308 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 8. THE success ot Malaysia’s industrialisation programme will largely be determined by the standards worked out for her products, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aim. said today. Addressing the inaugural meeting of the Standards Council of
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  • 87 5 MALACCA. Oct 8 The Winter Hi lt>i Inchi Baham m bin Samsudn.. yesterday took the salute at the annual parade ot the i? John Ambulance Brigade on Bandai Hilii padani*. Sc vet h.ndred and twenty metnbet representing 24 units throughou. the State took part in
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  • 303 6 TO HELP THE BUMIPUTERA IN BUSINESS KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 8. A $20 MILLION co-operative finance and national industrial comA pany will be launched here tomorrow to help the bumiputera in business. The Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Haji Ghazali, will launch the company
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  • 310 6 SINGAPORE. Oct 8. president of the University of Singapore Students Union, Mr. Ong Boon Leong, today called for a “commission of eminent people” to study what is wrong with the university. He also suggested that all future planning and development of
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  • 51 6 SINGAPORE. Oct—The Vigilante Corps, which was formed during Indonesian confrontation, is fast becoming a rugged and robust organisation. This observation was made by the Minister of State for Education. Inche Rahim Lshak, this morning whpn he spoke at the Corps’ annual cross country run at the Mcßitchle
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  • 53 6 A LOR STAR Oct B— A UDB Town Councillor Mr. Geh Tcng Khcng toda.; urged the State Govcrmtien’ u, set up a commission to inquire into the financial affairs ol Alor Star Town Council. “Such step wil) prevent unreasonab'e and unauthorised spending’ 1 i said in
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  • 187 6 SINGAPORE. Frl. Preliminary discussions on British economic aid to Sinuapore to offset the effects of the military withdrawal begin here next week. THF. BRITISH team, led by Sir Alan Dudley. Deputy Secretary to the Ministry of Overseas Development, will be here for four days
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  • 85 6 SINGAPORE. Oct. 6—Mr. Francis J. Galbraith, the U.S. Ambassador here, leaves on Oct. 15 by air for Washington. He will accompany the Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and his party during Mr Lee's first official tour of the United States. Mr Lee
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  • 650 7 Ceylon in Asean Not yet, says Dudley A GOODBYE ADVICE TO COUNTRY’S CEYLONESE: BE 100 P.C. MALAYSIAN KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 8. PEYLON has no immediate plans to join the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations, the visiting Ceylonese Prime Minister, Mr. Dudley Senanayake. said today. At a Press conference on the
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  • 207 7 MJMPt’R. Oct. K Imported TV picture tubes and television sets are not likely to bo more expensive with the Government's decision to increase the import duty on the tubes from 2.» to 30 per cent. The managing director of a leading TV import
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  • 139 7 I/UALA LUMPUR. Oct fi Tengku Abdul Rahman will distribute gift parcels to children at tlie General Hospital here tomorrow as part of the programme to celebrate Universal Children’s Day. Later in the afternoon, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong will open a giant rally at
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  • 364 7 PENANG, Oct. (j. 'J’HE Prime Minister of Ceylon, Mr. Dudley Senanayake, left Penang today convinced that present research in Malaysia* Ceylon and other rice growing areas would help them meet the “tremendous problem*’ facing riceeating countries. “The results of this research show
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  • 145 7 lESSELTON, Oct 9. —Duto Donald Stephens said here last niftht: “Upko washes whitest of all.” He was replying to criticisms that Upko the United Pasokmomugum Kadazan Organisation—oi which he is president, was •<»o fond of washing dirty linen in public. The criticism
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  • 51 7 .lESSELTON Oct. 6.—Mi Lew M Demin, the Pravda correspondent based in Jakarta, armed here todav for a four-day Mr Demin, who speaks thr Indonesian language fluently, was briefed on the State's development in the operations room here by tlie Sabah Development Officer. Inctie Reztian bin H.«ji
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  • 837 8  -  A ‘HELP THE POLICE APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE From GEOFFREY GELDARD KUCHING, Oct. 6. TUN Abdul Razak flew here today on a three-day visit and warned that the Central Government would not allow people to make use of democracy merely to destroy it as
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  • 251 8 K. LUMPUR, Oct. 8 THE Deputy Prime k Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. will lay the foundation stone of the $75 million Mara Institute ot Technology at Batu Tiga on Saturday. I'otal student enrolment at the OOtSet would be 4.000 with p:ef»rence
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  • 84 8 SINGAPORE. Oct B—The President of India's Oold Medal will be the lop award among 400 prizes offered in the 1067 Shankar's International children's competition for contribution-, in painting, drawing and writing The compet.tiin is open to childi n cf ail countries ,x>rn on oi ittei
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  • 48 8 MITAR. Oct 8—The 7.000-ton Greek tanker. 8. 8. Endrcmida. atranded nit Kesang River seven miles from here, on Tuesday evening was freed today bv a tug-boat from Singapore. The 25-men crew, under Captain Evanelos Boniros. remained on board the ship while repairs were carried out
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  • 378 9  -  By GEOFFREY GELDARD: Kuching Oct 9 MALAYSIA will fight if there is any attempt by the Tentera Nasional Kalimantan Utara rebel group—now aided by renegade Indonesian generals to push through Sarawak’s Fifth Division to grab power in Erunei. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, told a
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  • 246 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct 6. q'HE Malaysian Medical Association today des- cribed as unethical and totally unacceptable the decision by the Minister of Health, inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin. to draw up a list of private doctors in Perak whose medical certificates would be accepted
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  • 31 9 MACHAKG Oct 9-The district fore.- 1 ollkcr ncrc Inche Ithnin bn Axlul Hamid, will stortly leave for a two-vear course in foit.stty ~t the Forestry Collett in Co.nibatore India
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  • 169 9 L’UALA LUMPUR. Oct. B.—A 30-mem-ber New Zealand trade mission will arrive in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur this mo..Mi to begin a month-long tour of six Sou In-east Asian countries. Organised by the New Zealand Manufacturers Federation, it la the third mission to this
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  • 140 9 £INGAPORK. Oct 8 The l ar Fast Air Force hand will make its first ever visit to Japan on Oct. It) to give 12 conband will be Flight Ft. from Sibu on the night of Oct. 7. he said: Concerts will
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  • 73 9 SINGAPORE Oct 8 The Customs and E\c;.-t Department collecte $139 j million in re\enue for he fitst nine months ot this yea*. This s nearly $3.5 million more thi.i the total collected (or the same pencil but year Main revenue earners were petroleum (s3l*7
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  • 40 9 Kl) AI A 1 UMPIJR Oct 8 -The Minister of Transport. Tan Su Snrdon. will open the Jap m Air Miles regional office at the AIA building in Jalun Ampai.c lime on Thursday at 5.3 ft pnv
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  • 233 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 9. r jMIE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. said today that all sorts of propaganda was being spread around but it was nonsense to suggest that the Government was communal where development benefits were concerned. Referring to the outspoken speech
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  • 50 9 KUALA LUMPUR Of 9--Thr acting ot DAP. Mr Gob H< k On.in. and the party': editor Mr. Lim Kit Si.ing, left foi Zurich today to attend the SoctalW International Conference At Zurich they will establish relation witn socialist leaders from Alro-As a and European countrio
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  • 50 9 KUALA LUMPUR Oct. 9-A 13-membet Malaysian delegation will leave here tomorrow to attend the International Rubber Study Group conference in Sao Paulo. Brazil. It will be led by Inche Jamil bin Mohamed Jan. Conti oiler of Export Commodities Division of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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  • 26 9 SINGAPI HE [lira Dl Fidflts Chit ot the General Hospital has been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Coltree of Surgeons of Edinburgh
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  • 265 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 9. Sarawak State Government plans to hold rallies for its supporters to show their loyalty said the Chief Minister, Penghulu Dato Tawi Sli, who arrived here today to attend the three-day Rulers' conference which begins on Wednesday. “At a political detainee's
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  • 42 10 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Oct. B—The chief secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Abdul Jamil bin Rais, will open the 23rd administrative and management course for senior government officers at the Government Ol fleers Training Centre at Petaling Jaya on Oct if.
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  • 32 10 KUALA LUMPUR Oct. 10 The Indian High Commissioner here Mr Mohamed Attaur Rahman. leaves for home tomorrow on two-months’ vacation He will be accompanied by his wife and children
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  • 93 10 |(UALA LUMPUR. 1V Oct. 10. Four army officers leave tomorrow to attend training courses in Britain and Australia. Maj. Mohamed b'n Yusof and Maj. Mohamed DahaJan bin Sulaiman will undergo an arms tactics cour.se for a month at the Infantry School in Warminster. Wilts.
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  • 37 10 SINGAPORE Oct 9 Tne acting Prime Minister Dr Toh Chin Chye, will open the fourth general assembly of the Asian Broadcasting Union at the Singapore Conference Hall at 10 a m on Oct. 23.
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  • 365 10 ATTACK SHOCKS RAHMAN YA'AKUB LUMPUR, Oct. 10.—The Minister of Lands and Mines, Dato Abdul Rahman Ya'akub. invited the Federal Minister for Sarawak Affairs. Tan Sri Temenggong Jugah, here today to convene a meeting of all Sarawak Alliance Party leaders to thrash out any misunderstanding
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  • 173 10 K LUMPUR, Oct 10 THE Government to--1 day officially confirmed the appointment of Tan Sri Abdul Jamil bin Rais, the Chief Secretary, as the new High Commissioner to Britain. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcing this said that he would
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  • 132 10 KUALA LUMPUR Oct. 8 THE English Language Centre co-ordinating A committee of SEAMES (South-east Asian Ministries of Education Secretariat) is to hold a four-day meeting here beginning on Oct. 10. The meeting, to be held at the Faculty of Education of the University ol Malaya,
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  • 489 11  -  •PARTY PESAKA, SNAP TO UNITE’ From GEOFFREY GELDARD Oct. io. A complete new political alliance on multi-ra-cial basis is beiiifc worked out in Sarawak. according to sources close to the major parties in the state. Tan Sri Teinenggong Jugah is remaining in Kapit on official
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  • 127 11 I.UMPIR Oil. 9. The Brunei Governmi'nt has approached the Flection* Commission in Malaysia for help in con(luetine an election. The -ecretarv of the Elections Commission. Inche Abdul Kadir Talih. '•aid he had received a letter from the Brunei Elections Commission requuesting permission for a team to
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  • 64 11 SINGAPORE Ot t 10 -A 10nun delrcatlot ol industrialists and bu.sine.ssnun from Pakistan "ill visit Stngauure mri Malaysia this month The delegation led oy Mr Ahmad H A Dacia, vice-president of Pa k 1st a Chambers of Commerce an*' Industry will be In Singapore from Oct
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  • 176 11 UALA LUMPUR. Oct. 9. —Senior Assistant Commissioner Mohamed A riff bin Darus (above) has been appointed Selangor's new Chief Police Officer, in place of Inche Mohamed Natt bin Haji Mohamed Yusoff, who has gone to Sabah as Commissioner of Police there. Inche Arlff was
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  • 105 11 I/I’AI.A 1.1 MIM 11. Oct HI —The threat posed liv Communist rhino is •ill the more reason for regional co-opera Con the Formosan Consul here Mr. C. .1. Chang said today. in a message to mark the anniversary ol' N’a- tionalist China, lie said the exchange
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  • 232 11  -  By GEOFFREY GELDARD: Kuching, Oct. 9 T HE former Alliance Chief Minister, Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan, today gave his full support to the speech by the Alliance chairman, Tan Sri Temenggong Jugah. against Party Bumiputra Ministers at a reception for the Deputy Prime Minister on
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  • 91 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 10 Two Malaysia-Singapore Airlines cadet pilots left Io: Perth. Scotland, where they will join Airwork Services training school tor one year l.oong Foo Leo. 18. of Kuala Lumpur, ami Chan Weng Kong 19 of Pahang want to quality for their commercial
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  • 60 11 SINGAPORE Or- 1C -Forty motor-cycle dealer* hive left for o »\vo-week pma holiday in Japan a* guests of thp Suzuki Mntoi Co The dealers including two winners of the “Safety on Suzuki' contest will visit the factor* in Hamamatsu and watch the Japanese Grand
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  • 445 12  -  MISSION OFF TO THE SAO PAULO CONFERENCE By MAGDALENE LUM LUMPUR, Oct. 10. —Malaysia is to boost the sale of natural rubber in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico in view of the promising market there, the Controller of Export Commodities. Inche Jamil bin Mohamed Jan,
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  • 122 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Ort 10. A GIRL who comes from hillbilly country but is ‘‘definitely not a hillbilly’* is Martha Brown from Gallipolis. Ohio. “Hillbillies are really quiet people who are lsolat ed from the rest of the world." Martha explained. “Comic strips like Li 1 Abner
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  • 51 12 BRUNEI TOWN. Oct. 10. Tne British High Commissioner here Mr F. D Webber, left tixlay for his new Dost in Australia. He will be succeeded ternpnrarily by Mr Rex Hunt who was formerly in Jesselton His .successor Mr. Arthur Robin Adair, is expected tc arrive here in
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  • 48 12 SINGAPORE Oct. 10 The Minister for Finance. Dr. Ooh Kong Swee. w.'l open tire new $500,000 fact ry of Power Foam <S> I.td in Jurong on Dec 22 This plotter industry, with a registered caudal of $i million, is owned by local industrialists
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  • 198 12 I/UALA LUMPUR Oct. 10. Abdul Rahman will lead a team of Alliance Party leaders for the first convention of the national party in Kuching, starting on Oct. 26. Announcing this here today, the party’s executive secretary. Mr. Robert Goh. said 40 of its
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  • 270 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 10. THE English language helps the smaller countries of South-East Asia to speak with one voice, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education, Dato Syed Zahiruddin bin Syed Hassan. said today. He believed the whole spirit of regional co-operation was based
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  • 516 13  -  Johnson-Siew Sin talks on falling rubber prices hailed By I 808 NG: Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 11 PRESIDENT Johnson’s talks with Tun Tan Siew Sin in Washington yesterday clearly show American readiness to cooperate in efforts to stabilise the rubber price, Tun Abdul Razak said today. The Deputy Prime
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  • 90 13 KIWI.A LUMPUR. Oct 11 I'll nr Incli.hi Meml>ei.s Parliament loft for homo today after a visP From what wo havo .«o«n of thi.- country, wo boliovo that M.iI l.iy.sia is well ,n tho way to pro- ppritv." said Mr AD. Va.lip.tjoo. il« idec ol
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  • 300 13 Kt ALA LUMPUR. Oct. 11. —Tengku Abdul Rahman today reiterated that it was the Government's policy not to d is c r i m i n a t e against any race in its implementation of development projects As part ol this policy,
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  • 530 13  -  From GEOFFREY GELDARD IfUCHING, Oct. 11. —The Minister for Sarawak Affairs, Tan Sri Temenggong Jugah, w’ill return here from his home district of Kapit on Oct. 25 for the Malaysian Alliance Party's first convention to be held the follow- ing day. He told me
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  • 386 14 160 SACK NOTICES PUT OFF AGAIN KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 11.. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY British War Department employees due for the jobs axe on Oct. 13 have been given yet another two weeks’ grace their third reprieve. The general-secretary of the War Department Civilian
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  • 47 14 IPOH Oct. 11 The tin mining industry .s latest figures .show that 5.975 tons of tin «aproduced in August compared with 6.200 tons the prruou.month There were 1,114 active mines as against 1.116 in July but employment tncrc.ifed from 48 034 to 48 452
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  • 152 14 1/ U ALA LUMPUR. Oc t. 11. The Shah of Iran is to pay a State visit to Malaysia next January, Tengku Abdul Rahman announced after the Cabinet meeting today The Prime Minister said the Yang dl-Pertuan A gong had received
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  • 179 14 I/I AI.A I/JVIPI K. Oct. 11 —The Chief of Start, Ministry of Defence, Brit;. Otliman bin Ihr.t him. uiil assume command of the 3rd .Malaysian Infantry Brigade in Fast Malaysia. lie will succeed the pres<nt commander of the brigade, Br'g L’ngku
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  • 396 15  -  By R. CHANDRAN: Singapore. Oct. 11 gRITAIN and Singapore began talks here today on how to pull out the vast British military presence in the region without hurting the Republic’s economy. Next to economic matters, defence of the island against any external aggression
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  • 92 15 L I ALA LUMPUR. Oct. 11 The MTUC has decided not to invite a Cabinet Minister to open its threeda.v annual delegates’ conference here from Dec. U "because of the increasingly anti-labour attitude of the Government.” The general secretary of the MTUC. Mr S.
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  • 23 15 KAMPAR. Oct 11—Mr Chan Hcng Woh. a Kampar town councillor, has resigned from the PPP and joined the DAP.
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  • 195 15 I(UALA LUMPUR, Oct. 11. —Malaysia and Russia will establish diplomatic ties at ambassadorial level in a few months. Tengku Abdul Rahman announced today. The Prime Minister added that the Cabinet today approved in principle the setting up of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
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  • 305 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 11. future applications for shares specially reserved for bumiputcras should go through Mara, its chairman, Inche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba, said today. Inche Ghafar told seven Mentris B e s a r and Chief Ministers at a briefing at Mara
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  • 24 15 KANGAR Oct. 10—The Regent of Perils, Syed Sirajuddtn will unvpil the new Perils Home Guard memorial at Simpang Tiga on Oct 17.
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  • 145 15 (SINGAPORE, Oct. 11. —American rice is coming into Singapore again following a shortage in Thailand, the major supplier for years. Trade circles said today a shipment of about 25.000 tons of white rice is expected from the U.B. towards the end of next month.
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  • 59 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct 11 three South Vietnamese Montagnard infantry officers arrived here today on a threemonth study tour Major Hin Room 2na Lt. Y Tin Hwing and 2nd Lt,. Reo Bleo will study jungle warfare with the help of the Senoi tribe here They are here
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  • 174 16 IPOH, Oct. 11.—Malay- sia is a happy, and most welcome change for a German Red Cross nurse on vacation here after eight strenuous months of caring for the sick and wounded in South Vietnam. Christa Baumert. 30. from Hamburg, said: "What a relief
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  • 171 16  -  By TSAI TAN Kuai.a lumpur. Oet. 12. Molly Ang. 23. is a thirdyear English literature student from the University of Singapore. Like any ordinary student, she is cutting a feu lectures to make a long weekend trip here. But
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  • 91 16 Kuala lumpur Oct. 12. Tengku Arif Bendahara, the royal logger from Pahang, will lead a four-man team to Japan on Oct. 16 to look Into the possibility of setting up joint ventures in saw-mill-ing, veneer plywood and paper factories here. The visit follows one
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  • 204 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 12. r rHE rubber price was the main topic in discus- sions today between the British Minister of State at the Commonwealth Oilice, Lord Shepherd. and the acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh. Lord Shepherd, currently
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  • 30 16 KUALA LUMPUR OU. 12. Employees of the Straits Times Press Ltd. will hold their anniversary public festivities a* the Sri Ganesar Temple In Katnpong Panel.in here on Oct. 14
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  • 84 16 Kuala lumpur, oet. Two Anti Con uption Agcncv branches will be in operation soon in East Malaysia it branch in Jeaselton will be opened tomorrow headed by the Regional Otlicer. Supt. Abdul Rahman b n Haii Izmail former Senior Investigation Otlicer in Selangor and Deputy C.I.D.
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  • 64 16 PENANG, Oct i 2 Taiwanese actresses. Gigi Lin and Ketty Chen Clung, arrived here today for a 10-day personal appearance in conjunction with their latest dims. "I am madly in love” and "No war in Saigon.” at the Odeon theatre. Tills i« their first trip to
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  • 270 16 1/ U A L A LUNiPUIi. Oct. 11.—Tiie Minister oi Transport, Tan Sri S.tidon hin liaji Jubir. today warned international airline operators who paid little regard to the air agrecn ts they had signed with Malaysia. These alrlh.es hntl shown that they had the
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  • 92 16 Kuai.a lumpur, o<t. 12 An old Malay fairy story Saiv; Kochi!- translated into music will !><• the highlight ol Radio Malaysia’s "Malum ll ama Malaysia 1967 lEvenim: ol Malaysian Music) beginning on Oct. 28. Sang Keehil, composed b\ Radio M 1 Ori conductor
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  • 348 17  -  PENANG’S BLIND QUINTET PLAYS IT BY EAR By GARY CHIN J>ENAXG’S fanird Junior Jets—tin* blind quintet from the It Nicholas Home—are hoping to turn prolesNional some day. They also plan to cut their first record before the group breaks up. As
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  • 114 17 Kuala lu.mpur. <>ct. It. The oversubscription within one minute of its issue —of the L 7.5 million Malaysian (Government loan floated in London yesterday was hailed here today as a sign of Britain's faith in .Malaysia. A Treasury statement described the loan as timely
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  • 185 17 K LUMPUR. Oct. 1 1 MALAYSIA will soon need to use satellites to cope with her Increasing volume of external communications. This wa.s indicated by the Controller of Telecommunications <External Affairs) here. Dr. Lum Yun Foo, at the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club lunch meeting here today.
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  • 312 17  -  By Rudy Beltran: Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 12 TIN mine manager was shot at by a gunman riding pillion on a motor-cycle during a dramatic five-mile chase yesterday after he was robbed of $18,600 in his office. Mr. Chan
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  • 22 17 BATU OAJAH. Heel 10—Che Asmuh bin'.i Abdullah was elected prc.sit’i nt of the Muslim Women Welfare Board branch here.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2282 18 From Our Market Correspondent LAST week it was generally a quiet trading 1 period on the Stock Exchange there being no spectacular features and business was largely of a routine nature. There were really no new features to give the market a heave to
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    • 30 18 R( bbi:k tin (per lb.) (per picul). Ocl. 9. 51'jcta. *593 25 10. 51', cU. *591.25 11. *591.50 12. 50'* rU. *595.50 13. 50\ cts. *596.00 14. *596.0*
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    • 43 18 'l' H E Association of Banks in M jlayna mad* these chan*.* in It-* rate* to merchant* on Saturday (all rate* to $100). Selling TT or OO ready: Netherlands list: Switzerland I In, France I'* si Italy ***** and Sweden I*»♦;
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    • 74 18 Oct 9 Oct. Ill Oct. II Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct It Industrials; 118 83 119 10 119 48 119 18 119 32 119 Kti 'Properties: 110 76 110 27 116 02 116 19 ***** ***** t.Minings; 93 04 92 32 92 29 91 21 9126 90
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    • 42 18 v.N Itn lice exchange market In f Hong Kong v*l rdny flu US. Dollar w;i- «*1 nl 5 7*l for T.T. md 5.77', lor east). Sterling was quoted at 11 <>ti H,l< l one tael o I gold at 2*’.),
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    • 61 18 (Sit mil Date Total for Total lot paymrnt payable the year previous year (•ninticß* i 5% NoV 30 20'- 10'r B.M. Trustees 10% Nov 4 10'I 10% l.ingul Tin 65% Nov 2 65'. 70';, A. Ilium Plant. 2Nov 3 2V, Kitting ords. 15% Nov 27 15% 18% High
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    • 336 18 IUiE Rubber Market has lost ground in more active trading during the past week, with levels falling to below 50 cents for October No. 1 RSS which went oul as cum nt month, state II.C.B. C'o. l td. In their current survey. The easier tendency
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    • 25 18 Oct. n RI I’.lilll PRICK: >0; cents (up-one-eighth of a cent). TIN PRICK: ss3f) (up oO cents). Kstimaterl ofTering tons (down 5 tons).
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    • 58 18 (Managers' Pncts) Kirs: Malayan 2.37 2.4S Fecund Malayan 1.70 179 Third Malayan I II 1 *d The having Fund 1 26 I XI xd The Commerce- Ind so .os Mill. Invest. Fund I 0-1 I I-* First Hung Kong *2 e s git* Fecund Hung Kong Her Ft'i
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    • 103 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15— There will be ll Federal holidays next year: Hart Raya Piihjm Jan 1 and 2: Chinese New Year. J.m 30 and 31 <Ke iaiitun and Trenguanu "n Jail SO mil l Hari flsya Halt March 9 (Kelantan and 1 rengganu on March 9
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  • 334 19  -  By OOI CHENG GAIK Kuala lumpur, Oct. 12.—Amid the haze of smouldering ashes and stilling incense at the Nam Tien Kong temple in Ampang village, a 45-year-old Indian grandfather with a Chinese name Aw Teik Hool stood out in the crowd.
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  • 39 19 PENANO, Oct. 12.—The Minister ot Education Inche Mohatred Khir Joharl will speak at the annual parents’ day of the 8t aeonte’B Girls School «t 930 am on Oct 20. His wife will give away the prises
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  • 400 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 12 rpHE Minister of Lands and Mines, Dato Haji Abdul Rahman Ya’akub, today sent a cable to his Federal Cabinet colleague in Sarawak, Tan Sri Temenggong Jugah, asking him to refrain from making further attacks on him or any Sarawak
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  • 215 19 A LOR STAR, Oct. 13. Tengku Abdul Rahman’s announcement that he would definitely contest the next parliamentary election in 1969 did not surprise Alliance leaders in Kedah. Describing It as a “most heart-warming bit of news,’* the Xedah Umno president. Tan Sri Syed
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  • 134 19 CJINGAPORE, Oct. 11. Singapore and Switzerland nave decided to establish full diplomatic relations. A statement Issued by the Singapore Fo eign Ministry this aftemo in said that the decision was taken to further strengthen the existing friendly relations betwee..
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  • 491 20 PENANG, Oct. 14 pUNTER’S Delight 111, with owner Choo Weng Chong astride, scored a shock win in the main Class 1 race over Bsf at the Penang amateur meeting here today, paying $36 on a $2 tote. RACE 1 CLASS 6—2F. Capt
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  • 46 20 Malaysia and Singapore are drawn lh different groups for the Aslan junior tennis championships In Kuala Lumpur on Oct 21-29. Malaysia are In Group B with India Indonesia Hong Kong nnd 8outh Vietnam Singapore are in Group A with the Philippines Ceylon and Thailand
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  • 123 20 RUGGER T'HE Malaysian Rugby A Union selectors will announce the names of the 20 players to travel to Bangkok for the Seap Games in December after today’s Selangor-Malay-slan Armed Forces Malaya Cup clash at the Kuala Lumpur Padang. Yesterday’s final trial, held In Kuala
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  • 136 20 'THE F.A. of Malaysia yesterday announced their programme for 1968, arranged so that the national squad can train uninterrupted for the annuU Merdeka tournament A meeting of the FAM competitions committee In Kuala Lumpur tentatively scheduled next year’s Merdeka tourna ment for Aug. 9
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  • 77 20 The Malaysian Cyclists Federation will submit nine names Tor consideration by the Olympic Council of Malaysia for the Beap Games In Bangkok In December. They are: Ng Joo Pong, Ng Joo Guan. Andrew Michael. Low Poh Teck. N. A Rosll (all Selangor), Shahruddin Ja'afar A
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  • 233 20 a month of frustrating near-misses, Singapore’s champion hurdler Osman Mexican has finally succeeded in qualifying for the Seap Games at Bangkok in De- cember. Running at the Surift Club championships at Farrer Park yesterday, Osman won tne lio in hurdles event In 14.7 sec.
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  • 291 20 T»AN Aik Mong has “succeeded” his brother. Ma- »aydan No 1 Aik Huang as Perak ope n badminton singles champion, reports LEE FOO SAN. Aik Mong, 17, of Penang came from behind In both sets to beat Yew Cheng Hock 15-9,
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  • 53 20 National Electricity Bra d qualKled for the final of the Malaysian Government Services cricket competition when they beat Selangor by six runs at Pantal yesterday. 8cores: NEB 162 Selangor 158 (A. Kumaraslrl 92. V Shepherdson 3-38, M. 8 Manlarr Jr 319). The other finalists will be either
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