The Straits Budget, 1 May 1968

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  • 40 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 811. KUALA LUMPUR, MAY 1, 1968 Price 40 Cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling KDN 3110 MC (P) 0035
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    • 265 1 m IKREASE M CIRCULATION M 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
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    • 389 2  -  TAXED Province Wellesley IN his letter (ST. April J 2j) the Comptroller of Inland Revenue asserts that the notes accompanying form B “are an attempt to explain the new law as concisely as possible" for “the new Income Tax Act Is a more complex
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    • 361 2  -  (Dr.) G. P. TAN ISTENING to "Concert Hour" broadcast I every Sunday at 4 p.m. by Radio Malaysia k is the quickest way of learning the line art of presenting serious music In
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    • 113 2  -  FOREIGNER Singapore I LIVE on a practically new estate and have often watched the swill man making his rounds, collecting from the swill tins hanging on the wire fences. He Is a very selective type, and obviously has the welfare of his fowls etc. at heart, so he
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    • 69 2  - YUSOFF ABDULLAH Jerantut MAY I on behalf of my family, express my gratitude to a Malay doctor (name not known) who helped my four children after a car accident along the PenangIpoh road on April 19. I was told later that he was on his way to Kuala Lumpur and
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    • 79 2  -  SI-DOLLAB PJ. COULD not T.V. Malaysia screen Hindi films more often than once In a blue moon? And could not those responsible for selecting Hindi films select more recent films? Even films made say about ten years ago would be welcome, but films
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    • 134 2  -  HOUSEWIFE. Singapore. I WISH to praise the Boy Scouts for all their hard work last week In trying to raise money, but. at the same time, criticise severely, those responsible for sending the boys on their various tasks, as this Jaunt has surely been the most
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    • 106 2  -  M.T. ONG Singapore rr Is a pity that the beautiful grounds of the St. Andrew’s Cathedral will soon give way to a car park. At present, the grounds are one of the few green areas left In our crowded city. Must we sacrifice this delightful place to the cars?
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    • 244 2  -  WOMAN Koala Lumpur AS a married woman holding qualifications equal to those of most men (B. Bc. Hons degree), 1 fully agree with our Deputy Prime Minister that equal pay should be paid to women only for equal work done. I must admit that In
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    • 82 2  -  ROBERT KHOO Petaliof Jaya rBTEAD of complaining I think 81-Dollah should be thankful to T.V Malaysia for giving him the rare opportunity to view a film made 37 years ago, especially one which happened to be the first sound 1 movie made In India. I have always
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    • 32 2  -  FED UP Singapore WHAT Is the use of screening notices that patrons are requested not to purchase tickets from cinema touts when there is no one to enforce that ‘law’?
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  • 538 3 Straits Times. April 24 The rubbei conference now in progress in Kuala Lumpui has an important, it somewhat esoteric, task. Its main purpose is to piepare a new catalogue ol samples ol the various giades ui natural rubbci toi the guidance ol producers and consumers. Tlk* object
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  • 274 3 Straits Times. April 24 The seminai on student leadership in South-East Asia which opens in Singapore today could not be better timed. Events of great moment in various parts ot the world are being shaped lor bettei or worse by student agitation. It is a tactor
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  • 236 3 —Straits Times. Apul 24 Medical education is expensive and students who receive their training on scholarships, entirely at the public expense, have a social debt to discharge. They can best do this by serving the Government health services in the places where doctors are most needed.
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  • 487 3 —Straits Times. April 23 The unanimous recommendation of the executive of tile International Olympic Committee that the invitation to South Africa to take part in the New Mexico Olympiad should be withdrawn has still to be voted upon by the 71 1.0. C. members. There is
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  • 208 3 —Straits Times. April 25 A death toll of 15 is feared in what has been described as the "largest single reverse” suffered by the Thai Government forces in their campaign against the Communist insurgents. There have been many such reminders over the years ol the threat
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  • 294 3 —Straits Times, April 25 The limitations of the Race Relations Bill, which has survived a second reading in the British Parliament by 313 votes to 209, were underlined by the presence outside the Commons of 600 dockers singing “bye bye blackmail.” The dockers are the most
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  • 501 3 —Straits Times, April 26 Should students who sit the School Certificate examination privately and obtain good results be eligible for places in Government Sixth Form schools? In terms of abstract justice, it is not easy to defend the present practice of not even considering such students. Most
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  • 581 4 —Straits Times. April 27 It is hard to understand why anyone should have supposed that the International Tin Council might have considered export controls at its meeting in La Paz, but the emphasis which agency reports have given to the absence of action suggests that someone did.
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  • 266 4 —Straits Times, April 27 Figures relating to the ‘missing links” along the Asian Highway seem to vary markedly at each successive meeting of Ecafe, but the latest estimate—that 90 per cent of the road has been completed—justifies the hope that the target date of 1970 will be
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  • 194 4 —Straits Times, April 27 New procedures for processing applications for building hotels in Singapore are designed to suppress profiteering and ensure that as many hotels as possible are built with the least delay. Speculators have obtained planning approval to increase the value of their land and there
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  • 537 4 Straits Times, April 29 The state visit to Singapore and Malaysia of General Ne Win, chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma. and Madame Ne Win, itself expressed the growing awareness among South-East Asian countries of their common interests to which the joint communique
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  • 495 6 KUALA LUMPUJy April 20. jy|ORE co-operation from governments and better youth policies are necessary before there can be mass-participation by youths in national development, the World Assembly of Youth’s Asian regional secretary, Mr. K. V. Reddy, said today. He was commenting on the
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  • 47 6 KULIM. Ap.il 21 —The Kuala Muda District Officer, Syed Osman Aidid, yesterday expressed concern over Malay youths who sported Bcatle hair styles. "Such things only bring shame to our community," he said at a goodwill pesta organised by the Sidam Kiri Youth Club.
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  • 383 6 IPOH, April 20 JHE bumiputras are not making full use of the chances given them by the Government in commerce and industry, the Mara officer for Perak, Haji Mokhtar bin Yunus, said here yesterday. He was opening the annual meeting
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  • 244 6 PENANG, April 20. THE president of the Penang Indian Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Mustafa R. Jumabhoy, yesterday appealed to the Central Government to extend to other countries sending goods here for processing or grading, the same waiver of two per cent surtax granted
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  • 179 6 ptiNANG. April 21 —The t'niversity project committee has asked the State Government whether it would be possible to obtain Minden Barracks for use temporarily, for the proposed Penang t'niversity. The State Government has been in correspondence with the Ministry of Defence on this matter. The
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  • 549 8 ‘Accept SMR scheme call by Razak K. LUMPUR, April 21 MALAYSIA today called for international acceptance of rubber produced under the SMR (Standard Malaysian Rubber) scheme to strengthen its position against synthetic competition. The call was made by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, at the opening of the
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  • 253 8 SINGAPORE, April 22 pENERAL Ne Win of Burma and his wife were given a ceremonial send-off at the airport this morning when they left for Kuala Lumpur after their four-day State visit to the Republic. The Burmese Head ol State arrived at the
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  • 72 8 KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 Tun Abdul Razak will leave for a three-week official tour of European Common Market countries on April 30. The Deputy Prime Minister. accompanied by his wife and three officials, will visit Denmark. West Germany, the Netherlands and France. He may also visit
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  • 317 8  -  By R. CHANDRAN: Singapore April 21 QNE of the Lee children in flat No. 147 on the 14th floor of the Commonwealth Close housing estate this morning answered the knock on the door. The next moment, the whole flat and its neighbourhood
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  • 149 8 SINGAPORE. April 22. About 150 workers from a construction firm here will leave for Christmas Island in two months to work on the first phase of a million-dollar housing project. With them will go about $2 million worth of building materials for seven blocks
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  • 316 9 KUALA LUMPUR, April 21. 'J’UN Abdul Ruzak today won a round of applause from Kaurn Ibu members wnen lu- ;»uid that women should get equal pay but tor equal work. The Deputy Prime Minister told about 30 members of Umno Kaum Ibu.
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  • 39 9 KUAI A LUMPUR .April 22 The M.um clubman and Mmi.sfer without Portfolio. Incite Abdul Ohalar bill Baba, will open i two-day seminar on tlie operations of bumlputra transport companies at the Mara Auditorium here on April 25
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  • 148 9 KIWI. A I.L’MI’l’K. Apt VI—\n international photographic competition on rubber has been organised bv the Photographic Society of Malays a to •Teat** an interest in M luvsia’s most important export rubber and the intense research devoted to the crop. The competition has been organised
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  • 72 9 PENANG Apiil 22 A delegation lrom tlie Jelutong Umno branch, led bv its chairman. Inche Hassan bin Kalam. will call on tlie Cldet Minister tomorrow to pledge Its support for the building of a secondary girls’ school on tlie polo ground in Residency Road. "We
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  • 343 9  -  By KHOR CHEANG KEE: Alor Star, April 22 IvEDAH's growing rice output should enable the country to be self-sufficient in food within the next three to five years. “Already we are producing 50 per cent of the national yield,”
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  • 249 9 SINGAPOE, April 22 THE corneas of two pairs of eyes which were 1 flown from Auckland have been grafted on four Singaporeans. Th* sender was Dr. C. C. Ring, a prominent New Zealand eye surg *on. who did it for goodwill between
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  • 79 9 KUALA LUMPUR. April 22 Twelve members ot the RMAP will leave tomorrow to take up various mechanical and electrical courses in Britain The courses are of two to three years’ duration. The 12 are Tan Teck Ee, Zainuddm bin Abu Bakar, Ho Yew Kong.
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  • 35 9 IPOH. April 21 Surprise visits were made by the Minister ot Health. Dr. Ng Kam Poll, to the lpoh General Hospital the Kampar District hospital and the Kampar sut»health centre on April 28.
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  • 221 10  -  By V.K. CHIN: Kuala Lumpur, April 22 J)OCTORS who complete their medical course on scholarships will find it move difficult to ‘‘buy” themselves out of govern- ment service. Contract clauses are to be tightened to make it extremely expensive. The Minister of Health. Dr.
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  • 223 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. 'THE Government fully realises that the youth of 1 today are the “richest resources” of the nation, the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, said today. "That was why the Government was undertaking a massive,
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  • 51 10 SINGAPORE April 22 The Fellowship of Seiin'uie Union Councils in Australia. New Zealand and East A'-ia will hold its second reeional conference in Singapoie and Kuala Lumpur from April 26 to May 5. About 120 delegates, including 18 from Singapore and 40 from Malaysia. will attend the
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  • 161 10 Rubber freight row —now a warning from Germany SINGAPORE, April 22 THE German Rubber 1 Trade Association claims it, bv SingaporeMalaysian traders’ plans to break away from the contract system of the Far East Freight Conference. In letters to the Malaysian Rubber Exchange and the Rubber Association of Singapore, it
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  • 352 10 K. LUMPUR. April 22 DUBBER produced under the SMR (Standard Malaysian Rubber) scheme has a great future in the world market, the vicepresident of the American Rubber Manufacturers’ Association, Mr. W. J. Sears, forecast today. However, it would be many years before
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  • 228 10 j\ lALACCA. April 21. 1 1 Tho Government and leaders of the Malay and Indian communities are welcome to advise and take part in the foundation of the proposed Merdeka University, its proposer and president of its pro-tem committee. Mr. Sim Mow Yu. said
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  • 64 10 KUALA lUMPUR. Api li 22 A former tin-mine consultant, Dr. Kenneth F. G. Hosking has arrived her f to start a new department of applied geology »t the University of Malaya. Dr. Hnskipg, who was the head of the geology department at the Camborne School of Mines
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  • 57 12 THE guest of honour, Gen. Ne Win, wine-glass in hand, rises to propose the toast at the royal banquet at the Istana Negara on tne night of April 23. He is flanked by the Queen on the left, and the
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  • 231 12  -  F rom PC. SHIVADAS: Kuchimg, April, 22 THE Federal Minister for Land and Mines, Dato Abdul Rahman Ya’akub, reiterated here today that a coming together of pro-Malaysia parties in Sarawak would assure Alliance victory in the coming direct elections in the State. He was
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  • 159 12 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. TIGER Stout brewed by Malayan Breweries Ltd. 1 in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, yesterday won one of the four class awards at a Commonwealth bottled beer competition in London. The award was for one of the two classes of stout. The distribution
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  • 41 12 SINGAPORE. April 24—The American research ship Arno is due to arrive In Penan* next on April 28 in the course of a round-the-world scientific expedition. The ship is doing a deep sea, geological-geoptjy.sical exploration of the world ocean
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  • 84 12 UENANG, April 24.—The 11.000-ton Bulgarian ship -Sapphire left here today with 4.900 tons of ruhlVT bought hy Rumania and 200 tons of tin hound for the port of Varna The Sapphire arrived here about three weeks ago and completed loading early this morning.
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  • 23 12 PENANG. April 24 —The Kampon* Jawa Umno brancli is to launch a "solidarity*' campaign in preparation for the next general elections.
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  • 120 12 A FOR STAR. April 24 —A syndicate plans to set up a factory here to manufacture edible oil from rice bran The chairman of the Kedah Rice Millers’ Association. Mr. Un Wei Wook, said today that a group of businessmen including one from
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  • 62 12 SINGAPORE. Apr. 26. The Government owned munitions and mint factory in .Tuning will he officially opened by the Minister for Finance. I)r. Goh Keng Swee. tomorrow. The factory has already been producing the entire requirements of 0.223incli calibre ammunition for the Singapore Armed forces since August last
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  • 260 13 Ghafar’s offer to the nonMalays KUALA LUMPUR, April 25. gENATOR Ghatar bin Baba, the chairman ot Mara, today welcomed non-bumipu-nas to join Mara in setting up an agency to sell spare parts for buses and lorries. Opening the first bumiputra transport seminar at the Mara auditorium. Senator Ghafar. who is
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  • 177 13 I/ANGAR. Apr. 25. The State Alliance publicity otticer, Syed Omar bin Syed Hussein, today described as a “daydream'’ the PMIP claim that it would capture Perlis In the next election. “I ant confident the people of this State will not be
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  • 53 13 KUALA LUMPUR. April 25 Bank Nrpaia will produce its first quarterly review on the domestie economy of Malaysia at the end of next month. The bulletin will give news on local money and credit, public nnai.ee, and balance of payment'-. There will also be a section on
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  • 47 13 KUALA LUMPUR. April 25 West Malaysia exported 271.277 tons of rubber for the first three months of this year, according to figures issued by the Statistics Department here today This is an increase of 15.327 tons over exports for the corresponding period last year
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  • 205 13 SINGAPORE. Apr. 25. A 700-page book on Singapore’s Prime Minister, entitled "Lee Kuan Yew,” by British journalist Alex Josey, is expected to be on sale here and in Malaysia next month. A spokesman for the publl- shers, Donald Moore Press Ltd. said
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  • 93 13 KUALA LUMPUR April 25 More than 100 members of the Austialian and New Zealand communities here attended a dawn service at the residence of tile Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia. Mr. A. J. Eastman. here to commemorate Auznc Day. The service was conducted
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  • 331 13 SINGAPORE, April 25. volume ot Indonesia-Singapore trade in the past year shot beyond the pre-confron-tation level. This was disclosed today by Dr. Arifin Harahap. secretary-general of Indonesia’s Trade Department. when he flew into Singapore at the head of a 14-man Indonesian economic delega- tion.
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  • 209 13 I O H O R E BAHRU, J Apr. 25 —The fight for equal pay by women spread to Johore when more than 300 nurses, women teachers and office workers staged a rally here yesterday. The rally was led by the chairman
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  • 313 14  -  By Albert Ramalingam: Kota Kinabalu, April 24 'J’HE Sabah Chief Minister, Tun Mustapha bin Dato Harun A 1 Haj, today warned the Philippines not to mistake as a sign of weakness the desire of the people in
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  • 157 14 V UALA LUMPUR. Apr. 24. Sixty rubber experts from 11 countries attending the Fourth International Rubber Quality and Packing Conference here have accomplished a major task in two days. They have selected more rubber samples here within two days than any previous sampling session elsewhere.
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  • 199 14 Brunei town, Apr. 25. The annual report of a leading bank here alleges that the British Government has placed a strain on Brunei’s relations with Britain. The report, bv the chairman of the Chartered Bank group. Mr. William Gtorge Pullen, was presented at
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  • 343 14  -  From PC. SHIVADAS KUCHING, April 24. 'J'HE Chief Minister, Dato Penghulu Tawi Sli, yesterday denied in the Council Negri that the Alliance had in any way violated the Constitution. “We have been obedient to the law and will never violate the Constitution/’
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  • 218 14 SINGAPORE, April 25. CINGAPORE and Israel have agreed to set up trade representation in each other’s country under a trade agreement signed here last night. Both parties also undertake to encourage imports and exports. It also provides for cooperation in the fields of industry, science
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  • 43 14 KUAL A LUMPUR. April 24 Three otficers of the Royal Malaysian Air Force Flying Officer Mazlan bin Salim Pilot Officer Abdul Rahim bin Hussein and Pilot Officer Zakaria bin Abdul Rahman, will leave here tomorrow for Britain for training courses
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  • 60 14 KUAI A I UMPUR April 24 Seven RMN cadets will leave here tomorrow for a one-year naval cadet training course at the Biitannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth. Britain They are Sutan bin Arinin. Wan A/.far bin Wan Anuar. Mohamed Bahar bin Haji Mansoor, Salleh bin
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  • 64 14 KUAI A LUMPUR. Apitl 24 The Registrar of Trade Unions. Mr. K. G. George, ha.s asked tile Pineapple Industry Workers' Union to show cause why its registration should not be struck off. Mr George said today that the union hid failed to conduct a secret
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  • 393 15 SINGAPORE. April 25 THE Singapore Government is to introduce pools betting in Singapore this year. Details of the type of pools, and the manner In which bets may be placed, are to be announced in the next few days. The pools system will be
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  • 136 15 lOHORE BAHRU, Apr. 25. Staff of the Ministry of Health have been given this warning: ‘-Don’t have any sort of communication with the Press.” A circular signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry said disciplinary action would be taken in future against anyone
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  • 36 15 KUALA I UMPUR April 24 Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed Alliance MP. has been elected to the University Council following the resignation of its first chairman, Dato (Dr.) Haji Mustapha Albakri. recently.
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  • 26 15 KUAIA LUMPUR. April 25 The Malaysian Government has accepted t lie appointment ot Brig.-Gen. Abdul Thaiip, as Indonesia's first Ambassador to Malaysia since confrontation.
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  • 268 15  -  By SIA CHEONG YEW SINGAPORE. Apr. 25. —A hazardous onemonth operation to salvage the 18,825-ton British tanker Blyth Adventurer, which ran aground last month near the Horsburgh lighthouse auout 28 miles from Singapore will start tomorrow. The tanker, which is now beached off
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  • 107 15 Malacca. April 25. There will be a straight fight in the Tanjong Kling by-election here for the State Assembly seat vacated by the former Chief Minister. Senator Abdul Ghafar bln Baba. When nominations closed today, only two candidates, Haji Said bin Haji Abu Bakar (PMIP)
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  • 300 15 TELUK ANSON, April 24. DOCTOR given specialist training at Government expense should either repay the entire sum spent on him or render proportionate service with the Government. Dr. J.B A. Peter, president of the Malayan Medical Association, said this here today when commenting on Government
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  • 132 15 OENANG, Apr. 24.—A nine-member Japanese team arrived here yesterday to make a detailed survey of the proposed $4 million drainage and reclamation project in Sungei Prai. This morning, the deputy leader. Mr. KiyomJtsu Yukawa, pad a courtesy call on the Chief Minister, Tan
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  • 40 15 KUALA LUMPUR. April 24 Mr. S. S. Nayagam. a member of the Malayan Trade Union Congress general council, leaves tomorrow to attend the May Day celebrations in Moscow. He will be away for two weeks.
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  • 393 16  -  By PREM KUMAR: Tanah Rata, April 25 lIEAVY intermittent showers failed to keep the visiting Burmese leader, General Ne Win, and the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, off the golf course here this afternoon. After a quiet lunch at Federation House, where
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  • 145 16 KUALA LUMPUR. April 25. THE chairman of the Malaysian Rubber Ex--1 change. Senator Gan Teck Yeow. said today that the Far East Freight Conference had used underhand tactics In making overseas buyers believe that Malaysian rubber would not reach them in time once rubber packers withdrew
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  • 235 16 ((UALA LUMPUR. Apr. 23.—The leader of the visiting Soviet trade union delegation, Mr. M. A. Zaidov, today said that trade unions should strive to improve the conditions of workers even if it meant involvement in politics. The strength of the
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  • 326 16 KUALA LUMPUR April 24 TENGKU Abdul Hallman today said the success of regional co operation depended very much on the goodwill and sincerity among members of the newly-formed Association of SouthEast Asian Nations. “Where these are absent. then regional cooperation would have
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  • 368 16  -  By ELIZABETH WONG: Kuala Lumpur, April 24 lyiALAYSIAN women caught in the thick of the flght for equal rights will long remember Madame Ne Win for the advice she gave them this afternoon. “If you feel ycu have a
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  • 428 17 SINGAPORE. April 26 'J’HE Prime Ministef, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, wants to see the widest possible participation in student movements here In a speech to South East Asian students when he opened a seminar on student leadership on the night April 24,
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  • 266 17 KUALA LUMPUR. April 26 A MALAYSIAN delegation is to visit Indonesia and other Muslim countries to follow up on Tengku Abdul Rahman s call for a meeting of Muslim leaders. An agency report quoted a spokesman of the Indonesian Religious Affairs Ministry
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  • 259 17 KUALA LUMPUR, April 26. 'J'HE Far East Freight Conference made no attempts to come to a settlement with local rubber producers because it hoped “they would come to their senses” before their quit notice expired at the end of the year.
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  • 227 17  -  By GABRIEL LEE SINGAPORE. April 26. The 15,650-ton Liberian oil tanker Assimi 111, with a full load of fuel for Saigon, this morning caught fire off TanJong Üban, an Indonesian island about 30 miles south of Singapore. The 30-odd crew were
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  • 180 17 SINGAPORE, April 26. The Army Civil Service Union has called on its members to help form a business enterprise. The ACSU’s news bulletin said: “if there are a sufficient number of members who are willing to pool their resources together. we are
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  • 933 18 By Our Market Correspondent Turnover feu on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore last week and on no day did the trading rooms register more than 1.4 million shares changing hands. Sentiment did not appear to be so buoyant as usual and the
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  • 106 18 '■'Ml AiiMUtiM *f lank* m Malay- tia Imiafi'i made lh**e change* in It* rat*** 1« merchant* on Kitiirday tall rate* to IHMi. United State*: Buying TT 32 13 IS. airmail OD »2 IS 1«. 90 d st 33 J credit bill*. :-3 II 11 trade hill*. Canada: Buying
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  • 38 18 ON the tree oiehenge market in Hone Kong on Saturday the U.S. Dollar wa* quoted at d I*4» for T.T. and «07* tor cash. Sterling wa* quoted at 14..12 and an* tael *2 gold at 303.
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  • 52 18 (Manaiars’ Print) lilt! Malayan 2 ft4 second Malayan 1.93 Third M.ilayan l ift *d 1 he Commerce lnd. »4 I.*>.T The Savin* Kund... IMt 1.0* Mai Invent und I 10 l..'U ad Klrat Hon* Kon* 7d HI* *d Second Hon* Kon* ft* .do* Sterlin* Cowmdoltv ft*, id (’Hon*
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  • 34 18 Klrut Malayan Second Malayan 1« Third Malayan >•** ,d rt The Commerce lnd The Savin* Kund Mai. Invent Kund 1.1» ’«..ta Klrnt Hon* Kon* <* Second Hon* Kon* Sterlin* Commodity 5 ion* Kon* currency>
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  • 37 18 ON th* Ire* eaoOangt market in Hv< Kong yesterday the U Dollar fit quoted at till*! foi T.T. and «.07! for eaeh. Sterling w;i* quot*d at 14 .‘>3 and an* tael af geld at IWI|.
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  • 46 18 Current Date Total for Total for payment payable the year previous year National Iron 12%% June 14 12'*% 10% Tasek Cement 7%% f June 4 10% 5% Pahan* Con. 2d. June 28 21 2 3% Jeran» KuanUn 15% June 9 19% 25% t Interim
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  • 72 18 Apr. 22. Apr. 2ft. Apr. 24. Apr. 25. Apr. 26. Apr. 27. Industrials; 139 52 139 42 139 45 139 25 138.73 133 76 Properties; 161 38 160 48 160 15 158 59 157 52 157 27 t Tins: 80 29 81.24 80.76 80 83 80 71
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  • 235 18 Yf AY fliti |i*df rubber f.o.b buyers itlihrd at S p.m. In Singapore and Kuala l.iimpur yesterday at 4* rents per lb. unrhangrd on Thursday's ,-losing level. The tone was inactive. R.A.S. and M.R.E. rinsing pi ires in cents per lb. yesterday. Blivets Sellers Int. 1 R S
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  • 33 18 KIBBtK TIN lb.) (per picul). Apcl. 21. I9'„cts. $557.lit) ?5. 4»», cts. ISftg.il» 24. 4» cts. Sft5K.il» 25. 4» ct*. $557.5» 28. 49 cU. $559.0» 27. f55K.12' j
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  • 66 18 KANOAR. Apr. 28.—Inche Abdullah bln Zawawl. a Kuala Lumpur Journalist. has been re-a ppoin t ed secretu ry-genera I oi the PMIP and Ustaz Baharuddin bin Latifl, of Perak, the party's executive secretary. The appointments were made at the first meeting oi the party’s executive council held
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  • 375 18 A loss of on° cent in current month was recorded during the past week’s market state II.( B 4k Co. Ltd. In their current rubber survey. There was an absence of fresh background news and trading was lethargic. The International Rubber Quality and Packing Conference which
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  • 41 18 KANOAR. Apr. 28.—The Assistant Minister of Culture Youth and Snort. Dale Engku Mohsein. will nay a one-day visit to Perlis on May 5 to open the annual meetings of the Valluvar Youth Club and the Dato Kayaman Youth Club
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  • 26 18 PENANG. Apr. 28 —The Governor, Tan Sri Seed Shell Sha--1 alniddin. will visit the State Operations Room at the Bangunan Tttanku Syed Putra tomorrow
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  • 197 19 KUALA LUMPUR. April 25 A “MR. X” of Kuala Lumpur has made a claim to Sports Pool (Malaysia) Ltd. that he won $1.5 million in April 20th’s football pools. He went to the Sports Pools’ office in Jalan Pudu on April 23 and showed
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  • 75 19 KUALA LUMPUR, April 26. The president of Jaycees International, Mr. Philippe Abravanal, arrived here today for a three day visit. Mr Abravanal Is on a ninemonth tour of more than 60 countries, visiting various national Jaycee bodies all over the world. He Is
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  • 111 19 OEREMBAN, April 26. P —An Army officer’s wife, Mrs. P.E.C. Davies, 45, was stabbed in the stomach by a youth on the night of April 24 at her Jalan Dato Klana home here. Her condition was reported as “serious.” Mrs. Davies was stabbed when she
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  • 57 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Anril 28 Two officials from the National Family Planning Board will represent Malaysia at the International conference on family planning In Taipeh from May 1 to May 7. They are Mr. Tan Boon Ann. Statistician and Dr. M. Subblah. medical officer with the
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  • 248 19 IfUALA LUMPUR, April 26. —A Malaysian artist, Teng Beng Chew, has walked away with the first prize at an all-Ameri-can exhibition in Birmingham, Michigan. The art adviser to damat Art Gallery, Mr. Frank Sullivan, announcing this today, said It was a great achievement
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  • 296 19 KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 'J’HE suspension imposed on China Air Lines from operating service to Malaysia and Singapore from April 22 will be lifted on May 2. Simultaneously Malaysia-Singapore Airlines will resume flights to Taipeh. This was announced
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  • 179 19 V UA L A LUMPUR, April 26. Chinee graduates receives the same scale of pay at the Employees’ Provident Fund office here as other university graduates. This was stated today by the Political Secretary to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Bernard Lu, who
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  • 117 19 K. KINABALU. April 26 TUN Mustapha bin Dato Harun has called on the people of Sabah to be prepared to defend their State with their blood. The Chief Minister, who is on a week's visit to the major towns on the east coast of
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  • 221 20 DICHARD Chiam made one bad mistake in an otherwise brilliant display of goalkeeping at Sri Gelam on Sunday and this cost Singapore a valuable point in their Malaysia Cup match against Johore. Singapore had led 3-2 up to the 07th minute when Richard, In a
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  • 184 20 lIAMZAH bin Dato Abu Sam ah, president of. the Malaysian Cricket Association, yesterday welcomed a suggestion to form a cricket federation in South-East Asia. Inche Hamzah was commenting on a report from Hong Rong that officials of the Hong Kong team to tour
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  • 261 20 A FINE Innings of 80 runs by skipper Robin Qoh helped Malacca to beat Johore by 106 runs in the MCA Under-23 semifinal cricket match at Malacca on Sunday Qoh, woo bit three fours and a «)x, shared a 118-run partnership with schoolboy Toh Choo
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  • 251 20 OMAR MANAP of Johore, the 33-yeajr-Qld Thomas Cqp reserve, wan the Malaysian Malays singles title for the fifth time when he beat Zalnal Sharlff, also of Johore, 15-6, 15-6 at the BBA Hall. Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday. In the semi-finals yesterday morning, Omar beat Abdul
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  • 30 20 YMCA beat Tanjong Malta by three wickets In their Brander Shield cricket match at Ipoh on SutidMT. Tanjong Mallm 82 (B Joginder Singh 3-8 Darshan 3-3) YMCA 32-3
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  • 226 20 SELANGOR, after trailing 1-0 at halftime, netted three goals in 12 minutes in the second half to beat Malacca 3-2 in their Malaysia Cup soccer match at Kubu Stadium on Sunday. Robert Choe put Malacca ahead in the 39th minute and Selangor looked
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  • 214 20 TTHE annual cricket match between Singapore 1 Civilians and Services ended in a tame draw on Sunday and failed to serve as a trial match for the Singapore Cricket Association selectors. Heavy rain in the early hours of the morning had soaked the Singapore Recreation
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  • 111 20 CIVILIANS IST INNS 879 SERVICES IST INNS ▼ta«y cda Silva bde Witt 33 Radford c Slvamayam b SooceleraJ 64 Wassung c de Witt b Martens 2 Reid lbw Elloy u Well-Cole b Martens 2 McCarthy c de Witt b Elloy 0 Punooth b da Silva 21 Oakley c da
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  • 100 20 VARAWAK retained their Malayslan volleyball title when they beat Perak 15-3, 15-8 and 15-1 In the men’s final at Stadium Negara on Sunday. Sarawak owed their victory to their powerful six-foot ace Ttong Ngle Meng, whose clever anticipation and pitiless smashes often left the Perak, players flatfooted.
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  • 124 20 MALAYSIAN doubles ATI cham ptons Ng Boon Bee and Tan Yee Khan were beaten In straights seta by Denmark's Erl a n d Kops and Sven Andersen in the exhibition badminton matches at Malacca on Saturday nlg£t. ■tope and Andersen were in
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  • 121 20 SINOAPORB. Joint Services registered their highest score in the Malay sis Cup tournament when they trounced Negri Sembllan 11-1 at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday. With this win. Services are second in the south xone table with five points from four matches. Their last first-round match
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  • 36 20 Perak beat Kedah 3-1, after leadjpg. 2tl at, halftime, la their Maluyas <Cup match at Stadium Perak, Ipoh, on Sunday. Perak scored through 8 Karathu (2) and J. Vincent. Balakrishnan scored for Kedah.
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  • 91 20 ffiHE Penang Lawn Tennis AsX soolation. who are organising the Malaysian open championships this year, have fixed the tournament dates for Sept 12 to 15. The state championships will follow on Nov 2. 3. 9 and 10. The PLTA also announced that a team from the International
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