The Straits Budget, 14 August 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 826. KUALA LUMPUR, AUGUST 14, 1968. Price 40 Cents (Malays) or 1 ShUUnf KDN SUO MC (P) 0025
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      Making propaganda with tid-bits
      325 2  -  Singapore Citizen Singapore. AS a vehicle of information, TV Singapura’s “What Others Say” is a deadly bore. As an exercise in propaganda, it has about as much finesse as an elephant clomping through a roomful of crystal. TV Singapura would have us believe that the Items
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      SARONG KEBAYA AND AIR SAFETY
      142 2  -  ED DAVIES Singapore MAY a mere male be permitted a comment upon the new M. layslaSingapore Airline's uniform? I think that along with the kimono and one or two other modes of dress, the sarong kebaya should not be worn as part of a crew
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      33 2  - PREFLEXED Singapore THERE is no point in the Singapore P.D.B. asking and encouraging the general public to use more electricity, when they cannot meet the demand especially for elet r 1 c cookers.
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      MEDICAL ‘CONTRACTS’
      123 2  - MEDICAL CONTRACTS’ ENG SENG CHAI Pantai Valley, KL rthe Item '“Doctors Brain Drain" (8.T. Aug. 2) It was reported that ‘‘doctors who hi d studied on Government bursaries and scholarships would be compelled to work In Government service for five years Those with higher qualifications would have to do seven
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      Catholic principles and ‘scientific’ progress
      459 2  -  EDMUND HARTLEY Terendak I FIND It difficult to see how well educated people can be convinced that the teaching of the Catholic Church on contraception constitutes a major setback to economic and social progress. It Is true that for the past five years a team
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      The ‘hell’ for tourists
      134 2  -  JOHN T. HAWKERSON Kuala Lumpur llfHAT a wonderful lnff teres ting beautiful country you have. What hell it Is to try to tour around. The roads are totally Inadequate. Hordes of bicycles some with six-foot wldek loads. People wandering arm In arm all over the track.
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      TV opera
      149 2  -  SEAH KIM ENG Singapore rE current opera project Is a very worthy effort on the part of Singapore television. It helps alleviate the moribund state In which the local opera companies find tremselves. Unlike forty yean ago when the theatrical business was quite successful as local custom favoured
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      What the Cardinal said to Catholics
      174 2  -  (REV.) E. T. BASSETT RA.F. Seletar. VOU report from Vatican city that Cardinal Heenan had advised married Roman Catholics to come to Church and receive the sacraments even If they cannot obey the Pope's ban on artificial birth control. This report differs from the
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      The boys who help old folks
      91 2  -  GRATEFUL Segamat I HAVE heard It as id that the activities of the Medici 1 Club of Segamat Secondary English School are a waste of time as students mostly help the old folk in the various homes around Segamat. These students help keep the
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    Lock icon Asean and Sabah
    572 3 —Straits Times. August 5 Asean’s first ministerial meeting which opens in Jakarta today has been aptly described as a working session. Since the Association was set up in August last year its committees on food production, communications, tourism, civil aviation and fisheries have been encouragingly active. In
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    Lock icon Medical progress
    495 3 —Straits Times, August 6 There are still yawning gaps in Malaysia's health services. The Government is as conscious of them as anyone. But the official opening by His Majesty yesterday of the University Hospital, the heart of the seventy million dollar Medical Centre, emphasises the immense advance which
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    Lock icon The one way out
    504 3 —Straits Times, August 7 The Association of SouthEast Asian Nations cannot be insulated from quarrels among i\s members, and an awareness of this permeated yesterday’s opening addresses at the Jakarta ministerial conference. The most sombre reference to the difficulties between Malaysia and the Philippines over the
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    Lock icon Helping the blind
    254 3 —Straits Times. August 7 Singapore now has a respectable corps of eye surgeons able to perform corneal-grafting operations. The legal wrinkles which used to deter them from applying their skill have been removed. The lack of corneas is the only reason why 200 people who could be
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    Lock icon Improvement
    562 3 —Straits Times, August 7 Not more than a year ago Singapore’s dockyards were stigmatised as being in the grip of “outmoded methods,” inadequate to satisfy current demands ltt alone those likely to arise. Today, as the Minister for Communications has emphasised, Singapore is well on the way to consolidating
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    Lock icon Science and society
    289 4 —Straits Thnes, August 8 Dr. Toh Chin Chye and ♦he President of Singapore’s Academy of Science have had some pertinent things to say of ihe role of science in a society that is seeking to industrialise itself as quickly and efficiently as possible. Addressing the first annual
    —Straits Thnes, August 8  -  289 words
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    Lock icon A cooling off period
    188 4 —Straits Thanes, August 8 Tun Razak’s ineeting in Jakarta with the Philippines Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ramos, has produced about as much as anyone could have hoped and a good deal more probably, than most people had expected. They have agreed on a “cooling off period” to
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    Lock icon Heartening year
    612 4 —Straits Times. August 8 On the eve of its fourth year as an independent republic Singapore can look back on an eventful twelve months that include some gratifying achievements. Much of the story can be read in the statistics which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has employed in his
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    Lock icon A cleaner Singapore
    304 4 —Straits Times. August 10 Singapore has long been captivated by the thought of transforming itself into one of the most attractive garden cities in Asia and if this ideal has yet to be realised it is certainly not for want of trying. This is a field in
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    Lock icon The other horror
    269 4 —Straits Times, August 10 When the major powers still have a long waj to go before a system of nuclear restraint and control can be perfected, the Biitish pioposal for a new convention banning germ warfare may seem an unwanted complication. Yet the initiative is welcome for
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    Science: All is set for the big speed-up
    248 6 ITUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4. —The final stage in introducing modern science teaching in schools in Malaysia has already been reached. Dr. Robert Maybury, 45. a programme specialist in the division of science teaching of Unesco, said today: "The way in which a
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    Public talk by Mr. Ramani
    51 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. I- Mr. R Romani, legal adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wilt give a nubile talk on "The Philippines Claim to Sabah" at tiie Town Hall here at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday. The meeting is being sponsored bv the Selangor Bar
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    Careers: A helping hand for schoolleavers...
    235 6 V A L A LUMPUR, Aug. 4—A careers exhibition, to help parents guide their children into the right jobs, will be held at St. John's Institution here on Sept. 28. The exhibition, the first to be held by the Selangor Vocational Guidance Association, will
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    Medicines: A warning by the Tengku
    132 6 I/UALA LUMPUR, Aug. 5. —Tengku Abdul Rahman tonight warned the people not to take antibiotics and other medicines from shops without first consulting a doctor. Opening the conference on medical education at the University of Malaya, the Tengku said: “These medicines are found In
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    Just fancy that...MSA presenting batiks of Jakarta
    144 6 LUMPUR, Aug 5. —More V than 1,000 people, including leads of diplomatic missions, attended a reception at Tokyo’s Hotel Okura, given by MSA to celebrate inauguration of its services to Tokyo. They all returned home with a handsome gift—a length of batik made
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    Bishop gives blessings to Pop Masses for young people
    298 6  -  By MAUREEN PETERS Kuala lumpur. Aug. 5. —The Bishop of the Kuala Lumpur Diocese, Tan Sri Msgr. Dominic Vendargon today gave his blessings to pop music in Masses for young people. "I am all in favour of young people trying to
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    Technologists association
    74 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 5. I*b>rutnry HKsiMun s ut the Medical Centre of the University of Malaya and the Institute of Met:teal Research have formed an orghnit>nti< n of their own called the Malaysian Society of Medical Laboratory Technologist. At a recent meeting held here. Mr. Wee Sian Lip.
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    LACK OF CORNEAS STOPS OPERATIONS WHICH CAN BRING SIGHT TO BLIND Eye congress can serve as an eye opener
    462 8 SINGAPORE, Aug 5 'J'HE third congress of the AsiaPacific Academy of Ophthalmology can serve as an eyeopener to the public as well as to some of Singapore’s blind. Speaking at the
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    Lock icon MARA TO START $60,000 BREAD FACTORY
    171 8 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 6. MARA has embarked on a new venture—a $60,000 1 1 bread factory—the deputy to the chairman of Mara, Dalo Hajl Mustapha bin Haji Abdul Jabar, said today. The first loaf will be rolling from the factory In Petallng Jaya
    Bernama.  -  171 words
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    Lock icon Envoy pays farewell visit to the King
    98 8 a courtesy call at the Istana.— Berne ma. Kuala lumpur. Aug. 4 —The Iranian Ambassador to Malaysia, Tan Sri Dr. M. Marzban. today paid a farewell visit to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong at Istana Negara. The King presented
    a courtesy call at the Istana.— Berne ma.  -  98 words
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    Those Hilton shares: A private placement offer
    424 8 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. OOME small-time Singapore investors are protesting at what they claim to be their “exclusion*’ from the recent offer of Hilton Hotel shares. Some of them, in letters to the Straits Times, complained that they were unable to get application lists
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    Congress leader calls for closer industrial ties
    219 8 SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. India would like to have closer industrial co-operation with Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia for the Joint economic prosperity of all four countries. This was stated today by the president of the ruling Indian Congress Party, Mr. S. Nijalingappa after his
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    Tengku to open Merdeka pesta
    60 8 rr i5 acce P l *d Pennn* Umnos Invitation to open it* annual Merdeka anniversary Pes*a (fun fain to he held on S* K™ 8 Kulit ground from Sept. 27 to Oct. 5. The pesta will feature boria perfoimances b.v more than 30 b>arches, Kaum
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    Pelni liner starts S’pore, Indon run
    253 9 SINGAPORE. Aug. 5. Indonesian passenger, liner Belle Abeto weighed anchor for Jakarta this afternoon to inaugurate the first Singapore-Jakarta run operated by Pelni Lines Indonesia's national shipping company. On board were 24 Singapore tourists, the first to travel to Jakarta by ship since confrontation.
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    Ghafar Baba to head Alliance election team
    130 9 l/UCHING. Aug. «.—A Sarawak Alliance committee has been formed to i hoose candidates and allocate constituencies for the coming elections in the State. Comprising three members each from Party Pesalca. Party Bunuputra and the Sarawak Chinese Association which make up the Alliance, the
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    Career guidance
    30 9 IPOH. Aug. 5. The Chung Lin 4 High School Old Boys i Peri k> Association has termed a career guidance commit tee to help old boys find employment.
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    Tin mine instals $1.3m excavator
    167 9 KAMPAR. Aug. 5 rE Austral Kampar Tin Ltd. here took delivery today of a $1.3 million giant dragline excavator —the only one of Its kind In South-East Asia. Mr. E Skelton, an engineer, who was flown out from the US. by the manufacturers to supervise
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    Wok: Jobs Bill will attract foreign capital to S’pore
    276 9 SINGAPORE. Aug. 4,— The Minister for Social Affairs. Inche Othnian Wok, today said that the Employ* ment Bill, recently passed by Parliament, would create an attractive climate for foreign investors to bring their capital into the Republic. The Bill, designed’ purely
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    60-CENT RUBBER LIKELY BY END OF YEAR
    382 9 60- CENT RUBBER LIKELY BY END OF YEAR SINGAPORE, Aug. 5. circles are hoping for 60-cent rubber later this year as exports from Malaysia and Singapore in the current year are expected to exceed last year’s record of 1,280,196 tons. Official statistics published here show that in the first six
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    The MSA explains why that batik was Indonesian
    159 9 Auk. t-Malaysia-Singapore Airlines presented Indonesian batik to inaugural Kuesls at reception in Tokyo because it wanted the Kifh "to be representative of t h t whole region of SouthEast Asia.” This was the expian.tt on given by a spokesman of the airUne
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    Off to India
    42 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug 8 Five Malaysian students will leave for India tomorrow to study medicine under the Colombo Plan They are Mr. Ooi Hooi Yong Mr. Kanesvaran, Mr Tine Cheh Sin*. Mr Indarjit Singh and Misa Tin Gu;»t Kean.
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    PRODUCER: IT WOULD HAVE HELPED LOCAL ECONOMY A govt ‘no’ to making of Gregory Peck film costs S’pore $1.5m
    264 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 6. A Hollywood film company which intended to spend at least $1.5 million to make a film in Singapore has been rebuffed. Now Twentieth Century Fox will shoot the
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    HOW ‘PRETTY POLLY’ BENEFITTED THE REPUBLIC
    130 10 "It would be such a pity if Singapore were to be left out.” He quoted statistics to show how Singapore had bene fitted financially from the filming of “Pretty Polly.” There had altogether been 2.762 days of work for the many local extras, 324
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    CALL-UP FOR TRAINEE TEACHERS
    72 10 SINGAPORE. Aug. 6 Hundreds of trainee teachers of the Teachers’ Training College turn up this morning at the Central Manpower Base in Kallang to register for national service. The registration, which began yesterday, will end on Aug. 8. Not affected by the current registration are teachers
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    The Govt will ‘deliver the goods’ promises Manicka
    173 10 Aug. 6. The need to "deliver the goods” to the people as quickly as possible was stressed by the Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam, here today. Speaking at the National Seminar on Agriculture, he said the need for an acceerated i>ace
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    Khirt Red activities increase in private Chinese schools
    403 10 ALOR STAR, Aug. 6. r JpHE Minister of Education. Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, today warned that Communist activities were on the increase in private Chinese secondary schools in West Malaysia. "The situation is getting more serious.” he told a conference of Chief
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    Congratulations to Singapore
    55 10 'KUALA LUMPUR.Aug. The Yang di-Pertuun A gong has sent a congratulatory measage to Preaident Yusof of Singapore on the occasion of the country’s National Day. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, on behalf of the Malaysian Government, and people, also sent a similar message to Singapore's Prime
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    Bishop endorses Pope’s ‘Pill’ decision
    654 11 LUMPUR, Aug. 4.—Rt. Rev. Tan Sri D. Vendargon, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, today endorsed the Popes ban on all methods of artificial birth control. In a sermon at St. John’s Cathedral here, the Bishop stated that to allow use of contraceptives would
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    ‘No flu epidemic in Singapore’
    66 11 SINGAPORE. Aug. 8 —There is iio epidemic of influenea in Singapore, the Director of Medical Services, Dr. Ho Ouan Lim, wojH trwia v He said that although many people might be sniffing from there were no signs that the disease was spreading. Tha health authorities,
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    Seven Govt Depts in new budget system
    414 11 If UALA LUMPUR, Aug. 4,—Seven government departments will take part in pilot programmes and budgeting projects next vear as part of the campaign for civil ser- vice efficiency. The new budgeting system being devised by the Treasury will pinpoint work estimates and work
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    Lock icon Lee to open Institute’s course
    109 11 Bernama. Kuala lumpur. Aug. 4 -The Assistant Minister of Education, Mr. Lee Siok, Yew, will open a Malaysian Institute of Management course on “Fundamentals of accounting” here tomorrow at the Shell Theatrette. Shell House. It will be the first of a series of four evening
    Bernama.  -  109 words
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    ‘NOT GOVT POLICY TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH FILM BELITTLING ANY COUNTRY’ No help to filming of ‘Chairman’: Reason why
    492 12 StNUAPOnC, Aug 7 GOVERNMENT ami film industry people today shot down a “no help” complaint for the filming of an American best-seller, “The Chairman,” starring Gregory A Ministry of Culture spokesman
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    Another film to be shot in S’pore?
    124 12 SINGAPORE. Aug. 7. “Man’s Fate,” a bestseller by French novelist and Minister for Culture. Andre Malraux. may be Aimed in Singapore. Hollywood’s famed director Fred Zinneman will arrive in Singapore on Aug. 12 to investigate the inabilities of filming here. Mr. Zinneman, has
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    Visitor: Why tourists by-pass Malaysia
    98 12 PENANG, Aug. 7.—Lack of publicity and information about Malaysia was the main reason why tourists often by-passed this country. Mr. Jim Moritani, president of the Japan Travel Journal Company said here today. But part of the blame could also he attributed to travel agents com
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    PACIFIC NATIONS’ AIMTHE U.S. TOURIST
    356 12 PACIFIC NATIONS’ AIM—THE U.S. TOURIST KUALA LUMPUR, Aug, 4. 'J'HE Pacific countries must aim their promotional messages at Americans who have visited Europe if they want to increase their share of the international travel market. This is one of the conclusions drawn from the findings of the Pacific Visitors survey,
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    ‘Accept present political pacts’ call by Razak
    194 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 4—Tun Abdul Razak said today that the best way to sustain co-operation la South-East Asia was for all countries in the region to accept “present situ ations and existing political arrangements.’’ Malaysia was always ready to consider the security and
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    La Belle: Lively score, good work by chorus
    228 15  -  ■>(>. KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 6. —By and large. Jacques Offenbach's *La Belle Helene” staged by the Selangor Philharmonic Society at the Town Hall this evening was a very commendable effort. It achieves what it set out to do that Is entertain. 1
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    Children for Gandhi pilgrimage
    87 15 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Aug. 7. The New India National Educator. Trust will pay the cost ol flying 100 Malaysian children to India to pay their homage to Mahatma Gandhi mi Rajghat on Oct. 2 next year A similar number of children from Ceylon and Burma will be
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    B.A. AT 15, M.A. AT 17 AND AT 21 DOING A THESIS FOR HIS Ph.D
    274 15  -  Bu PREM KUMAR: Kuala Lumpur, August 7 UUSHPESH PANT is one young man who has not let his brilliant successes go to his head. At the age of 15, he obtained his B.A. with a
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    The best way to beat shortage of doctors—by Dr. Ellis
    318 15 The best way to beat shortage of doctors —by Dr. Ellis K. LUMPUR, Aug 7 f rHE best way to beat the shortage of doctors was to concentrate the country's medical resources in main health centres. This suggestion was made bv Dr. J. R. Ellis, secretary of the Association for
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    Operation Goodwill to be launched soon
    179 15 I/UALA LUMPUR. **> Aug. 6 —The Ministry of Health is all set to launch a five-week Operation Good will campaign among the staff of foe medical, dental and health services in West Malaysia from Aug. 15. The Minister of Health. Dr Nr Kam Poh.
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    Teens show
    43 15 IPOH. Aug. 11.—The National Society of St. Vincent de Paul. St. Michael's conference fpoh. will stage a charity musical show Teens Rendezvous at St. John Ambulance Hall on Friday at 6.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. In aid of its welfare programme.
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    Lock icon ASIAN FLU? NO, SAYS CHIEF
    179 15 crowded places. Bernama. lt. LUMPUR, Aug 7 \IEDICAL authorities in Malaysia have been alerted to keep a watchful eye for any sign of a possible outbreak of Aslan flu. The assistant Director of. Medical Services. Dr S. Appadurai. said this today when asked whether it
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    Now they will be brigadiergenerals
    68 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. Malaysian Army brigadiers will now be known as brigadiergenerals, a Ministry of Defence statement said here today. The rank of brigadier-general is widely used by armies all over the world, except in Britain and some Commonwealth countries. This change will not, however.
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    Booming Singapore
    201 17 SINGAPORE. Aug 8 Singapore’s economy continues its leap forward, with this year better than the last two post-independence years. Figures which tell the story range from domestic exports, public and private housing to the 31 per cent increase in bank deposits during the 12 months ending in June.
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    Quote
    22 17 *on our own, we have done better than in any three previous years of our history 5 —Mr. Lee Kuan Yew
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    Bank deposits up
    297 17 PUBLIC HOUSING and construction up 16 per cent 14,500 units in the last 12 months, or one unit every 26 minutes; private construction up 27 per cent. BANK DEPOSITS on June this year, compared with June last year, up 31 per cent. Ninety-four per cent of the
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    Call by leprosy relief officials
    41 17 PENANG An? 7 Official* of the Lepiosy Relief A-vncia-tion will call on families of inmate* of the leper settlement in Pr.iau Jerejak on An?. 16 They will also present >extbooks to the children of the Inmate*.
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    MCS men were scrapings of the barrel, he says
    251 17  -  By PHILIP MATHEWS l/UALA LUMPUR, Aug. B.—Did Britain send third-rate men to man the Malaysian Civil Service? They certainly did not M*nd Hie best, and those recruited lor the service were often almost literally the scrapings of the barrel.” according to
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    Lock icon Govt now selling rubber from stockpile
    205 17 Bernama. KUALA LUMPIJR. Aug. 8. jyjALAYSIA has begun selling rubber from the stockpile it built up last year to support the price of the commodity. The announcement was made" today by the Commerce and Industry Minister, Tan Sri (Dr.) Lim Swee Aun. He said:
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    ‘Firm belief in this freedom’
    49 17 IPOH Avig. 8 The Mentri Besar. Date Ha.ii Ahmad bin Said, today stressed the importante of religious freidom in a multi-raci*»! society. The Alliance Government firmly believed in religious freedom. he said when handing over $7O uOo to the Tow 800 Kc<ng Temple here.
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    Lock icon Russian dons keen to have direct links with varsity
    140 17 Bernsima. Kuala lumpur. Aug 8. —Russian historians are keen to know more about Malaysia and would like to get their material direct from the University of Malaya. This was stated today by Professor Vladimir A. Zharov, leader of a three-member delegation
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    Club officials elected
    52 17 PENANG. Aug. B—The Rural District Council Recreation Club has elected Mr. Wah King Tre as its president, with Mr. Goh Hock Guan and Mr. Khoo Koh Loon as vice-presidents. Otner officials are Miss Katherine Klioo «secretary Inche Mohamed Idris bin Mydin «asst, .secretary» and Inche Sulainian bin
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      Bulls win battle on Stock Exchange
      980 18 P’ was another very active week on the Hock Exchange of Malaysia and Singaand there was a turprise on Friday vhen the Kuala Lumpur trading room operating alone, as Singapore was closed for Rational Day, chalked up a turnover officially of around one million
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      UPS AND DOWNS
      347 18 Yf OVIMINTS OC SHARK 11 CRIC8S IASIO ON A COMCARISON OC LAST BALKS IN TMK StNOACORK AND KUALA LUMCUR TRADINO ROOMS OC TNR STOCK RXCNANCI ON AUK. 2 AND INDUSTRIALS: ACMA (414 cants), San and Cs. <—9 cental, Sarnaa Rarhad (+13 cental, Bau•tsad —2 cents). Cantral Sugar
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      Dividends announced
      38 18 Current Date Total foi Total for payment parable the year previous veai Johan Tin 10% Aug 2« 30% Krdford Hub. 71% I Aug 20 171% Taiptng Rub. 5% t i«I% Aan J%t s«.,it 10 t Interim
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      RUBBER AND TIN CLOSING PRICES
      32 18 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul) AiiS- > 53'hcU. $550.75 6. 35% eta. $550.50 7. 5$ Vi ets. $550.50 S. 57% eta. $550.62V* 57 eta. $550.00 10. $547.25
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      Local stock indices
      57 18 Aug 5 Aug 8 Aug 7 Aug 8 Aug 9 Industrials 170.96 170.89 171.40 170.73 171 63 Proper ties 224.22 228.51 229 09 225 97 227.52 t Tins 80.07 80.07 80 05 80 03 80.05 i rubbers 102 28 102.28 102 28 102.28 102 28 Dec. 29.
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      RUBBER AND TIN CLOSING PRICES
      30 18 Au* 9. RUBBER PRICE: 57 TfcnU (down a quarter of a cent). TIN PRICE: sss# (down 624 cents). Estimated offering 2)1 tons (down 5 tons).
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      Rubber Market closes steady
      284 18 AFTER an easier and rather uncertain start to the past week’s trading the Rubber Market went on to repeat the steady conditions of the previous week state H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their current review. The underlying strength was due to continuing good trade demand particularly for
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      Khaw: Council staff to get training
      111 18 K U A L A LUMPUR. 1V Aug. 11—The Ministry of Local Governme n t and Housing plans to set up a training centre for employees of local councils in Selangor. This was announced here today by the Minister of Local Government and Housing,
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      CLOSING PRICES
      585 19 THB FOLLOWING IS a C0MPLBT» LIST OP N1VISBD QUOTATIONS P0R THE WEEK INDIO PRIDAY AUGUST S. INDUSTRIALS B. ACMA 2»8 Alex Bricks Ben A Co 3-84 Borneo Berhad 2.41 2.44 Boustead 1-87 C. Sugar. 4.44 4.78 C C.M 2.27 2.29 C.C.M. deb 212 2.15 C.T.S. ords C.B. Holdings
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    Dato Wong gives $250,000 to MCA college
    302 19 K U ALA LUMPUR, Aug. B.—More than $500,000 has already been contributed towards the proposed MCA College building fund. The latest and largest donation of *250,000 came from the president of the Johore MCA and million, alre philanthropist. Dato Wcng Bhee Fun. At
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    Formed: A committee to promote direct trade links with Indonesia
    251 19 PENANG, Aug. 8. A Joint standing committee on Indonesian trade has been formed by the various chambers of commerce in Penang. The decls on to set It up was unanimously reached at a special meeting called by the United Chambers
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    Rotary Club’s project
    61 19 PORT DICKSON, Aug. B. The Port Dickson Rotary Club will spend $12,000 this year to renovate and extend the Sunshine C|unp at the 4th mile, Coast Road, to enable orphans and under-privileged children to spend their holidays there. Its president, Mr. Maurice d’Cruz, who was installed for
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    King sends message
    54 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 7. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has sent a congratulatory message to the President of the Ivory Coast on the occasion of the country’s national day. The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tengku Abdul Rahman also sent a similar message to the Foreign
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    Specialist to talk on ‘care of the eyes’
    81 19 SINGAPORE. Aug. s—lndian ophthalmologist Dr. M.S. Agarwal will speak on “Care of the Eyes and Yoga’ at the luncheon meeting of the Lions Club of Singapore at the Viking Room, Goodwood Park Hotel, on Aug. 7. Dr. Agarwal who run* his own
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    Call to Sabah Filipinos
    62 19 KOTA KINABALU. Aug. 7, A Sabah Filipino leader has called on the States 25,000 Filipinos to foster closer understanding with the Government and people of Malaysia. “It Is not for us to engage ourselves in the Intricacies of politics or In the discussion of foreign policies
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    N. Zealand to continue eye gifts to Singapore
    142 19 CLNGAPORE» Aug. 10 13 The New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Blindness has promised to continue donating corneas to the Singapore Eye Bank. At the conclusion of the third congress of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology yesterday, the president of the
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    MSA guests on visit
    50 19 SINGAPORE, Aug. 11—A party of 32 Japanese travel agents, journalists, airline and avtatlon officials flew nto Singapore from Tokyo today on MalaysiaS Inga pore Airline’s new Boeing 707 Inaugural flight. The partv will be tn Singapore and West Malaysia for a week as guest> of MSA
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    MERDEKA SOCCER TOURNEY Malaysia open with a draw
    214 20  -  *y Nanus Siebel MALAYSIA 1 HONB KONG 1 jyjALAYSIA entered the era of football’s new formations on an unsure note on Friday and had to scramble all the way for a 1-1 draw with Hong Kong in the Merdeka tournament’s opening match.
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    ...then a victory over India at last
    436 20 MALAYSIA 2 INDIA 1 MALAYSIA sparkled iTJ Into the attack from the kickoff of their match against India in the Merdeka soccer tournament at Merdeka Stadium on Saturday. But their hopes of an early breakthrough were Immediately dashed by India’» agile and quickcovering
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    Wissink’s octopus act stuns the Koreans
    594 20 W. Australia... 3 S. K0rea....0 l/’UALA LUMPUR, Sat. —Australia had an octopus in goal and ten hale and hearty adepts at power football in front of it when they took on South Korea in tihe Merdeka tournaments Group A at the Merdeka Stadium on
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    Singapore beaten
    187 20 NAT. CHINA 2 SINGAPORE O TWATIONALIST China beat Singapore 2-0 in Group A at Stadium Perak on Sunday night, reports LEE FOO SAN. Singapore faded out after a promising start. Their attack had no finish and the defence fell apart under the systematic Chinese attacks. China forced three
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