The Straits Times Annual, 1 January 1958
1958-01-01
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The Straits Times Annual
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Advertisement228 1958-01-01 12/13 A great .organisation is near you J J The Ford success story in Malaya centres around its Assembly Plant and Parts and Accessories Depot in Singapore. From this centrally located site the wide range of Ford vehicles and service parts is despatched with the minimum of delay to their dealer228 words
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Article, Illustration8 1958-01-01 36/37 t—by Sam Kai Yee.t—by Sam Kai Yee. - 8 words
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Advertisement368 1958-01-01 52/53 IM» 7 97 m,e-. to You Who Seek Perfection: the Selfwinding Omega Constellation If you are among the fortunate few who can indulge freely in their love of the rare and beautiful, you will find the Constellation Chronometer a timepiece to-your taste. No other watch so aptly expresses an uncompromising368 words
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Article, Illustration147 1958-01-01 1 THE BRITISH ROLE IN MALAYA .C. Northcote Parkinson 2 EARLY SINGAPORE Donald Davies 8 QUEENSTOWN Stewart Clyde 10 -MAIN SILAT M. C. ff Sheppard \2j^ THE MERDKKA PAGEANT William Fish 16 UNITY THROUGH THE SCHOOLS Dato Abdul Razak 22 THE DURIAN -DELECTABLE OR DETESTABLE? Gerald Hawkins 24 NIGHT LIFE147 words
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Advertisement192 1958-01-01 1 A it ■> r a Malaya powers prosperity One fifth of Malaya’s exports is made up of TIN concentrates, blocks and ingots. This dredge, aiong with many others, produces approximately half of this vital output of tin concentrates. This is a special kind of dredge and it meets a special192 words
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Advertisement157 1958-01-01 1 COLOUR pictures illustrating The British Role in Malaya, Early Singapore, Oriental Tableaux, Temple of Heavenly Happiness and Blower Arrangement are the work of Leon Shiu_ Hung, Chief Staff Photographer. He also took the cover picture of Kelsom Dutton. Other colour pictures were contributed by the following: Ewing Krainin (Buddhist Monks157 words
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Article, Illustration2702 1958-01-01 2/3 The most valuable contribution to the new nation may date from the period following Merdeka, says Dr. C. Northcote Parkinson, Raffles Professor of History in the University of Malaya. T'HE year that has seen Malaya achieving virtual independence, an accomplished fact in the Federation, a2,702 words
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Article, Illustration434 1958-01-01 8/9 Donald Davies - Donald Davies. /f k E of the best-known prints of early Singapore is John Turnbull Thomson’s lithograph of the view as he saw it from Government Hill (Fort Canning) in 1846, although the print, reproduced above, was not published until ten years later. Thomson apparently made his sketch434 words
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Article, Illustration1305 1958-01-01 10/11 STEWART CLYDE - by STEWART CLYDE The Trust’s greatest project is an example of one of the most remarkable housing drives in Asia. tFOUSING, a major world need since the war, has become the most pressing problem facing the Government of Singapore during the past 10 years, with land growing progressively scarcer1,305 words
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Article, Illustration1494 1958-01-01 12/13 M. C. if Sheppard - by M. C. if Sheppard From the days of the great champion, Hang Tuah, it has helped to develop character, resourcefulness, fitness. TN August 1949 the Emergency had reached a critical stage in Pahang. Leading Chinese and Malay Communists, including Chin Peng, had succeeded1,494 words
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Article, Illustration1369 1958-01-01 16/17 WILLIAM FISH - by WILLIAM FISH The birth of the new Malayan nation was marked by scenes of splendour and solemnity befitting the great occasion. Among the big crowds gathered in the Federal Capital, there was evidence of a new surge of the inter-racial goodwill that has been a characteristic1,369 words
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Article, Illustration1047 1958-01-01 22/23 DATO ABDUL RAZAK BIN HUSSAIN - by DATO ABDUL RAZAK BIN HUSSAIN, Deputy Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya TN less than a generation, I believe A that our schools can create a truly united Malayan nation and people. This is the avowed object of the new education policy. It was1,047 words
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Article, Illustration1844 1958-01-01 24/25 Gerald j - DURIAN delectable or detestable? by 4 Gerald j OO said Calverly of another dubious indulgence. What of durian, the most discussed of all Malayan fruits? Courtesy demands that it should be formally introduced so let us make a bow to the science of Botany. Botanists have a name for it,1,844 words
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Article, Illustration1600 1958-01-01 26/27 Night Life in the Jungle lAr ti.J. KiT. CtEENEEI. tin* Chief dame Wanton, \talaya, tells how he obtained some remarkable photographs of animals in the National Park. 'MTGHT photography of Malayan wild life is a fascinating hobby which requires patience, a knowledge of the ways of the wild creatures, perhaps1,600 words
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Article, Illustration1269 1958-01-01 30/31 E.E.F. Pretty, C.M. G - by E.E.F. Pretty, C.M.G. WHEN I first visited Trengganu in the autumn of 1915 it was at the invitation of the late John Humphreys, who had recently been appointed to the post of British Agent and who was destined to spend ten memorable years there, ending1,269 words
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Article, Illustration7 1958-01-01 32/33 by Yan Fook-leunby Yan Fook-leun - 7 words
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Article, Illustration29 1958-01-01 34/35 Bangkok lies hushed in the heat as monks return to the temple. The early morning round with begging bowl is over. Picture by Ewing Krainin.Picture by Ewing Krainin. - 29 words
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Article, Illustration897 1958-01-01 34/35 GEORGE CLARK - by GEORGE CLARK OAMA moves slowly and majestically onto the lamplit stage. He holds his head high, as befits a king; he exudes power, as becomes a god. A hush falls over an expectant audience. The munching and the chattering dies away. Mothers stifle their babies’897 words
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Article, Illustration723 1958-01-01 38/39 Peter Rateliffe pays a tribute to the beauty and charm of Iban women, and to the artistry of one of South-East Asia’s most talented photographers, K. F. Wong,, of Sarawak. false modesty that tiresome, respectable imposture —the Iban woman has no time. She has the simple modesty723 words
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Article, Illustration1181 1958-01-01 42/43 A.W. Hamilton - by A.W. Hamilton ONE day when Sang Kanchil the Mousedeer was wandering through the jungle, he spied a hornet’s nest hanging from the lowest branch of a tree. He sat back on his haunches and gazed intently at it, scheming as to what use he1,181 words
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Article, Illustration1265 1958-01-01 44/45 Guy Madoc - by Guy Madoc TF you look at the State map of Kedah you will see a small dot inserted in a frame at the side. That is Pulau Perak a fantastically remote part of the State, the most remote islet of Malaya. It lies about1,265 words
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Article, Illustration45 1958-01-01 48/49 In this study from his S. E. Asian portfolio, Ewing Krainin has caught the beauty of sunlight and shadow among palm trees at mid-day. Here is the placid charm of the Malaysian village scene —even to the smoke drifting lazily away.45 words
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Article, Illustration3668 1958-01-01 48/49 G. L. Peet - Return to Malaya by G. L. Peet. After retirement, few Anglo-Malayans are able to revisit the Peninsula. A former Editor of The Straits Times describes his visit and why he found it a stimulating and moving experience. /"kNE of my first surprises on revisiting Malaya in 1957 was to hear3,668 words
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Article, Illustration881 1958-01-01 54/55 MICHAEL TWEEDIE - by MICHAEL TWEEDIE TT is a curious fact that, while most A people have heard of the flying reptiles of the remote past, the Pterodactyls, the existence today of lizards that can fly is much less well known. It is true that they are small, unspectacular creatures, and881 words
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Article, Illustration2632 1958-01-01 56/57 W. L. BLYTHE, C.M. G - by W. L. BLYTHE, C.M.G. /CHINESE secret societies have been a subject of perennial interest in Malaya ever since the early days of Penang’s history. As early as 1799 we find mention of a “Chinese conspiracy” in which they had “formed parties to protect themselves against2,632 words
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Article, Illustration1775 1958-01-01 60/61 HARRY MILLER - by HARRY MILLER THE one house in Malaya that could be said to reflect the constitutional changes in the Federation in the past half-century is Carcosa, now the home of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom. Since it was built 61 years ago, it has been occupied1,775 words
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Article, Illustration7 1958-01-01 64/65 i— by Sam Kai Fayei—by Sam Kai Faye - 7 words
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Article, Illustration97 1958-01-01 66/67 Leon Shiu Hung's colour camera has caught the beauty of two of the “Living Pictures’’ in a series presented by Singapore women in the “More About Eve” show. “Young Man Between Two Rivals,” above, is a depiction of an 18th century painting by a Chinese artist. Painted on97 words
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Article, Illustration441 1958-01-01 68/69 TJANGAU is the common Malay word lor the graceful longlegged, long-necked, white egrets of the grazing-grounds and swamps. On the East Coast, bangau is also the term used for the curving arms at the bow and stern of fishing perahu. These arms serve the practical purpose441 words
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Article, Illustration1216 1958-01-01 70/71 On the lovely, inland of Langkawi, off the coast of Kedah, Vernon Bartlett came an old Malay sport—water-tobogganing. Sliding *?>ver a smooth rock is great fun—if you have the nerve. “rPHE Tuan is lucky”, the guide assured me. Why? Because the High Commissioner had paid a visit to Langkawi1,216 words
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Article, Illustration216 1958-01-01 72/73 Richard Harrington - by Richard Harrington AN the magic island of Bali, where the women are generally acclaimed among the most beautiful in the world, the village elders watch the little girls at play as they are on the look-out for future dancers. Eight-year-old Golungan, to the envy216 words
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Article, Illustration1345 1958-01-01 74/75 EmpText - EmpText TF you are looking for a contrast between ancient and modern, between the leisurely sweep of 19th century Singapore and the bustling pace of today, take a walk down Telok Ayer Street. For there you will see the modern Hokkien Huay lywan, or Hokkien Community1,345 words
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Article, Illustration204 1958-01-01 78/79 TI/lALAYANS of all races are beginning to take flower arrangement quite seriously. During the past four or five years interest has increased greatly in a field which gives the ordinary woman opportunities to express her artistic ability. Classes in flower arrangement have received enthusiastic support in Singapore. Recently204 words
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