The Straits Times Annual, 1 January 1961
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The Straits Times Annual
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Article, Illustration141 1961-01-01 1 THE DRIVE FOR PROSPERITY Allington Kennard 2 VALLEY OF TIN Lawrence V. Deller 8 EARLY VIEWS FROM GOVERNMENT HILL .12 NEWSMAN IN THE EMERGENCY Harry Miller 14 PALLADIO DELINEATED Desmond Fitz-Gera/d 17 WHITEBELLIED SEA-EAGLE Loke Wan Tho 20 EVOLUTION OF MALAY MUSIC Aisha Akbar 23 BROWNS OF GLUGOR Donald141 words
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Article, Illustration3552 1961-01-01 2/3 Allington Kennard - In the Sixties, the challenge of a growing population faces both the Federation and Singapore. To meet it there must be something like an agrarian revolution and a great industrial programme to go with it. by Allington Kennard new emergency confronts Malaya, less dramatic than the3,552 words
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Article, Illustration2032 1961-01-01 8/9 LAWRENCE V. DELLER - Here, in a comparatively small area of the State of Perak, there lies more tin ore than in any other place in the world by LAWRENCE V. DELLER 11/rENTION tin to anyone, anywhere in Malaya, and the Kinta Valley comes immediately to mind, for this district in2,032 words
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Article, Illustration325 1961-01-01 12/13 growing Settlement of Singapore in the 1840 s, some 25 years after it was founded, is shown in these prints of views from Government Hill, later to he called Fort Canning. The print at right shows mainly the Kampong Glam area, where the Sultan of325 words
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Article, Illustration1568 1961-01-01 14/15 HARRY MILLER recalls some of his experiences in reporting the 12-year-long jungle ’war'. boffins working in backrooms in Kuala Lumpur once estimated that a soldier during the Malayan Emergency required about 1,000 hours patrolling in the jungle or 300 hours sitting in ambush before he could1,568 words
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Article, Illustration21 1961-01-01 16/17 Smoke from the great red candles and the joss-sticks fills the temple in this picture by Ray Halin.21 words
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Article, Illustration2032 1961-01-01 16/17 Desmond Fitz Gerald - by Desmond Fitz Gerald /CLASSICISM, or building in the Palladian tradition, lormed the main influence in European architecture from the 16th to the mid-19th century. It is not surprising then that European colonial powers should have employed this style with all the classical trappings of Greece and Rome2,032 words
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Article, Illustration1314 1961-01-01 20/21 Loke Wan Tho - by Loke Wan Tho 'TM IE skies of Singapore, and indeed of Malaya too, are regrettably empty of the large birds of prey. In this respect we are not as fortunate, for instance, as India where hawks, kites and vultures are always to be seen in the1,314 words
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Article, Illustration1352 1961-01-01 22/23 Aisha Akbar - by Aisha Akbar tpHROUGH the centuries, Malay music has been influenced by the great cultures of Asia and the West. The first of these to make its impact was that of India, traders from whose shores reached the Peninsula some 2,000 years ago. They brought1,352 words
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Article, Illustration1566 1961-01-01 24/25 DONALD DAVIES - by DONALD DAVIES IF you pay a visit to the little graveyard in Penang’s Northam Road, you will find headstones representing several generations of the Brown family the Browns of Glugor and you will wonder what life was like 150 years ago in an East India1,566 words
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Article, Illustration1890 1961-01-01 28/29 A.W. Crofts - by A.W. Crofts TA/fOST of my,life I have been connected with bands and orchestras but mainly with military bands, one in particular that has been my pride and joy the Band of the Royal Federation of Malaya Police. I was with this band before the war and took1,890 words
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Article, Illustration1697 1961-01-01 30/31 I . 3Ĕ. Huisun - by I 3Ĕ. Huisun VJTKKI was born in the year 1956 but the exact month or day cannot be fixed. His mother was a beautiful creature and still may be lor that matter because her present whereabouts is unknown. It is likely that Nikki was1,697 words
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Article, Illustration6 1961-01-01 32/33 by Lim Ming Yoon.A.R.P.S.by Lim Ming Yoon.A.R.P.S. - 6 words
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Article, Illustration1343 1961-01-01 34/35 WILLIAM FISH tells how a 1,000-year-old story of Chinese opera was brought to Hong Kong’s television cameras under the skilled direction of one of the great modern playwrights, Dr. S. I. Hsiung T'HE clock in a television studio A high above Hong Kong’s waterfront inched toward 9.451,343 words
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Article, Illustration573 1961-01-01 38/39 RONALD SCOTT - RONALD SCOTT. T>EHIND the gold medal award the Malayan Orchid Society at the 1960 Chelsea Flower Show lies the story of a remarkable feat of organization. In May members of the society gathered 1,600 stems of orchid blooms from all over Malaya and Singapore, and packed and573 words
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Article, Illustration6 1961-01-01 40/41 by Lai Teck Kongby Lai Teck Kong - 6 words
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Article, Illustration1690 1961-01-01 40/41 Malcolm MacDonald - by Malcolm MacDonald TfldE name “Angkor” has a magical ring. It conjures up a vision ol wondrous ancient ruins lost in tropical jungle. For several centuries the noble cities at Angkor were overgrown, partially destroyed and completely hidden by the dense, voracious forests of Cambodia; but a hundred1,690 words
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Article, Illustration2177 1961-01-01 44/45 HAJI MUBIN SHEPPARD tells of the revival of the old Malay dances and of new ones that are gaining great popularity in the Peninsula. TF you look for the word “dance” in an English-Malay dictionary you will find several different Malay words, each emphasising a particular dance technique.2,177 words
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Article, Illustration22 1961-01-01 48/49 The wail of the pipe brings the serpent obediently from its basket in this picture by Chan Kwok Tong.22 words
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Article, Illustration1298 1961-01-01 50/51 William 11. Hoff - by William 11. Hoff TT is not at once apparent that you will be a better historian if you sleep on the floor and learn to take your food with your fingers. But in certain circumstances it may be so. I came to Malaya in October1,298 words
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Article, Illustration7 1961-01-01 52/53 by Tan Chwee Teckby Tan Chwee Teck - 7 words
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Article, Illustration1532 1961-01-01 54/55 GERALD HAWKINS - by GERALD HAWKINS /AN November 8, 1883 a British ship, the Nisero, ran aground at night near the little village of Pengah on the north-west coast of Acheen in Sumatra. The Achinese, always a turbulent, intractable people, were in open revolt against the Dutch. With1,532 words
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Article, Illustration2205 1961-01-01 56/57 G. C. Mannin - by G. C. Mannin TUIE State of Trengganu possesses many interesting and beautiful leatures to attract tourists. So far, it has been little spoilt by the economic exploitation of this modern age. For the adventurous, it has beautiful clear rivers, mountains, and hundreds of miles of almost2,205 words
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Article, Illustration2892 1961-01-01 60/61 GEORGE PEET, who went to Kuala Lumpur more than 30 years ago to open the first office of The Straits Times in the Peninsula, reflects on some remarkable changes that have taken place. T WONDER whether there is any city in the world where 30 years have2,892 words
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Article, Illustration6 1961-01-01 64/65 by Peng-Seng Wu,E R.P.S.by Peng-Seng Wu,E R.P.S. - 6 words
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Article, Illustration1446 1961-01-01 66/67 KATHLEEN CLARK - Tin mining supporters of the temple founded by the famous Selangor Kapitan China hold a procession every year to drive away the evil spirits. by KATHLEEN CLARK know the origin or meaning of the annual procession which for about three hours winds through the streets of1,446 words
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Article, Illustration1388 1961-01-01 70/71 G. C. Madoc - Designed to combat the terrorists, remote police outposts, supplied by air, will continue to serve the interests of Malaya’s aboriginal tribesmen. by G. C. Madoc TT is a fascinating experience to be carried by helicopter or light aeroplane over range after range of jungle-clad mountains, to be lifted1,388 words
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Article, Illustration1496 1961-01-01 74/75 Katharine Sim - by Katharine Sim TO set out north-eastwards from Malaya into the South China Sea is an exhilarating experience. I can see it now the slick, glassy swell at the mouth of the Trengganu river where a covey of slim kolehs are at anchor awaiting the fish that will1,496 words
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Article, Illustration1076 1961-01-01 78/79 KIJANG PUTEH - by KIJANG PUTEH r PHE King of Siam listened languidly while an envoy from the southern borders of his kingdom made a report. “I doubt not that your description surpasses the reality, but I will send one of my captains with a body of fighting men1,076 words
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