The Straits Times Annual, 1 January 1962
1962-01-01
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The Straits Times Annual
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Article, Illustration166 1962-01-01 1 TOWARDS GREATER MALAYSIA Lee Siew Yee 2 MALAY KITES Kijang Put eh 8 OLD PENANG D.D. 12 CONGO FORCE Wee Kim Wee 14 A BETTER LIFE IN THE KAMPONGS Roland Challis 17 BORNEAN BULBULS Tom Harrisson 21 THE HAJ Haji Mubin Sheppard 24 THE MALAY DIPLOMAT J. M. Gullick166 words
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Advertisement138 1962-01-01 1 rHE cover picture of Ruby Wah is by Staff Photographer Larry Leon, who also took the pictures for They Dance at the Istana, Malaya’s National Gallery, Flowering Trees and Shrubs and Puppets m Chinatown. Other colour contributions come from Chief Staff Photographer Leon Shin Hung (Malay Kites), Staff Photographer Lim138 words
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Article, Illustration3812 1962-01-01 2/3 LEE SIEW YEE - Malayan statesmen are giving new life to the grand design for a union which would embrace the Federation, Singapore and the Bornean territories, but much remains to be done before it becomes a ideality. by LEE SIEW YEE tTVHE Federation’s Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, is not3,812 words
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Article, Illustration1500 1962-01-01 8/9 Kijang Put eh - by Kijang Put eh TRIE kite-flying season was in full swing in Malacca. All the young men, including the sons of good family, were to be seen in the open fields with kites of many different shapes and sizes. Raja Ahmad appeared with a large kite the size1,500 words
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Article, Illustration560 1962-01-01 12/13 Donald Davies - by Donald Davies pASS through the Moon Gate, a few yards from the entrance to Waterfall Gardens, and you can make your way up to the top of Penang Hill, following the old road made by convict labour at the beginning of the last century. On foot, it560 words
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Article, Illustration1594 1962-01-01 14/15 WEE KIM WEE, (he only Malayan newspaper correspondent (o visit the Congo, tells of the fine work being done by troops from the Federation and says it has won widespread recognition. September 30, 1960, the Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya, Tunku Abdul Rahman, made four wishes1,594 words
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Article, Illustration8 1962-01-01 16/17 by Chan Kwok Tongby Chan Kwok Tong - 8 words
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Article, Illustration1576 1962-01-01 16/17 ROLAND CHALLIS - by ROLAND CHALLIS /CHEMISTS will tell you there are two types of analysis, qualitative and quantitative, and that you need both for a complete description. This is a helpful approach to rural development, possibly the biggest thing that has ever happened in Malaya and1,576 words
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Article, Illustration2592 1962-01-01 20/21 Tom Harrisson - by Tom Harrisson TMTE Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) is one of the more adaptable birds in Borneo. It is the only species that is as common in the coconuts on the tiny offshore islands, around the gardens of towns like Kuching and Jesselton, and about the cattle-grazed parkland2,592 words
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Article, Illustration1879 1962-01-01 24/25 TUAN HAJI MUBIN SHEPPARD describes the pilgrimage to Mecca, holy city of Islam, which is undertaken every year by thousands of devout Muslims from all parts of Malaya. A MUSLIM is required to fulfill five commandments: to repeat the declaration of faith in God and His Prophet, to1,879 words
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Article, Illustration1222 1962-01-01 28/29 J. M. Gullick - by J. M. Gullick T'HE Sultans of Malacca received foreign envoys at their court with strict ceremonial. The ambassador was brought from his lodging riding on an elephant and escorted by retainers bearing umbrellas, weapons and other insignia. The exact details of this escort were nicely graded1,222 words
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Article, Illustration1423 1962-01-01 30/31 H T. Sutton - by H T. Sutton /“'HENG HO. High Eunuch to the great Emperor Ch’eng Tsu, was a business man with the biggest expense account of all time. That, by itself, would be justification enough for notice to be taken of Cheng Ho—for he lived 550 years1,423 words
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Article, Illustration5 1962-01-01 32/33 by Stephen Yapby Stephen Yap - 5 words
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Article, Illustration2050 1962-01-01 34/35 A. Fraser-Brunner - by A. Fraser-Brunner TVETTER quarters for an ornithologist than mine could scarcely have been allocated if the authorities had known beforehand that my interests lay in that direction. But I came to Singapore as a fish man, to develop the Aquarium, so I was very fortunate2,050 words
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Article, Illustration950 1962-01-01 38/39 Nelson Rutherfurd - by Nelson Rutherfurd CJET on a remote Selangor hilltop, its flaring Minangkabau roof upswept to the sky, is one of Malaya’s most remarkable homes. It is the House of Palms owned by Socfin Co. It is unique, representing as it does the biggest and the finest example950 words
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Article, Illustration242 1962-01-01 40/41 R. BHANSALI - R. BHANSALI. AT one time or another, most men fear the loss of their hair in middle age. Few, whatever their age, can be said to be proud of their baldness. But these pictures show an 11-year-old Indian boy sacrificing all his hair, except for242 words
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Article, Illustration1646 1962-01-01 42/43 MUSTAPHA KAMIL YASSIN tells the story of the Badan Kesenian Melayu, a g,roup of amateurs, who are bringing, the ancient dances to audiences in the Capital. TT was a brilliantly lit hall and the occasion was a royal banquet. Around the tables were a distinguished1,646 words
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Article, Illustration610 1962-01-01 46/47 Cl V/ l — FRANK SULLIVAN - Cl V/ l FRANK SULLIVAN. TF you drive along Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur in the cool shade of the spreading raintrees you will pass a notice on your left which says in Malay “Balai Seni Lukis Negara” and in English “National Art Gallery”. That sign points the610 words
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Article, Illustration6 1962-01-01 48/49 by Stephen Yapby Stephen Yap - 6 words
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Article, Illustration1472 1962-01-01 48/49 L. V. DELLER - by L. V. DELLER “T ET’S move a river!” Sounds a fairly common-place idea in these days of rockets round the moon, satellites in orbit and men in space and it is certainly far less spectacular, for there is really little to see once the river1,472 words
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Article, Illustration1260 1962-01-01 52/53 by COL. YEOP MAHIDIN, Director of Malaya’s Territorial Army. In World War II, he commanded a guerilla force that harassed the Japanese and in the Emergency led kampong fighters against terrorists. TRIEIR uniforms are well-pressed and A neat. They are seldom late on parade.1,260 words
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Article, Illustration1945 1962-01-01 54/55 DONALD DAVIES describes some of the work of the man after whom Singapore’s Thomson Road is named—a noted surveyor, painter of the Settlement’s mid-19th Century scene and a Malay scholar of repute. TffiE sleepy punkah boy sat up with a jerk, as Mr. William Napier began his1,945 words
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Article, Illustration1433 1962-01-01 58/59 Ilcdwig Anuar - bv Ilcdwig Anuar SINGAPORE’S National Library is the youngest of all national libraries in Asia since it was established as such only in April 1958 when the Raffles National Library Ordinance of 1957 came into operation. The history of the Library, however, goes back as far as1,433 words
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Article, Illustration3080 1962-01-01 60/61 G. L. Peet - by G. L. Peet rkO you see what I see on the Malayan highway? The Anglo-Malayan ol other days who goes back finds that many of the things that strike him as new and significant are taken for granted by the people who live there now.3,080 words
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Article, Illustration6 1962-01-01 64/65 by Peng-Seng Wu, A.R.P.S.by Peng-Seng Wu, A.R.P.S. | - 6 words
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Article, Illustration1745 1962-01-01 66/67 A. L. M. Greig - by A. L. M. Greig “atlas” maps of the Federation and the maps of States arjd towns are essentially records of the pattern of development that has taken place already, as an aid to administration and for the information of the general public, as well as being a1,745 words
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Article, Illustration351 1962-01-01 70/71 T'HE colourful flowering trees and shrubs which adorn the gardens and roadsides of Malaya are rarely native to this country, hut have been introduced over the last hundred years from other tropical parts of the world. Illustrated here are five beautiful and spectacular trees and shrubs351 words
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Article, Illustration915 1962-01-01 72/73 William Fish - by William Fish TVORY carvers in Hong Kong, passing on their skill from generation to generation, are continuing a tradition of craftsmanship that began in China centuries ago. Working in family groups they produce hundreds of different articles, ranging from two-inch boats to intricate bridges carved from915 words
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Article, Illustration2326 1962-01-01 74/75 Katharine Sim - by Katharine Sim TT was the eve of Chinese New Year, we were sitting under the ketapang trees at Tanjong Bunga in Penang, and the little soft waves of the straits lapped the seawall gently a few feet from our table. We were talking2,326 words
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Article, Illustration990 1962-01-01 78/79 Desmond Neill - by Desmond Neill pUBLIC performances in Singapore require official sanction from several quarters, and this applies no less to the inanimate but exuberant puppet performers of Chinatown, a colourful conglomeration of characters who exude a fairytale and historical aura as sure and as captivating as any Punch990 words
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