The Straits Budget, 29 January 1953

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    29 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER y e Scries No. 339. Thursday, January 29, 1953 Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      THE NEED, THE MEANS AND THE MEN
      918 2  -  THOUGHTS ON A CHINESE UNIVERSITY JOU BIENMING Singapore. IN a previous letter I tried to appraise the position of a Chinese Department at the University of Malaya and to show the proper relationship between such a Department and Chinese students or students of
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      Nation & community
      346 2  - Nation community non-sectarian. Singapore. WHEN constructive statesmen of the type of General Templer and others are trying to establish a Malayan nation, uniting the plural communities into a single body politic, it is very sad indeed to note that leaders of communal organisations, moved by the desire to get political
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      ‘UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE’
      109 2  -  H. Y. C. c Singapore. WHY a “Chinese university”? The name is misleading and open to charges of communalism, unilingualism, imperium-in-imperio-ism f etc. Why not the University of Singapore for a name? It would be truer to the intentions of the sponsors. They only want a private
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      The Dato and the University
      146 2  -  MALAYANW \LU| Singapore. DATO Sir Cheng- >ckl has apparently out of the bag in gj establishment of a rfl university in Malay It would have beer. nJ propriate if he had a vi M compatriots to subs im $10 million or more a I mon
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      GENEROUS GIVERS
      191 2  -  v 0 Singapore. SO long as Malaya iacl® nationality, any ordfl man in Malaya. whet® Chinese. Indian, or any® else, is naturally inclined communal-minded. Ii the® Jority of the Chinese ar® favour of the proposed Chi® university, it is underst® able. But it was indeed shoe® to find
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      What is tin grudge?
      89 2  - What is tin grudge CHINESE P'“ v Singapore. rpANAH Merah or; un. said that the U -ej of Malaya Endowme F® took many weeks to $1 million mark, wht proposed Chinese in Malaya had been $10 million within a i The $10 million for c nese university in M been
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      Amenities For Labour
      721 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 22. ft, nurthly reports of the l n Labour Depart- t mine of information, difficult to get from M l c e ir picture of condift. a. a whole. The latest ft r vhich deals with Decft.!' tolls of a trade depres- i n
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      Political Scene In India
      551 3 —Straits Times. Jan. 22. Other events have thrust somewhat into the background the presidential address before the 58th session of the Indian National Congress in \vhi:h Mr. Nehru reviewed his government’s foreign and domestic policies. Necessarily he dealt at some length with relations with Pakistan and
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      Rubber Buffer Stock
      659 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 23. Comment by the President and Vice-President of the Natural Rubber Bureau on the buffer stock plan for rubber, now being discussed in London, is especially interesting in view of the Bureau’s position as the agent largely of the Malayan rubber industry. It is
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      Efficiency And Expertise
      564 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 23 A formidable report is published this morning by the Organisation Consultant to the Government of Singa p o r e. Some of the Government departments apparently will soon be hardlv able to recognise themselves, or each other. Sweeping changes have been recommended, and
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      A Chinese University
      585 3 Straits Times, Jan. 24. The Malayan Governments and the au'horities have only themselves to blame fur the strength of the new i s movement a in o n g Malayan j Chinese for the creation of a Chinese University. Their disregard of the Chinese com- i munity’s
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      The Tin Lie Again
      442 4 Straits Times. Jan. 24. It is a most astonishing thing that the great American tin lie still persists. The story that tin producers have held the United States up to ransom, that a cartel fixes the price and that only the Galahads of the G.S.A. can
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      From Down Under
      262 4 -Straits Times. Jan. 24. The first tc n Australian Red Cross nurses end welfare workers have arrived, eager to begin their task in the new villages They arc very welcome. All are volunteers, chosen from among the very large number of Australian women who offered to v.ork
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      The University Problem
      653 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 26 Mr. Malcolm MacDonald's pica for a thorough exploration of the problems involved in the creation of a Chinese, University in Singapore before final decisions are taken should find receptive ears. Mr. MacDonald made his plea as Chancellor of the University of Malaya, and
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      The Benham Nursery
      229 4 —Straits Times, Jar. J Nearly two years ago Government employees in the Federation declined the Benham award, which was accepted in Singapore, and established instead the right to separate negotiations. For the last 18 months no fewer than 76 unions or staff associations of Government employees have
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      Devotion To Dutch
      377 4 —Straits Times. J" The tribute which GenB Templer paid to the raihfl men at the end of his touiB Johore was richly dcsenB Some duv the full story wilB told of the fight to keep B railways going. In the mefl time some official figures gfl a
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    Singapore Musical Society looks ahead
    1216 5  -  By GORDON VAN HIEN pj the eve of its first presentation in the ew Year—Gaspar Casido on Sunday, Jan. 25 ahe Singapore Musical ociety can look back ith reasonable pride r. the achievements uriug its golden jubilee ear and may look forard with a keen
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      147 5 MEYER: On 21.1.53 at Bungsar Hospital Kuala Lumpur, to Doroohy, wife of Erwin Meyer, a son Erwin Hendrik. BOMPHREY: To Gwen, wife of Edward Bomphrey, at General Hospital. Kuching on 20t.h January. 1953, a son, lan Edward. Both well. RUSSELL: On 22nd to Nancy, wife of Capt. C. K.
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      228 5 The engagement Is announced between John Cornish, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith, of Smithllls Dean, Bolton. Lancashire, and Joan Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Richardson of Johore Bahru, and Little Baddow. THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between William Richard, third son of
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      MARRIAGE
      54 5 PRINCE—ADAMS: On January lGth at Bournemouth, England, Alan Patrick George Prince of Kuala Lumpflr to Gai Adams of Revcsby, Lincolnshire. England. the Marriage took place at St. Mary’s Church Kuala Lumpur on Saturday 17th January between Mr. John Stewart, Kapar Bharu Estate, Sungei Choh and Miss Jean Campbell 7,
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    Potentialities unlimited
    424 5  -  KC. Serein bail. 1AM appalled by “Tanah Merah's” letter on the proposed Chinese university in Malaya; the more so since he brings local politics into his hypothetical reasoning and raises the question of Malayan Chinese lovalUv Figures show that the main portion of the University of Malaya Endowment
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    33 5 DEATHS R W. KENDALL. Beloved husband of Sylvia. Suddenly on the 27th December. 1952 at residence 9. Chaddesley Wood Road. Canford Cliffs. Bournemouth. Late General Manager and Chairman of Malay Rubber Planters Ltd.
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    CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK.
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    704 6  - CYXICUS. SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. IN the pother over 1 Quo Vadis and the price of watching lions let loose on the Christians. the happy smiling faces of Empress Place have been overlooked. A full house at the Cathay, at the increased prices, brings $2,240 in entertainment duty instead ol the
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    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    1100 6  -  Stanley Stret lii character Discussion about the idea Oi a Chinese university in Malaya, as distinct from the University Of Malaya itself, can best be left to the pundits, political and educational. We are no pundit. The subject does, however, recall a fascinating article on
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    HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS THREE
    32 8 THE WRECKAGE of the main part of the fuselage of the helicopter. BELOW: The tail of the hover plxne, 100 yards from the main wreckage. —Straits Times picture.
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    Deputy police chief dies
    408 8 IPOH, iJan. 21. deputy police chief of Perak and two other men were killed today when a helicopter crashed ten miles north of Ipoh. Mr. t i. I). Ton Ison, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, was with a Special Air Service Regiment Major and an R.A.F.
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    Cathay didn’t like higher ‘Q.V.’ prices
    99 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. THE Cathay Organisation “strenuously opposed” M.G.M.’s condition that admission prices for the film “Quo Vadis” should be increased. a theatre spokesman said yesterday. He added: “That is why the Aim was so long in coming to us “The film is M.G.M.’s
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    Husband gets a decree nisi
    55 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. Stanley Patrick Locke, of Oxley Rise, Singapore, was granted a decree nisi in the High Court yesterday, dissolving his marriage to Iris Clara Locke on the ground of adultery. 'l’he decree nisi is to be made absolute in six months. Albert Richard
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    Will tell Socialists in U.K. about us
    150 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. A REPORT on present conditions in Malaya by Mr. Saul Rose, Secretary, International Department of the British Labour Party, will be the basis of future British Socialist policy towards Malaya. Mr. Rose arrived in Singapore yesterday from Rangoon where he
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    HE WAS HUNGRY SO HE...
    175 8 bit the ham that fed him SINGAPORE. Jan 2 the Pahang us k cub. has only just cut: teeth, but at Kalian I port. Singapore, v he was treated with the sa: respect as a full tiger. For Kaseh arrived at dir.:, time and was
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    Indonesians sent home
    62 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. 22 Thirty Indonesian gency Regulation tJ' were yesterday sent Indonesia aboard the kalian get. The detainees, includin' women and 11 chlldr-r. brought under armed g’*ajd 3 lorry from Majeedee Johore, yesterday morn in- in kept at the Imrr. Wharf, Singapore, until t** l were put
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    Joins railway
    16 8 BRUNEI, Jan. 21.—M- r Gastaud, formerly of B [trieRailways, has joined th Borneo Railway.
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    S’pore’s $20 mil. New Look
    499 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. \PORE is to have a new $20 million n lile by the end of the year. The city’s w i|'| have a new look when skyscrapers h e ing built are finished. Th,"T are more buildings going up in Singapore 1 n
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    Whisky may me hard to get
    213 9 I SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. GAPORE families, mg used to having >kv supplies disappear er the counter at least lonth before Chinese Year, are laying in e stocks of brandy for festival. iwever the general managf a leading agency said ?rday that this year the
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    3 for Australia
    26 9 p, an 21. Among the A students who left for B recently were N. BV'V. Ri P”h, Jagir Singh K Kaur, of Kuala
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    Police festival decision
    57 9 PENANG, Jan. 21.— Penang Police announced today tnat permits are not required “kavadis” carried during the Thaipusam festival next week if t.hev are not accompanied by a band or an organised procession. Earlier, it had been stated that permits werp necessary. The festival will be observed bv
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    Mistaken for luggage
    58 9 Louisa Ding}an, aged two months, was mistaken for luggage at Kallang airport, Singapore. The luggage boys didn’t know she wsys “handle-with-care” freight until Louisa complained loudly at the rough treatment. Louisa arrived in a novel travelling-bag crib with her parents, who passed through from Sumatra on their
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    Non-Chinese decry ‘racial’ university
    400 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 22. circles in Kuala Lumpur do not like the proposal to form a Chinese university in Malaya. They said such a university might perpetuate a sense of “insularity” among the Chinese in relation to the other races in Malaya. They added that any
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    ‘The Chinese want to stay in Malaya’
    183 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. rpHE proposal to set up a Chinese university in Malaya “is irrefutable evidence that the Chinese have cast their lot with the fortunes of Malaya,” Dr. S. Y. Wang, secretary of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, told the Straits
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    MALAYA’S TRADE $50M. IN THE RED
    224 9 By Our Financial Correspondent SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. PROVISIONAL estimates show that Malaya had an unfavourable trade balance of over $50,000,000 last year, compared with a credit balance of $1,270,000,000 —an all time record —in 1951. In 1950 there was a favourable balance of $1,065,500,000.
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    New foundry to begin work soon
    158 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. rE NEW United Engineers foundry in Kampong Bahru, Singapore, will shortly be rolling out 400 tons of castings a month—four times the capacity of the old foundry in River Valley Road. Mr. J. M. Goymour, its manager, told the Straits Times
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    Shark attacks fisherman
    55 9 BRUNEI, Jan 21. AN elderly Kedayan fisherman was twice attacked by a man-eating shark in Brunei Bay last week. He, with others, was dragging in a fishing net when the shark hit him twice on his leg, inflicting a gaping wound on his calf. lie underwent an
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    Hunt for man with gun wound
    969 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. SINGAPORE police yesterday combed the Island’s back alleys, coffeeshops and gangster hideouts in a hunt for four men who shot Detective See Chong Yee of the C.I.D., Hokkien sub-branch, in a gun duel at Syed Alwi Road. The police believe that
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    MAN WHO FITTED LIMBS ON 2,000
    190 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 21. rJE man who helped to build up the Artificial Limb Centre at Kuala Lumpur —the only one in SouthEast Asia—is being medically boarded out. lie is Mr. A. T. Mellowship. supervisor of the centre. He told the Straits Times today:
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    Camps, food dump found in Penang
    118 10 PENANG. Jan. 21. OECURITY forces operating on Penang Island in the past three days have found two camps and a food dump. One camp had a water supply connected to a hill stream lrom a bamboo pipe and the other appeared to have been
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    Giant one-way traffic scheme starts next month
    387 10 SINGAPORE, Jin. 22. THE SINGAPORE Traffic Police arc standing-by tor “Operation Headache”—the job of supervising the inauguration of the Colony’s boldest attempt to solvit its traffic problem, when the new Upper Cross Street to Jalan Sultan “one-wav roundabout” gets its first trial. Prom
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    New pass is airport watchdog
    185 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 221 IX) prevent saboteurs and J -i- authorised people en:er::| strategic parts of Kallang Aij port. Singapore, airport e-l oloyees will from today vea badges embossed with th?l photographs and identity cal numbers. I The airport manager. Mr J L. Milton, told the
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    The 7 Visiting Justices
    44 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Jan 1 Seven women have b< pointed Visiting Justice Johore Bahru. They are Miss Enid f’« dez, Mrs. Sardon Jubi Mon binte Abdullah. M. f tricia Kuok Peng Long, N. Mootatamby, M George and Mrs. G. B. hen.
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    Immense change in the Johore ‘war’
    814 11  -  By GEOFFREY GELDARD I SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. j Uijrh Commissioner, Sir Gerald Templer, yesterday told Pressmen Ur a tour of Johore: “The attitude of the people is changing, situation is improving.” Johore was the worst State of the r ency, he said. But even
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    BUGIS STREET WILL NOT BE THE SAME
    135 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. HPHEY’RE breaking up Bugis Street at last. For the A barrow-boys, beggars and boozers, the old place will not be the same again. All stallholders and hawkers are being cleared out to prepare for Singapore’s giant new one-way traffic scheme
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    Langkawi gets metal road
    67 11 ALOR STAR, Jan. 21 A Rural and Industrial Development Authority grant of $19,000 will soon give more than 13 miles of metal road to Pulau Langkawi, a holiday Island off Kedah. Construction of the road will start next week. Pulau Langkawi. with an area of 200
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    Police begin all-out war on gunmen
    374 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23 SINGAPORE police last night began an all-out war O on gunmen in the Colony following the shooting of Detective See Chong Yee on Wednesday morning. Round-the-clock surprise checks and road blocks will make it impossible for anyone carrying arms to escape.
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    Back in S’pore
    29 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. The chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Mr. E. M. F Ferguson, returned from a business trip in England by Constellation yesterday.
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    Witness will fly from U.K.
    59 11 LONDON. Jan. 21. -Sergeant, William Hunter of the Green Howards will fly to Malaya on Friday to give evidence against a man accused of being a bandit. The case arises from a skirmish with bandits in North Malaya last September in which Sergeant Hunter helped,
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    Memorable visit
    34 11 MUAR, Jan. 22. The Government English School, Muar. had a half day’s holiday today. This had been requested by the High Commissioner, Sir Gen Id Templer, when he visited t.. school yesterday.
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    Back to work
    24 11 IPOH, Jan. 21.-Dr. JA. Chelliah, Pathologist, Perak, has resumed duties at the institute for Medical Research, Ipoh, after returJfcig from Britain.
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    MALAYS GETTING WEAKER
    217 12 Onn tells his countrymen PENANG. Jan. 21. DATO Onn bin Ja’afar, leader of the Independence of Malaya Party, .said last night that the Malays were “getting weaker month after month.” During the past year, he had felt almost cut off from his own race, but he was
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    NURSES FOR NEW VILLAGES ARRIVE
    312 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. rpHE master of the Italian liner Roma, Capt. Angelo 1 Carnincich, proposed a toast to 10 Australian Red O.oss nurses, then led the passengers in singing: “For they are jolly good fellows”, before the liner docked in Singapore yesterday. All are very
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    ELECTIONS IN FOR SEGAMAT
    66 12 SEGAMAT, Jan. 21. SEGAMAT will have an elected Town Council from July 1, Inche Suleiman, secretary of the Town Board, told the Straits Times today. The town is to be divided Into three electoral wards Genuang. Buloh Kasap and Gemereh. Elections will be held in late
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    Public holiday for crowning
    44 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 22. The High Commissioner in Council has declared June 2 to be a public holiday for the Coronation. June 6 will be a public holiday in the Federation for the Queen’s birthday in substitution for June 4.
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    REDS WOULD MASSACRE MUSLIMS SAYS SULTAN
    171 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan 21. IF COMMUNISTS get control of Malaya, Muslims here will be massacred, the Sultan of Selangor today told a gathering of Selangor kampong leaders, officers in charge of police stations and kathis The meeting, held in the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall,
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    City to have own cultural centre
    142 12 SINGAPORE, J,m ZZ. SINGAPORE is to have a $350,000 cultural centre of its own, off Orchard Road, under the management of the Council for Adult Education. The Secretary of State for (lie Colonics# has approved a grant of $300,000 towards its cost from the
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    Singapore learn atomic war defend
    84 12 SINGAPORE, Jin CIVIL defence against atomic, oiok and chemical warfare high explosive missiles v taught in a new tra course which the Sine; Civil Defence Department start late next month on in March. The course is for mej of industrial firms and ernment departments, will
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    ‘Set up Chinese college’—Thio’s plan
    449 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. \IR. THIO CHAN BEE, Singapore Progres Legislative Councillor for North IV ard, principal of the Anglo-Chinese School, sugge yesterday that a Chinese university college, part of or affiliated to the University of Mali might be set up to fill the present gap
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    At 13, he was bodyguard of Red VIP
    160 12 KUALA LUMPUR Jaa 2 k COMMUNIST who jon A the MPAJA when he i 13 years old. and immedai became the personal b* of Red VIP's and li a district committee a* her, has been killed security forces in Johore. He was
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    Children were fascinated
    66 12 JOHORE BAHRU. J; ul a 2 v Pupils of the Chung Hwa Ming school in Layan U3J were taken over the station by a police ji f 1 and Sgt. Ismail and si the radio telephone engines worked. The manager of tbe 1 Mr. Teo Chin Kong.
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    SCOUTS DECIDE TO STAY
    120 13 Wki-rniianH 'so friendly' HH- u.iteh of -4 .st-outs BH Australian Scout A4Xvi n Sydney will 9@B r.uaP'Uc by air on ■B minus three ut K r.m Son" Koon. 18. ■•■j. Kvumit, 18. uni Ho 1*;. haw obtained m Australia i< i m they lotind tile so
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    Seven more experts to help Govt
    138 13 TB'AI I t’MPUR. Jan 22 SB'FN an n experts from lu.vr been appointIB the efficiency of u! departments in Ft dt ration. mB'"- -te on short term conand will join the FedEB 1 s Organisation and PB-'i Branch, which now 1 n.y two officers.
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    4 give up in a day
    52 13 V A LUMPUR. Jan. 22. ■L,;; n mu »ists today surH: u security forces H oralc and one in V u scapcd af ter be- 0 C n D b a patro1 of lp e K. ll ha Rifles in the Kota |T area
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    Tnings he said to the inspector
    68 13 L SINXiAPORE, Jan. 22. s: p B r,net employed by rev fifio^ COm P any was yes- total of $20 by ff&rt P j olic B e ii!tv“ to ai oehivi en he p,caded t r .paving m a disfVn words and t0 usl,1K
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    CORPORAL PREFERS TO SEE PLANES
    213 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. Baroi Semi, a Fijian bandit-fighter, is devoting his leave to studying planes (and such) rather than pink elephants (and such). Instead of drinking, visiting cabarets and “having a time” with the other troops on furlough. he has been cramming his free week
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    2 ways to sell more tickets
    85 13 KUALA LUMPUR Jan. 22. Two steps, aimed at increasing sales in Social and Welfare Services lotteries, were announced by the Government today. The High Commissioner in Council has authorised the lotteries board to pay to authorised persons a seven per cent commission on sales
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    ‘YOU'RE A HERO,’ SIR GERALD TELLS OMAR
    199 13 KAMPONG JABI. Segamat, Jan. 22. THE High Commissioner, Gen. Sir Gerald Templer, last night shook hands with a shy Malay boy and called him a hero. Sir Gerald was told that 17-year-old Omar bin Kamal had been riding pillion on his father’s bicycle
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    First election
    24 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23. The first Town Council election on the east coast will take place at Kuala Trengganu on Feb. 22.
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    War heroine Dawn arrives in London —and likes the fog
    345 13 LONDON, Jan. 23. Kathigasu. Malaya’s youngest heroine of the Japanese occupation, arrived in London yesterday in the liner Canton to study to become a doctor. At the age of 11 she was awarded the Malayan Government’s card of commendation "for
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    City changed too much for Miss A.
    164 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. MISS Iris Armstrong, a Singapore girl who came back to Singapore about a year ago after spending the years since 1942 in India, Egypt, Hong Kong, Manila and West Berlin, left for the United States because “Singapore had changed so
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    Nail ‘driven through head’
    34 13 KUANTAN, Jan. 23 Tail Chin Tay. 35,, Sungei Lembing, charged here with attempting to commit suicide, was stated to have driven a nail through his head. The case was pc£poned.
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    TWO S’PORE WEDDINGS
    55 15 I K;\.rt. :l J A. Sampson. curate of St. Andrew's Ik,it i!. Singapore, and Miss Rosemary Russell, the ■(l.MCiin's governess, who w «re married at St. Andrew’s I (Cathe dral on Jan. 21 V nul Mrs Louis Almasi after wedding on Jan. 24 at the Cathedral of
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    BACK TO SCHOOL BY AIR FROM COLONY
    123 15 SINGAPORE. Jan. 26. AN schoolchildren will be able to return to |!u*ir schools in Western Australia by air next rile Singapore Sydney Skymaster service is being re-introduced. The weekly servee. which calls at Cocos Islands every fortnight, was suspended by Qantas Empire Airways
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    Malay girls get hostel
    77 15 Jan. 25—A Malay ■L 1 the first of its kind ft r and second in the Bn., 7 Was opened in 2 r ;f.i n toda g fiy the Tengku ft ’‘n Of Selangor. s V‘!’ w fii c h was known 3f,r' ht ™a Raj
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    Chinese University: C.-G. speaks
    133 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. Chancellor of the University of Malaya, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, yesterday called upon the Chinese in Malaya not to rush through with the proposal for setting up a Chinese University. In a statement to the Press last night, Mr. Ma:.Donaid sa:d he hoped that
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    Cargo was pillaged in Jarkata
    112 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. Looters in Jakarta pillaged the cargo of the damaged Dutch liner Oranje while it was being transferred from the ship to the Dutch freighter Tabinta. Yesterday in the Singapore Harbour Board godowns many opened cases of merchandise brought from Holland in the
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    G.O.C. visits Fed. Regiment
    32 15 TAIPING. Jan. 24: The GOC Malaya, Major General Sir Hugh Stockwell, today inspected the Ist Company of the Federation Regiment which have completed 17 weeks’ initial training here.
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    Builders housed record number
    345 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. PRIVATE enterprise built an all-time record number of homes of all types in the Colony in 1952. The total of homes increased 1,657, excluding those built by the Singapore Improvement Trust, the Govern ment, the City Council and the armed services. This figure
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    CANTEEN AT GARDENS
    64 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 24. A PUBLIC canteen is co oe built at the Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens, the president of the Municipal Council. Mr. A. D. York, said today. He added it would be about five months before the canteen was built. Meanwhile, approved hawkers would be
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    ‘Burn these cards’ plea
    68 15 The Government should abandon its practice of giving evasive replies and stop issuing cards in reference to letters which merely inform the writer that the matter is receiving attention, suggests the Progressive Party’s Newsletter in its latest issue. These “obnoxious cards should be burned.” because some
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    They want half
    33 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 26 Kelantan Malay traders want the Government to Introduce legislation to allow 50 per cent of Malaya’s Import-export trade dealings to be done through Malay business firms.
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    RETIRES AFTER 51 YEARS OF MISSIONARY WORK
    179 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. AN INDIAN missionary, a pioneer in Christian church and school work among Chinese and Malays of Sumatra in the early years of this century, retires this month after 51 years’ service with the Methodist Mission. He is the Rev. S.
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    Johore Reds fear fighters from Fiji
    586 16  -  By r GEOFFREY GELDARD KlIALA LUMPUR, Jan. 24. r PHE COMMUNISTS must be terrified of the men of the 1st Fiji Island Infantry Regiment. Whv else would they spread the vile rumour that the Fijians are cannibals, and eat small children? Many a door
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    South Kedah village hold elections
    114 16 ALOH STAR. Jan. 26. OIXTEEN candidates contested six seats in two wards in the first village elections held at Lunas. South Kedah, last night. A total of 410 voters chose three Chinese, two Indians and a Malay as their leaders. Successful candidates and their terms
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    Republic Day ceremonies
    149 16 SINGAPORE, Jan 27. SINGAPORE Indians yesterday celebrated the third anniversary of the Indian Republic by holding four public meetings. The Representative of the Government of India in Malaya, Mr. M. Gopala Menon, was present at Hirer functions. CEREMONY No. ONE was a simple ceremony in the Naval
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    Malaya conquers its fear Tempter praises police
    469 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 26. I MALAYANS of all races are shaking off M 1?1 terrorist grip of fear which has held them* recent years, the High Commissioner, GenerJ Sir (Jerald Templer, said in a broadcast tonigjfl Sir (Jerald sai,il the country was cuter!
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    The Chinese traders threaten a hartal
    301 16 Kl.VLA LUMPUR, j a J 1MIE Associated Chinl Chambers of Commerce! Malaya are considering ing a hartal—in the sh! of a .Malayan-wide cessatfl of all Chinese business-! a weapon against the H gistration and Licensing! Businesses Ordinance. Debate on what form of p! test
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    400- YEAR-OLD FIND
    64 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 25 IVfALAC LA S latest historical nii-n f mci i is a p °rtuguese pike-head more than 400 years old. i pil f?‘ head was found behind the Malacca Rest House, only a foot ground, by workmen who digging the foundation' extensions to the
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    THE SCOUTS WHO ‘STOLE THE SHOW’ COME HOME
    168 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 27. rE 82 Federation Scouts who returned to Singapore yesterday after attending the recent jamboree in Australia broke into songs and cheers as the Gorgon came alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves. A special cheer went up for the Field
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    ‘Beware of religious stuntmen’
    141 17 I SING AFORE. Jan. 27. WORLD nead of the Metho- di.'t Church. Bishop Ivan I yesterday warned Bla’.aya against evangelistic I said these stuntmen could B lentlfled by spectacularB advertised mass meetings. B motional sermons. Br.d r ;v ated predictions <•! vraing Doomsday B:: o H
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    Civics courses for Malays
    45 17 ,R BAHRU. Jan. 26.i. n p v >M for Malays, if. tno sa me lines ns 1 eiven to tho Chinnew vi-iaqes are to f'b fj J More Bahru on <■ f V ;ii courses will nau penohulus I. hi ,rn outiyin?
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    CHEMISTS HELP THE BIG HUNT
    157 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 28. THE Singapore Chemistry Department is helping the police to trace the origin of the spent bullet found near where Detective See Chong Yee was shot last Wednesday. The department Is carrying out a test to find out if the spent bullet was
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    Name of welfare home changed
    55 17 JOHORE BAHRU, Jan 26. The name of the State Welfare Home in Johore Banru has been changed to the Social Welfare Home, because it is maintained by Federal, not State, funds. Mr. J. P. J. Waters is the superintendent of the home, which is run
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    ALL SMILES after their wedding at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, on Jan. 27 were Mr. J. H. Lammerts and Miss Eleanora Adriana Kohlman. But a few minutes later, the car carrying the happy couple to the reception broke down in front of the Cathay building and caused a minor traffic jam.
    54 17 ALL SMILES after their wedding at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, on Jan. 27 were Mr. J. H. Lammerts and Miss Eleanora Adriana Kohlman. But a few minutes later, the car carrying the happy couple to the reception broke down in front of the Cathay building and caused a minor traffic
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    Bombers begin the big attack
    215 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 27. U7ITH the biggest blast of the Emergency, the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force this morning touched off a big operation against terrorist concentrations near Labis, Johore. The rumble of exploding bombs was heard over a wide area, while
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    A farewell dinner
    55 17 PENANG, Jan. 26.—At a farewell dinner given by his colleagues in the Federal Medical Headquarters last night, Mr. V. S. V. Thaver, retiring Financial Assistant, was presented with a memento. Dr. R D. Gross. Deputy Director of Medical Services, proposed a toast to Mr. Thavar. Che Aisha
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    ‘GIRL FRIEND’
    89 17 SINGAPORE. Jan 27. A GIRL friend arrived in Singapore yesterday for Joey, a three-year-old kangaroo who lost his mate five months ago. The young female kangaroo (above) sat up in her box aboard the Blue Funnel passenger-freighter Gorgon and nonchalantly munched a piece of toast as her picture
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    New University ‘not competition’
    420 18 New University not competition SINGAPORE, Jan. 28. nPHK university to be established by leading 1 Chinese in Malaya would not compete with the University of Malaya, but would be complementary to it, Sir Cheng-lock Tan told the Straits Times last night. It was probable that the university would not be
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    Non-Malays may get only 6 MCS jobs
    185 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 27. ON the new four-to-one basis. Malayan Civil Service jobs for non-Malav Asians this year are unlikely to exceed six and may he even fewer, the Straits Times understands. The promotions board is believed to have selected Malay Administrative Service
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    Town council for Kota Star
    48 18 ALOR STAR, Jan. 26.-The Kedah Government announced today that the Kota Star Town Board would become a town council on Sept. 9. this year. It will soon be decided whether elections are to be held this year to the Sungei Patanl town council.
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    Plan rejected
    32 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan 27. A proposal that general meetings of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council should be held in the evenings has been rejected by the Municipal General Purposes Committee.
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    Scout troop
    19 18 KOTA TINGGI, Jan. 27. A Boy Scout troop has been formed in the Kota Keeliil Chinese School.
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    Farewell dinner
    36 18 TAIPING, Jan. 26.—Mr. P. J. Egan, of the Taiping Police Force, was entertained to a farewell dinner by his fellow officers and members of the administrative branch on his transfer to Kuala Lumpur, pur.
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    He brought his home cooking
    196 18 SINGAPORE, Jan 28. CAPT. K. Waller, German master of the Anke Harmstorf. 378-ton freighter. is one skipper who can enjoy home cooking on his voyages. His wife is the ship’s cook and his two daughters are stewardesses. He sailed into Singapore yesterday from Hamburg, all
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    Bar committee of Perak, Kedah
    63 18 IPOH, Jan. 26.—The following have been eCected officials of the Perak, Kedah and Perlis Bar Committee: Chairman: Mr. S. K. Das; secretary,/treasurer. Mr. Yeo Ah Seng: committee: Messrs. H. T. Ong, K. McDuff. M. S. Mahendran and S P. Seenivasagam. Messrs. H. T. Ong and
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    Malay classes
    33 18 KLANG, Jan. 27.—More than 80 girls of the Klang Methodist Girls’ School are to form classes in romanised Malav which started at their school yesterday. Examinations will be held next year.
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    Half a new village is destroyed
    243 18 TKLOK ANSON. lan. 27. HUNDRED people were o made homeless this morning when fire razed half of Batii Duahelas New Village, 12 miles from here. One hundred and five houses, 10 shop houses and one Home Guard headquarters were destroyed. Cause of the fire
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    Library for Colony youth
    93 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 27. Singapore s youth will soon have a first-class reference library of books and films on youth leadership training and programmes. Mr. Erie Wee Sian Bong, president of the Singapore Youth Council, told the Straits Times yesterday. The library witll be in the Council'*
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    Leaders of business in Malaya
    221 18 MR CHARLES F. POW. Singapore Manager of the Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd., joined the bank in 1925 and first came East in 1929. Born in Paris and educated at Westcliffe, England, Mr. Pow’s first appointment with the bank was in Calcutta. After serving in
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    THREE WINNERS FOR TRAINER FOX
    1137 19  -  Kr 1 >0M JEEP I ,pOH, Jan. 24. 1 -pectacular tenW oreak. in the 1 longs, Sernok l n ng on grimly to f po-: oeat Auld Reekie U* (han a length in IV Div. 1. 8 Vi furs. Ipoh yesterday, I of the Perak
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    The North’s great rugger win
    1084 19  -  the week in sport By EDIN PETERS SINGAPORE, Jan. 27. VORTH, fielding an allstar XV in their 21st annual Malayan Rugby Union game, Jbeat the South by 17 points (one goal, one dropped goal, three tries) to nil. This was not only North’s 12th victory
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      46 19 Big Sweep Total Pool: $375,080 First No. *****8 ($102,524) Second No. *****1 ($51,262) Third No. *****7 ($25,631) Starters ($2,563 each): Nos. *****4, *****4, *****8, *****8, *****1, *****8, *****4, *****1, *****8, *****9. Consolation Prizes ($2,000 each): Nos. *****0, *****9, *****1, *****3, *****0, *****8, *****1, *****1, *****0, *****7.
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    Rises in industrials, tins but rubbers disappoint
    307 20 Rises in industrials tins but rubbers disappoint 1 SHARE MARKET] From A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. GOOD WEEK was experienced on Malayan markets and, on a large turnpver, many rises were recorded among industrials and tins. Rubbers continue to disappoint and only a few transactions were recorded in loans.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    81 20 SINGAPORE Jan. 28. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange (noon prices): —Copra w is reported quietly steady—Buyers $37 a picul, sellers $37Vi. Coconut oil: $55 sellers. Pepper: Slightly steadier with small business reported: Muntok (white) $535 sellers a picul; Sarawak $530 (up $5); Lampong (black) $425 (unchanged). Lewis and
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    BUSINESS DONE
    288 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 26. BUSINESS done In the Malayan Share Market last week included: Industrials: Consolidated Tin Smelter Ord. 22 6 to 23 3; Eastern United Assce $38.50; Fraser Neave Ord. $2.55 to $2.52*4; Gammon $4.02*4 $4.05; Hammer $2.92*4 to $3.00; U on £k° n 8 Bank (London Register)
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    Fed. mine output
    17 20 The Federation produced 110,763 piculs, or 6,591 long tons, of tin concentrates last month.
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    OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS IN AUSTRALIA
    126 20 By A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE Jan. 26. IN CANBERRA, Iasi week, the 1 Minister of Commerce stated that Australia will aim at allowing oversea investors to take out their capital whenever they wish. Thus, it did not take many months for those administering Australian finances to
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    Less rubber produced last year
    106 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 25. MALAYA’S ruober production totalled 582,646 long tons last year, a drop of 21,234 long tons from 1951 production. according to officiaii statistics. Rubber production In 1950 totalled 692.585 long tons, Including 375,853 long tons by estates and 316,732 long tons by
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    Resumption of S’pore Indonesia trade
    241 20 By Our Market Correspondent I SINGAPORE, Jar 2S I TRADE SHOULD FLOW AGAIN between Mi.'.J,' M 1 Indonesia as the result of the decision in < 4r JI make availab’e foreign exchange for j |l Indonesia. Two months ago Indonesia limited foreign exchange for imports
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    Malayan tin
    53 20 TV/I ALA VAN produced 56,838 ions 1 1 of tin-in-concentrates in 1952, compared with 57,167 tons in 1951. December production was 4,943 tons against 4.SO0 tons in November. Stocks of tin metal and tin-in-concentrates at the end of December were 6,757 tons, compared with 4.937 tons at the
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    World tin production
    185 20 T'HE latest figures (In long tons) on the world tin industry, published by the International Tin Study Group here, ahow mine production of tin-in-concentrate In November 1952, as compared with October (in brackets) as follows: Malaya 4,800 (4,801); Indonesia 3,114 (3,048): Belgian Congo 1,141 (1,409); Nigeria 795
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    894 20 SINGAPORE. Jan. 28 IXDl’STRIAL6 Buyers Seders Alex Bricks P 2 1ft 2 30 O rd 4.10 4 20 Atlas Ice 12.25 13 25 g» Petrol 35/6 36/6 B M. Trustees 6 50 150 Con. Tin Smelt. P r «f 21/- 2VOrdr 23/9 24/6 Eastern United 38 00
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    Barter deal rumours unconfirmed
    253 20 Barter deal rumours unconfir med SINGAPORE, .fan 1 rumours t a rl ter deal in rubber betil Indonesia and China st3 lated the market earlier! the week, says Lewis J Peat’s weekly repon J buyers carried the once ul above 86 cents, but as tfl was very little d overseas
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    DIVIDENDS
    89 20 following dividends announced last week:— United Engineers Ords: M cent $1 bonus, less 30 per 1 tax; Prefs. 7V£ per cent lea per cent tax. Payable on MarBooks clcse Mar. 1 to 12 Killinghall Tin: 15 per < interim, less tax, payable on Feb. Tekka Ltd., second interim dH
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    Indonesia trade New ruling
    84 20 p'OR the general infor atiob A those who are engage j n with Indonesia, the Consulate-General in announced that as fr< r 1953, only the fob price must be stated forma invoices to be his office. Consequently, the spec and insurance must n > I JL
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