The Straits Budget, 7 July 1955
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1955-07-07 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Xc-.v Series No. 463. Thursday, July 7, 1955. Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.28 words
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Article249 1955-07-07 2 SERVICE WORKER - SERVICE WORKER. Singapore. VERY recently the Naval Base Labour Union served a strike notice to the Admiralty in protest against the dismissal of a labourer. The union’s argument was that the labourer was not given a chance to hear the reasons for his dismissal and249 words
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Article165 1955-07-07 2 I). ABISI1KGAM - I). ABISI1KGAM Rantau. A MAN who had the courage to criticise the actions of the general secretary of the Singapore Naval Ease Labour Union has been expelled from the union, because the union representatives “unanimously” decided to do so. Mr. J. M. Mani has the right165 words
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Article200 1955-07-07 2 INOK - INOK Seremban. The way to attain solid nationhood suggested by Wan Faridah is impracticable, as she suggests that all nonMalays should embrace Islam. She is, perhaps, afraid to face the inevitable fusion of all races into one happy family of Malayans, and of the Malay race becoming200 words
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Article214 1955-07-07 2 LONE RANGER - LONE RANGER. Singapore. REGULAR” is extremely wrong to say that passengers are abetting with conductors by allowing the conductors to take fares without giving tickets in return. I believe the passengers who travel regularly by S.T.C. buses are fully conscious of the actual exploitation. It has214 words
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Article170 1955-07-07 2 DEARER BY THE STATE - DEARER BY THE STATE, Singapore. I AM astonished by the retrotrograde step of the Telecommunications Dept in bringing the Johore subscribers back into the Dark Ages with manual operation for calls to Singapore. But. that there is more in this than meets the eye. becomes170 words
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Article247 1955-07-07 2 COMMON! K - COMMON! K. Singapore. a common and an ordinary man, one can only say, ‘Congratulations, Mr. David Marshall, on the courageous and irue-to-facts speech you made at the Legislative Assembly.” What percentage of the ordinary run of man do really take an intelligent interest in247 words
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Article103 1955-07-07 2 FOMJ)M - A ‘denial of faith FOMJ)M* Ip oh. WAN FARIDAH has aenjcd advocating that women and girls shorn*: low the West in matt i* 01 conduct and dress. It is admitted that not do so in so many but any reasonable r reading her letter cone Che Rahman’s ben with the103 words
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Miscellaneous38 1955-07-07 2 -N 2 10|0>! $200 HP a *onth I w *r\ CA^ Ml ;:ii *4 V iC rv. W Sl TNE PROVIDENT AND TME rat* J a 3 <»s. g? *eo 1 SinS 7 a* f *£> £3 <J> IMPROVIDENT38 words
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Article850 1955-07-07 3 —Straits Times June 30 ,\s the Singapore i\ ident Fund will at into force —for the i<>. The former Gov--10 which the credit asure of social insurrlv belongs, originalr‘ date at May 1. But Coalition on taking ptly postponed the -rcement, and yester- Legislative Assembly Bill, drastically—Straits Times June 30 - 850 words
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Article379 1955-07-07 3 —Straits Times June 30. In Ipoh, a candidate for the forthcoming Federal elections warned that exploitation of communal prejudices in order to win a seat in the Council could lead to bloodshed among the communities. This warning has been uttered so often that it has lost the—Straits Times June 30. - 379 words
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Article603 1955-07-07 3 -Straits Times, July 1 When things looked blackest in turbulent May, a frequent and angry criticism was that the new Singapore Government did not govern, in the sense that it failed to act firmly against an open challenge to lawful authority and a threat to peace. Now-Straits Times, July 1 - 603 words
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Article605 1955-07-07 3 —Straits Times, July 2. Less than three months after he assumed office, Mr. Marshall is talking of changes in the Singapore constitution. This will surprise even people who associate his Government with speed in certain matters—such as rushing amending legislation through the Assembly on a certificate—Straits Times, July 2. - 605 words
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Article624 1955-07-07 4 —Straits Times, July 2. There is a limbering up for a new type of cold war between j the Communist and anti-Com-munist nations. It is a war in which the social engineers and the political experts, rather than generals and guerrilla leaders, will play the more prominent—Straits Times, July 2. - 624 words
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Article576 1955-07-07 4 —Straits Times, July 4. In a speech that will repay study by all thinking people in Singapore, the new Governor j at his installation on Saturday made emphatic reference to j the democratic constitution un- der which the present Government has been elected. Pow’er and responsibility, said—Straits Times, July 4. - 576 words
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Article603 1955-07-07 4 —Straits Times. July 5 The 1954 annual report of the Singapore Public Services Commission will disappoint those who look through it for information as to how far Malayanisation has progressed during the year under consideration. Its brief report (five pages including two pages of tables) is no—Straits Times. July 5 - 603 words
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Article603 1955-07-07 4 —Straits Times. Jin In his election speech over the radio, Tengku Abdul Rahman reiterated the Alliance’s intention to press for a bicameral legislature. Neither in his speech nor in the Alliance’s manifesto is there elaboration of the kind of second chamber its proponents have in mind. The demand—Straits Times. Jin - 603 words
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Article942 1955-07-07 5 SINGAPORE, July 5. rpHK deadlock in the Singapore Harbour Board dispute was broken last night after a day of top-level talks. Soon after 8 p.m. the Board acceded to an uppeal Iroin the Staff Association for a final i, H >ciini4 to seek a settlement of outstanding942 words
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Article, Illustration876 1955-07-07 5 VERNON BARTLETT j comments... rrHERE will be unusual A features about the Federal elections. Where else, for example, does one have polling booths that are transported from kampong to kampong in motor lorries or in motor boats? Where else do876 words
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138 1955-07-07 5 SINGAPORE, July 6. T'HE general manager of the Singapore Traction Company, Mr. A. A. Ewing, said yesterday it would constitute a breach of agreement for the S.T.C. Employees’ Union to submit claims for better working conditions at this stage. He was commenting on138 words
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Article47 1955-07-07 5 SINGAPORE. July 5. Thieves broke into the house of an Army sergeant in Ee Teow Leng Road, Singapore, on July 3 and stole $550. two diamond rings worth $2OO, and $5O worth of household utensils. The sergeant and wife were out at the time.47 words
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Advertisement32 1955-07-07 5 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) express air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at tn inclusive rate of $24.00 for six months. (ALL THE ABOVE ARE IN MALAYAN CURRENCY)32 words
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Article1183 1955-07-07 6 CYNICUS - CYNICUS SINGAPORE, July 2. JOHORE CAUSEWAY J grows wider every day, in spite of the fervid cries of politicians on both sides of it. Admittedly union with Singapore is not playing a prominent part in the campaigning now leading up to July 27, when the Federation1,183 words
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Article, Illustration10 1955-07-07 6 MOSQUE AT ALOR STAR- Photo by R. Manickam— Photo by R. Manickam - 10 words
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Article, Illustration292 1955-07-07 6 SINGAPORE, July 5. A BOY in a very bad temper came back to Singapore yesterday. And his temper did not improve when he learnt that a very angry father was waiting for him at his home. To292 words
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Article179 1955-07-07 6 MOTHER JAILED FOR A YEAR PENANG, July 4. A SHOPKEEPER'S wife, Lim Siew Luan, told the Magistrate’s Court here today that she chose a 13-year-olcl irl to be her 11-year-oia son’s future bride because she had found her docile and obedient. “But isn’t it better,179 words
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Article333 1955-07-07 7 SINGAPORE, July 4. SINGAPORE Chinese Middle School students s yesterday asked a meeting of 53 Malay and Muslim organisations to join them in their protest against the Government’s education policy. i la* students in a letter to the Singapore Malay Kiluration Committee alleged that the object of333 words
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Article69 1955-07-07 7 SINGAPORE, July 4. The Singapore Workers’ Education Association yesterday held its fourth general meeting at the Beatty Secondary School in Beatty Road. The following were elected officials for 1955: President: Mr. A. R. Lazarous; vice presidents: Mr. Lee Yong Min and Mr. Siraj; secretary: Mr. E. S.69 words
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Article849 1955-07-07 7 STANLEY STREET - vMALAYSMAX NOTEBOOK STANLEY STREET. JOKJAKARTA is about seven hours’ journey from the Indonesian capital by rail and it is the sort of town whose charms are felt more easily than they can oe described. On the journey I travelled in what I gathered was the second class.849 words
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Article569 1955-07-07 7 TI AN DJEK - TI AN DJEK. AST July the Tuan wrote Agricultural Depart- tnt inquire as to the reason for his two cacao not ilowering; actually a few flowers must have appeared, because some time a: Q a solitary fruit was found a oue of them. It was aiien away by569 words
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Article112 1955-07-07 7 the Straits Times of 3. 1905: \V -understand that Mr. Pandy, the General 1 of the Tramway has offered a re,J‘ $1,000 for informa- h will lead to the •“■nsion of instigators :eccn t plot to wreck iams Last night no ,s v,er running and as farthe Straits Times of 3. 1905: - 112 words
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248 1955-07-07 7 KUALA LUMPUR, July 3. THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE of the Incorporated Society of Planters today attacks estate owners who lay down “standard practices’’ for rubber planting. “We do not suggest that planters should be encouraged to scrap existing practices and run wild with their own248 words
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Article100 1955-07-07 7 SINGAPORE, July 4 Tin* Australian and New Zealand military advisers to SEATO arrived in Singapore by Qantas Super Constellation yesterday on their way to a SEATO military planning conference beginning in Bangkok tomorrow. Air Marshal Sir John McCauley. Chief of Staff of the Royal100 words
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Article, Illustration1857 1955-07-07 8 I ACCUSE BY David Marshall P.A.P. CLIQUE AIMS AT SETTING UP MOB RULE IN SINAGPORE SINGAPORE, June 30. F his most bitterly aggressive speech since assuming office, Singapore’s Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday denounced “a People’s Action Party clique of pseudo-trade unionists” as the instigators of the recent strikes.1,857 words
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190 1955-07-07 8 Mr. lim chin siong. Mr. C. V. Devan Nair and Mr. S. Woodhull— the “P.A.P. clique” to which the Chief Minister referred—expressed amazement at Mr. Marshalls “misleading account of the events that led to the sympathy strike.” They said Mr. Marshall had “glossed over”190 words
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Article97 1955-07-07 8 SINGAPORE, June 30. THE Singapore Government favours keeping British troops in the Colony until it can defend itself, the Chief Minister Mr. David Marshal said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. In reply to a question by Mr. M.P.D. Nair (Ind. Seletar) Mr. Marshall said there97 words
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Article57 1955-07-07 8 KAJANG June 29— Twenty two schoolgirls will rec f. 4V certificates in home nursm from the St. John Ambulan. Association on July 2. i presentation will be made the District Officer. Mr. L. M. Gorrie. These girls have been r ceiving first aid instruct: from the57 words
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Article360 1955-07-07 9 Professor Lewis changes his mind and turns down Mr. Marshall’s offer Manning commission and a corporation for development will be named SINGAPORE, June 30. fpUE BRILLIANT NEGRO economist Professor Arthur Lewis has turned down an offer by the $intr;«P° re Government to be made its economic360 words
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Article334 1955-07-07 9 SINGAPORE, June 30. pHE Singapore Legislativc Assembly yesttTday passed the new Ot-ntra! Provident Fund ,11 ’vvhich exempts [nos, earning up to $200 a month from contrito the fund while Squiring their employes to do so. The Bill j 0nios nito force on July »r^of334 words
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Article42 1955-07-07 9 -NGAPORE. June 30. r Singapore Chinese i« mmerce still has H-. t T n f 52 490 of its Flood n t 11 A t the chamber’s mi”. yesterday. decided that the handed over to the ar c Department for42 words
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347 1955-07-07 9 Assembly votes SI 7 million more SINGAPORE. June 30. ITEMS of Government 1 expenditure including the cost of Ministers’ offices and alterations to Government House, were questioned by Opposition members in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday. Questions were also asked about a vote of347 words
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Article33 1955-07-07 9 Government teachers will not be allowed to offer themselves for election to the Singapore City Council, the acting Chief Secretary. Mr. A. A. Williams, said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday.33 words
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212 1955-07-07 9 SINGAPORE, June :;0. 'THE Singapore Government will not take any decision A on the nationalisation of internal airways without consulting the Federation Government, Mr. Francis Thomas, Minister for Transport and Communications, said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. He was replying to Mr. M. P.212 words
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Article76 1955-07-07 9 SINGAPORE. June 30. The Attorney-General, Mr. E. J. Davies, was congratulated by the Speaker, Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers, in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday, on his appointment as Chief Justice of Tanganyika. He said Singapore would be losing an officer who had contributed a76 words
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Article65 1955-07-07 9 SINGAPORE, June 30 The Legislative Assembly yesterday sanctioned the raising of a $3O million loan by the Singapore City Council after the Financial Secretary, Mr. T M. Hart, had explained it was necessary to “replenish the council’s coffers as soon as possible.” Mr. Hart said the loan65 words
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80 1955-07-07 9 SINGAPORE, June 30. A Bill, giving Ministers power to delegate authority to their Permanent Secretaries, was passed through aU stages, without debate, in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday. The Attorney General. Mr. E. J. Davies. QC. introduced the measure, an amendment to the Interpretation80 words
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Article34 1955-07-07 9 SINGAPORE, June 30. The Philippines Consulate in Singapore will be open only from 9 a.m. to 1 pm. from July 1 to 15. After that it will revert to regular office hours.34 words
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Article123 1955-07-07 9 Marshall wants Assembly to meet after office hours SINGAPORE. June 30. Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, wants to have night sittings of the Singapore* Legislative Assembly. He told the Assembly yesterday that such a change* would enable more members of the public to attend the sessions. This opportunity123 words
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Article77 1955-07-07 9 SINGAPORE. June 30. The Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday roared with laughter when the Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, made a witty reply to a question. While the Assembly was going through the Central Provident Fund Bill. Mr. John Ede (Prog., Tanglin) said the worker was referred to77 words
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Article, Illustration358 1955-07-07 10 HALL ROMNEY - OFFICER ON LEAVE IS ACCUSED ‘Killed wife by using instrument —remanded for a week From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, June 29. A MALAYAN police officer, Gerald Hugh Allan Murphy, was yesterday accused in a magistrate’s court of killing his wife, Patricia Joan, “bv using an instrument.” A beauty culturist, Eileen Frances358 words
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144 1955-07-07 10 IPOfi. June 29. rNGKU Abdul Rahman. president of UMNO, is to present a songkok to the secretary-general of the Malayan Chinese Association. Mr Leong Yew Koh, during a tour this week to boost Malay support for the Alliance’s non- Malay Federal election144 words
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Article, Illustration364 1955-07-07 10 SINGAPORE, Juno M A SINGAPORE mother who began a fast to death on June 25, when she learned that her o n ]v daughter had run away to China, wept for joy night and took her first meal in four days when364 words
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Article227 1955-07-07 10 Select committee will report back before August SINGAPORE, June 30. T'HE new Bill to bring labour legislation in Singapore 1 up to date was referred by the Legislative Assembly yesterday to a select committee for further study. The Minister for Labour and Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew227 words
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Article213 1955-07-07 10 KUALA LUMPUR June 29 T'HE defence of Lee Meng, the Malayan girl terrorist 1 who was sentenced to death about three years ago but reprieved by the Sultan of Perak, has become a talking point in the Federal elections campaign in Ipoh Her case was mentioned last night213 words
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Article134 1955-07-07 10 KUALA LUMPUR, June 29— The Federation’s Institute for Medical Research is to examine the possibility of making Salk vaccine in Malaya. The director of the United States information Service in Malaya, Mr. Walter K. Schwinn. today presented the formula to the Federation Government on behalf134 words
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Article23 1955-07-07 10 PENANG, June 29—The Pnang Puisne judge, Mr Just Spenser-Wilkinson, and w Spenser-Wilkinson, have turned to Penang from le* 1 in Britain.23 words
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Article428 1955-07-07 11 Peopled Action Party member, 19, had Sour terrorist documents These papers prove him a Red —prosecutor SINGAPORE, July 1. i ui; WAH LIM, 19, one of the seven Singapore trade unionists arrested under the Emergency Keiruhdions 19 days ago, was jailed yesterday for fiu>428 words
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Article, Illustration79 1955-07-07 11 SINGAPORE, July 1. THE CHIEF MINISTER. Mr. David Marshall, welcomes Lady Black, wife of Singapore’s new Governor, on her arrival with Sir Robert at Kallang airport yesterday. Looking on are the Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode (with Mr. Marshall)Straits Times picture. - 79 words
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Article, Illustration344 1955-07-07 11 Strikers form *guard of honour 9 for Colony *s new Governor SINGAPORE. July 1. PICKETS from striking Singapore Harbour Boaro employees provided a “guard of honour” for the new Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, when he arrived at Kallang Airport yesterday. The pickets formed theStraits Times picture - 344 words
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Article114 1955-07-07 11 letter went to England, too addressed to Dr. Purcell SINGAPORE, June 30. D r 'CTOR PURCELL, honorary adviser to the Mar 'V‘**n Chinese Association, received one of the V mist Party’s “peace” letters in England. cn by tte r to Dr. Purcell bore stamp and, like M, e;ved114 words
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Article24 1955-07-07 11 The new stretch of road from Tanah Merah Besar to Changi, Singapore, will be known as “Nicoll Drive” after Sir John Nicoll.24 words
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Article123 1955-07-07 11 SINGAPORE. July 1. TWENTY Australian nursing sisters, who will help train Malayan nurses in the Lady Templer Anti-Tuberculosis Hospital, arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Italian liner Surriento. The 20 girls, all volunteers who specialise in nursing tubercular patients, will stay in Malaya for three years. The123 words
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269 1955-07-07 12 SINGAPORE, July 1. A ROW flared up at the Singapore City Council meet- ing yesterday when a Councillor proposed that the Council discuss certain demands by its daily-paid staff in the presence of the Minister for Labour and Welfare. Mr. Yap269 words
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345 1955-07-07 12 IT’S LAW NOW--BUT STILL A RIDDLE SINGAPORE, July 1. ALTHOUGH Singa- pore’s Central Provident Fund law which the Government rushed through the Legislative Assembly on June 29 comes into operation today, many of the people affected are still “in the dark” about its details. They are businessmen who are compelled345 words
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334 1955-07-07 12 KUALA LUMPUR. June 29. THE Federation Government yesterday quietly released Ahmad Boestamam. 35, former fiery leader of the banned left-wing youth organisation “API”. He left ipoh detention camp unobstrusively, and four hours later arrived in Kuala Lumpur,' once the centre of his activities.334 words
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Article281 1955-07-07 12 IPOH, June 30. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL of the Malayan Chinese Association, Mr. Leong Yew Koh, told the Straits Times today that it was only a question of time before the partners of the Alliance were amalgamated into one national group, giving up their communal characteristics. “The281 words
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Article252 1955-07-07 12 SINGAPORE July 1. A SINGAPORE detective escaped death by minutes last night when a hand-grenade exploded in the cab of a police van outside Kreta Ayer Police Station. Det. Inspector Ang Chiew Choon and three detectives had just left the van after a raid on a252 words
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Article106 1955-07-07 12 SINGAPORE, June 20. AXDL. CHUANG HUI-TSUAN, a member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday he received a phone call from a man who threatened to kill him. The call, he said, was made on June 7—one day after the big meeting106 words
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Article45 1955-07-07 12 The price of rice in Singapore will be cut by another $l5 per ton from July 7, the Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry. Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy. announced last night. This is the second $l5 reduction announced by the Government.45 words
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244 1955-07-07 12 MacDonald says: War could not harm the staunchness of these people SINGAPORE. June 30. JESSELTON, June 29. The Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, tonight said farewell to “this beautiful Land Below the Wind North Borneo.” Speaking over Radio Sabah, Mr. MacDonald said: “I came244 words
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170 1955-07-07 13 THE M-LINE FOR SINGAPORE DOUBLE SIZE OF ASSEMBLY' THE CHIEF MINISTER, Mr. David Marshall, said yesterday that in his personal view the Singapore Legislative Assembly should be enlarged to twice its present size if the Government was to work efficiently. He criticised the Rendel170 words
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Article553 1955-07-07 13 SINGAPORE, July 2. |N the interview Mr. 1 Marshall said: A House of 25 or even 32 members divided between the Opposition and the Government is tar too small from which to pick a team of Ministers. It is my personal view that it should553 words
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133 1955-07-07 13 helicopters fly out troops ALOR STAR, July 1. I NAVY helicopters today flew a comer t V lr force of Malayan and Siamese bandit fightborri'f'r 1 lus h”hush operation on the Malayan-Siamese rr. r landed this N'orr'v sr ,i n a remote villiage in Mo133 words
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310 1955-07-07 13 JOHORE BAHRU, July 1. T*HREE men were injured in an explosion at the power A station here this afternoon which plunged the whole town area up to Tampoi village, five miles away, into an all-night blackout. The Injured, who were taken to the310 words
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80 1955-07-07 13 KUALA LUMPUR, June 30.— Fraser and Neave’s $5 million expansion project here must wait until a United Nations town planning expert has studied the plan to develop the town’s central area and given his report. The Municipal Town Planning Committee has therefore postponed consideration80 words
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Article470 1955-07-07 13 SINGAPORE. July 2. T'HE Singapore Harbour A Board has refused to meet the S.H.B. Staff Association for further talks, as suggested by the Labour Ministry, before the dispute is referred to arbitrators. The Ministry announced last night that the Board was unwilling to have another470 words
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Article206 1955-07-07 14 PROMPT ACTION AGAINST CHEATING LANDLORDS FAMILIES IN PRIVATE LODGINGS WERE EXPLOITED NOW THEY’LL GET BETTER HOMES SINGAPORE, July 2. SINGAPORE landlords who cheated Service families living in civilian accommodation have been beaten —by a combined committee of Army, Navy and Air Force welfare officers. A number206 words
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302 1955-07-07 14 IPOH, July 1. T'HE PERAK branch of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society warned today that it would petition the Sultan to ban the Qadiani Islamic sect if its followers did not stop preaching “their false propaganda.” Mr. M. Y. Hussein, secretary of the society,302 words
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Article106 1955-07-07 14 SINGAPORE. July 2. rE troopship Devonshire, which left Singapore for Britain on the evening of June 30 with troops and their families, entered Penang on a mercy call last night, to put ashore Wing-Command-er H. W. Cullen, who was taken ill suddenly while the ship was106 words
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Article182 1955-07-07 14 SINGAPORE. July 2. A SINGAPORE rubber company foreman was waylaid yesterday by two armed men and robbed of $2,113 in the Thomson Road area while he was on his way to pay his workmen. The foreman, Low Juay Boon, 50. employed by Messrs. Thong Guan182 words
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93 1955-07-07 14 IPOH July 1.—An Aborigine headman In the Sungei Siput area yesterday handed over five shotguns to a field officer of the Protector of Aborigines’ Department. Two of the shotguns were of American origin and were given to him during the Japanese occupation93 words
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284 1955-07-07 14 SINGAPORE, July 2. AIRS. F. LEON-SOH, who is investigating the po s iVI sibility of forming a Married Women’s Union, said yesterday that she wished to clarify the proposal for legalised brothels. The proposal was made at a preliminary :m t284 words
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Article44 1955-07-07 14 SINGAPORE. July 1. Four Oxford University graduates, who plan a ninemonth expedition to Sarawak to trace a number of uncharted rivers to their sources and collect new botanical, zoological and geological data, will arrive in Singapore on July 12.44 words
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Article219 1955-07-07 14 New Governor to be installed today SINGAPORE, July 2. AN address of welcome on behalf of the people of Singapore will be uresented today by the Chief Minister, Mr David Marshall, to the new Governor, Sir Robert Black, at the installation ceremony in the Victoria Memorial219 words
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Article206 1955-07-07 14 CHILDREN’S EDUCATION WORRIES OFFICERS SINGAPORE, July 2. T'HE EUROPEAN Civil Service Association of Singapore has been trying to convince local authorities in Britain that “we’re not all millionaires out here.” The spokesman slid: “When you translate our Malayan salaries into sterling they look wonderful, but in206 words
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Article45 1955-07-07 14 KUALA LUMPUR. JUTi Gunner M. H. Stansbie. r 25 Field Regiment Ro.v tillery, was killed in as.' accident on June 2S unit armoury at Kuala Bahru while rifles were cleaned. Stansbie. a regular was unir-arried. A co quiry will be held.45 words
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Article, Illustration1459 1955-07-07 15 SEW GOVERNOR PROMISES TO HELP MINISTERS SINGAPORE, July 3. THE NEW Governor, Sir Robert Black, yesterday promised to give his “wholehearted help and guidance” to the Council of Ministers in their task of running the Government of Singapore. At his installation ceremony1,459 words
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170 1955-07-07 15 SINGAPORE, Ju’y 3. A PASSENGER from the Dutch liner, Boissevain, was killed at the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday when he fell 30 feet from the ship’s deck. The vessel which had arrived in the Colony on July 1 was berthed alongside Godowns170 words
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Article, Illustration597 1955-07-07 16 AMBUSH FOILS $lOO,OOO EXTORTION ATTEMPT MIDDAY STREET CHASE Police fire scatters crowds SINGAPORE, July 6. A $100,000 EXTORA TION bid in Singapore misfired yesterday and led to the shooting of a man when he resisted arrest after receiving a dummy bundle of ten-dollar notes from the intended597 words
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297 1955-07-07 16 There was no political motive in my intended trip to China’ UO KIAN PENG, the 11 Singapore runaway schoolboy who returned from Hong Kong after changing his mind about going to Communist China, yesterday spoke to the Straits Times on one condition no photographs. The297 words
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219 1955-07-07 16 Rioters can now be sprayed for identification SINGAPORE, July b SINGAPORE police have found a simple method of “branding” mobsters and rioters. The idea was first suggested in The WeekEnder. “What is wanted,” a writer said, “is some method by which the219 words
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Article348 1955-07-07 17 MM PEERS INTO CRYSTAL AND SEES DANCER IN CHINESE BIRTHRATE AYS NEGARA LEADER KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 T< of Party Negara, ST?* i m ru- afar Warned in a broadcast hm f Se a d Indian birthrate was n' 0 ast [bat, unless the Federation restricted348 words
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Article135 1955-07-07 17 r SINGAPORE, July 6. I Singapore Governlast night the eight mema trade advisory to voice the views nercial and tradtt crests on the G i s economy. m. aicil will consist of Clements (Chamber v (’e», Mr. Yap Pheng inese Chamber), Mr. aull (Indian Cham,v J.135 words
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Article104 1955-07-07 17 THE SAILING boat, election emblem of the Alliance, is symbolic of a sell-out by the Malays to the Chinese, says “Negara”, the new fortnightly publication of Party Negara. The Chinese migrated to Malaya in sailing boats and the sailing boat symbolises “a policy of concessions104 words
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Article26 1955-07-07 17 RAWANG, July 5. Mr. D. Ismail bin Che Chik, Financial Assistant at the Marine Headquarters, has retired after 23 years in Government service.26 words
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448 1955-07-07 17 SINGAPORE. July 6. THERE is gathering opposition among insurance companies and employers to an amended clause in the Central Provident Fund Ordinance. The amendment restricts the recognition of private provident fund schemes to those established before Dec. 11, 1953, the date the Ordinance448 words
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Article537 1955-07-07 17 SINGAPORE, July G. 'T'HE 66-day strike by 1,300 Singapore Harbour Board clerks ended last night when the three points in dispute were settled after six hours of negotiations at the Labour Ministry. A formal agreement will be signed at the Ministry at 2.30 p.m. today.537 words
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Article46 1955-07-07 17 SINGAPORE. July 5. Ong Say Guan, 29, and Yap Koon Yek, 29, claimed trial in Singapore yesterday to having 251 b. of raw opium at about 11.55 p.m. on July 3. Each was allowed bail of $lO,OOO in two sureties until Saturday.46 words
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Article40 1955-07-07 17 PENANG, July s.—Tuan Haji Wright, A S P., has assumed duty as 0.C.P.D., Rawang district. He returned from leave in Britain last week. He took over from Inche Ibrahim bin Murad who had been acting O.C.P D40 words
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Article166 1955-07-07 17 IPOH, July 5. rpHE hard core of aborigine supporters of Communist terrorists in the jungles of north Malaya are breaking oh with them and seeking Government protection in increasing numbers, the Straits Times was told today. The Protector of Aborigines, Northern Region. Mr. D. S Young,166 words
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Article, Illustration94 1955-07-07 18 Glamorous pam crain, (above), from Calcutta, is the newest singer to be engaged at a Singapore night spot. Twenty-two-year *old Miss Crain has a three-month contract with RafTles Hotel. Although she was born in Calcutta. of English parents. Miss Crain sings94 words
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Article209 1955-07-07 18 SINGAPORE. July 6. OED CHINA and Formosa are competing in persuad--11 ng Malayan Chinese students to “return to China” fc- irt'ier studies. In Singapore yesterday, Mr. Tan Kok Chor announced that 47 students In Malaya had recently been awarded scholarships to study in 14 colleges209 words
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Article67 1955-07-07 18 SINGAPORE. July 5. Air Marshal Sir John McCauley. Chief of Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force Inspected No. l RAAF Bomber Squadron at Tengah. Singapore, yesterday Earlier he conferred with Singapore Service chiefs. Sir John and Maj.-Gen. W G. Gentry. Chief of the New Zealand67 words
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Article290 1955-07-07 18 HE WAS INCENSED’ BY NEWSLETTER SINGAPORE, July 5. TiHE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, has withdrawn a libel suit which he filed against the Progressive Party in March. The suit was filed following publication in the Progressive Party Newsletter of an article entitled. “Election Titbits Renegades290 words
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Article57 1955-07-07 18 SEREMBAN, July 5 Raja Harmanshah bin Raja Othman, a member of the Selangor royal family, has retired from his job as a telephone supervisor in Negri Sembilan. He spent 32 years in Government service. Raja Harmanshah joined the Telecommunications Department as a Grade One operator in 1924. He57 words
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Article34 1955-07-07 18 SINGAPORE, July 6. Mr. Colin Jackson, journalist and broadcaster, who is visiting South-East Asia, will arrive in Singapore on July 11 for a week’s lecture lour to the forces in Malaya.34 words
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Article1048 1955-07-07 18 THE WEEK IN SPOlj SINGAPORE are In th<> Malaya Cup football final for the sixth year running anri for the 27th time in the series, now in its 29th year. Last week Singapore had only to draw with Combined Services at Jalan Besar Stadium to1,048 words
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Article1001 1955-07-07 19 EPSOM JEEP - My EPSOM JEEP Ipoh, June 30. U I0H HOPES (late 11 mack Monday) finally dciUled to go with the ji( a l and demonstrated M is lass when he beat jliv stable mate, Stormy u ;ir d. and Distributor in the Class 2, Div. V -i*.1,001 words
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Article849 1955-07-07 19 IPOH. July 3. UR Act 11 T BOY (Bougoure). ng an even money in the win totall- i>ted home a hand- length winner from tV.iy;ir in the main sprfnt r Clast 2. Div. 1 over shuight. at Ipoh ycsterncluding day of the R':d: I'urf Club June-July849 words
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87 1955-07-07 19 Squadron Leader Sizer played soccer for Hull87 words
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Miscellaneous79 1955-07-07 19 Bit; SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $231,000 1st: No. *****4 ($(>4,300) 2nd: No. *****G ($32,150) 3rd: No. *****3 ($16,075) TREBLE TOTE: No winning combination and a sum of $1,044 will be carried forward. UMG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $267,740. 1ST: No. *****7 $75,322) 2ND: No. *****3 ($37,661) 3RD: No. *****3 ($18,830) STARTERS ($2,69079 words
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Article720 1955-07-07 20 [SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, July 4. AS was only to be expected last week with the banks closed for two and a half days for the half yearly balance striking, the Singapore Share Market was very quiet after Wednesday. But it720 words
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Article359 1955-07-07 20 THE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period June 25 to July 1: INDUSTRIALS: British Borneo Pets. 36s 3d. C.T.S. Ords. 355. 6d., and 345. 9d„ F. N. Ords. $1.70 and $1.68 to $1.70. Federal359 words
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Article55 1955-07-07 20 KUALA LUMPUR, July 3. Inche Mohamed Daud bin Abdul Rahman, chief monotype operator at the Government Printing Office, Kuala Lumpur, has been awarded a departmental scholarship to study printing in Britain. He will leave by air tomorrow to take up a two-year course at55 words
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Article409 1955-07-07 20 SINGAPORE. July 2. rpHE inability of a large Chinese firm here to meet all their June commitments has seriously diseomfltted world trade reports the weekly rubt> r market circular of Hoh day, Cutler, Bath Ai tv Ltd. Apart from rocketing p r i c e409 words
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Article170 1955-07-07 20 SINGAPORE. July 6. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:— Copra: steady; July $2B buyers. s2B'i sellers; August s2B'S* buyers. $28 7 s sellers. Coconut oil; steady: bulk $4l *4 sellers, drum $44*4 sellers. Pepper: steady with overseas buying and a total of about 30170 words
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Article880 1955-07-07 20 SINGAPORE, July 6. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Alex. Bricks Pref 1.90 195 Ora.v 2.20 2 30 Atlas Ice 13.00 (buyers) BB Petrol 36/- 31/B M Trustees 650 700 Con. Tin Smelt p ref. »0/- 22/Ords 34/3 35/Eastern United 31 50 38.50 Fed. Dispensary 3.05 3.12 Fraser and Neave880 words
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Article159 1955-07-07 20 THE following dividends were announced l as week by companies operating in Malaya:— KUCHAI TIN LTD A second interim dividend of 15%, less 30% Singapore income tax, lor ye ar ending September -W payable to shareholders on register on July 9. PENGKALEN LTI).: second interim dividend of 15%159 words