The Straits Budget, 10 November 1955

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    27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’B NATIONAL NEWBPARB Series No. 481. Thursday, Nov. 10, 1955. Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      ‘AUTOCRACY’ IN SARAWAK
      385 2  -  ANTHONY BROOKE. London. According to paragraph 109 of the Colonial Office Report for 1954-55, “Sarawak the principal proposals for revision of the Constitution have been generally agreed, and the first draft of legislation to give effect to them are being prepared Jocally.”' I have deliberately kept clear
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      Study of architecture
      233 2  -  W. IRVING WATSON, City Architect Bldg. Surveyor. Singapore. Reference the letter from “Frustrated Graduate,” I was somewhat misquoted in the statement attributed to me. In endeavouring to give a general background to architectural education, I appear to have put your reporter in a difficulty when he had
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      Tree kills girl
      31 2 SINGAPORE Nov. 9. A woman, Quek Wee Klong, 21, was killed at College Road, Singapore, yesterday when a 40-foot tree trunk which was being felled crashed on her.
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      GAMBLING THROUGH THE POST
      169 2  -  M. Y. ZYLLWYN-STEWART. Province Wellesley. AS your correspondent, Mr. W. M. Edwards, is a resident of Singapore, there is some excuse for him not knowing Federation Law. Section 28 (d) of the Post Office Ordinance, 1947, prohibits sending by post (in the Federation) any “Correspondence containing
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      POWERS OF A GOVERNOR
      285 2  -  MAN-IN-THE-ULU. Miri WITH reference to the views expressed by Mr. Anthony Brooke on Sarawak politics it seems that he has not followed very closely the politics of this country since he left Singapore There has never been any secret as to what has happened. Sarawak is
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      ON THE WAY TO A SLOW DEATH?
      236 2  -  LISTENER Singapore. p WOULD stem that Ra «»o Malaya gJk 1 ppon the dUksTs S'** “Canned” programmes are on the increase. Thi is noticeable to a listened who normally tunes in Z Radio Malaya, expecting an enjoyable evening. 8 an Instead, he is
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      Foundation for fear
      99 2  -  AGRTPOLA. Kluang. MR. David Marshall having himself from time to time behaved like an old maid frightened of robbers (Colonial Imperialists, of course) under his bed, it is rather surprising that he should show so little patience with genuine anxieties expressed in “The Planter.” His childish remark
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      Risks of fire crackers
      67 2  -  PIT V Ipoh. risks will to’iow if I the ban is rela: on firing of crackers P There is no guaran' iai boys will not play v ,r people, by light!.. crackers under tl of females and als ing them Into elm l diences. Nights w
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      Lock icon Federation Estimates
      715 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 3. Arlieipatory joy in the KulriMtion at the balancing of t h> year’s budget plainly nuI not be unconfined. The ♦Mimates of expenditure have already removed the sin iic from treasury faces. A <klicit budget seems certain. Total expenditure next vt ar is put at
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      Lock icon Money For The States
      655 3 -Straits Times, Nov 4 A budgetary change of considerable significance is the inclusion for 1956 of allocations to State and Settlement Governments in the form recommended by the committee which studied the financial provisions of the Federation of Malaya Agreement earlier this year. The main recommendation
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      Lock icon Tax Outlook
      173 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 4. The meeting in Singapore today of Federation and Singapore Ministers is another of the customary and useful exchanges which help coordinate Federation and Singapore policy. Constitutional change has made these meetings even more important than before. They will help bring the two territories closer
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      Lock icon A Twiddling Of Thumbs
      639 3 Straits Times Nov 5 The meeting of the Chief Ministers and Chin Peng, the terrorist Communist leader, apparently will not take place for some little time longer. Tengku Abdul Rahman begins his Indonesian tour on Monday, which will mean a delay of at least another week.
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      Lock icon Malayan Or Indian?
      512 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 7. Like all communal organisations the Malayan Indian Congress is uncertain whether the operative adjective is “Malayan” or “Indian”. On certain occasions its members are quite convinced that they are Malayans, and that it would be wrong to think of themselves as anything else.
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      Lock icon Speculation Can Be Tempered
      501 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 7. The speculator has certainly not been the least important of several factors which have brought the price of rubber tumbling. The recent rise had been overdone, so that the situation was practically hand tailored for the speculator who was gambling on a
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      Lock icon Singapore’s Budget
      770 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 8. The Singapore taxpayer who may feel relieved by the absence of new taxation from the budget estimates published this morning should wait another 48 hours before giving thanks. The Financial Secretary, Mr. T. Hart, is to speak on the budget on Wednesday. Any taxation
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      Lock icon Co-ordination —Not Unity
      408 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 8. Mr. David Marshall’s enthusiasm got the better of him when at the end of the first joint ministerial meeting held in Singapore over the week-end he declared: “The way is now open for an independent, united Malaya.” An independent Malaya must be a
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    Volunteers’ new HQ
    48 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov The Federation of Malaya Volunteer Forces will set a new $200,000 headquarters building in Gurney Road It will stand on about five acres opposite the Technical College and adjoining the Police Depot. It may be ready by the middle of next year.
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    Gems theft
    37 4 SINGAPORE. Nov 9 While a Malay woman "as washing clothes at a well, a thief broke into her h about 400 yards away in Whitley Road. Singapore, on Monday and stole $3-4 WOl of jewellery.
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      94 4 mm d MACKENZIE: To E > Colin, a daughter, at t, -a- Hospital, on 7th Novell at well. -..I, m FOSTER: To Clem -ii.d mu London on October 2i Andrew William. P DORAN: To Joan ami Pondok Tanjong Estat Michael on 31st Octet HEMING To Melissa x Connach) wife
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    Chief Ministers have a problem -but so has Comrade Chin Peng
    726 5 A T any moment now, A somewhere near the Siamese frontier, the two Chief Ministers of Malaya will meet Chin Peng who, for more than seven rears, has carried on the Communist war from the depths of the forest.
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    ...On the obvious lessons of the split Front
    780 5 THE tea-room at 1 Robinson’s has never known such voings-on. Mr. Lustrous and his Farrer Park followers storming out of the place and scattering their torn delegates’ badges on the staircast* And an eruptive Chief Minister, bouncing like .t piece of rubber
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    NEW JUDGE NEVER PUT ON AIRS
    398 5 K. LUMPUR. Nov. 7. FORMER schooltoucher in Singapore, Mr. D. B. W. Good, was today welcomed to the Federation Bench by members of the local Bar. He is the new Supreme Court judge. Mr. Good, w'ho has been in Malaya for about 25 years,
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    Lock icon THE HORNBLOWER
    7 6 Photo by him Yaw Chong
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    Government worries about size of ‘some Chinese schools’
    284 6 Government worries about size of ‘some Chinese schools SINGAPORE. Nov. 6. \Jk/HEN is a school too large and unmanageable? Op nions given yesterday by the Ministry of Education and one of the schools involved were directly opposed "It all depends on what you mean by large." said Mr. Huang Fang
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    Lock icon As I was Saying
    1219 6  -  —HY <YN IFE —a puzzit* wu.. missing. N !l Mirror. r N SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. None of the Labour Front’s political opponents has made much capital out of its first annual con ference, or inch cd has even tried to do so. The conierence cost the
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    Ministers agree on ‘a united Merdeka’
    296 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 6. week-end secret conference between Ministers of Singapore and the Federation ended yesterday with the Colony’s Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, making this announcement: “The way is now open for an independent, united Malaya.” He told the Sunday Times that the Ministers
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    MARSHALL DROPS A HINT
    437 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, c vaguely hinted yesterday that arrangements for the projected peace talks with the Communist leader, Chin Peng, had flopped. Ho announced that a “new policy" for the Chin F-::-. meeting was now being considered by elected Ministers.
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    Lock icon Mr Lee Joh Ming, of the Singapore City Council and his bride, Miss Nancy Tham, after their wedding at the Wesley Church on Nov. 5.
    29 7 Mr Lee Joh Ming, of the S ingapore City Council and his bride, Miss Nancy Tham, after their wedding at the Wesley Church on Nov. 5. —Sunday Times picture.
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    Countryman’s Journal
    614 7  -  Tt’AN D.II K. IT IS hoped there will be a let-up of the rain before December to allow of lawn mowing, and the weeding and manuring of the banana plants. There is now a sound roof over the Tuan’s head, but the kitchen must be re-attap-ed. Wa’ Dollah
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    Lock icon FIFTY YEARS AGO
    120 7 From the Straits Times of Nov. 9, 1905: rriHE motor launch is so A convenient, clean and comfortable a form of netting about the water’s surface that it is surprising we have not seen more of this kind of craft in Singapore Harbour and the adjoining waters.
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    Careless driver
    22 7 Kwee Sim Djang, who drove a car negligently in Robinson Road on May 18, was fined $4O on Nov. 5.
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    The beating of Retreat
    876 7  -  WtM 1.57.1. V .XOTHUOOk STANLEY STREET. SOMETIMES, I never know exactly when, the massed bands of the corps in Singapore, or within reach of it, will beat Retreat on the Padang. I chanced on it last week by sheer coincidence, but in fact there was a
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    THE CRISIS WAR WILL GO ON $138 mil. already set aside
    263 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 2 —Even if the fight against the Communist terrorists should end suddenly, there would be no saving in expenditure immediately for it would take a long time to run down the security forces. The Federation’s Financial
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    THE FOOD IS O.K.— TANGLIN TROOPS
    277 10 THE FOOD IS O.K. TANGLIN TROOPS SINGAPORE. Nov. 3. /COMPLAINTS by Australian troops in Penang about the quality of their food are criticised by British troops stationed in Sin- j gapore. And Army authorities at j G.H.Q., Tanglin. say that food for Australian troops is cook- ed by Australian cooks,
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    HELP TO GIVE THE BLIND A NEW DEAL
    93 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 1. The acting Chairman of the Malayan Association for the Blind. Mr. F. M. Hutton, in an appeal to the public for funds said today that ambitious plans for blind people in Malaya had been drawn up “Our aim
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    War Graves service
    84 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 3. A remembrance service will be conducted by Rev. Father McKinna, senior Roman Catholic chaplain o f FARELF, at the Kranji Imperial War Graves. Singapore, on the evening ol Nov. 6. The service, which starts at 5.30 p.m., will be for those who were killed
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    Magistrate reads Bible to lawyer
    147 10 SINGAPORE, Nov, 3. I ffiHE Singapore Eighth l Magistrate, Mr. K C. Chan, yesterday read a verse from the Old Testament to convince a lawyer that the hook a witness was swearing on was the Holy Bible and not a copy of the Criminal Procedure
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    Morphine stolen
    21 10 Eight ampules of morphine were reported stolen from a doctor’s house in Kheam Hock Road, Singapore, on Nov. 2.
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    Two reservoirs will absorb all the island’s flood waters
    260 10 MOVE TO TIDE OVER ‘CRITICAL PERIOD SINGAPORE, Nov. 3. THE Mcßitchie and Pierce reservoirs will be able to absorb about 300 million gallons of water from flood areas should Singapore again be hit by heavy rains. By keeping the water level
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    Big godown hunt for arson clues
    107 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. 2. SINGAPORE police, fire brigade officers and Harbour Board officials searched the burnt down rubber godown in East Reclamation yesterday for clues. They wanted to find out how the fire started on the night of Oct. 30. Arson is suspected. Officials of
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    A CLUB TO MAKE BAD BOYS GOOD MEN
    136 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 2—Johore Bahru has a Rotary-sponsor-ed ‘‘good citizenship training” club for poor boys who have no place to meet for guidance. The club, the first of its kind in the Federation, is the Unity Club for Underprivileged Youths which the
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    WATCH OUT FOR THESE FIVE TYPES
    271 10 Mr. Narayanan warns union members IPOH, Ncv. 2. PLANTATION unio n members were warned today of five types of people they have got to watch. Tney were also told how to handle them. The secretary general c-f the National Union of Plantation Workers, Mr
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    20,000 sign away their right to strike
    333 11 THE PUBLIC SERVICE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT IN FUTURE ALL THEIR DISPUTES ON WAGE CLAIMS WILL GO TO GOVERNOR—THEN TO TRIBUNAL MNGAPORE, Nov. 3. WORE than 20,000 1 Singapore Government servants now have no excuse in strike over any of their wage claims or other
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    THE REDS WALKED RIGHT IN Gate was open: Constable dies in ambush
    386 11 LABIS, (Johore), Nov. 2. UOR weeks Special 1 Branch officers here nave sensed that something was about to happen in the town’s .new village. Informers in the village whispered: "The bandits c at* been asking us what Jtes
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    ANOTHER HOTEL STRIKE SETTLED
    146 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 3. 65-day-old strike by 42 employees of the Singapore Hotel in Gevlang Road is over. The men returned to work yesterday afternoon. This followed an agreement reached between the Singapore Workers’ Union, to which they belong, and the management. Both sides declined to disclose
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    Robbers grab $5,000
    139 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 3. LX)UR masked men, 1 three armed with revolvers, last night, held I lip five people in a pro- vision shop in Still Road, ofl East Coast Road, Singapore, and stole more than $5,000. Tlie proprietor, Tuy Soon Chiang. was counting the money which his
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    SEEK OUT WAYANG KULIT, SEPAK RAGA
    411 11 Rahman sets romantic task for information officers K[ A LUMPUR, Nov 2 -f Chief Minister, Abdul Rahman, a y assigned to informa- n officers from all over Federation a strange. 1( >mantic task. barged them to rescue extinction the ne'bed forms and for- J
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    HANDSHAKE PLUS ‘MERDEKA’ PEACE
    217 11 UMNO row over a ‘snub’ is settled MALACCA, Nov. 3. A HANDSHAKE and a Merdeka salute today settled the row between the Malacca branch of UMNO and its UJong Pasir subbranch which had threatened to split the party here. The "peace" meeting took place at the
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    Cultivators detained
    62 11 KUALA LUMPUR Nov. 3. A number of cultivators were yesterday detained for questioning following a contact between a platoon of the 2nd Bn., Malay Regiment, and two terrorists in tlie Sungei Siput area of Perak. The platoon opened fire when the terrorists ignored thrir rail to surrender. The
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    Job-seeker is fined
    62 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 3 An unemployed Indian. Victor James, who came here for an interiew for a job, today pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly behaviour at the railway station yesterday. The magistrate fined him $5. Victor said he shouted to a porter who had lost
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    MALAYAN WEDS IN LONDON
    162 12 Couple on way to new home in S’pore MR. ROLAND SHARMA, scientist explorer son of Mr. and Mrs S. M. Sharma of Ipoh, married Miss Isabelle Gilchrist, an Australian, at St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Kensington, London, on Oct. 29. They are now on their way
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    CUSTOMS MAN: ‘I GOT $1,000 BRIBES A MONTH’
    258 12 CUSTOMS MAN: I GOT $1,000 BRIBES A MONTH Such a sordid story, says the magistrate SINGAPORE, Nov. 4. S2OO-A-MONTH revenue officer of the Cusn toms Department told a Singapore magistrate yesterday that he used to make $l,OOO a month by accepting bribes. The revenue officer, Peter Lim. was making his
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    MALAY, 77, SHOT IN BACK AFTER HE WAS CHALLENGED
    98 12 3POH, Nov. 3—A 77-yearlold Malay. Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad, was shot dead yesterday near his neighbour’s house at 2.30 a.m. in Kampong Java. Tapah Road. The neighbour. Musa bin Haji Bermawi. a Home Guard, told police that he was sleeping when
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    Boy found dead
    34 12 SINGAPORE. Nov 4. A two-year-old boy, Pay Thian S/.e, was yesterday found dead in a manure pit in thi* grounds ot his house at the 13 1 milestone, Sembawe.ng Rood. Singapore.
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    Specials’ deaths avenged
    119 12 KLUANG. Nov. 3. ]I/|EN of No. 2 platoon of the Ist. Bn.. East Yorkshire Regiment, killed three of a gang of five terrorists contacted in a planned sweep on Rengam Malay Estate, seven miles from here, early today. Two of the dead Reds are women. One has
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    MORE TAX—BETTER SCHOOLS
    298 12 The only way to expand education, says MTUC KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. f J*HE Malayan Trade Union Council u air personal and company income tax so that the country can expand education This was one of the suggestions put foru'in' a 17-point memorandum which was studied ir-c"! by
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    $15,000 fine on driver
    48 12 BUTTERWORTH. Nov. 3 A Penang lorry driver. Lim Cheng Tong, was today fined $15,000, or a month's jail, for “harbouring” 100 tahils of gold bars. Lim had pleaded guilty. The gold bars were found tied round his waist at Mitchell pier on Oct. 25.
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    CONTINUOUS RAIN COSTS MINERS $1,000,000
    77 12 I FOIL Nov. I.—Chinese miners in Perak lost an estimated $1,000,000 last month because of heavy and continuous rain. October is the wettest month of the year in Perak because of the change of monsoons. Min- ers usually report a big drop in their incomes.
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    34 HEROES WANT WORK NOT CHARITY
    151 12 SINGAPORE. Nov T'HIRTY-FOUR forgo:. A ten heroes of th? last two World Wars want jobs, not charitv. from the Ex-Service Association of Singapore. For the past two years they have received financial help as immediate relief but they prefer to work. These ex-Servicemen recently
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    Lock icon AUSSIE UNIOX CHIEF IN COLONY
    73 12 SINGAPORE. N"v 1 MR. A. A. MONK. President of the Aush'.i 1 Council of Trade t M1 n who arrived in Sim:."’*' yesterday on his "a\ Europe. In Brussels h attend a meeting International C’onled* of Free Trade Unionv will then visit Amt where he
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    ‘IS OUR RETIREMENT PAY SAFE?’ THE PLANTERS ASK
    422 13 IS OUR RETIREMENT PAY SAFE?’ THE PLANTERS ASK K. LUMPUR. Nov. 2. (EUROPEAN planters lJ in Malaya fear that nen they retire the .it are independent lovernment may have issecl regulations (■venting them from king home their life vings or depreiting their value, as is happened elseaero in the East.
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    NOW ONLY HALF A STRIKE
    280 13 Restaurant men defy union SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. 'rHE Singapore Workers’ Union yesterday called a 1 strike of its members in eight leading Chinese n-staurants —but it turned out to be only half a strike. Food was prepared and served as usual in the restaurants because
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    ‘RIOTERS’ DID NOT TURN UP
    165 13 RIOTERS’ DID NOT TURN UP K. LUMPUR, Nov. 3. 4N anti-riot exercise Kuala Lumpur got *r to a bad start today. ‘rioters” did not turn up at any of the places where they were supposed be throwing stones and b 'tt.es. 1 helmeted police with batons and riot shields had
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    Strikers prefer prison
    179 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 4. A SECOND group of strikers, all members of the Singapore Factor*/ and Shop Workers’ Union, who were convicted of offences under the Trade Disputes Ordinance yesterday. chose to go to jail rather than be bound over. The 65 strikers, including seven women, were exemployees
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    Inspection tour
    47 13 SINGAPORE, Nov 3. Mr. S. C. Hood, head of the BBC ’s overseas service, Is now’ m Singapore on a week’s inspection of the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service station in the Colony. He leaves by air on Nov 6 for India and East Africa.
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    ‘Let’s have a big song and dance’
    207 13 Let’s have a big song and dance SINGAPORE, Nov 4 SUGGESTION that Malaya should hold an n ual music and drama fival was made yestery by the vice-president the Singapore Art v i 'ty. Mr. Frank Sullivan, was commenting on the ,ll! made by the FederaChief Minister, Abdul Rahman, for
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    PLAN TO START NEW BANK IN MALAYA
    186 13 It will help finance industrial expansion K. LUMPUR, Nov. 3. T'HE Federation and Singapore Governments and L “interested financial parties” nave started talks on a plan to establish a Pan-Malayan Industrial Development Bank. The Federation’s Minister for Economic Affairs. Mr. O. A. Spencer,
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    Soon—water with that ‘F’ taste...
    107 13 SINGAPORE, Nov 4. A PLANT which will give Singapore its first taste of fluorinated water is due before the end of the year, the City Water Engineer. Mr. W. S. Stredwirk, told the Straits Times yesterday The plant may be* installed by January or February
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    60 years ago
    35 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov 3 The 60th anniversary of the funeral of Sultan Abubakar was commemorated with a memorial service at his tomb in the royal mausoleum in the Jalan Mahmoodiah cemetery today
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    PRAISE FOR PAKISTAN NAVY
    123 13 SINGAPORE, Nov 1 REAR ADMIRAL SIDDIQ lIOIIDRI. C-ln-C of the Royal Pakistan Navy, (above) and his men who took part in the recent SEATO exercises were given the highest praise by a veteran United States naval officer. Captain R. R. MacGregor, in Singapore yesterday. Captain MacGregor,
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    Honours girl gets post
    47 13 KAJANG. Nov 1 Miss Y V Stanley, who recently returned from Britain after obtaining her BA. »Honsi degree at Nottingham University. has been appointed an Education Officer. She is now at Kajang High School. Miss Stanley was educated in the Kuala Lumpur Convent.
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    The love knot—tied in red tape OR a tale of Cupid at Empress Place—as told by Mr. Byrne
    1031 14 The love knot—tied in red tape OR a tale of Cupid at Empress Place —as told by Mr. Byrne SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. 'J'HK case of a young woman Government employee, who was promoted while being courted by an officer of the Malayan Civil Service, was last night referred to the
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    $44 A MONTH FOR LOSS OF HIS ONLY SON
    364 14 Marshall intervenes to get more aid for man whose call-up boy was shot SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. OINGAPORE’S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, is trying to get more compensation for the father of a Nat i o n a 1 Serviceman. Low
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    Brunei plans $25m. port—and the business world sits up
    429 14 Brunei plans $25m. port —and the business world sits up BRUNEI TOWN. (Brunei), Nov. 4. PROJECT to build a modern port in this colony is expected to play a large part in building up Borneo’s economy. The report of a development .committee .on the. .construction of the port at the
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    DEFENCE COSTS SLASHED
    267 16 Colony budget, puts emphasis on social services SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. IN ITS 1956 BUDGET presented yesterday the Singapore Labour Front Coalition Government slashed spending on defence to provide money for increased social services. Apart from the cut in delence costs— horn $2!) million to $12 million —the
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    $22M. DEFICIT FOR NEXT YEAR
    846 16 f FHE deficit oi $22 million which the Singapore Government anticipates in 1956 is a “real” one. The Treasury warned yesterday: “Ah practicable steps will have to be taken to reduce this deficit.” ••Despite me care which has been taken to enter only sums which
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    $10 MIL. EXTRA FOR CHINESE SCHOOLS
    174 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. 'T'HE Singapore Gov- ernment is prepared to spend another $lO million to implement the recommendations of the ail-partv committee on Chinese education. This sum is provided for In the 1956 estimates which were laid on the taole of the Legislative Assembly
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    Outcome the Red flags
    46 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. Seven Communists Hags were found in Singapore vesterday. They were flown on lamp posts, buildings and trees to mark the anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia. One flag was in New Bridge Road near the Police Headquarters building
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    Estate shooting
    35 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 7. Terrorists on the night of Nov. 5 fired at a special constable guarding the manager’s bungalow on Goodyear Estate, in the Rengam area of Johore. The “special” fired back.
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    Houses for SCs part of big problem
    141 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. ABOUT 600 regular members of the Singapore Police Force are waiting for Government quarters. The acting Chief Secretary, Mr. J. D Higham, said this in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. He was answering questions concerning Special Constables put to him by
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    The balance sheet
    29 16 Lstimates of revenue and expenditure of Singapore for 1956 arc: Revenue S20M.4U2.I*»« Expenditure (other than revotes) S222.390.500 Revotes S K.76H.63U Total expenditure S231.159.130 DELICTI S 22.757.010
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    Mr. Lee sees dark and bleak features—but Marshall is bored
    258 16 Mr. Lee sees dark and bleak features— but Marshall is bored r PHE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, and the People’s Action Party leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, clashed in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday. The House was discussing change of titles of certain public offices to “validate the statutory
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    Bandit V.I.P. gives up and sets top-level problem
    306 17 KLUANG, Nov. 8. TERRORIST V.I.P. gave himself up in this surrender-starved district of Johore today a ad presented the police with an awkward problem* For the terrorist—a 33-year-old branch i mittee secretary of bandit units at Simpang gam —might have put himself
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    Promoted
    33 17 TAIPING. Nov. 8. Inche Mok’.ar bin Taib. a technical i distant of the Central Electricity Board, Taiping. has n transferred to Mersing v-.nrr he will be offlcer-in-cil '‘rco of the branch there.
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    ESTATE BANDITS RAID
    120 17 KLUANG, Johore, Nov. 8. A TERRORIST gang last night attacked a bungalow occupied by Mr. Frank Rayner, 39, an assistant on Kempas Estate, three miles from Beradin Halt railway station. As a bandit bullet thudded Into the house at 11.30 p.m., Mr. Rayner leapt out of bed
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    A call-up halt likely in 1956
    320 17 NATIONAL SERVICEMEN MAY 6CT 'REPRIEVE' SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. T'HE Singapore Gov- ernment’s decision to slash defence expenditure from $29 million in 1955 to $l2 million in 1956 will affect the National Service scheme for Colony youths which was introduced last year. It is likely
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    SLIGHTED? NO DISCOURTESY INTENDED
    184 17 K. LUMPUR, Nov. 8. |j J VDQUARTERS Malaya Command has completed »n inquiry into the allegation that the Chief 'li Jster, Tengku Abdul Rahman, was “slighted” at th presentation of colours to the 6th Bn., the Malay iment, at Mentakab, Pahang, on Oct. 27. •-is claimed
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    British Institute to blame: Hong Kong
    298 17 ROW OVER ARCHITECTURE DEGREES SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. TTOE Royal Institute of British Architects in England is to blame for the current uproar over non-recognition of architectural degrees conferred by Hong Kong University. "It Is not our academic standard that has produced the present impasse,
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    $7 million drop in revenue
    103 17 BECAUSE RUBBER PRICE FELL K. LUMPUR, Nov. 8. revenue in the Federation last month totalled $43,*****5, a drop of $7,568,242 below the September figure. The drop was almost entirely due to the fall-ofT in the export duty collected from rubber. Last month’s rubber export duty
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    MALAYA IN ‘QUEEN’ LINERS
    149 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 8. “Malayan Holiday," a combination travelogue of three Malayan Film Unit films in the “Know Your Malaya” series, has been booked for showing in the Queen Elizabeth. Queen Mary and other liners by a London film company. The film has already been shown
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    Donnelly rides three winners BOUGOURE REACHES 50 ON CHANCE MOUNT
    1204 18  -  By EPSOM JEEP K. LUMPUR. Nov. 2. SIXTEEN YEAR OLD apprentice Alex Baxter. one of the smallest jockeys ever to ride on the Malayan Turf, was oil the mark with a clever three-length win on Windy Corner at Kuala Lumpur
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    CONVENTIONAL TAKES CUP
    1031 18  -  By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 6. JJIDING IN TOP FORM jockey Abdul Mawi landed a splendid treble at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, concluding day of the Selangor Turf Club October-November Meeting. Mawi scored an early double on Golden Sands ($79) and Bright Eyes II ($3B) and then
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      65 18 Big Sweep TOTAL POOL: $253,755. 1ST: No. *****2 ($68,519). 2ND: No. *****5 ($34,259). 3RD: No. *****4 ($17,129). STARTERS ($1,903 each): Nos. *****9; *****4; *****4; *****5; *****9; *****9; *****9; *****8; *****2. CONSOLATION ($1,522 each): Nos. *****6; *****4; *****2; *****0; *****6; *****3; *****0; *****0; *****4; *****5. FORECAST TOTE: Race 3: 5 tickets
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      72 18 Big Sweep TOTAL POOL: ($235,000) 1ST: No. *****0 ($63,450) 2ND: No. *****5 ($31,725) 3RD: No. *****0 ($15,862) Starters ($1,321 each): Nos. *****8, *****2, *****1, *****5, *****7, *****1, *****6, *****4, *****0, *****9, *****5, *****1. Consolations ($1,410 each): Nos. *****1, *****5, *****4, *****2, *****4, *****1, *****3, *****8, *****7, *****2. Treble Tote: No
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      20 18 $1-M SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $651,500 1ST: No. *****40 ($260,600) 2ND: No. *****26 78,180) 3RD: No. *****44 32,575) Starters ($3,722 each):
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    TWO HOME GUARDS JAILED FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY
    341 19 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 7, 'ONVICTING two Home Guards for neglect of duty, the President of the Sessions Court, /t'r. H. L. Cohen, said today that all the evidence ;)!>out a raid on a Home Guard post at Sedenak in which terrorists seized
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    Gurkhas kill Bahau Red
    43 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov, 7— A patrol of the 1/10 Gurkhas killed a terrorist who refused to surrender In the Bahau district of Negri Sembilan on Nov. 5. The dead man was Ko Fatt, who entered the Jungle In 1948.
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    MASTER PLAN IS COMPLETE
    178 19 Ministry to see it before public SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. SINGAPORE’S Master Plan, which has been in pre- paration during the past four years, is on the eve of completion. “We have to submit the Plan to the Ministry of Local Government. Lands and Housing by the
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    It’s ‘merdeka’ on arrival
    201 19  -  From LEE SIEW YEE JAKARTA, Nov. 7. Tengku Abdul Rahman said on arrival in Jakarta today that he was t rtain the Federation mission’s visit would prove “a real eye-opener in our progress towards independence.” In a broadcast at the airP rt, the Chief Minister of
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    MARSHALL OPPOSES FOOTBALL POOLS
    218 19 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. V NGAPORE’S Cnief Minisk ter. Mr. David Marshall, ■id the Straits Times yes- day that he strongly opsed any easy opportunity ,r large-scale gambling u ’h as football pools, moment you permit it. country will be flooded ’h pools forms from Britt.” he
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    School concert
    23 19 PENANG, Nov. 7.—The Wellesley Primary School will hold its annual prize-giving and school concert at 10 a m. on Nov. 25.
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    Penang racing makes $34,000
    1210 19 THE WEEK IN SPORT THE Penang Turf Club lost 1,000 members last year, but improved its financial position by $34,000. “Racing was very keen throughout the year and provided excellent sport/’ the outgoing president, Mr. Ong Huck Lim. told members at the annual general meeting last
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    Australia may buy more Malayan tin
    305 20  -  By GEOFFREY BOLAND SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. INCREASING Malayan interest in a potential large outlet for tin exports is reported to have followed plans to produce tinplate in Australia. At present Australia makes no tinplate herself. A tinplate mill is the next step in a
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    187 20 COMPANIES operating in Malaya announced the following dividends last week:— SELAYANG TIN DREDGING LTD.: An interim dividend of 10% less tax, for year ended September 30, payable on November 25 to shareholders on register October 26. THE PAHANG CONSOLIDATED CO. LTD.: A final ordinary dividend of 40%, making
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    BUSINESS DONE
    305 20 The following business done in the Singapore-Johore Market last week was reported by one Arm of brokers’ for the period October 29 to November 4:— INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelters Ords. 295. 9d Fraser Neave Ords. $1.69 and $1.70, Gammons $2.55, Hammer Co. {2. 47 V 4, Malayan Breweries
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    26 20 SINGAPORE. Nov. 8. RUBBER: $1.13 per lb. (down 3V6 cents). TIN: $372.25 per picul (down 37Vi cents). COPRA: $27.3714 per picul (up 12Vi cents).
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    825 20 .SINGAPORE. Nov. 9. 1 INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sellers Alex Bricks Pref 1.80 I.Bft Ords 1.95 2.05 Atlas Ice 1300 (buyers) BB Petrol 43/- 45/B.M. Trustees 6.10 6.50 Con. Tin Smelt Prer 19/- 20/Ords 29/- 30/ Eastern United 36.a0 37.60 Fed. Dispensary 3.20 3.30 Fraser and Neave Pref. 6.00
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    BUSINESS WAITS ON BUDGET
    502 20 SHARE MARmH MB——— By Our Market Correspondent T*HE star turns of the x Singapore Share Market last week were undoubtedly two rubber counters —Alor Gajah and Lunas which showed heavy appreciations in price before and after announcements that their directors were considering take-over offers. During four
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    Rubber mart movement is “aimless”
    356 20 T*HE rubber market opened this week on a very hesitant note with both trade and speculators feeling for a trend and prices at one time moving apparently aimlessly, report Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd., in their current market review. On Sunday night a large godown
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