The Straits Budget, 17 November 1955

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    30 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEW IF APIS \Tew Series No. 482. Thursday, Nov. 17, 1955. Price 40 cents (Malayan) Or 1 Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      STAMPS: ON THE WRONG PATH
      344 2  -  D. A. LEWIS. Singapore. IT was gratifying to 1 read of the favourable comment received from abroad on Singapore’s new postage stamp issue though the chorus of praise sounded suspiciously like a Colonial Public Relations Officers’ mutual admiration society. Let us come down to earth
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      Not discourteous to Chief Minister
      195 2  -  DEO PATRAE AMICIS. Sere mb an. 1WAS sorry to see that a charge of dtscourtesy has been levelled against certain officers who. so it was reported, did not stand up when the Chief Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman recently appeared at a ceremony. I am quite
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      Laziness carnes prostitution
      136 2  -  F, J. Kll KF Telok Anson. PURTOBAHAN Putera seen' the opinion that tion in Malaya is the ease of man: by divorce. ncl The ease or din marriage and divo to have very litti with It. In Egypt. country, where irf ministration of th i sIl law
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      Ship cleared in record time
      41 2 SINGAPORE, Nov. 16. Singapore immigration officers yesterday set a post-war record clearance time of 75 minutes when they checked about 600 landing and transit passengers of the Oranje when the 20,000-ton liner arrived in the Colony.
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      Two new lawyers
      30 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 13.— Mr. Anthony Hills and Mr. Howard Edmund Cashim were admitted to practice at the Bar of the Federation in the Supreme Court yesterday.
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      NO LONGER IN BONDAGE
      155 2  -  SHERIFF S. Perak. Although a good Muslim, I am strongly against the Muslim leaders who criticised the nine Malay girls who took part in the Selangor beauty contest at the Chinwoo stadium. “Muslim” must realise that this is an atomic world where there is no place
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      DISHONEST WORD
      267 2  -  GLOW. Singapore. BEING myself a native of England, a country which particularly in recent years, has absorbed many thousands of Asian and African expatriates, I have followed with interest the proceedings of the Commission on Malayanisation and other related pronouncements by public figures. It appears that expatriates fall
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      Shortcomings of the amnesty offer
      490 2  -  KUMBANG BETIN Ipoh. impression now 1 is that the amnesty offer lacked foresight. Hence the present threat of an impasse. By its very vagueness it left room for M.C.P. delaying tactics. The Government should have “proclaimed” and not merely “declared” the amnesty. Orders and directions
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      Lock icon Feelers From China
      717 3 -Straits Times. Nov 9 iiprossion that CornChina would like the conference of Foreign to be followed by a i;iI( U v on Far Eastern is strengthened hly by Mr. Chou ..peeeh at the Russian in Peking in cele,f the 1917 revolution flu- ive situation” in Asia, Cumr.'ituM
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      Lock icon Arbitration And Strikes
      389 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 9. Singapore’s Minister for Communications, Mr. Francis Thomas, may or may not be correct in his sunn is that P.A.P. trade union leaders would support eomp’iKoi v arbitration in trade union disputes. But il Mr. Thomas is convinced that they are anxious to establish
      —Straits Times, Nov. 9.  -  389 words
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      Lock icon Things To Come
      801 3 Straits Times. Nov. 10. The Labour Front’s taxation proposals almost took second place in the Singapore Assembly yesterday to the defection of two Labour Front members. Yet there was a fair element of surprise in them. It w’as not until the hkst moment that the Labour Front
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      Lock icon Future Of The S.C.B.A.
      406 3 Straits Times. Nov 10. It has become standard procedure of late for the President of the Straits Chinese British Association to sound the reveille that will rouse the Straits Chinese from slumber. This year Mr. T. W. Ong told “old pioneer families” of the Straits Chinese
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      Lock icon The Great Trek Begins
      534 4 Straits Times. Nov. 11. Soon will begin the annual trek when thousands of desperate parents will take their anxious lti-year olds from school to school in an effort to get them a secondary education. Next year, according to figures given by the Minister for Education in
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      Lock icon Speaker And Press
      755 4 -Straits Times, Nov. 12 Quibble i* no reply to the Commonwealth Press Union’s protest against the extraordinary powers given to the Speaker of Singapore's Legislative Assembly. The Chief Minister believes that the Press Union Conference was “gravely misled.’’ The Clerk of the Assembly points out that the
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      Lock icon Exalted Status
      189 4 Straits Times. Nov 12 It may he humiliating for some of Singapore’s Assemblymen to he mistaken for ordinary citizens the inconspicuous mass of voters before whom they must pros trati* thi*msi*lvi*s every four years. But having once gone through the ordeal of being of the common herd, is
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      Lock icon Our Friendly Neighbour
      629 4 —Straits Times. Nov la The Federation Goodwill Mission to Indonesia, headed by Tengku Abdul Rahman, has returned with a sense of accomplishment. The mission w’ent there to make friends, and to learn. Of course the Chief Minister and his colleagues could not discuss in any detail the
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      110 4 LEWIS: To Margaret Ingamells) at K.K. on t; ember, a son. PAYNE: To Hell and daughter, and a Sistei l«a Bungsar Hospital, 10 11 11 well. BROWN: November Youngberg. a daughter l"i and Phil. ROSE: On 10th Novrm Kandang Kerbau. to Anne Hugh Rase, a son. lan Mode brother
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    ‘WE WILL GO FIGHTING’
    427 5 WE WILL GO FIGHTING’ SINGAPORE, Nov. 14. -< ;|K Chief Minister, Mr. David MarJmII, said yesterday l -it he will call for dissolution of Singapore Legisive Assembly and 1 for fresh elections if the Opposit i i: ii votes solidly linst him on the l .nlget on Nov. 21. -hall
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    Hertogh rioters case for review
    159 5 SINGAPORE, Nov. 13 £EVEN Malays who are now serving life sentences for the part they played in the Maria Hertogh riots in Singapore in December, 1950, are to have their cases reviewed. The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, made this decision at the request of
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    Bandit’s body found
    55 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 13— A security patrolled yesterday unearthed the body of a terrorist in a jungle grave in the Gurun district of Kedah. His hat lay nearby. The body Ls believed to be that of a terrorist wounded in a clash with troops of the sth
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    TOURING ICE GIRLS
    163 5 SINGAPORE. Nov 13 JACKIE NICOLLERAT, the Swiss girl in the Norwegian sweater, looks over a letter Isopel Dixon is writing home to her folks in Britain. Both girls are with the Holiday on lee revue. They arrived in Singapore in a chartered plane yesterday from Jakarta. More
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    FIREBUGS BURN 3 MORE CARS
    177 5 E SINGAPORE, Nov. 15. E f rHREE cars were set E on fire in Singapore E on the night of Nov. 13, two in Bushey Park and E the third in Cornwall E Gardens. E This brings the number ol E-ars burnt to four since
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    Chin Peng has not the right to negotiate for terms
    707 5 THE Tengku and Chin 1 Peng remind one of two over-polite j Latins, each refusing to pass first through the doorway. The former wants the amnesty to succeed before he aoos to London early next year, since he would then
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    Lock icon As I was Saying
    1155 6  -  —BY < YNKTS not let her drive it?— Seic York Mirror. SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. lUHILE the two Labour Front representatives who have crossed the floor of the Singapore Assembly have completely upset the balance of elected members, there seems no reason why the Labour Front Government
    not let her drive it?—Seic York Mirror.  -  1,155 words
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    Lock icon “FUN AT ROADSIDE”
    8 6 —Photo by Sam Kai Yre
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    Hungry Johore Reds raid village shop
    153 6 KOTA TINCCI. Nov. 12 |N broad daylight, 15 hungry terrorists armed with rifles and sten guns, raided a village shop n Asahi Estate, in the Pengarang area, on Nov I 1 and /of away with $600 worth of food The terrorists wore jungle green
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    U.S. planes on way home
    50 6 SINGAPORE, Nov 1 Five Neptunes of United States Navy P' 4th Squadron, arrived Singapore yesterday a*< noon from the Phihpl on a homeward-bound will and training flight stops in Australia, New land and Hawaii. The remaining five pi of the squadron will a here today.
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    WHAT IS THE STATUS OF A TRADE UNION?
    365 6 Judge's query at hearing of alleged contempt of court PENANG. Nov. 11. \UHAT is tlie status of a trade union in proceedings for alleged contempt of court? “It is neither a corporate body nor is it an individual.” Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson
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    SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. CPL. ALWYN ASHTON, RAF, Changi, and his bride , Miss Marie Williams, of Pontypridd, South Wales, who flew from Britain for their wedding at St. George’s Church, Changi.
    30 7 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. CPL. ALWYN ASHTON, RAF, Changi, and his bride Miss Marie Williams, of Pontypridd, South Wales, who flew from Britain for their wedding at St. George’s Church, Changi.
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    Strangled girl
    57 7 MAN DETAINED SINGAPORE. Nov. 12. Singapore police detained a man yesterday morning in r.nection with the murder 1 a nine-year-old girl, Lim S’* ee Gek, in Nee Soon Village. Lun was found strangled to th on Nov. 9 morning. about 13 hours after she disappeared from her house.
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    Degrees: Probe by architects
    52 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 12. The question of profesexaminations and Qualifications in architecture, raised recently by the controversy over the non-recog-•ution of degrees in arlecture conferred by Hong K >ng University, is to be discus.sed by the Council of the institute of Architects of aiulaya at its meeting
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    SNUB FOR THE MIDDLE ROAD CROWD
    217 7 TUC turns down unity talks SINGAPORE. Nov. 12. THE Singapore Trade Union Congress yesterday 1 turned down the request for “unity talks” by the Singapore Trade Unions Working Committee, of Middle Road, which claims to represent 85,000 workers in 95 unions. The T.U.C. president.
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    Jubilee stamp
    38 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 11 A 10 cent postage stamp to commemorate the Sultan of Johore’s diamond jubilee will be on sale at all Johore post offices, Singapore G.P.O. and the stamp bureau here from Nov. 21.
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    Lock icon FIFTY YEARS AGO
    163 7 Frtrn the Straits Times of r Nov. 9. 1905. r IF: Racecourse presented 1 nn animated scene in 1 early hours of this 1 ing when no less than u troops of the Garrison the Royal Navy went "igh a rehearsal of the uitions to be performed
    Frtrn the Straits Times of r Nov. 9. 1905.  -  163 words
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    Through stranger eyes
    864 7  -  mal Y.si.i.x xovehook STANLEY STREET. VESTERDAY there 1 walked into my life Herr Ignuz Ruegg, motor mechanic of Z u r i c h, Switzerland When I say walked I mean it literally, since he walked all the way from Zurich to Singapore on the first ten
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    Countryman’s Journal
    449 7 QUR Selangor correspondent writes, under date October 15: “This month looks like being the driest on record. Only 3.60 inches to date. Should be a 14-inch month”. In the Dusun rain has not let up since the 15th. An English educated Malay, one of the many people all
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    ESTATES’ AID TO MOSQUE
    73 7 K BHARU, Nov 13. The British owners of the Pergau and Balah Estates in Ulu Kelantan have helped local Malays to build a new mosque at Kuala Balah with the proceeds of a day’s tapping. Labourers on the two estates are mostly Malays. They are subscribing
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    Faith healing
    27 7 SINGAPORE Nov. 14. Miss Lillian Hemsley, th** American laith healer, held her first session in Singapore ye terday at tin- Klim Church in Serangoon Road.
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    IT’S ALL UPS AND NEVER A DOWN IN THE S’PORE BUDGETS
    832 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. EARLY all types of liquor, imported and local, are dearer in Singapore today. Motoring will also cost more because of dearer petrol. And the Government will take more in death duties from estates. These tax increases
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    The new prices
    106 8 The new price s Some examples of how the new duties will affect liquor prices: WHISKY Old price Increase New Price Johnny Walker (Red) $13.50 $2 $15.50 Haig $13.50 $2 $15.50 Bell s Scotch $15.00 $2 $17.00 BRANDY Three-star Hennessy $14.50 $2 $16.50 John Exshaw $14.00 $2 $16.00 Key Brandy
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    UP THE SCALE FOR FOUR
    65 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. Four hospital assistants of the Singapore Medical Department were yesterday promoted to superscale jobs. They are: Mr. Goh Ah Kow, chief steward. Tan Took Seng Hospital; Mr. K. V. Ponnampalam, chief steward, Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital; Mr. Chong Kow Thye, chief hospital
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    TWO PARTIES CALL for NEW COALITION
    816 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. r JpHE leaders of the Progressive and Demo. cratic parties last night called on the Labour Front Government to form a new coalition “which commands the support of a majority of elected members.” This new constitutional development followed the action of
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    CALL-UP SLASHED BY HALF
    123 9 It’s one way of saving money SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. RATIONAL Service trainees will be halved next year because defence expenditure has been slash- from S29 million to $12 million, the National Service Offic< r. Mr. F. J. Bentley, told the Straits Times yesterday. Onlv 400 will
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    U.S. will aid us in a war
    147 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. THE U.S. Assistant Naval Attache in Singapore, Commander Thomas H. Suddath, yesterday hinted that the American Seventh Fleet in the Far East would come to the defence of Malaya should the country be attacked. Cmdr. Suddath told the Straits Times
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    ‘TAKE THE ROAD TO S’PORE’ DRIVE
    190 9 Govt, plans tourist bureau SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. T'HE Government in-j 1 tends to encourage the development of Singapore as a tourist centre, the acting Chief Secretary, Mr. J. D. Higham, told the Legislative Assembly yesterday. With its unique geographical position, its diverse culture, and
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    Unions want public body to take over ALL buses
    372 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. )|()RK than 4,000 I mis workers in sini;;i|)(*ri» want the (inurnment to unity "wiHTship of the 13 ti';iiisport companies under a public authority. They have put this view to the Transport Commission set up to advise on the
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    ‘They will become the lost community’
    212 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 111. W".'/ the Straits-born Chinese become a lost community? Mr. Yap Pheng (Jeck, founder-member of the China Society* thinks they will il they do not learn to speak their language. At one time, he said, the Straits-born Chinese regarded a Chinese-speak-ing Chinese
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    Strike is off
    65 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. THE 10.000-strong Naval Base Labour Union in Singapore yesterday called off its strike threat six hours before the workers were due to walk out at midnight. The strike was averted when the* Admiralty found new jobs for seven sailmakers—the men behind the dispute in
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    ‘WE WANT MORE OF MUIR’
    280 9 WE WANT MORE OF MUIR’ PENANG, Nov. 8. AIR. J. N. DAVIES. Penang’s Chief Education Officer, will he a very embarrassed man when he returns from overseas leave in January. So will Mr. G. D. Muir, who is taking his place while he is aw r ay. For parents of
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      43 9 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Br. Empire Quarterly Malf.y ea riy I li» weekly issues air delivery service to the Cnited Kingdom only at n inclusive rate of S24.00 for six months. MZJ, THE ABOVE ARE IN MALAYAN C l RR
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    Higher tax: Federation said ‘no’
    1412 10 SO BURDEN FELL ON LIQUOR AND PETROL Colony planned raising rates to 60 per cent for the rich SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. 'J’HK Singapore Labour Front Government had to revise and “switch around” its whole taxation programme during the past week to keep in line with
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    Common policy needed to beat the tax dodgers
    740 10 proposal was again examined in connection with the review of the revenue potential of the country. It was immediately clear that the matter was fraught with difficulties. Purchase tax Mr. Hart declared: ‘Singapore is a free port, almost entirely dependent on trade.
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    GIRL (9) FOUND STRANGLED
    357 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. 'I'HK bruised body of a nine-year-old girl, Lim 1 Swee Gek, was found in a patch of overgrown lallaiig 75 yards from her home in Nee Soon Itoad. Singapore, yesterday. She had been strangled on the evening of Nov. 8. Hei lather found
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    Ex-bandit boss is secret agent now
    219 11 back into jungle GOES HOH KLUANG, Nov. 9. HOH POH. 33-year-old terrorist boss y iu) set police a proli*m by surrendering iter allegedly breakir.u the amnesty terms, went into the jungle Mdav on a hush-hush mission. It is believed he is trying uet other
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    BOESTAMAM TO FORM NEW PARTY
    204 11 Aim: Democratic welfare state K. LUMPUR. Nov. 9. AHMAD BOESTAMAM, former leader of the banZr ned left-wing youth organisation Angkatan Pemuda Insaf, announced today that he will soon form a new political party. To be called Partai Ra’ayat (People’s Party), it will light colonialism “in
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    Loyal service reward
    52 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 10. Three retired men of the Singapore Postal Service will receive valedictory letters at the Mails Branch of the General Post Office at 2.15 p.m. today. They are Mr. Sim Yean Chuan. an assistant superintendent. Inche Omar bin Haji Mohamed Yasin and Inche Ahmat bin
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    Our people
    25 11 M SINGAPORE. Nov. 10. .■•‘•'■aya’s total population f ■'end of June was Singapore 1.212.nul the Fed<*ration according to a reined in Singapore may.
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    429 cars a month
    47 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 10. An average of 429 new cars a month went on the roads in Singapore in the last ten months, according to a Registrar of Vehicles report yesterday. Up to the end of last month. 38.793 cars were on the roads.
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    PATIENCE (she’s the girl in the centre) IS STILL
    194 11 PATIENCE (she’ s the girl in the centre) IS STILL ON DANGER LIST SINGAPORE, Nov 1ft PATIENCE llayes, 12. the only survivor of a family of four who met their deaths in a motor accident on the Johore Bahru Ayer Hitam Road «n Oct. still dangerously ill at the Johore
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    From lawyer to editor
    46 11 SINGAPORE, Nov 10. Mr. K I* K. Mcnon, former Singajxire lawyer, and onetime Indian High Commissioner in Ceylon, arrived in Singapore yesterday by air from Madras He is now editor of the Indian newspaper Mathrubhumi He will be here for a fortnight
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    ‘NO CRISIS’ — MARSHALL Government stronger, he says
    934 12  - ‘NO CRISIS’ MARSHALL Government stronger, he says By FELIX ABISHEGANADEN SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. WHILE calls on the Labour Front Government to form a new coalition mounted yesterday, the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, said: “My Government has been strengthened.” lie told the Straits limes that the walkout of two assemblymen
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    LAZAROUS THREATENS legal action
    108 12 MR. A. R. LAZAROI'S, who walked out of the Labour Front conference after occupying the president’s chair for two hours, has threatened to take legal action against the Front if it did not let him have its records and other party documents. He maintains he is
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    Lock icon Passengers refuse bus seats: They prefer to stand up
    306 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. THE general numager of the Singapore Traction Company yesterday told rhe Public Transport Commission at its first public meeting yesterday that some passengers on STC buses did not mind standing. Mr. A. A. Ewing, who was answering questions
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    STRONG CASE FOR NEW ISLAND-WIDE TRANSPORT AUTHORITY—EWING
    303 12 STRONG CASE FOR NEW ISLAND-WIDE TRANSPORT AUTHORITY —EWING Mr. Ewing: Pirate" taxis go where people are waiting for buses. Licensed taxis, too, pick up passengers at bus stops.” He said it did not necessarily imply long waits for buses. Taxi drivers felt that their business lay where passengers could be
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    Press lords were misled: Marshall
    329 13 ‘Our standing orders same as those of other colonies SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. THE Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, said last night that the Commonwealth Press Union Conference meeting in Canberra had been “gravely misinformed” about the Speaker’s powers concerning “unfair” reporting In the Press.
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    Slain girl: Police seek man
    68 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. SINGAPORE Police are m °oking for a young •y in connection with the oer of nine-year-old Lim Gek in Nee Soon Village Nov. 8. A police spokesman said tn an was known to have ''o Urn's family frequent--s body was found <L
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    House can alter the ruling
    109 13 The People’s Action Party leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, who is a member of the Assembly’s Standing Orders Committee, told th e Straits Times: “We are in favour of the freedom of the Press, with certain safeguards, to see that freedom will not be abused
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    Lock icon ‘Cure by prayer’ preacher
    93 13 Cure by prayer’ preacher SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. MISS LILLIAN lIEMSLEY (above), the American evangelist, arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qantas. Miss Hemsley, who Is 67, has been a preacher for 35 years. Many years ago. she claims, she was cured by prayer of cancer, and from that day she devoted
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    Dagger gang hold up family, snatch $12,500
    240 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 11. A TERRIFIED mother and her six-year-old daughter were assaulted after six men armed with daggers walked into their Singapore home yesterday. Then the gang escaped with a $12,500 haul. The gang calmly parked their car outside the home of company
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    Soldier freed
    102 13 Murder case is thrown out SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. TROOPER Anthony George Bird, accused of murder, left a Singapore magistrate’s court a free man yesterday when the ease was dismissed after a preliminary hearing. The magistrate, Mr. K. C. Chan, held that there was insufficient evidence to commit him
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    Bar the ‘political’ teachers
    466 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. school teachers who arc active in politics should not be considered for key superscale posts in t h e Government Education Service, a spokesman for the Graduate Teachers Association and the Singapore Teachers I nion told the Malavanisation Coni mission last night. The
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    Phone men to strike again
    204 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 11. More than 300 field workers of the Sin* gapore Telephone Board, who struck for a day on Nov. 8, decided to resume the strike today. This means there will not be enough men to repair any major breakdown until the .strike ends.
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    Seats wanted
    27 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov 10. The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce have asked state secretaries for seats lor Chamber representatives in all district and city councils.
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    Mr. Marshall confident he can carry on
    829 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 12. SINGAPORE’S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, while confident that his Government will not be overthrown, said yesterday: “I am prepared to go to the country at any time lor a general election if the circumstances warrant it.” Mr. Marshall eml»li
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    AMNESTY: 8 REDS BEGIN A NEW LIFE
    183 14 K. LUMPUR, Nov. H. EIGHT of the 33 terrorists who have surrendered in the two months since the amnesty was declared have been released. Of these, seven were freed within a month of the amnesty declaration on Sept. 9. Before the others can
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    ‘Baby God’ is off to cure the sick
    140 14 PENANG, Nov. 10 Penang's famed “Baby God” (Sian Chye Tong Choo) left today on a healing mission to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore—by special invitation. The deity, accompanied by its medium. Mr. Khoo Guan Seong, will spend three days in Kuala Lumpur in
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    MacG travels in speedboat
    30 14 IPOH, Nov. 10.—The High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, today travelled down the Perak river in a speedboat to visit the multi-million dollar TransPerak River irrigation scheme.
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    TALKS ON TAX PUT OFF TO NEXT YEAR
    152 14 After Tengku’s London trip K. LUMPUR, Nov. 10. pRESH discussions between the Federation and 1 Singapore Governments on Pan-Malayan tax increases will be held early next year. The Federation Government refused at recent talks to agree immediately to increased income tax in
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    TEACHERS SAY: TEACH IN ENGLISH
    197 14 Kuala lumpur, Nov. 10. —The Malayan Graduate Teachers’ Union says the Federation should have only one type of national primary school and English should be the medium of instruction because it is the key to higher education both in Malaya and overseas. The union has
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    DEATH FOR PARKING IN ‘WRONG’ PLACE
    181 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 11. A MIDDLE-AGED lorry driver died seven hours after he was assaulted by three other lorry drivers who found his lorry parked in their usual parking space in Albert Street, the Singapore Coroner s Court was told yesterday by Inspector Ho Liang
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    They’ll meet Marshall
    65 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 12. A delegation representing the Singapore Union <’■ Journalists will meet tn« Chief Minister. Mr. Da' a Marshall, to discuss powers of the Speaker of Legislative Assembly to den> facilities to a newspaperman ruled to have written 1 “unfair” report. This follows an article m
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    Naval parade
    33 14 SINGAPORE. Nov The Governor, Sir R ()1 Black, will attend a monial parade of the h fi Malayan Navy at the t headquarters in Woodl.*Singapore, at 5.30 P m Nov 23.
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    Impossible, says phone boss
    255 15 rivalry between two lNIONS IS CAUSE OF ALL THIS TROUBLE SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. TlIK Singapore Telephone Board is faced with 1 an “impossible situation” because of the demands submitted by the two unions claiming u represent its workers, the chairman, Mr. Loke an Tho, said yesterday.
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    ‘LIN GAVE BAD NAME TO S‘PORE’
    231 15 ‘LIN GAVE BAD NAME TO S‘ PORE SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. 4 SINGAPORE ChiA nese community leader who recently spent, three months in the United States yestt i day blamed Dr. Lin Vu-tang, former Chancellor of the Nanyang University, for giving the Colony a “bad name*’ in America. Dr. Chen Su
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    Barbers ask for 8-hour day
    90 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 14. rpHE Singapore Barber AsA sistants’ Union wants the Government to introduce a law restricting working hours of barbers to eight a day The union has reached an agreement on this with employers. But the agreement cannot be put into practice unless all
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    The Rev. and Mrs. John J. K. Lu after their wedding at the Straits Chinese Presbyterian Church, Singapore, on Nov. 12. Rev. Lu is one of the professors at Trinity College, Singapore, and Mrs. Lu was formerly Miss Lily Tew Oei Sim, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tew Sek Hon.
    52 15 The Rev. and Mrs. John J. K. Lu after their wedding at the Straits Chinese Presbyterian Church, Singapore, on Nov. 12. Rev. Lu is one of the professors at Trinity College, Singapore, and Mrs. Lu was formerly Miss Lily Tew Oei Sim, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tew
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    Kiwi ‘Red Devils’ here to hunt terorists
    241 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 13. W EAR| NG the traditional red beret, 40 stocky paratroopers from the mountains and bush of New Zealand flew into Singapore yesterday to join in the fight against the Communist terrorists. This is the first batch of 130 hand-picked soldiers
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    STUDENTS’ UNION IS WARNED
    257 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. 1UIE Singapore Chinese Middle Schools Students’ Union was warned yesterday that it would be dissolved if it continued to take part in political activities. The warning came from the Registrar of Societies, Mr. C. W. Lyle, after he had received a reply from
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    Troops fire on bandit
    63 15 Would not give up KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 13 A patrol of the 6th Bn., Malaya Regiment, opened fire on a terrorist in the Temerloh district of Pahang after he ignored their call to surrender. He escaped. A security patrol was fired on near tho perimeter main
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    $30,000 bail in gold case
    51 15 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 13. Gold valued at $24,000 was found by the Customs yesterday on C. Yang Ang of Singapore after he had declared that he had nothing dutiable. In the Sessions Court he was charged with evading duty and allowed ball in $30,000 in-two
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    Govt. cancels 20 ‘safe areas’
    203 15 K. LUMPUR, Nov. 11. 'jMIK Government has abolished a number of amnesty safe areas in the Federation because terrorists have laid ambushes in them. Terrorists have taken refuge in these areas to avoid contact with the security forces. In some cases they have used the
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    Lock icon Federation and Indonesia agree to exchange experts on commerce and culture
    894 17 GOODWILL MISSION WIN PLEDGE OF CLOSE CO-OPERATION SINGAPORE, Nov. 15. INDONESIA and Malaya are to strive to improve mutual trade and will co-operate on matters affecting the tin and rubber industries. This was disclosed in ;i joint communique -cued
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    A disappointed man flies to London
    317 17 S.T.C. CHIEF FAILS IN HIS MISSION SINGAPORE. Nov. 15. r FHE chairman of the Singapore Traction Company, Sir Thomas Strangman was a disappointed man when he flew back to London yesterday. He arrived in Singapore on Oct. 8 to try to .settle the S.T.C.
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    2 carriers coming
    68 17 SINGAPORE, Nov 15. The Royal Navy’s light fleet aircraft carriers Albion and Centaur are expected in Singapore next March to take part in tactical exercises with ships of tiie Far East Fleet and of the Royal Australian and Royal New Zealand Navies. They will arrive at the
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    The rubber secret
    50 17 KUAI*A LUMPUR. Nov 14 The Federation can increase its rubber output by 150.000 tons a year by 1970 it it Uses high-yielding stock in replanting. This is stated by Mr. H.C. Bugbee, cjiairman of the US Natural Rubber Bureau, in the latest issue of Natural Rubber News.
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    Civil Lord whips rivals
    739 19 IPOH, Nov. 12. 1VIL LORD, a gymkhana races favourite, whipped his rivals by six lengths to win the Sultan of rak’s Cup ovtr 6f. for Div. 1 hacks at the amateur ceting of the Perak Turf Club here today. Civil Lord, the hot favourite, was ridden
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    Special privileges for Assembly
    271 19 -AFTER A SEVEN-MONTH DELAY SINGAPORE, Nov. 16. JHE Singapore Legislative Assembly yest< day acquired special powers, privileges and i 1 nunities as a legislature. Assembly had existed seven months—since rst meeting in April— W; it these special powers. Legislative Assembly rs and Privileges) Ordin: was passed
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    ALLIANCE IS LOYAL
    166 19 SINGAPORE, Nov. 15. SINGAPORE’S Minis ter for Local Government. Housing and Lands. Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat. said yesterday that the UMNO-Alliance would continue to work in full co-operation with the Labour Front. Inche Jumat, who is president of the Singapore branch of UMNO, was explaining
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    Malayan tour XV unbeaten
    1255 19 THE WEEK IN SPORT WHE Malayan Rugby 1 Union touring team returned in triumph from Bangkok last week. Most of the Federation players diserafiarked at Penang and Kuala Lumpur. Six Singapore representatives, and the three Fijians, landed at Paya Lebar Airport at 6 p.m. carrying the
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      30 19 Big Sweep TOTAL POOL: $258,678. 1st: No. 2t>9946 ($77,604). 2nd: No. *****6—($38,802). 3rd: No. *****8—($19,400). Starters ($1,763)each): Nos. *****0; *****4; *****6; *****5; *****4; *****7; *****2; *****3; *****7; *****8; *****7. v
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    The buy, buy boom ...AFTER THE BUDGET SECRETS WERE OUT
    581 20  -  By GEOFFREY BOLAND SINGAPORE, Nov. 14. ’pHE Singapore Share Market last week was firm and steady with a greater volume of business transacted than in the previous seven days. The market became noticeably more active after Wednesday’s budget secrets were
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    105 20 SINGAPORE, Nov. 16. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:— Copra: quiet; November $26 s|B buyers, $27 I|B sellers; December $27 3jB buyers, $27 3f4 sellers. Coconut oil: bulk $4O sellers; drum $42% sellers. Pepper: quiet with no business reported; Muntok white $l3B. Sarawak $137,
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    BUSINESS DONE
    336 20 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. rpHE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period November 5 to November 11:— INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord. 29s. 7V4d., Fraser Sc Neave Ords. $1.67 Vi to $1.70, Fraser Sc Neave Prefs.
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK
    338 20 DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCE D LAST WEEK COMPANIES operating in Malaya announced the following dividends last week:— TONGKAH HARBOUR TIN DREDGING LTD: An Interim dividend of la. per share less 30% income tax, for year ended June 30, payable on December 7 in Kuala Lumpur, London and Hobart to shareholders on register
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    Confidence restored in rubber mart
    437 20 SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. rE rubber market after last week’s sudden drop opened hesitant with buyers disinclined to press, report Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd. in their current circular. However, as has happened before this was the psychological moment for rumours of substantial Russian offtake in
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    851 20 SINGAPORE, Nov. 16. tNDL&JRIALS Buyers Sellers Alex Bricks Pref 1.80 I.Bft Ords 1.95 2.06 Atlas Ice 13.00 (buyers' 8.8 Petrol 43/- 45/B.M. Trustees 6.10 6.50 Con. Tin Smelt i Prer. 19/- 20/Ords 29/- 30/ Eastern United 36.00 37.60 Fed. Dispensary 3 20 3.30 Fraser and Neave Pref
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