The Straits Budget, 4 October 1956

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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      Bureaucratic craze for new and peculiar designations
      182 2  -  Mau... -i 1L i mHE exciting < atmosphere I of these days leads to much confusion. The dti- -V gen can get this feeing when dealing with government and semi-govem- ment departments Where each individual worker feels -.he isT “somebody” and 4 everyone
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      Support for Yew Hock
      27 2  -  PANCHA SILA Ht > *1\T. <■, 75 j-iSL'S °-wif-A ■Wpf¥v^' 1 l. tf r 7 11 Tni Am4*\*-\v Yew fHocg for fi.ff£iinftt fHp Coinniuttisis Singapore.
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      Techinicians in shark-skin
      49 2  -  EmpText SS8K t tllo fßlng&pOlT© 1 A i *v imms* pnncip&i ox poiy* a practical an an the immediate reaction to this hand I occupations on tn iirthiih j ryh av 4nl ct a ju r 5 *hark-s2n with polished finger nails: iTnot too bright futurefor
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      New name for Malaya
      104 2  -  EmpText TYATO Sir Roland BmdM 1/ In a letter -m£ the Straits Time* *MI« adC| mltttng that it isW crutte pA-i au{n i liance Party to chadgf the present name of the counter to Malaysia lucidly ex* plains that the proposed change, is lacking in imagination
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      A good job well done
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      Mr. Lim and the students
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      Can’t the Duke stop here?
      112 2  -  V •iR' > w l tei i |a what would be a ri« to not dM\e Fdlnburfrh to halting at Sh “k l!i maL !L w y VX-txgapoi q on nig »wsy w ■at iMelbcuimi ,Ci' h pur is included in the Royal itinerary. Now.
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      What of mass bankruptcy?
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      WELL DONE MR. CHIEF MINISTER
      139 2  -  E- A. SYKES Singapore. AWStm***. «eski 0I if «K5Tfc hu con- ft ,lr I wrong b I IIto ait and iaid a urse I consistent with One’s U f s I avoiding on the on ,and of 1 lencjgana appeaseim i and I on the
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      Government is governing
      88 2  -  PLBBEIAN. 1 TTUE Chief Minister and his government are to be congratulated n the they have taken to rid this color. v <>f cjjg undesirable elements. in marked contrast to the fOXther Chief Minister, Mr. Ltm Yew Hock ha aid little but acted courageous- 1 Hf. He
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      Belated postal delivery
      39 2  -  PPUZZLED kjf Kelantan^ Better dated 1\ gi Jg56 sent bv Officer Kuala Kra tan. addrmed t<keeper in the situated abou 100 yards aW av from the above otfh i f delivered to the addressee onTSptember 18.
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      Annoying road block
      75 2  -  |V gjjM r „j matT«|A i Quarters and other places on Army proving their ownership. Av r Raiah Road Pas- 1 MenUtJ caSs had t« shown and anyone could not do so was r. admittance to the leading to the shops. ThSe shopkeepers Vftuattei3^fibey n»vln?i rmt to
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon An Alliance Triumph
      783 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 28. j ni e are no startling S e L (Lus in the Alliance memorandum which, having been submitted to the Reid Constitutional Commission, is nuV> officially published. All the main proposals in the original draft public knowledge for more than a month remain
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      Lock icon National Anthem
      279 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 27. After listening to a hundred or so entries for the Federation’s national anthem contest, one of the five judges delivered the verdict that “some were dreadful.” The seven surviving songs, broadcast by Radio Malaya, would appear to have left no better impression on the
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      Lock icon What Benefits?
      419 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 28. The Camp Bird company’s offer to shareholders in eighteen Malayan tin mines seems a very good one for Camp Bird shareholders. For them it woul4 be a cheap and easy way to lay hands on £2,250,000 in liquid cash reserves and investments that the
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      Lock icon A Letter To Peking
      588 3 Btraits Times, Sept 29. The Federation Government believes, says Tengku Abdul Rahman, that the Communist terrorists are on the point of giving it up. It is to be hoped that the Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues are right, and that they have information, necessarily not
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      Lock icon The Synthetic Challenge
      376 3 Straits Times, Sept 29. 1 When last year the British I Government gave approval for 1 the importation of 70,000 tons of synthetic rubber by British manufacturers, there were protests from Malaya. These have not, however, restrained approval of the purchase of a further 80,000 tons of
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      Lock icon ‘In The Best Interests’
      669 4 —Straits Times. Oct. 1. “In the best interests of the people.” This phrase has been much on the lips of Singapore’s Chief Minister. It is one that bears repetition again and again, with increasing emphasis each time it is used. For it presents the real issue
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      Lock icon The 39-Hour Week
      530 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 2. The ultimate aim of every Government and of every opposition party is to establish paradise on earth. The poor will become less poor and the rich richer, depending on the official doctrine of the political parties concerned. Singapore’s Government has not been idle
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      Lock icon Naughty Boys
      186 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 2. The University of Malaya Students Union is inquiring into charges That some senior undergraduates have ragged newcomers with unnecessary vigour. It would ask the University authorities to take firm action against any found guilty. The Union’s action is welcome, and is overdue. There can
      —Straits Times, Oct. 2.  -  186 words
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      Lock icon People And Assembly
      666 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 3. Today’s meeting of the Singapore Legislative Assembly must surely rank as one of the most remarkable in the legislature’s remarkable history. Barely a month ago the House gave the Government a vote of confidence after the Chief Minister had pledged that he would
      —Straits Times, Oct. 3.  -  666 words
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      128 4 U1IV JL rfl BARR-SIM LLOYD DA\ I. S The Engagement Is announced between Charles Blair, eldest son of Mr. J. Barr-Slm of Edinburgh and the late Mrs. Barr-Slm. ana Ann Louise, only daughter of 1 fessor and Mrs. Lloyd Davies o the University of Malaya. f HOLME: To Lesley,
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      ENGAGEMENT
      41 4 FROWDE-JAGOE: The enga lament is announced betwet Geoffrey, only son of Mr. and a E. C. Frowde of London, ay Elizabeth, only daughter of an and Mrs. R. B. Jagoe f Cur r. binny, Co. Cork, formerly of Ku.n Lumpur.
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    Ferocity gives way to weary frustration
    957 5 have replaced the war danger by negotiation, dictation by compromise, the decisive judgment of one angry government by the mumbling hesitations of a lot of governments, anxious to avoid a row. That, after all. is what it's there for The weakness of the Egyptian
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    LAST WARNING TO SCHOOL REBELS
    584 5 SINGAPORE, Sept. 30. SINGAPORE’S Minister for Education. Mr. Chew Swee Kee, who has received a “death threat” letter, yesterday gave Chinese school students and their principals a final warning. He promised to call in the police if the school principals failed to maintain :::r and
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    Lock icon SERGEANT TAKES A RHODESIAN BRIDE
    52 5 SGT. BASIL S. McLennan, colour sergeant of the 1st. Bn., Rhodesian African Rifles, and his bride, the former Miss Dorothy Day, who arrived in Singapore last week from Rhodesia. They were married on Sept. 29 at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd—Straits Times picture. —Straits
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    ‘PRISONERS OF SUEZ’ CAN NOW GO HOME
    109 5 SINGAPORE. Oct, 1. yHE “prisoners of Suez” in Singapore “stranded” British servicemen are being “freed.” They are to be flown back The Servicemen, at one stage numbering about 2,000. found themselves with no transport home when they completed their tour of duty. Reason:
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    MANCHURIA: CHINA’S SHOW WINDOW
    1817 6  -  bv AI.LI.\<;TO\ KKWAhi, MR. KENNARD, who is with the Malayan trade m.ssion in China, reports on his 1,600-mile tour of China’s industrial north-east. REARING the end now of a 1,600-mile tour of China’s industrial north-east, the Malayan trade mission Is visibly impressed by what it has
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    Swiss family wants bandit baby
    144 6 IPOH, Sept. 29.—A Swiss family has asked to adopt the terrorist baby, rescued by security forces in deep jungle n?ar Ipoh in May beside the body of his dead mother. They wrote to Miss Hazel Fairbairn, a nursing sister who flew into the jungle by
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    Rubber interests angry at boost for synthetic
    464 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 27 FEDERATION rubber dealers and plantation workT ers today urged the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Kuhnian, to protest to the British Government against the increase in imports of synthetic rubber to Britain. An announcement said last uieht that Britain intended
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    HOW TO BEAT REDS—BY GEN. HO
    189 7 K LUMPUR, Sept. 27. The Chief of Start of the Chinese Nationalist Army in Formosa, Gen. Ho Yinghing, today told 350 readers of Chinese guilds and associations from Selangor, Perak, Negri Sembilan and Pahang that Communism could not be defeated by guns and bullets.
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    New police post is opened
    50 7 KUALA TRENGGANU, Sept 30.—The Yang de-Per-tuan Muda of Trengganu, Tengku Mahmood. opened a new police station at Merang, 15 miles from here, yesterday. The new station, costing $40,000. is equipped with a V.H.F. wireless set. It will be manned by an officer and three constables.
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    Giant land survey to help the squatters
    246 7 AIM: SETTLE 500 FARMERS A YEAR SINGAPORE, Sept. 29. T'HE Singapore Government is pushing ahead rapidly with “Operation Clean-up” —the giant undertaking launched earlier this year to resettle thousands of squatters in the island. Under the scheme for which $5,500,000 was voted this
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    ‘DAGGER’ DIGS OUT 31 GANGSTERS
    127 7 SINGAPORE, Sept. 29. “/OPERATION Dagger,” started by the Singapore 1/ police two months ago, Is now penetrating right into the hide-outs of gangsters. A large number of them went into hiding in the first few days of the police drive and are believed to be
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    Lock icon COLONY CATHEDRAL WEDDING
    43 7 Mr. Harry Heyll and his bride. Lydia Kronig, both of Switzerland, were married at the Singapore Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Sept. 80. The bridegroom Is a rubber merchant with Ilooglandt Company Sunday th Ilooglandt Company Sunday Times picture.
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    Countryman’s Journal
    541 7 THE Cook’s family had never visited Kota Tnggi town at night until Sept. 17 when all of them except the nyonya and Fong, went down to see the wayangs, dancing troupes etc. on the Government padang on the occasion of the Sultan’s birthday. Albertus, the eldest son. had
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    Lock icon FIFTY YEARS AGO
    91 7 (From the Straits Times of September 29, 1906). A steward on a fur-tra-ding ship reports the existence, north of Hudson Bay, of a race of semihuman giants. He met one of the monsters and gave chase, and fired at it. but missed/ for the creature fled at
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    5,000 students camp out at schools
    920 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 26. ABOUT 5,000 Singapore Chinese middle school students yesterday took over control of their schools in protest against the dissolution of the Middle Schools Students’ Union. It is known, however, that a large number of them were forced to take part in
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    SCHOOL ‘REBELS’ GIVE IN
    642 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 27. piVE THOUSAND children in six of Singapore's largest Chinese middle schools returned quietly to their classrooms yesterday after taking over control of the schools and defying their teachers for 24 hours. And to underline the students’ climbdown the Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee
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    A WIDOW DIES AT FUNERAL
    104 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Sept. 26. DATIN EMBONG, the widow of Dato Haji Mohamed Said, died of a heart attack yesterday while assisting at tne burial rites of Dato Col. Yg h&y £t She collapsed as the body of the Colonel was being lowered into the grave.
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    ‘No case for Acton to answer’
    1920 9 COUNSEL: GIRL’S EVIDENCE CANNOT BE CORROBORATED MALACCA, Sept. 26. 4 B. ACTON, v# ,52, charged with using criminal force on a pretty Eurasian jrjrl, has no case to answer, a Malacca court was told today. The submission was wade in a two-hour address by
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    War on thugs: 11 held in police raid
    116 9 IPOH. Sept. 26—Police made lightning swoops simultaneously in various parts of Tanjong Ra 1 arlv yesterday morning and arrested 11 actixe of the Wah Ke e Secret Society. All the arrested are young men, rangn *"»m 20 to 30. Most of them
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    ON-OFF FREIGHTS WORRY CHAMBER
    179 9 SINGAPORE, Sept. 27. ’J'HE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday expressed disquiet that a 15 per cent surcharge on freights, withdrawn by the shipping lines serving the Far East from Europe, might be reintroduced without forward notice. At the monthly committer meeting yesterday, the president of
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    LONDON BID FOR 18 TIN MINES
    643 10  -  By GEOFFREY BOLAND SINGAPORE, Sept. 27. THE BIGGEST post-war bid to consolidate 18 independent Malayan tin mining companies, with an estimated market value of more than S.14 million, into a powerful united group was announced in Lon- don yesterday. The bid is being made
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    SIM JOINS LABOUR — ‘IT’S THE ONLY PARTY’
    120 10 SIM JOINS LABOUR ‘IT’S THE ONLY PARTY’ SINGAPORE. Sept 27. SINGAPORE city councillor Mr. Sim Beng Seng has joined the Labour Front. Mr. Sim, w ho was expelled from the Progressive Party in January, 1955, admitted yesterday he had become a Front member “only recently,” but would not say exactly
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    The T.U.C. supports war on disloyals
    366 10 SINGAPORE, Sept. 27. 'J’HE 52,000-STRONG Singapore Trades Union Congress yesterday warned all workers not to allow themselves to be exploited by opportunists “for selfish political reasons.” This call was made by the T.U.C. president, Mr. S. Jaganathan, who said: “If we allow our workers’
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    Jungle tribe escapes Reds
    458 10 IPOH, Sept. 20. flFTY SIX aborigines who had been under terrorist domination for many years were escorted to civilisation today by security forces. For many of them, it was the first contact with the outside world. The tribe had been in deep jungle ever since the
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    WHAT YOU SHOULD EAT—U.N. INQUIRY
    196 10 K. LUMPUR, Sept. 26. rpWO United Nations experts are to investigate the Federation’s malnutrition problem. Dr. J. B. Louden, a social anthropologist, will find out why people do not eat certain foods which are good for him. The other. Dr. F. R. Dean, a protein
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    Reds are now ready to give up’
    400 11 THE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul RahmaModay ernment believed the Communist terrorists in the jungles were on ]he point of giving up the struggle. He based this opinion t n the letter sent by the (hairman of the Malayan Communist Party, Musa hin Ahmad,
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    Bandits fire at Specials
    45 11 KENGAM. Sept. 27—TerrorJ ts test night entered the al) our lines on division two j!* CEP estate near here and ;rr 'd two rounds at the special constables post. The specials fired back and le bandits fled. There were known casualties.
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    The Tengku has a secret weapon
    183 11 K. LUMPUR, Sept. 27. Chief Minister, A Tengku Abdul Rahman, has “two very fine ideas” for knocking out the 385 terrorists on the MalayaSiam border. But. beyond saying that the idea would ‘‘mean a lot on the operational side,” the Tengku would not reveal
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    Death rains on Red lairs
    272 11 IPOH, Sept. 28. forces today mounted a big combined operation against two terrorist gangs operating from the Gunong Rapat limestone cliffs, near Ipoh. Four Lincoln bombers of the Royal Air Force dropped 41,000 lbs. of bombs on 21 selected targets within a six-square-mile area. Guns
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    Tengku praises Lim for firm stand
    181 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 27 Tengku Abdul Rahman today gave the highest praise to Singapore’s Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, for the firm stand he has taken against subversive elements in the colony and promised to send Federation Forces, if necessary, in the event
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    Penang vicar resigns
    43 11 SINGAPORE, Sept 27. The Rev. Jack Griffiths, vicar of Penang, who is now on leave in Britain, has resigned, the Archdeacon of Singapore, the Ven- Robin Woods, announced yesterday. Mr. Griffiths is expected to take up an appointment in Britain.
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    It’s all such a rush—and Sir Sydney is so sorry to go
    317 11 It’s all such a rush —and Sir Sydney is so sorry to go SINGAPORE, Sept. 28. §IR SYDNEY CAINE, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, spent his last day in Singapore yesterday in a turmoil of farewells and last-minute engagements. His departure by air at 8.30 a.m. today, announced only
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    AN ‘ART’ GROUP GETS A ‘NO’
    144 11 0 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26. rCCa u tl n u agalnst subversion in Chinese middle schools here, the Federation Government h^v ref ii Sed t an i f a PP licati °n for registration by a body caHing itself the “Kuala Lumpur Chinese Middle
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    Major fined
    42 11 SINGAPORE. Sept 27. Major A. O. Watson of the British Military Hospital was yesterday Ant'd $5O by a Singapore traffic court for speeding along Bukit Tlmah Road on Mar. 13. His speed was stated to have been about 60 m.p.h.
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    Alliance plan— freedom and equality
    794 12 Alliance plan freedom and equality KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 27. THE UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance today handed to the Reid Commission its blueprint for a sovereign and fully independent nation “in which the people shall enjoy freedom and equality.” ‘This constitution,” says the memorandum, “shall also provide for a stable democratic government and
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    Fundamental Rights
    305 12 It is the objective of the Alliance Movement to ensure that the new nation should be prosperous and contented. Therefore, it is desirable to write into the constitution that, to achieve this aim. the government should endeavour to: (a) Promote a sound social order and the welfare of
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    Merdeka blueprint will be drafted in Rome
    86 12 Kuala lumpur. Sept. 28 The Reid Commission will go to Rome to draft the constitution of independent Malaya, Government sources here revealed today. The five-man commission is due to leave Malaya next month. The Australian member. Sir William McKell. has already booked a
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    Reid: You can’t change ‘Malaya’
    177 12 Kuala lumpur, sept. 27 The Reid Constitutional Commission told the seven Alliance delegates here today that its terms of reference did not include any proposal to change the name of Malaya. This was revealed by the Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, who headed the deputation,
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    ‘DOLLAR POOL’ DEMAND
    421 12 K LUMPUR, Sept. y# 28. The Federation Government is to ask the British Government to set up a separate account in the dollar pool for money earned by the Malayan rubber industry and to see that the account is not used to buy synthetic rubber. The Minister
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    Rice—24,000 tons of it from China?
    67 12 PENANG, Sept. 26--Th* Federation Trade Mission to Communist China has, it is understood, completed arrangements for the export of 24,000 tons of rice to Malaya. The rice will be delivered between December and March next year. Ten thousand tons will go to Singapore. 8.000
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    Deal with Boyd? ‘lt’s ridiculous’
    1349 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 29 Cix of Singapore’s toughest Middle Road trade 5 unionists fired explosive questions at the Chief Minister Mr. Lim Yew Hock, for 90 minutes terdayHe came out smiling and unruffled. Not once did he raise his voice not even when they demanded that
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    All together to heat subversion
    123 13 *^N-GAP°r E SeDt 29. l] Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lim Yew announced last night subversion would be v >'ith on a pan-Malayan said this while thank--(*ngku Abdul Rahman for promising to send Federation forces to Singapore if they were needed in a crisis. He told
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    Trust fund will aid return of ‘Mr. Chips’
    199 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 29. THE “Mr. Chips” of Singapore, Canon R. K. S. A Adams, will not forget the Colony when he settles down at Adelaide, the Australian wine district, to become what he called the “Rector of the Vineyard.” A $50,000 anonymous
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    R.C.H. Lim not Linda’s counsel
    58 13 SINGAPORE, Sept 29. Mr. Richard Lim Chuan Hoe, lawyer and Deputy Speaker of the Singapore Legislative Assembly, last night announced that he will not appear for Linda Chen, who is held under a banishment order. Miss Chen was one of seven people arrested by the
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    Planning for Merdeka day
    86 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept 28. UMNO youths are to begin preparing to celebrate merdeka cray Aug. 31, next year. This was decided after a six-hour meeting of 22 delegates last night. The meeting was presided over by the Minister for Works, Posts and Telecommunications, Inche Sardon bin
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    19 Seato warships in sea games call at Singapore
    122 13 SINGAPORE, Sept 29. NINETEEN Australian, British, American an tl Pakistani warships, which took part rti the first phase of “Exercise Albatross,” the SEATO naval war games in the South China Sea, arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon. The Australian ships are the
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    BRIBE CHARGE WOMAN CLEARED
    649 14 A letter then he remembered SINGAPORE, Sept. 28. rpHK three-dav trial of Mary Nr, accused of Cheating* a broker <>r *2.500 by claiming that she could influence a Singapore magistrate. Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn, ended yesterday when District Judge Mr. Eu Cheow h\e held that she
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    Chinese told: Co-operate with Govt.
    173 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 26. —The Chief of Staff of the Chinese Nationalist Army in Formosa, four-star Gen. Ho Ying-ching. arrived here tonight and advised Chinese in the country to cooperate fully with the Federation Government to establish a new Malaya. He told reporters; “Chinese in
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    $40,000 FOR DUKE’S VISIT
    170 14 THE Singapore Government will spend $40,000 to celebrate the visit by the Duke oi Edinburgh. It will ask the Assembly for its approval when it meets on Oct. 3. Highlights of the programme will be a State drive on the morning of his arrival on Oct.
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    NOW IT’S CHEW’S TURN FOR RED DEATH NOTE
    128 14 SINGAPORE. Sept. 29. SINGAPORE’S Education Minister. M r. Chew Swee Kee, yesterday received a death threat—his first since the Government declared all-out war cn Communists in the Colony. The letter, sent to the Education Ministry in Palmer Road, was posted in Muar
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    Govt, plans war on bribery
    332 14 SINGAPORE Si* pi. ‘J!). 4 FULL-SCALE Commission of Inquiry into 1 bribery and corruption is to be set up by the Singapore Government. The terms of reference are now being drawn up by the Council of Ministers. The commission is likely to be given power
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    NEW BILL: A WEAPON TO FIGHT THE REDS
    184 14 K. LUMPUR. Sept. 28. rTHE Federation will A have another antisubversion weapon if the Federal Legislative Council passes the new immigration Bill to be tabled at its next meeting. u The new* Bill will ban people of dual nationality (Chinese and Indians)
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    Malayan undergrads are politically very sensible, says Sir Sydney
    160 14 SINGAPORE, Sept. 29. Undergraduates o f the University o f Malaya are “behaving in a very sensible manner’' where politics are concerned, said the retiring ViceChancellor, Si r Sydney Caine, before leaving Singapore for Britain by BOAC yesterday. A large gathering
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    ‘My job is at stake’ says Acton
    2228 16 DO YOU ALWAYS OFFER LUNCH, CHOCOLATES TO JOB-SEEKERS? asks D.P.P. MALACCA, Oct. 1. A. W. H. Acton, vice-president of the Malacca Municipal Council, said today—sixth day of his trial on a charge of using criminal force on a 19-year-old Eurasian girl, Miss Hodwiges
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    800 boost tin stocks
    71 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Sep* Malaya’s 800 potential contributors to the interna tin buffer stock are now registered, the Fedor, c Chief Inspector of Mine.' Milan Patterson, said toc..r The collection of thr contributions towards the stock would begin on Oar. he said. Miners and mining panies in
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    Are these students a lost generation?
    1865 17  -  What are the prospects for the successful integration of Chinese schools in the national education system the Government proposes? What are the hurdles? How best can they be removed? These questions were put to a group of Singapore educationists and to representative citizens. This
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    The engineers’ task —by Sir Robert
    135 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 1. rpHE Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, said A on Sept. 29 that the Colony had problems of the greatest magnitude for the architect and the engineer. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Institute of Civil Engineers at the Sea
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    TROPHY RACE TO DANTESQUE Aquarua makes amends for first day’s failure
    959 18  -  By EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Sept. 26. J)ANTESQUE, owned by Guan Boh Stable, today found his winning turn after a long run of defeats when he took the trophy race for Class 1 stayers over If miles on the second
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    RUBBER PLANTER TAKES THE VASE
    1039 18  -  By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, Sept. 29. jyjAKING his third appearance on a Malayan racecourse Rubber Planter, a five-year-old Australian, gelding by Confessor out of Gay Fault, scored a brilliant win in the $25,000 Sultan’s Gold Vase over sjf. straight at Ipoh yesterday, concluding day of
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      49 18 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $273,500 1ST: No. *****4 ($77,050) 2ND: No. *****6 (538,525) 3RD: No. *****2 ($19,262) STARTERS ($2,407 each): Nos. *****7, *****7, *****7, *****7, *****1, *****6, *****4, *****5. CONSOLATION ($1,000 each): Nos *****4, *****5, *****3, *****5, *****0, *****7, *****8, *****1, *****9, *****4. TREBLE TOTE: Four tickets ($568 each).
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      46 18 THE BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $239,245 1ST: *****0 ($66,772) 2ND: *****7 ($33,386) 3RD: *****2 ($16,693) STARTERS ($1,854 each): Nos: *****9; *****6; *****5; *****9 *****5; *****0; *****o| *****2; *****6. CONSOLATION ($1,000 each): Nos: *****7; *****3; *****9; *****9 *****9; *****8; **********58; *****4; *****5.’ TREBLE TOTE: T*o tickets ($596).
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    $500 m. slashed off big plant
    167 19 SECOND THOUGHTS ON COSTS <0; Vf jgS&gg KOALA LUMPUR, Sept 30. M the Federation’s five-year development plan, origii nally estimated to cost $2,000 million, is to be slushed by $500 million, informed sources said here t day. e Government’s Economic p .ning CommitWe. which
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    New bridge
    26 19 Sept. 26.—A neW; to: rete overhead bridge costing over $175,000 Is to be built at Labis. The previous one t royed during bhe war
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    He’ll help in merdeka change-over
    85 19  -  From HALL ROMNEY fXONDON. Sept. 28 -Mr. R. O. C. Hunt, head of the Far Eastern Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office, has been seconded to the Staff of the High Commissioner In Malay a. One of his duties will be w assist in the
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    Federation sells more
    51 19 f KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26 The Federation exported goods worth $189.7 million, last month <24.7 mllliorfe more Sr'than the previous m Goods valued at $154.9 million were imported in August, according to Government statistics issued todajßS b This is $3.4 million more than the previous month y
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    Jungle trip held thrills galore
    214 19 SINGAPORE. Oct. ttjjpj T*HE >r five-man Cam- J bridge University expedition to North Borneo has returned lllfc Singapore after an adventurous two months in DusgKH country 'whichf: few white people had previously visited^ The team, whose object was H aoologicaif$ and geographical research, spent an
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    Patrol fires on 4 Reds
    49 19 KUALA LUMPER, Sept. 26 A police area security unit lift night fired at four terrorists contacted in 1 the Sungei Best district, near here. The bandits escaped. The patrol later found a resting place and a food dump conrice./ ■I. nrn' m W ■I
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    AIRPORT FAREWELL FOR ‘Mr. CHIPS’ ADAMS
    79 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 1. ROE number ot Wends *nd old boys of St, A cw’s School turned up at s ■saertfarjsa W.iL?-' srx' hX MthomA fee \jjpj%jjeavlng Singapore H fcood this time, he told friends at the airport that he would probably come back for
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    W. D. workers to get big pay rise
    129 19 W. D. worker s to get big pay rise ALA LUMPUR, Sept. 30— 1 2 .000 non-inoustnal "y-rated civilian emP- 'es in the War bepartt, in Singapore and the ltlon win get a suMtanvV !se ln P»y «*rly next was stated by the secoi the War Depart- ment Civilian Staff
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    South-East Asia meet in April
    823 19 THE WEEK IN SPORT UADMINTON Association of Malaya last week declded to ItWd the first South Xfc4t Asia cham- pionships nekt April Each m competing: nation may tend a maximum of four pbtywrs. The AseoefattoirirSl provide board and lodging ‘MMSiSTRhS championships will b« divided proportionately
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    Industrials step up business
    84 20 r 0«, ,:;,ti L‘ T r _J iL A gy. l v il finnnro vrAiin i #a q j aal a fin sfifHim Av flip SlttflfS* in* of Sept %i supported, bustosas going through! at. $2 08 ed. after the PubUca- tion of an excellent balance
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    112 20 i MTPvft APTuIb Aiif O I VUIW4H SWA, I I IB McAlister 2 7£ jl7 gSSgjfc S® |3 5 g&j** ,V? .M 04 SV;. ‘aJs-jj a jfitmSb* ¥j% nwKi Btdor ill/-?* »j 3 S **u i«/ iWC. Pro, US ?«t 4».!***.«& fLg 5 I*”« J>if*•’;■"•• ?A. -IZ-.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    18 20 Hjv t^jTta "tb?*k£ Bgr..s3wg®P wio quoted at 15.97 and M Of col# at *T%n^fc v $Sg.
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    TELOK ANSON PRICE UP 40 PER CENT ON ESTATE SALE REPORT
    94 20 TELOK ANSON PRI CE UP 40 PER CENT ON ESTATE SALE REPORT Market Corresjjptuleni VM1 u SINC^Oc, I M A Ma,a > an bb r c °yiMm^ t| ns JSBewestai irugpgain yesi av 'JHH.'r foae bj& near io' Py- ™t™J*T a P ore Share !\i ket I IB a i.
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    Rubber market boost
    284 20 SINGAPORE, Sept. 28. I npHE week started rather and in spite of good buying of the 1 ver Egracles there was a consider- able amount of liquidation _wr*h«ders and prices at the commencement of bu-..ess on Tuesday ream- 88 certt* before a reaction in, report Holiday, Cutler.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    23 20 B^prSS^^ r 1 1 JSfidrSLi Coconut jag aSoviseiiers. rsy* tr tonil 0f busi! Uh varte MgJJJiSk ppecial Sara- 1 fcih/tlMfit 1
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