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The Straits Budget
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Title Section29 1957-06-06 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NCWSPAR* w Series No. 563. yi A**,Va- Singapore, June 6, 1957 Price 40cents (Malayan) or 1 Shilling.29 words
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205 1957-06-06 2 PRO SUNDAY - PRO SUNDAY. Kuala Trengfanu. AS I see it the Perak UMNO division’s Friday holiday resolution was swayed more by sentiment than tjy thought. It is not based on Koranic injunction. The Great Prophet orders every Muslim to leave business at the call of the205 words
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Article132 1957-06-06 2 W.D.C. ERSKINE CRUM - W.D.C. ERSKINE CRUM B.OA.C. Sales Manager. S.E. Asia. T'HE foot-note to the story headed “The Magic Spell of Chinatown Made ivy Miss London Plane (8T. May 30) seems to Imply that it is more expensive to travel by Britannia than by any other type of aircraft.132 words
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Article49 1957-06-06 2 K.J. R - K.J.R. Singapore. 9 rE Government should exercise some control over the retail priefe of Imported magazines. One I have in mind has a retail price of 35 cents (U.S.) but is retailed here for $1.50. Local dealers fix higher prices without the knowledge of the publishers.49 words
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Article80 1957-06-06 2 ANTI-SNOB - ANTI-SNOB Kuala Lumpur I WAS surprised to .learn that the teachers in Malaya are not alone in their agitation for special privileges and conditions of service. The Economist in its is. sue of April 27, 1957, has this to say of the UJC. National Union of80 words
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Article88 1957-06-06 2 RACIAL HARMONY - RACIAL HARMONY Malacca AS a non-Malay I feel that Che Wan Faridah’s letter (S.T. May 28) deserves the highest praise among the non-Malays of this country. It li very heartening to read such letter and I feel f that to let it go uncotnmended88 words
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Article56 1957-06-06 2 READER – - READER Singapore. X V ,|TsJ#’ regrettable that some members of the Penang branch of UMNO should object to the Merdeka Ca- > lypso. x They should not treat the calypso so seriously. If I am not mistaken, a calypso was made about Queen Elizabeth during56 words
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Article158 1957-06-06 2 R. T - R.T Kiang. IXTHAT nonsense are the W members of the executive commltttee of the Ja* lan Bahru division of tkl U.M.N.O talking about the Merdeka calypso? I am sure the Tengku. who is a keen sportsman and who is so admirably able to give and take158 words
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Article83 1957-06-06 2 ANDREW SHAFFIE - ANDREW SHAFFIE. Kuala Lumpufcj r E Indian Embassy in London is reported to have contacted the British Colonial Office on the future situation of local Indians after Merdeka has been achieved. Judging by this remarkable step it is clear that she is very much in83 words
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Article182 1957-06-06 2 B. C TAN - B. C TAN. '< '$nfapor& V SHOULD like I attention to t) ing difference in haviour of tw. Whom i m Traffic Office. They different departments ii I consulted them on r ferent matter* ana different days. The first on© wa> interrupting our com tlon182 words
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Article80 1957-06-06 2 LIM KIM TECK - LIM KIM TECK Singapore. T\R Arthur Lim and his committee are to be congratulated for making a laudable attempt to include silicosis under Workmen's Compensation ordinance. But I would like to ask why are not its kirn' d diseases included? Si anthracosis (caused t dust) and siderosis80 words
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Article116 1957-06-06 2 A. T. SEVI - A. T. SEVI Singapore. AS a resident of Serangoon Garden Estat I am surprised that certain residents in this es e allow their children o make the public roads r playground and take attitude that mote” ts have no right even to blow their horns to116 words
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123 1957-06-06 2 KHOO AH CHQY - SULT AN OF PAHANG: ‘AS BIG AS HE IS NOBELE’ KHOO AH CHQY. Kuala Lumpur IMUBT congratulate you on the magnificent article by Mr. Harry Miller (S.T. May 29) on the Sultan of Pahang. I would like to add a word that will help in telling the world what a123 words
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Article49 1957-06-06 2 A. RICHARDS - A. RICHARDS. Singapore. EVER Since the disappearance of the 8.T.C. school children's buses, the number of late comer* in the classroom has increased. I hope the S.T.C. will kindly ponder the matter and try to put these buses back on to the roads. v49 words
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Article38 1957-06-06 2 RESIDEN - RESIDEN Singapore. PERMIT me to draw tention to the brie recently built in Loro Basapah to take wa from a public pipe. The bridge has now c lapsed and residents cf not bring their cars ho’38 words
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Miscellaneous16 1957-06-06 2 .a «i^' to 2wi 1 UM fc BV to •SS5 pir.. **SVou** S jjvSTi •S&S «E16 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article626 1957-06-06 3 —Straits Times, May 30. t education in Singa,ri is recovering from a ma which two years ago tied infinite harm. The q oU i nient’s confidence has ,j u testimony of half a million an allocation substa!1 Uy larger than any )!VV i .;s grant. The expanding—Straits Times, May 30. - 626 words
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Article672 1957-06-06 3 —Straits Times. May 31. The discreet but effective censorship of news from Indonesia makes it difficult to estimate how’ that country’s crisis is progressing. It is quite impossible, for instance, to tell W’hether the changes in command in East Indonesia point to a more settled situation—Straits Times. May 31. - 672 words
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Article332 1957-06-06 3 —Straits Times. May 31. Two riots, a short “siege” of the Nationalist Embassy, a protest from Formosa and a warning from Peking are potent ingredients of citizenship trouble in Vietnam. More than 47,000 Chinese born in Vietnam have now registered for transfer to Formosa, all faith in the—Straits Times. May 31. - 332 words
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Article145 1957-06-06 3 —Straits Times. May 31. Commonwealth serum laboratories have been told to speed up production of a vaccine against “Singapore influenza.” We shall be glad when they have the vaccine, but feel a mild protest is in order against naming this distressing disease “Singapore ’flu.” Singapore foot, which is—Straits Times. May 31. - 145 words
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Article241 1957-06-06 3 —Strait’s Times, June 1. If the Singapore Government intends to revise downwards the salary scales for recruits to government service it ought to say so as soon as possible. There probably is a case for less generosity in some grades, and the teachers may be right' in thinking—Strait’s Times, June 1. - 241 words
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Article238 1957-06-06 3 —Strait’s Times, June 1. The New Villages are neither new nor apparently news now. In recent months there has hardly been any high level mention of the problems of the people whose “hearts and minds” were once matters of great concern. This may be largely due to the—Strait’s Times, June 1. - 238 words
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Article112 1957-06-06 4 —Straits Times, June 3. Who are the British monopolists in Malaya, and what must they do to avoid giving offence? Sir Sydney Caine’s advice and warning in an address to the British Association of Malaya has been welcomed in Singapore, as might in present circumstances be expected, but—Straits Times, June 3. - 112 words
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Article614 1957-06-06 4 —Straits Times, June 4. The Senior Officers' Association of the Singapore City Council and the Local Senior Officers’ Association of the City Council, anxious to remove what they believe to be a misunderstanding on our part of the problem of Malayanisation at local government level, between them—Straits Times, June 4. - 614 words
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Article237 1957-06-06 4 —Straits Times, June 4. Singapore’s two by-elections are producing a certain liveliness, about as much as the City can comfortably stand. Blows were struck when three hundred demonstrators encroached upon a rally organised by the Liberal-Socialists. Fortunately the police soon had the situation under control. Many of the—Straits Times, June 4. - 237 words
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Article759 1957-06-06 4 —Straits Times, Jin. While the two statements which Tengku Abdul Rahman has made on the citizenship agreement reached in London have not disclosed the whole of it, at least we know now the compromise on the main problem of dual citizenship within the Commonwealth. The conception of—Straits Times, Jin. - 759 words
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Article322 1957-06-06 4 —Straits Times, June The Singapore Govern t l obviously is not going t 0 enthuse over the tele\ n report. It is told that revision will cost s2,7su,t'j<j for a programme averaging not more than two hours day, of which an hour and a half might have to—Straits Times, June ? - 322 words
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PERSONAL
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Article45 1957-06-06 4 LANE: To Sue and Vincent 28th May at Malacca, a daught* A sister for Nicholas- TODD: To Kathleen and Pe at Batu Gajah on 28th May. brother for Hamish DUNNETT: To Della and A at B.M.H- Alexandra, on 29th M a son. Duncan James-45 words
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Article893 1957-06-06 5 Vt’VHING less than the en of John of Patmos do justice to the City t irgetown so Penansay. The new Pier is -ing, quite easy to get ,»m the harbour, by the J v t Ship, and quite inaco- ible t 0 th e stranger893 words
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Article125 1957-06-06 5 G. L. PEET, a former editor of the Straits Times, has just finished describing his impressions of a tour through Malaya after some years of absence from the country. fust over fifty years ago, W. Makepeace, a former editor of the Singapore Free Press, made a tour125 words
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Article300 1957-06-06 5 Vi i will reach there by t -y paths in the cool of ening, and you will go better than Dives in thirst no whit infer1 r .*■> his can be slaked and again. I: n round the Crag, r r and a smok e in the300 words
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Article124 1957-06-06 5 SINGAPORE, May 31. A NUMBER of Children at Tiong Bahru and Park Road Schools were told yesterday that they were to be transferred to a new school in Alexandra Road. Parents complained that the children would have farther to travel. Mr. V. Ambiavagar, deputy secretary124 words
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90 1957-06-06 5 SINGAPORE, May 31. 'J’HIRTY-FIVE representatives walked out of the Malayan Indian Congress annual delegates’ conference in Singapore last night. Twenty-five delegates continued the meeting. The meeting was called to discuss citizenship rights of Indians in Singapore after independence. Before the walk-out some delegates90 words
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88 1957-06-06 5 SINGAPORE, May. 31. SINGAPORE police yesterday said the arrest of Chua Ah Leong, the treasurer of the Bukit Panjang branch of the People’s Action Party, was in no way connected with his activities as a branch ollicer or member of the party. Chua88 words
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Article40 1957-06-06 5 SINGAPORE, May 31. Four hundred and eightyfive newcomers from China uho arrived in Singapore in the Hoi Wong two days ago were released from quarantine yesterday. The majority of them were China wives and their children.40 words
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Article22 1957-06-06 5 SERDANG, May 31.—More than 200 youths applied for admission to Ihe Agricultural College here, but only 25 were accepted.22 words
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147 1957-06-06 5 SINGAPORE. May 31. ¥>ADIO MALAYA will not permit candidates con- testing the Singapore by-elections to broadcast their appeals for votes. The privilege is open to candidates contesting only the general elections, the Deputy Director, Mr. Tony Beamish, said yesterday. However, strong efforts are147 words
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170 1957-06-06 5 SINGAPORE, May 31. ALL but eight of the Singapore Government’s 120 temporary clerks under notice of dismissal have been told that they can keep their jobs for another seven months. After a stormy meeting of the clerks at170 words
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Article939 1957-06-06 6 CYNICUS - As I was saying CYNICUS IN Malaya the question of trial by jury is never debated without someone referring it to it as “a bastion of liberty.” Sure enough the familiar phrase was given another airing by one of the speakers in the Kuala Lumpur radio forum. Trial by jury939 words
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Article524 1957-06-06 6 TUAN I)JEK - TUAN I)JEK THE health position in 1 the Dusun, as on morning of May 24, is as follows: Albertus has recovered from a short spell of malaria, to which he is subject; Khoon is under treatment for probably the same complaint, and now Amy, under four years, has524 words
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Article398 1957-06-06 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Ji„ K JHE Federation Army today took over opor^. tional command of all Malayan battalion* in its most important step towards the greyer responsibilities which will follow indepco. dence. Maj.-Gen. F. H. Brooke, general officer cv' manding of the Federation Army, thus becomes operational398 words
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Article20 1957-06-06 6 SINGAPORE. June 3. The St. Andrew’s Mission Hospital, Singapore, received a total of $962 in donations during May.20 words
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145 1957-06-06 6 SINGAPORE, Jun P 2. EIGHTY new microscopes worth about $40,000 were handed over to the University of Ma; laya yesterday as part of a $90,000 gift from the China Medical Board of New York. The microscopes made by the 104-year-old firm of Erast Leitz,145 words
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Article35 1957-06-06 6 KUALA LUMPUR. June Total loans of $118,936 w< made by the Rural and L dustrial Development thority in the Federate from April 13 to May 15. a cording to its latest nontn bulletin.35 words
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Article69 1957-06-06 7 SINGAPORE, May 30. members and S .f, nts of the Australian ni-h y of Ac countants last ,‘iP gave a dinner P n ,nour of Messrs OH. nr. a l lci c W. Andersen, r /’iV; and general registjy 0 th e Society respective♦i, 1 :V‘,69 words
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233 1957-06-06 7 HARRY MILLER - From HARRY MILLER PEKAN, May 29. 'J'W 0 bearers ot Pahang's heavy state swords wei c ready today to defend the Sultan of Pahang against any act of treachery in the Ulana. They stood at the right and left of him in their black costumes233 words
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Article223 1957-06-06 7 SINGAPORE, May 30. HOOLIGANS yesterday again damaged two buses operated by Hock Lee and Tay Koh Yat companies in Singapore. They slashed several seats of a Tay Koh Yat bus at Sembawang during the day, and stoned a Hock Lee bus at the 6th. mile Holland223 words
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225 1957-06-06 7 SINGAPORE. May 30 AN English artist’s first impression of Singapore looks down from among other paintings at the Rotary Club Hobbies Exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The “impression” i s a skill- I ful pencil drawing of an attractive Chinese225 words
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Article369 1957-06-06 7 Rulers envoy gives clue on citizenship F IVK MEMBEK Of .he Federofioo talks .n London returned here todav-but they gave no details of 'he .greement reaehed w.th ltr'ta.n. The broadest hints came from the keeper ot the Rulers Seal, Tuan Haji Mustapha Albakri. Commenting on the369 words
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Article82 1957-06-06 7 SINGAPORE, May 30. WHEN a newly-wed bride objected to her husband’s “excessive gambling.’’ he drove her out of the house, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Lim Boey Eng said that since November, Lau Ah Lee had failed to maintain her. But Lau, a packer82 words
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80 1957-06-06 7 SINGAPORE. May 3d. SINGAPORE’S Commissioner of Police. Mr. N. G. Morris, yesterday left for Britain for talks on improving facilities for specialised training for local officers He will discuss the position with 25 other Commonwealth Police Commissioners at the Police College at Ryton-on-Duns-more.80 words
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Article59 1957-06-06 7 KUALA KANGS AR, May 29.—A donation of $50 by the Sultan ot Perak has swelled the funds In aid of the Kuala Kangsar district welfare committee to $1,150.95. Bulk of the sum was raised at a ball held in the Idris Club here, when an auction59 words
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Article46 1957-06-06 7 JOHORE BAHRU. May 29 —The Kluang Chinese c< mmunity yesterday welcomed Inche Zainal bin Mohamed. the new District officer, with a dinner in his honour. Thanking his hosts, Inchf Zainal asked for full support from the Chinese in the light against the terrorists.46 words
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Article81 1957-06-06 7 SINGAPORE, May 31. The Cable and Wireless Workers’ Union in Singapore has decided to defer a strike due to start on June 6. pending further wage negotiations with the management. This follows a wage agree- ment for 59 messengers. I The union’s demand for 10 holidays81 words
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Article83 1957-06-06 7 SINGAPORE, May 31. rpHE driving licence of Flying 1 Officer Warren Henry Schmarr was suspended for 10 years by a Singapore court which yesterday found him guilty of causing death by negligent driving. The court also fined him $1,500. Schmarr’s ear, the court was told, crashed83 words
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238 1957-06-06 8 SINGAPORE, May 30. MRS. IVY CLARKE, an Australian housewife, was lvl. hjve been reunited with her sister at London Airport today. But the meeting: will not take place as planned. For Mr:>. Clarke fell under the spell of Singapore’s Chinatown238 words
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Article76 1957-06-06 8 ALOR STAR,May 29 Seven Venom jets from R. A. F. Butterworth bombed bandit hideouts on the Malayan-Siamese border on May 27. An announcement today described it as the biggestever raid carried out on the border. The targets were around the areas where joint Mala-yan-Siamese anti bandit operations76 words
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Article38 1957-06-06 8 KUALA LUMPUR. May 28 —The Federation s total import and export trade dropped from $364 million to $292 million last month. Imports totalled $130.4 million ($154.4 million in March) and exports $161.6 million <5210.1 million).38 words
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95 1957-06-06 8 SINGAPORE, May 30. SINGAPORE UMNO supports tile proposal that Friday be the Federation’s weekly holiday after independence, instead of Sunday. Inche Ahmad Jabri bin Mohamed Akib. acting secretary of Singapore UMNO, said yesterday that, as the organisation had already asked for Islam to be95 words
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Article51 1957-06-06 8 KUALA LUMPUR. May 28. —A terrorist. Meng Lee. 54. who went underground in 1948. gav ehimself up to tappers on Puloh Kasap estate In the Segamat district of Johore On May 18. A rifle and ammunition wer e recovered. News of his surrender was withheld for security51 words
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Article25 1957-06-06 8 JOHORE BAHRU. May 28. —Mr. L. H. Hlckling. former Legal Adviser. Johore. returned from leave yesterday. He has been posted to Kuala Lumpur.25 words
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Article200 1957-06-06 8 KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 A BIG tiger has been seen less than 500 yards from the footpath entrance to the Templer p forest reserve. 14 miles from here. A Kuala Lumpur co-ope-rative development official. Mr. Ong Kok Thian. saw it when he was returning200 words
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Article67 1957-06-06 8 SINGAPORE, May 30 CINGAPORE school- children will have only three weeks holiday this term. in. stead of the usual four. The holiday will start on Aug. 9, instead or Aug. 2. The Education Ministry said last night that this was to enable pupils to67 words
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Article191 1957-06-06 8 But he says: ‘It’s a misunderstanding' SINGAPORE. May 30. TWELVE speakers addressing a People’s Action 1 Party election rally last night wanted to know where Mr. Cheng Wee Ling (Liberal-Socialist) was. Mr. Chong, who is contesting the Tan.iong Pagar seat against the P.A.P.191 words
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Article51 1957-06-06 8 SINGAPORE. May 30. Mr. Chua Ah Leong, treasurer of the Bukit Panjang branch, People’s Action Party, has been detained by the Singapore Special Branch under the Public Security Ordinance. The arrest was made on May 27. said. Mr. A.E.G. Bides. Director of the Special Branch, last51 words
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197 1957-06-06 8 CALL-UP BOYS TOLD: COMPLAIN TO OFFICERS SINGAPORE National Servicemen have often been told to complain to officers if they have grievances. The Commandant of the Singapore Military Forces. Col. P. D. Denman, said this on May 29. Ho was commenting on the197 words
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310 1957-06-06 8 KI'ALA LUMPUR. May 29. The leader ol the Chinese guilds delegation to London. Mr. Lau Pak Khuan, .V2id on his return here today that he would adopt a “wait and see” attitude until the White Paper on the Anglo-Malayan constitutional agreement310 words
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Article58 1957-06-06 8 KUALA LUMPUR. May —The secretary-general the Malayan Trade Uni< n Congress. Mr. K. V. Thayer left here today to attend th International Labour Orgai isation’s conference in Geneva as the Malayan workers representative. He takes the place of the assistant secretary of the National Union of58 words
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319 1957-06-06 9 KUALA LUMPUR, May 80. tIIK leader of the Chinese guilds delegation to 1 London, Mr. Lau Pak Khuan. -aid today that they were “snubbed and discriminated against” when they reached Britain three weeks ago to nek a meeting with the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan319 words
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270 1957-06-06 9 SINGAPORE, May 31. A GROUP of digmtted- looking guests who were having a drink in the lobby of a leading Singapore hotel yesterday morning sat up with a start. An elderly business executive put down his news- paper, adjusted his monocle.270 words
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200 1957-06-06 9 SURPRISE UNIVERSITY MOVE SINGAPORE. May 31. "THE University of Malaya is having the whole of the first year of the Faculty of Arts transferred for 1957 and 1958 from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. This bold and drastic" move wai disclosed by the university’*200 words
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Article30 1957-06-06 9 SINGAPORE, May 31. Mr. Freddy Yin Ee Kheng was elected president at the annual meeting of the Singapore Certificated Teachers Association held at the T.T.C. Chinese branch. Singapore.30 words
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Article89 1957-06-06 9 SINGAPORE. May 31. MR. R. R. LAW-SMITH, a Qantas director, said in Singapore yesterday that the airline was still negotiating with the United States for a route between San Francisco and New York. It would mean a lot to them if they succeeded, he89 words
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Article164 1957-06-06 9 RIFLE BRIGADE'S AMBUSH FINISHES OFF GANG THAT WAS TERROR OF PERAK-SELANGOR BORDER IPOH, May 30. THE last two members of the Kalumpang terrorist gang, including its leader, were killed early this morning when they walked into an ambush. A platoon of the 1st Bn. the Rifle Brigade164 words
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Article392 1957-06-06 9 <A pity if past talent lost because of merdeka |POH. May 30 The Hiuh Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, today made a plea tor continued British oid to the Federation wh('n he opened the Geological Survey Department’s $5 00,0 0 0 headquarters here. Thr headquarters,392 words
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71 1957-06-06 9 1POII, May 30 SECURITY forces searching an area on which about 11 tons of bombs had been dropped by two bombers of the Royal Australian Air Force found a dead monkey. The raid was carried out on four square miles of the Gunong Kaput71 words
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Article44 1957-06-06 9 SINGAPORE, May 30. Dr. L. B. Hobson, a medical director in the Olin Mathleson International Corporal ion in New York, is due in Singapore on June 2. Dr. Hobson discovt red amblstryn. giving greater safety in the treatment of tuberculosis.44 words
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497 1957-06-06 10 ‘SO UNO ’•**CHINESEINDIAN CHAMBERS GOVT: WE WANT CAPITAL SINGAPORE, June 1. cIR Svdnev Caine’s call to Rritish businessmen in Malaya to give up their exclusive positions i> “very appropriate,” leaders ot the t hinese and Indian Chambers of Commerce in Singapore said yesterday. chairman of497 words
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Article82 1957-06-06 10 KOTA BHARU, June 2.— Thre e independent candidates, including a woman, were returned unopposed at tii* annual elections to the Kota Blharu Town Council yesterday. They are: Che Kamariah binte Idris Mohammed <Kubang Pasu Ward), Inche Abdul Rahman bin Sulaiman <Kota Lama Ward)82 words
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Article58 1957-06-06 10 SINGAPORE, June 1. The Singapore City Council discussed the Malayanl..atlon of its staff yesterday at a private session and decided to form a special fiveinan committee to study the matter. The committee comprises the president, Mr. J. T. Rea (chairman), Mr. J. R. McDougall, Mr. Leslie Rayner,58 words
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199 1957-06-06 10 SINGAPORE, June 1. A “HUSH-HUSH’’ department which the Singapore Government set up towards the end of last year has now quietly folded up. the Straits Times learnt yesterday. It was created to Introduce petrol rationing following the closure of the Suez Canal199 words
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Article451 1957-06-06 10 OEKAN, May 31.—Nasi minyak, assorted curries and four different Malay sweets were served at tonight's banquet in the Sultan of Pahang's Istana here. The toasts to the Sultan, who Is celebrating his Silver Jubilee, to the Queen and to the Rulers were drunk in port. Champagne451 words
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163 1957-06-06 10 ‘HE MIGHT NOT LIKE IT ITUALA LUMPUR, May 31 Tengku Abdul Rahman will not be greeted with a calypso song when he arrives at the Kuala Lumpur airport on June 3 from a holiday in Europe after the constitutional talks in London. Raja Mohamed163 words
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Article51 1957-06-06 10 KUALA LUMPUR. May 31. —The winner of the “Miss Merdeka Fair” contest at the mammoth trade exhibition in Petaliny Jaya from Aug. 28 to Sept. 15 will be given a round trip to Hong Kong. The competition is open to all salesgirls at the51 words
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212 1957-06-06 10 HALL ROMNEY - From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. May 31 VTILL the Malayan Chinese Association as a political party hold together once Independence has been achieved and other domestic differences begin to come to the fore? This will be the main problem in Malaya, in the view212 words
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Article242 1957-06-06 11 PRINCIPALS SAY: WE WANT OUR ALLOWANCES SINGAPORE, June 1. MxlNC’IPALS of all Government full-aid 1 Chinese schools in Singapore may -i in strike if their special post allowan •*> are not restored. Ilii- was hinted by a five-man dele«a on which met the Education Minis! *'s242 words
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150 1957-06-06 11 SINGAPORE. June 1. |Y| ANY Singapore mer- chants have applied for Indonesian visas following a report that the Monetary Board in Jakarta is to permit the import of goods and raw materials banned a month ago. It is understood that restrictions end150 words
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208 1957-06-06 11 SINGAPORE. June 1. Dl’ 31 NESS leaders in Singapore and the Federation ubilant yesterday over Britain’s decision > r x ontrols on her trade with China Dim the decision as ::t .'cnsible move, icted a boost in c.ici' the208 words
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147 1957-06-06 11 u SINGAPORE, June 3. J he SINGAPORE Government may soon be asked to set up an inter-university council to consider Nanyang University degrees. v»n ne chairman of the Unlp’ 0 hy-.s executive council, ur. Chang Tien Tse. has in.ii e his first approach by147 words
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Article43 1957-06-06 11 SINGAPORE, June 2. Mr. W. Cairns, the new Australian Trade Commissioner for the Federation, arrived in Singapore yesterday by the Italian liner, Roma. Mr. Cairns will remain in Singapore before taking up his appointment in Kuala Lumpur in July.43 words
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Article36 1957-06-06 11 SINGAPORE, June 3. Mr. Geofroy William Tory, who becomes United Kingdom High Commissioner in Malaya aftef independence. passed through Singapore yesterday on his way to London from Australia. He was accompanied by his wife.36 words
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Article57 1957-06-06 11 SINGAPORE, June 1. The Governor of Singapore. Sir Robert Black, who left on May 6 to attend constitutional talks in London. returned with Lady Black from Britain yesterday. Last night, he proposed the toast at the Union of South Africa Day reception given by the South African57 words
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Article290 1957-06-06 11 IPOH, June 2. gU Chateau, one of the palatial residences built here by a multi-millionaire, the late Mr. Eu Tong Sen, is likely to be used as a faculty for the Lniversity of Malaya. The chateau is surrounded by about eight acres of land and290 words
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Article37 1957-06-06 11 SINGAPORE. June 1. About 500 people attended the “International Wedding Ceremonies” show, organised by the Singapore Y. W. C. A. International Women’s Club at Raffles Hotel last night in aid of educating five poor children.37 words
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109 1957-06-06 11 SINGAPORE. June 2. THE Singapore Teacher*' Union yesterday accused the Minister for Education. Mr. Chew Swee Kee, of betraying the faith the union had placed in him. The secretary, Mr. K. S Williams, made the accusation at a meeting last night to discuss the109 words
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Article294 1957-06-06 11 SINGAPORE June 1. LIOPES for an early settlement of the Singapore bus strike brightened yesterday. The two rival busmen’s I unions have decided to accept an offer by the Singapore Trade s Union Congress and the Labour Ministry to mediate in the dispute. The mediators294 words
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Article29 1957-06-06 11 SINGAPORE, June 3. The Queen’s message for Commonwealth Youth Sunday was read out yesterday in many Singapore churches, where special services were held to commemorate the occasion.29 words
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Article, Illustration232 1957-06-06 12 FOR THREE YEARS ‘A THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE JOB’ SINGAPORE, June 2. kJAjOR fames Bell, the man who was ■V* the link between the Army and the Press in Singapore, leaves on the Empire Orwell tomorrow for home and a new job in232 words
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Article185 1957-06-06 12 I POI1, June 1. An Ipoh schoolboy, P. S. Vincent, 18. plans to spend the August holidays in a novel manner. ll e is looking for companions to hike with him to Singapore along the railway track and count the .vleepers. “This has not been done185 words
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Article265 1957-06-06 12 SINGAPORE. June 2. TENSE situation developed at the People's Action Party's by-election meeting at the junction of Anson Road and Keppel Road last night. It began when a police inspector and a constable began a check on Chinese students A few minutes before the265 words
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212 1957-06-06 12 KUALA LUMPUR. June 2. r PHE EXECUTIVE com- mittee of the Malayan Chinese Football Association today decided to stage the annual Ho Ho Cup match against Hong Kong Chinese in Kuala Lumpur instead of Singapore. The match had been scheduled to be played at Jalan212 words
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Article63 1957-06-06 12 SINGAPORE, June 3. The British Overseas Airways Corporation will resume service twice weekly through Damascus and Beirut on the route between London and Singapore with effect from June 22, it was announced yesterday. Until permission can be obtained from the Syrian Government to fly over Syria63 words
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Article453 1957-06-06 12 KUALA LI MPUR, June 2. FROM 18 British Army units, ma i| v Malayan troops, will be transferred to .h c Federation Army on July 15. The transfer all it* 1,760 officers, men and civilian workers. Announcing the reorganisation of armed fo: t s Major-Gen.453 words
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187 1957-06-06 12 K V A L A Ll’MPl’R. June 2.— The Federation Army. Maj.(»en. F.H. Brooke, today deseribed as “absolutely fantastic” an American newspaper report that Britain planned to use small-scale atomic weapons against terrorists in Malaya. The report said that the British Prime Minister.187 words
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Article49 1957-06-06 12 KUALA TRENGGANU. June 2.—The Chief Surveyor of Trengganu. Mr. J. J. Less, and Mrs. Less, were entertained to a farewell party at the Grand Hotel here yesterday on the eve of their departure to Britain. Mr. Less is succeeded bv Inche Sulaiman bin Mohamed Amin.49 words
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Article18 1957-06-06 12 KUALA LUMPUR. June 2. No Emergency incidents or casualties have been reported in the Federation today.18 words
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Article65 1957-06-06 12 SINGAPORE. June 3. The Singapore Director of Information Services. Mr G G. Thomson, told members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade yesterday that it was not only thp big countries of the Commonwealth that coni'achieve worthy things hi small members like Sinsauor* as well. “Growing up in the65 words
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231 1957-06-06 13 MALAYA WRITES TO 45 FRIENDLY NATIONS Kl'ALA Ll’MPl'H. June •_>. •jtH'j BRITISH Government has refused to forward Malayan invitations tor the merdeka celebrations to countries which have broken off diplomatic relations with her. it was officially announced todav FV.rty-ftve countries in ,iic!ini>- E.i>p;231 words
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Article, Illustration80 1957-06-06 13 TIIE SULTAN of Pahang helps Lady MucGillivru.V. wife of the High Commissinner, to fill her plate at the banquet on the night of May 31, marking his year reign. On his right is the wife of the Raja of Perlis. Afi nitiir mi nir i. — Sunday Times picture. - 80 words
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Article177 1957-06-06 13 SINGAPORE. June 3. THE Chief Minister of the Federation, Tengku Abdul Rahman, returned to Singapore at 12.10 a.m. today. He was greeted by a crowd of 500 at the airport. He told them: “The agreements we have just concluded in London will set independent Malaya towards177 words
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Article101 1957-06-06 13 LUMPUR, Jimp 2. —The demand for Malayan patchouli, a plant from which perfumes are made, has increased. Its dried leaf iinds a ready sale in Singapore, with a market price of $7O to $lOO a picul, says a leaflet by the Ministry for Agriculture. Post-war101 words
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Article43 1957-06-06 13 LUMPUR. June 2. mmittee of the pur Municipal 1, iv: ,s postponed deci- iiMher to recom'l t- 1 Ruler-in-Coun- t t Merdeka Stadium ,c b exempted from t rates. f "'u-ion was confirmed fuU council at its :i night.43 words
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142 1957-06-06 13 J\X June 2. Alliro/Tnhers won all the l >t> of the Bukit v ard of the Kuala V town Council elec- h't night. A Labour 1 0i 7* as beaten a tal electorate of M 7 v/c-nt to the polls. > candidates returned air. La?142 words
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241 1957-06-06 13 K LUMPUR. June 2. lx Almost half of Malaya’s small old dredge mines owned by Europeans and worth over $7 million closed down recently, the Straits Times was told today. And more are expected to close soon. The mines have been worked241 words
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Article113 1957-06-06 13 KUALA LUMPUR. June 2. The .secretary-general of the Ex-Security Forces Association of Malaya. Inche Yazid bin Ja’afar. today warned of worse unemployment if former special contables were asked to leave their farm settlements Commenting on a recent threat by the Minister for Agriculture. Inche Abdul113 words
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Article330 1957-06-06 14 OFFICER BLOW N OVER BY GRENADE BLAST IN HILLSIDE ATTACK IPOH. .111(10 3. BRITISH officer and three men drove off 30 terrorists after a hand grenade attack yesCaptain P. F. Walter, 25. and Privates Ken Taylor Arthur Fixtor both Nutionul Servicemen and Ken Newell, all330 words
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184 1957-06-06 14 SINGAPORE, June 4. rpHE Singapore Education Ministry yesterday advised seven Chinese teachers’ organisations to be more patient. The Permanent Secretary to tlie Ministry, Mr. Lee Siow Mong. said these groups must be prepared to wait for decisions on their demands. A meeting on June 2184 words
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Article99 1957-06-06 14 SERDANG, June 2.More than 200 applications have been received for 25 places in the agricultural college here. Although the college asked for school certificate grades one and two qualifications, many youths with grade three certificates applied. The college will start its new academic year99 words
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Article86 1957-06-06 14 JOHORE BAHRU. June 3 S. Narayanasamy, a post office clerk, aequitted on a charge of criminal breach of trust oj $l6. was today told by th<. Johore Bahru Session Court president. Mr. N. L Cohen, that he should be grateful to the Govern- mrnt’s Malayanisation policy for86 words
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Article181 1957-06-06 14 Airmen at r.a.f. station Tengah will have to wait a little longer before they can hear the songs requested for them by their relatives and friend* overseas. The Tengah Broadcasting Service was due to go on the air for the first time on the evening181 words
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Article, Illustration56 1957-06-06 14 SINGAPORE. Jun,> 4. MR. FREDDIE YIN. 28. a Gan Eng Seng School teacher, will lead Singapore’s 18-strong Boy Scout contingent to the jamboree in Britain next month. Mr Yin. an Assistant District Commissioner of th e movement, will leave with the contingent in56 words
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Article43 1957-06-06 14 SINGAPORE. June 4. Mr. G. J. Warcup. the retiring Director-Ceneral of Civil Aviation < Malaya Borneo region >. who had been responsible for the initiation of air services through "aya Lebar. left Singapore yesterday in the Victoria. He was accompanied by his wife.43 words
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414 1957-06-06 14 KUALA LUMPUR. June A TENfiKU ABDUL RAHMAN S voice iv m* over the loudspeaker from a rostrum in :hc airport here today. “The eyes of the world v-ill be watching us when we are independent an August 31/' he said. The Federal ion Chief414 words
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Article284 1957-06-06 14 SINGAPORE, June 4. 4 WAR DEPARTMENT civilian officer, Charles Frederick Andrews, stood trial in a Singapore couit yesterday on a charge of cheating the department of £2,814 15s. (about $24,000). Andrews is alleged to have obtained the money from the secretary at G.H.Q. Farelf, between Oct.284 words
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Article49 1957-06-06 14 SINGAPORE. JUIV Tho United Kingdom gation to the Asia P- Forestry Commission, held in Bandoeng on J'includes two Singnpor r presentatives. They are the Coi Forest Officer, Mr. C O f 1 mich. and Mr. Gel Cheong. who will advis delegation on 8 uv milling trade matters49 words
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Article32 1957-06-06 15 BENTONG. June 3. -Chinese teachers here are 10 protest against a government decision that teachers must pass a qualifying examination before they can be included in the unified salary scheme.32 words
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242 1957-06-06 15 V LUMPUR, June 3.- A London woman chauffeur is coming here for the merdeka celebrations as a state guest. She is Miss Nancy “Bunny” Simmons, 40, of the Colonial Office. She drove members of the Federation’s merdeka mission in London in242 words
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333 1957-06-06 15 KUALA l.l’MI’l’H, June It. TENGKU ABDUL MAILMAN announced today that he would he Foreign Minister as well as Prime Minister after merdeka. He also announced the following appointments at a Press conference on his return here from London: DATO NIK KAMIL, the present High333 words
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Article63 1957-06-06 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 0 2. A Singapore Children’s Society fun fair in aid of the Children’s Convalescent Hom e was held at the CYMA sports ground. Bras Basah Road, yesterday. Nearly 2,000 prizes were offered for the wid e variety of novelty contests. Other attractions63 words
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196 1957-06-06 15 jVIORIB, June 3. —More than 10,000 people today thronged the beach here to enjoy the fun and games in connection with the 59th birthday of the Sultan of Selangor. Later in the night another 4,000 from nearby kampongs watched wayangs and Indian drama196 words
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Article59 1957-06-06 15 KUALA LUMPUR, June 3. —The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. a,( l today that he himself would proc laim the independence of Malaya at 1 ceremony in the new multi-million dollar Merdeka Stadium on Aug. 31. He made the announcement at a .Press conference here59 words
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Article56 1957-06-06 15 First ‘King’ It’s up to Rulers j 1 Abdul Rahman said it was up to the Malay Rulers to elect from among themselves Malaya’s first 1 “‘amount Ruler. Asked if the Sultan of Johore was returning to Malaya (•••come the first Paramount Ruler the Tengku said: Mont really know. I56 words
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Article23 1957-06-06 15 An exhibition of recent architectural works by Malayan architects will be held at the British Council gallery, Singapore, on June 21.23 words
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Article579 1957-06-06 15 We agreed there should be only one loyalty’ *kkl citt-ss: uSTSsS lim its if he comes here after Merdeka. y lliis is the essence of independent Malaya’s constitutional laws on 1 "monwealth citizenship as explained by the Chief Minister, Teneku Vk'uI Kaliman, at a I ress579 words
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Article41 1957-06-06 16 KUALA LUMPUR. June 1 < The new Air Officer C f manding, Malaya, Air Vi< Marshal V. E. Hanco arrived here today. He takes over from Vice-Marshal \V. H Ky* who is leaving for England 1 June 2.41 words
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Article34 1957-06-06 16 The Johore Government has paid $1,620 for a solid leather case in which th Johore crown jewels arc to be kept. The case was bought i>* London by the Sultan.34 words
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Article50 1957-06-06 16 SINGAPORE. June 5. Mr. v. Seenivasagam, an administrative officer with the Federation’s Department of Civil Aviation, will leave for Australia tomorrow on a Colombo Plan scholarship. Mr. Seenivasagam, who comes from Kuala Lumpin'will spend four and a half months studying Austral: a Civil Aviation Department administration.50 words
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144 1957-06-06 16 \f ALACCA, June 4.- An ingenious criminal, still at large, has found a way to make his money so just twice as far. He makes $10 notes in which half is genuine but the rest is a crayon drawing. Four of these notes144 words
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Article35 1957-06-06 16 SINGAPORE, June 5. Dr. L. B. Hobson, medical director of Squibb Division, Olin Mathieson International Corporation will talk on “Medical Research in the Pharmaceutical Industry” at the Medical Centre, College toad, Singapore tonight.35 words
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Article, Illustration121 1957-06-06 16 KUALA LUMPUR, June 4—The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has been nominated president of UMNO for the seventh successive year. There is no other nomination The party's 74 divisions in the Federation and Singapore are unanimous in their choice of the Tengku to continue as121 words
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170 1957-06-06 16 KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 RESOLUTION calling: on the Government to c! -y that the pay of its workers would be cut a!;Vr merdeka as an economy measure will be discu..«ci at the annual conference of the Government S* vices Stall Council170 words
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139 1957-06-06 16 SINGAPORE, June 5. T'lIE Singapore Minister for Commerce and Industry. Mr. .1. M. Jumablioy. has recommended to the Natural Reserves Hoard that 1,373 acres of swamp land in Sungei Pandang should be set aside for the cultivation of prawns. Mr. Jumahhoy said yesterday that six139 words
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69 1957-06-06 16 KUALA LUMPUR. June 4 The High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, ha s congratulated Capt. P. F. Walter and Privates Ken Taylor, Arthur Fixter and Ken Newell of the 1st Royal Lincolnshire Regiment for routing 30 terrorists near Sungei Siput, Perak, on June 2.69 words
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Article857 1957-06-06 16 ARE PEOPLE REALLY KEEN ON IT? SIMiAPOKK, June 5. THK Singapore tiovornment lias been advised 1 (hat the Colony's first television station should he operated by a public corporation—not by private enterprise. It has also been told that Government control over T V should be kept to857 words
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Article368 1957-06-06 17 He helped abduct a millionaire on New Year’s Day—so he’ll •pend six years in prison KUALA LUMPUR, June 4. rl'ONG NEE CHEE, 30, described as a tin miner, was today sentenced to six years’ jail In Mr. Justice Sutherland in the High Court for kidnapping368 words
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Article, Illustration168 1957-06-06 17 Kl’ALA LUMPUR. June 4.— Tlic Sultan of Johore is nady to return to Malaya In August and become *ts first Paramount Ruler, if chosen Ht indicated this in letter> to friends in Australia rmerly lived in Jo* h w It is believed however, that168 words
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104 1957-06-06 17 U'A LUMPUR, June 4 N four.man unofficial nnmittee has sent a letr to all Scouts and their scH’iations appealing for 'j'Mtributions to a fund for lr H. R. Hertslet, until r cently warden of BP. uise, headquarters of the Malayan Scouts104 words
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Article, Illustration92 1957-06-06 17 1 SINGAPORE. June 5. YAPP CHONG SAN, one of two Malayans who went treasure hunting in the ill-fated Gold Seeker, has returned to Singapore. Yapp, 31, of Kuala Lumpur, still does not know who paid his passage from Australia. After the Gold Seeker wastation — Straits Times picture. - 92 words
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227 1957-06-06 17 SINGAPORE, June 5. A RECENT inquiry into the leisure habits of Singapore teenagers tended to show that they spent a great deal of their spare time at the cinema. Mr. A. F. Wells of the University of Malaya’s Social Science Department, who carried out227 words
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Article138 1957-06-06 17 Indonesia relaxes ban and door opens to Colony merchants SINGAPORE, June 5. THE way is open for Singapore to regain entrepot trade with Indonesia worth $15 million a month. The business had been stagnating since Indonesia totally prohibited imports to conserve foreign currency. Jakarta has just lifted138 words
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Article50 1957-06-06 17 K. TRENGGANU. June 4. —The finance committee approved $ll,OOO for furniture for the former Istana Raja Muda of Trengganu which is to become a r est house for senior government oiTicers and V.I.P.s The Raja Mutia occupied the residencv after the British Adviser moved out.50 words
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Article25 1957-06-06 17 SINGAPORE, June 5. A new post office will oe opened in Jalan Kayu off Yio Chu Kang Road Singapore, on June 9.25 words
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Article108 1957-06-06 17 SINGAPORE, June 5. T*HE executive council of A the Singapore Business Houses Employees Union last night deferred strike action by the 56 Asian employees of Caldbeck MacGregor. This follows a letter yesterday from the management which agreed to meet the union’s representatives at any108 words
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Article74 1957-06-06 17 IPOH. June 4.—A bus company employee, Wong Wai, was today jailed for a month for falling to pay maintenance to his wife and two children, as ordered by the court previously. The wife, Ng Foon, 29. filed a claim against Wong Wai for four months’ arrears74 words
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Article45 1957-06-06 17 PENANG. June 4.—Malaya and Singapore will be invited to join a fisheries co-operative and administration seminar in Australia this December. The seminar will be orf;anised by the United Naions’ Food and Agriculture Organisation as part of its expanded technical assistance programme.45 words
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Advertisement68 1957-06-06 17 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Br. Empire Singapore Malaya Foreign Town Area including (Including No Postage Postage postage) Quarterly 5.20 5.75 6.75 Half-yearly 10.40 11.50 13.50 Yearly 20.80 23.00 27.00 The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent by express air delivery service to the United68 words
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1023 1957-06-06 18 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, May ‘50. 4 MI SEMENT PARK, with Merv Posner up, rehabilitated himself with a smashing win in Stamford Raffles Stakes over Of at Bukit Timah yesterday. Last at the half-mile, Amusement Park came with a spectacular finish1,023 words
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Article1092 1957-06-06 18 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, June 2. £REST STABLE’S Adelaide Star, well ridden by Ken Mitchell, snatched a thrilling nose win from his stable mate, Nazakat, in the Governor’s Cup over 1] miles at Bukit Timah yesterday, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club May-June Meeting. Immediately1,092 words
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Page 18 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous53 1957-06-06 18 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $263,125 1st. No. *****5 ($118,406) 2nd No *****8 59,203) 3rd. No. *****7 (S 32.890) STARTERS (S2.349 each): FORECAST TOTE: Race 1 ($28); Race 3 (S66); Race 4 ($97); Race 6 ($436); Race 7 ($216); Race 8 ($442). DOUBLE TOTE: Races 2 and 3 ($93); Races 553 words
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Miscellaneous101 1957-06-06 18 me BH; SWEEP TOTAL POOL; $231.,v;u 1st. No. *****6 ($104,lx*) 2nd. No. *****6 (S 3rd. No. *****3 28 -m STARTERS ($2,631 Nos. *****8 *****5; *****7 *****1; *****9 *****1; *****2 CONSOLATION each): Nos. *****9; *****0; *****2; *****2; *****7; *****2; DOUBLE TOTE: and 3 ($52); 5 and FORECAST TOTE: R., t e101 words
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273 1957-06-06 19 Trip half round the world for T engku’s syce Frpm HALL ROMNEY LONDON, June 4. r i hNGKU Abdul Rahman was being driven to the airport here on May 31 when he asked his woman chauffeur: “How would voU like l 40 to Malaya?” I would love it,” replied Miss273 words
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Article107 1957-06-06 19 SINGAPORE, June 5. ngapore will have four w ese ntatives in the 16-man jyan rubber delegation he International Rubber v Group conference u ule d to open in akar ta, Indonesia on 1 24. 'ey ar e Mr. P. F. Adam, nior official in the107 words
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307 1957-06-06 19 ‘Alliance council not consulted about new Malayan envoys KUALA LUMPUR, June 4. M.C.A. official said today that the. Alliance National Council—supreme body of the Alliance—had not been consulted on the appointments of the Federation’s envoys to the U.S., Britain, Australia and India nor the cabinet reshuffle announced yesterday. Several top307 words
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Article54 1957-06-06 19 •’OH, June 4. A patrol from Company, the 1st Bn., MaRegiment, found a terrorfood dump five mile3 m Kampong Coldstream w village in the Tapah area yesterday. The dump consisted o! three sacks filled with ta pioca and maize, and was found on a platform54 words
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190 1957-06-06 19 SINGAPORE, June 5. CHARLES FREDERICK ANDREWS, a civilian officer accused of cheating the War Department of £2,814 15s. (about $24,000), was acquitted ip Singapore yesterday without his defence being called. Andrews was alleged to have dishonestly Induced the War Department to believe that hi*190 words
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Article855 1957-06-06 19 Doping —owners protest to SRA THE WEEK IN SPORT T»HE STRICT measures to safeguard against the doping of racehorses, which have been highly successful since they were enforced by Malayan turf clubs in 1953, will be feldxed at the Perak Turf Club’s Derby meeting at Ipoh on June 15, 19855 words
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Article534 1957-06-06 20 SHARE MARKET From Onr Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, June 3. Singapore ShareMarket, which opened with varied enthusiasm last week ana then faltered through an irregular period, showed inclination to iinner tendencies at the week’s dost*. In all sections, the majority of movements were within narrow limits534 words
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Article406 1957-06-06 20 'T'HE following, business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one Arm of brokers for the period May 25 to 31. INDUSTRIALS: Brit Borneo Pets. flss„ Federal Dispensary $2, Praser A Neave Ords. $2.48* to $2.47*, Gammons $2.05 to $2 07*. Hammer $2.12 and406 words
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Article35 1957-06-06 20 Hmtc of Ml Total'fo P*rmrm payment for provl.u. Son Ltd. M. Jim, at 7fc% 7H% The Straits Times L<d June 15 io% 35% Ampat Tto DreJgtag Ltd 37*% June 26 55% 55% Interim.35 words
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422 1957-06-06 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Juno CONTINUED steadiness of the Singapore SI Market yesterday was bolstered by n, active trading in which buyers appeared m interested in all sections. e The Singapore Rubber Market also report. a brighter outlook yesterday with a422 words
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Article726 1957-06-06 20 SINGAPORE, June 4. INDUSTRIALS Mjen Sellers AIM Bricks Sffi i‘S Sm 11 90 CNril?' Con. Tin Smelt 5X -$ff 82 Cnilw! 30 00 St%l 00 4.10 CO /4b **0 IS ft?"* O*towy. Djsp 1 2.50 2 70 Ooodwood Park 130 ijfc f o M SS Itckion Co726 words
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Article399 1957-06-06 20 SINGAPORE. June 1 FT IS increasingly difficult to write anything about j a market which continues featureless, report Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Co., Ltd. in their current review of the Singapore Rubber Market Fluctuations have been very small this week and the pattern of tne399 words
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Article62 1957-06-06 20 Preliminary figures of the I eratlon of Malaya’s external tr< during April Issued In Kula Li* pur revealed that imports and ports last month were the lo’* 1 this year. < However, the favourable b ance continued with lmpo worth lltO.4 million and expo at $161.6 million. The62 words