The Straits Budget, 13 November 1957
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section26 1957-11-13 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES KAUm NATIONAL NPTffM New Series 586 Singapore, November 13, 1957 Price 40 cents (Malayan) or'l Shilling.26 words
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552 1957-11-13 2 h B. FLEMING - h B. FLEMING. Singapore. MAY I have the couriV1 tesy of your columns to attempt to clarify a few points that have arisen as a result of the statement submitted to the Council of Ministers criticising certain parts of the Public Security Ordinance No.552 words
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Article87 1957-11-13 2 ANIMAL LOVER - ANIMAL LOVER. v Singapore. T AM surprised that the Singapore Canine Welfare Association should have created such a hullaballo over the dog in Sputnik 2. There must be a guinea pig in the interest of future developments. There is enough cruelty to animals in Singapore to keep87 words
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Article154 1957-11-13 2 JOHN CHENG SAMY MAT - JOHN CHENG SAMY MAT Singapore. T™ scene i v A one of the -.J at glstration centr. Canning left f BfTlngsln my m, s S&ffi* atho -te«2S should be a sen n 9 z! <W«nlfled cererr, v nor f procedure e*ecm,Vin t i minutes flat. wi,i. iji!!154 words
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Article138 1957-11-13 2 S. NADARAJA - S. NADARAJA Temerloh. 1QIVE below an imperfect gist of a beautiful ;oem by a Tamil saint. ‘Among the many achievements that an within the grasp of man. it is also possible for him to ride a uon, to walk on fire or water, to turn base metal138 words
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Article286 1957-11-13 2 DAVID MA» HALL - DAVID MA» HALL Singapore. YTOTJR issue of Tuesday A carries considerable abuse of me. It is Interesting to note that in the article on Federation reaction to my protest against Singapore’s prostration headed “Helpless Slave? Nonsense.* Preposterous* there is not a single reason given why I might286 words
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Article109 1957-11-13 2 T. P. CROMW - T. P. CROMW! Chief Registrar of < > nv Slngapon rpHE' ten thousand new A citizens know that Johnny Cheng Sarny Mat Is wrong when he asserts that applicants do not repeat the oath of allegiance. The oath pf allegiance is taken before the Registrar himself.109 words
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Miscellaneous26 1957-11-13 2 u Kf V. A W A \v V 0^ H lAO i st* I* •v P THE EARTH MEN APPEAR TO BE PEACEFUL AND HARMLESS CREATURES26 words
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Article580 1957-11-13 3 —Straits Times. Nov. 6 It will take some time, p, rhaps years, before the y, (K-ration's education policy as smoothly. Already it is a that even the preliminchanges are not free «»f ulty. Much of the trouble ars to have arisen from ited understanding of the t,—Straits Times. Nov. 6 - 580 words
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Article389 1957-11-13 3 Straits Times. Nov. 5. It must now be presumed that Mr. David Marshall no longer believes he can best serve Singapore by refraining from all public political activity. But while no-one expected him to endure his wilderness for long, not even those who know him best wereStraits Times. Nov. 5. - 389 words
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Article715 1957-11-13 3 Straits Times, Nov. 7 One in three of the 1,585 expatriate officers on the Federation’s permanent j establishment have left the service. This is a much larger proportion than was indicated last January, when the Establishments Office received notice of the expatriates’ intentions. Replying to the Government’sStraits Times, Nov. 7 - 715 words
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Article685 1957-11-13 3 —Straits Times. Nov. 8. The Emergency Operations Council, which was enlarg 'd two months ago to include all senior Federation Ministers, has probably reached two major conclusions. It must regard wholesale terrorist surrenders as unlikely, and it faces the certainty that the Communist Party is redoubling its—Straits Times. Nov. 8. - 685 words
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Article640 1957-11-13 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 9. There was only one possible answer to the letter whicn the Prime Minister received from Chin Peng. The Prime Minister may be wrong in assuming that the Communists have accepted the necessity of surrender, but there is only one way to find—Straits Times. Nov. 9. - 640 words
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Article322 1957-11-13 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 7. Three years ago, nearly to the day, rubber broke the 80 cent mark and everyone was smiling. But there are always pessimists, and the pessimists warned that rubber could not expect to hold fifty per cent of the American market if the price—Straits Times. Nov. 7. - 322 words
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Article447 1957-11-13 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 8. Mr. Marshall complains of the “considerable abuse” which has greeted his protest that Singapore now lies prostrate under the Federation’s rubber heel. Federation comment was derisory rather than abusive, and fortunately not yet is it forbidden to laugh at Mr. Mar* shall. Referring—Straits Times. Nov. 8. - 447 words
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Article621 1957-11-13 4 —Straits Times. N° v 11 An increase of $lO3 millions in the Federation estimates need not strike the Legislative Council with dismay. It all depends whether the Finance Minister can defend successfully as the year wears on the Treasury’s policy on supplementary votes. Last year supplementary votes—Straits Times. N°v- 11 - 621 words
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Article78 1957-11-13 4 KUALA LUMPUR.. N The Malayan Associat.o the prevention of tub«’n in Selangor is to rrn grant of $75,000 from t cial and Welfare Sauce* Lotteries BoardA recent meeting board has also for block grant of 3lia- u u relief of distressed ana titute in the states.78 words
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Article, Illustration1027 1957-11-13 5 SINGAPORE, Nov. 6. 'rlME: Autumn of 1941. Scene: Headquarters of a Siberian division on the Russian front near Smolensk. In the foreground surrounded by forest, two magnificent dugouts. one for the General and the other, precisely similar. for the Political Commissar. The1,027 words
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709 1957-11-13 5 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. 2PUTNIK One and Two are so fantastic that I, for one, have ceased to read about them. The Einstein theory is less puzzlin? to me than the fact that half a ton of machinery is whizzing around the709 words
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Article351 1957-11-13 6 SEREMBAN, Nov. 3. THE last survivor of the Communist district committee in the mountainous Kuala Pilah and Tampin area—a terrorist with $lO,OOO on his head—surrendered at dawn today. Ah Piu, 35, slipped away from his three companions on the night of Nov. 2 and gave himself351 words
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152 1957-11-13 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. •’THREE Japanese A scientists will today begin calculating the gravity of the earth at the University of Malaya, Singapore. It will be the first study of its kind in the Colony. The team, members of the Japanese Antarctic expedition152 words
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Article243 1957-11-13 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4. INTERNATIONAL action to prevent violent price fluctuations in rubber would probably be in the form of a rubber buffer-stock like the existing tin buffer-stock controlling the fluctuations of tin prices. The Minister for Commerce and Industry. Mr. Tan Sievv Sin. who pressed for243 words
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124 1957-11-13 6 CHINESE TEACHERS ATTACK ‘UNFAIR GOVT. SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. FLIGHT Singapore Chinese educational and teachers’ organisations yesterday criticised the Government for its “unfair” treatment of 50 middle school teachers. They claimed that the Education Ministry would not recognise the years these teachers had put in primary schools in counting their years124 words
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Article, Illustration69 1957-11-13 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 4 Miss Maniseh ilaji Siraj. 18, a student of the AngloMalay Evening School, Bukit Timah Road, who was among "0 Malays who received home nursing and first aid certificates from the St. John Ambulance Association. Singapore. The presentation was made by the association's director. Mr.Bridge Road. — Straits Times picture. - 69 words
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Article28 1957-11-13 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 4 Ungku Ismail bin Abdul Rahman. Deputy Mentri Besar. Johore. accompanied by Dato Haji Syed Abdul Kariir. visited Boys' Town. Singapore, yesterday.28 words
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Article241 1957-11-13 6 K. LUMPUR. x ov 3 -Hundreds or 1)t0 p! e living in the lo-.v-lying of t.ltc Pede r aj capital arc watching menacing nr. ing Hood waters caused by heavy rain Mn r p.m. 1 The Selangor Sociu' \\y. fare Department h../ 0 alerted. Members ar,.%tS*241 words
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291 1957-11-13 6 THE Australian MinisA ter for External Affairs, Mr. H. G. Casey, said in Singapore on Nov. 4 that there was little likelihood of Australia taking more foreign students under the Colombo Plan. He hoped, however, that the present level of 850 Asian students291 words
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Article139 1957-11-13 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 4.— A staff nurse travelled by the night mail from Penang yesterday and drove to the Australian High Commissioner’s residence here this morning to receive one of Australia’s highest awards for nursing. The Australian High Commissioner. Mr. T.K. Critchley. presented the gold139 words
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Article481 1957-11-13 7 Leaders chuckle at statement KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4. H|R. David Marshall’s statement 1 in Singapore yesterday that lr i* Colony was becoming a helpless slave” of the Federai, n, made political leaders here r ucklc today. Most Alliance leaders here disi ssed the idea as “nonsense’’ al- though481 words
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120 1957-11-13 7 rii£ former Singapore Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall. was elected yesterday to head the newly form- d Workers’ Party. The party’s 27-man executive committee also eleetd yf.r. Cheng Yueh Tong vice-chairman and Mr. V. R. ikrishna secretary-general. The meeting appointed a120 words
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Article249 1957-11-13 7 MALACCA, Nov. 4. D. C. DAVIDSON, Malacca central police chief, today received a threatening letter wrapped round a bullet from a person claiming to ic the leader of the local Ang Bin Huay secret mk iety. The letter, written in Chinese in red ink. was249 words
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Article22 1957-11-13 7 TAIP£NCr. Nov. 4—The Hua in High School here held annual, elocution contest English, Nineteen boys r, a girls took part.22 words
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133 1957-11-13 7 PENANG. Nov. 4—The Balik Pulau District Officer. Incite Abu Mansur bin Haji Hassan, has imposed a food clamp in the south and south-west district of Penang island. Residents in the area where security forces are carrying out “Operation Iberia” against 12133 words
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307 1957-11-13 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. ir pHE Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, said last night that members of the Malayan Government services had always maintained high standards of conduct and duty. Speaking at the Friends of Singapore “get-t ogeth er” party at the307 words
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Advertisement190 1957-11-13 7 I THE STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL (or 195 Brings you MALAYA and SOUTH EAST ASIA in PICTURE and STORY Price $3.75 Each succeediru> Lsiu> of The Straits Times Annual Mains new trierui.'. and new idmlrers for the beauty and charm of the Malayan scene comes wvidly to life In full colour190 words
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Article469 1957-11-13 8 PENAXCi, Non 1 THE Mayor of (Jeor#e Town, Mr. H. (o)h. revealed today that Penan# ID had in\e>ti* gated reports that old tram rails had been >old without the city council s transport depaitment committee callin# for tenders. Mr. Goh told councillors at their resumed469 words
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164 1957-11-13 8 JPOH. Nov. 4—The 104 day strike bv 26 men at the Kampar, Pusing and Ipoh branches ol the Straits Trading Company is over. The strikers have admitted defeat. Picket lines in front of the company’s offices have gone. Today an official of the National164 words
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Article198 1957-11-13 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. THE Singapore Educa4 tion Minister. Mr. Chew Swee Kee, left by air for Kuala Lumpur yesterday afternoon for talks with his Federation counterpart. Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari. Before his departure, he said it was tile first time he was paying a198 words
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Article38 1957-11-13 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. Mr. Bill Williams, superintendent of Connell House, returned to Singapore from Australia in the Blue Funnel ship Charon yesterday after e five and a half months’ holiday in Australia and New Zealand.38 words
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202 1957-11-13 8 Ghazali tells of drive to win over bandits IPOH, Nov. 4. The 1 Mentri Besar of Perak, Inche Mohamed Ghazali bin Haji Jawi, said today the “next two months will perhaps be the most important the new nation may experience.” “The202 words
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Article812 1957-11-13 8 SINGAPORE X 0V 5 THE Motor Insurance Association of Maknj T11 4 Borneo has decided to increase the taxis and hire goods vehicles in Singapore and thp Federation by 50 per cent from Jan. 1. 1958. C The association has also' decided to812 words
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Article54 1957-11-13 8 PENANG. Nov 4 A Party Negara branch d tary was yesterday. T rpresident of the Baga q mal Butterworth L branch. amInche Danis bin *»aj. mad. son of the Ka 2|'Jj lt > Penghulu, told the nl Times he had reslgnrd 1 Party Negara because 1154 words
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Article312 1957-11-13 9 KUALA LUMPUR Nov EXPATRIATE officers are quitting ih e Federaoon public services under the Malavanisation compensation scheme much more rapidly than expected. Already about 550! senior men have gone. If more retire earlier thar anticipated, the Government’s development plans may be thrown out of gear.312 words
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Article228 1957-11-13 9 -INGAPOEE. Nov 5 31 EPR ESENTATIVES of Singapore ship- tiers and seamen yesi.rday pledged mutual co-operation to end •corruption” in recruiting crews bv adopting a strict system of employment. The agreement was reached At the inaugural meeting of the Seamen's Registrai Ion Board, of which228 words
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Article175 1957-11-13 9 gEREMBAN, Nov. 4.— Tsang Wah, 35, the so-called “champion” Bren-gunner of a section of the fast-vanish-I mg Communist 3rd independent platoon in i Negri Sembilan surrendered today. He told the Special Branch here that he had left the jungle because “so many of my leaders175 words
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148 1957-11-13 9 SINGAPORE, Nov 6 A DETECTIVE SHADOWED SmW .H U J?»° re J 11 n,a S ,iate Mr. Loke hv rM h °f 8 t0 ,lis departure ny U A for Bangkok early yesterthe A't n rst |CK of a r“undthe-, world148 words
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189 1957-11-13 9 r\TTMTouii/fE*\Trr SINGAPORE, Nov. 6. puNISHMENTS ranging from a fine to suspension or expulsion face 23 senior University of Malaya students alleged to have been responsible for ragging excesses against freshmen. They were on the carpet i before the Vice-Chancellor. Professor A. Oppenheim, for more189 words
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Article42 1957-11-13 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. Tan Eng Bok. 4fj, yesterday pleaded guilty in a Singapore court to a charge of having 1 lb. of opium valued at $175 on June 5. He was fined $3OO or three months’ jail.42 words
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406 1957-11-13 9 SINGAPORE Nev. 5. TWO executives and two members oi the agopore Liberal So'•alist Party will be bpceaaed to give ider.ee before the ommission inquiring ri to allegations of cor'Ptioa during the last Rislacive Assembly byicctioixs. to be called are the }y's406 words
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Article204 1957-11-13 9 SINGAPORE, Nov 5. TWENTY-FOUR senior 1 University of Malaya 11 students were yesterday i given notice to quit the 5 1 Dunearn Road student t hotels immediately. The ejections are the re- suit of an Inquiry which unl- versify authorities began last month into204 words
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Article36 1957-11-13 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. f! The 250-member Singapore Radio and Wireless Technicians’ Union has changed its name to the Singapore Electrical and Wireless Employees* Union to cover all classes of employees in the electrical trade.36 words
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Article387 1957-11-13 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5. TiR. P. L. do Villiers Hart, Acting Physician. Selangor, has filed a defamation suit i«>* $100,000 against a retired hospital assistant, Mr. V. Arunasalam, of Pasar Road. Kuala Lumpui The suit is a sequel to a letter alleged to hav-.* been writeen387 words
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Article, Illustration96 1957-11-13 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. <>. Tlie new Japanese ConsulGeneral in Singapore. Mr. Seizo HinaU. said on arrival yesterday that he wanted to strengthen the “friendly relations’ between the two countries. A former counsellor of the Japanese Embassy in London. he succeeds Mr. Ken Ninomiya.96 words
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Article71 1957-11-13 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. Two Canberras from the R.A.F. Central Fighter Establishment will arrive in Singapore on Nov. ll after a 20,000-mile flight from West Ravnham. Norfolk. Their crews, led by Air Commodore E. I. ColbeckWelch, are lecturing to Middle and Far East Air Force units on71 words
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182 1957-11-13 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. (i. I *riHE Australian Government is anxious for Singa--1 no re’s Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to pay jofficial goodwill visit there next year, the Straits Times learnt yesterday. It is understood Mr. Lim s keen to make the trip ii circumstances182 words
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Article157 1957-11-13 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. THE Singapore Government will introduce a third language in Colony secondary schools soon as an experiment and hopes more students will study Malay. This was announced today in Kuala Lumpur by the Singapore Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. Mr. Chew, who157 words
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93 1957-11-13 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. KMlill IHOOD nas ueen coni erred 0> the queen on the Chief Secretary ot Singapore. Mr. William Allmond Codrington Goode who is to become Governor next month He becomes a Knight Commander ol the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and93 words
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123 1957-11-13 10 Bate gajah. Nov. 4 Kampong Home Guard commanders in Perak have given the State Government 14 days to reply to their demands for better treatment. If a satisfactory reply is not received the Home Guard commanders will take “appropriate action Inche Khalid bin Pan*123 words
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290 1957-11-13 10 SING AFORE X C v IMMIGRATION u;:ic.rs 1 will make si ot ciie< on foreign art i As apearing in s.ngapi re night clubs to muse sure they co not break the new law forbidding them to *jt a t patrons’ tables. An290 words
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Article48 1957-11-13 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. The Singapore Girl Guides Association yesterday bade farewell to their president, Lady Black, at a tea party at uieir headquarters in Buyong Road hady Black was presented with a .set of Kelantan teaspoons, by the Colony Guide Commissioner, Mrs. Moira Gresson.48 words
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Article232 1957-11-13 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5. AIACHINERY will be ordered soon for a S 3 million Klang River deviation scheme to beat the Kuala Lumpur flood menace Land has already been bought. Work will be carried out mainly in the Kampong Bahru Malay settlement area, worst232 words
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177 1957-11-13 11 REPORT OF UNIVFRcuTy SI\(iAIH)HK, No\ 7. JWK l niversify of Malaya Commission, headed i>\ Dr. S. Aitkcn, Vice-Chan-cellor of (he Cnivcrsilv of Dirmintfliam, is not in favour of complete Malayanisation of the staff, even as a distant objective. In its report, which has177 words
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2663 1957-11-13 11 COMMISSION REPORT ON THE UNIVERSITY 'VHF report con- tinues: In the University of Malaya there was some ..irk of accord between lec.;:ors and professors, esially in the arts and viiiii'e faculties. Lecturers feel as they ten do elsewhere that *h y have less2,663 words
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Article42 1957-11-13 11 CHAIRMAN: Dr. K. S. Aitken. V’iceClianccllor of Birmingham I Diversity. Or. S. L. Prescott, Vice- Chancellor of the University of West Austialia. O r. Tarachand, former Vice-Chan-cellor of Allahabad University. Hr. Haji Megat Khas. Hr. (loll Keng Swee.42 words
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523 1957-11-13 12 SINGAPORE. Nov r PHE University of Malaya Commission has i tr0 n 1 mended a finale university system for Sm mm''-* and the Federation. It has also recommended the establishment of a University Grant* Commission which would mak< recommendations to the two Governments523 words
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Article44 1957-11-13 12 SINGAPORE Nov The chairman of the PasPanjang Rural District Com mittee. Mr. H. J. C Kulasing ha. has arranged with tli j Chief Registrar of Citizen> t assign a registration team tthe Buona Vista Communal* Centre, for four dav> in Dr cember.44 words
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205 1957-11-13 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. QUESTIONNAIRES returned by Singapore doctors suggest that the majority of them favour the payment of fixed allowances rather than fees to Government medical specialists. The result of the questionnaires, it is understood, will form the basis of a memorandum to be205 words
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Article, Illustration2602 1957-11-13 13 MILLBOURN PLAN: THE KEYNOTE IS... Better supervision of labour is part of the new scheme ‘ESSENTIAL IF SINGAPORE WISHES TO RETAIN ITS PRESENT POSITION SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. THE Singapore Government is expected to accept the plan drawn up bv i he Millbourn Commission to make Singapore oi«e of the2,602 words
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315 1957-11-13 14 SINGAPORE, Now. 7 THE (Governor, Sir Robert Black, said last nitfht that Singapore from time to time will probably experience concern about impact on its economy off “the restrictive influences that follow from the national aspirations of others." But, he added: "This is not315 words
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Article53 1957-11-13 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 7. A total of 18,485 youths in Singapore have registered for National Service. Registration, which started on Oct. 1, ended yesterday evening with 564 more names Last to register was 19-year-old Mohamed Adifee bin Pathell a Boyanese of King’s Road, who hurried in half53 words
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Article76 1957-11-13 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 6 A Communist terrorist was killed in the Ja>in area of Malacca yesterday. Early this morning another terrorist surrendered on Nanyo Estate in the Kluang area of Johore. The dead terrorist has teen identified as Chan Kor.: Chan who went into the76 words
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Article202 1957-11-13 14 PENANG. Nov. o. 'T'HE president of the Federation of Rubber Tivu' A Associations. Mr. Heah Joo Seang, today uruod tlv Federation Government to start producing synthesised natural rubber instead of forming a nibbr buffer-stock. Such a stock would only weaken the world’s natural rubber market, he told202 words
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408 1957-11-13 14 SINGAPORE RIVER TRADE THE COMMISSION recommended that u tion be taken as soon as possible lor the bilitation of the Sin- a gapore River. The financial responsibility should be shared by the Government, the City Council anil the individual408 words
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379 1957-11-13 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. |)R. CHUANG CHIT LIN, former principal of the Chung < hong High School, is among the next group of Singapore people to he banished to China. Also going arc Linda Chen Mong .lock, former teacher in the same •iiool, and Seow379 words
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Article388 1957-11-13 15 THE University oi Ma- iaya Students’ Union uncil has recommended to the general student body that ragging should be banned. r recommendation will be placed before the whole b dy ol students at an emergency meeting on the night of Nov 8 at the Tiong388 words
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Article163 1957-11-13 15 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. G. THE peril of gangsterism and hooliganism is mowing in the State capital, the Council ot State was n a id today. Mr. S. Thavarajah said ere had been numerous os of people being heckled assaulted, particularly ■ar telephone booths and lj163 words
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Article35 1957-11-13 15 IPOH. Nov. 6—The former Mcntri Besar or Perak. I)ato Panglima Bukit Gantang who resigned last July Ji after completing his tmrci term in office, has been given an honorai ium ol $11,530.35 words
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Article82 1957-11-13 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 7. A Colony trade union plans to publish a weekly Chinese newspaper to be called the Singapore Workers Press. Mr. Ang Liong Sing, seere tary ot the Singapore Com mercial and Industrial Work ers’ Union, which claims a membership ot more than o.ono.82 words
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Article681 1957-11-13 15 Move to alert nation to Red dangers of subversion KUAI.A LUMPUR, Nov. 0. 4 STARTLING exposure of the Malayan Communist Party’s plan of deception, infiltration and subversion was made today by the Federation Government. In a new move to “alert the entire nation” against the Communist threat,681 words
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Article36 1957-11-13 15 KLANG. Nov. f> The Kluru; Town Conned t *»tilullt adopt(■(l a siirplu. budget showing a balance of $7 200 at the end of next year. Another $95,000 was earmarked for the council's reserve funds.36 words
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Article, Illustration114 1957-11-13 16 SINGAPORE. Nov. 8. A WELL-KNOWN businessman, Mr. C. F. Young, 66, who lived in Singapore for 46 years, died on Nov. 1 at his home in Southbourne, Hampshire. Mr. Young came to Singapore in 1911 and was manager of the Advertising and114 words
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Article73 1957-11-13 16 SINGAPORE. Nov. 8. Singapore was flooded with “Kuo Kuang” (national glory) apples from China yesterday. This biggest Communist apple “invasion”—30.000 cases arriving in three shipments during the past few days—was interpreted by business circles as an attempt to capture the Singapore apple market. It has caused73 words
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858 1957-11-13 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8. 4 SCHOOL of En- pineering may be established in Kuala Lumpur soon, as the first part of a new University College there. The University of Malaya Commission has strongly recommended such a course. The Commission recognised it was unlikely858 words
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Article37 1957-11-13 16 KUALA KANGSAR. Nov. 7. —Che Mahigan binte Isa. wife of Inche Mohamed Pilus bin Yusoh, OSPC, Kuala Kangsar. has been appointed organiser of the Poppy Day fund for the royal town and its surrounding district.37 words
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Article, Illustration167 1957-11-13 16 SINGAPORE. V o THE Singapore Government medical s, rvic* will lose the serv; of Dr. R. j. Gl White, chest ph^i i n at Tan Took* SuV Hospital and Superintendent 0 Trafalgar Home, when he retires under the M a 1 a animation scheme167 words
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496 1957-11-13 16 SINGAPORE. Nov. 8 A liberal-social-1ST vote canvasser in the June by-elec-tions, Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Sattar, told the Election Corruption Commission in Singapore last night that he was assaulted twice because he was working for Mr. Soh Ghee Soon, a successful496 words
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Article43 1957-11-13 16 PENANG. Nov. birthday of the n been taken off the ,|vl Federal public li.»! «•*> > for 1958. Instead, the Federation celebrate th c birtbdn> the Vang ch-I.mun Agong on June 4. Malaya’s attainment Merdeka will be memorated on Auu. *>43 words
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Article39 1957-11-13 16 SINGAPORE. Nov. i). tain’s first Cotton iid Miss Angela &nu re a return visit to Sl1 when she passed thn her way to Australia. Miss Smith has pleted a tour of con wealth countries.39 words
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Article1081 1957-11-13 17 —cynicus - As I was saying —cynicus SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. T is an odd thing that the second sputnik should have produced such a red rash of saucer reports from virtually every corner of the free world. i’* rhaps it is simply a case of a hair of the dog. There was1,081 words
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Article, Illustration9 1957-11-13 17 CLOCK TOWER- —Photo by Llm Yaw Chong—Photo by Llm Yaw Chong - 9 words
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Article163 1957-11-13 17 (From the Straits Times of Nov. 7, 1907) The latest mechanical addition to the resources of participants in civilised warfare, and to the art of killing people, is the air-ship, or the dirigible balloon. For some time the French, German and Italian war officers had at their(From the Straits Times of Nov. 7, 1907) - 163 words
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Article528 1957-11-13 17 TtWN I)JHK - TtWN I)JHK A heavy storm on Oct. 28 reminded the Tuan of the floods at the end of November, 1956, so he alerted the Cook in the matter of laying in supplies in case one occurred this year-end Easy .going WITH many of the humbler classes of Asians528 words
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Article990 1957-11-13 18 Happy Prime Minister says: ‘I will meet him Kl’ALA LIMPTH, Nov. 8. THE Communist leader. Chin Peng, has written another letter to the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, calling for talks to “obtain a just and fair agreement to end this war.” The Tengku. who announced990 words
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432 1957-11-13 18 PENANG, Nov. 8. JHE Chief Police Officer, Mr. P. H. O’Flynn, today gave the relatives of 40 remaining terrorists one month in which to get them to surrender —or face possible expulsion from the island. “If by the end ol one month from today no432 words
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379 1957-11-13 18 SINGAPORE. N v q T H .5 Government' ana the political hf e Singapore would onip a standstill it tne re. Council dm 0 the domestic service! which kept ever-; house hold runnimr, >.ud v-" A P. Rajah at the come ml379 words
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Article31 1957-11-13 18 KUALA LUMPER N j ur: A special constable Manis estate in 111 area of Jnhnre 0 n fire with two terro. Nov. 5. The terrorise31 words
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Article664 1957-11-13 19 Kuala lumpur, nov. 6. —Davy Jones had an armchair ride today when G&rryden -won by the proverbial street in the 5.10 race here. The Singapore-trained arryden beat Trade Fair •ueen (Abdul Mawl) by .2 lengths in a field of mr. Despite a heavy track, favi664 words
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402 1957-11-13 19 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. SINGAPORE’S electricity updertaking will not be solvent next year unless proposed higher charges are approved, the City Council was warned yesterday. The president, Mr. J. T Rea told the council’s budget meeting that “tragedy would402 words
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Article80 1957-11-13 19 SINGAPORE. Nov. 9. An exhibition of 300 German books covering many fields of art. science and fiction was yesterday opened at the Convocation Hall of the University of Malaya by Dr. Hans U. Granow, German Consul-General in Singapore and German Ambassador to the Federation of Malaya.80 words
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Article800 1957-11-13 19 THE WEEK UN SPORT •THE PRESIDENT of the Football Association of 1 Malaya, Tengku Abdul Rahman, who is also the Federation’s Prime Minister, said last week that the Football Association of Malaya would be pleased to have Eddie Hapgood, former Arsenal star, as coach for800 words
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Page 19 Advertisements
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Advertisement61 1957-11-13 19 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Singapore Malaya Town Area including No Postage Postage Foreign (Including postage) Quarterly 5.20 Half-yearly 10.40 50 13.50 Yearly 20.80 23.00 27.00 The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can 'Press air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at ,n inclusive rate of61 words
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Page 19 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous43 1957-11-13 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $202,000 1. No. *****0 $54,540 t. No. *****7 $$7,270 No. *****5 $15,035 Star (era ($1,047 each): Noo. 12$$00, *****8, *****5, *****9, *****8, *****2, *****4. Consolation prises: ($1,812 each): Nos. *****8, *****7, *****9. *****7. *****3, *****6. *****8, *****0. *****0, *****3.43 words
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575 1957-11-13 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. fPHE Malayan Share Market last week was wholly under the influence of the easing rubber price and as the price of the commodity continued to fall so did share prices. On Nov. 4 when the rubber price575 words
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Article48 1957-11-13 20 The Narberongk (FJLB.) Rubber Estate 144. have Informed shareholders that an offer of $210,000 (£94,500) for the purchase of the Bungel Taho division of Narborough Estate comprising 500 acres, of which 457 acres art planted with mature rubber, has been received and accepted by the directors.48 words
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Article34 1957-11-13 20 Crape harvested during October were as follows: AUsnby 44.000 lb-; Benia 69,000 lb-; Jeram Kaantan 66,000 lb-; Knaieng 51,000 lb.; Mentakab 66.000 R>.; and Seagal Ragan 1804)00 lb. Kaala Reman 155,600 lb-34 words
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Article376 1957-11-13 20 rE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was report, ed by one Arm of brokers for the period November 2 to November S:— INDUSTRIALS: Federal Dispensary $1.82* Fraser Sc Neave Ord. $2-40 to $2.57* to $2.47*. Gammons $2.15 to $2.07* to $2.22* to $2.17*,376 words
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Article41 1957-11-13 20 Current Date if Total Total for payment payment for prerious year year Singapore Cold Storage 6% Dec* 16 10% 15% Siamese Tin 10%• Dec. 16 60% Ampat Tin 10% Nov. 29 55% Koala Kampar 60%* Dec. 4 260% Interim.41 words
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Article864 1957-11-13 20 SINGAPORE. Nov. 8. INDUSTRIALS Beyers Sellers Alex Bricks Pret 1 4o 1 so Ords 2 25 2.35 Atlas lee 1100 sci ibuye.si B. B. Petrol 45/- 47/B M Trustees 6 10 4.60 Gun I to smelt Pref 16/6 17/e Ords 3o/6 31/6 Eastern United 40.00 buyers Fed864 words
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232 1957-11-13 20 SHARES EASE AGAIN ON MALAYAN MART AS RUBBER DR OPS By Our Market Corresponds: SINGAPORE, N M 9 J'HE same pattern as was observed on ov was seen again on the Malayan and Share Markets yesterday. The rubber price fell to 75g cents at i cW which was another low232 words
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Article28 1957-11-13 20 TIN RUBBER (perpM) (per lb.) Not. s2ss 4 $251 75* Cents 5 $342-5$ 77* Cents $254 78* Cents 7 $251.54 74* Cents t $351.54 75* Cents28 words
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Article40 1957-11-13 20 r V October tin outputs Included Sungei Kinta 240 piculs: Nu. 1 Dredge Ipoh Tin (rnehung) 6SI piculs; Puhnng CuasoUduted 180 tons. Sungei Bidor 571 puculs; Renung Tin: Rasn 467 piculs. Jlnjnng (with Strain Tin Oelda) 079 piculs.40 words
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Article351 1957-11-13 20 SINGAPORE. Nov. 9. rubber market thto week has again reached a new low and with Russit and China having completed their buying programme, at least for the time being, stale bulls have largely reduced their while shorts seem in no par- tlcular hurry to cover repot Botiday,351 words
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Article10 1957-11-13 20 Rahman Hydraulic MJJ ore output for Octobet piculs.10 words
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Article22 1957-11-13 20 The following Octo iubb<r crops are notified. siP donf Alor Ponfsu 78.397 lb 45,403 lbs.; Temerloh and Trong 32,600 lb.22 words
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Article17 1957-11-13 20 t in* Rubber crops in u ib.I eluded Ayer M® ,ek Buklt Katll 43.049 lb17 words