The Straits Budget, 4 December 1957
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section27 1957-12-04 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MU*m NATIOMAL RUmAHi New Series 589 SiQf&pore, December 4, 1957 Price 40 cents (Malayan) or 1 Shillinr.27 words
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327 1957-12-04 2 TAN SOW SIN - TAN SOW SIN Minister fog Commerce and Industry Kuala Lumpur. A CORRESPONDENT, »p- to cloak his Identity under the nom-de-plume -of “Demos/' takes me to task In tils lettet' (B.T. No?. 27). y He concludes that the Alliance are afraid of criand are327 words
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317 1957-12-04 2 DISGUSTED - DISGUSTED Singapore. 117ITH reference to Mr. ff D McLellan’s lament (B.T. Nov. 23), about the shortage of teachers, I > observe that he assigns the wrong reasons for our apparent lack of Interest in teaching as a career. In order to obtain a Teachers’317 words
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Article105 1957-12-04 2 Y. C. Y - Y. C.Y. Malacca a MANY people have said that Malaya should make herself less dependent on tin and rubber by setting up secondary industries or by growing profitable crops such as cocoa and oil-palm. But no one seems to have thought of growing sugar cane and105 words
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Article173 1957-12-04 2 DEMOS - DEMOS. Penang. i w *ff jsaass 5 U»nce Ministers 5H jeering of the Pri IS WhlleT% lect! l| ly" While I have no whatever with th, 22 :.y ew S: ««1 to y° u whether this t n g can ben eda 5 exai ?P le i173 words
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Article117 1957-12-04 2 M. WOODROFFF. I! MX - M. WOODROFFF. I! MX. Singapore. Ik AM collaborating with Dr. Pavillard, whom many of your readers will remember ms one of the leading physicians on the "Death Railway” In Siam, in producing a book on his experiences as a doctor in the P.O.W. camps for which117 words
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Article90 1957-12-04 2 FED-UP RATING – - FED-UP RATING Singapore. A., w W r-f, 7*l VOUR paper has recently written about the. formation of the women's of the MRNVFL the SWANS. The men ratings, of whom I am one, have been there for many years and we are distressed to see these women >90 words
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Article51 1957-12-04 2 i* v,S - Tengku ne ed not worry i* v,S. Johore Bahru. r«QKU Abdul r f-f-should not be perturbed by th» that he got at U»i>. U democracy. Mar. nounHan* have even ha oma toes and bad eggs irown at them. nore Dato Onn was n r than once during election campaign. It51 words
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Article121 1957-12-04 2 P, BA - A SIGHT TO BE PRO UD OF P, BA Ipoh. AS I read the letter “Reslipect for Anthem” in last Saturday's Forum, I* recall the respect shown to the National Anthem In one of the leading theatres In Kuala Lumpur. When the main picture came to an end. the operator121 words
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Miscellaneous22 1957-12-04 2 m m m m >■■■< r r m* M I PiS mfi rr •;•>: V eoucv TT N> 'll* 7 THE PRIME MINISTER'S HOMEWORK22 words
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Article637 1957-12-04 3 —Straits Times. Nov. 27. Was it the Japanese Prime Minister’s visit which Emulated Federal Councillors aito calling for a debate ~-i foreign affairs? If so, t was a poor sort of tetext. Mr. Kishi came to \plore the land and make .ricnds, in Singapore as well the—Straits Times. Nov. 27. - 637 words
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Article378 1957-12-04 3 Straits Times. Nov. 26. Progress in the prevention of accidents in industry has been quite remarkable in the last four or five years. The latest annual report of the Federation’s Machinery Department continues the story, and is a tribute to the increased efficiency of the Department andStraits Times. Nov. 26. - 378 words
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Article924 1957-12-04 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 28. The trouble in the Federation’s Chinese secondary schools is much more than another exhibition of student unruliness. Nor is it a Communist achievement, even if some of the senior students are consciously playing a Communist game. The trouble goes far deeper,—Straits Times, Nov. 28. - 924 words
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Article642 1957-12-04 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 29. Communist China’s reported advice to Overseas Chinese schools “to observe the laws and regulations of the country in which they function” comes at a timely moment. It appears to be official enough, and it must be assumed that it is directed as much—Straits Times, Nov. 29. - 642 words
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Article598 1957-12-04 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 30. A large number of problems common to newspapers the world over have been discussed at the Asian conference in Colombo of the International Press Institute. The conference did not have an entirely comfortable start. Delegates heard from Ceylon’s Prime Minister a complaint—Straits Times, Nov. 30. - 598 words
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Article545 1957-12-04 4 —Straits Times, Dec. 2. There w’as no mincing of words at the meeting of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce which discussed the crime w r ave in Singapore. The Chamber’s special interest derives from the recent increase in kidnapping. The rich man goes in fear, and—Straits Times, Dec. 2. - 545 words
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Article299 1957-12-04 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 30 Senior officers employed by the Singapore Government and the City Council have called for a modification of housing policy. A number of houses are being kept vacant when they could be occupied by officers who are now without quarters. At least 14 flats built—Straits Times, Nov. 30 - 299 words
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Article309 1957-12-04 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 29 The arrest in the Federation five weeks ago of four leading officials of the National Union of Factory and General Workers caused considerable concern among trade unionists. All four had been involved in a cannery dispute in Johore, and it was felt that their—Straits Times. Nov. 29 - 309 words
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Article181 1957-12-04 4 Straits Times. Nov Resistance to a career in Government service apparently is so great th.it the Federation C overnment is contemplating the appointment of a liaison officer in London on six months trial at $8,500 a year talk Malayan graduates of British universities joining the civil service.Straits Times. Nov - 181 words
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Article, Illustration788 1957-12-04 5 IN TOPSY-TURVY IPOH SINGAPORE, Nov. 26. \GOOD many subeditors in newspaper offices in different parts of the world have, this week for the first time, heard of the quiet and pleasant town of Ipoh. For it has been the scene of three significant788 words
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Article623 1957-12-04 5 FROM SINGAPORE TO KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE, Nov. 28. KWONG has taken down the curtains to wash them before they arc packed. Tomorrow they will put to sleep the dear old kampong cat whicn, arriving as a timid fur-cov-ered skeleton, has presented us with623 words
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133 1957-12-04 5 SINGAPORE, Nov. 28. A Singapore lawyer, Mr. P. T Wong, told a district court yesterday that it was through ignorance that a newly-married girl kept raw opium on her person. The girl Tan Poh Mui, 19, was arrested by a Customs party133 words
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Article35 1957-12-04 5 SINGAPORE. Nov. 28 The fourth lecture of Series of Lectures on Youth” sponsored t>y the student and youth department of the Singapore Chinese Y.M C.A. was held last night35 words
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Article402 1957-12-04 6 SIXdAPOKK, Nov. 2;>. tr pHE secretary-general of the Peoples' Action Party, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, last night said his party had made an arrangement with the Labour Front and UMNO not to fight one another in the coming City Council elections because P.A.P. did402 words
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Article130 1957-12-04 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 26. THE medical director of the Royal Singapore AntiTubercuiosis Association. Dr. G. H. Garlick. yesterday discounted the possibility of radiation arfecting schoolchildren if X-ray examinations are done by trained persons. Dr. Garlick was commenting on a Reuter report which stated that Washington's health130 words
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Article246 1957-12-04 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25. r jp II li numngcmeni committee of Sin* gnpore’s Cluing Client* High School yesterday named three principals to supervise the school. They will hold acting appointments for a trial period of six months. Their names will be submitted to the Education Ministry today246 words
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Article325 1957-12-04 6 LUMPUR. Nov. 25. *—An elaborate plan to assist Malaya economically and technically will be drawn up by the Japanese Government shortly after Mr. Nobusuke Kishi returns home from his South-East Asian "goodwill tour.” Under this plai. discloseo by the Japanese Frinu Minister before ills325 words
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Article288 1957-12-04 6 SINGAPORE N llV 'THE management committee of the F v x Middle School in Johore Bahru is kt U<w close watch on its 800 pupils after the ini* ‘m" a Nov. 22, when they tried io held protest n on in sympathy with other288 words
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157 1957-12-04 6 CHEW SA YS: SINGAPORE HAS NO CIVIC MIND SINGAPORE. Nov. 26 I'HE people of Singapore luck civic consciousness, said Mr. Chew Swee Kee. the Minister for Education yesterday. He was answering a question put by one of 24 principals and teachers ci Chinese primary schools, attending*! civics course organic d157 words
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Article120 1957-12-04 6 PROMOTION SYSTEM CRITICISED KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. D-i. THE Malayan Nurses’ Union decided today to a$k the Government to grant more oversea scholar- ships to hospital nurses. The fourth annual deleg a t e s’ conference of the union passed a resolution stating that the present number120 words
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Article27 1957-12-04 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. 26. A total of 4,020 new Singapore citizens was registered yesterday This brings the total since registration began on Nov. 1. to 74,033.27 words
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Article100 1957-12-04 6 SINGAPORE. N< -J T'HE secretary genera Liberal-Socialist > > Mr. E. K. Tan, said la >t that his party was eorm all 32 wards in the coming election becaws wanted to give the pe responsible City Couneu. Addressing a public ra-« Towner Road in suppm' the100 words
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249 1957-12-04 7 Yap hits at bribers, thugs SINGAFORE, Nov. 25. SINGAPORE is going through a “slump in civic-mindedness,” a banker, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, said on Nov. 23. Speaking at the third speech day of the Chinese YM.C.A., Mr. Yap, a former City Councillor, pr inted to reports249 words
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Article198 1957-12-04 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 25. THE Crown Prince of Ira:;. Emir Abdul Illah. who is now in Sin141] pore on a private vi :t, yesterday went to .T< hore Bahru to meet the Sultan. A companied byDatoS.l.O. ti:e Iraq consul in the Color.y. the prince went to Johore*198 words
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Article35 1957-12-04 7 Singapore. Nov. 25. The United States Am-bassador-designate to the federation of Malaya. Mr. Homer Byington accompanied by Mrs. Byington. will arriv in Kuala Lumpur n Nov 27. by air from thing Kong.35 words
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273 1957-12-04 7 j ‘WE NEED CLEAR-CUT FOREIGN POLICY’ U LUMPUR, Nov. 26. Malayan delegates to the United Nations were doomed to be “wall tloweis” uiimI the Federation Government decided on a foreign policy. This is the view of Mr. K. L. Devaser. a Legislative Councillor and till273 words
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196 1957-12-04 7 LUMPUR, Nov. 24. Dato Sir Clough Thuraisingham, Ceylonese representative in the Legislative Council, today warned Ceylonese in Malaya not to be disloyal to the G overnm e nt, whatever their political opinions. He told the Ceylon Federation of Malaya Association’s youth section: A196 words
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Article78 1957-12-04 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 26. Terrorists yesterday murdered two civilians an estate kepala and a woman tapper in the Bahau district or Negri Sembilan. They used an axe to kill 1 the kepala, Lee Kow. and the tapper. Chi Yok Yan. Six terrorists stopped a lorry carrying78 words
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Article202 1957-12-04 7 BUT THEY SEEK INTERVIEW AGAIN KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 1>4. rpHE staff side of the National Whitley Council (daily paid) today decided to write again to the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdui Rahman, to ask for an interview on their claim for a rise of $1- a-day. I202 words
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Article114 1957-12-04 7 11/ELLINGTPN Nov. 24. fr Mr. H.W. Shepherd of Auckland has been appointed Assistant New Zealand Trade Commissioner in Singapore. Mr. R. G. Hampton i.s at present Trade Commissioner there. An assistant has been appointed because the amount i work has increased greatly The area c114 words
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Advertisement191 1957-12-04 7 THE STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL it ***** Brings you MALAYA and SOUTH EAST ASIA in PICTURE and STORY Price $3.75 •< K: m. ~v3* and It T. ON SALE NOW! Each succeeding issue of The Straits Times Annual if a ins new triends arid new idmlrers f«>r the beauty n.d charm191 words
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Article1261 1957-12-04 8 Leaders defy school heads/ pENANC., Nov. 23. —About 1,300 senior students from three Chinese hitfh schools in Penang and Kedah staged “peaceful" demonstrations this morning. The pupils trooped out of their schools soon after their assembly bells and staged “peaceful congregations*’ on their playing fields. They dispersed1,261 words
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Article326 1957-12-04 8 GEOFFREY BOLAND - By GEOFFREY BOLAND SINGAPORE, Nov J'lN took another tumble in price on the Sinirapore market yesterday, tailing b\ sr> picul to 5324.50. pcr The International Tin Council meet in- in r or don has been brought forward from De i\ 4. reports Reuter. The price is326 words
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Article147 1957-12-04 8 SINGAPORE Nov Je p 0 1 i( t now engaged on an all-out war against kidnappers. yesterday offered si do )0 reward for information leading to the arrest of tl .tv men wanted in connection with the a be action of a banker on Aug.147 words
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Article226 1957-12-04 8 SINGAPORE. Nuv FIE secretary-general of the Singapore 1 Socialists, Mr. E. K. Tan last night attack* c: w “unholy alliance” of left-wing groups which nao pledged to “annihilate” his party. Referring to the announcement by the secretary-general of the Peoples’ Action Party, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew,226 words
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456 1957-12-04 9 MALAYA WILL NOT RECOGNISE PEKING KUALA LUMPUR, Nov >5 rKXUKU ABDUL RAHMAN tonight rejected call lor a foreign affairs debate in the Leinslative Council. "It would serve no useful purpose he said There would be trouble if we said anythin- against the West Irian question.456 words
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129 1957-12-04 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 26. I ADY BLACK, wife of the Governor of Singapore, yesterday paid a farewell visit to the Singapore Trafalgar Home in Yio Chu Kang Road. She met. spoke and shook hands with many leper patients. When she visited the children’s section,129 words
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Article57 1957-12-04 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 26. St Andrew’s and St. Margaret's schools in Singapore will produce* a Gilbert and Sullivan opera “The Pirate of Penzance” next month in aid of the expansion programme of the two schools. The opera will be staged at the Cultural Centn Canning Rise,57 words
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Article211 1957-12-04 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 26. 'THL Governor of Sin--1 gapore. Sir Robert Black, yesterday stressed the importance of moral and cultural development in the Colony. Speaking at the opening of the Chinese Y.M.C.A.’s new building at Shenton j Way, he said that in Singapore. "where half the po-!211 words
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Article112 1957-12-04 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 26. Mr. J. C. Hickey, of Singapore, is leading with one and half points in the first two rounds of the Malayan qualifying tournament for the Asian Zone Chess Championship held in Singapore during the week-end. The Malayan Chess Fed oration selected Mr. Hickey112 words
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154 1957-12-04 9 Ragging: Students lawyers called in SCNGAPORE. Nov, 26. THE cKv iplinary board of the Lniversity of Malaya yesterday had a “preliminary mi etirig” v ith three lawyers n Siriftaijore. who have been retained for the defence of senior students accused of excessive and obscene ragging. T he Straits Times under-154 words
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Article706 1957-12-04 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 26. THE Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Nobusuke Kishi, said on arrival in Singapore yesterday that he looked lor ward to “Irank talks” to help promote mutual understanding and co-operation between his country and the Colony. He added that he hoped i the706 words
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Article76 1957-12-04 9 KUCHING, Nov. 25 The Sarawak Associated Sawmill ers' Association of the Third and Fourth Division arc to )H‘tition the Government gainst the increase oi royalty i ates on timber. Hie new rates, which are to come into force on Jan. 1. were discussed at a meeting recently.76 words
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Article579 1957-12-04 10 Banners up in school hall PENANG, Nov. 2(>. —P o I i c e riot squads today dispersed 21)0 students gathered outside the Han hiang School. A ringleader who urged tlu* students to “stand fast” was rarested. At the Chung Hwa School, 200 students held a579 words
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Article236 1957-12-04 10 pENANG. Nov. 26. The Labour Party or; Malaya today suggested two alternative reme-c.-es for the Chinese school problem in the' Federation. let all present stu-i don*s complete their studies on Tht understanding that If they tail, they will have to j the party chairman. Mr.236 words
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591 1957-12-04 10 Millionaires say: We’re really scared 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 27 SEVERAL Singapore Chinese millionaires yesterday suusrosted the law should be changed to make kidnapping nnnishable bv death. 1 -The death sentence is the only weapon that will deter the kidnappers.” one of them told the591 words
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Article472 1957-12-04 10 GEOFFREY BOLAND - By GEOFFREY BOLAND SINGAPORE. Nov. 27. WHILE the present world tin market situation became even more confused yesterday, the price in Singapore improved bv $8.75 to $333.25. This was the first rise for j nearly a fortnight during which on consecutive market days S27472 words
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Article90 1957-12-04 10 SINGAPORE N'v Headquarters of Indian Comiuis'un m Malaya has been trails: from Singapore to E Lumpur. Mr. VM M. Nair. thf JjJ* dian High Commission. the Federation and Co:. sioner for the Colony, n. on Nov. 25. The entire information vice section will be90 words
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Article24 1957-12-04 10 SINGAPORE N' Mr. S.W. Topsorn I™' quished his offices I man and a director French Bemir subsidiaries. He t- s 1 Malaya.24 words
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Article382 1957-12-04 11 WHAT looked "'...piciouslv like Ike mkrderlTwelU^he'bSi, 2 7 <d early man had been found in (he Oreat (W -,t aa ak), the curator of (he Sarawak Museum Mr Tom li‘,rri h Singapore yesterday. lr lom Ha ™sson, «»•<* In (‘xcuvtitions Inst veur Mr Hurriwm ...j382 words
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Article290 1957-12-04 11 .MIL' L’ i KIAI.A LUMP IK, ov 2 *>. j lIL Federation Air Service which ha> been rim at a loss as a Government •social ser\ice" iroviding sale transport to outlying Kmcr>;enc\ ireas lorthe last six years, will be “commerdised next year to show- a profit. The290 words
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220 1957-12-04 11 UEXAXG, Nov. 26.— 1 Executives took over a > labourers today when 600 workers ol Mu' Eastern Smelting Company started their long-threatened strike at six this morning, rickets posted outside the company gates from 5 a m. booed and jeered as the works manager.220 words
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Article49 1957-12-04 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 27. Dr. L&u Wai Ping, chest physician of the Singapore Association, has returned to the Colony with a Diploma of Tuberculosis from the University of Wales. Dr. Lau had received a Sino-British Trust Fellowship to enable her to do specialised studies in Britain.49 words
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Article127 1957-12-04 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 26. An old r. »n. who got the maximum o-.'o.alty of 10years’ jail for a v igeance attack” on his former friend, was today told that he would have been •thoroughly flogged ji ne v re younger. Chore Cure Yoon,127 words
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Article22 1957-12-04 11 KAMPAR. Nov. 26. The Poppy Dav Fund collections this year has amounted to $2,458 in the Kampar and Gopeng district.22 words
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316 1957-12-04 11 JAP PREMIER TELLS LIM. SINGAPORE#. Nov. 27 'THE Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Nobusuke Kishi yesterday ottered Singapore assistance in the industrialisation of the Colonv. Mr. Kishl. who made the oiler during talks with the Child Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, said Japan sought to316 words
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Article46 1957-12-04 11 A LOU STAR. Nov. 29. The A!or Star magistrate. Tuan Syed Hassan Aljeffri. was one of the successful candidates lor the Bar final at the Michaelmas Bar final examinations on Sept 26. Tuan Syed Hassan returned to Malaya from Britain m June46 words
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Article108 1957-12-04 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 27 Singapore will hold a cultural festival similar to the Federation’s Pesta early in 1050, the Permanent Secretary to the .Ministry of Education Mr. Lee Siow Mong. told the Straits limes yesterday. At this festival, to he organised by the Singapore Arts Council. there108 words
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Article274 1957-12-04 11 Plan to give staff other work SINGAPORE. Nov. 27 THE Singapore City Council’s organisation and methods department has recommended that 60 jobs he abolished and those who hold these jobs now be uiven other work. Abolition of 37. these jobs will cut th r salary274 words
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Article43 1957-12-04 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov I'd Yen Yoiig Sit w, who said that he nad been a cl anna addict. Inr 50 years, was conditionally released on a p< rsonal bond of $5O for 12 months bv the Johore Bahru Sessions Court today.43 words
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746 1957-12-04 12 Indonesian Consulate officials mmmoned by police help stop towing of sampan SINGAPORE. Nov. 2$. INDONESIAN Consulate officials, summoned oy police, had to intervene yesterday t(- prevent one ol their country's patrol boats trom towinj? away a sampan in Colony waters. It was the second incident this746 words
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Article, Illustration416 1957-12-04 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 27. 'THE Tanglin Schools in Singapore will be losing their principal and founder. Miss A. L. Griffith-Jones, w h c n the British European Association takes over control next May. Although Miss Griflithjones has never advertised lor pupils since416 words
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340 1957-12-04 12 ‘Way aloft' was the order which sent men into action SINGAPORE, Nov. L8. ;f FHE Royal Malayan Navy yesterday put on a special display for the Governor. Sir Robert Black, who paid the R.M.N. a farewell visit as Commander-in-Chief of Singapore. At340 words
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Article96 1957-12-04 12 SINGAPORE. Nov. 23. INDIA hopes tc be in a position to supply jet plain 1 to Malaya :n the near future. This was announced by Mr. H. S. Kaviratn**. public relations officer ci the Indian state-owned Hindu-tan Aircraft Co., in Singapore yesterday. He later96 words
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154 1957-12-04 12 Kidnapped man’ s wife gets a letter SINGAPORE, Nov. 2S A letter bearing the address of the sender in Perak but no name was delivered at the Thomson Road home ot kidnapped millionaire, Mr Tan Eng Chuan, last night. The letter was handed over to Mr. Tan’s excited wife bv154 words
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Article98 1957-12-04 12 SINGAPORE. N v. 'T'HE Singapore Council 1 Women has asked Government tor a in cc land in the Colony to rehabilitation home i n (l t’.ite women. Mrs. Shirin Fozdar. tary of the council, aai M' terelay that the Cliiet Ulster. Mr. Lim Yew o98 words
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Article339 1957-12-04 13 PENANG, Nov. 27. r pHE striking smelters can hold out for at least six months, -aid their union president, Inche Sheriff Baboo, today. They rejected an offer by the Eastern Smelt’ng Company, to consider re-engaging them if they applied tor jobs within 72 hours.339 words
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261 1957-12-04 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 28. 4 BRISTOL-BRTTANNIA “Whispering Giant" from London streaked into Singapore airport yesterday afternoon and claimed two records: It did the 8,200-nule hop with only one stop; and It took only 22 hours and 21 minutes of flying261 words
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190 1957-12-04 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 27. "THE Queen has award- ed fn 3ritish Empire Medal to Mr. George Kenned 58, a Singapore u.vventive officer, who t slashed with a parang in a courageous stand to save his small customs party from being overrun by 50 secret190 words
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Article29 1957-12-04 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 27. The Singapore Chinc.so Y.M.C.A. last night held a vocal and instrumental convert to mark the opening of ’he new building in Prince Edward Road.29 words
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Article158 1957-12-04 13 lOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 27. Disturbances among Chinese students spread to the Muar district and Batu Pahat wnere attempts to hold demonstrations were foiled today by school authorities. A timely downpour of rain helped break up a Muar district demonstration. At the Chung VVah High School, in158 words
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Article341 1957-12-04 13 KUALA KANGSAR. Nov. 27. THE Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, today addressed an UMNO rally here and referred to the recent by-election in Ipoh. He .said: "From the incidents that occurred in lpoh. I leel that we have something new. something by which schoolboys341 words
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Article180 1957-12-04 13 ‘Communalism in Govt, depts.’ KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 27. jTIE chairman of the staff side of the National Whitley Council, Mr. G. Leo, today supported proposals that the Public Services Commission should probe into allegations ot irregularities in the oublic r services in eann ra. The proposals180 words
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Article35 1957-12-04 13 SINGAPORE Nov. 2P> A Singapore fisheries inspector, Incho Masdawood bin Andan. 13. is to attend ■i training centre in fishery co-operatives and admin is tration in Australia from Dec. 10 to Jan 25.35 words
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293 1957-12-04 13 K LUMPUR, Nov. 27. —The Registrar of Citizens, Mr. E. M. McDonald, today cleared a doubt in the minds of thousands ol people in the Federation about their citizenship status. He said: “Those who are subjects of a Ruler er have obtained293 words
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Article71 1957-12-04 13 SINGAPORE Nov. 10 A BOAC Bristol Britannia from London yesterday by passed Kuala Lumpur because of engine trouble and flew on to Singapore, which has better repair facilities. The plane carried 50 passengers, 33 ot whom were booked to Kuala Lumpur Of these. 2H were Down to71 words
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Article, Illustration201 1957-12-04 14 PEANUTS BEFORE LUNCH —A CANDID SHOT AT COLONY RESTAURANT SINGAPORE. Nov. 29. 'r\VENTY-ONE Roman Catholic clergymen, including two Archbishops and a bishop, lunched in style at Prince's Restaurant yesterday. The host? were 11 Army. Navy and Air Force chaplains. The object of201 words
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Article61 1957-12-04 14 JRSSELTON. Nov. 28 The British destroyer, II.M.S. Cavalier. will arrive at Sandakan on D r c. 2 and the H.M.S. St. Bride’s Bay will lollow on Dec. 4. Both ships are due to sail Singapore on Dec. 4. They will be carrying back V Singapore British troops61 words
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Article358 1957-12-04 14 IPOH, Nov. 2S. PLIGHT students from IJ the middle school of the Ave Marin Chinese Convent here have been expelled a* being main ring leaders of the disturbances that occurred in the school on Nov. 26. The Rev. Mother! Superior of the convent told the358 words
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312 1957-12-04 14 MALACCA, Nov. 28. A The Minister of Education, Inche khir Johari, last night denied that the Alliance Government was out to destroy Chinese culture. Ho said: ‘This is an absurd charge. The Government plans to spend more than $50 millions on Chinese education312 words
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Article62 1957-12-04 14 SINGAPORE N.h Tin- British High CVnir.i>sloner in Federation, Mr. ‘G. \V. Tory. returned t; Kuala Lumpur by Malayan A irways yesterday a ft*: > ponding a day in Singapore. i Mr. Tory said in Singaprr? that he came here to d: >ome Christmas shopping ar.i ■to62 words
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180 1957-12-04 14 PENANG. Nov. 28. ABOUT 500 students from four Chinese high schools —the Han Chiang. Chung Ling, Chung Hwa and Chinese Girls’ High Schoolstaged a bicycle parade through the city today. They were followed by a police radio patrol car which picked up their trail180 words
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192 1957-12-04 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 29. rHE Singapore Government yesterday introduced a quota system for export of cigarettes to Indonesian islands. The Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Mr. K. M. Byrne, said last night that it was hoped this new192 words
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Article59 1957-12-04 14 PENANG. Nov. 28.—An Assistant, Controller of Immigration. Mr R. A. Jones, has compiled a book of Chinese names. *‘l hope my notes will help people to spell ail >ch names correctly.” he told the Straits Times. Mr. Jones spent a year on this work. He a):o59 words
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Article25 1957-12-04 14 SINGAPORE N«»\ Lady Black, wife < Governor of Singap terday said v children of the St. A r Mission Hospital at 1*“ Pugar Road.25 words
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Article370 1957-12-04 15 Influenced by Middle Road KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 28. pOUR trade union officials arrested last month had been influenced by leaders of ommunist-dominated unions in Singapore to spread the Red doctrine in the Federation. This was said here today by the Minister for Internal Defence and Security, Dato370 words
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201 1957-12-04 15 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 7 8. INOFFICIAL members of the Johore Executive Council have been increased irom foui to eig -m preparation for the day when the council wi as a Cabinet. The increase recommended by a select committee of the Council of State, is201 words
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247 1957-12-04 15 BARRIERS ARE BREAKING DOWN SINGAPORE Nov 29. MR- VERNON BARTi?1 LETT, political commentator of the Straits Times, yesterday addressed the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Singapore on conditions in Russia and other European Communist countries. When he was in Moscow during the war, he247 words
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393 1957-12-04 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 21). jy|YSTERY surrounds the arrival in Singapore of a letter from Perak addressed to the lather of a kidnapped business man, Mr. Tan Eng Chuan. The father, Mr. Tan Boon Khak, brother of a multi-millionaire, Mr. Tan Lark Sye, told the Straits Times393 words
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Article110 1957-12-04 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 28. —Lack of skill or experience appeared to be the cause of all but one of the eight civil aircraft crashes in the Federation during the last two years. In the one case in which this was not the cause the110 words
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178 1957-12-04 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 29. AFTER a 20-minute discussion with the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, on the administration of Singapore’s security law, a group ol Christian ministers and lay leaders went away satisfied A statement Issued by the secretary of the group, the Rev. J.178 words
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Article74 1957-12-04 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 29. Forty-four students of the Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, now on an educational tour of Singapore, yesterday cancelled their visit to the Kranji War Memorial and the Haw Par Villa. These two places were on their crowded programme which included a visit to the Harbour Board,74 words
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Article37 1957-12-04 15 IPOH, Nov. 28. Security forces in the Ipoh area or Nov. 26 saw an armed terrorist who dropped to his knees, rolled over into bushes and disappeared. The patrol scnrched the area without success.37 words
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Article292 1957-12-04 16 SINGAPORE. Nov. 30. ‘T'HE Singapore City Council will not Malayanise its permanent expatriate stall in the immediate future. Under a scheme which the Council approved last night, serving expatriates, who now total about 100. have the option within the next three months of entering into292 words
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Article48 1957-12-04 16 SINGAPORE. Nov. 30. A decree nisi granted to Lourdes Metcalfe on May 24, this year, dissolving her marriage with George Terrance Claude Metcalfe, a former Malayan gam e warden on the ground of adultery, was made absolute by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore High Court yesterday.48 words
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Article, Illustration56 1957-12-04 16 SINGAPORE. Nov. 30. Maj.-Gen. J. C. D’A Dalton, who will be in charge of administration. GHQ Far East Land Forces, flew into Singapore from London yesterday. Formerly Chief of Staff. Headquarters East Africa Command, Maj.-Gen. Dalton is succeeding Maj.Gen. G. Lucas. StraitsGen. G. Lucas. — Straits Times picture. - 56 words
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228 1957-12-04 16 JPOH, Nov. 29. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said yesterday that at the election meeting where he was booed recently he saw a boy climb a post and give the signal for the booing to start. He said he would not set228 words
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Article82 1957-12-04 16 SINGAPORE. Nov. 30. Australia eggs may be cheaper in Singapore and the Federation soon. A Sydney message yesterday said the Australia Malaya Shipping Conference had recently agreed to a 20 per cent reduction in the freight rate for refrigerated eggs in shell. As a result,82 words
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266 1957-12-04 16 SINGAPORE. Nov. T,O. THE Minister for Com-j 1 merce and Industry, j Mr. ,T. M. Jumabhoy, said yesterday that the Indus t r i a 1 Promotions Board would examine the crisis in the rubber footwear industry of Singapore. This was thp266 words
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248 1957-12-04 16 FIRST STEP TO PEACE KROH, No\ >q THE Government today began preparing f 0 1 meeting with Chin Peng—should he want peace. The Commissioner of Police. Mr. W. L. R. Car bonell, chose a barrack building here as a meeting place between Government248 words
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175 1957-12-04 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 29. MALAYAN tin producers commenting on a warning that the International Tin Council might impose export controls and restrict production of tin, yesterday said these step* were the lesser of two evils. Producers said restriction of production plans, with the175 words
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194 1957-12-04 16 SINGAPORE. Not 3o EHVE police officers m 1 Singapore have been promoted, it was officially announced last night They are. Mr. A. K Anderson. Mr. E. J. Linsel; M r Khaw Khai Boh. Mr B \v F Goodrich, and Mr Sene Kok Hoo. Just194 words
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Article152 1957-12-04 16 They’ ll get a windfall after all SINGAPORE. Nov. 30. RETIRED Singapore City Council employees will after all get the additional provident fund benefits, totalling $1,267,000. waivh the Council’s finance committee had down. With five Coune r> abstaining from voting, including the acting President, Mr. R. Middle Smith, the Council152 words
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Article1239 1957-12-04 17 —CYNICUS - —CYNICUS. SINGAPORE, Nov. 30. \NY attempt to forbid the press reporting the preliminary hearing of murder cases in Federation courts is likely to be strongly resisted, and not only by newspaper editors and newspapermen. Sir Douglas Waring was the unwitting means of disclosing what the Government1,239 words
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Article, Illustration9 1957-12-04 17 SINGAPORE RIVER- —Photo by Wan Seng Yip—Photo by Wan Seng Yip - 9 words
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Article495 1957-12-04 17 Tt’/VN DJEK - Tt’/VN DJEK THE delightful weather we have been having for the last few weeks is not deluding us into the belief that no flood can occur this year or in early January. In the meantime we have to record the return on the 18th of TYMOTW* from hospital495 words
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Article58 1957-12-04 17 JOIIORE BAHRU, Nov 30 Mr. Justice Hepworth in the Supreme Court today gave judgment in favour of H Rekovits, a registered Singapore architect, for $11,715 r.galnst J. c Chiang, of Johore Bahru. The claim was In respect of fees for drawing plans for hotel to be58 words
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464 1957-12-04 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 1. JENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN hinted in Singapore yesterday that a Johore Causeway clamp would be introduced soon if subversives from Singapore continued to enter the Federation. “There is a serious danger of undesirables still crossing to the main land,” he said. The464 words
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145 1957-12-04 18 riiflE FEDERATION Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, yesterday opened the University of Malaya’s 82.000,000 King Edward VII Hall in the Singapore General Hospital grounds. And he said he hoped for two things. One was that ‘‘from these portals will issue145 words
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244 1957-12-04 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 1. W\R (Father) jERVASE MATHEW, a lecturer in archaeology at Oxford University, who is now in Singapore, is trying to trace an old port named “Takkala” which he believes to be “almost certainly on the west coast of Malaya." Indeed,244 words
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Article61 1957-12-04 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 2. The Adviser on Technical Education at the Colonial Office, Mr. John Cyril Jones, will visit Singapore and the Federation during his threemonth lecture tour of the Far East under the auspices of the British Council. Mr. Jones begins his tour this month.61 words
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Article238 1957-12-04 18 SINGAPORE Vc* i fHE People’s Action Party yesterday moved t prevent the Singapore City Council from il° plementing its decision on two important SSU g —Malayanisation and additional provident fund benefits to retired employees. It submitted a motion, which it asked the l -g tive238 words
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197 1957-12-04 18 gATU GAjAH, Nov. 30. —Three hunters were attacked by about 10 terrorists in jungle near here last night. Uda Mat Isa bin Haji Osman. 65, was shot in the chest. He was taken to hospital only thi s morning. His condition is serious. Uda197 words
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Article86 1957-12-04 18 SINGAPORE. Nov. 29. rpHE Admiralty tanker. Wave A Chief, badly damaged when it ran aground in the Straits of Johore earlier this month is now in a floating dock at the Naval Base. It will be there for some time for examination and repairs. It86 words
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Article130 1957-12-04 18 c^IIOK A IPOH. Nov. 30. l-OUR-MAN patrol from the 1st Royal Lirv nshire Regiment, which laid a moonlight ambush new Here ast night, killed one terrorist and wounded ano1oc r One Red escaped. The three terrorists approached the ambush laid in a farm at two o’clock in130 words
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Article45 1957-12-04 18 KUALA LUMPUR. The Director of In* 1 t;i r Services, Inche Yu’:; Abdul Latiff will seven-months’ leave a tomorrow. Inche Ya’acob will the first two months leave in the Federal 1 J will go on a world t f, February.45 words
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Article99 1957-12-04 18 IPOH. Nov. 30. Security forces yesterday found tie body of a terrorist, Hoi Chai, who was killed a month ago by one of his comrades, Chong Kim. Chong Kim, who surrendered to the police in Batu Ga.iah on Oct. 29, told the police that he had99 words
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Article1137 1957-12-04 19 vlMOM HIP - SINGAPORE, Dec. 1. ur vlMOM HIP CHAW STABLE’S On °SUfre (late Zabaglione) won the St. Leger “trial” over a mile at Bukit Timah yesterday. Run in heavy rain, the race became a duel between the two noted mudlarks, On 8tage and uraite Code, In1,137 words
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Article437 1957-12-04 19 A call —but there was no answer PENANG, Dec. 1. pOLICE riot squads were summoned to the Eastern Smelting Co. this morning to disperse strikers who tried to prevent 29 newlyengaged labourers from entering. Today Is the seventh day of a strike by 600 employees over437 words
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Article247 1957-12-04 19 MALACCA, Nov. 29. IMfORE than 100 boy* and girl* of the Pay Pong Middle School at Knbti Road here this morning staged a demonstration— the first in Malacca —in the school compound. They attended school as usual this morning but later refused to enter247 words
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Article71 1957-12-04 19 SINGAPORE Nov. 29. CINOAPORE Chinese schools want the Education Ministry to increase the ratio of teachers to the pupils. A delegation win see the Director of Education Mr. D. McLellan, today to discuss the proposal. At present the ratio is: Ten teachers to eight classes71 words
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Miscellaneous79 1957-12-04 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $211,494 1. No. *****3 ($95,172) t. No. *****6 ($47,586) 8. No. *****6 ($26,436) STARTERS ($2,203 €aeh) Not. *****7; *****6; *****7; *****2; *****1; *****5; *****8; *****5; *****7; *****0; *****0; *****7. CONSOLATION ($1,586 each): Not. *****4; *****0; *****5; *****0; *****3; *****1; *****2; *****6; *****5; *****2. DOUBLE TOTE: Races79 words
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683 1957-12-04 20 SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Dec. 2. THE main talking point on the Singapore Share Market last week was undoubtedly the tin price which made a spectacular \come back after losing $27 per picul in the previous fortnight. As was to be683 words
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Article831 1957-12-04 20 SINGAPORE, Nov. 29. INDUSTRIAL* Pr*t 14* i. 50 Ord«. 30 2 6o tl ,c HOOxd (buye.si B. B. Petrol 45/- --r 47/-~'-S?V 880 CCm. Tin "NSmelt p rtt 16 6 |l/* 89/- JO/Prase? Si* 0 1 .1.00 lA y .i Bwt 4.00 «io Or<fc .iy.,, Cl. Life831 words
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Article322 1957-12-04 20 rE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week wii"tej*rted by one firm of brokers for the period November 23 to 29. INDUSTRIALS: Federal Dispensary $l.B2Mi, Fraser A Neave Ords. -53.60, Gammons 82-25, Hammer A Co. $2 *O, Hongkong Bank (Col $420. Hume Industries Ass. 6d.,322 words
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Article28 1957-12-04 20 tin rubber (per picul) (per lb.) N*f 83 8226.75 38 $*****# 71% 86 $333 85 78% 87 $869 v 27% 28 5848-37 78% 89 $*****% 7928 words
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Article51 1957-12-04 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for pmbw *r year 'year Eraser and Neare Ltd. (Pref.) 3%%• Deo. 14 7*% Te*<»k Rndn Tin Ltd. 12%% Dec. 31 37%% 80% > Pajam Ltd. 15% Dec. 31 15% > 15% Riverview Rubber v> Eautes Ltd. 7%%* Dec. 2351 words
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309 1957-12-04 20 COLON Y TIN PRICE IMPROVES AGAIN AS DEMAND GROWS By Our Market Correspond ,t SINGAPORE, N 'J’HE tin price continued to advance s'in pore yesterday and another $3.50 v ,j£il to the price bringing it np to $351.87} This means that, except for 62* cents wLi of the $27 lost309 words
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Article381 1957-12-04 20 SINGAPORE 'V. 30 11 HPHIS week sta d with 1 some improv lent in 9 the world statistic, pictun I report Holiday, Cut! r Bath fl A Co. Ltd. in their current I rubber market review Ame- I rican consumption f net I rubber was 15,000381 words
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Article116 1957-12-04 20 Singapore Chinese l’ iuflr jj| ehinfc: noon price 4 1 on November 29 were ;De j Copra: steady: No llers cember $27 buyers $4 5 Coconut oil: steady >pfr: I sellers, drum $48*4 sell' IJJ; <1 steady; no business rep J95 Muntok white $96, 8»- ak (both up116 words