The Straits Budget, 29 January 1958

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      A voter who has been ‘led up the garden path’
      213 2  - A voter who has been led up the garden path’ BAMBOOZLES VOTER. nugL'.-iyyTjp. yEajt. <fjp. yvraHg., IWAS among the many &wSfr: fcMrESfife iUtbe■ FA.P.’ though I be ions? to a clais for which the PAP. has little love. “I? 1 Impressed by the speeches eT the main P.AP. by the
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      TAPPING IN THE DARK
      201 2  -  C. P. THANK Strpmhrti^ I recently f heard it reported that^the fecretary of the M.PXB.A. had suggested that- flight tapping could result In increased yields, my memory went back quite a few Ul k n tacr«a*r of 25 -r- 30 per cent was mtnQofled, but when
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      And a dollar for good measure
      121 2  -  £1-' T a v K? a-’ e- 'W the sKpSnl month as salat? and allowances is being proposed lor As if thftt lD Itself W6FG x w SW7 ouT oT nm *thc widows And orph&ni cdid $500 to ,his oeST political Ptrtjr, the gpg
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      CRITICISM NOT DESTRUCTIVE
      61 2  -  EmpText llfniMI# X* or whan a policy laid down wte not the right to dynlu natinn f r *> rSMl P that Tl* h 8ecn*ary? Bfenernl of TtMNO has acCused the ‘‘rebel" leaders of Penang rUMNO of ’‘destructive critlcfiKfwhen tnf*V riWiPrit j|*ha W&flf fHn ft If* TEl
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      THE QUEEN’S
      37 2  -  ABDUly&AH IM »>r is Wk— °i vigityn-pi: M la word for governor, lor the title ol £ler U [0 j ps republican states < *presici* n Ra’yat reipSctiytly, °(e) N< (Mayor is already know Dato Bandar).
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      Preserve harmony
      80 2  -  EmpText $fpB*ore. 7 JTIHE citizens Of 81ngai 1 will appreciate act tb alleviate the *peop suffering or to enhance city’s importance, but it hoped that justice at communal harmony will flaytog Britfsh coloV. 1 Jim is neither tair r just and it tends to g erat* friction among
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      Lock icon The Need For Stability
      545 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 21. Britain'?; Prime Minister и. p,-;.iseti Singapore's Chief v| and his colleagues к makiJ 4 **a fine job” ol (lUll .s-g the Colony. Mr. "j' -mtllati’s experience enIrJes him to size up quickly the Vtate of a country and k) l( j«, with
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      Lock icon Barter Trade Problem
      640 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 22. A week of seizure and rumour leaves the Indonesian barter trade problem as mixed and muddled as ever. Consular officials in Singapore obviously do not know what the position is. Shipowners are to be asked to lodge bank guarantees with the Consulate General
      —Straits Times, Jan. 22.  -  640 words
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      Lock icon Mace And Men
      385 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 22. Mr. Ong Eng Guan, Singapore’s young Mayor, must hold foreign correspondents in contempt to judge by his gift to them yesterday of 36 stencilled pages of translations from the nonEnglish language newspapers hot, he said, off the press. Not one was less than
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      Lock icon Tariffs And Trade
      647 3 Straits Times. Jan. 24. Free trade has been the breath of life to Singapore, and still is despite the claims of new light industries to a measure of protection. The island's economy is based firmly on the services that Singapore offers as a trading centre; there is
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      Lock icon A Special List
      335 3 Straits Times, Jan. 24. The Federation and British Governments are negotiating for the socondment of British civil servants for duty in Malaya This announcement by Mr. Lennox-Boyd gives the first official indication of progress since the subject was raised in the London talks on Merdeka. The original
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      Lock icon Co-op Growth
      342 4 —Straits Times. Jan. 25. The Federation Government can regard the proceedings of the International Co-operative Alliance conference with satisfaction. Kuala Lumpur, where the delegates of ten countries have been meeting, has been chosen unanimously to be the alliance’s new centre in SouthEast Asia. Quite as gratifying to the
      —Straits Times. Jan. 25.  -  342 words
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      Lock icon Message For Moscow
      590 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 25. Moscow is not going to like Malaya’s reply to Marshal Bulganin’s letter. It speaks too plainly. If peace is the Communist goal, if the Communists are against interference in the affairs of other nations, how does Moscow explain Malaya's Communist adventurers, whose loyalty
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      Lock icon Progress At Nanyang
      515 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 27. Nanyang University’s many friends, who are to be found in all communities, will give a cordial welcome to the news that, after much delay, action to secure recognition of Nanyang degrees now seems likely. Jurong has announced its readiness, even anxiety, to have
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      Lock icon Grim Outlook For Tin
      491 4 —Straits Times. Jan 27. The International Tin Council’s decisions are as depressing as pessimistic miners expected. The Council could hardly have refused to face the facts. By extending the present control period until the end of March, an additional 17 days, it has substantially increased the
      —Straits Times. Jan 27.  -  491 words
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    PERSONAL
    30 4 TO TED and Ruth Spicer. Ulu Tiram, on 17-1-58 a sister for Juanita. WALKER: On January 24 at Bungsar Hospital K.L to Joan wife of Keith. W Walker son.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    39 4 SCRUTON KINGSTON-LF-The engagement Is announced between Robert Acton, onlv son nf the late Mr. and Mrs. Geo’ p Kemp Scruton of Blackwell. W' cestershire, and Karen voungest daughter of Mr. Mrs. George Kingston-Lee of A 1 Va’e, Surrey.
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    SMELTING MEN CALL OFF STRIKE
    320 5 pENANG. Jan. 19.—The 1 Eastern Smelting Employees Union today •mn i cl to call off its 54dav strike by 350 members—on the company’s terms. This does not amount to weakness." the union’s legal a dviser. Mr. Lim Kean Slew, told sinkers at a special general
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    Off to Britain
    65 5 klvcapore. Jan 21 Da j in 6ap° r e boys who Ba r -p r l the Malayan Traming Centre reOxi vn,h!;, by th f troopship study n in to K: 'aland d t6 egraphy in ■t»iU l V .»r Tiet Tat r hf V r t
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    TRADE THREAT TO SINGAPORE -From Hong Kong shippers
    427 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. n p- \poRE is in danger of losing a large portion fV W’ht trade to Hong Kong. Hong Kong shippers have been making an all-out effort to lure away shipping lines from using Singapore in cargo transhipment to and
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    ONG’S MEN TO PROBE HAWKERS INVASION
    237 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. rpHE Mayor of Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng Guan. is aware of the growing “invasion” of hawkers throughout the city. He said yesterday: “A- special hawkers’ advisory committee is being set up by the council to study the hawkers’ problems.” Mr. Ong
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    Pat on the back for Johore
    64 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. The Minister of Defence, Dato Abdul Razak, yesterday congratulated the Johore State War Executive Committee on their success in eliminating the Gemas Bharu branch of the Communist Party. The four remaining members of the Branch surrendered yesterday in the Segamat
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    Port union sets a date
    53 5 PENANG. Jan. 19. The Penang Port Commission Employees’ Union today decided to giv e the management until April 20 to reply to their outstanding claims These include a six per cent rise in cost of living allowances and a 3 1 /2 per cent increase
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    Councillor on Mayor’s role
    475 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. SINGAPORE city councillor claimed yesterday that the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, had tried to “frighten” him out of asking embarrassing questions. It happened, said Mr. S. M. Vasagar, a (Liberal Socialist), at a private session of the council’s first business meeting earlier
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    COUNCIL MEN MAY LOSE PHONES
    179 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. Singapore city council employees, whose transport allowances are to be cut, may also lose their private telephones soon. An official statement yesterday said that the Mayor’s efficiency adviser, Mr. P. C. Marcus, was reviewing the staff telephone list. “In the past, many
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    New officials elected
    71 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. Mr. P. Cessford, of Ben Line Steamers Ltd., ha s been elected chairman of the Singapore Shipowners’ Association. Vice-chairman l s Mr. W. A. Ball (Boustead and Co., Ltd.). Executive committee: Mr. D. Pot (Rotterdam Trading Co. (M) Ltd.), Mr. D. Richardson (Mansfield and
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    Engineer’s post
    26 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 19. Mr. T. K. Bateman has been appointed acting Drainage and Irrigation Engineer, Johore West, in succession to Mr. S. Clinton.
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    ‘WANTED’ COLONEL IS UNDER GUARD
    222 6 He is needed for Siam questioning I)ENANG. Jan. 21.- Col. Annop Pukprayura, former deputy chief of the Bangkok special blanch, left for Kuala Lumpur today to ask a friend's help in making arrangements for his wife and live children to stay in Penang. The colonel
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    Long leave for WEC leader
    53 6 TANA RATA. Jan. 21.—Mr. G.M.T. Osborn, who was seconded to the Malayan Civil Service in 1951 from Sierra Leonne and Gambia, goes on long leave this month. For the past 30 months. Mr. Osborn has been District Officer. Cameron Highlands and Chairman of the District
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    18 accused of backing Reds
    49 6 PENANG. Jan. 21.-Eigh-teen people, including six women have been detained for questioning by the Penang special branch on suspicion of being bandit supporters. They were picked up from their homes yesterday In Tan long Gertak Sanggul district in the south-western tin ot Penang Island.
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    JAKARTA STEPS UP BARTER ‘WAR’
    1126 6 SINGAPORE, Jan 22. JNDONESIA has seiz1 ed more Singaporeowned ships. Reliable sources said last night the number of new seizures was “certainly two and possibly as many as five.” Reports of the release yesterday of eight other ships seized last week and held since then
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    Gratuity row: Workers may strike
    187 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 21. The War Department Civilian Staff Association is preparing for a final showdown with the army authorities In Malaya over its claim for severance pay and improved.gratuities. An eight-week ultimatum to the army to settle the claims expires on Feb. 1. The
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    TOURIST’S PARADISE —THAT’S COLONY
    173 6 TOURIST’ S PARADISE —THAT’S COLONY SINGAPORE, Jan. FiOCUMENTARY fi!n' iS taken by iwo television companies \k\\\ show Singapore as a tourist’s paradise. The films will show the social lion dance welcome for 1.000 Australian tourists m the Oronsay on Jan. 19 They will be seen In Australia and Canada. Mr.
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    An English class plan for Malays
    138 6 SINGAPORE. Jan. 22. MANY students leaving Malav schools in Singapore have no brighter prospects than to pick up such lowly-paid jobs as peons, drivers and labourers. The president of the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Allwie. yesterday said this was
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    Cassels there
    31 6 ALOR STAR. Jan. 21.—I Gen. Sir James Casses. Director of Operations, flow to Alor Star this morning foa special meeting of th* North Kedah Circle War Ex cutive Committee.
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    TIN OUTPUT CUTS CAUSE HOME GUARD CRISIS
    199 7 |POH. J-in. 20.—The 1 future or’ the Kinta Valiev Home Guard, the only force of its kind in Malaya, hangs n the balance because of financial difficulties caused by the tin restriction scheme. Chinese tin miners, whose mines it protects pay 40 per
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    TWO REDS KILLED IN SELANGOR
    89 7 T^ A rv A -WVX Jan. 29 wt f:.?! 1 terrorist t r fc u Selangor dis-Sun*-e| at t, b s <?ven miles i i aj Lumpur, and ».4 m r Kua Kubu l'0-l|| lt: J 11 :i3 mile!i dead seDur t: s 1 Kuala
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    Five Siamese deny shadowing a Bangkok colonel
    310 7 PENANG, Jail. 20. ivve Siamese men denied today that they had r come tc Penang to escort Colonel Annop Puknriviira— a former deputy chief of the Bangkok Suecial Branch— back to Siam for questioning about d*-ath of another Siamese police official. u First
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    Schools policy a danger
    134 7 SEREMBAN. Jan. 20.—The president of the Negri Sembilan branch of the Labour Party of Malaya, Mr. Robert Singam. warned today that the Government by sending students out of schools with only a Lower Certificate of Education might be creating juvenile and social problems He called for
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    Physician goes home -after 20 years
    86 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. DR. R. J. Grove. White, former medical «uperintendant of Trafalgar Home and senior chest physician at Tan Tock Seng left by air for Great Britain this morning. Dr. Grove-White, who came to Singapore in August, 1938. will travel to Edinburgh where
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    Dass (famous hockey star) dies
    87 7 IPOH. Jan. 20.—Mr. Henry Dass, 55. the famous Malayan hockey star of pre-war years, died at his house in Sitiawan yesterday morning. He played hockey for Perak and also represented the Federated Malay States in interport games against Hong Kong and Macao. Mr. Dass was
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    Police detain youth
    66 7 PENANG. Jan. 20.—A former Chung Ling student. Koay Lok Kim. 19. ha* been detained by the Special Branch here for questioning in connection with student activities in Penang. Koay, who was among the 23 students held for a brief period under the Emergency Regulations after the student
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    Forest mission in Malaya
    45 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 20. A Cambodian forestry mission. led by the Director of Forest Service in Cambodia. Mr. Khieu Vann, is in Ma laya. The visitors, who arrived last week, saw forest work in Selangor. They will return to Cambodia tomorrow.
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    CLUB WOOS TOUGHS OFF STREETS
    367 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. SINGAPORE’S Social Welfare Department has taken over a club in the middle of Chinatown in a bid to woo potential juvenile delinquents and gangsters from the streets. It is in People’s Market, Pearl’s Hill scene of frequent gang clashes. In four months
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      171 7 THE STRAITS TIMES I ANNUAL <or 1958 j T. Each succeeding issue of The Straits Times Annual gains new friends and new admirers for the beauty and charm of the Malayan scene comes vividly to life in full colour and monotone in its wonderful pages. This superb quality publication. Ls
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    UN expert praises prawn pond plan
    220 8 ‘NO MENACE TO HEALTH CLAIM SINGAPORE, -Jan. 21. A UN fisheries expert, Dr. G. L. Kesteven. yesterday praised the Singapore Government s plan to turn 800 acres of the Ulu Pandan nature reserve into prawn ponds. Dr. Kesteven. who spent a week here on
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    Back to work
    22 8 JOHORE BAHRU- Jan.—2o. Mr. C. S. Mason, of the Road Transport Department, has returned here after a 10month vacation.
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    Inche Syed Ali: What I said about PAP aid
    130 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. 21. fItHE Singapore UMNO City JL Councillor Inche Syed All Rqdha last night denied that he had said his victory in the recent elections was “due to the close cooperation of the PAP.” He told the Straits Times he
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    ESTATE WORKERS TO SEEK BASIC PAY OF $2.80
    247 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20. j The National Union of Plan lation Workers is to ask for i a new wages structure for itsj 300.000 members. Wages talks are to open at the end of this month with the Malayan Planting In-; dustries
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    Nanyang degrees: Scholars chosen
    153 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. University will name a panel of noted overseas scholars this week for a proposed commission to settle the question of recognition of its degrees. These names will be submitted to the Singapore Minister for Education, Mr Chew Swee Kee, for approval. Dr. Chang
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    Farewell dinner
    33 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 14. Mr. J. D. Cullen, of the Johore Bahru, DCRE, who will shortly be returning to Britain, was entertained to a farewell dinner by his colleagues last night.
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    Advice on Sarawak local Govt.
    81 8 KUCHING, Jan. 20. Mr. Harold Bedale a British expert on local government, will arrive here soon to give advic e to district councillors and government administrative officers in Sarawak. He will be here five weeks. In 1952 Mr. Bedale spent six months in the Federation
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    Now combined ops. in Colony waters
    184 8 Now combined ops in Colony waters SINGAPORE police, customs and naval authorities arc now working more closely together following November’s incident in which an Indonesian patrol boat chased a motor sampan into Colony waters near Raffles Lighthouse. A Singapore Government spokesman said yesterday, however, that the plan was not aimed
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    TENGKU: HOW TO BEAT PROFITEERS
    691 8 ‘GREAT HOPE FOR HUMBLE PEOPLE’ KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20. TENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN has a blueprint to beat the profiteers and bring: down prices. It is: To encourage co-operative shops, marketing and supply societ and retail and wholesale consumer societies “in every street and village Malaya
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    St. John visit
    28 8 JESSELTON. Jan. 22.-*Th* Commissioner-in-Chief of tn St. John Ambulance Maj.-Gen. J- M. Kirkman. will visit Jesselton from Feo 13 to 15 during his Far tour.
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    Malayan atomic scientist makes progress on cosmic rays
    278 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18. A MALAYAN scientist's research on atoms and cosmic rays in Australia may yield important results for both countries, a statement from the Australian High Commissioner's office here said today. The scientist is Dr. Lim Yung Kio, a lecturer
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    NATIONAL POLLS: FIRST STEPS
    393 9 Government gets down to task t of working out details KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20. THE planning of the first post-merdeka national and state elections next year has begun. The election of 104 members to the Federal House of Representatives will take place a few weeks after
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    POLICE, THUGS IN RUNNING STREET BATTLE
    194 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. jpiVE police radio technicians fought it out with six gangsters in a running street battle in Singapore on the afternoon of Jan. 17. Two of the police went to hospital with arm and hand fractures. At 4.45 p.m. the fiye policemen.
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    Tengku to take first gifts
    72 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 20. The Ceylon Flood Relief Fund Central Committee hopes to send the first instalment of its donation to flood victims through the Federation Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, when he visits that country on Feb. 1. This was stated today by Dato
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    JAKARTA TRADE SHOCK
    522 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. JJRAMATIC moves taken yesterday by the Indonesian Government threaten to freeze all sea-borne traffic between Singapore and Indonesian barter ports. Now thousands of Singapore seamen face unemployment. In addition to last week’s seizure of eight Singapore ships, the Central Government is now demanding bank
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    Council men: Review transport list
    178 9 SINGAPORE. Jan. 21. SPOKESMEN for two Singapore City Council local officers associations said yesterday that the council’s list of appointments which carried transport allowances should be reviewed. They claimed that many officials did not qualify for the allowance, while others should be given more. The
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    Mayor: I take orders from PAP
    797 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. MR. ONG ENG GUAN does not think his obedience to the People’s Action Party will bring him into conflict with his duties as Sing ipore’s Mayor. H<* said so in answer to a question by an overseas pressman at a luncheon
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    ARMY BLAST JAP BOMBS
    72 10 PENANG, Jan. 21. Old Japanese bombs relics of Wo”ld War II are being exploded by military bomb dlsno l d experts at Paya Terubor?. The bombs had been re-cov'"-ed from a dump in the Sungei Dua area. Militarv and police authorities have put up warning notices
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    COUNCILLOR: ONG ILL-ADVISED NOT TO MEET MACMILLAN
    261 10 ‘He should have taken precedence over Lim’ SINGAPORE. Jan 22. 'pHE Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, was “ill advised** in staying away from the airport welcome to the British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan, last week. Mr. S M. Vasagar, a Liberal Socialist
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    HE FINDS NEW FACTS ON COSMIC RAYS
    289 10 4 Brilliant student 9 I'eturns from Australia with important data and doctorate SINGAPORE. Jan. 23. MALAYAN scientist. Dr. Lim Yung Kio, 29, returned to Singapore from Australia by Qantas yesterday with important data on atoms and cosmic rays obtained after research at the
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    MINISTER SAYS: TAKE GANDHI’S ADVICE
    269 10 IPOH, Jan. 22. The Minister for Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, today called on the people of Malaya to take part in the great adventure of building up the nation with a little less talk about rights and more attention to duties. Inche Johari made
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    New post for Kelantan man
    46 10 KUANTAN, Jan. 21,— Inche Ahmad Noordin bin Haji Zakaria, formerly assistant district officer, Tanah Merah, Kelantan, has been transferred here to be an assistant State Secretary. Pahang. One of his new duties wil. be to supervise Chinese affairs in that State.
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    To train in Australia
    41 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 21Three telecommunication officers have been selected for training in Australia under the Colombo Plan. They are Mr. Lim Thiam Yce, of Ipoh, Mr. Taram Singh and Mr. Chong Sip Ngoh. both of Kuala Lumpur.
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    ‘Higher taxes on way’ warning
    477 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. ,«HE people of Singapore must pay higher taxC!j to finance the Government’s programme, the Minister of Commerce and Industry Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, warned yesterday. told 120 leading businessmen at a Rotary inc h- Industrialists must reconcile themves’to paying higher taxes, otherwise
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    12 MORE QUIT COLONY UMNO
    208 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 22. t gINGAPORE State UMNO has directed its divisions to collect the party’s books and documents from branch officials who have resigned. The UMNO publicity chief, Inche Darus bln Shariff. said yesterday: “Branch officials who quit the UMNO have no right to retain
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    HE HELPED BUILD NAVAL BASE
    186 11 -''if Alexander Gibb dies in Britain aged 85 lIRIOAEIsa-OBNEHAL Sir p r' xa:i 4 ?r Gibb, noted ?^iV n3llu?er who helped n luld the Singapore Naval e. diea at his home near on Jan 21 85. curing hislong distinguishtH,.hi! ree r Sir Alex ander was
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    Federation cuts down air services
    217 11 It -AI.a LUMPUR, Jan. 21.— The Government’s Fed ,ulion Air Service wiH cut vl rch i ts sche dules from •viaixh 1 m line with the vlv- p icy t0 Ke ep the air a more commercla ,c^rinin, CanCel tts Whole dul eci service to
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    Parties get ready for district council polls
    393 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. POLITICAL parties in Singapore are making plans to contest the three rural District Council elections scheduled to be held in April or May this year. Each District Council Katong, Serangoon, and JurongBukit Panjang will have a chairman, 12 elected councillors
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    A CRIME BUSTER’S MANUAL: HIS GIFT to S’PORE
    214 11 SINGAPORE. Jan. 23. SINGAPORE’S Chief Chemist, Dr. D. A. Frye—who has issued thousands of reports on gruesome exhibits connected with all types of crime—will retire at the end of this month. As a farewell gift to Singapore he has written a book
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    President of Yorkshiremen
    60 11 SINGAPORE. Jan. 23. Mr. J. G. Ottolini has been elected president of the society of Yorkshiremen in Malaya. Other officials are: Mr W. Carey-Topping (vice president). Mr J R Higgin (secretary) Mr W L Burton (treasurer) and committee members are Mrs K Wood. Mr. B. Dunhill, Dr.
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    Anti-terrorist teams leave
    45 11 IPOH, Jan. 22. —Thirty-two Information Department mobile units from five states left Perak today after launching the biggest concerted psychological campaign of the Emergency. The 150 members of the units toured 1.600 square miles of central Perak during operations “Ginger” and “Bintang”.
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    KARACHI’S MYSTERIOUS CLOAK AND DAGGER MAN
    220 12 Kuala lumpur. jan. 22. Mr. S. M. Alam, In-spector-General of the Pakistan Special Branch is In Kuala Lumpur on a mission of mystery Officially he is in Malaya to help the Government combat corruption. But Mr. Alam told the Straits Times today that his
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    TRADERS’ PROTEST GOES TO JAKARTA
    426 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. THE Singapore Chinese Shipping Association has sent a letter to the* Indonesian Consul-Gene nil, Mr. R. A. Achmacl Natanagara, protesting against the detention of two vessels, belonging to two of its members by Indonesian authorities at Pulau Samboe. This is the first
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    ‘A routine letter but strong warning’
    269 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. MUCH importance is attached to the Singapore Financial Sej cretary’s letter to departmental heads to cut down expenditure to the absolute minimum. “Though it is a routine be-ginning-of-the-year letter, it is still a serious warning in a way.” a Government spokesman
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    The Governor’s sympathy...
    57 12 MALACCA, Jan. 21,—The Governor of Malacca. Mr. Leong Yew Koh. and his wife today called on the Speaker of the Malacca State Council. Mr. Goh Kay Seng, to express their sympathy on the death of his mother. Madam Lim Jam New, on Jan. 18. Madam Lim. 83.
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    Shippers refuse cargo for Ceylon
    173 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23 gINGAPORE shipping representatives are refusing to accent cargo for Ceylon because of harbour congestion at Colombo caused bv a water-front •''trike. is stuck with no ions of chillies for CoHr has Irion almost. »-’opr line. None will take them A 1 s
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    14 HELD IN CAUSEWAY DRAMA
    217 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 23 JOHORE police yesterday evicted 14 suspectul secret society gangsters wanted by the Singapore i police. There was a little frontier I drama on the Johore Cause- way. The group ot suspects were unceremoniously bundled out of a Johore police truck at the
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    Fish seminar delegate
    83 12 SINGAPORE. Jan. 23. A Special Grade Fisheries Inspector, Inche Mas Dawood bin Ahdan, of the' Singapore Fisheries Department, is among delegates from more than 10 countries around the Pacific and Indian oceans now attending the Fisheries Co-operative and Administration Seminar in Australia. Singapore’s Chief Fisheries Officer, Dr.
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    New Johore job
    27 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 22. Mr. Colin Marshall, on his return from leave in Britain, will take a new post as Conservator of Forests, Johore.
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    Redundant gas staff: New jobs
    129 12 SINGAPORE. Jan. 23. "VfORE than 60 of tne 137 1 1 redundant daily rated workers in the Singapore City Council Gas Department will be given alternative ;obs while the rest will be compensated. Those compensated will also be given first choice for jobs in the
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    New council opening
    53 12 JESSELTON, Jan. 22. -Jesselton Rural District Council will be formally inaugurated at the District Office here on Jan. 25. The appointments of a deputy president and a secretary./treasurer will be confirmed. Other business include:* the establishment of Inanam, Menggatal. Telipok. Putatan. Kasigui and Donggongon as townships within
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    Two transferred
    42 12 PARIT BUNTAR, Jan. 22. Two chief clerks here. Wong Voon Hoy of the La ll 1 Office, and Inche Abdullah, of the Town Board, who were recently promoted the superscale, have left tn district on transfer to RauD in Pahang.
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    Penang plans serenade ‘hello’ for tourists
    119 12 Penang plans serenade hello for tourists PENANG, Jan. 22 Penang will serenade 350 American world tourists with kronchong music when the globe-circling liner, Statendam, makes its first call at Swettenham Pier here on March 4. The visitors may also be greeted at the pier by a lion dance. This is
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    POLICE SWOOP: 30 HELD
    410 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. IN a big operation 1 against secret so<14*1 v gangsters. Singapore police last niuht detained 30 sus|H.<ts in the Chin Swee Road-Havelock Road area. Several ot the men are oll the police “wanted j 1S i;- ;n connection with c-tnt robberies and gana
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    GOVT. SEEKS TO FREE DETAINED SHIPS
    764 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. 'THE Singapore GovA ernment, yesterday promised local shipowners and traders to seek the release of Colony-owned ships detained in Indonesian ports. The Government also promised to And out from the Jakarta authorities “the actual position concerning barter trading with Indonesian ports.
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    Name change for Mersing school
    42 13 MERSING, Jan. 23. The secondary section of the Mersing Government English School will be known in future as Sri Mersing Secondary English School, Mersing. The primary section will still be known as usual Sri Mersing English School.
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    CITY OR PARTY? ONG TOLD HE SHOULD CHOOSE
    210 13 Mayor must be above politics SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. SINGAPORE’S Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, should make up his mind whether he would serve the city or “only the People’s Action Party” said Mr. E. K. Tan. sec-retary-general of the Li-beral-Socialist Party, yesterday.
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    Tengku gets Ike peace plan
    64 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 23 At the request of President Eisenhower, the United States Ambassador here, Mr. Homer Byington. Jn., called on the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today and presented him with a copy of Mr. Eisenhower’s reply to Mr. Bulganin’s proposals for easing world
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    Midnight rubber tapping? ‘No such proposal’
    199 13 IT LUMPUR, Jan. 23. Malay a’s 320,000 plantation workers will not have to tap rubber late at night. The secretary of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association. Mr. R. G. D. Houghton, said today: “We have no intention of introducing midnight tapping, it is
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    District polls: MCA decision soon
    138 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. THE Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association will decide whether to contest the district council elections at its annual meeting next month. The M.C.A. secretary, Mr. Thomas Leow, said the exact date would be fixed by a working committee. The meeting
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    BREAK-UP OF ESTATES: AZIZ MAKES SUGGESTIONS
    693 14 KlIALA LUMPUR, Jan. 2)). jjNLUU ABDUL AZIZ, an expert on Malay runl economy, on the niurht of Jan. Ifc gave seven “c onstructive suggestions” to the Federation Uovernment to frame a policy for dealing with tlie sub-division of estates. The .suggestions of Ungku Aziz,
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    NEW ENVOY TO AUSTRALIA IS TIPPED
    115 14 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Jan. 23 Incite Abdullah bin Ali. first seer-tan to the Malayan High Commi donor in New Delhi L, tipped as the new Deputy High Commissioner iri Canbei ra. Tlie Government is expected h> announce the appointment next week Inchc Abdullah will succeed.
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    PAP WANTS OBSERVERS AT SOCIALIST CONGRESS
    248 14 1/ LUMPUR, Jan. 23. The People’s Action Party of Singapore and the PeoI pie’s Progressive Party 1 of Ipoh want to send j observers to the first congress of the (antiAlliance) People’s Socialist Front to be i held here on Feb. 1. Political circles
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    Rubber for ex-specials
    85 14 TAPAH. Jan. 23.—About 100 acres of land at Sungkai near here have been given to exspecial constables to grow rubber. Eighteen ex-specials, most of whom have served in the force for more than eight years, have already been given six acres of land each. The land was
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    HARBOUR BOARD CHAIRMAN LEAVES COLONY ‘WITH GREATEST REGRET’
    140 14 SINGAPORE, Jan ?4 MR. P. A. T. Chrimes. Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board for the past eight years, said before he left the Colony on retirement in the Carthage yesterday that he was going “with ttie greater regret.” Many representatives of
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    Co-operators pick Malaya as centre
    409 14 RIVALS GIVE UP THEIR CLAIMS KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 23. jjEIEGATES ot 10 countries at the International Co-operative Alliance conference here today unanimously chose Kuala Lumpur as the site for the alliance's new regional office for South-East Asia. Tne delegates included tno-.r cf Ceylon. India, and
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    New citizens
    32 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 23 A total of 25.682 Federal citizenship certificates were issued during the week ended Jan. 18, bringing the total issued since Nov. 14 last year to 199,893.
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    OUR REPLY TO MOSCOW
    1445 15 Malaya backs call for talks .,1 v(;.-\PORE. Jan. 25. j (iKOUP of ad1 venturers whose l, r j|ty lies outside i\y. country” was i- V i:m to impose on \j*jj;» v a a way of life ;ii,horrent to the peoi *i reply to a letter r
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    Rees stays ‘for sake of the town’
    228 15 MALACCA, Jan. 24.— Mr. S.A. Rees will not quit his job as Malacca’s Municipal secretary. He withdrew his resignation after appeals from the public and the council’s employees to change his mind “for the good of the town.” Mr. Rees had tendered his
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    AUSSIE WARSHIPS COMING
    74 15 SINGAPORE, Jan 25. Australia’s most modern warship, the 3,500 ton Voyager. commanded by Capt. G. J. B. Crabb, will arrive at Singapore’s Naval Base on Jan. 27. She will be accompanied by one of the oldest of the Australian fleet, the once battle-scarred Tribal class destroyer, Warramunga
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    Secret societies infiltrate schools
    486 16  -  By LLOYD MORGAN SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. SECRET societies have infiltrated into Singak pore schools of all types, especially English schools, and they are winning an increasing schoolboy membership, a police spokesman revealed yesterday. In answer to written questions submitted by the Straits Times, the spokesman said
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    Ong gives badges, and some advice
    180 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 24. I THE Singapore Mayor, 1 Mr. Ong Eng Guan, gave a “new deal” to taxi and bus drivers and trisha riders yesterday. He gave 28 of them bacs their licences, which had been cancelled because they failed to renew them on
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    DETENTION: PPP CALL TO GOVT.
    95 16 IPOH, Jan. 28—The People’s Progressive Party of Malaya expressed “grave concern” over the detention under the Emergency regulations of Mr. Ooh Hin Soh. a vice-president of t he Socialist Youth League Mr Goh was detained last November in Penang. The circumstances of Mr Goh’s arrest,
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    Interfere in Indonesia? Rubbish, says Sultan
    411 16 SINGAPORE. Jan 25 r FHE 84-year-old Sultan of Johore is annoyed by unfounded reports that lie is interfering in Indonesian affairs. From Bukit Serene, his palace in Johore Bahru, he declared yesterday: “It’s damned nonsense. I have never even been to Java.” The Sultan
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    Freed ships bring news of 35-day grace in trading
    767 16  -  By JOHN DARBYSHIRE and K.C. LEE SINGAPORE, Jan. 25 TWO Singapore-owned ships, the 512-ton Kui A Kheng and the 573-ton Torina, detained at Pulau Samboe by the Indonesian authorities durin<> the last eight days, sailed safely into Singapore harbour yesterday with
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    As I was saying...
    1082 17  -  CYNICUS CIVOAPORE, Jan. 25. People's Action tv is a disciplined Vv’ Mr. Ong Eng tii, in’ told foreign respondents in i apore at theii ,‘a-week luncheon ••Whatever it asks me to do, I will do.” Mr on" was speaking only his possible candidature t h Assembly
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    Lock icon FIFTY YEARS AGO
    116 17 'From the Straits Times of Jan. 23, 1908). I)OM_INg took place at the Municipal Offices on the 18th -.s’ant lor the election of a representative of the j' )n g Pagar Ward on the Municipal Commission. The T 1 candidate was Dr. P. Fowlie. 1 n a
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    8 17 RELIGIOUS SCHOOL —Photo by Harry Miller
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    Countryman’s Journal
    546 17  - Countryman’ s Journal TUAN DJEK IT looks as if we are having one of the oldfashioned January dry spells, which we hope will bring on flowering of the indigenous fruit trees. It is grand weather for weeding if you can get anybody to do the work. Estate labourers are satisfied
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    Four go to India on scholarship
    183 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. XHL first four pore youths to bt* awarded Colombo Plan scholarships for advanced trainin'; as airlino pilots will leave by air for India this afternoon. They are Messrs. Bikramjit Singh Gurrn, 21. Amur Singh Gill. 21. Kenneth Edwar 1 Toft. 20.
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    JAPANESE HELP LOWER FISH PRICES
    289 18 Govt, defends joint plan SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. A SINGAPORE Government spokesman said yesterday catches brought in by Japanese trawlers were lowering fish prices in the Colony. He was commenting on an appeal by two fish merchants associations to cancel the licences issued to three Japanese
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    Gang check goes on
    73 18 SINGAPORE. Jan 25. Singapore police checked more than 200 people in various parts of the island as they continued their antigang measures last night. But there was a conspicuous absence of men known to have criminal records. Men from the Reserve Unit were out again with
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    GETTING TO KNOW YOU—THEME FOR ASIANS AND AUSSIES
    226 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. ASIANS and Australians aro potting to know and liko eacn other to understand and appreciate each other. So says the Australian Minister for External Affairs, Mr. R. G. Casey, in a special Australia Day message to the j>eople of
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    Colony invited to U.S. trade fair
    157 18 CINGAPORE has been invited to participate in this year’s Washington State International Trade Fair to bo hold at Seattle, U.S., from April 11 to 20. Mr. Frank Gilbert, executive vice-president of the fair and a leading Seattle merchant, will arrive here on Jan. 28
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    Gold, opium seized on Colony ship
    144 18 Gold opium seized on Colony ship SINGAPORE, Jan 25. A Singapore Customs search party yesterday seized nearly $lB,OOO worth of gold, Indonesian rupiahs and opium aboard the Straits Steamship vessel Marudu. The seizure was made in the Outer Roads at about 5 pm. just before the ship was due to
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    NO POLITICS AT THAT PARTY, SAYS DATO OSMAN
    196 18 Malacca, Jan. 23. The Chief Minister of Malacca. Date Osman Talip, has explained that there was no politics in the all-commu-nity tea-party on Jan. 17. The party was in honour of the Governor. Mr. Leong Yew Koh. the Minister for Commerce. Mr.
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    THE OLD LABOUR PARTY IS REVIVED
    153 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 24. "THE Singapore Labour Party, which ceased to be active since it lost its leading members to the Labour Front two and a half years ago, is being revived. Mr. Lee Yong Min. who sain he is secretary of the party told
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    Lock icon He’s off to London to study gardening
    74 18 He’ s off to London to study gardening SINGAPORE. Jan ‘>5 ¥NCHE Bajuri bin Sappan. 40. who rose from the humble post of gardener to be a laboratory assistant at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, left for London by Qantas yesterday to study orchid planting. Inche Bajuri, who has never been
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    THE MAYOR’S PAY: FULL COUNCIL TO DECIDE
    187 18 THE MAYOR’ S PAY: FULL COUNCIL TO DECIDE SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. T'HE question of how much the Mayor of Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, and other City Councillors should be paid will be thrashed out in open debate at the council's meeting on Jan. 31. The council’s finance committee, which
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    SHAMROCK SLIPPER IN MILE WIN
    438 19  -  J EPSOM JEEP S{B22&. kmsnptpe?Pr?Mnowed his abfljk a mile when he L Leges winner code by a head I; it J lm^ nelly rld a mg well b«Ck to. l k" streaked Wgt iniker NSsakat flth out and ran on m e An, i. V
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    HAPPY FUTURE FOR SINGAPORE
    236 19 £.5 T-» F ORD Chanibs—the former Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, a former Secretary of State for, the Colonic* sees a happy future for Singapore!!'political stabiUty is maintirinfSL? Lord Cbaridos, who arrived in Singapore on Jan. 25 on a flying visit before conlinu-v "ii|i a •feSsi^twJrip to jtnder
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    Security exercise attract
    44 19 C/1N (jAavivL Jail, U QOlo HP Mr- ef Max^;> «ma]! VtHll Xf < w4 f VAftartro llfllffl find hftyl talkq with oth<»T CMA\* unrv k<U «v M 1 Y W T’siS I,*-— a, Tfnutai wsie. t Vinr viaxaa wj nujx{{ t\Uiig Oil
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    Uncertainty in tin depresses shares
    355 20 fjiikjOT years has the Malayan Share Market been dominated so depressingly ■/Cby_a single factor as it was last week. This factor was the meeting of the glterna';tional Tin Council in London on Jan: 23 .-|jhd 24; and the announcement of their eommunhjUe in Malaya on
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    BUSINESS DONE
    39 20 19 □lUftaiKirt oisavT An |%o|igj' iSj£ SVfHKRS: a ytff 4m»m |>id#it* a#r m«t ywMi Pa T f|f lift, 7jN| d* w t 4 VA *u *w- *l#9» p #A<* .A* iftU&fe. w J'VJSa. NkiLj I s Ji->
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
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    DIVIDEND ANNOUNCED
    29 20 FtngkMkn iff 1 (prig,) 73 11%* f3fe| "g/ 3. yv'isff 4fWl '•l!;'’Srs r Sw' 1 40<1 IWLmfii ll 15% 23 W) l^ jlfe srl i®>S- PM) ID%
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    207 20 ,T,| SINGAPORE. J«h. J 4. INBMiBUIA ..**t tv i nrw g 5 ttJ&igfr >£ g*y-u»-: ;:-18 j|«. Hcon^lhuli W jJj H k«L ATfaJ. 4 XM l r '«Sv Afj/f j.SSo i Co***' j|T»s«riSf :.v; i.B 8 cBBK*? S9J“‘ -Toi i3O %#-is jo M Aht" ,t« -BO \;JO
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    OUR RUBBER OUTPUT LAST YEAR SHOWED 1.7 PER CENT RISE
    123 20 .SpHO*g3My gift I'lJMIIMteJCTB Jan. bsr lttym.1 piDducUoh rln vOttfi of wmcn c&c&tMfis orty—ttofrw of the miirtot foil o wiiw 111 v *-yy%iq|ipe j. hMWIII«A<l L i r';;.. 1 4 h ls 5 j| rh >er cent ap the am Sit
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    Moderate rubber turnover
    209 20 SINGAPORE. Jar. f if c, o si t. r ft tory r i* r><) r t the^Xtuiou j dfte %\e ex- f Kl1 rii l shortverereport* of some China s helped to steady the rr. ir- Throughout U|« period has been fair enquire for for rd deliveries
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