The Straits Budget, 21 May 1958
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section33 1958-05-21 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES BftALAVA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER f *>.. T Jr' j i few S’ s 6 Singapore, May 21, 1955. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or X Shilling.33 words
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212 1958-05-21 2 Halat whip - Halat whip > Kota Bharu. WITH fund* becoming scarcer ever? da? I strongly fee) that there should he a fresh assessment of priorities of capital projects In the national planning It seems to me that revenue producing potential!4 ties of a project are212 words
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Article84 1958-05-21 2 MALAYAN - MALAYAN Kuala Lampwr.^ rpHE recent resolution passed by the 8elangor U.M.N.O., urged the Selangor Government to replaoe the ktatues of King Edward vn and 8ir Trank Swettenham near the Secretariat Building with statues of the Tang di-Pertuan Agong and the Prime Minister Selangor U.M.N.O84 words
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159 1958-05-21 2 ‘ MAJULA SINGAMJRA - MAJULA SINGAMJRA& 4fV -W Singapore., rOBB of ua who are Interested In the future of Singapore's tourist trade were surprised when we learned that the new Dtrector of Tourism Is to come from FIJI. With all due respect to the new Director it would159 words
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Article58 1958-05-21 2 JOOH HOOD KENG - JOOH HOOD KENG Singapore. "fiZHlCUB” says that If v he hears or reads much more about the allwill be In danger of becom- lng confused. (8/B May 10). Is good many of us feel. It z seems to me that the trays of the politician are use58 words
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Article36 1958-05-21 2 k. RICHARDS. dj - k. RICHARDS. dj sinnoori: 7 X- t m rnEACHERS who drink 1 alcohol within thehr 'school premises function are oontamlnating C the educational atmosphere i«fasmssfa^ iphnol 1 11n r t.jnnwiL 1 i <./36 words
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Article159 1958-05-21 2 SAMSON - SAMSON Seta Bahru. IT 18 stigma c the lair name ot i aya if we continue to iterate abuse being p8d on the head of e, .an. a:es. W.CA Corry's leu i,st May 6) should no. have Oeen necessary m V am themselves can159 words
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394 1958-05-21 2 JOHN h K - JOHN h K Chairman. 8in*apor« Musical Society. MAY 1 refer to.the report* ivl of the success of Yu Chun Yee. the young Singapore pianist, (B.T May 12) and add a little to your story r'-T Certainly It394 words
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Article58 1958-05-21 2 VICTOR UM - VICTOR UM L*l TH Minister for Commuolcatlonj and *Ortt». Mr, F‘ Thomas Is appointing a com i"' t t t r i stamps for Singapore l have a suggestion to maae month we shall have an Important event o country Sportsmen from many it would be proper58 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article699 1958-05-21 3 —Straits Times. May 13. a unwholesome gap in res labour legislation filled by the Factories Q r( j, a!.ee, a comprehensive bi ‘jj‘ irh will replace the Machii.cn Ordinance and hl p-« diction of Workers 0l diP-'d'Ce. The second of thoo two ordinances was itse ’lj comprehensive,—Straits Times. May 13. - 699 words
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Article565 1958-05-21 3 —Straits Times, May 14 One of the blessings of annual meetings is the reminders they bring ol things not done. In his address to the Rubber Growers’ Association in London, Mr. E. D. Shearn spoke at some length about research in the rubber industry in the context—Straits Times, May 14 - 565 words
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Article347 1958-05-21 3 —Straits Times. May 19. Departmental heads of the Malayan Railway are expected to meet today to discuss the serious financial position confronting the enterprise. The first hint was in a recent issue of the Malayan Railway magazine, “Kreta Api,” which predicted that income for the first three months—Straits Times. May 19. - 347 words
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Article812 1958-05-21 3 —Straits Times. May 19. Another week of talks faces the Singapore All-Party Mission which is drafting in London the colony’s new constitution. The Mission is not negotiating for changes in the London agreement. All the points raised with Whitehall are matters of interpretation. Difficulties obviously have arisen—Straits Times. May 19. - 812 words
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Article346 1958-05-21 4 —Straits Times, May 17. The recent meeting between the Federation s Minister foi Education and the chairmen ol the State Education Boards has proved fruitiul. The Boards have agreed in principle to find the $l2 million needed to supplement the $162 million voted from Federal funds—Straits Times, May 17. - 346 words
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Article453 1958-05-21 4 —Straits Times. May 13. A special committee ol the University oi iViaiuya is to looK into the problem oi more doctors anu dentists. n comprenensive study oi inis question was made nearly live years ago uy a committee undei tile channiansiiip ol an Davit: Uindsay Ken. Annougii its—Straits Times. May 13. - 453 words
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Article631 1958-05-21 4 —Straits Times, May 17. interviews wmen inuonesia a orcign iViu uaiei naa nau wnn u:e anu uimcac nmuaaaduuia may auu iu uie perplexities ol rorergn miervenuun me imenuon apparently was to comma me inuonesian Uoveinmcins strong uesue mat no-one man intervene or give me appearance oi—Straits Times, May 17. - 631 words
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Article341 1958-05-21 4 —Straits Times, May 15 The plea by Sir Ewen Fergusson that the managei of the tin buffer stock should pay a little more attention to the forward price is timely. It ought not to be possible for dealers to make occasionally a quite handsome profit by buying when—Straits Times, May 15 - 341 words
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Article231 1958-05-21 4 —Straits Times, Mav H Mr. V. David, the generalsecretary of the banned National Union of Factory and General Workers, is the filth official of the union to be arrested on suspicion oi subversive activity. from arrests were made in Uctooer, and documents and Lummunist insignia seized in uie—Straits Times, Mav H - 231 words
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Article66 1958-05-21 4 KUALA LUMPUR. May 16The Malayan joint council for teachers discussed w two hours today the ur: j salary scheme for teachey Representatives of n teachers’ organisations officials of the Ministry °i Education attended meeting. The teachers have a.-*, that both men and worn teachers should66 words
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Article, Illustration1212 1958-05-21 5 WE MAY YET SEE MR. DULLES AS THE KNIGHT ERRANT OF INTERNATIONAL CONCILIATION AS SINGAPORE, May 12. R DULLES, it ap31 nears, is making mother “agonising reappraisal” of United states policy. If ,n:c may make so bold to say so. it’s about time.1,212 words
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1117 1958-05-21 5 SINGAPORE, May 15. SINGAPORE and the Federation, if we are to believe all we read, seem to be surrounded by threats of destruction. To the north of us, there is renewed talk about cutting a canal across the Isthmus of Kra. To1,117 words
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Article825 1958-05-21 6 TWO VANISH ON ESCAPE LADDER Some feared to have drowned RAUB, May 11. TWELVE WORKERS, including two European supervisors, are tonight trapped hundreds of feet underground in the Raub Australian Gold Mine at Bukit Roman, two miles from here. The men were cut off at825 words
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79 1958-05-21 6 KOTA BHARU. May 11 The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, is expected to open a five-day Malay economic congress here in August. The congress, sponsored by the Kelantan Malay Chamber of Commerce, will study the causes of the Malays’ backwardness in business. It will79 words
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Article47 1958-05-21 6 PENANG, May 11.—Sixty nurses renewed their Florence Nightingale pledge during a “nurses recognition” service at the Wesley Methodist church here today. A nurses’ choir from the general hospital attended. The service was interdenominational, with nurses professing other faiths present to reaffirm their nurses’ pledge.47 words
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Article355 1958-05-21 6 CARNIVAL —THE BIGGEST EVER SINGAPORE, May 12 AN INTERNATIONAL trade fair being planned by A the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will occupy 200 acres of land in the old Kalian) airport, and will be Singapore’s biggest ever 1 carnival. The Singapore Improvement Trusts multi-miiiio n dollar Kaliang satellite u.wn355 words
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Article315 1958-05-21 6 LESLIE HOFFMAN - From LESLIE HOFFMAN ONDON, May 11.—The opening tomorrow of constitutional talks between the Singapore delegation and the Colonial Office will be purely formal and is not expected to last more than an hour. Only on May 13 will the two delegations get down to315 words
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Article45 1958-05-21 6 BUTTER WORTH, May H The Penang State UMNO general assembly today aecided to qsk UMNO MaMa to request the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong to set up a Malay Affairs Department. Inche Hashim bin A wring, a Federal Councillor, was reelected president.45 words
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Article72 1958-05-21 6 TANJONG MALIM, May 11. —Police are concerned at the sudden increase in gangster activities here. In the past week there have been several clashes involving rival gangs. On May 10 there were four separate incidents in which thugs clashed sticks, bottles and stones, least three were72 words
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Article476 1958-05-21 7 SINGAPORE, May 12. Chinese shipping companies ,/re defying an Indonesian rebel warning to keep clear of Indonesian waters unless they heu special clearance. Dozens of ships are on their normal run between Singapore and Indonesia, carrying rice aiui general cargo to Java and Sumatra and476 words
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Article273 1958-05-21 7 KUCHING, May 11. PLEA for constant vigilance against the written and spoken word, the basis of subversive propaganda which in turn was the chief instrument in the prosecution of the cold war, was made in the Council Negri at its threeday meeting here. It was made273 words
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Article72 1958-05-21 7 SINGAPORE, May 12. A Singapore Assemblyman. Mr. Lim Koon Teck, is now attending a parliamentary course in Northern Ireland with nine other representatives of Commonwealth legislatures in South and South-East Asia. Mrs. Lim is with him. When the course ends on May 21, the representatives will be72 words
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Article47 1958-05-21 7 JOHORE BAHRU, May 12. Haji Mustapha Albakri presided at a meeting of the Federal Election Commission held here recently to discuss the delination of boundaries for new electoral wards in Johore. In the next Federal elections Johore will have 16 seats instead of eight.47 words
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126 1958-05-21 7 JOHORE STILL USES THAT CENTURIES-OLD TUN’ TITLE BAHRU, —A title in the ral Honours list rV n Was obso >ete until Ration toVihe in S„h y e 4. rS b i s The w title Tun avaraSr rarely scn- h sj/u ther of the preus v, U ‘t? n was126 words
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Article220 1958-05-21 7 I/UALA TRENGG AND May 11. —The Trengganu State Government today issued a circular to all heads of departments throughout the State, informing them that Malay must from now on be used at all levels of administration Disciplinary action will oe taken against officials who220 words
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Article37 1958-05-21 7 KUALA LUMPUR, May 12. The Malayan Ambassador tc Indonesia, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, will go to Medan, North Sumatra, on Saturday from Jakarta to study the possibility of opening a consulate in the region37 words
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Article35 1958-05-21 7 JOHORE BAHRU, May 12. Mr. W I Gallelty, of the Department of Interna! Affairs, and chairman of the Johore Chinese Advisory committee, leaves for Britain at the end of the month on retirement.35 words
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178 1958-05-21 7 I/-UCHING, May 11.—In the Council Negri here, Haji Su’ut bin Haji Tahir (First Division Advisory Council) asked that the Local Newspapers Bill be deferred until such time when newspapers had become a “real menace to our way of life and ideals.” In a178 words
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Article154 1958-05-21 7 K. BHARU, May 11.— The older people of Kelantan do not want local councils because they fear they may have to pay more taxes, a State Government spokesman said today. The spokesman said they were also airaid that the Government would confiscate their properties if thev were154 words
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Article247 1958-05-21 8 JOHORE BAHRU, May 12. gIX plump terrorists surrendered to an army colonel in the Layang-Layang area yesterday, not because they were hungry but because one of them —the boss —was pining to see his wife and two others wanted to get married. This defection is247 words
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Article102 1958-05-21 8 IPOH, May 12.—A partly airconditioned liDrarv has been set up at St. Michael’s Institution, one of the biggest schools in Perak. It is called the Marian Library. Three classrooms on the top floor of the school have been converted to provide reading places for 150102 words
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Article204 1958-05-21 8 F ONDON, May 12. Anglo Singapore talks aimed at giving the colony fully internal self Government opened here today with the Chiei Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, telling reporters he was “very optimistic.” Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, the British Colonial Secretary was in the chair at204 words
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Article36 1958-05-21 8 SINGAPORE. M-ay 13. Professor Sir Alexander Todd, Professor of Organic Chemistry. Cambridge University and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has arrived in Singapore to examine University of Malaya students in chemistry.36 words
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Article, Illustration329 1958-05-21 8 SINGAPORE, May 13. WELL known Malayan rubber planter, Mr. Duncan Keir, retiring after 39 years here, gave advice in Singapore yesterday which he said the National Union of Plantation Workers might well follow. The advice-CO-OPERATE with the •me who provides329 words
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Article197 1958-05-21 8 JPOH, May 12. Some Malays have returned letters to the State Government because they are written in English. And Government officials are upset. The Mentri Besar of Perak, Tnche Mohamed Ghazali bin Haji Jawi. will discuss the matter at the inaugural meeting of the Perak Malay197 words
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Article104 1958-05-21 8 SINGAPORE, Mov *3. rpHE Singapore City Coun1 cil staff committee yesterday approved appointment of Mr. n cMarcus at p r e 1 n 1 the Mayor’s personal ctnciency adviser, as dem*t> chief administrative o*.V'er of the council at a salm of $1,800 a month104 words
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Article, Illustration122 1958-05-21 8 FIRST PRIZE TO MALAYAN MISS LONDON, May i 2. YJISS LOLABELLE WONG of Malaya (she has wall-papered hall of her bedroom with her certificates and diplomas in music) has won the first prize in the piano recital class in the London122 words
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Article225 1958-05-21 9 Brunei bars Party Ra’ kyat leader jrr LUMPUR, May IV y) —The Brunei Gover>ra; nt today banned a pr,.Msed visii by Inche Ahi’:ad Boestamam, presidr.it of Party Ra’kya;. ne to party headflU tt s here from the r secretary-general in p. -i, i inche Yassin bin Effendi, said the Brunei225 words
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Article460 1958-05-21 9 DAUB, May 12.—All 4 hopes for the survival of the 12 men trapped underground in the Raub Australian Gold Mine were given up this evening. Despite non stop pumping operations supervised by the mine manager, Mr. J. M. Warr nuten, since the accident at 11.30 p.m.460 words
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Article, Illustration208 1958-05-21 9 SINGAPORE, May 13. A POLITICAL detainee, C. V. Devan Nair, will de- finitely be released by the Singapore Government and allowed to go to Britain. Official conviction that his views on Communism have altered is believed to be the reason for the Government’s208 words
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Article132 1958-05-21 9 Kuala lumpur, May 12. —Owners of 600 Chinese mines in the Federation today called for an immediate suspension of the levy of $2l per picul on tin imports to pay for Malaya’s contributions to the interna :ional tin buffer stock until the price of the132 words
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Article365 1958-05-21 9 JEFFREY FRANCIS - By JEFFREY FRANCIS KUALA LUMPUR, May 12. YOUNG Eurasian teacher, Stephen Ponseka, was murdered about 300 yards away from his home in Pantai Valley here last night while returning from a church service. His aged mother collapsed from shock this morning when told of the killing365 words
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Article155 1958-05-21 9 SINGAPORE. May 13. THE Singapore City 1 Council mace, which has been sent to the Ci:y Hall strongroom as “a colonial relic,” will be exh bited to the public as soon as arrangements can be made. Tlvs was decided yesterday by the council’s Finance155 words
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Article56 1958-05-21 9 ‘Associate’ council no SINGAPORE, May 13. The Singapore City Council’s Finance and General Purposes committee yesterday turned down a proposal by a city councillor Mrs. F. LeonSoh’s proposal to create the title of “Associate of Singapore City”. Mrs. Leon-Soh had suggested that it conferred on people whom the council considered56 words
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Article80 1958-05-21 9 SINGAPORE. May 13. ¥YR. Toh Chin Chye, a lec- turer in physiology at the University of Malaya, left Singapore for London by Qantas-BOAC yesterday for a five months’ research course In neoro-pysiology. He will be with the National Institutes for Medical Research in80 words
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112 1958-05-21 9 SINGAPORE, May 13. 'T'HE Chief Justice, Sir John Whyatt, yesterday paid A tribute to Mr. Justice Knight, who is leaving Singapore tomorrow on retirement, at a farewell function attended by the full bench of the High Court and members of the Bar. Sir112 words
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267 1958-05-21 10 IPOH, May 13. THE Malayan rubber industry must curb excessive production in good time before there is a total lack of demand for the commodity. The acting chairman of the Malayan Producers Ltd., Mr. I.G.M. Ferguson, said this at the annual meeting of the company in267 words
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190 1958-05-21 10 SINGAPORE, May 14. THE president of the L Workers’ Party, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday called on .he Singapore Trades Union Congress to lead the fight against unscru-. pulous employers. Mr. Marshall was speaking at a meeting called Dy the Singapore Business Houses Employees190 words
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Article72 1958-05-21 10 IPOH, May 13.—Members of the Bar and the Chief Justic* of Malava Mr J B Thomson entertained a retiring lawyer Mr C W Bhuttleworth t,r dinner here last night Mr Shuttleworth who was a senior memoer of Messrs Maxwell. Kenlon, Cowdy and Jones here Is retiring to72 words
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201 1958-05-21 10 SINGAPORE, May 14. JNDONESIA wants to see normal pre-rebellion trade with Singapore restored as soon as pos sible, the Indonesian Consulate General here intimated yesterday. Tne consulate information officer, Mr. Abdurrahman Gunadirdja, said there was no cause for worry here over the201 words
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Article31 1958-05-21 10 KUALA LUMPUR, May 13. The Dyak film star, Narang, 19. flew in this morning to make personal appearances here at the showing at the Cathay of “Virgin of Borneo.”31 words
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100 1958-05-21 10 A LOR STAR, May 13. North Kedah police have warned the villagers of Penang, 60 miles from Alor Star, not to eat mushrooms growing wild in the kampongs. A three-year-old boy. Ooi Peng Law. died last week after eating some mushrooms. A 19-year-old relative,100 words
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193 1958-05-21 10 LUMPUR. May 13. The real winner of the recent UMNO Kaum Ibu hairbun competition vivacious housewife Che Siti Aeshah binte Mohamed Yunus of Sentul Pasar, today said: ‘‘Unless things are better organised 1 may never participate in a Kaum Ibu contest again The193 words
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Article383 1958-05-21 10 I OXDON, May 13.—The Anglo Singapore conference got oil io a flying start, here today when the first mooting of a working party of ministers and officials “made good progress according to a Colonial Office spokesman, in its detailed examination of a draft constitution for self-government.383 words
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Article213 1958-05-21 10 17" UAL A LUMPUR, May 13. Kuala Selangor district —once the blackest area in Selangor was declared “white” today thus freeing thousands of villagers of irksome Emergency restrictions. The declaration was a sequel to the mass surrenders state committee member Lee Ah Yoke, leader of213 words
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342 1958-05-21 11 1/ UAL A LUMPUR, May I\ —Party Ra’kyat headquarters today issued a ftOO-wora aitiu*k on the Brunei Government for banning a projected tour of that country this month by the 37-year-old leader of the organisation. Inche Ahmad Bcesiamam. r statement. signed by th*342 words
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Article16 1958-05-21 11 bahru. May 13.r 1 HBl’ Wallace ih Physician, sails l*:av t f,)r Britain on16 words
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636 1958-05-21 11 Now —the expats’ own plan for Malayanisation [PAY $2,500,000 OVER 10 YEARS—AND YOU’LL SAVE IN THE LONG RUN SINGAPORE, May 14. THE expatriate Senior Officers’ Association of the Singapore City Council yesterday proposed a Malayanisation scheme which would cost the council not more than $2,500,000 over 10 years. “This expenditure636 words
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Article305 1958-05-21 11 KLANG, May 13. J'HE Sultan of Selangor today made a birthday wish for lasting peace and prosperity. Speaking at a garden party at Istana Kota here, to mark his 60th birthday, the SuLan said he was happy to see that the various races in Selangor305 words
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Article66 1958-05-21 11 IPOH, May 12.—Malay contractors in Perak wan; the State Government to giv all contracts up to $lO,OOO t< Malays only The newly-formed Pera»« Malay Contractors Associa tion is to put this request i« thp government A delegat.on will call ot. the Mentri Besar. Inch' Mohamed66 words
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Article40 1958-05-21 11 KOTA BIIARU. May 13—Inche Mohamed Amin bin Ya’Tcob defeated two other independent candidates in the Bachok town council elections for the Kuala Bachok ward vesterday. About 54 per cent out of the electorate of 177 cast votes.40 words
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Article125 1958-05-21 11 SINGAPORE. May 14. A press conference was called in a Singapore confectionary last night by the wife of a political detainee, C. V. Devan Nair. When reporters arrived, she handed them a two-para-graph statement. It said; "My husband applied for permission to proceed to Britain125 words
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Article88 1958-05-21 11 HALL ROMNEY - From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, May 13.—Barry lialbernie, tormer reliant; forestry officer, who was pardoned by tae Italian President, Mr Gronchi. before he left on an official visit to London, was reeased from Genoa jail yesterday. He had been convicted *1 cigarette smuggling As he stepped into88 words
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Article100 1958-05-21 11 Sarawak —a timber export drive KUCHING. May 12.—Sarawak hopes to earn more from the dollar area through timber exports. A Government Gazette notification states that sawn ramin may be shipped to the United States or Canada free of quota provided the selling price is not less than $2OB fo.b. (Sarawak100 words
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Article46 1958-05-21 11 KUALA LUMPUR. May 13. Tai Fok Sang. 21, the prisoner who escaped from his escorts while working at a bachelors mess outside Pudu Jail here yesterday. Is still at large. Police today took away the roadblocks set up immediately after his escape.46 words
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Article681 1958-05-21 12 KUALA LUMPUR, May 13.—The general secretary of the banned National Union of Factory and General Workers, Mr. V. David, has been arrested by the Selangor Special Branch for “subversive activities.” He was picked up by Special Branch officers in a midnight swoop just outside his Klang Road681 words
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160 1958-05-21 12 SINGAPORE, May 15. TIIE Singapore Diiecior ol Medical services, Or. ivi. Ooraisingha.il, is Having a lull invesugat.on made of a co.npla.ni on the method of recruitment for tne nursing service. A Straits Times reader in a letter described the method of recruitment as160 words
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Article33 1958-05-21 12 JOHORE BAHRU. May 14. Mr. Yap Kim Hock and inche Yassim b.n Abdul Kan man have been appointee chairman and vice-chairman respectively ot the newly constituted Land Develop rrrnt Board Johore33 words
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Article286 1958-05-21 12 SINGAPORE, May 15 gOME big names in business are financinu thy tobacco smuggling rings operating in Sin«r a pore, a Customs Department spokesman yesterday. He added: “We have a fairly gcod idee <,| the identity of several of these people and aty keeping a close286 words
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Article316 1958-05-21 12 TPOH, May 14. —Educa1 ticn can redeem the Malays from their backward sta;e, said the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, at the official opening ceremony of Malaya’s first Malay secondary school here today. He said: “If we are to maintain our independence and if the316 words
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Article30 1958-05-21 12 SINGAPORE. May 15. Applications for Singapore Government bursaries for studies in th e faculties of arts, science and medicine are now open to students of the University of Malaya.30 words
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76 1958-05-21 12 KOTA BAHRU, May 13. Twenty-six c opies of Petir. the official organ of Singapore’s Peoples Action Party, were seized by P°‘ lice in a newspaper agents shop here yesterday. They were last month’s issue. A police spokesman sa d today that the agent76 words
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Article41 1958-05-21 12 IPOH, May 14.— Two Kuala Lumpur busmen who wai. walk round the world an*' here yesterday. A former driver S. F Seenivasan. 29. and com! P. G K. Retna. 25. left Kt*' a Lumpur on May 7.41 words
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Article430 1958-05-21 13 KUALA LUMPUR, May 14. -r j v surrender on April 29 of the notorious 1* Selangor terrorist leader, Lee Ah Yoke, was the result of a bold gamble. Hie full, dramatic story was told to the s; .j» s Times yesterday by Ihe District Otlicer,430 words
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Article74 1958-05-21 13 RAUB, May 14.—The Prime vlinister, Tengku Abdul Rahnan and the Mentri Besar jf Pahang. Inche Abdullah Pin Dato Muda Ibrahim, today sent messages of sympathy to the relatives of the 12 men who died in the May 10 disaster at the Raub Australian Gold Mine. The mine74 words
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Article210 1958-05-21 13 LESLIE HOFFMAN - By LESLIE HOFFMAN ONDON, May 14 —The quescion of whether subversives or detainees will be allowed to contest the next Singapore elections will be discussed only after agreement has been reached on all sections of the new constitution. The Education Minister. Mr Chew Swee Kee,210 words
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462 1958-05-21 13 Five-year development plan: ‘Ten years nearer mark I)EXANG, May 14.—Mr 1 J. P. Souter (Commerce), commenting on the Federation’s fiveyear development plan announced recently by the Finance Minister, Sit Henry Lee, said in the Penang State Council today that many peo.y u > thought a tenp' plan would have been462 words
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Article43 1958-05-21 13 tb. r Ma y 15.—A good cifi,rrr mmlttee will be the only trio* 1 the Dtndings dlswhit.,. ~7 is not In the piann/fi', /“'y has also been the 7 j 7 KO P la ce here at u he month.43 words
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Article347 1958-05-21 13 HALL ROMNEY - From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, May 14. fITY of London Police headquarters today confirmed that four of the City’s Fraud Squad men have been assigned to probe the affairs of Paragon Holdings and associated Malayan and other companies. They will investigate the affairs of more than347 words
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Article60 1958-05-21 13 KUALA LUMPUR. May 14. Government officers in Divisions 3 and 4 are now eligible to sit for the Malay language examinations which are to be conducted by the Federation Establishment Office next month. They will not get any special allowance if they pass but their60 words
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Article, Illustration185 1958-05-21 13 SINGAPORE, May IS. AFTER 25 years with the Colonial Legal Service. Singapore’s senior puisne judge, Mr. Justice Clifford Knight (above), left the Colony yesterday with his wife in the Himalaya on retirement. He is 48. He has served in Tanganyika, Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia185 words
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Article35 1958-05-21 13 KLUANG. May 14.—The Dls trict OlTicer. Kluang Inche Raof bln Hajl Mohd laat will open a civics course for Chinese new villagers. Including local councillors at Layang Layang new village on May 18.35 words
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423 1958-05-21 14 SINGAPORE, May 15. AS the Sultan of Johore’s wtnt up the gangway to board the Himalaya yesterday with an excited Princess Menam in their midst, the little girl suddenly held back and shouted, “Alwi! Alwi!” In the flurry of departure for England with423 words
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Article, Illustration139 1958-05-21 14 SINGAPORE, May 15. JESSIE FAWSITT of Sydney flew into Singapore yes. terday with a mission learning about Singapore in order to help Austra. lians who want to come here. Jessie, public relation officer with BOAC, wasted no time during her 24.hour stay139 words
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Article220 1958-05-21 14 IPOH, May 14. The 1 Minister for Defence, Dato Abdul Razak bin Dato Hussein, today visited the “Operation Bintang” area. Strict security precautions were taken from the time he arrived by plane this morning from the Federal capital At the police operations room in Batu Gajah. to which220 words
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74 1958-05-21 14 SINGAPORE, May 15. fpHE Singapore Telephone Board yesterday received a claim for a new salary scale and 17 other demands from its employees* union. The board’s general manager, Mr. N. V. Knight, said it would take several weeks to work out how much74 words
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218 1958-05-21 14 ‘No Malayan to take over SINGAPORE. May 15. MR. G. SOUTHWARD, industrial manager attached to Singapore prisons, said yesterday before leaving for Britain: "Though I have been here for two and a half years, there is no Malayan to take over. “The development of the prison218 words
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Article188 1958-05-21 14 KUALA LUMPUR, May 14. T'HE Federation Government in a surprise move 1 today intervened in the wage dispute between the National Union of Plantation Workers and the Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association. The Minister of Labour and Social Welfare. Mr Ong Yoke Lin. today188 words
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Article49 1958-05-21 14 SINGAPORE. May 15. Miss Margaret McArthur of Melbourne. Australia, has been appointed to the World Health Organisation as social anthropologist for Malaya. She will investigate the cultural and social customs of Malayans and advise how best to plan better health education in the country49 words
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130 1958-05-21 14 SINGAPORE. May 15. A MAN detained by the Singapore Criminal investigation Department under a banishment warrant has been released, the Straits Times learned last night. He is a businessman, Ong Yew Teck, 36 He was arrested on April 22 Mr. Brian Goodrich, Assistant Commissioner130 words
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Article52 1958-05-21 14 PENANG, May 14.—A nated councillor, Sir Ariff, presided at the im« State Council meeting n afternoon, H e relie JJ d me d Speaker, Inche Noor bin Hamzah, whe taken ill suddenly st Sir Kamil is the h.osi senior member or council. He was fI rSL pointed52 words
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Article491 1958-05-21 15 IPOH, May 15. rrt RK CLUBS in the Federation will throw open their betting facilities to the general public by September in a bold bid to beat the bookmakers, if Government approval is obtained. At a meeting here on April 24, the Straits Racing Association,491 words
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Article183 1958-05-21 15 SINGAPORE, May 16. tr FHE Rubber Trade AsA sociation of Singapore will send representatives to Peking soon “to clear certain misunderstandings” of rubber buyers in China over the quality of Malayan rubber shipped there. This follows a recent complaint by the China Importers and183 words
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Article60 1958-05-21 15 SUNGEI PATANI, May 15. A retired District Officer, Tuan Syed Ahmad Aljafrle, has been elected patron of the new youth club of Tanjong Dawai Bedong. The club plans to start a domestic science class for its girls’ section on the return of Che Fatlmah Yusoff60 words
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270 1958-05-21 15 SINGAPORE, May 16. THE CONTROVERSIAL question of how much SinA gapore City Council officers should be paid for using their cars on duty has brought the expatriate and Asian staff associations into joint action. The expatriate Senior Officers Association, Local Senior Officers Association and270 words
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Article, Illustration301 1958-05-21 15 JOHORE BAHRU, May 15. AS guns boomed 17 times in Royal homage, the Tengku Mahkota of Johore was today proclaimRegent of the State in the absence of his father, the Sultan, who left for Britain yesterday. To him was granted all the Ruler’sBritain on May 14. —Straits Times picture. - 301 words
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Article32 1958-05-21 15 SINGAPORE, May 17. The Blue Cross Charitable Institution yesterday sent a cheque Tor $11,625 to the Singapore Social Welfare Department for victims of the Kampong Koo Chye fire disaster.32 words
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Article31 1958-05-21 15 TAPAII, May 15.—The assistant Controller of Telecommunications, South Perak, Mr. A. Kandiah, has left on transfer to Sungei Patanl. He has been succeeded by Mr V. Rajaretnam, of Ipoh.31 words
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475 1958-05-21 16 KUALA LUMPUR, May 15. pHE Minister of Defence, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, today urged members of the Federation armed forces not to mix politics with soldiering. This did not mean they should have no views on politics. But, the Dato added, their475 words
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78 1958-05-21 16 Kuala lumfur, May is. —The Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr. J. G. Adams, has cancelled the registration of the 2,000 strong South Malaya Shop and Industrial Workers Union, for “failing to show their annual returns.” This was told to the Straits Times today by78 words
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Article174 1958-05-21 16 KUALA LUMPUR, May 15. —Critics of nurses and midwives at the General Hospital here were today branded a5 “cowards” by the Superintendent. Dr. M. Vellupillai. He was referring to two letters to the Straits Times from Mrs. C. Ponniah and a woman who signed herself “Seeing174 words
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Article, Illustration221 1958-05-21 16 SINGAPORE, May 16. A/TR. JUSTICE AMBROSE, newly appointed High -I** Court judge, yesterday pledged to maintain the high judicial traditions established in Singapore ‘‘by a long succession of distinguished and dedicat--1 A ed expatriate judges.” He said: ‘‘One Mr. Justice Knight left us only this221 words
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77 1958-05-21 16 Kuala lumpur, May is. —Malayan rubber producers are anxious to know more about a new synthetic product which has been claimed to be more “rubbery” than natural rubber. Known as “Deuterio rubber,” the new product was announced by Dr. Waldo L. Semon, of the B.F.77 words
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Article720 1958-05-21 16 LESLIE HOFFMAN - From LESLIE HOFFMAN LONDON, May 15. r J 1 HE two most difficult questions which have so far faced the working party on the future constitution for a fully self-governing Singapore are those concerning the functions and responsibilities of the British Commissioner and the720 words
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Article146 1958-05-21 16 SINGAPORE, May 16. THE Singapore Education A Ministry could not allow most schools to start Post School Certificate classes now because it was short of graduate teachers. Mr. Lee Slow Mong, the Permanent Secretary to the Education Ministry, said this yesterday. He said the Ministry hoped146 words
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Article1204 1958-05-21 17 CYNICUS - As I was saying CYNICUS. SINGAPORE. May 17. )M a. reliable source is if any correspondent worth his S a! would admit quoting from a source that wasn’t comes the hint that the AllP ut/ Mission in Lonck>: has found the Singapore constitutional talks “very ton ih going.” Even word1,204 words
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Article180 1958-05-21 17 S (From the Straits Times E E of May 14, 1908) THE Municipal Commis5 sioners at their meet- E jjj ing yesterday approved the E laying of a service and the E supply of a one-light gas E E lamp tree of cost where o E ES (From the Straits Times E E of May 14, 1908) = - 180 words
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Article, Illustration8 1958-05-21 17 SILHOUETTE Photo oy Ng Weng CheePhoto oy Ng Weng Chee - 8 words
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159 1958-05-21 17 From CHIN SOON KUI KUCHING, May 16.—Four men kept the electric power station here going yesterday, after about 170 workers of the govern, ment-owned Sarawak Electricity Supply Company had gone on strike. The first of the strikers downed tools on159 words
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127 1958-05-21 17 SINGAPORE, May 17. THE expected arrival in Singapore today of the first of the four-engine Shackleton bombers will mark the end of the R.A.F flying boats’ 30 year: association with the Far East Air Force. The Shackletons will be taking over from "the127 words
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432 1958-05-21 18 LESLIE HOFFMAN - By LESLIE HOFFMAN LONDON, May 16. J)ETAINEES and known subversives will not* be allowed to take part in the coming Singapore Legislative Assembly elections. This was decided at the first plenary session of the Anglo-Singapore constitutional talks today. Despite432 words
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273 1958-05-21 18 KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 gSTATE employers have proposed a cut of 10 cents in wages for Malaya’s 200,000 workers as the basis for a new wage agreement, the Straits Times understands. Plans for an interim wage structure for the273 words
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Article86 1958-05-21 18 KUALA LUMPUR, May 16. Malayans and Singaporeans make up nearly threequarters of the total number of students from SouthEas( Asia now studying at Adelaide University in Australia. The visiting Registrar of the university, Mr. H E. Wesley Smith, told the Straits Times today that out of86 words
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Article52 1958-05-21 18 IPOH, May 16.—The Perak Elections Office will become a federal establishment on June 1. Lt.-Col W. Whittaker, the Assistant State Elections Officer, who is now working under the Assistant Secretary, Local Government, Perak, will become the senior supervisor of Federal elections and the Stat e52 words
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Article245 1958-05-21 18 SINGAPORE. May 17. THE; Singapore People’s 1 Action Partv yesterday admitted that they have no permit to circulate their official organ, “Petir,” in the Federation. The admissOn followed the recent seizure by the police of 26 copies of their latest issue in a Kota Bharu newspaper245 words
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213 1958-05-21 18 DAVID FINDLAY - INSTABILITY? I WOULDN’T SAY THAT —FESTING By DAVID FINDLAY WELLINGTON, May 16. /GENERAL Sir Francis Festing, C-in-C Far East Land Forces and Chief of the Imperial General Staff-designate, remarked here today that 99 out of every 100 people in Singapore “continue to live quite happily." Gen. Festing was commenting on213 words
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240 1958-05-21 18 SINGAPORE. May 17. r PHE Singapore City Council will be asked at its meeting on May 19 to rent some of its staff houses to the public. A committee has recommended that four houses, occupied formerly by expatriate officers and240 words
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Article1052 1958-05-21 19 f EPSOM JEEP – - By f EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, May 18. I TON, with apprentice N. Kamis astride, put up his bestever per- rmance when he scored a handsome three-length win from his u backed stablemate Programme in the Governor’s Cup Trial over a n at Bukit Timah yesterday.1,052 words
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107 1958-05-21 19 KUCHING, May 16—About 80 lb. of opiam valued al $28,088 was discovered by Sarawak Customs officials today In a search of the vessel Raton* soon after Its arrival here from Singapore. The opium was concealed In the false bottom of a manhole, which107 words
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341 1958-05-21 19 DRAFT TO BE REVISED SOON LONDON, May 18. r POMORROW’8 plenary session of the Anglo-8ln-1 gapore constitutional talks Is expected to he followed by a meeting of the working party, which has been making a clause-by-clause examination of the draft constitution. Sources taid that341 words
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Article25 1958-05-21 19 KUALA LUMPUR, May 18— Johore Malays living here held a Hart Raya gathering at UMNO House last night. Nearly 200 people were present.25 words
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Article101 1958-05-21 19 j£UALA LUMPUR, May 18.—Selangor will be tile second state after Perak to have a nominated Speaker for its State Council. The 8taie Legal Adviser wlH move amendments to the <tate constitution at the council meeting on May 20 to provide for the appointment of a Speaker101 words
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Article108 1958-05-21 19 Kuala lumfur, nap io— The Moral Government will soon give the “go ahead 4 Signal to xoreign and local investors to start pioneer industries In Malaya. The sign will be the passing of legislation to protect these Industries. Details of the proposed laws are expected108 words
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Miscellaneous65 1958-05-21 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $203£00 1st. No. *****6 ($91,4*4) 2nd No. *****3 ($45,742) 3rd No. *****6 ($25,412) STARTERS ($3,630 each): Noo. *****6; *****9; *****5; *****2;; *****1; *****$; *****1. CONSOLATION ($1,524 each): Noo. *****9; *****4; *****1; *****1; *****6; *****5; *****5; *****0; *****4; *****0 FORECAST TOTE: Race 1 ($65); Race 2 ($72);65 words
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Article646 1958-05-21 20 SHARE MARKET From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, May 19. THE turnover on the Malayan Share Market last week was smaller than of late with the bulk of the business done again written in industrials. 4 the market was uninspiring despite the fact that the week646 words
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Article281 1958-05-21 20 rE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week wag re* ported by one firm of brokers for the period May 10 to 16. INDUSTRIALS; Fraser. St Neave Ords $2.50 to $2,474* to $2.50, Gammons $2.06, Gammon Righto 48 cents. Hammer St Co. $1.06, Hume industries281 words
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Article23 1958-05-21 20 p> > yf v v Malayan Share Market: May l« May 16 Industrials: 96.58 94.44 Tins: 84.63 86.42 Jan. 1968 s Iff23 words
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Article58 1958-05-21 20 I J —11 l I I*—musuM Current Date ef Total Total for payment .payment for previous year year Rnala Kumpar Tin Fields Lta 40% June M 100% 280% The Jeram Knawten Rubber Estate Ltd. 744%t June 25 20% Kadeila Rubber Betsies r -.16% May 21 16% 16% Hf58 words
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Article959 1958-05-21 20 > r SINGAPORE. May 15. V* k T INDIBTRIAL*4 < 'v r Bayers Ml*r» Alas Brtctt P**l ieo‘ tat G«M 3.46 3.66 A time ice II at lDu fere» B. B petrol 46/- 47/-co B U Truetcee 11l 434 Oaa nn smelt fwf 16/8 11/6 M/i ri't959 words
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449 1958-05-21 20 From Our Market Corresponded SINGAPORE, May T»E tin price in Singapore yese a v continued its see-saw movement, I n Jr $3.12} per picul which brought it don i 0 $366.37}, and again disappointed those ho last week fell .a concerted rise449 words
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Article263 1958-05-21 20 SiaaAPOltfi, May 17. AFT&xt Uic recent activity in the rubber market 1 this wee it tras oeen one at anti-climax report Holiday, Cutler, BsUft Co. Ltd., in their current circular. Overseas markets have levelled nil and Singapore also lacks the vitality to take a lead adds the263 words
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Article20 1958-05-21 20 '"'r: fir (per picul) (P May It $MW5 $366.75 V i4 $36$ 1$ $369.50 16 $366.87 Vi 720 words
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Article21 1958-05-21 20 Th# tagowtat urt jL e L P ed! grJSQg lb 2 V t Ej& ui,600*!b*" nd 24 000 lb.21 words