The Straits Budget, 27 August 1958

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    27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER New r es Singapore, August 27, 1958. Price 40 cents (Malaya? or 1 Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      Federation Government staff policy needs drastic revision
      349 2  -  MALAY WHIP. i f°H WW* J V*iJf Jfy A FEW ypars ago a hue and cry was Government service. As a result a Arm of experts 3 greater Pm^ *^—liiPublta wonders' the^attempt there is yet no that the service ha* in fslve bureaucracy,
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      Impose house curfew on classified thugs
      51 2  -  MNOT* Slnfapore. 4 tl/HKN a gangster is ar■Sassiflea Registrar memterft a gnXl tva 1 p.rrTto 6 am It He Weaks FiJ I V > v >. lj *7**. V. xT/ ’l. 3 VV us Y* <¥ W J -'VC-te uT v V »y*t* the
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      NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
      19 2  -  ilMMML International R PAUL FOG'S comijoatHjjSuM J^ed'by petent to remark on any wMch has
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      THEY HAVE NO AXE TO GRIND
      72 2  -  ctsism LMTELY, we have had w the Secretary General of the PAP writing to the Straits Times to air his views and now to follow suit, the Assistant Secretary General. h jfe In a democratic conn try like, Singapore ers* with non-de-plnme. who witidse
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      WHY NOT TAKE IT UP WITH LONDON?
      244 2  -  D.R Singapore. I APOLOGISE lor again ■’referring to Jnfurmi" ticto given by th e master-General about surface malls from u.k. (8.T. Aug. 8) but I must say his unsatisfactory reply leaves the Interest 0l those who use the sea malls nowhere. Can he
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      IN DEFENCE OF HOSPITAL STAFF
      53 2  -  J. MENSLEY (Mrs.) > Singapore. I CANNOT leave Mrs. Hsiah’s allega 1 1 ions against ,J TTnnriawg Kerbau Hospital and its staff unanswered. I have been a patient three times and have no complaints to make against the staff who have at all times been
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      Why not let individuals also join the Alliance
      95 2  -  V f MUM* r j r, v* READ with interest the £M leading A article “The 'Alliance J*repares M (8-T. Aug. 11) and your timely advice given to the AlllancK .SS* W dying fast from the minds Of the people in Malaya.
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon U.S. Aid For Malaya
      687 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 19. •rhc A uci icaii loan lor Kla:ig Straits harbour, nd the probability that the Internal ional Bank will provide SiUO million for the Caniero.i Highlands hydroelectric scheme, change considerably the outlook for the generation’s development plan. Our Washington correspondent, m a special
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      Lock icon The Great Tin Mystery
      691 3 Straits Times. Aug. 20. The report that the tin which Poland sold some time ago on the London market was part of the tin stocks supplied to Russia by the Americans during the war opens a very fertile field for speculation. Opinion in Washington now inclines
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      Lock icon The Visiting Marines
      615 3 —Straits Times. Aug. 21. The odd thing about the squall which has blown around the ears of the American marines in Singapore is that the men should have been here a week before anyone thought their presence in any way remarkable. To judge now by the shrill
      —Straits Times. Aug. 21.  -  615 words
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      Lock icon Changing M.C.A.
      366 3 —Straits Times. Aug. 21. Plans for a major reorganisation of the Malayan Chinese Association announced by its president. Dr. Lim Chong Eu, some months ago, have not commended themselves to all members. This was to be expected in view of the nature of some of the suggested changes.
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      Lock icon The End Of A Crisis
      504 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 22. Complete agreement among the Middle East States confounds every forecast of the course which the special session of the United Nations Assembly would take. The resolution which the Arab countries will offer is certain of acceptance, and quite possibly will win
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      Lock icon Vetting Policy
      192 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 21. A protest in the Malayan Veterinary Medical Association’s journal against animal husbandry being partly in the hands of agricultural officers instead of entirely a Veterinary Department responsibility has the strong support of Singapore’s experience. Both by training and inclination, the journal claims, the veterinarian
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      Lock icon Malay Shock
      383 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 22. Protests we have received against the “violation of Malay rights” in Singapore disclose a complete misconception of the decision that over-age pupils in Singapore’s schools must pay something towards their education. As the result of a misleading report in a Malay newspaper the impression
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      Lock icon Hammer Blows
      227 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 22. The Workers’ Party may still hold out long enough to celebrate its first birthday in November. At least its chairman, Mr. David Marshall, appears not to be unduly depressed by the hammer-blows delivered from within. The first of them was the resignation of Mr.
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      Lock icon Jobs Survey
      297 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 23. A survey of the unemployment problem in Singapore has long been needed, and while its usefulness should not be overestimated it will be a major achievement if the committee produces the statistics which will provide at least the essential facts. The Government has tended
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      Lock icon Election Year
      233 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 23. The long lull in Federation party politics is breaking. Next year is election year. But before the parties join battle they must form a sound idea of the sort of campaign they intend to wage. For the Alliance the problem is a relatively simple
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      Lock icon Tell It To The Marines
      351 4 CVCii wui nC —Straits Times. Aur. zd. Comment on marine life in Singapore gets curiouser and curiouser. Has something happened that Singapore, right in the centre of it, has not noticed? Even the sober Economist (of London) remarks with an awsome air of revelation that
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    MUST MALAYA’S DISMAL REST HOUSES SCARE AWAY THE TOURISTS?
    1120 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 18. THERE is a very sound tradition in the British Colonial Service that a governor, on retirement, does not continue to live in the country he has just ceased to govern. Among other things, it is considered that,
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    Full details of two new decorations announced
    320 5 1(UALA LUMPUR, 1V Aug. 21. The statutes of two orders of chivalry instituted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong were gazetted today. They are the Most exalted Order of Mahkota Negara (Darjah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara) and the Most Distinguished Order of Pangkuan Negara
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    Malay must for Chinese teachers
    199 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 21. CHINESE school teachers in the Federation are to be taught Malay so that they can teach the national language in their schools. Several centres will be set up early next year to teach these teachers Malay. They will be taught by
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    Memorial plan
    43 5 KUCHING, Aug. 21. The Second Division Advisory Council has unanimously agreed to create a memorial to the late John Barcroft, former Chief Secretary of Sarawak, in the form of a scholarship, a field or a building depending on the money available.
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    ‘Impression of personality has been left upon courts’
    466 6 GOOD WISHES FROM ALL AT FAREWELL PARTY SINGAPORE, Aug. 17. ACTING Chief Justice-designate of Singapore, Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah paid a glowing tribute to the retiring Chief Justice, Sir John Whyatt, at a farewell accorded him by fellow judges, law officers
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    THE BENCH PAYS A TRIBUTE TO LADY WHYATT
    237 6 his brother judges Mr. Justice Tan wished Sir John all success and happiness “in everything that he undertakes.” Mr. E. P. Shanks, the At-torney-General, said that during the short time the Chief Justice had been with them he had striven to foster
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    ‘Family doctor’ is best for all
    338 6 SINGAPORE, Aug 17. A MEETING of medical practitioners in Singapore last night agreed that some form of a limited contributory health insurance scheme should be undertaken in the Colony. They also agreed that the traditional family doctor system was the best for the public.
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    TRADERS WARN OF DEARER RICE
    106 6 SINGAPORE, Aug. 19. rpHE PRICE of rice in Singapore may rise if the restriction on the import of transhipment rice is not relaxed, Mr. Teo Hang Sam, president of the General Rice Importers Association, warned the Ministry of Commerce and Industry yesterday. This restriction will
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    WARNING OF HUNGER MARCHES
    250 6 OENANG, Aug. 17. 1 The president of the Malayan Trade Union Congress, Inche Mohamed Yusoff bin Mohamed Noor, today warned that the Federation might see hunger marches by unemployed workers unless the present economic crisis improved. “There are already 50,000 jobless workers of all categories in
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    Muslim funeral in Australia
    62 6 K. TRENGGANU Aug IT —The funeral of Harith bin Basah. 19-year-old son ot the Chief Police Officer Trengganu, will be held according to Muslim rites :n Australia tomorrow. Harith was fatallv injured on Aug. 15 in a road crash in Perth. He was a pillion rider
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    Mayor greets new union
    63 6 SINGAPORE. Aug. 18 The Mayor. Mr. Ong Eng Guan, yesterday welcomed the new Singapore City Council Markets and Hawkers Department Workers’ Union. He said he hoped the union would grow from strength to strength. The ceremony, witnessed by more than 100 union members, was held at
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    Co-op link between S’pore and Malaya
    250 6 SINGAPORE, Aug. 18 THE Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J.MJumabhoy, yesterday said the Malayan Cooperative Insurance Society was a valuable link between the Federation and Singapore in these days when the two territories were drifting apart Opening the first co-opera-tive insurance seminar at
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    ONLY $271 FOR M-DAY
    46 6 ONLY 271 FOR M-DAY BENTONG, Aug. 17.—The Pahang Gover. ment has given the “scanty sum” of $271 tOl merdeka anniversary celebrations in the Beni district, the people have been told. Hop The Bentong district celebrations commit has sent out letters of appeal for public doni tions.
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    Help Govt. beat thugs—Khir
    305 7 Help Govt. beat thugs —Khir PENANG, Aug. 17. fHE MINISTER of Education, Inche Moha- med Khir bin Johari, said here today that unless parents and teachers worked together in close liaison, the Government would find it difficult to stamp out Communism and gangsterism in schools. Inche Khir told the Straits
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    RACIAL HARMONY PLEASES THE RAJA
    123 7 ARAU, Aug. 17. —On Ms 40th birthday today the Raja of Perlis asked his people J°t to regard any national call-up as compulsory conscription “Rather think of it as your duty to the state jnd country." he said "The response so far to nation a*
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    PUSING (THE TOWN FINED $40,000) NOW MAKES GOOD
    147 7 rOH, Aug. 17. The People of the once notorious town of Posing. nine miles southwest of Ipoh. were thanked yesterday by the Mentri Besar of Perak, Inche Mohamed Ghazali bin Jawi, for co-operating in the war against the Communist terrorists. Six years
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    Three doctors oppose that health plan
    225 7 CALL FOR ANOTHER MEETING TO DECIDE ISSUE SINGAPORE, Aug. 18. rptiREE doctors said 1 yesterday that a meeting of medical practitioners which recommended a contributory health insurance plan for Singapore on Aug. 18 was unrepresentative. They want another meeting. The plan wag presented by
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    DR. LIM: UNITY IS VITAL TO CHINESE
    258 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 17. rpHE president of the Malayan Chinese Association A Dr. Lim Chong Eu, warned today that the organisation must consolidate its strength if it wanted to have any say in any future changes to the Federation constitution. Dr. Lim gave
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    Six-week police college course
    45 7 IPOH, Aug. 19.—Deputy Superintendent of Police Mr Albert Mah. OC.P.D. Inoh left yesterday for a six-week course at the Federal Rova 1 Police College in Kuala Kubu I. che Jarjls bin Hajl All. A S.P.. has taken over from Mr. Mah.
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    ‘GO AHEAD’ FOR UNITED FRONT
    430 7 SINGAPORE, Aug. 18. 'J'HE Singapore Labour Front central committee yesterday unanimously supported the Chief Minister’s move to form a United Socialist Front “to meet the challenge and responsibility of self-government.” After a two-and-a-half hours closed-door conference at the party headquarters in Prince Street, it appointed
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    Equality for women?
    163 7 IT IS AGAINST ISLAM-DARUS SINGAPORE, Aug. 16. rpHERE can be no 1 equality for women under the tenets of Islam, Inche Darus Sharitt, chief publicity officer of Singapore UMNO, said yesterday He was commenting on a recent statement made in Hong Kong ny Mrs Shlrin Fozdar that
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    Findings by end of the year
    59 7 PENANG. Aug. 18. The committee which is planning to form Penang’s first religious council hopes to complete its findings by the end of the year. The chairman Inche Hashlm bin Awang, told the Straits Times today: “We hope to make recommendation suitable to Muslims
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    A clean sweep by Alliance
    51 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 18. —The Alliance has gained a 100 per cent victory In the Rantau Panjang local council election In Kelantan. The successful Alliance men elected during the weekend were Inche Wok bln Che Ngah. Inche Mohamed Amin bln Abdullah and Mr Kang Glm
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    U.S. LIKELY TO LEND MILLIONS TO MALAYA
    800 9  -  MID-EAST CRISIS BENEFITS MALAYA From DONALD LUDLOW -Washington, Aug. 18- THE ILL WIND blowing from the Middle East may well blow fair for the Federation of Malaya. The recent grant of $30 million (Malayan) from the Development Loan Fund for the Klang port
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    MAYOR TOLD: THIS IS YOUR DAY...
    234 9 SINGAPORE, Aug. 19. A LIBERAL Socialist councillor, Mr. Lee Bah Chee, charged in the Singapore City Council yesterday that most of the Mayor’s schemes were designed for political ends. Mr. Lee was referring to a Finance and General Purposes committee’s decision to make an
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    A CENTRAL FUND FOR M.C.A. BRANCHES
    112 9 17'UALA LUMPUR, Aug. 18. —The Malayan Chinese Association is to have a centralised fund to which all branches must submit their collections, it is learned today. Each branch will be allocated money from the fund for annual and other expenditure. Top M.C.A. officials said
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    Youth course
    37 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Aug. 18. —The State Secretary, Dato Abdul Rahman bin Musa yesterday evening opened a 10-day course being held here by the Federal Social Welfare Department for 60 members of youth organisations In Malaya
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    50 DOCTORS CALL A NEW MEETING ON HEALTH PLAN
    329 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 19. MORE than 50 Singapore doctors will today formally request the Alumni Association (southern branch) to hold an extraordinary general meeting to reconsider a contributory health insurance plan passed at a meeting on Aug. 16 The doctors, who feel
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    Bandit killed
    34 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 17— A branch committee member of the terrorist organisation has been killed by Security Forces in the Rengam area of Johore on Aug. 11. it was officially announced today.
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    WOMEN TAKE GIFTS TO ABORIGINES
    97 10 Kuala lumpur, Aug. is. —Aborigines at Kampong Lanja today received gifts from two women’s organisations. Women were given clothes and salt and the men materials to build homes. There were cheers when a lorry with 500 attap leaves pulled up at the settlement. The gifts
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    THAT ALIEN COUNTRY...
    84 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug.l9. The executive committee of the Federation Central Welfare Council was criticised today for contributing $l,OOO in April to a fire relief fund in Singapore—“an alien country”. The criticism was made by Mr. s. K. Sundram, a member of the council, at the council’s annual
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    Talks on trade progress
    76 10 Kuala lumpur, Aug. 18.— —The Malaya-Austfalia trade talks entered their second week here today. An informed source described the progress as “quite happy.” He hoped the negotiations would be completed by the end of this week although it was possible they might last longer. Asked whether
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    WONG LOOKS FORWARD TO RULE BY WOMEN
    169 10 PENANG, Aug. 18. The Penang Chief Minister, Mr. Wong Pow Nee. said today he looked forward confidently to the future when more women would come forward to help rule the country. Mr. Wong was addressing the YWCA biennial conference at the Malayan Teachers’
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    Islam ‘does not call women inferior’
    266 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 18. A N AUTHORITY on Islam ana a Federation women’s leader today protested against a Singapore UMNO leader’s statement that, under Islam, women were considered inferior to men. Inche Darus SharifT, Singapore UMNO publicity officer, was thfcir target for his observation
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    No U.S. build-up, say officials
    260 10 SINGAPORE, Auk Pi ITNITED STATES consular officials in Sineaoo-A and Kuala Lumpur were taken by surnr-P yesterday by reports from Washington of an .\m» rican navy build-up around the Indian Ocean Both the Consul-General In Singapore. Mr. A. F. Peterson. and an Embassy official In
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    BIG HUNT FOR $20,000 BANDIT
    145 10 IT U AN TAN, Aug. 19.— 1Y A big operation is in progress in the Meng-kuang-Triang area of Pahang for the state’s No. 1 terrorist, central committee member Lo Hon, and 17 other bandits. Lo Hon alias Ho Leong Pin. 42, has a $20,000 price
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    COUNCIL CHARGE MAY PUT UP COST OF HOMES
    221 10 SINGAPORE, Aug 20 \EW HOUSES built in Singapore from next month may be a little dearer as a result of the City Council’s new policy to make a charge, where previously there was none, for laying water mains to private housing estates.
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    CULTURE: LAMENT BY JUDGE
    148 10 TPOH, Aug. 18.—The main A stream of culture bypasses Ipoh because of a lack of enthusiasm and the want of a centre, r .id Mr. Justice Good this morning when he opened an exhibition of art and books at the Perak Library here. The Judge said
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    UMNO-MIC row settled
    305 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 19. rpHK oight-month-old row between the United Malays National Organisation and the Malayan. Indian Congress in Selangor, following Alliance defeat in a Kuala Lumpur municipal election, was settled today. F At 9 a.m. the MIC branen president, Mr. Manickavasagam, called on the Selangor UMNO
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    Unions seek to remedy ‘flaws’ in law
    155 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 20. rnHE Singapore Federaf tion of Services Unions yesterday urged the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock,, to amend the Clerks Employment Ordinance to eliminate discrimination between clerks and industrial clerks. A delegation from the federation told the Chief Minister, there
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    Teachers for U.S. course
    57 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 20. Four teachers, three from Singapore and one from Sarawak have been selected to lak part in the U.S. Departm, m of state’s 1958 Teacher Education Programme, it was announced yesterday. The three Singapore teachers are Che Wan Nor binte Shaikh Daud, Mr. Wee
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    Malay version was a ‘rush job’
    267 11 CONSTITUTION ‘NOT FOR PUBLIC’ KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 19. —The Malay edition of the Federat i o n’s constitution which has been withdrawn from sale because of mistakes in translation, was never meant for public consumption. It was a “rush Job’' meant only for the
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    Visit by expert on blindness
    67 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Aug. 19. Mr. H. GetclifT, chairman of the International Conference of Educators of Blind Youth and member of the World Committee for the Welfare of the Blind, will arrive here on Aug. 26. He will spend two days observing work done at the
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    Police hold 40 Red agents
    440 11 IPOH, Aug. 19. OPECIAL Branch officers yesterday arrested 40 alleged terrorist supporters in a mid-night swoop on the hostile new villages of Kuala Kuang and Kanthan Bharu, 12 miles north of here. The raids followed the ‘‘confess or be arrested” ultimatum issued to terrorist supporters
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    Varsity problem: Will Govts. accept LL. B?
    192 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 20. HpHE University of Ma- laya’s Bacnelor of Laws degree is comparable to any other similar degree in the world, says Prof. L. A. Sheridan in an article in the first issue of “Me Judice,” the University Law Society’s journal. Prof.
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    NOW TRAFFIC CHECK IN THE CITY
    164 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 20. rpHE Singapore master plan team, now conducting A a big traffic count along the island’s main roads, moved into the city area yesterday and recorded figures at two major check points. At the Arcade 1,694 vehicles were counted moving out of
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      44 11 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IR ADVANCE) r he weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent by express air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of $24.00 (or six months. (All The Above Art fi Malayan Correnel)
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    Ex-secret society boss says ‘I will try to stop strife in gangland’
    338 13  -  By JACKIE SAM SINGAPORE, Aug. 21. A MAN who claims to be a former secret society leader yesterday offered to help the police bring “law and order” into Singapore’s strife-torn gangland. In an exclusive interview, lay Boon Kim,
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    ROTARIANS GET TIPS ON MAKING FRIENDS
    232 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 21. AFTER spending a two week holiday with the Temiar tribes in Sungei Nengirri, Kelantan, Mr. H. H. Beamish. acting Director of Broadcasting, Singapore, yesterday gave a few tips to Rotarians on how to make friends with aborigines. Mr Beamish was speaking
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    Hardware man on visit
    55 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 20. Mr S Taniguchl, a represen tative of one of Japan’s larg est hardware firms the Yuasa Hardware Co. Ltd has arrived here to study the Federation market He told the Straits Times his company hoped to in terest importers here In Its
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    Relaxation expert arrives
    55 13 SINGAPORE. Aug. 21. MR. STERLING WIN AN S, an American recreation expert, who flew into Singapore yesterday to teach Singapore people “how to relax and obtain happiness and health.” Mr. Winans, who was formerly the director of the Recreation Commission, California, will head the Department of Recreation
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    Classes to make boys fishermen
    104 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 19. pARENTS of boys at the a Malay school at Tanjong Kling, Singapore, have agreed to the Government plan for fishing classes to be part of the extra-curricula activities. The Ministry of Education has given its support to the Ministry of Commerce
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    Lottery grants
    26 13 The Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board has approved grants totalling $97,699 to nine youth :lubs. an orthopaedic home and for a playing field.
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    5 quit Worker’s Party council
    288 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 21. pIVE MEMBERS of the 34 on the executive council of the Workers’ Party. Singapore, resigned last night. Earlier four other members of the executive council, called to a meeting in Malacca Street, had refused to Join hands with the five. The four,
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    Blaze destroys bazaar stall
    40 13 PENANG. Aug 20.—Fire destroyed a stall In Penang’s popular bazaar In Penang Road last night. Damage was estimated at $35,000. The cause of the fire Is being investigated, a spokesman of the Penang Fire Brigade said.
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    TWO CO-OP MEN FLY OFF TO STUDY IN CANADA
    157 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 20. Two co-operative development officers left here today by air lor Canada, where tnev will spend a year studying social leadership and cooperation at the St. Xavier’s University In Nova Scotia They were Inche Abu Hanlfah bin Mohamed
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    $13 million aid for Chinese schools
    85 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 20. I OVEKNiVIi!,IMI grant*-in. aid and capital grants given to Chinese schools in Singapore rose from $259,000 in 104 K to $13,150 000 last year. I'he Education Minister, (Mr Chew Swee Kee disclosed this in a written answer to a query submitted
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    ‘PLAYED OUT’-SO A P.P.P. FOUNDER RESIGNS
    217 13 TPOH, Aug. 19. A 1 founder and former central committee member of Ihe People’s Progressive Party, Mr. S. Nalliah, today announced his resignation from the party. Mr Naillah who was on the committee of the P P P until last year and a town
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    Big swoop on Borneo pirates
    487 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 21. THE Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy are to go to the aid of North Borneo, where east coast towns are being plundered by pirates. Alarm over Ihe growing number of sudden attacks is so widespread that terrorised resi dents have
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    TWENTY ABORIGINES JOIN IN PERAK RED CROSS
    188 14 TPOH, Aug. 19. For L the first time aborigines have become Red Cross woreers. A detachment of 20 has been formed by the Perak branch of the Malayan Red Cross Society. The members, between the ages of 15 and 25, living In the
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    7,725 register
    17 14 KLUANG. Mon. Total ot 7.725 men in the Kluang district have registered for national service.
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    INTERNATIONAL HOUSE IS PLANNED
    324 14 Bid to raise $3,500,000, say Sydney students SINOAPORE, Aug. 21. STUDENTS 01 Sydney University, Australia, plan to establish an International House, where Australian and Aslan students can live together, in Sydney. This was announced in Singapore yesterday by two student leaders from Sydney, Frank Ford and
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    Bandit helpers must shift to new homes
    367 14 IPOH, Aug. 20 THE 40 alleged terrorist helpers arrested by police during a midnight swoop on Aug .lB on two “silent” new villages near here will be excluded from the Ipoh and Sungei Siput districts. This means that when they are released they
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    Sessions Court President
    43 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 21 Inche Pawan Ahmad has been appointed President of the Sessions Court in Johore Bahru, in succession to Mr. E Brown who left for Britain today on retirement. Inche Pawan was formerly President of Muar Sessions Court.
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    New agency
    33 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 20. The Postmaster central, Malaya, yesterday said that the new Holland village postal agency will be opened at No. i »5-22 fifth mile Holland Road, Singapore, on Sept. 1.
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    Sarawak zoo gifts for Australia
    130 14 KUCHING, Aug. 20. SARAWAK has given away the Kuching Zoo because its museum staff is overworked and un- able to maintain it. Most of the animals have been presented to the Taronga National Park in Sydney, Australia. The animals were taken across from Kuching to
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    Personal fight by Mr. Lim to form Socialist Front
    346 15 SINGAPORE, Aug. 21. rpHK Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, is making a strong, personal fight for the l nitt ci Socialist Front which is his political ••bain.” Recently, he has been the central figure in number of behind-the-scenes conferences. His
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    ‘JOIN US’ MOVE BY FRONT GROUP
    106 15 JOIN US’ MOVE BY FRONT GROUP VON -LABOUR FRONT A members may be invited to join the five-man working committee which will draft the constitution of the proposed United Socialist Front. This move to include outsiders was brought •up for discussion at an informal meeting last night of the committee
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    U.S. Army chief due
    64 15 SINGAPORE. Aug. 22. The Secretary of the United States Army, Mr. Wilber M. Brucker. will arrive in Singapore on Sept. 10 for a short stay during an inspection tour of the Far East. He will be accompanied by his wife, the general counsellor of the U.S.
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    UMNO MAN HEADS COMMITTEE
    99 15 TELUK ANSON. Aug. 20. jnche Sulaiman bin Bulon. »t of the Lower Perak PMNO, has been elected nan-man of the Lower district Alliance committer. Other office B of the dis Ahiance are: vice-chair- M r A> K rishnadas; H a n tary Inche Yahaya bin sfew
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    C. Plan talks
    29 15 A rv IN II APORE Auk- 22. tlon r]i,™ bo plan Informabe hf-M r con lerence, will tre Jli't the Cultural Cento pore, from Sept. 9
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    The U.S. fleet starts a row
    154 15 SINGAPORE, Aug. 20. T'HE presence of units of the U.S. Seventh Fleet in Singapore provoked widely different reactions yesterday in Peking and Sydney. Radio Peking warned that their presence “directjy threatens peace in SouthEast Asia." The broadcast said the U.S. is trying “to build
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    Jeddah men from Malaya ‘a disgrace’
    129 15 pENANG, Aug. 19. The Federation pilgrimage officer in the Anking, Tuan Haji Raja Mohamed Noordin bin Raja Deli, today criticised the “rough and impolite” behaviour of Malayan religious students in Jeddah. “Several are too fond of aping the Arab students there,” Haji Raja Mohamed
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    8 MEN FROM DESTROYER IN JUNGLE TO SEE OUR WAR
    301 15 IPOII, Aug. 20. seamen from Ihe Royal Navy destroyer Cheviot have joined a patrol from the Ist. Bn., the New Zealand Regiment, to learn all about the jungle war they have so often read about in newspapers. The sailors who
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    PIONEERS BACK IN AIR SOON
    99 15 SINGAPORE, Aug. 20. BORNEO Airways’ two Twin Pioneers which have been grounded in Borneo for more than a week, will both be back in service within four days. The planes had only just been bought. Their grounding disrupted British Borneo’s internal air services. A company
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    Language will unite Malayans
    269 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 20. gOLIDARITY in the Federation can only be k achieved through the Malay language, Inche Lokman bin Musa, officer in charge of Malay teaching in the iMinistry of Education, said today. Inche Lokman told more than 400 Chinese school teachers at a seminar
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    Former gang boss wants protection
    515 16 SINGAPORE, Aug. 22. SINGAPORE Commissioner of Police, Mr. A. E. G. Blades, last night personally ordered guards to be posted outside the home in Sims Avenue of Mr. Tay Boon Kim, who told the police his life was in danger. Mr. Tay, 35, former leader
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    MOTHER: ‘SEND MY GOOD-FOR-NOTHING SON FAR AWAY’
    99 16 PENANG, Aug. 22.—An elderly woman asked the President of the Sessions Court here todoy to send her "good -for-nothing" son, Teh Hong Huat, 18, "for, for owoy." "Whenever we advised him to look for o job, he would boot either his poor father
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    CABINET ‘YES’ TO CHECK ON ALIENS AT CAUSEWAY
    216 16 CABINET ‘YES TO CHECK ON ALIENS AT CAUSEWAY UAL A LUMPUR, Aug. 21. —The Razak committee’s recommendations on controlling the entry of aliens into Malaya via Singapore have been submitted to the Cabinet and, it is understood, have been generally accepted. One or two points, however, have been referred back
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    AIRPORT TERMINAL -APPROACH TO BRITAIN FOR LOAN OF $4 MILLION
    194 16 SINGAPORE. Aug. 22. rpHE Singapore Government is planning to approach Britain for a multi-million dollar loan to build a new terminal building for the International Airport at Paya Lebar. The Straits Times learnt this yesterday amid reports that Mr. W.
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    Villages aid surrender of Reds
    627 16  -  By HENRY PAUL IPOH, Aug. 22. INFLUENTIAL terrorist leader, district committee member Lim Chor Po, 31. and two aides, one a woman, have surrendered They were among the last 27 terrorists in the South Perak area. They gave up on Aug. 8 at Kuala Bikam
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    Industries protection body to help Mr. J carry out policy
    904 18  -  By PATRICIA MORGAN SINGAPORE, Aug. 22. 'J'HR Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, yesterday announced the setting up of a protection advisory committee to assist in carrying out his new policy of protection for local industries. He
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    Complaint of unfair treatment of schools
    136 18 MALACCA, Aug. 21.—A complaint about discrimination in Government treatment of boards of governors of Malay primary schools and those of English schools was made today by Inche Hasnul bin Abdul Had! (Independent) in the Malacca State Council. Inche Hasnul said that with acceptance of
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    Threat to Ipoh councillor
    159 18 IPOH. Aug. 21. MR. Liew Whye Hone, 41, an elected Alliance member of the Ipoh Town Council, has received a letter threatening his life and the safety of his family. He told the Straits Times today that the letter was signed by the “People’s Traitors Extermination
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    ENGLISH AND MALAY ONLY SAYS THE GOVERNOR
    89 18 KUCHING, Aug. 21. Only English and Malay should be used in council meet* ings in Sarawak, the Governor-in-Council has decided. This was pointed out in a letter by the Resident to the Sibu Urban District Council's Third Division following a council deci- sion
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    A FILM FEATURE ON LOCAL GOVT.
    88 18 Kuala lumpur, Aug. 20. —The Malayan Film Unit is producing a 20-minute feature on local government and how it works for overseas and home screening. A spokesman for the unit told the Straits Times today that shooting which began a week ago was expected
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    Eye to eye
    31 18 SINGAPORE. Aug. 22. A touring team of eight American eye specialists will establish contacts with eye specialists in Singapore, Hong Kong and other South-East Asian countries next month.
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    The first M-day honours for 100
    441 18 ITUALA LUMPUR 4 Au 8- 21 .—More than 100 people will receive mdepicndem Mala>u, nrt>t honours and awards at the Ten-ku Abdul Rahman here on Aug. 31-mer-deka day. Not all of them however will actually receive tii** Pertuan *1°*™ the Yailg Pertuan Agon e
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    APPRENTICE TAKES DAY’S RIDING HONOURS WITH A SPLENDID DOUBLE
    622 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP i\, :HER apprentice stole the limelight at Kuala A i m pur oq Aug. 20 when 18-year-old Huang land a splendid double on PH Stable’s Follow Me Horn < $14) an4 Pack of Gold ($58). nters started tne
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    Malaya Cup Replay
    203 19  -  Bv NORMAN SIEBEL A? X >v > TVW.■'f• i* UV* KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 23. SINGAPORE ind Penang will meet again in a replay of the 32nd Malaya Cup football final next month. The DATE will be decided upon by the Football Association of Malaya tomorrow, the VENUE
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    14 new Malayan records set
    511 19 THE WEEK IN SPORT AN IMPRESSIVE total of 14 records were broken at the Malayan Amateur Athletic Union’s two- day championships Which concluded at Penang last 7The expected challenge from Siam's four star sprints ers cud not come off. However, on the Unit day |i
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    ABDUL RAZAK URGES: ‘PULL TOGETHER’
    45 19 D a{><M pealed to UMNO and Alliance leaders to “pull together In ihltreet* Of the notion? '7 Da to Abdul Jtosok was adeasj.ftfi'assa of the UMNO at Parting flew in fils ftorxang,jgpg|K fiuSFw r,?7v T. V V •a m l’?%
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    Investors marking time in Malaya
    654 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Aug. 25. THE keynote of the Malayan Share Market jj's. last week was the quietly steady tendency which continued unbroken on the smallest turnover for several weeks. Some Federation brokers, however, reported rather more business than of late with main
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    688 20 A v >:• i BINQAPORE. AUK. .'> CNOlISTBlALb <'•* i .I V BUYERS «BLLSR» V 1 Alea arie*# P*vl/ 4.SC UK* Ord. 2.20 2.M) v 1 ,Ie* 11 tbuyerxl .v B.B. Petrol 46/* '47/* B y rrustees ill 5 2ft ;pon. Tip 8m*lt 5,wr?' < 5*ef *1/0
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    BUSINESS DONE
    199 20 SINGAPORE, Aug. 25. rE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was re. ported by one firm of brokers for the period Aug. IS to 23. INDUSTRIALS: Alexandre Brick Prefa. Orda 24a. and 24a. 3d., Federal Dispen|1.09,5kuaer N$$ve Orda $263* to $2.65, Gammons $1.45 to
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    22 20 TIN RUBHft (per pica!) (per lb.) Amt It ti* 366.62 cU *1 *368.75 81% eta f tS SZ69M 81% eta
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    52 20 Current Date of Total Total for J.t'-N SpBBHt for V >M8-por r jm 70* Kuudaua Tin Dndxint SVff!’ 1 MA s 300% sopt 17 K6% 900% The Temerloh Rubber Estates Ltd. 10% Bept. 0 10% 10% ;S' h j VilA f •'•'-.'HBbT'-k v v -wY/-' mB-X.' r rrS
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    QUITE, STEADY TONE CONTINUES AGAIN ON SHARE MARKET
    505 20 v By Onr Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Auk. (CONDITIONS on the Malayan Share M;* kef yesterday were again quietly stead\ «i. lowing the pattern which has prevailed thr<> out the week’s trading in the absence ol inv adverse factors. J Prices In all
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    Bigger trade in rubber
    318 20 SINGAPORE. Aur. 22. T\B8PITE a most unproMJ mlslng start trading has Improved considerably this week on the Singapore rubber market report Holiday, Cotter, Bath.ft Co. Ltd. in their current market survey. Earlier there appeared to be a change 0 i sentiment In certain aeettona at the
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