The Straits Budget, 12 November 1958

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    • 404 2  -  OH DEAR Singapore. IT would be interest--4 ing to know just what Mr. Jumabhoy, during his free trip to America, will say to the Pacific Area Tourist Association about e n c o u r agement of tourism in Singapore. There
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    • 91 2  -  PRO BONO PUBLICO Singapore. I WOULD like to remind Mr. 6ng Eng Guan that the streets he. sweeps have already been cleaned by the road sweepers, and he should therefore not waste his, and the staff’s time by organising these sweeps. If he must Indulge in
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    • 179 2  -  ROBERT HUM MON Singapore. llfE feel depressed .vhen fV we learn from the newspapers that Nanyan 1 University tuition fe- will be increased next This means tha' un dreds of Federation atu- dents from poor families will pack up their beloneings and bid farev to their
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    • 157 2  -  SINGAPOREAN. Sifflap. IT was gratifying to see that the Commissioner of Labour, Mr. R. C. Wilkinson, gave us a list of unemployed Singaporeans registered at the various Labour Exchanges in the Federation (S. T. Oct. 13). As this information came in response to pressure from
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    • 273 2  -  AHMAD MUSTAPHA HASSAN. Singapore. Fthe ©traits Times (Nov. 1, 1958) a writer calling himself *‘A Iba tross” supported the split of the University' of Malaya Stu* dents’ Union into two factions. It is clear from his argument that he does not understand what
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    • 138 2  -  L I* Penang. rE 75th Anniversary of Messrs. Fraser and Neave calls to mind that they were the original publishers for many years of the Singapore and Straits Directory better known as the Buku Merah. now published by the Straits Times Press. Reference works of this nature
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    • 76 2  -  J.C.A. Singapore. SINGAPORE’S Chief Secretary, during the cc rse of explaining the ban.. mg of- certain publications ;a that the Singapore Po Force would “ensure t cinemas, and other thru cal performances do contain material of a gestlve or pornograj nature.” Since when have police force
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 582 3 —Straits Times. Nov. 4 ill the cheering and the M ,Uy banging of tables at M.C.A. general committee nH ting could not disguise l; fact that its leadership tv: it ins divided on the pro--1,, d changes to the party’s c o: stitution. The terms of t!
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    • 268 3 —Straits Times Nov. 7 Six years have passed since Kuala Lumpur’s municipal councillors made a plea for a fully elected council. The move was given fresh impetus two years ago when Penang not only acquired city status but also inaugurated its first fully elected council. Quite understandably
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    • 828 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 6. r ihc Ministry oi Health escaped censure in yesterday’s debate in the Assembly on its handling of Singapore’s polio epidemic. It was obvious that it would after the House had listened to Mr. Braga’s statement on how the decision finally was reached
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    • 350 3 —Straits Times. Nov. 5. Singapore’s polio epidemic shows no signs of abating, and the stafT and facilities >f the infections diseases hospital are now strained by tie* large number of cases. It is the worst epidemic of polio Malaya has known. In three months there have been as
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    • 263 3 —Straits Times. Nov. 6. The M.C.A.’s plan to restrict membership to Federal citizens has been pronounced “a complete failure.” Alone among the branches, Penang has complied with a headquarters directive to submit registers splitting membership into citizen and non-citizen categories. The others sav that the job is too
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    • 569 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 8. While the debate on polio claimed chief attention at the Singapore Assembly meeting, there was a speech from the Government benches, touching on more permanent matters, that deserves proper notice. This was the Chief Minister’s spirited defence of his decision to support Federation
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    • 372 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 8. Tuberculosis can be W’iped out within ten years, according to Dr. J. S. Sodhy, the Federation’s leading tuberculosis expert. What then stands in the way? In the view’ of Dr. Peter Edw’ards, a world authority on chest diseases, the allies of tuberculosis are lack
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    • 532 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 10 There seems little chance now of averting the strike of oil company workers in Singapore, due to begin at midnight on Tuesday. For one thing there is no sign that union leaders want to avoid a strike. The unions made the outlook
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    • 281 4 -Straits Times, n ov The International Tin Council is unlikely at its meeting in London today to disturb existing arrangements and controls. While the remarkable change in the market in the last two months is evidence that the very sharp reduction in production and exports is at last
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    • 188 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 8 There was not much 0 fort to Singapore sufferers in the statement by the Minister for munications and Works m" Thomas held out little U op e of more effective contrm r of schemes in the future additional to the c npletion of the
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    • 241 4 to oe iuiiv —Straits Times. Nov. < The doubling of the Education Rate in Singapore will not bring any great flow of wealth into the Treasury coffers. At two per cent, the yield last year was, in the words of the Minister, “a mere $1.6 million'' against
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  • 734 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 31 FEARS that the Federation would use the new Singapore constitution to control the island j “almost as rigidly as a colony,” were expressed in a 27point election platform drawn up by the Workers’ Party here. The party alleged that
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  • 40 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 3 The Party Rakyat Malaya today launched an election fund for the general elections next year. Donating $5 President Inche Ahmad Boestamam appealed to members and supporters to “aim at $500,000 and more.”
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  • 307 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. 3 A senior Singapore Government spokesman said today that the Government has already made a study for an unemployment insurance scheme and for increased public assistance for the jobless and the findings are now under study bv the Government. He said that a
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  • 180 6 OORT SWETTENHAM K Nov. 3.—The fourday strike of 54 crane men at the port hei is estimated to have cost the authorities, shipowners and businesses about $100,000. During the week-end. a Japanese vessel, Shunkomaru. due to call at the port was diverted to Colombo The
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  • 180 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 3 The Minister of Works. Posts and Telecommunications, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir. is the first youth leader in South-East Asia to be given an award of the Ramon Magsaysay memorial fund to tour the Philippines. He was selected because of
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  • 167 6 JPOH, Oct. 31. The leader of the People's Progressive Party. Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam, last night paid a tribute to expatriate officers in Malaya. Speaking at me Ipoh town council meeting, whicn the Senior Executive Engineer. Kinta, Mr. T. Smith, was
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  • 953 7 Mrs. LEON-SOH: ALL THIS BICKERING IS DISGUSTING... SINGAPORE, Oct. 31. THE CITY COUNCIL today censured the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, for commenting factually in a motion which he had ruled out of order at a previous meeting of the Council. When the vote on the
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  • 200 7 PENANG, Nov. 3. TWO UMNO divisions—Penang and Kelawei—at a joint six-hour meeting last night nominated five candidates for next month’s City Council elections. The candidates must first be approved by the Alliance Council. Top officials are keeping the names secret but a wellinformed source told
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  • 341 7 Produce bar? oh, no —Mohar KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 31. Federation's Controller of Trade Division, Raja Mohar bin Raja Radiozaman, today denied an allegation by the Workers’ Party in Singapore that the Federation had discriminated against products from the Colony. Raja Mohar said that for tariff purposes Singapore was treated like
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  • 107 7 IPOH, Nov. 3. —About 2.500 members of the Kinta Valley Home Guard, who joined the force before Merdeka Day. are receiving the General Service Medal with clasp for Malaya from the Queen. In the past week more than 1,000 memhers of the force have received the medal.
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  • 151 7 OENANG, Nov. 3.—The 1 RAAF Avon-Sabre Jet fighters based at Butterworth will be equipped with the “Sidewinder” air to air guided missiles. This was disclosed by Air Vice Marshal CD, Candy, Air Officer Commanding Home Command RAAF, when he arrived at RAAF Butterworth from
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  • 65 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 3 The Federation Government has decided to maintain its guaranteed minimum price for padi for the 1958-59 season at $l5 a picul for good, dry padi of fair average quality delivered at mill door. This was the Government guaranteed price for the previous
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  • 31 7 KOTA BHARU. Nov. 3 Tanah Merah Kaum Ibu house has been opened by Che Halimah Idris, wife of the Kelantan Minister for Ixjcal Government, Inche Yaacob bin Awang.
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  • 1687 8 Bares attempts to inflame the Chinese school issue KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 2. TWO DRAMATIC moves by Hie president of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, stilled the ugly storm that had threatened to burst at today's extraordinary meeting to adopt the association's proposed
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  • 144 8 IPOH Nov. 2.—Well-estab-lished non-Malay businessmen, in spite of their promise to the Government, have refused to help their struggling Malay brothers lance in M-alaya, the former secretary. of the Malay Chamber of Commerce. Inche Lsmail bin Muda, said today. The new president, Date Panglima
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  • 116 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 2.—A 20-man Singapore trade mission will leave for Indonesia at the end of this month on a seven-day goodwill visit. The mission, sponsored by the Indian Chamber of Commerce is supported by the three other chambers of com- merce European. Chinese and Malav
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  • 158 9 Mystery man writes for schools KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 3. i MYSTERY man is writing the history of Malaya in Malay for use in primary schools. The Government has declined to disclose his identity. He was commissioned by the Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka (language and literature agency).
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  • 148 9 pENANG, Nov. 3. 1 Towkay Lim Lean Teng, millionairephilanthropist and chairman of the Penang Han Chiang High School, took over the headmastership of the school this morning. He will act as headmaster until the appointment of a successor to Dr. Fong Hok Li. who was
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  • 183 9 EDUCATION THE ANSWER? KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 3. rpHE Government’s blueprint to light Communism through education will be ready by early next year, the Straits Times was told today. It will set out a syllabus embracing subjects like ethics, reasoning, logic and civics as
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  • 90 9 BRUNEI MERGER: ‘Good idea —Sultan KLANG, Nov. 6. The Sultan of Selangor, who is also the deputy Paramount Ruler, today said that a merger with Brunei was a “good idea" but it must happen “peacefully.” He was speaking at the Muslim College here on his recent visit to Brunei for
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  • 203 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 3. Leader of the Singapore trade delegation to Australia and New Zealand, Mr. Tan Siak Kow, said today the mission had been 100 per cent, successful in t nhancing friendly relations with these countries. From the questions that u re asked of
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  • 70 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 3 Mr. J. Grundy, the former secretary of the Ministry ot Labour and Social Welfare, has been appointed secretary of the committee investigating Malav participation in business. He is now with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The committee. formed some months
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  • 44 9 BUTTERWORTH, Nov. 3 A former inmate of the Henry Gurney School. K. Krishnan. aged 18. who had been released on probation, was today jailed for three months for stealing 16 coconuts. Krishnan who had three previous convictions pleaded guilty.
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  • 118 9 SEREMBAN. Nov. 3. rpHREE cases of polio were reported in Negri Sembilan during the week ended on Oct. 30 They were Asian children aged two, six and eight years. One case was from Seremban town, another from Seremban district and the third from Tampin
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  • 57 9 IPOH, Nov. 3. An ambitious scheme to survey the handicapped children in Perak has just been launched by the Ipoh Rotary Club. The survey will take at least three months to complete. It is being conducted with the help of the District Olliccrs, assistant District Ollicers, penghulus,
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  • 135 9 KLANG, Nov. 6. The 75,000 residents of Klang were warned last night that their town council would have to consider increa sing rates and licence fees because of the town’s expansion. The chairman of the council, Tuan Syed Hashim bin Syed Abdullah, speaking at a
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  • 254 9 rL\NG, Oct. 31.—Car-'-&gt;,o handling at Port Tottenham has been '■it. by almost 50 per ’nt since 58 crane Ivors went on strike at &gt;on yesterday. nips due to call daring week-end may be divert to Singapore or other rts. Hie men stopped
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  • 73 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 3. Remembrance Day will be observed in Kuala Lumpur with a short ceremony at, the Cenotaph on Nov. 2 at 11 am. The General Ollicer Commanding, Federation Army, Major Gen. Dato F. IL Brooke, the deputy Chief of Staff &lt;Air» and
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  • 55 9 PENANG. Nov. 5. Mr. Lau Fook Seng, of the Penang Treasury, will leave for Kuala Lumpur early next month to take up an appointment as chief cashier of the Central Bank ol Malaya. Mr. Lau has been in Penang since 1952, when lie was seconded
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  • 36 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 31.- The President, of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, will pay a three-day state visit to Malaya from Dec. 6 at the invitation of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, it was announced today.
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  • 28 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 3 A Kuala Lumpur magistrate, Inehe Abdul Hamid bin A/ml. 23. left here by air today to read law at Lincoln’s Inn.
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  • 380 10 JOIIORF lIAIIRIJ, Nov. 1. ()Ni: lIUNDRFD Malay M lioollojm Ihts undergoing: I mining: a! the Language Ins(itnic b hero will stage a walk out tomorrow morning in protest against the (Jovernment's refusal to meet their salary claims. The teachers plan to go to (Ik*
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  • 284 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4. r |MIK 1,500 DOCTORS in Singapore and the Federation will unite under one banner to carry out a 15-point “service before self” plan. In the past two bodies had represented Malaya's doctors, but m tuture there will be only
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  • 163 10 OENANG, Nov. 4. T 1 price of cattle s dropped in Penang recently as a result of livestock imports from Siam and Im onesia. but the price of beef has not fallen Penang importers today attributed this to the opt rations of a big
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  • 175 10 IPOH. Nov. i. r FHE NATIONAL Association of Perak, which is contesting all four wards in the Ipoh Town Council’s annual elections, announced today that it would strive for a "more efficient municipal administration" if its candidates were elected. The party tssuec. a fivepoint manifesto
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  • 309 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4. Government today disclosed its plan for reorganising the country's Civil Defence Department and cutting down the cost ot running it. Control of the Federal Civil Defence Department will pass from the Ministry of Interior and Justice to the Ministry of Defence.
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  • 87 10 IPOH. Nov. 7—An army officer who served with the famous Chindits in the Burma campaign. and helped to train thousands of officers and men of the Home Ouard organisation from various parts of Malaya will he leaving next week on completion of his term.
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  • 83 10 V'KNANO No\ 4 Mr C\ V 'A' *S u A A l Atv W 1 v v. &gt;' V. 01» ,0 T vV. A V A C 0 V't fvi A 0 k As' CC t 0 IV Ct* 0 !i" A 0r A VriS d c
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  • 32 10 JOHOKE BAHRU Nov 4 Mr K r Swa&gt; has relinquished hU Avpvintnw ot headnuster Er.clish Co' ’.e*:e Johore Bahru. under the Ma'.ay o.uisAtioit scheme •a ltd ho.s et: tor Britain
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  • 21 10 KUALA LUMPUR Nov 4 No casualties :o either terrorists or security torees Lav? &lt;• j F itti* 'lol' tOC.Oi V
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  • 61 10 KVAIA LVMFUR Nov 4 The \«ineu’.turA. Ministry sa.s to rAi&gt;t’ rhs' '.r'.’fVrt i*v ■»'r""»'•&gt;ar*. .v’ a Indonesian :oa 'novo. 12 a round* jk «&gt; j &gt;•% A« vs• tr. a memorandum ?r: rr. Mr H *.v DcwLr.i a ”.0 11; r 0t 101 r MA.A” A O.
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  • 62 10 SINGAPORE N:v e qj»* d sabotaging v merit s effort to attr.... h:tel owners pent.:n ag the increased rates :m supply :f electr.mty The hotels :o pay the maxim.m rate 1." cents a un." wdl rail a genera. e* .r.g rf the ass.;-: at:::* soon
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  • 305 11 STANDSTILL AS ONG SEEKS ADVICE ON MOTION AFTER WALK-OUT SINGAPORE, Nov. 4.— The Mayor, Mr. MK Eng Guan, is «adlocked with nonr&gt; A.P. councillors over Aether they were institutionally right i carrying on the City i'nuncil meeting last iday aftei the Mayor id abruptly declared adjourned. The
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  • 153 11 J SHIPS ARE DUE SOON SINGAPORE, Nov. 4 ~Five Russian freighters are scheduled to lift more than $51,000,000 worth of rubber from Malayan ports this month. It was disclosed to the Straits Times today that the freighters would arrive in either Singapore or Malayan
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  • 285 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov. 4. ANE HUNDRED Malay schoolteachers undergoing training at the Language Institute here will stage a walk-out tomorrow morning in protest against the Government’s refusal to meet their salary claims. The teachers plan to go to the station and catch the day mail to
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  • 56 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 3 The Selangor Government has appointed a committee to investigate and make recommendations for a fully elected municipal council An elected municipal and state councillor, Inche Abdullah Yassin, has been appointed chairman of the committee, which has five other members. The committee will make its
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  • 30 11 JESSELTON. Nov. 3. The new Jesselton airport terminal building is expected lo be completed before February next year, the Director &gt;i Public Works. Mr. L. Jackson said today.
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  • 162 11 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4. A JAPANESE industrialist. Mr. Y. Inayama, pledged in Singapore today: “You will always remain our main supplier of tin. Russia will never, never, replace Malaya Mr. Inayama. who is here as the leader of a four-man delegation which recently
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  • 35 11 IPOH. Nov. 4.—A 50-square-yard piece of jungle land planted with tapioca by terrorists was found by a patrol of the 2/6 Gurkha Rifles yesterday in the “Operation Ginger” area, north of Ipoh, and destroyed.
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  • 353 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. L J’HE PLAN to restrict membership of the Malayan Chinese Association to Federal citizens has been a flop. MCA slate branches, with the exception of Penang, have refused to submit to the headquarters registers showing who are Federal citizens
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  • 182 11 IfUALA LUMPUR, 1V Nov. 4—The duty of the Socialist Front in Malaya is to see that those who are in the lowest income groups are elevated, the chairman of the Penang division of the Labour Party, Mr. Lim Kean Siew, said today. He was commenting on
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  • 84 11 IPOH, Nov. 4 Four models will feature in the grand fashion parade in aid of the Poppy Dav Fund at the Ipoh Club on Nov. 8 at 4 p in 4 p.m. They are Ruth Warner. Joy Warren. Alex Eady. and Cornelia Telfer-Smollet. Other
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  • 123 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 4. Federal Police Reserve Unit men, who have forced gangsters to go underground, have been withdrawn from night patrols in Kuala Lumpur’s had areas. Senior CII) officers are now reviewing the crime situation to find out if it is necessary for riot squads to
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  • 3037 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. THE Legislative Assembly today rejected a 1 P.A.P. motion deploring “the inept and incompetent manner in which the Minister lor Health and his Ministry have dealt with the current polio epidemic.” The motion, moved by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew the P.A.P. leader
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  • 275 12 Sabin found ideal —Braga SINGAPORE, Nov. 5 MASS inoculation with Sabin vaccine against poliomyelitis will become routine in Singapore, the Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga, told the Legislative Assembly today. The Assembly by an overwhelming majority—and without a division being called —rejected a move by the PAP leader,
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  • 78 13 KOTO BHARU. Nov s.—The monsoon Hoods in Kelantan are destroying young padi which has just been planted in Kampong Kutan. Kampong Bharu and Pasir Pekan near here The padi fields are two feet under water, and some of the padi has not been transplanted from
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  • 294 13 1/ II ALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5. —Leading medical experts will meet here on Nov. 7 to discuss whether or not to use Sabin vaccine as a precaution against polio. Their conference will be the third of a series on polio to be held
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    • 40 13 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can ho sent hy express air delivery service to tho United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of S24.00 for six months. (All The Above Are In Melayao Currency)
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  • 344 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. IF SINGAPORE claims to be a part of the Malayan nation with the Federation, it must act as one here and now, said the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, in the Legislative Assembly today. He was speaking on tlu* Singapore Government’s
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  • 99 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 5. Three Alliance candidates were returned unopposed here when nominations lor the Kuala Kangsar town council s annual elections for three seats closed today. The successful candidates are: Inche Mohamed Noordln bln Haji Baharuddin, 58. pensioner and a Justice of the Peace, for Kangsar
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  • 619 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. yHE P.A.P. leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, told the Legislative Assembly today that his party would strenuously object to foreign or even local capital being used for propaganda. He made it clear that he was not against local or foreign capital doing business
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  • 44 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5 —Mr D. C. D’Cotta. a criminal district judge, will start work tomorrow as acting Official Assignee. He succeeds Inche Abdul Wahab Ghows, who is being transferred to the AttorneyGeneral’s office as Deputy Public Prosecutor and Crown Counsel.
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  • 839 14 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5.— The Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, today called on aspiring authors to write books on the lives, aspirations and problems of the Malayan people, and he asked publishers to encourage such authors. He sounded this call during a statement explaining why
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  • 45 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 5 An 18-year-old student. Lim Then, was today killed instantly when his motor cycle skidded while trying to avoid a cyclist at Birch Road here Lim’s parents in Segamat have been informed. Lim was staying in Setapak with relatives.
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  • 883 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 6. THE Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, told the Legislative Assembly today that h e Government would undertake no new flood control schemes pending the next general election. He said he did not wish to prejudice the decisions which the
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  • 378 15 ‘NONSENSE/ REPLIES CHIEF MINISTER SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. The Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, was today accused by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew (PAP) of giving a “political slant” to the Singapore Constitution Exposition being organised by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
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  • 531 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5.It was the opinion of both the Singapore and Federation Governments, and of experts who had studied the problem, that the new pattern of development for the University of Malaya was the best one to meet the changing situation in both territories, the
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  • 67 15 No balloon ads firms are told SINGAPORE, Nov. 5 The City Council’s Estates and Building Committee today rejected as “too dangerous” an application to fly captive balloons at the Singapore Constitution Exposition to be held in January. Two advertising firms had asked the council for permission to fly the balloons
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  • 216 15 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5. A SPECIAL committee i.s now being formed by the Government to prepare the programme for Prince Philip’s two-day stay here in February. A Government spokesman, disclosing this today, said the committee would have its first meeting early next week. He indicated that the composition
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  • 768 16  -  By PATRICIA MORGAN Singapore, Nov.6 BECAUSE of a leakage of questions, 15,000 students who sat for the English secondary schools entrance examinations here this week will have to take a new exam. The Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, who made this shock announcement this afternoon,
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  • 735 16  -  From NELSON RUTHERFURD Johore Bahru, Nov. 6. AFTER 10 years of bitter struggle against the terrorists “white’ status is at last on the way for the whole of Johore. Terrorism has ceased in the huge south-west portion of the state
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    24 17 For the first time Singapore women are now allowed to pray in the mosque.—Photo by Mak. Kian sque.—Photo by Mak Kian Seng.
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  • 1203 17  - As I was saying CYNICUS V EARLY a lifetime of jN newspaper work has taught me that when a politician says: “I believe in the freedom of the Press,” his next word will be •but.” I have never, however, seen the freedom of the Press defended in quite such a
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  • 147 17 (From Straits Times of Nov. 12. 1908) EXTREMELY heavy rains are reported from diferent parts of Malaya particularly Perak. Most of the principal rivers are in heavy flood TWO cases of supposed diphtheria have been discovered in Orchard Road and one case of small-pox n llokkien Street
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  • 414 17  -  Tt’AN DJF.K Friday, Oct. 31st 1958: AST Sunday an official from the Food Denial Office in Johore Bahru called on the Tuan to put him right regarding central cooking in estates, mines, and villages. He explained the procedure at length, but it is possible to mention here only
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  • 224 18 IPOH, Nov. 6. MULTI-MILLIONAIRE’S mansion, one of the largest in Malaya, the Eu Chateau, was today sold to a Muslim religious organisation here to be turned into a vocational training centre to help curb the increasing incidence of prostitution among Malay women. The
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  • 72 18 Kuala lumpur, nov. 6. The Federation’s Minister of Commerce and Industry. Mr. Tan Slew Sin. left here this morning for Hong Kong on the. first leg of his journey to the United States to attend the Colombo Plan conference in Seattle. Mr. Tan will spend
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  • 283 18 LUMPUR, Nov. 6. —The Federation Government has estimated for an expenditure of $684,*****9 for public services next year. The biggest allocation 5166.319.196 will go to the Education Ministry, according to a Bill published tonight. For this year the Education Ministry was allocated
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  • 157 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov K IBOUT 600,000 new voters have registered lo r the Federal elections since the register onencii Oct. 1, the Straits Times was told todav A spokesman of the alec tions Commission said that after revisions oi the roll the net
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  • 32 18 KUALA KANGSAR. Nov. G. —The Raja Perempuan of Perak has given a beautiful cushion for the auction sale to be held here in aid of th( Poppy Day fund.
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  • 124 18 Kuala lumpur, n ov r. —A world authority on chest diseases said here last night he was depressed to hear that there was not enough money to improve the present facilities to treat tuberculosis patients in Malaya. Dr. Peter Edwards. R 9.
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  • 144 18 PENANG. Nov. 6. LABOUR city councillor, Mr. P. U. David, said today his voting on an Alliance motion oi no confidence in the Labour Mayor, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, would depend on whether his resignation yesterday from the Labour Party was accepted. “If I am
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  • 40 18 KUCHING. Nov 6. Emparan anak Sibut. a 58-year-old lban of Rumah Chundi at Sungei Kerian. Saratok. in the Second Division, was hanged in the Kuching Prison for the murder ot h:&gt; mother on March 8
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  • 29 18 PENANG. Nov. 6.- The Old Xaverians’ Association "hi celebrate its 34th anniversary with a dinner at me club premises in Mac Alls ter Road on Nov. 29.
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  • 283 18 Malacca, nov. g. The Malacca Municipal elections next month for four seats one in each of four wards will be a straight fight between the Alliance and the Malayan Party in three wards and a threecornered tussle in the fourth ward. When nominations closed
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • 1031 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 8 3ARLINNIE, a five-year-old gelding by Court MaitiaV, gave Penang trainer Mohamed Zain bin Ahmad his first success when he won he main event, a 7f handicap for Class 3, Div. I horses, here today. With Abdul Mawl astride Barlinnie
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  • 89 19 pENANO, Nov. 9.—A Singapore man may be appointed headmaster of the Penang Han Chiang High School. “Negotiations for his appointment are taking place," Mr. Lim Lean Teng, chairman of the school committee, told the Straits Times. He declined to disclose the name of the
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  • 269 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 9. gRUNEI will lend the Federation $100 million, as requested by the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, during his visit in September. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Dato Abdul Kazak bin Hussein, and the Minister of Finance, Col. Sir Henry
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  • 58 19 SINGAPORE. Nov. 9 —The weekend decline in the number of poliomyelitis cases reported In Singapore continued and only two definite cases were admitted to the Middleton Hospital between 5 p.m. yesterday and 6 p.m. today. Only three cases have been diagnosed since Friday evening. This brings
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  • 190 19 KUALA LUMPUK, Nov. 7. A DRASTIC economy campaign is shortly to he launched by the Malayan Railway administra- tion to prevent its present critical financial situation from deteriorating further. This year, the administration laces a deficit of $7 million. Next year, the deficit is expected
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  • 99 19 IPOH, Nov. 9. An Army pilot, Capt I. M. W. Love, who spotted the wreckage of the Aoster aircraft In which Sgt Ken McConnell crashed near Ipoh, left by air today for Britain. Capt. Love was with the 1902 Flight Air Observation Post
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 59 19 The Big Sweep TOTAL POOL: $156,700 1st. No. 160S87 ($42,309) 2nd. No. *****7 ($21,154) 3rd. No. *****8 ($10,577) STARTERS ($1,762 each): Nos. *****1; *****0; *****5; *****8; *****9; *****4. CONSOLATION ($940 each): Nos. *****6; *****6 *****8 *****6 *****8; *****9; *****9. Ten *****1 *****9 *****2; TREBLE TOTE: tickets ($75 each). FORECAST TOTE:
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  • 881 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. IT was a much better week on the Malayan 1 Share Market with the best turnover for some time, fresh investment buying and hardened prices. This was the result of the announcement by the International Tin Council that
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  • 11 20 October restricted tin outputs included Suugel Bidor 275 piculs.
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  • 33 20 &gt; TIN RUBBER (per picul) (per lb.) Nov. 3 5376.25 50'ii cU. 4 $376.50 90 7 h cts. 5 $376.62% 91% cts. 6 $377.25 90% cts. 7 &gt;380.00 90% cts. 8 $383.50
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  • 43 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment (or previous 1 a- w s year year Kempai 15% Nov. 22 15% J0 T i Pmit Perak Rubber 15%1 Nov. 21 35% British Borneo Petroleum 6d.t 25% t t Interim *tax. free
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  • 580 20 By Oar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Nov. s. \yiTH the rise of $2.75 in the tin price yesterday, following the announcement that the International Tin Council was keeping export quotas unchanged in the fifth control period, mining shares came in for a new boost
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  • 941 20 SINGAPORE, Nov. 10. INDUSTRIALS BUYERS SELLERS Ales tinea* Pref i oo i.su Ords 2.20 2.50 Atlas Ice 11. (buyers) B. B. Petrol 49/- 51/- cd B. M. Trustees 5.50 6100 xd Con. Tin Smelt Prer 16/6 17/6 Ords. 27/9 28/9 Fed. Dispensary 1.06 1.08 Fraser at Neave
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  • 150 20 Tfce Malayan Share BrokfiV iMMilihim reported on No\em S: “Industrials and r JJ b rs steady afld tins a shade ti£i%3r*Xr /&ra sary $1.07;. Fraser Nea\e oru Henry Waugh l S4 L a!me c all; Robinson ords si- 4 SU&fS;?S sffifa‘snK'«“ Jacks $1.50 and H-51- 10s Austral Amal
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  • 26 20 ruSTr fo Srr* r h r r r;sarsArsSr 01,500 lb.; New 8/rendah 80. ih- Bassett 37,000 lb.' Sl4lm 13U31 lb.: B Kepong 26.100 lb
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