The Straits Budget, 18 March 1959
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Title Section27 1959-03-18 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER New Series 656. Singapore, March 18, 1959 Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.27 words
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387 1959-03-18 2 WAN FARIDAH - WAN FARIDAH Teluk Anson. I ENTIRELY agree with Mr. Abdul Rasheed (S.T. March 6) that for the proper functioning of a democratic Government, a stable ruling party and virile opposition groups are essential. I nowhere oy word or implication opposed the existence of387 words
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160 1959-03-18 2 AJAX - AJAX Singapore IF a five-fold increase in the poultry industry in Singapore is not a conspicuous example of successful Government aid and encouragement to farmers In Singapore then what is it? Sam Yuin Kong says it isn’t, because the price of poultry has gone up.160 words
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Article84 1959-03-18 2 A. B. C - A. B. C. Singapore. AS Mr. Thomas must have had occasion to expatiate on the things which are “honourable, true, and of good report, would he explain for the benefit of those who heard him from the pulpit or in the classroom the ethics of his divulging84 words
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Article106 1959-03-18 2 J- TAN - J TAN ipoh. T REFER to the letter by Anak Melayu (S.T. Feb 14). Anak Melayu thinks that it would be fairer if Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam contested the elections against Tengku Abdul Rahman at Kuala Kangsar, Teluk Anson or any place in Kedah. Anak Melayu106 words
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176 1959-03-18 2 FRANCIS THOMAS - FRANCIS THOMAS Singapore. YOUR report of March 9. that I “urged Mr. Marshall to disclose who had offered him $500,000“ does not correctly represent my views. I cannot blame your reporter for this, as he interviewed me under difficulties, through a window, when I176 words
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Article240 1959-03-18 2 A. R. G. D’ROSE - A. R. G. D’ROSE Singapore. I w OULD Ilke t 0 than I Miss Chan Choy Slone of the People’s Action Party for confirming what I have alwav* maintained about the Family Planning Association. “The large sums of money given to the association by the government240 words
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Article73 1959-03-18 2 CIVIC MINDED - CIVIC MINDED Singapore. T WOULD like to draw the attention of Mayor Ong to the amount of litter strewn all over the playing field at Hong Lim Green. The litter is left behind by people who use the field for recreational purposes. There are a few litter bins73 words
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192 1959-03-18 2 FRALIAN - FRALIAN Singapore. IT is ridiculous to maintain that qualified teachers quit their jobs to fkvote their time to private tuition because it is so lucrative. Would any one in his right mind leave a permanent post for uncertain earning? The sum mentioned192 words
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Miscellaneous44 1959-03-18 2 r BCNHAM PRIVATE TUITION RULES COW* It I SCMoot Pl»l It PAY H0ITA3UQ3 YAT2IMIM HOLIDAY* holidays SCAlCS r 5/ TBoSTVD $fiOAtl»T ALLOWANCE* r. •CALC* sw s -:vxi ;.y.;.NW>X 4 y:;.y; vT m T‘ MM V 3 i. :>. -<• HERE'S SOMETHING TO SUPPLEMENT-YOUR PRIVATE TUITION PEES44 words
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Article559 1959-03-18 3 lilViltlUlC. —Straits Times. Mar. 11. I’i White Paper on the ii\uii«tion of Communist ure Singapore, mod yesterday, makes it ..a unanswerable case C, tiie ban imposed last ,,11 the production ol ty publishing houses China and liong iviu Here, chapter and U 1M are proof that thelilViltlUlC. —Straits Times. Mar. 11. - 559 words
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Article206 1959-03-18 3 —Straits Times. Mar. 11. The Governors of the Penang Methodist Boys’ School have now had their final say on the position of their most distinguished employee. the Mayor of Penang. They stand by their previous decision to ask Mr. Ramanathan to resign his headmastership if he wishes to—Straits Times. Mar. 11. - 206 words
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Article377 1959-03-18 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 14. The manner in which the Mayor of Singapore conducts the full meetings of the City Council is very frequently unfair, and often downright objectionable. It has gone on far too long to be attributed to youthful inexperience, which appeared to be a—Straits Times, Mar. 14. - 377 words
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Article666 1959-03-18 3 —Straits Times. Mar. 13. Some old friends are bobbing up again at the Brisbane conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. Commodity prices is one of them. It is the poorer nations which are most threatened by near-disaster, remarked the Federation’s Minister—Straits Times. Mar. 13. - 666 words
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Article296 1959-03-18 3 —Straits Times Mar. 10. Singapore’s new constitution, said Dato Abdul Hamid on Sunday, “cannot and will not work if UMNO and the Malays do not support it.” Unless the Malays are given “a square deal” by the next Government, he added, the constitution "might as well be scrapped.”—Straits Times Mar. 10. - 296 words
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Article259 1959-03-18 3 V./ i« v v.'Miiiimin.'M nu iin/v i Straits Time's, Mar. 14. The visit of the U.N. Secretary-General, Mr. Dac Hammarskjoold, although brief was not altogether a routine flit to the capital of one of the newest members of the United Nations. Mr. Hammarskjoold, at a press conference yesterday,V./ i« . v v.'Miiiimin.'M nu iin/v i •». Straits Time's, Mar. 14. - 259 words
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Article535 1959-03-18 4 Straits Times. Mar. 14. Operating at a heavy loss the highest in its history the Malayan Railway has also run into trouble with a large section of its staff The National Union ol Railwayman, which claims 8,000 ol the Railway’s employees as its members, isStraits Times. Mar. 14. - 535 words
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Article258 1959-03-18 4 Straits Times. Mar. 12. In Singapore and perhaps oven more so in the Federation the reformist approach in penology has had encouraging results. The recent visit of 30 Singapore prisoners (some of them “lifers’ to the Constitution Exposition is only one example. In the Federation 13 prisonersStraits Times. Mar. 12. - 258 words
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Article637 1959-03-18 4 —Straits Times. Mar. 12. No-one has ever supposed that a couple of strokes of the pen would solve the rubber industry’s land problems The trouble is that even if this were the ease, no hand seems strong enough to grasp the pen. It is the better—Straits Times. Mar. 12. - 637 words
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Article224 1959-03-18 4 -Straits Times Mar 10. The emphasis in Malayan housing plans is on low rents. The housing needs of the moderately well-ofl, if not largely met, at least are nowhere near as acute as those of $lOO to $3OO a month workers who comprise the vast majority of-Straits Times Mar 10. - 224 words
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Article236 1959-03-18 4 —Straits Times. Mar 16 The Federation’s acting Prime Minister has appealed to political parties not to use religion as a political weapon in the coma,elections. The Muslim religion is in the hands of i. Rulers and its official m is defined in the constitute, This warning against t!—Straits Times. Mar 16 - 236 words
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Article194 1959-03-18 4 —Straits Times. Mar lb A sensible arrangement ha> been made by the MCA. special working party which has been meeting to reconcile conflicting views on th« party’s new constitution. The charter, if approved next Sunday by the General Committee and then accepts: by the Registrar of Societies, will—Straits Times. Mar lb - 194 words
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Article, Illustration1044 1959-03-18 5 MALAYA TODAY WELCOMES DAG HAMMARSKJOELD KUALA LUMPUR. I r U ALA LUMPUR toiV day welcomes the world's top-ranking iVii d highest paid ,vil servant. I don’t know exactly how »>'uch Dag Ham.arskjoeld receives salary and al■vances some-t-::nu over M 5160.000 tax free —but1,044 words
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1078 1959-03-18 5 KUALA LUMPUR. ip i wore a bonnet. 1 :ie of the bees in it as anybody who troubles to read this column must know’ would be the urgent need for a reorganisation of the maclnnery through which the United Kingdom Government deals with territories overseas.1,078 words
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Article230 1959-03-18 6 Limited money for armed forces MALACCA, Mar. 6.-The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today defended Malaya's mutual defence treaty with Britain. Addressing 4,000 Mnhivs, Chinese and Indians :il n rally at Merlimati, 14 miles from here, he said: “The pact is to he reviewed from year230 words
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Article, Illustration666 1959-03-18 6 IPOH Mar. 8 JHE president of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dr. Lim Chong Ku, said here today that there was I no place for “nonMalayan ideas” in the party’s new policy. “Our policy will666 words
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Article156 1959-03-18 6 If LUMPUR, Mar.,B IY# The Malayan Inchan Congress last night decided to ask the Alliance National Council to nominate at least p candidates from the Congress for the Federal elections. The central working committee of the congress reached this decision at a threehour closed door156 words
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Article22 1959-03-18 6 TELUK ANSON. Mar. 9Dr. R. Balasundram was elected president of the Lower Perak Indian Association at its annual meeting here.22 words
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138 1959-03-18 6 TANA RATA. Mar. 8 Malaya’s highest and most popular hill resort, the Cameron Highlands, today became a white area, freed of all the Emergency restrictions it has experienced for nearly 11 years. There were loud cheers from the biggest assembly ever seen here138 words
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Article32 1959-03-18 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar 9 The Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDesignate of the Philippines. Mr. Marianno Ezpelita this morning presented his credentials to the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong at the Istana Negara.32 words
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342 1959-03-18 6 ‘Whisper campaign charge by air chief SINGAPORE, Mar. 9 TiHE chief of the Hunt- in£ Clan Air Transport Ltd., which is planning to operate a low-cost air service from London to Singapore, said here today that a “nasty whispering campaign” was going on against his airline. Mr. M Curtis, who342 words
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553 1959-03-18 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 8 UMNO leaders today launched a bitter, all-out attack on the People’s Action Party. All 15 speakers at a party rally at Geylang Serai spoke out sironulv against the I’.A.P. and the tactics the party used. And there was a warning that553 words
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144 1959-03-18 7 jjINCiAPOKE, Mar. B. The Chief Minister, Tun him Yew Hock, today said that the Council of Ministers would meet soon to discuss the setting up of a commission of inquiry into the alleged §500,000 bank account in the name of the former Education Minister, Mr.144 words
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Article235 1959-03-18 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Mar. 8. THE Governor of Penang, Raja Tun Sir Uda, today 1 urged Malays not to lean too heavily on “props which the Government gives you in the form of special privileges." Speaking at the annual >peech day of his old school, the Malaya235 words
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Article72 1959-03-18 7 SEREMBAN. Mar. 9—Unless rain falls heavily into the catchment areas which serve Seremban and Port Dickson, these two towns may find water supplies restricted this week. A public works department spokesman said today that rain has fallen only five times in the past 3372 words
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Article30 1959-03-18 7 SINGAPORE. Mar. 13 Family remittances to China from neoole in Singapore in February totalled $672 669. From the Federation for the same neriod the total was $204,702.30 words
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354 1959-03-18 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 7. DAVID MARSHALL, chairman of the Workers’ Party, today told the Sunday Times that in November last year he had turned down an pffer of $500,000 from the head of another Colony political party. Mr. Marshall made this disclosure when354 words
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Article334 1959-03-18 7 CINCAPORE, Mar. 7— The former Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. is to resign from the Singapore People's Alliance. Mr. Chew toid the SPA of his intention during a meeting of its executive committee today. After the meeting, the SPA secretary-general. Mr. Wang Tsun334 words
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Article637 1959-03-18 8 The end of a life of terror 1POH, Mar. 9. rpHK man who murdered Sir Henry Hurney its dead. Sin Mah, 10, the top terrorist left in Malaya, was shot on Mar. 6 less than a mile from Ipoh. Sin Mah who led the October 1951 ambush637 words
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132 1959-03-18 8 rp<> ONE man in Malaya, I th«* news of tin* killing of Sin Mali was received with particular satisfaction He is Mr. I). I. Staples, who war travelling with S»r Henry Ciiirney anil l.aily f iurrvy to Eraser’s llill Mr Stanl-i was at*132 words
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Article588 1959-03-18 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. THE secretary-general of the People’s Action Party, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today accused the chairman of Singapore State UMNO, Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, of talking in “wild and inflammatory communal terms.” Mr. Lee was referring to an attack on588 words
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Article65 1959-03-18 8 TANAH RATA, Mar 9.—The Sultan of Pahang told the 100 people at a dinner in his honour here last night that he was “very happy’’ that the Cameron Highlands is now a white area. The Mentri Bosar of Pahang. the Tengku Mahkota of Pahang and the65 words
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459 1959-03-18 8 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. THREE armed robbers early today broke into a Joo Chiat Road pawnshop, designed to be burglar-proof, gagged and tied up four men and made off with $lOO,OOO worth of jewellery. The pawnshop manager, Mr. Lee Hoi Kin. told the Straits459 words
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Article328 1959-03-18 9 MALAYAN AIRWAYS MAY TAKE THE LEAD SOON IN ASIA SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. ii.NLAl AN AIRWAYS is now believed to be considering a suggestion > hut the airline take the lead in introducing economy fare services from Singapore to other South-East Asian cities. I* is understood328 words
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Article48 1959-03-18 9 23*V ll A1, Y 12.—Two of the detained in Perak t Special Branch a a ’o in the counviv Operation Basoh” 1 ;»‘d today. is a student ik Public Girls’ I lle 4 other was a the Yuk Choy II a few months arrest. g48 words
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Article, Illustration234 1959-03-18 9 r>D T P*r,i m w.r, SINGAPORE, Mar. 9. ORIGADIER MARTIN HOTINE, British Director of Overseas Surveys, said here today that surveys in Singapore were much more advanced than those in other Colonial territories. This was his opinion after discussions with officials of the Survey Department234 words
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Article416 1959-03-18 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 8. yHE P.A.P. is “very good at telling dirty lies,” lun Lini \ew Hock, the Chief Minister, said at a Singapore People’s Alliance rally at Runia Bom bah Circus today. “According to them, everything done by everyone else is wrong. If they416 words
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417 1959-03-18 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Mar. 8 A FULLY democratic constitution for Johore providing for an elected legislature of 32 members and an executive council drawn entirely from the legislature is recommended by the Select Committee of the Council of State appointed to consider amendments to the417 words
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93 1959-03-18 9 PENANG. Mar. 9.—A former British troopship, the Empire Orwell, has left Liverpool for Indonesia, where she will be converted into a pilgrim ship. The Penang office of United Kingdom Deputy High Commissioner said today the 18.036-ton vessel had been renamed Gunung Djati. after93 words
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Article119 1959-03-18 9 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 8. The UMNO headquarters here today announced 10 ol the names of UMNO Kaum Ibu (women) leaders whe would go to Indonesia on a goodwill mission after the Hari Raya Puasa early next month. The 12-member mission will be led by119 words
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Article, Illustration408 1959-03-18 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. A HOPE that the Singapore City Council and to a lesser extent certain government departments will take a realistic view of the paramount importance of the free port to the life of Singapore is emphasised in the annual report of The408 words
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267 1959-03-18 10 PENANG, Mar. 10. THE Board of Governors of the Penang Methodist Boys’ School has 1 decided to stand by its previous decision to ask its school master Mayor, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, to give up his mayoral office or resign from his present267 words
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227 1959-03-18 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. THE Singapore People’s Alliance declared tonight that it should now be made "crystal clear’’ that the party had nothing to do with the alleged donation of $500,000 which purportedly came from "a foreign source.” The SPA said, in a227 words
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485 1959-03-18 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10— Two major political parties here today agreed with Singapore State UMNO that the People’s Action Party should be blamed for any future trouble in the Colony. The Singapore Peoples Alliance and the Liberal Socialist Party485 words
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249 1959-03-18 10 JOHORE BIIRU. Mar. 10 i •Singapore racketeers are be- I lieved to be responsible lor the recent theft of hundreds ol dollars’ worth ot telephone wire in the Johore Bahru district. There have been six cases of wire stealing since the area249 words
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Article141 1959-03-18 10 Tax on liquor, petrol higher for first two months SINGAPORE, Mar. 10— Gay Chinese New Year celebrations and the Constitution Exposition receptions were said to be responsible for the big jump in liquor revenue this year. Tax on liquor for the first two months of this year amounted141 words
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436 1959-03-18 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 10. \|K. P. C. MARCUS, Chief Administrative Officer of the City Council, was today reprimanded for having taken legal advice on his powers under the Local Government Ordinance without the approval of the council. He was said to have consulted a436 words
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129 1959-03-18 11 LUMPUR, Mar. 10. —Drivers in the Federal capital want to be served with “soft” drinks while waiting for mems and tuans attending cocktails and dinners This plea was made by a seven-man delegation from the drivers’ branch of Kuala Lumpur UMNO at a129 words
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Article192 1959-03-18 11 KLANG, Mar. 10. rpHE Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr. J. G. Adams, has ordered a probe into an alleged misappropriation of funds in the Port Swettenham Branch of one of the biggest unions in the Federation. A police spokesman said today that investigations had been192 words
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124 1959-03-18 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 9. A SPOKESMAN of the Selangor Public Works n Department today warned the public that although the water shortage has eased a little, the drought is not over. He hoped people would not become careless but would continue to economise. Today’s124 words
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Article77 1959-03-18 11 K LUMPUR, Mar. 10. —The Federation’s three million Muslims will start their monthlong annual fast from 4 a.m. tomorrow. Government monthly-paid staff will have shorter working hours during Ramadhan from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The daily-rated workers will work for six hours, finishing not77 words
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Article44 1959-03-18 11 LUMUT. Mar. 10 —The Social Welfare Lotteries Board has given a grant of $220,500 to the Sitiawan Chinese Maternity Hospital for a new two-storey capital. It will be built on the site of the present wooden building at Simpang Ampat.44 words
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Article124 1959-03-18 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 10. —The acting Prime Minister. Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein. has pledged to maintain the “high standard of leadership” set by Tengku Abdul Rahman. He indicated this in his reply to the Government Temporary Officers’ Union. published in the latest issue of124 words
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314 1959-03-18 11 KUALA LUMPUR Mar. 10 J''I IE Rubber Producers Council today call- on State governments to help the rub u r industry plant i .000,000 acres of virgin land with rubber in be next 10 years. Its annu al report314 words
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Article289 1959-03-18 11 SINGAPORE, Mar. 9.— A demand for the resignation of the Government will be made by the People’s Action Party at the Mar. 18 meeting of the Legislative Assembly. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the PAP leader, today gave notice of this motion for Mar.289 words
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Article70 1959-03-18 11 PENANG. Mar 10. Tin Controller of Posts, northern division, Mr. D. W. Naylor, today announced that a mobile post office would be available within three months to serve the rural areas of Penang. It will cover two routes—one through Glugor, Sungei Nibong, Sungei Ara, Telok Kumbar, Genting70 words
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311 1959-03-18 12 Cholera —new peril for terrorists on the border IPOH. Mar. 11. 'TERRORISTS on the Siam-Malaya border, who are A constantly harassed by security forces, now face a new danger—cholera. A new outbreak of the disease is sweeping south Siam. There is a strong chance that terrorists on the Siamese side311 words
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Article17 1959-03-18 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Mar. 11.— Legislation to establish a shari ah court here is being drafted.17 words
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Article, Illustration428 1959-03-18 12 HARRY MILLER - They died for the country: King unveils memorial ‘MALAYA OWES A DEBT TO THESE BRAVE MEN’ By HARRY MILLER Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 11 King spoke soft- ly as he said: “With a proud yet humble heart I unveil this memorial and acknowledge the debt my country owes to those braveStraits Times picture. - 428 words
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Article39 1959-03-18 12 KUALA LUMPUR Mar. 11 Mar. 11.—An UMNO branch has been formed in Kampong Penghulu Diman. in the Ulli Trengganu division. Inche Muda bin Yassin has been elected chairman and Inche Salleh bin Said, secretary.39 words
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Article, Illustration162 1959-03-18 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. ll_ A German cyclist. Franz E. Wendlandt! who has been in Singapore since Feb. 12, will make his first attempt to cycle tor 72 hours non-stop on the concrete track at the old Kallang airport here. Franz, 36. will start his marathon162 words
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170 1959-03-18 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 11. I7LECTRICITY consumers in the Federal capital will get special concession rates for official illumination of buildings during the Kuala Lumpur municipal centenary celebrations in June. A spokesman of the Central Electricity Board told the Straits Times today that the reduced rate170 words
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172 1959-03-18 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 11.— The police riot squad was rushed today to the strikebound factory of Chip Seng and Co. in Klang Gates to disperse pickets as newly employed workers reported for duty. The strikers, who were said to be bloeking the entrance trying172 words
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Article65 1959-03-18 12 TEMERLOH. Mar. 11. A former homeguard. Ng Kim Kow. 23. was sentenced to three years’ jail by the Sessions Court here yesterday for unlawful possession ot a hand grenade, a fuse and 30 rounds of ammunition in his house at Kemayang new village.65 words
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72 1959-03-18 12 IPOH, Mar. 11.—Two Ipoh schoolboys. Lint Jit Hal and Chan Slew Hu, have been awarded Colombo Plan scholarships to further their studies in Australia. Lim, 20. a student of the Anglo-Chinese School, and Chan, also 20. of Anderson School, will be leaving Sin72 words
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624 1959-03-18 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. SINGAPORE law firm has advised the City Council's Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. P. C. Marcus, on request that he has paramount powers n tiu* creation of staff posts under the Local Gov- ernment Ordinance. Allen and Gledhill has expressed the opinion624 words
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246 1959-03-18 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. f pUI>LRCULOSIS is still a serious problem in Singapore, Dr. Sen Gupta, director of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, said today. Dr. Sen Gupta warned that unless much more funds and trained personnel were quickly made available the problem could not246 words
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200 1959-03-18 13 SINGAPORE CONCESSION TO MUSLIMS IN GOVT. SINGAPORE, Mar. 11. SINGAPORE Government Muslim employees will be allowed to return home at 2 p.m. each day, except those engaged in essential services, during the fasting month which began today. A circular to this effect has200 words
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Article99 1959-03-18 13 Kuching, Mar. 11.A women's section of Sarawak Constabulary will start as soon as adequate training facilities are available, it was announced yesterday. Inquiries are being mad.’ overseas with a view to getting the services of a suitable woman police officer or. alternatively, to arrange for99 words
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160 1959-03-18 13 Ai.A LUMPUR,Mar. 11 lay ri stucient leaders Iped Malaya to gain 1 nal recognition l, dent organisations countries Mr. K( nny Khaw, ol the TechniStudcntv Union, A. Ginendraclas, V resident of the LJnion of Federation returned f n Malaya from the international students’ conference in160 words
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167 1959-03-18 13 PENANG, Mar. 11. THE GOVERNMENT has evidence that secret societies had participated in the George Town City Council elections in recent years, the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee. disclosed today. “But.” he said, “their activities were on a very restricted scale.” Dato167 words
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Article61 1959-03-18 13 SEREMBAN. Mai. 11.- Low Ah Loi, 21. was sentenc' d in the Tampin Sessions Court yesterday to three yearjail for having subversive documents. Low, a committee member of the Labour Party of Malaya, Tampin branch, was arrested on Dee. 22 at 2.45 a.m in his61 words
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Article60 1959-03-18 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 11. Sixty-six out, of 81 airlines had an accident-free year in 1957, according to the International Air Transport Association safety statistics, released today. In 1957 there were more passengers carried, fewer accidents and fewer fatalities. The tat Istics dliclo e that ther >60 words
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Article346 1959-03-18 14 M ALA LI’MITK. M:ir. 11 A “HAPPY COMI’HOMISK” was micliud lure in talks today among representatives ol tlie Technical College, the Lniversitv of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur and the Ministry ol education on the future of the college. No decision was taken on whether the should346 words
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Article49 1959-03-18 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12.—The Singapore Education Ministry has notified all Government aided schools to submit their applications for capital grants to build or reconstruct school buildings for 1960, before Mar. 16. This is to enable the Government to include all approved sums in the 1960 Estimates.49 words
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Article76 1959-03-18 14 KIIALA LUMPUR. Mar. 11.— The retired Mentri Besar of Negri Sembilan, Dato Shamsuddin bin Nain, has been appointed the No. 2 man of the rubber industry’s $10,500,000-a-year research programme. From April 1, he will be assistant to the Controller of Rubber Research, Sir Geoffrey Clay.76 words
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Article22 1959-03-18 14 SEREMBAN, Wed. The Negri Sembilan Council of State will meet on Mar. 26 to pass the state’s new constitution.22 words
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77 1959-03-18 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Mar. 11 The Johore Social Welfare Department Is now considering a pilot scheme to promote cottage industries in the State. The scheme, if adopted, is likely to be Implemented In ihe riverine k am pongs of south Johore It Is felt that If77 words
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Article, Illustration157 1959-03-18 14 THE UNIVERSITY of Malaya’s first Doctor of Philosophy degree under its new constitution will be awarded to Mr. K. G. Tregonning, (above), acting head of the university’s History Department. The award was decided upon by the Senate of the University of157 words
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Article253 1959-03-18 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11 —Liberal Socialist city councillor Mr. Wee Swee Hong today claimed that the council’s new schemes to build kampong roads with the help of villagers was first proposed by him a year ago. "I suggested in a motion that the council should supply253 words
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Article64 1959-03-18 14 PENANG, Mar. 11. The Penang branch of Party Negara has sent a letter to the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee. conveying the decision of its executive committee to ask for the name of the city to be changed from George Town to Bandar Raya Tanjong64 words
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206 1959-03-18 14 PENANG, Mar. 11. IF Siam is suddenly attacked, how soon can Seato air and ground reinforcements Inrushed to her defence? In hours. Wing Commander Colin Steley. Commanding Officer. No. 2 Canberra Bomber Squadron. K.A.A.F.. told Penang Kotarians today. Wing Commander Steley. who206 words
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274 1959-03-18 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11. READERS of the natural rubber industry were confident today that the commercial availbility of polyisoprene—the wonder synthetic that duplicates the tree-grown product—would not alter the immediate over-all world rubber position. They were commenting on a report from New York that274 words
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Article59 1959-03-18 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 11. —An official Indian engineering trade delegation will visit Malaya next month to make an on-the-spot study of present market requirements. A Indian High Commission statement today said that the delegation, sponsored by the Engineering Export Promotion Council of India, will find out how best59 words
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128 1959-03-18 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 11.— The City Council is to seeK legal advice on what steps it should take to remedy the situation arising out of a High Court judgment yesterday that all assessment increases made the present City Council under the Municipal Or finance were null128 words
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1145 1959-03-18 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. Til' City Council's Chief Administrative Ofli1 0 r> Mr. V. C. Marcus, has once again come lire from the council’s public utilities l( c!imiltee. i confidential re)day, the commit- < surged Mr. Marcus 'i being “either derej the discharge of iuties1,145 words
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308 1959-03-18 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 12. The estates and building committee of the City Council today decided to recommend that disciplinary action be taken against the Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. P. C. Marcus, for consulting legal advisers without reference to the council. Mr. Marcus recently308 words
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401 1959-03-18 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 12. "pHE Rubber Research Institute here said today it could be assumed that Iron Curtain countries have joined the race to produce a synthetic rubber identical with the natural product in structure. It made this point when asked to comment on401 words
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Advertisement40 1959-03-18 15 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES The weekly issues of the Straits Budget can ho sent hy express air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of $24.00 for six months. (AH The Above Are lo Malaya# Currency)40 words
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Article1349 1959-03-18 16 Minister: I want a report SINGAPORE, Mar. IS. FOLLOWING a walk-out by the entire Opposition from a City Council meeting today, the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing, Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji |umat, called for a verbatim report of the proceedings. Commenting on the meeting.1,349 words
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Article218 1959-03-18 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. I —The leaders oi the three Opposition parties in tne City Council deplored “the dictatorial and totalitarian methods” used by the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, during a special meeting of the council earlier in the day. A joint statement said: “The218 words
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250 1959-03-18 16 ‘Auction those eight portraits —committee is unanimous SINGAPORE. Mar. 12- Eight portraits of former presidents of the City Council should be put up for public auction and the proceeds put into the municipal fund, the council’s estates and building committee decided today. The committee made this unanimous decision on a250 words
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Article132 1959-03-18 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 13. jyiORE than 300 technical college students here want their food allowance raised so that they can get the same food as their counterparts in the University of Malaya and the Teachers’ Training College. The “watchdog” committee of the Technical College Students’132 words
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Article34 1959-03-18 16 SINGAPORE. Mar. 13.— Ti Queen’s personal represent live. Air Marshal Sir Alick Stevens, will be in Singapon on March 20 to present standard to the No. 2 Squadron, RAF, stationed Changi.34 words
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Article1168 1959-03-18 17 CYNICUS - As I was saying CYNICUS. SINGAPORE. Mar. 14. Marcus story, as I t m‘ Mayor and his y Council caucus i arently intend de- ping it. is going become a classic. x confidential report -.j; ii is now being Ins Mered by the I'jjhiif Utilities Com:oc. blames him i ivctly1,168 words
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Article, Illustration6 1959-03-18 17 STKAITS by NeLson ttuinerfordby NeLson ttuinerford - 6 words
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Article453 1959-03-18 17 Tl AN IVIFK - Tl AN IVIFK. FRIDAY, March 6 QN Feb. 28 some 30 estate managers and assistants, including the Tuan, attended a field demonstration of the latest replanting methods given by the manager of a large rubber estate. The visitors assembled at nis bungalow and shortly alter drove to the453 words
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Article134 1959-03-18 17 (From the Straits Times of March 11. 1909). ON Friday next the Legislative Council is to be asked to consider votiner a bill of SI 1,1C>7 for relaying the SimraporeKranji railway line between Tank Koad and Bukit Timah stations. A new bill to provide for assizes being(From the Straits Times of March 11. 1909). - 134 words
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1333 1959-03-18 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13. Mr. Francis Thomas said tonight his reason for not making a public disclosure when the former Education Minister. Mr. Chew Swee Kee. told him about havinc, collected $3OO 000 in 1957. was that he would have wrecked the Labour Front1,333 words
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Article50 1959-03-18 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 13. —A revision of salaries in the public services has been announced in a White Paper published today. Those affected are Division IV employees and Divisions 1 to 111 officers in the Customs Department and Divisions I to 111 officers in the Health Ministry.50 words
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Article22 1959-03-18 18 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13.—Mr. Eo Peng Liang has been elected president of the Singapore Boy Scouts Katong District Association for 1959-60.22 words
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Article, Illustration463 1959-03-18 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 13. pilh l nitcri Nations secretary-general, Mr. I);ig llammarskjodd, flew into Kuala Lumpur this morning in a Royal Siamese Air Force plane from Bangkok. At a press conference lie spoke iiboul: Tengku Abdul Ratlin a n’s investors’ charter which is nowition in the United Nations.—Straits Times picture. - 463 words
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Article857 1959-03-18 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP lp«h, Mar. 11 n H A W STABLE’S 5 Full House, with Merv Posner astride, put up a grand performance when he came from last at the home turn to force a dead heat with the rank outsider, Azarole (Moon), in the Class857 words
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Article831 1959-03-18 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP Ipoh, Mar. 14 PEACEFUL KING, with John Forte astride, found his winning break with a good win from Barakat in the Class 2,9 f Trophy race here today, concluding day of the Perak Turf Club March Meeting. Another maiden winner was Carribean831 words
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Miscellaneous111 1959-03-18 19 THE BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $189,300 1st No. *****1 ($51,790) 2nd No. *****2 ($24,341) 3rd No. *****0 ($12,429) STARTERS ($1,849 each): Nos. *****3, *****3, *****7. *****9, *****4, *****4, *****6. CONSOLATION ($1,000 each): Nos. *****3, *****7, *****9, *****8, *****0, *****4, *****8, *****8, *****1, *****8. LAST 4 DIGITS: 7581 18 tickets ($115)111 words
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Article1317 1959-03-18 20 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Mar. 16. '['HANKS to sterling rubbers it was a fairly good week on the Malayan Share Market with the turnover showing a definite increase. With the increasing soundness of the rubber position—and the week saw more than its share of pundits1,317 words
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Article74 1959-03-18 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for X previous year year Robin on and Co. ords. 5% March 26 26% Kundang Tin Dredging 3s April 1 6s. 9s. Bukit Kepong Rubber 50% May 5 6 5% 70% New Serendah Rubber Co. 22H% April IS 32 40%74 words
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Article958 1959-03-18 20 SINGAPORE, Mar. 14. INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sellers Alex Bricks Pref 1.60 i. 60 Ords 2.20 2.50 Atlas Ice 11.00 tJ (buyersi B B Petrol 41/6 40'B M Trustees 6 o<> 6.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref 16/6 11/6 xd Ords. 30/- 31/Fed. Dispensary 1.04 1.06 Fitzpatricks 93 96 Fraser958 words
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Article17 1959-03-18 20 TIN RUBBER March 3 B«4cti 5 $491.25 $74 cts. 6 $388.75 874 civ 7 $397.0017 words
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Article331 1959-03-18 20 The Malayan Share Broker*’ Association reported on Saturday (March 14); “All sections on the local share market were steady and prices In a few counters were Inclined to harden. The turnover was small.” Singapore brokers reported the following business: Industrial: Fed. Dispensary $1.05; Pltspatricks 94 cents: Fraser and331 words
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Article22 1959-03-18 20 Malayan Share Market: Mar. 13 Mar. 12 Industrials: 86.19 85 89 Tina: 100.44 101.19 Robbers 124.95 124.32 Jan. 1 1958—10022 words
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Article52 1959-03-18 20 Outputs from the estates ahd mines in the Guthrie Group tor 195® to date (In brackets) are as follows: Robber 6,101,600 lb., (***** 000 lb.), Tee (block). 131.500 lb. (287,500 lb), Palm oil 1,441 tons. (3,110 tons), Palem kernels 430 tons, (833 tons), and Tin ore .'6O piculs52 words