The Straits Budget, 4 November 1959

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    27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Nfw Series 689. Singapore, November 4, 1959. Price 40 cents (Malay*) or 1 SblUUif.
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      THESE FEES ARE EXCESSIVE
      98 2  -  JUSTICE. Lenggoqg. EVERY pupil of the English school here in Lenggong Is required to Eay $5 a term as lib:iary, andwork and games fees. A uniform rate is charged for every child from Standard One to the highest form in the school. I consider the amount
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      MALAYA HAS DONE GREAT SERVICE
      111 2  -  Z.T.J. Johore Bahru. MALAYA has done a great service to the cause of human-rights by raising the question of Tibet in the United Nations General Assembly. Tibet had been a small Himalayan state for hundreds of years with her own tradition, culture and way of
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      CULTURE
      533 2  -  MAURICE ANG University of Malaya. Singapore. Here, I suggest, is a more useful intellectual lead our undergraduates can give in shaping the new Singapore TN the latest issue of the Malayan Undergrad, journal of the University of Malaya, the Minister of Culture is quoted as saying that the students
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      Culture
      369 2  -  i R- Taiping. THE PLA( To START is IN SCHOOLS IN MAi aYA f HAVE read Mi Rajaratnam’s artich and the opposite view ot Mr Yeo Teck Meng. l dUler with both ot them us my concept of Malayan culture is that it is composed of the “adaptaole ones
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      SPINSTERS
      38 2  -  S'. Singapore. ->1 j;ft WHY doesn’t the o f aside some f. sible spinsters? It is be for us to live in 1 ate cause of the cost. iv e. homes can be c too. r' ,lE
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      Lock icon Incursion In Kashmir
      614 3 Straits Times. Oct. 26 Nehru has told his “We have to take ver steps are necessary a calm mind.” China was ally anticipating his ci* when it assaulted the a police party in Ladakh; IC incident, resulting in the of seventeen Indians. v> no accident, delivered as
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      Lock icon Meeting The Challenge
      318 3 Straits Times. Oct. 26 Dollar rubber brings many smiles, the bogey of stockpile disposals has lost its immediate terrors, and the genuine recovery in demand that has taken place this year offers assurance for the future of the plantation product. All this notwithstanding, it remains true that
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      Lock icon Strike Threat
      346 3 Straits Times. Oct 27 Five large railway unions have jointly decided to ask their members to vote on the use of the strike weapon in support of their demand for a pension scheme. A two-thirds majority in the ballot would give the leaders their mandate. This is obviously
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      Lock icon The Conspiracy
      244 3 Straits Times. Oct. 27 'We have only been at it for eleven years, the Chinese Communist Party was at it for 24 years; do not be discouraged.” This, according to General Brooke who left yesterday after three years in command of the Federation Army, is the Malayan Communist
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      Lock icon A Grotesque Charge
      538 3 Straits Times, Oct. 28 It calls for a considerable feat of imagination to discovei a valid parallel between Peking’s behaviour in Tibet and the Federation’s crime prevention measures, and in so doing to draw comparisons to our Government’s disadvantage. Mr. V. David, however, did not allow this
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      Lock icon Rubber Advice
      178 3 Straits Times. Oct. 28 Sir Geoffrey Clay has returned from his travels with comprehensive recommendations about the future activities of the Malayan rubber Industry, and it will be some time before all the people interested can say how much of his report should be implemented. What is important,
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      Lock icon Floods And Boundaries
      284 3 Straits Times. Oct. 29 From one State after another, Selangor, Negri tcmbilan. and Pahang, comes the story of heavy rain and roads under water. The full force of the monsoon storms, however, has yet to strike, and there is time for the Government to attend to Klang
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      Lock icon Tengku In Australia
      669 4 Straits Times. Oct. 30 No matter how much emerges to the Federations profit from Tengku Abdul Rahman's Australian visit in the way of financial aid, military support or educational facilities, its main importance is for Australia. The Australian Government regards the Federation as its most stable and
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      Lock icon The Future Of Nanyang
      516 4 Straits Times, Oct. 30 The Singapore Government, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has announced, will accept the degrees of Nanyang University as a qualification for entry into the public service in competition with other candidates holding degrees from the University of Malaya and other recognised universities. In
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      Lock icon A New Tin Agreement
      705 4 Straits Times. Oct 31 Within the next eight months members of the International Tin Council have to make up their minds whether they want the International Tin Agreement, which expires on June 30. 1961, to be renewed or not. And if it is renewed, then on
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    The dangers of ‘voluntary’ service
    102 4  -  ANTI-FORCED-LABOI > Singapore. T AM all for vchmM 1 public service bu: 1 ,;i of the opinion that tan i' best done through v* ktntary organisation.'. The Government -oou.o help. guide and ordinate the work organisations where'*' u whenever possible necessary but it shot organise
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    Lock icon Helpers (mainly English educated) told: ‘We are all one...’
    571 5 I SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. UIGHT THOUSAND volunteers today cleared four miles of beach along the Changi sea front of shrubs and lallang in Operation Pantai Chantek the first national construction project to be borne mainly by the English-educated. And in the
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    Order out: Teach children Majullah Singapura
    186 5 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. Schoolchildren are being taught to sing Majullah Singapura in anticipation that it. will be the state anthem. The Government Is reliably understood to have chosen this song as the state anthem, but It has to be approved by the Legislative Assembly.
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    T.B. fighters
    37 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 25The next committee meeting of the Selangor branch <>l the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis will be held at the conference room ol the Central Welfare Council on Oct. 2k
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    I’LL REMEMBER YOU ALL-BROOKE
    233 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 25. T I HE retiring Chief of Staff of the Federation 1 Armed Forces, Gen. Dato F. H. Brooke, who leaves tomorrow, said goodbye to the people of Malaya in a radio broadcast tonight. He said: “I have not been here very many
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    Tengku: We’re not not toeing U.S. or British line
    242 6 MALAYA TO TAKE UP ANOTHER ISSUE WITH U.N—S. AFRICA COLOUR BAR BUKIT MERTAJAM, Oct. 25. THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said here today Malaya was not “toeing the British or American foreign policy" when it brought up the Tibetan issue
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    STUDENTS: WE NEED AID FROM GOVT. FOR CULTURE DRIVE
    233 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 25. STUDENTS of the University of Malaya here said today that they were ready to play their part iii moulding a Malayan culture. But, they said, the Government must give assistance in organising seminars and shows to stimulate
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    FLOODS: 500 WAIT TO BE EVACUATED
    179 6 MUAR. Oct. 25. 4 BOUT 500 people at Kampong Sri Maamor in Tangkak, whose homes are under more than rive feet of water, are waiting to be evacuated. continuous rain during last few days has flooded several areas In Serom and Gresik districts. A
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    New insured air parcel service to Britain
    97 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 25. The Federation Government todav announced details of the latest insured parcel service to the United Kingdom. Brunei and Sarawak by air mail. As from Nov. 1. parcels insured to a maximum of $3,430 for the United King- dom and
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    ‘Refugee’ girl Khatijah helps fund drive
    86 6 JHE GIRL in the tattered clothes (above) is no beggar. She is Ipoh schoolgirl Khati.iah Kamarrudin who donned rags to symbolise the better the hopeless despair of the thousands upon thousands of refugees the world over. Khatijah’s role was the activities iii c'tnn ion
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    Rubber gift for flooring
    47 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 26 The Malayan rubber industry Is to contribute 2i tons of rubber for floe ring in the new Commonwealth Institute building in London. The Malayan Rubber Fund Board has agreed to allocate up to $7,500 for this purpose, this purpose.
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    New envoy sees Sir William
    26 6 T?i SINGAPORE. Oct new Indonesian General to Sinaap-'i Cugih Arto. toda> courtesy call on the Pertuan Negara. :I Goode, at Governing
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    Doctors, dentists ask Government for a new pay scale
    223 7 DECISION ON REQUEST EXPECTED IN 3 WEEKS SINGAPORE, Oct. 25 rr\\ [II Singapore Government Medical and Dental Officers’ Associa1 tion has requested the Government to draw up an entirely new pav scale for its members, beside reconsidering the question of recent
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    ALL ALERT—BUT PLANE MAKES A SAFE LANDING
    204 7 SINGAPORE. Oct. 25. (ELABORATE rescue operations were alerted at neon today when a twin-engined airliner radioed to the Singapore airport: “Stand by for crash landing A Garuca Indonesian Airways Super Convair. bound for Palembang from Medan with 44 on board, developed engine trouble
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    Youth leader off to India
    58 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 25The secretary of the Young Workers Commission of the Malayan Youth Council. Mr. M. Senathirajah. left today for India to attend a seminar organised by the World Assembly of Youth. The seminar opens at Ahmedbad tomorrow. Youth leaders from all over the
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    POPULARITY OF ONN PERTURBS THE PMIP
    108 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 25 The Pan-Malayan Islamic Party is perturbed about Dato Onn bln Ja’afar’s popularity among its rank and file. The Dato is president of Party Negara The PM IP headquarters In a circular to branches advised them not to ask the Negara
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    Guest of honour
    41 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 25 The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will be the guest of honour at the annual dance of the Selangor branch of the St. John Ambulance Brigade at the Federal Hotel here on Oct 30
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    Rail strike threat
    462 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 25 CTRIKE ballot papers will be sent out to the country’s 14,000 railway workers tomorrow in protest against the Malayan Railway Administration’s refusal to start a pensions scheme. The decision was taken at a mass meeting of railway employees represen ling five unions al
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    New sea service to boost trade
    228 7 pORT SWETTENHAM. Oc‘ 25.—The first sailing of a new 20-day Malaya- New Yoik service reached here today The 12.000-ton Eurya sailed in with a full load of general cargo tor Malaya. She loaded 300 tons of rubber for New’ York. Another 2 500 tons
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      53 7 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) .An t r!y r <y \y« w«<*klv t j *ues of *he Straits BudiJft ctti I *?pt V>\ express air delivery service 'O tiie V United only at tn ir.cluaive rate of J2< 00 for »i\ month*. /”’i fet-te Sr» in aswri wrmyj
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    ‘BOOST RUBBER’ PLAN Study mission may soon be sent overseas
    528 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 2G TIME Federation’s Controller of Rubber Research, Sir Geoffrey lay, today announced far-reaching plans to put Malaya's rubber industry on a more effective footing to meet the threat of synthetic. The industry plans to set up a
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    Man finds rifle on the roof
    35 8 SINGAPORE. Oct. 26. A shopkeeper yesterday recovered a Japanese rifle Horn the roof of his shop wr.ile cleaning. Police said today the riPe was a war relic and unserviceable-
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    TEARFUL FAREWELL FOR HEAD of TEACHER TRAINING
    135 8 IJENANG. Oct. 2(5- Tears were shed when students from the Malayan Teachers’ Training College at Giugor here said goodbye to their principal. Mr. J. W. Dunnill. today. “My wife and I are deeply touched by your sentiment and go<»d wishes.” Mr. Dunnill told
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    OPIUM: 12,000 ADDICTS, 900 DENS
    138 8 SINGAPORE. O.ct. 26. A senior police officer revealed in a radio broadcast tonight that there were about 12.000 opium addicts and between 800 and 900 opium dens in Singapore. He was one of the speakers in a Radio Singapore feature programme on the problem of
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    THAT LABOUR ATTACK WAS SLANDER -ISMAIL
    228 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct > t) TWE MINISTER for External Affairs," D r Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, tonight accused the Labour Party of Malaya of having “slandered” Malaya’s independent foreign policy with its charges on the Tibetan issue. He was replying to the Labour
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    Birthday cash
    37 8 MERSING. Oct 26— Sele pupils from the Sri Meiy Secondary School. Sekch Umum. Chinese School r Arabic School in the Vising District will be gr cash awards to mark t'r.* 3 Sultan of Johore's birthda
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    MALAYANISATION IS TOO SLOW-PMIP
    176 8 mrrp KUALA LUMPUR. Oct 26. £HE Pan-Maiayan Islamic Party wants the he. of the Malayan Civil Service to be dismissed alleged failure to carry out the Government's M layanisation policy efficiently and for allowing ex patriates to “sabotage it.” A PMIP member of Parliament. Dato Haji
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    Lock icon BROOKE SAYS FAREWELL
    491 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 26 ,’HANKS FOR THE GOOD MES 300 AT IRPORT TO SEE ,:-F No. 1 SOLDIER ALAYA’S No. 1 soldier, Gen. Dato F.H i Brooke, today said “thank you” to Mali vans for the “good times” he and Datin :!i'»oke had had in this country.
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    Development Board move in S’pore
    162 9 SINGAPORE. Oct. 26. —A draft Bill to set up an economic development board is being considered by the Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, before it goes to the Legislative Assembly, the Straits Times was told today. This board will replace the Industrial Promotions
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    Ong honoured
    30 9 KLUANG. Oct. 20 Dato On« Yoke Lin. Minister lor Health and Social Welfare, was honoured at a dinner here by I the Kluang Wai Chow Clan i Association.
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    $503m. TRADE GAIN SO FAR
    125 9 ITUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 26—Malaya had a favourable trade balance of $503.7 million during the first nine months of this year, according to official statistics issued today. This was $368.3 million more than the favourable balance for the same period last year. The total trade for
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    Two parties to mark start of jet service
    159 9 (JINGAPOKE, Oct. 26.— Two functions will be held by Qantas in Singapore tomorrow to mark the inauguration of Qantas Boeing 707 jet airliners on the “kangaroo route” between Sydney and London. A lunch will be Meld at Parlies Hotel, at which government
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    UNION TOLD: THINK AGAIN
    573 10 RAILWAYMEN TAKING STRIKE BALLOT LIKELY TO GET BIGGER RETIREMENT BENEFITS KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 26 THE Malayan Railway Administration today advised a section of its employees who are contemplating strike action to back their claim for pension not to take any “hasty action.” The railway management in
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    UNGKU FOR U.S. NEXT YEAR AS VISITING PROFESSOR
    140 10 SINGAPORE. Oct. 26—Ungku Abaui Aziz, a University of Malaya lecturer in economics. will go to the United States next year as visiting professor in the University of California. He will leave nere in the middle of 1960 and will be away for
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    NEW VOTING ROLLS OUT NEXT MONTH
    191 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 27. THE new electoral rolls for the next election to the House of Representatives, which will have 100 members instead of 104 as at present, will be ready for oublic inspection next month. This was stated today by the chairman of
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    Warrant for planter
    68 10 MALACCA. Oct. 26—The Malacca coroner. Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, today ordered the arrest of a planter. N. Revi. 24. for allegedly causing the death of a pillion rider by negligent riding. R. Navaratnam. 18. a Sixth Form student of the Malacca High School, died from injuries when he
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    Poppy Day fund
    39 10 KLUANG. Oct. 26 The Poppy Day Fund Committee her** has so far raised more than $1,500 from sports events organised by a sub-eommittee under the chairmanship of Madam Lim Swee Sin. More events are being organised.
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    All Govt aid pledge by Minister
    266 10 TOURISM SINGAPORE, Oct. 26The Minister foi Culture. Mr. S. Rajaratnam. today promised that the Government would do all it could to help if the Singapore Chamber of Commerce or any other interested group should initiate action to promote tourism. Mr. Rajaratnam was commenting on
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    Accident rate
    26 10 IPOH, Oct. 26—An average of 1.400 road accidents ‘eight fatal* occurred in PcraK every month, the State Secretary, Dato Abdullah bin Noordin, revealed today.
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    Beer: Warning on high taxes
    244 10 ‘MA Y SOON BE TOO DEAR TO DRINK SINGAPORE. Oct >t> IF the heavy burden of taxation continues. )m 1 and stouts may be priced out of the reach of \h general public, states the chairman of Main™ Breweries Ltd., Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, in
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    EURASIANS TOLD: LOOK TO THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE
    100 10 pENANG. Oct. 26.— Senator Dato (i. Shelley > ii<! teniay that Eurasian* ;n Malaya could look to tin future with confidence., "tfut they must be nv:it« hiu and strive to pr '»i\» their identity, b* l the annual meeting Penang Eurasian Av>u,ia
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    First Qantas 707 off to London
    389 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27 it 1I H a deafening roar, W I he Qantas Boeing 70? City of Perth to-rn-lit streaked off the runway at Singapore MiH.rt for London. Tin giant four-jet plane, m:uh had earlier arrived iron’ Sydney. Australia, u i. making: its inaugural
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    ‘Nationalise insurance’ plan gets a Byrne blast
    334 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27 T HE chairman of the Workers’ Party, Mr. David Marshall, tonight called upon the Government to nationalise third party insurance in Singapore. Mr. Marshall, in a statement, said: “The exe- itive council of the Workers’ Party at a meeting }■>>.
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    Our roads are among finest in the world
    130 11 IZUALA LUMPUR. I* Oet. 26. —An American road construction engineer who helped to build roads in Siam said here today that Malayan roads were comparable with some of the finest in the world. Mr. J. H. Kopps, project manager for Raymond Construction
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    Teacher weds in Malacca
    43 11 MALACCA. Oct. 27 Miss Xilima Dutt. daughter of Malayan Party municipal councillor Mr. M.N. Dutt. was married today to Mr. Sushil Kumar Chakrabarty. assistant manager of Serkam Estate here. Miss Dutt is a teacher at the Methodist Girls’ School.
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    FEDERATION W.D. WORKERS WILL GET NEW LEAVE BENEFITS
    204 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 27 THOUSANDS of civilian employees of the War Department in the Federation are to enjoy the same leave privileges as their counterparts in Sin- gapore. This was announced at a meeting of the British Army authorities and the War
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    New theatre
    34 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Oet. 27 Tampoi’s new theatre, the Ruby, will be opened by Tuan Haji Hassan bln Haji Yunos. the Mentri Besar of Johor-*, on Oct. 30 at 7 30 p m.
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    Earth fall blocks road
    123 11 I£UALA LUMPUR. Oct. 2G. —The Cameron Highlands road was impassable to traffic tonight because of a landslide at the 27.', milestone. Public Works Department engineers and workmen we e working to clear the road Kuala Lumpur entered a., sixth wet day with heavy rain 1 ailing
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    Contract labour is backed
    909 12 INQUIRY TEAM TOLD: OBJECTIONS ARE MERELY AGAINST ABUSER PWD EXPERT, SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHIEF ARE FULL OF PRAISE FOR THE SYSTEM SINGAPORE, Oct. 27 1'iIE president of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. J.A. Donald, and the contracts officer of the Public Works Department, Mr.
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    3 gang molls give up
    99 12 SINGAPORE. Oct. 27.- Three girls have answered the Go.ernment*s call to secret society gangsters to turn over a new leaf They were among the 55 who "gave up yesterday. They are believed to ue members of the "Butterfly” gang. A Government statement today said: "It:
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    Sultana title for Ruler’s consort
    676 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 27 ()NE of the highlights of the G5th oiithdav celebrations oi he Sultan of Johore tomorrow will be the proclamation as Sultana of the Ruler's consort, Ungku Tun Aminah binte Ungku Ahmad. She will also receive the highest Johore decoration, the Most
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    Cash loans for Negri legislators
    98 12 rjEREMBAX. Oft The •O Negri Sent bn Legislative Asset s.;.' t< clay approved allowan. members. It also grant them loa. VdJ cars. Socialist Frcic. pendent Assembly! ported the Gov these measures. The Assen. proved a monthly $2,150 for the Met A e[ In addit ion.
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    RAJENDRA TO ASK GOVT. TO SET UP TRIBUNAL ON PAY CUTS ROW
    582 13 SINGAPORE, Oct. 27 Singapore Ci- vil Service Joint Council (Stall Side) wiil apply lor a tribunal lo be set up to consider the grievances o! the civil M rvice in respect I he manner and nl of the
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    3 weeks before Cabinet takes its final shape
    290 13  -  By DAHARI ALI L’UALA LUMPUR. lv Oet. 27.—The Federation Cabinet will lake “proper shape” in three weeks’ time, nut the final switchover 111 take place in miripecember when the Minisof Transport. Inche A'iciul Rahman bin Talib. n ’urns from leave All the
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    FOREIGN AID WILL GO ON AS LONG AS NEEDED: SENATOR
    323 13 ‘Rules should be put down to stop misuse of funds’ SINGAPORE, Oct. 26.America will continue its foreign aid tc Asian countries as long as they want it. the iirst American Chinese Senator, Mr. Hiram L. Fong, said here today. He
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    THREE PICKED UP BY SPECIAL BRANCH
    98 13 OINGAPORE, Oct. 27. —The Special Branch has detained three men under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance The three were nicked up over the weekend. One was arrested at Kranji. another in Minto Road and a third in North Bridge Road. All three were
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    ‘Slander? Let the people decide’
    151 13 pENANG, Oct 27.—Tiff Labour Party of Malaya today replied U. the Minister of External Affairs, Dato Dr Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, who had said that the party “slandered” Malaya's independent foreign poiiey with its charges on the Tibetan issue. In a statement, the par
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    Auxiliary PC in court
    42 13 SINGAPORE. Oet. 27-1 mail bin Sarnad. 33. of Yan K:f village, an auxiliary j>oiM-« constable at PAP’. Chauui. was charged today with steal ing three tarpaulins, y.;rt.i $l2O. He pleaded not gulltv and was granted ball of $5OO
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    Lock icon Johore goes gay in double joy
    577 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 28 SUBJECTS SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY’ TO THE SULTAN, BOW TO HIS CONSORT, NEW SULTANA pEOPLE from all over the state, including aborigines from the deep jungle, came io Johore Bahru in a gay mood today for the first royal celebrations since
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    Senu: Malaya is against imperialism
    93 14 JAKARTA, Oct. 28.—The Malayan Ambassador to Indonesia, Mr. Senu Abdul Raehman, said in an interview here yesterday that Malaya was against any form of imperialism, whether Western or Eastern. Mr. Senu said that by co-sponsoring with Ireland a resolution that the United Nations formally “deplore”
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    2 bandits hanged in Pudu Jail
    152 14 Kuala lumpur. Oct. 28. Two terrorists were today executed in Pudu Jail, rhey wer I.K()\'(; SIX. >e:ite:. tc! to death by the Ipoh Hi-a Court on Nov. i_. 19a8 U possessing a firearm ammunition: and 1.0 PAK Yl’EN. convict c: also la Ipoh on
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    Talk by P.M.
    41 14 SINGAPORE. Oct. 28 1 Prime Minister. Mr Lee > s Yew. will address mem x'o 1 the Legislative Assent a-• > the last dav of their trap course at the Statt 1! r t Centre. Fullerton Buian 11 am. tomorrow
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    Tin: Malaya will seek a new buffer stock
    382 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 28. \LAYA wants a new buffer stock to be set up under the new tin i agreement now being drafted by the International Tin Council. It will ask for the buffer stock of the present International Tin Agreent to
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    Temple is to become home
    28 15 N’JONG MALIM. Oct. 28 lanjong Malim District me Association has I a Chinese temple in 1 Toad for conversion i.ito i folks’ home.
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    LETTER FROM CHIN PENG
    43 15 W. Oct. 23.—Member of ‘Went and secretary- of the People’s ProM Party. Mr. D R. See--am. said today that he had received a letter from Chin Peng, secretary-general of the Malayan Communist PartyThe letter bears a Hat/al, Siam, postmark.
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    All say yes to stiff divorce penalties
    487 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 28. SUGGESTION by the Rector of the Al-Az-har University in Cairo that Muslims who divorced their wives without serious cause should be imprisoned or “fined and heavily lashed” went down well with leaders of the Muslim community here today. The
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    THEY TRAVEL 72 MILES FOR MEDICINE
    81 15 KANGAR, Oct. 28 —Mr. Por Swee Giap, (Alliance). told the Perils State Legislative Assembly yesterday that certain outpatients in Kangar Hospital had to travel 72 miles to Sungei Patani for their medicine. “They have to do so because the Kangar Hospital did not have
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    Govt. will recognise Nanyang degrees, says Premier
    319 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 28. Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. tonight told Nanyang University students that “on principle” the Singapo r e Government would recognise their degrees for entry into the public service. He added that when the il!n St ba tch ot more
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    ‘Rubber would have shot to $1.50 level but for stockpile’
    183 15 ITUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 28.—Rub-**-ber dealers here said today that the price of natural rubber would have reached $1.50 a lb had it not been for the British and American stockpile releases. They were commenting on yesterday’s rise to $1.19 after
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    $500,000: Pay or bonus?
    2978 16 STC UNION: WE ARE NOT LIKE OLIVER TWIST ASKING FOR MORE OF SAME MISERABLE SOUP—WE WANT SAME SOUP TODAY AS WE HAD YESTERDAY Chairman cites four important clauses of 1958 agreement: A question of size of profit C FIRST DAY OF THE INQUIRY SINGAPORE, Oct. 29.
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    Mariam, 7, slept as crowd said farewell to her daddy
    218 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 29. Mariam today missed saying goodbye to her Prime Minister father She was asleep on a chair in the lounge of the airport when the departure of the RAF plane taking Tengku Abdul Rahman to Sing a
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    Meriam off to school in Britain
    84 17 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 29-. Lady Marcella, widow of the late Sultan of Johore, and her daughter, Princess Meriam. will sail for Britain in the liner Himalaya on Nov. 3. They will be accompanied by Captain Kadir. private secretary to the late Sultan. It is
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    GOVT. GIVES PLEDGE ON VACANT SEATS
    221 17 OENANG. Oct. 29 The Chief Minister. Du to Wong Pow Nee. today pledged that the state government would not nominate people to fill vacancies on councils. His assurance followed the passing of the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance 1950 (Amendment) Enactment 1959 which empowers the
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    NEWCOMERS GIVE HOBBS & FRANKLIN A DOUBLE
    1083 19  - NEWCOMERS GIVE HOBBS FRANKLIN A DOUBLE Kuala Lumpur, Npv. 1 By EPSOM JEEP r? mE HOBBS-FRANKLIN combination kepi i up their splendid work with a good double v newcomers Kaboo in Race 3 and Seventh f yen in Race 8 at Kuala Lumpur today. iery Hare, with Jirn Chadwick up,
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    Weddings and births around the Dusun
    552 19  -  COUNTRYMAN’S JOURNAL L TUAN DJEK. THE DUSUN, Oct. 23, 1959. QN SEPT. 28, somebody’s birthday, a Javanese turned up to fell a Mata Kuching tree for firewood. He was ?iven an advance to enable him to buy a ew planks for his new house.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      56 19 THE BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $169,700 1st No. *****1—$45,819 2nd No. *****8—$22,909 3rd No. *****4—$11,454 Starters ($1,636 each): Nos. *****4, *****8, *****8, *****7, *****1, *****1, *****9. Consolation ($1,018 each): Nos. *****9, *****3, *****0, *****9, *****2, *****0, *****8, *****0, *****7, *****0. Treble tote: 8even tickets ($376 each). Forecast: Race 3 $164;
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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      Boom in sterling rubber
      1678 20 SMALLER MOVEMENTS IN INDUSTRIALS ALTHOUGH STEADY By Our Market Correspondent 'jpHE Malayan Share Market last week boomed and Federation of Malaya sources described it as probably the best period for turnover and activity they had ever experienced. An almost fantastic rubber market, which saw a rise
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      OFFICIAL PRICES
      33 20 TIN RUBBER {p* picul) (per lb.) Oct. U mi lt't $l.lO *7 ISN.N 91.17 <9 9396.50 01.14 99 1394.37 Via 9117 30 9390.00 91.11 30 e 190.00 91.19 SI 9390.5 S
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      64 20 Current Date of Total Total ter payment payment (or previous year year Kamnnting Tin 174% Nov. 27 25% 274% Pahang Cam 10% Dec 12 124% >4% (increased capital) Petaling Tin 10%t Nov. 25 nil Renong Tin fid. Dec. 16 fid. 25% River view 10%t Nov 30 16% Ledang
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1126 20 *pHE following list of revised quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after its last meeting on Friday (Oct. 30). H and L stand for highest and lowest prices for business done this year. INBQSTRIAIS t Ain Bricks. 1.724 1.70 Prsf 1.60 1.10 9 40
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