The Straits Budget, 25 November 1959

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    33 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES r SH *>- v “.•/> MiWy .v; MALAYA’S NATIONAL NKWSPAPBB New Series 692, Kuala Lumpur. November 25. 1959. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling:.
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      149 1 The Ballad of “Change Alley” 1 j-j 7//m 5 u > 1 S r*! r\ 01 A I <o n X 35" r. t. V. a z -z 2 ulL Wong Ah Choy—of purpose game, Is not unknown to local fame In Change Alley, near Clifford Pier He practises an
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      Mail delays in this village
      114 2  -  TAN FIAK HOE 9th mile village. Kajang. POSTAL services In this fast-growing village are very poor. For one thing, the postman visits this village once In two days. For another, he comes late In the afternoon—always around three or four o’clock. Thus. If a letter
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      DRESS
      67 2  -  LINGAM Kuala Lumpur. 1 AM sure most Socialist M.Ps. have really nothing personal against wearing lounge-suits. What they feel Is that the open-necked shirt and trousers have, by common usage, habit and suitability (In all Malayan conditions) become a form of national costume in this part of the world.
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      MESS ON MAIN STREET
      141 2  -  CITIZEN. Kuantan. l/UANTAN, the capital of Pahang, la In a terrible mess. Unlike other towns in Pahang such as Kuala Lipls Bentong and Raub. the Subllc thoroughfare In .uantan known as Main etreet (one of two streets in the town), has acquired steel stakes driven intothe
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      The English-educated
      466 2  -  K.V.N. Port Swettenham THEIR ROLE IN A RESURGENT ASIA HAS NEVER BEEN REACTIONARY AS INDIA'S EXAMPLE SHOWS SINCE the coming of the PAP into power in Singapore and indeed for quite some time before that Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and his colleagues have been talking incessantly about the
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      Reason why
      61 2  -  PHILIP LOCK 5 Singapore. WOULD like “Doctor” (S.T. Nov. 11) to under- stand that the great majority of students found doing their homework in Raffles Library do so for a very good reason: They find it too noisy to study at home. Another reason: The reference books in
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      TO DENY A CRITIC THE RIGHT TO HIS OPINION IS LUDICROUS
      246 2  - TO DENY A CRITIC T HE RIGHT TO HIS OPINION IS LUDICROUS PENNY HALFPENNY Petallng Jay a 0 11 n ~lh 0 Thi ™ther hysterical Jour (tie atre VVCj t do. (S T* N*r 1 u tL *o‘ner’ (S.T. Nov. 19) mav have been satisfied rather glad. But to dm
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      EYESORE
      94 2  -  A.S. Ipoh. IN Ipoh there is a bridge 1 over the Kinta River called the Jalan Jatoh Bridge. It has been there since time immemorial. r a prosperous town like Iponit Is an anachronism ana an eyesore and one wonders when the State Government will be able t replace
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      A ‘Grand Old Lady’ dies
      30 2 SINGAPORE, Nov. M 9 Y dam Oh Swee 8 tu “Grand Old Lady w* -he Pahat, died j-t-leaves two song, two ers and 70 grandchild^
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      Lock icon Not Money Alone
      601 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 16. The Singapore Government has asked Nanyang University to pay its agreed half share of the expenses of the Prescott Commission. In reply, the chairman of Nanyang’s Executive Council acknowledges the commitment, but regrets that the university is unable, “for the moment,” to meet
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      Lock icon Do It Yourself
      387 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 16. Did Dato V. T. Sambanthan fully realise the importance of the suggestion he himself made to the annual delegates’ conference of the M.1.C.? It was that rubber workers’ cooperatives should buy up and run rubber plantations. The motive he advanced was prevention of
      —Straits Times, Nov. 16.  -  387 words
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      Lock icon Front Line Men
      237 3 —Strains Times. Nov. 16. One of the first obligations of any Government is to keep people informed both of what it wants them to know and, so far as possible, what they think they ought to know. Official information services in the Federation have been geared to
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      Lock icon Friends All Round
      570 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 17. Tengku Abdul Rahman’s official visit to Australia has been a thumping success. He made friends all round; his light-heartedness endeared him to the Australians, and he won immediate respect with his prowess in the popular folk-art of spotting the Melbourne Cup winner. He
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      Lock icon Working Closely Together
      360 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 17. There is nothing particularly startling in Tengku Abdul Rahman’s statement, on his return from Australia, that although there would be no merger in the foreseeable future, the Federation would continue to work closely with Singapore in all other respects. A week after the
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      Lock icon Filling The Gap
      588 3 Straits Times, Nov. 18. The Senior Government Officers Association treads on uncertain ground when, in a resolution passed at its biennial conference, it calls upon the Federation Government “to discontinue forthwith the practice of nominating non- Malayans as delegates to represent the country at international conferences and
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      Lock icon A Common Market
      539 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 19 Among the many welcome aspects of Tengku Abdul Rahman’s recent journey was the opportunity it afTorded, on his way home, of a meeting between him and the Singapore Ministers. Too much obviously cannot be made of what was purely a social occasion. The
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      Lock icon The Year Of Confidence
      598 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 20. The Federation’s expectations of more prosperity to come, after the year of recovery from recession, are amply reflected in this morning’s estimates for ordinary expenditure and for development next year. Both budgets show* increases. Although special expenditure is down by $3 million
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      Lock icon Spending Habits
      637 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 21 There need be no suspicion about the new Federation retail price indices that arc to replace the present cost of living indices. The preparation and research that have gone into them have been most thorough. Anything less, of course, would have been sheer waste
      —Straits Times, Nov. 21  -  637 words
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    Lock icon JOBLESS RELIEF IS URGED
    508 5 Give it priority, says MTUC KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 15 THE MALAYAN Trades Union ongress today urged the Government to introduce an unemployment insurance scheme. This decision was made when the twod a y annual conference adopted the report of the unemployment sub-commit-tee" of the National Joint
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    Smallholders are told: Replant
    54 5 Kuala lumpur. nov. 15. A team of officials of the rubber replanting publicity scheme yesterday visited Kampong Semangar In Mukim Ulu Sungei Johore. Kota Tinggi, to urge smallholder? to replant. Six applications for aid were received after Inche Slnon bin Pawiro. a junior rubber instructor, had
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    Non-citizen bar: No decision
    147 5 Kuala lumpur. Nov. 15—The Malayan Indian Congress today postponed a decision on the question of barring non-Federal citizens from Decoming members. The Straits Times was told that it had done so for “lack of time.” There was a resolution at the conference to amend the organisation’s
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    TELECOMS TRAINING CENTRE PLAN
    143 5 Kuala lumpur. nov. 15. —A telecommunications training centre for SouthEast Asia will be built here with United Nations aid if a plan put forward at the international telecommunications conference held recently in Geneva is approved. The Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications, Inche Sardon bin Haji
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    RAF Regt. squadrons’ farewell
    105 5 SINGAPORE. Nov. 15- A date has been set fo: the disbandment of two more squadrons of the RAF Regiment (Malaya). They are No. 93 (Field» and No. 91 (Tengah) squadrons, which will be dissolved on March 31 next. A Far East Air Force statement said today
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    Negri rubber replanting goes ahead
    168 5 Nov. 15. Rubber replanting officials in Negri Sembilan are “very pleased” with the response from small-holders, who have fulfilled 90 per cent of their quota for last year. The quota was 31,200 acres. The amount replanted by small-holders was 28.300 acres. The Mentri Besar. Dr.
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    DEATH ENDS THE McGUFFIES’ MERCY HOLWAY
    348 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 15 A CITY Council assistant water engineer and his wife, returning to Singapore after a holiday in Fraser’s Hill, were killed in a motor smash in Johore yesterday. They were strapping Gordon William McGuffie, 33, and his wife, Constance, 30 both Sunday
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    Singapore aid offer from Philippines
    203 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 15. THE Philippines Government has offered SingaJ pore assistance in nine training fields under the Colombo Plan. The leader of the Philippines delegation to the recent Colombo Plan conference in Jogjakarta, Dr. Paulino Garcia. revealed this here today on his arrival by Garuda
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    ‘Magic Servant’
    37 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 15— A short film entitled “The Magic Servant’’ about the work of the Central Electricity Board is being screened in cinemas throughout the Federation. It was made by the Malayan Film Unit
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    DISCHARGE CERTIFICATES FOR 586 HOME GUARDS
    145 6 K WGAR, Nov. 15.—Five hundred and eighty-six Perlis home guards last night received discharge certifieates from the Mentri Besar, Tuan Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim. The presentation was held at a disbandment parade at the Home Guard Training Centre at Bukit Ketri. nine miles
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    NEW MINISTRY TO GIVE EVERY AID TO RURAL PEOPLE
    240 6 THE Federation’s new Ministry fo?^ural V rw ment will give every help to the rural >4,1' in economics, business and land. J^>pie This was said by Inche Wan Abdul Kadir, publicity officer of UMNO, at the Perak library here today when
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    School presents ‘The Pied Piper’
    62 6 RAUB. Nov. 15—Pupils and teachers ot the Methodist Girls’ School will present an operetta “The Pied Piper” and a play -Thursdays at Home” on Nov. 20 and 21, in aid of the school’s sewing department. Tickets for the performances. which start at 8 p.m.. are
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    22 barred from exam for failing to pay fees
    189 6 K°TA BHARU. Nov 15 —Twenty-two ,twc.ent.s or the -Ma.ihud Muhammadi Arabic School here were barred from sitting i 0 r their final examination which began this morning. They were barred becru«e they had failed to settle their arrears in school ncs
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    DRIVE FOR 100 p.c. MEMBERSHIP
    167 6 IPOH. Nov. 15. TT'HE National Union of Plantation Workers hy s A started a drive for 100 per cent nierubersnip to mark its fifth anniversary. It aims to make every plantation worker in the country a member of the union by the end of December,
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    Dinner showpiece—a red, red rose
    173 6 Dinner showpiece —a red red rose SINGAPORE. Nov. 15 The rod rose of Lancashire was literally the centre of attraction at a special dinner here last night. A bowl of red roses was placed in the centre oi the table as 20 British Army cillcers attended a Lancastrian Brigade dinner
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    ALL 17 OFFICERS OF IPOH MIC TO LEAVE
    340 7 i] OH. Nov. 15 —All 17 1 "members of the comn i tee of the Ipoh b inch of the MIC have q. icied to resign. ReaThe refusal of n lonal and state lv of the iv.pgress party to rect) nise the
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    MPs TO HAVE MORE SAY
    322 7 Parliamentary groups formed to influence shaping of Govt policies KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 15. HTHE Alliance Party today formed 11 Parlia- mentary groups to allow its members in the House of Representatives and the Senate a say in shaping the Government’s policies. The groups will be
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    RED CROSS WAITS FOR ‘YES’ FROM PARLIAMENT
    122 7 |{UALA LUMPUR, Nov. 15. The Malayan Red Cross Society will become a full member of the international committee of the Red Cross when the Federation Parliament approves a Bill giving the society official recognition. Mr. Jean Pierre Schoenholzer. a member of the legal
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    HELP ME TO FIND MY SON: FATHER
    75 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 15— A father in the Kerala state of South India is searching for his son who left home 20 years ago to go to Malaya. The father. Mr. K.M. Mathu Amma. has written to the Straits Times, seeking help In
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    Che Sa’adiah was traffic stopper
    181 7 IfUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 15— Traffic literally stopped In Valletta, Malta, whenever Che Sa'adiah Sardon, wife of the Minister of Works. Posts and Telecommunications, went out during her visit there last month. It was all because she was wearing sarong and kcbaya. She said on her
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    Probe into Perak UMNO row begins
    172 7 IPOH, Nov. 15—An inquiry into dissension within the Perak UMNO ranks began here today. The committee of inquiry, headed by the Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari. was appointed by the UMNO central executive council. Unrest in the Perak UMNO has centred
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    RAKYAT SACKS 2 PMIP LEADERS
    236 8 KUALA TRENGGANU, Nov. 16. TWO leaders of the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party, A who had not resigned from the Party Rakyat, were expelled last night by the Rakyat. They are the Mentri Besar of Trengganu, Inche Daud bin Abdul Samad. a founder member of the Jerteh
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    Pritchards of Penang closing this month
    88 8 PENANG, Nov. 16. One of the oldest departmental stores in North Malaya, Pritchards and Co. will close at the end of the month. Established In 1888, Pritchard’s have become a landmark In Penang. During the last war, Its three-storey building In Union Street was
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    ‘ENGLISH UNLIKELY TO LOSE VALUE’
    183 8 PENANG, Nov. 16. 'PHE English language was unlikely to lose its importance in Malaya in the foreseeable future, Mr. Tai Chee Meng, chairman of the Penang branch of the Association of Teachers of English in Chinese schools, said yesterday. “But any reduction in Eng-* lish
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    SUSAN HAD NARROW ESCAPE IN FATAL HOLIDAY CAR SMASH
    269 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 16. pLOSE friends of the McGuffies, who were killed in a motor accident in Johore on Nov. 14. today told of the narrow escape of their only child. 11-month-old Susan. At the time of the crash, which made her
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    Gen. Hull to Kiwis: ‘Well done, men’
    178 8 Gen. Hull to Kiwis: ‘Well done, men TAIPING, Nov. 16— The Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces, Gen. Sir Richard Hull, today commended the Ist Bn. New Zealand Regiment, for its fine record of service, in Malaya. Gen. Hull said: “I hope we may meet again and if the need should
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    $500 robbery
    34 8 MALACCA, Nov. 16— A taxi driver was this afternoon robbed of $5OO, a wrist watch and a fountain pen in the Bukit China Road here by a man armed with a flick-knife.
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    Court is told of adultery in hotel
    393 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 16 AN attractive Singapore office seeretary said in the High Court here toda. that her husband admitted to her he had committed adultery twice The first was with a Chinese woman in Ipoh. the cecoi.d with a Malay woman in
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    The ghost of Joe McCarthy
    673 9 ROOT OUT THE CORRUPT. YES. SAYS LEE-BUT WE MUST GET AWAY FROM AN ATMOSPHERE OF SMEAR SINGAPORE, Nov. 16 I 7 piIE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, l said voaay tnat political leaders must -et away from an atmosphere of smear or we will
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    ANOTHER BLOOD CRISIS AT IPOH HOSPITAL
    305 9 IPOH, Nov. 15. The blood bank at the General Hospital here has again almost run dry. It has enough blood only for majoi operations scheduled for the next 43 hours. A hospital spokesman said today: “If these supplies are used we shall have no
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    $1,040 grabbed
    33 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 17 -Two thugs forced a cigarette salesman. Mr. Lee Chong Hock, into a back lane off Rayman Road, and removed $1,040. his day’s collections, from a brief case yesterday
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    WARNING TO ARMY SWEETHEARTS
    200 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 16. MALAYAN girls with British soldier sweethearts were today told: “If he is under 21, don’t marry him just now.” The advice came from a spokesman for the GHQ The reason: To prevent any local girl from turning into “another Mrs. Dorothy Cooper.” Mrs.
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    W.H.O. executive here for talks
    160 9 SINGAPORE* Nov. 16. The director of the Western Pacific region of the World Health Organisation. Dr I C. Fang, arrived here today. He is on a 10-day official visit. He said he would see the work being done by WHO In Malaya and find out
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    COMPANY IS TOLD IT MAY BE STRUCK OFF
    109 9 Kuala lumpur. Nov. 16. -The directors of the Perak Development and Industrial Company have been asked by the Registrar of Companies to show cause why the company should not be struck off the register. It has until the end of January to
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    TENGKU: TIES WILL STAY
    607 10 We’ll work closely together SINGAPORE, Nov. 16 rpHE FEDERATION Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said here today that, though there will be no merger in the foreseeable future, Malaya will continue to work closely with Singapore “in all other respects.” The Tengku gave this assurance at
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    RICE TRADERS ANSWER GOVT.
    166 10 gINGAPORE. Nov. 16. Rice dealers in Singapore want the Government to abolish the 14-year-old rice stockpile system “unconditionally.” Representatives of four rice traders’ organisations decided this at a joint meeting yesterday. The four groups are: Singapore General Rice Importers’ Association. Siam Importers and Exporters Association. Saigon
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    Koala bear takes Premier’s fancy
    29 10 THE MALAYAN Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, plays with a koala bear during his visit to the Taronsa Zoo in Sydney over the weekend.
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    MODERN SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO TEACH BUDDHISM
    348 10 SINGAPORE, Nov. 16 AN AMERICAN-born Buddhist monk plans to establish Sunday schools here using modern Western efficiency methods. He is the Venerable Sumangalo (Dr. Robert Stuart Clifton), 57, abbot of the Poll Ern Shih monastery in Singapore and religious adviser to the Penang Buddhist
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    Govt, picks land scheme chief
    45 10 SEGAMAT. Nov- lfr—Tuan Haji Mohamed bln Abaui Rahman has been apP c manager of the new hind velopment scheme at Lebar. the The first phase of scheme will cover about h acres. The e ntlr n£!? em cost about $1,700,000
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    Lock icon PACTS MAY END: TENGKU He again urges closer ties with S-E Asia
    448 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 17 riMIE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today spoke of the J time when pacts with Britain may be abrogated and the need for an organisation to bring together South-East Asian countries would arise. The
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    GUNMAN GETS LIFE TERM FOR FIRING AT POLICE
    389 11 IyINGAPORE, Nov. 17. —A .-youth who fired six shots from a revolver at two detectives and a detective sergeant. was today sentercea to life imprisonment by Mr. Justice Ambrose at the Assizes. Teh Kam alias Ah Kau. 23. a market food hawker,
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    In Singapore, he keeps a promise and has lunch with Cabinet
    325 11 SINGAPORE, Nov. 17 TilK Federation Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, took off from a crowded programme to beep a double date ‘t a luncheon here today. attending a 10-course '•neheon given by the Prime Minister. y h. Lee Kuan
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    GROUSES AMONG DOCTORS IN GOVT.
    175 12 SINGAPORE. Nov. 17. Minister for Health. Inche Ahmad Ibrahim. said in a statement today that he was aware there is discontent amongst some medical person- nel in the service.” “Negotiations are taking place between their association and the Ministers h r Health and Finance for
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    CID chiefs from all states meet
    88 12 LUMPUR. Nov. 17. n conference of CID chiefs from all states in the Federation will be held at the police headquarters in Blutl Road here tomorrow. It is understood that they will submit reports on tin crime situation in their states The conference will
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    HONG KONG IN COLOUR FOR WORLD TV, CINEMA VIEWERS
    115 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. —The Hong Kong Government has awarded a $60,000 contract to Cathay Film Services to make a short colour him about Hong Kong for world cinema and television viewers. A production team leaves here for Hong Kong shortly It
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    Well drowning
    33 12 SINGAPORE. Nov 17. A dx-ve:ir-old boy. Llm Ah Se ig. was found drowned in three feet of water In a well 40 v ards from his home in Mandai Road today.
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    Lock icon Lucky escape for runaway bus
    92 12 IT WAS a close shave for this bus which ran out of control and rammed into the railings of a Railey bridge in North Buona Vista Road. Singapore, in the morning of Nov. 17. The bridge prevented the bus from toppling Into a 100-foot deep
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    Plans to assure Singapore of enough power, water during the next few years
    277 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 17 THE City Council has plans in hand or under consideration to assure Singapore of sufficiency in water and electricity for the next few years. The council's administrator. Mr. P. C. Lim. revealing this today,
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    BLAST IN A HIGHLANDS TUNNEL KILLS MAN, INJURES 3
    293 12 TANA RATA, Nov. 17. ONE man was killed and three were injured when an explosion occurred in a tunnel being excavated at the 27th mile. Cameron Highlands Road. tins morning The tunnel is part of big hydro-electric power scheme, now under
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    C-PLAN MAN TO ADVISE ON HOSPITAL RE-BUILDING
    150 12 J£l T ALA LUMPUR. Nov. KiA Colombo Plan expert on the building of hospitals will arrive here early next year to advise the Federation Government on the $25 million re-building programme of the General Hospital here. The Minister of Health. l)ato V. T.
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    NEW STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCILLORS
    88 12 PENANG. Nov. i 7. V S'at** Alliance Coun< ii Mst chose two Assembly men succeed Senators C’hyah Khim and Ha>him bin w f n T on the State Executive council. (l arv Mr. Phee Joo Telk. Assen blyman for Bagan Atam a:- M Inch e CD,
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    WORLD TALKS: ‘CHOOSE MALAYANS’
    351 13 font, urged to maintain dignity of nation KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 17 i if HE Senior Government Officers’ Association of the Federation wants the Government hi stop sending non-Malayans as delegates to international conferences and agencies. The plea was made by the biennial delegates i lerence of
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    Annual dinner
    30 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. I?-™ 6 Malayan Pharmaceutical Association (Southern Dlv. I) will hold its annual dinner at the Alumni Medical Centre here on Dec. 12 at 8 p m.
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    LANSDOWNE TELLS OF SUCCESSFUL TALKS
    158 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. 17.—The leader of the British delegation to the Colombo Plan conference at Jogjakarta. Lord Lansdowne. today praised the “real spirit of co-operation and understanding” among the member countries. He made a brief stop-over here on his way to Kuala Lumpur after attending the
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    Harbour display for L-Week
    277 13 FIREWORKS, PARADE, SEA SPORTS SINGAPORE, Nov. 17. A COLOURFUL aquatic programme is being organised for Dec. 5 and 6 as part of Singapore’s National Loyalty Week celebrations. Highlights will be illumina- ted floats, tugs and waterboats shooting coloured jets of water into the air, a skiing
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    World roving yacht owner brushes off thrill-seekers
    258 13 2INGAPORE, Nov. 17. —Mr. Robert Stevens, owner of the round-the-world 30-ton yacht Kim, has firmly turned down all requests from Malayan boys to join his yacht on her voyage to the Tnited States. Mr. Stevens disclosed today that he had received several inquiries
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    Minister: Our jail system is wrong
    324 13 ‘PEOPLE ROT BORN AS CRIMINALS../ SINGAPORE, Nov. 17 THE Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, has said it is unfortunate that Singapore’s prisons are still run as “punishment houses.” He said efforts to introduce the element of rehabilitation have been piecemeal. primarily
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    Thief jailed
    40 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Nov. 17 A Potayu, of Teluk Ruinenla, was sentenced to four months* jail to be followed by police supervision for a vear. for the theft of a watch valued at $3O. He had a previous conviction.
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    ‘NO TRAINS’ WARNING S’pore, Penang mails may be cancelled
    577 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 18; THE Malayan Railway Administration tonight warned the public that passenger trains for Singapore and Penang may be cancelled or stopped at any time without notice. The warning follows a dispute over working hours between the administration and
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    Man run over by mail train
    32 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 18. An unidentified Indian was run over by the north-bound mail train at the 13th milestone Woodlands tonight. He was killed on the spot.
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    IFC CHIEF: WE MAY INVEST UP TO $90 M.
    387 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 18 THE International Finance Corporation is prepared to invest between (M) s9q million and (M) $3O million in industries in Malaya “if there are worthwhile projects’*, an I.F.C. representative, Mr. A.J.D.C. Loch, told Rotarians here today. He said
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    COURT TOLD OF FIGHT FOR A PISTOL
    212 14 PENANG. Nov. 13. 4 RICE-MILL owner, Hamzah bin Samat, described in court today how he wrenched a pistol from an armed man who had held him uo in a cemeter.. When i finally succeeded in getting the gun. I pressed the trigger, but
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    BABY BORN WITH GREY HAIR
    137 14 SINGAPORE, _Nov. 18 —The parents of oaby girl bom at Kandang Kerbau hospital on Nov. 16 are puzzled because their child has patches of grey hair on her head In all other respects she is a normal healthy child. The father, Mr. See Beng San,
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    Who speaks for Malaya overseas? The policy
    305 15 Expats named only when right local nun can’t be found KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 18. PATRIATE officers represent j Malaya at international conferences only when no suitable (K al men are available. Vliis, according to informec Vl m t S is the general policy
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    He seeks to bridge a wide trade gap
    223 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 13. 4 NEW ZEALAND trade expert who arrived in A Kuala Lumpur today seeks to bridge a wide trade gap which is in Malaya’s favour. He is Mr. W.L. Middlemass. New Zealand’s first Trade Commissioner in Malaya. He said
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    New envoy from Britain
    45 15 ,ANG. Nov. 18.—The new United Kingdom High issioner, Mr. G. E. ie. Is expected to take appcintment in Kuala i *r on Dec. 18. rmer Deputy U K High iis.sioner in Burma. Mr. ie will leave Britain for va next week.
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    Back at work
    26 15 IPOII. Nov. 18 Mr S I). Scott has resumed duties as serretarv of the Perak Turf club after four months’ leave hi England.
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    THE ‘GLORIOUS GURKHAS' ...past, present and future
    132 15 CUNGFI PATANI, Nov. 18.— k The Commander-in-Chief, Far Fast Land Forces, Lt.-General Sir Richard Hull, took the salute at a passing-out parade of 1,180 Gurkha recruits at the brigade depot here this morning. “You have a glorious tradition behind you,” he told them.
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    SOS is sent: ‘Help flood-hit 2,000’
    184 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 13. rrHE Central Welfare Council has received an SOS I to help 2.000 neople at Sungei Batu. Perak, where floods destroyed cultivation over GOO acres. Also, more than 2,000 chickens. ducks and other birds were washed away in this rich farming
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    Offers pour in: May we adopt Susan?
    306 15 CRASH BABY TO JOIN HER GRANDPAREHTS SINGAPORE. Nov. 18 Offers to adopt 11-month-old Susan McGuffie, whose parents were killed in a car crash in Johore last Saturday poured into Times House today. But to all offers the answer is: No. Susan will soon
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    Unionist off to Brussels
    77 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 18 Hie secretary -general <>f the National Ur ion of Plantation vVorkcr.s. Mr. P P Narayanan, lt'ft lor Hr i s.sel, by air today L) it*' 1 fj i he sixth world r t’u the International «’onlerleration of Free Trade Unions Mr Narayanan
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    IT’S A BOOM BUDGET More cash for rural areas and the forces
    635 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 19 THE Federation Government plans to spend $888,674,650 next year its highest bill since the record Budget of $903 million in 1957, Merdeka Year —but the cost of the Emergency will be the lowest yet.
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    ANOTHER 3 TRAIN DRIVERS SUSPENDED
    819 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 19. THE rail dispute grew worse today with the suspension from duty of three more engine drivers, bringing to seven the total number of drivers taken off duty so far. With this action, the Malayan Railway management warned the drivers that their
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    TENGKU TELLS OF DREAM FOR K.L.
    203 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 19. T HE Federation Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, told businessmen today that their confidence in the Government gave him the fillip he needed to plan ahead. He was confident that his dream of making Kuala Lumpur the centre of business
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    Spending: Biggest total FEDERATION GOVT. ESTIMATES RISE TO $250 MILLION FOR COUNTRY’S 1960 DEVELOPMENT
    1077 17 this IS THE PATTERN set FOR NEXT YEAR: ECONOMIC SECTOR $156m SOCIAL $66m GOVERNMENT $13m AND ARMED FORCES $15m KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 19 THE Federation Government today published details of the country’s biggest ever development estimates
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    ARMY CLEARS BEACH OF BOXES OF DISCARDED MORTARS
    176 17 SINGAPORE. Nov. 19. ARMY experts have cleared a section of Siglap beach of British mortar shells. The explosives, dumped bv the British forces just b fore the fall of Singapore, were found around a pillbox For the past 17 years they had
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    NZ post for teacher
    51 17 PENANG, Nov. 19 Mr GB. Beath, acting vice-principal of the Malayan Teachers College in Glugor. has been appointed principal of the Dunedin Teachers’ College, in New Zealand. Mr Beath, who has been in Malaya since 1953. will leave early in January to take up his new
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    Speaker to get $2,250 and Govt.-paid domestic staff of 5
    153 17 Kuala lumpur. n 0». 19— The President of the Senate is fo receive $2,000 salary a month, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives $2,250. Each will also receive an entertainment allowance of $350 a month and have a
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    Transit visa rule relaxed
    96 17 JT'UALA LUMPUR, Nov. 19. —The Federation and Singapore Governments have agreed to waive the rule that recjulres all air passengers from abroad passing through In direct transit to possess transit visas. This is for the convenience of air travellers, says a joint Government announcement today. The
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    N.Z. troops due
    37 17 PERTH, Nov. 20—Six hundred and fifty-two New' Zealand soldiers are on their way to Malaya on board the Captain Cook. The soldiers, who were accompanied by their families, will bo there for two years.
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    Dententurius whips Gold Vase rivals
    869 19  -  By tPSOM JEEP, Ipoh Iky. 22 RACE ONE CL. 5, DIV. 4—5%F. ngaport Syndicate’s THE BEAUTY 8.10 (1381 —338) Ward 1 Gun Runner 7.18 (109 —67) Lee 3 Strong and Free 9.0 (218—136) Mawl 3 My Darling U 8.12 (819—214) D. Jones 4 PEPPER DEALER
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    Mystery of the gecko with its guts scooped out
    596 19 JOURNAL j* The Dueun f Nov. 15, 1959. AT 8 p.m. on the 6th the stream water was backing up the house drains; an event that alerted the Cook and family who removed all damageable goods, lying on the ground floor,
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    SPECTACULAR REHEARSAL FOR THE BIG LOYALTY SHOW
    140 19 {SINGAPORE, Nov. 22. About 6,500 schoolchildren this morning gave a spectacular three-hour display of drill, dances and songs at Jalan Besar Stadium. It was a dress rehearsal for the mammoth show to be staged at the stadium on the evening of Dec. 4
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      64 19 THE BIC SWEEP: Total pool $208,500 fir*t prise No. *****6 ($57,550) Second prise No. *****7 ($27,048) Third prise No. *****5 ($13,812) .conX? r f 2 3 ?i? ch > No 1 *****, *****2, *****9, *****4, *****6, *****8. Consolation ($1,000 each): No*. *****8, £66 11' lit 951 ,***** *****5, *****4, *****5,
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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      Industrials hold attention
      1682 20 A CHANGE OF PATTERN •> X, v .By 1 Our Market Correspondent THE Malayan Share Market had another very good week with an excellent turnover again, out the pattern rather changed with industrials taking the centre of the stage after the recent concentration on sterling rubbers and
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      PRICE OF TIN
      39 20 SINGAPORE. Nov. 22.— The tin price in Singapore yesterday fell to Its lowest level for nine months when a drop of $1.37} took It down to $394.25. The estimated offering was 10 tons up to 210.
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      DIVIDENS ANNOUNCED
      68 20 Current Payment Cold Storage 10% Lower Perak 2d. Bassett 5 cents K. Sldim 15 cents Parit Perak 10 cents Sungei Bagan 74% Rim Malacca. 174% Includes 5% bonus Interim Date of Total Trial fat Payment for Previous year year Dec 14 15% 10% Dee. 16 is. 3d. jan.
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      Wayward rubber market
      303 20 market, I although compa- I ratlvely quiet this week I has once again demon- I strated its wayward- I ness, report H.C.B. r 0 in their current I market survey Price movements have been I erratic and completely un* predictable and the nervoui. ness thus engendered hag
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      OFFICIAL PRICES
      30 20 Tin Bobber (per picul) (per lb.) Nor. 16 $326.20 $1 34V 4 IT 2126.20 „1.584 18 $326.50 $1.39*4 'l2 8225 J* 4 81.33 20 $395.62*. v 1.30+4 21
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1038 20 rPHE following list of revised 1 quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after Its last meeting on Saturday (Nov. 21). H and L stand for highest and lowest prices for business done thi* year INDUSTRIALS ft l IS 4le« Bricks 1.72V* 1.70 Pf*f 1.80
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