The Straits Budget, 30 March 1960
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section34 1960-03-30 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE W THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER New Series 71^^ “T?-" Bf JIL! l g i—i.i. Kuala Lumpur, March 30, 1900. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 shilling.34 words
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Advertisement148 1960-03-30 1 McAlisters k :15 7 JS CHANGE THE m -*7 3 '.;V -t+M The McAlister begins her maiden voyage to Bangkok in 1882. The trial run of the McAlister was successful... and everyone on board the 1,000-ton steamer was *i 7 j' v «,< v‘7 v‘ ji jk-i Y V ■■'t'VJg-'148 words
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Article260 1960-03-30 2 CHI KOW CHIANG - CHI KOW CHIANG. Malacca. SOME of the Malacca municipal councillors should take a course in logic. The number of fallacious arguments brought out at the recent council meeting during the debate on the payment of allowances to the councillors should make Socrates turn in260 words
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Article47 1960-03-30 2 PRO BONO PUBLICO - PRO BONO PUBLICO. Malacca, IT Is time Malacca municipal councillors realised that they were elected by the people and whatever claim they put in for back pay would strain public funds. None of their manifestos claimed that they would seek public money for back pay.47 words
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198 1960-03-30 2 MRS.) R. N. RAJENDRAM - (MRS.) R. N. RAJENDRAM President, Executive Committee, Women Teachers’ Union. rE executive committee of the Women Teachers’ Union, is totally at a loss to understand the grounds upon which it is presumed that it is a splinter of one of the existing teachers unions, least198 words
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Article56 1960-03-30 2 TEACHER - TEACHER Singapore. I* REALLY don’t see any reason for the Government to appoint senior teachers to schools at all. I think it merely encourages principals to be r laay. for in most schools the bulk of the work is shouldered by the senior teachers. Need anyone ask why56 words
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Article61 1960-03-30 2 S. RAMACIIANDRA - S. RAMACIIANDRA Singapore. THf Government recently launched an anti-spit-,ting campaign and spent much money. The campaign has ended but the disgusting habit continues at, of all places, Clifford Pier. Health Inspectors should be sent to warn people there not to spit so freely and frequently all over the pier61 words
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Article186 1960-03-30 2 YEAP GHIM GUAN - YEAP GHIM GUAN Penang. 9 IT is disturbing to read of the goings-on In the Malacca municipal council. The question of backpay is indeed not confined to the Malacca council alone. It was wrong for some councillors to have attacked the Press for criticising their attempts to claim186 words
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Article77 1960-03-30 2 Mrs.) T.J. ZAINTDDIN - (Mrs.) T.J. ZAINTDDIN Mersing MJ%JC move is right l T n fitli of totafcs that the MTUC should condemn South Africa’s apar. theid policy h, up porting world W i de moves to boycott south African goods. Many Asian countries are taking similar measures to fight77 words
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Article73 1960-03-30 2 FC - FC. Singapore. UNDER the Shop Assistants Employment Ordinance 1&57, every shop or establishment is required to remain closed on Sunday or Friday. I wish to point out that many shops are disregarding this provision As a shop assistant, 1 earnestly hope the Commissioner of Labour will make Immediate73 words
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Article84 1960-03-30 2 RAD - (.RAD Penang. I AGREE fully with L.L (S.T. March 19) that the science course is one of the toughest. And with all the effort spent in obtaining the B.Sc. what does the holder get in comparison with the H.S.C. candidate? Just about $60 more. Consider also the money and84 words
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Article68 1960-03-30 2 ANTI ' ANCE - ANTI ANCE* Singapore. MUCH is being written these days of the clo connection between cance and the exhaust oi die fumes. Yet streng e l enough, although this e of dangerous fumes can greatly minimised h v P r per servicing, our audio* ties are doing nothing to put68 words
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Article46 1960-03-30 2 AN'1' m(,iU - AN' 1 m(,iU Sercmban. More commerce should opt':’doors to Malay i j the ance with fte i"' 1 ra sf Government to en c Malays in common eva jji The Illusion in certain firms ab ie Malays are not ib of shouldering > mty- .mil46 words
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Miscellaneous55 1960-03-30 2 i Si ifl, A U t4£ir« BWP? /71 1i ~Ti n~WTwCiill' r fi .ry t i l'' s v V>. 4CI x V /l>j >-7-\k fef BHil Igl Jhf'Prl y[frX§mir '%Cj vcl f -Aptf J \JB .W.^^4Kk^*l^i§lil i *8&. MHi L '.A to mvEjjEm j 1 u *MIW Lag J55 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article861 1960-03-30 3 —Straits Times. March 21 There was little possibility A r onv of Ceylon’s six major It winning an over-all majority in the genera Section. But the next best thing has happened. Two parties have left the rest in the ruck At the moment of writing the United—Straits Times. March 21 - 861 words
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Article740 1960-03-30 3 —Straits Times. March 22 The strong case against the reduction of the interest charged by Singapore pawnbrokers to a maximum one per cent a month having failed to impress the Select Committee on the Pawnbrokers’ (Amendment) Bill, pawnbroking in Singapore will cease when the bill is on—Straits Times. March 22 - 740 words
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Article647 1960-03-30 3 —Straits Times, March 23 By all accounts the Bangkok conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East was one of the most successful meetings the organisation has held. There was more than enough good will to go round, and little disposition on the—Straits Times, March 23 - 647 words
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Article308 1960-03-30 3 —Straits Times, March 24 Perhaps the Kelantan Government will now concede that it precipitated the debate on its budget too quickly in December. Whilst it can take some credit for early action to pare down the anticipated deficit of $2 million this year, the plain fact is that—Straits Times, March 24 - 308 words
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Article582 1960-03-30 4 —Straits Times, March 24 There is a cautionary word on smallholders’ rubber in the report for 1959 of the State Replanting Office for Kedah, Perlis and Penang. Some of the yields have been disappointing, due either to the lack of proper cultivation, the presence of “rogue” stumps, or—Straits Times, March 24 - 582 words
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Article689 1960-03-30 4 —Straits Times, March 25 Singapore's pawnbrokers can have no complaint if the Government takes unpleasant action to bring them to their .senses. The changes which the Government proposes making in the legislation are fine tiling; closing shop to the distress of the public, before the changes—Straits Times, March 25 - 689 words
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Article707 1960-03-30 4 —Straits Times. March 26 The amendments proposed in the Federation’s Income Tax Ordinance will strengthen the authorities’ hand against evasion, but they are not the full answer to an exasperating problem. Mrs. Beeton’s advice is still good—first catch your hare. Once the evader is on the Comptroller’s—Straits Times. March 26 - 707 words
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Article91 1960-03-30 4 obsfkvi R - obsfkvi R* Singapore. I AM convinced that all the criticism of the education authorities is justified particularly after the publication of the recent School Certificate examination results. Approximately 60 per cent of the candidate* were not successful. And 1 attribute this to: THE resignation of experienced and graduate91 words
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Article39 1960-03-30 4 TO MR. AND MHS A’ooink a daughter I i' (Lizctie) a sister for r sunta Hospital P J LADE: At Oleneagl on 23rd March to Sylvia vey, a son. SWAN: To Brenda Buncsar Hospital on > Michael Paul brother39 words
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Obituary19 1960-03-30 4 DEATH DR. KURT STRUTS :ii away on March 25th, 1 service Saturday March „i. 3.00 p.m. St. Andrew s19 words
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Article, Illustration868 1960-03-30 5 Even in disarmament the old riddle pops up SINGAPORE, March 21 ONE of the most impressive but saddest meetings 1 have ever attended was the opening session of the League of Nations Disarmament Conference in Geneva in 1932. It was impressive because, for868 words
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Article188 1960-03-30 5 |(,UALA LUMPUR, March 20. A .survey to find out what 2.500 young men and women in Malaya think about marriage has just been completed. A report will be tabled at the lirst Asian seminar of the International Young Christian Workers’ Movement at the University of Malaya188 words
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Article53 1960-03-30 5 KOTA BHARU. March 20— The Kelantan government is to freeze $30,000 of the state's scholarship fund to help meet the $2 million deficit it laces this year. The Mentri Besar Haji Ishak Lofti bin Omar, said the Government's higher studies scholarships and fhe religious studies grants would53 words
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172 1960-03-30 5 PENANG, March 20 r pHK church of Our hady of Sorrows n Macallster Road today warned that l ,r 'bsts may refuse lh< sacraments to Parishioners who at- m m ass in “various sTeos of undress.” f tshVon to be the w172 words
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Article64 1960-03-30 5 PENANG. March 20. A pre-war municipal commissioner. Mr. Ong Joo Sun died here today after short illness. He was 67. Mr. Ong suffered a stroke last. June. A month ago he fell ill again and died this afternoon. He was a past president of the Penang Straits64 words
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Article84 1960-03-30 5 IPOH. March. 20. In giving its support to the Government’s rural development fxiliry the Ipoh Junior Chamber wants special emphasis to be placed f>n the distribution of sports equipment to outlying youth clubs and the promotion of community service projects. A resolution on this was adopted84 words
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138 1960-03-30 5 IPOH, March 20. -The Mental Patients Weliare Association, today decided to defer election of a new president until the next Mentri Besar of Perak had been appointed. The present Mentri Besar, inche Mohamed Gha/ali bin Hajl Jawi, who has been president. of138 words
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Article374 1960-03-30 6 Dr. Reddy tells of plans which will benefit sufferers from leprosy KUALA LUMPUR, March 20. AFAU'iORY, to cost at least S100.000, is to be set up this year in Sungei Buloh Settle ment, where leprosy sufferers can produce furniture, prefabricated houses, windows, doors and other374 words
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Article, Illustration202 1960-03-30 6 gINGAPORE. March 20. Two little sisters were drowned after playing near a pond in Gulega Road, off upper Changi Road. here yesterday evening. Soon after an alarm was raised, people rushed to the scene. Earlier, the sisters, Teo Sie Geok, three, and202 words
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Article33 1960-03-30 6 KUCHING. March 20,-The Governor of Sarawak, ou Alexander Waddell, will his first address to the recon* stituted Council Ne-ri 0.. March 23. Six Government bills will be tabled at tr. meeting.33 words
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265 1960-03-30 6 Kuala lumpur. March 20. Police i 11 vest iga ting gangster incidents in the heart of the town are being hampered by a wall of silence. They arc concerned by reports that two secret societies—the Wall Kec and the Ang265 words
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Article23 1960-03-30 6 JOHOREJ BAHRU. March <20. —Chiu Sin, a youth, who was found firing crackers without authority at Masai, was fined $50 today.23 words
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Article40 1960-03-30 6 IPOH, March 20—All five vacant seats in the Behrang Station local council, Tanjong Malim. by-election have been won by Alliance candidates. They are Messrs. Lee Chow. Hong Ho Seong. Lee Yew. Lee Kim Loo and Low Lim Luan.40 words
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Article137 1960-03-30 6 SINGAPORE. March 20 THE Johore Bahru District Welfare Committee has 1 appealed to philanthropists, commercial firms and various organisations for funds to carry on its work. The committee helps to alleviate the distress of the poor, the destitute and underprivileged people It assists schoolchildren of137 words
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Article31 1960-03-30 6 BATU GAJAH, March 20. The OSPC Batu Gajah Inche Jalil bin Taltb. ASP. has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur. His successor is Mr. Balwant Singh. ASP. from Johore Bahru.31 words
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Advertisement77 1960-03-30 6 ADVERT! SEMEN BOOKS AND PUBLIC’ ATI°S> ON SALE SHORT!-' A NEW issue of the E Builder. Contents include: Hot Singapore, Federation oi State and Federal C»n\‘ contracts awarded. Plans i d by Singapore City Coum’sRurnl Board. President to Hong Kong Society o! y tects. Unique seaside t many other SE77 words
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Article, Illustration466 1960-03-30 7 JOKIORE BAHRU, March. 20. Mi; TAN BOON KHAK, elder brother of Singapore multi-millionaire Mr. Tan i irk Sve, was kidnapped this afternoon from his holiday bungalow on Sungei Melayu Estate, .jhoi, t 29 miles from here. Tan was in the company of his son,466 words
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167 1960-03-30 7 Kuala lumpur, March 20. Malaya’s “Sandhurst,” which is now under construction at Sungei Besi, 10 miles from here, will take in cadets by March next year. Work on the military college. modelled on the line* ol military academies overseas. will begin soon Already 200167 words
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Article33 1960-03-30 7 KUALA KUBU BHARU. March 20. a businessman here Mr. Tan Seng Kee. has given $500 to the Kuala Kubu Bharu hospital's cheer fund —the total of which now stands at $2,496.33 words
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301 1960-03-30 7 SINGAPORE, March 20. li|R. C. I. C. SCOLLAY, principal oi the Singapore Polytechnic, last night told youths who wished to obtain training to play their pari in the new state to enrol before April 14 for one of the courses which the Poly-301 words
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303 1960-03-30 7 KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 THE Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, has sought the aid of “several countries" for experts to help build the proposed $5O-million international airport outside Kuala Lumpur. He said yesterday he could not name these countries at present but if the303 words
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150 1960-03-30 7 J£UALA LUMPUR. March 20. The* Government announced today that the setting up of a rubber exchange in Malaya was essential and that it would give it every support It will shortly appoint a committee consisting of Government officials and representatives of all150 words
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245 1960-03-30 7 Kuala lumpur. March 20. The proposed multi-million dollar maternity hospital for the Federal capital will have a landing strip for small planes and helicopters, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dato Ong Yoke Lin, said today. This will facilitate emergency missions for245 words
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613 1960-03-30 8 KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 rpHK Pan-Malayan Islamic Party wants the four year old Kazak A education policy scrapped because “it has not raised the status of the Malay language.” In an eight-page memorandum sent to the613 words
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Article71 1960-03-30 8 JAKARTA. March 20. Four Malayan students have arrived here to begin courses at the Indonesian Aviation Academy. at Tjurug. west of Jakarta. The Malayans are studying under th e Colombo Plan They are: Abdul Azis bin Hussein. 21. of Kuala Lumpur: Syed Ibrahim bin Abdul71 words
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Article216 1960-03-30 8 \JALACCA. March L’U The Malayan Party chairman. Mr. Pan Kee Chu;. today submitted a memorandum of his party’s view’s to the education tvview committee. Reviewing the education policy, the memorandum said emphasis should be placed on the political, economic, social and cultural structure of216 words
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220 1960-03-30 8 SINGAPORE, March 2( T\HE Family Planning Association warned A today that it may not be able to cope with the rush for instruction should Ihe Government's birth control campaign brine about the desired results. Mrs. Joanna Moore, the a relation's publicity officer.220 words
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73 1960-03-30 8 SINGAPORE. March :>o.—The International Air Transport Association has announced that its member airlines will introduce new economy fares between the Far Last and Australia and Europe, startiim in October. A statement issued at the end of the lAT A conference in Paris said73 words
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Article60 1960-03-30 8 KUCHING. March 20 Efforts are being made to form a National Congress of British Borneo which aims to be a politically representative body of Brunei. North Bor: to and Sarawak. The president of the Brand People’s Party < Party IRikyat'. Mr. A. M. Azahari. i visit60 words
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Article46 1960-03-30 8 TELUK ANSON. Mar. 20 About 200 member J* the Boys’ Brigade Malaya district. t< an annual review and n h“on the towm padai yesterday. The reviewing of. Dr. Chang Iloe.v C! told brigade mem' character training w tial in the build! strong Malaya.46 words
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Article66 1960-03-30 8 KUALA LUMPUR. March 20. The Selangor Government has called for tenders from qualified veterinary surgeons for a one-year lease of the Animal Infirmary premises at Swettenham Road here. The call for tenders follows the Government's decision to divorc° the Infirmary from the State Veterinary Department. This66 words
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99 1960-03-30 8 UNION PLANS A $250,000 IPOH HEADQUARTER S POII. March 20.- The 25.000 members of the Perak branch of the National Union of Plantation Workers will be asked to contribute $lO each to cover the cost of a new headquarters building here. Tne u» ic.n hopes the $250.b00 ouildirg will be99 words
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Advertisement33 1960-03-30 8 tun STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Payable in advance) Singoporc Kuala Lumpur No postage Fed Malaya Br. North Borneo mcl. postage Br C'weolth Foreign mcl. postage United Kingdom Eastern Australia Only by Express Airfreight33 words
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Article, Illustration1060 1960-03-30 9 HAROLD SOH - By HAROLD SOH OtWGEI MELA YU March 21.—An estate manager yesterday fired five shots at a gang of five kidnappers dragging Singapore millionaire, Mr. Tan Boon Khak, 74, into a speedboat berthed alongside a river je*t about 100 yards from his holiday bungalow— Straits Times picture. - 1,060 words
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218 1960-03-30 9 PENANG, March 21. Federal ion Government has not yel decided whal action it should lake regarding the 15 refugees who fled lo Malaya last month from Communist-ruled Hainan island, off the south China coast. “The authorities are still considering the whole218 words
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Article41 1960-03-30 9 IPOII, March 21—D SP. C E. Coster, of the Special Branch. Perak, has been transferred to Penang as deputy head of the Special Branch there. He has been replaced by DS P. Loh Sau Yee. of Johore Bahru.41 words
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196 1960-03-30 10 KUALA LUMPUR. March 21. 'JPHL Roya* Malayan An* .on e hub ‘’rounded all its tour Twin Pioneer aircraft, including VIP plane Lang Rajawali (King of the Eagles). The order to ground them as i.s: ued dy the Air Officer Commanding, Air Commodore Noel Hyde.196 words
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Article107 1960-03-30 10 If UAL A LUMPUR. March, 22. The Royal Air Force i.s helping the Royal .Malayan Air Force to carry out its duties while the RMAF’s four Twin Pioneer aircraft are grounded. lhe Air Officer Commanding. Air Commodore Noel llyde. who issued the order for107 words
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Article25 1960-03-30 10 JOHORE BAHRU. March 21.—Ajalb Singh, who used a car which had an obscure number plate, was fined $2O in the magistrate’s court today.25 words
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Article153 1960-03-30 10 MIRI. March 21. THE Mm Cii neral Hospital, one of the bestequipped medical institutions in Borneo, will be handed over to the Sarawak Government by Sarawak Shell Oilfields Ltd. which has owned and administered the hospital for the past 50 years. Sarawak Shell has153 words
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145 1960-03-30 10 KUALA LUMPUR. March 21. —Almost 100 years after tlieir formation the Sarawak Rangers, masters in the art of jungle tracking, arc to become part of the British Army. They have been an important factor in the fight against Communist terrorists145 words
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479 1960-03-30 10 U A L A LUMPUR. March 21. Rubber trade experts said today that the most desirable form which the proposed rubber market for the Federation could take was a limited liability company with strong financial backing. All transactions in rubber would have to be made479 words
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374 1960-03-30 10 SINGAPORE, March 21. AN Australian big game hunter, Mr. William Hambly-Clark, plans to take live pictures or the King George V National Park and show them to Australian viewers on his television programme “Hunting with Hamblv." Mr. Hambly-Clark. who has hunted in374 words
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Article78 1960-03-30 10 MALACCA. March 21. A father told a magistrate’s court here today that he had assaulted by mistake a police inspector who he thought was interfering with his daughter. Quek Cheng Chuai. manager of a petrol kio>k. and his cousin. Tan Boon Ann. plead' ed guilty to78 words
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Article37 1960-03-30 10 KUALA LUMPUP. 21.—The Yang Agong has confirm* v polntment ol Mr liams as the genen of the Malayan H > was announced he" The appoin/m lfll iect from last D Mr Wi’Ilnms hemm sha* nost37 words
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Article22 1960-03-30 10 TELUK ANSON —Ins. Gan Cheng i to Johore has been the district P 01 quarters here a v gating officer22 words
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Article277 1960-03-30 11 ‘Tried to poison husband charge CAUSTIC SODA WAS BOUGHT FOR WASHING, BUT COST AMIN A TED FOOD breakfast egg had m l LIAR TASTE: HER MOTHER-IN-LAW WUSED HER TONGUE KUALA LUMPUR, March 21. 4 VOI NG mother of five children was A found guilty by the president of the Scions277 words
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Article145 1960-03-30 11 UmilNC., March 21.— n iruster-plan to con>truct about 1.644 miles ••f roads and a number ai bridges in Sarawak at a rust of about S242 million over the next 30 yrars was announced here today. The Director of Public Works Mr. J. K. Ward/ala told145 words
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116 1960-03-30 11 MPT’R. March 21 laiayan Teachers' t°ld the comv,‘r" child should ''Jiiipulsory educa- c years. thousands ot );0t have the 0 school. espe•1 areas. that nine •ia»ed organlsah it the medium 'hould also be lamination, dal ay teachers' had suggested that in primary schools the medium116 words
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Article, Illustration97 1960-03-30 11 KUALA LUMPUR. March 21. Air Commodore N.C. Hyde, A.O.C. Royal Malayan Air Force, is returning to duty with the RAF in Britain. A Government statement today said he would be succeeded by Group Capt. J. N. Strachey. He is expected here in97 words
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189 1960-03-30 11 IT UAL A LUMPUR. 1V March 21. The humble coconut husk is to play its part in the uplift of the rural people of Malaya. It will be uiaCG for the manufacture of ropes, brushes, carpets and other art/cles made irom coconut husk.189 words
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Article, Illustration316 1960-03-30 11 SINGAPORE, March 21. TTHE former Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, has offered his services to the Government to help bring about unily among workers in the petroleum industry. In an interview with the Minister for Labour ana Law. Mr.316 words
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243 1960-03-30 11 Kuala lumpur, March 21. The Malayan Trade Union Congress has urged the Federation Government to intensify further the cultivation of rubber and encourage the development of subsistence crops, including coffee tea and cocoa. Tin' call was made fit a two-day meeting of243 words
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Article343 1960-03-30 12 BUND COLLAPSES AND HIGH TIDE INUNDATES 30 HOUSES KLANG TOWN COUNCIL TO MEET AS HOMES OF 8.000 THREATENED KLANG, March 22. MORE than MO houses and 100 vegetable plots at Pandamaran New Village (population 8,000), four miles from here, were flooded by the sea when a343 words
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181 1960-03-30 12 SELANGOR RED CROSS TRAINS DEAF MUTE CHILDREN UUALA LUMPUR. March 22. The Selangor Red Cross Society has started a scheme to train deaf and dumb children here. If it proves a success various branches of the society will be asked to set ud classes for deaf and dumb children with181 words
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Article, Illustration148 1960-03-30 12 SINGAPORE. March 22. Lim Chew Yoong’s life of crime ended at 6 a.m. today when he was hanged in Outram Road jail for murder. Lim. 22, also known as Lim Chiu Yong and Chow Kah, became a thief at 16.148 words
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Article144 1960-03-30 12 Kuala lumpur. March 22. The Ministry of Education is investigating complaints that qualified teachers are being used to do clerks’ work in schools. The complaints were made In a letter from the Federation of Malay Teachers’ Union to the Ministry of Education. The FMTU secretary-gene-ral.144 words
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360 1960-03-30 12 KUALA LUMPUR, March )0 rPfENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN tonight ~7ril;. A cised Muslims here who showed htlk interest in the national Koran reading compUi. tion organised by the Government at the Mer- deka Stadium. Speaking at the prize T at the end360 words
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Article36 1960-03-30 12 KUALA LUMPUR. March 22. —The Minister of Finance. Mr. Tan Siew Sin. this morning inspected the site of the $1,700,000 headquarters or the Employees’ Provident Fund now under construction in Petaling Jaya.36 words
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Article66 1960-03-30 12 KUALA LUMPUR. March 22. —The publicity director of the Pacific Area Travel Association. Mr. James R. Benefield, is to visit Malaya to acquire first-hand knowledge of the country The Tourist Promotion Section of the Federation’s Ministry of Commerce ..nd Industry has arranged an extensive tour for66 words
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245 1960-03-30 12 OENANG. March 22 Should the Penan" ferry service give priority to cars bearing the State Assembly badge—or to State Assemblymen themselves? This question was raised In the Assembly today bv Mr Tan Chong Bee Front-Tanjong Barat) when hp urged the withdrawal of a new ruling that245 words
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Article36 1960-03-30 12 />*) JOHORE BAIIRV —Professor A A. S head of the Pari i partment of the of Malaya, gave a r r ir y to members of tn Club here on the and university aut36 words
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Article377 1960-03-30 13 Thailand may also be invited KUALA LUMPUR, March 22. PROPOSAL to set up a “good neighbour” A joint industrial research institute for Malay .i, Singapore and Indonesia is being t;):r j.| 0 red by the Federation Government. 1. > Minister of Commerce and Industry. P Mohamed Khir bin377 words
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119 1960-03-30 13 jDRUNEI, March 22.—A Malayan Airways Viscount prop-jet airliner made a dramatic landing at the airport here today with one of its wheels locked in. In the aircratt was the Mentri Besar of Brunei. Pehin Dato Perdana Ment’i Haji Ibrahim bin Jahfar. who was119 words
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Article75 1960-03-30 13 J/UALA LUMPUR. March 22. -The Government i' closely watching the decline in copra and coconut oil exports. Malaya’s exports of coconut oil in 1959 totalled 20.362 long tons, a drop of nearly 40 per cent from the previous year. Copra exports totalled 65.687 tons, about a75 words
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Article60 1960-03-30 13 KUALA LUMPUR. March 22. —The Assistant Town Superintendent ol the Kuala Lumpur Municipality. Mr. K. P. V. Menon. has been elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene. London. Mr. Menon is also an associate member of the Institute of Public Cleansing60 words
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85 1960-03-30 13 CINGAPORE. March 22. The grounds of the Istana Negara will be turned into a children's playground on March 28—Hari Raya Puasa. They will be open to the public for the day from 8 a m. to 6 p.m. There will be see-saws and85 words
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175 1960-03-30 13 pENANG. March 22. Lessees 1 of Government land on Penang Hill must still observe a convenant "not to assign or underlet the premises to anv nerson other than a European without the express permission of Hie Governor in writing.” "This condition is still175 words
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216 1960-03-30 13 KUALA LUMPUR, March 22. Asl MILLION pharmaceutical factory being built at Petaling Jaya will be in operation by June, and will have an extensive training programme for local staff. This was announced here today bv Mr. E. Strandberg, chairman of the company—216 words
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Article57 1960-03-30 13 IPOH. March 22. A memorial service will be held at St. Andrew’s Church here at 5 p.m. on March 27. for Mrs. Florence Jordan, 55, a senior major in the Salvation Army, who died on March 19. She and her husband, Senior Major J. Jordan, were57 words
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Article60 1960-03-30 13 KUALA LUMPUR. March 22 Che Yong Suaibah blnte Abdul Jamil, daughter of the former Mentri Besar of Selangor. Inche Abdul Jamil bin Rais, will be married to Inche Nasir bin Tahar. at her father’s residence in Bellamy Road. Kuala Lumpur on April 2 Inche Nasir. who60 words
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164 1960-03-30 13 Kuala lumpur, M arch 22 Police patrol vans are to be equipped soon with radar devices to catch speeding motorists. This was disclosed at a meeting of the Federation Road Safety Council here yesterday. It was presided over by the164 words
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Article33 1960-03-30 13 IPOII. March 22 A pig farmer. Yip Yoong Chee. 55. was today fined $lO for falling to license his two dogs which were over three months old on Jan 29.33 words
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Article492 1960-03-30 14 MINISTRY WARNING OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST THOSE FOUND AT RACE MEETINGS DURING OFFICE HOURS SINGAPORE, March n. C GOVERNMENT employees here have been warned that disciplinary action will be taken against those found at the races during normal oilice hours. They may also be dismissed492 words
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286 1960-03-30 14 (SINGAPORE. March —Backed by strong police action, the Turf Clubs are steadily gaining the upper hand in their campaign to wipe out bookmaking on the Malayan Turf. Big-time bookmakers in Singapore are planning a last-ditch stand. They have decided to “boycott** the forthcoming meeting at286 words
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357 1960-03-30 14 SINGAPORE. March 23 THE Federations proposal to set up a “good neigh A hour” joint industrial research institute 'tor Malaya, Singapore and Indonesia was today se n by industrialists here as a “gesture of goodwill” and “concrete proof” that the Federation Govern ment was357 words
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Article, Illustration195 1960-03-30 14 KUALA LUMPUR 1V March 23. Two Government officials —Tengku Adnan. a brother of the Raja Permaisuri A gong, and Dato Abdul Malek. Comptroller of Household for the Sultan of Kelantan have returned from the United States with "new ideas.”195 words
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Article61 1960-03-30 14 KUALA LUMPUR. March. 23. The Public Works Committee of the Kuala Lum p u r Municipal Council wants the Selangor Government to pay for the cost of replacing ail traffic signs in the Federal Capital with the new international road signs. The committee has61 words
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Article33 1960-03-30 14 KUALA LUMPUR, March 23. Motorists arc urged by the Minister of Transport, Inche Sardon bin Ha.ii Jubir. to purchase the pocket-sized Highway Code booklet being sold here for 50 cents each.33 words
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Article, Illustration62 1960-03-30 14 MISS SELENA LAM YU SWEE, a science graduate from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, who has been given a grant by the Queensland University at Brisbane to take her Master of Science degree in bacteriology. Educated at the Anglo-Chinese Girls’ School, Ipoh,62 words
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Article, Illustration241 1960-03-30 15 HER WHIRLWIND ROMANCE WAS WITH A BIGAMIST SAILOR SINGAPORE, March 23. —Evelyn Tan’s romance with Earle H. Harrison, an American sailor, had all the touch of a Hollywood melodrama. She first met him in July. 1956. when his ship called at Singapore Within241 words
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Article130 1960-03-30 15 Flying clubs offer service of 3 aircraft i a L A LUMPUR, IV March 23.—The Fed(>ration Government has been oilered the services oi three aircraft for merry flights to remote kampongs. !iei came from the A datlor, of Federation’? a r< ci\ a s. the Minister ot Social130 words
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Article82 1960-03-30 15 Kuala lumpur, March 23.—The director of the Asian Field Office of the International Labour Organisation. Mr. John S. Fox, arrived here today to study possible ILO technical assistance to Malaya. He will hold discussions with officials of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.82 words
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Article38 1960-03-30 15 KUALA LUMPUR. March 23. —The publicity directory of the Pacific Area Travel Association. Mr. James R. Benefield, is to visit the Federation to acquire first-hand knowledge of the country. He is expected here on March 25.38 words
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Article32 1960-03-30 15 KUALA LUMPUR. March 23. —Dr. Antonin Basch. head of the World Bank's newly-es-tablished Capital Marketing Unit, left for Australia today after an eight-day survey or savings and investments here.32 words
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Article422 1960-03-30 15 iVo more money to lend, they say SINGAPORE, March 23 A-L, 44 pawnshops 11 h ere today topped accepting pudges, bringing business lo a virtual standstill. .As customers streamed to day. pawnbrokers told !-«n politely: “Sorry, we not accepting fresh Pledges until further no- ce We422 words
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162 1960-03-30 15 KUALA LUMPUR, March 23. r FHE number of housemen doctors in Federation A hospitals is to be increased to cope with the growing number of graduates from the University of Malaya and overseas. The Minister of Health. Dato Ong Yoke162 words
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83 1960-03-30 15 I/'UALA LUMPUR, March 23. —Two youths were shot dead and an elderly man injured in an incident at Gombak. seven miles from here, today. Ali bin Mohamed Yunus, 23, a factory worker, and Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Kadir, seven, a schoolboy, were shot83 words
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Article176 1960-03-30 15 Kuala lumpur. March 23. —The Royal Air Force Regiment (Malaya) will be disbanded at the end of the month except for one squadron. The lone squadron will be stationed at the Royal Aus- tralian Air Force base at. Butterworth. An RAF 1 spokesman said176 words
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Article, Illustration1048 1960-03-30 16 DIFFICULT TIME FOR SPORE’S PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY SINGAPORE, March 24 Dr. GOH: THEY HAVE BIG ROLE TO PLAY IN NATION’S DEVELOPMENT SINGAPORE'S Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, told the Ecafe working party on small scale industries today that such industries had an important part to play1,048 words
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133 1960-03-30 16 KUALA LUMPUR. March 24. Americans living in Malaya and other countries will for the first time be included in the new United States census beginning early next month. Reason: Many more Americans are now living abroad. An official of the American Embassy here133 words
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Article44 1960-03-30 16 KUALA LUMPUR. March 24. —Malayan canned and bottled fruits, excluding pineapples and rambutans. have been classified as pioneer products. A Government statement issued today also classifiea Malayan canned and bottlefl meat and poultry, excluding chicken and mutton curries, as pioneer products44 words
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Advertisement118 1960-03-30 16 THE HONGKONG 8c FAR EAST BUILDER Read by everyone of note in the industry throughout the Far East A new issue is now on sale Contents include: Malayan Government Contracts Awarded Singapore Government Contracts Awarded Plans Approved by Singapore City Council Hong Kong Government Contracts Awarded New Building Plans Approved,118 words
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608 1960-03-30 17 Beat the dodgers plan —this is it... AMENDING LAWS BILL GAZETTED KUALA LUMPUR, March 24. proposed laws to combat income tax evasion in the Federation were announced by the Government today. They are contained in a Bill gazetted today, it was presented to Parliament and given its first reading on608 words
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340 1960-03-30 17 KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 THE Assistant Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Syed Ja’afar Albar, today jooosted that tne International Students’ Conference should set up an Asian student p-ess centre in Kuala Lumpur. Speaking on the role of the Press in Asian rerjor.ai340 words
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74 1960-03-30 17 TEMERLOH. March >4.— The Federation Government is concerned over the high rate of infantile mortality (10 babies out of 100 in the Temerloh district. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dato Ong Yoke Lin, referred to this when he opened the74 words
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Article68 1960-03-30 17 T 3 UTTER WORTH. March 24.—An RAAF launch picked up two fishermen from a capsized sampan in the Penang North Channel yesterday afternoon. The launch, under Coxswain Sgt. J. W. Smith, rescued the men near the RAAF bombing range off the Kedah coast. They were68 words
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Article111 1960-03-30 17 BANGKOK, March 24 THE Prime Minister, 1 Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat said today that Communist terrorists hiding in the junalong the Thai-Ma-layan border a Treat to the security °f Thailand. He told a Press conference that the Thai government was co- operating with Malayan authorities in111 words
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234 1960-03-30 17 I j KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 I- H more Malayan '■•iiicers are lo lake up appointments in the r 1 nation Army. are Col. Tengku Osman Mohamed, Col. an Abdul Manan, Lt.- i lamed bin Haji Moha- ;l 'i‘ and Major234 words
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Article17 1960-03-30 17 TAILING. March 24.-The Town Council last night deckled to create the post of town engineer.17 words
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Article288 1960-03-30 18 TWO PROVISIONS MAY LEAD TO ABUSE OF POWER AND GRAFT, SAYS UBAIDULLAH KlIALA LUMPUR, March 25. T11U NEW Bill to combat income tax evasion in the Federation, published yesterday, has met with a mixed reception. The president of the Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce, Senator288 words
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202 1960-03-30 18 ttINGAPORE. March 25. A German scientist. Dr. Kurt S t r u b e r. 40. who was stabbed by an armed gang in his Tanah Merah Besar home 10 days ago, died today in the General Hospital. His pretty Siamese wife was202 words
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Article17 1960-03-30 18 SINGAPORE. March 25 The newly-formed Singapore Tourist Association has started a drive for more members.17 words
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Article56 1960-03-30 18 DOCTOR’ S WIFE ASKS FOR $750 March 25.—A maintenance suit brought by a doctor’s wife. May Lau. 22. against her husband. Dr. Lau Kit Sun. will be heard on April 28. Mrs. Lau had filed a n application for maintenance allowance of §750 a month for herself and a child.56 words
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Article299 1960-03-30 18 ILO-GOVT. PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 Federation Government and the InterA national Labour Organisation will spend about $2 million over the next five years in setting up a training centre to improve production and efficiency in Malaya. This was announced here today by Mr.299 words
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Article192 1960-03-30 18 IPOH, March 25. 4 13-MILE road hacked out of the jungle by men A of th e Federation Engineer Regiment to provide land access to remote Fort Legap, in northeast Perak, was officially opened today. Lt.-Gen. Sir Rodney Moore. Chief of Staff. Federation Armed192 words
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Article59 1960-03-30 18 PENANG. March 25. E. M. Mohamed Ibrahim was jailed today for three months for making a false to the Penang Registrar of Citizenship. The court was told tnat he claimed he had resided in Malaya for 12 years and 11 months when he had actually59 words
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Article42 1960-03-30 18 PENANG. March 25.—Detectives from the secret societies branch today picked up a known gang leader in Ayer Itam village. The man -vas taken to the police headquarters for interrogation and later held on a warrant, of detention.42 words
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435 1960-03-30 18 QINGAPORE. March 24.The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Malaya In Singapore has announced the results of the last examinations. The following candidate has passed the Final Part II Professional Examination for the degrees of M. 8., B.S. in Medical Jurisprudence and Public Health:435 words
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Article41 1960-03-30 18 05 -.1 MALACCA. c!>e c company is to mitt* here with a prop r of $500,000. Th<“ rrU plans to operate between Klang a: pet Malays will h° c& s cent of the capita, nese 49 per cent41 words
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1206 1960-03-30 19 EPSOM JEEP - OUR KINGDOM wins on protest—winner SAGE BLUE disqualified General B Pil lands big shock By EPSOM JEEP lH U y STABLE’S PtaE5 with Alan Buron in;, scored a stylish jn from Dreamboat and ri nce of Lallta in the vrb' triftl ovsr fl ffiliC X Bukit Timah on flareh 26.1,206 words
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477 1960-03-30 19 COUNTRYMAN S JOURNAL g THE DUSUN, Fri., Mor. 18 THAT zoological lady with her planter husband called one morning with a bunch of Vanda Miss Joachim orchids. She could not have known that the blooms were badly infected with the larvae of beetles. When477 words
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Article65 1960-03-30 19 KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 I —Police here and in Singapore said tonight they had no knowledge of reports that millionaire Mr, Tan Boon Khak, who was kidnapped In Johore on March 20 had been I released They were commenting on rumours that Mr. Tan, elder brother65 words
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Page 19 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous48 1960-03-30 19 BIG SWEEP Total pool $178,550. lot. prise No. *****3 $80,346 No. *****2 3rd prise No. *****5 $KJ18 Starters $J,716 each Nos: *****7, *****8, *****4, *****7, *****4. *****3, *****9, *****2. $*****, *****7, *****6, *****3, *****6. Consolation $1,339 eack Nos: *****6, *****9. $*****, *****3, *****8, *****3, *****3, *****0, *****8, *****0.48 words
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MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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Article1293 1960-03-30 20 MININGS IRREGULAR BUT UNDERTONE SOUND By Our Market Correspondent VERY active conditions prevailed on the f Malayan Stock Exchange last week when good business was written in industrials and sterling rubbers. Fresh investment buying was well to the front in industrials and the inde? rose1,293 words
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Article275 1960-03-30 20 WHERE has not been 1 any substantial change in price during the week state H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their current rubber market review. This market has continued to hold the initiative and overseas fluctuations were virtually ignored, they state. Commission house and trade buying275 words
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Article18 1960-03-30 20 SINGAPORE. March Singapore Coconut Oil Miller's Association Bulk SSI sellers, drum $62 sellers. Tone was quiet18 words
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Article39 1960-03-30 20 Current Date o t Total Total far Payment payment for pmfan Mentakab s?r April 30 31% m Do. s'4+ April 20 31% Suioh 10% April 23 3©"< 25% Uhl Benut 10';< April 21 30 I t Interim.39 words
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Article25 1960-03-30 20 TIN RUBBER (per picul) (per lb.) March 21 $390.50 $1.20% 12 $390.00 2119% tl $389.50 $1.19% 24 $389.12% $1.20% 25 $389.00 26 $389.37%25 words
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Article23 1960-03-30 20 Singapore Copra Association noon prices per picul on March 26: Fair merchantable Bombay mixed copra: March $4O (nominal). Tone was quiet.23 words
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Article26 1960-03-30 20 SINGAPORE, March 26. The price ot tin In Singapore yesterday was $389.37i up 375. The estimated offering at 250 tons was up 40 tons.26 words
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Article1306 1960-03-30 20 THE following Us! ol revised 1 quotations was issued by members of the Malayan Stock Exchange after their last meeting on Saturday (March 26). H and L stand for highest and lowest for business done in 1959 and In the current rear to date. INDUSTRIALS Hi* e1,306 words
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