The Straits Budget, 25 May 1960

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    • 317 2  -  BIJON Mu in THE rule that all students should take part In school fames and sports Is general and Is well founded. But Is it not a rule which should apply only to pupils living within a reasonable radius of the
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    • 77 2  -  SCOUT MASTER Singapore. I THINK it is a fine idea to have a Boy Scout stamp issue for Singapore, Most countries issue scout stamps to mark a Jamboree: for instance, countries like England, Australia New Zealand, Philippines, and the U.S. Unlike the Boy Scout associations In Britain, the
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    • 139 2  -  E. S. K. Kuantan WHEN IT ISM ALE WANT u- [Wt'-t' r-- v *w»emr'£X*2§K&?m? r THERE are far too many 1 “talking” programmes In the broadcasts of Radio Malaya. One begins to wonder if Radio Malaya is not still so much in its infancy that some members
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    • 262 2  -  Vhman Kuala Lumpa: MY reaction to the correspondence about the appointment of a Bishop of Singapore is that it is utterly deplorable that racialism should be brought into religion. If* it cannot even be kept out or religion, what hope is there that it will
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    • 124 2  -  DIKI i LINENfl Singapore. n s I. I jftlnilgapo. ls 0M j •comes down m-nceau S Avenue fr, NewS Circus, one se€ lot of washK HiKint l out to d- in the I sg? ot From the uuan- 1 out I dlT, It is a
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    • 160 2  -  MOYNE. Ipoh INDUSTRIALLY and so4 dally we may be trailing behind some Western nations but on racial problems and co-existence we are certainly way ahead of most Western democracies. We may be guilty of some forms of social distinction, but we certainly
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    • 103 2  -  votet Singapore AM Wry to raise this issue but I feel that my local M.P., Mr. C. H. Koh, has entirely overlooked his responsibilities. Tt is reasonable for him to keep ..quiet on small matters, but when it comeM to grave Issm affecting! the interests e people-) of
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    • 59 2  -  S. K. TAlti Singapore. THERE is organised plH ferage of yeods along Alkaff Quay in Singapore i by a group of ip::g>t«5 who operate in tills area. Whenever a lorry unloads goods, these gangsters cut the bags ana help themsehrv pis *3 done in broad ’-lyllgnt The losses r
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    • 769 3 —Straits Times, May 16 I The first task ot the summit Inference in Paris, as the Brdinarv man sees it, is to get tk to earth. It is not going Wl be L a ,v. The spy-plane has Kot to pieces almost every Klculation, it seems to
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    • 595 3 —Straits Times. May 17 The proper merits of the case which the Singapore Pawnbrokers’ Association presented against an amendment of the ordinance which would reduce their interest charges on loans to one per cent a month tended to disappear when the controversy took the turn it did
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    • 376 3 —Straits Times, May 17 In five years during which the world market for copra has boomed Malaya’s production has fallen 20 per cent. Most of our neighbours have increased production by that much in the same period. The reasons for Malaya’s poor performance are almost certainly the
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    • 238 3 —Straits Times, May 17 The Federation Government’s willingness to recognise a limited number of American university degrees is belated but welcome. Apparently the present list of 140 degrees is not to be regarded as final, for there are reputab'e universities and qualifications still unacknowledged. American degrees are only
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    • 301 3 —Straits Times. May 18 The Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association’s unflagging zeal in finding new problems for itself is one of the more heartening features of the war against TB. The magnitude of the scourge compared with the resources for lighting it has always prevented Sata or anyone else
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    • 188 3 —Straits Times. May 18 There was no pioneering work for Tengku Abdul Rahman to do in trade relations with West Germany. The Federal Republic buys our rubber and the Federation imports an increasing amount of German engineering equipment: indeed the Cameron Highlands hydro electric scheme is in the
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    • 313 4 —Straits Times. May 19 Last November Dato Sambanthan challenged estate workers to resist fragmentation by organising co-oper-atives to buy ud plantations. He argued that if half the money spent on toddy, beer and samsu were saved, 10,000 acres of good rubber could be bought each year. He said
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    • 653 4 —Straits Times. May 20 Mr. Khrushchev’s assurance that he is not bringing Berlin to the boil, and that the disarmament talks in Geneva and negotiations for a suspension of nuclear tests are to continue, removes the worst of the fears that followed the collapse of the summit
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    • 394 4 —Straits Times, May 20 Mr. Chan Yoon Onn of the People’s Progressive Party, the successful candidate in the Kampar by-election, had obvious advantages over the Alliance candidate who was his chief rival. Trailing less than 1,300 votes behind the Alliance in the election last August, his party had
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    • 586 4 —Straits Times. May 21 The Federation Government has lost no time getting down to the details of creating an independent university out of the University of Malaya. Its announcement less than a fortnight ago that the Federation aimed to have “an autonomous, separate, national university in
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  • 90 4  -  OBSERVER Singapore. CHANGI and the adjacent islands are among the attractions of Singapore. Every week-end and on public holidays thousands from the city and its suburbs flock to tlie beach to enjoy a swim and the sea air. Is it not a pity then this beach, which needs
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  • 70 4 DEATHS BURNS: At neo. on 1 nth May a- g or r<tf ness C-eorpe c; Abaca T.innted anc* 1 Nepri Sembilan iNepil oniiuuPATTISON: SuOpj I;: j ‘‘c t Stanmorc Scotland, on 1' -ne Sit-; Joseph London 1(i sen p.apore Ti action n( i •he late Mr and Mattson. -jp- uson.
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  • 1740 5  -  HI! R.G.D. HOUGHTON a >1K. IIOl'GHTON was lent to the Federation for w six months in 1947. when he was an officer of the British Ministry of Labour. Instead, he stayed for three years as head of the Labour Department, where he
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  • 379 6 ‘DEATH RAILWA Y SURVIVORS WANT NEW COMPENSATION Letter to Tengku urges review of peace treaty KOTA BHARU, May 15 mHE FEDERATION GovernA ment was today urged to review the Japanese peace treaty and request compensation for the Malayan survivors of the Siam “death railway”. In a letter to the Prime
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  • 253 6 Kuala lumpur, May 15. The Government's action in recognising degrees of selected American universities was criticised today. The president of the American Universities Club here. Mr. Michael Lee. said: 0 SOME universities of academic standing in the subjects considered had been given no recognition,
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  • 60 6 MR. LIEW KAI CHOON, son of the late multi-mil-lionaire, Mr. Liew Kwong Hon, with his bride. Miss Julian Tan. after their wedding in Kuala Lumpur on May 15. Both are qualified accountants and returned from Australia recently. Miss Tan is the daughter of Mr. Tan
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  • 23 6 SEGAMAT, May 15. The Social Welfare Services Lotteries Board has donated $B,OOO towards the construction of a children’s playground at Bekok.
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  • 45 6 KUALA LUMPUR. May 15. Professor G.E. Blackman, who led a fact-finding mission to Malaya four years ago to help Dlan the country’s rubber industry, will be among world rubber experts attending a six-day international conference here, starting on Sept. 26.
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  • 198 6 PENANG, May 15. f PHE departure for Britain of the first batch of 109 A officers and men from the Brigade of Gurkhas in the Far East has been delayed for 24 hours. The soldiers will now leave Butterworth tomorrow in an R.A.F. Britannia for six
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  • 111 6 I£UALA LUMPUR, May 15Two Malayan trade unionists have been awarded scholarships on labour education at the Philippines University in Manila. They are Mr. A. W. King, president of the National Union of Railwaymen, and Inche Mo* hamed Noor bin Mohammed, an official of
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  • 789 7 SINGAPORE, May 15. rp‘iU: Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said 1 today that it was from the ranks of the iu'\v Work Brigade that it was hoped to recruit the “best ground workers"’ in Government anil semi-Government organisations. 0'r,> the
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  • 224 7 QUESTS from all over Pahang on May 15 att ended Kuantan s 1 wedding of the year between Mr. Lim Chin See. an architect and son of a millionaire businessman, to Miss Barbara Winifred Ford, of Manchester. The civil wedding was held at the
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  • 54 7 SINGAPORE, May 15.—Barbara Too, eight, of Sirat Road, was drowned today while picknicking with members of her family at Ponggol beach here. Her body was found floating about 50 yards ofT-shore shortly after she was missed from a group of children playing near the water’s
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  • 96 7 BATU GAJAH, May 18.—Two more youths were charged in the magistrate’s court here today with the murder ot three women. whose bodies were found in a disused well near Tan lone Tuallang on May 10 They are Poo leek Chat. 21, unemployed, and
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  • 256 8 PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS TO DO THIS ‘OR DIE’ HAVE PAID OFF VERY WELL EXPLAINS OFFICIAL KUALA LUMPUR, May 15. MALAYAN rubber smallholders have begun the biggest ever rush to replant their land. Their applications for replanting grants this year have involved a record of more than twice
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  • 224 8 SINGAPORE. May 15. The Minister for Labour and Law, Mr K. M. Byrne, has listed these “musts” if the State’s Ashing industry is to be expanded: MODERN. well-equip-ped boats. ADEQUATE training or local fishermen to handle these craft. In a foreword to a Government
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  • 60 8 KUALA LUMPUR, May 16Two officers oi the Fisheries Department will leave by air for India tomorrow to study lish culture at the Central Inland Fisheries Research station in Calcutta. They are Mr. K SomascKharan and Inche Yunus bln Mohamed Dahlan. Their oneyear training is
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  • 35 8 JOHORE BAHRU. May 16Tiie Sultan of Pahang who is Colonel Commandant cf the Royal Malay Regiment paid his first official visit to the 6th battalion of the regiment at Kluang at the weekend.
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  • 47 8 MR. LAM TECK CHOON. who was elected president of the Seremban Town Council after the revocation of the appointment of Mr. Robert Singam. Mr. Lam, who is now an Alliance councillor, was first elected to the council on a Labour Party ticket.
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  • 41 8 SINGAPORE. May 16—The Legislative Assembly toauv passed the Prevention of Corruption Bills, the Societies (Amendment! Bill and the Muslims «Amendment 8.11 without debate The Bills, which had been referred to select committee, came up for third reading
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  • 132 8 SINGAPORE. Ma\ k a TOTAL of 441 freshmen at the University Malaya here will be initiated into the “rnv° teries” of university life at the Oei Tiona u Hall tomorrow. ——JJ? The newcomers will be welcomed by the Vice-Chan-cellor. Professor A. Oppenheim, and senior members
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  • 30 8 SINGAPORE. May 16—The Indonesian Consul-General In Singapore. Col Sugih Arto. left early this morning by Malayan Airways for a 10day official visit to the three Borneo territories.
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  • 97 8 gINGAPORE, May 16 I'hough officially bannt*d. senior students of the University of Malaya today mildly ragged freshmen after the matriculation ceremony at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall. As soon as the 45- minute ceremony, culminating in the signing of the Unitersity declaration by the
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  • 99 8 V* UTTER WORTH, May 16 The first batch of 109 olficers and men from the Brigade of Gurkhas in the Far East left this morning on a six months’ visit to Britain. The second batch—also of 109 officers and men, Including the contingent
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  • 163 8 Seladang terrifies village gores two IPOH, May 15 A seladang J twild ox) ran amok at Lawan Kuda new village, about 15 miles from here, early today and gored two oeople. one of them seriously A neliee party under Insnector Khatab Thair rushed to the village and killed the "ampaging
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  • 405 8 SINGAPORE, May 15 lyiR. James Puthucheary, manager of the Industrial Promotions Board, has warned that the prospects of feeding a growing Singapore populhtion are “bleak” unless there is major economic development. He took the opposite view in a recent Radio Singapore discussion to Dr. Tham Ah
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  • 132 9 (SINGAPORE. May 16 The k Bri>tol Beaufighter, Britiln’s famed “Whispering Death’* wartime night Interceptor fighter aircraft, went into “retirement*' today after making a final operational sortie from I RAF Seletar on “tug*' duty— towing a target. So. after 20 years of
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  • 154 9 SINGAPORE, May 16. IJADIO Singapore’s orchestra is looking for a new bandleader to replace Dick Abell, who left Singapore for Britain recently. Mr. Abell, who was the chief arranger on Radio Singapore’s staff, left on May 3 to work as a professional musician in
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  • 26 9 KUALA LUMPUR, May 16— The Lower Perak Malay Government Servants’ Co-opera-tive Thrift and Loan Society Limited today gave $l,OOO to the National Mosque Fund.
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  • 147 9 i T i? a r-v KUALA LUMPUR, May 16. A Canadian social worker, Miss Martha ir th scrop said toda y that more social workers Mk s m deratlon should receive higher training. Mkc oxjuuiu for i v^° Scrop ls In Malaya lio n
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  • 226 9 SINGAPORE, May 16. A magistrate in an immigration case today was asked to show mercy to a jobless husband who would probably never see his wife in China again. Mr. Peter Guok. counsel for Goh Hee Leng, 28, made this
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  • 485 9 KLANG, May 16 TN a solemn ceremony, rich with colour and splendour, Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Al-Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah was formally installed as Regent as of Selangor at Istana Kota here today. The 35-year-old Prince, who was once a
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  • 45 9 KUALA LUMPUR, May 16— The assistant secretary of the Supply Division of the Ministry of Finance, Inche Osman Malik, 28, left today by air for a visit to the Malayan High Commission in New Delhi. He will be away for three weeks.
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  • 182 9 jy|R. J. G. CORNWELL, 91, a Government Pension- er oldest European resident in Malava hi?™ in Ta,Jah Road 42 miles from here, this morning. One of his sons, Mr. Leonard Cornwell, who retired from the Social Welfare Department in 1957, was at his
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  • 248 11 u A L A LUMPUR. IV May 17- Four months of good prices have given the (government nearly three- quarters of the rubber import duty originally estimated tor the whole of 1960. The rubber import duty yielded $70.9 million from January to April, compared with the 532.5 million
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  • 250 11 MIRACLES’ AT $30 A TIME: BUDDHIST MONKS TICKED OFF PENANG, May 17. a PENANG Buddhist youth leader, Mr leoh A Eng Soon, today criticised the practice of some Buddhist priests who boast they can perform miracles” for $3O and other acts for smaller sums of money. “Of all so-called forms
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  • 154 11 SINGAPORE, May 17 c A student teacher separated from his mother since he was three, is now trying to find her. Mr Quek Hock Teng. 19. •above) of Geylang Road, called at Times House today to seek help in his search. tic said his
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  • 32 11 s «aJudl?. A hi M y 17 —Inche aopoS j ?h n A 1 has been of the <J f i he now secretary ell, ki Q amat Town Coun-
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  • 138 11 IT UAL A LUMPUR, May 17— The Federation Government today announced the full styles and titles in English and Malay of the Yang dl-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong. The full style and title for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in Malay Is:
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  • 217 11 SINGAPORE, May 17. T>OLICE here are offering a $20,006 reward for information on forged one dollar notes. They will pay the money to people who can provide them clues to these twin posers: WHO is responsible for forging the notes? WHERE is the counterfeiting
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  • 48 11 MALACCA, May 17. The Governor of Malacca, Dato Haji Abdul Malek bln Yusof. this morning told students of the High School here not to take part in politics while they were still in school. The Governor was paying his first official visit to the school.
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  • 28 11 KUALA LUMPUR, May 16. Malaya has been invited to attend an FAO-sponsored technical meeting on credit for fishery industries in Paris from Oct. 17 to 22.
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  • 166 11 KUALA LUMPUR. May 17. An exchange of gifts between the Federation Artillery and the Royal Artillery will be made at a parade In Kajang on May 26. This Is to mark the anniversary of the formation of the Royal Artillery to which the Federation Artillery,
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  • 185 11 HE’ LL SUCCEED MacDONALD AS ENVOY IN INDIA SIR PAUL GORE-BOOTH (above), deputy Undersecretary of State in the Foreign Office, has been appointed British High Commissioner in India to succeed Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, whose term of office ends in the autumn. Mr. MacDonald, who became Commissioner-General of South-east Asia in
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  • 19 11 MUAR, May 17.—Inche Aziz bin Hajl Shukor from Johore Bahru has assumed duties as District Officer, Muar.
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  • 1965 12 SHE TELLS JUDGE: I LIVED IN CONSTANT FEAR OF MV HUSBAND...HIS DRINKING BOUTS...HIS FITS OF VIOLENCE CHIEF JUSTICE SAYS HE IS SATISFIED AS TO CRUELTY. GRANTS ORDER NISI SINGAPORE, May 17 EVERY time her husband was drunk, every time they
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  • 91 12 IPOH, May 16. —One Australian soldier was killed and two others injured in a road accident about 17 miles north of here last night when the three of them were returning to Sungei Siput. The dead soldier was Private L. R. Smedley. The
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  • 1148 13 NO POLITICAL DICTATION’ WOODHULL ON TRADE UNION MOVEMENT: WE WILL CRITICISE GOVT... SINGAPORE, May 17 Mk. svdney WOODHULL, poliiieal and information officer of the Singapore Trades i nion Congress secretariat, tonight stated that the trade union movement here “is not committed to any political party.” In broadcast over Radio Slur
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  • 444 13 Hamburg, May 17.— Tengku Abdul Rahman said in HamDun: last night that he hoped lor German investment in Malaya. A spokesman for the Tengku Quoted him as sa.vi i dinner given by thv Ea.-'t Asia Association hoped MalayanGert.u:. trade would conl tiniir to grow
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  • 329 13 SINGAPORE, May 17 OFF-COURSE betting shops will not be permitted to operate near bars, or along main thoroughfares, but will be situated in “tucked away*’ places. These are among the conditions, which will be stipulated for the setting up
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  • 619 14  -  By GUNN CHIT THYE Penang, May 18 WE HAVE RETURNED TO JAIL, THEY TELL WARDER WHEN POLICE BRING THEM IN AS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS 30 Indonesian rebels who have over- stayed their special passes by three days surrendered to the Federation immigration authorities here today and are
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  • 79 14 MR. ROBERT RAYMOND DAVIES, formerly manager of the Bukit Tupah properties in Kedah, and his bride. Miss Gwenda Catrin Griffith, after their wedding in London. The bride carried a bouquet of Malayan orehids specially flown to Britain by Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
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  • 292 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mav 18. A PRETTY Malayan girl, Rita Leong Yoke Chee, 22. who was “involved in a case” and was arrested by police in far-away Paraguay early this year has been freed after trial there. The news reached the Ministry of External
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  • 194 14 SINGAPORE, May 18The Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, by special Gazette notification, today declared Pulau Senang and its surrounding waters “protected places.” No person may in future enter the area unless he hfc a pass or permit issued by the
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  • 122 15 rAMPAR, May 19. JV Mr. Chan Yoon Onn (PPP) won yesterday’s Parliamentary by-elec-tion here. Vlr Chan, who polled l 'U4 votes, was contesting ht* seat lor the second time. the first election he lost o Mr Leong Kee Nyean (All.) v l 253 votes. In 'yesterday’s
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  • 108 15 ■t/OTA BH ARU. May 18 Malay .sawmillers here are to a .syndicate and go into Hthe export business. Bl They hope to raise $20,000 |B:. capital among themselves get a loan of $30.00u Hf: m the Rural and IndusHr.a: D- velopment Authority I A spokesman of
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  • 20 15 H MENTAKAB. May 18—The Welfare Lottery Board H; J dven $4,000 for the re■jovation of the Subramanya here.
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  • 348 15 U.S. FUNDS USED IN FIRST STAGE OF PROJECT KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 DLANS for a giant road and land develop- ment scheme in Pahang the first stage of which will cost more than $6 million were revealed by the Government today. The
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  • 194 15 LUMPUR, May 18.—A British scientist arrived here today to see if Malaya can cut down her expenses on defence. He is Mr. H. A. Sargeaunt. chairman of the working party of the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Defence Science. He has just
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  • 52 15 KUALA LUMPUR, May 18.— More than 10 neighbouring rubber estates and tin mines and their employees have sent cash to victims of a fire which destroyed 25 houses in Batang Berjuntai last month. Gifts were also received from individuals and public bodies. A total of $18,445 has
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  • 427 15 KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 I THE Secretary-Gene-I ra l of the National union of Plantation Workers, Mr. p. p. I J, aruvanan < said today legislation was I lae only way to tackle I m problom of frag-
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  • 33 15 MALACCA, May 18. The Municipal Council at Its monthly meeting today decided to advise the managements of local cinemas to play the national anthem before the start of the main picture.
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  • 19 15 8BGAMAT, May 18—The district hospital here Is to have a new third class ward costing about $30,000.
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  • 387 16 ALLIANCE CANDIDATE Mr. LIEW SAYS: SOMETHING WENT WRONG SOMEWHERE IPOH, May 19. rpiIE ALLIANCE’S defeated candidate in the Kampar by-election yesterday, Mr. Liew Why Hone, said today: “Something went wrong somewhere.” He lost to (he People's Progressive Party candidate, Mr. Chan Yoon Onn, by 1,999 votes. “Late
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  • 217 16 Kuala lumpur, May 19.—The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. Walter Nash, will arrive here on June 5 for a two-day visit. Mr. Nash was to have visited Malaya last month, but this was postponed because of the death of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
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  • 61 16 SEREMBAN, May 19. —The installation of the Yang diPertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan has been fixed for March next year at Sri Menanti, the seat of Negri royalty. A Government spokesman said today: “We would very much liked to have had it earlier but we must give
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  • 729 16 PENANG, May 19. The Penang Appeal Judge, Mr. Justice Rigby, today dismissed the appeal by 30 Indonesian rebels who had been convicted by a lower court last February for unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, but ordered
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  • 323 17 SINGAPORE, May 19. IMAJ.-GEN. W. G. H. PIKE, retiring Chief of Staff, Far East Land Forces, said here last night that, even with the advent of missile warfare, Singapore would always be an
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  • 186 17 IqINGAPORE. May 19.— The P monkeys in the Botanic Garden* here have become so sharp and sophisticated through •daily contacts with their I human cousins” that they have outwitted the best trapper.' in Malaya. Thi* i> the lament of the Director of the Gardens. Mr
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  • 37 17 AI’ORE. May 22.—The v" r r:il Hospital staff will Mn,- 1 o -osnital Night” on lit the Sea View l ot the evening lections of the i t.’irso” and the :s vision IV officer”
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  • 22 17 Use Malay’ call M v 22-The Panvldlan Associa e: n,' < annual conferda V- directed 1 f. u Mps to popularIr nal language.
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  • 40 17 KUALA LUMFUR, May 19. —The All-Malayan Estates’ S f aff Union. Kuala Selangor 'branch, wants estates to observe all public holidays. If the workers are required to work, they want overtime rates on such days.
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  • 48 17 SINGAPORE. May 19.—Tile Internal Secur*ty Council met today with Lord Selkirk, the United Kingdom Commissioner, in the chair. Among those present were the Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. and the Federation’s Minister of External Affairs, Dato Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman.
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  • 35 17 SINGAPORE. May 19. —The Royaj Air Force (Malaya) training centre is seeking recruits. Those interested should write to the Officer Commanding. Royal Air Force < Malaya Training Centre, RAF Seletar. Singapore before May 30.
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  • 13 17 PENANG. May 19.—Another forged dollar note has been discovered in Penang.
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  • 498 17  -  COUNTRYMAN S JOURNAL (tnere used to be two-hour concerts). —TUAN *'IFK THE DUSUN, Friday. May 13. \jyALKING or push-btking past the Dusun you may catch sight of enormous scarlet fruits on a climber in the roadside "semak," i.e. if they have not all been scrounged. One
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  • 192 17 KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 UNITED NATIONS town planning expert, Mr. Valso Antolic, will make a full and final report* to the Government and municipal authorities on the future development of Kuala Lumpur as a modern city towards the end of this year.
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  • 968 18  -  by VERNON BARTLETT IT is just as important in diplomacy as in war to place oneself in an opponent’s shoes. It is most important to do so when emotions are quickened by the danger of war, and nobody in his right mind could deny that
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  • 33 18 KUALA LUMPUR. May 20 The Mentrl Besar of Selangor, Inche Abu Bakar bln Baglnda. will make an official two-day tour of the Ulu Langat district on May 23 and May 24.
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  • 96 18 IPOH, May 20. The High Court JudS*. who Justice B. G. Smi iVidicial has been with service in th e p ars is for tJhe P ast I > ‘retireleaving Malaya on ment this weekend. He said today that “extremely sorn 1 Malaya after years in the
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  • 237 18 SINGAPORE, May 20. "MILLIONAIRE Mr. Ng Sen Choy, 73, central ifA figure of a kidnap-shooting drama three years ago, died tonight at his home in Wing Loong Road, Changi. Mr. Ng had been ill for the past few months. He will be cremated
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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    • 21 20 TIN RUBBER May 18 (P $$t!?i*% IT $S8S.$fi $1.31% IS $$89.75 $1.13% 19 $S89.M $1.31% $389.00 $1.38% 21 $389.00
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    • 1116 20 i w|g|Tj^n -i j.w JK' Rrdgyqafc following Hot of lodged •JLsm. w£s%x Exchange after their last meeting on Saturday (Map 21) H and L stand for highest and lowest for business dodo this year. r rl :f.nmiSTfMHS 1 ’.£'4v. 4 -V' Bn Brklu. $.9) 3.20 Otas. 2.30
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