The Straits Budget, 31 August 1960

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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      Things ARE what they used to be... ECONOMICALLY ANYWAY
      904 2  -  P*8f* PUTIinnEARY K Sit»fjipMnS% R KENNARD in '*:.fill his review 'of my “■book, ‘Ownership and Control in the Malayan Economy” published in your paper of July 11, makes the following assertions: WHERE 1 merely study wealth, lam dealing for most part
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      OIL WORKERS AND PRINCIPLE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
      176 2  -  t ilf Singapore- jtal v Q M-#!' 'ft vJiSKfre g*r ...atAth* MbM jfc* L- general mfeetlng of the National. Xlnlort n|s Oil TForkefS, ivffi/ Dc Nair accused the oil com- panies 6fr belfig 'unkwafe f that they >• are living and-- }<, operating
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      Lock icon The First Facts
      633 3 —Straits Times. Aug. 22 p number of hitches simitT for Agi insus, Mr. T. B. y'.Y mi far kept to On time, and less inths after field >1 farms con-i-t preliminary available. It is that the Minister i v will do everyiniwer to see that ,r m
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      Lock icon Primary Schools
      366 3 Straits Times. Aug. 22 A better standard of education in the primary schools was one of the objectives of the Razak recommendations to which the review committee's report naturally has clung. The committee lacked apparently the courage to give an unqualified opinion on present standards, but the implication
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      Lock icon The Apprentices
      162 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 22 The Federation intends to expand its Central Apprenticeship scheme to provide training in radio mechanics, refrigeration anil air-conditioning, and also in the building and printing trades. Announcing this at the* Commonwealth Technical Training Week Conference in Kuala Lumpur. the Minister for labour had other
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      Lock icon Arsenic Ban
      293 3 Straits Time*, Aug. 23 On balance the Federation Government had no alternative hut to give notice that the use of sodium arsenite as a weedkiller would he illegal after a period of one year to allow for the running down of stocks. It is a dangerous chemical to
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      Lock icon The Silent Towkays
      670 3 Straits Times, Aug 24 The latest of a much too long series of kidnapping stories sticks so closely to the recognised pattern that it is worth examining in some detail. The problems which confront the police emerge very clearly. Mr. Ho Cheow Chye, a Singapore businessman, was
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      Lock icon The Mali Split
      365 3 —Straits Times. Aug. 24 Superficially the crisis in the Mali Federation looks like the outcome of a presidential contest. Mr. Keita, federal prime minister and premier of Sudan (not the Sudan in East Africa), dismissed Mr. Mamadou Dia, the Senegalese premier, from his fvist as federal defence
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      Lock icon The Doctors
      216 4 —Straits Times Aug. 21 There is little substance in all the criticism of the Singapore Government’s proposal to bring in doctors from abroad. This recruitment, says the Government Medical and Dental Officers’ Association, “will have far-reaching and serious implications on the morale and the working conditions of local
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      Lock icon Training Centre
      284 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 25 Japan has been accustomed to modern standards of technical efficiency much longer than most other Asian countries, and there is a certain glazed look that comes into the Japanese eye each time another project for technical aid in South East Asia teeters on the
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      Lock icon Health Units
      240 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 25 There is so very much to be done before Malayan health services begin to compare with those in fully developed countries that it is encouraging to see some of the plans that have been formulated bearing fruit. Yesterday the Federation Minister of Health opened
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      Lock icon Malayans In The Congo
      570 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 26 Malaya is the sixteenth nation to conti ibute military units to the United Nations’ force in the Congo, and both in its size and composition it is a very impressive contribution indeed. About 450 strong, jthe contingent's main com- ponent will consist
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      Lock icon Power Politics
      268 4 —Straits Times. Aug. 27 The United States has a very long way to go before its people understand the concept of non-interference. The legislation to withhold aid from any country that gives military or economic assistance to Cuba or the Dominican Republic is undoubtedly based upon the American
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      Lock icon Another Round
      317 4 —Straits Time.'. Air: 27 One year almost to the day since the Indonesian Govern- men t devalued io the Finance Minister' nounced another r^' economic measures t„ V h.s country's ch,„„ ic Three interlocking action are promised: of trade, reduction I L on expenditure and c (ilt publlt
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    Swedish envoy
    37 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Au: 25 The Envoy Ex?: i rdi > and Minister I tiary. design ate ot Mr Lord Goran.s.'Oh presented his credential' f the Timbalan Van: cii-Per tuan Agong at tht i't Negara this morning
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      BIRTHS
      36 4 MONTEIRO: A son R Oerard to Anne an 1 22.8 t'O at Youngbei Hospital. Both doing GARLAND: To H< Ron on 23.8.(>o at A tal a son Richard Ch. :i< ther for Susan and C'
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      56 4 TARGETT SIRA* i engagement is annoum Peter Roland, second and Mrs. C. Targe t Australia, and Ursu! i daughter of Mrs. Ur and the late Mr. R-J H Singapore MCCUTCHEON—I UK engagement i 1 atmom Anthony Michael, sc Mr. and Mrs. Paul 1 Melbourne, Australia, gery Jacqueline only Mr.
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    22 4 LUKt y, iViriuwui wv ACKNOWLEDGE 1 MRS. Vsydney Nornthank all friends and their condolences and the General Hospi* d their kinds services
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    STUDENTS OVERSEAS Will the Federation Government draw a line separating Singapore as it has already done in Malaya?
    1042 5  -  by HARRY MILLER LONDON, AUG. 24 Students here from both the Federation and Singapore welcome the commission of inquiry into their needs and activities which is to sit at the beginning of
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    Warning by police on radio licences
    83 5 jl/lALACCA, Allg. 24. Police today warned people against imposters claiming to be inspection oHicers of the Department of Broadcasting. Those officers call be asked to produce their accreditation cards if there is any doubt about their identity. The cards bear the photographs of the
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    MALAY HOUSE COLLAPSES IN RAINSTORM
    460 5  -  COUNTRYMANS JOURNAL —TUAN II.IFK THE DUSUN. Friday. Aug. 19. U/E WELCOMED a heavy rainstorm on two afternoons running. A Malay’s smalt house in the course of construction collapsed. Its single storey was supported on thin brick pillars that were standing on the ground. The kampong
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    JAL chief due
    27 5 SINGAPORE. Aug. 22 The managing director of Japan Air Lines, Mr. Klkue Urashima. will arrive here on Aug. 2G for a four-day official visit.
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    Meeting is off
    31 5 IPOH. Aug. 26.—The annual delegates' conference of the Perak branch of the Malayan Indian Congress, scheduled for Aug. 28 at Teluk Anson, has been postponed to Bept 4
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    Doctors to discuss warning
    229 6 ‘WE DECIDED TO MEET ON FOREIGN RECRUITS SOME TIME AGO—NOW WE WILL INCLUDE MINISTRY STATEMENT SINGAPORE, August 21. SINGAPORE Government Medical 1 and Dental Officers’ Association will hold an extraordinary general meeting here on Aug. 29 at which the Health Ministry’s plans to recruit doctors from
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    TOURISM STAMPS CONTEST URGED
    173 6 Kuala lumpur. Aug. 21 The Malayan Stamp Quarterly, a stamp journal, has proposed the issue of a special series of stamps to boost the “Visit the Orient Year” tourist campaign in 1961. It suggests that a stamp designing competition on a South-east Asian or worldwide scale
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    FULL AHEAD WITH UNITY IN NATIONAL EDUCATION, —SAYS THE MINISTER
    197 6 K( AI.A 1.1 MPI K. Aug. 21 The Minister of Education. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Ilaji Talib. said last night that the Gov- < rnmcnt would go ahead with its education plan set out in the report of the Education
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    1,700 bogus citizens come forward
    131 6 JYUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 21.—Up to Aug. 19 1.775 people had taken advantage of the amnesty for illegal citizens. The six-month amnesty began on July 1. "While we think 1,775 is an encouraging figure we also reckon that many more people who obtained their citizenship certificates
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    Kedah anti-TB officers
    49 6 ALOR STAR, Aug. 21.—Dr. Mahatir bin Mohamed has been re-elected president of the Kedah Anti-Tuberculosis Association. The two vice-presidents are a State assemblyman. Mr. Soon Cheng Leong. and Mr. Ong Peng Keong. Inche Puteh bin Mat Hon is secretary and Inche Ismail Hussain is assistant secretary
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    Malay classes in Perth?
    37 6 PERTH. Aug. 21.—The Leederville Technical Institute authorities are studying the question of starting Malay classes and setting up a special English class for Asian students. This follows representations by the Malayan Students’ Association.
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    They want more leave for less life
    178 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 21 pEDERATION hospital x-ray workers are to discuss a demand for two weeks’ extra annual leave to compensate for the “shortening” of their lives due to x-ray radiation. The subject will come before the annual meeting of the Federation of
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    A POLL CHALLENGE TO TUN LEONG BY SEENIVASAGAM
    239 6 IPOH. Aug. 21. YJR. D. R SEENIVASAGAM. leader of the Peoples Progiessive Party, last night challenged the Minister of Justice and Leader of the Senate Tun Leong Yew Koh, to a by-election in Ipoh. The challenge culminates a bitter exchange of attacks
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    WOMEN WILL HELP SICK ASIANS IN PERTH
    73 6 PERTH, Aug. 21.— Women in Perth have formed a society which will help sick Asian students. The society, the Friends of Royal Perth Hospital, has members who can talk to patients in various languages. including Malay The societv believes that a patient gains
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    Factory visit
    27 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug 21. —The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamea Khir bin Johari, yesterday visited the Fung Keong ruD' ber factory in Klang.
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    THE BIG TEST FOR MALAY ECONOMY
    182 7 |fCAI-\ LUMPUR, Aup. b jj Malay economy k or swim within th*. "next three years. Minister of Agricul■nd Co-operatives. Abdul Aziz bin said yesterday. in the annual meeting v Selangor Rural Co- inkins Union v: here: “The next will either make Malay economy and
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    Unions told: Settle disputes peacefully
    496 7 ‘THERE’S NO NEED FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTION UNDER PAP GOVERNMENT’ SINGAPORE, Aug. 21. political secretary to the Ministry for Labour and Law, Mr. Fong Swee Suan, todu\ advised trade unions not to take industrial action in a dispute except as a last resort. He save the
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    Chung Ling has most students
    63 7 r ut U \ll ’l. One of leading Chinese ,lv Un* Penang Chung huh School. i> exwell repre--1 i i’,mng Malayan stu•ii \ustralia. ’•i u there are an I -<M) Chung I.ing 1 taking higher stu- various Austra--11 ‘n a pita Is. !s total there
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    ‘Matahari’ becomes one word in easy Indonesian
    115 7 JAKARTA, Aug. 21—An Indonesian language reform committee, under the Minister for Education. Prof. Prijono has completed plans for a simplified spelling. A principal feature is that one letter is to represent one sound “T” replacing “Tj.” and *‘N” replacing “Ng.” There will be
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    Three seats to Umno
    47 7 KOTA BHARU. Aug. 21 Umno candidates won all three seats in the Rantau Panjang local council elections at the Kelantan-ThaJ border yesterday. They were Inc he Mohamed bin Ilarun tUtara), Inche llassan bin Awang <Selatan> and Inche Wan Mahrnood bin Wan Konok tTengah)
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    THE ‘CANDY QUEEN’ SAILS FOR HONGKONG
    98 7 SINGAPORE. Auk 21 Pretty Miss June Stewart. Singapore's "Candy Queen." leit here tliis morning in the Lloyd Trestino liner Victoria lor Hong Kong. A kindergarten teacher, Miss Stewart, 21, won the 10-day round trip to Hong Kong when she topped 27 contestants, all models,
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    Record sale of SATA flags
    42 7 SINGAPORE. Aug. 21 One hundred thousand paper orchids sold on S.A.T.A ‘s flag day on Aug. G raised a record $10,488 lor the campaign against tuberculosis In addition nearly 4.000 SA T A car stickers were sold.
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    Ships on visit
    38 7 JESSFXTON, Auk. 21. Three ships of tin* Royal Malayan Navy arrived here today for a live-day visit They are the coastal minesweeper HMMs Maha Mini and the inshore mineHMMS Sri Johore and HMMS Sri Periis.
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    Sardon smiles as Umno youth counter-attack his criticism
    326 7 KOTA BHARU, Aug. 21 TAELEGATES attend- ing a conference of Unino youth on the cast coast criticised the Minister of Transport. Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, for his statement that the Umno youth section was dying. They described Inche Sardoi.’s statement as
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    Publicity tour
    30 7 SEGA MAT, Aug. 21. The Information units of Scgamat, Johore will tour the towns, kampongs, estates and grouped areas to explain to the people the Education Committee’s report
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    The tragic teacher leader—by Tun Leong
    379 8 KUALA LUMPUR Aug. 21 rTHE Minister of Justice, Tun Leong Yew Koh, said today that the leader of the 7,000-strong United Chinese Schoolteachers’ Association, Mr. Lim Lian Geok, was trying to create “a scene of tragedy” over the Chinese education issue. Tun Leong said
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    STUDY AWARDS FOR NINE GRADUATES
    184 8 PENANG, Aug. 21. SIX Federation and three Singapore graduates of universities at home and abroad have been awarded scholarships by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in Britain. The ©wards, tenable from October, were announced today by the office of the United Kingdom High Commissioner. The recipients
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    MIC to discuss EPF change
    56 8 IPOH, Aug. 21.—Some Malayan Indian Congress members want women to be refunded their contributions to their Employees Provident Fund when they reach the retiring age of 45 and not 55. This will be discussed when the Perak branch of the party holds its annual convention
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    Army clerks seek equality
    125 8 Kuala lumpur, Aug. 21— The Government was urged today to give the more than 1.000 clerks in the Federation Armed Forces a chance to serve in other branches of the civil service. The call was made by the president of the Federation Armed Forces Civilian Staff
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    Future for Indians is bright
    119 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 21— The Assistant Minister for Labour. Mr. V. Manickavasagam, told a Malayan Indian Congress conference yesterday that Indians who had contributed substantially to the building of Malaya had a bright future because they worked as Malayans in partnership with other communities. He
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    Party wants all foreign troops to quit Malaya
    433 8 JOHORE BAHRU Aug. 21 CALL to all foreign troops based in M, A laya to leave the country, as lh, F m gency had ended, was made at the ~ig|, annual conference of the Labour Pmv". Malaya today. The two-day conference saw
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    OVERSEAS HEALTH EXPERTS HERE TO STUDY S’PORE AND FEDERATION SERVICES
    307 8 SINGAPORE, Aug. 21 pXPERTS from several countries are now in Singapore to study its health services. Eleven of them arrived today by Pan-American from Manila after attending a regional committee meeting there of the World Health Organisation. A public health
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    Lock icon Reluctant consent of doctors to transfer
    857 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 22 THE Yang di-Pertuan Agong, who has been seriously ill at Bungsar Hospital since Aug. 5, today left the Royal ward for the Istana Tet amu (formerly King’s House) at his own request. Ihree doctors will stay with the Paramount lU^
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    The last shipment...
    75 9 PORT SWETTENHAM, Aug 22. —Eighteen gangs, comprising IKO cargo-handling labourers here, were today busy unloading 1,131 tons of South African goods for the Federation market from the Straat Malakka —the last shin to bring such goods to Malaya. The shipment includes 52 tons of brandy. The ship
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    Tokyo witnesses essential—DPP
    375 10 Tokyo witnesses essential —DPP CHEATING OF $120,000 ALLEGED PENANG. Aug. 22 j TWO witnesses are to fly to Penang from Japan to testify in a case in which a businessman from Japan, Ho Hak Ming, is accused of cheating Lip Sin Co. Ltd., of Leech Street, of $120,000 in June.
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    Underground station to be Asia’s biggest
    292 10 IPOH, Aug. 22. /CONSTRUCTION work has started on the largest underground power station in Asia. Named Jor underground power station, it is at the 19th mile, Cameron Highlands road, and is part of the giant $l5O million hydro-electric power scheme for the Central Electricity
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    Leader’s course
    28 10 KUALA TRENGGANU. Aug. 22. —Forty youth leaders are now attending a leadership course sponsored by the Social Welfare Department at the Sultan Sulaiman Primary School here.
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    Polio is no threat—yet...
    277 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 22 MINISTRY of Health officials today assured the people that there is no immediate threat of a poliomyelitis outbreak in Singapore. Pro! him Kok Aun, Professor of Bacteriology in the University of Malaya, who during the weekend called on the Government to consider a
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    Negri Ruler has week’s check-up
    105 10 LONDON, Aug. 22—The Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan has been admitted to the University College Hospital. London. He is expected to be in hospital for a week. Dr. Wong Lun King, his State Physician who came to London with him, told the Straits Times:
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    Abducted towkay free after 12 days
    109 10 OINGAPORE. Aug. 22. A rubber estate owner, Mr. Ho Cheow Chye. 60. was freed by kidnappers late last night after being held for 12 days in the Johore jungle. Mr. Ho was seized from the sates of his estate in Kota Tinggi on Aug.
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    MALAYANS WIN AWARDS IN CANADA
    67 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 22. Two Malayan students have been awarded high academic honours in Canada. Mr. Thong Kar Cheong. studying agriculture at McGill University, won the Macdonald College Medal and a scholarship. Mr. Yip Siew Ngoh. studying mining engineering at the University of British Columbia,
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    63 SHIPWRECK SEAMEN ARE RESCUED
    395 10 KUANTAN, Ails ?•> CJIXTY-THREE Indonesians who were u rP i on a coral reef off Java about Aug wrived here last night aboard a rescue vessel 31 The group left Flores Island, near Bali Aug. 9 bound i'or Tanjong Pinang in the Rh° n Archipelago,
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    Editors go back to Philippines
    40 10 SINGAPORE. Aug Three Philippines edito. by air today alter a visit here. They were Mr. Meta, of the Manila I-; Mr. Osmundo Abad y d of the Philippines and Mr Felix Bauti the Evening News.
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    No-dismissal ruling raises very wide issues, court is told
    775 11 CASE OF SACKED INSPECTOR: GOVT; appeals against judgment KUALA LUMPUR, AUG. 22 ACC EPTANCE of a High Court judgment that the Commissioner ol' Police had no power under the Constitution to dismiss a senior police officer would deprive the Government of
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    RED BOOKS SEIZED IN SARAWAK
    328 11 KUCHING, Aug. 23 intelligence men recently seized a big collection of the Borneo Communist Party’s subversive documents. The seizure was made on Aug. 10 soon after the Sarawak Government had issued a White Paper on Communist infiltration into the country. The documents were kept In
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    No national language test for the issue of identity cards
    248 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 23 PEOPLE with citizenship certificates will NOT be tested in the national language when they apply for new identity cards. This was made clea in a special statement by the Commissioner for National Registration, Inche Ibrahim bin
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    AMERICAN TO HEAD DEPT. IN VARSITY
    130 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 23. DR. ROBERT DESOWITZ, 34, of America, has been appointed acting head of the Department of Parasitology at the University of Malaya in Singapore Dr. Desowitz was with th' 1 West Africa Institute in Nigeria, doing research on sleeping sickness. before coming
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    ‘WEAPON AGAINST REDS’
    99 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 23 Malaya's rural development plan is a weapon against Communism, Mr A. Wollschlager, a German political writer, said here today. Mr. Wollschlager has been in Malaya for five days studying how the country Is tackling Its economic political and social problems. “Leaders of Malaya
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    This could hurt Jap ties: Khir
    433 12 KUALA LUMPUR Aug. 23 THE Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari. today stormed when shown a U.P.D message from Tokyo. According to the message a Japanese oflicial had alleged that because Of the incompetence of the Malayan Government Japan’s plan
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    NO VISAS ARE REQUIRED NOW TO VISIT 12 COUNTRIES
    91 12 SINGAPORE. Aug:. 23.—Sin-, gapore citizens are now entitled to enter 12 European countries without a visa under reciprocal treaties signed by the British Government and these countries, an Immig r a t i o n Department, spokesman revealed today. The countries
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    Boy accused of robbery
    54 12 PENANG. Aug. 23. Teoh Mee Che, alias Teoh Taik 00, 18, was charged today in the second magistrate’s court with robbing Foo Tia Hee of a watch, a pen and a dollar in Mac Alister Hoad yesterday. No plea was recorded and he was remanded in
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    Flying Officer off to U.K.
    51 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 23. A regular commission Pil Cflicer. Mohamed Arif bin Awang. will leave tomorrow to attend an officers en gineering course at the Royal Air Force Technical Co’.leg* in England. Pilot Officer Mohamed Arif will also attend an officersignals course before returning to
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    UMNO GROUP IN S’PORE DEFIES THE TENGKU
    161 12 UMNO GROUP IN S’ PORE DEFIES THE TENGKU SINGAPORE, Aug. 22. r FHE Singapore Umno executive committee today rejected the plan of the Umno national chairman Tengku Abdul Rahman, for re-organisation of the State Umno. Instead, it decided tn implement a mandate given b\ 43 branches at a delegates conference
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    Govt. aid for 30 men to complete their hike
    89 12 DIENANG, Aug. 23. Since Malaya achieved independence, the Federation Government has helped about 30 stranded Malayan hitch-hikers to reach their journey’s end. In most cases, they had given small loans on a written undertaking that the money would be repaid, a
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    New post office
    38 12 KOTA BHARU, Aug. 23 The Minister of Works. Posts r*nd Telecommunications. Dato V. T. Sambanthan, today opened a new post office at Pasir Mas. the fourth new post office building to be opened this year.
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    ‘PRODIGAL SON,’ FORGIVEN BY HIS FATHER, IS BOUND OVER
    289 12 PENANG. .\u" ■>» IN 18-.vcar-old youth threatened to kill hk'mV. a '»l tiimself if his father did not give him and a monthly allowance of $5O, the First trate’s Court was told today. However, the lather told the magistrate. Mr. Ng
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    New union planned
    48 12 IPOH. Aug. 23.—Employees of cinemas and amusement parks in Perak are to form a union. They have >'et up a committee for this purpose A meeting is to be held next month at which the Perak Cinema and Amusement Enterprise Employees’ Union will be Inaugurated.
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    MIC meeting
    19 12 KUALA Aug. 23. The Malayan Indian Con gress will hold its delegates’ conference here on Sept. 10.
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    Dato Kamil to lead Malayans at U. N.
    122 12 IYUALA LUMPUR. Aug 23. Dato Kamil, Malaya's Ambassador to the United States, will lead the Malayan delegation at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York next month He will replace the former Minister of External Affairs. Dato Dr. Ismail, who
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    Albar’s tour
    25 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Aug 23The Federation's Assistant Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Syed -n ’afar Albar, will begin three-day tour ot > u Johore tomorrow.
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    Casey: Make use of information
    173 12 SINGAPORE, Aug. 23.—Australia’s former Minister for External Affairs. Lord Casoy. today suggested that the Federation and Singapore should take full advantage of available Information abroad to help them in their urgent tasks of keeping pace with the increasing population pressure and maintaining their high standards
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    ‘Father caned by his father’
    699 13 IPOH, Aug. 23 I [.'E OF MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER SAYS: HE IS STUPID—I HAD TO TUX HIM WHEN TO GO FOR A HAIRCUT a :*1 -YEAR-OLD father of two children was A slapped and caned by his 5S-year-old father lor not cleaning his father’s
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    53 life-savers pass exam
    47 13 TAIPING. Aug 23 —A record number of 53 students passed the Royal Life Saving Society’s examination held here in the Coronation swimming pool at the weekend. Of these 48, including two girls, qualified for me oronze medal and five for the intermediate certificate.
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    No cash, so Wahid’s ‘Olympic’ hopes fade
    193 13 OINGAPORE, Aug. 23. —A crippled Singapore policeman, Inche Abdul Wahid bin Baba, 31, has given up his dreams of competing in the 1962 paralympics—the Olympic Games for cripples in the Commonwealth —to be held in Melbourne. The organisers of the Games have offered
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    Mak is cleared of stealing PPP candidature form
    308 13 IPOH, Aug. 23. A FORMER People’s Progressive Party campaign speaker, Abdul Rashid bin Nenek, 28, better known as Mak Fie Hong, was today acquitted of theft without his defence being called. Mak. a former committee member of the PPP pleaded not guilty
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    Cinema treat
    25 13 KANGAR. Aug. 23 -School children in Perils will be given a free cinema treat at 10 a.m. on Aug. 31, Malaya's Independence Day.
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    Industrial court to start work soon
    86 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 23.—Ttje Industrial Arbitration C/Ourt, to be set up under the Industrial Relations Ordinance, is expected to start functioning next month. The Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, said that the names of the president and panels of members of
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    JOBS FOR BATU ARANG EX-MINERS
    88 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 23 Many ex-miners who lost their jobs when the collieries at Batu Arang closed down for Rood in January have now found work on a new division of Sungei Rambai Estate, owned by Socfin Co. Ltd. The company recently acquired 2,695 acres
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    ‘CURIO KING’ FACES A STRIKE THREAT AT HOUSE OF TANG
    211 13 SINGAPORE. Aug. 23 pURIO KING. Mr. C. v> K. Tang, who was recently freed by kidnappers. now faces a strike threat by his workers employed in The House of Tang in Orchard Road. The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers’ Union,
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    No. 1 THUG IS KILLED Tip-off leads to flat siege
    1221 14  -  Revolver in each hand... BY JACKIE SAM S’pore. Aug. 24 SINGAPORE’S most wanted murderer and kidnapper died in hospital this morning after a 75minute gun battle and siege at Sims Avenue in the Geylang district. This ‘‘Public Enemy No. 1”
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    Varsity women in male sanctuary put the cat among the pigeons
    512 15 S’PORE, Aug. 24 rrHF presence of 23 Tw o m e n medical students in the allmale sanctuary of the Kinu Edward VII Hall is causing a flutter in University of Malaya circles. Thr women, all students 1 t
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    RAAF pilots prepare for missile warfare
    89 15 SINGAPORE, Aug 24.—Pilots of the Royal Australian Air Force at Butterworth, are undergoing intensive ground training in preparation for flight training with air-to-air Sidewinder missiles on Sabre-jets First tests with the missiles were carried out recently by Group Captain G.A. Cooper, officer commanding No.
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    Malayan troops for the Congo
    159 15 IZUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 24.—Malaya is forming a special army unit for duty in the Congo under the United Nations flag. The Ministry of External Affairs announced this here late today. The contingent, which is expected to be ready for departure in about a fortnight, will
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    TENDERS SOON FOR NEW WHARF
    132 15 IfjUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 24.—. Tenders for the main work on a $2 million 480 ft. deep-water berth at Port Swettenham will be called next month Mr. A. D Eaton, Malayan Railway Chief Civil Engineer, said this today. The berth will step up the turn-round of
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    Minister named to take over from Ong
    157 15 SINGAPORE, Aug 24 Mr. Tan Kia Gan. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry for Home Affairs, was today appointed Minister for National Development. An announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office said that the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, had appointed Mr. Tan
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    Aerial survey
    31 15 SINGAPORE. Aug 24 —Far East Air Force headquarters here announced that a Pembroke aircraft of No. 81 Squadron had recently completed a large-scale survey of North Borneo and Sarawak
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    ‘They will never get me alive’ was boast of Public Enemy No. 1 killed in hail of shots
    836 16  -  By EE BOON LEE Singapore, August 25 (1 H KIIVI SWEE, Singapore’s Public Enemy No. 1, who was slain in w a S un battle with police yesterday, boasted he would never
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    PROMOTION FOR NAVAL C-in-C
    71 16 SINGAPORE, Aug. 25. The Royal Navy has announced the promotion of Y’ice-Admiral Sir David Luce. C-in-C Far East Station, to the rank of Admiral. The son of Admiral John Luce, Sir David was awarded the D.S.O. while in command of the submarine Chachclot during the last
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    ALLOWANCES: A DEADLINE FOR GOVT.
    310 16 r f HE SINGAPOHE < ari?iSvi« S 5 This decision was taken at the annual conference of the Staif Side Council today. The meeting was attended by 14 out of 15 delegates. The latest suggestion came from Mr. N. A. Kularajah soon after he was
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    A meeting
    34 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 25. The Malayan Industrie Development Finance Ltd will consider its statutory report and conduct nth?’* business at a meeting at. “Sentosa Raya.” Ampa ig Road here on Aug 30
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    $25,000 prize to Malayan architect
    153 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 25. —A Malayan architect, Mr. Claude H. R. Bailey, who helped to design Brunei's multi-million dollar mosque has won a $25,000 prize in a design competition. He won the second prize in a competition to design the new Roman Catholic Cathedral of
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    KING: No change in his condition
    139 16 ITUALA LUMPUR Au 25.—Tile Yana Qi~P(Ttuan Agong’s con- dltl °n remained ••unchanged" this morning said a bulletin. esterday. it was reported hi t fever had and tnat it was taxing his strength. 8 1113 This morning the King J as examin ed by his
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    A safety move for 8 old houses
    103 16 PENANG. Aug. 25. Several families in Soo Hong Lane are living in fear that their houses may collapse. Their plight has been confirmed by the (it> Building Surveyor, >J r Toh Kheng Iloon, who has advised the traffic advisory committee that vibrations caused
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    Found: Oh kidnap gang hideouts
    469 17  -  By EE BOON LEE l Singapore, Aug. 26 rrwo hideouts used i v the “Oh Kim KeP Kidnap Kongsi” werP located today on outskirts of Johore Bahru. ()nt is a semi-detached house. the other a bunga- noth were empty searched by police ,’r.mi Singapore and
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    Senior CEB man for course
    43 17 'AI LUMPUR. Aug 26 /ai:.ul bin Raja SulaiL* the Central Electrics senior local ofleave on Sept.l ’raining course in t-B statement today n his return he is i to take up a senior appointment at the headquarters here.
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    Court of inquiry appointed
    40 17 PORE, Aug. 26—The °r Labour and Law, Byrne, has ap-three-man court of look into a dispute the Standard>;1 Co. and the Naon ot Oil Workers. will be headed ‘ice Chua assisted 1 Green and Mr. S
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    Today’s threat...
    23 17 Aug. 26.—The Chief 7 1 or Johore, Mr. C. Bvans. will give a Today’s Threat” to the Muar Rotary cig. 30.
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    SINGAPORE to STAGE A BIG AIR SHOW
    227 17 SINGAPORE, August 26. HPHE Singapore Government is to put on a giant one-week air show and exhibition early next year, to show the world the importance of Singapore as a civil aviation centre in South-East Asia. 1 The show, which is planned to
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    Mile procession for birthday
    46 17 SEREMBAN, Aug. 26—The Prophet Mohammed’s birthday on Sept. 3 will be celebrated here with a milelong procession round tiie town. The procession, the first here since 1957, will start from the town mosque at 9 a m. and return to the mosque.
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    Mystery body on railway
    56 17 SUNGEI PAT A NI. Aug. 26. Sungei Patani police are trying to establish the identity of"a headless victim who was run over by a train at Sungei Tukang last night. The decapitated body was .spotted at 6.10 a m by the driver of a passenger train
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    ANNOUNCER OFF TO U.S. SEMINAR ON RADIO
    99 17 CHE JAMALIAH binte Long (above), Radio Malaya’s first Malay woman executive to win a U.S. State Department award for a radio study grant, will leave on Aug. 28 for the United States. A University of Malaya honours graduate, Che JTamaliah, who is a
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    HEAD LEAVES AFTER 11 YEARS
    87 17 SINGAPORE. Aug 20 -Mr. J C. Hickey principal of the Singapore Junior Technical Trade School, left today on board the Klmanis on long leave before taking up a similar appointment in Borneo. Mr. Hickey. 45. who has been in Singapore 11 years, is better known
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    Guest of honour
    33 17 SEGAMAT. Aug. 26. The Tengku Mahkota of Johore will be the guest of honour at a dinner given by the various com munitie.s here at the Diamond Jubilee Hall tomorrow.
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    KING —a restless night
    309 17 I/'UALA LUMPUR, Aug. **•26.—The Yang di-Per-tuan Agong, who has been seriously ill for the past 21 days with a virus infection, had a restless night and was weaker this morning. Four top medical men examined the Paramount Ruler and had consultations for more than two hours
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    Visit by ‘Death Railway’ chaplain
    142 17 SINGAPORE. Aug. 26 Canon Harry Thorpe, an Australian former prisoner-ot-war chaplain on the Siam-Burma “Death Railway.” will vl it Singapore next month. The Anglican chaplain Is arriving on Sept. 10 by the liner Arcadia from Sydney. During his stop-over. Canon Thorpe will lay a wreath
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    Food prices: A rise?
    299 18 PLAN TO PROTECT LOCAL FARMERS IS UNTIMELY, THEY CLAIM Restrictions will raise cost of living further, say importers IT l’ALA Ll'MPt'R, Aug. 26. Importers of eggs, poultry, cattle, goats and pigs today warned marketing will be much dearer if the Government carried out its intention of
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    A fresh threat by workers worsens row at curio shop
    276 18 SINGAPORE, August 25. THE DISPUTE between the management of C.K. Tang Lid. The House of Tang curio shop in Orchard Road and its employees worsened today with the workers threatening fresh industrial ad ion. The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers’
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    Pictorialists get a U.S. medal
    70 18 pENANG. Aug. 26.—The Photographic Society of America has chosen the Penang Pictorialists’ third salon of international photography as one of the 12 best in the world. News of this award, together with a medal, was received today by Mr. Chan Eng Hock, president of the
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    C-Plan studies
    31 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 26. Two Malayans, Mr. Kon Klew Leong and Mr. Kim Liang Ch'ng, will leave on ►Sept 3 lor India to study medicine under the Colombo Plan.
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    Dead girl in well
    43 18 KANGAR. Aug. 2G. The nude body of a pfetty 16-year-old girl. Ramlah binte Hussain. was found yesterday »n a well in Kampong Darat Beseri. seven miles from Kan gar. The discovery was made by a villager. Police are investigating.
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    PERAK GETS FUNDS FOR RURAL AID
    62 18 IPOH, Aug. 26 —A $363,746 allocation from the Federation Government will enable Perak to get immediate results In about 120 rural development projects in the State. The money is specifically for minor schemes, such as the construction of bridle paths, wells and small drainage
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    Import curbs to encourage local farmers
    353 18 KUALA LUMPUR. August 25 T'HE Ministry of Agriculture and Co-opera fives is lo restrict the import ot eggs poui' try, cattle, goals and pigs into Malava’ to en sure local larmers of better prices lur th eir products and to boost animal husbandry An
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    RADIO SHOP RAID MAN IS JAILED
    69 18 IPOH, Aug. 25. A fishmonger, Sim Kow Chye, 25. was jailed today for years for hou>ebreaking and theft of five radio sets and eight tape recorders from the Comet Radio Co. L d here. He gave notice of appeal and was offered bail of
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    13 T.B. deaths in July
    41 18 PENANG. Aug. 25.— Thirteen of the 114 cases ot tuberculosis reported in George To In July were fatal, to health statistics. A tow* of 819 babies were born ou* lng the month. There w 48 deaths.
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    ‘INCOMPETENCE’ REPORT IS CONTRARY TO FACTS
    125 18 TOKYO, Aug. 26. The Director of the Public Information and Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Mhiistry, Mr. Shinichi Kondo, said in a prepared statement today:” ‘‘A recent report from Tokyo by a foreign news agency stated that a Japanese Government official accused
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    BRITISH EXPORTERS WARNED: USE NEW METHODS
    368 19 SINGAPORE, Aug. 26 r. "it** Kingdom Trade Commissioner 1 lalaya and Singapore, Mr. H.W Wood ru li warned British exporters that they nuis gently review their attitudes and thou I' ‘hey want to recover their previous ,h:: t he growing Malayan market. I warnirig
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    Downing Street repeats ‘Williamson’
    811 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP LOINGAPORE. au*. 27>v v RACE ONE l UL, t. Dlt. 4—« F. Mr and Mrs (Mam Boon igmng and- Mr W J^lloOregw 3ieRJ«/K« Ok MAN*UA 8b (1903—6ae 1 ,7; Pranklln (3) file FHik#>n V 1997 —440) fceoag 2 (41 Entertainment IV 8:111?!' (458—372>
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    Medal for Gurkha
    61 19 rv lIMPUR.Aug.2S Rid,' ,V ,farel(, Gen. Sir the i ull> will Present K a 1 Me dal to Capt Eng of 60 Gurkha S',i 1,1 their cgunp at 1 near here. a t U Tk' "Uiiwt.W* thre! ,lfXl ls every •Wo, to the officer oi ne Cr
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    CITIZENS: A WARNING ON PASSPORTS
    99 19 SItfOAPORE. Aug.!26.—Slngapafe clUsens who hold British passports were adis vised today tb get them > endorsed by the immigration authorities here before leaving the State The speeiai‘JV«endorsement, > would enable the holder to re-enter the state without. fHany let or hindrance on mi v return
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    The town where they kidnap for love...
    111 19 ALOR STAR, Aug. 26 KIDNAPPINGS of young women were becoming too common in Baling. a Kedah State Assemblyman, Inche Shafie bin Haji Abdullah. said today. “Most of these ahtfucf tlons are carried out not tyr gangster# but by lovets/* he told the Assembly.
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    Varsity ‘at home’
    35 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug..26~ The University Of Malaya Here will hold a Visitors’ Day for members pr the public from 9a m. to 6 p ra. on I Sent. 3. c >; T 1
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    Malayan Airways talks on Hong Kong service
    220 19 OINGAPORE, Aug. 26. W The chief executive of Malayan Airways, Csipt. R. P. Mollard, is now in Hong Kong for talks on renewing the licence for the "which the airline operates between Horlg Kong and Singapore. An airline "spokesman said this today to
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      ‘All buyers ’in Federation, buoyant in S’pore
      720 20 Our Correspondent ||sN THERE WAS a general rise in tin shares in v and the Federation on S*tUipaj{‘ /morning after the announcement in London overnight that con$|rolg 0* export# and thus on production be lifted from October Singapore the market was flfm and
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      CLOSING PRICES
      32 20 4/ ..1 vY''** Tini ftvtbcr fe>.: Aug. M AW7.se >4 93 S eu. *1 ISW.SJH >V t olfc- *4 $411.17H ms eta. j '•V «s $4et,us wH eta. «h eta.
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      30 20 Ctmni Dal* of Total ratal for *47: WW»‘ Asd i P r wtoa» treat Malay Estate. £fs ls l r'Wl* 1 Mr*] 1 i .r «»rffiSyp r n>*
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      648 20 TH| following tkt ot ,'\fetl»*d *founoao vfMNr\ Jmmmj*■ kt i• Stnfaporr members Of the M«h* yaw l.\i hw»*« after their mM meetth* <»iF<j|fctatti«y (August IM L ftUnd for and l iiorw 1 r Williif <Un« this 4 V-* S'i'iaLi -4L 1 W" RWR ‘iSfcj if JO oiei.
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      17 20 <Mana M r* Rrlm) gtwt seoStofT../ i it i.28 •scood Malayan .$5 J 1 0|
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      A brighter sentiment in rubber
      234 20 mß&v gm i Mix hu.'' t i sj f.vflHMnSibr, t II (il l m^thSß 4nHHPf|Zlt I’ll survey Although posßion has 1, encowMgtng es twmlH jpere indlcat; >1 n .at sent* I metit was imis rn ts lent M 1 Jl tag continued ..ghout thil with
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      Oh ring: Police hold 3 suspects
      103 20 §WgAPQRE, A 28. -E B&, "Police yes! vy rested three l®eyedi!to be iec ,vB with the Kidnai »^nn» of Sin&apon Enemy No. 1 Kee, who was by police last M The three wer< lh Jl In raids conduct e chief of the Spec JjJB
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