The Straits Budget, 9 November 1960

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  • 38 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER JJev -ries 242. irnmmmmmmtmm _J* u a j* Lumpur, NovembeT?, 1060. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shillinr t* 1 1 1 i i i
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    • 567 2  - THE GOH MEMORANDUM AND THE S’ PORE T.U.C. S. WOODHULL Secretary, Political and Information Section, Trades Union Congress Singapore. VOUR editorial of Novem--1 ber 1, makes the improper allegation that the Trades Union Congress is evasive about Dr. Goh’s memorandum. On the day it was released to tne press the
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    • 452 2  -  SYED JAAFAR ALBAR Asst. Minister of Information and Broadcasting Kuala Lumpur. 1 REFER to your editorial of Oct. 31 and to the editorial in the Berita Harlan of Nov. 1 criticising a statement purported to be made by me last Sunday to the Central Province Umno division
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    • 216 2  -  SAND PIPER Singapore. husjkd s bers have been dr.-.’ j k y the thought u 01 neighbours wi- Mate their radios j u u blast, has a jy j n her own haa, She could si; her tormentors by lasting them with a «>
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    • 85 2  -  J. B. MI R J Commissioner tjjj* tianl Kuan tan. I AM directed to refer to 1 your leading article entitled “More Tin Land in which the hope is expressed that States will galvanised into action w last.” You may therefore like to know that in
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    • 106 2  -  A.FW. .S f nt Royal f b f :V r Fly’ D Singapore. 'THE Royal Singapore Fly1 ing Club is probably getting an undeservedly bad name for low flying over the town due to the public mistaking military aircraft on authorised air exercises for club aircraft We
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    • 33 2 mm mmmm X Hlii M Hiu AURAL DfcVHOPAAgHT HAH •M rf* A >:<-■ r +y. b s rt A Wt --«J Vr4 >> THE Federation Government la considering a gigantic scheme for rural electrification—Hews Item.
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    • 594 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 31 acmillan, not the most tic of Prime Ministers, n in Cambridge of the ta A sombre contrast in jnt( onal affairs to the f pj. nich seemed to prevail on ,rw months ago. The cor r will be all the more •jj sl
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    • 399 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 31 Returning from the annual meetings of the Commonwealth Economic Consultative Council and the World Bank. Mr. Tan Slew Sin, the Federation’s Minister of Finance, has brought back with him an impression of shock at American and presumably also British—ignorance about investment prospects in Malaya.
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    • 595 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 1 Why the Singapore T.U.C. should resist the idea of a rate for the job, as apparently it does, is a mystery which no trade unionist can hope to explain. But there must be a reason. The only answer which the Minister
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    • 378 3 —Straits Times, Nov 1 Sympathy for the tin industry’s land hunger has seldom been wanting in Federal Government circles, and the Tengku’s remark at a U.S. Steel lunch about counselling the States to grant prospecting licences more liberally will be hopefully interpreted as meaning that they are
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    • 649 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 2 The co-operation of State and local governments with ihe Central Electricity Board in bringing electricity to the rural areas is an old theme that must still he plugged. The C.E.8., as Dato Spencer used to insist, is a business concern and has to
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    • 367 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 2 The Indonesian Bill to nationalise the oil industry comes as no surprise. Draft legislation had been before Parliament since February. It is natural enough that the Government should have chosen for its inaugural venture an industry founded on one of Indonesia’s few developed resources
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    • 400 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 3 The Ministry of Labour’s twelve employment exchanges are doing more business than ever before. The numbers of people who register, vacancies notified and applicants placed in employment have all risen and continue to rise. In 1953 less than a thousand people found work through
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    • 581 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 4 Events have taken an increasingly ominous turn at the Singapore Glass Factory. The strike by some 600 men is now in its third month, but the length of the stoppage is by no means the most disturbing aspect of the dispute. A previous
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    • 339 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 4 No matter how spokesmen of Kuala Lumpur Municipality may attempt to disguise it. the revision of assessments for rating purposes, now completed, was designed to help increase municipal revenue. Very few ratepayers will find themselves paying less next year. Most will be paying
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    • 212 4 —Straits Times Chinese school teachers and managers from all parts ot Malaya will meet today in Kuala Lumpur to discuss tin Rahman Talib report. Since the main moving force at these discussions is the United Chinese School Teachers Association. which has heon concerned with finding fault rather than
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  • 53 4 PERSONAL DEATHS WE HENRICUS. tn General Hospi ai Funeral 9.30 n.m. General Hospital to Cemetery rjemeiery DR. A WARTON loved father of Mi onssed away suddenb after recovery from 1 at. 12, Boscombe Rc.i. 15 Cortege will leave i 4 45 p m on 3 11^ -f the Holy Family
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  • 1082 5  -  iiV ARABIAN NIGHTS PALACE IN AMPANG ROAD.,.BUT ALONG THE OLD ELEPHANT WALK NO MORE BROOKIANAS OR BROADBILLS Every street has its new buildings and there is the growing Iwrror of Petaling Jaya by VERNON BARTLETT EVEN a blind man would notice that Kuala Lumpur
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  • 92 5 fom the Straits Times of Nov. 3, 1910 i HERE have been tuo f more prosecutions at Penanu this week for eoncealine smallpox 1 I l*S 5 '<nclerpest has spread Singapore to the frontier and quaranhas been proclaimed. ver. cattle dealers uitli dealings in Penang arc reported
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  • 525 5 MALAYANS RUSH TO LAY HANDS ON LADY C’ KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 3 Lady chatterLEY’S Lover in unexpurgated form which had hardly any sales in Malaya a fortnight ago is now expected to become a best-seller. The representative of Penguin Books here Mr. Y. S. Tan. said today that he expected
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  • 269 6 EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE FOUND WORK FOR 60,400 IN FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THE YEAR KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 30. rFHE Minister of Labour, Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, said tonight that the Employment Exchange had found jobs for 60,451 people during the first nine months of this year. He would
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  • 180 6 IPOH, Oct. 30.—A new plan of the Ipoh Town Council area. sprawling over 31 square miles, showing the different rating areas, has been drawn up by the council. Different shades on the plan denote the various rating areas. This is the first time a
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  • 29 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 30. The Rev. J.R. Schad of the Malayan Mission Council of the Presbyterian Church will •soon take up a new appointment at Swindon. England.
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  • 41 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 30. —The Federation Director of Posts. Mr. D. W. Naylor, has retired under the Malayanlsation scheme. His successor is Inche Ibrahim bin Varshay. Mr. Naylor will leave Penang for Britain by sea on Nov. 1.
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  • 293 6 Kota bharu, Oct. 30. —The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, tonight told foreign investors that they would have to help Malays in the industries if they wished to “continue their business peacefully and for a long time.” He
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  • 259 6 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Oc* T'HE Assistant Minister of Information A and Broadcasting, Syed Jaffar A!b. day told Umno members to "shun the P far as possible.” “Do not wash dirty linen in public.” he advised the Central Province Umno division at their
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  • 30 6 JESSELTON. Oct. 30. Jesselton Town Board is to buy a Japanese concert piano costing about $3,478. It will be fully tropicalised and be delivered early next year.
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  • 185 6 |>ENANG. Oct. 3(J Th t •Penang Social; t m... ,7 r Mr. Ooi Thiam Sitw night accused the .\ilianv Government of attempt'd to coerce the Press to in line by recently holding up for a few hours the Ymyau Siang Pau. a Singapore
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  • 28 6 KUALA LUMPUK. Oct. 30 —The next meeting of the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Council will be held at Johore Bahru on Nov. 6.
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  • 299 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 30 THE chairman of the Workers Party, Mr. David Marshall, today called on the Government to name the ‘‘political opportunists and the party they belong to” who were said to be meddling in the strike at the glass factory in Henderson Road. He
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  • 240 7 i CH PARENT SHOULD I! 1 VE EQUAL RIGHT TO BE CONSIDERED AS IILD’S GUARDIAN, A ECOMMENDS SEMINAR KUALA LUMPUR, Oct, 30. 4 nited Nations seminar here has made reA commendations on the question of the ctiobidy of children of broken marriages. The attitude of the seminar
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  • 184 7 |)KNANG, Oct. 30.—A I hospital assistant. M: Tan Gin Chong, was not during a SI.000 robbery in his home in Barrack Road here tonight. Mr. I'an is now in the Ger..ra Hospital in a serious i ndition. l' < robbers -five yo iths. tv. > of
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  • 198 7 pENANG. Oct. 30.—An Australian educationist, Mr. John Hunt, said today he was “tremendously impressed by the standard of English of Malayan students. "Those with whom I have spoken during my visit to this country can more than stand on their own against Australian
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  • 601 7 SINGAPORE, Oct. 30 Lee urges them to be understanding over others’ efforts to learn language rpHE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today appealed to Malays in the state to look on with tolerance and understanding the efforts of non-Malays to learn the national language. “It
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  • 90 7 SINGAPORE. Oct 30 Santokh Singh, a constable in the Singapore Har hour Board Police, collapsed and died at ids barrack.-, today after playing four matches in the slx-a-side hockey festival at Nee Soon A versatile forward, in* had scored for his team. SUB. "B.” against
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  • 196 7  -  From KEITH HOOPER, Perth, Oct. 30 y VI’OR Onto Sir Clough Thuraisingham said cn is arrival here that Ausdia should send more ’iclents to Malaya under 11 Colombo Plan. Clough. with Lilly ’ar lisingham. is in Aus- ia on a three-w *ek d as the
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  • 44 7 STTNGEI PATANI Oct 2i) Two assistant nurses were robbed of elothing and $2B cash last night. The two virls woke up this morning to find that their rooms a* the nurses hostel here had been broken Into The police are Investigating
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  • 264 8 Up and up towards a six million tons production target IPOH, Oct. 3e. IVff ALAYA’S iron mining industry may make about $6O million more this year than it did last year. The country produced about $l2O million worth of iron ore in
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  • 222 8 I/UALA LUMPUR. Oct 30 1Y Japan has offered assistance to Improve Malaya's road, rail, air and sea transport This was stated tonight by the Minister of Transport. Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir. on his return from a 10-day visit to Japan as a guest ol
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  • 42 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. I.—University undergraduatas in Singapore have sent a resolution to President de Gaulle of France condemning the French Government’s actions In Algeria. The resolution was sent to mark the sixth anniversary of the outbreak of the Algerian revolution today.
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  • 86 8 JESSELTON, Oct. 30.-Twen-ty live chiefs from all parts of North Borneo arrived In Kenlngau today to take part in the Native Chiefs Conference. which Is due to begin tomorrow. The Governor. Sir William Gocde, and Mr. BoresfordPeirse. the Kudat district officer, left Jesselton by railcar
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  • 219 8 IPOH, Oct. ;i„ rPHE occupants of 32 houses on mining land m A Kampar have been asked to leave b- >!. Societe Anonyme des Estaines de Hint a mining company which owns the land. Now representatives of tne families concerned hn\e 'n
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  • 48 8 SUNGEI PATANI Oct. 30—A 13-year-old girl, Chin Siew Eng. died in the Sungei Patani Hospital yesterday afternoon from injuries received in an accident. She was walking near St.. Theresa School when a car knocked her down. Siew Ei.g died shortly after being admitted to hospital
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  • 130 8 SINGAPORE. Ocl. 30. Cup Day al the Bukit Timah racecourse loday saw easily the biggest turnover lor a racing day on the Malayan turf. A crowd of 22.041 staked an estimated $2,500,000 on the totalisator. the forecast tote, the two big sweeps and the
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  • 61 8 SINGAPORE. Oct. 30-Brig. F.G. Hassett. 42. now commander of the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group in Malaya, arrived here today from Australia He flies to Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday to call on Gen. Sir Rodney Moore, director of border security and other senior officers, before taking over
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  • 46 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Oci 30.—C. Sathu, 48. of Kampong Loke Yew. yesterday pleaded not guilty in a magistrate’s court to railing hurt to R. Rengasamy with a parang on the night of Oct. 27. He was allowed bail ot ssoi> pending trial on Nov. 5
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  • 380 8 LONDON, Oct 30 MALAYA’S commission of inquiry into Malayan student affairs in Britain is nearing its final stages of investigations. The commission interviewed Malayan students in Bath on Oct. 27. It was questioning students in London the following day. Mr. JD. de Silva, first,
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    • 44 8 r i STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES I (Payable l Singapore Kuala Lumpur No postage I ed Maloyo Br. North l Borneo incl. postage Br. C'weolth foreign incl. postage United Kingdom Eastern Australia Only 5 by Express Arrfreight I m advance) 2 3 ihiiiihiwwiiiiimiimJ KMimtllHtNIMI.unMIHIIMIHlIHUUMIIIIItillHMMHNI
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  • 431 9 i rRANClSCO, Oct. 30 Abdul Kahman today >kc of tne United ales as “good nds” •,r riving at S a n ■.cisco today for his oi the West Coast. Malayan Prime -st or told a wel- rowel at the air- c
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  • 235 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 30.— A British medical specialist. Prof. I.G.W. Hill, said here today he was Most impressed by the rapid pace of Malayani->-.it:on in the Singapore medical service in the last four years. Prof. Hill a specialist in ral medicine at the Uni*g r ity
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  • 110 9 TKLUK ANSON, Oci. W. About 3,000 furi' families in the Labu ubong area will begin linn on 7.600 acres of Hi at Rondanor ponar. 14 miles from here, us week. 1 he Drainage and Irriga. 1 Department completed $500,000 drainage work on Miis area in record
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  • 200 9 I'LAI.A KANGS AH, Oct. 30. The town of Grik in Upper Perak unci it.s surrounding vi 11 agc .s yesterday mourned the death ot an old friend Dumbo, a six-year-old elephant which belonged to the Sultan of Pahang. Villagers came in their
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  • 73 9 KUCHING. Oct 30. A society for the education and training ol the blind is to be set up in Sarawak A blind fund committee, part ol the Sarawak Social Welfare Council, has served the blind up to now The council has selected Mr. Frank Hayward of
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  • 408 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct 30 Ex-S(Tvicvmon’s Associalion ol Malaya A has to turn down appeals lor financial help lrom many deserving members because of Ihc lack o! funds. Tin* chairman <>l the Selan- gor branch. Mr. A. Watson. I said that most
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  • 131 9  -  From KEITH HOOPER: Perth, Oct. 30 THE Malayan Students’ Association has set up a A committee to canvass for part-time jobs for members during the coming vacation. Schools hero and the University of West Australia will close lor the end-of-term holidays in six weeks time.
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  • 97 9 t'K I MKHTA.JAM. Oct 2b Two hundred men < No 1 Cornt>ai y. ),t I’ei aj i Pn 'I erritnri il Army took pnrt ii a n i inn out par id* and inspeeth n by 1 >1 Yenn Me hideej < hi i Mob a
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  • 107 9 POII. Oct .{o.—The Minister of Justice, 'l'un heony Yew Koh, said yesterday there was no need for til Chinese to fear that tlie Itahman Talib education poll e y would wipe out Chinese edueation in .Malaya. lie was speaking at the open on; ol a
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  • 440 10 KOTA BHARU, Oct. 31 rpHE Federation Government is now considering a gigantic scheme for the electrification of Malaya's rural areas. Announcing this today during a visit to Kelantan, the Minister ol Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari. also said that
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  • 116 10 SINGAPORE. Oct 31. Mr. Loh Heng Kee, deputy traffic manager has been appointed traffic manager of the Singapore Harbour Board. He .succeeds Mr. I. W. Freathy and is the first Asian to hold the post. Mr. Loh, 38, joined the S.H.B as an
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  • 287 10 MOTHERS INTERVENTION SAVES SLIP SINGAPORE. Oct. 31 CHOCOLATE munching Aisa Kawilarang, aged seven, almost let out a closely guarded Indonesian rebel secret here today. It concerned the present whereabouts ol her lather. X 0 A l ex Kawilarang. C-in-C of the rebels and former
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  • 328 10 SEREMBAN. Oct. 31. Mr. Jrstice Ismail Khan, hearing a murder case today, asked a magistrate to stop the practice of offering tea to people who made statements of confessions to him. Mr. Tan Chin Beng. a gazetted second-class magistrate and registrar
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  • 33 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct 3 —Sixty delegates from countries will arrive h< 4 on Nov. 7 to attend the 1 ternational Transport Wor ers conference at Plantati" House in Petaling Jaya
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  • 352 11 PORE UNION’S DECISION UNTIL OIL COMPANIES, GOVT., TUC ‘RECOGNISE' IT SINGAPORE, Oct. 31. Tin Singapore Petroleum Workers’ Union iid today it will soon order all members anil .ipporters to wear black armbands “until tht muon is recognised by the three oil compjnirs, the Government and
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  • 286 11 r I ALA LUMPUR.' IV Out. 31. —The federation and Singapore Governments today joint action to check the entry of vuvoa and children of non-citizens resident in her territory. Tin new laws, which come l v* »rce tomorrow, also lown on
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  • 29 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 30. -The overseas radio telephone service will be extended to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from Nov 14. it was announced today.
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  • 169 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct 31 VO changes are to be made x> at present to either commercial banks’ maximum rates of interest on fixed deposits or the minimum rates of interest for advances. This was announced here today by the governor of the Bank Negara.
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  • 30 11 KOTA BHARU. Oct. 31.—Thu Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir lohari. switched on the first supply of electricity to the town of Machang near here today.
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  • 22 11 IPOH, Oct. 31,-The Mentri Besar of Perak, Inche Sha’ari bin Pial, visited Batu Gajah today to Inspect rural development projects.
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  • 489 11 IPOH. Oct. 31 THE mineral wealth of Kinta is still far from exhausted after three-quarters of a century of intensive mining. This assessment is given in the Geological Survey Headquarters's memoir (347 pages, including maps and charts) on the geology and mineral resources of
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  • 205 11 SINGAPORE, Oct. 31. TM’R. FRANK R. Armour, international president of H. J. Heinz and Company, one of the worlds largest producers of tinned food, is now in Singapore to study the prospects of introducing a new range of canned products to suit
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  • 179 12 IfI’ALA LUMPUR. Nov. 1 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong paid official visits to two key police estahlishnients today Federal Police Headquarters here and the Police College at Kuala Kuhu Bahru. As the royal limousine, escorted by five police motor-cycle outriders, arrived at Police Headquarters. the Royal
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  • 196 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 1. INCHE MOHAMED SOPIEE, special representative 1 of the Prime Minister, io to head the adult education section when he returns at the end of this month from his current tour with Tengku Abdul Rahman. The section was
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  • 46 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 1 Fortycight Thai soldiers and ',svilifsns returning from a twoweek study tour of Australia, arrived here by plane t>om Sydney today. The party, led by General T. Senivong. will spend a day in Singapore before returning to Bangkok.
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  • 224 12 SINGAPORE, Oct. 31 A BRITISH soldier has been commended by the Singapore Police for the part he played in detaining a youth after a gang clash in Mackenzie Road five months ago. A letter of commendation, signed by the Police Commissioner. Mr. A. E
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  • 29 12 SEGAMAT. Nov. 1 The Deputy Primp Minister. Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, will visit Segamat on Nov. 5 and meet members of the Segamat rural development committee.
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  • 285 12 PENANG, Nov 1 OUSINESS or professional men, or employees of firms, are not affected by the new amendment to the 1959 Immigration (Exemption) Order which came into force in the Federation and Singapore today. “If they wish to leave the country temporarily all
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  • 127 12 SINGAPORE. Nov. I In in k ambush laid on a »iorm> night, two constable .*.r rested a prowler as I"* was running out "i tin compound of a Irai !e" house in (ialistan A\cou«\ the First Criminal lh s triet Court was told to<i >
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  • 626 13 HAGUE, Nov. 1 I i Dl I’CH Government circles fear that Tengku Abdul Rahman’s activities in connection with West Irian may undermine Holland’s position in the territory. over which Indonesia claims sovereignty. It is feared that the T nuku. as a result of hi>
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  • 60 13 T'HE YANG di-Pertuan Agong on Nov. 1 visited Federal Police? Headquarters in Kuala A Lumpur and the Police Training College at Kuala Kubu Bahru In the picturoabove he is seen watching women operators sending messages on two of the battery of teleprinters
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  • 111 13 I/UALA LUMPUR. Nov. 1. A younger brother of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, is among five officer cadets to go for further military training In England. He is Officer Cadet Abdul Rahman bln Hussein of
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  • 114 13 I {UTTER WORTH. Nov. 1 The Butterworth Town Council last night decided to raise the present allowance tor its chairman. Haji C. C Ismail, lrom $2OO to SiiUO a month Other councillors. It was agreed, would be; paid a fixed monthly allowance of $(10. plus $2O ior
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  • 894 14 Two clash in the Sessions Court over ‘fishy’ share certificate evidence KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 2 rpWO lawyers debated a point of professional ethics in the Sessions Court today. The issue: Is a lawyer always obliged to tell the police if he knows a person has
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  • 486 14 GERMAN BLITZ IN S’PORE? THIS IS SHEER NONSENSE, SAYS ENVOY SINGAPORE. Nov. 2 LONDON newspaper report that Germany had successfully launched a blitz on “traditionally British spheres of economic activity" in Singapore touched off a storm in the German Consulate-General's office here today. The first
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  • 71 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov A Colombo Plan forest rv >. pert from Australia arret'd today to help make th< deration’s sawmillinv tn< try more efficient He is Mr E. B. Huddle-' chief of the division of technology of the For Commission New Wales He will
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  • 150 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 2. T1-" time had come for the education uthorities in Malaya to make plans for t he clinical College here to produce fully qua!: 1 architects, said the principal, Mr N A. K. Nair, today. He was speaking at a Rotary
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  • 268 15 JOHN, 3 WAS ALL SET TO GO WITH PARENTS TO BRITAIN. SINGAPORE, Nov. 2. A three-year-old boy u a.v run over by a delivt van two days before iv was due to leave tor Britain with his purer t s. At a*. inquest today on the bov. A Irew John
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  • 68 15 ALOR STAR. Nov. 2—The Kedah Government has approved a vote of $7,000 to be spent on general renovations to the Sultan’s 1951 model Rolls-Royce (cost 548.000 L The royal car will have a new look when the renovations are completed later this week.
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  • 41 15 KUALA KUBU BHARU, Nov. 2.—Supt. Abdullah bin Hanafiah. formerly Chief Police Officer. Trengganu. has taken over duties as Commandant of the Police College here He succeeds Supt. T. K Brown, who will leave under Malayanisation soon
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  • 91 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 2. Dr. Alexander Warton Drage. 72, died at his home in Boscombe Road this morning, after a long illness. Dr. Drage practised medicine in Singapore and in Segamat, Johore. He leaves a daughter— Mrs. Felice Leon-Soh. Dr. Drage’s wife died 14
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  • 83 15 ALA LIMPCR. Nov. 2. The inscription date “1960 will be placed on the Cenotaph here in time for the Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 13 honouring Malaya’s dead of two world wars and the Emergency. The date completes the inscription “1948-1960“ recording the
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  • 29 15 KULIM, Nov. 2. The Sultan of Kedah will present medals to 20 social and welfare workers and Government servants at the Kulim Club on Nov. 12
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  • 19 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 2. A $135,000 public jetty will be opened at Pangkor Island on Nov. 5.
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  • 92 15 f, (i 'E officer cadfts oi the Federation Army left l :tin on Nov. 2 to undergo further military trainIhe Mons Officer Cadet School in Hampshire. ey are (from left): Officer Cadets: Raja Ibrahim via Shahriman. Abdul Rahman bin Hussein. Adnan ’>dul Aziz. Ajit Singh
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  • 201 15 po R T SWETTENHAM. Nov. 2.—Ex-lerrorist leader VVahi Annuar fabove) said today he hoped to get a Government job and that the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, had “indicated” he might ofTer him one. The former commander o? the all-Malay unit of the terrorist
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  • 65 15 11*011, N’ov 1 Private Kenneth Watkins, 21. oi Co. RASC, Ipoh, was acquitted In ti»e Sessions Court iiere today oi causing; the death oi a tdrl '••■•'•list. Slat Lai Loon. 21, by a ncKlinent act not amounting to culpable homicide Siat was knocked down by
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  • 311 16 IPOH, Nov. 3 rpiIE Minister for Lahour, Inche Bahaman bin Shatfisuddin, revealed here today three main points in the Government’s policy governing employment and workers. These were: TO STOP the drift of workers from the rural areas into the towns and vice-versa; TO ENCOURAGE the establishment
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  • 370 16 POLY STUDENTS: WE MUST BECOME INTERNATIONAL CITY TO SURVIVE SINGAPORE, Nov. 3 IMTR. DAVID MARSHALL, chairman ot the Workers' Party, today declared that Singapore's survival and future prosperity lay in being an international city and a United Nations territory. Speaking to Polytechnic
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  • 38 16 IPOH. Nov. 3.—ASP Goh Swee Cheang. OCPD, Kampar, will be going on transfer to Malacca police headquarters as contingent administrative officer. He will be succeeded by ASP Waharuddin bin Haji Atrnad. from Kuala Krai, Kelantan.
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  • 39 16 TANJONG MALIM Nov 3. Syod Mahadzar bln Syed Hussein has assumed duties as District Officer. Batang Padang, South Perak. He succeeds Inche Shoriff bln Hassan who has been seconded for duty with the Brunei Government.
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  • 405 16 FAREWELL TRIBUTE TO THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH BRIGADE IN MALAYA’S JUNGLE WAR IPOH, Nov. 3 'THE man who plan- ned and directed the final death blows to the terrorists in north Malaya in the last phase of the Emergency leaves
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  • 51 16 TANAH RATA Nov civic, course for 38 Chi e leaders of new villa ’< Cameron Highlands wa- declared open by the District Officer. Mr. J. P. M Clitlard here yesterday. The leaders came to 1 today for the remaind r at the course, which will <"•
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  • 40 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 3.—Honey, beekeeping equip) beeswax and bee colonies have been given pi> status. Other products given pioneer status in a list published day included prefabricated steel building frames seats and window regulators and arrow indicators
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  • 332 17 51' ilayanisation has 1 t medical it titute: Local i :n are untrained KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 3 it v i.AYANISATION has hit the Institute of Medical Research so hard that its re- ch work is now practically at a standsti) -id it will be at least
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  • 216 17 Kuala lumpur. nov. 4—The Comptroller of the Federation Customs, Mir. G.J.G. Pitt, gave an assurance today that he would investigate any ‘•substantive*’ allegations of arrogance or pomposity of Customs officers if complaints were sent to him directly. He said this when commenting
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  • 100 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 4 —Eleven of 14 women arrested in a backlane off Desker Road during an anti-vice raid last night were today fined for soliciting for the purpose of prostitution. The 11 were Soon Kim Pian, Yip Lai Eng. Ang Chye Tee, Toh Kam Loy,
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  • 258 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 3 DURLY British comedian Harry Secombe, of “Goon 13 Show” fame, said here today that he would be bringing his own show to Singapore next year. Mr. Secombe. 39, who arrived here last night from London by Qantas. is on his way to
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  • 30 17 TEMERLOH, Nov. 4. Mr N. S. Maniam, public health inspector of Temerloh and Mentakab Town Councils has been transferred to Kuala Klawang, in the Jelubu district of Negri Scmbilan
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  • 406 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 3. ASSESSMENT rates in Kuala Lumpur are to be halved to 15 per cent next year, it was announc- ed ioday. This reduction will oe more than offset by the newly completed revaluation survey which has nearly doubled
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  • 167 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4 THE Government today warned that pictures of the Yang di-Pertuan A gong being sold throughout the Federation were not official photographs. This announcement follows reports that youths were persuading ignorant people to buy these photo- graphs, claiming that they
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  • 252 18 Tenants will be hard hit by revaluation of properties, warns association president KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4 THE Selangor Property Owners and Ratepayers Association will meet next week to discuss the Municipal Council's move in raising the annual value of properties and making owners pay higher
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  • 127 18 |POH, Nov. 4. The Army, the largest users of water in the Klnta District. (100 gallons a day per man), has promised to reduce consumption to help out in the present temporary shortage. This promise was given by representatives of the No. 2 Federal
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  • 432 18 KUALA LUMPUR. 'lov T’HE Malayan Chinese Association has i x cided to keep away from tomorrow s bi» meeting: here of Chinese educationists v .j s cuss the Rahman Talib report. At a meeting here today the association r sident, Dato
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  • 60 18 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4—The staff band oi the Corps of Royal Mechanical and Electrical Engineers arrived here early this morning to begin a month’s tour of Singapore and the Federation. The 37-man band will give public performances here under their Director of Music Capt. O. Birkin. from Nov.
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  • 290 18 CASH NO LONGER A PROBLEM AFTER BUILDING CAMPAIGN RUNS 3 WEEKS SINGAPORE, Nov. 4 T'HE big campaign to raise funds for the proposed 10-storey $1 million new headquarters iaunched by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here three weeks ago, has netted more than $600,000 from
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  • 65 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 4. —The 2,000 th Colombo Plan student in Australia, Che Ummi Kelsom binte Maidin, will leave for Malaya tomorrow after a three-year nursing course at the Royal Perth Hospital, the Australian High Commission stated today. Che Ummi will be in Singapore on
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  • 1030 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP: Ipoh, Nov. 6 K|, J RUDDIN found the end of a long lane today when he won he 4.55 race at Ipoh and paid $79 on the win tote the highest div, nd of the afternoon. i
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  • 43 19 MR. T. P. ALLEN, of Port Swettonham, and Mitt Roto* mary Shallot after thoir recant wedding in Penang. The bride it the daughter of Mr. H. Shailes, chairi man and gentral manager of tho Penang Port Commillion.
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  • 274 19 Kuala lumpur. Nov. 6. —The president of the Malayan Trade Union Congress. Mr. Lum Kin Tuck, today urged that the country’s 60,000 dailyrated workers be paid monthly. He was speaking at the Inaugural meeting of the Rallwaymen’s Union of Malaya. Boasting The new union
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  • 42 19 PENANG, Nov. 6. The Westlands School will hold Its annual prize-giving and concert at 6 p.m. on Friday. Dr. N. K. Menon former chairman of the State Education Board, will address the pupils and Mrs. Menon will give away the prizes.
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  • 23 19 KUALA KUBU BAHRU. Nov. 8.—The Lady Templer Hospital Fund committee in Ulu Selangor has raised SI.300 from the sale of flags.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 56 19 THE BIC SWEEP: Total pool $176,200 FIRST PRIZE: No. *****6 $47,860 SECOND PRIZE: No. *****4 $22,494 THIRD PRIZE: No. *****0 $11,486 STARTERS ($2,991 each): No*. *****2. *****9, *****9, *****3. CONSOLATION ($1,000 each): Nos. *****4. *****7, *****0, *****7, *****3, *****6, *****1, *****2. *****8, *****1. FOUR DIGITS (6056): 17 ticket* $112 each:
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1413 20 RESEARCH ALWAYS IMPROVING A SUPERIOR PRODUCT By Our Market Correspondent NATURAL RUBBER is now fully competitive with synthetic. This is currently the source or the greatest concern to the Malayan sharemarket. In the it may be the source of the greatest satisfaction. The price of No. 1
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    • 6 20 EManatere* Prices) 114 1.99
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    • 30 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul) Oct. 31 88] ctt. $304.50 Nov. 1 87| cU. $304,374 Z 892 cot. $394,874 3 881 cU. $395.75 4 871 eta 8308.50
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    • 27 20 The price of tin in Singapore on Nov. 5 was $396,871 a picul, up 371 cents. The estimated offering was 240 tons down 10. tons.
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    • 28 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previous year year Batu Lintang 10% Nov. 1» 26% 40% Sungei Tukang 10% Nov. 22 25% Interim
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    • 360 20 npHE recent decline was A halted during the week, aided by some resistance by over* seas, report H. C. B. and Co., Ltd., in their current rubber market review. initially, at the first sign of steadiness sellers held off, but the current lack of confidence
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    • 1226 20 riC following list of* revised quotations was Issued by Singapore members of the Mala* yan Stock Exchange after their last meeting on Saturday (November H and L stand for highest and lowest for business done this year. INOUSTRIAU t I AIM BriO*. IXO JO Ords 80 1.00
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