The Straits Budget, 30 November 1960

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    25 1 The Straits Budget the weekly issue of the straits times MALAYA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER > Series 745. __Kuala Lumpur, November 30, 1960. Price 40 cents (Malaya) oTHH^fiIKT"
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      ENRIGHT
      631 2 THE OBLIGATIONS THAT GO WITH FREEDOM «F SPEECH... 1 READ with grave misgivings the Uni1 varsity Students’ Union (Singapore) resolution condemning the Singapore Gov•mment’s censure of Professor Enright as "an attempt to strangle free discussion It is necessary that everyone, particularly the students of the university, should realise that
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      Culture troupe
      33 2  -  CULTURE Kota Bharu. I FOR one welcome the coming tour or the Indonesian cultural troupe.-, But It Is regrettable to hear that the troupe will not be visiting the Bast Coast.
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      THE SENSITIVENESS OF THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT...
      98 2  -  S N. Mentakab. A GOVERNMENT should be strong and sure enough to act as It thinks fit and to take criticism whether alien or native. I for one was not happy at the sensitiveness displayed by the Singapore Government over Professor Enright’s criticism 'A
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      Even the tourists are treated better
      167 2  -  BAFFLED Kuala Lumpur. rOM time to tii„ lch has appeared our columns regard;-, the various degrees 0 > U n employment, but jv r l word about the unen ved planter who has 4. heartedly associateu aim. self with this coun; be come a
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      The answer to Mr. Enright
      78 2  -  £EN Singapore r |’HE Singapore People’s 1 Alliance says that the letter the Government wrote to Professor ’-.nrignt was “couched in dep oraoie language.” I have read and reread that letter but I n see nothing “deplorable about It Professor Enrig seen fit to tell
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      Creating a culture...
      98 2  -  NEIGHBOUR Johore Bahru. ()NE reads with interest Professor Enright’s attack on Governmentsponsored attempts to create a culture. But one Is horrified at the Government’s reaction. And In. dignation is not slow to follow In Its wake One Is justly Indignant at a Government that cannot tolerate criticism.
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      The out of tun professor...
      43 2 PROFESSOR EN J, was sadly out when he deplored ernment’s ban cn boxes His blunt and Jibes to belittle th«* ernment’s efforts in ing the evolution lay an culture cam t construed as any tin In bad taste.
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon T.U.C’s No To ‘Norms’
      662 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 21. ejection by the Sir.gariade Union Congress ’norms” in established v as the first essential dustrial “peace with is disappointing, i this decision is not «t* v surprising. Organised in Singapore has albeen against anything at lire of an established im wage as
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      Lock icon Rice Research
      205 3 —Straits Times. Nov 21 Malaya has profited notably from the adoption of scientific padi cultivation methods, most of them borrowed from Japan, and will be well advised to keep up with further advances in the future. A great deal of research is carried out in some other rice
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      Lock icon Congo And The U.N.
      611 3 —Straits Times. Nov. 22. Both at United Nations and in Leopoldville the Congolese leaders who at present enjoy the ascendant are engaged in a battle of wits against the Government of Ghana. The reason is obvious: Ghana still holds that Mr. Lumumba is the only rightful
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      Lock icon Delay At Nanyang
      622 3 Straits Times. Nov 23. Negotiations for the reorganisation of Nanyang University have been held up for months by failure to agree on the extent of subsidy that Federation students at Jurong can expect. The Government offer, announced by the Education Minister, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, last February,
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      Lock icon Crucial Bid In Congo
      579 3 —Straits Times. Nov. 24 That representatives of tin* Government of the Congo should take their seats in the United Nations’ Assembly was far less important than that the 15-nation conciliation commission should meet in Leopoldville and attempt to bring tbe Congo's leaders to their senses. The
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      Lock icon On The Job
      217 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 24. Apprenticeship training is the only effective way of learning many trades. Schemes regulated jointly by Government, employers and trade unions are a feature of nearly every country where industry is highly developed or where attempts are being made to foster it. In the
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      Lock icon Organised Labour
      626 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 25. Moderation is the overriding impression left by the annual report for 1959-60 which will be before the tenth annual delegates conference of the Malayan Trades Union Cohgress when it meets in Kuala Lumpur today. As much might be said for the general demeanour of
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      Lock icon The Border ‘War’
      609 4 —Straits Times. Nov > If the Thai Government is looking for further cooperation from Malaya in its bolder “war” against Communist guerrillas in South Thailand it will not hav e to look very far or wait very long. Malaya is quite as anxious as the Thai Government
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      Lock icon Railway Finance
      335 4 Times. Nov. The latest annual up-, j the Malayan Railway n cheerful reading, record 1: lis it does a spectacular char m fortunes after the depression of two years ago. Much of this improvement has been the direct result of stringent ronomy measures. Thus between 1958 and 1959
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      30 4 DU PLESSIS: To Nora and pie a daughter Nicola on 20.11.60. Both well. SANDELL: To Mahy and .sa at Gleneagles Hospital, a d u-. on 20.11.60. Both doing well
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    CULTURE
    1383 5  -  by D. J. Enright lOHORE PROFESSOP OF ENGLISH. UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA SINGAPORE IN AN INAUGURAL LECTURE IM U 5 T at cnce apologise for bringing vou here to.ht merely to listto a talk, and rcover to listen to t )lk merely about r c try. t a commodity ir.
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    MALAY ECONOMIST TIPPED AS No. 2 IN CENTRAL BANK
    284 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 23. a TOP MALAY economist is strongly tipped to become Deputy CJovc rnor of the Central Hank --Inche Ismaii bin Mohamed Ali, 41, who returned from America on Nov. 21 after two years as an executive director of
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    New role for health service
    243 6 GENEVA EXPERT COMING TO ADVISE GOVT. ON MEDICAL TRAINING EXPANSION TO MEET NEEDS OF COUNTRY KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 20. AN oilitial of the World Health Organisation is due here shortly to advise the Federation Government on the expansion of its medical training programme. Ho is
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    Out goes the name Raffles
    82 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. 20.-The name Rallies will soon be no longer associated with two of Singapore's wellknown institutions the library and museum. t’niler the Rallies National Library (Change of Name) Ordinance and the Rallies National Museum <(’ h a nge of Name) Ordinance 1!H»0. which were
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    Admitted to Bar
    34 6 IPOH. Nov. 20. Mr Hector R. Sankey. acting Senior Assistant Registrar of Supreme Court. Kuala Lumpur, was admitted to the Bar by Mr Justice Azmi in the High Court here yesterday.
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    Tengku’s sword will be returned by Indonesia
    262 6 pENANG, Nov. 20.—A sword believed to belong to the Prime Minister. T e n g k u Abdul K.\liman, will be ceremoniously returned to the Tengku by the Indonesian Governmen Details lor the handing over will be fixed when the Tengku. at present
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    Malayan children’s songs ‘needed’
    147 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 20. *THF Assistant Minister of Education, Cant. Abdul Hamid Khan, hopes that Malayan children will M)on be singing more of their own songs instead of those tunes picked up from juke boxes. lie expressed this hope at tin* end ol the second annual
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    Tengku: A Friday date with Dutch
    297 6 THE HAGUE, Nov. 20 THE Dutch Prime Minister, Professor Jan de A Quay, has proposed Nov. 25 to Tengku Abdul Rahnian for a meeting here to discuss the West New Guinea dispute, it was learned from an official source today. The source said that
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    AID POLICY OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT
    96 6 SINGAPORE. Nov 20 Lord Landsowne. leader oi the British delegation to the recent Colombo Plan conlerence in Tokyo, *aid here today that it was the attitude oi the British government to give preference in aid to Commonwealth countries like Singapore. He was answering a question
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    Men praised for industrial peace
    330 6 PORT SWETTENHAM, Nov. 20 'p H E Minister of Labour, Inche Bahamian bin Samsudin, today praised the 2.300 members of the Harbour Trade Union here for their contribution to industrial peace. Addressing the annual meeting of the union, he said that there had been no
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    Employers and workers: Drop in tension
    254 7 THE MERDEKA SPIRIT BRINGS A STEADYING INFLUENCE—MTUC KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 2«. ri .IE Malayan Trades Union Congress has reported an easing of ten- sion between employers and workers in the Federation. Its annual report out today noted that there was an increasing t. icncy
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    RAILWAY HITS AT ‘HULLABALOO’ OVER PORT DELAYS
    354 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 20. *rjjE Malayan Railway Administration has debunk--1 ed what it calls the “hullabaloo” about cono. .non at Port Swettenham. !:> official publication, Ke-rt-t .1 A pi. says that the efflcy of the port has never been better. Hie publication adds
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    Mr. Alo goes to Penang
    68 7 PENANG. Nov. 20 —A young Nigerian trainee diplomat. Mr. Olaiide Alo. arrived in Penang today to undergo r four-month training course i with the United Kingdom I Deputy High Commissioner's l office here Mr. Alo. 25. was involved in an accident in Kuala Lumpur on
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    BANNED: ‘INDECENT’ DETAILS IN COURT PROCEEDINGS
    230 7 SINGAPORE. Nov. 20 *E Singapore Government is taking steps to 'rict the publication of 'b'cent details given at :f, ial proceedings be Judicial Proceedings gulatlon of Reports) i nance, 1960—a Bill ing sanctions against •rting of such details introduced at last b's sitting of
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    KHALID: PRESS ON WITH TIN HUNT IN RESERVATIONS
    234 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 20. QENIOR officers of the Department of Mines have been urged to “press on” with their task of prospecting for tin ore in Malay reservations. The Assistant Minister of Rural Development, Hati Khalid bin Awang Osman, also warned that
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    AT 71, HE COULDN’T FIND PROOF OF SARAWAK BIRTH
    240 7 KUCHING, Nov. 20. 4 SARAWAK-BORN Englishman, anxious to accept his daughter’s invitation to visit her in Canada, had no birth certificate *,vhen he applied for a passport. So Mr. Frederick Walker, 71, turned to the land of his birth for help.
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    Mr. Ee dies at 69
    52 7 MALACCA, Nov. 20. The death took place here today of a well-known local resident Mr. Ee Yew Cheng. 69. He is the lather of Mr T. C. Ee, a Radio Malaya announcer, and elder brother of a former member of the Federal Council. Mr Ee
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    JAP SHIP TO FIND FISHING GROUNDS
    148 7 IIENAN G. Nov. 20 A •Japanese Government training ship left Penang today to investigate new lishfng grounds in Malayan waters tor the Federation’s Fisheries Department. The grounds are believed to t>e mainly inhabited by the skitjaek, a fish like the tuna species regarded as
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    Lock icon University students go to town in fancy dress procession
    150 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 20 of peo- pie lined the streets here this morning as students from the University of Malaya rode merrily round the town in a two-hour procession. The procession, consisting of 20 decorated lorries and cars, set off from
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    Bureau to aid Highlands tourists
    200 8 rpANAH RATA, Nov. 20. —A tourist bureau will be set up here next month to assist visitors to the Cameron Highlands. At a recent public meeting, residents of this town decided to form the Ca- meron Highlands Tourist Association. which will operate the bureau. The
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    Ban on ‘China scenes’
    100 8 K I CUING, Nov. 20.—Letters from Sarawak enclosed in envelopes depicting scenes in China have been refused entry into Malaya. A Sarawak Government statement disclosing this said: “The Controller of Imported Publications will not permit the entry into Malaya of covers on the out- side of
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    HIS LAST WISH: GIVE $100,000 TO NANYANG
    111 8 SINGAPORE. Nov. 20—The iO family of the late multimillionaire, Mr. Ng Eng Kee. whose funeral took place yesterday, will present a cheque for SlOO.OOO soon to Nanyang University. This gift, the family disclosed. was the wish of the late Mr. Ng before he
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    Trapped tapir freed after tug-’o-war
    127 8 IPOH, NOV. > Department officials and villagers striu for nearly an hour yesterday to rescue a which was bogged down in a padi field at Beta i* near Parit. Villagers who saw the tapir trapped in the mud reported to the police, who in turn
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    Lock icon STUCK-IN-MUD TAPIR IS HAULED OUT
    45 9 'l'll IS lull grown tapir ''as hogged down in a padi field in Kampong Rata Kiri, near Parit. Perak, last weekend. it was pulled out with rope b> men of the Game Department and kampong residents.—Straits Times residents.—Straits Times picture.
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    TENGKU IN HOLLAND ON FRIDAY FOR TALKS: OFFICIAL
    124 9 '■'om Doug Lackersteen Nov. 21.—The Malayan Prime Minister, will leave here on the Tengku Abdul Kalunan morning »f Nov. 25 for The Hague in a speeial plane provided by the Ihiteh (iovernment. it was ollieiaily announced today. <Jo arrival, the Tengku will
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    Malayans take W.A. exams
    39 9 PERTH. Nov 21. Students lrom Singapore and Malaya are among 11.000 candidates who began the West Australia junior and leaving certllieat.es examinations today first time three candidates outside Australia have sat for t hese exams.
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    Toddy clamp on estate shops: One pint a day
    105 9 M oll. Nov. 21.—The Perak Government. has res--icted the sale of toddy -n rubber estates. 89 estate toddy shops ii the state are now alow ed to sell only one pint *t toddy to each customer aily •i" is to prevent
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    Welfare man is new D.O.
    31 9 UALA TRENGGANU. Nov Inehi Kamaruddin bin ii Rahman, of the Minot Health and Social tare, Kuala Lumpur, has n transferred to Kuala igganu as District Officer
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    TEACHERS in CAR SET TONGUES GOING
    337 9 Angry parents complain of behaviour of staff HONTIAN, Nov. 21 TWO TEACHERS from Ihe Pontian Government English School —a man and a woman —were seen going of! in a car last week. And it started tongues wagging in this pineapple town. First a letter
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    Enright—top-level varsity talks
    228 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 21. r pHE University of Malay;* Senate will meet on Nov. 22 to riismss the Smi»anore Government s censure ol Prolessor D.J. Enright for his criticism ol its ollicial cultural policy. Among other thing l he senate* the univ r. it v’s pn dry making
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    Boy, 13, accused
    33 9 SINGAPORE. Nov 21 The case oi a 12-year-old boy. who pleaded not millty to having committed trespass in a compound, will la* hoard in the Juvenile Court on Dec. 21.
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    Top world stars to play in $20,000 S’pore golf contest.
    247 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. 21 R E Eia COME OF the worlds lop golfers will play in the $l-0,000 Singapore open go if championship for 1901 over Ihe Royal Island C’lub course early in February. About 30 leading professionals and amateur.. «iii‘
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    Union chief: ‘The NUPW dominates the MTUC’
    245 10 |>ENANG. Nc v. 23. Tin l ,400-nu moer Penan” Port Commission! Empioyct s' Union has, noniiiui t d its secretary., Inche Mohamod Sharin' bin Wall Mohamod. as a candid; t f r th< presidency of tnr Malayan Trades Union Congress. The president will
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    Suffers stroke
    31 10 JESSELTON. Nov 21.—Dr. E. H. Wallace, 49. eye specialist to the British North Borneo Government, has been admitted to hospital here in a serious condition after suffering a stroke
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    JOBS DRIVE FOR THE HANDICAPPED LAUUNCHED
    347 10 KUALA LUMPUR, n ov THE MINISTER ot Health and Social x tare. Dato Ong Yoke Lin, todav lau> ed a campaign to obtain employment physically handicapped Malayan At an informal meeting here he enlisted the aid of representatives of employers and trade unions from
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    Steno contest
    37 10 IPOII, Nov 21. -The annua! Malay Shorthand (Pitman’s) and Typewriting (Romanised Malay) contests sponsored by the Malay Association ol Malaya will be held at the Kmta Sehool ol Commerce here oj) Dec IQ and 11
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    10,000 will welcome the Tengku at airport
    347 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 21 Prime Minister, A Tengku Abdul Rahman. v/ho is due back on Nov. 23. will be given a big welcome home. About 10.000 Alliance supporters will be at the airport to cheer him and “demonstrate their faith in the Tengku.”
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    New notes on way
    61 10 SINGAPORE. Nov. Notes of denomination.' other than $1, featuring symbolic of the Mai > currency area, arc b ni prepared and will be put circulation when ado toeks are received. This is stated in tie nual report of the Com sinners of Currency. M and British
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    Pakistan C-in-C
    39 10 SINGAPORE. Nov :.M Marshal Asghar Khan. 1 mander-in-Chief ol r! t kistan Air Force, left air today for Karachi a two-dav private Singapore. He represented hi c 4 at the recent South-Ea Treaty Organisation conference in BangkoK
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    Bajau horsemen greet V.I.Ps
    103 11 ...HANDSHAKES ALL ROUND FROM LORD SELKIRK- KOTA BELUD Nov. 21. —Bujuu horsemen in colourful costumes greeted Lord Selkirk, British CommissionerGeneral for South-East Asia, and the Governor, Sir William Goode, when they visited this town. In brilliant sunshine, 35 horsemen escorted the two V.I.Ps to the Rest
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    A garden party for Sultan
    52 11 ALOR STAR. Nov. 22.~Thtf Kedah Government has invited 600 guests to a garden party at the Istana Anak Bukit on Nov. 28 til honour of the Sultan's 33rd birthday. The Kedah Arts Council is holding a royal birthdav bail at the Station Hotel here on
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    Anthem—stand up—or else
    392 11 Anthem —stand up —or else SINGAPORE Nov. 21 I PEOPLE must stand up when the national anthem is played —or face the prospect ol‘ being fined up to $1,000 upon conviction. Under the State Arms and Flag <net National Anthem Rules, 1960. all persons ‘hall stand up as a mark
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    MALAYAN DOLLAR STRONG AS STERLING, SAYS ECONOMIST
    232 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 21 lALAYA is probably the 1 1 rno. t stable country in South-East Asia and its currency is as strong as sterling or the U.S. dollar, said Inche Ismail bin Mohamed Ali. until recently an executive director of the World
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    BRUNEI HONOUR FOR THE S’PORE HEAD OF STATE
    68 11 Nov. H The Sultan of Brunei has conferred the First Class Order of Oarjah Karahat on the Yang di-Pertuan Negara. Inche Yusof bln Ishak. This honour was announced in a statement from the Istana Negara today. An investiture will be held in
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    People ‘must participate in rural drive’
    289 12 People ‘must participate in rural drive KAZAK PRAISES PENANG— 70 p.c. OF PROJECTS COMPLETED PENANG. No;. Z 2 rpi K I)t puty Piimi' niinsitvr a n d Minister lor Kural I)c vclopment. T u n Abdul Kazak, stressed y as! oiday that every ellor! must be made lo bring the
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    Intensify community service, people told
    221 12 A LOR STAR. Nov. 22. —The Mentri Bestir, Dato Syed Omar Shahabuddin. today urged the people of Kedah to intensify the community service campaign recently launched by the State Government. “I believe it is the best way to get all the races closer and create
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    Provident fund: Illegal agreements warning
    306 12 SINGAPORE Nov. 22 chairman of the Central Provident Fund Board. Mr. J. J. Puthucheary. has given a warning about ’‘illegal agreements.” In a number of cases investigated last year, he said, it appeared that employers had agreed with their employees not to pay the contributions
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    DOCTORS WARN: BEWARE OF THESE ‘CANCER CURE’ CLAIMS
    180 12 PENANG, Nov. i. TWO doctors' organisations the No! Branch of the Malayan Medical A tion and Iho Penang Medical Practiiioiu-i ciety loday warned against claims of of cancer by “miracle herbs/* ‘•ln tlit* absence of a’ definite authenticat.on b.\ independent experts ot
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    Persistent painter...
    106 12 Persistent painter KUALA LUMPUR. Nut. Malayan artist who tried a number of times to arrange sittings here with the Prime Minister lYngku Abdul Rahman, but u unsuccessful because work intervened, reeentlx painted tile Tengku S.OIII miles away in London. lie is lnehe Mohamed llus -ein who is in Britain on
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    NANYANG’S FUTURE: A MASTER PLAN
    106 12 SINGAPORE. Nov f PHE Nanyang University Council has a<k its regional committees in the Federation *o representatives here before Nov. 26 for meeting o; pan-Malavan delegates. A circular to the Federation committees said that this meeting would “discuss a master plan for the future 1
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    Rain will cut wages
    231 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 22 MALAYA'S 280.000 rubber estate workers are keeping their lingers crossed and hoping that there will not be too much rain during the next few months. Continue.. heavy rain would lead to a tall in nr *4! l 4 ''> n mid thus
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    TRIPLETS: FREE MILK OFFER BY IPOH WOMAN
    155 13 l/UALA LUMPUR Nov. 22 Another oiler of milk was made today for the triplets born in Kuala Lumpur last week—this time from Ipoh. In a letter to the Straits Times. Mrs. B. M. Iversen said she was touched by the parents’ thanks that
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    Found hanged
    28 13 BUTTER WORTH. Nov. 22. —A mother of four. Ong Ah Chen. 30. was found hanging in her house in Kampong Simpah hero yesterday Police are investigating.
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    Parents’ day at two schools
    44 13 PENANG. Nov. 22.—The Bayan Lepas English and Malay Schools will hold a joint parents’ day on Nov. 27. The Island Girls’ School. Northam Road, will hold its annual prize-giving, to be followed by an open-air display. on Nov. 24.
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    PENANG STUDENT UNDERGOES HEART OPERATION
    42 13 V>ENAN(i student Yeuh Oon i Sain, who underwent a heart operation in the Royal Perth Hospital. Australia, on Nov. 22. Result of the operation will he known today. Yeoh has lied a leaky heart valve since birth.
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    LANDLESS WILL SOON MOVE TO NEW LIFE
    234 13 IPOH, Nov. 22. \|ORE than 350 landless families in Perak will soon move to new rubber land cleared ana planted for them by the State Government at an estimated cost of $2 million. Clearance and planting ol about 3,000 acres of land for
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    Speech day
    38 13 KUALA SELANGOR. Nov. 22.—Puan Khalijah bt. Haji Hussin. wife of the Assistant Minister of Education, will give awav the prizes at the speech day of the Government English School at Kampong Kuantan here on Nov. 24
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    BUDGET: NO TAXATION INCREASE IS EXPECTED
    576 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 22 tfc [NESS leaders here do not expect any i x at ion increase in the Federal budget for which the Minister of Finance, Mr Tan Sin, is to present to the House of Repress .lives on Nov. 30. !‘hey base
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    Enright censure: Staff men meet
    213 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 22. THE Academic Star. Association of the University of Malava, Singapore division, held a two-hour meeting today to discuss the Government’s censure prof? D. J. Enright, for his attacks on the official cultural poncy. The University Court room, where the meeting was held,
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    SOCIETY IN BORNEO TO LOOK AFTER MALAYANS
    138 13 I ESSELTON, Nov. 22 About ,J 100 Malayans working here have formed an organisation to “keep up tiie good reputation of Malaya” and to foster a closer and better understanding with the local people. The organisation will be known as The Malayan Society
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    Blind centre expansion
    334 14 Kinta Valley workshop to be converted into an industrial enterprise with new products IPOH, Nov. 23 THE KINTA Valley workshop for the blind, started in January last year, is to take in more blind workers and to be converted into an industrial enterprise, managed on a commercial
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    Now comes a protest from the Malay Congress
    214 14 SINGAPORE, Nov 23 The Singapore Malay Language and Cultural Congress has criticised Professor D. J. Enright, Jo* hore Professor of English in the University of Malaya in Singapore, on the ground that he, a foreigner, “has tried to interfere in our way
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    BRILLIANT, POLISHEDAUSTRALIA'S VERDICT ON VIJEYA
    118 14 BRILLIANT, POLISHED AUSTRALIA'S VERDICT ON VIJEYA Kuala lumpur. nov. 23 Miss Vi.ieya Murugasu. who has been described as Malaya's “unofficial ambassadress" to Queensland. is now completing her diploma in education An Australian High Commission statement said today: “Vijeya is a brilliant pupil, a polished speaker and a born diplomat. “She
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    BODIES IN WELL: 3 UNDER DEATH SENTENCE FREED
    210 14 PENANG No 'THREE youths under sentence of death hr past six weeks were freed todav the Federation Court of Appeal quash, c r conviction for the murder of three women bodies were found in a disused well The Chief Justice, Dato Sir
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    Cambridge exam protest
    78 14 PENANG, Nov. 23.— The Chuns Ling Hish School has decided to write to the Cambridge University Examination Syndicate protesting asainst its Chinese literature paper for which 94 candidates from the school sat on Nov. 21. “The paper was based on a book not included in the examination
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    A Nanyang hunt to get jobs for graduates
    127 14 OING-APORE, Nov. 23. —Nanyang University authorities have launched a big job hunt for 351 students, who sat for their last graduation examination papers at the university today. The university’s board ot students welfare is now sending out letters to business concerns, factories,
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    ‘VARSITY STANDARDS HERE MAY BE TOO HIGH’
    133 14 Kuala lumpur. nov 23A visiting Ami rican i d 1 cationist said today tha* the University ot Malaya’s academic standard ua“too high for the society it serves He is Dr Werner W.irmbrunn. foreign student ad viser of Stanford l'd\rsity, California. HLs impression of
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    Gurkha show
    21 14 KUALA LUMPUR N The combined band ot gade of Gurkhas o*a treat on the Pad. today before a 6.000.
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    Song to boost rural drive
    89 14 Kuala lumpur. nov. 23 A song to spur thousands of kampong people to go ahead with rural development projects is now being chosen by Radio Malaya. Resides the song. Radio Malaya is now completing plans to: SET lip a rural development unit within the Department;
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    New language campaign
    497 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 23 YED nasir not happy !TH some of the GNBOARDS OF SHOPS \!D BUSINESS FIRMS new campaign to educate the people on the need to study and use the national ■tillage will he launched during the I signage Month next year. opi< wiii he
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    Turn coal town into industry area, he urges
    416 15 Kl ALA LUMPUR, Nov. 23. PROPOSAL that the former coal mining town of Batu A rang be turned into an industrial area was made in an annual statement by the chairman of the Malayan Collieries Ltd., Mr. A. E. Llewellyn, published today.
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    WOMAN J.P. PRAISES JUVENILE COURT IN SINGAPORE
    111 15 SINGAPORE. Nov 23 A London woman Justice or the Peace today commended the “very human way” in which Singapore children were treated in court. She said this after visiting the juumile court here ana watching its proceedings. Lady Prudence Loudon. 47. is a
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    MORE CO-OPERATION IN BORDER WAR URGED
    288 15 0ANG*OK Nov 23 The Thai Interior Minister, Mr. Prapas Charusathien, today called for yreater co-opera lion and more oiledive co-onima-tion between Thai and Malayan i(>iC*e.-, m their campaign against Communist terrorists along the common border. The Thai Minister, who had ju.-t returned from an
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    Malaya’s precious heritage
    70 15 P» \n\. Malayans should be proud that no colour liar or caste system existed in this eountiv. Mrs Violet Coomarasuniv. national YWCA secretary, said here today "This is a precious gift, she told Penang Kotarians at their weekly lunch, ‘and I jiope we shall hold fust to
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    S’PORE IN DEEP SEA FISHING DEAL
    206 15 Rangoon. Nov. 23. Tin* Singapore Fishini’ Company wjJ] soon •simi an agreement here with fho Burmese Fisht in> Ltd. for dor]) sea Usnim* in Burmese waters. thid*r thr agreement 60 P' i nt '»i thr catch will go jto the Singapore lirm and T)
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    ENRIGHT TO GOVT: NO DESIRE AT ALL TO INTERFERE...
    423 16 No sneers at Malay art or Malay way of life were intended SINGAPORE. Nov 24. Prof. D.J. Enright, Professor of English Language and Literature in the University of Malaya in Singapore, has written to assure the Government that he has “not
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    S’pore: No new taxes hope
    392 16 TAXPAYERS here ex--1 pect that the Singapore Government will introduce no new taxation when it presents its 1981 Budget h. the Legislative Assembly on Nov. 29. Some quarters, however, expect that the present structure of taxes and fees may be changed. The Government i.s committed
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    BORDER WAR: ANSWER TO THAI CRITIC
    236 16 T'vt'T AV UALA LUMPUH. Nov. ’M |J KLA >is inevitable before joint T!' layan anli-terrorist operations launched in Ihe border region follow ceipt ot information on bandit movin',' senior security official said here todav mi* commentin'.' o; points raised bv the Thai Interior Minuter.
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    Ismail: Now it’s official
    54 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 24The Federation Government announced officially today the appointment of Inche Ismail bin Mohamed Ali as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank. Inche Ismail, a top Malay economist, was formerly the Federation’s Minister in the Malayan Embassy in Wa>hington. He returned from the
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    EMBASSY BATTLE: Malayans not in it
    151 16 KU A L A LUMPUR. Nov. 2i. After an anxious 24-hour wait. Ministry ot Defence officials were confident today that the men of Malaya’s Special Cong:o Force were NOT involved in the min battle outside the Ghana Embassy in Leopoldville on Nov. 21. A
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    Lee: Role of the alien in self-ruling Singapore
    1387 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25 j 1 m/lp. LEE Kuan Yew said tonight that academic freedom did no. confer on a visiting professor or alien the right to intervene in Singapore political issues. The Prime Minister, making his first public comment on the controversy
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    BRITAIN TO AID AIRPORT GROWTH
    225 18 £}INGAPOHE. Nov /•> Tho British Cvhvv*. ment will assist i r‘h“ future developing nt t Singapore Airport providing teehni j perts. This assurance wa ~p n today by Mr. Tom p ‘l n sistant secretary in u.,. ClVi aviation overseas dtrv n r of the
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    Messages for Congo men
    48 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov 25 Relatives of Malayan troips in the Congo wishing to s*nd recorded messages to them should wTite to their nearest Radio Malaya station for an appointment. Listeners in the East C< ast should contact the State Information Office. Kota Bluru. Kelantan
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    AUSTRALIANS OFFER TO TRAIN NURSE
    110 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 25. members of the Bth Australian Imperial Forces Division and their relatives are ottering another scholarship for a Malayan nurse. I iLa Every year since 1P34. the A.I.F. Nursing Scholarship Fund has offered a scholarship to a registered Malayan nurse to attend
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    Vets on wheels
    31 18 PENANG. Nov. 25. The Penang veterinary department’s travelling dispensary toured 122 villages and kampongs last month and carried out over 3G.0C0 vaccinations for ranikhet and other poultrv diseases.
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    FULLEST CONFIDENCE IN ENRIGHT—STAFF
    72 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 25 —The Academic Staff Association of the University of Malaya. Singapore division. tonight issued a statement on the Enright issue. It said: “A delegation from the association has discussed the incident and its implications with Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. “The association held a meeting
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    ALL THE WAYBY 6 LENGTHS Surprise winner pays $102 dividend
    891 19  -  3y EPSOM JEEP L UAL.A UJMPUR 1" Nov. 27.—A1l The \V apprentice Mat S’. ari up, scored a si < k win in the n. .n race (4.40) here t<; ay. Aii The Way, who won by s lengths, paid
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    Singapore wedding
    57 19 'IR. N. A. KEITH and Miss Constance Tankard, who married at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, on Uss Tankard is the daughter of Mr. and J 1- 1 ard, of Tiverton, Devonshire, Eng l and ***l i is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Musker, of Bourne Buckinghamshire,
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    Blind home for Xmas
    75 19 JESSELTON, Nov. 27 —Two blind children, Ampalartan, 10. a Dunsun boy from the Interior residency, and Laura Lowe, 8, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Lion Lowe, arrived here on Nov. 25 from Slnga- pore to spend the Christmas holidays with their parents They are due to
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    HC PLUCKED UP COURAGE, PAID ME VISIT
    504 19  -  [countryman s journal! denture would have cost, the Tuan $20—TUAN DJEK. THE QUSUN, Friday, Nov. 18. FRIDAY afternoon, an elderly man called at the Dusun an Engku who for many years had wanted to meet the Tuan, ond gt last had plucked up
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      Easier, quiet trading week
      1270 20 Most business was in tin section By Our Market Correspondent THE MALAYAN sharemarket had a very quiet and generally easier week, although industrials were selectively firm and the late improvement in the rubber price on buying for China hardened rubbers at the close. The bulk of
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      CLOSING PRICES
      33 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul) Nov. 21 85i cts. $394.75 22 83? cts. $394,671 23 83 i cts. $394.37 i 24 851 cts. $394,671 25 861 cts. $395.00 26 $395.00
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      21 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previous year vear Nyalas Rubber 20% Dec. 8 20% 10%
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1244 20 THE following list of revised quotations was issued by Singapore members of the Malayan Stock Exchange after their last meeting on Saturday (November 26) H and L stand for highest and lowest for business done this year. INDUSTRIALS Hi 8 Alta Bricks 1.00 80 Ords 80 1.00
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      China gives market cause for thanks
      372 20 China giv es market cause for thanks THE decline, st;u d at the end of lu. week by the ennoun;« rnent of a drop in ereo” prices, continu d during the currej p er iod with prices .-.aching the lowest .evels since 1958 say H.C.B. ana Co.! Ltd., In their
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      Singapore tin, copra prices
      49 20 SINGAPORE, Nov. 2t jj price here today was on $395 per picul, um Nov. 25 price, on an offering of 260 tons, u Copra r >on Singapore Copra )ir prices per picul on r 0 merchantable Bomba) pra: Nov./Dec. $2B Coconut Oil Singapore Coconut wd
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