The Straits Budget, 4 January 1961
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section28 1961-01-04 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NKWSPAPfR i Series 750. Kuala Lumpur, January 4, 1961. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling28 words
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Article165 1961-01-04 2 ANTI-CLOCKWISfc - ANTI-CLOCKWISfc. Pekan. ()N May 28 this year t it w 8ultan of Pahang M ope 1ed M the Merdeka clock to* er in Pekan. But strange say the clock ceased function a week later. A rickety oid ladder leai lng against the edifice h i165 words
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184 1961-01-04 2 CHI KOW CHIANG - CHI KOW CHIANG Malacca THE Malacca municipal councillors at their monthly meeting last Wednesday decided that telephones were “essential for their work” and, therefore, their phone rentals must be paid out of public funds. This decision means that the public coffers v will184 words
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Article68 1961-01-04 2 K. HUSSEIN - K. HUSSEIN Kuala Lumpur. VERY Uttle time is given to Hindustani proIirammes over Radio Maaya (Indian section). The few items broadcast under the programmes are also badly organised. Quite often the existing Hindustani programmes are curtailed to make way for Tamil programmes. It looks as if they are68 words
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Article70 1961-01-04 2 P. ANAND - P. ANAND Kuala Lumpur OWN a new seven-valve radio and a powerful transistor. With these I can tune to the Malay, English and the Chinese networks of Radio Singapore, but it is the reverse with the network assigned to the Indian programmes. The Indian programmes start as early70 words
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Article268 1961-01-04 2 PARENT - PARENT Petallng Jaya TIME THEY WERE SCRAPPED AM pleased to see that a x Colombo Plan expert has arrived to help the authorities In working out a plan for the establishment of a faculty of commerce and business administration In the University of Malaya. However,268 words
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231 1961-01-04 2 CHOO IT SBN - CHOO IT SBN< Singapore. I CERTAINLY agree with 1 “Unemployed’* (B.T. Dec. 17). It Is a shame that young men who are capable and also the backbone of our country have t<* rot away unemployed. But Is the job situation that hopeless? Certainly not.231 words
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78 1961-01-04 2 PUZZLF - PUZZLF Kuala Llpls. VV H did Radio Malaya not broadcast Queen Elisabeth > Christmas message? It would have taken but a fe minutes, and it would have brightened one of the dull evening programmes imaginable. Have we really grown so sensitive78 words
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148 1961-01-04 2 DISGUSTE1 - DISGUSTE1 Petallng Jaya. IJNLESS It Is a deliberate disregard for the public It Is very hard Indeed to believe that the railway Is unaware of the tremendous amount of Inconvenience passengers undergo travelling in trains. On the night mall from Penang which arrived148 words
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Miscellaneous31 1961-01-04 2 m >:'■ f'X* m y.y'y. i feral >■ l!f ¥:> ■p •>•••• ft v V ■w< to L m m mm ■lyyy. "Sys SB m V *y H 0 J M •u >?: ‘Uj m a31 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article590 1961-01-04 3 -Straits Times. Dec. 27 ngku’s readiness to mediators role in f li ian dispute does lit to his political ii the dilliculties and have been amply bv Indonesia's retil»*• 1 •t the Prime Minister’s /arts. the offer sises his conviction t j. r’;n*. dispute is more-Straits Times. Dec. 27 - 590 words
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Article325 1961-01-04 3 —Straits Times. Dec. 27 Syed Edros, the member for Gelang Patah in Johore’s State Assembly, was less than fair to Singapore when he made out that Johore, which supplies the island State with two-thirds of its water, had been getting a bad bargain. The 1927 water agreement which—Straits Times. Dec. 27 - 325 words
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Article278 1961-01-04 3 Straits Times. Dec. 27 Malaya has failed in the Thomas Cup, losing all but two of the nine matches with Thailand. The Malayan manager, Mr. Teh Gin Sooi, speaks bitterly of unfair umpiring in Bangkok, and says that he intends to protest to the International Badminton Federation.– Straits Times. Dec. 27 - 278 words
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Article613 1961-01-04 3 Straits Times, Dec. 28 Co-ordinated threats of war issued by the Asian Communist powers in connection with events in Laos characterise their resolve, now stronger than ever, to secure the revival of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Laos. In itscll a retrograde step,Straits Times, Dec. 28 - 613 words
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Article397 1961-01-04 3 --Straits Times. Dec. 23 Rural development, as the Federal Government keeps insisting, is more than a matter of land settlement although this is the major factor. Access roads are important. In Johore a comparatively ambitious programme of road building has begun, providing about 130 miles of laterite roads--Straits Times. Dec. 23 - 397 words
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Article220 1961-01-04 3 Straits Times, Dec 28 Tin* Singapore Government has announced that Nanyang University graduates are eligible for appointment as temporary graduate teachers in the aided Chinese secondaiy schools. Whether other oppojtunties. in the public services, will be available is not yet known. What is in little doubt isStraits Times, Dec 28 - 220 words
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Article619 1961-01-04 4 —Straits Times, Dec. 29 Good news and bad has come Irom the education ministries on both sides of the* Causeway as the schools prepare to reopen for the new term. The Federation has decided that candidates who took the L.C.E. examination this year can still qualify for—Straits Times, Dec. 29 - 619 words
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Article238 1961-01-04 4 Straits Times. Dec. 2'.* The purpose of issuing shares in a company is to raise the money needed to run it, so that the idea of reserving for Malays or for any other type of potential investor a proportion of those shares which as a result mayStraits Times. Dec. 2'.* - 238 words
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Article667 1961-01-04 4 —Straits Times, Dec. 30 j Of 1900 it is almost sufficient to say that so far we have J survived. Few of the post-war years began in such high j hopes, and never have expectations been more bitterly disappointed. A year ago the world glowed in—Straits Times, Dec. 30 - 667 words
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Article711 1961-01-04 4 —Straits Times, Dec. 31 Malaya approaches 1961 sustained by the thought that behind lies yet another year of political and financial stability, racial harmony and fruitful endeavour. It has also been a year of grave loss. Twice in the space of six months the nation mourned the—Straits Times, Dec. 31 - 711 words
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Article28 1961-01-04 4 WILSON: At Batu Gajah t< Tom and Jean a son Georite Nicholas both well. CHEVASSUT: To Odette and Michel, a son Philippe. Assunta Foundation, P.J. 29th December.28 words
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Article25 1961-01-04 4 AERIA MCINTYRE. Today 2 1 *11)0, 37 years ago. Rene Winston Franklvn was married to Irem Adeline at St. Francis' Church. Mai u'ca25 words
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Article, Illustration954 1961-01-04 5 IF THE U.N. EMERGES WITH SUCCESS FROM THIS CRISIS THE CREDIT WILL GO TO THE FEDERATION and when Ithe United Nations emerges with success f r r- the present cr .s m the Congo. inclined to th-r.k that no one nat,c will deserve credit than954 words
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Article45 1961-01-04 5 TELUK ANSON. Dec. 28. The circuit magistrate here. Inche Abdullah bin Ghazali. will leave this week on promotion as the President of the Sessions Court in Taiping. He will be succeeded by Wan Ismai; bin Wan vlohatned Salleh, from Kota Bharu, Kelantan.45 words
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Article30 1961-01-04 5 JOHORE BHARU. Dec. 28. Mr. Thomas Tan Teck Chuan. a Singapore barrister was admitted to the Federation Bar by Mr. Justice Adams in the High Court here today.30 words
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Article18 1961-01-04 5 MUAR. Dec. 23—A $lO,OOO community hall wa« opened at Pagoh. 16 miles north of here yesterday18 words
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161 1961-01-04 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29. VI ALA YAS Ambassador to Indonesia, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, left here for Jakarta tonight with a personal letter to President Soekarno from the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman. Inche Senu declined to comment161 words
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93 1961-01-04 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. *!>.- The principal of the Muslim Academy in Zanzibar said here today that family planning was permitted by Islam under certain conditions. Syod Omar bin Abdullah Ai-Sheikh Abubakar, who spent a day here, said: “Islam is not concerned so much with93 words
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Article209 1961-01-04 5 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 29. Malaya’s 120 reinforcements for the Special Force in the Congo will be ready to leave by Jan. 21. They will all be drawn from the crack 4th Bn., Royal Malay Regiment. It was learned today. This means that almost the entire209 words
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Article, Illustration79 1961-01-04 6 SINGAPORE. Dec. 26.—Miss Judith Kenny, the 19-vear-old Queensland's “Girl in a Million I960,” today sighed happily that her wish to see Singapore had come true. She added: “But it is even more enchanting to be here on a lovely Christmas79 words
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Article327 1961-01-04 6 MEN WHOSE VERY NAMES ONCE STRUCK FEAR IN PEOPLE’S HEARTS NOW LEAD PEACEFUL LIVES KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 2G. THE story of how the “kapak kechiU’ (small axe) gangsters of Kelantan have turned over a new leaf from their life of crime is told in327 words
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Article21 1961-01-04 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 26. New postal agencies have been opened at Sungei Nlbong and at Slmpang Chodoi In Selangor.21 words
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Article, Illustration71 1961-01-04 6 SENATOR J. E. S. Crawford, chairman of the Perak District Planting Association Council, presents a cheque for S17.374.02 for ihe National Mosque Fund to the Mentri Besar of Perak, Inche Shaari bin Piai. at the Mentri Besar’s office in Ipoh on Dec. 24.of Malaya in Perak.—Straits Times picture. - 71 words
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Article85 1961-01-04 6 |(UALA KANGSAR. Dec. 26 The people of Kota Lama Kiri, a kampong just outside Kuala Kangsar, are concerned over speeding cars and heavily laden lorries on the main trunk road outside their homes. The krmpong welfare committee is to ask the chairman of Kuala Kangsar Town85 words
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70 1961-01-04 6 IPOH, Dec. 26. —The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said here yesterday there would soon be a speed-up in construction work on major rural development projects throughout the country. He told the Straits Times: “Heavy equipment which has been ordered from abroad will70 words
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Article169 1961-01-04 6 IPOH. Dee. 26. landless families will take over Government-plamecl rubber land in 4 he Dendang area, near Bruas early next year. Inche Wan Salaidin bin Wan Ismail, the Dindings District Officer, said each family Will be given six acres oi rubber. two acres for169 words
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Article57 1961-01-04 6 PENANG. Dec. 26.—An Alliance city councillor. Inche Shaikh Madar. died in his Kedah Road home here this morning after a short illness. He was 60. Inche Madar was elected to the council in Jelutong ward in 1958, two years after he had retired from the City Council as57 words
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Article25 1961-01-04 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 26 The Hong Kong Melody Makers will entertain 200 orphans of the Convent at Bufcit Nanas on Dec. 29.25 words
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72 1961-01-04 6 |(UALA LUMPUR. Dec. 26 The RAF marine craft unit in Penang is keeping its men fit by allowing them to develop their own hobbies. The "keep fit secret” of men of the 1125 Marine Craft Unit w’as revealed today in a statement by the72 words
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Article53 1961-01-04 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 26 A Central Electricity Board industrial relations officer, Inche Hussein bin Rastam. left by air today for a threemonth course in personnel management and industrial relations in Britain. Inche Hussein has gone on a British Council scholar-hip under the Colombo Plan Technical53 words
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Article28 1961-01-04 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 26 The committee of the PresClub of Malaya will meet o: De?. 28 to discuss th* progress of lt. s building fund campaign.28 words
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Advertisement42 1961-01-04 6 l" win— I STRAITS BUDGET j SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Payable in advance) l ‘jtnpopore Kuolo Lumpur No postage f eri Moloyo Br. North Borneo incl. post op# Hr C weolth Foreign incl. postoge United Kingdom 4 fostern AustroHc Only by Express Airfreight i42 words
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Article, Illustration408 1961-01-04 7 HUNG A RAYA SYMBOL WILL BE A PROMINENT /NATURE OF DECORATIONS BEING PREPARED NOR BIG CELEBRATIONS IN THE CAPITAL KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 26 WA S national flower, the Bunga Raya, j) w ill be given pride of place in the decora;,i the Federal capital on408 words
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246 1961-01-04 7 SINGAPORE. Dec. 23.F li:« Minister for C iiture. Mr. S. Rajaam. has warned gainst the danger of artists thinking of a cultural awakening in terms of reconstructing a society and art that belonged to a different age. “\v must create music to me* t246 words
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Article39 1961-01-04 7 SINGAPORE. Dec. 26—Boy Scouts from Singapore. Malaya and other parts of South-East Asia will take part in a 12-day Australian Bov Scout jamboree, to be held on the outskirts of Sydney, from Dec. 29 to Jan. 939 words
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188 1961-01-04 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 23. Nttt\vs lias been received here of the death in < London of Sir Roland Turnbull, former Goveri u” of North Borneo. He was 55. Sir Poland served in Malawi lr.un 1929 to 1940. w .or he returned to the Colonial188 words
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196 1961-01-04 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec*. 26. /CHEQUES are beinir prepared to pay back to estate owners and smallholders S55 million they had paid to the Government in rubber anti-inflationary cess during, the past 15 months of hijzh rubber prices. Smallholders will get $22 million and196 words
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333 1961-01-04 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26. —The students’ department of the Malayan High Commission in London has been described by Malayan students in Ireland as “inadequate and incompetent’" to do its job. MSA, official publication of the Malayan Students* Association in Ireland, said in333 words
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Article350 1961-01-04 8 That is the only plan for Malays, says Kliir to seminar women IPOH. Dec 26 Tm; only wav Malays can get a stake in industry is by buying shares in businesses, the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Indie Mohanied Khir Johari, said here today. He350 words
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Article165 1961-01-04 8 Kuai.a lumpur, Dec. 2b. A 28-minute him on the.* work ot the Economic Commission tor Asia and the Far East has been completed by the Malayan Film Unit. Tin* film. Hoots ot Tomorrow, has bc«ii sent to the United Nations lor world-wide distribution. Work on165 words
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Article54 1961-01-04 8 SKGAMAT, Dec 2G— Felling work is now Koing on at a 3.040-a< r<‘ laiiri development site in Midei Malay Reserve in tin* Semimat di. t rift Tin- land i expected to be opened up by March or April under the uroup el 1 lenient area scheme to54 words
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Article, Illustration220 1961-01-04 8 RIDER-NO-ONE CLAIMS BODY- BURIED IN TAMPIN ItAMPIN. Dec. 20. Cheuh Eng Sun, 23, who was killed in u head-on collision with a taxi mar here on Dee. 24 while participating in a scooter end ura net run. was buried here this morning. Hospital and220 words
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103 1961-01-04 8 Kuala lumpur, Dec. !2tl. A Colombo Plan expert is due here on Jan. 1 to assume duty as programme training officer for Radio Malaya for four months. He is Mr. John Thompson, senior feature writer tor the Australian Broadcast inn Commission. A poet,103 words
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Article295 1961-01-04 8 (SINGAPORE, Dec. 2b. >lr. Ons Leons Sens, 18-year-old Sin- j sapore rubber estate owner, was kidnapped j at 12.15 a.m yesterday on a deserted track ofT i the ninth mile, Yio j Chu Kans Road. The kidnapping took place one mile from his wooden bungalow295 words
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Advertisement107 1961-01-04 8 Hong Kong Far East BUILDER Established 1936 A fti Monthly periodical of Building of Real Estate Activities in Hong Kong and the Far East. CONTAINS full accounts, plans, perspectives and photographs of new and projected constructions in Hong Kong and other parts. An indispensable source of information for all concerned107 words
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386 1961-01-04 9 ASSOCIATION (‘WE’LL USE GOODWILL') IS TO BE SET UP KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 27 HEADMASTERS* IN (ON? .1 V>. cried the majority of sc hoe! heads at a meeting here today 'll. meeting, called to form an nation to protect their inter- V rided386 words
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Article, Illustration66 1961-01-04 9 MEMBERS of the Indonesian Cultural mission at a farewell lunch at the Hotel Majestic. Kuala Lumpur, yesterday given by the Assistant Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Syed la’afar Alhar.—Straits Times picture. —Straits Times picture. TITIK PI SPA receiving; a gift from the wife.—Straits Times picture. - 66 words
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Article22 1961-01-04 9 KLANC. Dec. 27.—*The Selangor Religious Affairs Department will engage tw’o informat io? officers to tell rural people about its work22 words
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Article48 1961-01-04 9 RUDIOSO (New Mexico). Dec. 27.—Four students, including two girls, were inired—one of the youths lost both hands—when a home made time-bomb exploded on a road bridge here. Police dismantled a bomb set on another bridge. The motive for the bomb incident' was not known.—Reuter.48 words
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Article25 1961-01-04 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 26 The Public Relations Officer of Shell Company. Mr. Peter Clague. will address the Rotary Club here on Dec. 2825 words
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Article, Illustration217 1961-01-04 9 K. LUMPUR, Doc. 27 INDONESIA'S 66-strong cultural goodwill troupe ol singers, dancers and musicians flew home loday “fascinated” by the racial harmony existing in the Federation. In fact one of them, comedian Bing Selamet. likes the place so much that he has217 words
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Article52 1961-01-04 9 BANGKOK. Dec. 26 The Finance Minister, Mr. Sunthorn Hongladarom, told reporters today that for the first time Thailand’s rubber exports had exceeded in value rice exports. The minister called this a very important and new economic trend So far. rice has been considered the mainstay of52 words
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Article, Illustration1083 1961-01-04 10 Japanese girl who drowned in flower-strewn bath left a pencil sketch and suicide note... Host says: Our relations were normal and friendly SINGAPORE, Dec. 27 4 PENCIL sketch «f a Rirl with Asian features lying in hc‘cl with eyes dosed and bathed1,083 words
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130 1961-01-04 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 27. A CONDUCT code for Malayan teachers to reculate their relationship with students and parents is to bo adopted by the Malayan Teachers’ National Congress here on Dec. 30 It will be in line with the professional code framed by the Asian130 words
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Article37 1961-01-04 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Dec. 27. The People’s Progressive Party will open a branch In Johore Bahru early next year the second in the state. It intends to contest the town council elections in April.37 words
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Article36 1961-01-04 10 KOTA BHARU, Dec. 27. Seventeen people were sent to jail today for one week when they could not pay a Pne of 525 each after they pleaded guilty to illegally occupying state land.36 words
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Article224 1961-01-04 11 A Government ‘Christmas present’ for the failures KL'ALA LUMPUR, Dec. 27 I 1 U K Federation Government has drilled to relax for t)ii:s year only the condition requiring a compulsory pass in the national language tor the award of the Lower Certificate of Education. This means that224 words
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101 1961-01-04 11 ,J J U MPI R, Dec. f' 1 had a x*)/* r,ll,, V. trade balance of ni, Hion in the first m,T,lh s of this year p ,vd with $665.4 mili »vt v nff sanj e period w )S h 1 ni rease d prosperity101 words
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Article, Illustration359 1961-01-04 11 HEALTH PAPERS NOT READY, SO HE WILL CATCH BOAT AT PORT DICKSON SINGAPORE, Dec. 27.— The 22ft. yacht Ganga Devi left Singapore at noon today with a crew of two instead of three. The reason: The third man. Lt. A. D. Corkhill,ur 4ft aiaiuc ui xm nau« —Straits Times picture. - 359 words
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Article, Illustration216 1961-01-04 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 27. POLICE today continued to hunt for a rubber estate owner, Ong Leong Seng. 42. who was kidnapped on the outskirts of his 40-acre plantation in Yio Chu Kang on Christmas morning. Till late today no news had been received from his216 words
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Article32 1961-01-04 11 TANJONG MAI ,IM. Dec. 27. Mr N Mohamed All has been re-elected president cf the Tanjong Malim branch of the Malayan Indian Congress tor the fourth year in 'Ucces- ion.32 words
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Article238 1961-01-04 12 A A. URGES TRAFFIC AUTHORITIES TO ADOPT A SANER APPROACHTO TRAFFIC PROBLEM SINGAPORE, Dec. 28 IjWI'EKIKNCE here and overseas is showing J that restrictive speed limits do not prevent atcidents, hut rather build a contempt in the mind of the motorists who prefer to use their own judgment238 words
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Article208 1961-01-04 12 A LOR STAR Dec. 28. A former police corpora! who opened fire at a police ambush party was today jailed for five years for armed robbery and attempted murder. John Thomas. 26. was convicted ol robbing G. Venkataraman, a teacher of the Sultan Abdul208 words
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Article52 1961-01-04 12 KI AN(!>»•<• 1>« .'Hu- Kuril! aril Inriii trial Development Authority has set up a ramtjulati eanniiu? unit In Meru, six miles from here The smallholders there are exported to take over the eatmlni? unit eventually There are 500 acres ot ram butan in Meru beionfdnc?52 words
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Article95 1961-01-04 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. 28. A total of 314 Nanyang University undergraduates had their best New Year present today when they found they had passed the graduation examination. Altogether 351 students took the examination last month under the surveillance of a board of 13 external examiners. Of95 words
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Article37 1961-01-04 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 28 I engku Uabsah. wile of the Malayan Ambassador to Thailand. Tuan Sveri Sheh bin Syed Abdullah lett Mung ar Hospital here today 'i **r recovering iron', an illness37 words
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Article, Illustration83 1961-01-04 12 QMAR BIN CHIN, nine-year-old cripple from the KAAF’s “adopted" village, Bayan Beiat, in Province Welleselv. tries out the S?0t) invalid car which RAAF and RAF airmen from Buttervvorth nave him as a Christmas present. Omar plans to drive the hand-propelled ear to schoolPadre ! Elliot.—Straits Times picture - 83 words
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109 1961-01-04 12 pENANti. Dec Mr. Ooi Milam Sicw will be Penang Mayor igain for three month" ne\t year He was the onl> candidate nnuied when nomination" cio"fd t!ii" afternoon Mr O' i was proposed u> Mr Tan Phock Kin the Soria* t “Whip”109 words
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159 1961-01-04 12 rvrTrT KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28. I scientists believe that scientific textbooks ran translated from English into Maia> a; well as the national languages of the various Asian countries The scientists, all from South and South-East Asia, met recently in New Delhi for the159 words
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Article331 1961-01-04 13 Vi-out campaign to the tourists during 1961 sit Orient Year’ KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28 \VA and nine other South-East Asian ill )im tries have launched the biggestiinpaign to attract tourists in conjuncn, sith ‘Visit the Orient Year 1961.” Oc partment of Tourism of the331 words
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Article162 1961-01-04 13 i;m; \POHE. Dec. 28.rayi Kanp.W.D. labourer, ed iiit' signa- a n oliicer ol the v of Education, lu :k*;j a inend to get a as iim ci $50, or t\\ t*ks* Jail, in the third riminal district co here today. id no criminal ant162 words
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84 1961-01-04 13 W u A LUMPUR, Doc Surface mail Brunei, North and Sarawak up next week, which used to cost U)r the first ounce 12 cents. w lutes told prices eight cents (six A 'Papers and printeight cents for the ounces and four84 words
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Article, Illustration100 1961-01-04 13 M K. Edgar Alov si us Skelchy, the son of Air. If.A. 1 Skelchy. a member of the Publie Services Commission, and Mrs. Skelchy of Kuala Lumpur, and nis bride. Miss Kuth Elizabeth Scully, daughter of Mrs. Iris Scully and the late Air. Edgar Scully,100 words
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Article193 1961-01-04 13 ALTERNATIVE TO PAWNSHOP REVENUE KOTA BHAKU, Dec. 28. THE Keiantau Pan-Malayan Islamic Party Government, which has decided not to collect licence fees from pawnshops, wants “compensation” from the Federal Government for “loss of revenue.” It has been collecting $83,000 annually from six pawnshops in the193 words
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303 1961-01-04 13 SINGAPORE. Doc. 28. f HEAH Eng San, 23, who died in a crash while leading a team of scooter riders from here to Alor Star on Dec. 24. wiii be reburied in Singa- pore. For two days, his friends here have been trying to303 words
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Article129 1961-01-04 13 CINGPORE. Dec 28. The Indonesian Government is ottering more scholarships next year to Singapore students to strengthen relations between the two countries. The scholarships were offered by Indonesia’s secre-tary-general to the Ministry for Education and Culture. Dr Supardo, when he called on the Minister for Culture129 words
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Article190 1961-01-04 14 K.D GOTT - F rom K.D GOTT MKI.HOURNE. Hit. 28. i( Jl'i T 1 »i j in Mr. J ini V I .sen 1 )l J 1 t !i u inh ’>• .s j)'i\ i■ r in \*it.:.i <<. Mr Lin. on. A:.t h I,* I dudying urchin190 words
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129 1961-01-04 14 Kuala lumpur. Dee. 28. Mr. Davfcl Browne, a former Malayan police oflicer and brilliant rugby wing forward has died in Britain. He was 82. He died ol leukaemia Malayan-born Mr. Browne joined the police alter the war and wa.s OCPD, Teluk Anson when he129 words
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Article, Illustration75 1961-01-04 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28— The visit by Britain’s Secretary of State lor Commonwealth Relations. Mr. Duncan Sandys. will not be all business. lie has already had an inflation to play golf with Tengkii Abdtii Kahm.in during his stay here. They are expiated to play75 words
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Article250 1961-01-04 14 Prosperity tax —a miners’ protest IPOH, Dec. 28. THE Perak Chinese Mining Association today ex1 pressed dissatisfaction*’ over the imposition of a prosperity tax” on tin exports. A resolution was passed to this effect at the annual meeting The higher tin export duty, i tc be introduced from Jan 1.250 words
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Article53 1961-01-04 14 KLUANG. Dec. 28.—A tiger, weighing about 200 katis, was s-hot dead by game rangers this evening at Sungei bciyona. about 11 miles from here. The Mger had stolen a pig from a village at Sungu Savong ye-u relay. The game ranger* hiv in ambush for hours before53 words
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Article, Illustration309 1961-01-04 14 QUEEN WILL BE AMONG THE 200 GUESTS AT RECEPTION ON NEW YEAR’S EVE KU A L A LUMPUR. Dec. 28. A diplomat's daughter and an accountant will be married here on New Year’s eve. The wedding will he attended by the Raja Permaisuri309 words
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Article53 1961-01-04 14 SINGAPORE. Die. 2P». Mr. K < Thoma honorary secretary 01 the Singapore Bank Kmpl"y<e Fnion. ha re- Igned “due to ill health” The a i tant ccretary. Mr Lim Kim Ilian, will act as eeretary until the next annual "*S'lT.ii meeting in Sep- > e.53 words
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Article29 1961-01-04 14 KING APOKK, Dee 2d lam Kirn 800 was lined $7() today lor driving hi* taxi in an iu•on.dderate manner In Tiong Bahra Hoad on March 5.29 words
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301 1961-01-04 14 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28 IJADIO Singapore will carry out tost transmissions from the middle ol next month on new frequencies in preparation for starting its full-scale short wave service in May The new frequeneie.' will he 725(1 kilocycle per s* e< md on Ihe 41 me?301 words
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Article, Illustration1676 1961-01-04 15 Election to be held ‘as soon as possible’ SINGAPORE. Dec. 29 MR. ONG ENG GUAN, former Minister for National Development and member for Hong Lim, resigned his seat in the Legislative Assembly today. A byelection will be held “as soon as possible”,1,676 words
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Article374 1961-01-04 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29 Government studies scheme to develop Federal capital in keeping with status Apian to develop Kuala Lumpur into a modern city in keeping with its status as the Federal capital is being studied by the Government. It Is based on the r«?eomn.endatlons of374 words
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Article62 1961-01-04 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, took time off this afternoon to turn producer for Radio Malaya. He spent an hour in the studios supervising the recording of ronggeng tunes in the typical Kedah style of which he is an expert. These62 words
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359 1961-01-04 16 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29 A CRIPPLED Englishman, Mr. Ken Stevens, who has been told that he has only four years to live, sat in his East Coast Road home today and said: “My wish is to die as a Singapore citizen." That359 words
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Article517 1961-01-04 16 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29 THE Speaker, Sir George Oehlers, said in the Legislative Assembly today that the statement issued by the chairman of the Workers Party and published in the Straits Times on Dee. 2t “is prima facie a gross, wilful and scandalous misrepresentation of the517 words
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81 1961-01-04 16 Kuala lumpur. Dec. 29. A competition is to be held to find 15 designs for stamps with a “national theme” to replace the present series of pictorial stamps. A Government Gazette notification said today that winning entrants would receive $2OO for each success! ui entry.81 words
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Article27 1961-01-04 16 KLUANG, Dec. 29. The Kilat Club will hold its annual social and dunce on Dec 31 at the Secondary English School hall, at 9 p.m.27 words
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Article, Illustration979 1961-01-04 17 Vernon BARTLETT - 1961 —THIS YEAR HE IS DOING ALL THE ASKING... by by Vernon BARTLETT WHO IS FEARFUL ABOUT FORECASTING ANYTHING u HAVE been 1 if', the habit of filling this column at New > t with Old BartAlmanack, in u I979 words
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Article102 1961-01-04 17 Straits Times Dp -c. 30, 1910 :i li ng of the Pen'’h amber of ComH W J* suggested lr than tax the un > shape or r.,. number prefer- i ax as the lestwo evils, ti. 1 t as <* of having tr,i for trade and mwStraits Times Dp-c. 30, 1910 - 102 words
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327 1961-01-04 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 30. THE National Union of Plantation Workers today announced “bi£ and important” schemes for the benefit of members in the new year. They will include the building of a hostel for members’ children attending secondary schools here and scholarship.'327 words
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Article56 1961-01-04 17 SINGAPIREfr Dec. 30.—Sir Charles Maclean, Chiet Scout of the Commonwealth, spent an hour at the airport V I P. room here while an aircraft refuelled before continuing his journey to Sydney, where he is going at the invitation of the Australian Boy Scouts Association. Sir Charles will56 words
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Article26 1961-01-04 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 30. Mr. J. G. de Geus. an economist from Holland, left for Bangkok today after a week’s study tour in Malaya.26 words
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67 1961-01-04 17 pENANG. Dec 30 —The Ma--1 yor. Mr. Ooi Thiam Sicw said today he was pleased that City Council employees had re-orientated themselves. “Aloofness and indifference to ratepayer** have now given way to co-operation and assistance.” Mr. Ooi said at his formal reelection. Mr Ooi was67 words
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Article755 1961-01-04 18 He’s the second Asian leader to get award KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 31. THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has been appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour (C.H.) by Queen Elizabeth in her New Year honours list published in London. He is the second755 words
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Article144 1961-01-04 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 30. The various conflicting factions within the Tinno in Singapore have eomr to an amicable agreement whereby they have decided to abide by the directives that might be given by t h e party's central headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Singapore ('mno official said144 words
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Article, Illustration162 1961-01-04 18 rrm: VICE-CHANCELLOR of the l niversity of Malaya, Prof. Alexander Oppenheim, has been created a Knight in the New Year honours list. Also honoured is the Federation’s Secretary lor Defence. Mr. R G.K. Thompson, who becomes a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG).162 words
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Article, Illustration126 1961-01-04 18 MK. KIIOO 111 i SENG ts chaired by jubilant supporters alter retaining the Kota Tengaii seat in the Malacca Legislative Assembly for the Alliance in by-election on Dec. 29. Mr Khoo polled 1.465 votes to 1,397 for .Mr. Yeoh Ho lluat (Socialist Front) and 5K7 for126 words
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Article24 1961-01-04 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Dee The Indonesian Amb in Malaya, Dr. Mol 1 med Razif returned tr< Bangkok today aft r r 'hree-day holiday.24 words
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Article708 1961-01-04 19 EPSOM jeep - EPSOM jeep MG, Dec. 26. dcegoers here on -.as Day saw the ,,-e “won” by a without a rider. Khan stumbled at Ltlng gate and threw Merv Posner. But he vay with the field ;,L ed past his rival* In "horses were Interlth, most of all708 words
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572 1961-01-04 19 EPSOM JEEP - By EPSOM JEEP pENANG, Dec. 28. Prime Minister Teng- ku Abdul today had his first success as a racehorse owner when Tinggl Harapan won the 3.15 race here. Tinggl Harapan is jointly owned by the Tengku. Dato Sulalman bln Dato Abdul Rahman and Mr.572 words
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Article188 1961-01-04 19 JfJLUANO, Dec. 29. A m 60-year-old woman. Wong Choi, and her grandson, Chye Peck Ker, five, were hacked to death yesterday in their home in Kampong Majid, about 65 miles from Kiuang. Another gran&on, Meng Mong, aged four, and a grand-daughter, Choi Llew. 10, were188 words
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287 1961-01-04 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29 QU£EN Elizabeth II has approved the following honours and awards for troops of the Commonwealth forces operating in Malaya from Jan. 1 to July 31: CBE: Colonel K. C. Briant, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. OBE: Lieut. Col.287 words
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Miscellaneous45 1961-01-04 19 THI BIC SWIIP Total pool: $173,000 lit No. *****4—$46,900 ZmJ No. *****0—$18,760 3rd No. *****8—$ 9,380 Starter* ($2,084 each): Not. *****9. *****1. *****6. *****0. *****4, *****3. *****2, *****1. *****0. Consolation ($1,000 tack): Not. *****6, *****2, *****9, *****0. *****8. *****4, *****6, *****9, *****8. 4* i r-45 words
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Miscellaneous35 1961-01-04 19 816 SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $96,779 lit: No *****7—141,190 2nd: No *****7 $17,156 3rd: No *****9—$ $.674 STARTERS ($5,715): Not. *****9, *****1, *****1. CONSOLATION ($1,000) Nm. *****6, *****0. *****6, *****1, *****4. *****1, *****6, *****9, *****0, *****1.35 words
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Article320 1961-01-04 20 ABILITY IN ENGLISH OR MALAY WILL NO LONGER BE NEEDED FOR ELECTION PENANG, Dec. 30 ABILIT1 to speak, read and write English or Malay will no longer be compulsory for candidates seeking election to the city council. “All that is required of a candidate320 words
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Article, Illustration91 1961-01-04 20 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec 30.A visiting American woman teacher yesterday urged her Malayan sisters to form a “strong" association to fight for equal pay with men doing the same work. She is Miss Margaret R. Robinson, 41, a teacher at Normandie School, Los Angeles.91 words
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Article113 1961-01-04 20 HPHE Malayan share market 1 was fairly firm all round yesterday, with selective Improvements in industrials and rubbers. Tins were steady quiet. There were fewer price changes than In the previous day. Straits Times gained angler w 3 J cents, Henry Waugh 2J cents, and Robinson, Cold113 words
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Article74 1961-01-04 20 T4PJ2. WG MALIM, Dec. u 3 I T he Sekolah Dato A b ?J Raiak here, one ©f the few Malay schools which use English as a medium of Instruction, scored a 100 per cent n tl *e Lower Certificate of Education examination this74 words
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Article346 1961-01-04 20 /YWING to the short week and lack of enthusiasm on the part of a majority of the trade, turnover was light, but a wider variety of grades were in demand, report H.C.B. and Co. Ltd. in their current rubber review. lthough overseas advices were encouraging at346 words
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Article37 1961-01-04 20 SINGAPORE, Dec. 30. RUBBER: 86& cents per lb. (up a cent and a quarter). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 86rt cents (steady quiet). TIN: $389.25 per picul (unchanged). Estimated unofficial offering 280 tons (down 10 tons).37 words
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Article16 1961-01-04 20 Price*) First Malayan 1,19 1,27 Second Malayan .98 lio5 First Hong Kong 1.07 1.1416 words
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Article16 1961-01-04 20 KANGAR, Dec. 30.—-Land owners In Perils still owe the Government $37,000 in rent arrears16 words
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Article, Illustration113 1961-01-04 20 friends’ cause laugh uproar antics of Malaya’s “three friends" were too much for this girl. She was at Radio Malaya's auditorium in Kuala Lumpur for the first recording of a new Malay fortnightly programme entitled “Tiga Sekawan" (The Three Friends)T. Thangathurai.—Straits Times pictures. - 113 words