The Straits Budget, 18 January 1961

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    27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NCWSPAPtft I '^rles^7s2^^ Kuala Lumpur, January 18, 1961. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.
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    From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG The spoken word
    306 2  -  FRANCIS THOMAS Singapore. THE 'MALAYANISING OF ENGLISH... IN your issue of Jan. 7 1 “Listener” complains about a Radio Singapore quiz master pronouncing “power” as “par” and sug gests that twiis was •’Malayanising" the word. I did not hear the quizmaster identify
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    What has happened to the younger generation?
    141 2  -  respect Singapore I OOKINQ at the catena painting hung on t; wall of my house depicting garden scene of Confucir son bowing low to respt his father and mother, began to wonder what h happened to our youn generation today 4 ln the
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    A WATCHING BRIEF FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS
    160 2  -  PARENT Ipoh I WOULD like to lend my support to the Malayan Students Department in London. As a parent I have always found the department very courteous and very helpful. It has always taken an active interest in my children and has kept a
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    REMOVE CLASSES: A NEW WORRY
    70 2  -  PARENT Singapore. ()THER worried parents and I whose children have been unfortunate enough to be placed in remove classes would be most grateful ifv their position could be clarified. In some remove classes the children are given commercial subjects, in others the usual grammar school
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    Fancy a national library having almost nothing on these subjects
    215 2  -  BOOK LOVER Singapore I RECENTLY wrote to you (October 22) suggesting that security at what was then Raffles Library needed improving. Ot three books 1 had asked for, the library staff could trace none. The subject of these books was
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    ALLEGATIONS BY MR. KARAM SINGH
    159 2  -  TURQUAND. VOUNCS AND CO., Secretario and Treasurer.'. Selangor Association Kuala Lumpur. u attention has been drawn to recent reports In the Press quoting Mr Karam Singh to the effect that many estate hospital? were like medieval prisons with wooden blocks for pillows. planks for beds
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    PESTS AT GOVT. CAR PARKS
    97 2  -  MOtORISi Singapore. I BELIEVE it is an offern for Jaga kreta boys wash cars at official park ing sites. Yet one can sc the law being flouted 2 most daily. Where is t? authority to enforce it? For the privilege of pars ing near Anderson
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      Lock icon Tide Turns In Laos
      737 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 9 .i’ll"! Chinese denun—f the U S. lor seeking t x xt for open invasion 0 j > v troops of the Seato a gg [V ,ive bloc” lias risen to its .il; just when to the inr observer it has be;,i'n that
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      Lock icon A Shock For Senators
      481 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 9 The “thundering mess” which brought proceedings in the Senate to a summary end on Jan. 6 proved on Jan. 7 to be even more thunderous than the Finance Minister had suspected. The Senate had no business to be discussing the budget in
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      Lock icon And Now Peace
      585 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 10 Forty deaths may be less than many feared during the referendum on President do Gaulle’s plan for Algeria, but still they are a grievous price to pay for the ordinary civilised process of asking people their opinion. The FLN must take the blame,
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      Lock icon Ideal Homes
      224 3 —Straits Times, Jan. 10 What hind of a house can be built with $18,000? The many Malayans who have thought along these lines will iind a variety of attractive answers at the Ideal Homes Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur open to the public today and for the rest of
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      Lock icon Off The Course
      376 3 .Straits Times. Jan. 11 It has always been clear that off-the-course betting would have to be linked to the totalisator on the course and the support of the Federation turf clubs for the idea of a national board to control the lot was to be expected. According
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      Lock icon Party Game
      240 4 Straits Times. Jan. 11 P M I.P. headquai tc: s have put out a statement announcing that from next yuu the governments oi Kelantan and Trengganu will replace tlx* present regulations lor pawnshops with “a now .system” that does not run counter to thi* teachings ol Islam and
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      Lock icon Good Sense Prevails
      684 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 12 Singapoi < 1 1 ;i j»:»ss('d 111 Olli’l I ,i |m j()(| ()j -I JIVl* <i;ii 11h■ iciluily without •hu t t*» person or pi op< i ty. Ihe tol\ that 1 1 If Minister **f f o!i i unlolded in thi 1
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      Lock icon Family Moot
      337 4 Straits Times. Jan. 12 During his visit to Malaya the British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations will meet, as he should, the j Government leaders of both 1 tlie Federation and Singapore j plus all the British and Commonwealth representatives who I are stationed on Malayan territory.
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      Lock icon Landowner And Farmer
      623 4 —Straits Times, Jan. 13 1 la* Singapore Assembly’s debate on tile second reading ot t!ie Agricultural Lenses Bill and the Control of Bent (Amrminunt No. .‘i > Bill was enlivened by strong criticism from ttie Member for PongRol. Mr. Ns.; Ting Kian, a forth* i' P A.!’.
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      Lock icon Replanting Aid
      397 4 —Straits Times. Jan. H The Senate’s debate on tl Supply Bill, declared null aim void, was not entirely wasted if only because it afforded a rare opportunity for parliamentary representations on tlie problems of the rubber and tin industries. Senator Crawford, after congratulating the Government on an ‘‘excellent
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      BIRTH
      16 4 BOEZAARD; To Arien ai Henk a daughter Martjke 121 li Ja R.itn Gajah. Both well.
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    24 4 ACKNOWLEDGMENT THE FAMILY of the late Mrs Charlotte Stewart thank all rela lives, friends for wreaths, condo lences during their sad bereave* ment 7.1,61.
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    Lock icon Sandys mission—new disarm approach TALKS WITH TENGKU AND LEE TO SEEK THEIR VIEWS, IDEAS
    450 5  -  'ev 8v NELSON RUTHERFURD K'JALA LUMPUR. Jan. 13. Malaya is jc asked to contricule her share of nt'.v ideas towards evo.vmg a united C\ //.mon wealth appr >ach to the probUm of world disarp.;a:r.ent. I .ding
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    Johore Bahru trade hit as shoppers go to S’pore
    291 5 lOHORE BAHRU. Jan. 13. —Johore Bahru businessmen have resigned themselves to the fact that most of their trade has crossed the Causeway to Woodlands in Singapore. The roadside fair across the Straits of Johore has been draining an estimated $300,000 a
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    British War Minister’s busy day in Penang
    194 5 MALACCA. Jan. 13. ITI Britain's War Minister. Mr. John Profumo, today inspected military Ventres in Malacca and Penang. On several occasions the official party halted while he took snaps with his camera "for my album." This morning, accompanied by the C-in-C. Far East
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    Stamp Club
    37 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 13 The Selangor Stamp Club will hold a film show at the British Council Hall here on Jan. 17. at 7 p.m. It will be followed by a stamp auction for members.
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    NURSES’ TRAINING SCHOOL FOR P. JAYA
    299 6 Franciscan nuns plan to extend Assunta Hospital KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 8. A NURSES’ training school will be started by the Franciscan nuns at Petaling Jaya next month. It will be attached t. the Assunta Hospital, Malaya's newest and Petaling Jaya’s first General Hospital. The
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    Couple who became Muslims now wed
    91 6 IPOH, Jan 8 A Chinese couple who became Muslims were married according to Muslim rites here today. They are Mr. Cheong Ah Kow, 22. and Miss Wong Book Ying, 19. who took the Muslim names of Hussln and Kalsom. Mr. Cheong, a butcher, said
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    Sir Robert Barlow
    59 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. B.—Sir Robert Barlow, who has retired from the chairmanship of the Metal Box Company Ltd has been appointed honorary president of the company. He has also retired from the chairmanship of the Metal Box (Overseas) Ltd He remains a director of both companies. Sir Harold
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    80 ‘surrenders’
    23 6 SKGAMAT, Jan. 8 —Eighty citizenship certificates obtained under false pretences were surrendered to the District Office here up to Dec M
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    Planters: $29,900 gift for mosque
    122 6 J'OHORE BAHRU. Jan. B. The Johore Planters’ Association today donated $29,900 to the National Mosque Fund, the biggest single donation from a nongovernment source. The Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Hassan bin Hajl Yunos, chairman of thp state mosque fund committee, accepted a cheque from Mr.
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    Off to Cairo
    37 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 8 Dr. Mahmoud Aodol-Ar:ner. an associate professor of Cairo University, and Dr. Mohamed Tal'at Kabeel. lecturer in the Faculty of Agriculture at the Cairo University, left for Cairo by air today.
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    128ft. DAM IS GOING UP SOON IN HIGHLANDS
    193 6 IPOH, Jar.. 8 /CONSTRUCTION work is to begin later this month v on the Ringlet Falls Dam, which is part of the multi-million dollar hydro-electric project in the Cameron Highlands. As soon as preliminary work is completed, the first cement will be
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    DIES IN CRASH
    25 6 SINGAPORE. Jan. 14.—Corporal Scott, an RAOC dispatch rider, was killed when his motor-cycle collided with a van in Buona Vista Road today.
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    Ruler to be installed on July 17
    79 6 KOTA BHARU, Jan. c —T: Government here ha.. >» t aside five days to ceieorate the installation of the Sultan of Kelantan on July 17. An announcement today said that only July 17 and 18 will be public holiday.' in the state. A
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    Garcia’s visit to Malaya
    49 6 Garcia’ s visit to Malaya KUALA LUMPUR. Jao s President Carlos Garcia the Philippines is due !j arrive here on Feb 8 to pay a four-day official vi>it t the Federation. He was scheduled to vi Malaya in September la year, but his trip wa.- poned due to ill-health.
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    Perak polls: A big tussle is expected for 93 new seats
    264 6 IPOH, Jan. 8 local government elections scheduled to be held after March in Perak will fill 93 new seats in the seven town councils in the State. With the elections each council will get at least three more elected
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    Govt. to encourage hemp growing
    190 6 Govt to encourage hemp growing KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. B. The Government is to encourage the growing of manila hemp in a rural development scheme in Pahang. This will be the first such venture in a rural development plan and will be undertaken at Kampong A wall in Temerloh, where 6.000
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      93 6 Hong Kong Far East BUILDER Established 1936 A Hi-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 concerned in
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    ‘Evacuate us’ plea by 40 families
    113 7 •rtALA TRENGGANU, ft Jan. 8 Forty families in Seberang Marang. a fishing village 12 miles from here, now menaced by hoods want to be evacuated immediately to safer places. Tin chairman of the DistrK; Welfare Committee. Maran*i Inchc Norciin bin Han Mohamed said today
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    DELAYED: S’PORE TRADE TEAM FOR INDONESIA
    203 7 DELAYED: S’ PORE TRADE TEAM FOR INDONESIA SINGAPORE. Jan. 8. i k "t ;i "come-on” signal from Jakarta is holdL ip the departure of a Singapore Govern’•■Kle delegation to Indonesia to pave the way \ioniniz of a trade agreement between the iiK j two territories. A Singapore Government spokesman revealed
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    Dental officer
    19 7 KUCHING. Jan. 8 Mr. Teo Whye Teck has been appointed dental officer in the Medical Department. Sarawak.
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    THE NEW TEACHERS TAKE OVER
    115 7 IPOH. Jan. 8. ANE HUNDRED and thirty-three trained teachers rrom Brinsford. Kirkby and the Teachers' Trailing College of Penang and day training centres in Perak have joined secondary and primary schools in Perak. They are taking over most 01 toe pots held by about 130
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    New headmaster
    29 7 SEGAMAT. Jan. 8 Mr. Choo 800 Eng, a senior assistant in the Secondary English School here, has been appointed headmaster of the Secondary English School at Pontian
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    Woman engineer’s dream comes true in S’pore
    307 7 WHY PICK SUCH AN UNUSUAL JOB? BECAUSE SHE WAS POOR PUPIL SINGAPORE, Jan. 8.— Singapore’s only woman lecturer in engineering, Miss Josephine M. Addison, who starts work at the Polytechnic here on Jan. 11, said that her arrival here fulfilled a longawaited wish
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    An excellent future for paper making, he says
    438 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 8 A CHEMIST in the Federation’s Forest Research Institute has predicted that pulp and paper manufacture could have an excellent future in Malaya. He is Mr. J. D. Peel, who says: “Malaya is rich in cellulose: the vast forests,
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    TENGKU TO NAME UMNO MEN IN S’PORE
    173 8 TENGKU TO NAME UMNO MEN IN S’ PORE Kuala lumpur, Jan. 8. The Unmo national president. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will appoint a top Unmo leader from the* Federation to be chairman ol the Singapore Umno liaison committee to be set up soon. Ho will ;iLo tjjpoi:.T i deputy chairma: to
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    PPP Congo motion
    54 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 8 The PPP Member tor Parliament, Mr. S P Seenlvasagam <Menglembu>, will table a motion at the next meeting ot Parliament asking the Federation Government to withdraw Malayan troops from the Congo unless Immediate steps are taken to restore tin* democratic rights to the
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    Clerk fined $600
    38 8 JOHORK BAHRU. Jan 8. A clerk. Tan Khay Khoen, 46. oi Haji Lane, Singapore, was yesterday fined $OOO or two months' jail tor dangerous driving along tin* Causeway at about it) p.m. on Aug 20
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    Ship abandoned after two days on a reef
    324 8 CAPTAIN AND CREW OF 38 RESCUED AFTER S.O.S. IS ANSWERED BY TANKERS SINGAPORE. Jan. 8. A LIBERTY ship, the 7,251-Ion Portland Trader, was abandoned yesterday afternoon after being stuck for two days on a reef. The master of the vessel. Capt. V.
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    A BORDER TERRORIST QUITS THE JUNGLE
    102 8 ALOK STAR, Jan. 8 —A Communist terrorist has surrendered to the Thai authorities in Belong, a Thai border town. The surrender which took place last month, was only disclosed today because of security reasons. The terrorist has been identified as Niad Seng Hua. alias
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    HAWKERS IN PROTEST PROCESSION
    142 8 KUALA LUMPUR Jan. B. Children and old women were among 1,000 hawkers and their families who took part in a three-mile procession in protest against recent arrests of hawkers. (See pieture below). Among those at the .head of the column was Mr. 1). R. Seenivasagam. M.P.
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    ‘Double tax’ pact sought: S’pore and Japan in talks
    549 9 goh hopes this will boost investment S1NGAPORE, Jan. 9 xt; {.OTIATIONS on a double taxation IN agreement between Japan and Singapore bcu ni here today between top officials of both governments. fins is the first time that the Singapore q C)
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    To take over at FEAF
    49 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9. Air Vice-Marshal John Forde Hobler has been appointed Air Officer in Charge of Administration, Far East Air Force, from May 1 He succeeds Air Vice-Mar-shal E. M F Grundy, who is returning to Britain on completion of his tour of duty.
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    ACTRESSES AS GOODWILL ENVOYS
    172 9 gINGAPORE, Mon. Two Malayan film actresses. Sa'adiah (left) and Orchid Wong, will act as goodwill ambassadors for Singapore on Pile K.L.M. DC-8 jetliner inaugural flight to Europe leaving here on Jan. 11. The actresses, with 22 other guests from Singapore, the Federation and British North Borneo,
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    PROFUMO IN FOR SIX-DAY TOUR
    186 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9 \|R. JOHN PROFUMO. Britain’s Secretary of T 1 State of War, arrived at Changi airfield this evening in an RAF Comet to begin a six-day tour of Singapore and the Federation. Mr. Profumo was met at the airfield by Gen. Sir Richard
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    Tour by a professor
    53 9 SINGAPORE. Jan. 9—Professor Frank Scott, Professor of Law at McGill University in Montreal, is coming to Singapore as par!, of a fivemonth tour under a Canada Council grant. Professor Scott leaves Montreal tomorrow for Hong Kong. He will also visit Bangkok. Singapore. Jakarta. Rangoon, New Delhi,
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    BOAC chief
    23 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 9 The chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporation, Sir Matthew Slattery, will visit the Federation next month.
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    Hari Raya cakes for the Congo
    89 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 9.—A group of women will spend the next 10 days preparing Hari Raya cakes for men of the Malayan Special Force serving in the Congo. They are army offieers’ wives and wives of men employed in the Ministry of Defence. The
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    MCP gave terrorist gratuity for his services to party
    219 10  -  By CHAN BENG SOON: Alor Star, Jan. 9 i 4 FORMER terrorist who surrendered recently in Betong, South Thailand, said today he left the .jungle “with the permission of the Malayan Communist Party.” “I was allowed to surrender because of my
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    NEGRI’S RULER OFF TO THE STATES FOR TREATMENT
    121 10 KI ALA M >11*1 It. Jan f>. The Yang <li-l*ertuan Besar of Scmbilun (above) was given a warm send-off at the airport here today wli«‘ii he ft for medical treatment in America. the crowd of about 200 wellwishers at the airport included
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    Transferred
    34 10 Kt A! A UMPIIR, Jan. f) Hall Moharned Talh bln Hail Mohamed Amin, a magistrate here, inis been transferred to Kuala Kuhu Bharu He succeeds Inehe llassan bln Hussein. who will return here.
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    Singapore shivers in cold snap
    300 10 A RUSH FOR BLANKETS AS TEMPERATURE DROPS... SINGAPORE, Jan. 9 SINGAPOREANS, accustomed to basking in the heat of the sun, this weekend shivered when the thermometer dropped to 72.2 degrees Fahrenheit. Two readers today telephoned the Straits Times to say that their thermometers showed a
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    NOW S. AFRICAN MALAYS CAN SETTLE HERE
    168 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 9. 'J'HF Prime Minister. Tonyku Abdul Rahman, has agreed to allow Malays in South Africa, who arc "being treated as enemies of the State.” to settle down in Malaya. There is only one condition they must fullil -they must be
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    University visitors
    48 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 9 The Rector of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Sheikh Mahmoud Shaltut, will arrive herp or a four-day visit to the Federation. He will be accompanied bv seven senior professors from the university. They are on their way to Indonesia on an official visit.
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    Singapore bans 14 published works
    116 10 SINGAPORE. Jan. 9. The Singapore Government has banned the importation. saV and circulation of 14 publications in the State. Five of them U ie English. The rest are in Chinese eight of them published u, Hong Kong and one publish ed locally. The banned publications
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    NOW BLIND PIANIST GOING TO ADELAIDE
    130 10 PENANG, Jan. 9.—A blind pianist. Peter Chin. 18. of the St Nicholas’ Home, will leave for Australia on Jan. 21 on a scholarship. He will join the Poulteney grammar school in Adelaide where he will study music and other subjects His passage to Australia
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    ‘Build bridges’ call to Govt.
    59 10 KUALA TRENGGANU. Jam 9 The State Umno commit tee meeting yesterday pa." a resolution asking tlac Gov eminent to build bridges place of ferries in the state A letter to this effect w. 1 be sent through the Utm 1 general secretary and a co
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    Lawyers give a farewell party
    59 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 9 A husband and wife solicitor team from Ceylon. Mr. ai Mrs. C. M. Chinnaiya, left h home at the weekend alt visiting friends and relative in Malaya and Singapore. Leading Kuala Lumpur law yers were among the guest who attended a
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    IDEA OF FAMILY PLANNING IS CATCHING ON IN ASIA
    311 11  -  By K BASKARAN Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 9 k x nurnational expert on family planning A tR l today that the idea of family planning matching on" splendidly in Asian coun- 11. s. Mr George W. Cada member of the lamily of
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    Misadventure
    24 11 M-. Jan. 10.— The recorded a w'a’h by misad- e H >ck Bin. 40 u 1 employee, who min when swimor, Geylang basin.
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    EX-HEAD PILOT FALLS TO DEATH
    105 11 OENANG. Jan. 9. Captain Rhys Williams. 68, former head pilot in Penang, fell 50 ft. to his death today at the Penang Club in Northam Road. He fell from the second floor. A service will be held at St. George’s Church at 4.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Footballer weds
    35 11 TAIPING. Jan. 10. Selangor footballer. Abdul Rani, who is with the AccountantGeneral's office in Kuala Lumpur, was married to Che Rahahbee. daughter of Inche Mohamed Kassim. of the Malayan Railway. Prai. last week-end.
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    All top jobs in Ministry held by Malayans
    189 11 INCHE JUNID IS APPOINTED TO HEAD THE ‘PIONEER INDUSTRIES’ DIVISION—AND NOW KU A L A LUMPUR. Jan. J.—A local man has taken over as controller of the industrial development division, thus completely Malayanising all top posts in the Ministry of Commerce and
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    Journey’s end
    60 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 9. The 12,(i1H)-ton troopship. Dunera, which has carried thousands of British troops to and from the Far East, ends its work as a "trooper early next month. When she docks at Southampton on Feb. 8. from the Middle East, she will go into the shipyards
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    TENGKU: HOMES DISPLAY IS A SPLENDID FIRST EFFORT
    400 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 9. fpHE PRIME Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, tonight described Ihe ideal homes exhibition which he opened here as a “splendid first effort” to improve home design and to cater for the public demand and taste. The exhibition is sponsored
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    His $20 slap
    38 11 BENTONG. Jan. 10 A tapper, Man Choy. 47 was yesterday fined $l r > lor .slapping a housewife, Phung Slew Ying, 59, at Chui Ym Street here. He was also ordered to pay Phung $5 compensation.
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    Portrait of Gurney among the exhibits
    136 11 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 10. —A portrait of Sir Henry Gurney was among 118 exhibits displayed at the National Art Gallery which opened today after having been temporarily closed for a week. Sir Henry, a former High Commissioner of Malaya, was killed by Communist terrorists
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    1,000 for dinner party
    56 11 KUALA TRENGGANU. Jan. 10. More than 1,000 people will attend a dinner at the Istana Maziah here tomorrow in honour of the Sultan of Trengganu who has been elected Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Malay traditional dances will be held at the Istana Padang on the same
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    Drowned on his birthday
    46 11 SINGAPORE. Jan. 10 -A \ouih was drowned in tile sea ott Telok Paku on his 20th mrthday, the Coroner. Mr. N. A d'Kozario, was told today at the inouest on VV. F. M. Quintes, ol Upper Serangoon Road. VERDICT: Death by misadventure.
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    Rising politician met star at film festival...
    325 12  -  “by TAN TOCK SAIK Kuala Lumpur, Jan tO A BEAUTIFUL Hong Kong film star and singer has given up her career to marry a Malayan Assistant Minister. SHE is Linda Lau Sing, now known as Latifah bintc* Abdullah. HE is the Assistant Minister
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    Plea for strike-free year in rubber
    156 12 Malacca, Jan. 10. The Assistant Minister of Labour. Mr. V. Manickavasagam, last night said he hoped 1%1 would be a strike-free year in the rubber industry. lie was speaking at the National Union of Plantation Workers’ ‘*lo6l Festival” the first of its kind to
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    Another 617 cars
    47 12 SINGAPORE. Jan. 10. Three were 617 new cars in Singapore during December, bringing the total registered in the state to 63,344. There was also an increase of 567 motor cycles during the month. Bicycles reached a record total of 267.646 up 1.150 on December.
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    Clerks go on lunchtime fast — FOR A SACKED COLLEAGUE
    295 12 Clerks go on lunchtime fast FOR A SACKED COLLEAGUE SINGAPORE, Jan. 10 ABOUT 30 clerks and peons of the sharebroking firm of Fraser and Co. today went without lunch in a “hunger strike” in protest against the refusal of the employers to reinstate a fellow clerk who was sacked last
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    MAN’S BODY IS FOUND IN RIVER
    73 12 TELUK ANSON. Jan. 10 Police have recovered the body of Tan Ah Geok. 50. from the Perak River off Baiak Habit Road here The body was found inert than a mile downstream from where he fell into the river on Jan. 7. Tan was
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    Aziz for a new radio programme
    75 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan 10 Radio Malaya will start a new weekly programme covering all aspects of rural development over the Malny service. The first series will be given by the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives. Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak It will feature padi
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    Girl stole at hospital
    56 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10— A: 18-year-old girl. Yong Chicv. Yoong, was placed on 1months’ probation here todaj by Mr R. the magistrate, for theft at the Genera: Hospital Yong. of Queenstown, stok a purse from Madam Ng Yon: Koon outside the hospital' 1 dispensary on Nov. 10
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    BEHEADING IN A TEMPLE
    414 13 BEHEAD IN G IN A TEMPLE (Vrk sues former employer, then challenges him to ol; th ceremony in C hinese temple ir i ALA LUMPUR, Jan. 10 —A A dispute between a lawyer his former clerk over loss of v was settled in the High joint here today after a
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    A Treasury official ends visit
    70 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 10 The Second Secretary of the British Treasury. Sir Denis Rickett. left for Singapore on his w*ay home today very impressed with the progress Malaya is making. Sir Denis stayed in Malaya for two days as a guest ot the British High
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    Competition for shops
    54 13 PENANG. Jan. 10. The Penang National Language Month state committee will hold a shops and firms decoration competition to “promote and encourage” the use of the national language. The competition is open to all shops and firms owned by non-Malays in George Town. Balik Pulau. Butterworth. Bukit
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    Dr. Lewis going on ‘check up’ trip to Burma
    215 13 HIS PUH: 1,000 MILES UP IRRAWADDY RIVER TO WRITE A TEXTBOOK Kuala lumpur. Jan. 10. —The headmaster of the Victoria Institution. Dr. G. E. D. Lewis, will leave next week on a 1.000mile trip by boat to the upper reaches of
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    Policeman off to Brunei
    34 13 KUALA KANGSAR. Jan 10. Sgt Major Mohamed Sa’ad bin Man, of the Police headquarters here, left today by plane on three years' secondment duty with the police force in Brunei.
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    DELICACIES FOR MEN IN CONGO
    119 13 'J'HESE happy women wives of Army officers will, for the next 10 days, be making cakes and savouries at the Rida Women’s Training Centre for Malaya’s special force in the Congo. Under the supervision of Che Azizah Jaafar, principal of the centre, these women will
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    Haji cleared
    37 13 ALOR STAR, Jan. 10— A penghulu. Hajl Abdul Wahab bin Awang, today was acquitted of a charge of cheating the Kedah Government of $153.50 nearly two years ago. He was not called lor his defence.
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    New school
    36 13 TAIPING. Jan. 10. The Rt Rev Roland Koh, Assistant Bishop of the Anglican Mission, will perform the opening and dedication ceremony of the All Saints Secondary School here on the evesnlng of Jan. 12.
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    Books gift
    40 13 SINGAPORE. Jan. 10. A gift of about 100 books on New Zealand, or written bv New Zealanders, is on its way to Singapore from Wellington The books are intended for the National Library here and Nanyang University library.
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    SMASHED!
    4590 14 a plot for race war A dangerous mischievous poem SINGAPORE. Jan. 11 THE SINGAPORE Government today disclosed that it had smashed a plot by a “handful of desperadoes” calling themselves the Angkatan Revolusi Tentera Islam Singapura (Artis) to precipitate clashes between Malays and Chinese. The clashes had been scheduled
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    TIGER RELEASED IN JUNGLE; ANOTHER ELUDES CAPTORS
    146 16 SEREMBAN. Jan. 11. 'TIGER was the main topic of conversation in town today and the people had good reason for this. Last night, the Game Department gave up their vigil for a tiger that had dragged away a cow from a kampong And
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    Dr. Gulik to see Tengku
    62 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan 11 The Nethcrland Ambassador to Malaya. Dr i? II van Guilk. who returned to Kuala Lumpur yesterday after more than two months in Arnsteri for medical treatment, will ee the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Kahman, within the next lew days It is
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    ‘Firm, vigorous action’ pledge by Mr. Ong
    410 16 ‘Firm, vigorous action pledge by Mr. Ong SINGAPORE, Jan. 11 fFHE Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, told the Legislative Assembly toda> that the Government was prepared to deal firmly and vigorously with communalist elements like the organisers of Artis, and those who tried to perform a “mischievous
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    Taxi driver ‘Happy’ has a very happy day
    242 17 GRATEFUL AUSSIE CUSTOMERS PAY $1,200 DEPOSIT ON HIS CAR SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. a SINGAPORE taxi driver, Mohamed bin A viwani, nicknamed “Happy”, today made the down payment for his own brand new taxi, with money contributed by more than 100 forum customers
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    3 raids crushed the bloodshed plot
    435 17 ALL SEIZED PARAPHERNALIA ON DISPLAY SINGAPORE, Jan. 12.—An assortment of seized materials (pictured below) meant for use by the Angkatan Kevolusi Tentera Islam Singapura (Artis) was shown to the Press today. All the exhibits were to have been used by members of Artis in
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    PRETTY EX-MODEL IS AWARDED $8,500 DAMAGES
    301 17 Scars on her face and right eye injured after a motor accident, court is told Kuala lumpur, Jan. 12.—A pretty ex-model was today awarded $8,500 agreed damages for injuries she received in a motor accident near Ipoh more than two years ago. This accident
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    INFORMATION DEPUTY IS CLEARED OF CHEATING
    511 18 IPOH. Jan 12 BUT MAGISTRATE WILL SEND COURT PROCEEDINGS TO SERVICES COMMISSION A FORMER Deputy State Information Ollicer, Perak, Quek Kim Tee, 41, was today acquitted of three charges of cheating the Federation and State Governments of $2,248. The Sessions (Jour* President, fcved Hassun
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    The man who walked naked along the beach
    250 18  -  from KEITH HOOPER |>ERTH, Jan. 12. Author Gerald Marcus Glaskin, 37, of Graylands, a former Singapore stockbroker, was found guilty in Perth police court of having wilfully and obscenely e xposed himself at Scarborough, a beach suburb. on Dec 19 The magistrate,
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    A wheelchair view of the world for Mr. J
    294 18  -  By K dASKARAN KtALA LUMPUR, Jan. 12. —Though he has been confined to a wheelchair for 22 of his 27 years, the lust for life has burned as fiercely as ever for Australian accountant John William Johnson. For here he was
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    Electras to make a come-back
    67 18 SINGAPORE. Jan. 12. -Cathay Pacific Airwa: will resume their Electr; service between Singapon and Ilong Kong from J:n 23. The airline last month with drew its two jet-prop Elec tras. They were flown bar* to the Lockheed plant a* Burbank. California, lor modifications. This followed
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    Japan mission
    25 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan 1 —An eight-member missio of Japanese business leader including a woman. arrive < last night to survey mark' conditions in Malaya.
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    3 shocks as season starts EIFFEL TOWER HIGHEST WITH $169 IN A DAY OF BIG DIVIDENDS
    1124 19  -  y, i'PSOM JEEP t| ..w Jan 15. The 1 -jl racing season cot .>•!' to a sensational si At’ ere today when ou "ers won the first th /aces. B *r 4 ie Express,
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    Tuan attends tiffin with old planters
    466 19  -  COUNTRYMANS JOURNAL iii/(N Bil—El 7' THE DUSUN, Friday Jan. 6. I AST WEEK unexpected callers at the Dusun included Dr Polunin and wife, Mr. Tony Beamish, Dr. Gconetilleke and lastly, but not least, T.Y.M. They were all on their separate ways to or from
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    SAIL CLUB: START SOON
    68 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 15— The Selangor Sailing Club has been registered and will begin its activities soon, its commodore, Mr. A. M. Scott, said today in a circulai He asked intending boat buyers to contact him The Gurkha detachment at Sungei Besi will bring boats up
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      58 19 THE BIG SWEEP: Total pool $216,300 FIRST PRIZE: No. *****7—559,890 SECOND PRIZE. No. *****4—528,148 THIRD PRIZE: No. *****5—514,373 STARTERS ($1,871 each): Nos. *****2, *****3. *****6. *****6, *****1, *****8, *****1, *****1. CONSOLATION PRIZES ($l,OOO each): Noe. *****9. *****2. *****4, *****1, *****0. *****1, *****8. *****2, *****5. *****4. NUMBERS FORECAST (07): $1 pays
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      ‘Consolidation’ is keynote
      1429 20 Little change in trade volume By Our Market Correspondent THE MALAYAN share market’s week was one of consolidation. The volume of business was little changed from the previous week and price movements were roughly in balance. Towards Friday the tendency appeared firmer and this continued on Saturday
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      22 20 (Managin' priaai) First Malayan 1.21 1.28 xd •acopd Malay An .08 1.00 xd First Hong Koo* 1.00 1.16 (H.K. curranoy)
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      CLOSING PRICES
      38 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb iper picul) Jan. 9 85 v 4 eta. $2tM74 Jan. It 85% ets. IMt-M Jan. 11 85% eta. $3«9.tt% Jan. It 844 cU. $390.08 Jan. 12 85% cU. 9388.58 Jan. 14 $388.58
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      TIN PRICE
      20 20 Singapore Copra Association noon prices per picul ion Jan. 14: Fair merchantable Bombay mixed copra: Jan/Feb. s27} (nominal).
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      43 20 n M——I I—"——— I 1 I Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previous MeUl Box 5%t Jan. 30 A. Hitam Plant. 10%t Jan. 31 40‘ B?nU Robber 12*% Peb 11 17*% 28% (eq. 25% old capital) 4 Interim
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1137 20 REVISED quotations on the Singapore section of the Malayan Stock Exchange on Saturday (January 14), H and L stand for Highest and Lowest for business done last year and to date. industrials t i Alai Mats IDO SO Ords JO 1.00 Atlas ls« 11.00 buyers 1.30 1.14
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      2 factors assist decline in rubber
      201 20 IlERE ARE points from the weekly reviews (issued yesterday) of two leading rubber brokerage Arms, Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Co. Ltd. and Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd.: Lewis and Peat report: Malayan market has ca world rubber prices v*Q cents lower this week, s
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