The Straits Budget, 8 March 1961

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    28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA? NATIONAL Nf WSPAPCR New es Kuala Lumpur, March 8, 1961. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      POSTMAN’S PROBLEMS
      450 2  -  CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IS ALWAYS WELCOMED... E. M. MAY Postmaster-General, Malaya. Kuala Lumpur. LIKE ALL LARGE ORGANISATIONS POSTAL SERVICE HAS SHORTCOMINGS I AM sorry that letters concerning the post office should have occupied so much of your valuable space on Feb. 28 but it does show how vital our
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      Difference certificates unfair
      68 2  -  AFFECTED Johore Bahru. THOSE private candidates who have passed the Higher School Certificate are grateful tp your correspondent for pointing out the differences in-the certificates issued by the Ministry of Education. It is unfair to see school candidates being awarded a certificate if they passed the examination
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      REGRETTABLE ATTITUDE
      131 2  -  K.s. ;r •'Injcapore, IT is regrettable i Prevailing ai that inclines to alienah in products of th stream from those d the science stream: rc t table, that is, at When a better under ing between these groups Is ne for (he welfare of country Ours Is essentially
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      PLASTERING THE TREES
      94 2  -  I. S. Kuala Lumpur. A rash of posters in the capital CAN nothing be done about the rash of posters and other publicity material which now disgraces Kuala Luirpu**? We have grown used to fluttering banners over the shopping streets. The new erase is to plaster the
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      SOUTH AFRICA AND THE COMMONWEALTH
      82 2  -  K. TAN Kajang. JT is quite all right to give further membership in the Commonwealth to Routh Africa as a republic, as has been given to India. Pakistan and Ghana. But as South Africa does not conform to the Commonwealth practice of racial non-discrimination s
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      A PUZZLE
      56 2  -  SCHOLAR Penang. J FULLY endorse the by Syed Nasif on national language. What I do not under-» however is why It is In all government ad Use men ts for vacancies stress Is always on not of Oversea School t fleates with a Credit English for entry Government
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon Moment for Action
      667 3 --Straits Times. Feb. 27 io beginning there been a shadow of i Malayan feelings on But the murder of p atnt Lumumba raised u> a new pitch. Malto the Belgian Minister a week ago, the unr ;r v resolution of the c Assembly on Feb. 4iant rally
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      Lock icon More Doctors
      133 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 27 The Singapore Government has for some months been easting round for doctors who could be engaged on short contracts until such time as there are enough Malayans to fill all the vacancies. Israel, while one of the less obvious countries in which to find
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      Lock icon After The Inquiry
      616 3 —Straits Times, Feb. 28 A special meeting of Singapore's Legislative Assembly will debate tomorrow the report of the commission of inquiry int the allegations nepotism made by Mr. Orv Eng Guan against the Prime Minister and the Ministei f 1 >r Labour and Lav. The allcg- ations,
      —Straits Times, Feb. 28  -  616 words
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      Lock icon Statement Of Fact
      744 3 —Straits Times, Marl We should have thought it impossible for anyone to represent our stand and our policy on the Congo crisis as other than unswerving support for the Congo’s independence, condemnation of Belgian and other intrigue and faith in the United Nations operation in the Congo
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      Lock icon Contest For Industry
      686 3 —Straits Times. March Not without some ju-tif: >- tion optimism occupies *J :*c parts ot tin* Federation's < ititude > n. P«‘taling Jaya i.-; full, le Pioneer Industries Ord r a: is doing well, the rn.my blandishmt nts uttered by businessmen hurrying through the International A po;1
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      Lock icon The ‘L’ Schools
      210 4 —Straits Times. March 2 Driving schools m the Federation seem to he treating a little casually the new regulations which require them to register and to have instructors of acceptable calibre. There are over 16<) driving schools but no more than MO have applied for the Ministry
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      Lock icon The Rubber Battle
      708 4 —Straits Times. March 3 In London they still like to make Malayan blood run cold with the thought of all-con-quering synthetic. The annual meetings of companies, institutions and associations are especially favourable occasions for this sport even —it now seems —the annual meeting of the Rubber Traders
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      Lock icon Stormy For Sarawak
      670 4 —Straits Times. March about? If these boat eh f v their way there js slightest chance of a S; culture” emerging, t, t section of the Chinese' munity which they n- r proposes to cut itself the rest of Sarawak. claim the right to a education which
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    A POOR SERVICE
    123 4  -  M. P. NATHAN Port Swettenham THE Postal Departure:.i ha„ no doubt bee:: doing its best but it does r. mean that the public ha no criticism of the prefer.t service There is an insufficient number of clerks in soir.t post offices and in other the clerks are
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTHS
      45 4 COSSELL: To Alan and Mar;, sister for David, Helen. Clare Gleneagles on 3rd of March. JOHNSTON: To Phil Seale) and Alan at Glen Hospital on 28th February (Michael Leslie). CATO: On Ist March at Bu sar Hospital to Rosemarv aBruce, a son. Both well.
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    48 4 DEATH GROSSE: SIMON PET: Passed away peacefully Cortege leaves 22 Chanel t 28.2.61 at 4.00 p.m. for SI. T Church thence to Bidadtrt ACKNOWLEDGMENT MRS. M A. GOMEZ and thank all relatives, frien<. assisted sent condolence nu* wreaths attended prayer and funeral of late Mr. Gomez on 16.2.61
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    Cornered! WELENSKY (BACK TO THE WALL) FACES THE HOSTILITY OF THE AFRICANS AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
    1010 5  -  COMMENTS VERNON BARTLETT Hdo one’s features give an indica- ;n c f one’s charac*er? The most re'narkable feature a b o u t Sir Roy Welensky, apart from sheer bulk, is his aggressively stubborn
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    POLICE ALERTED BY CLASH TIP-OFF
    125 5 TT MALACCA. March 3. f rHE police here last night alerted all patrols and called in the Reserve Unit following a tip-off that members of two secret societies were planning a fight in the heart of the town. According to the information given by a
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    Courtesy call on Chief Justice
    57 5 SINGAPORE, March 3. Two Ceylon delegates to the recent conference of the Asian-African legal consultative committee in Tokyo, Mr. R. Wanasundera and Mr! ER S. Coomarasamy today paid a courtesy call on the Chief Justice. Sir Alan Rose, at the High Court. They leave Singapore
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    Lock icon L. DEATH CONDEMNED
    2815 6 ‘LONG LIVE LUMUMBA’ CRIES AT CONSULATE 15,000at PAP protest rally SINGAPORE, Feb. —Roars of “merdeka” rang from the rafters of the Happy World Stadium today as 15,000 workers. P.A.P. members and members of the public, voiced their condemnation of the murder of the Congo’s first Prime Minister,
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    Umno branch condemns killing
    303 7 Malacca. Feb. 26.— a Socialist Front rally here last night called on the people of Malaya to join the worldwide expression of horror and disgust at the dastardly murder” of Mr. Patrice Lumumba. first Prime Minister of the Congo. More than 1.500 people attended the rally,
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    CROWDS IN COMMERCE...
    489 8 SENATOR COMPLAINS OF ‘TOO MANY IN BUSINESS* AND CALLS FOR CHECKS BY GOVT. MALACCA, Feb. 26. r PIIK president of the Associated Indian hambers of Commerce, Senator S. O. K. I baidulla, today complained of “overcrowding in business” and called on the Government to help solve the
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    Direct phone service for 30,000 in 4 towns
    303 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 VEARLY 30.000 peopic in Penang. Ipoh Kuala Lumpur and Malacca will be able to pick up their telephones and speak to one another without the help of operators at exchanges from next year. Arrangements are also being made
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    BUSINESS CLIMATE HERE ‘LIVELY, FAVOURABLE’
    133 8 BUSINESS CLIMATE HERE LIVELY FAVOURABLE PENANG, Feb. 26—Mr. J.R. Roldan, a member of the five-man American trade mission, said here today Malaya’s business climate was “lively and favourable." “There is much interest in the development of small industries in pursuance of your Government's rural development plans," he said. Mr. Koldun
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    Tengku agrees to all-parties protest rally —with one condition
    242 8 ALOR STAR, Feb. 26. JHE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said today he was agreeable to an allparties rally to protest against the killing of Mr. Lumumba, the first Congolese Prime Minister, and other developments in the Congo. He warned however
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    New duties
    38 8 KLUANG. Feb. 26 Mr Low Lye Hin. the area information officer of Khiang. has now also taken over the duties of the information officer of Segnmat. Mr. Won* ‘Ah Woon. who has been transferred to Kuantan.
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    CATTLE DAMAGE RIVER BANKS IN PERAK
    224 8 IPOH, Feb. :-ti. near Batu Gajah are causing •■\u-n- damage to more than 10 miles :ht Kinta River deviation and are creating a problem for the Perak Drainage and Irrigate Dt- partment. Every time fences w>;- put up near the river barks thev wert
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    9 PROMOTED TO RANK OF MAJOR
    82 8 KUALA LUMPUR, f The Yang di-Pertuan A has approved the prom of nine captains to tnc stantive rank of major effect from Jan 1. Four of them are lrm Federation Reconn, i: Corps and five fro: Royal Malay Reginu»nt Thy are: Royal Mala giment:
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    Perak boosts welfare work
    353 9 VOLUNTARY GROUPS TO OJ T $250,000 Of GOVT. ALLOCATION OF $750,000 IPOH, Feb. 26. I>H1. State Government has allocated $750,006 lor welfare work in Perak this year, the Ijjjjjjost amount ever for such services. includes a new provision of $250,000 for .ice to voluntary welfare organisations,
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    ROCK music HAS TO BE PRIMITIVE’ to BE BANNED
    238 9 ROCK music HAS TO BE PRIMITIVE to BE BANNED SINGAPORE. Feb. 26 Tlie Singapore GovitT.ment reiterated that it discourthe broadcast of vr.Uar music with an ntuated “beat” and raucous singing. rnment was replyi:.si an allegation by a Straits Times reader that records, suspiclouse rock *n' roll cateu ry. were broadcast
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    Cyclist stabbed to death
    36 9 ,l ‘h 26. Neo Tian fishmonger, was mod when attacked i aier T 1 while cycling at n r f ,Ial an Bakri here ,lfl ran 300 yards to where he collapsed
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    P.W.D. transfer
    20 9 KLUANG. Feb. 26.-Mr H Green, the senior executive engineer of the P.W.D, here, has been transferred to Seremban.
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    12 KILLED ON S’PORE ROADS IN JANUARY
    167 9 12 KILLED ON S’ PORE ROADS IN JANUARY SINGAPORE. Feb. 26 Twelve people were killed on the roads last month—five few r er than in December, the Traffic Police reported today. The report states that the total number of accidents for January w’as 2.200—a drop of 294 over the previous
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    Gambling fine
    26 9 KLUANG, Feb. 26 —Twentytour people arrested last night at the third mile, Jalan Mersing. Kluang. were fined $lO each today for gaming in public.
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    OWNERS OF IDLE ACRES TOLD: GOVT. WILL TAKE LAND AWAY...
    242 9 KUANTAN, Feb. 26. 'J’HE Mentri Besar of Pahang, Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Haji Abdullah, is “most disappointed” that thousands of acres of land in the state alienated lo people years ago are still under jungle or nol properly looked
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    Veterinary man for course
    42 9 A VETERINARY assistant in Seremban, Mr. P. Durairajayagam, 28. left bv air on Feb. 26 for Bombay to attend a four-month course in dairy farming at the Food and Agricultural Organisation Regional Training and Demonstration Centre. Mr. DURAIRAJAYAGAM
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    ESTATE FOOTBALL TEAM HURT IN ROAD CRASH
    107 9 IPOII, Feb. 26.—Eleven footballers returning from a soccer match were injured three seriously when the two cars in which they were travelling collided with a buffalo outside Chemor town. 10 miles north of here, tonight. The injured, members of Klabang Estate soccer team,
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    HE URGES: DO NOT EXCLUDE S. AFRICA
    147 9 Kuala lumpur. Feb. 26. Sir Ronald Robinson, the chairman of the General Council of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, said here today that South Africa should be allowed to remain a member of the Commonwealth. He made it clear that he did not agree
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    Police alert at border
    133 9 KOTA BHAKU, Feb. 26. Strict police security measures are now being taken along the KelantaoThai border at Rantau Panjang, 29 miles from here, to prevent imports of offensive weapons into the State from Golok. This was disclosed today by Kelantan's CIO chief, Deputy Supt. Hisham bin
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    Lock icon A fighting family... WIFE AND SEVEN CHILDREN LEAD CLAMOUR FOR RELEASE OF DETAINED MAN
    586 11 KI ALA LUMPUR, Feb. 27. Plainclothes detectives and policemen stood by as more than 80 men, women and children picketed the office of the Mentri Besar of Selangor in the Secretariat building here today in protest
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    Thieves had good day’s fishing
    119 11 SINGAPORE. Feb. 27 Thieves burgled two bungalows in Sixth Avenue. Bukit Timah. and got away with 51.540 in cash and property. Among the articles stolen was a valuable sarong, worth $450. belonging to Capt. D. J. Budd. Capt. Budd told the police that early yesterday
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    Motor hill climb
    27 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb 27. Members of the Malayan Motor Sports Club have been issued with regulations lor the hill climb here on March 26.
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    MALAYANS MAY INVEST $4m. IN DUNLOP PROJECT
    148 11 ♦KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 27. MALAYAN public subscription to the $25million tyre plant to be started by Dunlop Rubber Company at Petaling Jaya is expected to be around $4 million. Meanwhile, the way' is being cleared for the company to establish the plant, the
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    Tea party for Indian leader
    50 11 PENANG, Feb 27. A Penang Indian leader, Mr. M. Doraisamy Thevar. was entertained by the Hindu Mahajana Sangam < Hindu Public Association» of which he is president, at a tea party here yesterday. Mr. Thevar and his family will be going on holidays to India
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    Wed until death (or divorce)
    751 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 28 CHARTER PROPOSES TO LEGALISE ALL MARRIAGES UNDER ANY LAW OR CUSTOM A REVISED women’s charter published today makes it a bigamous offence tor any person to contract a further marriage after he is already lawfully married “under any law, religion, custom or
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    DEFENCE: KADIR TO TAKE ON KEY JOB
    221 12 LUMPUR. Feb. 28. The key post of Secretary for Defence in the Federation is to be Malayanised shortly. Inche Abdul Kadir bin Shamsuddin, 41. will succeed the present holder of the post. Mr. R. G. K. Thompson, due to retire in April. Inche
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    U.S. trade team in Penang
    37 12 PENANG. Feb. 28—Memoers of the visiting American trade mission today gave interviews at the E and O Hotel to local businessmen. The interviews will continue tomorrow from 9 a m to noon.
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    Injured airman’s mother is flown in
    169 12 SINGAPORE. Feb 27 The mother of a critically injured British airman was flown in from Bournemouth yesterday as Royal Air Force doctors fought to save the life of her 21-year-old son. The airman, Barry Swyer, was badly hurt last Wednesday when his motor-cycle went
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    CHESHIRE V.C. AND WIFE ON BRIEF VISIT
    262 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 28. Captain Leonard Cheshire, Y.C.. predieted today that the Singapore Cheshire Home would become the “parent home** oi it? kind in the region. Group Capt. Cheshire and his wife, the former Miss Susan Ryder, who is noted for her work for
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    $144,000 a year now for Sultan
    91 12 IJUALA TRENGGANU. 1 27—The privy purse Sultan of Trengganu will raised from $120,000 $14*1.000 a year. The State Assembly r..« approved a Bill for this. The assembly approved 1 other Bill increasing allowance of the Speaker the Assembly. Inche Mohan Taib Sabree bin Abu
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    TUC courses
    25 12 SEREMBAN. Feb. 27 Malayan Trades Union 1 gress has decided to orga seminars in vernacular guages for the benefit of English speaking uniom
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    U.N. THANKS TENGKU
    378 13 Mr. N tells of plan to aid Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 28. rpin; assistant secretary-general of the Unitori Nations, Mr. C. V. Narasimham, flew h> re today to say “thank you” to Tengku Abdul Kahman for Malaya’s contribution to the l .y special force in the Congo.
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    Malaya holiday for envoy
    32 13 LUMPUR, Feb. 27. l Ambassa--V‘°*L Mr. Yasusuke arrived here today holiday. He was u lr 'ci by his wife. 'ri f > welcomed at Ly the Japanese Mr Wataru
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    Climbing girl dies in fall
    64 13 SINGAPORE. Feb. 28. A seven-year-old girl, who was fond of climbing up stools and chairs, put a stool on a bed. climbed on top and fell, the state coroner. Mr. Sathi V. Kandiah, was told today. The coroner recorded a misadventure verdict on Boey Chee
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    Successful year for cement, reports company chairman
    187 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 28. PRODUCTION and sales of cement each increased by nearly 80.000 tons to 253,000 tons, this being about 80 per cent of the estimated consumption in the Federation in 1960, reports Mr. A. E. Llewellyn, the chairman, in his annual
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    New cycling record
    68 13 SEREMBAN, Feb. 27 —R. Muthukumaran. 25. a cycling endurance rider from India, set up a new record of 100 hours non-stop cycling here this afternoon. Muthukumaran had done 80 hours non-stop riding at Muar last year and 80 hours ance feat on Feb. 23 at Mr Muthukumaran
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    INJURED AIRMAN: AT ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY SENT TO CHANGI
    222 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 28. AN artificial kidney, on loan from the Singapore General Hospital, is being used to assist in the treatment of a British airman, Barry Swyer, who was critically injured in a motor-cycle accident on Feb. 22. The artificial kidney, which
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    C-plan award to study geology
    62 13 TAIPING, Feb. 27. Shu Yeoh Khoon, 20, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Szu Wei Cheng of Taiping has been awarded a Colombo Plan scholarship to study geology in New Zealand. He Is a former student of the St. George’s Institution here and the St.
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    Ismail at Interior Ministry
    76 13 'J'HE Federation’s Minister of Internal Security, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, has assumed the duties of Minister of Interior in additnm to his own post. The Minister of Interior—his brother, Dato Suleiman bin Dato Abdul Rahman—is now in Hong Kong on sick leave. On
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    Bursaries for varsity students
    350 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 28 THE Ministry of Education today announced tne offer of bursaries to students who have already been admitted te Nanyang University, or who will be admitted to courses of study in the University of Malaya. Bursaries will be awarded on the basis of scholastic
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    P.P.P. MEN IN WALK OUT
    848 14 Seenivasagam blasts chairman (‘His policy is divide and rule’) then heads withdrawal IPOH, March 1 fPHE People's Pro- gressive Party members walked out of a special meeting of the Ipoh Town Council this evening after their leader, Mr. I). R. Seenivasagam, had accused the council
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    LEONG: CHINESE SHOULD UNITE IN ONE PARTY
    312 14 T__ IPOH, March 1. rlL Minister tor Justice, Tun Leong Yew Koh, said here last night lhat all Chinese should unite under one party, Ihe Malayan Chinese Associalion, to protect (heir rights, freedom and prosperity. He was speaking at a meeting of the
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    ANGRY COUNCIL TO SEND DELEGATION TO CHIEF MINISTER
    260 14 BUKIT MERTAJAM, March 1. THE Bukit Mcrtajam Town Council will send a J three-man delegation to see the Penang Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, on March 4 to present its grievances against the “obstacles and hindrances’* imposed on the council’s proposed
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    Hanging death
    48 14 SINGAPORE. March I.—The Assistant Coroner, Mr. Loke Slew Hoong, today recorded a verdict of suicide on Madam Tan Lan Kwee, 67. of Pasir Panjang Road, who died on Dec. 22 la.st year, a day after she was found hanging from a window bar in her room.
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    Hospital appeal
    25 14 KUALA SELANGOR, March. L The Kuala Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce has decided to ask the government to set up a hospital here.
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    U.N. wants to set up office in Malaya
    224 14 KUALA LUMPUR March, 1. The United Nations plans to set up an office in Kuala Lumpur to facilitate technical assistance to Malaya and neighbouring; countries. This was stated here today by Mr. C.V. Narasimham. Under-Secretary ot Special Political Affairs and Associate Managing
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    Bennett’s term extended
    48 14 Bennett’ s term extended SINGAPORE, March 1 extension of the appointrra of Mr. C.M. Bennett as !Ii Commissioner for New land in the Federation been announced by Prime Minister, Mr. K. J H yoake, according to a Pr release issued by the C< missioner for New Zealand Singapore.
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    ONG: THE BIG DEBATE Condemn him —motion by Deputy P.M.
    626 15 SINGAPORE, March t yhE SINGAPORE Legislative Assembly today began I its debate on the Chua Commission of Inquiry report which had dismissed as "groundless and reckless" allegations of nepotism by the former Minister for National Development, Mr. Ong Eng Guan,
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    NEW BISHOP HOPES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL CHURCH
    225 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 28. new Bishop of Singapore and Malaya, the Rt. Rev. C. K. Sansbury, today pledged support for “those in authority in all their endeavours for the moral, social and educational welfare of the country. In his first interview with the
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    DANGEROUS IMPORTED FLOWERS: BY A RUBBER EXPERT
    267 15 Kuala lumpur, March 1. The pretty flowers that visitors to Malaya sometimes carry when they step out of the plane or from a ship may be a menace to plants here. They may bear dangerous plant diseases from overseas and are not supposed
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    New S’pore Umno is ready
    115 15 SINGAPORE, March I.—Tlv* drive to reorganise the Singaoore Umno has ended. An Umno source said today that all was ready for Inche Mohammed Khir Johari. the Federation Minister for Commerce and Industry, to pick a deputy chairman, treasurer and secretary-gene-ral to run the party. Inche
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    FRENCHWOMAN FINDS MALAYA FASCINATING
    109 16 ALA LUMPER. March 2 —Madame Margaret de lon hr uni* is spending a month in Malaya Katharine material to tell people on the Continent all about the Federation—in French. Senior Malayan Government officials and others who know the country have aqreed to write a series of
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    Lock icon U.N. offers $2 mil. aid yearly
    372 16 WORLD BODY MAN NEEDED IN CAPITAL TO DEAL WITH GOVT. REQUESTS: NARASIMHAM KUALA LUMPUR, March 2. THE United Nations is willing to help Malaya to the extent of $2 million a year in technical aid, a top U.N. executive said toda\ Tlie U.N. Under-Secretary
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    BAKAR: DISBAND THE PICKETS AND I’LL MEET DELEGATION
    208 16 KUALA LUMPUR. March 2. r rHE Mentri Besar of Selangor, Dato A'bu Bakar bin Baginda, today sent word to the picketing wife and supporters of restricted resident Abdul Hamid bin Haji Tuah, 34, that he would meet their delegation on one condition.
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    Three scouts for Australia
    47 16 KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 Three senior Malayan scouts will leave by air for Australia on March 26 for a four-day leadership course at Gilwell Park, Victoria. They are Mr. S. Ratnasingam, Miss Mary Liau Siew Yin and Tnche Mohamed Ibrahim bin Abdul Samad.
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    Padi contest
    29 16 PENANG, March 2 This year’s district pad! competition in Penang Island will be held at the Kongsi Malay School Balik Pulau, at 10.15 a.m on March 23.
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    Accord on trade pact with Burma
    127 16 17UALA LUMPUR. March 2-. Mr. Cheah Theam Swee, Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry, announced on his return from Rangoon today that Malaya and Rurma are to sign a trade agreement. Mr. Cheah. who led a 13man trade and goodwill mis- sion to Eurma,
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    Malaya has open road to US trade, he says
    235 16 IPOH, March 2. MR. Robert F. Kendall, a member of the United States trade mission to Malaya, told businessmen here today that Malaya had “on* 1 of the most open roads to trade with the l that I have ever heard
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    Ong ‘DISHONOURABLE’ Hong Lim election challenge
    625 17 SINGAPORE, March 2. AFTER a two-day debate, the Singapore Legislative Assembly today passed a motion which condemned the former Minister for National Development, Mr. Ong Eng Guam for dishonourable conduct as an Assemblyman and abuse of the privilege of the Assembly. The voting was
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    YUSOF ORDERS POLL
    76 17 SINGAPORE. March 2.—The Yang di-Pertuan Negara. Inche Yusof bin Ishak. today issued a writ of election ordering a by-election at Hong Lim. Nominations will be accepted on March 11 between 11 a.m. and noon at the Ministry ot Home Affairs conference room. Nomination forms can be obtained
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    Ecafe meeting
    30 17 KUALA LUMPUR. March 2. The Australian High Commissioner in Malaya. Mr. T. K. Critchley. will leave for New Delhi on March 8 to attend the 17th Ecafe session.
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    Postal agency
    23 17 KUALA LUMPUR. March 2 A new' postal agency has been opened at Bukit Selambu in Kedah, it was announced here today
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    Fall to death
    32 17 SINGAPORE. March. 2. A patient in Tan Tock Seng hospital. Tay Sek Wee. 87. fell 90 it. to his death from the fifth floor of the hospital here today.
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    TIN WARNING TO GOVT: TAXES MAY ‘CRIPPLE US’
    382 17 KUALA LUMPUR, March 2. T'HE Federation Government has been warn- ed that there are signs that Malaya's tin production will decline and that large investments in the industry can no longer be contemplated due to “unfavourable conditions." Mr. D. C. Thomson, chairman
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    In Malay
    24 17 TANJONG MALIM, March 2 Most of the signboards of shops here are now in Malay as well as in the other languages
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  • Article
    OVERLANDER TRIO ARE ROBBED
    209 17 IPOH, March, 2. Three overlanders, including a woman, who are on their way from England to Australia had some of their belongings stolen from their two cars near Chemor, 13 miles north of here, at about 1.30 a.m. today. The travellers are Mr. William Henry Garner.
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    PREMIER’S TASK
    389 18 KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 Off today for talks in London TENGKU Abdul Rahman leaves today for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ conference in London and the big task that it will entail. The conference itself will be far reaching, touching on international as well as Commonwealth problems. Tlie Tengku
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    MAN ‘SCARING AWAY THE HEAVENLY DOG’ BITTEN BY REAL ONE
    108 18 pLNANG. March 3. A labourer who was hanging a tin can to •scare away the legendary heavenly dog from swallowing the moon" last night was bitten by a real dog at Ayer Itam. near here. The labourer was one of
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    Admiralty chief due on visit
    48 18 SINGAPORE. March 3. The First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Carrington, will arrive here for a six-day visit on March 19 He will be accompanied by his Naval Secretary. Rear Admiral F. R. Twiss, and Principal Private Secretary, Mr. A R M. Jaffray.
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    Zakiah now in charge of women police
    66 18 At 22, pretty Che Zakiah binte Laidin (above) is an acting A.S.P. and the new officer supervising the 131 women police in the Federation. She succeeds A.S.P. Raja Nor |asmi, who has left the force. Perak-born Che Zakiah joined the police in August,
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    A ‘FIGHTING FUND’ IS LAUNCHED BY ALLIANCE
    424 18 KUALA LUMPUR, March 3. T'HE Tengku Abdul Rahman National Fund, A which will help finance the Alliance ampaign in the 1964 general election, was launched today. Political organisations which subscribe 4 thp principles declared in the Alliance 1P59 tion manifesto may draw on
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    Injured airman is flown to Britain
    126 18 SINGAPORE. Mu: h 3- Barry Swyer. 'h e British airman st •"'ly injured in a ,r cycle accident hen )n Feb. 22, was flc-.n to Britain today for r ment. Travelling with hi i his mother. Mrs. A E Swyer. who ilew c West
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    TENGKU OFF TO LONDON
    333 19 XER NATIONS MUST ,E A SAY—OR ELSE S >uth Africa? ATJHCzS« V7'a:.'VP Ai,' fwSSEw'iTv#*;- *ijl? *V\ < 4 *mr Republic issue must come first KUALA LUMPUR. March 4 THE Federation Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, warned today that the Commonwealth would split if the smaller nations
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    Radio men are all right, says Aussie expert
    115 19 '>». March 4. Mr. Thompson, an radio man here he Colombo Plan, he was favourahr se d with Malayan 'f rs, although some v accentuated v incorrectly. ;»mpson, here to .io Malaya staff In interview techa,.; he had K„: J0l *r courses
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    TREBLE FOR MOSES LEE
    962 19  -  By c SCRUTINEER: Ipoh, March’S AfOSES LEE, riding in top form, scored a grand treble on Promise, PcvJwinltle and Ten Per Carat, on the opening day of the Perak Turf Club’s March meeting here today. Promise, owned by/ Honour Stable and trained by Ahmad, outstayed his
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    Aussie training for official
    58 19 IPOH, March 4. Mr. Tan Hoe Kwee, the Ipoh Town Councirs Market Superintendent, will leave soon on a twomdnth course In Victoria, Australia, for specialist training In managing abattoirs Sr On his return, Mr. Tan will be appointed super- Intendent of the council abattoirs. Mr. Tan’s
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    British visitor
    40 19 > ,’y r •r SINGAPORE. March Britaln’s assistant -Undersecretary (Works) at the War Office, Mr. H. H. Hobbs, arrived yesterday by a British United Airways chartered plane to begin a two-week visit to Singapore and the Federation. >. >&JF'' Vjr
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      65 19 THE .BIG SWEEP ■.-a s V i*8i'tl'~ TOTAL POOL! A $185,800 f!*ST: N«. *****8 $50,740 SECOND: No. *****9 $23,847 $12.1 THIRD: Nq. *****1 .177 TTARTfftS ($1,812 each) Not. *****6. *****5, *****8, *****1. *****8, 268J76, *****9. CONSOLATION ($1,000 each): Not. *****0. *****6, *****2, *****2. *****7, *****7, *****7. *****0. *****6. *****6, Last
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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      Advance in rubber price is puzzle
      555 20 rnHE rubber market f opened on a buoyant note and a peak of 851 cents for March was reached on Tuesday before, a reaction set in report Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. > Ltd. In their weekly review. The advance Is somewhat puzzling to the
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      CLOSING PRICES
      35 20 rubber tin (per- lb.) (per picul) Fob. Z 7 U% cU -8401, M.W 1400.25 Rlarch 1 v 82% cU $399.50 2 nin eta. S4H :V 3 82 Vf cti. $488.50 A- s $481.25
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      22 20 miniiiri' rlcet) Fleet Malayan A .82 t.4fl KacoM Malayan 1.. 1.10 1.1? Klral Hong Kong 1 27 l.Sfi (H.K. currency)
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      Nothing wrong despite fears of speculators
      178 20 By Our Market Correspondent THERE does not seem to be much wrong with Malayan Share Markets at present despite the whines of speculators. Some tin share operators are stili cooling their Angers, but they are likely to be with us for a very long
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1457 20 THE state of shares on the Malays n Stock Exchange showing lasi business to Feb- 25 (A) and last business since that date (B), with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business last year and to date, was: INIOSftIAU i fi t sm ahgfis. 1.00
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      728 20 Current Dale of Total payment payment for I’ E. ortl. 10% March. 30 4r ss-rt «?♦.<■/Eh- 71 Interim The pan-Malayan breu falhfi and losses yma: h u tout losses, six gutna; 19 gams. 9 losses; dollar r<, u gain* and listed sterling lli9 gains. Features included a n
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