The Straits Budget, 29 March 1961

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    26 1 The Straits Budget THf WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALATAI NATIONAL NIWSfAPIK *1 Kuala Lumpur, March 29, 1961. Price 40 cents (Malaya) f T gjjUng
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      MALAYA SON ESTATES
      76 2  -  JOHN 1-ROHH k Ch.?irnui Harrisons and (Federation of Malaga) Ltd Kuala Lumpur I had not sssnsus? ri letter by Mr. T. general secret SSS“»t"8 ,4 msi,“ in rcutivf petition on estate Ulld the Harrisons c}S flWa agency are: Managers and actin, managers 7; sfin supervisors 68; p:
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      THE HUNT FOR LODGINGS
      158 2  -  Special problem of out-station students MAI1 SIAA PONG Batu Arang. A LAKUE number of students of various schools in Kuala Lumpuf face the serious difficulty of finding a suitable place to lodge. They come chiefly from small towns or villages miles away from their schools Some
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      Anti-colonial slogans
      115 2  -  EX-COLONIAL Singapore. WE can all agree with Mr Jek Yuen Thong, the •PAP candidate in the Hong Llm by-election, that there is no glory to be got in Singapore today by shouting anti-colonial slogans. But Mr. Jek ought not to suggest, as he did, that Jail was the
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      Cambridge criteria
      60 2  -  K. F. LEE Singapore. IUCH has been said about the recent Cambridge results. Whilst it Is the* tendency for teachers and students alike to boast about and glorify their schools which attain good results one 'must not forget that the criterion of a good school 1s in the
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      The day I tried to buy skimmed milk powder
      156 2  -  J. It. MOSS Singapore. I WENT to my cold storage shop the other day to buy a tin of skimmed milk powder. Skimmed milk is used extensively in cooking and baking as it contains all the nutriments of fresh milk minus
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      HARD LABOUR AT A GOVT. HOSPITAL
      250 2  -  A MOTHER Kuala Lumpur. *THE wide publicity given to Dr LlewellynJones’ remarks on the small maternity home has not drawn many letters from yom readers But it seems to me, in this instance at least, that any implied tribute to the hospitals is misplaced
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      The bursary hold-up hardship
      161 2  -  C TAJ Singapore. AM happy to laite that yearly the Singapore Governmrtit is awarding larger number ol bursaries to students seekiiu; admission to the University ol Malaya. Nanyang University and the Polytechnic I have one complaint to make, namely, tint the award of bursarie usually made
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      Right presaription
      43 2  -  G. H SAKIT Kuala Lumpur. Overheard in Federal House lift Government clerk to friend: “When 1 want a medical certificate for a day off I go to the General Hospital. But when I need medicine I. go to a private doctor.'*
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      Mrs. Leon Soh
      15 2  -  V Singapore. Mrs. leon-si missed her She should lu* an actress. y
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon Unity Of Purpose
      627 3 -Straits Times. March 21 11 ica s decision 1o uinmon wealth lias ,io the background whole of the rest of transacted at the (.1 Commonwealth p, /listers. This was a ,u> meeting, quite n the South African mo the admission to >n wealth of two new mt
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      Lock icon Estate Students
      380 3 Straits Times. March 21 Managerships of estates in the Guthrie Group will in future be ('pen to Malayans. The firm declaration is one that other European estates and groups which have not already done so should quickly make on their own behalf. It would be encouraging too if
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      Lock icon The Crisis In Laos
      615 3 —Straits Times, March 22 Unless the new British attempt to reconvene the 1954 international commission for Laos is successful, next week’s meeting of the Ministerial Council of the South-East Asia Tr eaty Organisation will be confronted by crisis. The sit_ uation in Laos has deteriorated to
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      Lock icon New Powers
      346 3 —Straits Times. March 22 It can be accepted that the Sarawak government is acting with the best of intentions when it equips itself with powers to revoke printing licences. Tension has been building up as a result of a sustained campaign, chiefly conducted in the Chinese press, against
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      Lock icon Driving To Rule
      277 3 Straits Times, Marcr .‘2 There can be no objection to the police enforcing traffic laws which they are employed to uphold. But the motorist has a mild grievance when without notice a regulation which has never been enforced, and which most motorists consequently have forgotten was ever
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      Lock icon Nuclear Ban Hopes
      651 3 —Straits Times March 23 The c' ncessions which Am«*r.c:i ind Britain have made to Russia on nuclear test inspection and controls have brought the Geneva conference to the threshold of agreement. The initial Russian reaction is not discouraging. Mr. Tsarapkin, the chief Russian delegate, professes to see
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      Lock icon Welcome Tribute
      141 4 —Straits Times March 23 Singapore’s Legislative Assembly yesterday unanimously supported a resolution, presented by the Prime Minister, to give $lO,OOO towards the cheer of Malayan troops serving under the United Nations Command in the Congo. The donation is made “in appreciation of their work to preserve peace and
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      Lock icon Singapore’s Plan
      662 4 —Straits Times. March 24 It is nearly twelve months since the broad outline of Singapore’s development plan began to emerge The plan has still to be published—it will engage the Assembly’s attention next month —but the twelve months have not been wasted, nor has development stagnated. Development is
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      Lock icon Language Week
      142 4 Straits Times. March 24 The Federation having held, with considerable success, a National Language Week last year and the first phase of National Language Month last February, it was not surprising that there should have been desire for a similar campaign in Singapore. Inche Mohamed Ali Alwi, who
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      Lock icon One Man One Wife
      694 4 —Straits Time.'. Mu"; The principles of the Women’s Charter, which is occupying the attention of Singapore’s legislature again, won general acceptance when the original bill was published a year ago. In the select committee proceedings, during the course of a very thorough examination of the charter,
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    64 4 personal DEATH FENNEY: At Lad> Tea pital on March 22 If 1 Martindale Fenney. Funeral 23.3.61 S' M r 5 p.m. and thence to C e -e Wreaths to the C. before 4 pm. ACKNOV»i.£i>OMI MADAM Florence Aria: es to express her hey tltude to all tho->e k’*' who sent
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    Lost...and found WHAT WE GAIN FROM V’s GOING—a new Commonwealth
    989 5  - Lost...and found WHAT WE GAIN FROM V’s GOING— a new Commonwealth by VERNON BARTLETT SINGAPORE, March 24 MylTH both Mr. Nehru w W ana Dr. V er woerd claiming that South Africa’s departure from the Commonwealth is a groat victory, it is not easy to estimate what ir. fact has
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    Back PAP at Hong Lim poll, 1,000 unionists urge
    600 5 SINGAPORE. March 24. —More tha ill,ooo unionists, hawkers, farmers and students last night gave their wholehearted support to the Peoples’ Action Party in the Hong Lim by-election and called on the people of Hong Lim to choose wisely on polling day.
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    Lock icon MCC captain talks to the crowd
    110 6 THEY UR6E ‘SPEECH’: HE REPLIES ‘WE REGRET VERY MUCH STAY SO SHORT’ IyENNIS SILK, the M.C.C. captain, addressing the crowd immediately after the match against AllMalaya in Kuala Lumpur on March ’V. The crowd surged near the entrance of the pavilion and asked for
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    Mystery of double deaths deepens
    172 6 SINGAPORE, March 20. THE mystery of tlie? double deaths at Changi two weeks ago of lawyer Mr. Y. 11. Tsan and his wife deepened loday as island-wide appeals were circulated by the police. Thi* first appeal Is directed to a taxi-driver, who was stopped by
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    Harbour cable: A warning
    47 6 PENANG. March 20.—The Federation’s marine headquarters has warned mariners to avoid cable operations in Penang Harbour A black conical buoy has V r-n put up in the harbour to mark t fir* break in underwater cable an I the position of diving operations.
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    Crowd sees clerk with $4,000 abducted
    138 6 SINGAPORE. March 20.—A lurge lunchtime crowd watched without helping or calling the police as a clerk was abducted in Circular Road here today. Two thugs bundled the clerk. Cling Cliek Jiang, 29, into a car and drove him to River Valley Road, robbing him
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    Author to speak
    32 6 PENANG. March 20. Geoffrey Bull, missionary-author ml “When Iron Gates Yield”* will be the main speaker at the eight-day Bible school at the Penang Burmah Road Hall from tomorrow.
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    Strict entry rules protect local jobs, Lee explains
    969 6 SINGAPORE, March 20 'J'HE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, last night explained the need for stnc: immigration laws to save jobs for local people. j “Not everybody should be allowed to bring in his relatives to Singapore from India and China.”
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    PAP promises not kept, Ong charges
    556 7 SINGAPORE, March 20. k nr(>L crowd jammed Hong Li m Park and overflowed into the A mi i ounding streets when th e former Minister for National DevH -Piaent, Mr. Ong Eng Gua n, held the first rally in his Hong lim election campaign
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    Re-elected
    29 7 KUANTAN. March 20.—Dato *Mig Kwan Tan. a Pahang Stat executive and legislative councillor, has been re-elect ed chairman of the board of managers of Sultan Abdullah School here.
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    Ship runs aground, soon refloated
    161 7 SINGAPORE, March 20. The 1,383-ton freighter Bentong, owned by the Sarawa*. Steamship Company, was refloated this evening after going aground on Cruisere Rock, 10 miles from Kuching, this morning. An SOS received in Labuan at 10 am. said the shipbound from Singapore to Kuching—was in
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    Found hanging
    33 7 BATU GAJAH, March 20.—A rubber tapper, T. Mamkammal, 24, mother of four, was found hanging in a room at Klnta Valley Estate on the evening of March 18. Police are investigating.
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    S’PORE TO GIVE $10,000 TO CHEER OUR CONGO MEN
    199 7 SINGAPORE, March 20. The Government will ask the Legislative Assembly when it meets on March 22 to approve a gift of 810,000 for the welfare of Mala yan troops in the Congo Subject to the recommenda lion of the Yang di-Per-tuan
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    Varsity library: A $2 mil. plan
    41 7 KUALA LUMPUR. March 20 —A $2 million expansion plan will make the University of Malaya Library here the finest in South-Fast Asia Under this plan the library building will be six times its present size.
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    New factory
    33 7 JOHORF BAHRU. March 20. The Sultan of .Tohore. Sir Ism .11. will oflic’ illy open the new factory of Malayan Batteries Ltd at Jalan Tampol on March 22 at 4.45 p.m.
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE UMNO’s VITAL ROLE
    563 8 SINGAPORE, March 20 Khir’s big diplomatic victory —warring factions call it quits THE chairman of the Singapore Lnino liaison committee, Inche Mohammed Khir Johari, yesterday stressed that the party could play an important role in nation-building in Singapore, despite its small size. Singapore Umno, he said,
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    TRANSPORT PROBE LEADER IN
    80 8 SINGAPORE. March 20.—Mr. K. Santhanam, an Indian M.P., arrived here by plane tonight on his way to Kuala Lumpur, where he will study Malaya’s transport problems. Mr Santhanam, a former Minister of Railways, is heading a three-man delegation sent under the Colombo Plan for a three-month
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    SUPPORT FOR SARAWAK ‘INSTRUCT IN ENGLISH’ PLAN
    346 8 SUPPORT FOR SARAWAK INSTRUCT IN ENGLISH’ PLAN KUCHING, March 21 TWO of the five divisional advisory councils in Sarawak have given their support to the Government plan to use English as the medium of instruction in all secondary schools in the country. The Second Division Advisory Council, at its meeting
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    THREE BOYS ACCUSED
    90 8 KUALA LUMPUR, March 21.—Three schoolboys were brought to court today to face a charge of housebreaking and stealing 'll Chinese comics. All were brothers and were 12. 11 and nine years old. The three boys were accused of entering a part of the Jinjang South Chinese School
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    English and the reluctant Chinese school principals
    527 9 TEACHERS’ UNION CHIEF HITS OUT AT HEADS PENANG, March 21 rpl§f-. president of 1 i tit 1 Association 4 ,i Tea/.* hers of English Chinese Schools* Mr. Loh Tham Liat. today crititi i t? the reluctance ot principals to increase English teaching hours
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    TEACHER IS ATTACKED AFTER ROAD ACCIDENT
    128 9 KOTA BHARU. March 21 A >i hiM)i teacher. Inche Nik mar bin Idris, was attacked by kampong peoyesterday evening dtrr an accident involva a cyclist at the 10th n 'ic tone Melor Kota Bhai j Road. l-chp Nikomar. of the KamP :.e Eharu Malay
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    New industrial research plan
    207 9 KUALA LUMPUR. March 21. MALAYAN Industrial Development Finance I*l Ltd. is to set up a research deparlment to initiate new ideas regarding industrial develop- ment in the country. It will find out what products normally imported into Malaya can be economically produced here, a spokesman told
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    THAT TRIP —GROUSE BY INDIAN TRADERS
    196 9 Malacca. March 21. The Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce today expressed disappointment that no Indian trader was included among the 92 Malayans leaving this week on a Government sponsored tour of neighbouring countries. Mr. K. P. Dawood. the president. said that he welcomed the
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    A PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE
    234 9 Assembly planning to set up SINGAPORE, March 21. f |'HE Legislative Assembly is expected to set up a committee of privileges tomorrow to consider complaints of breach of privilege or any matter which appears to affect the powers and privileges of the Assembly. A motion amending the
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    St. George’s president
    87 9 IPOH, March 21— Mr G E Pearson. secretary o* the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines, has bee.*: elected president of the Perak branch of the Royal Society of St. George. The society will celebrate St. George’s Day on April 22 anc will make a special drive to enrol
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    Tapper took $2,000
    40 9 KUALA LIPIS, March 21. A tapper. Tal See, today pleaded guilty to breaking into the home of a bird ,e '-man on Feb. 12 anc! steal:: v *2 000 Set tence was p< ned to April If).
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    STARTED ON $1 A DAY...
    53 9 r h 21. Mr. c h '“w. 64. died at r man Abdullah Muar from was 19 and became a goldsmith apprentice. earning $1 a day. Soon he owned a goldsmith shop. He was a partner of several firms. He leaves a widow, nine children
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    Suspect held
    26 9 SINGAPORE. March 21 A secret society suspect was arrested in East Coast Road yesterday and later detained under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance.
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    A SCHOOL FOR FISHERMEN
    76 9 SINGAPORE. March 21 The Japanese Government plans to set up a fishing industry training centre in Singapore, two Japanese officials said \siien they visited the Ministry of Labour and Law. They were Mr. G VVata- nabe. former Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, and Mr. I. Tsuge,
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    THAILAND BORDER CHECK: IT’S ROUTINE
    86 10 |(l’ A LA LUMPUR. March 21. —An agency report that people were crossing the Mala>an border into Thailand in large numbers surprised the Thai Ambassador here. Mr. Tliaitinant Na Kanong. today. According to the report, the Thai authorities had ordered a close watch on the
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    Why tourists should visit S’pore
    100 10 SINGAPORE. March 21 Singapore’s 19G1 Orient Year U the subject of the Over League Essay competition tor secondary school children here. The children have been asked to write “a letter in English to a triend outside south-Fast Asia telling them the reaxm why they should
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    Party for 2 retiring chief clerks
    127 10 CI NO A PORE, March 21.—Two chief clerks of Mansfield and Co Ltd., who between they have 81 years of service will retire at the end of this month. They are Mr. Lau Hong Chiang and Mr. Wee Boon Kiang, both 58. Mr. Lau,
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    39 (15 ALLIANCE) TO CONTEST SEREMBAN COUNCIL POLL
    506 10 SEREMBAN, March 21 THIRTY-NINE candidates —15 Alliance, 16 Independents, eight Socialist Front—will contest the Seremban Town Council election on April 22. Today was nomination day toi Ihe election —the first to be held since Ihe suspension ol‘ local council polls 19 monlhs
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    Umno general assembly for Malacca
    150 10 KUALA LUMPUR. March 21. —The Umno general assembly will be held at Malacca on May 6 and 7. This will be the first time in five years that the assembly has been held outside the Federal capital It will also be the first to be
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    Varsity lecture by visitor
    56 10 SINGAPORE. March 21. Ur. S. S. Hsueh. lecturer in Political Science at the University of Hong Kong, who is here on a short visit, will give a public lecture at the National Library on March 24 at 530 p.m. The subject of his talk will be
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    CALL For A PROBE BY THE ALLIANCE
    198 10 KX t ALA TRENGG \r March 21.—The \«h ance here today cui\.ron the Pan-Mau Islamic Party, v.l 1 controls the Trent*' a > u Government, to set' ir a commission to im ,Tcharges made y the Speaker. Inche i Sabree bin Abu Bak
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    Team spirit praised
    68 10 PENANG. March 21 The president of Penang and Province Wellesley branch c: the Federation Red Cr Society. Mr. Soon Che: u S’;: today praised the team >; r.* o: officers ai.d member' "This spirit In our branci. has beer. a living force enabling us to discharge functions
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    TRANSPORT ADVISERS ARRIVE
    178 10 |(UALA LUMPUR. March 21. —Three Indian delegates arrived here today to help Malaya develop its transport system. They are Mi. tC. Santhanam, a Member of Parliament. Mr. De Sa, a member of the Indian Railway Board, and Mr. L. A. Natesan. a transport economist. They will advise
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    French seek chemicals trade
    187 10 gINGAPORE. March 21. Five French trade dele- j gates today described Sdnga-1 pore as a “new and expand-! ing market" for French pro-1 ducts. The mission arrived last night from Bangkok to push sales of chemicals and seek partnerships with local busi-' nessmen in chemical Indus-
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    ‘WIFE LESSON’ THAT ENDED IN MAN’S DEATH
    230 11 WIFE LESSON’ THAT ENDED IN MAN’S DEATH A Hacked then trundled on a bicycle and buried KUALA LUMPUR, March 21. t KIM SWEE, 35, took it upon himself to Lt u h another man a lesson for the way in whirl at* treated his wife. »n the night of Sept
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    Stamps mark installation
    58 11 KUALA LUMPUR, March 21.—A1l post offices livthe Federation w r ill sell a limited number of official first day covers and .special postage stamps to commemorate the installation of the Yang dlPertuun Besar of Negri Sembilan from March 27. The covers and the stamps will also be
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    MURDERER HANGED AT PUDU JAIL
    76 11 LUMPUR, March 'PPt*r. Raja Gopal. v was convicted in V;' h High Court last 'iie murder of an- r K Kandiah, -u'u this morning Jail. t u Copal had been l* 11 v °f murdering Hie sixth mile. MC: near Taiping. L>. 1959. a- case
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    New president of association
    23 11 l! h 21 Mrs.' lias been electot the Muar Fa- I Association. ails are: Secre>vong Tai Kim, Mrs Wong
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    Girl in flowered samfu is found dead in Room 13
    153 11 KUALA LUMPUR. March 21. —A smiling 21 -yearold girl, dressed in a red and yellow flowered samfu. booked room No. 13 at a small hotel along Batu Road at l> p.m. yesterday. Three hours later she was found dead in
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    A South African trade puzzle
    168 11 SINGAPORE, March 21. r JTIE SENIOR Trade Commissioner for South Africa in Singapore, Mr. J. A. Siegruhn, today said he knew of no plans for shifting his country's trade commission in South-East Asia from Singapore to Hong Kong. Mr. Siegruhn was commenting on a Reuter
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    APPEAL COURT WILL NOT UPSET CALL-GIRL MURDER TRIAL VERDICT
    629 11 KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 rpHE Federation Court of Criminal Appeal today refused to interfere with the decision of the Penang High Court which sentenced a youth to death for the murder of a call-girl. The Chief Justice, Dato Sir James Thomson.
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    Towering flats for Singapore ‘REACH for THE SKY’ IS NEW TREND
    301 12 SINGAPORE'S skyward drive for living space is illustrated by the towering blocks of flats which are to be built in the Selegie Koad-Shori Street area. Dominating the blocks will be an 18-storey structure in the centre—Singapore’s highest block of
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    Woman who followed trouble
    219 12 LUMPUR. March 21. —A magistrate, Inche Mohamed Hassan bin Hussein, today told Pia Chaing, 46, a woman, not to follow others “like a goat” and get herself Into trouble. Pia was accused of making a false statement to get a Federal citizenship certificate on Aug. 27
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    Couple freed of assaulting maid with electric iron
    352 12 SINGAPORE, March 21 A Labour Ministry official and his wife were today acquitted of an assault charge which their lawyer said was “fantastic and should never have been brought to court." V. Rajagopal and his wife. Kamala, defended by Mr. S. K.
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    Wife, 17, is molested
    48 12 ALOR STAR. Marc:' -1 housewife, Rohani hi; zah. 17. has reported 4 police that two men r cycles tried to molest a lonely spot in Jalan Wan Jah here last nig’ Rohani said one tr embrace her. She 1 help and the men rod*
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    His Hari Raya cracker mood
    38 12 PENANG. March Charged with firing at Tanjong Tokong 17. Mohamed Shari: s. 20. explained in cuu:* he was in Hari Raya and “wanted to let steam.” Sharif, who pleaded was admonished and charged
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    Lock icon Sultan chats with two of ‘Wonderland’ hedgehogs
    70 13 \|ARY HERBERT ana 1 Evangenne Sung, h'tlo hoogehogs in in Wonderland” wide-eyed at the of Selangor 11 e went bacKat the Kuala «i: Town Hall on tit of March 21. /V inly performances r\y r i Malayan Arts L 1 Group produc'0: go
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    Dance for fund
    32 13 T r;»t. 1UllU March 22. An ]}■< s vil1 be held at I a )^A >SS n f Stadium. April l f rom 9 :};J 111 a id of the
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    Singapore plans a language week
    297 13 SINGAPORE, March 22 rpHE Singapore Gov- ernment plans a language veek to popularise ana teach the national language. Mr S. Rajaratnam, the Minister for Culture, told the Legislative Assemoly today. He was answering a question by Inche Mohamed Ml bln Alwi (Umno. Kampong Kembangan). Asked
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    TAPPERS CAUGHT YOUTH WHO MOLESTED GIRL
    105 13 ITUALA KUBU BAHRU, iMarch 22.—A youth stopped molesting a girl tapper, aged 14, and cycled off when he saw five other estate workers approach, the Magistrate’s Court here was told yesterday. The five men gave chase and caught him about two miles away. The
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    $310,000 HAVOC AS HUGE STORM BATTERS KLANG
    318 14  -  By LUCIAN PETERS: KLANG. March 22 rrOTAL damage caused by a two-hour thunrier- storm here last night was estimated today to be more than $310,000 More than 500 people occupying over 50 houses were made homeless In Klang's worst storm in 20 years.
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    Fireman dies at station
    44 14 KUALA LUMPUR. March 22.—A fireman, Mohamed Yunus bin Tuani, 30, who was waiting for a change of guard at the Central Fire Brigade Station here yesterday colansed in the rest room and died. He leaves a wife and four children
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    WELCOME FOR THE TENGKU
    137 14 Kuala lumpur, March 22. The 1 Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will be given a hero’s welcome i when he returns from the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ conference early next month. Alliance headquarters is to set up a special committee to arrange for the welcome which will
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    Rural plan as a weapon against hunger, poverty
    214 14 Rural plan as a weapon against hunger poverty KUALA LUMPUR, March 22. MALAYA'S rural development programme is a powerful weapon to meet the threat of hunger and poverty, said Mr. George Mulgrus today. Mr. Mulgrus, the regional information adviser of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, is on a 10-day visit
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    Radio, game set for patients
    53 14 SEREMBAN, March 22. Mlnety patients of the T.B. Sanatorium, seven miles from here, were today presented vith 5450 radio by the Independent Missionary Movement of Singapore. The presentation was made by the Rev A C Davidson who also donated a tabletennis set complete with table
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    A TENGKU’S EXAM PRESENT: TRIP TO HONG KONG
    63 14 A TENGKU’ S EXAM PRESENT: TRIP TO HONG KONG SINGAPORE, March 2i Tengku Putri Kam.ui 19-year-old daughter the Sultan of Pahang in the Asia today fn« round trip to Hong K;" a present from her fa* for passing the S'Cambridge examination She was accompanied the Sultan. his Cot. and 14
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      94 14 Hong Kong Far East BUILDER Established 1936 A Hi-Monthly periodical of Building of Real Estate Activities in Hong Kong and the Far East. C(>NfAINS 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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    Dr. GOH’S $871 MIL. DEVELOPMENT PLAN
    586 15 SINGAPORE, March 22 STATE is facing URGENT TASKS rplf Singapore Legislative Assembly apis 1 i>ved today a Bill authorising the GovrnI, (i n t to raise locally and overseas loans lota i hug million to help finance the st ill N development plan. total
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    JOURNALIST DIES IN HOSPITAL
    310 15 KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 THE death occurred today in Lady Templer Hospi--1 tal of Mr. Derrick Martindale Penney, the assistant editor ol' the Malay Mail. He was 34. He was taken seriously ill on the morning of March 18 with a heart attack at his home
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    Off-course bets from April
    604 15 SCHEME BEGINS ON SINGAPORE DERBY MEETING—BY CASH OR BY PHONE Kuala lumpur, March 22.—The Federation's newlyformed Totalisator Board is to have a chain of offices in the smaller towns to cater for punters when the off-course betting system, which starts on April 1. has been fully
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    Open verdict
    55 15 SINGAPORE, March 22. The assistant coroner. Mr. Loke Siew Hoong, today recorded an open verdict on a woman. Chan Kin Sum. 75. of Kee f’ho'' Avenue, who died In the General Hospital on the morning of Dec. 9 last year, a day after she' was knocked down by
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    Anti-diphtheria
    23 15 SINGAPORE, March 22 The f .cgislativc Assembly today passed a Bill to make comoulsory the immunisation of infants and children against diphtheria.
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      29 15 AITS BUDGET 3CRIPTION RATES in advance) Quortorly Y eorly Nc postage 5.20 Br. North «>cl pobtoge 5.75 Ir>cl postage 4.75 Kk>m '•trol, G o n y 12.00 s> Airfreight
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    KING TELLS LEADERS TO STUDY CO-OP SYSTEM
    390 16 It’s best weapon to improve rural living standards ITUALA LUMPUR, March 23. The Yang di Pertuan Agong today urged leaders of rural people to study the co-opera-tive movement. He said that the rural people could be got out of their indebtedness oniy by
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    Mr. Nair accuses S’pore bankers
    385 16 SINGAPORE, March 23. MR. C. V. DEVAN NAIR, a union leader, today accused the Singapore members of the Malayan Exchange Banks’ Association of “a brazen attempt to coerce the community and the Government to take sides in a trade dispute.” He was speaking at an
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    BUMPER PADI CROP (139 m. GANTANGS) for KEDAH FARMERS
    174 16 ALOR STAR, March 23 KEDAH farmers this year harvested 13 millior gantans of padi more than the last season With harvesting virtually complete, latest figures show an estimated total yield ot 139.550.000 gantangs for the State’s 65.000 padi planters. This was
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    Troops arrival
    23 16 SINGAPORE. March 23Troops of the No. 3 Army Air Supply organisation, will arrive here in the troopship Oxfordshire on March 25.
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    U.S. study offer to scholars
    179 16 SINGAPORE. March 23. Fifty outstanding scholars from all over the world will be awarded a one-year graduate study course at leading institutions in the United States during this year, the Ford Motor Company of Malaya (Ltd.) announced here today. The awards come under the Ford
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    To let—for overseas men only
    115 16 To let —for overseas men only SINGAPORE, March 22 The Singapore Government has reserved a number ot government houses fot officers and technical experts now being recruited from overseas. This was stated in the Legislative Assembly today by the Finance Minister. Dr. Goh Keng Swee in answer to a question
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    King to visit Malacca
    36 16 KUALA LUMPUR. March 23.—The Yang di-Pe; Agong will make a State viMt to Malacca early next month Officials are now finalising arrangements, a source t:on: the Prime Minister’s Depa: ment said today.
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    Three NCOs for Britain
    46 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Marc; —Three N.C.O’s of the 1 ration Engineers will for Britain on April 3 1 course at the School of tary Engineering at Br ton Barracks in Kent They are L/Cpl.s Abdul Abu. Mohamed Sharitf Rasim and Yahaya bin karia.
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    KHIR MAKES AN APPEAL TO ‘BUY MALAYAN’
    269 17 K. LUMPUR, March 24 f-‘£ Minister ot Commerce and Industry, M'iche Alohamed Khir bin Johari. today l -bed to all Malavans to “buv Malayan/’ n >ure that every ilayan will support enterprises whe>«ht about by local rt ”n capital or both participation.'* he
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    Couple who met in capital to marry in London
    231 17 KUALA LUMPUK. March 24. —A former magistrate will marry a former social welfare officer, whom he met in the Federal capital three years ago, in London on March 30. Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, wnl interrupt his holiday In southern France
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    Acquitted
    31 17 KUANTAN, March 24. A Town Council mandore S. Arumugam 53. was acquitted in the Sessions Court here today of a charge of assaulting S. Renglah at Kuantan on Jan. 2.
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    The last chance for natural rubber
    461 17 SOW IS THE TIME TO REDUCE COSTS TO MEET COMPETITION OF SYNTHETICS, SAYS UNITED PLANTING ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA K LUMPUR. March 24 HHHE next few years are probably the “last chance” for natural rubber producers to reduce costs to meet the severe competition of
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    Takeover of capital: April 1 is the date
    165 17 KUALA LUMPUR Marih 24 r pHE Federation Government is to take over the administration of Kuala Lumpur municipality on April 1. This was announced in the Government Gazette today. The takeover follows the approval by Parliament recently of the Federal Capital Act.
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    Dragnet out for a wounded kidnap bid thug
    533 18  -  BLOODSTAINED SHIRT FOUND NEAR ABANDONED GETAWAY CAR: TOWKAY CHEW OUT OF DANGER By JACKIE SAM SINGAPORE, March 24 POLICE this morning launched an island-wide hunl for a wounded member of a kidnap gang which made an unsuccessful attempt to abduct a wealth
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    A KRIS FOR LAST RAF REGIMENT SQUADRON
    143 18 pENANG. March 24. The Governor. Raja Tun Uda bin Raja Muhammad, will present a ceremonial kris to No. 94 (Field) Squadron. R.A.F. Regiment, at its farewell parade at Butterworth on March 29. The officer commanding. RAF Regiment (Malaya h Wing Commander C. H.
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    Why Malaya buys less and less British
    197 18 LONDON, March 24 rFHE most frequent Malayan complaints about British goods speak of high prices, broken delivery dates, out-of-date design and poor after-sales service, says the British Treasury’s monihly review Bulletin for Industry. The bulletin says that British exports to the pan-Malayan market
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    WOMAN IS BURNT TO DEATH
    116 18 PENANG, March 24 HOUSEWIFE, Sathiabhama Vasudivan, 37 -as burnt to death early this morning; at her t: Tie in Church Street. Her body was found in a oathroom at about 4 a.m. Two bottles of kerosene and a box of matches were lying nearby. Her
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    $4,895 jewels loss report
    45 18 SINGAPORE. March 24 Mrs. K. L Johnson of B u k i t Timah race course today reported to the police the loss of jewellery worth $4,395. She missed 1 “r jewel b >x from her bedroom at 5 p.m. yesterday
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    Robbers in shop, so he faked sleep
    80 18 SINGAPORE. March 24 Five armed men enl a shop in China Street ly today and stole SI 'H The proprietor of the sh *0 Mr Ong Cheng Kai. t- 1 police that he was awakened at 4 a.m. bv noi He found five
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    New police chief
    18 18 New police c hief TEMERLOH. March Asst Supt. Mali bob bl? mad has taken over as P.D Temerloh.
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    Determined: Surprise win
    755 19  -  f -OM JEEP m i, March 22. P t e r mined 1 ttil! mny Wilson snatched a slU win in the 30 here today, tv uel beat Kra»ato. i neck to pay dtvici of Sll« and $26 Dt t od is trained o* r mj, 3reuielen
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    McGROWDIE TAKES FOUR
    901 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP THF large holiday crowd at Penang on March 19 were treated to very good racing, the highlight being McGrowdie’s four winners, half the programme. McGrowdie rode a winning double .nr his patron, L and T StuiM the sixth race .on More Tm and the
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    Promotions for eight Malays in Govt.
    184 19 ttINGAPORL, March 22. Good news for eight serving Malay officers in the Government was revealed in the Legislative Assembly here today by Dr. Goh Kerig Swee, the Minister for Finance. As soon as formalities were completed, he said, these officers would be notified of
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      95 19 ft 4THE BIG SWEEP DRAW TOTAL POOL: $104,220. FIRST PRIZI: No. *****7 $47,100 SCCONO PRIZE: No. *****5 $18,244 THIRD PRIZt: No. *****2 9.422 a B8£ ($4 7n e ch > *****6. *****9. *****2, *****.. CONSOLATION <$1,000 each): Not. *****1. *****9. *****1, *****7. *****1. *****3. *****7. *****4, *****0, *****3. THE BIG
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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      Drop in dollar: A technical adjustment
      876 20 By Our Market Correspondent THE adjustment of the dollar by one-sixteenth of a penny against the pound last week had (to effect on Malayan markets being a largely technical operation. On Monday for the first time for nearly a year the dollar slipped from
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      CLOSING PRICES
      31 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per pieid) Mar. $0 8844 cto $4lO It 88K cto. $4lB 22 8444 cto 8409.4244 22 82M«t*- $418.8244 24 8444 «t». 8412.82 Mr 88 8412.25
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      24 20 (Manaasrs* Prims) First Malayan 1.6T 1.48 BeeooS Malayua l it 1.23 First Boot Koag 1.84 1.48 ■seon« Bong Bens 109 (HI. currency)
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1089 20 THE stole of shares on the Malaya* Stock Exchange rauLfasLijrsa date (B), with H and L steading far Highest and Laws* business last year and to date, was: INDUSTRIALS i Mu antes 1.00 80 Ords 2 JO AtfM ICS ...r 1.39 1.14 Bouitead 1.35 1.40 61/ 40/-
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      $1.2 million for services
      37 20 JOHORE BAHRU, March. 26.—The Johore State Legislative Assembly today approved additional expenditure of $1,294,460 for services this year. It also approved provision of another $148,429 to meet excess expenditure for last year’s services.
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      RUBBER CROPS
      20 20 n^ ,O a 7 >000 X SVJSS u^bw W.SOO ib„ Fajua 158,000 lb., and Ulo Bent 41.000 id.
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      Bears out on local rubber market
      442 20 Bears o ut on local rubber market THIS week’s ldlrJ A has shown pt9 cipitate return i. early March lev s tatl H. C. B. ft Co > td. 3 l their weekly ru vr re] vi»w. y 1 I The upward 'novel meat 0 1 last veei reached 90
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      34 20 Current Dfttc of T*e» jJj Payment payment tar Fttapatrtok* 6% April 43 /lr**?!# I** 1 #rd# 6 ct9t April 22 M p.E Life $1 Aptii u tl W "lnu?im d Aprll M
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