The Straits Budget, 28 June 1961

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    28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NIWSPAMR i vies 775 Kuala Lumpur, June 28, 1961. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 gfeKUng.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      TEACHERS’ PAY IN SINGAPORE
      200 2  -  F. S.J. Singapore IT is time the Singapore Government followed the Federation’s example and adopted a unified salary scale for its teachers too. In the English and Chinese primary schools today there exists a great difference in the basic salary between the old Certificate and Normaltrained
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      TICKET PUZZLE
      78 2  -  FILM FAN Singapore IT is customary for a person going to the cinema to be given a halfportion of the ticket with the message that that portion must be shown to the tax officer when called upon to do so. I have been a regular movie-goer for the
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      THE DANGER FROM DIESEL FUMES
      107 2  -  E.J.E. Johore Bahru THE new law requiring diesel-burning lorries to have their exhausts high up is certainly a great boon to the ordinary motorist But I wonder if lorry owners and attendant* realise that diesel fumes are seriously dangerous to health, being an accepted contributory
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      POOL FOR RUBBISH
      66 2  -  L. C. WONG Ipoh THE old mining pool at Sillbin which the ipoh town council is using as a dumping place should be closed immediately. It Is an excellent breeding ground for files, besides giving out a very unhealthy smell. When complaints were lodged about a year
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      Malaya-the spirit that is an example to the world
      209 2  -  W. H. PAGE Jobore Bahru AS I am pi>out to depart from Malaya to my own beloved England I should like, through the medium of your paper, to say farewell to my Asian friends. During the past few weeks i have
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      A DOG’S LIFE
      143 2  -  CHONG TAI HENG Rengam —or the mangy mongrels that have taken over Rengam IN Rengam a dog’s life be1 gins at 9 p.m. and continues until about dawn During those hours they take over the town, keeping everybody awake with a nerve-wracking chorus of howls, growls and
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      SYNTHETIC IN AUSTRALIA
      150 2  -  A. P. WHITING TON Leader, Australia* Trade Mission Straat Banka IN the Straits Times of L June 14 a letter from Mr. Leo G. Logan states that I said at a pre:<s conference that 1 was not aware of any move to set up factories In Australia
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      WHAT HARMONY PARK LACKS
      88 2  -  OLIVE v DASU Ipoh UARMONY P A H K, off 11 Thlry Avenue, is fas* expanding. New hous* seem to be springing up oy the dozen vernignt. The residents of lDB area will bt grateful there* fore if the authoriues concerned wor d consiQff installing a
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      WET PAINT ON A SINGAPOF BUS
      74 2  -  ylXED Singapore '1'HE S.T eve 1 the reo c e S ning the b re is *n Slngapc: ernen t still room w e The oth e "doors boarded a t w ith of which new paint iIlC;udof the pa. in ted." lng mysell
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      Lock icon The Unified Scheme
      615 3 —Straits Times. June 19 R ,m call the unified ~n u. lor Federation I ci (i after nearly ~l negotiation, Hj, it is simpler than K that is no mean R/; t i„r at least out of V w of systems one K, n; .tegrated system of
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      Lock icon Klang Deadlock
      178 3 —Straits Times June 19 Although the Alliance professes grave disappointment with the result of the Klang Town Council elections, it cannot be said that there is general surprise over the outcome. Few people have failed to remark the swing towards the opposition parties in the current series of
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      Lock icon The Safe Road
      631 3 —Straits Times, June 20 Almost the most important outcome of the Anson byelection is the light that has been shed, in campaign speeches and statements, on differences in outlook between the P.A.P. leadership and a group of six leading trade unionists led by Mr. lam Chin Siong.
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      Lock icon Labour Loyalty
      298 3 ■Straits Times, June 20 To disagree with points in both the approach and the outcome of the ICFTU seminar on methods and techniques in workers’ education which has just ended in Kuala Lumpur is not to quibble with what appears to have been a useful and well devised
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      Lock icon The Hidden Hand
      656 3 —Straits Times. June 21 The privileges ol parliament are the strongest safeguard against abuse by the Government of its powers under the Internal Security Ordinance. Ihe Opposition must bo free to question the Government’s conduct at any time. That it can do so answers the most exaggerated
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      Lock icon At Sungei Besi
      273 4 —Straits Times. June 21 Every rank in the Army has at one time or another been dosei ibed as the backbone of the force, and it can be said at least as truly of the junior commissioned ranks as of any other. The s?£ million Federation Military
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      Lock icon Salary Review
      398 4 -Straits Times. June 22 From MacGregor to Bonham, the appointment of a commission or committee in tlie last thirty years to study government salaries has always heen regarded as a signal for a new round of increases and expectations have unfailingly heen proved right. It is not surprising,
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      Lock icon Rivals Now
      165 4 Straits Times. June 22 Four town council elections, the last in the national series that began last April, are to be held in Trengganu within the next ten days, the first of them at Kuala Trengganu on June 24, to be followed by those at Besut, Dungun and
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      Lock icon Restoring Cuts
      281 4 —Straits Times. June 23 The agreement reached last month between the Singapore Government and the civil service negotiating team on partial restoration of the cuts in variable allowances has not so far received a very encouraging amount ol support from the unions. Only three have accepted the whole
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      Lock icon Better System
      295 4 —Straits Times. June 23 So often has the Socialist Front put forward motions for commissions of inquiry that Parliament may be pardoned if it is not disposed to take these proposals too seriously. The latest called for a review of the system of hospital charges and specialist fees
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      Lock icon The Way To Merger
      571 4 —Straits Times. June 24 In a letter which we publish in the Saturday Forum today, Mr. Lim Chin Siong refers to our comment in a previous leader that in recent statements on Singapore's political future he and five other lending trade unionists had omitted mention of
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      Lock icon Union Outlook
      257 4 —Straits Times. The Negri Sembilan branc of the National Union o Plantation Workers has special place in the story Malayan trade unionism. Fo it was in Negri Sembilan tha the idea of a national unio was born, an enterprise whic has flourished cxccedingl after a difficult and trouble
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    KUANTAN SEEKS A COUNCIL LEADER
    162 5 KUANTAN SEEKS A CO UNCIL LEADER trUANTA-*. K Vh- Kuantan Town Lnci will become Slv •i'iuo v .nous from 23 ,hon 15 newlylec ed l Oiuieillors meet choose a president hp*. i»v oresident. coa'i-.-i..-0.-s. HI Alliance Sccuhst Front, were el At f pre° e.A Vhe~d'lstrlct offll*i}s^‘ !r unclllors have Ay
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    King and Queen in Negri
    425 5 BRIGHT SUNSHINE BRINGS THOUSANDS OUT TO GREET ROYAL COUPLE SEREMBAN, June 16. DRIGHT sunshine brought thousands to greet the King and Queen when they arrived today by special train from Johore for the start of their three-day visit to Negri Sembilan. The royal couple had
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    TWELVE MORE LAND SETTLEMENT PROJECTS PLANNED
    139 5 KUALA LUMPUR, June 18. PLANS for 12 more settlement projects in the Fed1 eration are being considered by the Federal Land Development Authority. They are a step towards the Government's target of settup a dozen settlement schemes each year until 1965. •jjjnated cost is
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    Doctor dies after car overturns
    79 5 MUAR, June 18.—Dr. Fu Wah Kian, was killed in a car accident at the 13th mile Muar-Tangkak road this afternoon. He died two hours after admission to the district hospital. Dr. Fu, who is in private practice here, was driving to Mount Ophir from Muar
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    Kelantan wants to talk over Federation land policies
    347 5 k°P ’-HARU, June 18. the P.M.I.P. W'f'i-r.n. it of Kesar5 a r 7 nts to talk thl r? l' p >‘cies with .ration Govtrnmetr. r f* Ci*" li gathering t olficers at ihriJlV.. during his la tour of Be.'ar Die Mentri Orr.ar
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    NEW HQ FOR MINISTRY OF LABOUR
    73 5 KUALA LUMPUR. June 18— The Ministry of Labour will be moving into its new headquarters at the former Telecommunications building next month. The building, which has been under renovation for the past two months, will be ready soon. Five sections in the ministry the
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    War Office accused
    361 6 ‘Heaven’ for expats at expense of local staff: War Department body KUALA LUMPUR, June 18. War Department Civilian Staff AssociaA tion has accused the British War Office of resorting to a new form of exploiting Malayan employees here. The association criticises the new system in the works
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    FOUR YOUTH CLUB LEADERS FOR PERAK
    118 6 IPOH. June 18. 1 Perak's go youth clubs and 30 more now being formed will soon be assisted by four fulltime officers to be recruited by the Social Welfare Department here. This was disclosed today by Inche Mohamed Nor bin Haji Mohamed Hashim. State
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    Girl ran to fetch help for mother —in vain
    142 6 IFOII. June 13.—A Five-year-old girl, Liew’ Ah Mooi, ran for more than half i mile to raise the alarm when she saw her mother and her cousin in difficulties in a mining pool at T/tnah Itam. 10 miles from here, this
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    Lock icon BISHOP ORDAINS NEPHEW
    141 6 SINGAPORE. June 18.—In a colourful ceremony the Bishop of Penang, Msgr. Francis Chan, today ordained his nephew. Francis Eau. a priest at the Sacred Heart Church in Tank Road. Following the speeches of welcome to the new priest, the Bishop later knelt before his nephew and received
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    42,000 EXPECTED TO SEEK PLACES IN PERAK SCHOOLS
    206 6 IPOH. June 18. 42,000 children are expected lu seek primary education in Perak next year. Registration begins on July 1. But this estimate is likelv to increase sharply if the proposed free primary education is introduced by the Federation Government in January.
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    NINE BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED TODAY
    152 6 KUALA LUMPUR. June 18. —Nine Bills will be introduced for the first time when the House of Representatives meets tomorrow. The present session will last for five days. There will be day and night sittings. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, will
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    Lock icon Bomb plot is foiled
    367 7 Grenades, papers seized in police raids SINGAPORE, June 18 POLICE have uncovered a plot to assassinate the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and other ministers. Hand grenades and documents were seized by the Special Branch in raids from midnight until dawn today. Eleven suspects, some
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    Jail for man found standing over body of his wife’s former husband
    343 7 ALOR STAR, June 18. gOON after being seen leaving a room with his ex-wife, a padi planter was found fatally wounded, with Piah binte Idris, the woman's present husband, standing over him holding a parang, the Kedah Assize
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    16,000 women go on warpath
    370 7 EQUAL PAY DEMAND TEACHERS’ MEMO IZ'UALA LUMPUR, June. *MB. —Sixteen thousand women teachers are on the warpath against the Government which has rejected their request for the same pay and service conditions as men enjoy. Members of the Women Teachers’ Union will speak their minds
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    Now a world-wide design contest for $23mil. hospital in Kuala Lumpur
    491 8 Kuala lumpur, June 18. —The Government will soon seek world-wide architectural talent to design a $23 million hospital for Kuala Lumpur. It will invite all architects who have fulfilled the formal requirement of registering with the Federation of Malaya
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    Police guard on grenade hut —suspect freed
    213 8 SINGAPORE, June 19. A RMED police are guarding an attap house in Telok Kurau where three men were arrested early yesterday by Special Branch officers investigating a plot to assassinate Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and other Cabinet Ministers. Callers were questioned by detectives
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    AWARD FOR SERVICES TO HUMANITY
    134 8 KUALA LUMPUR. June 18. THE DEPUTY Director of Medical Services, Dr. Haji Mohamed bin Mohamed Ibrahim, has been made an officer for the Order of St. John, one of the oldest awards for services to humanity. Six other people have received awards as serving brothers
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    DIED AFTER EATING FROG, COURT TOLD
    104 8 SINGAPORE. June 20. A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded today by iiie State Coroner at the inquest of Ho Tak, 53, of Lorong 17, Geylang, who died in hospital after having eaten a frog which was caught behind his house. Ho. a
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    Ong Eng Guan forms a party
    126 8 SINGAPORE. June 18 f Former People's tion Party Minister Ong Eng Guaii, an nounced tonight th formation of a new m litical party the Unite, People's Party. Mr. Ong recently e,.,. the PAP candidal,.. M r Yuen Thong. i„ the h Llm by-election. He
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    Pharmaceutical survey
    45 8 KUALA LUMPUR. June 18-J The general manager «phar maceutical department 0 Fisons Overseas Limited. Mr C. B. Bebb, arrived hen today from London by BOAC Comet for a week’; stay He w’ill make a survey 0 the pharmaceutical market in Malaya and Singapore.
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    Humanity talk
    50 8 KUALA LUMPUR. June 18 Mr. Maharishi Ka\: v Shuddhananda Bharati. i patron of the Fure Life S> ciety in Kuala Lumpur. w:.l speak on “Towards on< huj inanity” at the reception :i Kanshiram Hall. Dhanna Institute. 6th mile Pu n: s Road at 6 p.m. on June 80
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    ‘JOIN ASSOCIATION,’ GRADUATES TOLD
    131 8 PENANG. June 13. AIR. LIEW YIN SOON, president or the Australia! and New Zealand Graduates* Association of] Malaya, today urged other graduates to join. “There are at least another 300 potential members throughout the Federation.” he told the association's delegates’ conference. Mr. Liew said there were
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    Bridge on main road collapses
    57 8 KUANTAN, June wooden bridge on > Kuala Lumpur-Kn;u. j collapsed just a.- lorry had crossed r bang, 20 miles sou*: this morning. v% s Traffic on both j held up for three n 15 minutes while j)tfrom the Public partment repaired < i A P.W.D.
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    Lock icon University lecturer, 49, told: ‘You must go’
    26 9 MR (iRFdORY. his wife. Gerrya. and their two children. I> un tId and Leonora.—Straits Times picture. —Straits Times picture.
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    AUTHORITIES REFUSE TO RENEW HIS PROFESSIONAL VISA
    576 9 SINGAPORE, June 18. 4 UNIVERSITY of Malaya lecturer, on a 30A month contract, has been told to leave Singapore at the end ol his first year. The immigration authorities here have refused to rer.ew hi> rofe»ional visit witi ;t which he canhe St
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    Youth is knifed and shop robbed
    124 9 OINGAPORE, June 18. A 17-year-old sundry shop assistant was knifed today in a struggle with five armed robbers in Payar Lebar Crescent here. The gang escaped with a quantity of beer, stout, cigarettes, tinned provisions and S20 in cash. The wounded youth, Lim Lim
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    Senator and son stabbed: Man held
    240 9 KUALA LUMPUR, June 21. N Alliance senator, Mr. Lim Hee Hong, and his 19-year-old son, Lim Heng Duan, were stabbed today by a man while watching workers building a bungalow for him in Perak Lane here. I Heng Duan received stab wounds on his
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    Civics course
    35 9 KANGAR. June 21. The Mentri Besar. Dato Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim, will open a civics course for Perils padi planters at the Simpang Ampat Malay School at 9.30 a.m. on June 24.
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    Typhoid outbreak: 10 cases in Pahang
    106 9 |>AUB, June 21.—Mass Inoculation has begun here following an outbreak cf typhoid. Ten case*, have been reported. ai»d another six people are under observation for signs of typhoid. Inoculation centres have been set up in Raub and the surrounding area. The West Pahang Health
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    New embassy trade man
    48 9 KUALA LUMPUR. June 21. The new commercial attache at th c United States Embassy here, Mr. Floyd J. Dubas, has arrived here with his wife and three children. Mr. Dubas took over from Mr. Joseph A. Camello, who left the country on June 1
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    Perak councils ready for worm
    257 9 IPOH, June 18 THE composition of the seven town councils in Perak is now complete, with the appointment by the State Government of official and unofficial members to the councils. Two councils Ipoh and Taiping will continue without unofficial members. The chairman of all the
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    Lock icon King opens Malaya’s new Military College
    328 10 Kuala lumpuk. June :»o. —ln a ceremonj replete with pomp and pageantry, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong today declared open the new $7! million Federation Military College at Sungei Besi. 10 miles south-west of the Federal Capital. His Majesty said that dur ing his recent
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    Govt. boost for ship breaking industry
    298 10 SINGAPORE. June j>. 'pilE SINGAPORE Government has granted a a loan oi‘ nearly $500,000 to a local firm which aims to turn the Stale into one oi the biggest ship-breaking centres in South-East Asia. A Finance Ministry .spokesman told tiu* Straits Times today that
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    Refugee year varsity ball
    37 10 KUALA LUMPUR. June 20 —A World Refugee Year ball will b<* held at the University of Malaya here on July, 1. starting at 8.30 p.m. it is under the patronage of the Sultan
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    Military tattoo
    29 10 KANGAR June 20 A crowd ot 5.000 watched the military tattoo staged last niaht by the Royal Federatii n police Band on the Derma English School padang.
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    Dr. Toh to tour army
    59 10 SINGAPORE. June 20 —Dr. Toh Chin Chye. the Deputy Prime Minister, will visit British Army installations here tomorrow to see Polytechnic students under training. He will be accompanied byMr. Yong Nyuk Lin, the Minister for Education. Mr. C.I.C. Scollay, Principal of the Polytechnic. and by
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    ‘Please don’t dowse fire’
    110 10 KUALA LUMPUR, June >0. —Firemen were today asked NOT to put out a fire—bv the men who had started the blaze in thr first place Two engines had gone from Kuala Lumpur to the Language Institute in Puntai Valley when students raised an alarm over a
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    Farmer robbed of buffalo
    44 10 ALOR STAR, June 20.—Six armed men robbed a Perils farmer. Mat bln Chik. 40. of his bulTalo and a calf at Mata Ayer. Kampong Chuping. early this morning Three men have been detained The butlalo and call are still missing
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    Flu alert
    21 10 SINGAPORE. June 20 —The World Health Organisation has alerted the Singapore government to a flu epidemic in the Philippines.
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    Razak thanks Britain for help
    202 10 RUALA LUMPUR. Juia 20. Tne Dt put; I Prime Minister, ar.d Defence Minister. T.u. Abdul Kazak bn. Hussein, today thanked the British Government for their help in the building of tne new Federation Military College. Speaking at the colli gt; opening. Tun Razak nud that
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    BIG PAY RPOBE Tan heads inquiry committee
    300 11 KUALA LUMPUR. June 20 A SPECIAL Cabinet committee is examining the whole salary structure of government servants in the Federation. i. was disclosed in tht House of Representatives loday by the of Justice, Tun Leong Yew Koh. in supporting a motion by ii:-t
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    A PROMOTION PROBLEM IN UNIFIED TEACHERS’ PAY SCHEME
    132 11 VfUAR. June 20.—The chairlfl man of the Malayan Graduate Teachers' Union, Johorp branch. Mr. D. P Pereira. yesterday complained that there was no proper machinery to select candidates for promotion to >pecia'. grades and appointments under the unified salary scheme. Mr. Pereira
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    FIRMS WARNED ON ‘HALAL’ LABELS
    121 11 K June 30. i< ■'>' inuor Religious rtment today firms against “halar* (porlabels of tin1 ut authority an Religious tailed to ‘ing would a t or be seripr of injuncof the l| i Mohamed dd. whether an was 41 h alal" or otherwise could only
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    Society member: I saw friend hacked to death
    449 11 IPOH, Juno 20. SELF-ADMITTED secret society member. Wong Choon, .34, told a murder trial in the High Court here loday that he saw his friend being hacked to death by four or live people armed with parangs during the Chinese New Year
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    $1,000 bail for businessman
    43 11 PENANG. June 20.—A businessman, V. Abdul Hameed, today pleaded not guilty to a charge ol housebreaking and theft of sarongs worth $560 at a house In Chulla Street on June 18. He was granted $l,OOO bail until June 23.
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    Trip for Tory
    31 11 KUALA LUMPUR. June 20. The British High Commissioner. Sir Geofroy Tory, left for London by air today on a private visit. He expects to return in a week.
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    80 nurses go to hospital after eating their hostel dinner
    226 11 SINGAPORE, June 20 I EIGHTY nurses have been admitted to the General Hospital with food poisoning. They fell ill after a meal in the nurses’ hostel last night. The dinner served last night had as its main dish roast chicken
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    The King sees what makes Johore tick
    432 12 JOHORE BAHRU, June 14 T'HE Yang di-Pertuan Agong was today shown what makes Johore tick as the richest agricultural state in the Federation. In a 10-hour tour of south-wesl Johore on the third day of his state visit, the King saw rice lields,
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    Timber men to go on Aussie tour
    114 12 KUALA LUMPUR, June 20. —A party of Malayan timber experts will leave for Australia next month to learn how to produce more and better sawn timber so that the industry here would be in a stronger, competitive p< isition. The Federation Conservator oi
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    Whirlwind havoc
    58 12 SUNGEI PATANI, June 20. —A whirlwind caused by a cloudburst blew off part of a roof of a lorry shed at the Territorial Army headquarters here yesterday evening Several sheets of aluminium were whirled up nearly 100 ft. then fell in all direction bring lg down telephone wires.
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    STUDENT, 24, DROWNS OFF CONEY ISLAND
    113 12 SINGAPORE. June 18.— A University of Malaya student, S. Smidralingam, 24, was drowned off Coney Island after a rowing boat capsized today. Four other university students, including a girl, also in the boat swam to the island. 20 yards away. Sundralingam, a keen sportsman
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    NEGRI ROYAL BANQUET: DENIAL BY GOVT.
    348 12 SEREMBAN, .1 un<> 'T’llK Negri Sembilan Government t„ i av A categorically denied that there was boy cott by GO people of the State banquet 1 st night in honour of the King and Queen. On the contrary, a Government stu 1 said, only
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    Tengku and Perak leaders talk over party problems
    184 12 IPOH. June 18 Ter.a- ku Abdul Rahman met members of the Perak State Executive Council this inorr.ir.e at the residence of the Mentri Besar. D.*.to Sha’ari bin Shaliee. “It was very profitat.e the Tengku told the S*r.n:> Times later. “W< come a
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    Congo relief troops are going
    170 12 I/UALA LUMPUR, June 21. —The first batch of relief troops for the Malayan Special Force in the Congo will leave in the United States navy ship Blatchford from Port Swettenham on July 2, it was announced today The troops will be drawn from the (>th
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    Expert to discuss rural food campaign
    128 13 vl ;\l L UMPU H, K Mr. Brian .regional L the U.N. Inn;u Children’s Fund, ar- from Bankov Thai In*1 for "prelitalks with F-*cto:\:‘u) r officials. tiv v will discuss :zi. sponsored by Health Organisa- Food and Agrimisation to tight itrition. 50.000 people m.
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    Housing society meeting
    34 13 JtUALA: UMPUR. June 18.— meeting of the r Co-operative ty will be held Hotel, Ampang ;n. on June 25. •i resolutions to will be a move committee to for new ‘homes.
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    Mayor: A ‘symbol of bondage’
    589 13 MALACCA, June 19. ALLIANCE NAMES MALACCA’S NEW COUNCIL LEADER A SOCIALIST Front councillor, Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, was elected of the new Malacca Municipal Council at its first meeting today. Soon after the retiring president, Mr. Lim Yeow Koon (Alliance), had placed a chain and
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    ADMIRAL LE FANU LEAVING TO BE THIRD SEA LORD
    89 13 SINGAPORE. June 21—RearAdmiral Michael Le Fanu, the retiring Flag Officer Sec-ond-in-Command, Far East Station, will sail through Keppel Harbour on June 23 in his flagship, H.M.S. Belfast, and bid larewell to hundreds of sailors. He will be given an escort by
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    Victimisation—by mine union leader
    279 13 Victimisation —by mine union leader Lumpur, June 18 ired to reveal hinn of any in- te to the Press would be vic- >r employers, i the Selangor All-Malayan Mr. n staff Union. Chin, said <s„'; v> ‘he second anthe union, Mr h. I bis state of an unhappy ‘hcers and
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    Bull sees red and attacks woman
    90 13 JOIIORE BAHRU, June lf». —A woman was admitted to hospital here this afternoon after being gored in the stomach by a bull. Lai Swec Ching, 40. of Kota Kechil new village, said she was walking across a field outside the village when the bull
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    TENGKU TO GET A ROUSING AIRSTRIP WELCOME
    197 13 KUALA TRENGGANU, June 20.—The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. will be given a rousing welcome at the Dungun airstrip on the afternoon of June 22 by both the Trengganu State Government and the Alliance when he starts a two-day visit to Trengganu. A
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    Refugees: A fund drive
    87 13 JOHORF BAHRU. June 21. A 20-member committee lms been formed in Joliore to raise funds for world refugees between July 1 and 8. The committee, headed Dy the Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Hassan bin Haji Yunos, is under the patronage of Sultan Ismail. During the World
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    Student’s body going home
    52 13 IPOH, June 20.—The body of Mr. S. Sundralingam, 24, a University of Malaya student, who was drowned off Singapore on June 18. is being brought to his home in Tanjong Rambutan for the luneral tomorrow. The remains will be cremated at the Hindu cemetery in Sungel
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    Economics talk
    30 13 KUALA LUMPUR. June 20. —Dr. W Hughes will give a public talk on Canadian economic development at the University of Malaya here on June 30 at 8 pm.
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    Putra wasn’t deposed: PMIP
    222 14 1/ OTA BHARU. June 21. —The Pan-Malayan Islamic Party Government of Kelantan today issued a “clarification” on why Tengku Indra Putra, who acted as Governor of Penang recently. had not been appointed Sultan of Kelantan The statement followed attacks by Party Negara chief, Dato Oiin bin
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    SINGAPORE FISHERIES EXPERT TO RETIRE
    137 14 SINGAPORE, June 21—The director of the Primary Production Department of the Ministry of National Development, Dr. Tham Ah Kow. has gone on leave prior to retirement. Dr. Tham, 48, a fisheries expert, had applied for retirement on the grounds of poor health. Mr. Cheng Tong
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    Lock icon Saving the giant turtle AID FOR SPECIES IN ITS BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL AZIZ WATCHES AS 70 NATURE LOVERS COME TO RESCUE-AND PAY FOR PRIVILEGE
    594 14  -  By K. BASKARAN DUNGUN, June 19 SEVENTY nature lovers from all parts of Malaya early today completed their first step towards conserving the world’s rarest and
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    Marshall attacked by PAP leaders
    182 14 SINGAPORE. June 21 People’s Action Party leaders tonight attacked Mr. David Marshall, Worriers’ Party candidate in Anson, for exploiting racial and communal fm.ng' in the current by-election campaign. The Prime Minis!- r, M" Lee Kuan Yew. sp< akmg a by-election rally m hauo Street, said
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    Plea on education
    565 15 K. LUMPUR. June 18 tUN lEONG'S call to CHINESE LEADERS: DISCUSS ISSUE IN j\ businesslike way rrilE Minister of Justice, Tun Leong Yew 1 Ko!-. today urged Chinese leaders to ex- tolerance over the Chinese education isfrils lllf i t,i d'seuss it “in a businesslike manner” $IK‘
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    MARSHALL CALL TO UNION MEN
    253 15 SINGAPORE, June 18. —Mr. David Marshall, legal adviser to the 10,500-strong Public Daily-Rated Employees’ Unions, today called on them to remain active politically At a tea party, at the unions’ headquarters in Race Course Road this evening he said: “You must organise means of influencing
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    Chief Scout appointment
    50 15 KUALA LUMPUR. June 18,The Minister of Education, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Hail Talib. will be presented with a letter of appointment enabling him to act as Chief Scout. The presentation will be made by the chief commissioner, Inche Zainal Abidin at B.P. House here on June 24.
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    Pahang starts adult education drive
    180 15 gUANTAN. June 18. The rv first step towards educating the Illiterate in rural areas in Pahang has been taken, with the setting up of an Adult Education Office here. The office, directly under the Ministry of Rural Development, has been set up under the Government
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    ABBAS TO LEE: GIFT OF AN OLD DAGGER
    155 15 SINGAPORE. June 22 The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today received an old North African dagger as a present from Dr. Ferhat Abbas, Prime Minister of the provisional government of the Algerian republic. The dagger was presented to Mr. Lee in
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    CONFERENCE OF STUDENT JOURNALISTS
    101 15 KUALA LUMPUR. June 23. Malaya has been invited to send its student magazine editors and journalists to the 10th International Students Press Conference in Rome from July 2 to July 8. The objects of the confer ence are to provide opportunities for studying development of the
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    Tin price jumps another $13.50
    388 15 SINGAPORE. Juno 23. —There was another spectacular rise in the tin price here today, a further spurt of $13.50 taking; it to $4BO a picul. This was the highest nrice since Oct. 17, 1952. In the last seven trading days $35 has been added to
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    ‘DAY OF RECKONING FOR THE PAP HAS COME’
    630 16 SINGAPORE, June 23 Alliance poll candidate: Unity crashing with TUC detainee demands DR. CHEE Phui Hung, Alliance candidate in the Anson by-election, said tonight that the unity of the PAP was rapidly disintegrating and that its hour of reckoning had come. Speaking
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    Girl was drowned in 18in. jar
    177 16 SINGAPORE, June 23. THE CORONER’S court was today told how a 29- month-old baby girl was drowned in seven inches of water in an 18-inch jar. The inquest on Quek Peck Bee was told that it happened as the girl and her four-year-old brother,
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    2 American students sample our way of life
    92 16 KI’ALA LUMPUR. June 23, Two American students will arrive on June 26 to live with Malayan families and study their way of life. Elizabeth Spelman, 16 (above). of Cincinatti, Ohio, and Wayne Gustafson. 17. of Salt Lake City, Utah, will spend two
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    WELL-KNOWN PLANTER DIES AT 68
    67 16 SEREMBAN. June 23. Mr. Ngui Cheon, 68, a well-known planter and businessman, died here early this morning. He was president of the Kok Min Cchool, Setul Road and chairman of the MCA. Temiang Atas Ward. His son, Ngui Meow Shin, is serving with the Malayan
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    Union probes ‘sackings at estate’ report
    382 16 IT WILL DECIDE WHAT TO DO AFTER COLLECTING DATA SEREMBAN, June 23. 'JHE National Union of Plantation Workers is investigating reports that a rubber company has started a move to sack loner-service employees. It is collecting facts and figures from various estates belonging to
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    Concert by U.S. guitarist
    50 16 SINGAPORE, June 23. A Swedish-Amcrican guitarist, William Clauson, will perform at the Victoria Theatre on July 22. Sponsored by the Singapore Musical Society, Mr. Clauson, said to be “a modern master of storey-telling in song,” will show both his vocal and Instrumental artistry at the concert.
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    POLICE ON LOOK-OUT FOR ‘YELLOW’ STRIP PENS
    120 16 POLICE ON LOOK-OUT FOR YELLOW’ STRIP PENS SINGAPORE. June 23.-Sin-gapore police are now on the look-out for vendors of ball-pens wth bunt-in “stripteasers.” The police secretary. MrLim Seng Huat. today warned that hawker* these “obscene” pens ecu* be prosecuted. He said: “These yeu;* pens tend to cor v "pt a
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    Vet appointed
    13 16 P-V* KAJANG. June- ;i Thomas has beei offlcer-in-charge nary services at
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    10 top Malayans resign posts in Brunei Govt.
    468 17 I ASSAULT ON ONE OFFICER IS ALLEGED I KUALA BELAIT, June 21. T m £N Malayan officers seconded to the Brunei Government and holding key positions in the administration have resigned and booked air I passages home. K ri> tion follows an
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    PENANG: A DROP IN ENTREPOT
    94 17 PENANG, June 21.—A drop in imports has resulted in a corresponding drop in Penang entrepot trade with Indonesia, Thailand and Burma. The Penang economic officer. Inche Arshad bin Ayub, said today the entrepot trade in the first three months of this year was $68.7 million
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    8 law grads will teach
    47 17 SINGAPORE. June 20. Eight out of 22 of the first batch of law graduates to pass out of the University of Malaya in Singapore have joined the academic staff as assistant lecturers or parttime teachers In law according to the Malayan Undergrad
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    NIGERIAN PREMIER DUE ON A VISIT
    70 17 THE Prime Minister of Eastern Nigeria, Dr. M. I. Okpara (above), will arrive here on June 23 for a four-day official visit to the Federation. He is expected to have informal talks with the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman. Dr. Okpara is reported to
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    Conference
    26 17 SINGAPORE, June 21.—The Singapore Business Houses Employees’ Union will hold its annual delegates conference at the Boys Scouts headquarters in Clemcnceau Avenue on June 25.
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    SALARY PROBE-NOW CUEPACS MAY MOVE
    104 17 K l A MPUr. June 21. > for more pay fades of govand monthly will probabr'v, r hortly by the ■dons of Emf'lv Sfr* f> Plll:)li c and Cuepacs). r v general of ■‘>d Leo, indi;*ay when he a*ly” the con- gross would me’se representations
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    Malaya in talks on phone link-up
    239 17 KUALA LUMPUR, June 21.--Talks will begin here on June 27 to plan thi South-East Asian section of a roundt h e-world Commonwealth telephone cable link-up. Malaya will be asked to contribute her share towards the cost of the $705 million project. The IC-day meeting,
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    The bunga raya wilts but wins flower battle again
    308 17 KUALA LUMPUR, June 21. The bunga ra.va is to remain Malaga’s national flower. A move to have it substituted by the orchid (AnggeraJi Kinta) was defeated in the House of Representatives today. The battle of the flowers caused much laughter in
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    ‘We like Mike’ farewell for admiral
    234 18 SINGAPORE, June 23 DEAR-ADMIRAL Michael Le Fanu, retiring Flag Officer Second-in-Command of the Far Easl Station, today spoke of the Royal Navy's new role in this area. In a farewell interview he said: “It is not so much sabre-rattling but rather a policy designed
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    Minister’s date
    34 18 TANJONG MALIM. June 23. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare. Dato Ong Yoke Lin. is expected to open the new Tanjong Mallm Old Folks’ Home In Katavong Road on Sept 9.
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    Coffee and cakespayment in punches
    177 18 Coffee and cakes payment in punches OENANG, June 23. 1 Three youths punched a stallkeeper when he asked them to pay for the coflee, cakes and cigarettes they had at his stall, the Sessions Court was told today. “Your action was very highhanded indeed.” the court president. Mr. K. Somasundram,
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    Bomb plot that never was: The full story
    390 18 SINGAPORE, June 22.—The ko reported plot to assassinate .Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and other Singapore Cl o v e r n ment ministers was a fabrication, the police said today. An official statement said the story was concocted bv two men a
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    PRE-VARSITY TWO-YEAR COURSE
    216 18 Scheme to help Chinese middle school students SINGAPORE, June 23 f J v HE Ministry oi Education has set up a special committee lo study and plan a two-year pre-university course next year for Chinese secondary school sludents, who will be graduating this year under the new
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    Pianist due on June 26
    78 18 KUALA LUMPUR. June 23. An American pianist and conductor. Mr. Andrew Heath, will arrive on June 26 for a month-long visit to give demonstration lessons here. Mr. Heath’s visit will be sponsored by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the United States Information Service.
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    Dance girl’s flat is ransacked
    103 18 IPOH, June 23 A pretty dance hostess, Miss Chong Ling Mui, 18, lost almost all her savings when burglar broke into her flat in Jalwj Tokong here last night ar.a got away with sl.6f<o in cash and jewellery worth another $BO. Miss Chong discovered the
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    Re-elected
    13 18 SEREMBAN. Jim. A. Varatharajah re-elected chairmn Malayan Technics 1 Negri Sembilnn hr-
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    National language talk
    75 18 SINGAPORE. June 22. The Director of the National Language Institute here. Dr. R Slamat Mullana, will give a talk on June 24 at 8.15 p.m. in Malay on the “national language.” The talk is being held in connection with National Library Week an*, held in the lectin'
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    Pillai is back in Executive Council
    153 19 TpOH, 21. A 1 gner hree-manin-flUir?( Jttee setup by the State AUince h recommended Sat M Ponnusamy Pillai < reinstated as on pxeivt e cauncillor. He was* ;’Ped from the Executive AVe months g o whe: t was recon- *or his exclu«inn is St;
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    New building
    24 19 SINGAPORE. June 25—The Headquarters of the Singapore Red Cross Society will move to it. new building In Penang Lane on July 1.
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    Food poisoning hits five children
    172 19 OffNGAPORS, June M.—Five 0 children from the School of the Blind In Ton Payoh, off Thomson Boad, wove y pectnd food poisoning. They drere pat on the dangerously' Ul list. Health and police authorities are i waiting for a report from the Chief Chemist Department
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    Budget sports round-up
    488 19 MALAYAN badminton took a trouncing this week. Knocked out of the Thomas cup competition by Slam In the Asian zone anal last December, Malayans looked forward to the national championships for some consolation. In previous years these championships attracted the cream of the world badminton talent when
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    Market talks at end of month
    196 19 ITUALA LUMPUR. 1V June 22. Top-level will be held here at the end of the month to discuss the effect on Malaya of any British link with the'European Common Market. The Minister of Commeroe and Industry, Inche Mohamad Khlr Johari. told the Straits Times
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    Nangum finds end of long lane
    921 19  -  t» EPSOM JEEP, tola Lumpur, June 25. VANGUM, who has been a “problem jorse” to trainer Wally a gby, tinally found j? e f enci of a long lane a win at ™ia Ij Miipur today. Nangum paid $272 for r a t; tat.
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      40 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL $150,500 1st: No. *****3 ($40,635) 2nd: No. *****3 ($20,317) 3rd: No. *****0 ($10,158) STARTERS ($1,693 tack) Not. *****4, *****6, *****7, *****8, *****2, *****4. CONSOLATION ($903 oack): Not. *****9, *****5, *****4, *****7. *****8, *****0, *****2, *****3. *****7, *****8.
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      Tin ceiling breakthrough
      1538 20 A busy week on J K i* the exchange From Our Market Correspondent TT was tins all the way on the Malayan Stock Exchange last week, memorable for the fact that the International Tin Council Buffer stock, designed to prevent the price rising too high or dropping
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      24 20 (Managers* Prlees) First Malayan 1.63 I.TI Second Malayan 1.33 1.41 First Hong Kong 1.33 1.41* Sscond Hong Koag 1.00 1.06* •(H.K. currency)
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      26 20 xs B,,ura -> M V n*n .s“’’"’“ Tt 32 t/16, O.D. 32 11/16 m d it WUa l 8 l# Cf,,dlt blU 33 1/16 tra,k
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1200 20 PHE state of shares on th. 1 1 Malayan Stuck Eiehangt •hewing last business to June 17 (A) and last business since that date (B) wlfli H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business last year and to date, were: INOUSTtIAIS HI A Alex Bricks 1.00
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      CLOSING PRICES
      29 20 CLOSING P RICES rubbkk (prr lb.) T V June 19 84 <’»- 2g 84 1 cl» 21 85*4 ct l( 50 2t 85 cts 23 84 rt« J; .,5 24
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