The Straits Budget, 16 August 1961

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    28 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA S NATIONAL NfWSPAMR [New* s Kuala Lumpur, August 16, 1961. Price 4o cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      RADIO S’PORE ANSWERS THAT ‘NO REPLY’ COMPLAINT
      318 2  -  J.H. DUCLOS Ag. Head of Broadcasting Division, Ministry of Culture. Singapore IN answer to “Taxpayer’s” letter (S.T. Aug. 8) may I say that the complaint is absolu- tely unjustified. There are standing instructions that every letter of inquiry, if it does not pertain
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      WRONG ‘KIDNAPPED’
      64 2  -  M. J. BOXHALL Manager, Hawk Overseas Film Distributors Ltd. Singapore FILM fans generally have flatteringly risen to the defence of Walt Disney’s “Kidnapped” Saturday Forum July 2d. May we assure them, through your columns, that the Censor Board has neither banned this film, nor at any time suggested
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      RADIO SILENCE
      57 2  -  TAXPAYER Singapore U A DIO SINGAPORE 1» unique In yet another aspect. It is the only gov ernment department where your letters and Inquiries are usually unanswered. As far as public relations are concerned there is no doubt that Radio Australia, and Radio Tokyo are streets ahead. As
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      SPEEDING UP BOOKS IN MALAY: THE PROBLEMS THAT REMAIN
      138 2  -  R.G.8.' Singapore TNCHE Abu Zaman Ahmad’s proposal overlooks the practical difficulties other than those of finding competent translators and funds to reimburse them. Recently a Malay proposed to translate a well-known book from English into Malay. The sanction of the Religions
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      WILLING HANDS WHO JUST WAIT
      99 2  -  EARNEST Kuala Lumpur IT 1a reported that the Federal Land Development Authority will be taking over group settlement schemes in the States, and that one of the reasons Is lack of staff. In my opinion, there are quite a lot of men who could be
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      Speeding up books in Malay
      304 2  -  ABU ZAMAN AHMAD Kuala Lumpur 1 THINK people who have seen the exhibition at the Dewan Tengku Abdul Rahman carry away with them the following impressions WE NOW have hundreds of publications in the national language. THAT THIS magnificent effort has been undertaken by only
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      Something nearer the truth...
      57 2  -  A. P. Kuala Lumpur REGARDING the monument to commemorate the fallen in the Emergency, couldn’t we have something nearer the truth than a prototype of the Iwojima memorial? Our war was fought under very different conditions. Please let us have a truly national memorial designed by
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      S’PORE SEAMEN’S BOARD: MR. KIAT EXPLAINS
      328 2  - S’PORE SEAM EN’S BOARD: MR. KIAT EXPL AINS G. H. RIAT Singapore IN the answer of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew to Mr. Ltm Chin Biong. (S.T. Aug. 4> the following was stated: “As for his duties In the Finance Ministry, as early as November 1DS9, he was asked by the
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      Malay and the national language
      252 2  -  D. ABISHEGAM Kuala Lumpur THE House. oL tives was told by the Minister of' Education,. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Tallb, that the national language was easier to learn than the Malay language, which was of a higher and difficult standard. The subtle distinction between
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      Conference of Asian geographers
      190 2  -  HO (Professor' H i;in (Professor itee Organism? Kuala Lump in ON Aug. 7 you published a brief note about thr. regional conference of SouthEast Asian geographer to be held in Malava next April. This conference, sponsored by the University of Malaya and by the International Geographical
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  • The Straits Budget
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      Lock icon Cutting The Cost
      694 3 —Straits Times. August 7 r t K-iice oi planters the Rubbe: Relit was a much ~l tl kable gathering more T 4 speared to he. It than 1 1 ,it i| whether any K-A the institute was t V() ki: Malaya when the ,v conference was ia>t
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      Lock icon The National Airline
      283 3 —Straits Times. August 7 Like an affectionate father, the chairman of Malayan Airways, Dato Loke Wan Tho, was possibly a shade too quick in his desire to protect the Malayan airline from possible implications of Sir Matthew Slattery’s observations in the latest annual report of BOAC. Sir
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      Lock icon Free Port Status
      597 3 —Straits Times, August 8 The people of Penang, and the trading community in particular, will be wondering ruefully today whether Mr. Tan Phock Kin, in his understandable enthusiasm to secure maximum concessions for the island’s secondary industries, may not have done more harm than good. By bringing
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      Lock icon The Difference
      367 3 —Straits Times, August 8 What is the difference, the Minister of Education was asked in the House of Representatives, between the national language and the Malay language. In his written reply the Minister said: ‘‘Bahasa kebangsaan itu rendah dan senang daripada bahasa Melayu tetapi bahasa Melayu tinggi dan
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      Lock icon The Real Issue
      293 3 Straits Times, August t) We would be the last to decry any voice lifted on behalf of the freedom of the Press, in parliament or anywhere else. But allegations made in the House of Representatives that the strike by editorial staff and workers of the Utusan Melayu
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      Lock icon The Ransom Payers
      641 3 —Straits Times, August 10 Critics in p;w li.'cncnt of thr bill for the punishment of kidnappers which raises the maximum penalty to death or life imprisonment and which makes payment of ransom a crime—were really answered by their own inability to suggest a better bill or a
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      Lock icon The Estate Pint
      223 4 —Straits Times, August 10 The Assistant Minister for Labour presented the House of Representatives yesterday with some impressive figures on toddy-drinking. In the last three years, consumption has dropped by some 200,000 gallons, a decrease of nearly 15 per cent. More striking were the statistics for the
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      Lock icon Moulding A Generation
      789 4 —Straits Times. August 11 The task described in the Sarawak Education Department’s second Triennial Survey in many ways resembles a bid to lift itself by its own sandal straps. It is an account of communal and historical problems qualitatively worse than the Federation has had to tackle
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      Lock icon Time For Detail
      663 4 —Straits Times. A Even taking into account all the reservations that politicians find it necessary to make, the ultimate aim of grouping together Malaysian territories which were or are under British rule has now been acclaimed by nearly every leader devoted to regional stability. But no small
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      BIRTHS
      35 4 BIRTHS DAVY at Buiibsm August 1961 to K it y’ the gift of a rlauuM' 1 Marion all well. STONE: To Sall> Ion and Peter of son. Jeremy 1 1 ang on 8th August
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    Lock icon Millionaire shot dead as he grapples with thug
    1080 5 KIDNAP BID THEORY: KITCHEN ARREST, PISTOL FOUND UNDER ALTAR IPOH, Aug. 6. A MILLIONAIRE tin miner who always slept with a gun under his pillow was shot dead as he struggled with two intruders in his luxurious home here this morning. Ik
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    Funds appeal by aged home chairman
    193 6 SINGAPORE, Aug. b. HTHE Ven. D. D. Chelliah. chairman of the board ot management of the SI. John's Home for the Aged, tonight appealed to the public for liberal donations or regular monthly contributions lo run the home In a broadcast. Dr. Chellian, who
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    Speech contest
    41 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 6. Malayan Railway staff from Gcmas. Prai. Kuala Krai. Kuala Lumpur. Sentul. Johore Bahru, Port Swettenham and Ip'»h took part in a debate and oratorical contest in support of tiie National Language Month here this evening.
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    Poison case
    33 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 6.--A housewife. V. Panjalei. 25 ot 4', mile. Ipoh Road, was admitted to the General Hospital here today suffering from suspected caustic soda poisoning. Her condition is serious.
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    Lock icon Sultan unveils new glider
    88 6 The Sultan of Perak unveiling tlio now $15,000 twoseater glider which is named after Her Highness —Raja Perempuan Ta'ayah at the Ipoh airport on Auk. 5. The glider was presented to the Perak Flying Club by the Perak Government. On his right are Dato Sha'ari bin
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    Off for talks in Brunei
    52 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 6.The Permanent Secretary to the Prime Minister's Department. Dato Abdul Aziz bin Haji Abdul Majid, left for Brunei by air today tor consultations with the Government there on the position of the six Malayan officers seconded to the State who want to
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    NEW PARTY PLANS BIG MEETING
    86 6 SINGAPORE. Aug. 6.—The Barisan Socialis. a new political party formed by dissidents of the Feople’s Action Party, has applied for a police permit to hold an indoor meeting on Aug. Id at the Badminton Stadium to explain it.- stand to the people. Dr. Lee Slew
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    Training course
    31 6 SEREMBAN. Aug. B.—The Mentri Besar. Dr. Mohamed Said bin Mohamed today opened a six-day training course for 120 teachers of adult education classes at the Rahang Malay School here.
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    Cook beaten to death by gang of thugs
    300 6 SINGAPORE. Aug. 6.—Chua Ah Boey. 70. was brutally beaten to death early this morning when he resisted a gang ot thugs who broke into a provision shop In Towner Road The gang got away with an iron .''afe containing more than S10.000
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    UNION DEMAND FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
    320 6 ‘Grave concern’ at Govt, inaction XT rALA M MPl’R. Aug. (i. t h e Federation Transport Workers’ Inion views with -grave concern” the lack of appropriate social security legislation in VI a 1 a y a the union's general secretary, Ah. V. David, said today.
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    Lock icon ‘We are Malayans’ show
    199 7 SINGAPORE. Aug. The Yaig di-Pertuan Negara. Inche Yusuf bin I*hak. warned today that the country could not progress and prosper unless the people united together in their national endeavours by putting aside sectional and self interests. Speaking at the Bukit Merah North school during his tour
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    MART? MERGER? NOT IN THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE—Mr. M
    297 7 SINGAPORE. Aug. 6. THE chairman of the Workers' Party, Mr. 1 David Marshall, Assemblyman tor Anson. Said in a speech read out for him at the opening o: his party’s new branch office in the area If there is a possibility of
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    No conversion for eight schools
    137 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Aug. 6. Eight Chinese middle .schools under the Johore Chinese Schools Management f’omrr.ltt''C' Association will rot apply for conversion to national-type s e c o n d a r v schools. The association will appeal to the Chinese community to give financial support
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    The condition for merger—by leader of PPP
    200 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 6. f PHE secretary-general of the People s Progres- sive Party, Mr. D. R Seenivasagam, said tonight that unless the Federation i?ave all races in the country equal constitutional rights Singapore would not be prepared to shake hands across the
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    Drive for monument fund
    100 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Aug. 6. —The Johore State Information Office has set a $L!0() target as its contribution to the National Monument Fund. Circulars have gone asking its 70 stall members to donate to the tund. The State Secretary, Dato A. Rahman Musa, has also failed for
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    Monument will give new spirit, says Tun Razak
    265 8 HOUSE APPROVES TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR FUND CONTRIBUTION KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 7. THE House of Representatives was told today that the National Monument would give a “new spirit" to future generations in this country. This came from the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul
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    ‘Malaysia plan will speed up independence’
    217 8 ‘Malaysia plan will speed up independence KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 7. rpHE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, told the House of Representatives today I hat his Greater Malaysia plan would nelp to speed-up independence for Singapore and the three Borneo territories. Independence, however, was not the main object, he said. Said
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    30 WOMEN MEET ON FORMATION OF COUNCIL
    103 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 7 A conference to explore the possibilities of forming a permanent council of women’s organisations opened at the Methodist Girls’ School here today. Thirty representatives of women’s organisations are attending the conference, which will last one week The challenge They
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    Drive to make J.B. a ‘model’ town
    202 8 IOHOHE BAHRU, J Aug. 6.—Police have launched a big threeway campaign to turn Johore Bahru into a “model town They have stepped up vigilance against traffic offences. kept thugs and prostitutes off the streets with surprise raids and checks, and are now acting
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    Ipoh murder: $10,000 reward offer
    467 8 Ipoh murder: $10, 000 reward offer ipoh. aul. T o,ouo reward fer iniormation Vadim* :j :r,e a arrest or two mei: who are alleged to b< neeted with the murder o: aiiliionair* :m miner Mr. Foo Yet Kai. 55. was offered r.-re today The police announced the reward Mr Foo
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    A lecturer who translated Sikh holy book flies in
    142 8 SINGAPORE. Aur. 6.- Dr. Gopal Singh, a lecturer in Punjab University, flew in last night from Karachi to introduce the first English version of the Sikh holy book to believers in Singapore. lie is the first man to translate the Sikh
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    107 9 Murder —portraits in grief SLAIN MINERS CHILDREN ARRIVE HOME -THESE are the four children of the murdered tin millionaire, Mr. Foo Yet Kai, who returned home on the night of Aug. 8 after an 8,OOOmile air dash from London to attend their father's funeral. They were photographed when the Malayan
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    Stephens to speak
    50 9 SINGAPORE. Aug. 6. —Mr. D .ild Stephens, leading flgur< the formation of North Borneo’s political P«rt v, win speak at a luncheon ol the Foreign Cornts Association of Asia at the Goods’ rk Hotel on Aug. 10 xpected to speak on Uxlul Rahman’s Ma. •m federation pro-
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    Malay study by traders
    36 9 \>iu. 8. More than businessmen to- ded their first de national lang--'•icpd by the Perraders’ As>oclaCi,n •onducted by Mr. 1 Euan, of the Fe Education AsI being held every i* Friday, starting
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    MIC chief queried in the House on the toddy habit
    650 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 8 A SPIRITED debate on toddy drinking in the country and on the policy of the Malayan Indian Congress in relation to this habit was heard in the House of Representatives today. It arose before Ihe House
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    SLAIN MINER’S FOUR CHILDREN HOME
    295 9 SINGAPORE. Auk. 8. Four children of Mr. Foo Yet Kai, 55, the Ipoh mining millionaire who was murdered on Aug. 6. arrived here by BOAC Comet from London tonight. Soon after they boarded a Malayan Airways Viscount for Ipoh. The four are two sons. Wan
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    Tengku explains stand on Angola, Bizerta
    440 10 Kuala lumpur, Aug. 7 T h e Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, today said that the Federation regards the Angola issue as one oi colonialism which, n allowed to continue, is likely to endanger international peace and security. He was replying in the House
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    The verdict: It was suicide at the ‘honeymoon’ hotel
    638 10 OINGAPOKE, Aus. 8. A bride of four days told an inquest here today that her airman husband. Junior Technician Ernest Robert Kinks, 22, must have slipped when he fell to his death from a fifth floor window of the Biltmore Hotel
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    Union boss on trip
    91 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 6 Mr. G. Leo, general secretary of the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Service, will attend the annual conference of the Public Service International in Stuttgart. West Germany. He leaves for West Ger- ‘many on Aug. 9. Mr.
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    Made-in-Malaya lawyers
    199 10 RUALA LUMPUR. Aug 8. —The House of Representatives today unanimously passed a Rill enabling graduates from thp University of Malaya with Bachelor of Laws degrees to join the legal profession here The Advocates and Solicitors (Amendment) Art. UM»I, gives recognition to the university's degree. It means that these
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    Market view ‘absurd’ —Goh
    283 10 gWCAPORE. Aug. 8. Swee today ctes«i b "a as der.ionsrrublv -ih C s A l,rd a statement t Aur. 0 by the Worker? u > >fiuinnun. lr David Marshall that negotiations for a com *****1 market were °m necessary if there was a possibility of mere?
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    LUNCH PARTY FOR MADRAS MINISTER
    65 10 SINGAPORE, Aiu. Subramaniam, Mim* v Finance and Edu« at Madras, was guest given by Mr. 8. N manager ot the J* Limited. Also at the luiu Goh Keng Swee Finance Minister members of the In* munity here. Earlier in the d ramaniam had paid call
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    Lock icon Army officer with family off for training in Britain
    66 11 Lieut. AritYin bin Muda of the Federation Signals who left Kuala Lumpur by BOAC on Aug. 7 accompanied by his Swiss-born wife, Tina. and babydaughter (above) to undergo a four-month training course in Britain. lie will also spend a month in
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    Syllabus body for new Chinese, Malay courses
    258 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 6. THE Ministry of Education has formed a poslA secondary school committee to make ommendations on post-secondary courses in C -imso and the national language. p Minister for EducaMr Yong Nyuk Lin. in a -peirh yesterday to eaeh- Happy World Sta
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    Off to seek support for early polls
    100 11 |>RUNEI TOWN. Aug. B—A L leading official of Party Rakyat, Zaini Haji Ahmad, left here yesterday for Indonesia and other Asian countries to enlist support for his party’s demand for Brunei’s district council elections to be held “as soon as possible.” Zaini was
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    Watermen want more
    63 11 SINGAPORE, Aug. 8. The PubMc Daily-Rated Water Vrrkrr Union has sub j to the City Water r»M*r-..o pr fi'ion for wage v-n., fran'.p'Tt allow.rr»rP 'f>ave and 1 >s asked to be informed of transfers or other action'.- affecting members. The union claims that its members have had
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    HOW TO WIN FRIENDS FOR MALAYA WITH FOOD
    133 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 8.More than 4,000 Australians sampled Malayan dishes at a food fair held in connection with an Australian Neighbours’ Festival in Brisbane recently. A report by the Australian High Commission here said that many visitors took pre-packed “home cooked” Malayan
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    Two kisses cost $300
    70 11 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Aug 8.. A married woman. Mah bin to Din. 31, told the Magistrate’s Court here today that Mat Isa bin Che Mat. 58. embraced and kissed her on both cheeks on June 13. but she struggled and freed herself. Mat Isa. an estate caretaker,
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    Six branches oppose the unified pay plan
    363 11 PLEA TO DELEGATES’ CONFERENCE: REJECT GOVT’S SCHEME KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 8. C1X of the 11 branches of the National Union of Teachers want to reject the Government’s unified salary scheme because it does not provide for pensions, housing facilities and free medical treatment
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    Kidnap Bill is under fire
    2064 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 8 Unhappy over penalties for people paying ransom ...the no jury provision THE dealh-i'or-kidnappers Bill passed by the Senate in June, came under Opposition lire in the House of Representatives today. Members made it clear that they were no! opposed to capital
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    POLICE APPROVE A ‘REBEL’ RALLY
    245 12 OINGAPOKI I n- rutv coVl mission?r of police day appr ueci an apuli. I cation by 13 I People s .Action assembh u en to hold [I rally at the Ha r nvB World fctadium P 2| Aug. 13. 11 Dr Lee Siew o ..J
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    MILLIONAIRE MURDER: A SECOND SUSPECT DETAINED
    84 12 IPOH, Aug. 8. P j detained a U pect in cor.m the murder of tin miner Mr Fc 55. The suspect is ae" 25 and has a identity card The first suspect was arrested 200 yards awa> scene of the on:* an hour of
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    Merger: Next move It’s up to Britain, says the Tengku
    743 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 8 TENGKU Abdul Rahman announced in the House of Representatives today that once the British Government formally expressed its willingness to discuss the question of merger between the Federation and Singapore, a meeting of the three governments
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    HIT-AND-RUN VICTIM DIES IN HOSPITAL
    75 13 dip. A ug. 8—A farmer e Kangar hospital cn without regaining ness—victim of a u ‘un lorry L Vj in Hussain. 47 of CV p‘,' Sanglang, was Han ]<) Jitra to visit his when he was knockdii.C, ut the 22i mile. Koa i road. Air.r
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    15 Malayan women leave for Colombo study tour
    66 13 FIFTEEN women social and voluntary workers accompanied by a conducting officer left by air for Colombo on Aug. 7 on a study tour sponsored by the Federatin Government. They are expected to return to Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 22. The group is
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    Supervisor explains the teacher expulsions
    148 13 A LOR STAR. Aug. 8. Inchc Arshad bin Haji Mohamed Isa. supervisor of tne special training course for adult classes teachers. explained today the expulsion of some teachers from the course. He said that because ol the importance of this intensive residential training course, strict
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    TOWKAY STABBED AND SHOT, THREW KNIFE AT RETREATING THUG
    365 13 SINGAPORE, Aug. 8. HHHE Assize Court was told today how a businessman was fired at with an automatic pistol by one man and stabbed by two others during an abortive kidnap attempt. In the dock was Goh Chiang Hong, alias Goh
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    Author’s talk
    43 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 American author Mr. William J Lederer was given an enthusiastic reception when he inaugurated the “Forum Kuala Lumpur” at the YMCA h< re today with a talk on ”U f »w’ to Write a Story that SelV
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    Shipping firm workers strike
    211 14 SINGAPORE. Aus. 8 Twenty -tour Alessageries muritimes employees in Finlayson House staged a tvvo-and-a-half hour sitdown strike this afternoon. It was over the management’s decision to hold a secret ballot to find out. whether the Singapore Business Houses Employees’ Union had the support of the company’s
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    Bill will allow Govt. to use its surplus funds
    381 14 |kuALA LUMPUR, Aug. B.| 'j'HE Hou.se of Representatives today passed a Bill giving the Government the first opportunity to use surplus funds in the coun-try-essential In the light of the big development plans for Malaya. The Bill Financial Procedure 'Amendment) Act.
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    HARASSED MINERS GET A POLICE PROMISE
    321 14 Full co-operation requested to end thefts IPOH, h TAELEGATES from the Perak Chinee jlfa J"? Association were given an assurance here this morning that the police w ou i<t tat. every possible step to curb the rash „l tl.cfn armed robberies and intimidation on
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    $8 mil. for low-cost homes for squatters
    181 14 ITUALA LUMPUR. Aug 8. The Minister of ItU-*rnul Security Dato (Dm Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, told the House of Representatives today that the Federation Government had allotted $8 million for building new flats for sqaiatters under the five-year plan. 1,756 flats He
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    Red Cross search for engineer’s wife
    117 14 Red Cross search for engineer’ s wife Tr UALA LUMPUR. Aug. 8.— Red Cross International is looking for a British subject. Mrs. Cecilia Catherine Erde, wife of a Swiss mining engineer. Her last address was in Kuala Lumpur Her cousin, Mrs. Knv M. Brown of Salisbury Southern Rhodesia, wrote to
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    Polls: $10,000 limit
    435 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 8 \h \v BILL RAISES MAXIMUM SPENDING DURING elections T\\\ House of Representatives today gave green light for increasing the maximum expenditure incurred by candidates in elections at all levels. the new regulations, a maximum rate mi is allowed in the case of Parliaments
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    Banker invested with Johan Mangku Negara
    55 15 MR. LEE YAN LIAN (above), well-known Malayan banker and industrialist, was one of 40 people who were invested with insignia by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for honours bestowed on them on the occasion of His Majesty’s birthday. Mr. Lee received the Johan Mangku Negara
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    University wants to teach with nuclear reactor
    257 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 8 THE University ot Malaya here is now negotiating with the Atomic Energy Commission of the United States for the purchase of a $150,000 nuclear reactor for teaching purposes. Prof. Thong Saw Pak. head of the Department 01 Physics at
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    AZIZ: SURPRISE IS IN STORE
    281 15 Kuala lumpur, Aug. 9. —The Minister of Agriculture and Co* operativ *>,. Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. said today that “a lot of surprises” were in store for the* president of the Apex Bank. Dato Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim Liche Aziz was commenting on
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    Padi planter jailed 8 years
    222 15 A LOR STAR. Aug. 9. A padi planter, Ismail bin Ahmad. 32. was in the Kedah Assize Court tcd.*y jailed for eight years ior the culpable homicide not amounting to murder ol another padi planter, All bin Deris. He had originally been charged with murder.
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    Malaysia —switch now in Sarawak
    186 16 izUCHING. Aug. 10. IV The chairman of party Negara Sarawak. Abang Haji Mustapha. said here that the danger of c Communist take-over in Borneo territories had brought about a change in his party's policy towards the proposed Greater Malaysia Originally the party insisted on having
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    Overtime: New rates approved
    89 16 I/UALA LUMPUR, Aug. 9. v The House of Representatives yesterday approved amendments to the Employment Ordinance providing minimum rates of overtime for workers. In the case of workers working more than six days a week, the minimum rates of overtime should not be less than one
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    ‘Be loyal to Malaya’
    57 16 SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. Mr. C. Subramaniam, the Finance Minister of Madras, flew horw today after a four-day visit In a message to bis countrymen he urged them to be first and foremost true Malnyans. He said they must be loyal to the local administration although they
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    New royal heir for Johore
    226 16 THE SULTAN APPOINTS SECOND SON IN PLACE OF MAHMUD JOHORE Bahru, Aug. 10. —The Sultan of Johore today moved his eidest son, Tengku Mah mud, as his successor to the throne. He named his other son, Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Tengku Bendahara as the new
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    Millionaire left $20,000 to Chinese schools
    216 16 IPOH. Aug. 10. 'M'R. Foo Yet Kai, murdered millionaire tin miner and philanthropist, bequeathed b2o,000 to four Chinese schools and an association, his family announced here todav. OC AAA The donations are $5,000 each to the Perak Public Girls’ High School, the Yuk Choy
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    $626 Tobasco pays record dividend
    103 16 j K U f A -L.MPLH Auu. h—T,- j winner oi the las^ 0 I here today. ioi a win and <••>» a place. 1(11 for racing at 'k and the second Malaya after th* ‘war lri Last year. Sousnl Australian mare ti< for a
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    Expectant mother dies after fall
    94 16 KUALA KANGSAR. Aug 1 —An expectant mother Zainab binte Ibrahim. 20. wa» killed yesterday wl.t fell int.» a deep wel three feet o! water i:. it Zainab was drawine water from the well near h mt when .>he slipped ai d fell in Her husband.
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    Another 21 off on study tour
    42 16 KUALA LUMPUK Au,’ 9 A party of 21 cultural u rkerleft here by air this ..‘ter or. on a 12-day study ur or Manila. Thi* is the fourth rrtj uleave Kuala Lumpur vtH on study tours.
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    Five-nation cadet camp
    85 16 SINGAPORE. Au g. H More than 150 cadets from Australia. New Zealand. India Malaya and Singapore are attending the Malayan Air Training Corps annual camp at Jalan Kayu School grounds. At the 10-day camp, which was opined on Aug. 7. the cadets will under- go special flight
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    200 WILL MEET TO FORM A YOUTH SET-UP
    299 17 rural organisation plan: Non-communal, non-political K LUMPUR. Aug. 10 ABOI T 200 young people from various puts of the Federation will gather here tomorrow to form a rural youth organisation. The organisation will be non-communal and i.oii- iitical. according to a statement
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    HE’LL BE AIRWAYS CHIEF IN H.K.
    68 17 Mr. SIM SOON TECK. who has been appointed Malayan Airways representative in Hong Kong. He will manage the company’s affairs in Hong Kong when its new SingaporeHong Kong services are operated from Sept. 2. Mr. Sim joined Malayan Airways in lf>4B and took an
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    Minister’s wife to give prize
    40 17 LUMPUR. Aug. 10. T Sambanthan. p‘' Minister of Works. ci Telecommunicapresent the chai•V‘~ bv to the winner of y f baj Miss Golden 11 h*st to be held at Malaya auditorium IB at 8 pm.
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    Malaysia: New call for talks
    181 17 ITUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 11. —Mr. Donald Stephens, founder president of the North Borneo United National Kadazan Organisation. said on his arrival here today that he felt a meeting of the Solidarity Consultative Committee on the Greater Malaysia plan was necessary, otherwise the idea would get
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    Police union seeks pay rises
    140 17 l\ UMPUR. Aug. 10. JiO-strong Police Mve and Clerical 1 ‘ion wants imand working tor its members, a lias decided to norandum to the aer of Police on T> :r,n makes four :r .ands: w r more use be of the police departmental Whitley Council
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    Robbers torture schoolgirl, 12, who did not help
    282 17 IPOH, Aug. 9. armed robbers tortured a schoolgirl, Liew Ah Yin, 12, in her home in Menglembu today after she could not tell (hem where her parents kept their cash and jewel- lery. She was first threatened with a dagger when she
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    Armed thugs rob woman of $8,000 in cash and gold coins
    341 17 ALOR STAR, Aug. 10 "POUR men, one with his face painted white, raided a furniture shop here al dawn today and escaped with $6,000 cash and over $2,000 in gold coins. The robbery occurred in Jalan Langgar about 200
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    Birthday award in Malacca
    49 17 MALACCA. Aug. 9 Th* Governor of Malacca lun Abdul Malek. on the >. ot his G2nd. birthday yesterday has approved the anpointment ot Inrhe NVxjrdin bii. Sa'ad as a Justice ot tf.»* Peace Inrhe Noordin, a contractor, is a member ot the Malacca State Legislative Assembly.
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    Batang Padang Planters Assn.
    52 17 A recent report in the Straits Times stated that the Batang Padang District Planters’ Association had been formed to protect the interests of planters in the district The report was incorrect as the Association had been in existence since 1915 and was resuscitated in 1947, after
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    Party charge denied
    581 18 SINGAPORE, Aug. 11 Toh: PAP does not stand in way of new party’s formation TAR. Toh Chin Chye, chairman of the PAP, U denied tonight that the party wanted to stop the formation of the Barisan Socialis. In fact it thought that the new party would help
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    American way of life for 13 Malayan teenagers
    220 18 Kuala lumpur, Aug. IC. —Nine Malayan girl* and four boys who have been “adopted for a year by American families will leave on Aug. 14. for their new homes in the United States. They will live in American homes, go to American
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    Most Aussies against White policy, says Mr. R.
    281 18 SINGAPORE, Aug. 10. AN Auslralian yesterday spoke ji the growing public opinion in his country against his Government s “White Austialia” policy. Mr. Newman Rosenthal, honorary secretary of the Australian-Asian Association, now here on a short visit, :-aid that a growing body
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    Raub gold mine to close after 72 years here
    413 18  -  By r GEOFFREY BOLAND, Singapore Aug. 0 r rHE 72-year-old Raub Australian Gold Mining (Jo. Ltd., Australia's oldest business connection with Malaya and the operators of the Federation's on'.y large gold mine, is to cease its mining activities. The directors of
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    TOBASCO PAYS RECORD $626
    817 19  - T OBASCO PAYS RECORD $626 B1 ■SOM JEEP K IIV IJMPUR, Aug. usattonal pp* :iasco in the fj' highlighted j®,', lacing here, only 6* win ?Se'- at of a ***** i .J80, Tobasco, P#},,. Chris Dra2n $626 for a win g5‘' for a place jj na p- ri for Kuala
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    Cup to Forest Beau II
    1040 19 RACE ONE CL. 4. DIV, 6—6 rUH8 .'dau Han Stable's (3) TLKWG BINTANG 8.5 U681—412) Wilson l (2; Zeton 8 12 (506-228) Barratt 2 (1) On Trust 8.10 1199—395) Lee 3 •6' King rower 9.0 (1180—317) Mitchell 4 (5i TURFMAN 8.12 (123- 84) Leong 5
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      84 19 A6 SWEEP Total pool: $138,610 »*t. *****0 $37,425 2nd. *****9 $18,712 •3rd. *****15 9,356 5TA8TI8S ($935 each/ Nos, *****8 *****5 *****0 *****3 *****9 *****6 ,1 ***** *****5 *****7 *****9 CONSOLATION ($831 •«eH) Nos *****3 *****6 *****8 *****6 *****9 *****8 *****2 *****7 *****8 *****1 BIG SWEEP—TOTAL POOL $156,900 TOST: *****9 $42,363
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      London scrip arrival jitters is now over
      972 20 From Our Market Correspondent J’HE Malayan Stock Exchange last week seemed to be getting over its bad attack of jitters caused by arrivals of tin share scrip from London. Many operators had worked themselves up into a state regarding the weight of the
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      CLOSING PRICES
      29 20 KIBBtK TIN (per lb.) iper picul) Aug. 8 831 cts. $468.25 9 83 i cts. $468,371 10 83A cts. $468.50 11 83* cts. $476.37 J 12 S471.621
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1232 20 nrHE state of shares on the Malayan Stock Exchange showing last business to August 5 (A) and last business since that date (B) with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business this year to date, were: INDUSTRIALS ML A I Alei Bricks I.OU no Ords
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      35 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previous year year Austral Amal 2s. 6d.t Sept. 22 4s 35% Austral Malay Is. 9d. Sept. 29 Is. 9d. 26% t Includes Is. bonus.
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      Rubber off-table picks up
      536 20 AFF-tak appeal-.- t eek picked up although t 4 ,tni room for iJL**®.] from thos, m A m which in t! lidSt ha»e c o n s u m e v rpn H.C.B. ,7°[‘ their currei. rubfc? survey. As far as 4 'jir concerned this annual
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