The Straits Budget, 31 October 1962

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  • 29 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYAS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Seri< 345. Kuala Lumpur, October 31, 1962. Price 40 cents (Malaya or 1 shilling) KDN 020.
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  • From the Straits Times Postbag
    • 270 2  -  WCTOt f AM perplexed that 'Layman” in his letter (S.T, (Jet. 20) seems still unable to grasp the points laid down in my previous letter. He apparently has a pathological giudge against local doctors, for l cannot see any reason why he must single
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    • 74 2  -  WSd>'TW U HILB IgpctcaUßt ‘Jh* s*2^i;v« vX'»eremec: to stnvvy cvthiibwa of ihg population. nothing >*rfQ said or heard A&oac iihf &.Vd 3JOCAOO it W Lcavng mga Oti CVt 1$ the residents jtrici 5y ja\i& The leading so the passing rrana-i w' roc ha** net peeo resulted the
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    • 142 2  -  FLOOD VICTIM railing THE recent heavy rains In Taiping have prompted me to as* what Is being done by the Taiping Town Council to check the serious periodical flooding In Thom son Road I am sure that members id the town council are fully aware of the situation
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    • 543 2  -  MAR ENG CHENG (Sanaa Serai MOTORIST Singapore WIMAL LOUR Singapore Il m "ms there Is going to De no prov Irt alone a puonc outcry, over t: v. t 1’enry Miners ‘Tropic of v •> singularly unfortunate ou i .itrs representative i 't ‘r
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    • 269 2  -  ANTI-COMMUNIST NJttflftft ra wishful th;ni:rg on the part of \vxQjmmima to awunw tnat Comzsuaaai has ceen contained d Singapore The Communists ire row hiamed tor the r.osing down of severa* mdustr.a; plants inti business enterprises put from 3x5 own persona* inoweeg- several of the
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    • 142 2  -  ail nus rm Economic Buari >in*apor» O C ccrrespcndes: *L.£.L." s correct to placing lire Ecc:ccic ZHeTr*»i,;pner:t Bears industry, deTeLcprresi i: F*s* Xans amfcfrn Bui -ye hasp point cur tii: tie rurcnjj New T:w~ em traces *i>'u r r?ur nth ■C.to. enescini trcm lie Jlircmc tc
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 316 3 -Strait >• Times, Oct 22 Ili: h billed largely as a Tengku Abdul I t< n-day tour of }i;ts by no means i. otid entirely to SU 'C and golf. The Mai\r pi Minister had talks tra( ml as a result next tJj’c ikistani trade miss‘to M;,lava has
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    • 244 3 —Straits Times, Oct 22 e Al’ ance had little reason ear di (Vat in Kuala Lipis, 1 ev< ry reason for confid1 Inche Abdul Razak, ,secri ry of Umno’s West vision, would win 0,r •> That he had two r instead of one made vtu.v certain he was
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    • 588 3 —Straits Times. Oct. 23 The accusation the secret-ary-general of the Barisan Sosialis makes against us—that we comment on statements by his party without regard for the facts —is disposed of by the footnote we append to his letter. It is much more interesting that while Mr. Lim’s
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    • 348 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 23 It is to be hoped that the Minister for Agriculture’s statement on the Government’s coconut replanting and rehabilitation scheme will be filled out from time to time, for the information is far from complete. Some of the figures given by Inche Mohamed Khir Johari tended
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    • 332 3 Straits Times, Oct. 23 The trials of a spokesman are many, as an official of the Malayan Tin Bureau in Washington has discovered. He was quoted the other day as saying that strong feelings of indign ation have been aroused among leaders of the tin industry in Malaya
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    • 396 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 24 The Sarawak United People’s Party represents a minority. But because it is well-organised and highly vocal observers outside Sarawak may have been taken in by its claim to speak for the majority and may even wonder whether the Cobbold Commision was right in
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    • 274 3 —Straits Times, Oct. 25 The development of highyielding clones is the best publicised aspect of the battle to lower production costs of natural rubber. That other fields promise to reward exploration equally richly is something of which the public (and even the industry) needs to be reminded. Mr.
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    • 225 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 25 The Singapore Government is showing patience towards the students of the Geylang Craft Centre while speaking out strongly against the politicians it suspects to be behind the examination boycott. The boycott came out of the blue, without previous representations from the girls or their
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    • 365 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 26 The ASA. civil aviation committee has sensibly shelved the idea of launching a joint international online. Not only are there better uses for the capital but the inevitable oper- ational losses, and disputes that could follow, might do more to damage A.S.A. prestige and
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    • 212 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 26 The Federations proposed television services may have to rely a great deal on canned programmes from abroad, says the Secretary to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Truer words have never been spoken, but surely this problem has always been prominently in mind?
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    • 721 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 27 There is no indication in Mr. Nehru’s three recent speeches on the Himalayan w’ar that he is in any mood for the talks for which Peking is pressing and an offer which Moscow has advised him to accept. Least of all in the
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    • 309 4 —Straits Times. Oct. 27 Thirteen thousand students in Malay secondary schools is not a large number, but four years ago there were none. When the other advancer announced by Captain Hamid Khan are taken into account, it is evident that Malay education has at least kept up with,
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    • 234 4 at heart he was <>»- f n 7 —Straits Time 8 None of John Steinbeck recent books is the work of Nobel Prize winner. His fam traces further back, to “Th Grapes of Wrath”, Of Mi and Men”—and “Tortilla Flat which first won him inter national acclaim. Success
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    • 16 4 birth m BRIDGES: J Dennis a d ?Mrr'for c!lf r Hospital. A sister loi well.
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  • 233 5 I&IDERSHIP SPLIT UNFORTUNATE SAYS PRESIDENT SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. THRI 1 t() P officials resigned today in a split 1 in :;e leadership of the Singapore Teachers’ n ion. They are the general secretary, Mr. S. givann dam, the deputy secretary, Mr. M. K.
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  • 56 5 IKALA LUMPUR, Oct. 22. R geMrai-seertary of the Nau"n of Plantation WorL„ Mr p p. Narayanan, has v ted for a second twoI term as chairman of the Regional office of the InConfederation of Free Unions. \t% k( an for the NUPW said .Narayanan was unani-re-elected. Mr.
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  • 110 5 l/’UCHING, Oct. 21.—North Borneo’s last former link with the past when the British North Borneo Company (the Chartered Company) ruled the territory, has been cut. The liquidators of the company in London have written “the last official letter from the old Chartered Company.”
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  • 89 5 If UAL A LUMPUR, Oct. 21. Police here today issued this flood report: KEDAH: At Kuala Nerang 60in., still rising, impassable to all traffic. SELANGOR: 28th mile. Kajang-Dengkil road. 3in. of water, falling, passable to all traffic. PERAK: Port Weld, at the eighth milestone.
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  • 206 5 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. The Singapore Minister of Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, was in very happy mood yesterday when he opened the direct trunk line between the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Malayan Stock Exchange by having a chat with his
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  • 20 5 SINGAPORE. Oct. 21.—Dr. Chee Sew Oon has been appointed a member of the Legal Service Commission here
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  • 62 5 Malacca, Oct. 22.—Mohamed Yatim bin liaji Suleiman, 50, was killed near here when he fell from a lorry at the 12} milestone Malacca-Muar Road yesterday afternoon. He was seated beside the driver of the lorry. The vehicle was carrying buffaloes to the Segamat Veterinary
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  • 285 5 Oct. 21. Three heavily loaded lorries and a car fell into the river from a terry in mid-stream in the Kemaman River today. The ferry suddenly tilted, tipped tile vehicles over and was nearly overturned. Twenty people, including women and children were on the
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  • 210 5 YOHORE BAHRU, Oct. J 21- —The Federation Malaya Police Band will tour several districts in Johore. Here Is the programme: Oct. 26 at 5 p.m.: Beating the retreat on the Supreme Court padang. Oct. 28 at 7.30 am.: Performance at the Sultan’s birthday parade
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  • 199 6 Kuala lumpuh, Oct. 21. —The St. John Ambulance Brigade in Selangor, has launched a campaign to extend its services to rural areas and to factories. More than 70 members of the branch today started a nine-week course at its headquarters in Shelly Hoad to produce
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  • 106 6 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22. Mr. Tan Boon Chiang, 39, Crown counsel and Deputy Public Prosecutor, has been named the deputy president of the Industrial Arbitration Court in Singapore. He took over the Second Industrial Arbitration Court in Anson Road today The court is expected to deal with
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  • 28 6 PENANG, Oct. 21—The Penane Hari Bunga Poppy Appeal will hold an lnternatirnal buffet dinner and dance at the E and O Hotel on Dec. 8
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  • 147 6 State to open up industrial estates SEREMBAN, Oct. 21. (CHANCES of employment in Negri Sembilan next year will be greater with the State Government and the Seremban Town Council opening up industrial estates. The State Government is to open up 400 acres for
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  • 64 6 SINGAPORE. Oct. 21. Radio Singapore wil broadcast a speech made by the Prime Minister. Mr Lee Kuan Yew, in his capacity as secretary-general of the People's Action Party at the recent conterence of the party. Only extracts of Mr. Lees speech which dealt with
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  • 39 6 TELUK ANSON. Oct. 21—A free mm show on the West Indies versus Australia Test series in 1960-61 will be held at the AngloChinese Secondary School Hall in Raja Musa Road here tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 80 6 Malacca, oct. 21.— a large gathering attended a reception given by the Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, here yesterday. They were welcomed by the bank’s Managing-Director Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, and the manager of the local branch Mr. Ong Peng Lum The bank was recently
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  • 31 6 SINGAPORE. Oct. 21.—Mr. S. Rajaratnam, the Minister for Culture, has been granted leave ol absence from his duties to leave the state frcm Oct. 12 until furtheir notice.
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  • 26 6 SINGAPORE. Oct. 21—Dr. Chew Wee Lek’s appointment as acting Director of the Botanic Gardens has been approved with effect from Aug. 4 this year.
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  • 184 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Get 21 'THE anti-vice officer of the Selangor ReligiJ 1 Affairs Department, Ustaz Dahlun bin Hal Nafiah, today urged the State Government to in] troduce a new law to punish non-MuLuns livid in sin with Muslims. He said that many non.Vluslims
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  • 41 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 21.—The acting Deputy Director of the Rubber Research Institute, Mr. C. W. Bockson, will address the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club on Oct. 24. His talk is entitled “A quick look at rubber.”
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  • 308 6 IPOH, Oct. 21 A CONTRACT was signed here yesterday by the Government calling for immediate work on a 1,200 ft. bridge across the Perak River to provide a short cut to Lumut. The $lO7 million contract has been awarded to a Talping contractor,
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  • 41 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 21.—Chai Yu, a 27-year-old patient in the Johore Bahru General Hospital, was found dead In her bed early this Police said a cord was tied around her neck when the body was found.
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  • 192 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 21. —A study of the most used Malay words in Malaya is being carried out by a visiting Indonesian scholar to help in the develop ment of a modern Malay language. He is Professor S Takdii Alisjahbana. who
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  • 296 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23 oTANU by for the floods—this is the order v ich went out today in various parts of bot h East and West coasts as the rains came. In rvnang, where some p.. eos were badly fl00 derhe mayor,
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  • 37 7 F {lA IX'MPUR, Oct. 24 re P°rt b&gt; the *‘«r General of Births ths lss ued *odav i the population of at 6,909,000 111 mld-:-"eJa T census taken In a population of iUU.
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  • 41 7 E Oct. 24.—Mr. S. aicr general sec- &gt; r M. K. Sharma. secretary of the hers’ Union, today r nt clarifying that ’i from the Cen- the Singapore was not because differences of 1 v Sia Kah Hui, icient
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  • 16 7 r ’OANU, Oct. 24 Trengganu will at the Sekolah ar on Oct. 27.
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  • 152 7 KOTA BHARU, Oct. 24.—The Sultan of Kelantan said on his return from Thailand last night that he hoped his visit would give “added strength” to the good relations between his State and Thailand. The Ruler also thanked the Thai King and Queen and
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  • 66 7 MALACCA, Oct. 24—Two men, one of whom had two bundles of slips of paper with a $10 note outside, were detained by police out side a hotel here last night. During a scuffle, Inspector Zainal Abidin bin Ibrahim received minor injuries on the right hand and
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  • 85 7 MALACCA, Oct. 24. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong will present regimental colours to the Ist Federation Reconnaissance Regiment at Sungei Undang barracks, 12 miles from here, on Nov. 3. He will arrive from Muar after visiting his daughter, Sharifah Salwa, and her husband, Tengku Suleiman, who
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  • 325 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23 4 WOMAN police inspector told the Magistrate’s Court today how she and another police inspector booked a room in the Paramount Hotel in Batu Hoad here on Feb. 21 to watch another room where it) was alleged a chee fail
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  • 77 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 24. The Minister of Hu ance. Mr. Tan Slew Sin will present next years Budget to the House of Representatives on Nov. 28. The House will debate on the Government spendings until Dec. 22. The 1962 Budget was not presented to Parliament until
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  • 225 7 SEREMBAN, Oct. 23. jyjß. Justice Ismail Khan in the High Court here today awarded $99,572 damages to a former estate manager, Yuson Bien, 52, in a civil suit arising out of a car accident. The award included $BO,OOO general damages and $19,572 for loss
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  • 66 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 24. Two Government officials will leave for Britain on Oct. 28 for training under the Colombo Plan Technical Co-operation scheme. Indie Rastam bln Abdul Hadl. assistant secretary of the Treasury. will take a three-month course in central government finance and Mr. Koh
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  • 179 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 24. MAJOR re-deployment of military forces will result shortly when the number of Federation Army units in Johore are doubled. The big switch coupled with a report that a Federation police detachment has been told it may be sent to Singapore in
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  • 45 7 PENANG, Oct 24 —A coffee mill owner Or At) Hock, lias reported the loss of 12 sucks of cotfee seeds worth $l,lOO from his mill at JHutong Road Or*, who recently took delivery of 35 sacks, discovered the loss yesterday.
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  • 243 8 FISHING VILLAGES WILL BENEFIT KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 22. THE Central Electricity Board is spending $40,000 to light up four kampongs in Pahang. Two kampongs in the royal town of Pekan (Ulu Parit and Mengkasar) have already got supplies and two others (Kampong Parit and Kampong
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  • 67 8 IPOH, Oct. 22.—Lee Yong Yik 29, a lorry driver, was fined today $350 or in default six months jail here for causing the death of a woman cyclist, Chong Ngee Mooi, by a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide He was said to have crashed
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  • 51 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22—A danc hostess, Lee Miew Lin, was shop ping in Sago Street yesterda. morning when a youth snatchei her $l5O gold chain. Lee told police that she shoutei for help and though there was a crowd near her at the time, no one helped
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  • 24 8 PORT SWETTENHAM, Oct. 22 —The Harbour Trade Union here has given $3OO worth of goods to flood victims in the area.
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  • 95 8 LUMPUR. Oct. 21. —Two teachers representing the Malayan Teachers' National Congress. left by air this morning to attend a seminar of the World Federation of United Nations’ Associations in New Delhi. They w*ere Che Fatimah Hamldon, chairman of the Selangor branch of the Women Teachers'
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  • 121 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 22.—A two-man delegation led by the Tourist Promotion Oilicer, Inche Osman Siru, will attend the first meeting of the ASA committee on tourism in Bangkok from Oct. 29 to Oct. 31. The other delegate is Inche Murad bin Mohamed. Principal Assistant
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  • 268 8 Brunei town; Oct. 22—A new political party, pledged to sunport the Sultan’s decision on Malaysia, has been formed here by Tuan Haji Ghazali. He has called the new body the Brunei People’s Alliance, and an application has been made to the Brunei Government for
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  • 288 8 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22. CIVILIAN clerk in the War Depu (merit Mr 0 .Chua Han Seng, today urged the Chinese Swimming Club to increase the number of dut lifeguards. aut, Mr. Chua was giving evidence before the star, coroner, Mr. S. R. Chapkana, who
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  • 37 8 IPOH. Oct. 22. The Perak Mentri Besar, Dato Sha’ari bin Shafiee, today opened a three-day civics course for 34 members of boards of managers of national schools in Perak at the Jelapang civics centre.
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  • 149 8 KUALA LUMPUrI 1Y Oct. 22— Four more women are to be apj pointed as almoners id the Federation hospij tals this yearTwo will be posted to thl General Hospital here, one 1 Perak and another to Johora This will bring the total number of
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  • 66 8 PENANG, Oct. 22.— A schoolboy wa* fined Vt "saW* flying a kite in Fettes Park, Tanjong Tokon*. day morning. unnecessary The kite, the prosecution stated, eaus;d interference to the public electric hghtmg. in(Je d Last Wednesday the State Government r flyin| the public that under
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  • 118 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 22-Cha-cha loving robbers forced open the front door of a house In Jalan Abraham off Imbl Road here at 4 a.m. today and robbed a family of cash and articles totalling $B4O. They held up Mr. Yap Kum Cheng, a salesman,
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  • 581 9 ‘Unrecognised girls strike SINGAPORE, Oct. 22 EXAMINATION boycott follows protest on USELESS’ CERTIFICATE ekom GOVERNMENT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL qOMr; 100 girls, fourth-year pupils of the k (itvlang Craft Centre a government school this morning boycotted their final examinations in protest against the government &gt; alleged non-recognition of the school's certificates. :ci
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  • 154 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23. A comprehensive survey of the economic and fiscal structure of the Central Government of Malaysia by a seven member World Bank team will begin in January, according to the leader of the team, Professor Jacques L. Rueif (above). He arrived here
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  • 27 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 23 Flags, bunting and street decorations have gone up to celebrate the Sultan of Johore s 68th birthday on Oct. 28.
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  • 477 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 23. 94 third-year girls joined the 103 fourthyear pupils of the Geylang Craft Centre in their examinations boycott today, the Government accused the Party Rakyat of instigation. The Government charged that the Party Rakyat politicians were using “these innocent students” as pawns
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  • 40 9 SINGAPORE, Oct. 23 —Mrs. S Walker, psychiatric social worker at the British Military Hospital, will address the Toe H and Toe H Women’s Association at Talbot House in Scotts Road at 8.30 p.m. tomorrow on “Mental health.”
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  • 387 10 Hatu Pahat smallholdings picked for $8 m pilot scheme: Board set up to administer giant replanting programme KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 22. GOVERNMENT'S $15m. plan for rchabiand replanting Malaya’s coconut estates will be launched in two months with an *****. pilot scheme at Batu Pahat, the country’s
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  • 61 10 SINGAPORE. Oct. 23 —A youth Lee Yong Kwee. was charged today with wrongfully confining See Lye Ho. 12. a schoolboy, at an unnumbered hut in Jalan Eunos between May 7 and May 20. The charge stated that the purpose of confining the boy was for
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  • 187 10 Kuching, oct. 23.—An admission that he was wrong in his view that people were not interested in local council elections was made by the Resident of the 4th Division of Sarawak. Mr. J. C. B. Fisher, at the weekend. He was opening the new Subis
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  • 64 10 SINGAPORE. Oct. 25 —Mr Lee Ting Hui, 31. a lecturer of history of Chinese philosophy at the University of Singapore, left last night to enter Oxford University for post graduate" studies leading to a Doctorate of Philosophy. A local M.A. graduate, he taught for
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  • 33 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23. A five-man delegation headed by the Minister of Education, Capt. Abdul Hamid Khan, will leave on Nov. 2 to attend a five-week UNESCO general conference in Paris.
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  • 196 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 22 fTHE KATHIS court A here today found a servant, Fatimah binte Mohamed, 31, guilty of khalwat (close proximity) with M. Maniam, a Government employee at Port Swettenham. The kathi, Hajl Arshad bin Masjurl, sentenced Fatimah to a fine of $24.50 or three days’
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  • 306 10 KUALA LUMPUR n THE Federation Government s $15 mil a,?, 23 1 rehabilitating and replanting cor n- 1, 1 f01 was enthusiastically welcomed todav u- states the coconut planting industry and oil niiiLr* 01 They said that this move would save the “dying industry” and give
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  • 86 10 PENANG. Oct. 23 —The Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir, will be in Penang tomorrow and on Oct. 25 for several engagements. Tomorrow. Dato Sardon will inspect the temporary civil terminal building at the RAAF base in Butterworth and the manager’s bungalow, Cable
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  • 43 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23.—A former soldier of the Royal Artillery Service Corps here. Darus bin Hindon, 35, was today sentenced to three years’ jail for unlawful possession of a .38 Colt revolver in a car in Pahang Road on Oct. 15.
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  • 390 10 I/UALA LUMPUR. Oct 11 22. -Two Singapore Umno leaders were today suspended indefinitely for breach of discipline and acts detrimental to the interests of the party. They are Inche Darin Rhariff. chairman of the East division, and his .secretary, Inche Zainuddin Talib. Inche Darus was
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  • 200 11 KUALA TRENGGANU, Oct. 22. THE Trengganu Alliance has decided on an 1 early start in preparing for the town ccunnl elections to be held next year. i;. n lives have Rone out to district branches lection committees l town council in
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  • 51 11 KUAI.A LUMPUR, Oct 21—The J a:: premiere of the “Ho-"-1 i Ice'* will be held at the ira on Nov. 1. at 8.30 1 u: l &gt;e under the patronage dl-Pertuan Agong and H j Pcrmaisuri Agong. •L. r. eeds will be donated to &lt;’ Children’s Association
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  • 149 11 OINGAPORE, Oct. 22. —The University of Singapore is organising a refresher course next month in the scientific basis of medical practice. The course will be conducted by the Committee on Post-graduate Medical Studies, Faculty of Medicine. This will be a course of lectures on recent developments
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  • 157 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23. —The desire for a better standard of living after independence is a challenge which the Social Welfare Depart ment must face. This was stated today by the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Incbe Bahaman bin Samsuddin, at a Social Welfare
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  • 247 11 A MATTER OF FIGURES AND VOTES phNANG, Oct. 22. J he chairman of ,u Penang division a? ll,e Socialist Front, r Ooi Thiam Siew, Predicted the i ,f 1 Front would h »sser say” in &gt;r&gt;4 Parliamen,y elections. Ku .'hT-
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  • 127 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 22 The University of Malaya Malay Language Society today presented more than 80 books to the University of Indonesia in the hope of strengthening the ties of students in both countries. The books on Malay language and literature were presented
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  • 62 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Ort. 23 —The Deputy Mentri ijesir of Brunei, Dato Setiu Pengiran Haji All bin Pengiran Haji Daud. has arrived here for talks on matters affecting men of the Brunei Malay Regiment now undergoing training at Siginting (’amp Port Dickson. Accompanying him are the
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  • 59 11 SINGAPORE. Oct 23 —Virubhak Chum Nfan, the wife of a former boxer, Allen Bailey De Souza, was granted a decree of judlrial separation by tiie Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose, in the High Court today on tlie ground of cruelty. The Dirties were married in 1 !)f)8
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  • 461 12 KUCHING. Oct. 22 NEW RIGHT-WING UNITED FRONT WILL WORK WITH COUNTERPARTS IN MALAYA and N. BORNEO 'J’HE Sarawak United Front was formed this evening by five right-wing political parties. It will work with the Alliance Party of Malaya and the North Borneo Alliance. The new party will
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  • 240 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 22. r pHE secretary-general of the United Nations Association of Malaya, Mr. T. Sivapragasam. today agreed that the organisation was inactive hat explained that this was because “it is still in its formative stage.” i He was replying to a
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  • 70 12 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Oct. 23 Hor Ah Koi. 19. Khor Wui Choon. 18. and Tan Kim Soon. 23. were today ordered to be remanded on a joint charge of robbing a housewife. Tan Lak Moy. of two watches and $l6 on Oct. 11 at Kampong
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  • 95 12 NANCY LIEW (Miss Singapore 1%*) receiving a medal to commemorate her visit to Tokyo from Mr. Ilayashida, an official of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, when she paid a courtesy call on the (&lt;o\ernor of Tokyo. Miss Liew, 21. a Malayan Airways flight stewardess,
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  • 393 13  - FIVE MEN SNATCH $500, 000 DIAMONDS By 808 PERIES: Singapore, Oct. 23 DUTCH diamond merchant, Mr. A.C. van I!.:1am, 40, although outnumbered five to one. appled with a gang armed with knives in S: w f louse today in a vain attempt to save &gt;OO,OOO worth of diamonds belonging to
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  • 117 13 FDRT DICKSON, Oct. 23 The general-secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Mr. D.R. Seenlvasagam, said here tonight that with the co-operation of the United Democratic Party, the PPP hoped to take control of the Perak Government in the next election. In turn
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  • 25 13 PORT DICKSON, Oct. 23Work on a $70,000 market to be built between the railway store and Jalan Pasar here has started.
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  • 58 13 THE Yang di-Pertuan Agong plants a tree in the grounds of the Forest Research Institute at Kepong. which he and the Raja Permaisuri Agong visited on Oct. 23. They spent two hours at the institute and were shown the different tests and experiments
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  • 84 13 SINGAPORE. Oct. 24Three officers of the Singapore Military Forces will soon leave for Britain for further training. Major Wee Soon Whatt Is to be attached to a battalion in the British Army of the Rhine for two months before starting a year’s course at
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  • 105 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 24. The Union of Forest Employees will meet on Oct. 28 and one subject expected to feature prominently in the discussions is a pay increase for 1,000 forest workers. On the agenda is a resolution railing on the Forestry
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  • 367 13 KLANG, Oct. 23. 5O labourers chased seven robbers in an estate, off 2£ mile Meru Road here last night. A man was captured and handed over to the police. He was taken to hospital with head injuries. The thugs had earlier grabbed $2,300 in cash, jewellery
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  • 249 13 SINGAPORE, CXt- 23. More than 100 people were made homeless when a sudden blaze in K a m p o ng Henderson this afternoon burnt down 20 attap huts Hundreds of squatters, some with babies in their arms, fled down Henderson hill as the
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  • 58 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 23 Telephone exchanges ul Cameron Highlands, Kinglet and Kampong Raja will come under the Cameron Highlands telephone group from Nov 4, it was announced today. A subscriber connected to one of these exchanges may dial a subscriber connected to another exchange
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  • 227 14 1,231,000 mushroom claims KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 21. TOTAL of 1,231,000 claims on the 39 mushroom insurance companies now being liquidated have poured into the office of the Commissioner of Insurance during the past two months and made it an “Operation Nightmare” for the staff. The claims
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  • 155 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 21. M Malaya has been chosen as the venue for the sixth Asian leaders conference of the World Alliance of YMCAs next year. The Malayan Council of YMCA will be host to the 15nation meeting at the University of Malaya in Kuala
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  • 42 14 KUCHING, Oct. 21.—Sarawak is recruiting young British doctors The first doctor to be recruited under the scheme, Dr. J. A. Baird arrived this week and has been posted to Miri Hospital to assist in the training of hospital assistants.
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  • 90 14 SINGAPORE, Oct. 22.—Linda Oheong Siai May, who petitioned for a divorce from George Mok Kim Song, a draughtsman, on the grounds of adultery, was grrnted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice We? in the High Court today. The decree is to be made
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  • 30 14 KLUANG, Oct. 21.—The Kluang Youth Club will hold its annual dance at the Mechanical Association in Jalan Dato Toh Siew Khor on Oct. 27 at 8 p.m.
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  • 164 14 Malacca, oct. 22. The The Malacca Magistrate, Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, said today that if he was left alone to read Henry Miller's “Tropic of Cancer” he would not do so, as the book contained several obscene passages. The book had no literary interest
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  • 40 14 IPOH, Oct. 22.—Woman Inspector, Miss Stancy Miranda, an investigating officer, has taken over duties as prosecuting officer of the Traffic Court here today. She succeeds Woman Inspector. Miss Blossom Wcng, who has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 35 14 BENTONO, Oct. 22.—The Sultan of Pahang opened the $115,000 health sub-centre In Tras Road here today. The sub-centre is one of the projects completed this year under the Bentong district rural development programme.
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  • 288 14 Rise in pay f or hydro workers ‘BUT NO BONUS’-COURT T HE Industrial Court has awSTj’ 22 increase of 3$ per cent on gross' rou M wages of workers in the Perak River liver and 1 Power Co Ud E! Ctnc claim (‘or paymem f/ a troduetlon of" retirement benefit’"m®'
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  • 64 14 PENANG, Oct. 22—The P^ an Muslim Welfare Associations iooa fair committee wih meet at Hall here at 3 30 p u on Tnursaa) to discuss plans to organise a in aid of the orphanage and the association The meeting will be held ui.ee the chairmanship cf
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  • 271 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Oct. 21. —Various events have been arranged here for the 68th birthday celebrations of the Sultan of Johore on Oct. 28. Six hundred participants have entered for the 11-mile big walk contest to be held on the eve of the Sultan’s birthday. On Oct.
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  • 374 15 A RECORD BUDGET A PPROVED FOR IPOH IPOH, Oct. 25. THi: ipoh municipality, controlled by the ople's Progressive Party, tonight passed Lrecc d budget of $14 million for next year. Pro ting the budget, the irj’ i v .n president, Mr. S.P. g‘e‘ r ‘v. nam, said: “In ac-Jo-daii-’i with
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  • 187 15 OINGAPORE, Oct. 25. The secretary of the United Workers of Petroleum Industry in Singapore, Mr. Seah Mui Kok, today expressed the hope that a federation of Malaysian petroleum workers’ unions will soon be formed. Mr. Seah said the pro-tem secretary of the new National Union
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  • 44 15 PENANG, Oct. 25—The Convent will hold its annual prize-giving and exhibition at 10 am. on Oct The Governor, Raja Tun Uda A 1-Ha i. will address the school while his wife. Tengku Punn Hajjah Nor Sa’adah, will give away the prizes.
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  • 79 15 LUMPUR, Oct. Shell Refining Federation of Ltd., opened its am. today ires and de- tock worth a W*v rr.r- official state,'ccted till Satunderstood that the bulk of applications was received even before the lists opened. About 300,000 application forms were sent out. The offers are for
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  • 474 15 CHAMBER CHIEF ON ‘THE VANGUARD OF OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS’ SINGAPORE, Oct. 26. 'J'HE chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. W.H.C. Bailey, said today that tangible progress was being made in Singapore’s industrialisation programme. He told a half-yearly meeting of the chamber: “Anyone
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  • 74 15 MALACCA. Oct 25 The Chief Police Officer, Asst. Comrnissionei Haji Yunus bin Talib, today pre sented medals to two pupils who had helped the police catch a "wanted man’’—actually a con stable taking part in a test ot public co-operation—during Folic* Week here. The medals were given
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  • 90 15 11/UALA LIPIS, Oct. 25. The Alliance yesterday enhanced its election victory in Lipis when its candidate in the Lipis Town Council by-election for Cheneras Barat ward beat the Socialist Front nominee. Ismayatin bln Kumar of the Alliance polled 137 votes while his rival, a housewife,
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  • 151 15 SINGAPORE, Oct. 26. 'rHE executive director of Pacific Area Travel A Agency, Mr. F. Marvin Plake, today criticised what he called “Singapore’s inertia towards tourist promotion.” “Singapore should step up a publicity drive to attract tourists instead of depending on its geographical monopoly of air
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  • 113 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 25. A taJk on “The Child’' will be given by Datin Lady Thomson, wife of the Chief Justice, at the Women’s International Club here tomorrow at 8 p.rri. This will be the first of a series of lectures to be held
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  • 211 16 IPOH, Oct. 25. JJEAVY rain, almost daily in Perak, during the past few weeks has flooded out several mines, reduced rubber tapping and damaged vegetable crops, sending up market prices. The State Government is altering the various districts to reactivate their flood relief committees
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  • 159 16 Kuala lumpur Oct. 25. A Bill designed to pave the way for the introduction of a uniform land law throughout the Federation will be published tomorrow. It will bring the Penang and Malacca land systems Into line with the other nine States, so
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  • 53 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25—Singa pore donations tor the San children whose father was killed in an accident today totalled $272 bringing the grand total (Singa pore) to $1,467.50. Latest contributions are trom anonymous $140; Y. P. Pang and family $4O and GWO P.P.C staff 3
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  • 71 16 SINGAPORE. Oct. 25.—Inche Kassim Ahmad, 29, formerly of the research section of the Dew an Bahasa dan Pustaka in Kuala Lumpur, left for England yesterday. He will teach the Malay language at the school of Oriental and African Studies in London for three years. A
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  • 90 16 SINGAPORE, Oct. 25. A pre-dawn blaze today gutted the Hiap Chuan Joo sawmill in Balestier Road and destroyed about $300,000 worth of machinery and timber. The Are. which started shortly after 3.30 a.m.. was first discovered by the mill jaga, Bishan Singh. Awakened from sleep
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  • 25 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct 25—The National Union oi Petroleum Industry Workers' Federation ol Malaya which claims a potential membership of 2.000 was registered today
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  • 176 16 kUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 25.—Women teachers in the Federation will hold a mass rally if the Government does not reach a decision on equal pay by March next year. This was stated today by the president of the Women Teachers’ Union. Mrs. F. R. Bhupalan,
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  • 203 16 0 U N G E I PATANI, Oct. 25. A joint application by two dismissed labourers seeking to set aside a court order requiring them to hand over possession of their quarters to their former employers in Sungei Tukang estate failed today. N.
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  • 56 16 MERSING. Oct 25 The people here will go gay on Sunday t&lt; celebrate the birthday of the Sul tan of Johore. Highlight of the celebrations will be a march-past at the Town Padang in the morning in which the Territorial Army, police, bov scouts and
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  • 80 16 MODELLING is nothin? strange or new to eight-ycar-old Sameena Piratha who stole the limelight at a United Nations Day fashion show at the YWCA in Kuala I.unipur on the night of Oct. 24. Pretty Sameena. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kiaz Piratha of the Pakistan
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  • 83 16 PENANG. Oct 25. A Penang “Queen oi Queens wil be crowned in a Hari Bungs (Poppy Day&gt; Ball at tin E. and O. Hotel on Dec. 8 This was stated by Mrs Ng Mann Sau. convenor a the international bullet dinner and dance section, at
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  • 42 16 MUAR, Oct 25 0 buildings here i :itcd for the Sul 68 th birthday cr Monday. a".d There will be sc ne five free cinema show m 11 theatres. The Ceylone hold a thanksuivin- ,v 0 Sri Muthu Mariam
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  • 22 16 p. iy three KUCHING, 0&lt;t. 2. s days after movi house in BatU Li Sim See Phuanif. cuted.
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  • 513 17 emphasis on roads, health, town CLEANSING AND NEW VILLAGES IPOH, Oct. 26 A lAIN emphasis in the Ipoh Municipality’s record $14.03 million Budget for 1963 is on road maintenance, health services, town sanitation, and cleansing and the greatest possible service to new villages.
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  • 214 17 Kuala lumpur. Oct. 26. The flood situation improved considerably on the East Coast today when the expected “moderate to heavy” rain warned of by police yesterday, failed to falL In KOI A 6HARL an intermittent drizzle fell throughout the day but the airport, closed
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  • 323 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 25. A 16-year-old girl told the High Court today how robbers rained stones through a glass window of her house, then got through it and robbed her and her family. She, her elder sister and her parents sheltered behind a
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  • 230 17 pENANG, Oct. 25. The coming year will be a “momentous” one for the Penang Port Commission, Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir, the Minister of Transport, predicted today. For the first time, he told members of the commission, a proper system of control on handling of
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  • 261 17 SINGAPORE, &gt;ct. 26 rn h h dingapore-Malaya J. delegate to the Australian tariff board of inquiry on imber, Mr M.E. Jordan. has asked the board, which sat in Sydney to urge the Austra.tan Government to abolish the existing duties on the import
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  • 57 17 SINGAPORE, Oct. 2G A $1,000,000 milk reconstituting, pasteurising and bottling plant will be set up here by the Cold Storage (Singapore) Ltd. Construction work on the factory at Buklt Tlmah will start soon. The plant, which will employ 50 people for a start, expects to
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  • 43 17 KUAI*A I.UMPUR. ext 26 'Hie public lecture by I)r. Akim At&gt;i dul Hanq. to be hold ut tin* I University of Malaya. Kuala Lumpur tomorrow night h is been j cancelled because of the non1 arrival of the speaker in Malaya.
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  • 473 18 $2,000 jewels lost from that landslidehome PENANG, Oct. 24 rain in .Penang for the past three days claimed its first casualty this morning when a village headman, Lim Teik Seng, 57, was killed at Sungei Pinang in Balik Pulau district. Urn was asleep
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  • 66 18 SINGAPORE Oct. 24-Mr. Sam P. Gilstrap. the U S. Consul-Gen-eral in Singapore, will open the “The Wonderful World of Colour” photography exhibition sponsored by Kodak (Malaya) Ltd., in the national library theatrette on Friday. The exhibition. representing the work of some of the world's finest
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  • 60 18 IPOH, Oct. 24—Mr. D.R. Seenivasagam will become the acting municipal president here when his elder brother, Mr. S. P. Seenivasagam leads a tive-man mission to Hong Kong later this month. A motion to appoint “D.R.” as the acting president until Nov 30, will be introduced
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  • 240 18 Six doctors attend Ruler of Perak: After operation he rests comfortably KUALA KANGSAR, Oct. 26. r FHE Sultan of Perak, Raja Yusuf Izzudin Shah, 72, has developed paralysis of both legs and is under treatment at his palace here. An official announcement said that the Sultan had
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  • 142 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 26. —The University of Singapore Students’ Union is the only student body to protest to the Federation Government against its restrictions on travel by Singapore student groups. A Government source said today that not a single International student body had protested. The
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  • 263 18 pENANG, Oct. 25 With flood waters subsiding, all families evacuated from the Caunter Hall area have returned after taking refuge at the homes of relatives or in the Penang Port Commission Recreation Club in Anson Road. Most of the affected families (200 men. women and
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  • 42 18 Tht' nev PENANG. Oct. .5 Vfovo* Japanese mini-car. sto p 700. today completed ri ur .d 72-hour marathon r Penang Island. 0 mil fS The car covered through floods a"' 1 vs during the past -1 a*
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  • 23 18 KAJANG. Oct. most remote kamp is v&gt; rantl. 17 miles m fMD g have Its Pf“ C 000 booth costing about
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  • 770 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP; Singapore, Oct. 24 rflii.i E jockeys were 1 fined a total of &lt;1,733 by the Stewards •,tValat Timah today. A ace One 1, DIV. 3—6 F. ty iii 4 n stable s KTHORFE 8.13 127) Posner 1 lock 8.9 -338) Harbrldge
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  • 1003 19 Singapore, Oct. 28 \\A ILK Scout, ridden by Keith Moxham. today won the Autumn Cup over lOf. Race One (LASS 2. DIV. 2 7F. Reve Kongsi's &lt;Bl &gt;\M&gt;MAN 9.0 »i-328) Harbridge 1 •10. liarietta 8.4 332 &gt; B. Wilson 2 *&gt;
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 72 19 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $112,300 1ST: No. *****1 ($56,150) 2ND: No. *****1 ($28,075) 3RD: No. *****1 ($14,037) STARTERS ($2,005 each): Nos. *****8: *****7: *****5: *****1: *****6: *****7: *****0. CONSOLATION: $50 to all tickets ending in 675. BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $127,660. 1st—No. *****6 ($63,830) 2nd—No. *****0 ($31,915) 3rd—No. *****3 ($15,957)
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  • Malayan Share Market Review
    • 1000 20 From Our Market Correspondent £JUBA and Shell dominated the Malayan Stock Exchange last week and while the former caused prices to blow hot and cold the latter’s offer quietly netted something in the region of a little under $l5O million. It is interesting to speculate
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    • 91 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previous year vear Pahang Con. is. lOd. Dec. 29 50% 35% Siamese Tin 9d.t Nov. 17 35% Craigielea io% Dec. 3 10% 124% Hoscote Rubber 25% Nov. 29 25% 20% plus u t wr 5% bonus K.L. kepong 4%t
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    • 503 20 AT the outset the week gave little indication of what was in store state H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their weekly rubber review. The invasion of Indian territory by Chinese troops, while disquietening, had little effect on the marke and initially prices appeared to
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    • 945 20 r THE state of shares on the Malayan Stock Exchange show last business to October 26 (A) and last business since the date (B) with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business this year to date were: INDUSTRIALS at ai Alex Bricks 2.20 80 Ords
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    • 34 20 (Managers’ Prices) First Malayan 1.53 1.61 Recond Malayan 1.16 1.24 Third Malayan .82 .91 xd First Hong Kong .91 ,9«xd* Second Hong Kong .70 .75* Sterling Commod’tv 4/1 4/7xd (•Hong Kong currency).
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    • 33 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul) Oct. 22 77% cts $422.12% 23 79% cts. $422.25 24 85% cts. $429 00 25 82% cts. $426.25 26 82% cts. $426 25 27 $431.00
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