The Straits Budget, 14 November 1962

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    30 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA S NATIONAL NIWSPAMR >ries 347. Kuala Lumpur, November 14, 1962. Price 40 cents (Malaya or 1 shilling) KDN Ott.
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      Reaction here to the border war
      146 2  -  I.P.K. WONC Singapore 4 S a Malayan I am perturbed to read of the move among Indians in Malaya to set up a public fund to aid the Indian Government in the SinoIndia border conflict. They appear to be Indians first and Malayans second,
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      Bed and board at Malaya Hall
      378 2  -  S. C. WONG President, Malayan Students’ Union London W.I. rE Director of the Malayan Students’ Department has accused me of using misleading figures in my comments made on behalf of the union on Malaga Hall. Firstly, the figures were current at the time of
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      CHINA’S AIM: TO TAP THAT RICH POLITICAL OILFIELD
      271 2  -  ONG LEE TEIK tpoh SINCE independence India has prided herself on being the champion of the anti colonial movement India s leaders have viewed all world political events in terms of colonies freeing themselves from imperialist rule. They refused to see that
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      Taxi-drivers
      101 2  -  M.C Singapore REPLYING to Mr. Gruber’s letter (BT. Nov 3) I am sure no adult traveller would judge a country by its taxi-drivers. At the risk of getting my coins cropped I would add that, taxidrivers (like landlords) are internationally “notorious” in any country in the world, and a
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      Surprised
      56 2  -  MEMBER Kangar AM surprised to see a headmaster of a secondary school In Perils elected president of the Chinese School Teachers’ Association. Only teachers In the Chinese schools are eligible to he members: fully aided secondary schools, however, use the national language or English as the medium of instruction
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      New hazard
      72 2  -  TAXPAYER Singapore "ITUS year Singapore’s Ministry of Health and the Public Works Department has spent $400,000 on the cleaning and dredging of city outlets. Yet these outlets are still filled with silt, rubbish and grass. Certain outlets like Stamford, Kampong Bahru, Pasir Panjang and Paya Lebar have hardly
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      Route 22
      70 2  -  FED-UP Singapore rE STC buses on route 22 and 23 in Singapore are “bone-shakers.” The company may be under the impression that the people who use them are of an inferior class. We pay the same fares as the rest, who to my mind get a better type
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      DTC GRADS vs. THE COLLEGE TRAINED
      172 2  -  D.T.C. GRADUATE Kota Bharu D.T.C.-TRAINED Alor Star fTIHE college-trained X teacher who wrote of comparative standards of trained teachers has grossly misrepresented the position. What does he mean oy “a vast difference In academic standard” and ‘‘D.T.C. graduates have not attained an academic standard
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      BETTER WAY
      53 2  -  K.L. LEE Taiping THERE have been many suggestions how to save Teluk Anson town from erosion by the Perak River. Groynes nay be a means of diminishing the danger, but would it not be more practical to change the course of the Perak River by a short cut
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      Struggle for young minds
      244 2  -  TEAS Seremban ll|iI I |im C ch oois, th e start i‘» ,’f P f styear biaxi n. •11 tel v a*ith The** teae ind 'English. Ane ac l these re. spective >, ti -i., different methods of -ruction For exam; k. R Umi written from
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      Death trap
      107 2  -  fOTORIS 1 Penang rERE is a virtual deathtrap outside Chemoi town towards Ipoh A youni Indian doctor was killed ai this double -bend, and manj motorists have skidded a the same spot The author! ties have cut down tn< tree into which the unfortunate doctor crasne t but
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      A trickle
      62 2  -  (Ill* Singapore sf” pore have OO Jisput up wi pressure mally low eC ialll At peak pel 1 w hei in the m irns on every house. an d the tap r o nly washing. f infretrickles ou '>|ps. quently It n -etting Other ar* > their plenty
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      Lock icon Toll Of The Roads
      752 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 5 St., tics of accidents can k e '.,-igerous as the traffic a\ with. For instance ,w that in the Federatio: worst combination j‘ or toristis good visibility, a s a and dry road, and n rate speed, which on Jhe t of
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      Lock icon A Question Of Sense
      326 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 5 The anxiety of the Railwaymen’s Union over the future of the Malayan Railway is understandable enough, bui why should the union fear the conversion of the administration into an independent statutory authority? The Union’s President, Mr. Donald d’Uren. now in London, is
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      Lock icon Goh’s Mission
      164 3 Straits Times. Nov. 5 Australia’s achievements in industrial development in the postwar years have been as spectacular in their own way as Japan’s and Hong Kong’s \et Malayan efforts at wooine industrial investors have bee<directed far more at the tw Asian countries. The prospect--for co-operation with Austin lia
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      Lock icon The Unanswered Claim
      406 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 6 Doubt has grown whethe: a combined delegation repres enting the opponents of Malaysia in the Borneo territories will make the journey to New York to appeal to the Uniter! Nations. They do not have ar impressive case, and in two al least of
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      Lock icon Security Snags
      357 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 7 The Federation Government committee set up last July to study social security measures has gone about its work so un obtrusively that most people must have forgotten ail about it. That Mr. Manickasavagam should choose to remind them may mean that the committee is
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      Lock icon C.P.F. Interest
      250 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 7 The possibility of a higher rate of interest on Central Provident Fund accounts has been brought to the Singapore Government’s notice with year-end regularity for some time now. The flush state of affairs disclosed in the Fund’s annual report for last year now makes
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      Lock icon M.C.A. Revival
      350 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 8 The Control General Assembly of the M.C.A. will meet this Saturday in its most confident mood for a long time. Neither internal quarrels nor electoral reverses figure on the agenda; instead, delegates are being called together, for the first time since independence, to celebrate
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      Lock icon Process Of Law
      626 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 9 The Sarawak Government has the sympathy of every responsible person in the necessary effort it is making to suppress an obviously dangerous Communist conspiracy. There is evidence in plenty of the existence of a Communist underground, and of Communist infiltration of the Sarawak
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      Lock icon Job Seekers
      271 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 9 The value of employment exchanges has been amply proved since the first one was set up in Kuala Lumpur in 1953. Sixteen other towns now have them and it is welcome news that Kuala Trengganu, Teluk Anson, Kulim and Segamat will soon join the
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      Lock icon Cuba Still With Us
      673 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 10 The Americans cannot h.* blamed for still being tough übout Cuba. With the rest of the world they have had a lesson in duplicity they must never forget. Moreover the dismantling of the Russian missile bases is not the result of a
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      Lock icon K.L. Chaos
      292 4 —Straits Times. Nov. 10 Kuala Lumpur has all the blemishes of over a hundred years of unplanned growth. It is a capital of which Malaya cannot be proud. Crowded, chaotic, dilapidated in parts, snarled in motor traffic, it >s rapidly becoming an inefficient city. No-one loves it except
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      Lock icon The Sportsmen
      252 4 James have suu —Straits Times. Despite an ingenious attempt to persuade the Philippines Government that the International Amateur Basketball Federation is like "a specialised agency** of the United Nations, sportsmen in the Philippines have not succeeded in reversing an official deci>ior. to refuse visas to the Yugoslav team.
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    RUBBER ADVISED TO ANTICIPATE DECLINE IN PRICE
    339 5 SINGAPORE, Nov. 4 rpHi: natural rubber industry should anticipate 1 t .her drops in price, Professor Kiang Ai Kim 0 f til* Chemistry Department, University of Singapore, ns warned in a talk at the new lecture theaf.rp tre. The prolessor who spoke on
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    A RED CROSS CAMP ON THE BEACH
    112 5 POH Nov. 4 —Sixty members 1 c the Ipoh District Red C: ss S ciety will attend a trair.licamp on the beach Tenik Muroh, near Lumut. c. Nov 9, 10. and 11. The party will be led by Mr. J eph Pragasam. officer-n-chirpe
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    Senator elected chairman
    39 5 v°HOf;k BAHRU, Nov. 4 A |Hp; r Dato Sheikh Abu ir Vahya, was elected Johore Bahru District c mmittee today. H‘V- 'Ha.'sm bm Zultan was v. ’airman. Mr M B. 'untary and Mr R. A de
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    For radar men
    22 5 Nov. 4—The Polyconduct a radar obsertrom Dec. 10 to 21 fer mm. completed a minimum months' service in h
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    To inspect new water scheme
    52 5 JOHORE, BAHRU. Nov. 4—The Johore State Secretary Dato Abdul Rahman bin Ja’afar. will visit the new water supply scheme In Sagil area, Muar, cn Nov. 8. He will be accompanied by members ol t ie works committee The party will also inspect the reurvoir at
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    Lock icon 160 PUPILS BOYCOTT RELIGIOUS SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
    637 5 IPOH, Nov. 4 'JHE 160 Form Two pupils oi the Sekolah izzuddin Shah, a boys’ residential Government secondary religious school in Tiger Lane here, went on strike today, boycotting the final yearly examination. The remaining 140 boys in the lower classes supported them. The
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    ‘The Wall’ on show
    31 5 IPOH, Nov. 4—The Perak Arts Council and the German Embassy will sponsor a three-day picture exhibition of “Berlin and the Wall" in me bt. Michael's Institution hall.
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    SARAWAK KEEN ON CENTRE TRAINING
    145 5 Kuala lumpur, Nov. 4- Members of a Sarawak mission here cr a study tour have told the Director of the National Productivity Centre. Mr. S. Abishr(?am, that they wish tr arrange for peonle from their territory to come to the centre for training Mr Abishegam
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    Penang’s plan for small men...
    324 6 GROUP PROCESSING UNITS WHERE FACTORIES ARE NOT POSSIBLE PENANG, Nov. 5. THE STATE Government plans to start small 1 group processing units in areas where large iactories are not possible, the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, announced today. Speaking at the opening of the
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    New phone booths
    24 6 KULIM, Nov. 4—Pour public phone booths have been installed at Sungei Seluang, Labu Besar, Merbau Pulas and Keladl in Kulim District.
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    TB: More X-ray units for the fight
    145 6 Kuala lumpur, Nov. 4. The Federation Government is getting more X-ray units to step up the campaign against tuberculosis. The Government's senior T.B. specialist. Dr. J. S. Sodhy. said that six “miniature” chest units would arrive next month. Two of the units, ordered
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    600 invited to Residency wedding
    72 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5 Six hundred people, including Cabinet Mininters and members of diplomatic corps, will attend the wedding of Sharifah Maheran binte Kassim, (above), a niece of the Prime Minister, at the Residency on Nov 8. The bridegroom is Syed Rosli bin Abu Bakar.
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    ipoh’s new DPP
    26 6 IPOH. Nov. 6—lnche Mohamed bln Ya'acob. former President oi the Sessions Court, Muar, has assumed duties as Deputy Public Prosecutor. Perak, in Ipoh.
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    No sign of the Tengku’s deer from Madras yet
    131 6 No sign of the Tengku’ s deer from Madras yet KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5. What has happened to the pair of deer presented by the Madras State Government to the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman? The deer were scheduled to arrive here on board a Malayan Airways aircraft from Singapore
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    Exports: Four-fifths rubber and tin
    113 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 4 Malaya sold $803,204,135 worth of rubber and $369,841,232 worth of tin in the tlrst seven months of this year, according to official trade statistics issued today They formed slightly over four-fifths of total exports of $1,550 million during the period. Exports
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    By-election date is Dec. 8 in two places
    161 6 By-election date is Dec 8 in two places lOHORE BAHRU, Nov. J 4.—Two by-elections —one in Segamat and the other in Batu Pahat will be held on Dec. 8, the Deputy Supervisor of Elections, Johore. Mr. S. C. Singhe, announced today. lhe one in Segamat will be a by-eiection lor
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    Four rob a shop of 1,000 sarongs
    85 6 SINGAPORE, Nov. 4. —Four men. one armed with a knife, entered a shop in Amoj Street and stole sarongs worth $7,000 last night. The thugs had knocked on the front door of Hong Lee and Co. to buy cigarettes at about 10.30 p.m.
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    ‘U.D.P. won’t win control of govt’
    197 6 ‘U.D.P. won ’t win control of govt’ THE Penang M.C.A. said today^'?’ 1 5. 1 Democratic Party would "never Lnitetl of the government in 1964—0 r at any iut„r o C^ rol I “Few DPnnir, e ‘Tew peoolr aie> the U.DT because loln I not sure where it in? are
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    SINHALESE TOLD: ‘DO NOT BUILD WALLS...’
    123 6 J/'UALA LUMPUR. Nov. 4.—The 5,000 Sinhalese in Malaya were tolc today “not to built walls around you” but to co-operate with the Government to make the country happy anc prosperous. The advice was given by the acting Ceylon High Commissioner here, Mr. Arthur Abeyawardena.
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    Deepavali party
    31 6 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5.-TM g ar J and file of “D" revision pore police will o d oUar ters ol Havelock Road po lure 1 Nov. 9 to celebime 1
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      86 6 THE H.K. AND FAR EAST a Mafa/nt Auiinf arck.tictural anil r A Bi-Monthly j areiittcwrai a»u w. periodical ol s.ntapan m r». Building of Real -taw Estate Activities the Far East. •uaiisVed i.'lS*'^» r J'«S?eSp?JJ T paptr boutht tu V** r T^_ri papir boutnt t au.H.m oMKaetm. r l i
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    BACKERS OF MALAYSIA IN SARAWAK TO SEND TEAM TO UN
    162 7 ,ri; t A LUMPUR, Nov. K Lhe newly-formed laysia Sarawak Front will send member delegathe United Narly next year to any point raised rival, the BaraT nited People’s p :r against siaV T ’(*k Chong. publlnf the Miri branch rjasa
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    Australians teach jungle fighting
    55 7 i ORE, Nov. 4. —An 1 Army officer and ’oants are training n all over the world warfare at Kota hore. Oipt. lan Mae Kay. team trains 'ralian. New Zea- an. Thai. Filipino. I ian. Gurkha and the team Is putaup of British. Irish Hussar. 1
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    President re-elected
    16 7 V s—The Penang W Society has res' Mohamed Hashlm r Cheah Thean n ‘(-nt.
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    Wahid, paralysed constable, leaves for games
    384 7  -  By t EVELYN TU SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. Wearing a dark blue suit and smiling, crippled Police Constable Wahid bin Baba sat in his wheel-chair and lovingly fondled the hands of his three-year-old daughter, Norm. But their moment together lasted only a few minutes. Soon
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    CENTRAL BODY FOR CAREERS GUIDANCE
    146 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 A CENTRAL organisation has been formed to co- ordinate the vocational guidance activities of various government departments and public bodies to provide a better service for students seekin ,j careers. I The organisation, called the Vocational Guidance Coordinating Body, will get
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    Memorial parade
    30 7 SUNGEI PATANI. Nov. s—’The Remembrance Day parade In Kedah this year will be held here at the Kedah Volunteer Force Memorial ut Jalan Sungel Layar on Nov. 11
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    Leave, then new post
    37 7 IPOH, Nov. 6—Mr. E S. Sim Senior Asistant Registrar of the Ipoh Supreme Court. Is on a month’s leave before taking up a similai position In Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court on Dec. 1.
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    FRIENDSHIPS WILL CUT AIR FARE TO JESSELTON
    126 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5. Malayan Airways is to reduce its fare t>v 559 from 5344 to _on services from Kuala Lumpur to Jesselton with the introduction of 1 okker Friendship aircraft next July. The Minister of Transport, I>ato Ilaji Sardon bin llaji Jubir.
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    Tun Razak arrives in Korea
    115 7 SEOUL. Nov. 5. The Malayan Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, arrived here today lor a four-day otlieial visit at the Invitation of the Korean Prime Minister. Mr. Hun Chul Kim. The Deputy Prime Minister was accompanied by three Malayan ollicials. Including the Minister of
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    Indian Defence Fund: $8,600
    47 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 5 People in Singapore .mci in the Federation have contributed a otal of sR.fJfi 1 towards the Indian Defence Fund Of thus amount tin* Indian Hi-h Commission office fare receiver! SI.OOO. The rest aa.*. sent to t ie Singapore office.
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    Farmer jailed 2½ years for killing wife in row
    169 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Nov 5 A farmer, who killed his wife of 42 years of marriage was Jailed for two and a half years by Mr. Justice Gill in the High court here today. Tan Peng Chiang, 61. pleaded guilty to culpable
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    Invitation to start sheet glass industry
    222 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. r FHE Economic Development Board today invited businessmen to start a sheet glass industry here —with promises to provide good industrial sites, financial help under favourable terms, and pioneer status. The board said a medium sized plant with a capacity of
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    ART SHOW IN AID OF 5 YOUNG ARTISTS
    109 8 Kuala lumfur, nov. —5. —A five-day exhibition to help raise funds for five young Chinese artists to go abroad opened at the British Council Centre here today. One hundred paintings by the five artists Cheah Yew Saik. Goh Chong Thar. Khoo Swee
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    Dance for needy schoolchildren
    47 8 KUANTAN, Nov. 4—More than 300 people last night attended a dance sponsored by the Kuantan Hotary Club in the Town Hall in aid of needy schoolchildren. Highlight of the dance was a hair s’vies fashion parade in w hich 12 girls took purt.
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    Oar girls keen to join ‘Ice’ but...
    110 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 5 More than 10 Malayan girls have applied to take part in the ‘Holiday on Ice” show here but there is one drawback—they do not know how to skate, not even roller skating. The Managing Director of the Ice show.
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    Headmistress replaced by graduate teacher—Govt is accused
    188 8 Headmistress replaced by graduate teacher —Govt is accused Kuala lumpur. Nov. 5. The replacement of a normal trained headmistress by a graduate teacher was attacked today by the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers. Mr. K. V. Thaver was speaking at the convention ot the Congress of Unions
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    ‘Amend law to give farmers new deal’
    244 8 |HE Kedah Pudi Planters’ Develop-!. H K Nuv 6suggested that the Padi Land tY»., r<l has 1,11(1 Security of Tenure Ordinance h, ul 01 Ren ensure a better deal for the state’ fSS aded to farmers. tenant The suggestion is contained In the
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    Rubber stolen
    26 8 TAIPING. Ntv. 6 About one •on ol smoked rubber valued at 51.350 was stolen from Eaglehurst Estate. Batu Kurau. nine miles Horn here yesterday.
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    EXPERT OFFERS GOVERNMENT HIS ‘KNOW-HOW’ ON TEXTILES
    298 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 6 4 LEADING British textile expert today offered his company’s assistance in the way of technical knowhow to the Federation Government if it should want to set up a textile industrv He is Mr. Harry Field, director of Bradford Dyers’ Association
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    FISHERMAN DIED FOR A TOOTH
    180 8 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. An inquest on a Johore fisherman was told today how a tooth extraction cost him his life. Mohamed Zen bln Edross. 24. of Sungel Rengit, a smal 1 fishing village on the east coast of Johore opposite Changl. died of blood poisoning
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    RAZAK CALLS 0N KOREAN MUSLIMS
    167 8 Ww'. 4 ®s Aft i sein. who arrived here yesterday on a four-dav state visit, today called on the Korean Islarrv Society in Seoul. The chairman of t*e ciety. Hajl Umar Jin Kn Kim. a Korean Muslim, m Tun Raza* of the pregre-'d the Islam
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    MUSICIANS FROM INDIA HERE TO AID EDUCATION
    146 8 PENANG. Nov. 5.--An family from come to Malaya ipkavaß tauon of Mr V. M sagam, the Wel er of Labour and Sum fare, to give musical com m Mr V. Iyer of MyUi, alhaJ l three sons a r M 19. Subramam-i. violi
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    Cabinet ‘not told...’
    455 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5 SECRETARY OF CUEPACS ACCUSES ‘NO-MEN’ IN OFFICIAL SIDE OF WHITLEY COUNCIL T.IE official side of the National Whitley Council was today accused of “misrepresenting facts” to the Cabinet. The accusation was made by Mr. G. N. Rajan rotary of the Congress of Unions
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    Legal Dept. changes
    52 9 SINGAPORE. Nov. 4—Mr. TS Sinnathuray, crown counsel, has boon appointed acting senior crown counsel to succeed Mr. A. W. Ghows vi ho will be acting SolicitorGeneral. the Government Gazette announced yesterday. The post of Solicitor-General fell vacant when Mr A V Winslow was appointed a Puisine Judge
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    Bus shares for Malays
    86 9 Kl W.\ LUMPUR, Nov.— *har© sworth a total of 11 are being offered Malays by two bus 'nie s in the Fcdera- the Minister of s i'«rt. Dato Ha.ji (li r ,n h'n lla.ji Jubir ~v| '<! today. 1 '*mpanies are the Jalan Langgar Co Ltd.,
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    Surplus 900 to lose jobs
    234 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 6. The War Department announced today that about 900 locallyengaged civilian employees would have to be retrenched. The Army Civil Service Union, which represents the workers, has been told that the move is “unavoidable.” An official statement said the War Department very much
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    $18,000 FOR THE LOSS OF HUSBAND
    85 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. 5. A O young widow. Ho Koon Lan, mother of five children, was awarded damages of $lB,OOO with costs by Mr. Justice Buttrose in the High Court today for the loss of her husband, Wee Keah Kwang, 34. a hawker, who was
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    Teachers in fear, want transfers
    211 9 ASSAULT THREATS, ONE MAN IN HOSPITAL OENTONG, Nov. 6 The headmaster and five of the eight teachers of the Leban C’hondong Malay School in Kompin, Pahang, have asked the State Education Department for “immediate transfer” after threats of assault by the villagers. One of them.
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    Meters expected to stop jaga kretas
    206 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 6 The installation of parking meters is expected to rid the capital of the jaga kreta nuisance, the Municipal Secretary. Haji Mohamed Din bin AH. said today. But the meters, of which 100 have arrived, cannot be installed until a few
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    Governor opens Bailey bridge
    56 9 KUCHINO, Nov 6 A Halley bridge over the Klver Tampasuk at Kota liolud in North Borneo has been opened by the Governor, Btr William Goode. The bridge was built by British army engineers and the I* W D It is 3(H) ft. long and can take
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    New road signs
    29 9 MUAR, Nov O—A sum of $12,000 has o)tii set aside lor the replacement of road signs here. The new signs will he in the national language
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    STRIKE OVER, BUT...
    92 9 SINGAPORE, Nov. f>. Workers ol the Sea View Hotel In Meyer Road today returned to work after their six-hour “protest” strike 1 last night over the management's alleged refusal to settle their wage claims This morning the Singapore General Employees’ Union which represents them. sent a letter
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    Making the most of Asia’s manpower
    1172 10  -  THE ROLE OF LABOUR IN DEVELOPING AND UTILISING HUMAN RESOURCES by P.P. NARAYANAN SECRETARY-GENERAL NUPWi REPRINTED FROM FREE LABOUR WORLD ASIA has app r oximately 1,700 million people, or 55 per cent of the population of the e»ntire world. Moreover, this figure is growing
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    ‘Undercut’ bosses who hurt workers
    320 10 pENANG, Nov. 5 scheme to' protect the interests of p or workers and ensure fair deal for them is being worked cm bv the Federation Government the Assistant Minister of Labour. Mr. V. Manickavasagam. dis c i o sed here today. “We have also asked
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    Four inspectors to fight Trengganu khalwat
    97 10 IZUALA TRENGGANU, Nov. 5. —Four antivice inspectors will be appointed by the Trengganu Religious Affairs Department soon to fight khalwat (close proximity). The Commissioner of Religious Affairs, Haji Bachik bin Abdul Jalal, said this today. He added that the fight n JH against khalwat
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    Two big industrial projects planned for Singapore
    623 11 A s9m. IRON ORE LOADING PLANT AND s7m. GRAIN SILO SCHEME SILO WILL SUPPLY FLOUR AND ANIMAL FEED MILLS WAPORE, Nov. 5. Two big industrial projects with a vp; lilion capital investment are in the ollii 4 in Singapore. T 1 y are
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    Malam ASA tops M-Fund contributions list
    192 11 Kl I.A LUMPUR, Nov. 5 ot the proceeds hV ,he Mai am ASA shows lav M’- cent ly topped the lLs t of contributions v a l ;V- $14,196.59 to the ‘1 Monument Fund. Malam ASA contriT $10,035. $5 1 nd now stands at
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    Remembrance parade
    60 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov 5 Small detachments of the Federation Armed Forces, the Royal Federation Police, the Territorial Army and the Ex-Services Association will take part in a Remembrance Day parade at the Police Memorial Police Depot here on Nov. 11. The parade will be commanded bv Major Mahmud
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    Sreeni opens symposium
    68 11 SINGAPORE. Nov s—The ViceChancellor of the University of Singapore, Or. 13 R. Sreenivasan. opened the Unesco regional symposium on scientific know* ledge of tropical parasites at the Medical Faculty in Sepov Lines today. Tlie five-day symposium, organised by the Unesco South-East Asia Science Co-operation Office is being
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    MUNICIPALITY DENIES ‘POLITICAL DISHONESTY’
    710 11 IPOH, November 5 AN allegation of "political dishonesty” against the People’s Progressive Party, which controls the Ipoh Municipality, was denied by the Municipal Treasurer and acting Secretary, Mr. J. B. Potter, at a Press confer- ence here today. Mr. Potter called In the Press on the
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    EX-BRITISH COMMUNIST LEADER IN MALAYA
    168 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. £_A former Politburo member of the British Communist Party, Mr. Douglas Hyde, 51, is now in Malaya to collect material for a book on the Communist rebellion in South-East Asia. Mr. Hyde, who has been here often before, has been invited by
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    Striptease is what a can-can cannot show
    358 12 PENANG, Nov. 6.— The State Government today invited any member of the public to complain to the police if a can-can revue now performing here breaks any of the conditions of the licence issued to it. In an official statement, the State Government
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    Hay ley to visit Ipoh today
    51 12 IPOH, Nov. 6—Teenaged screen idol, Hayley Mills, of “Pollyana" and "Parent Trap” fame Is visiting Ipoh tomorrow. She will be accompanied by her famous actor-father, John Mills, and authoress mother, Mary Hayley Bell, arriving by plane from Singapore at the airport here at 5.20
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    Beware!
    319 12 HYPNOTISM PLUS SLICK TALK USED BY CON MAN WHO PREYS ON WOMEN IPOH, Nov. 6. POLICE spokesman today warned the public, especially women, to watch out for a confidence trickster who mixes hypnotism and a convincing line of talk to make people part with their cash. So far, the
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    WANTED: NEW MISSIONS OF GOODWILL
    92 12 PENANG, Nov. 6. The chairman of the Penang State Youth Council, Mr. R. Shanmugam, today suggested that more goodwill missions be exchanged between countries in the Far East region and the Malaysian territories. “We hone to send some of our youths to visit your beautiful
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    TAN: LOANS NEEDED TO KEEP UP RESERVES
    251 12 Kuala lumpur, Nov. 6. —The Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said today that to avoid a “rapid drawing down” of its reserves the Government wiU have to increase its borrowing. It will borrow both from domestic and foreign sources to implement its
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    Malaya—‘place you can be proud of’
    189 12 Malaya—‘ place you can be proud of’ iPOH, Nov. 5. —A group of 38 Chinese boys and girls, members of youth clubs in Perak, were told here today to be proud of Malaya and maintain the prestige it had won abroad. Opening a three-day course for them the Deputy to
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    MYSTERY OF THE MISSING DEER SOLVED
    169 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 6 irie niysterv of Ton amu, VJ£j; deer which never ar nved from India w* solved today. 45 The pair of deer, a present from the Madras S Government to the x™ ku, are still in India. A cable receiv, d by
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    UNION SUBMITS ANOTHER SET OF CLAIMS
    139 12 SINGAPORE. Nov. 5-J The Amalgamate® Union of Public Em® ployees has another set of to the Government-® its third within a weeKM This time the claims aj® for Division J hree (uniformed grade 1 m Kg Postal Department ■g The earlier claims for Division
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    Law talk by jungle
    32 12 gJiX M llU'* SINGAPORE. N" Jpynretna’n 1 l win speak of 1 Opinion' i f 1 of the V s M r poro 'BP’n' ant on Nov. JO-
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    Mr. Wong’s statement in H.K. ‘incorrect’
    342 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 6. I jiii Win is try ol' Commerce and Industry today I a "cribed as "completely incorrect and misI infoi iiied” a statement alleging that prospects ot I ii'iiK Kong investments here were dim because I of red tape and inefficiency
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    Jaycees to meet
    19 13 Kl a\. y 6—Klang Junior f ’»mnierce will navo ••'I meeting on Nov. defence Club here.
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    Girl, 18, is missing
    57 13 JOIIORE BAHRU. No. 6 Fatimah binte Abdullah. 18. ‘las been reported missing irom her home in Kuala Sedili, Kota Tinggi, since /esterday afternoon The police described Fatimah as being five feet tali las long wavy hair and is lark-skinned. She was last seen wearing a blue
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    Japan offers 3 scholarships
    64 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 6—Th Japanese Government is ofiermg tree scholarships to Malayans lor study in universities there in he 19bj academic year, beginning in April Ihe subjects are: Humanities •nd Social Sciences, which in Hides literature, education, law. 'conomics. line arts and music, ind. Natural Sciences,
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    Lecture on stars
    42 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 6—Dr. K. K Kumar Sen ot the Department of Physics in the University ol Singapore will give a public lecture on "Stars and Their Communities." at the university’s Lecture Theatre 3 at 8 p.m on Nov. 14
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    MacD IS MUM ON BORDER DISPUTE
    153 13 SINGAPORE. Nov. 6. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald former British Commis sioner-General in SouthEast Asia, flew into Singapore today after a month’s tour of China—and politely refused to comment on the border conflict between India and China He said it would be a “mistake” if his
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    Annual meeting
    19 13 PENANG. Nov. 6 —The Penang City Council Recreation club win bold its annual meeting on Nov 17.
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    SET UP A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, TENGKU URGED
    183 13 LUMPUR, Nov 5. —The newly-form-ed National Union of Journalists has recommended in a report to the Prime Minister that a school of journalism be established in the University of Malaya. Such a school, the NUJ feels, will "raise and maintain a high
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    PREMIER-TO-PREMIER CHAT OPENS DIAL-02-FOR-SINGAPORE LINK
    385 13 200 listen in as the Tengku fixes a golf date KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 6. Tengku Abdul Rahman today officially opened the new dial yourself trunk system to Singapore, with a call to his counterpart across the Causeway Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. About 200 people listened
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    Engineering at Nanyang
    47 13 SINGAPORE, Nov. (> Nanyang University will set up a Department ot Chemical Engineering next year For a start, the new department will he in the Faculty of Science When more courses in engineer mg are set up. a Faculty of Engineering will then be created
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    No restrictions on non-Muslims
    64 13 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Nov 6 There are no restrictions In the Islamic religion lor non-Muslim doctors to circumcise Muslims, the Keeper of the Rulers' Seal, Inche Abdul Rahim bin Rauf «aid in a Mafenx nt today The question of circumcision of Mu lims by non Muslim doctors
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    Fun with the Mills
    302 14  -  by JACKIE SAM Singapore, Nov. 7 IN sharp contrast to the hectic fourdav round of public appearances by the Mills family in Singapore, this group of teenagers and the fabulous family of him stars have fun—without the usual wild stampede for a closer look or autographs.
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    NON-MUSLIM ACCUSED OF ABETTING KHALWAT
    171 14 KOTA BHARU, Nov. 7. A non-Muslim Indian from Singapore, arrested together with a dumb, 30-year-old Malay woman during a police raid on hotels here last night, was today charged in the magistrate’s court with abetting khalwat" (close proximity). Kunjoo Barathan, 31, of Swaine Road. Singapore,
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    Five receive birthday awards
    104 14 Kuala lumpur, Nov. 7 —The Australian High Commissioner to Malaya, Mr. T. K. Critehley, today invested five members of the Royal Australian Air Force from Butterworth with the awards conferred on them by Queen Elizabeth in her birthday honours list. The ceremony, held at Mr. Critchley’s
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    Chairman chosen
    21 14 BANTING, Nov. 6—Mr. A. Kanapathy has been elected chairman of the Tamils’ Cultural Festival committee, a new organisation here
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    Fong warns of ‘bosses who talk tough’
    285 14 SINGAPORE. Nov. 7. T u sn talsiiijr bos coupled with '(htive activities of pVp politicians in thc union field, to cause mor faction and du-onw among: the work Singapore. Mr. V.. Swee Suan said todav" it is clear tnat ’i t rv, vernment
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    MISSING MAN ON ‘HOLIDAY’
    90 14 OINGAPORK. N° v Missing tor 2- da Tay Yam C son of a pork n^iUrr turned to h.> ri tr ling Road homo u- u day. 4 rl n m Tay called at me that Robinson Road t 0 .7:' m he had been h the
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    We won’t ram TV culture down people’s throats: Rajaratnam
    389 15  -  fr -m DOUG LACKERSTEEN: LONDON, Nov. 4 SINGAPORE’S Minister for Culture, Mr. S. c Kajaratnam, is satisfied with his one-man reciuitment campaign here for personnel to help launch the island’s venture into television next year. H>' Id me: “I came here
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    Three will investigate strike in school
    112 15 Nov. 7.—The Perak State Government today appointed a three-mem-ber commission to inquire into the circumstances of the strike by the 306 pupils of the lzzuddin Shah residential secondary religious school here. They are Inche All Zaini bin Haji Mohamed Zain, chairman, (Speaker of the
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    Schoolgirls robbed
    55 15 JOHORE BAHRU. Oct 6. Four schoolgirls were robbed on their way home from their school examinations yesterday in Jalan Mahmoodiah—less than 30 yards from the residence of the Chief Police Officer, Johore, Haji Kadir bin Haji Hassan. Three men held up the girls, and got away with their
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    Cigarettes in prison
    58 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7.—Chua Chwee Ho, 33. of China Street, was caught in the act of throwing a packet of cigarettes to a prisoner In Outram Road prison yesterday. Today in the Ninth Magistrate’s court, he was fined $lOO. or a month’s jail, for conveying cigarettes to a
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    Anti-piracy drive
    30 15 SANDAKAN, Nov. 7—A company of the Ist Bn., Queen's Own Highlanders, has arrived from Singapore for operations against the pirates who have meen raiding North Borneo’s east coast.
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    Jedi plans December flight to Britain for arms
    246 15 Kuala lumpur, Nov. 7. Fifteen-year-old grenade victim, Mohamed Jed l bin Ya’acob, for whose welfare the Malayan public has given a total of $32,044, will leave here for London early next month to be fitted with artificial limbs. The Public Trustee. Mr.
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    6 schools pick the same day
    49 15 PENANG, Nov. 7—At least six national schools In Penang will be l.rldlnq their parents day this year on Nov 25. The schools—Chowrasta, Jelutonj Kamponn Jawa, Perak Road, Ayer Itam and Batu Ferringhl Will also stage arts and handicrafts exhibitions on the same day.
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    A NEW PLAN TO HELP MALAYS IN BUSINESS
    180 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 9 A PLAN to establish Malay Economic Secretariats in all states with full time officers to boost Malay participation in commerce and industry will be launched next year. The head of the Malay Economic Secretariat. Inche Aziz bln Mohamed
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    RAZAK GETS HONORARY S. KOREAN DEGREE
    141 15 OEOUL, Nov. 7. Tun Abdul Razak today received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Yonsei University in Seoul. The Deputy Prime Minister. speaking at the cere mony, said, “I regard this award as an honour no. only to me personally but also
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    A $150,000 pay-out
    47 15 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7.—The Malayan Breweries Ltd paid out about $150,000 In annual bonus to some 650 workers Nov. 2. This followed an agreement between the company and the Singapore General Employees’ Union The firm’s secretary, Mr. J D. H Neill, confirmed the payment today
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    On leave
    29 15 IPOH, Nov. 7—Asst. Supt. of P f lice S Paul Raj. senior Invest! f.*ti;./ officer at the Central Police Station Ipoh, has gone on two months’ leave.
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    Ghosts don’t suit the space age
    153 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 9. .The head of the Department of Economics Studies. Professor Ungku Aziz, today reminded Malays that they are living In the space age and therefore should not believe in ghosts and genii. Girl students of the Al-Atas Arabic School. Johore Bahru,
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    Cousin to represent the ailing Sultan
    80 15 ITOII, Nov. »—The Raja Mud a of Perak will represent the Sultan of Perak, his cousin, at the Rulers’ Conference In Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The Sultan, who suffered a partial stroke last month that paralysed his legs and necessitated an operation, Is still confined
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    Razak on the way home
    55 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 9 —The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak bln Hussein, and his party arc expected to return to Kuala Lumpur from their tour of South Korea at 730 p m on Mondav by Mulayun Airways Viscount. They left Tokyo today for Hong
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    HOW BANK NEGARA CONTROLS CREDIT
    319 16 Interests of the country come first KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 7. JJOTAKIANS were told today that Bank Nega ra was always on the watch to ensure tha the availability and cost of credit were adequat to meet the demands of Malaya’s economy with out giving rise
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    Divorce for tester
    72 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7—Henry Desmond Woodford, a traffic police driving tester, was granted a decree nisi by the Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose, in the High Court today dissolving his 15-year marriage with Evelyn Beatrice Woodford on the ground of adultery The decree is to be made absolute
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    ‘Threat to teachers’ inquiry begins
    159 16 JZUANTAN, Nov. 7 —An official of the Pahang Education Department left here today for Romto investigate complaints by teachers of the Leban Chondong Malay school there that they had been threatened with asasault by villagers. One of the teachers. Inche Abdul Latiff bin Bujang. 20.
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    TENGKU’S NIECE ADMIRES GIFTS FOR WEDDING
    123 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 7 The henna-staining ceremony of the wedding of Sharifah Maheran binte Syed Kassini. niece of Tengku Abdul Rahman, and Syed Rosli bin Abu Bakar was performed at the Residency tonight. Syed Rosli is an Assistant State Secretary in Kuala Trengganu Tomorrow
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    FIRST UAR TRADE MISSION ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE
    93 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7.—Two United Arab Republic Government trade representatives flew into Singapore today for a seven-day visit to “promote trade relations between the two countries.” One of them is Mr. Ismail Shafei. chairman and managing director of MISR export and import company. The
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    FREE GIFT SWINDLE PROBE BEGINS
    94 16 SINGAPORE, Nov. 7. Police have started a probe into a swindle using “free gifts” as bait, reported to be perpetrated by a gang or gangs of confidence tricksters going from door to door in housing estates. AH police stations have been asked to check through
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    Gang beating
    35 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 7—A gang of eight men tonight beat up P. R. Govindan, 28. in a lane opposite the Coliseum Theatre. Govindan was taken to the General Hospital with a head iniury.
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    NO NEW GOLDEN VOICES ON THE PHONES
    240 16 RUALA LUMPUR, Nov. <-—ine lelecommumcations Department will not recruit anv* more helio sirls” in view ot the growing number ot automatic exchanges. A spokesman of the Hp ?i a nn n L sald th existing 118 golden v lees’ and 51 male will
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    Lock icon Civil aviation conference in Hong Kong
    100 16 —Reuter HONG KONG, Nov South-East Asiar. Cn 1 A re tion Conference epei ea n ln today with 12 c South-East Asia ai.a South Pacific repre>«jW of Civil aviation dlre J l tra iia. the Philippines A l ß^rneol Malaya. Slngap rt mo!sai South
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    New $20 gift
    27 16 TH? SINGAPORE. f ;V 0 Straits Times tor from Mi Yeo Wee children whose fj in an accident br.n pore total of tliel 50.
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    BLUEPRINT FOR ARMED FORCES IN MALAYSIA
    212 17 I KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 8. l)Lv *ui Hie expansion Df the army, navy and I t jorce as well as auxiliary and reserve units f i\\ b ut lined by the Defence Minister, Tun Abdul dizun n Hussein, at the Budget meeting of ParOP
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    Our concern -by Lee
    69 17 K( LUMPUR, Nov B. Singapore’s Pmi!) Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan ew, said here toh:, Cm eminent was (unrerne;! that the SinoIndi.i n border dispute should not ‘‘upset the harmoiu and unity” of the Chinese and Indian immunities in Malaysia, lee. accompanied bi> wife, arrived this fv,,
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    Parents’ Day at Taiping schools
    45 17 IrAlPl* ii Nov. B—The Teacilst Girls’ secondary will observe Parents ■>' with a display of art •fk, followed by dlstrl--’os nuL.iC and catnes >in'4 Convent will hold u of are and ncedle- v. 17 Kt.d 18, from 9 P m. ually
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    Talk on ‘role of accounting’
    32 17 11.UMPUR, Nov. 8 visiting professor V of Malaya, will .<■ r i joint meeting of Institute of SecreV Australian Society on the "Role of Industrial DevelopYVVCA, Davidson tomorrow.
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    Five leave for talks in Manila
    105 17 I/'UALA LUMPUR, Nov. S.A five-man Federation delegation left by air for Manila today to attend the 10-day Postal Telegraph and Telephone International conference which begins there on Saturday. w Th ?y were Mr. S. Selliah, Mr. G. Parameswaran, president and general-secretary of the National
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    Floods in Perak
    87 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 8 Flooding is reported in several ireas of Perak after heavy rain hroughout the day. Police iipadcuarters he-e issued this report tonight: Taiping district (between 64th uid 65th milestone» The Taiping Selama road is under 11 inches of water. The lpvel is rising in
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    Prayers for peace
    36 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 8 A sacrificial fire worship and special prayers for world peace will be held at Batu Caves, on Sunday at 4 p.m. under the auspices cf the Divine Life Society.
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    MCA OVERDRAFT HUGE, SAYS REPORT
    268 17 ‘Property deals in Singapore helped to ease situation, but burden stays’ KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 8. I'lIE Malayan Chinese Association is “saddled with a huge bank overdraft," says its annual report published today. But the prestige, usefulness ana influence of the association have greatly increased, adds
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    Barisan’s big plans for anniversary
    215 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. B. The Burisan Sosialis will hold a mass rally, a garden party and two concerts when it celebrates its first anniversary beginning on Satturday. The party’s celebrations sub-committee chairman, Mr Low For Tuck, .said that representatives from the socialists parties in Malaysia had
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    Lock icon Rajaratnam leaves after recruiting TV staff
    107 17 Reuter LONDON, Nov. 9—Singapore’s Minister ior Culture, Mr. S. Kajaratnam, left by air for Cairo last night, after spending a month in Britain to recruit staff for the introduction of television in Singapore. During his visit, he had talks with Mr. Hugh Carleton Greene,
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    Slashed while feeding ducks
    44 17 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9—Tail Kuh lew. 52. slushed with a parang >y a man while he was feeding lucks m the compound ol his muse in Lorong Tai Seng today He was admitted to the General Hospital in a serious condition
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    BIG RUSH FOR GOVT LOW-COST HOUSES
    186 17 LUMPUR, Nov. 8. —The demand for Government lowcost houses in the Federal Capital is reaching 10-to-one proportions. In the Kampong Pandan scheme where 1.400 low cost houses are being built, more than 10.000 applications have been received. Because ol this, the authoilties are not
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    Anniversary dinner
    31 17 IPOH, N( v 9—The Straits TradInn Co Ltd here celebrated Its 75th anniversary with a dinner la: t night attended by more than 200 tin miners and busines.m n
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    8 nations in all-out war on narcotics
    244 17 K U A L A LJMPUR. lv Nov. 9. Malaya, Singapore and six other South-E a s t Asian countries are to pool ideas in an allout war against opium smugglers and dope pedlars. Representatives ol the eight countries will meet In Tokyo
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    GEBANG TO BE BUILT UP FOR TOURISTS
    258 18 KUANTAN. No. 9. \yORK on the first, phase of a scheme to turn a 400-arre site at Gebang, 16 miles north of here, into one of Pahang's biggest tourist resorts is expected to be completed at the end of the year. The first
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    Tourists on a spree
    52 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9—Some 300 American tourists spent thousands of dollars shopping and sightseeing in Singapore when the 16,844-tor Oslofjcrd docked here for 10 hours today. The tourists are on an 80-day world cruise in the Norwegian America Line’s newest liner. The liner’s next port of call
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    Police hold 5 union men
    167 18 CINGAFORE, Nov. 9. The Special Branch has arrested five leftwing; trade unionists for allegedly distributing Communist literature. This follows intensive investigations into the activities of the Communist Party of Malaya. A Ministry of Home Atlairs statement today said three men were arrested on Nov. whi'e
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    Farewell round of calls
    79 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 9. The retiring Chief of the Australian General Staff, General Sir Reginald Pollard, called on the British Commissioner General for South-East Asia. Lord Selkirk, today. Sir Reginald, aecom panied by Lady Pollard arived here last Thursday for a 10-day farewell tour of Australian units
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    Lock icon Singapore House
    119 18 PREMIER STAYS IN OFFICIAL HOME IN CAPITAL FOR FIRST TIME THIS is “Singapore House" in Circular Koad where the Singapore Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs. Lee stayed for the first time when they arrived in Kuala Lumpur on the evening of Nov. 8 to attend
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    PLANS FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING
    256 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov. 9 r rHE Federation Government has set up a 10member committee to draw up a vocational training programme to be started next year for people attending the Ministry of Rural Development's adult education classes. The first to receive the training will be the
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    Singapore’s new doctors
    165 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8 rpHE University of SinA gapore today announced the names of 12 new doctors, including a woman, who have completed the final part III professional examination for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. The doctors, with the subjects they passed, are:
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    ‘Banishee back to S’pore’ charged
    43 18 SINGAPORE, Nov. 8 Lau Kim Lim arrested at a house in Tanglin Road yesterday was charged today witih returning to Singapore after being banished. No plea was taken, and he was remanded at the C.I.D. until Nov. 14.
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    Provost team for Congo
    74 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Nov Eight-man team from the Feden tlon Provost Company will W here on Nov. 21 fcr the Con where they will Join the Malaya Special Force. Ihe leader ot the team l> geant Hassan bin Said. The oiare: Cpl. Mohamcd Johar o Bachik. Cpl.
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    Scholarships to study nursing
    33 18 KLANG. NOV. 8 ThW P j ships to study c nJ tain. They are ar Keng, Leong i; oV «fl Thana Letch lr A traininl leave soon u 1
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    UMNO branches consider plans
    35 18 I r iders n PENANG, Nov. L -MN repress nta tv branches consider pl li! auxiib' party and re. n* tjm.n’O The meet m will also disc the next city elections.
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    NATIVE PRINCESS SLAMS RIVALS BY FIVE LENGTHS
    637 19  -  E PSOM JEEP: fel A LUMPUR, **o 7. —Black Gold rev* <>g in the heavy goii .ere today, outsm., <1 a field of top c las: rinters over 6f. Xh. was Black Gold's third uccess In heavy goiiH' 1 i® season, aee Om
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    DARK ROMANCE II AGAIN
    580 19 Kuala Lumpur, Oet. H QAKK ROMANCE D snatched a narrow win in the Class 1 trophy race over 101 to complete a double for the meeting which ended here today. Race One CLASS 3. DIV. 4—6 F Tenera Stable’s •4) PORT D’OR 9.0 carr 8.11 349—127)
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    The U.S. head who teaches Chinese
    162 19 SINGAPORE, Oct. 11.— 1 An American headmaster is coming here this weefc to tell of an experiment hi language instruction in secondary schools in the United States. He Is Dr. Gordon Thayer whose school, the Thayer Academy In Braintree, Massachusetts, Is among several in
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    THREE BRAVE MEN ARE COMMENDED
    169 19 lESSELTON, Oct. 11.Three men have been presented with commendations and a monetary award for “bravery and resourcefulness in inducing the surrender of an armed man/’ The Commissioner of Police Mr. D. Matheson, presented the awards to Inche Jiwat bln Modayan, Inche O. T. Loumln bln
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      85 19 BIG SWEEP NET POOL $€9,870 IST No. *****0 ($31,441) 2ND No. *****7 ($15,710) 3BD— No. *****0 7,860) Starters ($962 each) Nos. *****7, *****8, *****4, *****7, *****2, *****6, *****4, ***** L Consolation ($698 each): Nos. *****2, *****0, *****4, *****2, *****6, *****4, *****0, *****9, *****5, *****2. 816 SWEEP NET P00L —181,696 IST
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      Harbour and Shell in the limelight
      1375 20 From Our Market Correspondent IT was a dull week on the Malayan Stock Exchange and the turnover continued to contract. Both the tin and industrial sections were trendless and interest was really confined to two counters Shell and Tongkah Harbour. The turnover generally was
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      Rubber mart: Undertone steady, price declines
      502 20 *FHE undertone of the I Malayan Rubber Market has continued steady over the week despite the decline in price, say H. C. B. Co. Ltd. in their current Market survey. There has been ample evidence of support from both the terminal markets and conditions
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      CLOSING PRICES
      32 20 BUBBEB TIN (per lb) (per picul) Not. 5 Sleets. *430.37*4 79** eta. $428.75 7 79*4 eta. $427 00 79 Via eta. $427.90 9 79*4 eta. $***** V 4 10 *428.37*4
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      33 20 (Manager** Price*) First Malayan l.5« i,64 Second Malayan 1.18 1.2® Third Malayan 80 ,88xd First Hong Kona 95 l.OOxd* Second Hone Kona 6(» .73xd* Sterling Commodity 4/1 4/7xd (•Hong Kong currency).
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      94 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previous year year Ayer Hitam Tin is. Feb. 1 471% 40 Malayan Tin 9d. Dec. 31 45 40 Kahman Hyd, 15 Dec. 12 25 20 ktstu i Dec 10 50 Sth. Malayan is. 3d Dec. 31 75 80 w
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      943 20 'THE state of shares on the Malayan Stock Exchange show last business to November (A) and last business since the date (B) with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business this year to date were: IBBOSTIIJU.S at a Ain Brlcfca 220 80 Ordi 2.20 AtlM
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