The Straits Budget, 3 April 1963

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  • 27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NIWSPAFCR fcV/. Kuala Lumpur, April X, I»*3 Price 4* cents <M*lay»). or 1 .hlUln* KDNS7*.
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    • 457 2  -  ANXIOUS PARENT Ipofa I READ with a great deal of perturbation, the report in your paper of March 25 entitled “The teachers who lose sight of their ideals by the Ministry.” Writing as a parent, 1 appeal to teachers to ignore the views e>>
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    • 113 2  -  DUSTY Singapore 1 WOULD have thought that after the water rattening and the means and greens we all experienced the year befere last, we would all without eaceptten take heed of the recent warnings and conserve as much water as possible. But no; It appears that as long
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    • 172 2  -  DOCTOR Ipoh I WOULD like to bring to your notice the deplor- able conditions under which passengers from India are made to disembark at Penang. The saloon and deck passengers are herded toiether on the open wharf. The doors of the Customs godowns are kept tightly closed and
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    • 31 2  -  C.K.F. Fetaltag Jaya HATS off to the engineers and architects responsible for the magnificent viaduct in Kuala Lumpur. This ls a landmark which every Malayan should be proud of.
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    • 57 2  -  STUDENTS Serdang WE wish to point out the constant mistaken reference to our college by the Sublie. It has been called le Malayan Agricultural College at Serdang; the 8erdang Agricultural College; the Serdang College. Ita correct designation is the College of Agriculture. Malaya. The abbreviation which is so
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    • 183 2  -  N.K. VANNIASINGHAM Ag. Permanent Secretary Ag. Director of Education Singapore 1 refer to the letter toy ‘‘Onlooker" (B.T. March 20) He alleges that the present trained pass degree graduate salary scale of $385-1900 a month Is no bet J. e l J han that of the ce £i?
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    • 212 2  -  C.E JSL Penang MRS. BUTLER (8. T. m March 18) loses sight of the fact that, regardless of what reasons the State has for allowing the planned parenthood r movement to operate, married couples either accept or reject the information available from the movement according to the dicutes
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    • 64 2  -  M. SINGH k Ipoh r pHERE is serious congestion at the main bus terminal in Ipoh. The exits and entrances are blocked by a horde of hawkers and in the confusion many people have had their pockets picked. The authorities should remove these hawkers to a suitable place
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    • 48 2  -  TVS Singapore NOW that TV has come to stay in Singapore may I request that the police take immediate action to see that all motor vehicles are fitted with suppressors The worst offenders as far as my district is concerned are motor-cycles, lorries and vintage cars
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    • 245 2  -  K. C. D l 7E1 Knala Lnmpur Wuiiu -<t at 1 entrance :> ...m S3 8ft “i| A' te -J nJLJS Ure Ulia it J /I mornj who Uve in y-.-.aime 9 Work in ;aia lubJ also tho •tudy at the a .iversitvH L*Wagci
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    • 112 2  -  i.c» Bata Fahat MB. LANG:', an ofltdi of the Eurasian J soclatlon, ha' r>rotested»| the role of the teacher, play w Ca 5?S| consorting wi ft terrorists Is musing concern among g Eurasians In 1 protest Is ur. r ‘lied I® .1 If one Eurasian 9 Communist c(
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    • 222 3 W^ trait< Tin; > Mar. 25 I v ,1 Faculty of the 1 Malaya admits r.ts this year and .1 tho help it can ailiicult first years. I. -r- British Govern- J tin* rccom- the Porritt ~ii expanding E t developing as -to enlist, E.,. jv. therefore espe
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    • 217 3 Straits Times. Mar. 25 n helped to van Nature 'Mis ago and f its loading ,s On the Hturo from B 1 t 41 K &gt; ot the exI one-horned the banting, to t!u* survival of animal and H 'o undiminishe.i Unfortunately, another sincere !u&gt; couches his 11 s
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    • 740 3 I —Straits Times, Mar. 26 I robubly there is n &gt; problem of public concern on which stronger and more ignorant opinions are held than traffic accidents. The ignorance .s largely excusable. There are so lew reliable facts, and what tacts there are often appeal contradictory. In
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    • 192 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 25 Tiie condition of the coconut industry has been much talked about, but little has been done to restore it to health. The $l5 million set aside for coco nut rehabilitation in the five year plan has so far lain untouched. Last October, Inche Khir
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    • 633 3 —Straits Times, Mar. 27 Irrigation schemes are not short cuts to larger harvests, but they will make probably the most important contribution to the increase sought in Malaya's rice production. A major scheme in Kclantan, which will irrigate 65,000 acres of padi land, is now to have
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    • 372 3 Straits Times. Mar. 27 The Central Electricity Board has chalked up another fine (achievement with the commissioning of the fust generator at the Jor power station in the Cameron Highlands i Completed several months ahead of schedule and at a cost considerably below estimate, the new turbine pours
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    • 612 4 —Straits Times Mar. 28 Singapore’s Legislative Assembly has not been in session for six months, a long vacation 1 as the Yang di-Pertuan Negara observed. The new session, lie added, will lack the air of excitement and uncertainty of the old. There are still, however, some uncertainties
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    • 239 4 Straits Times Mar 28 Hie Alliance candidate in the Pahang State Assembly by-election at Pahang Tua, 1 nehe Mohammed Mokhtai bin Haji Mohammed Daud will stand against the same opponents whom his predecessor ll unced in the 1959 poll. Inche Abdul Hamid bin Awang Ilitam (P.M.1.P.) collected 1,389
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    • 620 4 -Straits Times. Mar. 20 When Tun Abdul Kazak meets President Kennedy next month he may be assured el warm support for Malaysia and a sympathetic hearing for what he will have to say on the development of Malaya relations with Indonesia. But what will be the
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    • 253 4 —Straits Tim. &gt;, .\r ar Singapore's Amalgamate* l nion of Public Employee. r uist not expect any outp urir.g of public sympathy if it persists in demanding strik action in support of the p claims of postal and telecommunications workers. Responsible opinion is likely t mnge itself on
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    • 287 4 «A’ —Straits Tinv When the r. fl iny length of fl living in towr ~.'/;B s.antinl wato: fl expect their s*. I i tioned. But fl .special case. T:. fl plentiful and. c B f 'ftunate sect. B when the tap I v hat conies ti H broxvn
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    • 28 4 BIRTH- GILL: To K, MukhtU r Bln Singh, brother I Roshan Knur. S.» H" Rnvinder Sinah pital on 15.3.63. MORELL: To daughter at Ne Ifl March 21st.
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  • 343 5 I IPOH, March 24. |r||lE Knoli Municipality is to spend a further $1.3 million on three industrial estate Ulojeits this year to try to attract more indusCl investment to this town of 200,000. LB The projects are Tasek. Menglembu and
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  • 124 5 Kuala lumpur. Mar. 24. —A steward of the Hotel Merlin here. Mr. Goh Ha See. 21. was beaten up by two youths today because he refused to answer their questions. Mr. Goh. who suffered head and body injuries, has been admitted into the
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  • 83 5 PENANG, Mar. 24—The Penang Muslim Welfare Association has approved a grant of $4OO to enable an orphan. Ahmad Asmawi bin Haji Hassan, 17, to enter the Muslim College at Klang for further studies The association yesterday also approved the admission of
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  • 249 5 LUMPUR, Mar. 24 “Countless tea chers in Malaya, who were firm believers in the aims of education at the start of their career, move away from their objective as the years pass. Then comes a time when the ultimate aim
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  • 60 5 BRUNEI TOWN. Mar. 24—The District Officer. Brunei Muara. Inche Sani bin Ahmad, has urged penghulus to fraternise more with kampong folks to get to know their problems better. Inche Sani told a meeting of penghulus and village headmen through frequent visits they would know the
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  • 143 5 Take back this woman insurance firm told SINGAPORE. Mar. 24—The Industrial Arbitration Court has ordered that a woman employee dismissed by the Malayan Insurance Co. be reinstated at the pay she was receiving when she was sacked in August 19«1. The court also ordered that a man. dismissed at the
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  • 588 5 SINGAPORE, Mar. 24 MR. DAVID MARSHALL charged today that poiTl litical detainees held under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance recently were being kept under conditions “worse than any imposed in the past, either by the Imperial Government or by any previous Singapore Government.” He
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  • 122 5 IPOH, Mar. 24—A mass Xray of about 5,000 hawkers and waiters in restaurants, coffeeshops, eating shops and food stalls will begin here tomorrow. The free X-ray is part of a Ministry of Health national anti-TB campaign. The mobile, aircondltioned X-ray unit arrived here this
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  • 54 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mur. 24—The former Tengku Ampuan of Selangor, Tengku Jema’ah binte Raja Ahmad, today laid the foundation stone of the $75,000 Muslim Girl’s Religious School in Kumpong Bahru here. Work on the school started early this year and Is expected to be completed before the
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    • 98 5 on 9 Kong Far East Wider s tabli»hed 1936 A Si-Monthly Uriodical of fading of Real I Estate Activities in Hong Kong th Ear East. CONTAINS full accounts, plans, perspectives and photographs of new and projected constructions in Hong Kong and other parts. An indispensable source of information for all
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  • 89 6 The Pan-Pacific and South-East Asia Women’s Association entertained three Australian and seven Japanese students, now on a goodwill tour of Malaya, at a reception at the Asia Insurance Huilding penthouse in the Federal capital at the weekend. Picture shows two of the Japanese students, Miss
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  • 65 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Mur. 24 Judgement was given here yesterday in favour of Mr. R Meissner a printer, against Hall’s Engineering Company, also known as Wincraft, of 2’.. milestone Port Dickson Road. Seremban. Mr. Meissner sued the compam for the return of a deposit of $7OO paid
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  • 185 6 BENTONG, March 24. THE 3.000 people of Repas new village near here 1 now live in fear after an arsonist attempted to set fire to a smokehouse on the night o fMarch 22. Two fires broke out in the village in the past three
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  • 78 6 KUANTAN, Mar. 24 The Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon bin Ha.ji Jubir. yesterday advised more than 50 motorboat operators here to form a company. He said that they would make larger profits by forming a company. Dato Sardon visited the proposed site of a
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  • 71 6 IPOH, Mar. 24. —Mrs. Valliam a 1 Vanoogopal, a housewife and mother of five, was elected president of the Ipoh West Branch of the Malayan Indian Congress last night. She is the first woman president of any of the 55 MIC branches in the state.. Other officials
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  • 36 6 Mar 24 A ch «iue for $lO,OOO for the National PatrioLjc Fund was handed over to Frime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman today by the chairman the Perak Turf Club. Mr. Yeoh Cheang Lee
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  • 121 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 24 Five schoolboys were struck by lighting at Labbrador Beach. Pasir Panjang, yesterday afternoon during a heavy downpour. One of them died later. The dead boy was Retnasamy, 15, of the Alexandra City Council quarters. He died on arrival
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  • 105 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 24. A total of another $9,615 was received by Bank Negara for the “Save Democracy Fund’’ Tlie fund now stands at $905,158. Latest contributions are from anonymous. $5O; Sangamanl Press, $5,257.30; Tatt Khalsa Diwan Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, $9O; Manager and Indian
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  • 373 6 STORE'S AUPE TO Go “ahead WITH BALUn SINGAPORE, Match 24 'J'HE Amalgamated Union of Public Ed ployees today went ahead with plans f a a strike ballot among its members in the posti and telecommunications departments despiv the Government’s charge yesterday that tin union was
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  • 35 6 KUALA LUMPUh c t« Capt. O. P. Jones, a u Ml airline pilot, will R»vc j‘ Lu ff; 40 years of flying. "J weelt* 5 pur Rotarians at the luncheon on Apr.
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    • 19 6 ,mi M m ihiui„i mnum hi iiiininm iiuiniiii aim iititimiiiiimimiiiiiiMiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiminiMimiv STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Payable in advance) 2 •mi.:
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  • 247 7 Agreement to be signed this week or early next month kUAIA LUMPUR, March 24 HE Sultan of 11 Brunei returnlid home today /■very much satis■ed" over the rents of the BruneiKalaya talks on the jerms and conditfcns on which the ■tate will enter Kalaysia. I He told
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  • 38 7 K A P 5 RE Mar 25 The jr .e Government Pensioners’ Br r^ n aerocd at their recent i.M tc V n t? t 0 ad °pt a death f w lund for members.
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  • 68 7 MR. WONG KHEONG HUN, of Colgate-Palmolive &lt;M) Ltd., is seen here with his bride, the former Miss Yap Beng Kiem, after their wedding in Kuala Lumpur on Mar. 23. Mr. Wong is the fifth son of Dato and Datin Wong Kim Chong of Kota
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  • 265 7 KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 A MAN who tried to withdraw money from his brother’s post office savings was sentenced to a year’s jail by the Sessions Court here today. Lee Ah Seen, 22. of Kuala Llpis. pleaded not guilty to attempting
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  • 42 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26 The parliamentary secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Ooh Chew Chua, who Is assemblyman for Tamplnes will open the new Aroozoo Integrated School In Aroozoo Avenue, off Upper Serangoon Road, at 7.30 pm. on Mar. 28.
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  • 744 7 SINGAPORE, March 24. PAN-MALAYAN meeting of union leaders of the British Armed Services will be convened by the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, before he and Tengku Abdul Rahman leave for constitutional talks in London. I This assurance was given by
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  • 122 8 THE Sultan of Selangor giving a helping hand to five year old Ying Ying of the Spastic Children’s Centre at Petaling Jaya when he and the Tengku Ampuan visited the centre yesterday. The royal couple spent nearly two hours talking to the
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  • 331 8 WASHINGTON, Mar. 24. Officials said yesterday that the U.S. would listen sympathetically to any request for economic aid to Malaysia. But they expressed the hope that the founders of Malaysia would not expect the United States to be first In ine when such economic
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  • 51 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar, 25 The Federation Government is to send students for the first time to Pakistan for higher Islamic studies A spokesman of the Ministry of Education said today candidates for the scholarships would be selected soon. He declined to disclose the number of scholarships
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  • 479 8 SINGAPORE. Mar •&gt; M R Lee Kuan Yew's announcement ye s d day of a pan-Malayan meeting of unr leaders in the British armed services has eo-' as no surprise to them. The unionists have been, in fact retdv to ufor Kuala Lumpur since
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  • 118 8 'FELUK ANSON, Mr 25. The people Lower Perak may get a; unlimited watersupplt by June, Inche Abdi Razak bin Hitam. chrman of the Town Concil. announced at i council meeting here It will benefit 153 applies in the backlog list and i fresh applicants.
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  • 85 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 2j&gt; The 17-member Del; nold wind -in strungensemble of German} to give a concert at l r Victoria Theatre April 8 under the sposhio of the SineM Chamber Ensemble J Association with German Consulate w The group, led bv Pn Jost Michaels of the
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  • 39 8 V: T TAIPING, Mar. 25. D or p Sambanthan. nS jo! Posts and Telecommuni* &lt; g;rt r guest of honour at a V". TaiP ln here last night by ‘j* j n dias branch of the Congress.
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    75 9 Dr. and Mrs. Foo Loke Chew who were married at the St. John Ambulance Association hall in Ipoh on Mar. 24. The bride. Miss Chin Pik Foo. a Kirkby-trained teacher, is the third daughter of Mr. Chin Thin Nyean, a tin miner, and Mrs. Chin. Dr. Foo, of
    if Mr. and Mrs. Foo Khoon Ming. — Straits Times picture.  -  75 words
  • 218 9 IPOH Mar. 25. VHE Perak State Government said today that time P had made it necessary for the Mentri Besar. H)ato Sha’ari bin Shaflee, and the State Secretary, ■nche Mohamed Yusof bin Haji Ahmad to go to ■one Long to order $79,000 worth of
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  • 117 9 pEALA LUMPUR, Mar 26 I o S rapher Jean Miller, I last el?, 118, W H° left here en i ber for Britain. sweetheart tl6r t childhood AnrtV arl, Terrence Enef e nH S Cully at Torquay, bpr 5; nd&lt; last week. I R^fu. 1 1
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  • 50 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 26 Inche Hamzah bln Hashlm and Mr. S. B Nathan will be the delegates of the Co-operative Union of Malaya to the International Cooperative Alliance Education Conference in Singapore from April 15 to 26. Delegates from all Aslan countries will attend the conference.
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  • 38 9 SUNOEI PATANI. Mar. 25—The Rev. Father M. Seller, Vicar of the Kangar Catholic Church, has been transferred to Kulim to take the place of Rev. Father C. Cheng who has been posted to Batu Oajah.
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  • 133 9 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 25.—More than 500 men turned up at the Ministry of Defence Division in Rifle Range Road, Kuala Lumpur, today to join the Royal Malayan Navy. The recruiting team, which will be at Rifle Range Road untU March 28.
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  • 61 9 SINGAPORE. Mar. 26. A wage dispute strike by some 30 workers of Otis Elevator Co. in Robinson Road has been called off following a settlement reached between the management and the Singapore General Employees Unloa. Strikes at two other firms —Fraser and Co., stock and share brokers,
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  • 286 9 Man’ s death fall after party SINGAPORE, Mar. 25 j A FTER a Hari Raya drinking party last month, John Koh, 54, a clerk, fell down a staircase and died 33 hours later, an inquest was told today. The State Coroner, Mr. S. R. Chapkhana. was also told that Koh
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  • 318 9 PENANG, March 26. J)ATO WONG POW NEE, Penang Chief Minister, told last night why he entered politics. “One reason was the fact that I am a practising Catholic,” he told members of the Methodist men’s fellowship in a talk on “the
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  • 81 9 PENANQ, Mar. 20 The Par East Air force will carry out bombing and firing exercises at the Pulau Songsong range, off the Kedah coast on the following dates and times next month: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m: April 1, 2.
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  • 22 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 26. YMCA branches throughout Malaya are preparing reports for their biennial conference In Singapore from April 16-21.
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  • 79 10 \N accountant. Mr. Leslie Wong Kok Chin, of Kuala Lumpur, and his bride. Miss Rosalind Quek Yuen Ning. a secretary, cut the cake at their wedding reception in the Motel Merlin, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Wong, son of the late Mr. Wong Siew Choong and Madam
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  • 580 10 Wo need for all-party team/ Perak Assembly is told: ‘Adequate proyress being made’ IPOII, March 26. TIIE Perak State Assembly today rejected a call by Inche Bahai uddin bin Ilaji Abdul I.atilT (PMIP) for an all-party committee to review the progress in the use of
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  • 65 10 PENANG. Mar. 26.—Three international beauty queens who armed here last nignt visited Pent :.g Hill today and lud lunch L4OOU above sea level. Jos.e Dwyer (Miss Ireland i C'.royn Joyner Miss UnitVi •&gt; aieai and Marilyn Tindall tMis California were the guests of St n itor
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  • 221 10 B rjr KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 26. I HE Chief Minister of Malacca, Inche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba, said here today that shortage of land in his state was so acute that he had to look elsewhere for it. Itiche Ghafar was speakng to
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  • 31 10 KAUA LUMPUR. Mar. 26Two Royal Malayan Air Force mechanics. Kirpal Singh and Lam Kin Yin. will leave for Britain for training. They will be away for a year.
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  • 24 10 SINGAPORE. Mar 26.—The Guild of Nanyang University Graduates will hold a re-union dinner at its premises in Dunman Road on Mar. 31
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  • 19 10 i KLANG. Mar. 26.—Mr. G. T. Matta lvis been elected president of the Klang-Port Swettenham Rotary Club.
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  • 290 10 K U A L A LL’MPr* •V vj.i,. ...r is. J1 &lt;-«• I lie Mi. ister of Edui'.aio-i r Abdul Hamiii k said today i ;o a *S would be taki aJai-jj Malayan si Britain for ,x;&gt;r anti-Malaysia vitw? He wa.s ci n::r an
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  • 179 10 KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 National Union of Malayan Students has changed its mind about sending two delegates to Jakarta to arrange for the visit of an Indonesian cultural team here in December. The secretary general of the union. Mr. Siva Kumar said todav: ‘This decision
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  • 317 11 TEACHERS’ SURVEY SHOWS NEWS THE MOST POPULAR SECTION FOLLOWED BY SPORT KUALA LUMPUR, March 26. SURVEY oi the reading interests of children aged 10 to 14 years showed that 87 per cent read the daily newspapers. A report of the survey, by two
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  • 145 11 gA Mar. 26. t time, the K .v honours and ‘of the Vang d ;.m Besar of seiiibilun will ihf on re* H on Mar. 29 in Hi I.n one Hoorn of l'tana Besar. Sl*i Kiaa.ti. fjj, r; years. the awards i;. the
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  • 45 11 -LV J 6. The 5K Inche AbJSf said that a R v u ri l &gt;v hospital gfo Plans were Gen&lt; ’t’i'.il the nr£ when he it pi'' 'L health clinic heft' iua ml'es from Cif days, InelAt •jJ l iman opened
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  • 158 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 2G. A FIVE-MAN delegation from North Borneo and A Sarawak arrived today to "tie up the loose ends and straighten certain problems” regarding the entry of the two states into Malavsia The leader ol the delegati n, Mr P
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  • 60 11 PENANG. Mar. 26. The Mayor. Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, went on one month’s leave yesterday. Mr. 001. who is chairman of the Penang division of the Socialist Front, will devote his time to preparing his party for the forthcoming polls During Mr Ooi’s absence, his deputy.
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  • 196 11 SINGAPORE, March 26 S U’ore stu--1 been byTi!;'" 1 scholarships •X,.; 1 •'“Panose Govto do fivenf r 111 -se s &gt;U onßi(l|;. ai}d architec- sJ' yhiba UniverB c s lo mi les from lIVV Wl! be Siven an &gt;l n course in the B. a
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  • 189 11 k l ALA LUMPUR. Mar. 25The president of the Spastic Children’s Association ot Selangor. Mr. H. M. S. All. oaid here today that he was "depressed” that of the 32 voluntary workers at the association’s centre in Petaling Jaya only two were Malayans i
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  • 41 11 PENANG. Mar. 2G.—Penang hardware dealers have appealed to the Federation Government to reconsider the Budget increase in import duty on galvanised iron sheets which, they said, "will retard the hitherto smooth and rapid progress in the rural areas.”
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  • 226 11 IPOH, Mar. 25. —The attendance record of the opposition People’s Progressive Party in the two-day State Legislative Assembly meeting here was today criticised by an Alliance member. Mr. Liew Why Hone. Referring to an observation by Senator Ahmad bin Said &lt;All.) that Mr.
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  • 72 11 BALACCA, Mar. 26.—A complete evening’s programme from Television Singapura was viewed by a large crowd during the weekend at the showroom oi a radio firm In Newcombe Road here. A TV survey unit trom the firm of Channelmaster erected a temporary aerial and Messrs Kries'er
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  • 54 11 SINGAPORE, Mar 26 More than 3,000 entries have been received from over 700 photographers in 40 countries for the 14th international photographic solon sponsored oy the Singapore Photo.’.raphic Society The entries are being selected oy a panel of three tor an exhibition in tiie Great
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  • 53 11 PENANG, Mar. 24. A motor-cyclist, Chan Wah, 63, collapsed and died after passing his driving test yesterday. Chan, a carpenter, was parking his machine in the compound of the Road Transport Department at Ratti t han to claim his certificate of competency to drive when he
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  • 694 12 A WORD OF CAUTION ON BIG LAND RECLAMATION PROJECT IN PENANG pENANG, Mar. 27 The Socialist Front opposition leader, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, today urged the State Assembly to “proceed with caution” on a reclamation project which the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow
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  • 122 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals here found homes for about 25,000 dogs. puppies, cats and kittens last year. The chairman or the society, Mr. A. J. Wemyss, said this at its annual meeting yesterday. He
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  • 282 12  -  By 808 PCRIES SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. The crippled girl stopped typing and said: *T want to work. I don’t want to be a burden on anyone.” But which employer will have me?” she asked looking down at her helpless legs.
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  • 42 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 26—The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural Development. Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, will open a four-day course for 50 adult education religious teachers at th" National Operations Room here on Mar. 31 at 9 am.
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  • 164 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27 THE Economic Development Board has drawn attention to the urgent need for technically trained personnel in Singapore. In a pamphlet published today it said the Industrial development of Singapore, undertaken by the board, was creating an urgent need for such personnel to manage departments
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  • 277 12 Kuala lumpur, mB 27. —The ComirJ w e alt h Develops™ Corporation is to put B the market a suosuß tial number of its o:B nary shares in the .\iß laya Borneo 8.;i.c8 Society Ltd. 1 The chairman. Mr. D Fiennes, disclosed this m the
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  • 473 13 KuALA LUMPUR, March 26 teachers demanded equal pay at rallies in four towns tonight. At all four—in Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh, Seremban and Malacca, the theme was the same—- Our patience has been tried to the maximum.” The rallies were the first called
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  • 345 13 laLACCA, Mar. 27 ■l people hopefully Irm d on their taps at ■o’clock this morning ■fte: circulars from Kc municipal council Enounced that FRESH ■atoi would be availEle from 8 a.m. to 10 But vo water came out. B iur
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  • 47 13 HS w?t RE o Mar 26 ~SingaBh i p f y Pr,me Minister, Dr. B r t Cl ?J e wlll be the *uest of H r u lhp annual dinner oi If ASSOCiaU n f B'*&lt;n on Mar R 3O ISOn S Dragon
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  • 242 13 TEMERLOH, March 27. 'J'UN ABDEL RAZAK charged today that some citizens were trying to topple the government and hand the country to a foreign power. He made the charge when he addressed an Alliance rally at the town padang here today. He
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  • 148 13 Great progress’ made in advertising courses SINGAPORE, Mar. 27.—The Association of Accredited Advertising Agents of Malaya said today that tremendous progress had been made in the education of advertising executives in Malaya since the formation of the Joint sub-com-mittee for education. The 1962-63 advertising course, which is organised by the
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  • 24 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Mar. 27—A one-week Freedom from Hunger campaign will be launched by the State Government here beginning from April o,
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  • 182 13 SINGAPORE. Mar. 26.—Archbishop Paul Yu Pin, (above) former Archbishop of Nanking, today stressed the urgent need of setting up more universities in Asia to meet the challenge of “this new era.” He said: “The problem of education is very important in Asia today. Many
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  • 46 13 PENANG, Mar. 26 —A getting-to-know-you meeting of members of the Tanjong Bungah Umno branch will be held at Tanjong ToKong .it 8 p.m. tomorrow. Haji Khalid bin Awang Osman, Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry, has been invited to address the meeting.
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  • 38 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 26—A Nanyang University graduate, Mr. Cham Boon Ngee, has been awarded a fellowship for post-graduate studies In political science at *he University of Western Ontario, Canada. Mr. Cham will leave for Canada in August.
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  • 376 14 PENANG, Mar. 26 4 POLICE inspector was confronted by four other officers after he had taken $350 from a self-confessed smuggler, the Sessions Court here was told today. p “Deputy Supt. Stevenson searched him and recovered three bundles of notes from his
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  • 87 14 JPOII, Mar. 26. Shortage of fluid cash compelled the Perak Government to liquidate investments worth $8 million at a loss of $32,000 late last year, .Assembly was told today. The Mentri Besar, Dato Sha'ari bin Shafle, said the $8 million had been invested in Federal
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  • 83 14 SINGAPORE. Mar. 25.—' The Indonesian ConsulGeneral, Col. Suglh Arto, said today he wa s “satisfied” with relations between Singapore and Indonesia. The latest developments, involving Malaysia, he added had not affected the existing good relationship between the two countries Relations between Singapore arid Indonesia are still
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  • 91 14 THESE three film stars will represent the CathayKeris Film Productions Ltd. at the 10th Asian Film Festival in Tokyo next month. They are (from left) Rose Yatimah Jasni. Latiffah Omar, ‘24. and Rahmah All, 19. They will leave Singapore on April 10. Latifah said
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  • 237 14 MALACCA, Mar. 26. THE municipal council president, Mr. G. MariapA pan, has counter-charged the former president. Mr. Tan Tuan Boon (Socialist Front), with ••irres- ponsibility.” In a statement today, Mr. Mariappan added that it anyone at all should be held responsible for the present “water shortage
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  • 88 14 Kuala lumpur. Mar. 25. Exporter members of the Federation of Rubber Trades' Association will consider a proposal to withdraw from the Far Eastern Freight Conference unless their differences with the conference over freight rates are settled bv April 30. The decision was taken at a
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  • 397 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 26 r rHE Federation Government said tonight tha* 1 the new United States tin disposal programme would remove some of the uncertainty which have been “overhanging the tin marie in recent months.’* A statement by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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  • 48 14 ALOR STAR. Mar 25-::: Alor Star Town C proved higher tee&gt; for h::t and restaurant licences For hotels, the increase range from 50 to 100 per cd depending on the number rooms. The new rates are expect*: to yield over $30,000 a year
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  • 61 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 2Two hundred bcd&gt;hu\\ 80 z* quito nets and 0 pillow cases, v «ift from officer.' .u'.d a.: ndf of the British Military Kmrara. will b tomorrow to the Sclar.cr in:ch of the Malayans As&gt;:ca'.n- far the Prevention of Tu&rculosli The gift will
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  • 46 14 SINGAPORE. M »r. Automobile Assoc; n c» pore hopes that T v; lon fl .®7 3 pura will run saf» J their programme.' It says tiie R&lt; the Prevention of Acdaen found that televi the best media f traffic safety problems
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  • 73 14 SINGAPORE M J ister for Finance. 1 v .u e &gt;1; Swee. will officially 4 Ltd layan Iron and Stf;' r r ,fi Rc J the 13th mile. Bus at 5 p.m. on Mar succ* This new company s re StJ sor to the former
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  • 511 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 27 ftlE University of Malaya Graduate Society m has protested to Tengku Abdul Rahman ■ainst the “wide disparity’’ between governtt n t salary schemes for honours and pass ■oree graduates. Ke society, in a memoHdum. submitted a salary tor
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  • 59 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 27. —A Malayan is among 13 senior executives from nine countries now learning the latest methods of personnel management and Industrial relations In a British Council course In London. According to :he British Information Services, he Is Mr. S.M Ratnam. secretary and
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  • 233 15 The amah’ comes—all the way from Hollywood KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 27..—A former college instructress has just flown half way round the world to come to Kuala Lumpur for a week’s work. She Is Beulah Quh, a 39-year-old Chinese-Ameri-£«*n. who has come lrom Hollywood for a featured part in “The Year
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  • 37 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 27—The World Fellowship ol Buddhists (Selangor centre) will hold Its filth biennial general meeting here on Mar. 31, according to a notice sent out today by its secretary Mr Lim Tat Tean
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  • 170 15 Johore Bahru, March 27 B F ••ohcrc Bahru magMsu Inch e Daim bin nnuddin, today K.' J hearing of agnlnst two petiB Voters, who are WLJ 0 ha ve he ped disK r(J 1 l '»len blank idenUty Hahman bin Karim charged with assistsposing of 25
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  • 250 15 CAPUCINE IS UPSET BY RUMOURS AND PHONE CALLS Kuala lumpur, Mar. 27. —French actress Capucine said emphatically today: “Mr. Holden and I are just good friends. I am not in love with him.” She added: “Just because I am appearing with Mr.
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  • 121 15 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 27. —The Selangor branch of the Malayan Indian Congress will have opened a total of 51 subbranches by the end of next month. The branch president, Senator Athi Nahappan, said today: “This gives the Selangor MIC. the distinction of having the biggest
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  • 69 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 27—Mr Llm Chee Ming, an assistant engineer of the Municipality here, left today to take a one-year course In highway planning and traffic engineering in Birmingham. He was accompanied by Mr. Yeoh Oon Hoe. a clerk from the Telecommunications Department, Penang, who
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  • 69 15 TANAH RATA. Mar. 27.—The Sultan of Pahang arrived here today for a five-day official visit. He was met at the PerakPahang border by a welcoming committee, headed by the District Officer, Inche Mo- hamed Ghnzalli bin Mohamed Noor. The Sultan attended a dinner at the Cameron Highlands
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  • 337 16 BIG IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN KEDAH, PERAK, KELANTAN Kuala Lumpur, March 28 $l5O million irrigation project is planned A for north Kedah as part of a three-stage plan to make Malaya self-sufficient in rice. The project—by far the biggest ever considered by the Government—will
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  • 117 16 J OH O H E BAHRU, Mar. 28. —The Johore Pla n t e rs’ Association has warned that shipments of rubber of varying quality will play into the hands of synthetic producers “who are able to deliver a more stable quality.” The association's annual
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  • 88 16 Mar. 28. The Mentri Besar, Dato Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim. today called on the people of Perlis to converse only in Malay. “Wherever you are and whatever your racial origin, you should speak the national language,” he said at a rally
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  • 226 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28 A REPRESENTATIVE of the Singapore Chinese I extile anti Sundries Importers’ Association, Mr. Tan Chens, asked the Government today f &gt; give local importers time “to adapt and adjust themselves to the new situation” before it imposed tariffs against
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  • 203 16 KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 MORE than 100 heads of secondary sc horn all over Malaya will discuss the e needs of Malaysia at the University of m .iav 10 5 for three days from April 25. The conference its themt is “Education In Our Developing
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  • 232 16 OENANG, Mar. 28. The Penang Port Commission announced today that, together with their London consultants, it had made “a thorough investigation” of all aspects connected with the siting of the proposed deepwater wharves, dredging and reclamation at Butterworth. Two years “In particular/' says an official
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  • 66 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29—The Retiring Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces. General Sir Nigel Poett. made 2o f rewell tour of units of the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade group at Terendak Camp near Malacca. Gen. Poett’s successor will be Lieut. General Sir Reginald Hewetson. formerly
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  • 162 16 K L u M p u; Mar. 28. —Mr H Murphy, the DeDirector of the 4* department of the l ternational Morels; Fund, tonight desc-’b* Malaya as a grade” member of t fund. He said that &gt;i!ice M&: became an independent ~e* ber of the
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  • 95 16 SINGAPORE. Mar. Canadian Trade Ccmlssloner in Singapow- E.H. Maguire, left {or today to attend a traae r motion conference that he would urge Can% Industrialists to increa-c vestments in Singapore Malaya. “Prospects o* Canadian investment area are better than J because of the r
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  • 30 16 MUAB, Mar. Agriculture and r; r* Inche Mohamcd K: i' for Ji open a one-week &lt; new enumerators at the Rural 0 ing Centre at Sun$"* on April 6
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  • 249 17 SEREMBAN?, March 28 HIK Vang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan will create one Dato and ,\v honours on 37 other people on the KV i; n of his 41st birthday tomorrow. rj y w Dato will be Jalii bin g a A m i ii
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  • 37 17 PENANG. Mar. 28—The Chiei \Iini&gt; r. Dato Warn: Poa N»\ will open a block o 1 the Butt r i h’ h Hich School at Jalan Gaiali. Butterworth. at 4 p.m. &gt;n Mar. 30.
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  • 42 17 and r 28—The Penang Sot «fiiesiey Red Cross M holcl its first-aid Ins weekend heir v lrr juniors win no x tier's Institution thlt In »o Mar. 30, and H'hment members at Mar. 3?" IS Scl ool
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  • 24 17 Mar. 28—The Penang ),s Ar's Society will V ifi, ,1 n l tnusle. drama tie ,lt St. Xavier’s InsAp Pm. on Monday
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  • 192 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. The Singapore People s Alliance today disputed an accolade bestowed on one of their stalwarts, Mr. A.p. Rajah, by the Prime Minister last night. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew had saio of Mr. Rajah at the opening of the Pek Kio Community
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  • 165 17 Make proper use of land villagers told )roiL Mar. 28—The Mentri I Besar of Perak. Dato Sha’ari bin Shatter, and the Kinta District Officer. Ini lie Mohamed Scnawi bin lla.ii Zainuddin. yesterday warned the rural population about the shortage of agricultural land. Inche Mohamed Scnawi told a gathering at Kampong
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  • 233 17 KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 |V|.\L\YA received the It 1 official invitation to attend the preliminary meeting of representati\es of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaya to pave the nay for a conference of foreign ministers of the three countries on Malaysia only
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  • 303 17 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 28—A Grand Alliance Party will be formed at the two-day convention of 12 pro-Malaysia political parties at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka hall here this weekend. The convention will also give a full mandate to Tengku Abdul Rahman to go to
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  • 124 17 KUANTAN, March 29.. TTIE Mont ri Besar of Pahang, Da to Abdul Aziz bin Uugku Haji Abdullah, said here today that the Pahang Government would consider any request for land from any other state in the Federation. He added that Pahang had ample land and
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  • 53 17 KOTA BHARU, Mar. 2D—Mr. Wee Tiang Teng, accountant of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Cornoration Ltd in Kelantan. has been promoted manager of the hank He takes the place of Mr. Tan Fo Lrong, who will go on transfer to Penang. Mr. Wee has been with the bank
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  • 212 18 SINGAPORE. March 29. MR. LEE KUAN YEW pledged today that the PAP would continue to co-operate with Tengku Abdul Rahman in all matters affecting the “common integrity, and prosperity oi Malaysia. lie made this pledge in a cable to the Tengku on the eve of
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  • 129 18 Britain’ s new man in Brunei off to take over SINGAPORE, Mar. 27.— The new British High Commissioner in Brunei, Mr. A. M. Mackintosh (above), left here today for Brunei to take up his duties. He will officially begin work on Apr. 1, taking over from Sir Dennis UinlC, bo
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  • 61 18 SEREMBAN. Mar. 29.—The Malayan Council tor Child Welfare is offering four scholarships at $lBO each for poor students sitting for their School Certificate examination this year. Two of the scholarships art tor boys and two for girls. Applications should be made through headmasters and reach
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  • 71 18 SINGAPORE. Mar. 27—Lord Selkirk, British CommissionerGeneral in South-East Asia, xelt by BOAC tonight for Rangoon, Dacca and Karachi to meet British diplomatic ollicia.s. After this short Asian tout. Lord Selkirk will go to Paris to attend the five-day Seato conference, which starts on April 10. He
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  • 71 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 27—The Su.tan of Kedah and the Prune Mu.istir. Tengku Abdul Rnnnum. are joint patrons ol the Oxford ore uanibnoge Society el Malaya Oinceis ol the society mis &gt;e.it ;.n President. Tun H. S. Lee; uce presidents Da to Gunn Lay leu and Mr.
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  • 440 18 SACK UNIONISTS ORDER STORM IN TEACUP KUALA LUMPUR Mar. 28. THE president of the Malayan Trades Union i congress Mr. Yeoh Tcck Chye. today described as a -storm in a teacup" a government demand lor the removal of five leaders from the MTUC general council. Mr. Yeoh said that “it
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  • 361 18 KUALA LUMPUR. March 28. '|TIE German Ambassador, Dr. H. BoehlJ handed over three mobile X-rav u 4 mounted on six vehicles to the Federate Government today. 1 The units were part of a $700.000 uin 0 f me* cal equipment promised by the
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  • 48 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 27—Mr Henry Murphy. Deputy Director .the Asian Department. International Monetary Fund, will give a talk on “The International Monetary Fund and the Federation if Malaya" at 5 30 p m on ThurscUiy at the Arts Faculty Lecture Theatre D. University cf Malaya
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  • 226 18 CHILDREN CHEER AT RULER’ S BIRTHDAY PARADE OEREMBAX. Mar. 25 —The Van? di-Per-tuan Besar of Nezr. Sembilan was give: rousing cheers by thousands of school children with State flags!: their hands as Hi Highness waved a: them from a L&c Rover this morning a: his birthday parade. After inspecting parade
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  • 519 19  -  By GEOFFREY BOLAND I .T 1 V -t 14i. Malayan rubber exports continue to I; se iii volume the value of payments |i.o', tenders passing through the clearing Igg Hie Singapore Chamber of Commerce Iblx Association is declining. I Th by-passing of the recognised Singapore
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  • 90 19 Kuala LUMPUR* Mar. 2t*—The Ministry of Education hac Introduced trial syllabuses »la the primary 'and secondary schools. The General Syllabus Review Committee will review the position later this year so as U draw &gt;, the flnal syllabus for all schools. Major changes have been made
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  • 39 19 SINGAPORE. Mar. St The teachers of the English College In Johore Bahru today donated $17.60 for the victims of the Bali volcano eruption. The total received by the Straits Times for this fund to date Is 6M.60.
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  • 872 19 If UAL A LUMPUR, Mar. 31.—Paslr Puteh won first time out tore today to complete &lt; .a rare double for tola;; owners, the Persekutuan Stable. t Eaee One -u. 4 uoHLSfi!? 93 I** S» °Sf a sit &lt;«» iSSrSV &lt;•&gt; youohal Samoa st carr 8.0
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  • 129 19 If UALA LUMPUR* Mar. SL LV Xhe PMIP-controlled Kelantan State Government bus rejected a syllabus for use by teachers In adult education religious classes, the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdiu Rasak. tali today. Opening a four-day course for 5i adult education religious teachers. Tun Racak,
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    • 463 20 Hp|-yn,: v noI ‘iilnor Us om ter I mlnal man n Jjl (locally ha.t- i'eaSSSl static thrci' out week, state ;Ud., In thp i4 C un9 Malayan Ru m»*3I survey Values have &gt;* n talned without v new demand ■;&gt; FedeiM lion godowns i; P h
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