The Straits Budget, 10 April 1963

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  • 29 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NIWSPAMft > 18. J£*mgjmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi Kuala Lumpur, April 10, 1963, Price 4$ cents (Malaya), or 1 shilling > KDN Sit.
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    • 282 2  -  RATEPAYER Singapore I REFER to your editorial of March 28. It U true that some well-to-do ratepayer* hold out for 'aS long *s they can and pay only at the last moment, 'a hey lose nothing. as you rifhtly point out but what
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    • 42 2  -  HOTBOX Jinking rE supply of electric current to this area seems to become more erratic uevery day. Power failures sometimes last for hours: I have had so much food spoiled that I am thinking of getting rid of my refrigerator.
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    • 73 2  -  FED UP Tnmpat SUPPORT radio listeners In the East Coast who have complained about breaks during news transmi.aions. They have cer- talnly pointed out the unsatisfactory manner in which the technical men run the department in the East Coast where the public starve for news, particularly international news
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    • 59 2  -  h. a Singapore M A Y I suggest that the police be instructed to keep an eye on the numerous standpipes, especially in the rural areas, during any water shortage? H has been frequently > observed that water is being wasted from some of the standpipes I am
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    • 218 2  -  MOTORIS1 Singapore \l AY 1 reier to the letter m *i the Police Secretary which seek* to Justify the double white line in Bras Basah Road. Bras Basah Road has tour lane* of traffic—and Nicoil Hignway can only carry two lanes of traffic in either direction. Surely two
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    • 77 2  -  M. OGLE fpeh IN your leader “The Unsafe Road” you make no mention of one of the prolific causes of road accidents overcrowding of Taxis are limited by law as to the number they curry (“pirate taxis” being a law unto themselves, or ad it would appear). Is
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    • 88 2  -  D. A. E Kuala Ketil I REFER to “Alex salutes 1 the British soldier” (S.T. April 2) and In particular to the comments on Fieid- Marshal Montgomery selected irorrr Field-Marshal Alexander's memoirs. (These latter incidentally were < published last year and not, as stated in the article. a
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    • 79 2  -  PARENTS' Malmma r there a regulation issued by the Ministry of Education that no school in? children are allowed to join any outside organisation? If there is such a ruling. then we would like to know what- kind of organ isations As parents, we are anxious to let
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    • 196 2  -  S. L. TAY Singapore IJEING a motorist who has fallen into the trap set up by the traffic branch In Bras Basah Road, I must warn others to be very cautious .should they have to make use of the route from St. Andrew's Road in front
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    • 159 2  -  L. WILSON wfl(>Pore tannla Club with a notice "East bound traffic keep left” Inconsiderate motorists have been the cause of many accidents at this point and sevetal of these accidents have resulted in damage to the traffic lights by careless motorists cutting in over the double white line
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    • 93 2  -  1 *H' )K\fS Ipoh KI .pims. a iw JJ&JScenes fr sha It and Chelro SI etc. w< p si to V?*!>u: cotnpetltlv. beit Air ■■'n n £22 oVm on the flriu -public u fa These day lu J unkind cri against our Bppifc, s rtfmfl ajqd edu a*
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    • 142 2  -  K THrB>Bl| Joltore Bahru I REFER to the letterjl (ST March under the heading “dS riddle.” It is deplorablettH the authority ronceroedH -rot clarified the pokfl salsed. My sympathies no totlfl unfortunate i■ livirtual iftfl seemed eager to >ecure Tmifsioii to the UnlveisliyM Singapore to n ad law I
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    • 359 2  -  of the proDJei j. w F< r Bes« Instill Kepong I WELCOME 1 eader on lon March 25 on “Conservation” since It has brought up a most pertinent and often misunderstood point; and I entirely endorse the view expressed that economic progress and wild life conservation are
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    • 505 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 1 I,:usMons which Maine Minister will have la this week with .Maeapagal are bound crucial phase of the ution” crisis. The octuch nominally takes *u to Manila, a Minuting of the Asso,f South-East Asia, ik almost to no imfor the existence of If depends
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    • 451 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 1 The powers of the centre and the states will be delicately balanced in the Federation of Malaysia. If the new nation is to have an optimum chance to prosper and progress it will have to be governed by a party which has wide support
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    • 680 3 —Straits Times, Apr. 2 Politics and patriotism apart, much the most important address at the Convention of Alliance Parties was the Finance Minister’s warning on the problems of housekeeping. Mr. Tan Siew Sin has said something of the kind before. In his budget speech he pointed out
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    • 684 3 —Straits Times. Apr. 3 A pleasure still in store for the Tengku is the luxury of a silent role when the representatives of the Philippines and Indonesia discuss the Communist threat to Borneo. Among the stock replies to a rebuttal of the Philippines' claim to North Borneo
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    • 289 4 —Straits Times. Apr. 4 Haji Khalid has spoken once again on the difficulties encountered by Malays who wish lo enter commerce and industry and on the need for others to lend a helping hand. As the Assistant Minister has a special responsibility for promoting Malay participation in business,
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    • 537 4 —Straits Times, Apr. 5 Each cable from Manila brings fresh evidence that Tengku Abdul Rahman and President Macapagal have established the best of personal relations. This does not mean that the differences between the two countries have been smoothed over. While the motives and implications of Malaysia
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    • 295 4 —Straits Times, Apr. 5 The Singapore Government has taken a leaf from the Federation tax book by deciding to exempt the householder from paying tax on the annuai value of the house he owns and lives in. There is one important difference, however. The Federation gives reliei to
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    • 669 4 —Straits Times Apr 8 Malaysia has so dominated the background at Manila that the importance of the conference of South-East Asia Foreign Ministers is certain to be underestimated. This Manila meeting marked a crucial phase. Either ASA will now move forward, and there will be co-operative planning
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    • 402 4 parties now noia g —Straits Times. V- Sooner than was once eJ pected, the political paJ chieftains and their retinues M supporting orators will pj sently be swinging roundel country again in a search I votes in local governir. c l elections. When the prej city, municipal and
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  • 325 5 PRODUCTION AND PAY ROTH UP H SINGAPORE, Maroih 31. HIE Singapore Minister for Finance, Dr. Gah Keng Swee, today told S' the success story of a group of loial businessmen who took over the Hunning oi an iron and steel mill
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  • 150 5 Kuala lumfur, Mar. 31. —Fifty Asian and 25 American leaders will attend a four-day meeting at the University of Malaya here from April 9 to April 12 with the aim of promoting international co-opera-tion and understanding. Known as the Aslan. American Assembly, this is
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  • 261 5 KUALA LUMPUR, March 31. INCREASED imports and higher domestic pro--1 duction of cement indicate an “unprecedented boom” in the building construction industry during the last two years, says the 1962 annual report of the Central Bank. Imports rose from 45,700 tons of cement valued
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  • 47 5 KAJANG, Mar. 31—The $546,000 Malay secondary school now being built here will have 15 classrooms to accommodate 600 pupils In addition there will be a hall, domestic science class, workshop, and four teachers’ quarters. The school Is expected to be ready in November.
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  • 20 5 IPOH, Mar. 31.—Mr. S. Kalipresident of the Malayan Indian muthu Filial has been elected Congress. Slim River branch.
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  • 127 5 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31.—Vivacious Tmg Lan (above),the darling of Hokkien nmgoers in Malaya and Hong Kong, flew into Singapore yesterday and was given a rousing welcome by a crowd of cheering fans. Ting Lan will make stage appearances for her latest film, Ee
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  • 65 5 LUMPUR, Mar. 31. The Italian Government Is offering two scholarships to Malayans to study at an Italian university. The scholarships are for the 1963-1964 academic year and are offered preferably for courses In technlca' fields, law and political science. While in Italy scholarship holders wi’l be
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  • 212 5 DAUB, Mar. 31. The chairman of the Pahang Women’s Institute, Che Zainon binte Alang, today urged women leaders to go into the rural areas and help wipe out illiteracy among country women. She was speaking at the opening of a convention of the
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  • 285 6 KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 THE Smallholders’ Replanting Board is to negotiate with the various state governments for about 20,000 acres of land a year for new planting by smallholders. The chief replanting officer, Mr. Tan Teng Poey, said that with
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  • 26 6 KAJANG, April 7 —The Kajang jranch ot the Malayan Indian -ongress Will hold its annual Meeting at the Kajang Hall here on April 13
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  • 108 6 LUMPUR, Mar. 31—A family of six was today admitted to the General Hospital here with food poisoning, half an hour after they had taken a lunch of fried noodles with mushrooms. They were Mr. S. R. Manikawasagam, a clerk in the Public Trustee’s
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  • 94 6 PEKAN, Mar. 31. Tengku Nong Maharani, 18, a daughter of the Suitan of Pahang, has been awarded a Pahang Government scholarship for a two-year secretarial course in Australia. Tengku Nong (above) has been in Australia for the past six months studying at the
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  • 117 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31. The British Army recently helped the National Iron and Steel Mill Co. Ltd., to remove a 30-ton, 9.000-mega-watt transformer from Keppel Harbour to Tanjong Kling to Jurong. It could not be removed bv road as the firm feared that "he
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  • 44 6 LONDON, Mar. 31—An honorary M.A. degree will be conferred tn Liverpool University in Julv on Mr. O.J Ournev. Principal of thr Malavan Teachers Training College at Kirkby. which was closed last vear. Mr Gurney was a schoolmaster In Malaya before tlv war
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  • 109 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31.—A total of another $4,526 has been received by Bank Negara for the "Save Democracy Fund.” The fund now stands at $909,685. Latest contributions were from: Staff of Sentul Works Employees' Thrift and Loan Society Ltd.. $100; Malayan Indian Congress members
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  • 56 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31—A meeting of about 1.000 branch officials o: the Singapore Business Houses Employees Union will tomorrow liscuss what measures to take against an alleged “collective stand” by employers against the union over the issue of retrench ment The meeting will be held at the
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  • 192 6 SOCIALIST FRONT Mam LOSES HIS DEPOSIT KUANTAN, March 31. THE Alliance candidate, Inche Mokhtar bin Daud, scored a resounding victory in the Pahang Tua by-election for the State Legis. lative Assembly when results were announced this morning. He polled 4.101 votes against 810
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  • 88 6 SINGAPORE. Mar 31.-M3J aire philanthropist Dato Chian has been re-e. ctea dent of the Singapore Co-'-Social Service. Other members in t- ie y,, tlve committee are vicf '.4 dents, Mr. Ee Pcr.g Lans Miss J M. Robertso: 5 The general secretary is R. Nathan, treasurer r Wong
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  • 51 6 KUALA LUMPUR j C British blood specia. Apr White w-ill arrive ht: j rla iuts 18 for talks with 1- f tour during a South-East r iffDr. White, w-ho is y/y N ied> turer at the Post-t- gift cal School of Lori 1 talks on haematologv
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  • 204 7  -  J ‘Defence expenditure will have to be doubled in the I text few years’—Kazak 'An Inspector-General will be appointed for internal security con trol —lsmail By Tap Chin Kwee: Kuala Lumpur, March 31 |>OTH the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Tun Abdul Raxak, and the Minister
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  • 1476 7 MALAYA hopes to be able to obtain external aid from her friends, in particular from Britain, to meet the costs of the big defence build-up of the Malayan armed forces, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said today. Defence expenditure
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  • 272 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 31. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. today urged Alliance leaders in North Borneo and Sarawak to go all out to win the coming elections in their States to ensure that the Grand Alliance plan for Malaysia would
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  • 672 7 T'HE police forces of the five Malaysian territories are to come under a unified command of an In-spector-General, the Minister of Internal Security, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdu 1 Rahman, announced today. Speaking at the Grand Alliance of Malaysia convention, which
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  • 168 8 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 31. The Malayan Film Unit will produce its own newsreels and documentaries in colour when its studios are moved to Petaling Jaya in August. A spokesman of the unit said today that the new studios would have full facilities for processing
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  • 193 8 Tengku i s off today for ASA talks in Manila Abdul Rahman to Manila tomorrow attend the poned ASA FoS Ministers- meeting t be held from Tuesda to Thursday hold informal talkwith President Maca pagal on Malaysia During his three-dav star there the Tengku ft 5 expected to extend a
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  • 63 8 IPOH, Mar. 31.—The Had arrival of two flre-engir.es savedi house from destruction at Kc pong Simee new village near S® this afternoon. The house owner. Wong w Slew, 35, returning hone 5* work, saw his house in flame** 3 raised the alarm M
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  • 62 8 IPOH, Mar. 31.— Mr. K. malingam, secretary of branch of the Mala; n Congress, was presia* the party’s Gunom: u P a ,m here yesterday. This ll e '.j, branch opened in lP on mon th- vice-pr* 8 Other officials ar uc Hhar j: dent. Mr.
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  • 28 8 IPOH, Mar. 31-—A 25 members of the < e ma tf Chamber of Commeu f three-week busines> Kong, Japan and F- :n osa nlng on April 17.
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  • 314 9 ‘DEPENDS ON SUCCESS OF INDUSTRIALISATION’ SINGAPORE, April 31. IrpHE Premier, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today announced that the GovI eminent hoped to introduce free secondary education in Singa- I pore. Mr Lee, who made this announcement Luring his 12-hour tour of the Tampenis
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  • 242 9 ■rUANTAN, Mar. 31.— The Kuantan Sea ■Scouts now havt a ■■longhouse” on the ■beach at Telok ChemHpedak as their head■quarters. It Is the seaside re< IHher.ce of Capt. Bernard irereedv. a teacher of the an Abu Bakar School Capt Preedy said:
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  • 23 9 N ew school opened 31~The Chief Kd.v; Pow Nee, yestl e Butterworth v ,'th’ a a prlvate secondary P.rcl KirU 0lment 0f aboUt
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  • 39 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31 Shri Harbans Lai Sachdev has been appointed president of the Arya Samaj in Singapore, with Dr. S N. Kapur as vice-president The general secretary is Mr Shridhar Tripathi and treasurer is Mr. Ramkawal Rai.
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  • 242 9 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 31. The Government Services Welfare and Recreational Council is to promote cultural tours to foreign countries every year ‘‘to broaden the minds” of government employees. It has sent letters to all heads of federal and state departments and
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  • 43 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 2.— The Pederal and State General Clerical Services Union will hold a forum at the Federal House Can- teen on Thursday at 4.45 p.m. Discussions will include the union’s objects and reorganisation of the clerical services.
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  • 225 9 KUALA LUMPUR March 31. rpHE Royal Australian Air Force in Butterworth A was warned of ‘‘industrial action” today if it continued to refuse recognition of the War Department Civilian Staff Association. The warning was given in a letter by the WDCSA president, Mr.
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  • 35 9 SINGAPORE. April 2—Mr. Ooh Joon Seng, a law graduate ot the University of Singapore, was admitted to the Bar by the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Wee Chong Jin, in the High Court today.
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  • 110 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 31. —The U.S. Ambassador, Mr. Charles F. Baldwin, left by air today for New York to be on hand for the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, to America next month. Tun Razak is expected in America on
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  • 192 9 ITUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 31. —The chief of the World Bank Malaysian Economic Mission, Prof. Jacques Rueff, arrives here tomorrow to conclude its work. Eight members of the mission, who arrived here on Feb. 7. have been examining the feasibility of common market arrangements
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  • 141 9 PORT SWETTENHAM, Apr. I.—The Cargo Handling Corporation here today denied that it was encouraging junk owners to employ casual workers to timber into steamers. The manager of the corporation, Mr. Cheong Jin Hoe, said there were about 60 junks employed by timber exporters. Timber
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  • 365 10 H.K. INDUSTRIALISTS COME TO SEE TASEK IPOH, April 1. THE first weaving mill in Perak will be set up in the Tasek industrial estate here in the next few months. It will probably be followed by Malaya’s first plant making electric fans
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  • 31 10 KUALA LUMPUR Apr 1 Senator Khaw Kal Boh will be sworn In tomorrow as Minister Without Portfolio In the Federation Government at a simple ceremony at the Istana Negara
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  • 120 10 PORT SWETTENHAM, April I—Ten Indonesian pirates armed with shotguns and spears seized a Malayan fishing boat one mile off Pulau Ketam yesterday. Fisherman Tan Chuan Lee. said today that he was with two other boats when a speedboat with 10 armed Indonesians approached
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  • 187 10 Kuala lumpur, April I.—A total of 53,733 people were on the employment exchange registers in the Federation in February, according to a Ministry of Labour report issued here today. This figure is 2,024 fewer than the total registered up to the end of January. Commenting
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  • 60 10 PENANG. April 2—The Deputy Premier and Minister of Rural Development. Tun Abdul Razak. will open a $30,000 mosque at Sungel Nibong on Aprp. 6. After performing the ceremony. Tun Razak will Join the villagers at lunch and afternoon prayers. Later the same evening he will
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  • 23 10 KLUANG, April 2—Eight teams participated in the Kluang District Language Month speech contest which ended yesterday at the Kluang Malay School.
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  • 179 10 KUALA LUMPUR, April 2. A LARGE-SCALE economic survey of rubber smallholders will be carried out soon bv the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Malava Forty students, 29 from the y 1 maia y a University and 11 from the College of Agriculture at
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  • 601 10 KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 JHE Federation Government may restrict imports except essential goods or goods not locally-manufactured in an attempt to arrest the swing in the balance of payments, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, said today. Dr.
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  • 69 10 PENANG, Apr. 2.- r J lay n>' Arts Council and Lie 1 spo D* Oerman Society will ’ft sor an exhibition of P V Gefl! drawings by German J 0 gotd Barkowsky at the E (first floor) at the wee- {or The exhibition a
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  • 375 11 y,7AK: I HOPE THEY WILL XvrrM BEFORE APRIL 18 SINGAPORE, April L brrHE Federation Government is seeking immediate talks with Britain [p to obtain urgently needed funds to build up the Malaysian armed I forces. Tun Abdul Razak, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence
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  • 282 11 First step has been taken toward possible change of name, says retiring chief SINGAPORE April 1. MALAYAN AIRWAYS have taken the first step towards a possible change of name to Malaysian Airways, the retiring general manager, Captain R. P. Mollard. said today. In a farewell interview he disclosed
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  • 22 11 KANOAR. April 2.—The Regent of Perlis Tengku Sulaiman yesterday opened the State police week exhibition at police headquarters here.
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  • 110 11 SINGAPORE, April I.—Each member of the Singapore Business Houses Employees Union will be asked to contribute one day’s wages to assist their colleagues now on strike at two firms —Fraser and Co. and Watts and Baker Ltd. A resolution calling for this contribution was adopted
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  • 294 11 OINGAPORE, April I. Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs today said that Dr. Tan Chee Khoon. national vice-president of the Labour Party of Malaya, was “talking through his stethoscope” when he claimed that detainees were being given better treatment in the Federation than in Singapore.
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  • 163 11 OINGAPORE, April I. The North Borneo Government has put a total ban on the entry of Indonesian labour force into the country, Mr. Donald Stephens, leader of the Sabah Alliance Party, disclosed here today. Mi. Stephens is here for a short stay before returning to
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  • 134 11 KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 A deaf mute, Kura Woon Mun, testified at the Wong Choong murder trial in the High Court here today that he heard some gunshots and then saw three people running away. Today was the fourth day of the trial in
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  • 61 11 SEREMBAN. April 1 Three hundred people, including the Ruling Chiefs, high Government officials and members of all communities will attend the all-com-munity dinner on the night of April 3 to honour the Yang diPertuan Besar on his 41st birthday. This annual dinner at the town hall
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  • 155 11 Kuala lumpur Mar. 3l Opposition political parties will present their views on Malaysia to the United Nations Under-Secretary, Mr. C.V. Narasimhan. when he visits Malaya next month. This was decided today at a meeting at the home of Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. former Minister of
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  • 262 12 KUALA LUMPUR, April 1. MROFESSOR JACQUES RUEFF, leader of the World Bank’s Malaysian economic mission, arrived here today to Join the mission in the final stages of its work. He will present to the governments of the five territories the conclusions drawn from the
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  • 92 12 Kuala lumfur, Apr. 2. The Government today announced the appointment of a prominent lawyer, Mr. R. Ramani, to serve on the Malayan permanent mission to the United Nations with the diplomatic rank of Minister. A Ministry of External Affairs statement said that Mr. Ramani wduld leave
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  • 87 12 BUTTER WORTH. April 1 One thousand chicks were distributed to 20 padi planters and residents of Muklm Penaga. Pajak Song, Pinang Tunggal and Kampong Jarak today under the State Government’s poultry improvement scheme. The Butterworth District Officer. Inche Rozhan bin Haji Kuntom, made the
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  • 25 12 SUNGEI PATANI, April I—Mr. B. Landers from Ipoh has succeeded Mr. J. N. Turner as accountant of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank here.
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  • 121 12 TELUK ANSON, April 2. More money has been subscribed for the 74 people made homeless by a fire off Sungei Nibong Road on March 22. Mr. Chuah Thean Sung, executive secretary of the Perak State Welfare Com mittee, presented a cheque for
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  • 168 12 JOHORE BAHRU, April J 2. —Opium worth $55,000 was seized in a Customs trap today. It was the biggest haul in Johore in months. The trap was set at 6 45 a m. In Jalan Trus here. Ten Customs officers watched a car from
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  • 42 12 JOHORE BAHRU. April 2—Pour Alliance candidates were returned unopposed to Kahang Local Council when nominations closed at noon today. They were Mr. Lee Heng Khoon, Mr. Liew Tan See alias Liew Teng Shee. Mr. Tey Kee 'and Lim Koon.
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  • 259 12 SINGAPORE, April tj PATHAY Pacific Airways will inauguM, its first direct service between Je« o i, and Hong Kong on April 6. eSSelt The flying time of three hours and 20 minutes on this new service, which will be operated by
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  • 40 12 SINGAPORE, April 2 A Colombo Port Superintendent g* S.F.S. David, arrived here totir for three months training untie the Colombo Plan, offered bv Singapore Government. Mr David. 27. am studv per. administration and traffic cor.u-
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  • 58 12 IPOH. April 2 Construct: work on rural development pr> jects totalling $lOO,OOO will soon in the Kmn rice-bowl d* trict. Five bridle paths paved with cement blocks to provide Lweather access and seven run. roads coating $136,000 are ax:ns the projects. The others are four commumtf
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  • 282 12 Rubber firm to pay out today SINGAPORE, April 1 439 retrenched employees of Dunlop Rubber Purchasing Co. Ltd., are to get higher rates of severance pay and wages in lieu of notice. The company has agreed to raise the rate of severance
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  • MR. TAN SPEAKS an address to Brand Alliance convention in Kuala Lumpur
    • 2282 13 ‘THE ESSENTIAL PRE-REQUISITE FOR A SOUND ECONOMY IS REALLY A CLIMATE WHICH IS CONDUCIVE TO PUBLIC, PRIVATE INVESTMENT’ TWO of the most basic and important duties of a Finance Minister are to ensure an adequate rate of economic growth, and to e«nsure prudent
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  • 204 14 SINGAPORE, April 2 THE Federation Minister of Finance Mr. Tan 1 Siew Sin, last night urged Singapore traders to put aside part of their time for the “serious business of politics.” Speaking at a dinner given in his honour by Mr. Ko Teck Kin,
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  • 112 14 Kuala lumpur. April 2. The Malayan Film Unit has entered three documentary Aims for the 10th Aslan Film Festival in Tokyo from April 14 to 19. The film* are Partners In Progress,” ‘Padi’’ and "Installation of the Yang dl-Pertuan Agong III”. Other entries from Malaya
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  • 52 14 SINGAPORE. April 2 The Tourist Promotion Bureau will move from City Hall to its ne* office in Fullerton Building, on the same floor as the General Post Office, by the middle of this month. This office, formerly occupied by the Government Printing Office, has been air-conditioneo
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  • 458 14 KUALA LUMPUR, April 2. THE commercial community in Malaya A hopes that if import restrictions are needed to arrest the swing in the balance of pay', ments, as the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, hinted yesterday, they will
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  • 59 14 TAIPING. April I—The Ta;p# and Matang branches of the w* layan Chinese Association T J been merged and named the l*'* Selatan division conforming parliamentary constituency Dr. Lim Swee Aun. the Mini# of Commerce and Industry M.P. for Larut Selatan was rJ* chairman of the new division Mr.
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  • 24 14 KLANO, April of the National Patriotic FWi ganised by the “Patriotic. will be held at the Letchumw Hall here on April 13
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  • 94 14 SINGAPORE, April 2.—The Federation’s Minister of Internal Security, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said here today that there would be no amnesty for political detainees to mark the proclamation of Malaysia. Dato Ismail, speaking to reporters at the airport this evening before ret,:rn f sl{
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  • 322 15 I PENANG, April 5. ■HE future status of the three free ports of V Penang, Singapore and Labuan “in the ■roader context of a Malaysian common Barket was discussed by the chairman of the |p nang Chamber of Commerce, Mr. G. H.
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  • 134 15 ■MALACCA, April 5.— The Governor of ■Malacca. Tun Haji AbKul Malek bin Yusuf, ■nil open the $400,000 ■state Legislative As■sembly building here ■or. April 8. Or. April 12. the Deputy Minister and Minister IB Rural Development, Tun Razak will open the rural development ■Dfrr-.tiuns room"
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  • 90 15 ‘Girls work harder than boys to'r R r V pril 5 —The MinlsH dui Vi Kducatlon Haji AbII vpvi i m,d K han, said here II hSSw ay hat ir l s work haD h® 3 8 ln onerlr sp^a hlnB at the II S’O'i'r.nn 4 hcre of the II
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  • 112 15 rpHE Yang di-Pertuan 1 Agong pictured during his visit on April 6 to Malaya's biggest land development scheme at Bilut Valley, 48 miles north-east of Kuala Lumpur. More than 1,500 residents turned out to welcome him. The project was started in 1958. The King spent an
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  • 30 15 KUALA LUMPUR, April 5. Thousands of Chinese in Malaya and Singapore honoured their dead today—Cheng Beng Festival (All Souls* Day)—by flocking to cemeteries and paying traditional respects.
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  • 168 15 SINGAPORE, April 5 Re p resentatives of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce met the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, this morning to discuss progress on the atonement gesture made by the Japanese Government to the people of Singapore. Mr Lee told them: “All that remains
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  • 353 15 KUALA LUMPUR. April 5. 4 BOUT 600,000 voters will to the polls from June to August this year to elect 577 candidates to 47 town and rural district councils throughout the country. The first election will be for the Kuala Krai town council in
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  • 223 15 l(UALA LUMPUR, v April 5.—Parents of Malaya boys should not assume that their children will pass in the national language in the promotion examination to secondary schools. Dr. Tan Chee Khoon, chairman of the board of tovernors of Batu Road School I and II.
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  • 20 15 RAUB, April 4. —The Mahmud Secondary School here will hold its nnnual speech day ceremonies tomorrow evening.
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  • 66 15 KUALA LUMPUR. April 3.—Mr. T. Linga Nathan, assistant to 'he Supervisor of Rural Broadcast: Radio Malaya, is one of 14 broadcasters from 10 Aslan and African countries attending a three-moo’n course in rural broadcasting in Australia. Countries represented In the course in Sydney, the largest vet
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  • 33 15 KLANO, April 4. More than 2.000 shotgun pellets, valued at $450, were found missing from the Robinson and Co. godown at Sungel Aur Jetty, Port Swettenham. last night. Police are investigating.
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  • 3332 16 LEE REPORTS ON POINTS OF AGREEMENT FOR AMENDING CONSTITUTION THE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, reported today to the Singapore Legislative Assembly at the first business meeting of its new session on the progress of talks with the Federation of
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  • 293 16 Millions to see ‘for and against film on Malaysia /.pril Malaysia v.U be made known to millions of people i. the English-speaking world in a comprehensive one* hour Australian TV docu mentary film This was disclosed t-xiay h: Mr. P. V. Riddell news editor of Television Broadcasters Ltd., one of
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  • 243 17 not be finalised until this matter had been resolved. The present time-table w’as that all these constitutional amendments should be ready by May or, at the latest, early June in order that they could be tabled before and approved by the Assembly
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  • 214 17 SINGAPORE, April 5 The Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, told the Legislative Assembly today that last year six principals of Go-vernment-aided primary schools had their services terminated for reasons that included misbehavour, inefficiency and misuse of funds. Mr. Yong was answering a question
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    512 18 PRIME MINISTER: I THINK I’VE MANAGED TO CLEAR LOT OF DOUBT, SUSPICION, MISUNDERSTANDING Change of views in Manila KUALA LUMPUR. April 5 TENGKU Abdul Rahman returned home “very happy" tonight after a five-day visit to Manila, where he attended the ASA Foreign Ministers’ conference and had a series
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  • 77 18 r |"ELUK ANSON, April. 7.The people of Hutan Mflintang, 13 miles from here, have complained that there have been several cases ol malaria in the area. Mr K.O. George, a storekeeper, made the comply to Inche Sulalman bln Bu.oa deputy to the Mentrl Besi of
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  • 311 18 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Government, considers it against the interests of the people to depart in any way from the published terms for merger as set out in the White Paper and amplified or amended by the exchange of letters between the Prime Ministers
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  • 1062 19 UMPUR, ApL r Racing under -ershlp, Nlccoh apprentice a; t Hassan up, surprise in pay *239 for a here today. j e o«** CI i>IV. WfcF -HA i. 7 fy 34) DoaneUy 1 j*, iie« 8-13 >6) Pow a iv (,>
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  • 1144 19  - $794 —a KL record dividend by Sri Senyum I vlilf nf WjCv i -'.iv EPSOM JEEP V. TfcfVjft Jivi* J UA1A LUMPUR, April 7 —A $794 upeet .Sri Senyum highnted the last day of e April meeting re to lay. R ae One ClA 2, DIV. I—«F uJtaii Pahang’s ,f
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 45 19 BIG SWEEP h TOTAL POOL 3149*000 Ul; No. HI68S $37,042. 2nd; No. *****1 $13,521. 3rd; No. *****5 $9,260. STAKTEKS <31.157 Noo SI 7 910 .*****3 *****7 *****0 *****2 *****0 *****8 *****1. C0N80LATI0N 0323 each): Noo *****9 190O7t5 *****9 *****3 *****3 *****0 *****3 *****2 *****5 *****J.
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    • 50 19 BIG SWEEP Total Pool $174,642 First Prise: No. *****3 $43,224 Second Prise: No. *****0 $21,612 Third Prise: No. *****5 $10,806 Starters ($9OO each): Nos. *****1 *****7 *****0. *****0. *****5. *****6. *****6. *****0 *****2. ,*****5, *****1, *****7. Consolation ($960 each): Noe. *****1 *****8. JJ5901, *****3. *****9. *****0. *****8 *****0. *****7. *****8.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1646 20 From Our Market Correspondent A WELCOME feature on the Malayan Stock A Exchange last week was the considerably revived interest in the tin section of the market which went some way at least to balance the previous sole preoccupation with industrials. On Thursday business
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    • 43 20 April I April 2 April 3 April April 5 %pril Industrials: 101.74 101.81 102.52 103.41 103 94 104 34 Tins: 100 60 100.15 100.18 101.18 103.57 104.97 t rubbers: 107.29 107.28 107.28 104.84 108.84 108.84 Oec 29 19BY m mo
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    • 51 20 Cvmm Date of Total Total fov payment payment for prerimm yf|f f|§r Sfane Darby B%t April 35 20%* General Tin «%t May If 7 Kallm Rabbet 9%f May M 10% 15% Labo Cheviot 27%% May St 57%% 00% Perak Robber 7*%1 April 3b On adjusted capital t Interim
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    • 845 20 THE table ot shares on the 1 Malayan 8;. ci Exchange shows last bakinem to March 39 (A) and last business since that date (B) with H and L standing far Hijhfd and Lowest business for Inst year and thb year to date. IMBBSTIUIS t Ay* Alts
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    • 23 20 <»—«•" 1 Flrat Malayan 1 30 Kcand Malayan 1 iina Malayan--- Ptr*t Hone Kong M Bocond Hong Kong CJommodlty reocflj* v <*Hoog
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    • 22 20 cr April L 78H cj» oo 8. 78 cjs ~2 8. 4. 76* Cts „o 5. 78* cts- t J2^
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