The Straits Budget, 8 May 1963

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  • 30 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Btries 5‘3. KUALA LUMPUR, May 8, 1983. Price 49 cents (Malaya), or 1 shilling KPN 379
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    • 575 2 rpHE proceeds of the Miss MalayX sia show might have been for some well-deserved charity but, I am sure, the majority of those that packed the stadium that night went to see the show for the show’s sake expecting to be entertained not Because
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    • 90 2  -  BUNGA RAYA Petaling Jaya. IN your editorial headed “Palling Out” (8.T. April 20) you asked: “How are parties as disparate m their aims as the PMIP, the Soda 1st Front. Party Negara and the U.D.P. to work together?” The answer is simple. It is a
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    • 99 2  -  K. W. SEAH Singapore WILL the authorities concerned kindly do something about those child beggars haunting the esplanade and Capitol Theatre areas? They are fast becoming a nuisance. I have had occasion to be approached by them as many as three times a day while walking in the
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    • 179 2  -  (Dr.) HO GUAN UM Ag. Director of Medical Singapore Serrice. 1 REFER to the letter under the heading “Water Waste” in your issue of April 23. The cleansing of roadside drains Is an essential health measure and long stretches of these drains must be flushed
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    • 133 2  -  HUSSAIN bin MOHAMED Director of Posts (Federation) Kuala Lumpur IN reply to the, letter Trader in the otralts Times of April 23, the correct fee for an ad- ▼Ice of delivery of a registered letter applied for at the time of posting is as follows; FOR AN article
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    • 66 2  -  RESIDENT Padang Serai Y°UR correspondent “T.T.- T." hit the nail on the head when he complained about the ‘Hock-up” library of the local council, it is time the authorities concerned did something about it. I don’t Intend to go into the importance of a library to the people
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    • 108 2  -  TAXPAYER Singapore IT is upsetting to read in your newspaper that the Public Daily Rated Employees' Unions Federation will call out its 10.000 members on strike for alleged non-implementation of the agreement reached after the 1961 strike. Before the issues connected with the agreement can be settled amicably
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    • 105 2  -  P. H. UM Muar F° R a 6°od many years now the people of Muar have been told they would *2 a bridge over the J*uar ver Work On the bridge has yet to start. Cannot the Johore Government huHd a bridge and then collect tolls for a
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    • 367 2  -  EmpText Kuala Lump ttHK Natio 1 Unlnn <4 Journali, Feden® Of Malaya delegation the 5?Aslan Joi. gwnce in j na 9 The conferee to anfl the format i an Jour; orei® 33 htton. 8 X'. jinderstai i. ..\m® S gecutlve con. 're' didB
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    • 673 3 —Straits Times, April 29 H A n m;a hie feature of tiie ■.position in Singapore to BVma. nd such opposition BVln-te m the Federation, location on till sides Bat the concept of Malaysia Buiuis This position B realVr m the statement t Mr. Narasimhan. jBidci-‘ G >
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    • 228 3 —Straits Times. April 29 Tire secondary continuation schools, it has been officially acknowledged, “have not been as successful as we had hoped.” It is discouraging news, but the Ministry of Education could hardly have pretended otherwise: partial failure was writ large in the poor response accorded to the
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    • 364 3 —Straits Times, April 30 Coverage of the whole range of education problems was expected of the National Conference of Heads of Secondary Schools. But to call for an alternative syllabus for girls who have passed the Lower Certificate of Education and cannot or do not wish to continue
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    • 215 3 —Straits Times, April 30 A more uncouth exhibition than President Sockarno’s burlesque act at Bogor is diffi- cult to imagine. Accompanied by his wife and the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Dr. Subandrio, the Indonesian Head of State crooned “Terang Bulan’ —the folk tune adapted as Malaya’s national anthem in
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    • 658 3 —Straits Times, May 1 The relief which accompanied the settlement last August of the West Irian dispute is still a recent memory. Today the territory becomes Indonesian after a short period of administration by the United Nations. Praise for the realism and the spirit of accommodation shown
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    • 207 3 —Straits Times, May 1 Unless there is an unexpected break in the weather. Singapore must look forward to a prolonged spell of water rationing. We are in the middle of what is normally the dry season, and even when this period is over, there is no certainty
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    • 221 4 —Straits Times, May 2 Many old-timers in Singapore politics are re-entering the arena under the banner of the Malayan Chinese Asso ciation The committee Mi Tan Siew Sin has appointed to revitalise the SingapoM branch of the party is studded with familiar names. They include Mr. Yap Pheng
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    • 669 4 —Straits Times. May 3 The proposed conference of Foreign Ministers of Malaya, Indonesia and the Philippines is every bit as crucial for future relations between the three countries as Mr. Pelaer says it is. Unless the meeting is held and achieves some measure of agreement, then will
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    • 339 4 —Straits Times. May 3 Singapore’s housing pro grammes have become so firmly associated in the mind? of most people with rents of $2O or $3O a month that the announcement of the Selegie Road charges has, not surprisingly, been greeted with complaint. Rents in the new block, which
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    • 276 4 —Straits Times. May 3 Three weeks to go before nomination day, the symptoms of election fever are breaking out in Seremban. The party strategists are gathering, and as a topic of conversation even water rationing is taking second place to the coming battle for control of the Town
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    • 694 4 —Straits Times. i There is no more difficult obstacle to the development of the Malayan fishing industry than the opposition of virtually the majority of the fishermen themselves. Modernisation puts some of them out of business, or threatens to. It is not surprising that they cannot see beyond
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  • 491 5 OVERCOME THE OBSTACLES, URGES SYED NASIR KUALA LUMPUR, April 24. VARIOUS cultural organisations in the Fedr er Uion ave the Government to L u nch a “cultural month” campaign to boost [he study and use of the national language, Kved Nasir bin Ismail, Director
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  • 39 5 SINGAPORE. April 25. —The P Ram Ice Fans Association. Singapore. will hold a "Han Raya Haji md Patriotic Fund Night" at the People's Association Hall on May ll Proceeds will be donated to the Patriotic Fund
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  • 221 5 KUA L A LUMPUR, April 25. Umno headquarters here is to investigate the demand of seven UMNO branches in Klang to declare the division’s annual delegates’ conference April 24 null and void.” More than 1.000 members belonging to the seven branches have threatened
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  • 183 5 SINGAPORE, April 24. /CRITICISM of the fash’on snow taut preceded the Miss Malaysia contest in Kuala Lumpur on April 20 today brought an angry reply from one of the 17 models, Mrs. Maureen Swinton- Bland, of Singapore. Actor William Holden said he objected
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  • 108 5 PENANG. April 25.—M. Rajoo 31. accused of trying to steal 70 cents from a sleeping boy. said in court today he was drunk and did not know what he was doing. Rajoo. who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to six months’ jail. Senior Inspector
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  • 577 5 TPOH, April 24 The Malayan Graduate Teachers Union today emphatically denied producing the present unified salary scheme for teachers. Replying to comments by Mr K V Thaver, generalsecretary of the National Union of Teachers, the MGTU in a Press statement said: "If
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  • 1238 6 Prime factors requiring a review of the country’s 5-year plan by a Straits Times STAFF WRITER KUALA LUMPUR April 29 IN the official review of the ted eration’s five-year pian now being recast in the light of Malaysia two typos of recommendations are expected .to be prominent. FIRST, recommendations
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  • 202 6 KUALA LUMPUK, Thursd*. TtHE Malayan Technical Services Union S' have a blueprint for technicians to \> rrf^° ulli in developing Malaysia. Mr. P. p. Narayanm f .h Pat man of the Asian Regional Organisation n f v international Confederation of Free Trado .gea touay.
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  • 112 6 PENANG. May 5 la,- lalli iVl.iiiiici terior. Mr. Cheuh“ A VSwee, today cu..,u Chinese to be ui.iiea to "safeguard our and democrat v .r country.” “We must be prepared to face any situation, stressed at the p it^e -:aT ing ceremony by the
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  • 189 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. THE Nationalist Chinese Government no lor.ge subscribes to the principle of dual citizenshi; It wants the Chinese in Malaysia to be loyal ti Malaysia, the Director of Information. Inche Moha med Sopiee, said today He was speaking to newsmen at the airport
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  • 50 6 KLANQ, May I. —The body of a vouth was found beside the railway track near the Klang railway station today. An identity card found on him snowed his name as Mohammed Bern am* 1 Mansol, 18 of Sabak A spokesman said that showed no external
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  • 67 6 KUALA LUMPER. Ma 5( The Malayan t t 3 ciation’s Youth day protested 11 playing of “Terntu Buiw a reception for r rna iist the Afro-Aslan t3 ir ne a conference in Jakarta. folY pnt ?a 1 It issued a sf;U, 7La r no lng that
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  • 1018 7  -  PRODUCTION MANAGER (HE TRIED f CRAB A THUG) AND WORKER (HE THREW BICYCLE) UNHURT 10 workers trail gang out to the waiting taxi by FRANCIS ROZARIO and PHiLIP KHOO: Singapore, Singapore, April 30 FOUR gunmen held up the Straits Times job printing department
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  • 324 8 SCHOOL HEADS EXPRESS CONCERN KUALA LUMPUR, April 28. 'J'HE conference of heads of secondary schools has expressed concern about the future of girls who cannot continue their education after taking the Lower Certificate of Education. At the end of the threeday
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  • 158 8 fPOH, April 28.—Chris- tian. and Hindu stall of the Ipoh Municipal Council will in future have an extra holiday. This was decided at the council’s monthly meeting here last night when two motions for the new holidays were unanimously adopted with the support or
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  • 52 8 SINGAPORE. Apr 28—Three students' unions have sent a joint memorandum to the United Nations Under-Secretary. Mr. C. V. Narasimhan, on the general situation in Singapore and South-East Asi& They are the Nanyang University Students' Union. Singapore Polytechnic Students’ Union and the University of Singapore
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  • 31 8 IPOH. Apr 28—Mr. Cheah Cheong Sin. of the rerak Police Contingent headquarters here, was elected chairman of the Perak branch of the Police Administrative and Clerical. Services Union.
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  • 115 8 KOTA BHARU, April 30. A combined air and ea rescue operation for eight missing &e--lantan fishermen was called otf today when it was learned that the fishermen had safely arrived at a border town, lhe Marine Department in Tumpat received message irom Goiok,
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  • 245 8 SINGAPORE, April 29. pERMAN author, Prof. Rolf Itailaander, flew into Singapore today to meet Singapore’s Premier and later the Federation Prime Minister to feature them in his book. “New Leaders of Asia.” Prof. Italiaander, who is here on a tour sponsored by
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  • 41 8 KUALA LUMPUR, May I.—The first phase of the National Language Month in Selangor ended with a variety show at the Town Hall here tonight. More than 300 guests Including the Sultan of Selangor, attended the show.
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  • 165 8 SINGAPORE, April 28. Trade unionist Mr. F. V. Rajendra has once again told civil servants to steer clear of politics Speaking as adviser of the Singapore Government Tech tiical Services Union at its annual meeting yesterday, he said: “Civil servants, as individuals or even as
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  • 419 8 KuALA LUMPUR, April 30 A 15-MEMBER working party has been an. pointed for the reorganisation and revit alisation of the Malayan Chinese Association in Singapore in preparation for the aener-' election next year. “Given sound leadership and because of the dominant Chinese population,
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  • 633 9 SINGAPORE, April 28 ItroKKKRS in Malaysia can profit by Smga- poie’s experience in the field of labour, ■the i retnier, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said today ■in a May Day message. I To ail Singapore workers, he said: “We have ■laid a heavy price
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  • 78 9 PORT SWETTE NHAM, April 29.—Two 17-year-old boys died instantly when their motor cycle was involved in a head-on collision with a bus along Watson Road here today. Sulvari bin Mat Burl and Mat Wok bin Bakrom, both of Sepang. who passed their Form Three
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  • 35 9 KUALA LUMPUR. May 1 Mr Lee Dang Fook. general secretary of the Federation Armed Forces Civilian Staff Union has left for Britain on a four-month trade union scholarship under the Colombo Plan.
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  • 227 9 KU A L A LUMPUR, April 29. —Tne National Union of amalgamated Local Autnonties’ Employees was toaay accused of having encouraged the formation of “small splinter unions.” Mr. K. K. Muthurakku, pro-tem secretary of the proposed Federation of Municipal and Local Authorities’ Labour
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  • 389 9 SINGAPORE, April 29 J\JR- TAN SIEW SIN, Federation Finance Minister, said here today everything now rested with the Singapore Government in ending the present deadlock and resuming merger talks on finance. “The ball is now at the feet of the Singapore Government,”
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  • 211 9 PENANG, April 28. 'THE establishment of Malaysia was a “friendly A and well-meaning move” to bring together the peoples of the five territories, Mr. A. Raja Gopal the new president oi the Penang Indian Chamber of Commerce, said in his acceptance speech yes- terday.
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  • 27 9 KAJANG, Apr 28— A variety show will be held at the Kajang Hall on May 4 and May 6 to celebrate Hari Raya Hajl.
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  • 112 9 KUALA LUMPUR, April 28— The Cabinet Secretary for the Indian Government, Mr. S. S. Khera, arrived here today by air for a three-day goodwill visit. Mr. Khera was on his way home to India from Australia, where he accompanied the Minister for
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  • 68 9 KAJANG, April 29—Datuk Kampo Radjo bin Baginda Kayo, a former Alliance State Assemblyman (Semenyih), has been challenged to resign his seat in the Selangor Assembly and go to his electorate again. The challenge came from Hajl Zakaria bin Hajl Mohamed Taib. Alliance M P. at an
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  • 143 10 JALA LUMPUR, April 30— Sixty Chinese settlers in the Bukit Selambau rubber planting scheme in Kedah have shown their appreciation of the Federation Government's assistance in uroviding them with land by donating $430 to the National Patriotic Fund. The donations. ranging from $5 to
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  • 220 10 UNION CHIEF’ S MAY DAY CALL TO BOSSES KUALA LUMPUR, April 30. RMPLOYERS were urged today to give a “new dimension’' to relations with their staffs by widening workers’ participation in management. The appeal was made in a message by Mr. P. P. Narayanan, chairman of the Asian Regional Organisation
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  • 28 10 BANTING. April 30—The Telok Datoh Stonnr Club here will hold a "Club night" on May 11 to raise funds for the Assunta Hospital in Pealing Jaya.
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  • 559 10 MAY DAY RALLY RESOLUTION CONDEMNS POLITICIANS WHO SEEK TO EXPLOIT WORKERS SINGAPORE, April 30 RESOLUTIONS welcoming Malaysia and condemning political exploitation of workers by anti* national agitators will be among those which the May Day rally of the Singapore NTUC will be asked to pass tomorrow. The
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  • 259 10 SINGAPORE, April 28 THIE Minister for A Culture. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, today warned that the months ahead might well see the Communists engaged in further acts of desperation and national treachery to break up merger and Malaysia. Mr. Rajaratnam’s warning Is contained in a May
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  • 106 10 IPOH, May I—»A laboratory assistant. Foong Meng Yew 24. ami four others travelling with him had a lucky escape when the car he was driving overturned and burst into flames while trying to avoid a scooter in Lahat Road here yesterday afternoon. Foong, of
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  • 786 11 OPPOSITION PARTIES TELL NARA: WE SEEK POSTPONEMENT FOR A NEW OUTLOOK TO BE FORMED KUALA LUMPUR* April 28 the U.N. Security 1 Council has been as kcd to intervene and obtain a postponement of the formation of Malaysia. The call was made by six Malayan
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  • 387 11 Kuala Lumpur, April 30 'J’HE top-level National Language Implementation Committee is to carry out a survey to find out to what extent the national language is used in government departments. Tills was disclosed by the Director of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Syed Naslr
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  • 122 11 Kuala lumpur, April 30— Ipoh and Malacca airports, closed for extension work for the past few months costing nearly $1 million each, will be re-opened tomorrow. The extensions are part of a $6.5 million scheme for improved facilities at airports throughout Malaya for Malayan Airways’
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  • 96 11 Kuala lumpur, April 30. A secretary, Mrs. Frances Antoinette Lee, 23 was today granted a divorce, to be made absolute In three months, by Mr. Justice Gill In the High Court here. Mrs. Let*, a mother of a two-year-old daughter, sued her husband, Paul Lee
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  • 28 11 MALACCA, April 30—The Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Inche Bahaman bin Shamsuddin, today ended his two-day visit to welfare homes and approved schools here.
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  • 183 11 TAPAH, April 28 mHE Minister of Edu--1 cation, Haji Abdul Hamid Khan, said here last night that the poverty of Malay parents should not bar their children from going for higher studi Speaking at an UMNO rally, the Minister said: In education, we have made
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  • 156 12 SINGAPORE, April 30 A commission of inquiry is to look immediately into the possibility of making daily-rated Government employees monthly-rated. It will also examine outstanding issues arising from the implementation of an agreement between the Public Daily-Rated Employees’ Unions’ Federation and the Government in
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  • 64 12 Kuala lumpur, April. 30 Fifteen officers from the Canadian National Defence College will arrive here on Saturday for a four-day study tour of Malaya. A Ministry of Defence statement said today that they will be briefed by Ministers and senior Government officials on Malaysia, rural
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  • 42 12 SINGAPORE, April 29—A claim for damages tor personal injuries brought by Too Stew Eng, 26. against the Paya Lebar Hus Service was settled today. The company undertook to pay her $3,000 damages with agreed costs at $1,500.
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  • 40 12 KUAIiA LUMPUR, April 29— Mr. S. S Khera, the Indian Cabinet Secretary left for home today after a two-day unofficial visit with four words to the Press “Please respect my privacy.” He met Tengku Abdul Rahman before leaving.
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  • 260 12 Kuala lumpur, April 29. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said tonight he took strong exception to President Soekarno making fun of Malaya’s National Anthem, Negara Ku. The Tengku was commenting on reports that President Soekarno had led the singing of “Terang Bulan’’ (Bngnt Moon)
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  • 84 12 JOHORE BAHRU, April 3O. Johore police have detained seven men in connection with the $lO,OOO payroll robbery at the 13th mile, Johore Bahru-Pontian road, on April 8. Six of them were arrested In Singapore. The police are now looking for another man, who Is
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  • 194 12 KUALA LUMPUR, April 29.— A Chinese student of the University of Malaya, who has just returned from a four-week study tour of India, said people there were Intrigued when they found out she was studying Tamil at the university. She is Miss Christina Goon
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  • 86 12 UPI. BRUNEI TOWN, May l._ Catherine Loh (Miss Malaysia) disclosed today that she has accepted an offer to become an airline hostess her "fondest aspiration.” According to present arrangements, she would be stationed in Singapore. Meanwhile, the Brunei Alliance Party is planning to
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  • 212 12 MUAR, April 29. 1U 't here is only 10 days' supply ot water ielt in Mount Ophir reservoir, which supplies Muar, as a result ot the prolongeu drought. lhe t*xecutlve Engineer, Mr. C. Gorman, said loday. The normal capacity at the reservoir is
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  • 257 12 Kuching, April R A Sarawak p o ii Ce spokesman said t nu afternoon that the Sarawak Government was aware that a number of Sarawak Chinese Clandestine ComOrganisation members had left Sarawak “and are operating over the Indonesian border with the bandit gangs.”
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  • 212 12 SINGAPORE. April 30. 'PAN CHENG TONG, Barisan Sosialis Assemblyman for Jalan Kayu, was charged in a magistrates court today with participation in last week's CitJ Hall clash. i The tenth party leader to appear in court in connection with the incident. Tan is charged with: Having
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  • 21 12 KANGAR, May 1 members of the Perl; n htte« Rural Development c;V ;c* are attending a th'• course
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  • 216 13 SINGAPORE, May 1. .vrr possibility of Tasmania playing a more act- rt )le in Singapore’s industrialisation proA ‘ei be discussed tomorrow at a meeting ram n the Tasmanian trade and goodwill misu!‘\ m Singapore, and the Economic Deve- v*** i mnipiM Hoard. s conference
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  • 63 13 SEF.EMBAN. April 30—One hunk a:.U ur Ulcers and men of e 2r.d Reconnaissance Regt. returned from the Congo last •ter.d will be given a big wel--c r. the evening of May at >•*: D:ck' at the home cf the ;tr:c: Off iter. Inche Sha’ari bin march
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  • 19 13 pANG. April 30 The body -'tin h. lee Tuck. 66, was C: 'he sea today.
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  • 179 13 IZ'UALA LUMPUR, 1V April 30. Tengku Abdul nanman said tonignt he was sure that Mr. R. Ramani, Malayan delegate-designate to the United Nations, would answer “our dear friend across the seas properly and truly. The Prune Minister said: *‘I am sure that Mr. Ramani
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  • 29 13 BENTONG. May I—'The Sultan of Pahang began a weeklong otficial visit of Bentong district He will open the new Cathay Theatre in Bentong on May 3.
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  • 187 13 (UALA LUMPUR, April 29 The Minister of Agriculture and Co‘Pera ves, Inche Monamr', Khir Johari, that action °ulri he taken “immelatoiy' to ban trawliJ fi’om operats 111 ’’avan waters. Jii° would continue !art P :Iti °ns had been Pth V nrl out how this In,A
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  • 331 13 OINGAPORE, April 30. Pro-Communist elements may provoke disturbances during May Day celebrations tomorrow, the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, warned today. The Minister issued the warning in the light of recent attempts by pro-Com-munist elements to "involve workers and innocent supporters
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  • 34 13 KUAI A I.UMPUR. Mav 4—Mr Harry L. Spence, regional representative of the United Nations here, left bv air todav for a twomonth tour of Australia. New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
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  • 206 13 IPOH, May 2. AN ESTATE school teacher, with 17 years’ govern- ment service was bound over in $3OO ror 12 months today for outraging the modesty of a nurse. He was ordered to pay $lOO costs. No conviction was recorueu. V. Kuppusamy, 41, pleaded not
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  • 77 13 TANAH RATA Apr. 30.—The District Oificer, Cameron Highlands, Inche Ghazalll bin Mohamed Nor, opened a $lO,OOO car park here yesterday by driving his car through a paper ribbon strung across the entrance. Inche Ghazalll thanked the town board and the Public Works Department for their efforts
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  • 156 13 Kuala lumpur, April 29.—The Socialist Front today denied that its organisation was dominated by “pro-Communist elements." In a statement, the Socialist Front denied this charge by Tun Abdul Razak, the Deputy Prime Minister, made in the course of his current North American
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  • 247 13 SINGAPORE, May 1. The National Trades Union Congress today presented medals to the Premier, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and eight other nontrade unionists for meritorious service to the trade union movement at its May Day rally at the Jalan Besar stadium. The citation for the
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  • 96 14 SINGAPORE, May 3.— The Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inehe Yusof bin Ishak and his wife Puan Noor Aishah. will visit Ceylon from May 11 to 14 on their way home from Mecca. Members of his entourage, who had accompanied him on his earlier state visit
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  • 81 14 SINGAPORE, May 3.—To commemorate tile issue ol Cocos (Keeling) Islands postage stamps on June 11. a limited number ol specially designed flight covers a*-e being flown by Quntas Airways from the Cocos. Covers will be addressed and forwarded to applicants in plain envelopes. Application forms
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  • 334 14 KUALA LUMPUR CONFERENCE TO MAP OUT THE FUTURE SINGAPORE, May 3. FIVE-YEAR plan for the development ol facilities to ensure a good future for six million blind people in Asia will be discussed at the second Asian conference on work for the blind to
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  • 108 14 mimrir uu PENANG May 3. JiiHRE robbers escaped with $2,500 worth of goods irom an Indonesian vessel yesterday after threatening to shoot a member of the crew The robbers boarded the Pasaman, anchored off Penang harbour. and started unoa? the B°ods into a
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  • 48 14 SINGAPORE. May 3—HMS Albion returned to Singapore today i»fter the sixth visit ferrying troops to North Borneo. She last left Singapore on April 17 with troop reinforcements frr Sarawak, after an attack on the police station and armoury at Tebodu, near the Indonesian frontier.
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  • 133 14 KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 Non-schooling teenagers have swelled the unemployment registers in various parts of the coun- try. The trend was described as “bad” by the Minister of Labour, Inche Bahaman Samsudin, when he met the Press at his monthly conference today. At
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  • 56 14 SINGAPORE, May 3—The Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, has accepted an invitation to speak at a luncheon of the Singapore National Union .;f Journalists o May 15 at the Imperial Room •Capitol Building) at 1 pm. This is the first time the Premier will address
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  • 27 14 KUALA LUMPUR. May 3—Another $4,596.65 was collected today by Malayan newspapers for the Na--1 lonal Patriotic Pund. bringing the total to date to $594,357 09.
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  • 355 14 A CHANGI WAR FILM AND NE W HOTELS IDEA SINGAPORE, a! lV i ’JWO Hollywood friends, authoi j, producer, James Clavell, and actor BeS" son Fong. Hew into Singapore tonic un J," separate missions one personal 1. ,1 ,'u° other professional. Mr. Clavell, author of “King’s Rat’’—his first book, based
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  • 47 14 KLANG, May 3 Senior Inherits Youth Club of Kangai will hoid a Hari Raya Haji party at the Women’s Institute Half here on May 6 The highlight will be the election of a king and queen of Seri Perlis for 1963
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  • 82 14 SINGAPORE. May 3 The Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, will continue his current series of tours to the rural areas in the Bukit Timah constituency on May Mr. Lee will begin his tour at the Upper Bukit Timah Circus at 7.30 a.m. and end it
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  • 110 14 SINGAPORE. M.;v tors in Malay .'la w fitted tor mde;v: ar.ee! they could not enthusiasm for t af local profe."i Dr. Gwee Ah I physician. Ge:.i: and master of tl n \cademy of Modi su this today. He added; "It we are r..i prepared to
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  • 47 14 SINGAPORE. May 3 The AS bishop ol York. L>: k i gan will arrive m .vlav 23 lor a thre> He is expected u Andrew's Cathedr.. stay here. Dr. Coggan is i attend a meeting Bible Societies ol Tokyo, ol which h dent.
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  • 44 14 SINGAPORE. May 3 lomtoo Plan sen Vr 5 Syne Hee and Mr Ping, of the Posts re.o--- 1 department. ar e due They have been fellowships by Government. Th y o Tt the Postal Scrviet here for two rnorv
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  • 37 14 -v>nior KLANG. May 3 t.ie specter Pang Li;.n been Talplng Detention t transferred as e here. pr net* The former cou: v ha* Senior Inspector M 0 tral® been sent to Johen Officer.
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  • 229 15  -  Public tip reveals racket involving 200 people -by PADMAN GOPAL rrALA LUMPUR, May 6. —Selangor police have acted against a counterfeit group suspected to have issued about 200 orgtd licences to motor-vehicle lrivers here. Two men caught in a police •aid a lew
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  • 48 15 SINGAPORE. May 6.—The Miff-' Education today announc- of the professional *txan’.::-. -lion for the Certificate n for graduates held at ieac..e- s Training College here February. candidates (five from a >. :r< Is and 15 from Chin- spools i passed in one or more ibjects.
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  • 638 15 SINGAPORE, May 1 A MAY Day rally organised by the left wing Singapore Association of Trade Unions today resolved to urge the United Nations to conduct and supervise general elections immediately in Singapore. The resolution also demanded the abandonment
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  • 158 15 KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 B|'EXgktj Abdul Rah- m an said today Ilu latest border ncidc n in Sarawak I a unfortunate” in J* w nf the impending nvat talks between lni^ nPsla the Ph^iP- and Malaya BprXr s ..J n kln B to reInhere l P L
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  • 45 15 SUNG EH PATANI, May 3.—The acting Mentrl Besar of Kedah, Inche Mohamed Zahlr bln Ismail, who declared open the annual meeting of the Kedah Penghulus Association at Sungel Patanl yesterday, received a donation of $l,OOO to the National Patriotic Fund, collected by members.
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  • 256 15 f/'UALA LUMPUR, May 3 —Competition from synthetic rubber had “cut deeply” into Malaya’s export earnings, the president of the Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Senator Chan Kwong Hon, said yesterday. But, he told the chamber’s annual meeting, Malaya has still been able to sell
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  • 93 15 SABAK BERN AM, May 6 Zaleha blnte Ja’afar, 24, Kuala Selangor’s National Language Month Kebaya Queen In 1962, was today fined $l5O for committing khalwat (suspicious close proximity) with an engineer, Chew Meng Swee. Zaleha, a nurse at the health clinic here, was arrested at
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  • 217 16 IMMEDIATE START ON FOUR POINTS IN HIGHLANDS DEVELOPMENT SCHEME TANAH RATA, May 5. THE CAMERON Highlands Tourist Promotion Association is to go ahead with four points of a programme to encourage more visitors. It has applied to the Pahang State Government for a plot of land
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  • 34 16 RAUB, May s—Dr. Wong Lock Chcong, the medical officer in charge of the district hospital. Raub has been transferred to the General Hospital. Seremban. Dr A I Gurubatham has taken his ulace
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  • 120 16 KUANTAN, May 5 The Sultan of Pahang will open a $2.92 million wi ter supply cneine at Jalan Sungei -cubing here tomorrow to benefit 50.00 G people. He will unveil a plaque and hen pull a lever which wi! tart oil a set
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  • 36 16 BANTING. May s—Cash relief o f $6OO been given lo the 16 tubercular patients of the district by the Kuala Langat branch ol the Malayan Association tor the Prevention of Tuberculosis this month.
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  • 175 16 Malacca, May 3— The State Welfare Committee has opened a vegetable and poultry farm at Bukit Baru, three miles from here, to provide work for old but healthy people who cannot find employment. Twenty-five old people and their dependants work
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  • 90 16 AN English secretary from London. Rosemary Angela Fitzsimon, 23. kneels before her mother-in-law. Mrs. Ong Chin Huat. to offer her the traditional cup of tea after her marriage to Mr. Ong Eng Kooi. 28. a chartered accountant, in Penang on May 4. The ceremony was
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  • 117 16 BATU GAJAH May 5— A woman, Kong Ngan You, 67, was stabbed in the stomach in her house at Pusing, near here at 3 a.m. today when two robbers made a vain attempt to rob her. Kong was about to close the back door
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  • 19 16 IPOH, May 5.—A car valued at >7.000 which was parked along Brewster Road was stolen yesterday morning.
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  • 71 16 NEW YORK, May 5 lun Abdul Razak spent the weektnd in North Carolina relaxing and playing g .If. Tun Ra/ak, who Is on a three-week visit to the Lnited States, was out on the golf course yesterday and today. Today lie also visited military installations nt Fort
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  • 111 16 |POH, May 5 Typtoi cases are ri*i:'.2< this town of people, 1 the minutes of thelrj Municipal Headli mittee. Dr. Haji Mega: K!:a>Megat Omar, a councillor and physician, has committee’s are:.'; t >- increase. He said that *he Incidence of t: been borne out
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  • 15 16 The RAWANG. M>: frMahamariamniae gel choh Estate rc jcm annual fireualkr. next Wednesday
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  • 385 17 I MUAR, May 5. ■urSLlMS in Muar town have been asked to ■W attend a mass prayer meeting on the Brown C ouncil packing at 8.30 a.m. on to pray rain. in, lie Ali bin Abu Bakar, the Assistant DisBr\t Oi.iver
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  • 125 17 DENANG. May 3 A 1 girl of three, Kor Siew Suan, died from a cobra bite a day after she was re-admitted to the General Hospital here yesterday.' Kor was first admitted early on the morning of May 1 but was taken home
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  • 69 17 SINGAPORE. May 5. The three-day Malaysian medico-surgi-cal congress held at the Institute of Pathology ended today. It was attended by specialists, doctors, pharmacists, and medical and dental students from the Malaysian territories and it was organised by the Academy of Meilcine in Singapore. The secretary
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  • 38 17 KUALA LUMPUR. May 5 —The Thai Ambassador. Mr. Thitinant Na Ranong. will open a seven-day exhibition of paintings by five Thai artists in the National Art Gallery Ampang Road here at 5.30 p.m. on May 13.
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  • 124 17 1x **AB a u»g uay lor five-year-old Noraini binte Mohamed Yunus yesterday when her father, a warrant officer in the Armed Forces Maintenance Corps at Batu Garrison. took her to the Istana Negara grounds for Hari Raya prayers. After the prayers the
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  • 43 17 KUALA LUMPUR, May 5.—The Control of Rent Ordinance. 1956, Is to be extended for another year in Kuala Lumpur beginning from July 1. The decision was taken at a recent meeting of the Advisory Board of the Federal Capital Commission.
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  • 284 17 j KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 THE Malayan Trades Union Congress today amended its rules to allow paid executives of unions to be members of its general council. Five top trade unionists, whose removal from the genera! council had been demanded by the
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  • 76 17 SINGAPORE, May 5.—A Douglas DC-8 jet left here for Jakarta this afternoon to mark the resumption after five years of KLM flights from Amsterdam to Indonesia via Singapore. With the restoration of this air link between Holland and Indonesia, broken in 1958, Singapore will
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  • 191 17 Kuala lumpur, May 3 —A,Mother $2,410.50 has been received for the National Patriotic Fund, bringing the total collected by the Straits Times Group so far to $97,396.83. The biggest contribution of $887.50 came from the staiT of the Customs and Excise Department. Johore Bahru
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  • 1094 18 PENANG, May 4 TWO big upsets highlighted the racing here this afternoon when Young Nawab and Legis Lass won to pay three-flgure dividends. Race l CLASS 5, DIV. 3—5! 2 FIRS. Thto Stable’s (9) RECOVER 8.6 (481 —144) Harbridge 1 (8) Soochow 7.8
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  • 1018 18 Donnelly lands 4 winners all for Eddie PENANG, May s—Veteran jockey Mickey Donnelly was in sparkling form here today. Race One CLASS 3, DIV. 3—5 IF Low and Ng Stable’s (2) CHOR-PAVONG 8 4 (355—140) Maynard 1 (5) Noble Gesture 8.9 (1461—248) Posner 2 (7) Miss Delaware 8 6 (135—69)
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 50 18 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $84,864 1st *****3 $47,919 2nd *****7 $15,973 3rd *****0 7,986 STARTLES ($726 each': 2 6 0 66 1 34 4 0 8 6 *****5 ***** *****9 *****5 *****5 ***** *****4 *****8 *****3 CONSOLATION .$509 ficb Nos. *****5 *****9 *****9 3131ft *****4 *****6 *****6 331H *****2 *****1
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  • 66 19 ipc>H May 6. —Madam Woof feon L -12, awaksnsd toy toarkngdiv- 5 am. lodsy. digr thrss per. i:. clothes Jump Into the .f her houss to Jslsn »tslr i* liere. f She nateiy blew a whistle rhe me! ri Mad.:.. Wong dUcortrsd that he
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  • 54 19 KUALA I r\!PUR, May I.— Th ■nirersit\ f Malaya Graduates Society u. hold a dlsctiaeton on ■k fore._ x)iicy of the Alliance Bovernrr.' .it the Arts Theatre Ha or. iv at B JO *JXL Hitis u the public. Speakers Anted he discuaetan Include Apre*:.' s from •Bb^AM|
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  • 142 19 A uiat. i/a fa t/« toe'< Sd 10#' AOrc 2/V IjST 1 «d istQM v mm n». s/» we > A 1/7 P^A/lO^|A“‘t S 3/9 A ve &*/o BH* 3/9 u’Stmtfc,'ytig” 3/9 A- s/iTtxJAe 8h a 3/n yHwgga ■sr 15* As- *sa ■r® i/8 |A?l y K in
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  • 276 19 -jPf: PENANG, May 5. CD Democratic Party official suggested A t> i.v that parents should get together and pt the Ministry of Education to have the pr,... ducatlon system based on the Rahman ’,lii ;uport revised. majority of citizens consider the present pure
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  • 172 19 Kuala lumfur, May 5. —Mr. W. Reischel (above), an economist and Commercial Attache at the German Embassy here, left today by air on five months’ leave with a film his wffe had taken of the country andthe people. Mr. Reischel,
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  • 260 19 SINGAPORE, May 5. Jean Cote, chief of the international division of the National Film Board of Canada, is here to discuss with local television authorities the distribution of .Canadian films. ST JS? Mr. Cote, who is on a trip to look into
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  • 97 19 KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 The repeal of the constitution provision on acquiring citizenship by registration will not affect people born in Malaya before Merdeka day. women who are married to Federal citizen** or minor children of Federal citizens, a Government statement said The
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  • 215 19 rZ>H„ May 5 —The Sultan of Perak, in a Hari Raya message today, called upon his subjects to obey the laws of the land, to be progressive and to live in peace with everyone. Recalling the advice given on these points by the
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  • 62 19 PENANG, May s.—Dato Wong Pow Nee, Chief Minister, presented cheques totalling $36,000 to a mosque, a temple and a religious school in Province Wellesley at the week-end.- J The money came from the Ministry of Rural Development. The Permatang Janggus Mosque, which is
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  • 44 19 RAUB. May 6.—Mr. Yoong Khe* Thoo, Public Health Inspector In the Health Offiee here, has been transferred to Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands. He succeeds Mr. Leong Slew Liew, who has resigned from the Government service to join the Raub Town Council.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 499 20 rpHE folio wing Is n complete 1 Uat of revised quotations Issued bf the Malayan Htocli Exchange on Friday, May S. iNOurraiALS a. a. ales ords .S-OO atlas les i»- B M Trustees 6.00 6.00 Boustead 1.W 1W v c.a. Holding a/tl Coo Tib Smalt Prat
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    • 1523 20 From Our Market Correspondent THE most interesting feature of the behaviour 1 of the Malayan Stock Exchange last week was the virtual absence of speculation in tin I T?iis led to the question as to whether local operators are maturing In their approach or whether
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    • 46 20 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previous year year O.CA.C. IBcts.* May 19 George Town 15% May 18 do 5%t May 18 Kepong Plant 7% May 39 Straits Rubber BJ% June 31 121% 17*% Include 40 cents bonus f Interim K
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    • 40 20 April 29 April 20. May 1. Mav 2. May 2. Mat 4 IndoatrUla 106.68 106.93 10..83 108,00 108 02 P- r- iiS'il J1JJ2 J 10.22 114.00 115.62 rubber*. 108.40 108.40 108.40 108.48 108.48 Dec. 20, 1962 100.
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    • 32 20 (Maniurt' PritN) First Malayan 1.70 1.78 Second Malayan 1.29 1.87 Third Malayan 98 l.OOxd First Hons Kong .96 I.ol* Second Hong Kong 70 .?4xd* Sterling Commodity 4/6 6/(•Hong Kong currency)
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    • 30 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.), (perpieul). April 89. 74 eta. 9451.59 10. 74)40ta. $458.13)4 May 1. 74)4 eta. $453.75 2. 7494 ete. $***** 3. 74% ete. $461.50 4. $496.68)4
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    • 37 20 (Managers 1 Prleei) Ktrat Malayan a* i 7 t O«oond Malayan 1.27 i 3* Third Malayan ty .V7ao O’*rat Hong Kong 96 l!o2xd' 8«cond Hong Kong 72 .77* Sterling Commodity g/ft 4/11 (*Hong Kong currency)
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    • 661 20 THE reduetM.-i in 1 price 01 H|i v v,„, diene cause, d reaction at .he b,: Of this v.eek ajjl prices slump some ul cents In h. :v ,.1 trading, state h.cb *1 Co. Ltd. In their current! rubber mark in" May Uquldatio. i hed J
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