The Straits Budget, 27 May 1964

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  • 38 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA'S NATIONAL NCWMANC* REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O. U.K. AS A NEWSPAPER I SERIES 607. KUALA LUMPUR. MAY 27. 1964. Price 40 Cents (Malaya> or 1 Shilling. KDN <91
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    • 402 2  -  CITIZEN Klanf rE manager of the estate dept., of the Guthrie agency has seen fit to reply to my letter of the 9th May Saturday Forum. And whilst he does not know what the recruitment qualifications are for other estate agency assistants for rubber estates
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    • 114 2  -  BUS USER Singapore (APPRECIATE that the Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Co have helped the public greatly by putting on many more buses on their routes, but I would like to suggest that a better system be adopted at the terminus In Chulla Street.
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    • 41 2  -  CONDUCTOR Teluk Anson I APPEAL to the Minister ot Education to sanction the opening of Form VI classes In Teluk Anson. It Is impossible for poor people to send their children to other towns for further studies.
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    • 60 2  -  PARENT Singapore PEASE accept this cheer for the Ministry of Education’s pre-Universlty admission Bectlon. Recently I sought vainly for my daughter’s admission through certain schools. The reply was, negative, a complete refusal. In a desperate attempt I approached the Ministry of Education direct. The result was
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    • 142 2  -  TEACHER Batu Pahat are already V/ rife regarding postings and transfers. Teachers being notified of their postings and transfers only at the last moment and sometimes later. There Is an example concerning 14 teachers from the Technical Teachers Training College, Kuala Lumpur, who were posted by the
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    • 248 2  -  K. TREGONNING Raffles Professor of History Singapore YOUR editorial commenting on educational needs ip Borneo is most timely. 2 have returned recently from Australia, where I met several hundred Malaysians, including a big Borneo group, at Universities there. Many of them are doing courses, and
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    • 137 2  -  T D K S GUAM Hon. Secretary. Medical Services Union Malacca. REFEK to the statement by Mr Karupplah of the National Union of Hospital Assistants (ST. May 13) under the heading “Move to strengthen Hospital Assistants Union." My committee feels that the statement should not be left
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    • 72 2  -  ESTATE STAFF Malacca lifAY 1 refer to the letter A from Mr A. W Bow kett. Manager, Estates Department, Guthrie Agency (Malaya) Ltd., In your Issue of May 14. The cadet training scheme has thwarted the legitimate claims for promotion of those already serving in the industry, and
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    • 110 2  -  ROCK-AND-ROLL Singapore NOW that we have street lights on Lorong 101. the residents of the area and Langsat Road are just wondering when the roads will be made. Lorong 102 has only one row o very old terrace houses and they have an asphalted road,
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    • 74 2  -  S. ALWEE Singapore YOUR leader “The Cambridge" contains a statement which Is incorrect. 1 refer to the sentence: "Malaya offers the Federation of Malaya Certificate of Education, principally for students in the Malay secondary stream.** The FMCE examination is not "principally for students In the Malay stream." Students
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    • 104 2  -  AN INQUIRER Singapore [T has been observed that the statement of account of members of the Central Provident Fund is NOT forwarded to them annually when they cease Employment during the course of the year. This applies to the case of my two children who have been engaged
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    • 82 2  -  DR. M. SIVALINGAM Malacca 1HAVE seen lorries, trucks taxis, buses and arm vehicles belting along th roads at speeds far beyonc their limit. Most of them slow down when passim villages or towns— when the police might be setting speed-traps. Would It be asking the Police
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    • 50 2  -  UNFAIR Singapore yHE Seafarers' Welfare Board is conducting a training scheme for novice seamen but I was disheartened to find an age limit from 16 to 20 years old. There are many young men whose ages range from 24 to 30 too eager to participate in the training.
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    • 86 2  -  YANG TZE HWA Selama ris most distressing to find that there are no government secondary schools in Seiama. Perak Of the pupils who passed the Std. VI Government examination last year, only a handful could afford a secondary education in Talplng or Penang The majority
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    • 62 2  -  BUSINESS MAN Singapore 1MUST congratulate those responsible for sortlnu letters at the G P.O. Kualo Lumpur for their efficiency during the strike period. Letters posted on May 18 evening were delivered in Singapore by the first post next morning. Previously we could not have expected such letters before
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    • 393 3 —Straits Time, May 19 Dr. Subandrio’s statement in Jakarta that “in principle, basic agreement” has been reached on the withdrawal of Indonesian guerillas from Sabah and Sarawak invites a cautious re-appraisal of the prospects for finding a way out of the confrontation crisis. It is obviously
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    • 287 3 —Straits Times, May 18 The arrival in Kuala Lumpur of the Philippines Consul, Mr. Juan Dionisio, brings into effect the agreement reached in Phnom Penh between Tengku Abdul Rahman and President Macapagal to re-establish direct communications between the two countries pending a full resumption of diplomatic relations.
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    • 251 3 —Straits Tinier May 18 The case for retaining the Cambridge School Certificate and Higher School Certificate examinations in Malaysia is unassailable, so long as the main institutions of higher education are patterned after those in the advanced Englishspeaking countries, and teach in the English language. Educational theories and
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    • 361 3 —Straits Time, May 19 While the Post Office strike carries on another has been narrowly averted, for a fortnight at least. The National Union of Plantation Workers and the Malayan Planting Industries Employers’ Association have agreed to let their dispute go to mediation by Raja Mohar bin Badiozaman,
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    • 685 3 —Straits Times, May 20 Last year the Royal Address at the opening of Parliament contained no mention of confrontation but this year is quite different The intervening months have seen Malaysia created, welcomed at home but assailed by its largest neighbour. So the Yang diPertuan Agong
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    • 129 3 —Straits Times, May 20 The success of the call-up registration in Singapore is gratifying. When the campaign closed last week, nearly 75,000 persons between the ages of 21 and 29 had reported to the authorities, out of a total of 82,000 citizens in that age group. Exempted persons
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    • 657 3 —Straits Times, May 21 The Alliance Government has promised to devote greater attention and resources to meeting the needs of Malaysian town-dwellers. A good start has been made by placing Tun Abdul Razuk. chief director of the impressively successful rural development drive, in charge of urban programmes
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    • 411 4 —Straits Times, May 21 Singapore’s Economic Development Board has long recognised the versatility ot the State's hundreds of small factories and backyard workshops as an important factor in its work of industrial promotion. Visiting experts, for example, have regularly commented on the skill and initiative these enterprises represent
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    • 783 4 —Straits Times, May 22 President Soekarno, according to agency reports attributed to “highly reliable sources” in Jakarta, is now willing to withdraw ail Indonesian guerillas from Malaysia, under verification by a third party, provided there is a “simultaneous” meeting ol Maphilindo Foreign Ministers, “immediately followed by a summit”
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    • 431 4 Straits Times, May 23 Singapore, where the pressure of population growth has long blurred the boundaries between town and country, has brought forth a hint of the ultimate merger; food factories. Not to process food, but to produce it. The suggestion came from Dr. Goh Keng Swee, who
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  • 30 4 DEATH SUMMER, JOHN HENRY MASON formerly of Whlteway La id law am! Company Limited, passed away peace fully at Royal Surrey County Hosplta Oullford. 14U> May. 1V04. Aged It Year*,
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  • 853 5  -  -by- FELIX ABISHEGANADEN -KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 TENGKU Abdul Rahman met the Philippines special envoy tonight and "thinks” that Mr. Salvador P. Lopez agrees that the main principle involved is that Indonesia must withdraw her troops from Malaysian territory before a summit meeting can be
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  • 56 5 MISS Luclana Lai, 18, who won the ‘‘Miss Malacca” contest held in the Malacca Municipal Town Hall on May 16. She will represent Malacca at the “Miss Malaysia” contest to be held in Kuala Lumpur. Second in the contest was Miss Lena Low, 20, and third, Miss
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  • 132 5 ESTATES STRIKE THREAT I(UALA LUMPUR, May 17. The Minister ol Labour, Mr V Mamckavasagam, indicated today that a mediator acceptable to both the plantation workers and the planting industry would be named tomorrow. This murnirg the Minister held separate meetings with leaders of the National Union
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  • 115 5 SINGAPORE, May 19. The Malay Stallholders Association in Geylang is to ask the Government to allot a plot of land opposite the new Goylang Serai Market for a bazaar operated only by Malays. The association’s secretary, Haji Ibrahim alJohari, today said Malay stalls
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  • 852 6  -  By FELIX ABISHEGANADEN KUALA LUMPUR, May 18-Tengku Abdul Rahman today categorically rejected Indonesia's proposal of a "token" withdrawal of her guerillas from the Borneo border as a prelude for another summit meeting with President Soekarno This rejection was announced by
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  • 53 6 IPOH. May 18 —Tengku Sulong bln Tengku Yahaya, 26, the Pangllma Prang Kiri of Kuala Kangsar, wUI marry Raja Zallta Aslah, 20, a grand-daughter of the Sultan of Pahang, at the Istana Pekan in Pahang on May 23. Tengku Sulong Is the grandson of Raja Razman bln
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  • 144 6 SINGAPORE, May 19. The possibility of the Singapore Government taking over the family planning service as part of its normal maternity and child health service was envisaged today by the secretary-general of International Planned Parenthood Federation, Sir Colville Deverell. At a news conference here.
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  • 44 6 PEKAN. May 18 —The Pahang branch of the National Union ol Teachers will hold Its annual meeting on May 18 at the Sultan Abu Bakar School. Mentakab. The Pahang Chief Education Officer. Inche Idris bln Babjee will open the meeting.
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  • 63 6 KUCHING, May 18 Land Dyaks, whose lour border kampong In the Trlnggus area of the First Division are dangerously exposed to Indonesian terrorist attacks, are now being resettled near Bac for their own protection. Foiice. Army ana All Force are nelping in the evacuation of
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  • 51 6 PENANG, May 18—The secretary of the Penang Malay Chamber of Commerce. Syed Abbas Alhab shee, returned to Penang today after a one-month tour of the Middle East There is wide scope for expansion of business between Malaysia and the Middle Eastern countries particularly Egypt,” he
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  • 273 6 KUALA LUMPUR, May 18. RATIONAL Language “Month” this year from May 23 to Aug. 15 will be the biggest since it was started three years ago. The organisers nave earmarked $378,000 for the campaign $78,000 from the Central Government and $300,000 from
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  • 105 6 SINGAPORE. May 18.— The Singapore Trade Unions May Day Joint Celebrations Committee of left-wing unions today said they were determined to carry on witn their May Day celebrations programme The chairman of the committee, Mr. P. Govindasamv. saio that as the police had
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  • 204 7 pHE .URIAH binte Basir (above) was crowned •Miss Pahang” at the Town Hall in Kuantan on the night of May 16. She is 20 years old. There were 12 other contestants for the title. Che Juriah. a telephone operator,
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  • 59 7 v ANSON, May 18. A di Planter from Parlt. 3<j 1 J,nte Haji Abdul Rahim. ie $20 special prize In the rv r,ttc Padi competition held J; 1oron R Balal during t h e 1 took the first prize of of 1 broad medium type 1
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  • 28 7 1 BUNTAR, May 18.—Work n a veterinary centre 1 H S r ra thp f,rs{ ln I Jj, 11 expected to dieted in a few months
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  • 320 7 JOHORE BAHRU. May 18 A POLITICAL stoim is brewing within Umno here on appointments to the Johore State Executive Council The new Johore State Government was officially announced when the mem hers were sworn In bet rt Sultan Ismail at the Istana Besar on May
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  • 32 7 KAN GAR, May 18.—The Payar uin Ciut !*> to dsK me t-*« i»is t-tate Government to 'take tmmeiiate action to establish a public library in Muklm Pavar seven nil trout ncre
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  • 233 7 I/UALA LUMPUR. 11 May 18.—The current strike by about 300 employees of Hotel Merlin “came as a surprise” to the management, the hotel s managing director. Mr Lim Joo Tan, said today. He said that the employees. who belong to the
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  • 39 7 SINGAPORE, May 18. —Novelist Han Suyin. will give a talk on the educational system in China' to the University ot Singapore Socialist Club at the university s new lecture theatre Bukit I’linah Road tomorrow At 8 pm
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  • 212 8 Kuala lumpur May 19. —The Government will discuss the question of conducting the Higher School Certificate examinatii n in Malay wnh the chairman of the Cambridge Urjversuy Local Examinations Syndicate, Sir Ivor Jennings, here on Thursday. I he duel Education AdvLer Inche
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    797 8  -  Four to assist the Third Man: *Cooling period 9 extended By VIC NAYAGAM Kuala Lumpur, May 18 THE National Union of Plantation Workers today put off the threatened strike by 200,000 workers scheduled to begin on May 20. This followed agreement by both the NUPW and the
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  • 184 8 Kuala lumpur. May 18. —Maalysia’s Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative at the United Nations, Dato Ong Yoke Lin, was among seven new Senators sworn in this morning. uuio who is aisi Minister witnout Portfolio was first to be sworn in
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  • 104 8 YIUAR, May 19. The 1T1 Johore Malayan Indian Congress is to meet at Johore Bahru on May 21 to consider what action it should take against the refusal of the State Alliance to allocate a seat for an MIC representative in the State
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  • 154 8 Kuala lumpur, May 19. The Malaysian Government was very happy that the United States had so readily provided the services of Peace Corps volunteers to help in the country s rural development, said the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Razak, today. WELCOME He
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  • 196 8 CEB ANNUAL REPORT KUALA LUMPUR, May 18. '["HE Central Electricity Board has decided to completely Malayanise its staff by the end of 1967 or earlier. This was stated In its annual report which was tabled at the Parliament meeting today. At present there are 69
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  • 49 8 IPOH, May 19.—About 52 caddie ol the ir*. 1 C. Uoli Club in luer Lane went on strike today to b:u* a demand lor higher fees. They are asking for $1 .20 tor nine holes At present they get U' cents a hole.
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  • 342 9 SINGAPORE, May 18 miLt Public Utilities Board today announced 1 that at least one firm had offered to complete the first phase of the Johore River water project by the end of I960 instead of the present schedul- ed time
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  • 66 9 SINGAPORE. May 19—Singapore architect. Mr Aidred H K Wong has left for the United States on a specialist travel grant to study American architecture. Mr Wong, who s the architect of the Nat.onal Theatre. Is expected to be away for about three months He Is
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  • 164 9 CINGAPORE, May 19. —Sixteen delegates so far have arrived for the first Asian seminar ot the Public Services International at the Singapore Polytechnic to be opened tomorrow by the Minister of Firance, Dr Goh Keng Swee. Including six who flew in tonight, they
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  • 306 9 The 15 from Singapore do not have to take oath again: A by-election pending KUALA LUMPUR, May 18. QNE hundred and forty-one new members of the House of Representatives were sworn in today in a ceremony lasting two hours. Only 102 Malayan MPs took the oath
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  • 76 9 PENANG. May 19.—An exhibition 01 pictures ol “vanishing monuments opened today at the Penang Library. Sponsored by the local Historical Society, the exhibition features more than 50 photographs >1 buildings and other architectural monuments in Penang and Kedan in past decades “The Idea is to give
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  • 25 9 SINGAPORE, May 18.—Sir Ivor Jennings, chairman of the Uni vers itv of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, left here for Kuala Lumpur tonight.
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  • 110 9 TELUK ANSON, May 18. —The Mentri Besar of Perak, Inche Ahmad bin Said, called on Government servants in the State yesterday to “perform your duties conscientiously for the benefit of the public. He was speaking at a tea party here at which medals
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  • 25 9 ALOR STAR, May 19.—A threeweek lubti cumsis survey will be carried nut In tmining n-wn of Kakl Buktt. Perils, starting from next week.
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  • 1274 10 Parliament debates the King’s speech *in' ;'tn®I8quse < qf REpn%m$fcn ve§s .'..A- J !>^l:^■:!«:•,^:^■■•^:•:^.^:v:;•;.^^.^^:• by OUR PARLIAMENTARY REPORTERS Kuala Lumpur, May 20 big debate on yesterday’s speech from the throne by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong began in the House of Representatives this morning following a
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  • 124 10 Kuala lumpur, May 20.— An official delegation of the Union of Bar, Hotel and Restaurant Workers will meet officials of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress tomorrow to discuss the dispute between the 291 striking Merlin Hotel employees and the management. The Minister of Labour. Mr.
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  • 55 10 SINGAPORE, May 18. A late afternoon fire yesterday destroyed a portion of Seng Guan and Co., a paint shop in Marthoma Road causing damage estimated at $7,500 A shop employee. Seow Ah Huat, 23. was scalded on both legs by hot paint. Some 300 four-gallon
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  • 56 10 IPOH, May 19—jA stall-keeper, Liew Ah ban. 42. and her son C*iew Teik Chong. 13. had a lucky escape in the Kidd Road bus station here this afternoon when a tree crashed down on their stall during a storm A bookstall, owned by A Naravanan. 25.
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  • 73 10 KUALA* LUMPUR. May 19. Tengku Abdul Rahman will open an exhibition of arts sponsored by Society of Malayan Artists at the British Council Hall here on Aug. 24. The society’s secretary. Inche Idris Salam. today called on local artists and sculptors to send in
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  • 43 10 KUALA LUMPUR. May 19.—The Malayan Railways's St. John Ambulance Brigade will hold a dance and joget night at the Chinese Assembly Hall here on June 2. Tickets are available at the Railway Welfare Officer’s office at the headquarters here.
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  • 64 10 IPOH, May 19.—The Maori Hi-Five a musical grout from New Zealand began its Malaysian tour a‘ the St John Ambulance Hall here tonight with two Der formances The troup comprising five men and a singer Mary Nimmo arrived here by plane this norning from Singapore Thev
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  • 906 11 KUALA LUMPUR f Map 20 THE Yang di-Pertuan Agong, in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament, urged Malaysians today to face the future “with faith and courage” He told members of the Senate and the House oi Representatives: “Our nationhood is a challenge
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  • 158 11 IZUALA LUMPUR, **May 20. —A Malaysian Peace Corps, similar to the one in America, was proposed today by Senator Dato Cheah Toon Lok Such a corps, comprising dedicated young men and women, could be sent to Sabah and Sarawak to help the people there
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  • 31 11 —KeuteJ JESSELTON. May 20. The Minister Tor Natural Resources, Mr. Richard E. Yap, is scheduled to leave on May 30 for Formosa io studv land relorm> there —Reutei
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  • 582 11  -  By VIC NAYACAM: Kuala Lumpur, May 19 XHE strike by 1,400 post office workers is off. The strikers will return to work tomorrow. The announcement was made by the president of the Union of Post Office Workers, Mr. A. Emmanuel, after a 9J hour meeting with
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  • 195 11 SINGAPORE.. May 19 Singapore Government has tntroa q Uota system J import of wheat ,I U; tor the second Quarter of the year f-ri 7n DOrterS are n0W allow,Der cent of the applinna!.t S QU ta for the first T. e, o? f the Vear
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  • 122 11 I>ENANG, May 20.—A “mystery" plane iden.tified late tonight as American. —flew ofl to Medan today after being granted permission to land at Bayan Lepas airport. The plane, which had come from Bangkok was on its way to Medan at about 12.15 p.m It
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  • 121 12 SINGAPORE, May 19. Four secondary schools here swarmed with policemen and Army bomb experts this morning. minutes after the school heads had received similar type-written letters warning that “heavy TNT charges timed to go off any time” had been planted in their science laboratories.
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  • 216 12 l/'UALA LUMPUR, May 20. Raja Mohar bin Raja Badiozaman, the mediator in the rubber wage dispute, got down to business today. After a formal meeting with his four assistants, the mediator held his first session with a delegation of five from the National Union
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  • 55 12 KUALA LUMPUR. May 20— The House of Representatives U'day formed a committee of selection headed by the Speaker, Syed Esa AlWl i. The other members are the L»eputv Prime Minister, the Minister of Home Affairs. Minister of Finance. Minister of Labour. Mr S. Rajaratnam and Inche
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  • 36 12 KUALA LUMPUR, May 20—An Alliance MP Inche Hanafiah bln Hussain, was today appointed chairman of the pubhc accounts committee He is a chartered accountant and general manager of the Federal Land Development Authority
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  • 921 13 FINANCE MINISTER OPENS FIRST ASIAN SEMINAR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES INTERNATIONAL SINGAPORE, May 20 Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, said today that it was the primary duty of the trade union movement to sustain the survival of a democratic State and protect
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  • 344 13 Kuala lumpur, May 20. —The House ol Representatives today recorded its sense ot great loss and deep regret at the death of its former Clerk, Mr. Charles Anthony Fredericks, and observed a minute’s as respect for him. Led by
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  • 71 13 SINGAPORE, May 20.—The British Minister of Defence for the Royal Air Force. Mr Hugh Fraser, yesterday visited the establishments of RAF Tengah and RAP Seletar He met and talked to heads of sections of the two establishments Mr Fraser, now on a two-dav visit here to
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  • 64 13 SINGAPORE, May 20.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will speak at the mass celebration organised by the Singapore regional centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists to mark Vesak Day at the Victoria Memorial Hall on May 26. The Thai Consul-General, Mr.
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  • 46 13 —Reuter. MANILA. May 20 —The Philippine House o! Repress Katives yesterday approved r Dill increasing the minimum daily wage of industrial employees Under the odi the minimum wage was raised flu n four pesos to six pesos (from 53.30 to 4 25).
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  • 320 14 MALACCA, May 21 THE Malacca State Legislative Assembly 1 today passed a bill authorising the State Government to borrow $1,200,000 from the Central Government to finance the Sungei Bharu water supply scheme. In moving the bill, the Chief Minister, Inche Abdul Ghafar bin
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  • 89 14 Kuala lumpur, Thurs.—An attempt tu settle the dispute involving 290 striking employees of Hotel Merlin was made here today. Officials of the Selangor branch of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress and the Uhlon of Bar, Hotel and Restaurant Workers met and decided to appeal to
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  • 226 14 THE PERENNIAL PROBLEMS’ OF THE TRADE UNIONS SINGAPORE. May 21 ri'HL scarcity o! trade I union leadership and the lack or proper appreciation (<l irade unionism bv members were perennial problems o. the trade union movement said Mr D Kamanujam Interna tional Conferederallon of Free Trade Unions’ representatlve In Singapore,
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  • 301 14 SINGAPORE, May 21. The Light Industries Services Unit of the Economic Development Board, which was officially opened by the Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee on May 17 has up to date granted loans totalling iSO.OOO to six concerns. The unit was
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  • 263 14 OF CONTRACT BY A TEACHER KUALA LUMPUR, May 22. r pHE High Court here today ordered two cloth merchants to pay $5,310 to the Government for breach of contract by a schoolteacher who had agreed to serve the Government for five years. The
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  • 72 14 KUALA LUMPUR, May 22—A cnurity om. a ill De tieia at tne Selangor Clue on Oct 30 tn aid of the Ladv Templer Hospital Mrs N A Marjoriebanks is neading a committee which is planning the ball, nlghlight of which include a draw for a lottery
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  • 137 14 Kuala lumpur, May 22. —The president of the Technical College Students’ Union, Mr. K. Thallainathan, tonight spoke of the “dim” employment prospects for graduates. Students who sat for their examinations recently had been told to wait for Jobs, he told the union’s annual dinner.
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  • 108 14 JESS ELTON, May 22. It was difficult to maintain a high standard ot health In the ruial areas or the island of Labuan because of lack of a good water supply, according to the medical officer there The medical officer told the last meeting
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  • 550 15  -  PI ENVOY: I SEE SUN SHINING THROUGH MIST -by- FELIX ABISHEGASADEN -Kuala Lumpur, May 22 THE MALAYSIAN Cabinet held an emergency meeting tonight to decide whether or not Tengku Abdul Rahman should meet President Soekarno in about three weeks’ time.
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  • 142 15 Kuala lumpur, May 22.—The Philippines special envoy Mr. Salvad<f* Lopez, returned here from Jakarta today accompanied by his wife and two daughters, Rosemary, 24, and Laura. 19. Rosemary is a graduate of the University of Paris and Bernard College, New York. She said this was
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  • 107 15 Banting. May 22. The Sultan of Selangor today called on his people to stand firm behind the Government to defend the country. He was speaking at the opening of a $25 000 mosque at Sungei Lang near here He said; ’You must not forget
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  • 130 15 Kuala lumpur, May 22 The Malayan Buddhist Society here will organise a procession through the town on May 26 as part of the Wesak Dav celebrations. The mile-long procession, with the main float conveying the image of Lord Buddha, will start from the Buddha
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  • 464 15 IfUALA LUMPUR, May 22.— Tengku Abdul Rahman told the House of Representatives tonight that President Soekarno had accepted “most” of his proposals for a summit meeting. “It seems that we won’t have war for at least the next couple of days,” he added
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  • 825 16 KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 'J'HE Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, said today that the fastest, surest and most beneficial way for Malaysia to industrialise was through joint ventures with foreign capital. In this way, he told
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  • 68 16 JOHORE BAHRU. May 21.—The State committee of the MIC here decided today to send an appeal to Tengku Abdul Rahman asking him to consider appointing the only MIC member in the Johore Assembly to the State Executive Council. The MIC member in the Assembly is
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  • 218 16 Kuala lumpur, May 22.—The Malaysian Press has “fully justified" the nation's trust in it by its sense of responsibility, the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Inche Sen.u bin Abdul Rahman, said today. He said this when he inaugurated the Parliamentary Correspondents’ Association of
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  • 70 16 KUALA LUMPUR. May 22. Tengku Abdul Rahman will open a one-w?ek exhibition on “Youth In the Commonwealth” at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka on May 22 at 5 p.*n. The exhibition is being organised bv the Malayan branch of the Royal Commonweal t:i Society in
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  • 47 16 .—Reute' KARACHI, May 22— About 60 people w’ere reported missing toonafter a two-hour gale with winds up to 70 miles an hour struck tl town of Kustia, 80 miles north Dacca. East Pakistan. Unofficial reports said many people were feared killed. —Reute
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  • 308 17 COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO IMPROVE PLANNING OF AWARDS AND USE OF S PORE TRAINEES SINGAPORE, May 22. rr;iu Singapore Government has appointed a 1 five-man scholarships co-ordinating committee to allocate all scholarships and bursaries to students who would benefit the economy of the State. The committee is headed
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  • 35 17 May 21—Mr. Bar- pwell. a University of Ma- a dent will speak on “Aslan f 'U in Australia” at the u lt Notary Club meeting at *5>t House here on May 28
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  • 710 17 LUMPUR, May 22. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, told the House of Representatives today that “sincerity and devotion to cuty” were the main qualifications of Ministers. He was replying during the debate on the King’s speech to Opposition
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  • 176 17  -  by- JUDITH YONG —SINGAPORE, May 22.—This is a carpen t r > workshop with a difference for the young men you see hard at work are blind. These young men turn out ladders, deck chairs, ironing boards, collapsible chairs and tables, portable blackboards, window pelmets
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  • 145 17 —A.P. I/'UCHING, May 22. Nearly *OO members the Commercial Employees Union here tocay staged a token strike following breakdown in talks between the union and the employers of seven European and commercial firms. The union’s demand for a 15 per cent increase in cost
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  • 164 17 SINGAPORE, May 22.—Applications are invited for participation In the International Co-operative Alliance fellowship programme for 1964-65 at New Delhi over the usual term of six months. Local co-operative members may get their application forms from the offices of the Singapore Co-oper-ative
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  • 113 17 Kuala lumpur, May 21.—The Sultan of Selangor will open the first meeting of the newly-elected Legislative Assembly here on, May 25. On arrival at the State Secretariat building at 9.10 a m., the Sultan will be met by the Mentri Besar, Inche Harun
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  • 59 17 SINGAPORE, May 21—Television Malaysia (Singapore* will be presenting the first programme In Its series, "Words. Words. Words", over channel 5 at 805 p m tomorrow. The theme, "A developing society" will be discussed by Prof Wang Oung-Wu, head of the history department of the University of Malaya and
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  • 1189 18 Singapore, May 20 BAY DRAGON II, ridden by apprentice Rahwi, sprang the biggest surprise at Bukit Timah today when he won the fourth race and paid dividends of $411 (win,) and $107 (place). Race One 2-Y-O DIV. 2—6F. Venl Vlcl Stable’s (2) GIGOLETTE II 8.2
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  • 799 18 THE following is a complete list of revised quotations for the week ended on Friday May 22. industrials b. s Alex orda, 12.4 S Boustead '74 C. S. Holding 3 20 3—4 Con. Tin Smelt pref 17/9 IS/9 Ords 4s, 6 49/Dunlopa 2 30 2.32cd cb
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    • 102 18 BIG SWEEP—TOTAL POOL: $127,895 1st. No. *****8 ($66,356) 2nd. No. *****0 ($18,959) 3rd. No. *****6 ($9,479) STARTERS ($1,200 each): Nos. *****3, *****3, *****3, *****8, *****0, *****5, *****0, *****1, *****8, *****9, *****7, *****2, *****6. CONSOLATION ($750 each): Nos. *****8, *****0, *****1, *****9, *****0. *****7, *****4. *****9, *****0, *****3. Extra Consolation ($200
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  • 1208 19 Singapore, May 24 VENI VICI Stable’s v eight year old irfsquilleur today added the Williamson Manorial Stakes (7() to his list of successes. Race One L. 3. DIV. 4—7F. -> Kong«i*> -Mil INCJ THRU 8.12 538—267) WQaan 1 ring lime Kiabn 8.0 v (1232—457) Moore
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  • 1150 19 rFHE table of shares on the A Malayan Stock Exchange shows lasi business to May 18. (A) and last business since that date (B) with H and L standing for Highest and Lowest business for 1963 and this year to date. IMeSIRIMJ B 1 ft Altz
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  • 42 19 SINGAPORE. May 24. Three rusty grenades, oelieved to be war relics, were dug up by workmen this afternoon on a construction site in Kheam Hock Road. The grenades have been Handed to Army bomb disposal experts for destruction.
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  • 22 19 JESSELTON, May 34. The Tawau Residency College will elect five members to the Legislative Assembly Nomination closes on May 27.
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  • 36 19 ON the free axohange market in Hong Kong yesterday the U.S. dollar waa quoted at 6.731 for TT and 5.721 for oaati. Starling waa quoted at 16.00 and ana taal af geld at 24S|.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2430 20 From Our Market Correspondent THE Malayan Stock Exchange last week had a distinctly tired look about it and the turnover continued on a very reduced scale. One interpretation seems to be that there have been far too many new Issues over too short a period of
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    • 31 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul.) May 18. 684 eta. 19. 68 eta. $529.50 20. 684 eta. 5531.874 21. 694 eta. 9545.25 22. 684 eta. 9548 00 2S. 9540.00
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    • 49 20 THE Malayan Exchange Banks’ Assoalatlon made this change In Its rates to merchants on Saturday (all rates to $1001: Canada: buying IT 35|; airmail OD 35*. 90 d/st 36 credit bills. 36 1/16 trads bills. Sailing TT or OD ready: Canada 35 1/16 The rest were unchanged
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    • 68 20 £HINESE Product Exchange, SingaPors neon prices par picul yesterday* Coconut oil: bulk $47 sellers drum $50 sellers. Copra: May/June UK/Contlnent: Unquoted. Popper: Muntok white $140 sellers, Sarawak white *137* sellers, special Sarawak black $112* sellers, garbled Ivtmpong black $117* sellera. ASTA. $130 sellers Singapore Coconut Oil Millers' Association
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    • 73 20 Current Date of Total fo» Total for payment payment the previous yfgf V rar Ampat 200% June 25 275% 175% hk L tw,“‘ 9l/S% June 17 18 2/3% 31i% H.K. Tin 10% June 30 16% 457 e J Ju,y 24 55% 42,% KPlVnihan J T une 19 2
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    • 44 20 (Managers' Prices) r lrst Malayan 2 25 2 V Th L irH d ,ayan l.W 1 74 Third Malayan 1 19 ri«?Sn n Sr 6(5 <d rust Hong Kong 1.12 1 i?« Rc-oad Hong Kong si Ster'lng Commodity 4/3 4/p Home <*irri»m*V
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    • 624 20 announcement o A Monday that a tnt diation team had bee 1 appointed in the plan tation dispute and th strike deadline const quently put back fo two weeks, caused ai immediate fall of cents, state H.C.B. a Co. Ltd. in their curren rubber market survey
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