The Straits Budget, 22 July 1964

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    • 570 2  -  M. E. M Kluang YV ith reference to the letter from “Old Boy” published In the Btralts Times dated July 11, 1964, I am extremely surprised to find that he has gained absolutely nothing during his stay at the College. The FMC was founded not with the
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    • 95 2  -  D. M. MAC TVER Singapore IN your excellent Special Feature Article, “Wealthy Speed Kings Duelled For Records,” if is stated that Captain Eyston’s speed record of 1937 was 311.43 m.p.h. which is the average of the lap speeds 305.12 m.p.h. and 317.74 m.p.h. in both
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    • 74 2  -  HENG GER CHAN Singapore KINDLY allow me space to comment on the filthy back lane and drains of Singapore Government Officers Housing Estate at Paya Lebar. Piles of mud scooped up from the drains have been left all over the place In the lane for months. The drains
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    • 125 2  -  JAAFAR M. TAHA Permanent Secretary, Works, Posts and Telecommunications, Malaysia. 1 refer to the letter (June 27) headed “New Stamps for all Malaysia” by Abdullah of Kuala Lumpur. Enche Abdullah can rest assured that action on production of new stamps to replace the existing ones
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    • 159 2  -  CHU YIN FON Singapore I BELIEVE that every possible means should be implemented to unify and integrate the people of Malaysia. It seems to me that the high postal rates to Sabah and Sarawak from Malaya and Singapore form a barrier to the free flow of information between
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    • 26 2  -  TAN TEONG CHEK Kuala Lumpur fFHE Post Office should 1 install more pest boxes along Pudu Road and at all road junctions in K.L.
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    • 115 2  -  VICTIM Singapore MONTHS have elapsed since we heard the exhilarating news of the Government s decision to make contribution towards the Widows and Orphans Fund optional. It was understood too, that contributors who decide to opt to discontinue contributing and withdraw from
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    • 86 2  -  MARY YUEN Singapore I FULLY endorse the view of Mr. Peter Kek (8 T. July 14) that the renewal of book-loans by telephone Is an essential feature of a leading public library and should be resumed without delay. Library officers do not allow you to renew your
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    • 118 2  -  PARENT OF TWINS Singapore JJNDER the present system children are admitted to Primary I according to their year of birth. Accordingly a child born on Christmas Day will enter school one year earlier than his neighbour bom a week later. In the case of twins born
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    • 155 2  -  ROAD USER Malacca MAT I refer to Dato Sardon’s recent suggestion on the use of safety belts. We are all aware of the usefulness of these accessories, and the effect they have in preventing loss of life in the event of a collision. It
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    • 30 2  -  LOYAL CITIZEN Kuala Rompin KUALA Rompin in Pahang has become the headquarters of pirate taxis Something should be done to end the racket to protect legal transport operators
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    • 51 2  -  ANAK LIAR Fen** OTOE health authorities A should visit kampongsi>?ULo ln Kelantan and Ttengganu and inspect houses (rumah tang g ah) which stand on suits sure man y of these houses have square detachable hSot?’ °rSi plank floor i b a°£iJj S Th es serve as ipparfnt dan,ers
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    • 150 2  -  DAN Singapore ALL the energeUc efforts f he t Minister for Health to keep this fair Wouj d seem to 2J2E5 tra V d the paid professionals, the refuse collectors with their throwing technique They throw the dustbin US on the ground together with the top layer of
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    • 52 2  -  S.K. GOH Singapore THE Hawkers’ Department Is tc be congratulated for having demolished the many unauthorised structures found Inside People’s Park. The place has become so congested with so numerous shanties springing up that it not only constitutes a hr-' hazard, but a breeding ground for flies
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    • 707 3 —Straits Times. July 13 The Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference has given an attentive hearing to Tengku Abdul Rahman’s review of the course and causes of Indonesian aggression against Malaysia, and of the dangers it poses to peace and stability in the South-East Asia region and beyond. The
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    • 631 3 —Straits Times, July 14 Mr. Lee Kuan Yew having withdrawn his amendment that the measure be referred to a select committee, the Internal Security (Amendment) Bill 11)64 will move quickly into law in its original form As a result all students seeking entry into universities 01 certain
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    • 369 3 —Straits Times, July 14 The differences which have arisen between the Singapore Government and certain Malay organisations in the State are perfectly capable oi being resolved, provided they are not artificially inflated and the inflammatory tactics are eschewed. The importance ol restoring the problem to
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    • 815 3 —Straits Times. July 15 Indonesian aggression against Malaysia is an established fact. President Sockarno has admitted sending troops into Sabah and Sarawak, and has threatened openly to send more. His “action command” to crush Malaysia was issued -and has many times been repeated—in the hearing of the
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    • 398 4 —Straits Times, July 16 The Central Government has agreed to pay its women j employees in Malaya the same rates as men. The question now is how soon equality is to be brought about. New recruits present no problem. Men and women will get the same starting pay,
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    • 609 4 —Straits Times, July 17 The 2,000-word final communique of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference contains only two sentences directly referring to Malaysia These sentences, however, fulfil all of Malaysia’s hopes. The first records that the Commonwealth Premiers ‘expressed their satisfaction at the establishment of MalaysiaIndonesia’s charge that
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    • 573 4 —Straits Times, July 18 The Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference has been a success, not only from the Malaysian point of view, but in a much wider sense as well. Tht unanimous expression of “sympathy and support' for Malaysia in her fight against Indonesian aggression, points up
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    • 146 4 —Straits Times, July 18 Yesteiday the Ministry of Health reported another cholera death in Trengganu, along with the new cases in Malacca, scene of last year's epidemic. The figures are modest and the epidemic's pace now st slow that its inexorable harvest can be too easily overlooked: already
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  • 97 4  -  FLEECED S n "a pore A FEW days ago I parked my car for the first time at the multi-storey car park in Malacca Street. I was given a chit by an attendant. It was then 10.23 a.m. Seven minutes later I returned for the car, handed in
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  • 389 5 IPOH, July 12. EMPLOYERS in the mining industry who J sacrifice the welfare of their workers for more profits are a menace to society, according to Mr. C. A. Matthews, national president of the All-Malayan Mining Industry Staff Union. Mr.
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  • 61 5 IRCNZ CHEONC, 20, a teacher in the Batu Cajah Convent, who was crowned “Municipal Anniversary Queen, 1964“ at the second anniversary ball of the Ipoh Municipality on Saturday night. Second was Ann Ong, a clerk and third Sharada Pillay. About 1,500 people attended the ball at the
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  • 38 5 KUALA LUMPUR, July 10—The llm s ot the Shakosoeare drama nnotition organised by the Selangnr English Language Teach‘''g Association will be held at nr Uewan Bella in Jalan KamDong Pandan here tomorrow at t 30 p.m
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  • 150 5 KAJANG, July 12—The former Mentri Besar of Selangor. Dato Abu Bakar bin Baginda, said here yesterday that although there will pe no major conflict between Malaysia and Indonesia, President Soekarno will “continue to harass us by stepping up guerilla activities along the border.” Speaking at
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  • 73 5 KAJANG. July 11—An MP and two assemblymen have set up a ‘‘complaints centre" to listen to the grouses of the people in Ulu Langat district. The centre set up by HaJI Zakaria bln Hajl Mohamed Taib. Alliance MP for Langat, and two Alliance assemblymen. Inche Mohamed Naslr
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  • 44 5 KUALA LUMPUR July 12 The Counselled to the Japanese Ejn* hussy here, Mr Shlgeakl Yamaslii* ta will be leaving for Tokyo on trarsfer during the first week of August He will t>e succeeded oy (he Japanese Consul to Sydney. Mr Yulchl Hayashi.
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  • 168 5 b” UAL A LIMPUR, Sun. Opposition parties are expected to strongly oppose the Internal Security (Amendment) Bill, 1964, which will be debated tomorrow when the current session of the House of Kepre sentatives resumes. The leaders of the Socialist Front and the Peoples’ Progressive Party
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  • 42 5 KANGAR, July 14—The first Co-operative Thrilt and Invest mont Society In Perils was form ad at a meeting In Araif yesterday. Inche Mahmud bln Hajl Mo hamed Noor was elected chairman and Inche Habib bin Hajl Ismail secretary.
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  • 610 5 KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 11 1 'J'HE House of Representatives agreed in principle tonight to supplementary expenditure of $49.3 million. It will meet in committee stage tomorrow morning to go through in detail the Supplementary Supply Bill which lists the items requiring extra
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  • 60 5 KLANG, July 14 —A hawker, O. Sundrarajun, 26. ot minor instate, was sentenced to six months jail here today when he was found guilty of stealing a motor-cycle on May 5. Inspector Harchand Singh told the court that Sundrarajan went to a neighbour’s house and took
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  • 39 5 MUAR, July 14 The District Othcer, Inche Mohamed Said oin Mohamed Tahir, and local religious officers will lead 10.00 Q Muslims in procession through the town on July 21 to maik the birthday ol Prophet Monamed
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  • 807 6 BUKIT MERTAJAM, July 14. CURFEW was imposed in the Bukit Mertajam District of Central Province Wellesley from 8.30 tonight. It will be lifted at five tomorrow morning. The curfew was announced by the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, and the Chief Police
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  • 177 6 PORT SWETTENHAM July 10. —The Ministry of Labour is making a determined effort to avert a threatened work-to-rule campaign by 3,500 wharf workers and stevedores, to ers and on July 9. The Harbour Trade Union, which represents the workers, has warned that the campaign
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  • 310 6 KUALA LUMPUR, July 14. The Director ot Television, Mr. Ow Keng Law, today recounted in court how ht* felt a hand in his shirt pocket containing J&245 while he was watching the races at the Selangor Turi (.lub. He grabbed hold
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  • 46 6 SEREMBAN, July 14—The Mentri Besar of Negri Sembilan, Dato (Dr.) Mohamad Said bill Muha* med, opened a weekly market at Kampong Peradung, Jelebu. 30 miles from here. He appealed to the people to be united and ready to defend the country.
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  • 42 6 KUALA LUMPUR. July 14 Yap Put Yin, 20, charged with the murder of Lee Kong Cheong. alias Lee Kon Choong, at Salak South new village here on April 20, was today committed to stand trial in the High Court.
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  • 349 6 DATO YEE PLEADS NOT GUILTY: BAIL OF $lO,OOO ALLOWED 'TANAH RATA, July 14. A Dato Yee Peng Wah, 48, a Justice of the Peace and leader oi the Alliance and the Malayan Chinese Association, in Cameron Highlands, p 1 e a d
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  • 166 6 LUMPUR, July 12. —The Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, has praised the Federation of Malaya Postal and Telecommunications Cooperative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd., for its “remarkable progress.” In a message to the 38th annual report of the society, the Minister
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  • 153 6 LUMPUR, July 14. —The Internal Security (Amendment) Bill, under which students seeking admission to universities will be “screened”, was passed by the House of Representatives today on a voice vote. Socialist Front members had suggested that the Bill be deferred for six months. The PPp called
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  • 606 7 KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 'HIE Selangor State Legislative Assembly 1 today passed two Bills designed to boost industrialisation in the state. The Bills empower the Selargor Government to set up a State Development Corporation to replace the Petaling Jaya Development Corporation. and
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  • 162 7 PENANG, July 14. The Penang State MCA is to set up an education advisory committee to help solve Chinese education problems. This was announced today oy the party's education sub-commit-tee. which explained that the proposed advisory body w-ould be formed under its
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  • 32 7 Ciii. Fadzillah binte Sa’ad, 21, who has left for England to study accountancy under the Colombo Plan. She was a clerk in the Johore Income Tax Department.
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  • 47 7 TANAH RATA. July 14—Vandal entered a caouuge iarm at Brin chang near here belonging to Lon Kam Weng last night and slashed 573 vegetables that were almost tully grown Damage is estimated at $650 There are 10 000 cabbage plants on the farm
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  • 38 7 KUALA LUMPUR. July 14 I lie Souin-L ist Asia Fholograpliie Society Singapore, will hold Its third International pictorial photozr.iphv exhibition of Singapore at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Kuala Lumpur on July 24 it S3O om
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  • 181 7 PENANG, July 14. M R Wee Gim Puay, 75-year-old father of the Singapore Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Wee Chong Jin, died suddenly in the Penang General Hospital early this morning. Mr Justice Wee. who was immediately told by telephone, flew
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  • 30 7 BATU GAJAH, July 14 Mr. James Waller, a US. Peace Corps volunteer has been posted to the Sultan Yussuf Secondary School here to teach science and mathematics
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  • 25 7 TAMPIN. July 14—The choral toriely Jt me luuku be.sai eondarv School here ts organis Ins a talentime contest on Auc at 8 p.m
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  • 51 7 TELUK ANSON. July 14—About 4.000 Muslims here will take part, in a procession through the town to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Mohamed on July 21 The Raja Muda of Perak will be among the speakers at a rally on the town padang after the
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  • 32 7 KUALA LUMPUR. July 14—The Singapore Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. inaugurated the Selangor branch of the People’s Action Party at the Selangor Mansions. off Malay Street, here tonight.
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  • 604 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Julv 14 r |'IIE House of Representatives today passed a Bill giving effect to a number of important changes in the income tax system of Malaysia. The Income Tax Bill moved by the Finance Minister Mr. Tan Siew Sin and
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  • 252 8 A LOR STAR, July 14. A team of experts from a British firm of consul ting engineers has begun detailed surveys in deep jungle neai Nami, 30 miles east oi here, to prepare designs for the construction, of two large dams for the
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  • 271 8 1P0H, July 14. QNE hundred and fifty Government dispensers, including women and trainees, serving in 120 hospitals in Malaya, will work to rule from midnight tonight. This was decided at an emergency meeting of the executive committee of the National Union
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  • 143 8 riIELUK ANSON, July 14. X The Rotary Club here has adopted a boy artist lor the next two years and will pay for his school and examination fees uniform and textbooks The boy is Kuan Cheone Fook 17. a Form Four pupil of Horiev
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  • 303 8 IPOH, July 14 THE Perak Chinese Mining Association has decided to recommend renewal of the International Tin Agreement for another five-year period, with certain modifications. The agreement expires at the end of June, 1966. The association’s members have unanimously agreed that the
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  • 241 8 ‘QUOTA SYSTEM IN MALAYA NEEOED HERE’ lESSELTON, July 14. u Legislative Assemblyman Othman bin Yousof (Tanjong Aru) today urged the Sabah Government to adopt the quota system as used in Malaya tor granting privileges to natives in the State. Speaking on a motion of
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  • 414 9 SINGAPORE., July 15 THE Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, Haji Yaacob bin Mohamed, today affirmed that the Singapore Government was trying to improve the lot of the Malays. And he called on them to have “patience and understanding." He told a
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  • 312 9 REPCO LTD REGISTERED WITH $7 mil CAPITAL SINGAPORE, July 15. LTD., the leading Australian manufacturer of automotive components, announced simultaneously in Singapore and Sydney today that it is to manufacture in Singapore. A spokesman in Singapore said today that local manufacture of parts would
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  • 124 9 SINGAPORE, July 14.— A new $1,000,000 industry. making bolts and nuts, has been established in Singapore and its -actory in Sims Avenue "ill be officially opened by the Minister tor Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, on July 28 at 5 p.m. The Baey
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  • 477 9 pENANG, July 15.— The curfew in Bukit Mertajam has been extended for two more nights Tonight and tomorrow. It will be imposed during the same hours as last night 8.30 p.m. to 5.30 a.m. Announcing this late today, the Chief Police Officer, Mr J.
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  • 154 9 IT UAL A LUMPUR, July 15. —The mediator in the Rubber wage dispute, Raja Mohar bin Raja Badioza‘pan, this afternoon met a from the National Union of Plantation Workers over their differences with the planting industry on certain recommendations made by him. On July 13,
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  • 60 9 SINGAPORE. July 15—The Deputy High Commissioner for India. Shrl Thomas Abraham, villi declare open a six-day exhibition of paintings by Mr. Farokh Contractor. a painter from India, at the National Library on July 17 at 5.30 p.m Mr. Contractor will exhibit 40 of his paintings
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  • 29 9 KANGAR. July 15 The Social Welfare department here has spent over $2,000 In assisting 300 fishermen and their families at Sungel Bahru Sungel Berembang and Padang Bcsar
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  • 406 9 HIGH COURT RULING ON ELIGIBILITY SINGAPORE, July 15. x Mr. Justice Choor Singh in the High Court yesterday held that workers ol the Automobile Association of Singapore, such as drivers, mechanics and fitters, were eligible to be members of the Singapore Industrial
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  • 48 9 KUALA LUMPUR. July 15 The acting High Commissioner for India. Mr. Mahboob Ahmed, will pay brief official visits to Pahang and Kelantan this week accompanied by his wife. During his visit, he will meet Government officials and leaders of Indian communities and associations.
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  • 1009 10 House passes National Service (Amendment) Bill after debate Kuala lumpur. July 15. —Legislation raise National Service Reserve in view of mounting confrontation from Indonesia was approved by the House cf Representatives tonight. A Barisan Sosialis representative, Mr. Urn Huan Boon, who was the only M.P.
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  • 233 10 17 U ALA LUMPUR, July 15. A bill to help domestic manufacturers to obtain drawback on duty paid on raw materials used in the manufacture of products subsequently re-exported was passed in, the House of Representatives tonight. This was the Customs (Amendment) Bill
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  • 334 10 KUALA LUMPUR, July 15. T*WO men, Low Hing Wing and Woo Wah, both A 25 of Ulu Klang new village were today sentenced to three years* jail for robbery by the President of the Sessions Court here, Syed Hassan Al-Jeft'ri. They
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  • 45 10 KUALA LUMPUR, July 15—The Maxwell School’s drama society here will stage Shakespeare's Macbeth at the school grounds on July 30 and 31 (for schoolchildren) and Aug. 1 for the public. Tickets can be obtained from Batas and the Weld Road Supermarket.
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  • 104 10 SEREMBAN. July 15 —Muslims in Negri Sembilan will celebrate the birthday of Prophet Mohamed on July 21 with a two-mili procession here after an address by Haji Abbas bin Haji Suleiman, president of the State Religious Affairs Department. The meeting will commence at 8.30
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  • 100 10 Kuala lumpur, July 15. —Three Malaysian students left for Tokyo this morning to attend the onemonth long 11th International Students’ Conference which begins tomorrow. They were Zainol Haris bin Ismail, social and cultural secretary to the National Union of Malayan Students (leader); Ibrahim
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  • 585 11 Sarawak M.P. complains national language not being encouraged in her State If UAL A LUMPUR, July 15.—An Alliance woman M.P. from Sarawak, Che Ajibah binte Abol, cumplained in the House of Representatives today that the national language was not being encouraged in schools in
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  • 385 11 SINGAPORE, July 15 THE Singapore Government has awarded scho- larships to four teachers to read B.A. Honours ir. Malay Studies at the University of Malaya. A Government statement today said: “These annual scholarships are part of Government policy to promote Malay
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  • 21 11 SINGAPORE. July 15. Police arrested three suspected secret society fighters while screening 3,192 people in the past 24 hours.
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  • 187 11 Set to go off at 3 a.m. under clubhouse: Police get a midnight tip-off MALACCA, July 15. Police cordoned off the Malacca Club in Fort Road and diverted traffic early this morning following the discovery of a time-bomb under the club-house. British Army bomb experts from Seremban dashed
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  • 418 11 KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 *T(HE Minister of Labour, Mr V. Manickavasagam, A said tonight he would shortly submit a report on his observations on Che Indian and the British sickness insurance schemes He said this on his return here from Geneva where
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  • 3305 12 Reuter THIS is the full text of the final communique of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ conference: The meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers ended today. Pakistan, Ghana, Tanganyika and Zanzibar were represented by their presidents. Britain, Canada, Australia. New Zealand. Ceylon, Malaysia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda.
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  • 288 13 SINGAPORE, July 16. > The second Industrial uroitrauon court was told today that telephone operators of Singapore Telephone Board were paid stantialfy more in moss salary, including housing allowances, than their counters in the Telecommunications Department, Malaya. Thl.' was stated by
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  • 100 13 •'/'ALA LUMPUR. July 15.— 1 iiSor Joseph L. Mussie, pro>i economics and industrial ■moment at the University of V ,<k v has loined the Faculty mmeering at the University >I a va here as a visiting Fulh lecturer hvsor Massle. who arrived 1 *>t
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  • 93 13 QINGAPORE, July 17. Work to improve the Customs check-point at the Sirgapore end of the Causeway will begin early next month. A Customs spokesman said today that the improvement costing $30,000 would enable the Customs Department to carry out inspections with minimum inconvenience, thus
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  • 253 13 SINGAPORE, July 16— The big security cleanup at Nanyang University is eon tinning with the expulsion of 10! undergraduates as the latest move. All these undergrads have been informed by the five-man pro-tem administration committee of the university that their presence on the campus was
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  • 61 13 KUALA LUMPUR. July 15—The president ol the National Union of Teachers, Mr. Gurnam Singh, has left for Paris to attend three conferences. They are the International Federation erf Free Teachers’ Union Summer School, the three-day World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession which begins on
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  • 44 13 PORT SWETTENHAM. Julv 15. The feet oi St Anne win he held at St. Anne Church here on July 26. From July 17 until July 25. a Novena of high Masses and special devotions will be held duily at 6 p.m.
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  • 310 14 Three hundred neighbours put out fire on hut during curfew hours PENANG, July 16 A FTER two nights’ curfew the situation in Bu- kit Mertajam is “showing signs of improvement There is less tension today and more goodwill,” the Chief Police Officer, Mr. J. J.
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  • 91 14 IPOH. July, 16. —A cake seller and his family lost all their belongings when their house here was gutted by fire early yesterday. Teoh Cheng Huat, the cake seller, who was awakened about 3.30 a m. by a crackling noise from the kitchen, saw
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  • 179 14 lOHORE BAHRU, July 16. The Minister of Transport Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir, said today negotiations were now underway to build a new Johore Marine Department headquarters here. The new building would replace the old one now standing at Jalan Segget, he
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  • 360 14 EXPLOSION AT MIDNIGHT DURING THUNDERSTORM: SUPPLIES NOT AFFECTED July 16. —Indonesian saboteurs tried to blow up but only damaged one of the Central Electricity Boards $15,000 pylons at Pulau Gadong, about five miles from here, early this morning.
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  • 32 14 KANGAR. July, 15.—The automatic dial system will be introduced into Perils on July 17, when more than 400 commercial and private telephone subscribers will be connected to the new system.
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  • 207 14 DENANG, July 16. The stage was nowset for greater attention to be paid to housing in the urban areas, the Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. Kh aw Khai Boh, said here today. “We hope to have a crash programme for
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  • 176 14 SINGAPORE, July 16. —Royal Air Force search planes, troops and Malaysian soldiers and policemen were searching the jungles in South Johore today foi a British Army Scout helicopter missing since 430 p.m. yesterday, five minutes after it took off from Kluang. The
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  • 312 15 SEREMBAN, July 16. VEGRI SEMBILAN’S 400-acre industrial site costing S4J million will be completed for use by early nexi year, and industrialists may apply for factory sites as from October this year. The industrial site is only one-fifth of a 2,200acres project that includes
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  • 70 15 PENANG, July 7—Mr. J. Bajan ln Bh, the secretary, and Mr. S. Sivanathan, another official, will represent the Penang branch at Hie 12th annual delegates conference of the National Union of Graduate Teachers to be held at he Anglo Chinese (Secondary) S* hool, Ipoh, on
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  • 202 15 pENANG. July 19. The Penang State MCA has decided to ask the Central Government to give top preference to its recruitment of 4,800 teachers under the new comprehensive schools system to all temporary teachers in fullyassisted schools and all serving teachers in independent schools.
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  • 272 15 UOTA BHARU, July 17. 11 —The PMIP-control-led Kelantan State Government will present eight Bills in the State Assembly meeting on July 19. Some ot them provide for an increase in the Speakers allowance, cuts in the salaries ot chairman and
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  • 420 15 I KUALA LUMPUR July 16 should be recognised THE Minister of Education, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib, will visit the United States some time in September to ascertain for himself how many and what
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  • 141 15 SINGAPORE, July 14. AN Indonesian gunboat fired at a Singapore-bound boat at dawn on July 12 “somewhere in Singapore waters.” police conilrmed today. A trader, Tay Liang Hee, 21, was slightly wounded on two fingers of his left hand. His companions in the rubber-laden craft,
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  • 33 15 KANGAR. Fri.—The Minister of Works. Post and Telecommunications. Dato V T Sambanthan, will open a new post otflce and also inaugurate the automatic exchange here at 4.30 p.m on Sunday
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  • 29 15 MALACCA, Fri—The Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Inche Sulalman bin Bulon, will address the Cooperative Day rally at Umno House here at 4 p m. tomorrow
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  • 128 15 D.R. Seeni to table master plan’ for an overhaul of the PPP IPOH, July 17.—The Peoples 1 Progressive Party is to be completely re-organised at all levels and the subscription rates of members increased This was announced b> Mr D R Seenlvasagam. secretary-general of the parly, here today The PPP
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  • 464 16 Outlook bright for Klang Valley says Harun ‘GREAT DEVELOPMENT’ IN NEXT FIVE YEARS KUALA LUMPUR, July 17. HE Selangor Mentri Besar, Inche Harun bin Haji Idris, foresees "great development" for the entire Klang Valley stretching to Port Swettenham within the next five years. As a start, he said in an
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  • 56 16 KANGAR, July 17— The Perils 8t itr Agricultural officer inche Ahmad bln Baba, win be ipaving for Kedah tomorrow to take over from the S'.ate Agricultural OfHcer there. Inche Mnhamed Noor bln W ihnb. who Is on leave. Meanwhile. Inche Idris btn Shahur. Assistant State Agricultural Officer
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  • 380 16 SINGAPORE, July 17. '£HE Chartered Bank and the Singapore Bank Employees’ Union have accepted a suggestion by Dr. Charles Gamba, president of the Industrial Arbitration Court, that they should resume normal relations immediately. This followed lengthy discussions in the President’s chambers on
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  • 58 16 SINGAPORE, July 16 Prof Floyd G. Arpan, Professor of Journalism at the University of Indiana, and Prof. John Hohenberg. Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, will be arriving in Singapore on July 25 on a United States cultural exchange programme. They will meet local journalists to
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  • 52 16 KUALA LUMPUR, July 17—The National Union of Day Training Colleges Centres Trained Teachers, Selangor branch, will hold its first annual meeting at the La Salle School in Sentul at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Mr. P. P. Narayanan, general secretary of the National Union of Plantation Workers will address
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  • 53 16 A LOR STAR. Prl. —A collection >1 reference and fiction books has been donated to the public library here by American book publishers under the People-to-People programme. The presentation was made by Mr George W Porter. Director of USIS. Penang to Inche Ismail o'.n Harun. chairman
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  • 29 16 BATU PAHAT, July 17 The Girl Guides Association will stage a ‘‘Festival of Dances'' at the Cheng Sin Hall here at 8 p m. on Aug 1.
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  • 61 16 SINGAPORE, July 17—Mr. Lee Pang Lim and Mr. Antony Ralph Roman, both law graduates of the University of Singapore, were admitted to the Singapore Bar as advocates and solicitors by Mr. Justice Ambrose in the High Court todav. Mr. K. T Ooi appeared In sup port
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  • 56 16 SINGAPORE. July 17—Special preventive measures are oeu.g taken by the police to curb vandalism against motorists here following reports that vandals in the Paya Lebar area are going around puncturing car tyres. Police today appealed to members of the public to report immediately the presence
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  • 36 16 SEREMBAN, July 17—Mr. S.T. Peter Lim has been elected chairman of the National Union of Graduate Teachers. Negri Sembilan branch. Other officials are: Secretary. Mr. P. A. Madhavan. and treasurer, Miss I. Ponnudurai.
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  • 60 16 KUALA LUMPUR. July 15—'The British High Commissioner here. Lord Head, will Inspect the new British regional information office at Bangunan Hwa-Li at Ampang Road at 10 am. tomorrow. The reading room will be open to the public from 8 am. to 5.30 pm. on weekdays
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  • 192 16 SINGAPORE, July 17. Ninety-eight undergraduates of Nanyang University, who have been expelled from the university on security grounds, have also been barred from the university campus. The protem Administrative Committee of the university today, conveyed this decision to the expelled undergrads by registered
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  • 28 16 KUALA LUMPUR. J\lly 17 Thirty students from the Malay College in Kuala Kangsar are now attending a three-day economic discussion session at Plantation House. Petalmg Jaya.
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  • 198 16 SINGAPORE, July 17. The Minister for Transport. Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir, and the Minister of interior and Justice, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, will be among the 23 Malaysian guests on the U.T.A. French airline’s inaugural flight to Paris on July 20.
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  • 143 16 SINGAPORE, July 13. Members of two more Government employees unions have voted to join a proposed amalgamation of all trade unions catering for monthly-r a t e d employees in the public service under a single banner. They are the Singapore Medical Services Union
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  • 1050 17 ‘TRADE UNION EYEBROWS HAVE BEEN RAISED IN BEWILDERMENT* SINGAPORE, July 17. THE secretary-general of the Singapore National Trades Union Congress, Mr. C. V. Devan Nair, warned that there would be widespread industrial unrest if employers, in a spirit of vindictiveness, "gaily" retrenched employees in the name of "reorganisation"
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  • 199 17 KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 'T'HE Director of the Dewan Bahasa dan. Pustaka, Syed Nasir bin Ismail, is considering the use of records or tape recordings as an lid to teaching Malay. “We have been In touch with firms for the
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  • 468 17 KLUANG, July 17. r £HE 143-day Pamol strike here one of the longest in Malaya ended today with the signing of an agreement between the management of the estate and the National Union of Plantation Workers. A total of 891
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  • 179 17 Kuala lumpur, July 19.—A $1.9 million multi-storey building to house the expanding Ministry of External Affairs will be built on the Istara Mestika site in Jalan Hose here by tile end of 1965. Plans are being finalised by the Public Works Department. Planned
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  • 38 17 KUALA LUMPUR. July 19 A Colgate-Palmolive branch of the Chemical Workers Union of Malaya was formed here today The Inaugural meeting also passed a resolution calling on the management to expedite recognition of the union.
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  • 1365 18 SINGAPORE, July 19. Parakee, carrying topweight of 9.0, scored a shock win in the first running of the V. C. Bath Cup over 8f at Bukit Timah today. Race 1 I WO-YEAR OLDS DIV i—bt Mr W McUiegor Wati’s U i I OKU t KANC IS 8
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  • 182 18 KUALA LUMPUR, July 19. jyjALAYA imported more than 100 commodities worth $36.5 million from Communist China in the first quarter of this year. They included foods,utl's, textiles, leather, ma c hine ry, electrical goods, furniture, cutlery, footwear, toys, tea and
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  • 60 18 MALACCA, July’ 19.—Malacca wiU have its own secondary religious school soon. The Chief Minister of Malacca Tnche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba said this when he declared open two rural development road projects In the Alor Gajah district this evening. He also disclosed that the
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  • 53 18 KUALA LUMPUR, July 19. The Alumni Association, College of Agriculture. Malaya, will arrange overseas tours for its members to enable them to study the agrarian policies of neighbouring countries. This decision was taken during the association's annual meeting at the Rubber Research Institute Conference Hall. Ampang
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  • 43 18 KUALA TRENGGANU, July 19 The Trengganu branch of the National Union of College and Day Training Centre Trained Teachers will present “Malam Purbnehitra” at the Sultan Sulai man Primary School hall on Julv 24 and 25 starting at 8.30 p.m
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  • 162 18 MALACCA, July, 19.—The Governor of Malacca, Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusoi, today opened Malaccas $60,000 State zoo at Ayer Kroh, eight miles from here The Governor said tbe zoo was important for both young and old and also the future generation. to give
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  • 27 18 July 17. MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 663 cents (down three-eighths of a cent). TIN: 5650.25 a picul (up 62} cents). Estimated unofficial offering 250 tons (unchanged).
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  • 40 18 (Mnnageri' Prices) First Mnlayan 2.11 2.27xd Second Malayan 1.51 1.64xd Third Malayan 1.0s 1.25 Malaysia Commerce Ml 1 02 First Hon«s Koni; 1.17 1.2 2 Second Hon,; Korirf .S5 sO* Sterling Commodity 12 I/O (•Hong Kong eurren y)
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  • 56 18 KUALA LUMPUR. July 19. Inche Dzulkifli bin Ismail I'.''* been re-elected president of the Trengganu branch of the National Union of College and Day Training Centre Trained Teachers. Others elected were vice-presi-dent. Inche Aziz bin Abas; secretary. Engku Ubaidillah bin Ahmad; assistant secretary. Cbi Aima binte Ngah
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  • 38 18 SINGAPORE. July 19. The Christian Brothers' Old Boys Ass elation and past pupils of the Con vents will hold a social and danc at St Michael’s School on Aug from 8 p m. to midnight.
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  • 436 19 PENANG, July 19. THE Minister of Transport and national 1 Umno youth leader, Dato Sardon bin Hajl Jubir, today urged Umno youths to take “constructive and positive steps” to foil all Indonesian efforts to crush Malaysia. Addressing more than 50 delegates attending
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  • 94 19 SINGAPORE. July 19. The two dead crew members of the British Army Scout helicopter, which crashed in the jungles near Kluang five minutes after it took off on Wednesday, have been identified. An Army spokesman said they were Captain Jacot die Doinod, a Coldstream
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  • 33 19 SINGAPORE. July 19.—The Minister for Pinance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will lay the foundation stone of the Malaysia Steel Pipe Manufacturing Company’s factory at Jurong at 5 p.m. on July 29.
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  • 42 19 Payment for Date Total for Total for •<- the year payable the year pre? J?^! l J Mr Tobacco 6%t Aug. 31 dri» Hyd. 60% t Sept. 4 JJ-J* 10% 10% }0% p *ra 16% Sept. II 11% 1®% t Interim
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  • 1126 19 T®l kbit of shares mi the x Malayan Stock Exchange •hows last business to Jaly 11 (A) and last business since that ]*tc (B) with H and L standing (or Highest and Lowest business for IMS and this /oar to date. INIUtIMALI i if AIM Biicmi
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  • 748 19 THE following is a compute -S- list of revised quotations for the week ended on Friday July 17. INDUSTRIALS B. S. Ales ordx 12.46 18.00 Bouataad 1.63 I.ST C.B. Hold la* 2.74 2.78xd Coo. Tio Smelt pret eaeeeeeeeeeeeeaa 17/9 18/9 Orde. 49/6 60/6 Dunlope 1.96 1.97
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2038 20 By Our Market Correspondent AS in the previous week, industrial shares on the Malayan Stock Exchange reached Friday showing a long list of falls, some substantial. There were no rises on balance, 36 shares were lower and four were unchanged. The essential difference
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    • 53 20 July 13. July 14 July 16 July 16. July 17. July 18. •Industrials: 95.48 94.31 93.59 93.79 93.87 93 87 Tin*: 129.04 128 76 128 21 128.58 129.30 129 45 rubbers: 103.8 e 103 86 103 86 103 86 103.54 103 54 •Dec. 30 1963 100 Dec.
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    • 33 20 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul) July IS. 67 ets. $615.25 14. 6694 cts. $620.62 15. 6694 cts. $632.50 16. 6694 cts. $649.62 V 4 17. 66% cts. $650.25 I*. $648.75
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    • 466 20 H.C.B. and Co. Ltd. In their weekly Malayan rubber report say trading conditions have been very quiet Indeed during the week. The apathy of the terminal markets has provided no incentive and turnover In the Malaysian markets has been negligible. With no price movements and
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    • 85 20 I HE Malayan Exchange Banka' At* aoolatlan, made these changes In Ita rate* to merchants on Saturday (all ratea to $100): Haw Varies buying TT 32 9/16, alrmall OD 32 11/16, 90 d/at. 33 credit bllla, 63 1/8 trade bills. Canada: buying TT 38 8/16, airmail 86 O
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    • 192 20 ITVALA LUMPUR, July 1V 19. Sixty tourist guides are to be trained here to meet the large influx of tourists expected in Malaysia next year. A training programme for suitable young men and women has be drawn up by the Kuala Lumpur
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    • 46 20 SINGAPORE, July 19 Pro! r.H. Elliott has been elected chairman of the Malayan Pharmaceutical Association (Southern Division). Other officials are: secretary. Mr. Andrew Lee; assistant secretary, Air. Chan Pun Chit; treasurer, Mr. Loh Seng Kum; and assistant treasurer, Mr. Ng Elc Khlam
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    • 50 20 SEREMBAN. July 19. —The Yar.g di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembllan will open the new $lOO.Ji' 1 mosque at Bri Menanti on Ju iv 31. The mosque Is situated a quarter of a mile from the Istana Besar. Sri Menanti. and close to the Royal cemetery.
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    • 32 20 IPOH, July 17. The Inaugural meeting of the Perak Electrical Association will be held at its premises in Hume Street here on Sunday. The meeting is open t° all electricians.
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    • 72 20 C'HIMCSI Product exchange, J para noon prices par pieul yester day: Coconut all: bulk $51) sellar*, dnin $54) Hellers, Capra: July/Aug. UK/Couti«* nt Unquoted. Popper: Muntok white SHO sellers, Sarawak whit* $1371 sellers, Sarawak black $110 tellers, Lampong black $117| sellers. AST a $127) sailors. Singapore Coconut Oil
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    • 38 20 ON the froo exchange market |n Hong Kong on Saturday tbo U dollar waa quoted at 5.75 for T.T. and a 74 for oaeh. Starling waa quoted at 15.98 ftn, one taol of gold at 249.
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