The Straits Budget, 16 December 1964

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  • 37 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NIWSPAMt KUALA LUMPUR. DECEMBER 16, 1964. REGISTERED AT THE tt.P.O. U.K. AS A NEWSPAPER Price 40 Cents (Malaya) or I Shilling. KPN <M. •*filES 63ft.
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    • 439 2  -  LEE KUAN YEW Singapore FROM THE PRIME MINISTER OF SINGAPORE REFER to the Straits ed my appeal to be a battle cry for class warfare. May I explain why It Is In the Interests even of capitalists and capitalist enterprises to ensure that In
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    • 131 2  -  N.R. Petaling Jay a HOOKSHOPS are few and 1 far between and books are expensive in Sarawak and Sabah, and there can be boredom aplenty for our troops in off-duty hours spent in lonely outposts. During Malaya’s 12-year Emergency the bigger stores placed collection boxes at
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    • 200 2  -  UNABLE Kuala Lumpui Mr. Lee Kuan Yew spoke in Parliament against the joint assessment of the earned incomes of husband and wife for tax purposes, the Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said in his reply: “The reason is quite simple. This Government does
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    • 148 2  -  Miss PHUN SUEH CWUN r Kuala Lumpur Everyday we are told it is our duty to come up to our country’s expectations and enlist in one or other of the organisations set up for the defence of the country. Much radio air Ume is spent In announcements to
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    • 467 2  -  H.F.O’B TRAILL Batang Berjuntai £4* f L 1 STA T E hospitals have once again been subjected to ignorant abuse. This time the attack is by Dr. Tan Chee Khoon, who is reported to have given a ‘‘catalogue of neglect in estate hospitals” which includes
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    • 150 2  -  LEE BENG GI AN for Director of Social Welfare, Singapore. 1 AM afraid that “L.K r completely missed u point of my letter request lng Information abo u children begging. The Department therefore Anxious lo locate this particular group <y fOr their welfare. My Department is
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    • 95 2  -  ENCOURAGED Singapore MR. Kilbourne (S.T. Nov 25) should take heart over the Increase In postal charges. Things are obviously Improving. An urgent letter of mine, postmarked November 13. before the new rates came Into force, was delivered In Kuala Lumpur on the same day as a copy
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    • 106 2  -  MANA BOLEI1 Singapore. pROM April this year, the Estimated charges’ for water and lighting consumption at my residence have been steadily going up and up for no apparent reason. > I presume the meter reader of my area has now resume4 duty after his long furlough as I
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    • 583 3 —Straits Times, December 8 Mr. Harold Wilson’s reaffirmation of one hundred per cent backing for Malaysia relieves any anxiety there may have been in this country of the possible effects which the reorganisation of British military strength may have on commitments East of Suez. It would have
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    • 655 3 —Straits Times, December 9 Farming, fishing and cooperative problems bring the backbenchers in Parliament to vigorous life, and the debate on the Ministry’s estimates has been no exception. Inche Khir Johari, who presented a programme of departmental reorganisation and reform of agricultural methods, has been asked in
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    • 324 3 Straits Times. December 9 The Hong Kong trade mission to Singapore last March produced gratifying results. Agreement was reached on ten joint industrial ventures, and promising explorations were begun on a number of other projects. It is idle to deny, however, that events since then have tended to
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    • 375 3 —Straits Times, December 10 We printed yesterday a letter from the Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, which he began with a declaration that we accused him of raising “a battle-cry for class warfare.” We did nothing of the sort. We said he had written of
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    • 234 3 Straits Times, December Ift The Singapore Cancer Society comes into being in circumstances recalling those that faced the Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association when it was founded 17 years ago. In 1947, tuberculosis was the disease that took the greatest annual toll of lives, as cancer is today, while the
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    • 595 3 —Straits Times, December 11 The people of Singapore may welcome Tengku Abdul Hallman’s advice to give party politics a rest. The leaders of the pro-Communist, antiMalaysia parties w'ill take no notice. Hut they are not the only ones who help to make Singapore what the Tengku called,
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    • 317 4 —Straits Times. December 11 Two facts emerge from Mr. Harold Wilson’s talks with President Johnson. The Americans have complete British support for their attempt to heal the festering quarrel within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Much more unexpectedly, the British Prime Minister appears to have accepted, at
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    • 312 4 —Straits Times. December 11 The Kelantan disclosures in the Auditor-General's report deal with the financial position as it was twelve months ago. It has since grown worse. The position at the end of last year was “very unsatisfactory”, bearing out the warning Mr. Bompas had given in
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    • 589 4 —Straits Times. December 12 The latest Indonesian infiltrations along the Johore coast conform to the new pattern. No more large scale landings, no more yvastage of paratroops and commandos, but simply small mixed lots of half-trained guerillas, practically Ml of them Indonesian and some of them “volunteers
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    • 379 4 —Straits Times. December 12 It is difficult surely to criticise the Central Government for not paying sufficient attention to the economic advancement of the Malay community. Yet there was a steady flow of complaint and advice from backbenchers throughout the debate on the estimates of the
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    • 210 4 —Straits Times December K Opening the annual conf« rence of the Malayan Trad« s Union Congress, Tun Abdul Kazak spoke once again of tin programme to give towndwellers the better life whu h rural development is bringing to the farmer. An earlier earnest of the coming effort in
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  • 270 5 SEREMBAN, Dec. 10. SELF-CONFESSED Army and police deserter told the High Court here today he visited the Socialist Front headquarters in Kuala Lumpur with a man now’ charged with possession of explosives. Abdul Manap bin Daud, 37. a prosecution
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  • 165 5 SINGAPORE. Dec. 10—The .Minister for Social Affairs, Inche Othman Wok. this morning predicted that Malaysia would have to face Indonesian confrontation for “sonic time yet”. “But 1 am happy to say that Malaysia has gained more support on her side. “Many countries,
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  • 63 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 10 The Government has granted pioneer status to the following industries: prepared animal feed, iron and steel milling from scrap non-ferrous metals casting, pulp, paper and paperboard. washing and cleaning compounds and glass and glass products Their products include grass meal for animals,
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  • 79 5 IPOH. Dec. 10—Four Asian youth organisations took part In the Pest a Bella 'youth cultural festival) organised bv the Perak branch of the Malaysian Association of Youth Clubs at the St. John Ambulance Association Hall here. last night. The participants, who were from Thailand. Japan.
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  • 55 5 RAWANG. Dee 10—Mr. M K Thamboo was elected president of the local branch of the Malaysian Indian Congress at tlie ITrh annual meeting held at the Youth Club here yesterday. Others elected: Vice-president. Mr. P. T. Varchese; secretary. Mr. N. Manickam; assistant seer< iry. Mr. k. Subramaniam
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  • 24 5 TANGKAK. Dec. 10 The Serom local council, 10 miles from here, has approved an estimated expenditure of $24 883 for next year.
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  • 128 5 Penang needs modern abattoir says Vet I)ENANG, Dec. 10. An urgent need for building a well-equipped modern abattoir is stressed by Mr. P. K Kao. the City Veterinary Surgeon, in his report for 1963. "The present abattoir in Cecil Street, which was built in 1903. cannot be considered adequate to
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  • 258 5 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 10.—The acting Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, assured Sarawakians tonight that the Central Government would not change their educational system without studying regional and national requirements. Speaking in the House of Representatives he said that on educational matters the
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  • 278 5 KANGAR, Dec. 10. J>ERLIS is to form a “Work Brigade’’ to help farmers to harvest their padi crop next month. The decision to set up this brigade was reached at a meeting last week-end after a heated debate on whether harvesters from south
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  • 72 5 KUALA LUMPUR Dec. 10 I h<* Deputy Prime Mini. '.er. Tun A belli 1 R.iz.ik, will open an rxli;* Iii'. ii ol tin 1 works of Mr. John I er .1 f( at 'lie Se! o o r Club here at 5 30 pm on Dec 14. The
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  • 123 5 I>ENANG, Dec. 10.—Motorists must protest—“however briefly” against the doubling of fees for driving licences without even tlie small concession of a reduced fee for a threeyear licence, writes Mrs. K. S. Lim, secretary of the Automobile Association of Malaya, in the latest Issue of
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  • 92 5 IT' UANTAN, Dec. 10. The IV Pahang Umno today reaffirmed its full confidence in the former Minister of Education, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Talib, who resigned on Dec. 10. A statement—made after a meeting of the executive commit-tee-praised Inche Rahman for stepping down In
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  • 22 5 TEI t»K ANSON Doc. 10 The Teluk Anson Rotary Club has Riven $100 for flood relief In South Vietnam
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  • 302 6 SINGAPORE, Dec. 9. f pHE Singapore Government announced today that until further notice, air raid sirens would only sound the “Alert" (wailing tone) to warn the public in the event of approaching hostile aircraft or a possible air attack. Air raid siren
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  • 80 6 IPOH, Dec. 9.—The driver >1 a ear was killed and a passenger Injured near Kampar today when the car travelling rom Kuala LumDur to Ipoh lost its offside front wheel. I he car veered off the road and iv»-i turned. The dead man Is
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  • 40 6 IKN A NCI Her 9 The Malav'i.ii Tamil Youth B*ll Clubs con\ir*iion wiil open at the Pvkett Mfthochst hool hall hire at 10 »< ru on Dec. 1 relegates trom Tamil youth "tbs throughout th» country will r >* rittenoiiig
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  • 124 6 SINGAPORE, Dec. 9 Tengku Abdul Rahman today received $300.00 in two cheques on behalf of the National Defence Fund. The Tengku was handed the rheques one for $250,000 from the Singapore Turf Club and the other for $50,000 from the Shaw Foundation by Mr.
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  • 213 6 SEREMBAN. Doc. 8. The U riled Democratic Party will take its turn to run the Seremban Town Council from January next year until the next election in mid-1966, according: to a spokesman of the party today. The present council president. Mr. P.
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  • 56 6 SINGAPORE. Dec 9 The Registrar of Persons today assurer, the public that no fee would be charged for the replacement of defaced or lost Singapore identity cards. In a statement, he requested holders of identity cards not to apply for new cards unless they had
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  • 378 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 9 11-year-old girl has written an anniversary letter of gratitude to the doctors and nurses of the General Hospital here for saving her mother's life a year ago. She is R. Ragini, a Standard Five pupil of
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  • 312 6 SINGAPORE, Dec. 9 TENGKU Abdul Rahman today clarified what he meant by the use of the word “innocence” in his letter accepting the resignation of I n c h e Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib on Monday. Shortly after his arrival here from Kuala
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  • 42 6 KUAI.A T.UMPUR. Dec 9 Th» Sanpeetha Abivirthi Sabah a cul'ural society, w ill stage a sh»" of Indian dances and cultur. i items at the Dewan Bahama dan Post aka on Dec. 23 in aid of th» National Defence Fund.
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  • 218 7 A strike threat —so urgent call to 2,000 TB cases SINGAPORE, Dec. 8. 'J'HE Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association has sent out an urgent call to 2,000 patients with active tuberculosis to report at its clinic in Shenton Way this week to get their “emergency supplies'’ of tablets due to an impending
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  • 35 7 PENANG. Deo 8 —The State zakat and fit rah tithes committee has appointed 70 sub-committees in nuikims throughout Penan? and Province Wellesley to carry out a general census of taxable and non-taxable Muslims.
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  • 82 7 ITUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 8. —The Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, is acting as Minister of Edu cation in place of Inche Abdul Rahman bin Hajj Talib who resigned yesterday. Inche Khir was Minister of Education from 1957 to 1960 when Inche Rahman
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  • 38 7 PENANG. Dec B—lnmates8 —Inmates of orphanages and other institutions will be entertained at a Christmas party on the Residency grounds on Dec' 12. The party is organised by the Penang Red Crass Society
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  • 25 7 SINGAPORE. Dec 8. The Consulate-General of the Federal Republic of Germany has presented 24 scores of classical music to the Singapore Chamber Ensemble
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  • 82 7 ALOR STAR. Dec. turtle Kedah Government plans to spend 523.ti70.139 on State tervices next year. A Rill providing for this will be introduced at the State Assembly’s Budget meeting on Dec 15 Biggest item will be $3,682,240 for the PWD’s annually recurrent expenditure
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  • 272 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 8. The 130 firemen here have given notice that they will go slow if the Federal Capital Commission tails to meet their demand for increased Pay in the next two weeks. The general secretary of the Hrcmen’s
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  • 19 7 SINGAPORE. Dec. 8 The Chitral is due to arrive from Bri- tain on Dec. 16.
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  • 199 7 |>ENANG, Dec. 8. An 11-man delegation from the city council left by Malaysian Airways this afternoon for a four-day official visit to Singapore. Led by the Mayor, Mr CY. Choy, the delegates Include the Deputy Mayor. Mr. Tan Chong 800. the former Mayor.
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  • 253 7 LUMPUK, December 8. r pHE Malaysian Trades Union Congress has reA iterated its full support for the mass signature campaign conducted by the National Union of Teachers to back its claim for medical and housing facilities for teachers. The MTUC general secretary, Mr. S.
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  • 60 7 SINGAPORE. Dec 8 “Showrania a variety show in aid of the Singajxire Association for Retarded Children—will be held at tin* National Theatre on D«*c. 12 ai 8 ill The siiow, under the patronage of Mr E W Darker the Minister for Law, is produced by
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  • 382 7 Kuala Lumpur, December 8 A LOCAL manufacturer has asked for a substantial increase in import duty on enamel ware to discourage dumping of the product by China. Mr Gunn Chye Char, assistant manager of Malayan United Industrial Co. Ltd.. Petalinp Jaya. was
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  • 394 8 Court: Oil dealer is father of ex-cabaret girl’ s baby PENANG, Dec. 7. A MAGISTRATE’S court today held that a Kedah oil dealer, Lim Beng Aik, was the father of a five-month-old baby born to a former dance hostess. Chew Suan See, 22. Lim. 51. was ordered to pay $5O
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  • 178 8 SINGAPORE, Dec. 7. Top Sabah Alliance leaders today were optimistic that a solu- j tion to the present Alliance problems could be found in their talks with Tengku Abdul Rahman. The political leader- who left here this morning for Kuala Lumpur saw no reason
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  • 53 8 SINGAPORE. Dec. 7—A labour < ntract»T. Ho Tliye Choon, was hind a total of $4OO in a magistrate’s court today on 40 charges of failing to pay contributions to the central Provident Fund. The magistrate. Mr. K. C Ra.lah, also ordered Ho to pay to the fund
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  • 72 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Dec. 7. The Johore Legislative Assembly will be asked to approve a Budget of $37,596.551 for 1965 when it meets on Dec. 12. The items to be approved include $9,800,000 as contribution to statutory funds, 53.877,625 for religious affairs and courts. $3 631.900 for
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  • 54 8 IPOH. Dec. 7. The Mentri Besar of Perak, Dato Ahmad bin Said, will open a five-day course for adult education teachers at the Sekolah Raja Perempuan Ta’ayah here tomorrow. The course, which is organised by the Perak Adult Education Department, will be attended by 21(1 teachers from
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  • 110 8 DUKIT MERTAJAM. Dec. i. For the second time in three days, mischief-makers have caused the failure of a railway signal between Prai and Bukit Mertajam. As a result of this, the departure of a Roods train from Prai was held up yesterday. Later,
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  • 272 8  -  By RUDY BELTRAN KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 7.—Two housemaids were found sprawled in bed and groaning in a hotel here last night. Poon Yuk Lan. 27, a cook and Tan Ah Chu, 18. a baby sitter, have been admitted to the General Hospital
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  • 38 8 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Dec. 7A retired police officer, Imho Harun bin Sirat. was elected chairman of the UDP branch ii« t c yesterday with Mr. Khor Thean Kee as secretary and Mr. Khor i B..k Soon treasurer
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  • 121 8 What I meant —the Tengku clarifies FUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 7. —The Prime Minister today clarified remarks he made out Dec. 5 about the Rahman Talib-Sceni-vasagam libel case. A statement from the Prime Ministers’ Department said: “In a newspaper report yesterday, Tengku Abdul Rahman was reported to have remarked, when asked
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  • 465 9 MINISTER: NEW PHASE IN CAMPAIGN TO CONQUER DISEASE IN SINGAPORE SINGAPORE, Dec. 8. A MAJOR step forward in the battle against the growing scourge of cancer in Singapoie was made today when the Singapore Cancer Society was officially inaugurated. Officiating at the inauguration ceremony at
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  • 198 9 jIYUAR, Dec. B.—Twelve soft drinks factories in Johore have suspended production following the announcement of th* five cent tax on crown corks by the Finance Minister. Mr. Tan Siew Sin The Johore Aerated Waters Manufacturers’ Association will shortly send a delegation to urge
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  • 50 9 SINGAPORE. Dec B—The 11th Singapore Brownie Pack (Central! will hold its Christmas party at the Zion Kindergarten. Serangoon Garden Estate, from 530 p m to 730 p.m. on Dec. 22 Mrs. L. Emmanuel, the State Commissioner for Oirl Guides and Brownies, will be guest of honour
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  • 135 9 KANGAR, Dec. 8. T’HE national president of the Pan-Malaysian 1 Islamic Party, Dr. Burhanuddin Alhemy, yesterday urged Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines to revive the Maphilindo concept as the first step towards a settlement of the dispute between Malaysia and Indonesia, i “The formation of a Maphilindo
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  • 48 9 MUAR. Dec. B—Two Malaysian fishermen who were detained by Indonesian seamen two weeks ago off the Batu Pahat coast. were freed on Dec. 6 They were: Goh Swee Tong, 55 and Goh Boon Lian, 18 They lost a boat and all their belonging* worth $6,000.
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  • 53 9 PENANG Dec. B—A radio company which did not pay a month's provident fund contributions f<ir four of its employees was today fined a total of $225. Astoria Limited were charged with failing to pay four amounts ranging from $3 to $9 for April 1963 in respect of
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  • 151 9 ITUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 8 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong today expressed hU pleasure over the racirf harmony existing among the rank and tile of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The King, who made a one-and-a-half hour tour of the RMAF base here this morning told
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  • 128 9 SEREMBAN, Dec. B.—The Negri Sembilan division of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress has asked its affiliates to give moral and financial help to the 270 striking workers of the Dunlopillo factory here. The workers went on strike on Nov. 28 over the dismissal
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  • 31 9 BATU PAHAT, Dec 8 The Batu Pahat Rotary Club has given a cheque for $lOO to Sri Dayong Malay School near here to purchase books for Its library.
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    • 105 9 THE H.K. MO FAR EAST builder A Bi-Monthly periodical ol Building of Heal Estate Activities in the Far East. A baaliag with betldiag, architectural eat rail eitate actinttea ia Malaya, Siyapera Haag Hear Siaai, Tie Pbilippieei, laraaa aai The Far last ‘ttaMitbed ia till tbu hi aeethly trade paper ii
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  • 272 10 CINGAPORF. Dee. 7—The Jvers e a l hin e > e Backing Corporation l td. will hold an extraordinary general meeting on Dec. IP to c jn>ider a resolution that it contribute out of it* pralits $250,000 to the National Defence Fund. Ihe
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  • 29 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Doc. 7—The manager of South-East Asia DeveI* pment Corp Ltd Mr. B. L. Mathews. left here by air today for three-month holiday in Australia
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  • 599 10 'BOARD WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER EXISTING DUTY IS SUFFICIENT 9 KUALA LUMPUR, December 7 THE chairman of the Tariff Advisory Board, Mr. L. A. D. Williamson, today criticised manufacturers who were reluctant to give evidence at the board’s public inquiry to consider the
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  • 359 10 KUALA LUMPUR. December 7 POLICE detective constable told the Sessions Court here today that he received a bribe of $l5 regularly from a pirate taxi company for 11 months during his attempts to trace the ringleader of the organisation. M. Abdul Karim was
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  • 210 10 Close our ranks’ 60,000 teachers urged 1POH, Dec. 7—An appeal to Malaya's t>uaiOU teachers to "sink all different es and close our ranks" was made today h> Mr. Teerath Ram. new leader of the teachers’ panel in the National Joint Council for Teachers. Referring to the dispute between the National
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  • 66 10 JOIIOKE BAHKI Dec < Police are investigating the loss of a 814.000 pay-roll from a safe belonging to the Sungai l'iram estate, about 45 miles from here. The money was missing when an estate official opened the safe this morning The $14,000. which had earlier been drawn
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  • 74 10 PENANG. Dec. 7 The Pilgrimage Control Officer. Hail All Rouse today advised pilgrims from Kelantan to obtain border passes if they intend to travel to Penang via Thailand to catch the pilgrir. ships n»*Y? vear. Tiie passes lie said should \atid tor at least six months
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  • 248 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 7. woman raised herself on one elbow on the bare mattress and said: *‘l have cried st) much that I have stopped crying a long time ago/’ Che Saomah binte Hassan, 30. has reason to be sad Paralysed trom
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  • 66 11 IPOH, Dec. 7. Chocn Yin Koh, 27. proprietor of the Rio Night Club here, today pleaded not guilty in the magistrate’s court to assaulting two police officers. He Is alleged, with seven others still at large, to have been a member of an unlawful assembly
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  • 47 11 SINGAPORE Dec 7 A Marine Police natrol boat intercepted an Indonesian barter craft with three Indonesians on board near Raffles Lighthouse at 12.50 a m today The three men who claimed to be bnrtei traders from the Rhio Islands, have been detained tor ddcsilonlng
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  • 18 11 Sultan’ s donation KUAIA LUMPUR. I>f’ 7—The Sul I o! Pahang has donated $1 :<OC National Defence Fund.
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  • 133 11 THE Ua.ja Prrmaisuri Agong presenting a trophy to Che Zainah Huri, runner-up in the girls’ modern song section of the Radio Stars Contest at the Dewan Tengku Abdul Rahman. Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night. The show, organised by the Malay Service of
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  • 111 11 IPOH, Dec. 7.—A magistrate, Mr. W. Satchithanandhan. imposing a whipping on a bicycle thief here today said he was departing from the usual practice as caning was ordered only in cases of violence. He told Choo Ah Chor, 38. unemployed. who had six previous
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  • 26 11 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Dec 7 Senior Inspector Mohained Ha.snim bin Abdul Rauf, of Balik Pulau, Penang, is now senior investigating officer in Bukit Mertaiam
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  • 391 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 7. r |MIE National Trades Union Congress will hold c mass rally ol the workers in Singapore to protest against what it terms “the anti-labour" provisions of the national Budget now being debated in Parliament. The rally will be held at
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  • 209 11 Beware of fake detectives’ who want money KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 7. The police today warned the public to be on the look out for men, posing as ‘police detectives” who demanded to see their identity cards and then, tried to extort money from them. The Deputy O.C P D here.
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  • 79 11 BATU F’AHAT, Dec. 7. The Mentrl Besar of Johore. Date T aji Ha.ssan bin Haji Yunos. will begin a tour of completed projects of the Town Council on Dec 31 The projects, completed with loans from the State Government, are: The central market at
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  • 365 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 7. 'J’HE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. today wished that President Soekarno had been a Scout in his youth “for he would then at least obey the Scout law and live at peace with his neighbours.” The Tengku
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  • 150 12 |(UALA LUMPUR, Dec. 7.—The Congress of Union of Employees in the Public and Civil Services today said that it had never approached any politicians to raise matters relating to the Civil Service in Parliament. In a statement today the deputy president of Cuepacs. Mr
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  • 200 12 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 7. The Sultan of Selangor said today that Malaysian artists could play a very special part in evolving a national culture from this country’s multi-racial society Speaking at the ooenlnp of the fourth Selangor Art Society's exhibition at the
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  • 124 12 SKRKMBAN Dec. 7. The first trial in Negri Sembilan under the present Emergency, which was scheduled for today, will be held tomorrow Mr. N Ramachandran. who appears for an estate worker of Pasir Panjang. Port Dickson. Yusof bin Abu Bakar. 31. had asked for
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  • 226 12 MALACCA. Dec. 7. A man who went to the Central Police Station here to report the theft of his safe containing $8,795 in cash found it under his very nose. Mr. Mok Kok Hong. 62. went to the >olice station at 5.30 a.m.
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  • 264 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 7 'HE National Union ol Teachers and the Singapore Teachers’ Union today expressed concern over a provision in the terms of reference of the Special Salaries Commission to inquire into the pay of more than 100.000 Government servants in Malaya and Singapore
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  • 450 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 7 'pHE Government Whip, Mr. Chan Chee Seng, today said that there was undoubtedly a great deal of anxiety and uncertainty over the new turnover and payroll taxes, the effect of which not even the Central Government had as
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  • 67 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon cutive councillors of the J State Legislative Assembly are appointed chairmen o. ernment executive comm 1 may soon receive a $250 a n increase in allowances An amendment to the tive Council (Members' RemUM 1 tiom Enactment 1964 is ]v introduced at
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  • 275 13 j KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 9 About 100 Australian linns have decided to set up joint industrial ventures here with their Malaysian counterparts, the secretary of the Australian Depa r t m ent of Trade and Industry, Sir Allen Westermann, said yesterday. Details of
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  • 267 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. 9. Two trade unions i..;Ve come out in supof the National ..d- s Union Congress's -nd that May Day >uld continue to real a public holiday iii ~apore. I <v are the Singapore ’i i'. Company Employees’ a NTUC at filiate,
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  • 74 13 oiN(i.\rnHi:. Dee. o.—Two pretty Japaanese models flew into Singapore last i>ii:lit to take part in a series of fashion shows here. They are Yumiko .MatMihara (hit) and Kvoko Kislii (below), both from Tokyo. The fashion shows will be held on Dee. 11,
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  • 36 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec- 8 Mrs. M Diiguid has boon elected president of the Ikebana International Club hereOther officials are: vice-pres-ident. Mrs. Z M Ahmad; secretary. Mrs. J. Orloff and treasurer. Mrs. K Robinson
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  • 84 13 ESSELTON, Dee. 9. The Security Forces today warned civilians in the State not to wear green clothing particularly in the border areas of Tawau and i the interior residencies. A spokesman said that clothing of this colour might easily he mistaken for “Jungle green" uni- 1
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  • 81 13 SINGAPORE, Dec. !).—A chartered Quotas Boeing 707 witit hydraulic trouble landed safely at the Singapore airport tonight after an hour-long emergency alert at the airport. The plane was bringing 140 It.A.A.F. personnel from Australia and was scheduled to land at Penang. Minutes before
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  • 293 13 fPOH. Dvr 0. The Perak Chinese Mining: Association will hold an emergency meeting here later this week to discuss its proposals to the Central Government on the tin profits tax. Chinese mining circles hero said that the discussions will centre inainlv
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  • 59 13 SEREMBAN, Dec. 9—The Deputy Mentri Besar of Negri Sembilan, Inehc Abdul Samad bin Idris, was presented with a “Berjaya” pennant in appreciation of his contribution of one month's allowance of $1,300 to the National Defence Fund. The Mentri Hesnr. Dato Dr Mohamcd Said Din
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  • 276 14 BRUNEI TOWN, Dec. 8. —Exploratory talks have beg un oil the feasibility of introducing personal income tax in Brunei for the lirst time. Brunei is one of the few countries in tlie world which at present does not levy any tax on personal
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  • 197 14 IPOH, Dec. 8. Adult education teachers serving in rural areas were urged today to “help fight confrontation by tolling people the true motives of Indonesia’s crush Malaysia policy.” The teachers-219 men and women—were being addressed by the Mentri Besar. Dato \hmad bin Said, at
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  • 191 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. 8 The Director of Broadcasting. Mr John Duclos. today said that all television sets in Singapore had channels 1 to 11 and should be able to receive programmes on any of these. He was commenting on a letter by
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  • 92 14 Kuala lumpuk. Dec. Many of Dec. 6th Kimpong Seniarang (ire victims have begun to build new homes They cleared th* area of debris within 24 hours and started building today So far. six nouses have gone up. and many are expected to be ready in the
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  • 93 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. B. Borneo Airways is to hold a general meeting on Dec. 14 to consider Malaysian Airways’ offer to take it over. This follows a meeting between the Minister of Finance. Mr. Tan Siew Sin. the Minis’er of Trans:x>rt. Dato Sardon bin Hail
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  • 66 14 PENANG. Dec. B—Che Zaituin binte Baharin, aged 18. h\ n Jeluntong, was crowned "Pute i Bunga Merab" at a beauty contest held in Umno Hall in conjunction with Malay community's Poppy Day Appeal variety show Che Sharifan mute Othman. 18, also of Jelutong. was runnerup while
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  • 144 14 SINGAPORE. Dec 8 The Japan se •blood debt” issue, which has been shelved for more than a year, will be revived at a conference of the Associated Chinese Chambers c.f Commeree of Malaya and Singapore to be held here on Dec 20 The Singapore
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  • 44 14 BATU PAHAT. Dee 8 I annual inspection parade I Johore State St John Brigade will be held at the Stadium on Dec 13 at 3 t" I The national commissioner the brigade, Dr. Chang H«>e> will ins|K*ct the guard of
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  • 292 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 9. r jMIE Government will review the restriction on import of sugar, imposed last June, when the country is self-sufficient in this commodity. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, l)r. Lim Swee Aun, said this in reply
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  • 130 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 9.—The general manager-desig-nate of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Mr. T. Duckmanton, said here /esterday that the ABC was ‘anxious'’ to provide trainin? facilities for Malaysian broadcasting personnel. "We lake some pride in the fact that some of your TV personnel were
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  • 55 15 TAIPING. Dec. 9—A 20-year-old youth described by the police as a ‘Tiger General” In a secret society has been detained after a raid on a house in Kampong Boyan here. Five rounds of live 9 m.m. ammunition and one used round of .303 ammunition and a
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  • 131 15 LUMPUR, Dec. 9. —M a 1 a y s i a is spending $256,000 on cutlery for its 22 diplomatic missions. 1 silver-plated cutlery will be supplied by a firm Sheffield, in northern England. J h( first deliveries will be m ade by Cooper Bros
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  • 166 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 9 The Right Rev. Roland Koh Peck C h i a n g, Suffragan Bishop in Kuala Lumpur. has been appointed Bishop of Jesselton by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The enthronement Is likely to take place In All Saints’ Cathedral, Jesselton, early
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  • 88 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 9.—The Asia Foundation has made a grant of $23,400 to Nanyang University to cover expenses for two research projects to be taken by the department of political science. THE FIRST PROJECT on “The Problem of Dual Citizenship” will be undertaken by the head of
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  • 48 15 SINGAPORE. Dec. 9 The Prime Minister. Mr Lee Kuan Yew will otHnally open the 1964 inter-secondary school safety first exhibition at the Nation Library lecture hall on Dee, 17 at 11) a.in. The exhibition is oeing *ponyored by tin Junior Safety First Council of Singap«re.
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  • 287 15  -  By SOH TIANG KENG: Singapore, Dm. 9 THE Director of Operations in Borneo, JVlajGen. W. C. Walker, said here today that President Soekarno was losing his political and military battle against Malaysia. “But being an Asian Hitler,” he added, “Soekarno will not like
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  • 218 15 |(UALA LUMPUR, 1V Dec. 9—The Sahah Inland Revenue Department failed to collect $(i million in income tax arrears last year. The report of the Sabah Director of Audit. Mr. P. p. Wise, tabled in Parliament today, said: "The Commissioner of Inland Revenue
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  • 72 16 KANGAR. Dec. 11. The Perlis Government plans to make the national language the sole official language in the State from next year. “This," Dato Sheikh Ahmad, the Mentri Besar said yesterday, “is two years in advance of the target date for the nation/’
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  • 161 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 11. 4 MINISTRY oi External Affairs spokesman today confirmed a Manila report that Malaysia had turned down an invitation to attend a meeting to discuss the formation of a new Asian cultural, economic, political and defence alliance. He would not comment
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  • 42 16 RAWANG. Dec 11— Mr Albert Fenelon was re-elected president of the Batu Arang M.I C. here yesterday. Other elected members were: vice-president. Mr. p. Arumugam; secretary, Mr. V. Palany; assistant secretary. Mr. K. Karuppanan. and treasurer, Mr V. Dharmalingam
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  • 98 16 Kuala kangsar. Dec. 11. —Two children and the driver of the car they were travelling in were killed in an accident at the 32nd mile. Kuala Kangsar-Taiping road, y-'-sterday. The dead were P. Sathasivam. aged nine, his si>ter. Gomathi. seven, and Woo Tuck
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  • 84 16 Kuala lumpur. Dec. 11The statu> ot railway-men will be raised in Parliament next week by the PAP member for Bungsar, Mr. Devan Nair. He wants to know whether the Prime Minister will: f ON FIRM the agreement by the Attorney-General in the High
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  • 131 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 1 1 S* RtillON Lieutenant Kichard leave. 211, has arrived it Britain from Singapore after a 20,000mile drive through 15 countries studying tropi•al diseases. I.ieut Cleave was Modi*a| Odicer on the frigate Mert at Singapore. lie reported for duty bis week on II
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  • 87 16 SIXTY children from the Singapore Children’s Society Home in Nicoll Drive were entertained at a partv at the Chalet Club at RAF (hangi by clown “Frantic Fran' seen in the photograph amusing a boy. ‘‘Frantic Fran” is really Senior Aircraftman F. O Reilly, an instrument mechanic
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  • 51 16 KUALA KANC.SAR. I>ec. 11 Die Sultan and Raja P« rempuan of Per ik were among the large gathering ol relatives and friends who alter.did the funeral of Raid Nor Mahyan binte R.i.ia Abdul R-'shid .u tlie royal burial gr tmd at Bukit Chandan here on Dee,
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  • 35 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Dee. 11—The National Union of Heads of Schools in Selangor will hold cultural show it the Chin vVon Auditorium on Jan. 4 to raise funds for the National Defence Fund
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  • 265 16 KUALA LUMPUR ll.-A plan to provide military training to university undergraduates during holidays and on Sundays was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister. Pun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, in the House of Representatives tonight. This training he .said would be an advantage to students
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  • 41 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Dee The Raja Permaisuri Athe Consorts of the and Tengku Puan Bestir shiah have donated a to’.u'* $10,500.50 towards the tional Patriotic Fund. Negara Malaysia ann- u ;ueu today. The fund now stand' $1,257,488.
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  • 24 16 KUALA LUMPUR. PThe Commandant 1 lion Military College 1 t W Pea tain on Dor 14 after his three-year term f,: here
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  • 492 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 1 1 A N appeal to parents to change their attitude towards education was made by the acting Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, today. He said there had been a tendency among parents to seek for
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  • 297 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 11. ZEALAND will send more naval units to Malaysia if Indonesia launches a large scale attack against us, its Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral R. E. Washbourne, said here today. “I am confident that both the New
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  • 204 17 SINGAPORE. Doc. 11.— Some of the loveliest and oldest trees along Bukit Timah Road have fallen victims to progress. They have been cut down to make way for the construction ol the $1 million fly-overs over Bukit Timah and Dunearn Roads, just opposite
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  • 124 17 I>ENANG, Dec. 11.— 1 The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will open the sugar refinery at Prai at 11 a.m tomorrow. The Malayan Sugar Manufacturing Company has made arrangements for the 1,000 guests to use a Malayan Railway launch which will take them direct to
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  • 101 17 1/1 ALA LI.MPIK, Dec. II —A man and a woman were fined a total of $350 by the Fourth Magistrates Court here today for making false statements regarding residential qualifications when applying for citizenship certificates. Tng Chew 800. 4(i, of Ipoh Road, and the
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  • 96 17 V UALA LUMPUR, Dec. 11— 1 Two youths on a scooter last night snatched a handbag containing $1,900 from a woman at Jalan Davidson here. Mrs. Tan Kim Seng, a bus conductress, was with her husband, a bus driver, at the time when the youths rode
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  • 30 17 KUALA LUMPUR Dec 11—The Malaysian Malavaier Catholic Welfare Society will entertain more than 200 children to a Christmas treat at the La Salle School. Brickfields, tomorrow.
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  • 67 17 SINGAPORE. Dec. 11.—The Royal Navy frigate Ajax, with a complement of 250 ifficeri and ratings, wifi pay a five-day courtesy visit to Port Swettenham beginning on Monday, a Navy jpokesman announced today. The Ajax, leader of the 24th Escort Squadron based in Singapore. is
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  • 43 17 SINGAPORE. Dec 11 The Marine Department will issue all shipping circulars In English and in the national language from Jan 1. Shipping firms who want their circulars in the national language are asked to write to the Department
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  • 36 17 i.| *l iimPUR. Dec. II —The Prime Minister. Tcngku ihH„V Rahman has sent a congratulatory message to p,“ li Jom» Kenyatta of the Rep,.hlu nf Kenya to mark the country’s attainment of independente.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 514 18 FpHlS ha> Dt*t*n a very Mow 1 week's trading, and the pattern, in the almost total absenct of any outside Influences nas been much the same each day. with consistent support in evidence at the lower levels state li. C. B A Co.
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    • 86 18 HINESE Pi odiitu Exchange, SingaMore noon priced per picul yester* (lay Coconut oil. bulk sri'.’ Hollers, drum i sellers Copra: I )•*< lan I'K /Continent I lii|HOt('(1 Pepper: Muntok vitnte $155 pellet« lk White 4 1.Ml .sellers, HfH‘l Kll i i ik fil:*' k $llti| sellers, Burbled ('i|>nfig
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    • 1978 18 From Our Market Correspondent 'J'HK share climate in Malaysia last week was extremely dull and turnover reached its lowest ebb for some years. The nearest comparison seems to be the conditions which ruled in 1958 when the market was depressed by political uncertainty in
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    • 41 18 ON Hie tree exchange market in Hong Kong on Saturday the U S dollar was i|noted at r i 7.V Tor TT and 5 714 lor cash Sterling was i|iioted at I.V.is 11*4 one tael ol gold at H.1I4
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    • 26 18 Dec. II MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 69$ tents (down a quarter of a cent) TIN: $648.6*>\ (down *8.37})Unofficial estimated offering: J00 tons (down 35 tons).
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    • 47 18 Dec. 7. Dec. 8. I»er. 9. Dee. 10. Deo. li. Dec. 1! Industrials: 86.76 86.62 86.3> X6.I8 86.39 86.41 Tins: 127.31 125.85 124.43 123.97 121.18 120.51 r 11 It Iters: 109.36 109.36 109.36 109.36 109.36 109.36 Dee. 30. 1963 100. Dec. 29. 1962 100.
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    • 58 18 Current Date Total for Total for payment payable the year previous year McAlister 7 V, Dee. 28 10', 7'jt .Ian. 15*7 K Kanip.it 60 Jan. 13 9517, s Way 20«> 30', I Asiatic 5 r r Jan. 22 28.3'f I'.itani Para 6'pi- Jan. 27 20 f It cm
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    • 270 18 IANUARV first grade rubber f.e b 1 ilsitd at 6 pm in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 69| cents per Ih down a quarter of a cent on Thursday s closing level for the position The tone was very quiet. R A S and F M R
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    • 105 18 chips lying alongside th* Singapore or iipidtil today aro: Prf*(d< nl Harrison 1 2. Kokan NW 5. Andr/e) Strug 13 14, Turandot H. Llpls 21 22. Thorsoape 10 Bamora 23 24. VYakatb Maru 27 2S, Patroclu* 33 34 TJiljalengka 42 43 Tamon Marti 44 and steel Navigator
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    • 81 18 'l' H E Malayan Exchange Bank*’ A*»n- ciation made these changes in its rates to merchants on Saturday (all rates to $100): New York: buying TT 32 11/16, airmail OL) 32 13/16. 90 d st. 33 1 credit bills, 33 5/16 trade bills. Canada: buying TT 35 1/S,
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    • 37 18 'I'HE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made these change* in its rates to merchants yesterday < all rates to fioo): Selling TT or ,D ready: Deutsche Mark* I2SJ; Holland Guilder* 116) Italian Lire *****; Swedish Kroner 166}
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  • 1450 19 That turnover tax: Nair gives some figures to support his argument SPEAKER CUTS SHORT DEBATE BY RULING VNLY MINISTER TO SPEAK AFTER LUNCH’—THEN RELENTS Jr r t- i i v 1 by f OUR PARLIAMENTARY REPORTERS Kuala Lumpur, Dac. IQ- 1 RAMBLING
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  • 273 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 10.-—Seven political secretaries Interviewed today were surprised when asked whether they carry arms. I* l th® House of Representatives yesterday Mr. dos‘ 5? n ivasagam. the PPP leader, described Mr. Yap chin Kwee, political secretary to the Prime Minister,
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  • 85 19 Kuala lumpur, Dec 10. An association to promote professional Journalism in Asia has been set up in India, it was learned here today. Professor P P. Singh, head of the department of journalism at the Punjab University, has been elected president of the assocla* tion.
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  • 53 19 SINGAPORE. Dec. 10 The Youth section of the Malaysian Indian Congress in Singapore is organising a meeting of ail Indian bodies at the M.I.C. office in Race Course Road on Bunday to flnalls* plans to collect money for National Defence Fund, and celebrate the birthday of Tengic
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  • 915 20 COMANCHE IS SWAN SONG’ FOR MICKEY 4. W o’ »V Dec. 13. Veteran jockey Mickey Donnelly bade farewell to Malaysian racing with a smart win on Comanche at Bukit Timah. Mickey leaves next week for Australia after riciirg in Malaysia for 34 years. He plana to settle in Tasmania. tMft
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  • 120 20 PENANG, Dec. 10.—The 1 Governor, Raja Tun (Jda al-Haj, has riven his consent to the 02,560 saved from cancellation of the parade and garden party on the occasion of his birthday on Dec. 15 being donated to the National Defence Fund. However, the State social
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  • 53 20 SINGAPORE, Dec. 10—Mrs. 8. Rajaratnam. wife of the Minister for Culture, will declare open the exhibition and Rale of paintings by two Malaysian artists in aid of the Spastic Children’s Association, the Singapore Association for the Deaf and the Singapore Children's Society at the National Library at
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  • 755 20 JOHORE BAHRU, Dec. 13 T*HE Johore Mentri •ftlp Besar, Da to Haji Hassan bin* Haji Yunos, told the State Assembly yesterday that there should be no worry that projects proposed for the State under the second five year plan would be neglected. He
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  • 41 20 SEREMBAN. Dec. 10—Mr. Walter De Silva, 81, a retired headmaster of 8t Paul's Institution here died yesterday 15 days f after the death of his wife. He died at the home of his daughter, Lyn, at Ptlaling Jaya.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 99 20 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $107,845 1st. No. *****5 ($55,681) 2nd. No. *****0 ($15,909) 3rd. No. $***** ($7,954) Starters (H.I00 each): Nca. *****8, *****$. $*****. *****1, *****9. *****7. *****1. *****5. *****4. < onsolaUoa ($750): No*. *****9, *****2. *****3. *****0. J*****. *****7. *****6, *****2. *****8. *****3. Extra Consolation prises (3200 each): Nos.
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