The Straits Budget, 23 December 1964

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  • 40 1 The Straits Budget raffia te£;'' >•■ iTAa^iSSSSy?^ THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NIWSJAMi REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O. U.K. AS A NEWSPAPER fries »m. KUALA LUMPUR, DECEMBER 23, 1964. Price 40 Cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling. KDN 691.
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    • 318 2  -  CHINESE SCHOOL TEACHER Singapore D0UCATED In an English school and now a teacher of English In a Chinese school, I am well acquainted with the five day week system In English schools and the six-day week system in Chinese schools. It is my belief
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    • 61 2  -  ANTI-TB Singapore Tuberculosis is one of the deadliest-diseases In Singapore. Yet, my teenage brother, a confirmed contagious case is not allowed to be warded. His doctor at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital said; “You are a danger to yourself and to others.” How can T. B. be overcome
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    • 158 2  -  ANOTHER DOCTOR Singapore THE letter from a SlngaA pore doctor on cancer and the deadly fumes in the streets Is all too true. I was going to write on the futility of forming a cancer society when all the time the authorities concerned allow taxis and
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    • 64 2  -  “WHAT NEXT?” Singapore QNE disturbing feature about Mr. Tan Slew Sin’s two tax “brain-wave” is: who is going to do all the book-keeping and accounting for the small—in very many cases semiliterate businessman or kongsi for the Day-roll and turnover imposts? And what an opportunity for further graft and
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    • 329 2  -  LEE SIOW MONG General Manager Public Utilities Board Singapore \VITH reference to your editorial entitled “Pay Please” may I be permitted to repeat the Press statement issued by the Board on Dec. 14. Recently there have been complaints from the public against the meter readers
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    • 125 2  -  FRANK SULLIVAN Kuala Lumpur I WISH to let you know that j have received two contributions to my recent appeal for a fund of £lOO/- to assist a very talented young Malaysian artist, Inche Ibrahim Hussein, in his forthcoming one-man show In New York. I would be grateful
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    • 151 2  -  T. A. H. Penang THE budget debate In par1 11 ament Interested me tremendously. Members of Parliament are supposed to represent the people of their constituencies, and as such should stress the needs and difficulties encountered by the people. Some members have not been carrying out the duties expected
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    • 48 2  -  REJECTED Kuala Kangsar. I POSTED a letter from Tronoh, 15 miles from Ipoh, on November 30 and it reached its destination, the Education Office or Perak, on December 0, four days after the closing date of the L.C.C. examination: As a result, my application was rejected.
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    • 158 2  -  CHET TANDEKWA Singapore THE authorities ought to know of the atrocious manner in which dogs are handled by catchers in the campaign to get rid of strays. The majority of those destroyed nightly are clean, healthy dogs most of whom have owners. It
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    • 128 2  -  SALLEH ABDULLAH Singapore. 10 VOUk correspondent “Doctor**, who wrote concerning poisonous exhaust fumes, has raised an important issue. He suggested reporting offenders to the authorities. I reported a bus and a lorry to the Registrar of Vehicles and received a letter saying that the matter had been
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    • 199 2  -  LAM CHIH SUNG Singapore I; AL 'yJijLr' I BEG .differ trom Elnche Sendut. If he is a Socialist, as his letter seems to indicate, then I hasten to extend a hand of common belief all the way to him at Petallng Jaya. This, 1 think,
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 675 3 Straits Times. December 14 The second political crisis in i Sabah in six months is not going to be disposed of as neatly as the June quarrel when the Tengku’s intervent- ion and the broadening of the Sabah State Ministry together brought solution. The Ministry was increased
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    • 623 3 Straits Times, December 15 There will be an increase of about 167,000 places in Malayan schools next year, and a tise of 30 per cent in university enrolment. For expansion on this scale, an extra $2l million is a modest sum to pay. When universal lower
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    • 280 3 —Straits Times, December 15 The Singapore authorities are responsive to complaints by the public as correspondence recently in the Straits Times has confirmed. It is essential that they should be, especially since Malaysia s greatest city lacks at local government level the popular representation which smaller urban areas
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    • 581 3 —Straits Times, December 16 Whether economic and even political problems in Indonesia are adding to Soekarno’s apparent desire for political talks with Malaysia is a matter of divided opinion. Obviously there are pressures. But it cannot be said with any confidence that they have much influence, serious
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    • 360 3 —Straits Times. December 16 The Tariff Advisory Board s difficulties (as well as its determination to do the best job it can) are nicely illustrated by the possibility that it will reopen its public inquiries into certain items in the first protective tariff list. A fresh approach is
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    • 641 4 —Straits Times, December 17 Suggestions made in the debate m foreign policy that the Government has contributed to Malaysia’s alleged isolation from the Afro-Asian group by a vague and inconsistent foreign policy sound strange in light of the facts. Even at the recent conference of nonaligned countries
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    • 204 4 —Straps Times. December IT The problems of town and city administration are many and complex. One town may be outstandingly successful in tackling a particular set of problems. In a different sphere, another town may excel. There is obvious profit in sharing experience through regular exchange visits of
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    • 580 4 —Straits Times. December 18 There is much room for improvement in health services in every state of Malaysia. The shortage of doctors inhibits expansion on every side. The Government is doing what it can. It is setting up a medical college, with teaching hospital, in Kuala Lumpur,
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    • 685 4 canons. -Straits Times, Dece»v~<« Malaysia's permanent representative at the United Nations has offered the General Assembly one of the most practical ideas for investing the world body with the authority and responsibility it is supposed to exercise which has been heard for years. Divest the
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  • 396 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 13. Methodist Mission is studying the possibility of setting up a University College and a Teachers' Training College in Malaysia. The mission’s educational secretary. Dr. Thio Chan Bee, said this in his report to the 70th annual conference of the
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  • 30 5 I KANGAR. Dec. 13.—The Mentri Besar, Dato Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim. will open Perlis's first tourist centre at Sungei Berembang, 12 miles from here, on Jan 1
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  • 92 5 1/ (JALA LUMPUR. Dec. 13 —The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, Dato Sir Alexander Oppenheim. left here for Bangkok by air today to attend the Association for South-East Asian Institutions of Higher Learing; conference, which begins tomorrow. Dato Oppenheim said the conference would
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  • 268 5 A LOR STAR, Dec. 13.— Sports can play a vital role in bringing about communal harmony in multi-racial Malaysia, Tengku Abdul Rahman, declared today. “Different races getting to- j gether and playing together will lead to better I understanding.” he said
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  • 93 5 SINGAPORE. Dec. 13—The children of the Paediatric Unit of the General Hospital were treated to a Christmas show today put up by the Recreation Club of the Ministry of Education. At the end of the show, two cheques for $lOO each were presented by
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  • 440 5 TAIPING, Dec. 13. future of comprehensive education in this country will largely depend on the degree to which parents and the public re-orientate themselves to the new system of education to be introduced next year. This is stated by Mr. J. E.
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  • 182 5 Kuala trengganu. Dec. 13—The Trengganu Mentri Besar, Dato Ibrahim Fikri, has announced plans to increase the State’s revenue to meet an estimated $3.7 million, deficit in next yea r’s Budget. They include: Exploitation of more forest reserves; Using exploited forest reserves for land
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  • 43 5 KANGAR. Dec 13 Another women's vigilante corps has been formed In Perils. It was Inaugurated on Dec. 11 by the Mentri Bcsar, Dato Sheikh AhmadThis new corps, set un at Jelenpok. Kurong Anai. has already more than 100 members.
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  • 648 6 Handbook prepared by Labour Ministry distributed at secondary schools KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 13 THE Ministry of Labour today told more than i 00,000 pupils leaving schools early next year the ‘‘do's and don‘ts” of getting jobs. In a special pamphlet c rciiated
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  • 242 6 JOHORE BAHARU. Dec. 13. aN Alliance assemblyman. Inche Abdullah bin Haji Sudin, today asked the Government to give more assistance tj pineapple smallholders in the State. Speaking during the Budget debate in the Johore State Assembly Inche Abdullah. who is the member for Pontian
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  • 83 6 DR. G. D. Dass above) who recently qualified at the Melbourne University, is to specialise in obstetrics and gynaecology in London. He will leave for Britain after doing his housemanship at the Melbourne University. He is expected to return to Malaya at the
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  • 93 6 SINGAPORE. Dec. 13—The honorary president of the Singapore Tourist Association, Dato Aw Cheng Chye, is to donate a $lO,OOO mobile Information van to the association. It will be received by the association's chairman, Kir. B. H Melwani. at a ceremony at Singapore Harbour Board
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  • 219 6 HEADQUARTERS JOB FOR PENANG C.P.O. |(UALA LUMPUR, Dec. 13. A top level reshuffle will take place in the Royal Malaysian Police Force in the next few days The Chief Police Officer in Penang. Senior Assistant Commissioner J. j. Raj Snr., will be appointed Principal
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  • 108 6 l/UALA LUMPUR. Dec 1-1 An Iban baby sir Sarawak has been gratefully given the namt Helicopter anak Manjan, because shortly before she was born her serl isly ill mother was rushed to hospital by a Wessex helicopter of the Royal Navy. If not
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  • 165 6 I/lALA LUMPUR, Dec. 13. The National Union of Government Clerical Workers’ has described yesterday’s Cuepacs statement on the special commission on sa laries as a “deliberate distortion of facts.’’ The target of the criticism was where Cuepacs said: “It has also been agreed
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  • 147 7 'pilE five teenagers "adopted” b.v Selangor Mentri Besar. Dato llarun bin Idris, having lunch with their foster parents for the first time yesterday The food was excellent —curry chicken, mutton, fried vegetables—and the two foster sons and three daughters had second helpings. Patin
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  • 144 7 l/'UALA LUMPUR. Dec. 13— The vice-president of the National Union of Federation Muslim Students. Inche Zainal Haris bin Ismail, left here today by air for the United Arab Republic in the course of a study tour of Afro-Asian countries Inche Zainal Haris, who
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  • 81 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec- 13 —A land owner in Mentakab. Mr. Pon* niah Sivasubramanyam. 31 will marry the daughter of a chief clerk' in the Ceylon Ministry of Justice at Nallur in Jaffna, Ceylon, tomorrow. The marriage ceremony will take place at the bride’s residence.
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  • 147 7 SINGAPORE. Doc. 13. The Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, has described as “hysterical” a statement by the Amalgamated Union ot Public Employees yesterday criticising the recently gazetted disciplinary rules for civil service employees. Dr Goh said: “The hysterical outburst of the AUPE against
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  • 77 7 OINGAPORE. Dec. 13.The gross cumulative national revenue from January to November totalled $112,002,000 This was an increase of $5,989,000 compared to the previous year, according to the Customs and Excise Department's monthly report for November The two biggest revenue earners were liquors and petroleum. The
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  • 33 7 A I,OR STAR, Dec. 13.—A Poppy Day Fund Ball will t&gt;e held under the patronage of the Sultan of Kedah at the Transport Building in Jalan Langgar on Dec. 28.
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  • 171 7 —rpi. SANDHURST, Dec 14— A British army sergeant said today he had uncovered a tale of “incredible heroism" by a tiny commando force of Australians and Britons who vanished in the Malayan jungles without trace in 1941 Signals Instructor Sgt William Escott, 36.
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  • 425 7 Johore, the promised land of State alienated TOTAL 55,396 ACRES GIVEN TO LANDLESS LAST YEAR... JOHORE BAHRU. Dec. 13 A total of 55,395 acres of land under 07 schemes was alienated to the landless last year aider the National Land Council policy. This shows a thicc-fold Increase over the figure
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  • 2587 8 PARLIAMENT SIEW SIN REBUKES THE PAP FOR CRITICISING GOVERNMENTS OF SOUTH VIETNAM AND KOREA RAJARATNAM: WE MUST PUT ACROSS OUR POINTS OF VIEW EVEN IN RED COUNTRIES KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 16. r jTIE Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin. today described as "bad
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  • 119 8 Traders to send 40 in 1 memo to Siew Sin SINGAPORE, Dec. 16. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce is sending a memorandum to the Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, this weekend requesting him to withdraw the turnover and payroll taxes. The memorandum the second to be sent b
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  • 185 9 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 16.—The chairman of the Tariff Advisory Board, Mr. L. A. D. Williamson, said today that a second public inquiry will be held early next year to consider the inclusion of more commodities into the Malaysian Common Market. Announcing this at
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  • 93 9 SINGAPORE, Dec. 17 The total cargo handled by the Singapore Port Authority both in the roads and the wharves in the first 10 months of this year dropped by about 4.000.000 freight tons compared with the corresponding period last year, according to official figures issued
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  • 154 9 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 17—When the floating University of the Seven Seas, with 216 students aboard, arrived at Port Swettenham today, there were more than 100 students from the University of Malaya at the wharf to meet it. This is the floating university’s 11th port
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  • 166 9 OINGAPORE, Dec. 17— Eight-year-old Patsy Ta.v llwei Koon a pupil of the Convent of Our Cady of Good Counsel, tonight received $lOO as first prize in a painting competition from Mrs. s Itajaratnam at tho Victoria Theatre. The contest was sponsored jointly by the
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  • 331 10 KUALA LUMPUR, December 15 THIEVES escaped with a van load of cosmetics worth $19,205 belonging to J. H. Vavasseur Company in Jalan Sungei Besi here early yesterday. In addition, the thugs took away two type- writers worth S6OO. The theft was discovered
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  • 135 10 Kota khaki*. nec.15— Kelantan State Government is now making 100 per cent use of the National Language in all its correspondence. Stating this today, a State Government spokesman said that correspondence in other languages would not be dealt with. He regretted that certain
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  • 337 10 pENANG, Dec. 13. The former Mayor of Penang, Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, today accused the Singapore PAP Government of “regarding itself as a demigod above all criticism.” Mr. Ooi, who is also chairman of the Penang division of the Socialist
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  • 75 10 pKNANG, Dec 15 The o!Mcial birthday ot the Governor. Raja Tun Uda A 1 Haj, was celebrated tjuletly today, at the Governor’s own request. The customary morning parade and afternoon garden party were cancelled, and the money saved—- s2,soo—will be donated to the National Defence
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  • 34 10 SEREMBAN, Doc 15—Mr. A. R Ponniah, a former principal of the Anglo-Chine.se School in Kampar. has succeeded the retiring Rev. J A P. Oswald as principal of the Methodist Afternoon School, here.
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  • 311 10 KUCHING. December 15 &gt;1 0RE than 20 trade and manufacturing associations in Sarawak have sent memorandum to the Federal Minister ni Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, protesting against the taxes on turnovers, payrolls and crown bottle tops. The memorandum said the turnover tax was “the
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  • 67 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 15-- 1 Assistant Commissioners cf labour will leave for New Delm tomorrow. under Colombo Pla scholarships, for three n training at the Directorate General of Employment of the U\ernment of India They are Mr. I yn Voon Y Acting Assistant Commissioi ti
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  • 45 10 SINGAPORE, Dec. 15 Th« gapore Island Country Club hold a ceremony dedicating the bowling centre building in m* nu of the late Dato Loke Wan 1 Dec. 20 at 5 p m. Mrs. Loke Yew will unv*.. plaaue commemorating tl &lt; slcn
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  • 176 10 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 15. —Two foreign journalists today had high praise for Malaysia’s “democratic system of government.’' They were Mr. Shakeeb Amawi from Saudi Arabia who was here on a visit as a guest of the Government, and Mr. Daniel Ramos Nava of Mexico who left
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  • 112 11 PILOT Officer T. Parameswaran of the RMAF has graduated from a flying training course at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Station at Wigram, near Christchurch. He is one of four RMAF pilot officers who were sent to New Zealand for a course under the defence
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  • 322 11 ALOR STAR, Dec. 15. THE Mentri Besar, Dato Syed Omar Shahabuddin. told the State Assembly today the State Government had no specific scheme at present to overcome the problem of mass unemployment in Kedah. “But the Ministry of Labour is aware
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  • 141 11 Kuala lumpur. Dec. 15— India will do everything she can to ensure Malaysia’s participation in the coming Afro-Asian Conference in Algiers, an Indian M.P., Mr. Mulka C.ovinda Reddy, said today. Mr. Mulka. who left for Singapore with a fellow MP.
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  • 29 11 KUALA LIPIS, Dec. 15 The National Language action committee for Lipis District has been formed here wit the district officer, Inche Kamaruzzaman bin Abdul Halim as chairman.
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  • 136 11 MUAR. Doc. 15. The Central Government is to be urged to nationalise Nanyang University. This was one of the resolutions passed ye terday, the second day of the education seminar sponsored by the National Union of National School Teachers here. All the 15
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  • 487 11 ALO RSTAR, Dec. 15. r |MIE chairman of the State's finance committee, Mr. K. K. Nair, today told the State Assembly that the State Government would have to spend at least $125 million between 1966 and 1970 to implement “the most
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  • 201 11 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 15. —The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dato C. M. Yusof, tonight pulled up two MPs for behaving “like schoolchildren.” And it was all over the use of the word “kurang hajar” (officially translated as “ill-mannered”).
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  • 30 11 KOTA BHARU. Dec- 15— The Poppy Duy dance arranged at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here on Dec. 8 night has been postponed to Dec. 28.
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  • 418 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 16 r pilE Malaysian Trades Union Congress today called on the Central Government to set up marketing boards to check inflation following the introduction of the turnover tax. Tne call was contained in a statement signed ny the general secretary,
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  • 66 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. Is—The Minister for Labour, Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, today received on behalf of the Government an inflatable life-raft as a gift from the International Transport Workers' Federation for the training ship Singapore, at a ceremony on board the ship He paid tribute to the
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  • 57 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. I&—The educational secretary of the Methodist Mission. Dr. Thio Chan Bee, left here by air for Kuantan today to look for a 10-acre site for the construction of a junior college there. Mr. Thio was accompanied by Mr. V. G. Thalayasingam. principal
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  • 288 12 I O H O R E BAHRU. Dec. 16 —The Men tri Besar, Dato Haji Hassan bin Haji Yunos, said today that there were a number of "Ali Babas in the mining industry who obtained licences to open mines in Johore and then
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  • 24 12 PARIT BUNTAR. Dec. 18 —The Krian District Poppy Day appeal committee collected $2,386 this year—five times more than the total for 1963.
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  • 191 12 ‘Soek is dead rumour starts a big rush in stock mart —Keuter. SINGAPORE, Dec, 1 6 DUMOUKS swept through business circles h ere this afternoon that President Soekarno was dead Telephones at Times House and at the news agencies were .jammed as excited traders attempted to Ret confirmation. Tradinß became
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  • 227 12 KUAL ALUMPUR, Dec. 16 'J'HE University of Malaya Students Union has given its full and undivided support to the Governments move to provide military training for university students. The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. announced in Parliament last Friday that the Government
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  • 108 12 Kuala lumpur D&lt;v ir,, Tengku Abdul Rahman said today he hoped paintings by local artist&lt; would be sent to New Zealand soon to strengthen closer cultural ties between both countries. He was opening two exiub.v contemporary pain::: ceramics of New Zealand .«:.j New
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  • 53 12 KUALA LUMPUR. De. 16—A with six previous convictions Chan Ah Hong, alias Loh Ah Heong 37 of Johore Road, Singapore sentenced today to 18 months jail to be followed by 12 months police supervision, for stealing a walle* belonging to a lorry driver. Gob Choon Hong. 53.
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  • 160 12 IPOH, Wednesday. 4 BOUT 4,000 manual workers, clerical and field staff employed in 12 tin mines under the general management of Messrs. Osborne and Chappei. v. ill get $1.2 million windfall during the first week of January. This will consist of
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  • 116 12 ¥&gt;ENANG, Dec. 16 It 10 i many entries arc !t eeived. elimination he- 1 may be held for the i’ 11 Queen contest which Journalists’ Union of v Malaya is staging on b tng Night. There will be a rehearsal f all contestants at the
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  • 916 13 NEUTRAL OR PRO- WEST? by OUR PARLIAMENTARY REPORTERS J£UALA LUMPUR. Dec. 15. —A move by the Socialist Front leader. Dr. Tan Chee Khoon. to cut the External Allairs Alinister's salary by SI sparked oil' a lively debate in the House ol
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  • 345 13 Kuala lumhjr, Dec. 15.—The Government does not permit the use of thirddegree methods in investigation by police officers, the House of Representatives was told tonight. This was stated bv the Minister of Home Afiairs, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman,
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  • 58 13 SINGAPORE Dec. 15 The Shaw Foundation has donated $3,000 towards the cast ol a classroom for the Assumption School at Teluk Anson, Perak This school caters for children who have not been able to gain admittance to Government or aided schools. The school offers a
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  • 252 13 IPOH, Dec. 15. Perak 1 will establish a 600acre industrial estate at Kamunting in the Taiping area, the Sultan of Perak said at the opening of the budget session of the State Assembly here today. The preliminary planning was over and the firstphase
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  • 120 14 IT is not often that a lorry sinks one, never mind two samnans hut it happened in Singapore on Dec. 14. The lorry was parked on the wharf at Telok Ayer Basin. It ended up with its rear in the water and the.
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  • 74 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. 13—Marine Police today found the unidentified body of a Chinese man, aged between 40 to 45, in the sea in the harbour area. The man wore black long pants, wlnte long-sleeved shirt and socks. Police described him as five-feet-lour in height and
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  • 99 14 .—Reuter. I/UCHING, Dec. 13 —Police 1Y shot and wounded a fleeing man while searching for a wanted member of the illegal Clandestine Communist O r g a nisation last night, a police spokesman said today. While the police were carrying out an
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  • 93 14 IPOH, Dec. 13. Perak will have 15 public holidays including four State holidays next year, a Government statement announced today. They are: New Year (Jan. 1&gt;: Chinese New Year (Feb. 2 and Feb. 3): Hari Raya Puasa (Feb. 2 and Feb 3): Hari Raya Haji (April
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  • 255 14 SINGAPORE, Dec. 14. r JpiIE University of Singapore Students* Union today “wholeheartedly" welcomed the announcement by the Malaysian Deputy Premier, Tun Abdul Razak, to provide military training i'or undergraduates. Tun Razak had made the announcement in the Federal Parliament on Dec. 11 when he presented
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  • 184 14 SINGAPORE, Doc. 14 HPHE Parliamentary A Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, Mr. Fong Sip Chee, today remarked that it might be an accepted thing in the Socialist Front to first request hospitality, and then abuse their hosts. Mr. Fong was replying to the
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  • 139 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. 14 Singapore’s National Day will be celebrated on May Day next year if a Government proposal is accepted by workers here The proposal was made to NTUC leaders today by the Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. at a brier
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  • 65 14 PENANG. Dec. 14.— Only nine new cases of tuberculosis were reported to the city health autnei--ties last month There were 5 cases reported in October. The City Health Officer, jj J. R. Shortland reported tint Bw babies were born in November a there were 157 deaths.
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  • 27 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. 14.— Thf nister for Culture, Mr. s R:l tiam. will present souvenir to representatives of sports nisatlons at Sri Temasek ai p.m tomorrow
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  • 228 15 PENANG. Dec. 13. T'HE chairman of the Socialist Front in Penang, Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, today accused the PAP of trying to make propaganda of the recent visit of George Town City Councillors to Singapore. **Our Mayor. Mr. C. Y. Choy, and
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  • 205 15 |(UALA LUMPUR, Dec. 14. —An unemployed teacher spread a small towel on the grass outside Federal House today, sat on it, and said: "I am going to be here until I win my case or die
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  • 67 15 SINGAPORE. Dec. 14. A rank-and-file team won the Sir William Goode trophy by beating the officers’ team at the interDivision shouting competition held at the Police Advanced Training School in Thomson R.':*ad here yesterday. The Bruch Road Police Division won the Sir John Nicoll Trophy for best
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  • 149 15 ALOR STAR. Dec. 14—An x Alliance State Assemblyman. Mr. Ooi Eng Hong (Kota Star Barati. will ask the State Government at tomorrow’s Assembly meeting whether the Alor Star General Hospital authorities have received complaints from the public regarding the unsatisfactory service in the outpatients’ department.
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  • 363 15 PENANG, Dec. 14. any aggression against Malaysia will be considered aggression against Australia, the Australian Minister for Air, Mr. Peter Howson, declared here today. “Thus this aggression you are meeting now is also aggression against Australia,” he told reporters at the RAAF base
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  • 48 15 SINGAPORE. Dec. 13—A cyclist, Tio Koe Yong. 38 was killed when he was pinned under bv a lorry which overturned at 3 30 pm today in Balcstier Road Police appealed to eye-witnesses to contact Inspector V. Krlxhnan of the S( poy Pines police station
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  • 209 15 I/UALA LUMPUR. Dec. 13. The 80-year-old Selangor Club known as “The Spotted Dog”—is to have a new look if its renovation plan is approved by the State Government. The plan Includes extension of the building, a swimming pool, and an air-con-ditioned eight-lane bowling alley.
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  • 42 15 SUNGEI PATANI. Dec 13 Ml N. Ramasamy has been elected president of the Sungel Batu Youth Club at their annual meeting at Redong near here. Other elected officials are: Mr S Kanntah, vice president and Mr George Francis, secretary.
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  • 864 16 Taxes: Do not let Barisan sour up people —Lee PAP CADRES TOLD: NAIL PROPAGANDA THAT SINGAPORE HAS SUFFERED BECAUSE IT JOINED MALAYSIA SINGAPORE Dec. 13 SINGAPORE’S Preo. mier, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today spoke of the need to explain to the people the impact of the Central Government s new
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  • 116 16 Don’t move this office says Assemblyman T K ,U K ANSON, Dec. 13— I'he Alliance Assembly man for Pasir Bedamar. Mr. Saw Beni; Kuan, wants the Perak Government to abandon the deei&gt;ion to shift the Births and Deaths Office from I'eluk Anson to Ipoli. lie says so in a question
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  • 168 16 SINGAPORE. Dec. 13._ A Bill has been introduced in the Singapore Legislative Assembly to regulate the import and export of animals, and to safeguard their Welfare. Under the Bill, no animal can be imported orexpo-t-ci without a licence from the Director of Primary production. Provision
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  • 569 16 OINGAPORE, Dec. 13. —Malaysia’s export industries will be penalised it the payroll and turnover taxes go into operation. Singapore’s Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, said today. Dr. Goh described these two new tax measures a bad” and “unnecessary" to raise
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  • 38 16 SINGAPORE. Dec. 13 l h, p nister for Education. Mr Oivj 1 Boon, ha.: appointed Inche C*.' 1 1 bin Ismail to be a member Teachers* Training Coll*''' vlsory Board Ir. place of Arlff bln Stiradi
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  • 515 17 KUALA LUMPUR, December, 17. Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said today that the turnover tax had been fixed at a very low rate to minimise the possibility of the tax being passed on to the consumers. Mr. Tan
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  • 26 17 KUALA LIPIS Dec. 18— A Cooperative Logging Society for Pahang Ulu has been formed here with Inche Abu Samah bin Idris as chairman.
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  • 118 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 18.-A Chinese dance drama depicting how unity and solidarity among Malaysians can crush Indonesian confrontation will highlight a three-hour variety show to be held at the National Theatre on Jan. 22. The play Is entitled, “Our Weapon,” and will be performed by 28
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  • 436 17 KUALA LUMPUR, December, 18. rpHE Speaker stop--4 ped an exchange of unparliamentary language in the House of Representatives this morning by banging his gavel and shouting: “Order! Order!” At the same time, an usher dashed into the House to grab an M.P by
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  • 65 17 PENANG, Dec. 18 —A C7lilne.se Mtm 1 teacher, Cliuah Kim Huat 50. was today fined $125 for making a false declaration to the Registrar of Citizenship 16 years ago. Chuah admitted in court today that he had on Dec 12, 1950 falsely claimed that he
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  • 221 17 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 18.—A major propaganda onslaught is to he launched in Afro-Asian countries soon to brighten Malaysia's image, lnche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, announced in the lloti’-e of Representatives today. lie was introducing the estimates for his Ministry,
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  • 103 17 SINGAPORE, Dee. 18—The first Malaysian Scouts goodwill contingent to Australia leaves here in the liner Himalaya tomorrow. The 40-strong contingent will attend the seventh Australian Jamboree to be held at Dandenong. in Victria, from Dec. 31 to Jan. 8. They will then tour Melbourne,
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1730 18 By Our Market Correspondent WITH business on the Stock Exchange ot Malaysia last week down to about 15 per cent of what it was at this time last year conditions continued depressed and dull. Never has the Stock Exchange and investing public been quite
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    • 36 18 Q N n,e exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday the uS. dollar was quoted at 5 751 tor TT and 8.741 for cash. Sterling was qiiot.-d at IS and one t*al of gold at
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    • 30 18 Kl BBt.K TIN i per lbi i picull Drc. 14 68 eta. $618.’!5 15 69» $628.75 16 691 $651,371 17 69i $630.00 18 69 i $627,121 19 $625.50
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    • 819 18 THE following lb a complete list of revised quotations for the week ended on Friday. December 18. INDUSTRIALS B. S. Met ordf l’» SO Ko.istead I.M I»1 C b Holdings 2 26 2.20 Con Tin Smelt. pref IT V l* H Ords &lt;2 43 Dunlop 1.64
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    • 821 18 Tin price up 62½ ȼ over week /T&lt;IIK TIN PRICE in Penan* 1 on Saturday wax still falling, but the decline u s less steep and the price u.ix quoted at $625.50. down SI 62|. on an offering estimated up 5 tons to l‘&gt;0 tons This represented a net lo.s&gt;
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  • 156 19 1 1 'i a "P penang ,Dec. i a rpHE Immigration Headquarters is a "suspect list" of undesirables for the whole of Malaysia. I The “S-List”, as it is officially known, will contain the names of undesirable people whose presence in this country is
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  • 55 19 V n* 7 JOBORI BAHRU, Dec 17-The Joboro State AaemMy today approved a vot» of 189,000 to buy a new car for the Mentrt Besar. Dato Ha# Rmmo Mn Hajl Yunos. The House was told that the pretent modal car was too old for 'nptkf-
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  • 23 19 MOM* tm Y&lt; J 0 Ram. 4 Justice of Peace, has been re-elected president of the Mua* Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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  • 167 19 —U.P.I. MANILA, Dec. 16—TengatI kn Abdul fafours the admission of Red China Into the United Nations provided Nationalist China Is not ousted from it. according to an interview published in the Manila Times. The Malaysian Prime Minister told visiting Filipino
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  • 126 19 WTUMJi LUMPUR, Dec. IV H. Tengku Abdul tTihfttefi reiterated In the House of Representative* today that he was taking a personal interest to ensure that the railway workers get all the rights and privileges of government servants. He was replying to MR. C.
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  • 257 19 SINGAPORE, Dec. 10. u Looking up from the newspaper he was reading, in a hospital bed 22-year-old Justin Rozario turned to a patient beside him and nodded helplessly. The patient smiled and turned a page for him. For Justin, the promising young
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  • 112 19 PNANG, Dec. 17. Bloodstains found on a smashed window pane of a house in Ayer Itam Road last night led to the arrest of a burglary suspect in a toddy shop. The man, who was found sleeping in the toddy shop, had cuts on
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  • 42 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 18—New officials of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress are: president. Mr V. E. Jesudoss; vice-president, Mr! Yeoh Teck Chye; general secretary, Mr 8. J. H. Zaidl; assistant secretary, Mr. John Ourusamy and treasurer. Mr. C. A. Mathews.
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  • 138 19 ITUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 18. The Malaysian Armed Forces will launch a two-week recruiting drive from December 21st, to enlist more than 600 young men. Selected men will be trained as highly skilled tradesmen in the technical arms and services of the Malaysian Army and
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  • 50 19 SINGAPORE, Dec. 17. The Singapore Chess Federation invites entries for the 1966 national and classification chess championsnlpe which will Or held In early February Entries close on Jan 15 They must be submitted to the honorary secretary. Mr. Tan Lian Quee, 13 Jaian Chermat. Singapore 19
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  • 242 19 ITU ALA LUMPUR, Dec. 18. Troubble is brewing bettween the Malaysian Trades Union Congress arid the 14,000strong National Mining Workers’ Union—its secon dlargest affiliatte. The reason: The N.M.W.U. is refusing to pay its full affiliation fee of about $3,000 to the M.T.U.C. claiming that
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  • 61 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec IS—The executors of the will of the late Dato Loke Wan Tho have offered his library or books on natural sciences, art, Malaysian history and photography to the nation. In accepting the offer, the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has replied to the
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  • 109 19 JESSELTON, Dec. 4. A nominated Assertfe blyman, Mr James Stephen Tibok (Menggatal). today called for a better deal for native officers working in the Government service Speaking on a motion of adjournment, Mr. Tibok said he was concerned for the na- tlves
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  • 399 20 KUALA LUMPUR, “A Dee. 16 ban on trade with South Africa imports, not exports from Malaysia to that country f The Ministry of &lt;5ommerce and Industry sakl this in a statement issued today which clarified the Central Government’s policy on trade with
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  • 24 20 SINGAPORE, Dec. 1$ The Minister of Law, Mr. E. W. Barker, will visit the Scudai waterworks in Johore on Dec. 90 morning.
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  • 244 20 Ktf A JMPUlp Dec. 16.—The 640members of the University of Malaya General Staff Union today began a “work-to-rule” following the failure by the university authorities to settle the union’s claim for a supplementary housing allowance. On Nov 26 the union advised the university authorities that
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  • 196 20 ENTRY APPLICATION REFUSED Koala lumpur. Dec. 16. The Austxftlhui Government nas refused permission for a former Malaysian detainee to enter the country, an Immigration Department spokesman said In Canberra today Be is Inche Abdullah Majid, a development officer with the George Town City y
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  • 119 20 A LOR STAR, Dec. 16.—A Kedah Alliance Assembly, man, Syed Ibrahim bin Syed Kechik (Padang), today urged the State Government to take positive steps"to round up the “overwhelming nuro ber M of street girls In the State “There is an influx of prostitutes
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  • 129 20 OINGAPORE, Dec. 16.— P The Minister of Labour. Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, today defended the "legitimate” right of the National Trades Union Congress leaders In holding their protest meeting against the Maiaysian Budget on Monday. Before he flew to Kuala Lumpur to attend
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  • 209 20 SINGAPORE, Dec. 1 —University students looking for temporary Jobs during their January-to-May vacation may find f. v available because or the new taxes and the loss of trade Singapore suffered through confrontation. Mr. Fua Cheng Kin. director of the University of Singapore Students’
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  • 206 20 IfUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 1V jgljPffxi- The Malayan Technical Services Union today called on the Government to settle Its long overdue claim for an upward revision of salary for its technical andagricul- tural assistants. Mr. E.S. Moorthv. the UT&gt;ior*’fi President. said in a
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