The Straits Budget, 6 January 1965

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  • 50 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAY AS NATIONAL NfWSPAFtt i,; RE6ISTERED AT THC 8.P.0. U.K. AS A NEWSPAPER Sfi TiLt H :'lr jEsT iSrs:. •J te '4lf v '-As SEKIES 618. KUALA LUMPIJR. JANUARY 6, 1965. Price 40 Cent* (Malaya) or 1 Shillinf. KUN 1102.
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    • 310 2  -  LEE BENG GUAN for Director of Social Welfare Singapore VN hi* letter on tfc* sub,l ject of beggars, “Resident" apparently ho* not understood that fit campaign 1» directed against professional beggar who toava turn<*d nf—in Singapore Into a firm oX social blackmail. As a result hb remarks are
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    • 110 2  -  DR. THONG KAH LEONG pemangku Pegawai Kesihatan Kanan Singapore \VJth reference to com* I plaints that unauthorlw hawkers in housing Board estates are avoiding the demolition of unauthorised structures by “plying their wares on wneelea structures", it is the view of the_ Hawkers Department that licensed itinerant hawken
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    • 126 2  -  DOCTOR Singapore If Y sister-in-law has Just LJM completed her course in Physiotherapyat a certain Infirmary at Glasgow and her degree is Just as good as that obtained elsewhere. All in all approximately $19,000 was spent including transport and books. Perhaps the cost at the Lop*, don Bchool
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    • 85 2  -  LEAP FORWARD Kota Bharu 1 agree with "Common Sense” that steps should be taken quickly to produce real agricultural science teachers or lecturers. I know of make-do tea- chers (who know nothing o i agriculture) teaching agricultural science: they have to bluff their way through. They are a
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    • 100 2  -  DR. C.K. YEO X far Director of Primary Production. Singapore > 'm**# Pf ip WwEf r*? ANOTHER correspondent complains against dog owners taking their pets out of their house and gardens In order to foul the streets, and asks whether there is any law A against it. There
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    • 64 2  -  L. G. LEE Kuantan I FULLY endorse what has been said about the magazine subscription racket. 1 was persuaded to order some periodicals by agents and paid for one year’s subscription but received not a VMng!«*j0py. rM Ohe can hardly believe that one of the orders was made
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    • 137 2  -  LEON CHEE SENG Dy Comptroller of •flntapnr. P Pe,ty T H*pA RDINO “Susah watrs" letter- on 2S property tax, bills are issued to all owners whole properties appear in the valuation list, It is unlikely that “Susah ilati' will receive a bill as he is
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    • 225 2  -  FAIR PLAT Singapore 4. NUMBER of teachers in Government-aided Chinese schools, both primary and secondary, have been Informed by their school authorities, with the approval of thep Singapore Mi- -v nistry of Education, qi their transfer to other i*hooli&. 7 The number of teachers in
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    • 416 2  -  (Dato) R.P.S. RAJASOORIA Koala Lumpur The following took part in reverse order of appearance: Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Dt. Tan Chee Khoon, Mr. Patrick Keith, Dr. Lim Chong Eu and myself—as the "damp squib before the fireworks." I can assure the Tengku, and all and sundry
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    • 187 2  -  KWAN SAI KHEONG Ag. Permanent Secretary .Mlaiatry of Education Singapore MR Tan Bion Wah considered as unfair the probationary period required of aided school teachers who apply for and are accepted Into Government service. It Is normal practice for anyone Joining Government service to serve a
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    • 126 2  -  BERNARD TAN, A C. Seremban. WANTING to make an urgent outstation call a few days ago, I went to the only public telephone available In my area and found It out of order. The only other phone was the one in the police station. With hopes of police
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    • 748 3 —Straits Times, December 28 Development estimates for 1965 of just over $BOO million are not the sign, as Tun Razak remarked, of a crushed and confronted nation. The last year of the second Five-Year Plan is, of course, a Malayan effort, but it also prepares the way
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    • 329 3 —Straits Times, December 28 The Singapore Health Minister’s details of medical expansion in the next five years suggest that the present shortage of hospital beds will be slowly overcome, in spite of the population increase. By 1970, when the island will have two million people, Singapore will have
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    • 160 3 —Straits Times, December 28 The secretary of the National Union of Fire Fighting Services has done the country a service by describing the Ipoh Fire Brigade’s staff shortage, because similar conditions probably prevail elsewhere. Though the Ipoh brigade has five engines it has men enough to man only
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    • 670 3 —Straits Times, December 29 The Member for Batu, who said he was not opposed to foreign capital coming to this country, but warned that profits would be sent out, thus creating a balance of payments problem, raised a question which has concerned higher financial authorities than himself.
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    • 352 3 —Straits Times,. December 29 Presumably the DelegateGeneral of the Red Cross International Committee for Asia left Seremban prison yesterday content that the Indonesians held there were being humanely treated. Mr. Durand learned that the Indonesians received the same treatment as Malaysian prisoners, including facilities for daily prayers, and
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    • 650 4 —Straits Times, December 30 Rejection of the American offer of a defence loan is bound to have unpleasant repercussions. It was not the type of assistance which Malaysia was seeking. We were offered a relatively short term loan at five per cent for the purchase of
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    • 356 4 —Straits Times, December 30 The over-riding need to avoid an East-West confrontation on Russian voting rights is pushing the United Nations into some remarkable corners to avoid a vote on any issue at all. This is because preparations for any vote would lead inevitably to the United States
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    • 685 4 —Straits Times, December 31 It has been a queer year, for Malaysia, for the world and probably for most of us. Tihe louds which gathered twelve months ago have not dispersed, neither has the threatened storm struck. Confrontation almost certainly will become more intense (we have Soekarno’s
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    • 368 4 —Straits Times, January 1 This is the year which will settle the fate of South Vietnam —of that no doubt remains—though probably not in a clearcut Communist victory or defeat. In recent months events have been moving inexorably towards an end to the fighting which neither side can
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    • 109 4 —Straits Times, January 1 Kuala Lumpur’s development in recent years has changed an uninteresting city into something of a showplace, so it is quite in order that the Director of the Tourist Division should have plans to draw more visitors to the capital. But what are they? In
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    • 154 4 —Straits Times, January 2 Dato Thuraisingham’s suggestion in the Senate this week that the University of Malaya should undertake rubber and tin research projects could well lead to some debate on the university’s proper role in our society. Certainly the university has men and women qualified for research,
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  • 311 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 27. THE Minister of Labour, Mr. V. ManickavasaA gam, today warned the people against being misled by Opposition parties on the Government’s new tax measures. QnenkinE Ik his capacity as the national vice-president of the Malaysian Indian Congress
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  • 79 5 pi INGAp ORE, Dec. 27— F remen from the Port of nUht*nnt last rased foi out a flre which cabfo T flve hours In a mMl Brltis h freighter «S B E<W An'3M ln 000. §e as estimated at $20,p.m. j "hjch broke out
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  • 46 5 of 27 The p °rt Erotionuc Devef thority and the Jomtiv hold h e i opme t Bo "rd will “Slnganore t£* p r, ev >ew of a film the fhini The New hook” at httrec 2» chamber of Com- -> ‘'u't:,, 1 strect
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  • 175 5 IPOH, Dec. 27. —A warm welcome awaits Wong Seng Fong, the “h o 1 e-in*-the-heart” boy, if he makes the trip to Australia for the operation which Australian surgeons have promised to perform free of charge. The Junior Chamber of
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  • 198 5 IESSELTON, Dec. 27.— About 1,000 people— Bajaus, Tidongs, Suluks an,d Chinese —are to be moved away from villages on the MalaysianIndonesian border on Sebatik island and re-; settled at Bergosong on the western tip of the island. The scheme aims at: PROTECTING the
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  • 38 5 SINGAPORE, Dec. 27—The Assemblyman for Changi, Mr. Sim Boon Woo, this morning opened Jalan Darat Nanas, off Tanah Merah Besar. The ceremony took place at the Ayer Gemuroh community centre at Jalan Darat Nanas.
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  • 223 5 Chinese Chambers team to see Tan on new taxes KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 27. 15-MAN delegation from the various Chinese Chambers of Commerce will meet the Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, tomorrow to discuss the proposed turnover, payroll and crown cork taxes. The delegation, led by Senator Chan Kwong Hon,
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  • 98 5 SINGAPORE, Dec. 27.—A total of 119 Christmas babies —6O boys, 58 girls and one still-born—were delivered at Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital here from midnight Christmas Eve to midnight Christmas Day. The first baby, a boy, weighing 6 lb. 2 ozs., was born at 12.13 a.m.
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  • 55 5 SINGAPORE. Dec. 27. The grounds or the Istana Negara, here will be opened to the public on New Year’s day from 8 am to 6 p.m. The police band will perform from 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 pm Swings and seasaws will be iinstalled in the grounds
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  • 404 5 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 27.—Mr. S. S. Nayagam, a former member of the Federal Capital Commission’s Advisory Board, today denied that he had ever supported the present system of administration of Kuala Lumpur. He was commenting on a statement by the
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  • 367 6 SINGAPORE, Dec. 30 SINGAPORE'S Deputy Premier, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, today stressed the need to re-orientate Malaysia's foreign policy if she is to be accepted by the Afro-Asian bloc. Dr. Toh told an airport Press conference on his return from New York, where he
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  • 218 6 |(UALA LUMPUR, “Dec. 29. The act ing Minister of Health, Haji Ghazali Jawi, today outlined his Ministry’s $46 million development plan to improve medical and health services in Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak next year. A total of $39.3 million is for Malaya, while Sabah gets
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  • 122 6 KUALA LUMPUR, 1V Dec. 29.—The 3,000strong Government Tem p o r ary Officers’ Union has asked* the Government to refer its deadlocked wage claim to arbitration. Mr. K. J. Thomas, president of the union, said today that the clerical committee of the Congress of
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  • 468 6 IPOH, Dec. 30 A DISPUTE is brewing between the People’s Progressive Party-control led Ipoh Municipality and the Alliance-controlled Perak State Government over the ownership of the Ipoh town hall. The Municipal President, Mr. S. P. Seenivasagam, said at last night’s monthly meeting
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  • 173 6 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 30.—Japan has pledged not to give economic aid to Indonesia in its “crush Malaysia” campaign, the Japanese AmFumihiko Kai, said today, bassad'or to Malaysia, Dato Fumihiko Kai. said today. “We are taking this stand so as to avoid any
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    96 7 SECURITY FORCES SEEK INDONS Malaysian security forces probed the murky Sungei Peradin jn the Pontian area on Wee. 26 for Indonesians who landed nearby four days ago. Hith local villagers giving eager help to f™ rit y forces, and more infiltrators surrendering, the remnants are taking cover
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  • 62 7 asiSk^aus Devan m Congress. Mr c. V. the 15tlftnn e 1 today t 0 attend dun m 1 annual session of the In«vh Tl u udes Union Conb<> hew l J l erabad scheduled r 0 neld on Dec. 30 and 31 imy h NTur ence
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  • 210 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 27.—The Muslims and Chinese celebrate two biggest festivals in Malaysia—the Chinese New Year and the Hari Raya Puasa early next year According to the list of public holidays for 1965, the Chinese and Muslim festivals fall
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  • 36 7 KUALA TRENGGANU, Dec. 27. —Lsmail bin Salleh, 43. was fined $25 here today for failing to report a cholera case in his house at Gong Kapas here on Sept. 6. He paid the fine.
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  • 246 7 JYUCHING, Dec. 27. Sarawak has been allocated $72.4 million for development next yeor. But it is not expected to spend thr whole sum because of shortage of building contractors and technicians. Of the total allocated from the State Development Fund, road and bridge building
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  • 317 7  -  by- RODERICK PESTANA: Johore Bahru, Dec. 27 TWO large boxes packed with high-powered T.N.T. explosives formed a major part of the equipment of the Indonesian guerillas who landed last week in the Pontian area. For one of the main objects of this expedition was to
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  • 85 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 1 The Singapore Red Cross is appealing for donations to help raise additional funds to carry out its emergency programme for the new year. The programme i* to prepare it- self to serve the people should an\< state of emergency arise. In a statement,
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  • 468 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29. THE Lord President of the Federal Court, 1 Dato Sir James Thomson, dismissing an appeal against death sentence for consorting with Indonesian guerillas, today asked who could blame officers of the Special Branch if at a time when
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  • 23 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29 The Philippine Consulate here will be closed from tomorrow to Dec. 29 for the New Year holidays.
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  • 133 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29 THE University of Malaya General Stall I nion t'wlay called off its work-to-rufe after reaching agreement on their claim for a supplementary housing allowance. I his followed a threehour meeting last night between union officials and a negotiating team representing the
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  • 768 8 Khir: Great upsurge taking place in Sarawak AN $B5 million development plan designed to accelerate the Central Government’s education programme in Malaya and the Borneo States was approved by the House of Representatives today. Under the blueprint, outlined by the acting Minister for
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  • 124 8 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 29— The House of Representatives tonight approved the Finance Bill—incorporating the controversial payroll tax proposals—after strongly rejecting a PAP move to refer the Bill to a select committee. Introducing the Bill, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, said that for the
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  • 475 9 bill stipulates tax MUST BE PAID WITHIN 14 DAYS OF END OF EACH MONTH KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28. BILL giving effect to the major tax 1 changes introduced by the Minister of Finance on Budget Day (Nov. 25) was presented to Parliament today. It deals at
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  • 133 9 TRENGGANU, Dec. 28— A Party Negara official today quit the party and announced his intention to join Umno. He is Inche Awang bin Ngah. 28. a committee member of the Trengganu division of the party. He is the second Party Negara
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  • 36 9 TELUK ANSON. Dec. 27—Mr. K. Annamali was elected chairman of the Teluk Anson branch of the Federation of Malaya Indian Film Society. Other officials; Secretary Mr. G. Suppiah and treasurer Mr S. Narayanan Nair.
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  • 58 9 IjUGHTEEN-year-old FatJ ricia Augustus, a dental nurse, who was elected Press Queen 1964 at the Boxing Night dance organised by the Journalists' Union of North Malaya in Penang. Nancy Neoh, 21, a typist, was runner-up, and Chee Nan Kwan, 24, a beautician, third. Altogether 22 contestants took
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  • 31 9 RAUB. Dec. 27. —Ng Seong, 49. of Kajang, was yesterday fined $250 here for overloading his lorry here on Oct. 10 The driver, Ng Kim Looi, was fined $lOO.
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  • 27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 28. The Minister of Health. Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, is to make a two-day visit to Perlis beginning on Dec. 30.
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  • 136 9 KANGAR, Dec. 28. T'HE Perlis State Government has set aside A $20,000 for loans to the people to solve their water supply problems. The Mentri Besar, Dato Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim, said this when he declared open a mosque at Sungei Berembang, 12
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  • 62 9 SINGAPORE. Dec. 28—Following his return from India this morning, a former salesman surrendered himself to the police and confessed to a crime committed in July. Haja Maha Doom. 27. admitted in a magistrate’s court that he had misappropriated $490 worth of textiles while employed by Lam Thye
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  • 29 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 28 Two hyenas presented by the Government of India to Tengku Abdul Rahman, during his last visit to India will arrive here tomorrow'.
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  • 558 9 prominent Malay and one of the biggest dredging companies in the country, have joined up to mine a 100-acre plot of land in the tin rich Kampar area of Perak. “This is an outstanding example of implementing government’s policy of encouraging
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  • 104 9 LUMPUR, Dec. 28The Minister of Justice Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Date Abdul Rahman, today rejected a PMIP suggestion that bullet-proof courts be built to protect magistrates conducting cases involving gangsters and subversive elements. He said this was not practical In a democratic country and
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  • 107 10 SFRKMBAN, Dec. 2*— The visiting Dele-gate-General of the International Committee of the Red Crons for Asia, Mr. A. Durand with Indonesian captives detained in the prison here. The purpose of Mr. Durand’s visit to the prison was to find out how the captured Indonesians were being treated
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  • 151 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28. Ministry of External Affairs has denied that Malaysia will take part in a SouthEast Asian Foreign Ministers’ conference in Seoul next April. It was commenting on a reported statement by the South Korean Foreign Minister, Dr. Tong Won Lee,
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  • 71 10 SINGAPORE, Dec. 28 The V.iiig di-Pertuan Negara, Tun Yw oi bin Xshuk. and his wife, 'Joli Puan Noor Alahah, will give •m <nd-of-year dinner at the Ist i ta N< guru on Dec. 31. Hir Prime Minister. Mr. Lee K :in Y, ‘W, and all Cabinet Minis •i
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  • 104 10 I{UALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28. The Assistant Minister of Education, Mr. Lee Siok Yew, yesterday warned the people against being misled and used by politicians who‘Claim to be “socialists” and “non-Com-munists”. Speaking at the sixth annual conference of the Selangor MCA Youth at Klang, Mr.
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  • 32 10 KUALA TRENGGANU. Dec. 28 -Ngnh binte Abdullah, 35 was fined $l5O in the Shariah Court here today for living with a nonMuslim at Pulau Mania, six miles from here.
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  • 214 10 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 28. —Two Journalists from India today condemned Soekarno and described the Indonesian landings on Malaysian soil as an act of outright aggression They were Mr. P. Chakravarti, special correspondent of the Hindustan Times of New Delhi, and Mr. K. Subbaroyan, chief
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  • 24 10 TANGKAK. Dec. 28—An exhibition of captured Indonesian arms and ammunition will be held on Jan 7 at the police station here.
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  • 178 10 KLANG, Dec. 28. Minister of Agriculture and Co-opera-tives, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, today criticised co-operative fishermen who cheated their societies by selling their catch to middlemen while out at sea. “This sort of malpractice must stop,” he warned, “otherwise, it will not only damage
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  • 80 10 Penang, Dec. 27—The proposed National Language Action Front will not only help the Government to implement its policy of making Malay the sole official language in 1967, but also fight any individual or organisation opposing this policy. “These will be our two main
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  • 28 10 PENANG, Dec. 28. —'The National Language Action Front here will hold its inaugural meeting on Jan. 1 at the Penang Malay Teachers’ Union in Burmah Road-
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  • 193 10 SEREMBAN, Dec. 2S—The Amalgamated National Union of Local Authorities Employees, Negri Sembilan branch, has refused to accept its secretary's withdrawal of the work-to-rule with the Serembaan Town Council. The union’s president, Inche Hussein bin Ali, in a letter to the President of
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    • 1181 11 Foreign investment ($203 million in 1962) has to be encouraged, he says, in answer to calls for control By OUR PARLIAMENTARY REPORTERS Kuala Lumpur, D«c. 28 THE benefits of free enterprise were stressed in the House of Representatives today by the
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  • 229 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28 THE House of Representatives today approved development estimates totalling $10.5 million for the Ministry of Local Govori an d Housing. The acting Minister of Local Government and Housing, Dato V. T. Sambanthan, said that $7.5 piiilioii was for low-cost fusing,
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  • 36 11 IPOH, Due. 28 Ahmad bin Kassim, 28, who had 10 previous convictions, was jailed by the Magistrate’s Court here today for a year for stealing six coconuts valued at 60 cents. He plfeaded guilty.
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  • 211 11 Kuala lumpuk, Dec. 28. —Selangor'* Chief Police Offlcer p Senior Assistant Commissioner Mohamed Natt bin Haji Mohamed Yusoff, today presented a letter of commendation and $5O to a car-broker who caught a robber. Mr. Chang Swee Huat, of Ampang Lane, said
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  • 115 11 l/'UALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28. Singapore’s Minister for Culture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, said today that Soekarno was making use of the landings as a means of “exporting his starving people.” “We must show the captured Indonesians that life for them here is not going
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  • 141 12 ESSELTON, Dec. 29. Inche Harris bin Mohamed Salleh (above), who lost his Deputy Chief Ministership in the recent Sabah Alliance dispute compromise, Is to set the port of Finance Minister following a Cabinet reshuffle here today. Mr. Peter I.oh becomes the new Chief Minister
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  • 75 12 r pELUK ANSON, Dec. 29. 1 The Teluk Anson Umno division Is to form six more branches In the Teluk Anson parliamentary constituency. I M'*y will be formed In the electoral wards of Pasir Bedamar Jalan Hat ak Habit. Jalan Jawa ./alan Selat.
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  • 224 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29. TIIL former Ambassador to the United L States, Dato Nik Ahmad Kamil, M.P., said knight that he was ‘‘bewildered and flabbergasted” to learn that Malaysia had had to reject America’s defence loan offer. Speaking in an
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  • 212 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29. —An era of communication services in Singapore which began 94 years ago, will come to an end on Jan 1, 65 when the Central Government takes over the Cable and Wireless Ltd. station here. In a statement, the
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  • 172 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29. THE views of the people of Sarawak on the new A payroll, turnover and crown cork taxes will be given at the Senate meeting tomorrow. Senator William Tan, who arrived with three others today to attend the Senate, told reporters
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  • 21 12 MUAR. Dec 29. The High School here will have Sixth Form dV»ea In arts and science from next year.
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  • 79 12 IPOH. Dec. 29. The first batch of 80 prison warders from Sabah and Sarawak have completed their training and will pass out at a parade at Taiplng on Saturday. The Minister of Home Affairs, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, will inspect the parade and
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  • 41 12 LONDON. Dec. 29.—The following seamen cadets from the Royal Malaysian Navy have passed out from the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, EnglandChua Jit Bing, M. Y. bin Shamdiu. Tajudin bin Yahya, Thayaparan s/o Seventhynathan, and Udtn bin UJud
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  • 179 12 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 29. —The Lord President of the Federal Court of Malaysia, Dato Sir James Thomson, said yesterday the increase in crimes in recent years was due to the high standard of living and the inability to find employment. Dato
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  • 166 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 29.—A former part-time law j student, Sunny Ang, 25. charged with the murder of a 22-year-old bar .girl, was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal by a magistrate, Mr. Sachi Saurajen, today. Ang’s counsel. Mr. Punch Coomaraswamy, who objected to his
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  • 66 12 SINGAPORE, Dec- 29—Singapore’s chief fire officer, Steven Launcelot Velge, was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Choor Singh in the High Court today his marriage to Dorothy Ethel Seth on the ground of desertion The decree is to be made absolute in three month.
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  • 254 12 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 29.—The Minister of Home Affairs, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, today ordered that the 140 ton Indonesian ship Selamat, now anchored at Port Swettenham, must leave the port and Malaysian waters by the evening of Jan. 9 He
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  • 51 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 29 The employees of the Malayan Railway Administration have contributed $5,000 towards the Lady Templer Hospital. The general manager of the Administration, Dato Ahmad Perang, will present the cheque to Tun Sir Henry Lee. chairman of the board of governors of the hospital,
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  • 59 12 PENANG, Dec- 29—Province Wellesley North will hold its Koran reading contest at the Religious School, Kepala Batas, at 8.30 p.m. on Jan. 5. Entries will be received by the organising committee on Jan. 3. Winners in the men’s and women’s sections will represent the district in the
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  • 28 12 KUALA LUiIPUR, Dec. 29—The St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at Weld Road here will hold a watch night service on New Year’s eve at 11 30 p.m.
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  • 514 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28 I>ADIO Malaysia will be “the best” station V in South-East Asia with the completion of the new transmitters in Kajang next year, the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, told the House
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  • 114 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28 A $B5O fund to help Malaysian artist Ibrahim Hussein hold a one-man show In New York closed today with a $2OO ‘donation. The last contribution came from Mr. Kington Loo, chairman of the Malaysian Arts Council. Other recent contributions
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  • 23 13 SINGAPORE. Dec. 27.—Ten secret society suspects were questioned yesterday by police during: the daily anti-gangster checks. Some 2,333 people were screened-
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  • 129 13 ft OTA BHARU, Dec. 27. 1V The Town Council here has decided to drop its plan, to install an escalator at the new Central Market which is now under construction. A spokesman for the council said today that it was considered dangerous
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  • 33 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 28—The Minister of Intormation and Broadcasting, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, will open an Umno work camp at the Sekolah Kebangsaan, Jeram, Selangor, at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
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  • 59 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 28 There will be no increase in the prices of cinema tickets as a result of a 15 per cent tax on the gross rental payable by film importers from Jan. 1. it was announced today by both the Cathay and Shaw
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  • 249 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28. THE MINISTER of Information and Broadcasting, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, said here tonight that before the end of next year television would be extended throughout Malaya includ- ing the East Coast. Speaking over Television Malaysia on the occasion of its
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  • 206 13 SEREMBAN, Dec. 28—Senior Inspector Chin Yoon Lim, 31. of Federal Police Headquarters. Kuala Lumpur. was today charged in a magistrate’s court with using criminal force on a contractor at the Merlin massage parlour here on Feb. 4. Chin was alleged to have assaulted S.
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  • 395 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28 'JHE Central Government has agreed to consider a suggestion that the proposed turnover tax should be implemented as a single stage tax at source. If the proposal is adopted it will mean that the tax will be paid at
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  • 26 13 KANGAR. Dec. 28.—Ten more co-operative societies are to b*‘ formed in Perlis Selatan early next year. There are at present 44 co-operative societies.
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  • 665 14 MIDNIGHT SALUTE TO SPEAKER AFTER 29-DAY SESSION KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 30 50 TIRED MPs LEAVE CHAMBER AT 12.10 a.m. AS HOUSE IS ADJOURNED By OUR PARLIAMENTARY REPORTERS r pHE grandfather clock in the House of Representatives showed 12.10 a.m. and 50 MPs, tired as they were,
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  • 386 14 Pleasant surprise for a seaman SINGAPORE, Dec. 30. Able Seaman Mohammed Ali bin Nayan, 19, had a pleasant surprise in store for him when his ship the K.D. Hang Tuah—Malaysia’s latest and largest warship arrived here this morning from Portsmouth. Soon after the
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  • 65 14 SINGAPORE, Doc. 30—The new $30,000 holiday camp of the Singapore Red Crass Society at Tanah Merah, will be opened early next year. Mrs. B. S. Williams, secretary of the society, said: “The camp is built specially for handicapped children in Singapore. We will equip
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  • 117 14 DENANG, Dec. 30. —The Penang Bar today said farewell to the senior president of the Sessions Court. Mr. B. T. H. Lee, who has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur to be a Senior Federal Counsel. Speaking on behalf of the Bar Mr. Ong
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  • 21 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Doc 30—The Fire Brigade received a total of 31 calls, including li false alarms last month.
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  • 177 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28. ABOUT 250 daily-rated workers of the Malayan Cement factory at Rawang are to get a general wage increase under a two-year agreement signed between the company and the Cement Industry Employees’ Union. They will also get more housing allowance, annual
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  • 34 14 SINGAPORE, Dec. 30 The Japanese fireworks display at f arrer Fi* rk tomorrow will be held from 830 p.m to 9.30 pm. instead of from 900 to 10.00 pm, as previously announced.
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  • 245 15 PENANG, Jan. I.—The Penang National Language Action Committee, at its inaugural meeting today, resolved to ask the State and Central governments to make 1965 an “interim” year for the use of the national language in all Government departments. More than 100
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  • 71 15 SINGAPORE. Jan. X. Thirtvfive New Year babies were born irom midnight last night to 7 a.m. this morning at the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital. Of this number 16 were boys and 19 girls. The first baby delivered at two n ll ]htes past midnight was a
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  • 648 15 *Govt must obey Constitution 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 1 rpHE Alliance GovernA ment’s determination to raise the economic level of the Malays —although this may affect the interest of the non-Malays was strongly re-iterated in the Senate yesterday by
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  • 158 15 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 1. Senator Dato T. H. Tan yesterday called on the Government to instil “a sense of obedience” among the leaders of the PAP. Speaking before the Banking (Amendment and Extension) Bill was passed in the Senate, he drew attention
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  • 196 15 SINGAPORE, Dec. 31.—The People’s Action Party today said it would welcome a public inquiry into the financial aspects of its Political activities. The party was replying to the Alliance Whip, Senator Da to T. H. Tan. who had alleged in the Senate yesterday that
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  • 83 15 gTUDY at Australian educational institutions is becoming a tradition in some Malaysian families. Typical is the family of Miss Tan Lee See, of 11 Suleiman Street, Kajang, (above), who has just become the fourth member of the family to gain a degree from the
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  • 55 15 PENANG, Jan. 1. —The Penang centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists will hold a subscription dinner in conjunction with its monthly meeting at the Chin Kang Association, Mac Alister Road, at 7.30 p.m. on Jan. 6. The Rev. Kim Seng of Cheng Hoon Teng Temple.
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  • 28 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 1. Lieutenant (Quartermaster) Abdul Aziz bin Syed Abu Bakar, of the Royal Malay Regiment has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
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  • 198 15 Kuala l u m p u Dec. 31.—The Malaysian Trades Uniofl Congress is to intensify its programme of uni* flcation and consolidation of the trade union movement on a Malaysian basis next year. This was stated today in a New Year’s message by
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  • 106 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. I.—The first batch of 58 na tional servicemen from Sabah and Sarawak left here by train tonight for Port Dickson to begin theli training. The servicemen—27 from Sabah and 31 from Sarawak—arrived in Singapore early this morning by the vessel Kimanis. They
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  • 71 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 1. From Jan. 4. the Indian High Commission and Its Consular offices here will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily except on Tuesdays when the hours will be from 8 a.m. to 12.30 p.m, and 1 p.m to 4 p.m. There
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  • 21 15 BATU PAHAT. Jan. 1.—Dr. Ch\, Chre Peng, of the District Hospital has been transferred Ui the Tampoi Mental Hospital.
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  • 368 16 SIR CLOUGH’S CALL FOR MORE RESEARCH ON OUR PRODUCTS Kuala lumpur. Dec. 30 A call to start a faculty of natural sciences at the University of Malaya was made by Dato Sir Clough Thuraisingham In the Senate today. Speaking during the Budget debate.
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  • 34 16 MUAR. Dec 29 The rpvispd r r»f rfolLs for {h(] registration WM of parliamentary constiswcSiM ni ay be lnfi n ectp d nt •specifier places during office ryVs.,: 0 8 ys rrom
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  • 161 16 IPOH, Dec. 30. —A tele- j 1 gram urging the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to make' a cash donation to the Ceylon Government on behalf of the Malaysian people in view of the cyclone damage in Ceylon was sent today
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  • 60 16 pENANG, Dec. *3O. The Penang Malay Association is to form a co-opera-tive housing society. The association’s housine subcommittee has been asked to »nclety UP Pla t 0 form the “It Will try to tackle the housing problem among Malays in both the city and
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  • 424 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 29. r couples, charged with behaving in a disorderly manner outside a restaurant, were today acquitted and discharged without their defence being called. They were Frederick Joseph Holmes and Vivian Mande Holmes of Bungsar Road, Jeffrey Francis and Mary Walters alias
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  • 212 16 PENANG, Dec. 30. Penang’s singing bishop, Monsignor Francis Chan, obliged over 300 parishioners and guests with his favourite number, “Santa Lucia,” at a sacerdotal silver jubilee dinner held in his honour last night at the Church of Seven Sorrows here. Accompanied
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  • 296 16 Kuala lumpur, Dec. 27. —Nine unions have submitted a joint memorandum to the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, urging him to use his offices to bring about a settlement in the hospital assistants dispute. The National Union of Hospital Assistants decided early this
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 55 16 THE H.K. AHD FAR EAST A Bi-Monthly periodical ol Building of Heal Estate Activities in the Far East. builder A MacaiiM dtalinf with kuildiitf. iRliteetam ud rial ntati activity ia Malava, Siifiptrl, Hone Rauf SftJB TOtt&Ud u,t and municipal officers, atmctoral ai|iatfn and aurvayara. LONDON OFFICIi MVI Tainpli Chambers, Ayowuw,
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  • 329 17 IPOH, Jan. L rpHE main feature of the increasing popularity 1 of adult education in Perak is the noticeable trend of non-Malays in the rural areas taking up the national language. According to statistics compiled by the State Adult Education Department, the enrolment of non-Malays
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  • 169 17 IPOH, Jan. 1.—The Ipoh Municipal Council is considering construction of an elevated car park costing about $65,000 in Hale Street, the second of its kind here. The new car park, which will accommodate about 50 cars, is near the $100,000 three-storeyed elevated
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  • 131 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 31—The Y Minister for Culture, v lr S. Rajaratnam. today described as “baseless” an accusation by the Federal finance Minister, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, that Radio Singapore was inflaming “mob passions against the turn)Vw an d Payroll taxes. Mr. Tan made the
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  • 158 17 JESSELTON, Jan. I—Mr. Peter Loh was today sworn in as Sabah's new Chief Minister at the old council chamber at the Istana here. The swearing -in ceremony took place before Sabah's Yang diPertua Negara Tun Mustapha bin Datu Harun, and all State
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  • 164 17 OENANG, Jan. 1. —Five armed men robbed a second-hand car dealer of over $1,200 in cash and jewellery in his Westlands Road home at noon today the eve of his youngest daughter’s wedding. The dealer, Mr. Cheah Kim Yeah, 60, and members of his
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  • 72 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28—The proceeds of the Malaysian premiere of the film “John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning. Day of Drums.” will go towards the NUPW Scholarship Fund and the Malayan Association for the Blind. TYie film will be screened at the Cathav Theatre
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  • 40 17 PENANG, Jan, 1. —The Teochew Association has donated $l,OOO to the National Defence Fund. The association’s chairman, Mr. Chew Ming Teck, yesterday handed a cheque for this srum to the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee.
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  • 441 17 ATHI NAHAPPAN HITS OUT AT SEENIVASAGAM If UA L A LUMPUR, Dec. 31.—Senator Athi Nahappan today described the PPP leader, Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam, as an “embittered and frustrated politician." Speaking during the Budget debate in the Senate, Mr. Nahappan said that
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 571 18 —q COMMODITY HC VIIU rfIHK Straits tin price on I Saturday fell $2 to $O2O fx r picul on an ottering estimated up 5 tons to 200 tons. The net gain on the week was $l. The estimated ottering for the short week was
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    • 38 18 N u ,h #Mth *ngo market Hong Kong on Saturday the US dollar was quoted 5 7*1 f 0 T T. ■> 71* for cash. on! V. :?*.e W a «n* <*uo tael of gold at 252*
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    • 1645 18 By Our Market Correspondent INHERE was no sigh of regret for the passing 1 of 1964 as far as the Stock Exchange of Malaysia was concerned, for a more hapless year from the point of view of all concerned with investment, could not be imagined.
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    • 38 18 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Asso* elation made these changes in Its rates to merchants on Saturday: (all rates to $100). Selling TT or OD ready: Deutsche Marks 128 7/8, Holland Guilders 1164; french Francs 158 7/8.
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    • 612 18 TiHE following is a complete list of revised quotations for the week ended on Thursday. December 31. INDUSTRIALS b. a. vlex Bricks. 15.50 Boustead 1.59 1.60 c h|i C. 8. Holding 2.26 Dunlop 1 80 1.83 Esso 1.83 Esso deb .99 1.01 East. Smelt 4.00 F.
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    • 26 18 Current Date Total for Total for p«i>ment payable the previous Be rad in 20% Ka in pong Kuantan 3%t Peb. 12 t Interim. 10
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  • 788 19 ril; i, jt m r Work, to begin on re-development of city ‘Board hasp l completed 51,000 housing units 'i'timiWmmmmmumm, during past year’ f SOtQJtPOBBf January 1 THE Housing and Development Board will 1 Ian??* ftve ambitious development projects this year
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  • 35 19 RAUB, Dec. 31. Mr. Bhan Singh, > an interpreter in Sessions Court Here, is to be transferred to the Ipoh Sessions Court on Friday. Mr. Foia Singh from Ipoh will take bis place here.
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  • 235 19 ‘Pay more as you earn tax advice to workers K'UALA LUMPUR, 1V Dec. 31.—The Comptroller of Income Tax, Malaya, Mr. E. a Thomas, has advised tax-payers under the "pay as you -earn/’ scheme to increase their contributions as from January. This Is a prudent step because of the increase in
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  • 216 19 Kuala lumpur. Dec. 31.—The Elections Commission today called on registered voters and those who registered for the first time during the revision of electoral rolls in October to check whether their names had been included in the revised rolls. The revised registers will
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  • 222 19 SINGAPORE. Dec. 31.—The National Trades Union Congress will concentrate on consolidation of the trade union movement in Singapore as well as the rest of Malaysia In 1985. "That is essentially our New Year resolution/* said the NTUC chairman. Mr Ho See Beng. in his New
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  • 1065 20  -  By EPSOM JEtP I Race Two CL. 4 DIV. 2—8F. Venl Vic! Stables (3) SMALL CHANGE 8.12 (488—101) Trevena (1) Tally Star 8.0 carr. $.2 (344—153) "if, Allan 2 (6) Monachlea $.7 (481—173) Wilson S (6) Blue Martial 8.8 carr. 7.13 (084—274) Kang 4 (7) POWERFUL 8.11
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  • 810 20  -  By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Jan. 3, Veni Vici Stable’s Champion won the P e n a n g over 1M here today. Champion won by a nose from Shaw Stable’s Bp* Office III with Peak of.Perfection third three lengths away. V; Race One V Ct! 1,
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 79 20 BI6 SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $44,999 1st No *****2 (S27,0t7» 2nd No. *****1 ($6,751) 3rd No. *****3 ($3.3751 STARTERS ($562 each): Not. 15U99:{. *****9. *****5. *****3. *****4. *****9. *****5. *****1. CooftoloUon ($337 each) Nm. *****7. *****3. *****5. *****6. *****5. 2$6721 1M«97. *****5. *****6. *****1 f Big Sweep TOTAL POOL $60,756 1—N«.
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