The Straits Budget, 13 January 1965

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  • 36 1 The Straits Budget THE |WEEKLpISSUE*OFIrHE STRAITS TIMESI MALAYA** NATIONAL NIWSrAPW '<■ ■> REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O. U.K, AS A NEWSRARER tr SERIES 639. t KUALA LUMPUR. JANUARY 13, 1965. Price 40 Cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling KDN 1103.
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    • 354 2  - Three hours to raise a hello’ L.C.H. Kuala Lumpur MANY visitors to this 1TI country are agreeably surprised by our truly excellent telephone system. It was, therefore, with gome dismay that l discovered on a recent visit to Lumut Just how neglected are some sections of our network. My efforts
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    • 125 2  -  A CITIZEN Kuala Lumpur W* have food cause to be disappointed at the unjeneroiis attitude of the united States government towards Malaysia in our struggle for survival. However, ltl would be wrong to show any bitterness or hostility towards the American people, and parNftttorty towards members of the
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    • 161 2  -  DR. ANDREW CHEW GUAN KHUAN Medical Superintendent, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore WITH reference to the TT letter by “Anti-TB”, if his teen-age brother Is suf- s fering from tuberculosis with tubercle bacilli in sputum, measures would have been taken to admit the patient immediately.
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    • 84 2  -  OBSERVER Seremban I CONSIDER the action of a few Malaysians In putting up anti-American posters and breaking a nearby show-window as childish. We used to laugh at the Indonesian mobs for doing such things. Let's be sensible. The Americans did offer us a loan, only we could not accept
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    • 66 2  -  CITIZEN Kuala Lumpur -V T 'A*..- CEEING our policemen who man road-blocks give a half-hearted glance Into cars and buses before sending them off with a wave of the hand, I wonder why our police presume that invaders are going to enter the towns in cars,
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    • 204 2  -  SALLEH ABDULLAH Singapore THE Registrar of Vehicles’ 1 letter (8.T. Dec. 28) merely served to underline the fact that his department and the Police have nothing in common. If he is obliged to Inspect 4,500 vehicles for road- worthiness every month then it is pretty obvious
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    • 62 2  -  MALAYSIAN Singapore r JTlERE is sense in the recent statement made by the Singapore Minister for Culture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, regarding treatment of captured Indonesian infiltrators It would be a waste of money to feed them as temporary prisoners of war. The proper action to take is to
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    • 44 2  -  M. THIA Singapore CREDIT goes to the Singapore Government for allowing the members of the public to speak bn Radio Singapore on the tax proposals. it Tai 81ew believes that his proposals are right why should he be afraid of public discussion?
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    • 399 2  -  JOSEPH MINATTUR Singapore ONE would wholeheartedly endorse Professor Allsjahbana’s view (S.T. Dec. 24) that “the coining of new words by combining syllables of several words can result in most absurd conse- quences.” The instances he gives of two new words, hakis and jabanah will
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    • 135 2  -  T. C. WONG Kuala Lumpur IMPLICIT in Inch* Ham4 sah Sendut’s comments on university political forums (S.T. Dec. 28) Is the suggestion that university students might fall prey to party electioneering after a few such forums. May I suggest that' this fear is unfounded. University students (to whom
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    • 158 2  -  S. KRISHNAN Hon. Secretary. UNION OF GOVERNMENT STENOGRAPHERS Kuala Lumpur. 'THE Prime Minister, in his reply to a question In the House of Representatives said there was some difficulty in using the national language In various Government departments because of the shortage of Malay-medium stenographers. The Government Is
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    • 739 3 —Stra Times, January 5 Malaysian reaction to Indonesia’s withdrawal from the United Nations is entirely precautionary, and should not be taken as indicative of major operations in the near future. Obviously, however, we must expect increased Indonesian activity. From Soekarno downward, every Indonesian spokesman has threatened in
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    • 149 3 —Straits Times, January 5 The sailor who was fined $2OO in Sabah recently for illegally keeping an orang hutan in captivity seems to have escaped very lightly. Borneo and Sumatra are the only places where these animals survive in their wild state, and even on these islands their
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    • 677 3 —Straits Times, January 6 The new taxation measures were approved in the Senate with rather less question, and after far less determined debate, than was hoped. No-one expected the Dewan Negara would take heart or example from the Italian Senate, which killed a turnover tax last
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    • 317 3 —Straits Times, January 6 Serious traffic accidents on the Federal Highway through Petaling Jay a, between Jalan Pantai Bahru and Sungei Way, last year averaged more than two a week. Eight people died and more than 100 were seriously injured, says the chief of the Kuala Lumpur traffic
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    • 381 3 Strait* Time*, January 7 The Chief Education Officer, Inche Aminuddin Baki, plunged right in when he addressed a headmasters’ seminar in Kuala Lumpur this week, diving in short order from the loftier abstractions of national education policy to charges of racial prejudice among teachers. The effect could
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    • 605 4 —Straits Times, January 8 There ha* never been reason to question the British Government’s response to Malaysian requests for assistance under the defence treaty, or the willingness of Australia and New Zealand to play tlieir more limited although important role. Nevertheless it is reassuring to have Mr.
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    • 381 4 —Straits Times, January 8 Arrival of a group of Filipino doctors for service with the Central Government is the first real evidence for months that the present serious shortage is under attack. Normally we hear only that applications are being “processed”, that recruiting missions will go abroad “shortly”
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    • 189 4 —Straits Times, January 8 The Indonesians can learn some things fast. Two months ago. for example, they learned that the world is apt to take even their jokes seriously. This lesson began with a casual remark by a senior army officer at a weapons testing ground when
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    • 623 4 —Straits Times, January 9 Indonesia has not walked out of the United Nations, Soekarno told the cheering crowds at his Russian built sports stadium; she has pulled out. She has withdrawn from the United Nations agencies—the children’s fund, the education, scientific and cultural organisation and the food
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    • 378 4 I —Straits Times, January 9 The East Coast cholera outbreak which began in May appears to be over. Tlie last patient has been discharged from hospital and no deaths have been reported for more than a month. Some traces of the disease may remain in remote areas —the
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  • 317 5  -  PUBLIC HELP POLICE TO ROUND UP FOUR OF SELANGOR’S ‘MOST WANTED’ THUGS By RUDY BELTRAN: Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6 FOUR of Selangor’s “most wanted” gang leaders, including a “tiger general”, were rounded up by police in swoops on secret society hideouts here early today. Thev are being
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  • 242 5 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 6—The Political Secretary to the Finance Minister, Mr. Bernard Lu, reiterated today that the Singapore National Trades Union Congress was organised by the PAP with the purpose of crushing the original Trades Union Congress. "As such.” he said, “it
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  • 26 5 TANGKAK. Jan. 6—A new local council building costing $20,000 has been built at Bukit Kangkar, seven miles from here, under the rural development programme.
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  • 88 5 L\ r AL A TRENGGANU, Jan. 6. Malaysian > lfiiers in Sabah and Sarawak will receive 100.000 pieces of krupok and 100 Kaus of sambal daging VV m T Kuala Trengganu RaTa PuasS SUtUte Harl president of the intitute, Che Dayang binte Ismail, said today that expenses
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  • 176 5 IZUAL9 LUMPUR, Jan. 6. Special security measures have been enforced in air ports throughout Malaysia to check saboteurs. the Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir, said today. “These measures will help to prevent Indonesian Infiltrators from gaining access to airports,” he said
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  • 60 5 MERSING, Jan. 6—Thir-ty-three Indonesian traders detained here since September last year will be sent home tomorrow. The traders from Sumatra were detained when they tried to enter Malaysian waters after the Malaysian Government banned the barter trade with Indonesia. They will be sent back in a
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  • 55 5 KANGAR, Jan. 6—The Perils Umno Division will hold political courses for branch leaders next month. Inche Osman bin Abdullah, the secretary, said today these courses would be given by members of the executive committee and other senior officials to help branch leaders to reorganise and streamline
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  • 331 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 6. TRANSPORT Minister, Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir, today described the inaugural flight of BOAC’s sub-sonic VC-10 jet airline to Singapore as a “further expression of the confidence of other nations in our future.” He was speaking at Singapore Airport
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  • 171 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 6— The secretary-general of the Singapore National Trades Union Congress. Mr. C. V. Devan Nair. has indicated to the Indian Government that India’s “vague sympathy” for Malaysia is insufficient against mounting Indonesian aggression, according to reports reaching here. Mr. Nair. who
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  • 68 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 6 A magistrate, Mr. Sachl Saurajen, today fixed Feb. 24 for the preliminary inquiry into a charge of murder against a former parttime law student. Sunny Ang, accused of killing a 22-year-old bargirl at sea off Sisters Island on Aug. 27, 1963. Ang, 25, faces
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  • 194 6 Fima lumpur, Jan. 4. —Malaysia imported goods worth $81,000,164 fiom the Chinese mainland during the first six months of last year. Hut it exported only $458 worth of goods to China during the same period. During the corresponding period in 1963 Malaysia imported
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  • 54 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 4— Pour >hort-servlre commissioned navv rulet* will leave for Britain on •lm 6 for a year’s training at tin Royal Naval College at Dartsmouth. I lie cadets are: Sheikh Othman i»m Ahmad. Syed MustafTa bin •Sved Ibrahim. Mr 00l Teng Sum and
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  • 69 6 Jins is the British Army’s latest weapon, a seven-ton Hovercraft, being: shipped aboard the Sudan in Southampton recently. The Hovercraft is bound for Singapore and Borneo, after undergoing trials at Lee-on-Solent. It can travel either very fast or dead slow and can manoeuvre
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  • 106 6 ¥)ENANG. Jan. 4. A 38t year-old “exile” with 21 previous convictions was jailed for six months today for breaking a restricted residence order. Inspector Low Kam Leong told Hie magistrate’s court that L) Shanmugam had been restricted to the police district of Balik Pulau
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  • 141 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 4. f rHIEVES failed to break open an iron safe in the of C-k- A Majeed in. China Insurance building in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman here, last night. The outer surface of the six-foot iron safe and its handle were damaged.
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  • 39 6 KUAI.A TRENGGANU. Jan 4 A businessman, Abdul Gaffar s o Jo °.sa p Nagani, 38, was fined 5250, or a months Jail, in the Sessions Court here yesterday for mnkmpr a false declaration to obtain Fedrral citizenship
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  • 180 6 OENANG, Jan. 4. A Customs craft sank a speedboat fully loaded with contraband at the mouth of the Kuala Krian ir* Province Wellesley last night. The Customs party retrieved one package of textiles valued at $500 before their own boat also sank. Officers of
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  • 88 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 4.— About 200 people today attended the official opening of the main office of Malayan Banking Ltd. in Singapore at Malayan Bank Chambers in Fullerton Square. The chairman of the bank's board of directors. Mr. Oei Tjong ie. in a speech of welcome
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  • 75 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 4. The Malaysian Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon, and Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, will be among the guests at a reception *o mark BOAC’s first VC-10 jet, service through here on Jan. 6. The Jetliner, with several VIP
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  • 581 7  -  ANOTHER BRITISH PLEDGE TO DEFEND MALAYSIA by- ARTHUR RICHARDS: Kuala Lumpur, January 7 BRITAIN’S Minister of Defence for the Army, Mr. Fred Mulley, today warned President Soekarno that it would be unwise for him to launch a major attack
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  • 57 7 PENANG, Jan. 7—The Penang branch of the World Fellowship of Buddhists plans to collect old clothing for distribution to various charitable organisations The president. Mr. Khoo Leong Hun, announced this at the monthly fellowship dinner held last nightMr Khoo also said the members had donated many
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  • 183 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 7. The American Caltex Oil Company here is not inter-connected with the oil firm’s network in Indonesia, a company spokesman said today. He was commenting on reported protests made by the crew of a British oil tanker— Caltex-London—under charter by
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  • 109 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 7. Jan. 7. The last cholera patient in Kuala Trengganu hospital was discharged today. This has made hospitals on the East Coast free of cholera patients for the first time since the outbreak of the epidemic in May. Altogether 904
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  • 244 7  -  by RODERICK PESTANA: SINGAPORE, Jan. 6 gEAWARD defences around the coasts of the Malayan mainland and Singapore will be greatly strengthened with the addition soon of six more Royal Navy warships to the fleet of Commonwealth and Malaysian naval ships already on patrol in
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  • 161 7 ‘SCRAP AUTOMATIC PROMOTION CALL MUAR, Jan. 6. The president of the Association of Teachers of English in Chinese Schools, Mr. Loh Tham Liat, has called for the abolition of the present automatic promotion system in schools. He said that headmasters should be empowered to retain a retarded pupil for at
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  • 74 7 IZANGAR. Jan. 7 The Perils Government will allocate 515.000 to award secondary and primary scholarships to poor and deserving pupils this year. The Mentri Besar, Dato Sheikh Ahmad, said these grants would replace the $20,000 relief the State Government paid last year
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  • 372 8 $25,300 STOLEN IN STORE SINGAPORE, Jan. 5 rrWO armed Ratios t m»t away with a total of $25,300 in cash in two payroll snatches in Singapore today. SNATCH NO 1: Three youths. armed with knives, took SI 1,300 from the Lian llock Company in l
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  • 160 8 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Jan. 5. r |M lh 14,000-sirong National Mining Workers Union ot Malaya has criticised the Malaysian I rades Lnion Congress for supporting the new tax proposals without proper discussions. In a letter to the MTUC, the general secretary, Inche Mohammad bin Takim,
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  • 105 8 I P.NANQ, Jan. 5. Five armed men robbed two neighbouring houses in Aver Ilam yesterday. ‘•'""R Yit Min, a 21-year-old on.vm.ker. told the police the (iillcd at her house tit 1 30 p m Win n she opened the door, the iM ii. wearing
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  • 122 8 SEREMBAN, Jan. 5 TWO students from here will leave for Australia 1 on Jan. 20 under the student exchange programme between the Rotary clubs of Australia and Seremban. The students Yap Kok Sam and Tan Cheng Hock, both 18 will only pay their passages to
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  • 92 8 IPOH, Jan s.—Dog owners in Perak were today advised by the acting State Veterinary Officer, Mr. W. p. Shanta, to have their pets vaccinated and licensed before April 30 when the antirabies campaigr conducted by the department expires Owners who failed to have their dogs
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  • 341 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 4. A CORONER, Mr. Ho Kian Ping, today criticised a scoutmaster, Roland Tan, 20, for the manner in which he organised and led 13 scouts to a picnic, off Changi Point, resulting in the drowning of one of them. The boy who was drowned,
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  • 208 8 U U A L A LUMPUR. Jan. 5. Sixty workers of the Pahang Mail Transport Co. in Chan Sow Lin Road here went on strike last night. The strike. 24 hours earlier than scheduled, followed the failure of talks between the company
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  • 160 8 fiUNGEI PATANI, Jan. 3 ~T he s,,lta n of Kedah yesterday stressed the need to preserve communal. harmony in this country. The nation was passing through troubled times and it was essential that the people should be united in the face of Indonesian
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  • 253 9 GHAZALI 6IVES advice and makes A PROMISE... rpANAH RATA, Jan. 3. A A promise to the aborigines that they will not be used as a tourist attraction was given here yesterday by the Minister of Lands and Mires, Haji Mohamed Ghazali bin
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  • 106 9 K UA Th L U UMPUR Ja J-mriffit s *5? In l ian fflS’aT* f oWn t 0 New '''■f'Mndeia 2 a Times of India D'*c. 2«T, c ame here on r Government? 1 lhe Malay v i.s'ftmna j m n Saturday, he
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  • 129 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 3. A SPECIAL committee set up to examine the Rent Control Ordinance is still awaiting replies to its questionnaires before it can start drafting its report. The nine-man committee, headed by Senator Athl Nahappan, was appointed by the Central Government in August
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  • 70 9 l/’ANGAR, Jan 3 The State Mufti, Sheikh Mahmood bin Mat Saman. yesterday appealed to Muslims to be more religiousminded. In a message read at the opening of the Utan Aji Mosque, three miles from here, he said: '‘There is no point in having
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  • 24 9 TANOKAK, Jan 3 Two reservoirs. costing $445,000. have been completed under the rural development programme at Grisek and Bekok villages, near here.
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  • 84 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 3. A total of 51,268 554,162 in currency notes and $68,617,705 in coin was in circulation in Malaysia on Dec. 1, 1964. These figures are c >ntained in the Currency Commissioners’ abstract of notes and coin in circulation, published in the latest
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  • 136 9 DATO STEPHENS IS SWORN IN AT ISTANA JJATO Donald Stephens was sworn in as Federal Minister for Sabah Affairs before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at the Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur <on Jan. 4. Dato Stephens relinquished the post of Chief Minister under a compromise agreement following the Sabah
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  • 81 9 TELUK ANSON, Jan. 4—Seven-ty-seven children of nipmbers of the Ktung Chow Hoev Kuan here were awarded scholarships worth $1,060 at a weekend tea party. The awards the fourth to be made by the association are for pupils in Chinese and English schools. Each study gift
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  • 122 9 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 4 More than 1.000 motorists were booked for speeding through police speed traps along 30 m.p.h. limit roads here last year. A traffic police spokesman said that most motorists have been caught along Circular Road. He said that 912 motorists
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  • 47 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 4—A woman, rtiangcheimal, described as a "regular customer’’ of the Ninth Magistrate’s Court, was lined $5O today for being drunk and Incapable in a bus in Redhill Close on Saturday night. She was found lying on the floor of the bus.
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  • 191 10 advance party of 50 British paratroopers w in today —in civues to reinforce Malaysia’s defence forces. Members of the 2nd Parachute llattalion. they la ruled at hangi ;»i r base ul 5 pm. by Britannia Hoop transport. The rest of tiie batla,on r,( W
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  • 317 10  -  By PHILIP KHOO: Singapore. Jan. 4 pOUR armed Indonesians in a motor boat heading for Singapore were captured shortly after midnight off St. John's Island today. They were intercepted by a Royal Navy minesweeper, H. M. S. Wilkieston, and gave up without resistance. They
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  • 228 10 ITU ALA LUMPUR, Jan. “> 4. The Malayan Youth Council has been urged to form a Malaysian Development Corps to allow local youths to emulate the spirit of the American Peace Corps. This call was contained in the list of resolutions adopted at the
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  • 371 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 4 THE Chief Education Advisor, Inche Aminuddin bin Baki, today told heads of schools not to allow any racial and religious discrimination to exist in their schools. He said his Ministry had received several complaints of alleged discrimination, “some even
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  • 43 11 KANGAR, Jan. 4—Two youth picnic centres will be opened in Perils early this year at an estimated cost of about $50,000. The resorts at Sungei Brembang and Buku Pahat Abi are being built under the Perlis rural development plan
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  • 39 11 KUALA LIPIS, Jan. 4 Mr. Leong Hea Seng, of Kuala Lumpur, has been posted here as the District Information Officer in place of Raja Tan Ahmad bin Raja Harun Al-Rashid. who has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 126 11 LUMPUR, Jan. The Malaysian charity premiere of the v ,m “John F. Kennedy: Car s Lightning, Day Mums,” will be held 1 the Cathay cinema “■re on Jan. 12 at 9.30 Pm. from the show A S soeiaH to he Ma,a ya« anrf
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  • 270 11 lifUAR-, Jan. 4. The iTJ withdrawal of Indonesia from the United Nations was a deliberate move—backed by behind-the-scene supporters—to increase its aggression towards Malaysia this year. This was stated by the president of the Johore Socialist Front, Dr. Wee Lee Fong, when
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  • 76 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 4 The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports will conduct courses in Malay cultural dances at the Dewan Belia. Kampong Pandan, here next month to promote cultural interest among the people The courses will last two months and will be conducted by
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  • 283 11 IPOH, Jan. 4. 'J'HE Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, warned here last night that the Malaysian people should not be complacent just because Soekarno’s threat to crush Malaysia before the cocks crowed on New Years Day had failed
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  • 204 11 1/OTA BHARU, Jan. 4. The controversial $4,700,000 bridge over the Kelantan River—which was said to be the cause of a financial crisis in the State —will be opened in April. It will be named after Sultan Yahya Putra Shah, the present Sultan
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  • 67 11 KAJANG, Jan. 4 —All persons handling foodstuffs here are to be X-rayed before licences are issued to them. This is part of the Town Board’s drive to safeguard public health. Permits will be issued to hawkers and others for X-ray examin--11 ion at the district hospital
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  • 113 11 PENANG, Jan. 4 A lorry attendant, Long bin Mahamed SharifT, 31, was sentenced today to four months’ jail for possessing an iron chain without a lawful purpose outside the Hong Aun Hotel, Dindings Road. Chan Hwa Keow, caretaker of the hotel, told
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  • 45 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 4—Mr. N. Selvadural, 48, an Industrial Relations Officer at the Regional Industrial Relations Office here, will leave for New Delhi on Jan. 6 for a three-month course in industrial relations there. The course Is sponsored under the Colombo Plan.
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  • 25 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 4 Bank Negara Malaysia received a total of $1,855,983.41 for the National Defence Fund up to Dec. 31, 1964.
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  • 353 12 MINISTERS MEET TODAY TO DISCUSS THE TOUCHY ISSUE OF APPOINTMENT OF STATE SECRETARY JESSELTON, Jan. 3. THE first Cabinet meeting tomorrow under Sabah’s new Chief Minister, Mr. Peter Lab, will reconsider the appointment of a State Secretary. In an interview with the Straits Times, Mr.
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  • 69 12 SINGAPORE. Jan. 3-The actuig Director-General of Telecommunications. Malaysia Mr D. Smith, announced today that following the talcing over of Cable and Wireless Ltd. installadons in Singapore from Jan. 1 by the Central Government all correspondence and inquiries about services hitherto operated by Cable and Wireless Ltd.
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  • 121 12 UALA I.UMPUR, Jan. 3 Hie Malaysian Government has olTered to fly the tvxly of the Indian journalist who died in his hotel room here yesterday to India. The External Affairs Ministry here is making arrangements to fly home the f>ody of
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  • 213 12 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 3. The quest for young men to be trained as pilots in the Royal Malaysian Air Force is still on despite “very good” response in the past. A spokesman for the Air Staff Division of the Ministry of Defence
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  • 116 12 KUANTAN, Jan. 3 A total of 20 men and women from all parts of Pahang will take part in the final of the State Koran reading competition which will be opened by the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. at the Sultan Ahmad I
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  • 49 12 PARrr, Jaon. 3— lnche Kamaruddin bin Abdul Rani. 32 Assistant District Officer, Parit, has been granted a Fulbright scholarship to attend a public administration course at Pittsburg University in the United States. He will leave by plane this week and will be away four months.
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  • 66 12 KIALA Ll'MPl’R. Jan. 3.—Inche Mohammed bin Abdul (ihani, an assistant personnel officer with the Central Electricity Buard, here leaves on Jan. 5 for a three month iour.se in personnel management and industrial relations, under the Colombo Plan, in Britain. Inche Mohammed began
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  • 101 12 (SINGAPORE, Jan. 3. Police tonight searched the Pasir Panjang area, following reports that two unidentified boats were seen sneaking towards the shore. The boats were spotted by soliders guarding the British Petroleum jetty next to the power station. They were also seen by
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  • 55 12 BATU PAHAT, Jan. 3 Inche Tahir bin Nazarali was re-elected chairman of tlie local branch of the Amalgamated National Union of Local Authorities Employees at a general meeting at the Town Council chamber here on Jan 1 Inche Hisham bin Haji Yusot' was elected secretary, and Inche
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  • 375 12 ‘UNENLIGHTENED APPROACH TO TAX PROBLEM* OINGAPORE. Jan. 3. The National Trades Union Congress has described as “baseless and unfounded” allegations made by the Malaysian Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, that the NTUC was “pro-Communist and pro-PAP.” The NTUC chairman. Mr. Ho See Beng,
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  • 601 13  -  DATO STEPHENS’ SPECIAL MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE by PADMANA KRISHNAN: Kuala Lumpur January 5 HPHE new Minister of Sabah Affairs, Dato Donald Stephens, today spoke of his plans to make his State more prosperous with o special message to the people. THE MESSAGE 1
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  • 268 13 ]>ATU PAHAT, Jan. 5 A group of 25 fishermen today walked into the welfare office here and demanded cash relief in view of the offshore curfew which makes it difficult for them to go out fishing The fishermen who were all from Parit Botak.
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  • 141 13 CINGAPORE. Jan. 5. The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers’ Union has accepted a request from Mr. CV. Devan Nair to be excused from his duties as its acting secretary. Mr Nair who assumed the duties last October after a group of the
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  • 33 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 5 The Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Tun Yusof bin Ishak, will speak at the final of the Koran-reading competition at the National Theatre at 8.30 p.m. on Jan. 9.
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  • 115 13 tINGAPORE. Jan. 5 Embi bin Ibrahim, unemployed. who collected a total of $B6O rent from two men without authority, was today sentenced to three years’ .fall on each of four counts of cheating. Mr. Sachi Saurajen. the magistrate. who ordered the sentences
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  • 242 13 |(UALA LUMPUR, Jan. 5. —Korea is very concerned about the deteriorating relations between Malaysia and Indonesia, Mr. Dong Huan Kim, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Korean National Assembly, said today. “However, we hope a quick and peaceful settlement will be found.”
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  • 67 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Jan. ft—Six Indonesians, who were charged in the magistrate’s court last week In connection with the landings in the Pontian district on Dec. 23, today had their cases mentioned again. They were charged under the Internal Security Act with being ln control of arms, ammunition
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  • 49 14 KANCiAK. .lait 7 Tengku 3e|mo>» bun* Abdul Rahman and iiMhf Mat Ls.t bin Che Mat will n-previif t.ir Mata Ayer District 1 h Btate Koran contest on Jan 10 (t I h»*y di’t«‘ated 12 others In tiie UisM, t competition at Sekolah Oran, four miles from
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  • 587 14 ONE SABOTEUR CAPTURED—HIS COMPANION BELIEVED DROWNED SINGAPORE, Jan. 7. —A night harbour curfew will be imposed from tomorrow to prevent small boats from operating in territorial waters between the southwestern end of Singapore Island and Tanjong Changi The 7 p m to 530 am.
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  • 147 14 NOW IT’ S ‘CRUSH MALAYSIA BONDS IN JAKARTA JAKARTA, Jan. 7.—The Government’s banking system has issued 20 billion rupiahs worth of “confrontation” and “development” bonds in an elTort to fill the State’s coffers and stop the current inflation by withdrawing money from circulation. The bonds, on sale since Jan. 1,
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  • 160 14 Johore Bahru, Jan. 7 A JOHORE, Labour Party official, Tay Geok Khoo, alias Tay Rok Swce, 25, was sentenced yesterday to two years’ Jail by the Sega m a t Sessions Court on three charges of possession of arms and explosives. The
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  • 100 14 CINGAPORE.Jan. 6—American folksingers Steve Addiss and Bill Crofut. who flew into Singapore today, can. between them, sing in 27 languages, and play a dozen different instruments. Their programme he:e includes a concert at the People’s Association headquarters in Kallang on the evening
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  • 67 14 PENANG, Jan. 7—The Government’s free X-ray unit will tout Province Wellesley to give mass chest X-rays to the public on the following dates: District Hospital, Bukit Mertajam: Jan. 11, 12, 13, 25. 26 and 27; district hospital, Sungei Bakap: Jan. 14. 15. 28 and 29;
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  • 45 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 6 Eighty-four modern paintings by 11 Singapore artists will be exhibited at the British Council here from Jan. 11. The four-day exhibition will be opened at 5.30 p.m by Mr. King ton Loo, chairman of the Art. 1 'ounctl.
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  • 383 15 To protect against unfair taxes and profiteering PENANG, Jan. 3. THE United Democratic Party is to launch a 1 nation-wide drive to form consumers’ associations to protect consumers against profiteering and unfair taxes. “Such associations should best be non-politi-cal.” Dr. Lim Chong
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  • 181 15 IPOH, Jan. 3. —Appeal 1 letters sent out by the Mentri Besar, Dato Ahmad bin Said, for the Perak Umno headquarters fund, were yesterday criticised as ‘‘most improper” by Mr Chan Yoon Onn, secretary of the People’s Progressive Party. In a statement issued
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  • 83 15 lESSELTON, Jan. 3 The Chief Game Warden of Sabah has issued a warn* ing that orang hutan is a protected animal in the State and very severe penalties are prescribed for illegally hunting these animals. The warning was issued following conviction of a Japanese.
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  • 63 15 LUMPUR. Jan. 4 The New Year began without any fatal accidents here and in Singapore. There were 19 accidents all minor on New Year’s Day and only one man was slightly injured, said the traffic police spokesman here. In Singapore, 133 minor road accidents occured between
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  • 27 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 3—Mr. Tan Peng Gee has been appointed chief parks officer in the Parks and Recreation Division of the Ministry of National Development.
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  • 242 15 K U w L A l -UMPUR. Jan. 3Mal.iyn and Singapore «.IV be connected with e!' and Sarawak on the V Ea ?t Commoni. n 1 telephone cable sysby the end of January. t J, o! lbmarine cable be- on Singapore and Jessely«'ar anV IliS
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  • 283 15 KUALA LUMPUR, January 3. THE general secretary of the All-Malayan Estates Staff Union, Mr. T. P. D. Nair, said today that the days of estate managers dismissing their monthly-paid staff at a month’s notice were over. The union had come to an
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  • 156 15 SINGAPORE, Jan*. 3. Singapore trade union leader left here by air for Britain tonight to take up a three-month course in industrial relations. -He is Inche Hashim bin Idris, a vice-president of the National Trades Union Congress and president of the Singapore Traction
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  • 115 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 3. Miss Jinadari Amarasekara was elected chairman of the Buddhist Missionary Society Youth Section at its first annual meeting at the Brickfields Buddhist Temple here today. Other officials are: Vice-chair-men Mr. Hong Kok Teng and Mr. Teoh Kim Theam; secretary Mr. K. D.
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  • 40 15 SINGAPORE. Jan 3—Police have detained four men while screening 2 055 people during the past 24 hours. Two men were detained under the Societies Ordinance and the other two under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance
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  • 434 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 6. THE First Magistrate, Mr. Eu Cheow Chye, today endorsed two provisional warrants of arrest against two Singapore citizens Anthony Wee and his wife, Agnes Wee who are wanted by the Hong Kong Police after their counsel, Mr. R. Murugason, had formally
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  • 159 16 If U A L A LUMPUR, Jan. 6. —The Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr. K. G. George, today warned against a move to form a Federation of Transport Workers’ Unions. The general secretary of the Federation Transport Workers’ Union, Mr. V. David, was
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  • 48 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 6—Four short-service commissioned navy cadets left for Britain today for a year’s training at the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. The cadets are: Sheikh Othman bin Ahmad. Syed MustafTa bin Syed Ibrahim. Mr. Oot Tenc Sum and Mr. Chew Yew Win.
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  • 270 16 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 6.—The year 1965 is the time for workers in this country to see more deeds than hear nice words from the Government, the Union Herald the official monthly of the National Union of Plantation Workers said today. The
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  • 28 16 IPOH, Jan. 6—Polling day for two vacant seats in the Tanjong Rambutan and Kampong Tawas Local Councils near here will be held simultaneously on Jan. 30.
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  • 122 16 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 6.—The Director of Planning, Telecommunications Department. Mr. F. J. Collins, today refused to comment on a Straits Times reader’s complaint about the telephone system in Lumut, Perak. The reader wrote that he had to wait for more than three hours before getting
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  • 84 16 Kuala lumpur, jan. 6. The visiting chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Korean National Assembly, Mr. Dong Huan Kim, today had talks on the situation in South-East Asia with the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari. Mr. Kim, who is here
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  • 154 16 lESSELTON, Jan. 6—lnche Embong bin Yahaya. of the Federal Ministry of National and Rural Developnient, has completed a trainc°urse for 102 teachers. t The Central Government is enhusiastically pushing its plan for he introduction of adult education here. Ab u Bakar Adult Educa-
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  • 238 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 6. THE Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, says that Indonesia has failed to make any headway with any nation with its anti-Malaysia propaganda. Inaugurating a new series of interviews entitled "Malaysians Speak” over Radio Malaysia's
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  • 97 16 BATU PAH AT. Jan. 6 Tut men were charged in the magistrate’s court here yesterday with cheating a woman of $250 on Dec 20. Liaw Yoon San, alias Liaw Joon San, 30, of Jalan Kluang here, and Ting Heoh Teong, 28, of Yong Peng, were
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  • 47 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan B—* 28-member Japanese provincial trade mission will arrive here o*i Jan. 10 for a three-day visit. The team, headed by Mr- Masu* mi Mizobuchi, Governor of Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku Island, is on a market familiarisation tour ol South-East Asian countries.
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  • 31 16 KUALA KANGSAR, Jan. 6. Mr. Gan Yee Tang has been reelected president of the Kuala Kangsar branch of the Malayan Chinese Association with Mr. Ton Chin Chye as vice-president.
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  • 136 17 THE Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri A{onc congratulate the youngest Ice skater, 17-year-old Patricia Francey, after her performance at the Asian premiere of “Holiday on Ice” at Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur on the night of Jan. 6. Miss Francey, dressed in
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  • 178 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 7. INDONESIANS in Sabah who are Malaysian citizens, can vote in the State’s direct elections to be held this year. This was stated today by the chairman of the Election Commission. Dato Hail Mustapha Albakri before he left for
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  • 85 17 K I ALY LUMPUR, Jan. 7. rhe employees of Mai»yan Tobacco Company donated $9,000 for the National Defence Fund. m Milr ßaret Loong of Malayan Tobacco Company presented a cheque <>r $9,000 to the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Hah man. m °ney was collected
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  • 33 17 Jan. 7—A New Year the Penang r CU,OBis P atients v. m be General Hospital ivnarm n f" by m enibers of the Jan n R<( Cross detachment on
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  • 102 17 1>RUNEI TOWN, Jan. 7. Brunei’s revenue for this year is likely to amount to $108,500,000 and expenditure to $95,900,000 according to Mr John Lee, the State Financial Officer. “There Is thus an estimated surplus on recurrent account of $12,600,000, he said Although development expenditure
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  • 49 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 7 Five Japanese MPs. led by Mr. K. Sato, arrived here by air today for a “first-hand impression of Malaysia.” The delegation will stay in Singapore for four days before leaving for Kuala Lumpur. The MPs have already visited Sarawak and Sabah
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  • 43 17 JESSELTON, Jan. 7—A byelection will be held before Jan. 23 at the West Coast Residency electoral college to fill the Legislative Assembly seat vacated by the former Chief Minister. Dato Donald Stephens. Nominations for the seat close on Jan 16
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  • 119 17 Govt union deplores MP’ s attack on member KUMPUR, Jan. 7 —The Johore Civil Service Union has deplored an attack on a Johore Government officer by an Alliance MP, Inche All bin Haji Ahmad (Pontian Selatan), during the Budget debate Iasi month in the House ot Representatives. Inche All had
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  • 87 17 SEREMBAN, Jan. 6. The Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan will open the State Koran reading contest on the Station padang on Jan. 8 at 8.30 p m. Twenty-four contestants from the districts of Seremban. Port Dickson. Rembau, Jelebu, Kuala Pilah and Tampin will
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  • 310 17 Case of the labourer, 21, and the girl of 13 SEREMBAN, Jan. 7 2l-year-old labourer, described as a “fine looking young man,” was today sentenced to two years’ jail by the Sessions Court here for kidnapping a 13-year-old girl. Before passing sentence on Ku
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  • 109 17 V U A L A TKENGGANU Jan. 7.—Warrants of arrest were issued against six farmers when they failed to appear in the magistrate's court at Marang today to answer a joint charge of illegal occupation of State land. Only one man Sulaiman bin Josh.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 552 18 \FTER the steady close to last week’s trading, vlth the pre-holiday and lusMian covering to the fore, Indonesia’s weekend withdrawal trom the United Nations opened the current week a lull half cent higher, report II.C.B Co. Ltd. in their current survey of the Malayan Rubber
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    • 38 18 »M«n»mri' Pricii) linil Malayan 1.02 2.02xd K'forul Malayan 1.35 1 45*,i Third Malayan l.(jy Malaysia Commerce .81 .04 I'lrtst Hoi tg Knrm 1,17 1 2V* I Hong Kong Burling Commodity 3/i» jy (*!iorig Kong <urrency).
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    • 1813 18 From Our Market Correspondent ANOTHER depressing week on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia mirrored the general anxiety about Indonesia’s withdrawal from the United Nations, the threat of intensified confrontation and the building up of the security forces. For the first time last week concern about
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    • 27 18 JAN. 8. MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 71 cents (up one-eighth of a cent). TIN: $622.12} (up 50 cents). Unofficial estimated offering: 100 tons (up 5 tons).
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    • 16 18 Buklt Katil produced 56,540 lb. of rubber in December and Aver Molek 75,280 lb
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    • 31 18 RUBBER TIN (per lb.) (per picul) Jan. 4. 71% cts. $621.12% 5. 71% cts. $629.75 6. 71% cts. $624.12% 7. 70% cts. $621.62% 8. 71 cts. $622.12% 9. $629.75
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    • 51 18 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made these changes in its rates to merchants on Saturday (all rates to $100): New York: buying TT 32-5/8. airmail OD I*2-3/4, 90 d/st. 33-1/16 credit bills, S3i trade bills. Selling TT or 0D ready: New York 32-7/16; Swiss Francs *.39-7/8; Swedish Kroner
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    • 28 18 Crops harvested during December. Included Benta 170,000 lb Jeram Kuantan 81,000 lb. Kundong Tanjong Pau 261 000 lb Mentakab 98,000 lb. and Suneei Bagan 184,000 lb.
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    • 35 18 .n rt u„r.u.,: 85.24 '“VoS 7 3(t Tios: 1J6.49 115.16 114.32 113 10 mo! wU‘2? rubbers: 1C8.98 108.98 108.58 losilo 107 78 107 M Dec. 30. 1963 100 Dec. 29. 1962 100.
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    • 31 18 Total for Total for Kinta Kellas 46%?" !K l W f the year previous year Kinta Kellas Fcb 1 60% 70% Ituliber B.l*t Jan ,5 ~l IM ,j Interim.
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    • 156 18 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10.— Housebreakers night escaped with about $9,400 in cash and $2,300 in jewellery from two houses in the Tanglln, area. BREAK-IN No. 1: The Con-sul-General of Panama. Mr. William McLean, reported the theft of US$3,OOO and a ring worth $3OO. Mr. McLean, who is
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  • 318 19 HEAD i RETURNS FROM HOLIDA Y KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 8. D Rif AIN will make sure that no risks face Malaysia in JJ its national defence against Indonesian aggression, the British High Commissioner here, Lord Head, said today “We are determined to see that
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  • 184 19 |l U AL A LUMPUR, 11* Jan. 8.—The Min- is ter of Finance, Mr. I Tan Slew Sin, has I advised critics of the Government’s taxation m proposals to study his 1 speeches and state- ments carefully before I venturing into print ft Hp
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  • 40 19 f, l PO Jan B—The Dean f ai ;s lty of Lav. Prof. LC. 1 .ol the University of Slngae on ‘^ndone- c&fr&L* 3 at th Y e 5 lun ch at the Princes i‘ant tomorrow. ;.'W%255\
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  • 190 19 -*7 '.-v.; ‘-CV Kuala lumpur, jan. 8. —Malaya’s 56,000 government industrial and manual workers today appealed to the Government to protect them against the “insidious” effects of the new tax measures. They said they were “gravely concerned* over the impact of the rew tax measures
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  • 166 19 '-y I/UALA LUMPXJR. Jan. 8— ,v There are many ways to pay tribute to a man. Among the most lasting is a film that shows him as he was For John P. Kennedy, late President of the United States, the 00-mimite film, "Years
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  • 434 19 PENANG. J*n. 6 V” V V?; +i\ rS? I P*l^wflPPSSikX '*•;?>:^ f pENANG’S Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, said today there were “definite sign” that the State’s present free port status would eventually be abolished, and the island ins eluded in
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  • 104 19 SINGAPORE* Jan. 6—Th e Malaysian songkok was a rave at the 7th Australian Jamboree at Dandenong, near Melbourne, where more than 10,000 Scouts from all over the world are now assembled. In the camp, where most of the boys wear the traditional Scout
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  • 46 19 IPOH, Jan. B—An eight-Inch mortar bomb was found near tin mine aDout three miles from Sungei Rala near here early to* day. The bomb weighs about 281 b. I Police have made arrangements for military experts to disposa 'of it.
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  • 717 20 Singapore; Jan. 9.— Docmaytor, w i t h owner Miss P. J. Monk-i house astride, sprang a surprise in the Ladies j Cup for a mixed Classes 2, 3 and 4 field over 5$f to pay $131 for a win and $26 for a place at f the
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  • 298 20 SINGAPORE, Jan. 8. Mr. Ho See Beng, chairman of the NTUC, said today People's Action Party trade unionists formed or|y a minority in the organisation and it was impossible for them to bulldoze decisions detrimental to the interests of the workers.
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  • 69 20 PENANG, Jan. 8.—The Chief Minister, Da to Wong Pow Nee, yesterday received a cheque for .$600 for the National Defence Fund from the Ven. Pra Kru Daeng, head priest of Penang’s oldest Buddhist temple, Wat ChaljK Managalaram, in Burmah Lane. Of this amount, $539.40 represented the
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  • 42 20 I.UMUT, Jan. 8.—The Dindings district welfare committee has given out $4,755 as temporary relief to 365 fishermen affected by Indonesian confrontation. The money was raised by the committee mainly from the recent Lumut Sea Carnival and other social functions.
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  • 31 20 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 8. Bank Negara announced today that it had received $BO through the Straits Time* for the National Patriotic Fund bringing the total to $1,276,059 uhhj
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  • 239 20 ImWB KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 8. A SPECIAL course in the national language for Malay Government officers only, to prepare them for the official language switchover from English to Malay in 1967, will begin in June. The Ministry of Education has written t< State Governments
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  • 77 20 $7,000 raised for Bishop Chan’ s purse PENANG, Jan. 8.—Catholics in tbc Diocese of Penang contributed more than $7,000 towards a purse for the Bishop of Penang, Monslgnor Francis Chan, who re2«j? |ub«« ratKl hl 5a rdotai ordained on Dec. has Indicated he would give the money to the Grey
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  • 34 20 LAYANG LA YANG. Jan. The OH Palms of Malaya Cooperatlve Stores Society Ltd. will hold its annual meeting at its t cinema hall in Ulu Remis at 9 _P.ni- on Jan, 15.
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  • 171 20 DTC-TRAINED TEACHERS CALL OFF GO-SLOW’ THREAT 4 fr v ■r’jSri'itT f F, ITUALA LUMPUR, Jan. •“8. The National Union of Day Training College and Centre Trained Teachers today called off its threat of a work-to-ruie. This follows the Govern- ment acceptance of its demand for a seal on the National
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  • 58 20 KANOAR. Jan. S.—Tht offlcl* price for pudl bought by the Qov ernment rice mills in Kedah an< Perils has been fixed at $1G a picul for this year This was announced today b> the State Commissioner of Land. 1 and Mines. Inche Hariri bln
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    • 85 20 ■■•■v t- Bit SWEEP TOTAL POOL $166,355 *****1, *****1, *****1. 1 Consolation ($756 each)—Noa. 8176*7, *****5, ******, 3435*9, ******, *****6, *****9, *****5. *****6, *****1, *****5, *****1, 3*4487. ******. *****6. 66 Consolation Prises of $266 each—Noa. *****8, *****2, *****1, *****4, *****9, *****8, *****6, 25*816, *****8, *****6. *****8, *****3, *****5, *****1, *****9.
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