The Straits Budget, 17 February 1965

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  • 62 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAY AS NATIONAL NtWSPAPf* At r Wte 7-1 v. £;v vYEutW IT i Jt» A. v- k** a t l *•s> u REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O. U.K. AS A NEWSPAPER ?r, wl: «.'»■>*: t.jL JP a C4A glcß) KUALA LUMPUR,
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  • 362 2 m* .O 4*' X. ‘/V'' j7^%SEf* '8r I d '-f* SINGAPORE, Feb. 12. THE president of the Malaysian Indian Congress in Singapore, Mr. John Jacob, said today that those who resented the actions of the National Trades Union Congress and its leaders
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  • 198 2 If UALA LUMPUR, Feb. 12. —Communist disturbances in South Vietnam will not affect the tourist trade between Saigon and Kuala Lumpur, the general manager of Air Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Tan Trung, said here today. He said: "The tourist trade wUI continue to grow because
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  • 19 2 8UNOE1 PATANI, Peb. 12—‘The British High Commissioner to Malaysia. Lord Head, will visit Kedah this week-end
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  • 268 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 12 The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, will leave on a onemonth tour of East African countries at the end of this month to explain Malaya’s dispute with Indonesia. The Ministry of External Affairs is now finalising
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  • 248 2 y KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. .12? ANT I-MALAYS IA posters were tonight seen pasted on shop-houses, post boxes, bus stops ond trees here and in Petoling Java. The posters, some bearing anti-Malay-sia v slogans, others anti British ones, were written in Chinese and In the National
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  • 56 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 12—The first Ombudsman People’s Champion or intermediary between ordinary citiaens and the State to be appointed in the Common* wealth arrived here today. Ha is Sir Guy Powles of New Zealand who is here on a private visit as guest of his country’s High
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  • 41 2 JESSEQLTON', Peb. 12 —Mr. James Stephen Tibok has been elected unopposed to the Sabah Legislative Assembly seat formerly held by Da to Donald Stephens, the former Chief Minister, who is now Federal Minister for Sabah and Civil DefenceAP.
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  • 129 2 aEREMBAN*. Feb. 12.An 4 Alliance > town councillor, Mr. Kan Kok Kwan, has accused the Seremban Town Council of “running the council like schoolboys”. The council is controlled by a coalition of the United Democratic Party and the Soda Ust Front Making an
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  • 64 2 PENANG, Feb. 12 About 100 sick Catholics, some lying on stretchers, were blessed by the Bishop of Penang, Monslgnor Francis Chan, at a special ceremony held in the courtyard of the College-General In Pulau Tikus here yesterday evening. Mgr. Chan celebrated Mass in the ooen air
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  • 30 2 MACHANG, Feb. 12—A $50,000 rubber training school has been built at Bukit Sireh. 11 miles from here. The first batch of 40 will start their training on Monday.
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  • 33 2 SINGAPORE, Feb. 12 The Malaysian Transport Minister, Date Sardon bin Hajl Jublr, will fly here tomorrow to meet transport and taxi opeiafors here at the Registrar of Vehicles office at 11
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 712 3 —Straits Times, February 8 Crisis in the affairs of the Government and the civil service unions has been averted by the unexpected truce reached at the week-end. The unions apparently made the first move, the Cuepacs executive authorising its President, Mr. V. E. Jesudoss, to meet the
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    • 264 3 —Straits Times, February 8 The Communist terrorist remnants hiding in the jungles on the Thai-Malaysian border are today a serious menace to both countries. For Malaysia, it ceased to be safe to regard Chin Peng’s gang as a mere nuisance the moment Soekamo launched confrontation. In the conditions
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    • 174 3 —Straits Times, February 9 A publicity campaign needs as much preparation as any other, said Tun Razak yesterday in a message his audience of information and broadcasting officials would do well to take to heart. If they do, if they plan their tasks “like a military campaign,”
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    • 345 3 —Straits Times, February 10 The Selangor State Development Corporation evidently intends to take on much wider functions than the Petaling Jay a Development Corporation out of which it grew. In addition to providing building sites it proposes to build on a fairly substantial scale. The Corporation’s chairman, the
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    • 227 3 —Straits Times. February 10 Nanyang University graduates are clearly out to help their alma mater to Malaysian respectability. The president of the newly-formed graduates’ association, for example, made the most of his chances when he addressed 200 of his fellows in Singapore this week. “One of the paramount
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    • 617 3 —Straits Times, February 11 In assessing Indonesian “confrontation” it is wrong to think exclusively in conventional military terms. In his address to the conference of information and broadcasting officers, Dato M. Ghazali bin Shafie, the Permanent Secretry for External Affairs, emphasised a phase of Indonesian aggression which
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    • 314 4 —Straits Times, February 11 Local government re-or-ganisation may not be among the most urgent problems confronting the nation. In the long run, however, it is of great importance that the population outside the major towns should be within ready administrative reach and, conversely, should have a stronger sense
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    • 353 4 —Straits Times, February 12 In any underdeveloped nation the universities must assume responsibilities greater than those of the universities of industrialised countries. This is because they are to a greater degree elite institutions and because their graduates will almost certainly move more quickly into positions of importance. It
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    • 228 4 —Straits Times, February 12 The Pontian people who have set themselves to buy a $225,000 patrol boat for the Royal Malaysian Navy have embarked on an imaginative project and should be able to look beyond their own district for assistance. Pbntian last year bore the brunt of Indonesian guerilla
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    • 645 4 —Straits Times, February 13 There can be no question that the possibility of mediation which might end “confrontation” is among Dr. Subandrio’s chief concerns in his mission to Tokyo and Karachi. It is not the only object of his visits. High on his agenda is the June conference
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    • 377 4 —Straits Times, February 13 With one refinery working and two others under construction Malaysia is well on iits way to a form of selfsuffioiency in sugar. Against I a total demand for about j 280,000 tons a year the Prai factory has capacity for about 1 120,000 tons
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    • 200 4 tjaw TTU1IW1 1 I 111 V11V —Straits Times, February 13 This week’s discussions in Penang between Thai and Malaysian delegations on border problems should have laid a good base for important decisions at next month's General Border Committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Accord has been reached on necessary
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  • PERSONAL
    • 88 4 TO JOSHUA and Susy, a son. A n John Parapuram, at Government M‘ r nity Hospital, K.L., on Nov. 4. Thanki to doctor and staff. LOGANAVAGAM and Sarojinlthevy daughter on 3.2. '65 both mother nod daughter well. Thanks doctor and ‘-'an Maternity Ward Kuala Lumpur. SHARKEY: To Joy and
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  • 365 5 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. IiHE future of Malaysia is not only the responsibi- nty of the Central Government only but also the responsibility of the state governments of Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak. O -I 4.. The Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Toh Chin
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  • 41 5 SINGAPORE. Feb. 7—Mr. M. K. uiiasi has been elected president or the Sree Narayana Mission management committee. Othpr officials are Mr. M Bhaskaran Nair, vice-president; Ir Dcvadasa Panicker, secretary: Mr. N. Sadasivan. assistant secretary; Mr. N. Madhavan.
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  • 115 5 IZANGAR, Feb. 7.—Perlis has formed a war and border committee to take measures against the infiltration of Communists and Indonesians through the Malaysia-Thai border. The Mentri Besar, Dato Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim. who is chairman of the committee, said the committee had held
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  • 41 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. s—Mr. Michael OMaufy has been elected president for this year of St. Patrick's Society of Selangor, which hold its annual celebration and ball at the Lake Club. Kuala Lumpur, on St. Patrick s Day March 17.
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  • 168 5 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 7. —The English writer, Mr. J. B. Priestley, gave this three-point advice to budding Malaysian writers: Don’t imitate any established writer but read their works critically and try to understand their technique. Begin by writing about the life you know intimately
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  • 71 5 SINGAPORE. Feb. 7 A tea party to celebrate Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Puasa was held by the Geylang Serai branch of the People’s Action Party today at the branch headquarters in Jalan Übi. The Minister for Culture. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, the Minister for Education,
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  • 355 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 7. 'JHE Kuala Lumpur Municipality Joint Council is to hold a meeting on Feb. 17. to discuss the pay claims by the Federal capital's 135 firemen. The firemen who returned to normal duty yesterday after working-to-rule for two-and-a-half days will
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  • 61 5 SINGAPORE. Feb. 7—The Minister for Finnace. Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will open a seminar in connection with the radio course on "Economic Problems of Malaysia" on Feb. 14 at the Eusoff College. University of Singapore. The course is organised by the Joint committee for radio
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  • 58 5 KUCHING. Feb. 7-The Kuching district committee of the Sarawak Federation of Women’s Institutes gave a Hari Raya party for 20 men of the Royal Malay Regiment and 20 men of the Gurkha Rifles at their headquarters in Kuching on Friday nignt. The party was a gesture
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  • 35 5 MUAR. Feb. 7 The Johore State Government has set aside $5,000 to turn a 10-acre land at Tanjong. one mile from here, into a golf course. It will be ready next month.
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  • 224 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 7. The $25 million question which is the deciding factor for the shifting of the Selangor capital from here to the proposed new town at Batu Tiga, 14 miles from here, will be settled soon. This is the sum which che
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  • 508 6 In the interests of social anthropology a graduate keeps... IPOH, Feb. 7 ELECTED representatives of the people of Perak may not know it, but they have been closely watched on what they “say, do and claim to do” in public for
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  • 125 6 IPOH, Feb. 7. The Asia Foundation headquarw*.is in San Francisco has made two gifts of 550 books each to the Ipoh Public Library and the Sultan Ismail Public Library in Johore Bahru. The books, which cover a wide range of subjects, will be,
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  • 24 6 KANOAR. Peb. 8 A laksa party will be held by the Jejawi Mutlara Youth Club on February 12 to celebrate Harl Raya
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  • 393 6 SEVEN ENGINES TAKE TWO HOURS TO BRING IT UNDER CONTROL Textiles worth $750,000 destroyed, while total damage estimated at $1 million ALOR STAR, Feb. 7. SIX a.m. fire today destroyed a bazaar at Jalan Langgar here in the heart of Alor Star town. Textiles estimated to
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  • 31 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Peb. 7—-The National Productivity Centre will conduct the second Malaysian residential advanced management seminar from Feb. 15 to Peb 24 at the Cameron Hitrhlands Hotel! Tanah Rata.
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  • 242 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. Millionaire philanthropist Dato Ng Quee Lam last night urged the rich to continue doing their best in helping to maintain the high standard of social welfare services and charitable work in the country. Dato Ng said:
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  • 35 6 KUALA TRENOGANU, Feb. 8— Mr. M. M. Sree, an administrator at the General Hospital here ha* been selected to attend a threeweek administrative course at the Government officers’ training centre in Petaling Jaya.
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    • 102 6 THE H.K. AND FAR EAST builder A Hi-Monthly periodical ol Building of Heal Estate Activities hi the Far East. A Magazine dealing with building architectural and real estate activities Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kang, Siam The Philippines. Borneo and The Far East established in 1936 tins bi monthly trade »«ptr is
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  • 504 7 razak wants this to be rectified KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 8 THE Deputy Prime 1 Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said today that there was lack of co-ordina-tion and planning not only within Government departments but also among departments as well. Unless this was rectified. it would be
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  • 299 7 KUALA LUMPUR, February 7 IT was a red letter day for understudy, Marion Desmond, when the New Shakespeare Company began its session in the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall yesterday. At short notice Miss Desmond took over the allimportant and demanding role of Katherina
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  • 56 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 7.—Professor Wang Gung Wu, head of the Department of History at the University of Malaya. will talk on “the New Nation." at 29. Ipoh Road at 4 p.m. on February 14. His talk is sponsored by the Kuala Lumpur Psychology Club. It
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  • 37 7 PENANG. Feb. B—The Penang Discussion Group will hold a dinner at the Dawood Restaurant on Saturday night to bid farewell to its president, Mr. M. Abraham, who will be leaving Penang for Kuala Lumpur shortly.
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  • 375 7 PENANG, Feb. 7 rrHE Ministry of Education has decided to stop monetary aid for blind students who have qualified to join Form One this year under the Government system of integrated education for sightless children. Those already in the programme will continue
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  • 287 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 8.— A five-year-old girl was found raped and strangled early today in a public lavatory at a block of flats in Jalan Bukit Ho Swee. The girl’s father, Low Yoo Bah, a labourer, discovered her body at about 2.30 a.m. She
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  • 44 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7—The Selangor Turf Club today donated 150.000 to the National Defence Fund. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, who attended the race* here, received the cheque from Dato Sir Clough Thuralsingam, the STC chairman, at the racecourse.
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  • 519 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. 8 r J'WO years ago, the 314-ton Panama-nian-registerea Kien Kung disappeared, with a million-dollar cargo, in the Straits of Malacca, near Port Swettenham And in the High Court today, the big question on the disappearance was: Did the
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  • 90 8 \flt. David Hang King 1 Hua (above) fourth son of the Rev. and Mrs. Paul S-H. Ilang has returned to Singapore after obtaining a Degree in Chemical Engineering from Melbourne University. Mr. Hang played the violin for the Victorian Junior Symphony Orchestra and was
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  • 53 8 SINGAPORE, Feb. B—Che Aidah binte Abdul Majid, 78. mother of the Berita Harian editor, Inche Abdul Samad Ismail, died at her home at Jalan Yahya, Kampong Melayu, here this morning. She was the widow' of the late Haji Ismail bin Sharrazi, a former headmaster of
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  • 36 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 7 A 36-year-old Englishman, Mr. A. C. Brown, was taken semi-conscious from the Hotel Majestic to the General Hospital about 11.15 tonight. He hacl a wound on the right arm.
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  • 26 8 PENANG. Feb. B—A8 —A delegation from the Penang Consumers’ Association will meet the Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee. on Feb. 12.
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  • 225 8 MANILA, Feb. 8. Intelligence agents have captured an Indonesian spy in Mindanao, southern Philippines, according to a Defence Department. spokesman. He was described as an Indonesian Air Force officer who came to the country as an illegal entrant. Defence authorities refused to give further
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  • 67 8 PENANG. Fob. 7 About 500 children from all communities between six and seven years of age attended a joint Hari Raya and Chinese New Year party at Glugor organised by Inche Aziz Ibrahim, a state executive councillor and state assemblyman for Glugor yesterday. The children came
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  • 135 8 SINGAPORE. Feb. 8 K Admiral of the, Fleet, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the British Chief of Defence StalY, who flics to Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 10 on his tour of Malaysia will also visit Singapore for two days. After spending two days in the Federal Capital,
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  • 295 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 8.—The International Tin Agreement is to be extended for another five years when it expires in the middle of next year. This was the unanimous decision of the six producing countries—Malaysia. Nigeria. Thailand. Bolivia, Indonesia and the Congo—at an International Tin
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  • 35 8 PENANG. Feb 8 The City Council’s offer of 51 stalls to Malay traders in the Chowrasta market will be considered by the Penang Malay Chamber of Commerce at a meeting on Feb. 17*
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  • 427 9 All govt unions should have seat in Whitley CouneiV pENANG, Feb. 7.—A pledge to destroy CUEPACS was made here last night by Wan Din bin Mohamed Hashim, president of the National Union of Hospital Assistants. Speaking at a victory dinner given by the
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  • 291 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7 TWO hundred screaming teenagers were at the A airport this afternoon to greet two of Europe’s leading singing groups—Manfred Mann and his Quintet and The Kinks. The boys in Beatle hairdo and drainpipe trousers and t Kiris in skin-tight slacks and
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  • 21 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 27—The Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club will hold its district conference hertfrom Feb. 19 to Feb. 21.
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  • 125 9 TELUK ANSON, Feb. 7.—The Timor town branch of the Malayan Indian Congress yesterday adopted a resolution urging the Central Government to ban political parties involved in subversive activities. Mr. R.G. Sarny, the branch chairman, said such political parties would endanger the country. “At
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  • 150 9 Ruler’ s plea to parents: Encourage children to study hard LUMPUR, Feb. 9.— xiie Sultan of Selangor ..sterday apppealed to parents to encourage thoir children to study hard so that they could become responsible and alert citizens. He was opening the new Majay School at Petaling, five miles from here.
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  • 32 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 9—The Deputy High Commissioner for India. Mr. Mahboob Ahmed, and his wife will visit Sungei Patanl on Feb. 11 and Penang on Feb. 12 and 13.
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  • 95 9 lESSELTON, Feb. 7. Sabah now has its own flying doctor service to provide medical facilities to people living in inaccessible jungle areas. Announcing the introduction of the service, Sabah’s Minister of Health. Mr. Richard Yap, said today that the medical would use chartered amphibious aircraft
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  • 333 9 PENANG, Feb. 8. J'HE Thai Deputy Minister of Defence and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the National Security Command, Air Chief Marshal Dato Dawee Chullasapya, arrived here today resolved to wipe out the Communist menace ‘‘our common enemy” on
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  • 31 9 MUAR, Feb. 7. The Johore Mentri Besar. Dato Hajl Hassan bin Huji Yunos. opened a new $400,000 Malayan Banking building here yesterday. The building is fully air-condi-tioned.
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  • 375 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 8 JHE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Kazak, today told 20 American tycoons that unless more foreign aid was forthcoming Malaysia would face a deficit of $2,000 million on overall national development in the next six years. He said if this was
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  • 83 10 SABAK BERNAM, Feb. 9—The Minister of Health. Inche Baham.tn bin Samsuddin, yesterday opened a new $130,000 health centre at Sungei Ayer Tawar near here. The centre will serve more than 13,000 people Inche Bahaman said that the primary aim of the Government In building
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  • 48 10 SUNGEI PATANI. Feb. 9—lnche Ozalr bin Darus Is acting as Assistant Veterinary Officer, Central Kedah, in place of Mr. Christie Samuel who is leaving next week for New Zealand on a Colombo Plan scholarship for a oneyear couise in dairy science at Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston.
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  • 198 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. B. Singapore’s Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today joined the people of this island State in wishing Tengku Abdul Rahman “many happy returns of the day.” In a cable to the Malaysian Prime Minister. Mr. Lee said: “My colleagues and I send
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  • 182 10 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 9. —The New Shakespeare Company’s performances here are a complete sellout. Tickets for today’s and tomorrow’s performances of “The Tempest” were booked out a few days ago. So far nearly 1,800 people have seen “The Taming of the Shrew” and “The Tempest” during
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  • 163 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. B.—The president of the Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. J. George Hqrrar, one of the 42 American tycoons who arrived here today, was specially appointed by President Johnson to assess Malaysia’s defence requirements. Dr. Harrar said today that when he left
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  • 268 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. B. The University of Singapore announced today that the following candidates have passed the final professional Part II examination for the degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery in oral surgery and oral pathology, conservative dentistry, preventive dentistry, periodontia and prosthetic dentistryAhmad
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  • 82 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. The Federal Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, will open a new Malaysian Chinese Association branch at Chong Pang Road, off the 12£ m.s. Sembawang Road, on Feb. 14. Mr. Tan is national leader of the MCA. A spokesman of
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  • 303 11 CLARIFICATION ON THAT GOVT-IN-EXILE PLOT... KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 10. TENGKU Abdul Rahman made it 1 clear today that he had no doubt that the Pakistani Government was not connected with Opposition leaders who tried to set up a "government in exile" in Karachi. The clarification was
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  • 32 11 MANILA. Feb. 10. Two men vere shot dead and a third serously wounded w’hen their car vas ambushed yesterday in central .uzon Island, the constabulary reported.
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  • 175 11 DENANG, Feb. 9. A pupil of the Federation School for the Deaf here has won the first prize ini the senior group of the art exhibition organised in London by the Commonwealth Society for the Deaf. Marshitah binte Abdullah, 12, daughter
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  • 73 11 gfb. 10.—TheviceChamber fif l n e Sln 8»Pore Chinese Ph ™e Oerl! mm crce Mrcommlit!L ho heada the elw big rare” hi? 5 n the current »n the chimh tW n two Actions I s fecuporatin? f the P resl dcncy. Hospital 'if*« nR at General
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  • 172 11 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 10 —Malaysian surgeons will be able to take over brain operations completely in the country by 1969, Dr. W. Mosberg Jr., a member of the Advisory Board of Care-Medico, said here today. He said: "It is the intention of Care-Medico to
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  • 48 11 SINGAPORE. Feb. 10. A Malaccal awyer. Mr. Chan Yew How. two law graduates of the University of Singapore. Messrs. Anthony Phoon Wai Ping and Patrick Ong Yu-Shek. and a barrister. Mr Wong Pon Tong, were admitted to the Singapore Bar today bv Mr. Justice Chua.
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  • 27 11 ,—Reuter. KUCHING. Peb. 10. The 1st Battalion. Royal Ulster Rifles, after nine months service in the Malaysian Borneo jungles, is returning to Britain. Reuter.
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  • 294 11 TENGKU ANNOUNCES RESHUFFLE OF HIS CABINET: NO NEWCOMERS KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 10. 'JHE Minister of Sabah Affairs, Dato Donald Stephens, has had his portfolio expanded to include Civil Defence in a Cabinet reshuffle announced by Tengku Abdul Rahman today. The Prime Minister,
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  • 131 11 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 10.— The University of Malava today announced the results of Part II of the Final Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Science—l964/1965 session. The results are subject to confirmation by the University Senate. The following candidates have passed the examination
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  • 22 11 TANGKAK. Feb. 10.—A $25,000 mosque has been built at Parit Raja, 30 miles from here, under tihe rural development programme.
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  • 309 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9. lndonesian military build-up across the Borneo border is continuing and Malaysian military experts are thinking of counter measures. Tun Abdul Kazak, speaking after today's meeting of the National Defence Council, added that Soekarno now had at least three brigades
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  • 32 12 MUAR. Feb. 9 The Mentri Besar of Johore. Dato Haji Has*an bin Haji Yunos, has appointed 27 people to be the Board of Visitors to the Mental Hospital at Tampoi.
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  • 144 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. B. The newly-/ormed Association of Nanyang University Graduates last night pledged its loyalty to Malaysia. In a speech at a reunion dinner at the Shanghai Restaurant, attended by some 200 Nantah graduates, the association's president, Mr Ch’ng Jit Koon. said: “One of the paramount
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  • 41 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 9 The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, today received birthday greetings from the Dalai Lama. In his message, the Dalai Lama said: May peace and happiness overcome the present problems of your nation.”
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  • 90 12 F< fThf Songsong range, in the i Cl ty of th B »»ntang Island group off the K«dah coast, has been booked by the Far East Air l oree for Wnibing and firing exercises on the follow•ng dates: 9am. to 4 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 pm
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  • 176 12 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 7. The Cabinet reshuffle, to be announced by Tengku Abdul Rahman within the next few days, is expected to affect two ministries only—Education and Agriculture and Co-operatives. The Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives. Inche Mohamed Khlr Johari. is to go
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  • 47 12 SINGAPORE. Feb. 9 The Malaysian Government has accepted the appointment of Dato 5.1.0. Alsagoff as Consul-General for Saudi Arabia in Singapore. Dato Alsagoff. who is the president of the Muslim Advisory Board, has given up bis duties as honorary Ooneul for Iraq and Tunisia.
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  • 53 12 JAKARTA. Feb. S—For the second time President Soekarno has postponed a major speech to Indonesian workers on Indonesia's withdrawal from the United Nations. He was to have delivered the speech on Jan. 30 but it was postponed until Feb. 9. Today it was postponed again until
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  • 35 12 PARIT, Feb. 9— A schoolboy, Rosli bin Yusof, seven, was fatally Injured when he was knocked down by a car while waiting for a bus. on the ParltBruas road here yesterday morning.
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  • 22 12 KLUANG. Feb. 9—A St. Valentine's Day fancy dress ball will ce held at the Kluang Garrison on Feb. 13.
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  • 120 12 LUMPUR, Feb. 9. —Malaysian chambers of commerce have declined an invitation to attend the first Asian chambers of commerce conference in Manila next week. “The time is not opportune,” said Mr. Henry Wong, secretary of the Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce, today. He
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  • 284 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 8. THE Selangor Mentri Besar, Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, today warned that serious action, would be taken against those who failed to develop land given to them at the new industrial site at Batu Tiga, 16 miles from
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  • 28 12 TANGKAK, Feb. 9— The Boy Scouts Association here has appointed Mr. Tan Yoke Tee ot Ledang Primary School to be tne Assistant District Commissioner for Cubs.
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  • 173 12 KUANTAN, Feb. 9 T*HE Sultan of Pahang A will open the State Legislative Assembly meeting here tomorrow. A paper on the introduction of the “member system” type of Government will be tabled. Four committees will be formed, according to the paper.
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  • 307 13 Man who can lift a 15 lb. bag with his eye -lids is now in our Capital... KUALA LUMPUR, February 7 TWO Pakistan magicians are here with a bag of tricks not only to win the hearts of Malaysians, but also to learn their culture. They are Professor G. Hussain.
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  • 65 13 do!if Mm AHAT Fob 9—An InK’h ,>n, ,i m 1!p ran t’ M:\nsor bin (Sum it Amin 21. from Rtau a nncUM-it!* 118 today char R p d ln entMimr M 1 5 0Urt hCrt> Wlth vr P st 0f j 1 lava illegally. He
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  • 41 13 f *an Yee FW IS, Peb 8 Mr. [he Govf>rnm° t? 4, care taker of ‘■’■‘tional p,i nt Res t House at the Cshine no; r^ was drowr >ed while erday. Rest House yes'v° children Gaves a widow and
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  • 290 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. B. The Public DailyRated Cleansing Worker’s Union today challenged the Government to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the alleged racket of “contrived overtime” among the State’s cleansing workers. In a statement, the secretary of the union, Mr M. Veersamy,
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  • 82 13 PENANG. Feb. 8 Mariners are warned that firing exercises and bombing practice will take place near the Bunting Island group (Kedah coast) on the following dates this month: From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m and 630 p.m. to 9.30 pm. on 15, 16. 18. 22, 23 and
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  • 27 13 SINGAPORE. Feb. 9 The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. will attend a Tamil festival In Tovong Lalat at 7.30 p.m on Feb. 12.
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  • 513 13 Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 9 JNDONESIAN confrontation is a new, un- conventional war requiring unconventional counter strategy and tactics, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs, Dato Mohamed Ghazali bin Shafie, said today. He was addressing the conference of Information and Broadcasting
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  • 246 13 IPOH, Feb. 9. Malaya earned a little over $93.73 million from the export of tin last year, an increase of $22.46 million over export earrings for 1963, though production was lower. Tin produced last year was 58,855 long tons compared with
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  • 210 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. SUPERINTENDENT Percy Pennefather, former captain'of Singapore's State hockey team, has been promoted acting Assistant Commissioner of the Special Branch with effect from yesterday. This is a new post, which has been created by the Federal Establishment in Kuala Lumpur, and announced
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  • 180 14 Kuala lumppur, Feb. 9.—Tengku Abdul Rahman tonight expressed the hope that Umro, MCA and the MIC would continue to co-operate, in all fields Speaking at a party given in honour of his 62nd birthday by the Mentri Besar of SeLungor. Data llarun
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  • 21 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9—The Minister of Welfare Services. Hali Abdul Hamid Khan, will arrive here tomorrow for a four-day visit.
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  • 193 14 The Tengku says it again Kuala lumpur, Feb. 9. —Tengku Abdul Rahman today reiterated the Alliance Government’s determination to preserve the freedom of the Press. The Prime Minister was opening a $250,000 extension to the Utusan Melayu Press building at Jalan Chan Sow Lin here this evening.
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  • 198 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9.— The secretary-gen-eral of the National Trades Union Congress, Mr. C. V. Devan Nair, today spoke of an organised attempt by communal-minded politicians in Singapore to undermine the unity and effectiveness of the State’s multi-racial labour movement. He warned that if
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  • 77 14 SUNGEI PATANI, Feb. 9—Haji Ahmad bin Haji Abdullah, office assistant and director of the Land Office, Alor Star, has been promoted to the Kedah Civil Service and posted here as Assistant District Officer (Lands), in place of Inche Noraman, now Assistant District Officer I. Inche Ghazali bin
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  • 40 14 KANGAR. Feb. 9 The National School Teachers’ Union in Perlis is organising a sightseeing tour of Bangkok and Chengmai next month. All youths and other Interested groups in North Malaya may join the party if they wish.
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  • 31 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9—The off-shore curfew Imposed along the coastal area of Port Dickson from Kuala Sepang Besar to Kuala Linggi has been lifted from 7 p m. today.
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  • 141 14 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. About 1,400 people have been invited to witness the official opening of the new $250,000 Singa p o re Umno House at Geylang on Feb. 14 by the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman. Among the VIPs will be the Federal
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  • 234 14 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 9.The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce today presented to Tengku Abdul Rahman a 202-page book of pledges of loyalty from the Chinese community. It was signed and “chopped" by 2.108 chambers of commerce, public associations, guilds, clubs anil
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  • 210 14 JESSELTON, Feb. 9. OABAH’S Chief Minister, Mr. Peter Lo, said here yesterday that Indonesians and immigrant Chinese in Sabah would be allowed to take up Malaysian citizenship if they have stayed in the State for five continuous years on their work pass.
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  • 284 15 They will leave after massive ‘Operation Bull Roar ends on Feb. 12 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. SOME 1,000 Commonwealth infantry men are now shuttling between the Pahang jungles and air bases in Singapore as part of an exercise to test their ground-air mobility. When “Operation Bull Roar” ends
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  • 99 15 KANGSAR, Feb. 9. The Mentri Besar of Perlis, Uato Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashlm, yesterday described the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Kahman, as a disciple of the late Pandit Nehru who “never hated the British, even though his country was under colonial rule for
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  • 105 15 pRKTTY Chung llui Hsicn, 19. a newcomer to Hong Kong’s film industry, s now in Singapore for the location shooting of a new Mandarin film “Prosperity Ahead,” to be made in s, ngapore and Kuala Lumpur. She will co-star with new Hong Kong actor “find”
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  • 57 15 tunr N ?f A P u ORE( Peb 10. —A lecese SfnHii he De l )artme nt of Chin*#at £t e University of r<‘tired 0 ?f* Mf Chao Tai 63 ha Mr rn fter seven years’ service partv h,, was R,ven a farewell thr unu
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  • 90 15 IPOH. Feb. 10.—The Ipoh Rotary Club will hold four talks on law for the layman, open to the public, at the Anglo-Chinese school auditorium here. The talks will be on wills on Feb. 16 bv Mr. Rahim Noor, on libel and ‘slander on
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  • 197 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 10. —A young Singapore artist, Mr. Loy JitJoo, who had been studying at the Art Students’ League in New York for only a year, has won the William C. McNully Memorial Scholarship for further studies at the league. His award was
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  • 504 15 KUALA LUMPUR, February 9 'J'HE full staff side of the National Whitley Council is to meet here tomorrow to decide the stand it should take at the meeting with Tengku Abdul Rahman on the civil servants’ salary claims. The Tengku himself
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  • 180 15 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 9. Bank Negara today denied a report that there had been a continuing transfer of funds from Singapore and Malaya to Hong Kong over the past few months. A bank spokesman said: "On the contrary, we have capital coming
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  • 214 16 DENANG, Feb. 10.— The Thai-Malayan border talks opened in Penang today amidst strict security precautions. Ihe meeting, which will last until February 13. is beins he.d at the conierence room of the State Secretariat. The two leaders of the Thai and Malayan delegations, Air Chief
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  • 32 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. 10.—The Mini.ster for Culture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam. will speak at the luncheon meeting of the Y’s Men’s Club at the Prince’s Restaurant at 1 p.m. on February 13.
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  • 32 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. 10.—The Federal Minister for Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Khai Boh. will visit the Singapore Housing and Development Board offices at. 10.30 a.m. on February 12.
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  • 25 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. 10. The Singapore InMirance Companies Employees’ Union will hold a dinner and dance on on February 13 at the Imperial Room.
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  • 27 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 10.—The 57th annual meeting of the Selangor Chinese Funeral Association will be held at the Chinese Assembly Hall here on February 15.
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  • 40 16 BINGAPORE, Feb. 10.—Mr. Lai Man Sen has been elected president of the Singapore Teachers' Folk Dance Society with Mr. Mok Fook Kee as vice-president, Mr. Long Foo Choo as secretary, and Mr. Ng Heng Peng as treasurer.
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  • 297 16 KUANTAN, Feb. 10. r I HE Sultan of Pahang today described the State Government’s policy of introducing the “member system” of Government as a “speedy and efficient system designed to meet the needs of the people.” Speaking at the opening of
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  • 140 16 ITUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 10.—The next session of the House of Representatives will begin on March 1. This was disclosed by the Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, to newsmen at the Residency on February 9. The highlight of the fiveday
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  • 221 16 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 10.—Indonesia’s confrontation has impeded discussions on Malaysia’s $lBO million “blood debt” claim from Japan. BThis was stated here by the Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia, Mr. Fumihiko Kal. on his return from Johore Bahru after paying his respects to
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  • 207 16 KUALA LUMPUR, February 11 THE British Chief of Defence Staff, Earl Mountbatten, said on his arrival here tonight that Britain would defend Malaysia under any circumstances. But, he did not think the Indonesians would launch an all-out war against Malaysia. He said there would not be any
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  • 308 16 Kuala lumpur Feb. 10.—The Uni versty of Malaya will form a Territorial Army urdt within the next three weeks, the Vice-Chancellor, Dato Sir Alexander Oppenheim, said today. Dato Oppenheim told a Press conference that to begin with two companies (about 300 men)
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  • 521 17 MOUNTBATTEN TOLD OF URGENCY OF EXPANDING MALAYSIAN ARMED FORCES IN VIEW OF INDON BUILD-UP... i/UALA LUMPUR, a Feb. 11. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, met the British Chief of Defence Staff, Eari Mountbatten, for 45 minutes today to discuss defence problems. Tun Razak
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  • 204 17 PORT SWLTTENHAM, I Feb. 11—The British Far East Fleet in Singapore has been further strengthened w ith arrival of the destroyer lIMS London here today. The London one of Britain’s four latest guided missile destroyers steamed into the North Klang Straits early this
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  • 361 17 That peace bid man —by Tengku Kuala lumpur, Feb. 11. —Tengku Abdul Rahman confirmed tonight that an Indonesian emissary had tried to talk peace with him, but that he had spurned the approach because the man had taken part in an anti-Malaysian movement in Jakarta. Mohamed Mustaza. the Tengku said,
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  • 33 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 11.—The Deputy British High Commissioner here. Mr. J. R. A. Bottomley. left by air for Bangkok today on a brief visit. He was accompanied by his wife
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  • 130 17 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 11.— Sir Guy Powles of New Zealand, the first Ombudsman (“people's champion”) to be appointed within the British Commonwealth, will arrive here tomorrow for a brief visit as guest of the New Zealand High Commissioner. Mr. R. H. Wade. An .ancient Scandinavian
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  • 78 17 Kuala lumpur, Feb. n Prince Georg of Denmark will open the new extension to Denmark House in Ampang Road here on March 3. Prince Georg and Princess Anne will arrive here on March 1 in the course of a private business visit Prince Georg is
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1806 18 From Our Market Correspondent IT was another extremely quiet week on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia with a negligible turnover in the trading rooms. A veteran market observer in Kuala Lumpur said it was probably the lowest turnover since immediately after the days of the
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    • 50 18 T MI M ala yen Exchange Banks’ Association made this change In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying TT 35ft, airmail OD .13 3/8. 90 d/at. 35 7/8 credit hills 35 13/10 trade btlls. Selling TT or 0D ready: Canadian dollars 34 7/8.
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    • 124 18 DASED on monthly average figures Issued by the Bureau Central de Statlstlque Industrielle, In Paris production of French rubber tyres last year rose to over 310,000 tons from about 270,000 tons In 1963. Imports last year at 14,400 tons registered a much smaller Increase over 1963
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    • 29 18 KL'KBKK TIN (per lb.) (p. picul), ieb. 8. 721 eta. $612,121 711 eta. $614,621 71* eta. $613,121 11. 72 eta. $612.75 I*. 71J eta. $614.00 13. $615.00
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    • 88 18 Further January rubber crops included: Amalgamated Malay 139,500 lbs., Bassett 42,000, Bolton Properties 29,600, Borelli 154,000, Kuala Sldim 210,800, New Serendah 231,800, Tal Seng 33,737, Beradln 200,000, Brooklands Selangor and subsidiaries 677,180, Buklt Mertajam and subsidiaries 636,500. Buklt Sembawang and subsidiaries 203,600, C hem bong Malay 219,200, Cheras
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    • 107 18 TNI Malayan Ixshangs Banka Asmslatlan made these changes In Its rates to merchants on Saturday (ali rates to 9100): Now Yam: buying TT 32 11/16, airmail CD 32 13/16, 90 d/St. 33 3/16 credit bills, 33 6/16 trade bills. Canada: buying TT 39 3/16, airmail OO 33 3/16,
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    • 267 18 pEBRUARY first grade rubber f.o.b. buyer* closed at 5 pm. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 71% cente per lb down three eighths of a cent on Thursday*, closing level for the position. The tone was dull. R.A.B. and F.M.R.E. closing price* in cents per lb. yesterday
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    • 676 18 r FHE following is a complete A list of revised quotations for the week ended on Friday 12: INDUSTRIALS s. Ale* Bricks 15.60 16.50 Bovstead 1.88 1.41 C.S. Holding 2.02 2 03 C.T.S. ords 42/- 43/Dunlop 1.57 |.59 Esso 1.68 1.69 Esso deb l.oi |.03 East
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  • 214 19 Feb. 11. The °°Li ar .on nGMmmmmi* of abandon her vlalaysla policy, Abdul Kazak, the r i y prime Minion said today. .avsia want* to be at with her nejzhbours the world tortS<*k»rno wants to crusb the s .all countries n*l*hbour- will*"
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  • 387 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 11. Malaysian Minister for Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Khai Boh, said here today that his Ministry hoped to learn much from Singapore’s longer experience in low-cost housing and industrial housing techniques. Mr. Khaw, who flew into Singapore this mornrjing,
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  • 111 19 Kuala lumpur, ‘Feb. 11. A five-year-old girl, Normala binte Daud, was severely burned here yesterday when her dress caught fire while she was playNormala, daughter of a traffic police constable, was admitted to the General Hospital. She was using matches while playing “masak-masak’ (cooking)
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  • 61 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 11 The Minister of Local Government and Housing. Mr. Khaw Kai Boh. today presented a cheque for $2,500 to the chairman of the National Type School of Kalumpang new village in Ulu Selangor, Mr. Fong Seng Choo. The money is for the improvement
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  • 218 19 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 11. defences against any major air attack by Indonesia, are “all prepared,” the Minister for Local Governr ment and Housing, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh, said here today. A pan -Malaysian air raid exercise would be held soon to make a
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  • 53 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 11—Mr. T. Mylvaganam, a United Nations hydraulic research adviser and technical assistant, arrived today from Colombo to assist the Depart* merit of Drainage and Irrigation. Mr. Mylvaganam, who will be here for two years, will carry out basic research in laboratory work and
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  • 36 19 Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 11. The Minister of Home Affairs, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bln Dato Abdul Rahman, returned here from Penang today after attending the first round of the Thal-Malayan border talks.
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  • 55 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 11. The off-shore curfew for the whole Selangor coast, lifted on Monday, will be re-imposed tomorrow. The curfew will be from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily, until further notice. The decision to re-impose the curfew was decided by the Operations Security Committee of Selangor
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  • 222 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 11.— The Central r Govern* ment is to set up a centre to train youths in f skilled trades. Details are being worked out by the Malaysian Labour The visiting Malaysian Minister for Welfare Services, Haji Abdul Hamid Khan, i
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  • 84 19 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 11. —Malaysia and Japan today signed an air service agreement the eleventh such agreement to be entered into by Malaysia in preparation for the new international airport near here. The negotiations for this agreement, opened in August last year and broke down
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  • 32 19 SINOAPORE, Feb. 11. The Minister for Finance Dr. Gk>h Keng Swee. will open the Jurong plant of the Ceramics (Molaysia) Ltd., at the Jurong industrial estate at 5 p.m. timorrow.
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  • 32 19 SINGAPORE, FW>. 11. Mr«. Quek Bee See, an Assistant Official Assignee will go on transfer and promotion next week to the Btat* Adv< cate-Oeneral's department as a Crown Counsel.
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  • 880 20 \fALAYSIA, with appreniU tlce Ricky Koo astride, sprang a fpectacular upset In the Cl. 3 Dlv. 2 8f. Handicap to pay $356 at Bukit Timah on Feb. 13. It was a day of generous dividends. Race One CLASS 4, DW. «—«F Friendly Kongsl’s
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  • 940 20 gINGAPORE, Sun. Moses Lee was in fine form at Bukit Timah on Feb. 14, riding the winners of the two Class Two top division races. Race One CLASS S. DIV. 3—6F Iai4u« Stable's (2) LOVABLE 8.12 (909—*01) Smith J (3) Pembroke Chief 9.0 <1741—404) Coleman 2
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 205 20 BIG THE > Total Pool: $99,790 1— No. *****3 $50,883 2— No. 178.i81 $14,538 3— No. *****9 7.269 Starters ($1,200 each): Nos. *****1. *****1, *****9. *****4. *****1. *****4. *****8, *****0 Consolation ($750 each): Nos: *****2, 3S10H8. *****6. *****4, *****9, *****5. *****8, *****9, *****4. *****0. t f J r v 50
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