The Straits Budget, 5 May 1965

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  • 46 1 The Straits budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES SERIES 655. MALAYA S NATIONAL NfWSPAMt a i*S V's4?,9 A v '.‘r ->» .v KUALA LUMPUR, MAY 5, 1965. REGISTERED AT THE G.F.O, U.K. AS A NEWSPAPER Price 40 Cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling. KDN (192 lilt
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    • 197 2  -  RESIDENT Pantian rE State Secretary of Jobore, Dato Abdul Rahman Jaffar, must be commended lor his long overdue warring to the Government servants in his state. I am not acquainted with the situation in the other towns of Johore but I must say that in Pontian
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    • 73 2  -  hoarder hater Kuala Lumpur TTHE death toll on MaA layan roads Is already far too high. Let us all protest against the abominable form of advertising represented by the hoardings on our highways before the accident rate rises even higher. Tourists come here to see our lovely country, not
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    • 69 2  -  M.M. Singapore WOULD the Malaysian Government please consider the advisability of offering a substantial reward of $100,000/- for the arrest of anyone in any state in Malaysia who Is convicted of Pjjntli'l? and/or setting off a bomb, and of kidnapping. •inn the sum of $100,000/- is a big amount,
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    • 337 2  -  EDGAR WALKER B. Pharm, Ph. C Singapore FEEL that many people 1 may have been unecessarily worried by the headline on oral contraceptive “pills” and blood clots (Straits Times. April 10). What are the facts? I he same scare was thoroughly investigated by
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    • 150 2  -  CITIZEN Singapore ABOUT these bomb hoaxes— i am sure no saboteur is going to 9jJJ and inform them that he has placed a ln a certain place At the same time, if the caller Is genuine there is no reason for him to be anonymous or to put
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    • 206 2  -  IBU BAPA Batu Pahat THE> Education Ministry must have a problem finding suitably qualified lecturers to train the large number of teachers recruited for Comprehensive Schools. The difficulties are probably greatest in the Malay stream, since the Malay-medium secondary schools have comparatively few graduates, specialists fluid experienced subjects teachers.
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    • 137 2  -  PRE-WAR TENANT Singapore IT is a matter^ for con- slderable regret that the Housing Board is sticking to its decision to sell the pre-war fiats at... Tiong Bahru. It is not. at all understood why raising rentflds should be “Laborious and difficult.” Our rents have been raised on
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    • 33 2  -  LISTENER Singapore AS the schools broadcasts have been terminated. could we have some music, preferably uninterrupted. in the times vacated: 9-11, 4-5. We listeners deserve it. since we were given commercials unasked.
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    • 34 2  -  CONCERNED Muar I'HL sooner a round about is installed at the five-road Junction of Jalan Bulaiman. Jalan Ibrahim Jalan Khalidi and Jalan Arab, the better for the life and safety of all concerned.”
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    • 163 2  -  LIM PANG KWANG Housing Development of Board Singapore REFER to Mr. F. Sim’s letter (S.T. March 61 concerning lifts in Housing Board estates being untidy. I wish to point out that the Housing Board < has these lifts cleaned dally in. the morning by Its staff It
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    • 74 2  -  LS.H. Singapore W**AT has happenVf ed to the investigation following reports of police discrimination at the MacDonald House expio>sion? When a charge has been made and an investigation promised i s it too much to expect a statement from the authority concerned? Citizens have a
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    • 113 2  -  CHOW HON MENG Singaoore COMPLETELY disagree with “Citizen’ <S.T. April 15) that the police should ignore iniormauun about bombs from peopie who telephone but reruse to leave a name and address. Most of these anonymous calls may be Irom hoaxers, but it is possible that a real saboteur
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    • 93 2  -  TAXPAYER Singapore I HAVE visited several of the Government > outdoor clinics and appreciate the patience and hard work of the doctors and staff. Recently, however, I visited a clinic in Thomson Road at about 3 20 p.m. I was told the doctor nad already seen his quota
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    • 65 2  -  tmai Penang STUDENTS sitting for the L.C.E. are not being allowed to choose their subjects. I know of boys who wanted to take Mathematic II, only to be told that a teacher could not be because not enough students were interested./ The boys were forced to take art,
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    • 676 3 —Straits Times, April 26 Development reports lose much of their value when they are fifteen months behind the times, yet the Singapore Development Boards .report for 1963 is still a mine of information and a pointer for the future. An outline of “the more imaginative concepts” necessary
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    • 649 3 —Straits Times, April 27 The horrifying figures of slaughter on the roads demands much more official attention than it has been getting. Malayan and Singapore figures have both reached new peaks, 16 deaths a week and a total of 854 fatalities last year, far surpassing the
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    • 382 3 —Straits Times, April 27 The committee set up under Senator Nahappan to review the Rent Control Ordinance has conducted the last of its formal interviews and should be submitting its final recommendations before long. The most vociferous representations have come from tenants of rent-controlled residential and business premises,
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    • 658 3 —Straits Times, April 28 While it is still too soon to write ofT the Tengku’s meeting in Tokyo with President Soekarno, the possibility of another summit discussion of “confrontation” has diminished since the week-end. The Tengku is prepared to remain in Tokyo for “a reasonable time” after
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    • 671 4 —Straits Times, April 29 President Johnson's reaffirmation of American readiness to talk to any government at any time, without conditions, in an effort to bring the war in Vietnam to an end, is unlikely to move either Hanoi or Peking any nearer the conference table. Will
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    • 789 4 —Straits Times. April 30 Reasonable excuse is not lacking for the defects of the new comprehensive school system. In drawing attention to these shortcomings, we have not omitted to mention the various extenuating circumstances. We are happy to print, elsewhere on this page, a letter from the Permanent
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    • 678 4 —Straits Times, May Hope of peace talks in Tokyo is waning fast Whether organised opposition has changed President Soekarno’s mind for him, or whether he has encouraged the opposition in order to bow to it, is immaterial except for the light the truth would shed on
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  • 26 4 PENANG. Apr 30— r Th '7 nt from about $1,200 worth of 1 o fl the Lis Frellsen. anchor oo /eld Quay, last night
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  • 637 5 Singapore National Language Month opens A common language to link up the different communities SINGAPORE, April 23 SINGAPORE'S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today described the national language as the '-'key that opens up a whole new world in our midst."
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  • 47 5 MUAR, Apr. 25—The Muar High School Scouts have presented more than 500 books and magazines to the local branch of the Territorial Army for despatch to Malaysian soldiers in Sabah and Sarawak. The scouts had earlier carried out a house-to-house collection.
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  • 111 5 A LOR STAR. Apr. 23—The Kedah Government has allocated more than $2 million for the spread of the Islamic religion in the State this year. Disclosing this today at the opening of the new mosque at Sungei Bahru, near here, the Sultan of
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  • 26 5 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25—The annual meeting of the Children’s Aid Society will be held at 29, Tomlinson Road on May 7 at 5.30 p.m
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  • 43 5 ALOR STAR, Apr. 25—The Sultan of Kedah will declare open the second session of the State Legislative Assembly at the Balai Besar here at 11 a.m. on May 5. The Sultan is expected to make a policy speech at the opening
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  • 38 5 KLUANG, Apr. 25—The Information Department here collected more than $330 for the National Defence Fund during the exhibitions of captured Indonesian arms held at the local councils at Kahang, Layang Layang and Simpang Rengatn recently
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  • 103 5 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 25. The Methodist Afternoon School Old Boys Association will hold a national language essay competition for its members and students of the school. The topic is “The impact of the national language in commercial circles.” The essay should be between 300 and
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  • 86 5 IPOII, Apr. 33—Shairi bin Shahnawi, 45, pleaded guilty in the magistrate’s court here today to harbouring two Indonesian in his house in Katnpong Manjoi on April 5. The two Indonesians are War! bin Okti, 26. and Iliya binte Mansudi, 19. Shairi was said
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  • 502 6 Javakan Bahasa Kebangsaan! SINGAPORE, Apr. 25 gING APORE’S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, has said that through a common language Malaysia could become a “common nation with one cultural milieu to bind its peoples through history .and a common experience.” He was
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  • 195 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25. O The Ipoh building of the American International Assurance Co. Ltd., will be opened by the Sultan of Perak on April 27. Mr. G. M. Hughes, president and managing director of AIA, announced this here yesterday when he arrived
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  • 266 6 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 25—The immaculate Dato V. T. Sambanthan*-* always in a dark lounge suit or Indian national dress today sported a bush jacket and got into unnecessary trouble over identifying himself. To add to his difficulty, he drove his own vehicle, a
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  • 43 6 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25—Mr. Loh Kwan Wing, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, has left for Hong Kong on his honeymoon wTOr his bride, the former Misg Lan Yuen Han, a radiographer at the General Hospital. They will be away for three weeks
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  • 64 6 PENANG, Apr. 25—The Chief Minister, Dato Won# P w Nee, will declare open the annual meeting of the Penang md Province Wellesley Mi lav Chamber of Commerce at Umno nail at 3 p.m on May 1. The president of the Pan-Ma-laysian Associated Malay Chambers of Commerce,
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  • 25 6 RAUB, Apr. 25—The Assistant Veterinary Officer here, Inche Abdul Rahim bin Mohamed Yusof, has been transferred to the State Veterinary Office in Kuantan.
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  • 207 6 PENANG, Apr. 23-Bc-cause of her growing population and the resulting increase in consumption, Penang will experience a shortage of water in “about six or seven years”, the Mayor, Mr. C. Y. Choy, predicted today. “That is why the City Council is so
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  • 635 7 MORE AID?—BRITAIN HAS HER TROUBLES, TOO ‘THERE IS NO QUESTION OF SENDING FURTHER BRITISH TROOPS HERE KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 THE British Com--1 monweaith Relations Secretary, Mr. Arthur Bottomley, said here today that Britain is determined to ensure the territorial integrity of Malaysia. “At
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  • 55 7 SINGAPORE. Apr. 25 Dr. Chong Tong Mun left here by air today for Paris to atter pi the international congress for hypnosis and phsychosomatic medicine. The conference is held under the patronage of the World Federation for Mental Health, and will be opened by the Minister
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  • 110 7 MUAR, Apr. 23—The Muar Town Council has been urged to follow the Johore Bahru Town Council in taking action against unlicensed massage parlours. The Johore Bahru council has offered the public "a good time" at the council’s expense provided they give
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  • 104 7 KANGAR, Apr. 23—About 100 padi farmers in Kampong Pondok and Kechur, two miles from here, are unable, to carry out double-cropping this year because of lack of water. “Theje has been no rain for a long time and our fields are dried
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  • 274 7 I/UALA LUMPUR, Apr. 1 25.—Five million dollars of military equipment from New Zealand will arrive shortly to help Malaysia meet her defence requiremen ts. This was announced by the New Zealand Defence Minister, Mr. Dean J. Eyre, at a Press conference here today soon after
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  • 32 7 KAJANO, Apr. 25—The Ulu Langat District Welfare Committee has handed out about $lO,OOO to rearly 800 poor schoolchildren to help them buy textbooks. Funds came from the State Welfare Committee.
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  • 786 8 ON TOP OF SO MANY TROUBLES, THIS WAS ‘CATASTROPHIC’ i SINGAPORE, Apr. 25 THE capital gains tax, coming as it did on top of economic confrontation, the political situation in this part of the world and several other local factors has had a
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  • 82 8 KUALA PILAH, Apr. 23 The Mentri Besar of Negri Sembilan, Dato (Dr.) Mohamed Said bin Mohamed, today inspected five lanM schemes here to see for himself the lack of progress made The schemes at Bayai, Ayer Hitam. Temeris, Kepis and Malan near here are
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  • 136 8 SINGAPORE. Apr. 23—The Institute of SouthEast Asia of Nanyang University is now carrying out a survey of the historical sources pertaining to the activities of early Chinese immigrants in Malaysia and Brunei. The purpose of the survey Is to prepare an annotated bibliographical catalogue
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  • 345 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 25 gINGAPORE’S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, last night assured the State’s printing industry that the Government would “in principle’" protect its local market. He said: “A protected market will give our printers a chance to modernise, to train their
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  • 102 8 PENANG, Apr. 25— Directors of the Penang Chamber of Commerce will hold a luncheon party at the Sun Hoe Peng restaurant and a dinner at the Hotel International on April 30 in honour of the visiting world president of the Junior Chamber International. Mr. John
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  • 37 8 RAUB,' Apr. 25—A baby show contest will be the main feature o the World Health Week celebrations here, which will be by the District Officer. Inche ad. Bakar bln Hajl Abdul Majid, '■> April 30.
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  • 592 9 He is uncertain about making up his mind KUALA LUMPUR Apr. ZS TENGKU Abdul Rahman leaves tomorrow for South Korea and Japan on a three-fold mission. During his four-day official visit to South Korea, he will witness the initialling of a
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  • 234 9 —L.A. Kuala lumpur, Apr. 23. —The Goethe Institute has arranged two flr»e recitals for concert-goers’ enjoyment. The first, given this evening by pianist Rainer von Zastrow, is being followed by the Munich Nonet on Sunday week. Rainer von Zastrow. a graduate of the
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  • 44 9 SINGAPORE, Apr 25—A team of Mount batten Citizens Consultative Committee, led by the Assemblyman ror the area, Mr Ng Yeow Chong, today toured the beach areas from Rhu Cross to Haig Road. They also appealed to residents to Join the Coastguard Corps
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  • 205 9 ALOR STAR, Friday. ■JHE Mentri Besar, Dato Syed Omar Shahabudin, said today that many lots in the urban areas of Kedah were underdeveloped because of the strict conditions imposed under the Malay Reservation Land Enactment. “The Government is actively considering how best these
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  • 27 9 SINGAPORE. Apr. 25 The Eurasian Association will hold Its annual meeting at the CYMA premises In Bras Basah Road at 5 30 p m tomorrow.
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  • 80 9 PENANG, Apr. 23 —The pilgrim ship Kuala Lumpur has been delayed by about one and a half days because of congestion in the port of Jeddah, Haji All Rouse, the Controller of Pilgrimage, announced today. The ship which was originally scheduled to arrive at Penang with the
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  • 47 9 KOTA BHARU, Apr. 23 The Mentri Besar of Kelantan, Inche Asrl bin Haji Muda, will open a two-day co-operative seminar at Merbau School here on April 30 The seminar will be attended by 400 officials from 200 co-operative societies in Kelantan and Trengganu.
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  • 31 9 KLUANO, Apr. 23—The Minister of Home Affairs, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bln Dato Abdul Rahman, will visit Kahang, 28 miles from nerc, on Apr. 25 at 3 p m.
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  • 22 9 SINGAPORE. Apr. 25—The twoweek Easter school vacation ends today, and about 450,000 children will be returning to their classrooms tomorrow.
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  • 393 10  -  Helicopter bid to block escape routes From G. GELDARD; Kuching, April 27 INDONESIAN troops in company strength launched their biggest attack in Sarawak in nine months at dawn today on a forward base held by British paratroops just over a mile from
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  • 77 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 27—The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said tonight that the latest incursion by Indonesian troops in Sarawak today would not affect chances for peace talks with Indonesia. “If Soekarno wants to talk peace, we will talk,” he said, after presiding at a meeting
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  • 51 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 27—Lai Sut Hu"K. a radio mechanic, who sued his wife, Ng Yoke Sum, for a divorce on the ground of desertion, vtas granted a decree nisi in t h e High Court today. The decree is to be made absolute at the end of three
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  • 244 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 27.— The Committee of the Stock Excharge of Malaysia announced today that they had admitted another firm as a member. The new firm. Island Traders, will operate in Penang and will be the first new Sino-Malay broking firm in the country
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  • 17 10 PENANG, Apr. 27—The Penang Island rural district council will hold its monthly meeting on Fri-
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  • 378 10  -  From ALAN KHOO: Hong Kong, April. 27 'J'ENGKU Abdul Rahman said here last night there was no intention on the part of the Malaysian Government to ask the British to vacate their bases in Singapore and Malaya. Speaking at an airport Press conference
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  • 100 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 27.Police cleared the premises of the Far East Oxygen Acetylene Co. in Pasir Panjang Road this afternoon following an anonymous phone call to t h e company’s t e 1 e p hone operator saying that a bomb had been placed in the
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  • 355 11 KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 'J'HE Treasury today blamed "other causes” than the Budget for the decline in the volume of business transacted by the Stock Exchange of Malaysia. It was commenting on a charge by the chairman of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia,
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  • 55 11 earr^] E^ A n N 25—Police Pin table Ut *1, extensiv e raid on nppratorq h? nd i "fruit-machine” Si* el* her e night. ••fnli C t.m?nh£ in 1 ablea and eight from coff were removed clubs anH e S^ 0pfi private Premises. u nlice nsed
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  • 88 11 IPOH, Apr. 24—Sixteen Sabah and Sarawak development and agriculture officers arrived here today for a two-day tour of Perak. Soon after their arrival, the delegates left Tor Parlt to see the Trans-Perak Irrigation scheme. They later visited the 2nd Bn., Royal Malaysia Rangers, and had dinner
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  • 41 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 26—The Selangor Indian Association will hold a food and fun fair on Sunday morning at its premises in Taylor Road. It will be opened by the Indian High Commissioner, Mr. Mustafa Kamil Kldwai.
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  • 176 11 Kuala lumpuh, Apr. 26.—Lord Nelson, the chairman and chief executive of the English Electric Co. Ltd., today paid a courtesy call on the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. They were reported to have had a general discussion on “matters of common Interest.” No
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  • 55 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 26—The deputy civil engineer of Malayan Railway, Mr. K. Kularetnam, today left here on a three-month tour of Europe. Mr. Kularetnam, who was accompanied by his wife, will tour Britain, Germany, France, Holland. Italy, Spain and the Scandinavian countries to study the
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  • 131 11 SINGAPORE, April 26. rpHE Minister for Culture, Mr. S. RajaratPfam, left A here tonight in a Lufthansa airliner for West Germany as guest of the Bonn Government. Mr. Rajaratnam, wbo will be away for a month, will have talks with the State Ministers for Culture
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  • 198 11 DELAY IN JAKARTA, SO HE MISSES A DATE WITH TENOKU SINGAPORE, Apr. 26. An» African politician flew into Singapore last night from Jakarta with an apology. Mr. Ditton Miwinga. Zambia’s Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations, explained at the airport that he had
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  • 49 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 26 The Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam, will give away certificates and prizes tomorrow to 72 candidates who have completed their apprenticeship training with the Central Apprenticeship Board. The presentation will be held at the Industrial Training Institute in Old Kuchai Road-
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  • 35 11 TANAH RATA. Apr 25 —The Pahang Mentri Besar, Dato Yahaya bin Haji Mohd. Seh, declared open the $lO,OOO Ringlet local council office here yesterday. It was built under the rural development scheme.
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  • 276 12 Penang; Apr. 26. The Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce has warned the Central Government that a drastic cut in import quotas for sugar could “lead to abuses.” With imports very much reduced, the market could be manipulated by privileged groups dealing in the
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  • 170 12 KANGAR, April 26. A 19-year-old girl from Bukit Mertajam has Joined the Perlis Department of Agriculture as the State’s first woma’t agricultural i.ssistant. The daughter of an agricul- I tural assistant In Bukit Mertajam. Che Alsha blnte Ishak said her father had con- j
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  • 102 12 LUMPUR, Apr. 26. The Federation of Malaya Chinese Senior Normal Graduate Teachers’ Union supports the Ministry of Education’s plan to hold special courses for teachers. In a letter to the Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, the association said: “These courses will help Improve academic
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  • 28 12 RAIJB, Apr. 26—Inche Jalnludain bln Haji Mahmud, secretary to the State Public Service Commtsslon. Pahang, Is being transferred to Raub from Monday as Assistant District Officer
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  • 30 12 PENANG Apr. 26—The Penang otate Legislative Assembly will hold the first meeting of its second session at the Assembly chamber. Light Street, at 10 am on June 9.
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  • 238 12 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 23. Phoon Poh Hoong, 22, one of Malaysia’s leading artists, today beat 14 others with his entry “Resources” at the “Contemporary Art in Asia” exhibition here. The exhibition, sponsored by Cathay Pacific Airways, will be put on in
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  • 243 12 SINGAPORE, Apr. 26. Singapore’s Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said yesterday that the crux of the problem in Malaysia is not differences between the Central Government and the Singapore State Government nor the administrative difficulties between the two governments, but
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  • 39 12 KLUANO. Apr. 26—The Mentri Besar of Johore. Da to Haji Hassan Yuno today opened a $421,200 low-cost housing project in Kampong Melayu here. A block of flats costing $1 million is under construction in Jaian Haji Manan.
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  • 106 12 |£ANGA£ Apr. 26—Two Opposition party lead»ve from the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party and Party Negara to join Perlis Umno. Haji Abdullah bin Ahmad, 80-ye --old flnanfi®* adviser to Perils PMIP, and Sheikh All Bajunid, a local Party Negara “strongman.” have applied to Hangar Umno
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  • 170 12 JfMPUR. Apr 26. Malaysia has completed her share n? the 31,250 mile Pan-Asia Highway which link! Teheran with Sinea pore. The Assistant Director of Roads, Mr. J. s. Sodhy. S ai this here today before h* th Commissions of Road Transport, inche Jelanl bin
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  • 128 12 Kuala lumpur. Apr. 26. The Yeoman Service Club of Pomona High School, California, has appealed to Malaysians for used stamps for distribution to handicapped children in hospitals in America. In a letter to the Straits Times, Mr. William Seike. sponsor of the club, said
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  • 83 12 DENANG Apr- 26-- Officers a men of the CID secret societies branch detained a leader o Wah Kee secret society in “L f taneous dawn swoops on a n of gang hideouts yesterday. g The thug. described w he “fighter,” is being held under
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  • 766 13 KUALA LUMPUR, April 27. A GRAND convention of pro-Malaysia Opposition political parties is to be held soon. This was disclosed here today by Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, when he arrived here to attend the National Defence Council meeting this evening.
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  • 230 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 27.—An Indosian youth who pleaded guilty to having a a false identity card was yesterday told by the senior president of the Sessions Court here, Syed Hassan AlJelTri, to go back to President Soekarno. Syed Hassan told Herman bln Rasjit, 15,
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  • 67 13 JAKARTA, Apr. 27.—Indonesia yesterday officially took over control of the Indonesian branch of the Australian pharmaceutical firm of Nicholas Ltd. The company is the only Australian business enterprise operating in Indonesia. The announcement of the takeover made in a Health Ministryletter to the firm came two
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  • 433 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 21 r |'HE chairman of the Barisan Sosialis, Dr. Lee Siew Choh, appears to be in the centre of another row that is brewing in the anti-Malaysian leftwing group in Singapore. It is over a slogan “To dissolve ‘Malaysia',
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  • 31 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 27—‘The Parliamentary Secretary to the Health Ministry, Mr. Sla Kah Hul. will open the third medical unit In the Bowyer Block, General Hospital. onA April 30.
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  • 223 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 27. Singapore’s Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, is suing Dato Syed Ja afar Albar, the Umno secretary-general, for libel. Two writs were filed in the High Court Registry early today by Mr. Graham Hill of Messrs Rodyk and Davidson on behalf of
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  • 168 14 PENANG, April 27. r £HE national president of the Association of Teachers of English in Chinese Schools, Mr. Loh Tham Liat, today urged the Government to build and equip workshops in secondary schools. They were necessary for teaching vocational subjects, he said, adding that
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  • 103 14 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 27. Lord Nelson, chairman and chief executive of the English Electric Co., said today that his company would soon set up joint ventures here. Speaking to newsmen before flying to Australia after a three-day visit, he said: “Youi country has
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  • 146 14 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 27 —New Zetland will give full consideration to any request from Malaysia for further defence aid.. The New Zealand Defence Minister, Mr. Dean Eyre, said this before leaving for Malacca on a one day inspection-tour of his country’s forces at
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  • 55 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 27—The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. today received a total of $3,946 for the National Defence Fund. Bian Heng Co. of Petaling Jaya donated $2,746 while the dance commitee of the Government offices at Jalan Gurney gave $1,20U which was collected
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  • 317 14  -  By LIM THOU BOON l/’UALA LUMPUR, Apr °7 Fla S waving aborigine children gave the Timbahn Yang di-Pertuan Agong a Tengku Ampuan Besar an enthusiastic welcome when they paid a two-hour vis to the Aborigine Development Centre at Ulu Gombak, 12 miles from
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  • 83 14 WINGAPORE Apr. 27—A total w of 310 young men will be interviewed by police from May 3 to fill 344 vacancies for special constables In the Singapore Component of the Royal Malaysia Police. The Police Secretary, Mr. T. Chelliah, said that initially 280 would be
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  • 90 14 IPOH, Apr. 27—The Minister of Welfare Services, Haji Abdul Hamid Khan, will visit kampongs and villages in his Parliamentary constituency of Batang Padang during a fiveday tour of Perak which begins on April 29. He will attend a meeting of the Batang Padang District
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  • 30 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 27 The Buklt Btntang Umno division here will entertain the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, to a tea party at 4.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 75 14 SINGAPORE, Apr. 27 Many people in Singapore are keen to join the Sea Vigilante Corps patrols being formed by the Government. a Marine Department spokesman said today. The department, he said, had received numerous telephone calls Inquiring about the Sea Vigilante patrols and
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  • 67 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 27 The Assistant Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Engku Mohsein bin Abdul Kadir, will speak at the closing ceremony of three courses conducted by his ministry at the National Youth Training Centre at Kuala Kubu Bahru at 5 pm on April 30.
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  • 157 14 IPOH, Apr. 27 r PHE staff of the Ipoh branch of the Indian Overseas Bank staged a 30-minute walk-out this morning. The staff, all members of the National Union of Bank Employees, timed the walk-out to coincide with the visit of the bank’s general manager, Mr.
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  • 60 14 PENANG, Apr. 27— The M Seberang Tengah, Inche 1 n him bin Abdul Rahman, was ed president of the centra vince Wellesley Umno di for the sixth successive year the divisional annual nut last weekend. Inche Yusoff bin was elected deputy P r Inche Hussain bin Clnk
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  • 416 15  - Umno welcomes it, says Dato Ja’ afar ‘THE QUESTION: IS PAP SINCERE ABOUT IT?’ By ARUN SENKUTTUVAN KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 |JMN0 welcomes the proposed formation of a United Opposition Front “if it really works to establish a united Malaysian Malaysia," the party's secretary-general, Dato Syed Ja'afar Albar, said today.
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  • 80 15 SINGAPORE, Apr. 28 Police today rejected an application for a May Day rally from the Singapore Trades Union May Day joint celebrations committee. The application was for a mass rally at Farrer Park on May 1 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Announcing this
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  • 38 15 KANGAH, Apr. 28—Five Indonesian traders caught by fishermen off Pulau Langkawi were detained here last night. They were intercepted at Pulau Singa. south-east of Langkawi, with 10 sacks of coffee beans in their boat.
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  • 15 15 SEGAMAT, Apr. 28—The Kelab I International will hold its annual meeting here tomorrow-
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  • 159 15 KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 r r W O business ex- ecutives, Dato Nik Ahmad Kamil and Dato W. M. Macleod, left today for London to raise funds for mining ventures in Malaya. Besides being chairman and deputy chairman respectively
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  • 29 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 28 Thirty-seven farmers from Sarawak will arrive here on May 1 to begin a two-week tour of arid* cultural and rural development project*
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  • 507 15 SINGAPORE, April 28 SINGAPORE’S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, last night said that the PAP together with other likeminded groups in Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak would lead the people of Malaysia towards the realisation of a truly Malaysian Malaysia. Mr. Lee declared:
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  • 54 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 28—Six men of the Malaysian Army left today to attend a course at the School of Military Engineering in Australia. They w’ere 1./Cpls Selamat bln Ahmad and Yap Kiang Cheong and Sappers Leong Ah Lek, Lew Kim Sing, Abu Bakar bln Mohamed Arlff
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  • 444 16  -  MUCH DEPENDS ON CONFRONTASI, SAYS REGENT From CHAN BENG SOON: Kangar, Apr. 28 A record $5O million is expected to be spent jointly by the Central and Perlis Governments under the first Malaysian development programme for Perlis within the next five years. This was disclosed
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  • 40 16 BENTTONG. Apr 28—The Bentong district civil defence committee has formed a local defence corps of 40 volunteers. Aged between 18 and 35 the volunteers will train in fire-fight-ing and first aid. They were selected from about 80 applicant*.
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  • 239 16 KUALA LUMPUR, April 28. THE interest rate on deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank in Malaya and Singapore will be increased from two and a half per cent to three per cent a year from Aug. 1 “to encourage the small man
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  • 150 16 IT 1 ALA LUMPER, Apr. 28 —The Royal Malaysian Air Force is to have a new chief. He is Air Commodore A. M. S. Steedman, who will take over from Air Commodore C. S. J. West on May 13 as the Chief of
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  • 77 16 IPOH, Apr. 28.—The Ipoh division of the Civil Defence Corps has launched a drive to attract more volunteers. Appeal letters, signed by the divisional staff officer. Mr. K. Thuraisingam, have gone out to firms here asking them to submit names of employees wishing to join
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  • 228 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 28. The Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, said today that the “common sight” of young men on scooters in Singapore, often with comely girlfriends riding pillion, told the “happy story of a society at the first stage
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  • 28 16 RAUB, Apr- 28 A Probation Officer. Mr- Shu Chen Lin, 27. has been awarded a two-year scholarship to study social science at the University of Singapore-
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  • 42 16 IPOH. Apr. 28 —The Che Puan Besar of Perak Consort of the Haja N?uda. will open the Girl Guides chalet in Tanah Rata on May 1. The chalet was presented by the contractors of the Batang Padang hydro-electric project.
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  • 146 16 KUALA LUMPUR, April 28. T'HE Selangor Government Servants’ Co-operatw Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. is to oih* scholarships worth $11,000 to children of mem- bers this year. Speaking at the society’s annual meeting here today the president. Dr Abdul Majid bin Ismail, said that 40 scholarships
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  • 19 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr- 28 Yang di-Pertuan Agong m ,nt the second session of Pat on May 25.
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  • 267 17 Soek and Mao can’ t keep us out: Razak KUALA LUMPUR, April 28. TUN Abdul Razak tonight expressed confidence that Indonesian and Communist Chinese intrigues to keep Malaysia out of the Afro-Asian conference in Algiers would flop. He reiterated that Malaysia was ready to accept military aid from Afro-Asian countries,
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  • 40 17 PARIT BUNTAR. Apr 28 —The Minister of Agriculture and CoOperatives, Haji Ghazali bin Ha.li Jawl will open a seminar on the co-operative movement and agricultural methods in Malaysia at 'oc Sin Hwa Chinese Primary school here tomorrow
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  • 221 17 Tengku happy’ to see closer JapanKorea ties OEOUL, Apr. 28.—Tengku Abdul Rahman today told the South Korean Premier, Mr. II Kwon Chong, he was pleased to see efforts being made by Japan and South Korea to restore normal ties. After 40 minutes* talk between the two Prime Ministers. the Press
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  • 365 17  -  REWARB FOR SIUGLE-NANDED ARRESTS OR PULAU KUSU by- ABUL FAZIL SINGAPORE, April 28 'J'WO Indonesian agents who had managed to infiltrate into Singapore would have quietly slipped back to the Indonesian Island of Pulau Samboe last month but for the initiative of a
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  • 66 17 —Reuter. HONO KONQ. Apr 28 Dr Chitn Mu, a well-known Chinese scholar, will Join the University of Malaya as a visiting professor in late May or early June, a spokesman for the New Asia College here said today. The spokesman said the college had accepted his
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  • 56 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 28 The Selangor Stamp Club will hold its second auction sale In aid of the National Defence Fund at the British Council Hall here on Tuesday at 630 p m Many stamps, first day covers and a President Kennedy halfdollar memorial coin will
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  • 42 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 28 The Timbalan Yang dl-Pertuan Agong has sent a message of greeting to Emperor Hirohito of Japan on the occasion of his birthday tomorrow. A similar message was sent by the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman
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  • 22 17 BENTONG. Apr 28.—Mr Poo Kok Chan has been elected chairman of fhe Perting-Kemasur branch of the MCA youth section.
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  • 41 17 TANAH RATA Apr 28 The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swce Aun will open the $14,-0 Cameron Highlands tourist information bureau here on May 1. The bureau was built with a subsidy from the Ministry.
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  • 177 17 MALACCA, Apr. 28. ITI Ten confirmed cases of typhoid fever and 20 suspected cases have been reported in a Malacca village. The victims are from Sololc Kampong Bahru In Bukll KatU, five miles from here. One pat’ent, Lebah blnte YaLob. 51, ft housewife died on Monday
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  • 70 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 28—The Minister of Health, Inche Bahaman bin Samsudin, will lead the Malaysian delegation to the 18th World Health Assembly in Geneva from May 4 to May 23 Other members are: The Director of Medical Services, Dato Dr Mohamed Din; his deputy. Dr
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1858 18 N From Our Market Correspondent 'J’Hfc five day trading period on the Stock Exchange last week saw one of the smallest turnovers for a very long time and indications in the coming week are that it will not improve very much. This severe contraction
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    • 1152 18 THE table of shares on (he 1 Malayan Stock Exchange •hows best business to April 24 (A) find last business since that date (B) with H anld L standing for Highest and Lower business for 1964 and this year to date. INDUSTRIALS B. a A 15 SO
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    • 29 18 RUBBER TIN (per lb.). (n« r nicuii Apr. JJKcU. 74% els. $737 joil so 11 i‘ c f B ,732 50 74^cU *722.87% Ma y l *729.5$
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    • 38 18 T H f S rntnt r te the Malayan l n a ln »t the pound «terl•“f fixed on November 24 last year is Selling TT or OD Buying S^d" position 8 range against the Bound
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    • 95 18 Current Date of Total for Total for payment payment year previousy<* ar Gopen* Is. 3(U June 4 o°r R n r ope 2 %t May ai 0.C.8.C. B%* May 39 12% 1?J Cher as Rubber IU% j une S 18*% 20% Steamers B|% May a J 8% Sungei
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  • 617 19  -  i mm At- 'C ft 1 Mrlfani Siew Sin KUALA LUMPUR, Apri 29 ‘EQUATING PAP WITH CHINESE RIGHTS AND ALLIANCE WITH MALAY RIGHTS IS DISASTROUS' f r-I'. pTI HE national president of the MCA, Mr. Tan Siew J Sin, today warned of the danger of equating the
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  • 116 19 A stepping stone for PAP to win power’ C'NGAPORE, Apr. 29,he Barisan Sosiatoday described that United Opposition Front was “a sapping stone” for the r\P to capture power in Kuaia Lumpur. 4 t said in a statethat the announcement to form the 1 ront came as “no surprise.” The PAP’s
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  • 365 19 KUALA LUMPUR, April 29. 'PHE president ot the States of Malaya Chamber of Commerce, Mr. A.J.M. Ramsay, has urged the early establishment of the Federal Industrial Development Authority to promote and. coordinate industrial development throughout Malaysia. He said: "Legislation to incorporate the FIDA
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  • 81 19 PNANG, Apr. 29. The name of the City Council of George Town will b changed to “City Council Tanjong” If a motion Is approved by councillors at their monthly meeting tomorrow. A motion asking the council ic agree to the change of name wtl be
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  • 31 19 SINGAPORE. Apr. 29 Thf Rime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuai Tew, will speak at the Duxtoi Plain community centre’s second anniversary celebrations at 7.3c p m. on May 2.
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  • 196 19 KUALA LUMPUR. April 29. A VISIT to the National Archives today brought back memories to the Timbalan Yang di-Per-tuan Agong, who is also the Sultan of Trengganu. For the royal visit, the National Archives put up a special section for the State of Trengganu
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  • 51 19 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 29 The l>eputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Rarak, said today that the second five-year development plan was in its Anal stages and expressed satisfaction with the progress so far. He was addressing state development officers at the National Development Operations Room
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  • 72 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 29— The chaidman of the Pahang branch of the Ex-Services Association of Maiaya. Haji Abdullah bin Awang Hoi. left yesterday for Geneva to attend the 11th general assembly of the World Veterans Poderation. Malaysia is also oetn* re* "Rented at the as6emolv which
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  • 54 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 29 Stamps of CWo cents. 25 cents and 50 cents denominations to mark the centenary of the International Telecommunications Union will be on sals from May 17 for three months First day covers at 10 cents each will also be on sale
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  • 30 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 29 The Indian Minister of Transport. Mr. 8hrl Raj Bahadur, will arrive here tomorrow for a three-day visit at the Invitation of the Malaysian Government.
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  • 571 20 SINGAPORE, April 30 SINGAPORE'S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and several of his Ministers today made the State's challenging future the main theme of thejr May Day messages. Mr. Lee, dealing with the domestic political front, rejected views that his Government would
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  • 1031 20  -  By EPSOM JEEP pENANG, May Z Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Law’s Royal Meadow, ridden by Des Coleman, carried 8.12 to an easy win in the 6( P and O Cup race today, beating Logical (Johnny Nelson) by two lengths in a field
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  • 182 20 IPOH, Apr. 30 THE Ipoh municipal A council has decided to increase the price of land in the Tasek industrial estate here. This decision was announced by Mr. Khong Kok Yat, who presided at the council's monthly meeting last night, in the absence of
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