The Straits Budget, 12 May 1965

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  • 37 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O. U.K. AS A NEWSPAPER SERIFS 656. KITALA LUMPUR, MAY 12, 1965. Price 40 Cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling. KDN 1102-1012.
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    • 292 2  -  CVM Pahang VOUR leader “Toll *of the Road*” (S.T. April 27) rauad surely ©oromrnd itself to every sane motorist in this country in that it recognises that there are many contributory factors in roadu accidents other than just bad driving, and, I feel sure that
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    • 15 2  -  LIGHT-UP B. Mertajam IN eight days Buklt Mertajam experienced lour blackouts. What’s happening?
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    • 817 2  -  MD, NOOK BIN MO HASHIM Secretary > Road Safety Council Ministry of Transport* Malaysia. YOUR editorial (S.T. April 27) raised three major points and I shall attempt to answer them one by one. The first point you have raised was that, in your opinion,
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    • 202 2  -  L.S.H Singapore anti-fokce Singapore rE I general con rn caused by the ment of the MlnisU 0 f A al ln relation H? e MacDonald H use Incident, has-been voiced by several readers. However. what is left unsaid assumes more glgnine- ance. that MfllSMs txift
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    • 486 2  -  PRO BONO TIGR' Singapore fINCE again we read w that a tiger has killed ft human being. Mr. Pereira’s argument has Its points no doubt, especially when It comes to knowing whether a tiger is a man-eater or not. but It is a proven
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    • 696 3 —Straits Times. May 3 May Day long ago lost its significance as a focus for international labour. It has become mainly a Communist festival, an occasion for political demonstration in Communist interests. Members of 30 left wing trade unions in Singapore who attempted on Saturday to celebrate
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    • 642 3 —Straits Times, May 4 It is not entirely pointless to ask w’hy President Soekarno, after vacillating for three weeks, decided not to meet the Tengku in Tokyo. The obvious explanation is that the Communists dissuaded him. Indeed no other theory fits the facts. It is sheer
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    • 604 3 —Straits Times, May 5 Seato, the “paper tiger”, has sharper teeth than its enemies will admit, and more strength than its friends concede. They are mostly American teeth, but the alliance is real and the co-operation genuine. There has not been a sterner test ol the South-East
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    • 397 3 —Straits Times, May 5 Mr. lan Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, is running out of reasons for delay. To placate his hot-headed supporters and to avoid a direct clash with Britain over independence he has engaged in trips to London and Pretoria to “negotiate,” in a referendum, in
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    • 657 4 —Straits Times. May 6 A courteous and detailed j reply by the secretary of the Road Safety Council to j editorial comment on the in- 1 creased toll of the roads j manages nevertheless to avoid the main charge we made. Does the Ministry of Transport, we
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    • 165 4 —Straits Times. May 6 Interest in Malay participation in business and industry will receive one of its biggest single boasts with next month’s “indigenous peoples’ economic congress in Kuala Lumpur. More than 250 delegates from interested organisations in all parts of Malaysia will attend. The value the Government
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    • 407 4 —Straits Times, May 7 In Mecca the Yang diPertuan Agong joined perhaps a million other pilgrims in performing the Haj and took part in the hallowed ceremony, reserved for Muslim Heads of State and leading ulamas, of washing the Ka’aba. In Kuwait the streets were gay with
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    • 637 4 —Straits Times. May 8 It is possible to understand Pakistan’s reservations on the Seato communique’s reference to aid to Vietnam, and France's dissociation from the entire communique, without subscribing to their opinion. But what can be made of the refusal of both governments to support the communique’s
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    • 205 4 didii to —Straits Times, May B With Singapore's ban on South African imports effective, with a few unavoidable and temporary exceptions, from next Thursday and Sarawak's prohibition coming into force on June 1. the anomaly of differing attitudes W’ithin Malaysia to this matter of national policy will soon
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  • 32 4 MALACCA. May 6.—A Tan Ah Piow alias Deo f 45, was today acquitted n< 000 two charges of ha vinB n, r ed worth of raw and P 1 opium,
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  • 142 5 TO the throb of rolling 1 drums against m background of mass choral singing, these flag marchers carrying aloft the white and red Singapore State flag, brought a solemn moment to the State Day celebrations at the Jalan Resar stadium on May 1. Taking the salute
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  • 107 5 BUKIT BERTAJAM. May. 2. —The world president of Junior Chamber International, Mr. John L. Rundle, yesterday visited Kubang Semang near here where 22 voluntary workers from five countries had .lust completed a bridle path for the village. Before the nine-day work camp broke up,
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  • 129 5 SINGAPORE, May 2. The new residential satellite town of Tcra Payoh is rapidly taking shape. As 1,425 low-cost homes are under construction, the Housing and Development Board has called for tenders to build another 1,354 units in multi-storey flats. A spokesman for the board
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  • 61 5 KUALA LUMPUR, May 2. A fire-engine rushed to the university campus here early yesterday but it turned out to be a hoax. A spokesman for the Fire Brigade at Shaw Road fire station said today that a caller from the University of Malaya telephoned at
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  • 216 5 PENANG, May 2. THE general secretary of the National Union of Commercial Workers, Mr. A. B Gomez, today called on the Government to introduce legislation, on industrial relations with strong emphasis on social justice. “By legislation.” Mr. Gomez told the third biennial meeting of
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  • 41 5 KUALA LUMPUR. May 2 The chairman of the St. John’s Institution development committee Dato (Dr Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, has appealed to parents of students In the school to donate towards development being undertaken in the school.
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  • 138 5 Kuala lumpur, May 2. The Ministry of Education has yet to make a decision on half-pay study leave for teachers who want to study at the University of Malaya. The Ministry’s spokesman. Inche Mohamed Nur Ismail, said this today when commenting on a statement
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  • 363 6 ‘A DANGEROUS POWER BID’ SUNGEI SI PUT, May 2. MALAYSIA is moving into a very dangerous phase because the People's Action Party is "playing communalism in an insatiable bid for power," the national president of the Malaysian Indian Congress, DatcV. T. Sambanthan, warned today. He warned
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  • 207 6 pENANG, May 2—The 1 proposed United Opposition Front might provide the people of this country with a chance of a new and better government in the future, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, secretarygeneral of the United Democratic Party said here last night.
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  • 163 6 SINGAPORE, May 2.—The Barisan Sosialis today demanded the "immediate and unconditional” release of all people arrested in yesterday’s May Day demonstrations led by some 30 leftwing trade unions. The party in a statement condemning the Government action said: "They (the arrested) have committed no
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  • 89 6 May 2. —A police party raided a robbers hideout in Jalan Mink at dawn today and arrested three secret society fighters believed to be members of a ring of housebreakers. Three daggers, ammunition and a false car number plate were seized. The suspects—members of
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  • 226 6 wr UALA LUMPUR, May 2. —A visiting woman social worker from the “Philippines is "lmpressed” by Tengku Abdul Rahman’s honesty and sincerity in trying to bring peace to the South-East Asian region. She is Mrs. Aurea del Carmen, 60, the national
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  • 129 6 LUMPUR. May 2.—. A firm of architects, Messrs Booty, Edwards and Partners, today presented a cheque for $20,000 to the Malayan Zoological Society. Mr. Kington Loo, a partner of the firm, presented the cheque to Mr. Vic Hutson, chairman of the society,
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  • 155 6 SINGAPORE, May 2-Toh Puan Noor Aishah. wife of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, today officially opened a new swimming pool at the Singapore Red Cross Society’s home for crippled children in Tanah Merah. The Pool, measuring 20ft. by 17ft, and 2ft. 6in. deep, was built
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  • 44 6 SINGAPORE. May 2 Netherlands community in gapore will hold a remmun e ceremony in honour ol 11 who died for the liberation ol Netherlands in the last war The ceremony will be hen* the Kranji Military Cemeterj 6.15 p.m. on May 4.
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  • 33 6 KUALA LUMPUR. May 2 The Crown Agents for t v. Governments and Adrrn' tions will hold a film show Your Service” at the v Theatre here at 7 p.m 11.
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  • 29 6 KUALA LUMPUR. May The Selangor Stamp Ciun hold its second auction sale of the National Defence Fur the British Council Hall h« 6 30 p m. tomorrow-
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  • 508 7  - ‘Forget past quarrels appeal to Lee MENTRI BESAR: LET’S JOIN HANDS AND BE UNITED -by. Khor Cheang Kea KANGAR (Perlis), May 2 THE Mentri Besar of Pedis, Dato Sheikh Ahmad, today urged the Singapore Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, to "forget past quarrels and make a fresh start" towards
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  • 92 7 SINGAPORE, May 2—The arrival here of the last serviceable Lancaster bomber of World War II has been twice delayed and is now due tomorrow. The four-engined bomber, manned by a volunteer crew of war veterans, was scheduled to land at RAF Changi
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  • 60 7 KUALA LUMPUR. M\y 2 Thirty-seven Sarawak farmers arrived her last night for a twoweek study of agricultural and rural development schemes here. An Agricultural Department spokesman said today that the visit arranged by the Sarawak Government would ‘‘broaden the outlook” of the farmers. A similar group
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  • 41 7 SINGAPORE. May 2 The Singapore Polytechnic will hold extramural courses on marketing management; cost education, computer and data prosessing (all in May) architecture and industrialisation (in June), and critical path analysis (in July). Fee for each course is $25
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  • 228 7 ALOR STAR. May 2 A MOTHER, Samsiah bintc Ahmad, and her two daughters, Robiah, eight and Kamariah, three, were chopped to death yesterday at their home at Kampong Kubang Nipah, Ayer Itam, 28 miles north of here. Samsiah’s five-year-old son, Ahmad bin Yaeob, who was
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  • 448 7  - Two bombs found on beach —3 Indons held By CHEONG YIP SENG Singapore, May 2 A n RAF. corporal's vigilance led to the capture of three Indonesian saboteurs and the recovery of two bombs on Changi beach today. Cpl. B. D. McNally, 31, telephoned the police when he saw a
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  • 37 7 KUALA LUMPUR, May 2—The director of teacher training. Mr Chang Min Kee, will speak on the “Role of higher education” at the student leadership training seminar, at the University of Malaya at 8 pm. tomorrow.
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  • 351 8 KUAlA LUMPUR, May 3 people of Sabah are in high I spirits and their morale is excellent, the acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said here today after a three-day tour of the State. Tun Kazak who is also the Minister of
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  • 86 8 SINGAPORE, May 3. The Royal Air Force (Matoday interviewed 400 young men on the first day of its recruiting drive to fill 50 vacancies in its aircraft engineering and administrative trades. The interviews were conducted at Malayan Auxiliary Air Force Headquarters. The 400
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  • 155 8 SINGAPORE'S Prime ffieT’SE 3 K L Y e e f w fip n ‘Sht said there must be hones and efficient government if there was to be progress. o H a lesson from bouth Vietnam. In spite of massive American backing, that country was divided
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  • 69 8 KUALA LUMPUR. May 3.—The Union of Government Telephone Operators today called on the Government to grant “common user telephone operators” equal p..y with their counterparts in Telecommunications Department. The union secretary, Inche Abdul Ida Sahib, said that if the official side of the National Whitley
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  • 22 8 PENANG, May 3. The State Government declared a public holiday today in < ce of the first day of Muhuarram.
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  • 209 8 PENANG, May 3 Malayan Fishermens Association has pledged its support for Government efforts to encourage deep-sea fishing. “As a result of our recent meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, we are now satisfied that the welfare of Malay fishermen
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  • 78 8 SUNGEI PATANI, May 3 Police today seized about 6.7501 b of unmanufactured Thai tobacco valued at $125,000 in a raid on a riverside warehouse at Sungci six miles from here. Acting on informa- tion, a party of five police officers rushed to the village and surrounded the
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  • 78 8 IPOH. May 3.—About 100 delegates will attend the annual meeting of the Technical Association of Malaya at the YMCA here on May 14. The meeting will be preceded in the morning by an executive committee and council meeting. The delegates will on the same
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  • 55 8 PENANG. May 3.—Marine headquarters today warned vessels that a submarine cable has been laid across the Anak Bukit River in Alor Star, Kedah. About 180 yards long the cable stretches northwards from the south-east bank. Anchoring is prohibited within 300 feet from the centre line on
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  • 182 8 |(UALA LUMPUR May 3. Korean businessmen are very keen to increase the volume of direct trade with Malaysia, the leader of a nine man Korean trade mission. Mr. Tai Doo Chin said here to-day. He said that previously most trade between Malaysia and
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  • 150 8 KUALA LUMPUR, May 3. The Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Haji Mohamed Ghazali bin Jawi, today told a delegation of farmers from Sarawak to follow the lead set by Malaya in agriculture. i He gave the visitor# this advice when they paid a
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  • 332 9 ‘DOING SHOW FOR TV MALAYSIA’ SAYS LETTER... PENANG, May 3. BRITISH nightclub singer Patricia Lee, 25, has been reported missing from her home in Jalan Bungah Kacha Piring, Tanjong Tokong, since April 20. Both the civil and military police are looking for Pat and
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  • 135 9 KUCHING, May 3. Thirty-six families of Indonesian refugees who have been given asylum in Sarawak are getting benefits from the State development plan. They are being given technical. material and financial assistance to help them plant padi. The families, who came over the border from the
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  • 54 9 SINGAPORE, May 8. Bingapore is contributing a dance item to the Thai Airways International charity show, which is to be held ®PLi M ay in Bangkok, coinciding with the fifth anniversary celebrations of Thai Airways. is expected that the King and Queen of Thailand will be
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  • 22 9 JERANTUT. May 3 —The Menjri Besar 0 f Pahang, Dato Yahya Mohamed Seh, today a $45 000 P-W.D. office
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  • 62 9 SINGAPORE, May 3.—An American teacher, Miss Mary Lazarus, today praised schools In Singapore for their cleanliness, and said she was "fascinated with the charming children all dressed In diverse uniforms." Miss Lazarus, Is here on a pleasure trip together with 24 other Americans, all members of
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  • 34 9 aiNOAPORE, May S. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Tew, will give a reception to repreeentativee of the Singapore Infantry Regiment at Sri Temasek at 7-10 pm on May 5.
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  • 128 9 OINGAPORE, May 3. A housewife was today Jailed for three months for cheating together with four men a tea-seller of $1,600 at a house in Tangling Halt Road on April 25. Ng Feok Kee, 30, admitted deceiving Sharfuddin that she could rent him a canteen
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  • 83 9 SINGAPORE. May 3. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, Tuan Haji Ya’acob bin Mohamed, this morning visited the University of Singapore Students’ Union annual work camp on Pulau Ayer Merllmau, one of the Southern Islands About 30 University and Polytechnic students are working
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  • 215 9 If UALA LUMPUR, 1V May 3.—The Japanese Government will continue its efforts for peace and it hopes that President Soekarno will meet Tengku Abdul Rahman in Tokyo in early June. The Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia, Dato Fumihlko Kal, said this today before leaving
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  • 74 9 SINGAPORE, May 3. A well-known insurance executive, Mr. Lo Wei, died here suddenly on May 1, following a heart attack. Starting his insurance career as an agent with the Asia Insurance Co. he later founded the People’s Insurance Co. in 1957 and became its first managing director.
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  • 33 9 SINGAPORE. May 3. Mr. Joseph Ng will give a public lecture on “Romanised Malay and what it la” at the National Library hall In Stamford Road at 5 pm. tomorrow
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  • 360 10 U A L A LUMPUR, May 3. —For the 14th year running, Tengku Abdul Rahman and Tun Abdul Razak will be returned unopposed a? national Umno president and deputy president at the party’s 18th general assembly on May 15. There were no other
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  • 126 10 SINGAPORE, May 3. The last of the Lancaster bombers, which with the American Flying Fortresses smashed the Nazis’ military arid industrial might, landed at Changi today from Darwin. The 20-year-old Lancaster named the “Spirit of Surfer’s Paradise’’ after the Australian city from where it took
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  • 60 10 PENANG, May 4—The national and international woman’s champion in this year’s Koran reading competition, Hajjah Farldah binte Mohamed Saman, of Kelantan, will give a demonstration at the graduation ceremony of the Madrasah Tarbiah, Balik Pulau, at 2 p.m tomorrow. Two other women readers from Kelantan, Hajjah Che
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  • 35 10 KUALA LUMPUR, May 3. About a thousand people jammed the international airport here tonight to welcome home 74 pilgrims from Mecca. The pilgrims arrived In a chartered Swiss airliner direct from Jeddah.
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  • 271 10 SINGAPORE, May 3. The chairman of the Tiong Bahru prewar flats committee, Mr. Lim Song Seng, today said his committee planned to write to the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, asking for a postponement of the sale of the flats until
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  • 46 10 BRUNEI TOWN, May 3.—Four Brunei police inspectors have been promoted to senior inspector. They are: Matali bin Osman, Abu Zar bin Abu Bakar, Mustapha bin Ahmat and Zakaria bin Ibrahim. Inspector Abu Zar is now studying at the Hendon police training school in Britain.
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  • 389 10  -  By GEOFFREY BOLAND: Singapore, May 3 PI T Z P ATRICKS Food Supplies (Far East) Ltd., which operates the well-known supermarket here, has been taken over by Woolworths (Malaysia) Ltd. It was announced today that Woolworths had reached an agreement to buy the majority
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  • 27 10 SINGAPORE. May 3. T Kreta Ayer Vigilantes Corps, Division, will hold a picnic at Tanah Merah Holida. Camp on May 9 to celebra first anniversary.
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  • 243 10 KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 rpHE Minister of Home Affairs, Dato (Dr.) Ismael bin Dato Abdul Rahman, today congratulated the Malayan Trades Union Congress for not allowing the Communists to exploit their May Day celebration here. The MTUC, he said, had carried out
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  • 38 10 SINGAPORE. May 3. Housing and Development will organise a 131 m !l®. b L r W for its tenants in the estates in Singapore. It 1 held in July. Closing date for tries is May 20.
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  • 38 10 The SINGAPORE, May 3. Prime Minister, Mr. b®® 0 f Yew, will meet representatbcs the Public Daily-Rated Ernpi Unions Federation and j n tlonal Trades Union Congics. his office at 3 30 p.m on M
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    65 11 MR. and Mrs. Bill Ch’ng Poh after their wedding at the Civil Marriages Registry in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The bride. Miss Cindy Wee Kim Tee, is the daughter of Mr. Wee Kim Wee, Singapore editor of the Straits Times and Mrs. Wee Kim Wee. The bridegroom, an architect,
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  • 217 11 UOTA BHARU, May 4. —Justice Dato Moil amed Hashim today sentenced a tapper, Mat Daud bin Awang, 27, to four years’ jail for having a pistol and a shotgun cartridge without a licence. The gun and cartridge were found on Mat
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  • 47 11 PENANG, May 4. The Old Frees’ Association will celebrate the birthday of the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong on June 2 with a children’s party. The association will also hold a get-together dinner on May 8, followed by a “Merry May” dance the same night.
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  • 493 11 SINGAPORE, May 4. SINGAPORE'S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, last night welcomed a call by the Mentri Besar of Perlis, Dato Sheikh Ahmad, to "forget past quarrels and make a fresh start" towards achieving national solidarity. But he added: “While we welcome this
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  • 183 11 OINGAPORE, May 4. The Alliance Party SSngapura today said that the State Government’s plan to set up an Eton-type school here deserved “outright condemnation.” Mr. Lee Kim Chuan. the general-secretary of the pro-tem committee of the party, in a statement
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  • 26 11 SINGAPORE, May 4—Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah was re-elected president of the Singapore Boy Scouts (Stamford) District Association at its annual meeting recently.
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  • 355 11 KUALA LUMPUR, May 4. A SIAN diplomatic circles here were ■“■unanimous today on the need for unity among Asian nations. They, however, foresaw “great difficulty’’ in setting up a body like the Organisation for African Unity as proposed by Tengku Abdul Rahman. He elaborated
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  • 133 12 Kuala lumpur, May 4. Police and an official from the Chemistry Department spent this morning at the site of the burnt-out Government quarters in Galloway Road here investigating the cause of the fire there last night. The Are. which broke out in the house of Mr.
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  • 62 12 BHARU. May 4 The last of the detained PMIP State Assemblymen, Nik Abdullah bin Haji Arshad (Kota Bharu Pantai). returned home quietly last night under police escort. HU release was not known to anyone not even his family. Nik Abdullah was among the seven
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  • 34 12 PATANI, May 4.—The Education, Inche Mo ft? 1 XM* Joharl. will open a,a J secondary school here on May 6 on May 8 he will open the new Malay school In Si
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  • 279 12 KUALA LUMPUR, May 4. AN ECONOMIC congress of Malays and indigenous people will be held here next month "to generate an interest among them to take part in commerce and industry." The three-day “Kongress Ekonomi Bumiputra Malaysia”, sponsored by the Ministry of National
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  • 29 12 PARIT BUNTAR, May 4.—The District Welfare Committee here has given 4720 to the 36 families whose homes were damaged by heavy rain a few days ago
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  • 262 12 MALAYSIAN EMBASSY THERE AT FAULT’ 1ZUALA LUMPUR, May 4. —The chairman of the Muslim Pilgrims Savings Corporation, Haji Hussein bin Nordin M.P., today blamed the Malaysian Embassy in Jeddah for the poor turnout of Malaysian pilgrims to greet the King and Queen
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  • 301 12 SINGAPORE. Mav 4 \yONG HUAY LAN, 19, the fourth hole-in-the-heart case to be operated on in Sinea pore, today said she could now fulfil her ambition of following in her father’s footsteps bv becoming a tailor. Huay Lan, who had an operation on March 24
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  • 59 12 PENANG, May 4.—The Penang Free School will meet the Old Frees' Association at a public debate to be held at the O.F.A. Building. Northam Road, at 7.30 p.m. on May 21. Present pupils will propose and the Old Frees oppose the motion that “Sex education should
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  • 76 12 pENANG, May 4. —A former Penang rural district councillor, Inche W. A. Bahaudin, today urged the Central Government to ban the use of “daching” scales by shopkeepers, vegetable sel- lers and fishmongers. He said he raised this in the rural district council four years ago but nothing
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  • 74 12 pENANG, May 4. Two 1 contributions to the National Defence Fund totalling $1,222 have been received by the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee. The president of the Penang Port Commission Employees Union. Inche Mus- tafa bin Hamidon. today handed to Dato Wong a cheque for
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  • 109 12 SINGAPORE, May 4.- Two Indonesians who were trying to sneak into the State in a motor sampan were arrested by a naval patrol boat of! Raffles Lighthouse early this morning. Their sampan was intercepted by the patrol vessel at about 4.45 a.m. The two
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  • 59 12 KUALA LUMPUR. May 5-The Selangor Stamp Club yesterday raised $225.10 at an auction sale of stamps and coins to boost tn. National Defence Fund. The club secretary, Mr. C. w■ garajah, said that about 120 items, first day covers and souvenir com went under the
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  • 47 12 KANGAR, May s—The Depujy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul will pay a two-day official to Perlis this week-end. Tun Razak will address a rally on the hospital pad a it. May On May 8 will be entertained to dim the Mentri Besar, Dato Ahmad.
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  • 98 13 1NGAPORE, May 4.- Two 1 hotel managers will leave for France tomorrow to -tudy hotel management, hey are Mr. Foo Chick Kan, front ofllce manager of Hotel Singapore, and Mr. J. Cheam Suan Ool, assistant manager of the Cockpit Hotel. hey have been
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  • 30 13 KUALA LUMPUR. May 4—The Minister ol Education, Inche Molamined Khir Johari, will open an >r!? exhibition at the Balai Ampang. AIA Building, here at >3O p.m. on Monday.
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  • 214 13 KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 TWO advance parlies of Ministry of External Affairs officials will leave for Lagos and Addis Ababa tomorrow to set up diplomatic offices in the two African capitals. Leading the group to Lagos will be Inche Ahmad Faiz bin Abdul
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  • 276 13 KUALA LUMPUR, May 4. THE Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services today warned “the leading political party of the Government” not to interfere in the democratic trade union move- went in Malaya. The monthly bulletin of uiepacs .said: “Cuepacs
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  • 38 13 MALACCA, May 4.—Two more suspected cases of typhoid here have been confirmed, making a total of 19. They have been traced to the Bukit’ Kntil area where the first cases were found last week.
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  • 215 13 IPOH, May 4. —Alliance 1 M.P.s from the MCA will be the guests of the party’s Perak branch for three days from May 7. The group is expected to be headed by the Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw
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  • 78 13 KUALA LUMPUR Mav 4 A nine-man trade mission from Korea left here today for Singapore after talks with the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Dr Lim Swee Aun Tile leader of ihe mission, Mr Tai Doo Chin, said: "The talks were centred on
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  • 268 13 SINGAPORE, May 4. THE political liaison secretary to Singapore's Ministry of Culture, Inche Mohammed Ghazali bin Ismail, last night said that Malaysia was one of the few multi-lingual nations where a national language had been adopted by “the free consent of its people/’
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  • 60 13 TPOH, May 4.—Man Singh, 26. an attendant at the Central Mental Hospital, Tanjong Rambutan, was admitted to the hospital hero last night with serious injuries in the abdomen. He was attacked on the Tanjong Rambutan-Chemor Road while walking home. Police recovered a 7ft-long iron spear from
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  • 221 13 IS U A L A LUMPUR, May 4. Sonic progress was made in the second round of talks over the textile quota dispute today. Tomorrow, the Cabinet will hear u full report on the talks from the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr.
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  • 92 13 OINGAPORE, May 4. Three men, believed to have been involved in a number of armed robberies here, were arrested by police yesterday. They were picked up in a police raid on a hotel In Serangoon Road yesterday afternoon. They are being detained under the
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  • 224 14 U ALA LUMPUR, May 5. Two hundred and forty civil servants who last night became prospective house-owners are hoping the Government will help them financially to build their dream houses. They were among 350 who drew lots for house sites at the
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  • 339 14 SINGAPORE, May 5. r j'HE YANG di-Pertuan Negara, Tun Yusof bin Ishak, today exhorted the Singapore nfantry Regiment to continue safeguarding Malaysia's territorial integrity. Tun Yusof told the 2nd Bn., the SIR, at Camp .emasek in Ulu Pandan: '‘The
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  • 47 14 M IP S H, H*J ay s r Chai Kam San, 20 pleaded guilty today to committing gang robbery with four others still at large at Cockman Street here on March 24. C S( was postponed to May It* Chai was allowed $2,000 bail.
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  • 108 14 THREE Malaysian nurses 1 who graduated as registered nursing sisters at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, recently were all from Perak. They are (from left) Sister Thong Swee Kam, 22, of Taiping, Sister Harcharan K. Bhatt, of Ipoh, and Sister Yip Choon Lean,
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  • 81 14 I/ANGAR, May s—The Kuala Sanglang Fishermen’s Co-operative Society plans to buy two trawlers costing about $lOO,OOO to help increase the catch of the 300 fishermen in the village. “We welcome the decision of the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives to legalise trawler-fishing.” the chairman of
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  • 57 14 SINGAPORE, May 5. Police today recovered a safe on the roadside outside the Victoria Institution in Jalan Besar. It Is not known what the safe contains. It has an inscription which reads “Dutch East Indies”. The owner of the safe is asked to contact Inspector
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  • 257 14 May 5 'J'HE president of the Seremban Town Council, Mr. Lai Pong Yuen (UDP). today urged the Negri Sembilan State Government to consider the council’s request for munici- pal status. Mr. Lai said that such a motion had been moved by the former
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  • 49 14 r t Tin TELUK ANSON. May J $1< Rotary Club here has 8 each to three secondary here to aid needy P^ p f h tW* applied for help through headmasters. lpV jjf The schools are Hone s thodist Secondary be Anthony’s School and vent.
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  • 112 14 LUMPUR, May 5 —By promoting the solidarity of urban parties the PAP would in fact be placing the poor and the less capable at a disadvantage, Mr. Bernard Lu, political secretary to the Finance Minister, said last night. Addressing a discussion group here,
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  • 986 15 KUALA LUMPUR, May 5. MALAYSIA today dashed off a diplomatic Note to Manila seeking clarification on its regulations governing entry of Malaysian citizens into the Philippines. Malaysia wants to know why the Filipino immigration authorities insist on fingerprinting Malaysians of Chinese descent
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  • 38 15 SEGAMAT. May s—The headmistress of Labis Primary English School. Mrs. Mary Wong Kee Lim. has been transferred to Bukit Hampar English School. Her place has been taken by Mr. S- Tharumaratnam. of Seng Hwa High School here.
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  • 128 15 pENANG, May 5. Seven pilgrims five women apd two men—died on board the liner Kuala Lumpur during its homeward journey to Malaysia from Jeddah. The Controller of Pilgrimage, Haji Ali Rouse, said the deaths were due to old age and heart failure. He listed
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  • 136 15 SINGAPORE, May 5 THE Malaysian Government is still awaiting a reply from Formosa regarding the repatriation of three strarded Formosan fishermen. The three fishermen— Ng Kong 25, Tan Beng Gee, 21, and Tiew Cheng Pie. 19 were intercepted bv the Singapore Marine Police in March after
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  • 412 15 SINGAPORE, May 5. SINGAPORE'S Minister for Health, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, today called for stronger and quicker action by the Central Government to put a stop to further visa insults to Malaysians by the Philippines immigration authorities at Manila. He said the Philippines
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  • 25 15 KUALA LUMPUR. May 5 Members of the MIC Ba'u Oajah branch have donated a total of $612 for the National Defence Fund
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  • 293 16  -  Cut red tape...We want more value for money —Tun Razak By P. KRISHNAN: Kuala Lumpur, May 5 r ['HE Cabinet today appointed a toplevel committee to launch an austerity drive and slash Government spending by at least 10 per cent. The acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul
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  • 46 16 THE austerity drive will NOT affect: SERVING Govern ment officers or their monthly pay; PENDING claims for improved salary scales and better working conditions; and THE RURAL d e v e I o pment plans drawn up for Malaysia.
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  • 116 16 J/-UALA LUMPUR, May 5. The Malaysian Government is submitting new proposals to the British Government to end the textile quota dispute with Singapore. This was stated here today by the acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, after the weekly Cabinet meeting. The Cabinet had
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  • 67 16 KOTA BHARU. May 5 The Mentri Besar of Kelantan, Inche Mohamed Asri bin Haii Muda, will open the timber processing Lotfi Corporation Ltd at Kampong Batu Bala, 47 miles from here, on May 7. The company, whose chairman is the former Mentri Besar, Da
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  • 37 16 SINGAPORE. May s—The Minister for Social Affairs, Inche Othman Wok, will lead a team from his Ministry in a soccer match against the Perak House boys at 4.30 p.m. in Pasir PanJang on May 8.
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  • 272 16 KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 TWO Charge d’Affaires left here today to set ud A Malaysian diplomatic offices in Lagos Nieeria and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Inche Noor Adlan bln Yahya Uddln, 25, and Inche Ahmad Falz bln Abdul Hamid 26, told newsmen before
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  • 231 16 KUALA LUMPUR. May 5. A POLICE officer told a magistrate’s court nw f today how he found a pistol, which a P°l ice constable had reported lost, when he raided a shop in Jalan Bandar. Asst. Supt. Govindasamy said he found two pistols when
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  • 46 16 The KUCHING. Mey 5 e Bn.. Scots Ouards. *ho can Sarawak to help defen b j,,idup‘ r er at the time of the bit, jj* January, will be leaving lava this weekend. bv tltf They are being re leud 2nd Bn.. Green Jackets
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  • 19 16 c nr SEGAMAT. May 5- Ban Lee is the c H^P ita of the Segamat District
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  • 391 17 KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 THE Civil Service wants to know the objectives oi the Government’s austerity drive so that it can make an “effective contribution” to cut Government spending. This was stated here today by the secretary of the Staff Side, National Whitley
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  • 241 17 SINGAPORE, May 6. The Singapore Government today announced a total ban on the importation of all South African goods into the State effective from May 13. This follows an order from the Central Government to the constituent States of Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak to cease
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  • 349 17 KUALA LUMPUR. May 6 A BIG welcome awaits the King and Queen they return home tomorrow from their pilgrimage to Mecca and State visits to Kuwait, the United Arab Republic and Jordan. They will be given a full ceremonial welcome at Penang’s Swettenham
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  • 429 17 •KEPT ABOARD—WE WERE THE ONLY MALAYSIANS 9 1/ U ALA LUMPUR, ““May 6. Dato Gunn Lay Teik, former Malayan High Commissioner in Australia, today told of how he and his wife were kept aboard their ship for two and a
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  • 22 17 KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 The British High Commissioner, Lord Head, returned here tonight after a “routine visit” to Singapore.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1751 18 From Our Market Correspondent THE mild rally in industrial shares on the Stock 1 Exchange on Friday was generally regarded as more of a technical corrective operation than any sudden burst of confidence. Some may have associated this with rather more optimistic reports emanating
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    • 392 18 THE past week’s trading was very thin and oil take was again disappointing on the Malayan Rubber Market tlie Malayan Rubber Market. Nevertheless levels were well maintained mainly due to continued reticence on the part of sellers say II.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their current
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    • 23 18 May 7. MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 741 cents (unchanged). TIN: $728 25 (down $2.87i). Unofficial estimated offering 240 tons (up 5 tons).
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    • 42 18 N the froo satlian** marks! i„ w Hons Kong on Samrvlav tho U g dollar wk» quoted at 5.7 fl tor T.T. and o 73 1 for cash. toning was «uot»1 at JEW god mss last of gold «t 2*o|
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    • 25 18 shiMn‘ B It 7 h mi5 ank ra tP 18 l,n ..iinuun. at 7 per cen it w-k an nounred on Thursday. an
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    • 32 18 RUBBER TIN (per lb), (per picul). May 3. 74A cts. $729.87 1 4. 731 cts. $728.75 5. 74 cts. $736.50 6- 74] cts. $731,121 L 741 cts. $728.25 8 $731.25
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    • 188 18 NURSES BLOOD GIFT: NOW IT WON’T BE 150 AT ONE GO... SINGAPORE, May 9.„ 0 The Amalgamated Union of Public Employees today hit out at Ministry of Health official for refusing to release about 150 nursing staff tomorrow at 2 p.m to enable them to donate blood at the Sinpore
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    • 43 18 KUALA KANGSAR. May 9 The Raja Perempuan of Perak anc members of the royal were among the large gathering who attended a charity dance a the Idris Club here last night 0 raise funds for the Sultan Abd Aziz Children’s Home-
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    • 41 18 THI Malayan Exchann* Bank*' I- elation made these changes l rates to merchants on Saturday l rates to $100): nil(t ,cti« Selling TT or OD "•£*•..JJ.V Ji7: Marks 129 3/8: Holland Guild*'*. French Francs 1591: Italian Swedish Kroner 1671.
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    • 75 18 Current Date of Total for payment payment year previous Jeram Kuantan 19% May 31 \Z' Kulim Rubber 6% June 22 10% Pengkalen ls.t June 11 Mentakab 15% May 31 20% 3% London Asiatic 25% June 22 307* equivalent! Malaysian Rubber 20% 27* 7c Kuala Reman 5%t June 5
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    • 45 18 g May 3. May 4. May 5. May 6. May 7. M g9 Industrials: 76.30 76.14 75.97 76.01 76.52 g g Tins: 96.48 95.77 95.09 94.98 94.83 rubbers: 103 63 103.73 103.73 103.73 103.73 ♦Dec. 30. 1963 100. Dec. 29, 1962 100.
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  • 482 19 ENVOY’S SON: HAJI HUSSEIN MENTIONED QUARTER OF THE TRUTH... KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 HAJI SUHAIMI, 25, son of the Malaysian Ambassador in Jeddah, Dato Haji Kamaruddin, today* denied |san allegation that his father was not in when the King visited the embassy
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  • 210 19 IPOH, May 7.—A nurse 1 and a dresser In an ambulance, which stopped at the scene of a three-car' collision at the 15th mile, Ipoh-Kampar road, last night, refused to help an injured passenger “because they had no medicine.” This was stated
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  • 42 19 KU ALA LUMPUR, May 7.—Th<T fmtner of Information and J rnche Senu bin nh ul Hahman <eft for Penang }Z on bis way to Kubang BaKec *ab, where he will ,n,ai annual meeting of the ,CHal Union division tomorrow
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  • 263 19 ITU ALA LUMPUR, May 7. A French-built Alouette helicopter showed Its paces over the Chlnwoo Stadium here this evening to herald the official opening of the French industrial exhibition by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun. Watching the demonstration with
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  • 199 19 IfUALA LUMPUR, May 1— 111 The Railwaymen's Union of Malaya tonight called upon the Railway Administration to publish the report of the United Nations expert, Mr. M.A. Cameron who studied the costings and tariffs of the Malayan Railway last year. Its general secretary, Mr.
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  • 770 20 pENANG, May 9. Triangle Stable’s I Malapin, with Alan Trevena astride, scored a smashing win in today’s main event here, slamming his Summer Cup opposition by three lengths. Raee One rft CL. I, DIV. 1—SHF. Mr. and Mrs. 8.C. Law's 17) ROYAL MEADOW 9.S
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  • 822 20 DENANG, May 5. r Bright Eyes IV, ridden by Maniam, sur-1 vived an' objection in Race Six for Class 3 Div. 2 horses over It to pay the day’s best dividend of $123 for a win ticket here today. Raee One CL. 1.
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  • 286 20 SINGAPORE, May. 6. A lawyer today called for ac* unification of the laws of the States of Malaysia. Mr Leslie Rayner, a past district governor of Rotary International, said it was “a task of the first magni- v tude Bpeaking
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 25 20 TOTAL POOL: 1st No. *****1 2nd No. *****6 3rd No. *****1 Starter* ($556 each): No*. *****8 *****4 *****4 *****7 *****6 *****3 *****4 *****6 m (is.
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    • 28 20 ,'L BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $44,100 1st No. *****0 $26,466 2nd No. *****4 6,616 mm No. *****2 3,306 Starters ($630 each): Nos. *****6 *****4 *****1 1817*6 *****5 172*04
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